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Census • Person • Sir John Vanbrugh
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Architects • Writers
1664, Jan 1681-11726 1726, Mar 26
an English architect and dramatist, perhaps best known as the designer of Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard. He wrote two argumentative and outspoken Restoration comedies, The Relapse (1696) and The Provoked Wife (1697), which have become enduring stage favourites but originally occasioned much controversy. He was knighted in 1714.
11/21/1696 - John Vanbrugh's The Relapse or Virtue in Danger premieres in London
Wikipedia: The Relapse
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Badeen: Frivolous, jesting. Via French badine, silly, from Late Latin badare, to gape. Its only literary use is in ...
Fegs: A corruption of fay, faith, used in exclamations and as a mild form of swearing. Also i'fegs, q.v. Sometime...
Rocambole: Something that adds flavor of piquancy. John Vanbrugh in THE FALSE FRIEND (1702) declared: Difficulties are...
Smock: From its use as the garment next a woman's skin, smock came to be used, especially among 16th and 17th cent...
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Chloé Wolifson
Independent Arts Writer & Curator
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2015 by numbers
2015 started with a bang with my first trip to Singapore to check out Singapore Art Week.
Happy new year! The fuse for 2016 is well and truly lit, but before it rockets out of control I decided to crunch the numbers for 2015 and see how I fared in my second full year of freelance life. So here are the stats for the year that was:
49 interviews conducted
28 hours of audio transcribed
33,565 words published
60 articles & essays commissioned
1 exhibition curated
5 panel discussions facilitated
12 clients worked with
5 art fairs visited
Making the most of my Starving Curator residency at The Bearded Tit.
2015 was also a year of firsts for me:
Facilitated a panel discussion – I threw myself in the deep end here, with the first of my Wandering Mind panel discussion series being included in the Vivid Ideas program and attracting an audience of 70 to Verge Gallery.
Wrote for an auction catalogue – I felt the pressure writing in this unfamiliar format but putting the works of formidable New Zealand painter Shane Cotton into context made it an enjoyable task.
Undertook a residency – I had a great time as Starving Curator in Residence at the Bearded Tit in Redfern, using the time to meet with artists and develop the exhibition ANIMAL/MINERAL/PHYSICAL/SPIRITUAL (and also drink wine and sample every cheese on the Tit’s excellent Jacuzzerie Boards).
Led an international tour group around Sydney galleries – I had a wonderful day with a group of arts lovers from New York’s Joyce Theatre visiting with Inzone Travel. The conversation ranged from contemporary art to Indigenous history to economic policy, and I’m proud to say I convinced a diehard Starbucks lover to enjoy a piccolo latte. (So hipster.)
Received a writing commission from overseas – I was commissioned to cover the Australian art market for Art Stage Singapore’s new publication Catalyst. I’m not great at goal-setting (those lessons in year 9 Personal Development class never really stuck) but being included in an international publication has long been an aspiration. Can’t wait for the finished product to be in the hands of fair-goers from across the Asia-Pacific!
The first panel discussion I ever co-ordinated was included in Vivid Ideas – a baptism by fire in front of 70 people.
My final commission for 2015 was another first, an interview with John Choi of architectural firm CHROFI for Vault Magazine. Choi and his colleague Tai Ropiha are the team behind the iconic TKTS red staircase at Times Square in Manhattan, and CHROFI recently co-designed Sydney’s Goods Line. I won’t lie; I was even more nervous than usual going into this interview. However our enjoyable and wide-ranging conversation confirmed for me that solid research and an open mind are key to understanding all manner of practices.
I covered such a range of contemporary culture and ideas in my work in 2015, and can’t wait to discover even more in 2016. I hope you’ve got an exciting year in store too!
This entry was posted in News, What I Learnt When, Words and tagged 2015, art, art fair, art fairs, art galleries, art gallery, exhibition, interview, residency, writing on 08/01/2016 by Chloé Wolifson.
Patriotism, patriarchy and politics: 2015 feminism in context
Art Monthly produced a cracker summer feminism-themed issue, guest edited by Dr Susan Best and Louise Mayhew. The issue includes pieces on feminist curatorial practice, activist art and queer art, as well as a centrefold with a difference – Mayhew’s timeline of women’s art collectives in Australia.
Writing a feminism-focussed round-up of the year in Australian art gave me pause for thought about the nation’s attitude to women more generally, particularly in light of 2015’s political goings-on. While it was a relief to leave behind Tony Abbott, Minister for Women, Turnbull’s respect-for-women rhetoric seems at this point to be mostly just lip service to the issue.
Just as citizens have reclaimed phrases such as ‘Destroy the Joint‘ and ‘Binders full of Women‘ in recent times, Peter Dutton’s ‘Mad f***ing witch‘ comment has similarly energised people in 2016. It will be interesting to revisit this issue in 12 months’ time and see if and how we have evolved.
This entry was posted in News, Published Writing, Words and tagged art, art monthly, feminism, louise mayhew, politics, review, susan best, writing on 05/01/2016 by Chloé Wolifson.
ANIMAL/MINERAL/PHYSICAL/SPIRITUAL
I have curated an exhibition at Redfern bar and creative space The Bearded Tit, opening this evening (Monday, 31 August) from 6-8pm. The exhibition will continue until 10 October.
Taking lyrics from the Joan Armatrading song Drop the pilot as a jumping-off point, ANIMAL/MINERAL/PHYSICAL/SPIRITUAL is an investigation of work which reinterprets, celebrates or fetishises found, organic and man-made materials and imagery through recontextualisation, accumulation and arrangement. The exhibition is an extension of the Bearded Tit’s cabinet-of-curiosities vibe. The totemic possibilities of these works will potentially manifest in new and exciting ways when experienced within the Tit’s unique atmosphere.
The exhibition includes works on paper, sculpture, installation and video work by Rebecca Gallo, Sarah Goffman, Lisa Sammut, and Lotte Schwerdtfeger in collaboration with Louise Meuwissen.
I hope Sydneysiders and visitors are able to visit the exhibition either for this evening’s celebrations or at some point over the next six weeks.
This entry was posted in Words on 31/08/2015 by Chloé Wolifson.
That was so RAVEN.
The first regular writing gig I managed to wrangle once I’d made the leap into freelance life in late 2013, was with RAVEN Contemporary. I, along with a slew of great writers worked initially under Georgia Sholl and subsequent editor Rebecca Gallo to produce reviews, gallery guides and opinion pieces exploring the world of contemporary art in an accessible way.
RAVEN, published by 10 Group, was wound up at the end of June this year but has been archived so that its content can continue to be available for interested readers. If you haven’t explored it before (or even if you have), take the time to bookmark the new url and check out some of my recent highlights from some of RAVEN’s great writers:
MONA, Marina and DARK MOFO – Rebecca Gallo
The art islands of Japan – Sharne Wolff
Cementing a friendship in Kandos – Rebecca Gallo
On this site: A celebration of difference – Kate Britton
I’ll miss writing for RAVEN, particularly the things I learned interviewing artists, researching galleries, and having the opportunity to cover Singapore Art Week. The experience had a profound impact on my development as an arts writer for which I’m very grateful.
The archive of the more than 20 pieces I wrote for RAVEN can be found here.
This entry was posted in News, Published Writing, Words and tagged guide, interview, RAVEN, review on 10/07/2015 by Chloé Wolifson.
10 reasons to visit an art gallery, IRL
Hey, you. You’ve been to a few art galleries over the years. Some exhibitions you enjoyed, and some you didn’t. But they stayed with you, and made you think. Maybe it’s been a while and you’ve forgotten that buzz. You put exhibitions on your to-do list, only to have them slip by like the ghost of good time management past. Endless Instagram scrolling has made you forget what it’s like to experience art in the flesh. Well, it’s time to get back in the game. Here’s 10 reasons to visit an art gallery.
George Shaw ‘Free Fern’ 2015, installation view, Redfern Biennale, Sydney. Photograph: Chloé Wolifson
10. The best things in life are free
When the crumbs on your keyboard have been there so long they have become sentient and begun to develop social structures, it’s time to close the laptop and get out of the house. ‘But going outside is expensive,’ I hear you cry. Fear not, frugal friend. Life is not all pricey popcorn deals and nightmare half-yearly clearances. With the exception of the odd major blockbuster show at the big museums, looking at art is gloriously gratis.
Pipilotti Rist ‘Mercy Garden Retour Skin’ 2014, installation view, Biennale of Sydney Museum of Contemporary Art Australia. Photograph: Chloé Wolifson
9. You had me at hello, let’s check out an art show
Take the pressure off a first date by heading to an exhibition opening. You’ll be surrounded by other people, there is complementary alcohol on hand, and chatting about the art (whether it’s awesome or terrible) is a great icebreaker. Whatever happens, it’s bound to be more stimulating than shuffling along in front of the Mad Mex counter, or happy hour at your local.
Ronnie van Hout, ‘Dave’ 2014, installation view, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney. Photograph: Chloé Wolifson
8. Flying solo
No date? No plans? No worries. Get dressed up, get out of the house, and get thee to a gallery. If you’re feeling social, strike up a conversation with the person next to you about the art. It’s great networking practice for the introverted, and an ideal outlet for the chatty and opinionated.
Exhibition opening at Damien Minton Gallery, Sydney, 2014. Photograph: Chloé Wolifson
7. Eight days of the week
At any given moment, somewhere in the world, someone is smashing a bag of ice on the floor, tipping it into a bucket of stubbies, and throwing open the doors to an exhibition opening. If you live within cooee of a metro area, this means unlimited mid-week evening entertainment options. Get on the mailing lists, get out there and leave the binge-watching behind.
Carla Cescon, ‘Policy for Inclusive Social Solutions’ 2014 (detail). Photograph: Chloé Wolifson
6. Cool and the gang
At some point, you will need to find something to talk to your friends about other than Game of Thrones. Before you ask, Better Call Saul doesn’t count. Broaden your horizons, baby! Impress your pals with tales of the weird and wonderful art you’ve seen – and ask them to join you next time.
Jodie Whalen, ‘Snails’ 2014, installation view, Artereal Gallery, Sydney. Photograph: Chloé Wolifson
5. The slow gift movement
Thanks to mass production and online shopping, there are no original ideas in the gift-giving game anymore – except art. Everybody wins when you give art – the artist can keep working, the gallery can keep their doors open, your friend gets a truly original present, and you get a promotion in the friend stakes. Don’t stop there, turn the tables! Start dropping hints now in advance of your next birthday.
Noel McKenna ‘Palm Springs Putting Green at Waterloo’ 2014 installation view, Darren Knight Gallery, Sydney. Photograph: Chloé Wolifson
4. Open your mind
Artists are influenced by everything under the sun, from science to philosophy to sport to the internet. They find interesting, exciting and strange new ways of looking at and thinking about the world, and their work can cause you to do the same. If you’re experiencing a mental block, there’s no better way to shake things up than to check out some art.
Archie Moore ‘Les Eaux d’Amoore’ 2014, installation view, The Commercial, Sydney. Photograph: Chloé Wolifson
3. In the flesh
Instagram is a great way to find out what’s going on, and gallery websites are fantastic resources to learn about artists, but it’s not how art is intended to be experienced. Scale, dimension, colour, light, sound, and movement can’t be replicated through a screen, or even a catalogue. Not to mention missing out on a discussion with your friend about the show, or that funny snippet of art-speak you overheard on the other side of the room.
Tully Arnot, ‘Meadow (IRL)’ 2015, installation view, Artereal Gallery, Sydney. Photograph: Chloé Wolifson
2. Act local
Do you like your neighbourhood vibrant, with friendly residents and businesses that support each other? If you answered no to the above, then I believe the internet may be able to provide you with all you need in life. Otherwise, find out where your local galleries are, get on their mailing lists, drop in regularly, and tell your friends and neighbours. Community is organic, like those overpriced vegies that go off quickly.
Hidemi Tokutake, installation view, 2015. Home at 735 Gallery, Sydney. Photograph: Chloé Wolifson
1. Heal your soul [insert foot pun here]
Like a lot of people, I spend a fair amount of time staring at a computer screen, out a bus window, or at the footpath. Thanks to art, in just the past few weeks I’ve also seen huge welded steel sculptures made by a 99-year-old; painstaking Indian miniatures in a re-purposed suburban building; a metal box turned into an interactive sound generator with the use of magnets; drawings made with wire mesh; video works featuring clones; and deliciously gestural abstract paintings. Art surprises, confuses, delights, makes you think, makes you squirm, and asks questions that can’t be answered by googling Wikipedia. It makes the brain better and the soul bigger. I don’t know what I’d do without it, and that’s why I keep going to galleries. What about you?
This entry was posted in Words and tagged art, art galleries, art gallery, community, date ideas, free, friends, gift ideas, support on 12/06/2015 by Chloé Wolifson.
The Structure of Creative Practice
Garry Trinh, Super Sized Hamburger. Image courtesy the artist
This year I’m organising a series of panel discussions at the University of Sydney’s Verge Gallery. Under the umbrella title The Wandering Mind: Creativity and Lifelong Learning, I hope to interrogate some of this town’s best and brightest about their approaches to creative problem solving.
Things are kicking off on Wednesday 27 May at 6pm with The Structure of Creative Practice. I’ve always been intrigued by how all these talented people I know manage to do creative work without sending their creative instinct off the rails. Now, I get to put them on a stage and make them tell me!
I’ll be joined by writer & producer Kate Britton, and artists Emily Hunt and Garry Trinh. It should be a fantastic evening – if you’re in town, please come along and join the discussion. You can register here – it’s free (and part of Vivid Ideas, to boot)!
Arts, sport and the Australian media: a vignette
Today I found myself watching a replay on ABC News 24 of Simon Mordant’s National Press Club Address. Mordant was discussing the new Australian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, the fundraising for which was spearheaded by Mordant and his wife Catriona.
‘I’d like to see Cate Blanchett & Fiona Hall given ticker-tape parades through the city, the way we do for sportspeople,’ he said. The audience laughed, a telling reaction – Mordant’s proposal seems logical yet profoundly unlikely.
At one point a journalist posed a question to Mordant about the declining media landscape in Australia, and the lack of coverage for the arts. In a profoundly ironic move, ABC News 24 chose the moment of Mordant’s answer to this question to cut into the replay in order to cross to a live press conference held by the National Rugby League, regarding hoon spectators throwing bottles during a football game the night before.
Unfortunately I’m not expecting to see Fiona Hall driven down George St in a cloud of confetti any time soon.
Is there an art scene in Singapore?
Visitors at Art Stage Singapore, 2015. Photograph: Chloé Wolifson
It might be a provocative question, but not an unwarranted one. The Australian art world (like our country in general) has strong ties with Asia. Hong Kong and China have booming art markets and Indonesia is becoming an increasingly popular destination for emerging artists to undertake residencies. So what’s going on in the tiny island state of Singapore?
In late January this year, as Singapore’s 50th birthday celebrations kicked off, I headed to Singapore Art Week 2015 to find out. The week was centred on Art Stage Singapore. Art Stage founder and director Lorenzo Rudolf was formerly head of art fair giant Art Basel. Clearly Rudolf has high hopes for Art Stage, which he is marketing as the fair for Asian art – distinguishing it from the more internationally-focussed Art Basel Hong Kong.
A waiter serves drinks at the Vernissage of Art Stage Singapore 2015. Photograph: Chloé Wolifson
The fair featured a curated mini-exhibition of the work of emerging South-East Asian artists, as well as Special Exhibitions focussing on Malaysia, Korea, Russia, Modernism and Video respectively. On paper this seemed like a motley assortment and in reality that proved true. Video Stage was exceptional (see the links below to read my thoughts on that), and the Malaysian hang elicited some interesting work. The Russian exhibition, on the other hand, was a solo presentation of established collaborators AES+F, whose huge, slick video works are widely exhibited. Art Stage’s desire that the exhibition introduced “video art from Russia’s emerging contemporary scene” seemed far-fetched. Meanwhile, the Special Exhibition of Modern Art, a solo retrospective of French painter André Masson, while extensive, did little to provide an historical context that would have been most welcome in a burgeoning market of new collectors. To be fair, Art Stage have said that the Masson show was the first step in developing a strong Modern section at Art Stage, which will include “Asian Modern.” Here’s hoping this does indeed take place in subsequent iterations of the fair, as it would be great to see historical work of more contextual relevance.
Gilbert & George’s exhibition Utopian Pictures at ARNDT, Gillman Barracks, Singapore, January 2015. Photograph: Chloé Wolifson
Beyond the fair there was a plethora of other art-related events to be experienced city-wide. These ranged from the glitz of the Prudential Eye Awards at the ArtScience Museum, to the more toned-down rigour of the Signature Art Prize at the Singapore Art Museum, to the pulsing event Art At Night in the happening cultural hub of Gillman Barracks.
The crowd enjoying Art At Night at Gillman Barracks, Singapore. Photograph: Chloé Wolifson
So, is there an art scene in Singapore? If Singapore Art Week is anything to go by, then absolutely. But with the eyes of the art world on the exponentially growing Asian art market, Art Stage Singapore will need to continue to work hard to live up to it’s slogan “We Are Asia.”
I wrote about my Singapore Art Week highlights for RAVEN, which you can read online. My account of the fair and the prizes is published in the March 20215 issue of Art Monthly Australia – on news stands now.
Cartonography
I was recently commissioned by Sydney artist Sean Rafferty to write an essay to accompany his Cartonography exhibition at Bondi Pavillion.
Rafferty collects and maps fruit and vegetable cartons and their origins, and the exhibition featured a comprehensive display of the collection to date, in order of latitude.
Rafferty also produced his own collectable Cartonographic print to coincide with the launch.
You can read the essay here.
Jess Bradford – Haw Par Villa at Archive Space
I recently participated in the Archive Space Writers Program, reviewing Jess Bradford‘s exhibition Haw Par Villa which ran 2 – 12 July 2014. Here is the resulting text.
The cultural theme park of Haw Par Villa in Singapore was the subject of Jess Bradford’s recent exhibition at Archive Space. Originally conceived as a space of moral education for families, the internal narratives of the site have been subject to de- and re-construction, both physically and conceptually. Having visited there as a child, Bradford was prompted to return recently after discovering photographs of the site’s painted concrete sculptures in second hand stores. The exhibition Haw Par Villa saw the artist reconsider the park through an investigation of materiality and memory.
Just inside the gallery’s entrance was a wooden archway which Bradford had cut and painted to refer to the forms of the Villa itself. Weather-worn wave and cave formations were painterly rendered on the front of the structure, while on the reverse the artist had made no attempt to disguise its stand-in nature, securing the angular pieces of ply with the help of sandbags. Propped and propositional, this structure arched physically and metaphorically over the other works in the show, providing a portal through which the truths and fictions of representation could be considered.
Beyond the archway was a video piece depicting a walk through the villa through the eyes of a visitor. The footage began with a trip through a tunnel to the Haw Par Villa station. Filmed from the front of a driverless train, the perspective of this journey evoked the experience of a ghost train, pre-empting the theme park to come. A recording of a woman’s voice announced arrival at “Haw Par Villa” through a PA system, before the viewer was led through the gates of the park at a walking pace, to an accompanying ambient soundtrack. This sense of forward motion, combined with symmetrical one-point perspective, echoed the experience of walking through Bradford’s propped archway into Archive Space itself.
For several years now the artist has collected anonymous found photographs, and her recent practice has led to the recreation of these as objects intended to resonate beyond their pictorial surface. Two such photographs of the concrete figures in Haw Par Villa were incorporated into this exhibition in this way. The images, a bear seeming to attack a small child, and two mermaids, were painted in monochrome on small pieces of primed zinc. These were mounted within frames on the wall, making reference to their photographic origins, however once the viewer drew closer to examine the detail in these tiny objects, their presence beyond the fragility of paper became clear. The original photographer had transformed them from concrete to image, and Bradford had in turn translated this depiction to artefact, giving tangibility to someone else’s memories whilst adding to the compilation of images surrounding her own.
Re-encountering a place of childhood experience after so many years requires a reassessment of truth and reality. Disparate images can become worn away as concrete does when exposed to the elements, over which twisted memories form slowly, creeping and overtaking like lichen. Haw Par Villa interwove different modes and media to interrogate ideas of authorship, truth, representation and memory.
This entry was posted in Commissioned Exhibition Essays, Reviews, Reviews & Interviews, Words on 25/08/2014 by Chloé Wolifson.
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Schwannomas of Uncommon Peripheral Locations: Analysis of Imaging Findings of 21 Cases
Cigdem Ozer Gokaslan*, Ugur Toprak, Emin Demirel, Cagri Erdim, Aytul Hande Yardimci and Ceyda Bektas Turan Pages 578 - 584 ( 7 )
Background: Schwannomas are benign slow-growing tumors most often associated with the cranial nerves. Schwannomas often originate from the eighth cranial nerve. They may also originate from the peripheral nervous system of the neck and extremities. However extracranial peripheral schwannomas are considered a rare entity.
Objectives: The knowledge of rare localizations and typical imaging findings will lead to a successfulradiological diagnosis. Therefore, in this study, we present the clinical findings and MRI characteristics of schwannomas with a rare localization involving the peripheral, lower and upper extremity and intramuscular regions.
Materials and Methods: The hospital database was screened for patients with an extracranial soft tissue mass. Twenty-one cases of schwannomas were found in rare localization. We analyzed the MR images of these patients retrospectively. The MR images were evaluated in terms of tumor location, signal intensity, and enhancement pattern. The histological examination of all the patients confirmed the diagnosis of schwannoma.
Results: In 21 patients, the schwannomas were peripheral, localized to upper (n = 6) and lower extremities (n = 11). The remaining four patients had intramuscular schwannomas.
The patients diagnosed with intramuscular schwannomas had schwannomas in sternocleidomastoid, gastrocnemius, triceps muscle and lateral wall of the abdomen. The average long-axis diameter of the tumor was 27.7 mm and the average short-axis diameter was 16.4 mm. The contrast pattern was diffused in eight tumors and peripheral in 13.
Conclusion: In this study, we present clinical findings and MRI characteristics of schwannomas with a rare localization involving the peripheral, lower and upper extremity and intramuscular regions.
Schwannomas, MRI, peripheral nerve system, diagnosis, benign tumors, patients.
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University Extension considered 'one of UT's best kept secrets'
David Hoffman
Dominique Alcala
Kelsey Coto
University Extension
Published on January 18, 2012 at 11:21 pm
By Mary Ellen Knewtson
Students facing lengthy waitlists or class closings for core courses may not be out of luck, as the University Extension program offers extra classes in addition to UT’s general course listings.
The University Extension program offers separate versions of some UT classes in evenings or online. UT has been offering correspondence courses since the early 1900s, but the program incorporating online and classroom style courses has existed since 2005, said assistant to the program director Dominique Alcala. Classes for the program this semester begin on Jan. 23, and late registration is still open for students. Alcala said a “smorgasbord” of people uses the program, and 40 percent of students enrolled in the courses are UT students who are enrolled in day classes but are looking for more options. Others taking extension classes are adults with day jobs interested in transitioning careers, or in continuing their education, and some students are not seeking UT degrees, but simply class credit.
For students who are not seeking degrees at UT, having a transcript that still bears the UT seal can be valuable, she said.
Courses offered through the program are mostly core curriculum classes that many students need to complete degree requirements, she said. Alcala said classes could not be included in flat tuition rate, but that the relative course cost for enrolled students just depends on how many courses they are taking.
Class sizes are usually much smaller than a typical lecture style class at UT, said biochemistry associate professor David Hoffman, who had 32 students and no teaching assistant in the biochemistry class he taught last semester.
“It’s my favorite course to teach,” Hoffman said. “When I teach the regular course the class sizes are about 200.”
Hoffman taught the class at traditional times for two years before schedule conflicts prevented him from continuing. He said he now enjoys the night class because its smaller numbers encourage students to raise questions. Some of his students were teachers or engineers looking to switch into health professions, he said.
“It really is a different experience,” Hoffman said. “It’s one of UT’s best kept secrets.”
Word-of-mouth alerted public health senior Kelsey Coto to Hoffman’s class, which she said she was happy to come across since Hoffman no longer taught it during the day.
Coto said the registration process was simpler than UT’s main registration and, after talking with her advisor, found out the credit transferred seamlessly. Coto said her class did not have the ability to utilize UT’s Blackboard tool, but Coto said Hoffman kept communication with the class via his own website.
“It was easy to ask questions and the professor was approachable,” Coto said.
While Alcala said the program has taken many different marketing approaches, she said she is surprised that more people are not familiar with the program.
“We’re not hiding,” Alcala said.
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Project Respect Febuary Campaign
When Carmela, the founder of online film website We Are Moving Stories approached Daughter director Sarah Jayne with the idea of making the film part of an online fundraising campaign to raise money for Project Respect, there was no hesitation.
Project Respect is a Melbourne based non for profit organisation that support women in sex work and women and girls trafficked into Australia and forced into sex work without their consent.
Throughout February Daughter was screened online to those who donated $30AU or more to Project Respect. Within the last week of the campaign (which ended on the 21st of February) Carmela organised an online live discussion with Daughter director Sarah Jayne who answered questions on FB live chat.
As Sarah Jayne expected, the conversation was interesting. Most of the questions given to the director were about her research and how she went about tackling the subject matter and also why she chose to speak about these topics inspired by the two real life murder cases in Melbourne.
This was the first fundraiser that We are Moving Stories has attempted and Carmela will continue to match up a thought provoking film with a worthy organisation for the sole purpose of fundraising.
Check out the We are Moving Stories website for more details about the way the site supports filmmakers and the future fundraising campaigns.
Tagged: fundraiser, project respect
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Tribute to Luigi Veronelli
The 2004, the year which has just passed, ended with a grave loss for the world of Italian wine and - with no fear of doubt - for the whole world of wine. The last November 29th, in Bergamo - the city where he lived - at 78 has passed away… [more]
Known in the world for the elegance and the finesse of its white wines, Alsace is also the only French region in which the name of the grape is a primary element of the label… [more]
The grape from which are being produced two great wines of Piedmont - Barolo and Barbaresco - is very appreciated in Italy as well as in other countries of the world for the elegance and personality of its wines… [more]
Tignanello 2001, Cervaro della Sala 2002, Amarone della Valpolicella 2001, Risveglio 2000, Colli Tortonesi Barbera Superiore Rodeo 2000, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Riserva 1999, Valpolicella Superiore Campo Lavei 2002… [more]
Oriented to the production and revaluation of Castel del Monte wines, Torrevento is also the productive headquarter of I Pastini winery, whose goals also include the revaluation of the ancient and typical grapes of Apulia… [more]
Sensorial Analysis of Food
Enogastronomical matching is the happy marriage between wine and food, an art which is usually considered difficult but in reality it requires just a little of good taste, curiosity and initiative… [more]
After the end of World War Two, since the spreading of cocktails, this way of drinking has never been influenced by fashions and does not show any sign of decay, it is always alive and new… [more]
Review of Grappa, Distillates and Brandy, Grappa Riserva Botti da Porto, Grappa di Barbera, Grappa di Chianti Classico, Grappa di Chardonnay… [more]
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Hindu Goddess gives prediction to the Dalai Lama
Posted on January 28, 2012 in Documentaries, Videos · 3,981 Views · 3 Comments
This is an interesting video. His Holiness the Dalai Lama is given advice by a young girl who is considered an incarnation of a Hindu Goddess. See for yourself and formulate your own thoughts on the prediction.
Nechung takes trance according to a very zealous Geshe Dorje, that Dalai Lama will visit China, then everything will be ok. Geshe Dorje states when Dalai Lama visits China people will be so happy that they die.
Geshe Dorje perhaps due to language barriers or over-enthusiasm states emphatically people will die from happiness. The video overall is interesting. But you can see to understand for yourself what is the message.
2012: The Tibetans’ fateful year
This documentary was created almost exactly three years ago. It is now 2012 and the Tibetan exiled community doesn’t look like it’s any closer to achieving autonomy. The struggle is still on; Tibetans are still crying for a Free Tibet; the cause for Tibet’s independence is still very much a hot topic within the Tibetan diaspora.
So where is this autonomy? And why aren’t the prophecies coming true? Were all those oracles wrong?
Let’s back-track slightly in this discussion about Free Tibet and oracles. Central to the cause for Tibet’s freedom has also been the ongoing ban of the Protector deity Dorje Shugden. In the mid 1990s, as the fight for freedom became more and more of a bleak possibility, it was declared that the practice of Dorje Shugden was harming the Tibetan cause. The Dalai Lama banned the practice stating publicly that if people continued the practice, they would create the cause for Tibetans never to get their independence and for the Dalai Lama’s own life to be shortened.
Nechung in trance through an oracle
It because a widespread view that Dorje Shugden had become a convenient scapegoat. The governing body of the exiled Tibetan community in Indian, known as the Central Tibetan Administrator (CTA) had long failed to gain independence back for their people. So as their failure became increasingly pronounced, they needed a quick diversion. Dorje Shugden was made to take the blame for the failing Tibetan situation.
The Dalai Lama, his supporters and the CTA cited their state protector, Nechung, in saying that Dorje Shugden was not enlightened and that we should not rely on him. Apparently, it was Nechung, while in trance through an oracle, that proclaimed it unsafe and not beneficial to propitiate the Dorje Shugden. The Dalai Lama appeared to listen to this advice; as did his government. The advice to renounce the practice was issued as a blanket ban – give up the practice or else…
The ban brought up huge debates among learned Buddhist practitioners, scholars and teachers. It did not make sense on any level that a Protector who has been long recognised as an enlightened being was suddenly being denounced as a harmful spirit. It made even less sense that the Dalai Lama – recognised as an emanation of the Buddha of Compassion, Chenrezig – could make such a drastic “mistake” in identifying the true nature of a Protector which he himself relied on for a significant part of his life.
Now, this news reportage adds another perspective into the mix. While the Dalai Lama rejects the counsel and practice of Dorje Shugden, he is now consulting oracles of other deities, who may not necessarily even be enlightened. The Sambhavi deity may be very highly respected and worshipped among Hindu devotees, but she is hardly known with the Tibetan Buddhist lineages – it begs the question why the Dalai Lama would reject an established Protector deity from within his own lineage, who was practiced by his own teachers and monasteries, but would consult a deity of an entirely different religion. We might also ask why the Dalai Lama, supposedly an enlightened being himself, would even need to rely on deity oracles for predictions and prophecies, no least from oracles whose level of attainments are far below his own.
The 6-year-old Hindu girl oracle, who takes trance of the Sambhavi deity.
The details of the Buddhist Protector consulted by the Dalai Lama are not even clear in this video. Even the terminology belies the unfortunate inexperience of the journalist who is not able to articulate specific details as to who this Protector is.
So we might assume this is Nechung, the most prominent state oracle often consulted by the Dalai Lama and his government. Even so, it is a commonly accepted that Nechung is not enlightened. He is known to have been a spirit who was tamed by Guru Rinpoche and bound to serve the Dharma. Because of his limited capacity as an unenlightened protector, it has also been well documented throughout history that many of the prophecies of Nechung were inaccurate. This caused many of the high lamas to be displeased with him.
A clear example of this was when Nechung wrongly advised the Dalai Lama to remain in Tibet during the early troubles of the Cultural Revolution. To be doubly sure, the Dalai Lama also consulted Dorje Shugden who actually advised him to leave immediately and provided him the exact routes to leave in safety. The very next day after his escape, the Chinese shelled the Potala Palace where the Dalai Lama had been staying at the time. Had the Dalai Lama listened only to Nechung and not consulted the Dorje Shugden oracle in time, he would have been killed in the Potala. In reality, therefore, because he has so often given such inaccurate advice, prophecies made by Nechung simply cannot be trusted. Anything he says about Tibetan independence should also be taken with a pinch of salt.
Nechung, also known as Pehar
So why have all Nechung’s sweeping statements about this supposed promise of freedom in 2012 been taken so much to heart? Why is it that a bound spirit is now advising the Dalai Lama about the nature of an enlightened protector, claiming that he is unenlightened and harmful? Should the Dalai Lama be listening to the unenlightened Protector, or one he had propitiated for more than half his life, but suddenly “given up”?
The Dalai Lama has followed the advice of Nechung thus far – but where has this gotten him and his people? Nechung’s advice in 1959 might have almost killed the Dalai Lama had he really remained in Tibet. Fast-forward 60 years to today: 2012 is drawing to a close and the Dalai Lama is still not making his way back to his homeland. Why not? Have the words of his own Protector failed him? And if so, why does he continue consulting him? Why indeed does he continue to promote and rely on a being who has so often proven himself unreliable and denounce a true enlightened Protector whose advice has never failed any one?
DorjeShugden.com
For further reading on Nechung (also frequently known as Pehar):
Spirits in Dharamsala
(Extracted from: http://www.dorjeshugden.com/all-articles/features/spirits-in-dharamsala/)
Many eons ago, the dharma protector, Pehar, was a royal prince of the Ashuras called Damaraja. At the time of his birth, another boy was also born — to one of the king’s ministers. The two became fast friends and were ordained as monks together by the abbot called Dawe (moonlight.)
Damaraja’s religious name was Dawe Shinu and his friend’s was Tunten Nagpo.
Dawe Shinu became a scholar, who enjoyed teaching Dharma. His friend enjoyed meditating.
One day Dawe Shinu went to visit a Hindu Temple where he met a beautiful girl named Zitan Metog Ke. Overwhelmed by physical attraction, they fell into each other’s arms and ended up making love in the temple for 7 days and nights.
Dawe Shinu had broken his vows of celibacy.
His friend came and tried to stop them, but he could do nothing. Dawe Shinu got so angry at the intervention that he turned into a lion and threatened to kill his friend. If it had not been for Vajrapani, who protected Tunten Nagpo with his vajra, he would have done so.
Years late, when Dawe Shinu died, he was reborn in hell. There, he was known as Butcher’s Horse, and his life was full of suffering.
In his next existence, he was reborn as a human being who was very poor and homeless. One day, as he was wandering he ran into his former friend but they had no liking for each other.
Then Dawe Shinu was born to King Muche Tsampo and his wife, Queen Lhamo Tongon. that time, he was named Vajra Kuhe Samati. His former friend, Tunten Nagpo, was a hermit who meditated in cave and for some reason, Vajra Kuhe Samati was moved to turn himself into a rat just to try and disturb him. Once again Vajprapani intervened to protect Tunten Nagpo.
Mongolian depiction of Pehar
The fourth existence of Dawe Shinu was as the third son of Dudje Tsempo, king of the local demons. His name this time was Mudu Tankhar. (His father also had four other children.)
Pehar is a reincarnation of that demon, Mudu Tankhar. He is described as having three faces, six arms and riding a lion. He is known as a Tinley Gyalpo, or Action King.
When Padmasambhava and Tibetan ruler, Trison Deutsen, built Samye Monastery, Guru Rinpoche invited Pehar from his realm called Petahor to be the protector. He gave him a wife, Mentsun Karmo, as well as another consort. They were installed in the quarters called Peharchok that was established especially for them in the northern side of Samye. This Pehar temple is known as the Turquoise Palace.
Pehar, as a dharmapala, embodies the activities of the Five Buddhas. He also has five aspects: Body, Mind, Speech, Knowledge and Activity. The Mind aspect of King Pehar (Tuk ki Gyalpo) is brown with one face and two arms. His right hand holds a red spear, his left, a double-edged sword and a lasso. He wears a bear skin shawl and a black turban and is seated on an elephant amidst fire.
The Body aspect of Pehar (Kui Gyalpo) is dark blue, with one face and two arms. His right hand holds a vajra and his left, a single cymbal. He wears a round golden cymbal-shaped hat (tipshu) and rides a black bear.
The Knowledge aspect (Yonten kyi Gyalpo) is black, with one face and two arms. His right hand holds an axe, his left a demon’s lasso. He wears a tiger skin shawl and a black snakeskin and rides a dragon.
The Speech aspect (Sung gi Gyalpo) is dark brown, with one face and two arms. His right hand holds a staff, his left a sandalwood club. He wears a black robe and rides an iron wolf.
The Activity aspect (Thinley gyi Gyalpo) is navy blue with three faces and six arms. His first right hand holds a hook, the second an arrow, and the third, a sword. His first left hand holds a razor-sharp knife, the second a bow, the third a staff. He wears his tipshu, a white shawl and leopard-skin skirt, and rides a snow lion.
Edited from Lama Kunga Rinpoche’s teaching (02/1999) as recorded by Jeff Watt.
Extracted from In Exile from the Land of Snows:
As a state institution, Nechung Monastery stood at the apex of a nationwide system comprised of thousands of mediums and their respective spirits. The network through which the human and spirit worlds were connected, was re-enfranchised annually, in the so-called Lhatrel or God Tax.
Once a year Tibet’s 120 district governors collected offerings from the mediums in their region on behalf of their spirits. Forwarded to Nechung Monastery, they were given, on the third day of the New Year, in a colossal tsog or offering ritual, to Pehar Gyalpo.
After the rite, Nechung’s monks moved to the center of Lhasa for the oracle’s appearance in Tibet’s most spectacular celebration, the three-week-long Monlam Chenmo or Great Prayer Festival. At this time, over 20,000 monks, joined by thousands of pilgrims from all across the country, crowded into the capital.
The Nechung medium was required to undergo trance on at least ten separate occasions. In the most dramatic event, following days of parades, athletic meetings and religious convocations, he marched in a regal procession south of the city to a field below the Potala, where, wielding his bow, sword and trident before a bonfire, he ritually dispersed the negative spirits of the old year.
The need to thoroughly test the authenticity of the Nechung kuden had, for centuries, been a critical concern of the Tibetan government. As the most delicate policies of state, both domestic and foreign, were involved with the oracle, the possibility of a leak, either from a malignant spirit taking possession (and subsequently relating information via another medium) or from the medium himself retaining some trace memory of the trance, was ever-present. So, too, was the danger of a garbled or mistaken transmission.
To protect against the latter, the level of the medium’s trance was closely observed, a complete possession, inducing unconsciousness, being the ideal state. Such possession could occur only if the 72,000 psychic channels upon which, according to tantric theory, consciousness is mounted in the human body were cleared of all obstructions.
In such a case trance would be undergone swiftly, continuing without fluctuations or other irregularities. Though Lobsang Jigme’s trances revealed him to be very pure “vessel,” the next task, that of checking whether or not if it was in fact Dorje Drakden who possessed him, required, following preliminary observations, three levels of tests.
Initially, four signs of Dorje Drakden’s immense power were sought: swelling of the medium’s body up to two inches, effortless support of the heavy costume, ringing of the golden bells on the helmet’s top and shuddering of the mirror on the chest from the increased heartbeat.
The character of the possessing spirit was then observed. Dorje Drakden’s cham was particular to him, as was the fact that his fierce, prideful attitude gave way to humility only if the Dalai Lama, his picture or an article of his clothing was present. Otherwise the spirit minister demanded complete subjugation from all those in attendance. With these factors present, three categories of tests, known as outer, inner and secret, were undertaken.
In the other test, the medium was presented during trance with sealed boxes and requested to name their contents. This exam was considered easy, as the majority of spirits were believed to possess a minor form of clairvoyance.
It was followed by the inner test, in which the possessing spirit was requested to quote verbatim prophecies given by the Protector on specific dates in the past. With hundreds of prophecies on file, all imparted in Dorje Drakden’s poetic, often cryptic style, this test was virtually impossible to pass if the Protector himself was not present.
The two tests comprising the secret category, however, were believed definitive. Prior to the trance the kuden’s breath was checked to make sure that it had no odour. During trance it was examined again. If Dorje Drakden was in possession, the breath would invariably have a strong scent, similar to that of alcohol but described as actually being that of nectar.
At the moment Padmasambhava had converted the Five Kings, in the form of the eight-year-old novice, to the Dharma, he had anointed the child’s tongue with a few drops of nectar. Its odour was maintained by the spirit as a sign that his vows were being upheld. While exacting allegiance, Padmasambhava had placed the blazing tip of his dorje on the head of the kneeling child.
As the trance ends and the thickly padded helmet is quickly removed before the kuden chokes, Dorje Drakden’s possession is revealed in the well-defined imprint of a dorje, clearly visible for a matter of minutes, on the crown of the medium’s head.
The position of Nechung Kuden, however, was neither easy nor even necessarily desirable. It held the potential of a high as well as an ignominious fate. Many kudens had suffered the latter; only a few had achieved the former.
The very first kuden, appointed at the monastery’s founding in the seventeenth century, had been executed when, through possession by a lesser spirits, secret government information had been revealed to the public. Though no such drastic measure had occurred since, two of the three kudens preceding Lobsang Jigme had been disgraced, fired from their posts, after their meditation practice had deteriorated to the point of interfering with the coherence of their trances.
Shakya Yarpel, though, the renowned kuden prior to them, had been so beloved by the Thirteenth Dalai Lama for the charity of his possessions that he had been accorded honours above even those granted the Prime Minister and Cabinet, actually being conveyed when he traveled in a pep jam, the gold palanquin normally reserved solely for the Dalai Lamas and Regents.
Aware of the difficulty of the post, Lobsang Jigme’s predecessor, had run away on being singled out during a trance of the Gadong Oracle as the new Nechung kuden. Nonetheless, unable to prevent his destiny, he had been possessed by Dorje Drakden and, until his death (attributed by some to the immense strain placed on his heart by possession), accepted the role.
In Exile from the Land of Snows
By John F. Avedon
You might also be interested in this video:
Dalai Lama and Oracle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=eVAirRqgFgk
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haha! Poor Tibetans, all depend on same oracle god but he is not a Buddha. Nechung is good, he helps but he is not Buddha. You make a good question here. why the tibetans put their focus to a spirit but they turn away the Buddha Dorje Shugden.
Your articles are very good.
Please put more
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I don’t like this saying because 6 year old can’t be said as hindu or buddhist or this and that. God is equal for everyone, so god can’t be seperated by saying hindu or buddhist or muslim or cristian.. Even Buddha was born as hindu, Jesus or Mahomabbad ali was also born as something other religion. In view of god, all living beings are equal but in view of people , god are different. think before 2600 year, there was only hindu..(which now people called)
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1358: Perrin Mace, de-sanctuaried
January 25th, 2019 Headsman
On this date in 1358 — during the height of the great peasant rebellion known as the Jacquerie — a bourgeois named or Perrin Mace or Perrin Marc was summarily hanged in Paris.
Just the day before, January 24,* he had in broad daylight assassinated Jean Baillet, longtime treasurer to the dauphin who would become King Charles V. Mace/Marc then fled to the a church, attempting to assert the unreliable right to sanctuary.
The dauphin found the idea that a man could murder a minister of state with impunity just by winning a footrace to a church door as ridiculous as we would in modernity, so he ordered his marshal to bash in said doors and extract the assassin that very night for immediate execution come daybreak.
But this was also an attack on the prerogatives of the church, which provoked a furious response by the bishop — who had the assassin’s remained honorably interred. Still more was it an affront to the Parisian populace whose demands for reform were being frustrated by the dauphin and which accordingly was coming to support his rival Charles the Bad during a general political crisis.
Accordingly, the provost Etienne Marcel on February 22 led a popular march upon the dauphin’s palace, fronted by heralds crying out the grievance:
Pray for the soul of Perrin Mace, a bourgeois of Paris, unjustly executed!
John Baillet, the treasurer of the Regent, had borrowed in the name of the King a sum of money from Perrin Mace.
Mace demanded his money in virtue of the new edict that orders the royal officers to pay for what they buy and return what they borrow for the King, under penalty of being brought to law by their creditors.
John Baillet refused to pay, and furthermore insulted, threatened and struck Perrin Mace.
In the exercise of his right of legitimate defence, granted him by the new edict, Perrin Mace returned blow for blow, killed John Baillet and betook himself to the church of St. Mery,** a place of asylum, from where he demanded an inquest and trial.
The Duke of Normandy, now Regent, [i.e., the dauphin -ed.] immediately sent one of his courtiers, the marshal of Normandy, to the church of St. Mery, accompanied with an escort of soldiers and the executioner.
The marshal of Normandy dragged Perrin Mace from the church, and without trial Mace’s right hand was cut off and he was immediately hanged.
Pray for the soul of Perrin Mace, a bourgeois of Paris, unjustly executed.
Marcel’s protest invaded the royal palace and murdered several of his counselors in front of his eyes — “so close to the dauphin, that the royal dress was sprinkled with their blood,” as this history puts it. Charles survived the encounter but found himself virtually a prisoner and it would be months before he had the satisfaction of pacifying the city (and of seeing Etienne Marcel assassinated in his own turn).
French speakers might enjoy this detailed review of events (pdf).
* There are several January 1358 dates in circulation for these events on this here Internet. My authority for this one is the chronicle Chronique des règnes de Jean II et de Charles states in no uncertain terms that Baillet was assassinated on January 24, Mace was hauled from sanctuary that same night, and he was executed on the morning of the 25th.
** Some other sources give it as the church of Saint-Jacques-la-Boucherie, “Saint James of the Butchers” — named to distinguish it from Saint-Jacques-du-Haut-Pas elsewhere in Paris. This church, dating to the 11th or 12th century, was later rebuilt in Gothic style but pulled down during the French Revolution; only its tower, known as Saint-Jacques Tower, survives.
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"After this season and everything that happened this season, with my season being my best season as well," Pogba told reporters, "I think for me it could be a good time to have a new challenge somewhere else. I am thinking of this: to have a new challenge somewhere else."
Is this a real desire to leave the Premier League giants or is this simply a ploy to speed up negotiations for a new contract, as some reports have suggested? Is this just Pogba having fun or Pogba sending a message? ESPN FC writers Gab Marcotti, Mark Ogden and Rob Dawson weigh in, along with ESPN FC editor Alex Shaw as to what this latest message could mean and how United should handle it.
Should Man United entertain Paul Pogba's latest 'desire' to leave?
Gab Marcotti: It's never a good idea to keep a player against his will, but United need to evaluate whether he wants to leave or whether there's a specific destination he finds more appealing. They're not the same thing.
Every indication is that he's happy and settled at Old Trafford when it comes to everything bar the football. And, obviously, that needs to improve and he has to be part of that improvement. But it's pretty evident that when he looks around at United's other two world-class players, Marcus Rashford and David De Gea, and sees that both have serious contractual issues and, at the same time, if a very big club comes in for him and they can offer Champions League football and better teammates, sure, it's going to be appealing.
All that said, he's entering the fourth year of a five-year deal (albeit with a club option for a sixth) and that's the natural time to talk about extensions. That may have something to do with Pogba's latest comments as well.
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Mark Ogden: Yes. Quite simply, Pogba is the right player at the wrong time for Manchester United, and it would be best for both parties if he moved on. Pogba is a supreme talent but only when he is surrounded by players of a similar standard. At United, where the squad lacks top quality, his shortcomings are exacerbated and he can be a liability when opponents are on top.
Pogba's lack of defensive awareness and his reluctance or inability to put in the hard yards is exposed repeatedly at United, but in a better team, other players would do the jobs he is ill-equipped to perform, leaving Pogba to focus purely on hurting opponents with his attacking skills. If he's unhappy at United, the negativity from Pogba would only make matters worse at Old Trafford, so United should sell.
Liverpool cashed in on an unhappy Philippe Coutinho 18 months ago and reinvested the £142 million fee on Virgil van Dijk and Alisson Becker, so there can be an upside to selling your most high-profile player.
Rob Dawson: It is a difficult situation. No club wants to keep a player who doesn't want to be there, but on the flip side, selling Pogba makes United's huge rebuild even bigger.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has enough problems to fix without having to replace his best player and the club may have to work out some kind of compromise to buy himself some time. It may be that Solskjaer tries to convince Pogba to stay for another season on the understanding they will listen to offers next summer. The difficulty there, though, is that fans are already unhappy Pogba has publicly stated he wants to leave and might get a rough ride at Old Trafford next season.
In the end, it may come down to Solskjaer's judgement. If Pogba is going to sulk, he should go. If he's going to get his head down, work hard, play well and get the fans back onside, then that's something Solskjaer can work with -- even if it's only for a year.
Alex Shaw: If United had a defined structure, culture and good reputation for making smart transfers, they should cash in on Pogba. Unfortunately, they don't and of the 28 players to have signed in the post-Sir Alex Ferguson era, only three players (Juan Mata, Ander Herrera and Zlatan Ibrahimovic) have been qualified successes. The rest, including Pogba, have either flopped spectacularly or not delivered enough.
Pogba is definitely in the latter camp but executive vice chairman Ed Woodward has proven to be out of his depth when it comes to matters on the field. Every manager he has appointed has failed, the transfers have verged from misfits to has-beens to never-weres and a director of football still has not been appointed.
United are a total mess and need all the help they can get and that includes Pogba. Even when he's distracted or off his game, he still has more natural talent than the rest of his midfield teammates.
Paul Pogba's latest flirtation with leaving Man United comes at a tough time for the club given their other transfer needs.
If they decide to cash in, what kind of price should they hold out for and what should they do with the money?
Marcotti: It depends who the buyer is and how badly he wants to leave. I think given the fact that he's 26 and given some of the other fees out there, something in the £130m range isn't unrealistic. And let's cut to the chase: very few clubs can even contemplate that fee so you're talking about Real Madrid and maybe one or two others. Given their financial situation, maybe you think of a player-plus-cash deal, but like I said, I wouldn't sell him unless he really, really wants to go.
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Ogden: United paid a world record £89m fee to sign Pogba from Juventus in August 2016 and although many would argue that he has not repaid that figure, the reality is that the transfer market has rocketed and it would now cost at least £120m to sign the France midfielder. At 26 and with three years remaining on his contract, Pogba is at the height of his value to United: the £142m spent by Barcelona on Coutinho in January 2018 and Real Madrid's move for the 28-year-old Eden Hazard (which could be worth up to £130m) will be used as benchmark's for Pogba.
Dawson: United signed Pogba for £89m in 2016 a year before the Neymar deal sent player valuations through the roof. He is under contract until 2021 and United hold an option to keep him for another 12 months. He is a World Cup winner and one of the most recognisable players in the world who, at 26, should be at the peak of his powers.
If Ed Woodward decides to sell -- and there's no indication at this stage that he has -- he would be well within his rights to hold out for a fee of between £130-150m. Hazard is two years older than Pogba and was entering the final 12 months of his contract at Chelsea, but Real Madrid were still convinced to pay a fee that could rise to £130m. Woodward will be looking for more.
Shaw: Any fee would have to be north of £100 million to tempt United into selling. The jarring thing from the fans' perspective is when the player talks of wanting a "new challenge." He hasn't even completed this challenge yet, falling way short of the level you expect from a player that cost a then-world-record £89.3m when he joined in 2016.
What do Man United need most this summer outside of Pogba?
Marcotti: First and foremost, sort out Marcus Rashford's contract and figure out what you want to do with David De Gea. It's pretty grotesque that it's gotten to this stage, with their undisputed No. 1 having less than a year to go on his current deal. In terms of positional needs, they could use a right-back, a central defender and two central midfielders while also upgrading their winger/attacking midfield corps: it would be a tall order for a club that's run well to tick all these boxes.
Ogden: Solskjaer could quite easily improve every position in his United team this summer, from goalkeeper to centre-forward, so it is not a case of identifying one or two priorities. But United can't buy 11 new players. Therefore, they must rectify their most glaring weaknesses and hope that the rest of the squad raises their game.
Defensively, United are desperate for reinforcements: a commanding centre-half and reliable right-back are the top priorities. They also need creativity, goals and energy in midfield -- qualities that Pogba has, but ones he has only shown in fleeting glimpses. Up front, United are well-stocked with talent but too many of their forwards are not showing their best, so a new, proven goalscorer should also be high on Solskjaer's hit-list.
Dawson: There is an argument that Solskjaer needs to improve every area of his squad but that's not possible over one transfer window. He needs a centre-back and right-back and moves are underway to secure both. On top of that, there has been a gaping hole on the right wing for too long. Last season, United conceded too many goals and did not score enough, which says everything about the scale of the task facing Solskjaer this summer.
Shaw: Where do you even start? A director of football is paramount, as Woodward has failed time and time again to improve matters on the pitch. A shift in transfer strategy is also important, with United too often suckered into signing stellar names rather than players who fit a system.
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History of Priestly Celibacy: did the East abandon the original tradition?
Question from Matt on 5/30/2004:
Hello Anthony;
I was reading in H.W. Crockers III book "Triumph" pg 57 about the Council of Nicea "The council also clarified various items of Church discipline, the most iteresting of which, in light of modern controversies, was the Church's strengthing of the practice of celibacy. The third canon of the Nicene Council prohibits all clergy from living with woman unless they are blood relatives... Thus the discipline of Celibacy, which was in use, if not mandatory, from the days of the Apostles, entered cannon law from at least the beggining of the fourth century, though it was not always enforced."
Question is: were Eastern Priests Celibate at one time? From my undestanding the first seven Ecumenical councils were largely Eastern affairs? If so, when did this practice change and why? Did the Eastern church ammend somehow the 3rd cannon of Nicea or does it just ignore it? Did priestly celibacy play a role in the split between East and West in 1054?
Second Question:
Did the Pope declare the First Seven Ecumenical councils to be "Ecumenical"?
Answer by Anthony Dragani on 6/2/2004:
Canon 3 of the Council of Nicaea reads:
"The great Synod has stringently forbidden any bishop, presbyter, deacon, or any one of the clergy whatever, to have a subintroducta dwelling with him, except only a mother, or sister, or aunt, or such persons only as are beyond all suspicion."
This particular canon was introduced to prevent clerics from engaging in scandalous activities. The very term "subintroducta" indicates a woman who is living as his personal disciple, under the pretense of piety. Apparently some clerics would bring these young women into their homes, and mentor them in something other than the Christian faith.
Several years ago I undertook an extensive study of clerical celibacy in the ancient Church. My findings conclusively demonstrate that at that the time of the Council of Nicea most of the clerics in both the Eastern and Western Churches were married men. However, a movement began in the Western Church during the fourth century to promote clerical celibacy, beginning with a canon ascribed to Council of Eliva. But it took many centuries for this to become the norm in the West. In the East no such legislation was ever promulgated, although the Council in Trullo did eventually legislate mandatory celibacy for bishops.
Of course ultimately this question is a moot point. What matters is the current legislation in the Catholic Church. Pope John Paul II has laid down the law for Eastern Catholics:
373. Clerical celibacy chosen for the sake of the kingdom of heaven and suited to the priesthood is to be greatly esteemed everywhere, as supported by the tradition of the whole Church; likewise, the hallowed practice of married clerics in the primitive Church and in the tradition of the Eastern Churches throughout the ages is to be held in honor. (Code of Canons of the Eastern Churches)
Sadly, in recent decades what I regard to be historical revisionism has gained ground in some Catholic circles. In order to defend the legitimate discipline of mandatory celibacy in the West, some Catholic authors have argued that mandatory celibacy was an apostolic tradition, demanded by Christ, that the Eastern Churches have abandoned! This view has been popularized in many recent books, and is finding a strong following. While it certainly is praiseworthy for the Latin Church to defend it's discipline, this should not be done at the expense of truth and historical accuracy.
I wrote an article on this very topic for Eastern Churches Journal. You can find my article online at the following link:
http://www.east2west.org/discus/messages/24/71.html?1082749256
My article is entitled "Is Mandatory Clerical Celibacy an Apostolic Tradition?"
God Bless, Anthony
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Good Samaritans recall rescue of 7-year-old and her father from crashed semi
By Courtney Godfrey, FOX 9
RED WING, Minn. (FOX 9) - A rollover crash in Goodhue County trapped a father and daughter in the cab of their truck, but thanks to passersby, they weren’t trapped for long.
Several people stopped along Hwy. 61 near Red Wing and ran toward the crash. For one couple that helped, they say the rescue renewed their faith in humanity.
Ultimately, thanks to the Good Samaritans, the driver of a semi was lifted to safety after rolling his truck on the four-lane highway.
“I just told them, there’s diesel leaking on the other side,” said Peter Gillispie, of Northfield. “We need to get these people out of here.”
Peter and Tammy Gillispie pulled up right after the crash.
“You could just see a black cloud and when you got closer, you could see that the blackness was the underneath of that semi,” Peter added.
Peter immediately ran towards the semi where he says an off-duty firefighter and former combat medic were among the people who stopped to help.
“Then, somebody all of a sudden said, ‘OK, we’re going to hand the little girl out,’ and I went, ‘What?’” Tammy said.
That group of everyday people kicked in the windshield to free the 7-year-old passenger.
“The mom-grandma instincts kicked in and I got her and I ran down the median with her to get her away from the truck once he said the diesel fuel was leaking,” Tammy said.
Her dad, the driver, was next to save.
“He was just in a daze,” Tammy recalled. “I’m sure he was in shock.”
The whole scenario reminded this couple how good people can be.
“We don’t want praise or whatever,” Peter said. “We just want everyone to know how grateful we are with everyone that stopped to help this dad and little girl.”
“If it was our kids, our grandkids, we would hope people would stop like we all did,” Tammy said.
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Day 152 (7p11.1-7q11.21): SBDS, an ancient gene next to a troublesome fossil
https://www.epainassist.com/blood-diseases/what-is-shwachman-diamond-syndrome
Day 152 has 25 protein-coding genes (browser view) including SBDS (Shwachman-Bodian-Diamond syndrome).
SBDS helps build ribosomes, and mutations cause a rare developmental syndrome. Interestingly, it is a genetic fossil nearby – a pseudogene that looks like SBDS – that sometimes confuses the cell during replication, damaging the “living” SBDS gene through gene conversion.
SBDS is present even in Archaea, meaning it is billions of years old.
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Day 153 (7q11.21-7q11.23): elastin, a springy protein
http://rejuvenateskinclinic.ie/collagen-elastin-skins-youth-proteins/
Day 153 has 39 protein-coding genes (browser view) including ELN (elastin).
Elastin, as the name suggests, is an elastic, springy protein used in tissues throughout the body.
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Day 154 (7q11.23-7q21.11): hepatocyte growth factor
http://www.intechopen.com/books/trends-in-alcoholic-liver-disease-research-clinical-and-scientific-aspects/alcoholic-liver-disease-and-the-survival-response-of-the-hepatocyte-growth-factor
Day 154 has 35 protein-coding genes (browser view) including HGF (hepatocyte growth factor).
HGF was discovered in 1984 through experiments in rat livers. It is a signal telling cells to grow and divide after organ damage.
Click here to see all 8386631 letters of Day 154 with HGF underlined.
Day 155 (7q21.11-7q21.2): the Williams syndrome region
http://powerofthegene.com/joomla/index.php/conversational-genetics/genetics-in-legends-and-folklaw
Day 155 has 30 protein-coding genes (browser view), and overlaps with the region where genes are deleted in Williams syndrome.
From Chris Murgatroyd’s Power of the Gene:
Williams syndrome, affecting in around 1 in 20,000 people, in which a piece of DNA containing a number of genes is lost, leading to cardiovascular problems and a generally low IQ. However, these individuals tend to show competence in areas such as language and music, with many showing a near perfect music pitch and an uncanny sense of rhythm. People with William’s syndrome also have characteristic ‘elfin-like’ facial features with a small upturned nose, depressed nasal bridge and a broad mouth with full lips. This, together with their often-remarkable musical and verbal abilities, and highly sociable depositions, has lead to the suggestion that affected children were the inspiration for folktales and legends such as pixies, elves and fairies, which were often musicians and storytellers.
Day 156 (7q21.2-7q22.1): paraoxonases, genes with a big effect on disease risk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraoxonase#/media/File:Serum_Paraoxonase-1_PyMol_video.gif comm
Day 156 has 101 protein-coding genes (browser view) including the three paraoxonase genes.
Paraoxonases are enzymes that are important because they break down many drugs and toxins. A common mutation in PON1, Q192R, has been shown to influence the risk of heart disease and cancers.
Click here to see all 8386630 letters of Day 156 with the Q192R PON1 SNP flashing.
Day 157 (7q22.1-7q31.1): erythropoietin, a signal to make more red blood cells
http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/article/2015/12/12/teenage-british-junior-champion-admits-epo-doping
A group of fan joke with a fake syringe reading EPO during the 17th stage of the 94th Tour de France cycling race between Pau and Castelsarrasin, 26 July 2007. AFP PHOTO / JOEL SAGET (Photo credit should read JOEL SAGET/AFP/Getty Images)
Day 157 has 88 protein-coding genes (browser view) including EPO (erythropoietin).
Erythropoietin is produced by the kidneys and is a hormone signal to the bone marrow to produce more red blood cells. As a drug, it is used to treat anemia, but also illicitly as a performance-enhancing drug in cycling (although it may not actually help.)
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Day 158 (7q31.1-7q31.2): a mutation in FOXP2 that helped us speak
http://www.nature.com.libproxy.mit.edu/nrg/journal/v7/n1/fig_tab/nrg1747_F1.html
Day 158 has 22 protein-coding genes (browser view) including FOXP2 (forkhead box protein 2).
FOXP2 was discovered by studying a family with a genetic disorder that prevented them from speaking clearly. Intriguingly, it probably played a major role in human evolution and our development of speech.
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Day 159 (7q31.2-7q31.33): CFTR ΔF508, the cause of cystic fibrosis
http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/disorders/singlegene/cf/images/cf-channel.jpg
Day 159 has 30 protein-coding genes (browser view) including CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator.)
Like Day 64: (3p22.1-3p21.2): CCR5 Δ32, an HIV resistance mutation, the ΔF508 cystic fibrosis mutation in CFTR is at surprisingly high frequency (1 in 30 Europeans), which has led to speculation that it has been a target of recent evolution – it may provide protection against cholera in people with one copy, despite causing cystic fibrosis when inheriting two copies.
Click here to see all 8386630 letters of Day 159 with the CFTR ΔF508 mutation flashing.
Day 160 (7q31.33-7q33): a microRNA that helps you hear
http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnmol.2013.00052/full
Ushakov et al., Front. Mol. Neurosci., 23 December 2013
Day 160 has 51 protein-coding genes (browser view), but today we focus on a non-protein-coding gene, MIR96 (microRNA 96).
MIR96 regulates other genes that are important in hair cells in the inner ear, and mutations cause deafness in both humans and mice.
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Day 161 (7q33-7q34): a cluster of bitter taste receptors
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brussels_sprout#/media/File:Brussels_sprout_closeup.jpg
Day 161 has 66 protein-coding genes (browser view). It has one of the two major clusters of taste-receptor genes in the genome, including TAS2R38 (taste receptor 2 member 38).
TAS2R38 is one of the many detectors of bitter tastes. It has two versions in the population, one of which makes people much more sensitive to certain bitter plant chemicals, such as those in Brussels sprouts.
Click here to see all 8386630 letters of Day 161 with TAS2R38 underlined.
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Stoke Memoirs And 3D Spex (Day 8)
Who knows why some gigs you absolutely love and some you just can’t get into?
The band all loved the show in Stoke, the audience were amazing, the hecklers heckled in good spirits (albeit during an announcement that our friend Tim Smith has severe health problems- I guess bad manners don’t wait for appropriate moments to spring forth, huh? Nice one mate. Your girlfriend will be so proud, if you ever get one, ha ha), the guys in the band all played like a well oiled machine and the songs flowed like easy conversation. Me? I just couldn’t get into it. By the end of the second set the onstage sound had reached such muddied proportions that I could feel myself shouting to hear my vocals, so in an attempt to keep my voice for tomorrow’s show (and the rest of the tour) I let the crowd sing the final song 29 x The Pain. It was a curious moment with Hot Steve handing the microphone to seemingly everyone in the audience that doesn’t know the lyrics. Still, it has to be said that in another venue an SM57 would have been stripped from its cable and never seen again. A fine testament to the sheer decency of the Stoke crowd.
And while on the subject of hecklers and people not realising that we were going to be playing the new album in its entirety, I would like to make certain that my intentions in highlighting the heckling was not to incite further violence or have anyone threaten to ‘sort them out’. I don’t want to see ANY violence at our shows, okay?
I understand that some people will feel short changed by the decision to play the album and this is something I’d like to clarify. This decision was made during a fraught time where we couldn’t make our minds up as to what to play: old, new, rare, popular, etc etc etc. We put the vote to the fans on the forum and you unanimously voted for us to play the album. We take your responses very seriously indeed, and so we made a last minute decision to honour the popular voice, and deal with the disapproval of the minority, in this case. We can only offer, as consolation for anyone who might be disappointed with the decision, the fact that we have a band playing at the very top of their game (playing some songs that will never be played live again), one of the worlds very best sound-men, an awesome bill and a very competitive ticket price.
It looks like we will continue to support our albums by playing them in their entirety, in the future, if we are to continue to make albums. There are tons of bands just trotting out the best of set and releasing no new music, this is fine and supporting this is also great, but that isn’t The Wildhearts. Not at all. We want to the future to be an exciting place with musical innovation as well as a nod to the past, hence the two sets, both of approx equal length.
I hope you will continue to join us on our musical journey, and for anyone who only wants to see the ‘best of’ set I hope you have enjoyed the past 15/20 years and leave with fond memories. It’s been a great ride, hasn’t it?
After the show we were invited to a private screening of Final Destination 3D, which the band and crew later decided against, favouring, instead, another night drinking on the bus. Doing the same thing every night drives me a little stir crazy so Gav and I decided to round up some friends and make the screening anyway. Walking into a huge cinema that is completely empty is a thrill that no-one should pass up if ever given the chance. We selected our seats and watched as the 3D format threw chisels at us, as well as various body parts, in spectacular fashion. A great bit of gory fun with some very inventive kills, all sadly marred by the worst ending since The Happening.
Still, the gorgeous Krista Allen appeared in the movie, which was a bit of a treat.
Back on the bus we watched Step Brothers together and took ill laughing so hard at the drum kit/bollock interface scene.
Driving through Stoke as the clubs had long closed yet the scattered, drunken debris still roamed the street looking for a final fight or a fuck, but will probably settle for a kebab, I couldn’t feel more alien.
It’s a feeling I get every now and again and one that gives me great comfort.
Sometimes I just really feel different than everyone else.
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Birmingham, My Birmingham (Day 7)
We’ve always enjoyed good times in the Midlands and tonight was no exception.
Apparently there’s some kind of divide between Wolverhampton and Birmingham that forbids people from the former going to see bands playing the latter. We have sold precisely half the amount of tickets that we usually sell when we play Wolves Civic, adding weight to this theory. Still, come showtime the modest little room in the O2 Academy is literally jam packed.
The monitors on this tiny stage are so powerful that one would need to stand about 4 or 5 feet away from it to actually hear it. There is no 4 or 5 feet ‘back’ on this tiny stage, therefore no one can hear a thing onstage.
The show was the hottest gig I’ve played in a very long time. No air onstage made the experience hellish, especially for me and Ritch. Come You Took The Sunshine From New York I came so close to blacking out that I failed to notice singing the first verse in an entirely different key. No monitors and no oxygen will do that to a person.
Anyway, if the crowd noticed (which I’m sure they did) they quickly forgave me and proceeded to supply severely voluminous vocal support throughout. Their stamina was inspirational and kept the band motivated to keep rocking when there was no life left in us at all.
At one point in the final song I moved to CJ’s side of the stage in order to stop myself slipping on the swimming pool of my sweat in the middle of the stage. His side? Dry as a bone. That guy is way too cool.
All in all, possibly the best show of the tour. At least on a par with Nottingham.
Later we all ate at the Koh-i-Noor, a superb Indian restaurant that plays 80’s rock ballads at the behest of their manager. You won’t find a more surreal soundtrack to an extra spicy King Prawn Ceylon. It’s directly opposite the front of the venue. Check it out next time you’re at a gig.
Birmingham, we love you. Still and always.
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Etiquette Exeter Style (Day 6)
After a wonderful walk around Exeter we remarked how chilled out this place is and how few arseholes there seems to be in Exeter.
Sure enough, come showtime, they all crawled from beneath their rocks to attend our gig.
Don’t get me wrong, there were a LOT of awesome people there too, presumably, also, having their evening ruined by meat heads.
What do I have to do to get rid of these people from our audience? Answers in the comment section below, please.
What kind of person pays to attend a show only to talk over the singer every time he tries to introduce a song? I will never live long enough to understand this logic. I mean, fair play if you have something funny or constructive to shout but these people aren’t even hecklers in the classic sense of the word. These are folk who consider any crap whatsoever to enter their brain to be of cultural importance. And will rudely cut off a public speaker in order to address their point of view. Manners, it has to be said, have not been taught to some people, unfortunate, then, that the least mannered appear to be the loudest mouthed.
They spoil your evening, they spoil ours and no-one wants them around. They wouldn’t be missed if they disappeared. So please, if you know anyone who enjoys shouting random insults when a hard working band are trying to introduce the next song they’ve spent ages rehearsing, if you know anyone who enjoys shouting over the singer because they get so little attention in their normal, dull lives, could you please ask them nicely to stop coming to our shows? We don’t want their money and we definitely don’t want their company.
I’m so sorry for the idiots of Exeter spoiling what should have been an amazing, warm, funny, informative night. We will play places on this tour, full of people who want to listen to us, and this desire goes so deep that they will actually shut their mouths at the appropriate times in which to do so. Unfortunately you have had your one evening spoiled slightly.
Having said that the band played a faultless set and Ritch split two snare heads due to excessive battering. No one else on this tour got that, so all was not lost.
Exeter, lovely place. Not as keen to play there again, though, as I am to come back for a visit.
Day off today. Get to see my family and chill out for an entire 24 hours. Tomorrow we play Birmingham. I love playing Birmingham. Bring it on.
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Portsmouth Is Love (Day 5)
Who’d have thunk it? The best show of the tour, so far, I think, took place in Portsmouth, last night.
The audience were welcoming, warm and responsive, the band played a faultless set, the Black Spiders rocked big time (and later joined us on the bus for drinks) and me ‘n Gav decided to keep growing our beards until the end of the tour. They’re itching like hell but a deal is a deal.
After walking around Portsmouth, or Pompey or Southsea or whatever else they call this place, checking out the awesome shops of Albert Road it’s a treat to see such a myriad of eye watering expenditure dens peppering the street. Culturally valid accessory shops rub shoulders with semi-antique bric-a-brac stores in a bid to tempt visiting consumers into coughing up readies for essential items that they will ultimately lose interest in on leaving Portsmouth.
We have the smallest and most stifling dressing room in the western world, so in an attempt to rid myself of the claustrophobia based migraine steadily gnawing at my sense of well being I go and eat a fish by the seaside, approx 1km away. There’s nothing quite like a walk along an English beach to fill a person with equal feelings of happiness and sadness. I mean any walk along the sea can make a fellow feel a little insignificant, but something about the English seaside makes me think of the people on the other side of the water, baking in the sunshine, bronzed, naked and not think of the people on the other side of the water wrapped in multi layered protection to ward off the freezing gales of the North sea.
Anyway, the fish was lovely and the mushy peas burnt the living fuck out of the inside of my mouth.
All in all a lovely day. Lovely place. I love Portsmouth, and I didn’t even know it.
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Pictures From The Fifth Day
Our monitor man for this evening, Deano.
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Norwich, Nice Place, Next! (Day 4)
Sunday night and all is seemingly well in the sleepy hamlet of Norwich, paddling ground for the mighty Nicholas Parsons. We take the stage to rapturous applause and sizeable grins. They like it. Great.
Uh oh, we appear to have a few people who cannot, and dammit will not, grab hold of the concept of this being a performance of our last album, and continue to shout Suckerpunch, throughout the set. For you, my friend, we will not play Suckerpunch at all, even in the second set, where it stands third song in.
I’ll tell you why. Imagine the scenario. You’re talking and someone appears to have something more important to say, and they loudly interrupt. You accept that you aren’t the most interesting person alive and so graciously concede to the interrupter. Except the interrupter, hiding within the darkness of a crowd, decides not to continue their line in ignorance and clams up when asked what it is they want. Leaving, in place of a mildly interesting monologue of varying importance an awkward silence that serves no purpose other than to wind up the person talking and leave them pondering the vast level of ignorance and bad manners of someone who’d stop you talking in favour of saying nothing themselves.
I can’t get back into the gig for wishing that people like this would stop coming to our shows. There must be a thousand other bands you can follow? Look on the internet. Although there is a strong likelihood that you can’t operate a computer. Suffice it to say that you bring nothing to the event and you spoil the atmosphere for people who are genuinely enjoying themselves. Your absence will be welcomed.
All in all a stunning performance by the band. Probably the best we’ve played the entire tour. I’m very glad that those who actually wanted to listen in Norwich heard a band at the absolutely peak of their ability. I don’t know why the ignorance of others winds me up to such a point that I find myself losing my own balance and wanting to exact my rising anger. This is my problem. Balance is work in progress, a road with quite a few road blocks and falling rocks, a mode of transport rather than a destination.
Hope Portsmouth has fewer idiots in attendance and I pray that the people that didn’t enjoy it last night never come again.
Over and out of patience.
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Gonna Lose Your Mind In Nottingham Rock City (Day 3)
Kerrang! came to review it, lots of friends came down to hear it, more than 700 advance tickets were sold for it and they even managed to turn off that awful air-con during it.
What? You might be asking yourself.
Nottingham Rock City, god dammit. One of the finest, most legendary gigs on the planet and when it’s full to the rafters, as it was this evening, it’s a place of awe inspiring lunacy. You could hear the crowd cheering like crazy when Black Spiders were churning out their motor fuelled dirt rock. Man, how loud are they going to be for us?
Answer, VERY. Although Bristol had set the standard pretty high the previous night Nottingham eat standards with chips. Absolutely astounding reception from this wonderful crowd, and one that I was so honoured to have Kerrang! present at. If this doesn’t get a 5/5 review then at least everyone there knows it was, in fact, easily a 5/5 gig.
I live for nights like this, when the band and the audience are so tuned into each other that any night could have been Saturday night. Nice, then, that this was, in fact, a Saturday night.
Especially great to see Pikey Dan looking so happy with his beautiful new girlfriend.
Gig of the tour, so far. We love you Nottingham.
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Pictures From The Third Day
Gav appears stern as he awaits the falling bricks through this evening's volume.
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Bristol Creams (Day 2)
Walking around the cobbled streets of Bristol, twisting alleyways alive with Victorian memory and impregnated with vivid history, one can’t help but feel a sense of pride for the architecture that our strange little country boasts. The excited chatter of visiting tourists pepper every exquisitely ornate gateway and cul de sac. And as I marvel at my own heritage I can’t help but think that Bristol, as picturesque as it plainly is, has a serious challenge in the shape of last night’s Brighton crowd. Will the Bristol massive stand up to Brighton’s awesome welcome?
Well, it has to be said that Bristol were more than up for the challenge. As the uproarious cheer urged us into the album set the very vocal Bristolians showed their wonderful support in in voluminous fashion. And the show was amazing.
The sense of the performance turning into a party by the end of the evening was tangible. By the second set we were neck deep in the celebratory atmosphere of the 02 Academy and feeling no pain. And by the end the dressing room was alive with the boozy pats on backs of the band that continued onto the bus where we enjoyed the first collective listen of our new album.
It was a religious experience.
Today we play Nottingham Rock City, a venue that has traditionally stood up to any audience on the UK rock circuit. It’s going to be a devastatingly awesome show today, but Bristol will not be easy to match.
We got website of the week in The Sun yesterday. Sweet.
Man, this merch is awesome. I’m in love with my football shirt.
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Pictures From The Second Day
I customised Ritch's bass drum today. I'm happy with the results.
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After the failure of Microsoft Lumia series, the company now has done a great amount of research to build a new smartphone which will meet the expectations of users. Now latest rumors say that Microsoft is planning to go big with the upcoming Surface Phone.
Earlier this month, known leakster Evan Blass has uploaded a series of photos on his twitter account, which people initially supposed was the Microsoft Surface Phone. As exciting as the news sounded, it was also immediately clarified that the leaked images were not of the Microsoft Surface Phone.
Evan Blass pointed out that he did not announce anything and it was not the Microsoft Surface Phone. Although then it turned out to be a Windows phablet from Dell. Microsoft fans are in the dark about the device and have questioned if Microsoft is even working on the gadget at all or not.
Microsoft Surface Phone is the highly expected smartphone which is coming in 2017. If rumors are to true then the Microsoft Surface Phone will be equipped with Snapdragon 830 processor. Microsoft is gearing up to release the latest flagship, which is said to bring the Redmond-based software to the smartphone segment.
According to MobiPicker, there will be three variants of the Surface Phone. The first and cheapest will have 3 GB RAM with 32 GB internal storage. While the second variant will have 6 GB of RAM, with 128 GB internal storage and the most expensive variant will have an 8 GB RAM with 500 GB internal storage. The same high-end device could also have an installed Intel Atom X3 chipset.
A few days back an image leaked shows that the phone will be featuring a Snapdragon 830 processor with 5.7-inch display and a 2K resolution. Also the rear camera capacity has been noted as 20MP.
There are speculation regarding features like fingerprint reader, compass, barometer, proximity sensors and a 20-megapixel Carl Zeiss rear camera to have in Surface Phone. According to Tech Radar, the Surface Phone could have a display-embedded fingerprint scanner, which represents the character of next-gen smartphones.
MNR Daily wrote that there is no confirmed news regarding the release of the Microsoft Surface Phone, but the mobile device is definitely not expected to arrive within this year. The earliest date that users can expect to market is the first quarter of 2017.
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Well it’s raining drooling dogs in Oregon, but the newsroom is still firing. Last month I wrote about the rise of nonprofit journalism, and how very essential media collaboration is to our future work in this industry. As we head into winter at InvestigateWest, I’m super excited to be rolling up my sleeves in one of the largest media collaborations we’ve undertaken to date.
I wish I could tell you about all the amazing work that’s being done, and the fabulous group of people I am working with. Alas, some things are still sacred – even in today’s jaw-dropping news cycle – and among them is the media embargo. So I’ll have to keep my keyboard silent on the details for now. But since I look forward to the day I can write to all of you in more depth about this work, what I offer today is a bit of a primer.
If you saw our work on the Portland housing market last year, then you know that big data is one of the primary seeds of great journalism. It was data-mining that helped James Gordon and me see the forces behind the cash purchasing of housing that upended prices in the real estate market last year. And it’s data that underpins enormously successful journalism projects nationally and worldwide, like last year’s look at the state mental health system in Florida, and the Center for Public Integrity’s analysis of sexual assault on college campuses, which led to the Campus SaVE Act in 2013. You can find a treasure trove of these kinds of projects in the annual list of Philip Meyer Awards, which recognizes the best of them.
Back in June, when I was on fire about current projects and just swooning over big data overall, I spent some time emailing with friend and colleague Ashawnta Jackson at the Center for Data Arts Research at The New School in New York. Our conversation about data’s new role in journalism is especially pertinent now. I hope you enjoy it, and that it gives you another view of the work that we do.
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Chicago Open 2018 Thanks and Discussion
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Auroni
Post by Auroni » Tue Jul 24, 2018 11:16 am
Several people deserve thanks for this year's Chicago Open happening: Will Holub-Moorman, Jordan Brownstein, Seth Teitler, Eliza Grames, Joey Goldman, and Jacob Reed (who also served essentially as co-head editor in the final few weeks) for editing with me, Stephen Eltinge, JinAh Kim, Rohith Nagari, Sriram Pendyala, Victor Prieto, Dennis Loo, Jon Suh, and Raynor Kuang for writing questions for us, Matt Jackson for his detailed and plentiful comments on the set's questions, and Wonyoung Jang and Ramapriya Rangaraju for their proofreading. I'm sure I've left people out, so contact me if you helped and I'll slap myself and add you to the acknowledgements.
I want to elaborate on two main goals that I wanted to achieve while editing the tournament. First, I wanted to align CO, an emblem of the very highest level of quizbowl, with the conversations that have been taking place throughout this year about how to make the game more inclusive and welcoming to a larger number of people. Therefore my coeditors and I made a conscious decision to include as many questions and clues about non-cis men, people of color, and non-straight people as possible. Two tangible results of this were every packet having at least one tossup featuring on literature written by women, and a significant chunk of the arts being devoted to art from non-Western countries. I have always seen it as the duty of quizbowl to proactively go forth and reach out to cover neglected but widely held areas of knowledge and experience, and to then direct people to give due consideration to these same knowledges and experiences, and I hope that we were able to delight at least some people by taking this approach.
Secondly, I wanted this tournament to be a celebration of knowledge and quizbowl. Chicago Open, for me, has played several roles apart from being the hardest and most prestigious college tournament. The first couple COs that I played confirmed for me that college quizbowl was where I belonged, and that I could maybe grow to be good at it. The next few COs allowed me to prove that I was a championship contender type player. Now, CO is a chance for me to hang out with good friends and to see how far I can go on my intellectual interests alone. I wanted to edit this set so that people who are at each one of these stages could get something out of it; I wanted it to be fun for people who adore quizbowl but have never played something hard, for people who are about to drop a breakout career performance, for people who have played college quizbowl but could never quite make it out to CO before now, for connoisseurs of quizbowl questions who were curious to see what could come up, and for people who used to be good but haven't studied or prepared in years because for life and career reasons. On Saturday, I saw great buzzes and knowledge and enthusiasm being displayed from people in each one of these categories, which for me made it all worth it.
Lest I get too self-congratulatory, I know there were several issues with the set; had I had a few more weeks I'd have smoothed out some of the harder bonuses and we probably could have balanced out some of the inclusivity with more traditional "core" Western questions. But that's enough from me, I'd like to hear from all of you who played.
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Re: Chicago Open 2018 Thanks and Discussion
Post by vinteuil » Tue Jul 24, 2018 11:21 am
Hi everyone! Two posts incoming. I’ll put an apology for how the arts played out in a separate thread, because I suspect it’ll generate a lot of responses; moreover, I’ll be away for a family birthday over the next few days and thus won’t be hovering over these threads—that's probably a good thing.
This post is going to be entirely thanks and praise (likely some overlap with Auroni). And it’s going to be long—the set was a "journey" to finish and there are thus a ton of people to thank. Many of them went so far above and beyond what was requested or expected that I just want to gush about their hard work. (This post may also be pretty sentimental.)
First, I owe my biggest personal thanks to Auroni, who took me onboard after I, well, savaged his work in public—multiple times. I was surprised and delighted that we had near-identical priorities for the set (above all "representation"), and he was extremely accommodating of a variety of production changes I suggested. So: thanks, Auroni, for the opportunity, and I’m glad we could come together to produce something to be proud of.
I should equally thank Jordan for taking me on for our third tournament together since 2015 (!); he was wonderfully patient with my late-night pestering and some of my more dubious history ideas, as well as being extremely supportive in general of everyone’s work. You all know that Jordan’s the nicest guy in quizbowl; just remember that that extends to tournament production too.
Thanks also to Auroni and Jordan for being willing to run the actual tournament without most of the editors (in fact, me and everyone I brought on board or suggested) staffing; I know that’s an extra constraint and I appreciate that they didn’t even bring it up.
Will H-M was the MVP of this set. It should be obvious now that he’s the king of Other Academic, Geo/CE and "Social Science" writing; I was excited and intrigued by every single one of his questions (all 150+!). But Will’s work only starts with those categories—he stepped in early on to write an entire (excellent!) subcategory of the Editors’ Packets, helped in a big way to fill out the lit and tiebreakers at the end of production, and pitched in great questions all over the map. Will was a seemingly endless fount of important-but-not-yet-in-quizbowl academic research, can-do attitude, and whimsy from beginning to end.
Working with Joey for the first time was extremely stimulating; I learned heaps on topics ranging from the absolute core of Western philosophy to the whackiest of recent misc. thought. Joey was also very patient as I remodelled his questions. Moreover, he’s probably the best arts playtester I’ve ever had—great buzzes and suggestions on a huge variety of questions.
Seth was a riot to work with, and smoothly manned all of his categories; it very easy to work on the "pure" math within his other science. You can thank him for the Philly Joe Jones content in the "Jones" jazz tossup.
Eliza swooped in to save the day at a moment when it looked like this set wasn't going to come even close to completion. She took over a huge number of thankless logistical tasks and a big chunk of writing, pulling both off brilliantly. It was fantastic to have someone really at the helm for the last week of production (I've had the flu since Tuesday, so I wasn’t able to do quite as much as I might have liked). She was superbly communicative and vigorously productive.
Speaking of swooping in to save the day, there are a ton of "contributors" to thank (listed in the packets—they made this tournament happen!). I’m sure Auroni will thank them separately, but Rohith and Sriram all really stepped up to fill out the biochem. Dennis, Ewan, JinAh, Stephen, and Victor also pitched in direly needed questions in a variety of categories. Rama copyedited the entire set; Wonyoung and Hilda copyedited most of the arts and some thought. Eric gave some extremely helpful suggestions on a number of tossups, and gave some great directions and ideas for bonus answerlines.
Raynor deserves his own paragraph: on Thursday evening, he agreed to write our compsci tossups, doing so promptly and in style.
But the biggest thanks in this crowd has to go to Matt Jackson, who creaked out of retirement to give the set several extremely thorough readovers, providing literally hundreds of excellent suggestions ranging from complete reconceptions of questions, to clue selection, to phrasing, to additional prompts, to packetization, to punctuation. I asked him at first to playtest "some philosophy/thought"; when I later shared the set with him (at a point when playtesting was no longer a good use of time), I certainly wasn’t expecting him to give it such a complete and spectacular overhaul. You also owe Matt several (most?) of the better team names—talk about above and beyond.
Max Shatan and Wonyoung playtested a lot of the arts (look out for these guys!); Saul Hankin and Dennis Loo were also kind enough to take a careful look at the Judaism and math, respectively, really helping polish those questions up. I also need to thank my father for giving extremely detailed critiques in both categories (he literally rewrote the Galois groups TU for me at one point, although all mistakes in the final version are certainly my own). And my brother (an ethnomusicologist) similarly helped me get the "world music" (and food, and postcolonial theory) right, again down to the level of delicate phrasing issues. You also owe him the subtitle of the tournament.
Finally, of course, thanks to all of YOU for some really phenomenal questions and for making this tournament happen. I love that, especially in this iteration, we can really bring together a wide swath of the quizbowl community, from current high school students to the most grizzled of veterans. I hope that the set was enjoyable and stimulating despite the frustrations.
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Post by Fuddle Duddle » Tue Jul 24, 2018 11:30 am
While I can't really speak to stuff outside my categories, the history and non-Western content in this set was a lot of fun. In terms of representation, this set laid out a fairly clear vision of where quiz bowl needs to go in the future. Solving the puzzle of how to translate that ethos to regular difficulty and below, I think, is a problem well worth grappling with going forward.
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Post by Cheynem » Tue Jul 24, 2018 11:45 am
This was an enjoyable set. I particularly enjoyed the history. I felt as if the literature and art were trying for more experimental things than the history--I don't necessarily know if that's a problem or not.
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Post by women, fire and dangerous things » Tue Jul 24, 2018 11:54 am
A thing I particularly liked about this set was the way that literary criticism clues were incorporated into the bonuses. A lot of the bonuses on core topics like The Turn of the Screw were made more interesting and educational by those clues (and similarly for other sorts of clues in many cases, like the bonus on Emily Dickinson's envelope poems).
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Post by heterodyne » Tue Jul 24, 2018 12:16 pm
An Economic Ignoramus wrote: While I can't really speak to stuff outside my categories, the history and non-Western content in this set was a lot of fun. In terms of representation, this set laid out a fairly clear vision of where quiz bowl needs to go in the future. Solving the puzzle of how to translate that ethos to regular difficulty and below, I think, is a problem well worth grappling with going forward.
While I thought this set was well made in several ways and provided a lot of food for thought, both about the world and about quizbowl, I don't necessarily think it is "clear" that all of the moves this set made are "where quiz bowl needs to go in the future." It seems to me that much more discussion of those moves would be necessary to even approach such a bold conclusion.
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Post by Mike Bentley » Tue Jul 24, 2018 12:23 pm
Thanks to the editors for all the hard work on this set. It was by far the most enjoyable Chicago Open I've ever played. I think a lot of this had to do with difficulty control (at least on tossups) which was much appreciated as a player. I could see that reflected in the changes made to the handful of questions I wrote that made it into our packet--in retrospect a question on Damascus (which made it in) rather than the Damascus Affair (my submission) played much better. I'm sure lots of similar editing happened.
After many Chicago Opens, I leave with a feeling that there's been 16 packets of literature asked about and I've read maybe 1 of the books. The more accessible difficulty of this year's tournament didn't leave me with that feeling.
This tournament seemed to have fewer questions in categories I personally find less interesting as a player: relatively standard classical mythology; music questions with lines of score clues; lots of boring to me "thought". I'm sure there will be people out there who are disappointed that one or some of those types of questions were pared back, but I support more hard quizbowl tournaments continuing this trend.
A couple of the tossups I found particularly neat: old people in Greek plays, the Land of Cockaigne, Merry England, Native American schools.
Our team ended up involved in 5 separate protests (although only across 3 games). I think some of these could be reduced (and players given a better experience) thanks to the rising trend of giving more specific questions to ask when prompting. I guess the downside of this is that it rewards more aggressive play. In a world where pronouns or other information is withheld to reduce transparency, it could be problematic if an overly generous prompt question points you to the right answer when you weren't going to get there organically. But I think it's at least worth experimenting with a hard tournament that has more copious prompt questions. Of course this all can also be helped by writing slightly less clever answer lines.
Also, I'd like to throw my vote in on Evanston being a more convenient location to get to than Hyde Park. The disadvantage was mainly that the rooms in the summer aren't very good for quizbowl. In most of the rooms where the A/C was functioning, it was too loud to be able to clearly hear the moderator (especially later when everyone was tired). And some of the rooms had really bad acoustics so there was a ton of echo. But it was nice having a wider array of options for food and being able to find affordable AirBnbs nearby (although I haven't searched Hyde Park in a couple of years, so maybe that's changed). If we could get more rooms in Fisk next year I think it could be a good repeat venue.
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Post by Periplus of the Erythraean Sea » Tue Jul 24, 2018 12:42 pm
I'd like to make a few comments on the decision to include more art questions from outside of the traditional Western art canon. I personally would have favored a more gradualistic approach to introducing such questions, but it was nonetheless exciting to see a number of such questions - both because I find them personally interesting and because I tend to do quite well on such questions. However, I think I speak for a number of people when I say that the construction of these questions prevented many people who actually do possess some knowledge of these, or who have interacted with art outside of the traditional Western art canon in multiple ways, from being able to buzz on them before other people who "figured it out."
I'll illustrate with a few examples:
Packet 3 wrote: 17. A beam in this city is decorated with a motif of small circles inside excised diamonds that references the pattern of a nearby chikuva. Peter Garlake’s taxonomy of a set of objects from this city places them into different groups depending on whether they depict their subjects with straight or squatting legs. According to one interpretation, those objects from this city are depictions of the shiri ye denga believed to use lightning to “stitch together heaven and earth.” Thomas Huffman has argued that the double (*) chevron and the crocodile image that appear on an object from this city reflect its use for divining the presence of witches with the help of royal ancestors. In the 1880s, six sculptures that sit atop monoliths were moved from their original location in this city’s Eastern Enclosure, which lies within its Hill Complex. Willi Posselt hacked off the base of an artwork he found in this city and sold it to Cecil Rhodes. A national emblem was inspired by the design of eight soapstone birds found in—for 10 points—what medieval African city?
ANSWER: Great Zimbabwe [prompt on partial answer]
This tossup is problematic because it is extremely transparent in a way that is mis-calibrated for CO difficulty. The clues I've highlighted in red are context clues that help many knowledgeable people zero in quickly on the fact that, to paraphrase Alston Boyd, "this is a city, probably in Africa, likely in East Africa. We don't know much about it, but it is clearly important!" Writing a question this way (perhaps with fewer clues / cutting to the chase a bit) is fine for regular difficulty, but in our game against Chris Ray's team this tossup quickly became an extremely frustrating eight way staring contest. Effectively, it immediately became a bad history tossup, rather than an inspired art question. I think this could have been done better if it asked for a specific material, or maybe if it didn't tip its hand linguistically.
Packet 6 wrote: 4. A bronze statue from this dynasty in the Met includes hand-like tendrils of flame on its outer circle, which is connected to the main figure’s head by thick, wire-like hairs. A building from this dynasty includes 81 out of a projected 108 sculptures intended to sequentially depict every poses described in an ancient performing arts treatise. The main tower of that building from this dynasty is topped by an 80-ton, cupola-shaped capstone, and was built without mortar in a series of 13 progressively smaller granite squares on 100-foot-square base. A temple built by a member of this dynasty was the first to have a monumental multi-story (*) gopuram, or gateway, which is dominated by its 208-foot vimana tower. This dynasty built three “Great Living Temples,” one of which was by far the largest in India when it was built around the year 1000. The Briha·dish·vara Temple in Thanjavur was built by Rajaraja I of—for 10 points—what medieval dynasty of South India?
ANSWER: Chola dynasty
<Other Fine Arts>
I think this question does a pretty decent job with its first two clues - the clue about a performing arts treatise seems like something that's not just unique but memorable, and pretty much anything in the Met seems like a fine first clue for CO. However, the next two clues (highlighted in red) seem very non-memorable (particularly if you're familiar with broader South/Southeast Asian architecture trends) and read like something that was ripped directly out of a textbook. All four members of my team were slamming their buzzers on Rajaraja I. I'd have to think seriously about how this could be improved, but having a few more evocative clues like the early ones would have helped.
Editors 3 wrote: 15. An “intercultural history” of these artworks was co-edited by longtime curator Aldona Jonaitis. These artworks seem to have been fairly rare before the 19th century, and new production had mostly stopped by the death of Albert Edenshaw in 1894. These are the largest artworks made in what Bill Holm dubbed the “formline” style. Scholars like Hilary Stewart typically classify these objects as “memorial,” “mortuary,” or “frontal.” Another type of these artworks includes caricatures of their subjects and is thus called “shame.” Along with (*) Chilkat weaving, these sculptures are the most famous artistic productions of the Haida and Tlingit peoples. The crests of these objects often depict Raven, but they usually put the most important figure on the bottom. A cedarwood trunk is used to make—for 10 points—what sculptures made by Native Americans of the Northwest Coast?
ANSWER: totem poles [prompt on partial answer; prompt on wood carvings or similar]
<Visual Arts>
So, this question was personally very frustrating for me because, several years ago in Alaska, I attended a workshop in which a Tlingit artist explained how he made totem poles and a guide walked the audience through the symbology of totem poles. Perhaps that's just bad luck that nothing I learned during this personal experience was rewarded in this question - the "shame" clue is vaguely familiar, but I had no idea what was going on when playing this question, and without any context that clue was impossible to buzz on. Indeed, the fact that the tossup implies that people stopped making totem poles in 1894 (or at least until a revival of the art form, though that's not mentioned explicitly) ruled that answer out for me, because I had watched living Native American artists carve totem poles, presumably making a naive person such as myself think that people actually still made totem poles to this day, regardless of whether they carry the same weight of social meaning as they once did.
Instead, what this question presents is a litany of secondary source analyses completely robbed of context. If the number of people in the CO audience who were familiar with these clues were greater than the number of editors who were, I would be extremely surprised. I sympathize with the writer's decision to do this, given that it can be hard to find contextual clues that point people strongly in the direction of Native American art. However, the way this question practically played out was as an eight way buzzer race at the first mention of a famous Pacific Northwest people, the Haida. Having a game between two title-contending teams decided in part by such a question was immensely frustrating. Practically, this question on "non-Western art" rewards either (1) familiarity with Western scholarship, highlighted in red, or (2) knowing the names of Pacific Northwest peoples.
The above illustrates I problem which I think the visual arts in particular suffered from in general. To analogize with Korzybski, I think the visual art questions overall suffered from a problem in which they asked too much about "maps" (representations of objects - or in this case, in a loose analogy, secondary literature and analyses) and not enough about "territories" (the works themselves). Beyond this, clues about how works of art were made were heavily favored over clues about what can be gleaned by interacting with their pure visual elements. I appreciate that quizbowl is an "academic competition" and that art history, art history terminology, and reconstructing the artist's methods and milieu may be topics of primary concern to art historians, as well as topics that can be learned by visiting a museum. Past art questions focused myopically on visual details, often minor ones, at the expanse of the wide range of topics mentioned in the artworld. These questions did the opposite - I haven't done an exact count, but I'm pretty positive that there were at least twice as many clues (particularly early and middle clues) that rewarded knowledge of making art as those that rewarded knowledge of visually appreciating it. Fortunately or unfortunately, quizbowl is not a community of artists and art historians, and many of us poor amateur appreciators were left completely out to dry.
I won't comment on similar issues with the auditory arts or other areas - I'll leave someone else to do that, or return to them at a later time. But I think, in a way, these illustrate the problem of the set at large - it was a victim of its own ambition, though not necessarily in a way that was uniform across the vast areas that Jacob, Auroni, Jordan, and their collaborators poured their heart and soul into over the past several months. This contributed to a difficulty problem which was extremely striking, considering that the editors promised at the outset to reduce difficulty from the ramp-up of the past two sets. It seems like stats were up a bit overall, but definitely lower than in the (very hard) 2016 edition of this tournament.
I hope that the editors of next year's CO continue a number of this tournament's positive trends while also moderating their ambitions. At the risk of improperly using my soap box, after the past three years I think many of us are collectively exhausted at being promised a reasonable challenge and then getting pounded into submission by the end product. Like always, though, I walk away from Chicago Open with a fervent desire to learn more.
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Post by Amiable Vitriol » Tue Jul 24, 2018 1:05 pm
As a high schooler with 4 PPG, this was an engaging set to play. I know CO is often seen as one of the less inclusive tournaments in quizbowl, but as a learning experience it's unparalleled and I really do think this set had something for everyone. To anyone considering playing CO (EO??) in the future who's worried it won't be fun because they're not legit enough/in the cool kid club/don't have any national titles, play! If future years are anything like the tournament this year's editors put out, I promise it will be a blast for anyone open to learning a lot, regardless of how many tossups you convert.
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Stanford '23
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Post by John Ketzkorn » Tue Jul 24, 2018 2:01 pm
I enjoyed this set as a whole. My one feedback for literature would be an attempt to confine 'canon-busting" tossups to 1/1. I'm suspicious that the number was higher than that this year, but I could just not know things. I won't strictly define "canon-busting" but something along the lines of "authors who've seldom come up at any level" where "seldom" is some #/ x years.
John Lawrence did something like this with the 2016 CO, and I think it worked well on mixing in contemporary / less well known authors into the set without overwhelming players. My team (who I believe could hold our own on a wide portion of the literature canon) saw several literature tossups go dead.
This is just my personal opinion predicated on a suspicion that I haven't checked yet (and will do so once the set is posted). It's possible I'm completely wrong on this. Regardless, I still appreciate the introduction to many new authors / ideas at this tournament even though it may have hindered my ability to play the game.
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Borrowing 100,000 Arrows
Post by Borrowing 100,000 Arrows » Tue Jul 24, 2018 3:39 pm
heterodyne wrote:
Yeah, while this set included lots of fun stuff and was well written, I'd go a step farther and say that this set emphatically isn't the direction where quizbowl needs to go in the future. The distribution was skewed heavily towards nonwestern art and post-WWII literature which I think is problematic as lots of people study pre-WWII literature while relatively few people study nonwestern art. Furthermore, a lot of the questions drew heavily from secondary sources (many of which I suspect few people in quizbowl have ever heard of much less engaged with) to the point that those clues became kind of grating by the end of the day. While all of those editorial decisions are perfectly valid for an experimental tournament like CO, I doubt that they should universalized.
Caleb K.
Maryland '24, Oklahoma '18, Norman North '15
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Post by hydrocephalitic listlessness » Tue Jul 24, 2018 3:44 pm
Just wanted to say that it was a blast to work on this set—I learned a ton from reading the submissions and the other editors' questions. Thanks to everyone who helped out with it, and who came out to play!
Will H-M
Harvard '16
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Post by DumbJaques » Tue Jul 24, 2018 4:07 pm
I want to elaborate on two main goals that I wanted to achieve while editing the tournament. First, I wanted to align CO, an emblem of the very highest level of quizbowl, with the conversations that have been taking place throughout this year about how to make the game more inclusive and welcoming to a larger number of people.
I'd like to make a longer and more balanced post (because many things about this tournament were enjoyable and good, and critical posts always overrate the bad and underrepresent the good). However, I don't have much time right now and feel that there is an incredibly important point that needs to be addressed here.
If we seriously believe that the majority of experimental directions taken by this year's CO are going to do something to make the game more welcoming to larger numbers of people, we are fantastically deluding ourselves. This tournament was exceptionally difficult, with some of the best players in quizbowl struggling to cobble points together at the end of 14-line tossups on things that maybe 25 people in quizbowl had heard of and even fewer had a chance to realistically answer question on. I absolutely support efforts to, say, ask about more significant works by women (which all in all I think this tournament DID succeed at), but I don't know how people can really believe that long-ass tossups on Young Jean Lee (did anyone convert this?) are going to expand the number of people who can enjoy CO/quizbowl in general.
Again, I am not suggesting that this content is unworthy of quizbowl, or even that it isn't a great idea to include. But there are many tools in the editor's toolbox to ask about an author like Young Jean Lee, and only the crudest of them is to make that person the answer to a tossup. CO 2018 had numerous examples of this, where the whole room could only wonder aloud why a question could not have been only slight tweaked to drastically raise the conversion rates. Similarly, the stated goal of expanding the game to larger numbers of people is completely incompatible with this tournament's frequent skimping on meaningful giveaways (countries where the capital was not provided, questions on Hume where you just got "Of the Standard of Taste", etc).
This point is even more amplified when considering the tournament's content at the clue level. Look at how few powers occurred in this field (when you consider that one of the thing's this tournament did WELL was be a bit more generous with the power-marking, this looks even worse). Buzzes were hyper-concentrated later in the tossup, often at the end of the tossup, and yet so many questions spent the lion's share of their effort on the first 50% of material, with difficulty cliffing harshly basically out of necessity because the damn questions had already eaten up 8-10 lines.
Again, I don't want this to come off as more critical than it's intended; the tournament had plenty of very good things about it. But I think we need a reality check if we've really convinced ourselves that the innovations at this year's CO (or any of the CO's in the past 3 years, honestly) are having some sort of wonderful expansionary effect on the game. They're not. And it's starting to seem to me that they're allowing us to unconsciously get lazier in some major areas - good buzzpoint distribution, decent giveaway construction, creative writing on core topics, etc - that ARE actively crucial in promoting that goal.
Chris Ray
University of Chicago, 2016
University of Maryland, 2014
Post by Fuddle Duddle » Tue Jul 24, 2018 4:14 pm
Borrowing 100,000 Arrows wrote: Yeah, while this set included lots of fun stuff and was well written, I'd go a step farther and say that this set emphatically isn't the direction where quizbowl needs to go in the future. The distribution was skewed heavily towards nonwestern art and post-WWII literature which I think is problematic as lots of people study pre-WWII literature while relatively few people study nonwestern art. Furthermore, a lot of the questions drew heavily from secondary sources (many of which I suspect few people in quizbowl have ever heard of much less engaged with) to the point that those clues became kind of grating by the end of the day. While all of those editorial decisions are perfectly valid for an experimental tournament like CO, I doubt that they should universalized.
Especially on nonwestern art, I emphatically disagree. The "heavy skew" you criticize consisted of 1/3 of the art being nonwestern, thus allotting western art a central, rather than a dominant, place in the distribution, as Jacob put it in the art thread. Given that the current standard at regular difficulty is almost zero inclusion of nonwestern art, a move at least in the direction of this tournament is long overdue. (To be clear, I'm not advocating for a full 1/3 here; as is, the canon couldn't bear that.)
This set's use of secondary sources is an editorial decision I'll advocate for more cautiously as something that lower-difficulty writing needs more of, but not much more. Only critical sources that, as you say, are commonly engaged with by a set's audience should make their way down to lower difficulties, but rewarding people who've engaged with academic literature on things that get tossed up should be a (secondary) goal of quiz bowl writing at regular difficulty and above. (Again, to be clear, I'm not advocating for the "first result on Nature/JSTOR" school of leadin writing; the greater frequency I'm arguing for should be applied judiciously)
An Economic Ignoramus wrote:
Yeah, I completely disagree about this (I think we're actually largely on the same page about secondary sources). First off, I'm not sure that there's "almost zero inclusion of nonwestern art." I think most college+ sets have about 1/1 or maybe 2/2 nonwestern art. Secondly, I think 1/1 or 2/2 that is the perfect amount because few people actually study nonwestern art in the real world. For example, this semester at OU there are 25 art history classes offered, only one of which is a nonwestern art class. As someone who believes that quizbowl ought to roughly track the academy, I think that this drastic increase in nonwestern art is a pretty terrible idea.
Post by Mike Bentley » Tue Jul 24, 2018 4:49 pm
Borrowing 100,000 Arrows wrote:
Yeah I agree that 1/3 non-western art seems awfully high given the prominence of it in the academy and among the general art-going public. It should certainly be non-zero but I'm not yet convinced there exists a wide trove of quizbowl-ready non-western topics at lower difficulty levels.
csheep
Post by csheep » Tue Jul 24, 2018 4:51 pm
Borrowing 100,000 Arrows wrote: As someone who believes that quizbowl ought to roughly track the academy, I think that this drastic increase in nonwestern art is a pretty terrible idea.
This statement seems at odds with "Furthermore, a lot of the questions drew heavily from secondary sources (many of which I suspect few people in quizbowl have ever heard of much less engaged with) to the point that those clues became kind of grating by the end of the day.", since secondary sources represents a very significant/majority of how the academy engages with literature at the least, and other disciplines as well. I welcome the (recent?) trend of a large influx of secondary source clues/content for lit, because I think it's far more interesting than "plot summary bowl," and lends itself more naturally to contextualizing how people engage with works, and focusing on aspects that have resonated with others.
Note: I did not play CO/have yet to see the set, so this is speaking in generalities.
Michael Zhuang
NYU '13
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Post by Red Panda Cub » Tue Jul 24, 2018 5:07 pm
DumbJaques wrote:
(...questions on Hume where you just got "Of the Standard of Taste", etc).
For the sake of accuracy, the giveaway actually concludes "a Scottish skeptic." That seems a pretty fair giveaway for Hume at this level, since he's pretty famously both of those things, and the most famous person who is both of those things.
Joey Goldman
Oxford '17
City, University of London '19
Post by Auroni » Tue Jul 24, 2018 5:11 pm
DumbJaques wrote: I absolutely support efforts to, say, ask about more significant works by women (which all in all I think this tournament DID succeed at), but I don't know how people can really believe that long-ass tossups on Young Jean Lee (did anyone convert this?) are going to expand the number of people who can enjoy CO/quizbowl in general.
Again, I am not suggesting that this content is unworthy of quizbowl, or even that it isn't a great idea to include. But there are many tools in the editor's toolbox to ask about an author like Young Jean Lee, and only the crudest of them is to make that person the answer to a tossup.
I agree with Chris that this was a difficult tournament that could have been tweaked in several places to be less oppressive (something that, again, I'd like to think I could have done given some more editing time). But I would like to talk a little more about Young Jean Lee, as I believe she is an illustrative example of our philosophical approach.
Chris, your team submitted a tossup not on Young Jean Lee, but a secondary Young Jean Lee play. I decided that that was obviously too hard, but then read more about her and found that she was breaking barriers on Broadway and was making a splash in the current theater scene. This made me decide that she should be included in the tournament in some capacity. Having written a lot of contemporary drama questions, I was also cognizant of how difficult it is to tie a lot of plays in, thematically, to earlier traditions, how bonus parts and early clues of common links don't "stick" out as being memorable, and I expected a lot of "theater people" (or people plugged into this world) would be playing the set, and so I decided that she should be a tossup. And now, a tossup on her (but not, for instance, an equally extracanonical tossup connected to the work of an author who does already come up) is being singled out for public consternation by one of the game's most established figures. This is a level of backlash I am willing to suffer to guarantee that players or people reading the set who pay attention to contemporary drama and/or Asian-American literature feel like quizbowl has something for them.
Borrowing 100,000 Arrows wrote: Yeah, I completely disagree about this (I think we're actually largely on the same page about secondary sources). First off, I'm not sure that there's "almost zero inclusion of nonwestern art." I think most college+ sets have about 1/1 or maybe 2/2 nonwestern art. Secondly, I think 1/1 or 2/2 that is the perfect amount because few people actually study nonwestern art in the real world. For example, this semester at OU there are 25 art history classes offered, only one of which is a nonwestern art class. As someone who believes that quizbowl ought to roughly track the academy, I think that this drastic increase in nonwestern art is a pretty terrible idea.
OU's course offerings aren't necessarily universal; my own university's nonwestern art history course offerings are, for the next two semesters, roughly 1/3 of the total (there's no reason why this should be the standard any more than an Oklahoma-based level of representation should, but this should at least be a small bit of evidence that CO's distribution didn't come out of nowhere). Looking at floor plans of major museums (the other major way people engage with art), too, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Met both seem to allocate roughly 1/4 of their floor space to entirely nonwestern displays.
This does seem significantly out of proportion with how non-western art is represented at regular difficulty. I'm sorry to pick on this year's ACF regionals (especially since I'm sure I could find worse examples), but detailed stats made it convenient to comb through its answerlines. 2-3 out of 49 (depending on what you count as non-Western) of its art tossups were non-Western. That's a figure of 4-6%. I don't think that bringing that up to at least 10% is an unreasonable target for lower-difficulty sets.
everdiso
Post by everdiso » Tue Jul 24, 2018 5:17 pm
I wanted to align CO, an emblem of the very highest level of quizbowl, with the conversations that have been taking place throughout this year about how to make the game more inclusive
a significant chunk of the arts being devoted to art from non-Western countries
I don't know enough about literature or art to comment on either this idea or its execution, so I'll leave that conversation to those who do. But given that these were stated goals of the tournament, I find it very strange that it stuck to quizbowl's traditional 75% Western, 25% non-Western history distribution. Of all the areas in the distribution, I would've thought that history would be the most natural place to make this change. This may not be true, but I'll hazard a guess that more people in North America either study or casually read about, say, Chinese history than Chinese visual art. I would guess that most teenagers/students/people in their 20s who have an avid interest in history are interested in the history of many different parts of the world. Caleb writes that " For example, this semester at OU there are 25 art history classes offered, only one of which is a nonwestern art class.". Here at U of T, non-Western history courses make up far more than 4% of those offered, and I imagine that's similar across North America.
Given that non-Western history is, of course, very important, it doesn't make much sense to me that the continent of Europe on its own gets half of the entire history distribution, or that the entire non-West gets as much as just one Western country. I don't think it's debatable that the historical importance of places like China, India and the Middle East, not to mention usually neglected areas like Africa and Latin America, is not given its due by this distribution. And if the argument is that American history should be emphasised because quizbowl is an "American" game, and that European history should be emphasised due to Europe's cultural connection to America, I think this runs directly counter to the stated goals of being more inclusive to a wider audience.
Auroni has said that the Chicago Open is the ideal place to begin pushing for changes in quizbowl's approach, and I agree with this. I would be delighted to see future iterations of this tournament step outside the constraints of quizbowl's traditional history distribution in the way that this one did with the arts.
Paul Kasiński
University of Toronto, 2019
President, University of Toronto Quizbowl
Reigning VETO champion
csheep wrote:
Yeah, just to clarify, I'm not anti-secondary sources by any means. I just think that they should be used sparingly because if you're not a specialist in some subject you probably haven't engaged with the relevant secondary literature. In other words, I think that the academic salience of a clue should also be balanced against its playability.
setht
Post by setht » Tue Jul 24, 2018 5:24 pm
I worked on the physics, astronomy, earth science, and applied math/statistics. Stephen Eltinge contributed some excellent questions (all the more welcome for helping cover solid state topics that I'm not particularly knowledgeable about), and helped me with editing advice on a couple more questions. Jacob, Auroni, Eliza, Matt J., and Sriram also gave helpful feedback on various questions. (And possibly other people did too—I apologize if I missed anyone!)
I didn't have any big-picture plans for my categories. On the editing side, I mostly took the lazy route of picking questions that I thought would be relatively easy to work on. On the writing side, I mostly tried to balance out subdistributions a bit. There were a number of submitted questions in my categories that seemed pretty good but were cut because we paired packets up. There were some questions that were cut because they were repeats. And there were some questions that were cut because I thought they were too hard or otherwise problematic (and I didn't think I could easily convert them into good, non-problematic questions).
If anyone has any comments about my categories, or is wondering why a particular question didn't make it in, feel free to shoot me an email (satelite at gmail) or post here.
I hope those of you who enjoy such things had a good time playing the questions I worked on.
Seth Teitler
Formerly UC Berkeley and U. Chicago
Member and Chief Editor, NAQT
The King's Flight to the Scots
Post by The King's Flight to the Scots » Tue Jul 24, 2018 7:04 pm
I enjoyed the tournament a lot, I enjoyed playing the nonwestern art in the set, I think increasing the representation of literature by women and people of color is good and the Young Jean Lee tossup was fine for a hard tossup at Chicago Open. Still, I am skeptical of the idea that questions like that one, or even questions on easier writers from underrepresented groups, are going to be an important part of attracting more players from underrepresented groups to the game. It seems like that task overwhelmingly has to do with our culture, our recruitment practices, and our outreach. The way we write our questions is definitely important as well, but it's not like Asian-American players automatically know contemporary Asian-American theater - if your goal is to bring in more players from marginalized groups you also have to consider what's accessible, especially since newer players need easier questions.
Just to reiterate, I enjoyed the set and thought the questions on literature and art by creators who were not white men were good.
Matt Bollinger
UVA '14, UVA '15
Communications Officer, ACF
ErikC
Post by ErikC » Tue Jul 24, 2018 8:25 pm
I could be wrong about this, but it seemed there was very little military history in the set. Is this true, and if so, was it a conscious decision the editors made? I'm aware of the criticism of the previous criticism of high levels of military history of past tournaments but this might have been too little. In general, I thought the history had some good variety and avoided overloading biographical clues. The edits made to our history questions made them much better, and in areas I'm familiar with the questions were easy to process.
To back up Paul's point about western vs nonwestern, compare the scope of the tossup on Brownsville and the Han dynasty tossup - there is always enough American history to fill a set, but in the interest of finding new answerlines, did this CO really need to tossup Brownsville? In comparison, I'd be there is plenty of more women-in-Chinese-history questions that could be written and should be written.
Overall I really liked the set, particularly the commitment to the particular art distro, even if the results were not the best, and the variety of thought. I'm especially pleased that film was not thrown to the back seat like it has been in a few sets this year. While I'm not sure if the actual example Chris has used to make his point is a good one, I do agree that it seemed the answerlines could have been reasonably changed to increase conversion rates. I'm not sure on how many.
Erik Christensen
University of Waterloo - School of Planning Class of '18
I write trash
Defending VETO top scorer
Post by Cheynem » Tue Jul 24, 2018 8:48 pm
I wrote the Brownsville tossup...I'm not sure what the problem with that is. It's hard, but it also intersected various topics (including military) and also is of importance to African-American history.
gyre and gimble
Post by gyre and gimble » Tue Jul 24, 2018 10:55 pm
An Economic Ignoramus wrote: OU's course offerings aren't necessarily universal; my own university's nonwestern art history course offerings are, for the next two semesters, roughly 1/3 of the total (there's no reason why this should be the standard any more than an Oklahoma-based level of representation should, but this should at least be a small bit of evidence that CO's distribution didn't come out of nowhere). Looking at floor plans of major museums (the other major way people engage with art), too, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Met both seem to allocate roughly 1/4 of their floor space to entirely nonwestern displays.
Rather than comparing OU’s and MSU’s art departments, the better metric would be to compare enrollment in western art classes versus non-western ones. Anecdotally, I can’t think of a single time I talked to someone in college about a non-western art course they were taking, whereas I’ve had plenty of coversations about western art courses. Maybe that’s just down to who I knew at the time, and I don’t doubt that some people are taking any given course. But the plain number of courses offered doesn’t seem illuminating.
The same goes for floor space at museums. Having been to many, many art museums I can say with confidence that the concentration of museumgoers gravitates heavily toward western art. It doesn’t mean much for a museum to have half its floor space devoted to Asian or African art if that floor space is largely empty of visitors.
I realize that what I’m saying here is very hand-waivy and that plenty of quizbowlers do in fact take courses in non-western art or spend significant time in non-western museum wings. But let’s not inflate the numbers with metrics that have little intuitive value.
All that said, I think 10% is a fine number to aim for at any level Regionals and above. 33%, no way.
Stephen Liu
Torrey Pines '10
Post by ErikC » Wed Jul 25, 2018 12:42 am
I don't see why we can't have mixed questions with western and non-western art - people do learn about both separately, but I think integrating world art into more standard tossups could be a good compromise between the current movement and playability. For example, the violin in Indian music tossup could have become a tossup more on non-standard violin usage, with clues from other cultures that use it outside of the Western classical tradition. I'm sure even at a fairly easy tournament you could combine Chinese painting clues of landscapes with Western ones. Connecting themes across cultures would also make learning about unfamiliar non-western art easier to start.
Perhaps to implement this in a distro you could require half of a question to include non-western clues, instead of requiring an entire tossup.
Post by Fuddle Duddle » Wed Jul 25, 2018 2:32 am
gyre and gimble wrote: Rather than comparing OU’s and MSU’s art departments, the better metric would be to compare enrollment in western art classes versus non-western ones. Anecdotally, I can’t think of a single time I talked to someone in college about a non-western art course they were taking, whereas I’ve had plenty of coversations about western art courses. Maybe that’s just down to who I knew at the time, and I don’t doubt that some people are taking any given course. But the plain number of courses offered doesn’t seem illuminating.
I realize that what I’m saying here is very hand-wavy and that plenty of quizbowlers do in fact take courses in non-western art or spend significant time in non-western museum wings. But let’s not inflate the numbers with metrics that have little intuitive value.
Those are fair points; I acknowledge that the metrics I used were very rough ones (although I'll note that next year I will be both taking a non-Western art course and probably happy to have conversations about it should anyone so desire). Jacob's post in the art thread, however, demonstrates pretty well to me that even with the roughness of those metrics I was not entirely off base. It seems like we agree on 10% being a reasonable target for regular difficulty; given that that's far in excess of what (to my knowledge) regular difficulty sets do as is, this set deserves at least some degree of praise for starting a conversation about underrepresentation of non-Western art.
EDIT: I'll acknowledge, as I should have done above, that this is a convenience sample, but given that I have no reason to believe MSU is out of the ordinary among large universities in this respect, I went through the Fall 2018 enrollment numbers for its Art History course offerings and (excluding a 101 course required for all Art History majors), those stand at 61 in non-Western art courses vs 115 in Western ones (and that's classifying as Western a course whose focus is on "North, Central, and South America"). Enrollment seems, at least in this case, to track quite closely with the number of courses on offer.
Post by vinteuil » Wed Jul 25, 2018 7:25 am
ErikC wrote: I don't see why we can't have mixed questions with western and non-western art - people do learn about both separately, but I think integrating world art into more standard tossups could be a good compromise between the current movement and playability. For example, the violin in Indian music tossup could have become a tossup more on non-standard violin usage, with clues from other cultures that use it outside of the Western classical tradition. I'm sure even at a fairly easy tournament you could combine Chinese painting clues of landscapes with Western ones. Connecting themes across cultures would also make learning about unfamiliar non-western art easier to start.
I mean, I did this several times in this tournament* and strongly approve of it in general (although again I don’t know what it would achieve to mix in more cultures in the violin TU when South Indian music is already one of the best-known and most-studied non-Western cultures in the US). I think the TU in Scotland mixing classical and folk clues (some of which overlap because, well, that’s what happened) is probably a good example of what you’re asking for.
*In addition to the 3 mixed music TUs, there were e.g. a few “nonwestern” clues in the TUs on concrete and plaster
Post by Auroni » Wed Jul 25, 2018 9:37 am
The King's Flight to the Scots wrote: Still, I am skeptical of the idea that questions like that one, or even questions on easier writers from underrepresented groups, are going to be an important part of attracting more players from underrepresented groups to the game. It seems like that task overwhelmingly has to do with our culture, our recruitment practices, and our outreach. The way we write our questions is definitely important as well, but it's not like Asian-American players automatically know contemporary Asian-American theater - if your goal is to bring in more players from marginalized groups you also have to consider what's accessible, especially since newer players need easier questions.
I completely agree with all of this, but that's not the function that I had in mind for these questions. If we want to retain more players from marginalized groups, we must absolutely counter the prevalent perception that this is a game by and about, well, Straight (Dead) White Men. And it makes sense to do that most radically at tournaments that simultaneously have the greatest latitude for creative exploration and are metonymous with the elite of quizbowl, and to make subtler changes as the difficulty goes down.
Post by Sam » Wed Jul 25, 2018 9:58 am
This was a great tournament. It was also quite long. I'm not sure if questions were longer or maybe just more were answered near the end, but the recent CO goal of finishing before 9 seems a worthwhile one.
Logistically, everything ran pretty smoothly. Thank you to everyone who staffed, especially those who were reading for twelve hours in damp closet rooms with no air conditioning.
Sam Bailey
Minnesota 'xx
Chicago '13
Post by Cheynem » Wed Jul 25, 2018 10:10 am
Yeah, I was trying to evaluate why this tournament was much longer than the last few years. I think the game rooms were spread out more (up stairs and in an adjoining building), which didn't help. I liked Evanston as a location--if they could get rooms that were sufficiently cooler that would be nice (the major offenders appeared to be the upstairs rooms).
Post by Mike Bentley » Wed Jul 25, 2018 11:35 am
Cheynem wrote: Yeah, I was trying to evaluate why this tournament was much longer than the last few years. I think the game rooms were spread out more (up stairs and in an adjoining building), which didn't help. I liked Evanston as a location--if they could get rooms that were sufficiently cooler that would be nice (the major offenders appeared to be the upstairs rooms).
I haven't looked at questions in recent years but these ones seemed inordinately long. I'd often feel like we were about to get to the for 10 points and then there were 2 more sentences worth of questions. Given how few people were buzzing early I think there was a lot of room to cut one or two sentences off the top of questions.
Also, at a tournament like CO I think you especially don't need to load up easy parts to bonuses with a bunch of harder clues if you're going to drop an easy one. Just say the easy title and save everyone 20 seconds of reading.
Olivia.K
Kimahri
Post by Olivia.K » Wed Jul 25, 2018 1:16 pm
So, my perspective might be a little different, having only read and not played, but on the whole I really enjoyed this set. I’ll stay out of any conversation about difficulty or the appropriateness of canon expansion, or whatever, and just say that I really appreciated the efforts to include more non straight dude content. It was nice to be able to read questions about lesbian poetry and trans stuff, I guess is all I’m trying to say.
Olivia Kiser
He/him
Glasgow High School, 2015
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Post by Ike » Wed Jul 25, 2018 3:39 pm
I had fun at this tournament. Thanks to everyone for their efforts.
I appreciated the "inclusionary" aspects of the questions in this tournament, but I must confess, I didn't really think much of it. I think a lot of tournaments these days have been asking about a lot of marginalized groups and this didn't really seem much different. I also don't know if there was a hard 1/1 quota for non-DWEMs, but I'd like to add that writing a tossup to just fill a quota is IMO a bad thing. As an example, I think the tossup on the Countess of Pembroke is a fine idea for this level, I'm just hoping that the editors didn't think--even if subtly--"oh we don't have a woman answerline yet for this packet's lit, let's change this from Philip Sidney to the Countess of Pembroke." On the other hand, I do appreciate the approach taken to questions like Rachel Cusk and Roxane Gay, which do reflect the fact that contemporary literature is more inclusive than the past.
And I am somewhat skeptical that changes in this kind of content will make the game feel more welcoming. Perhaps it will, but I think there are other (non-question writing changes) that are more conducive to this goal.
UIUC 13
adamsil
Post by adamsil » Wed Jul 25, 2018 8:11 pm
If this is something that people are legitimately interested in, then I'm sure we could do a better job hosting. I booked rooms in mid-June after UChicago's room reservation system fell to pieces, and I'm sure we could have had the entire tournament in Kresge if planned far enough in advance--those rooms were not apparently being used for anything on Saturday and are far nicer.
I thought this year's CO was good in the very small subsets of the distribution I am capable of judging, even if I am still furious about negging the wildly-difficulty-inappropriate question about David Liu. My only complaint was that the ecology/organismal biology, though exciting, was extremely clustered in the first few packets. I only heard one molecular/cell biology/physiology tossup before lunch, yet there were two different tossups on animals, plus one on foraging. Contrary to my actual performance on these questions, I think they are generally fine topics to ask about (okay, the Neanderthal one was a bit rough), but they should not make up >50% of any reasonable distribution-- ordering packets for packet sub is very difficult to make work, but these tossups ought to have been further apart. Thanks to Auroni, Eliza, Eric, Seth, etc. as well as the non-science editors for all your hard work--writing CO is a massively difficult task and anyone who takes it on should be commended.
One general comment, which I'm putting here since the Trash thread is private and this should be said publicly:
I was disheartened to get back to Locy at 10 pm on Sunday night after having moderated Imaginary Landscapes for hours to find the place an utter disaster, with food and trash strewn everywhere, particularly in tournament HQ and in the room that people were playing the extra trash packets. I did not direct CO Trash; I don't think it's incumbent upon me to have to clean up all the rooms so that the NU Quizbowl team doesn't get fined by the administration for not abiding by the constraints of the room reservation. We're all reasonably responsible adults; if you're in somebody else's space, take 10 minutes to clean it up if you're the last person to leave and don't just leave half-eaten Chinese food all over the game rooms. C'mon, folks.
Adam Silverman
Georgia Tech 2012-2016
Northwestern 2016-
Post by Cheynem » Wed Jul 25, 2018 8:22 pm
Yeah, the Kreske rooms seemed good and nice.
While I think the room we were playing the extra packets in was reasonably clean when we left, I want to apologize to Adam about that--all of us should have made sure that all of the rooms were cleaned up once the tournament was over.
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My Name is Joseph
The name my parents gave me is Joseph Aaron Scrimshaw. When I got married, I took my wife’s maiden name as a second middle name. My current legal name is Joseph Aaron Stevenson Scrimshaw.
While I was growing up, I pretty much let people call me whatever they wanted: Joe, Joseph, Joey, Scrawny Little Asshole, etc. I never corrected anyone. It felt rude. I figured, “These people are seeing me from the outside. Maybe they’re just picking the name that matches what they see.”
As I got older, my name basically settled into being Joe with the occasional Scrawny Little Asshole.
Once I started a career performing and writing, I consistently used Joseph. After a few years, it started bugging me that despite listing my name as Joseph in every bio, program, press release, interview, etc. people in my professional life would still call me Joe.
I decided, over a decade ago, that if I wanted people to use Joseph, I needed to be consistent. I made a point of telling people that for anything professional, it was Joseph. People and publications still called me Joe.
I decided to start introducing myself to any new people I met as Joseph. I began trying, ever so gently, to correct people if they called me Joe.
At this point in my life, I have a handful of very old friends who know me as Joe. Besides that, my name is Joseph.
Joseph feels right. To me, there is a world of difference between Joe and Joseph.
Joe is a big strong guy who lifts weights and watches football. Joseph collects action figures and is pretty sure he’s a Hufflepuff.
Joe likes America and eating raw steaks cooked on the hood of a big old muscle car. Joseph drives a Toyota Yaris and likes to write comedy essays about Aquaman’s feelings.
I am a motherfucking Joseph.
Still, people call me Joe. These days, the Joe-calling mostly happens on social media. So people are literally calling me Joe while responding to my twitter handle @JOSEPHScrimshaw. I think some people feel shortening names is a way to suggest friendship or intimacy. For other people, maybe two syllables just feels like too much work.
Did you know the beloved actor known as Ben Cum originally went by the ridiculously long name, Benedict Cumberbatch? Think about all the mouth time we would have wasted if he’d insisted BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH was his actual, preferred name? Do you know how many syllables that is? Who has time to even count! Thank God for Ben Cum!
I know people aren’t calling me Joe with malice, but it continues to bother me. And I continue to feel rude correcting people. I feel fussy and uptight saying, “No, no, no, you HAVE to use this version of my name. The longer one. The one that sounds like a guy who has a degree in Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature. Yes, the one who has an Excel Spreadsheet to keep track of which Doctor Who DVDs he doesn’t yet own.”
But why do I feel rude asking people to call me by my preferred name?
I think there is a subtle, yet pervasive idea that we should let our identities be dictated from the outside. That we, as individuals or groups, don’t have the right to determine our identities.
Because that’s what a name is. It’s your identity. It’s one of the ways you tell the world who you are. Why would anyone want that taken away from them?
It’s like if your name was Steve and you started working at a new job, said your name was Steve, and then everyone in the office just decided to call you Shithead.
“But my name is Steve,” Steve might say.
“Yeah,” the boss would respond, “But we prefer Shithead.”
“I actually find Shithead kind of offensive,” Steve would say.
“Come on, loosen up, Shithead,” the boss would cajole. “We actually mean Shithead as a term of RESPECT. In our office, we have a long history of calling the best employee Shithead.”
“Yeah, I don’t really care. It’s my name. Please call me Steve.”
“WHOA! WHOA! Way to overreact and take away my freedom of speech, Shithead!” The boss would yell while stomping around and blowing the office air horn designed to shut down further discussion.
Then, ideally, Steve would flip everyone off and use his jet pack to just blast off and fly away. Sadly, we don’t have jet packs yet so this resolution is just a fantasy.
The point is please call me Joseph. It’s my name. It’s my choice.
I know there will always be people who call me Joe out of habit or laziness or even attempts to be friendly and informal. To those people: I know you mean no disrespect so I will attempt to begrudgingly understand.
And if you hear my preference, understand it, and still, without my permission, choose to call me Joe–that is your right.
Just like it’s my right to start calling you “Shithead” in retaliation.
Anyway, thanks for reading this long, sensitive, wordy essay about how our names are signifiers of our identities.
It’s a real “Joseph” thing to write.
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DISNEYLAND: Obsessed Ep 72
Writer, producer, and Disney expert Kristen Rutherford (Attack of the Show, The Nerdist on BBC America) is obsessed with Disneyland. Find out the exciting truth of the hidden mickeys, dapper days, how to best defend the park from zombies, why falling in an elevator is relaxing, and how to blue card Mary Poppins for lying to a child.
Thanks as always to Molly Lewis for our theme song!
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Tagged as Comedy, dapper day, Disneyland, funny, Humor, Joseph Scrimshaw, Kristen Rutherford, Mickey Mouse, OBSESSED, obsessions, Patreon, podcast, Wikipedia, Zombies
DEXTER: Obsessed Ep 71
Comedian and writer Brock Wilbur is obsessed with the TV show Dexter. Wrap your home in plastic and thrill to such light fun discussion topics as serial killers, being a jerk on twitter, magic murder amulets, creative swearing, and Florida! Fun! Also, did you know there’s a Dexter rap? I’m sorry, but there is.
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Beer, Burgers, and The Future
To me, the Super Bowl commercials are like a cultural state of the union.
My initial reaction to the picture painted of modern America this year was: We are afraid of death and we want to fuck our cars.
I think the subtextual messages of the commercials are important because I think those ideas are more lasting than the actual commercial message. For many of the spots, if you happen to look away at literally the last two seconds of the commercial you will have NO IDEA WHAT WAS BEING ADVERTISED.
You’ll just be awash in a montage of the Grand Canyon, beer, small children, breasts, puppies, Liam Neeson, expensive cars being driven by the ghost of your disappointed father, and if you’re me, a sudden desire to move to Canada.
One theme I was affected by was the desire for kindness and human connection.
Coke’s ad featured a plot of strange soda-based cyber terrorism in which some sugar water infects the internet and instead of corroding the enamel from our teeth through wi-fi signals, Coke sends messages of kindness.
McDonald’s ad showed customers paying for their breakfast burritos with hugs which is apparently a real campaign. I applaud the sentiment, but I’m terrified by the reality. I don’t eat at McDonald’s but if I did I would want a six piece chicken McNugget with honey mustard sauce and a huge helping of emotional distance.
Still, it was an interesting trend. A reflection of forward movement. Coke and McDonald’s, two of the largest corporations in the world, paid millions of dollars to air what was basically a CRY FOR HELP.
We are longing for more human connection and I’m going to do my best to help with that by sitting alone in my home and tweeting about it.
Anyway, the commercials that affected me the most were two commercials that advanced stupid, outdated gender ideas: Carl’s, Jr’s ad for burgers and objectification and Budweiser’s attack on craft beer and the educated wimps who drink it.
The two commercials resonated for me because of our current cultural discussions about feminism. Particularly, the idea that knocking down old, horrible stereotypes about women is also beneficial to men because in the process we’ll also dismantle old, horrible stereotypes about men, too.
The Carl’s, Jr. spot was the most offensive ad to me.
HERE’S WHERE I DON’T LINK TO IT BECAUSE I DON’T WANT TO GIVE THEM VIEWS.
Basically, a busty woman in a bikini walks around being gawked at by men. You know, to make you want to fuck eat a cheeseburger. In one shot, a tomato is in the foreground to look like it is the woman’s butt. A hand reaches in and squeezes the tomato. In other words, a woman’s body is the same as a tomato–it is something to be evaluated and consumed.
I grew up with these kinds of images and ideas being the norm. I always understood intellectually they were trying to use natural attraction to the human body to sell stuff, but I’ve come to realize it’s so much more insidious than that. Thanks to shitty, sexist campaigns like that, I grew up with the constant message that I, as a man, should treat women like they were a product and if I did not, I was somehow not a man.
More on my lack of manliness, in a moment!
I think it’s important to say these kinds of messages of objectification are not okay. So, the commercial’s message of evaluation and consumption has worked on me. I’ve evaluated my thoughts and I will never consume anything at Carl’s Jr. When I drive by McDonald’s, I will think of a weird, desperate attempt to get me to call my father. When I drive by Carl’s, Jr. I’ll just think, “Hey, fuck you, Carl’s, Jr.”
AND NOW, IN ALL CAPS, MY MANLINESS.
There’s been a lot of excellent dissection of Budweiser’s anti-craft beer commercial.
ALSO NOT LINKED TO HERE.
The ad was very new in its confrontation of the divide between craft beer and traditional “sad dad juice in a bottle” beers like Budweiser. But that ad kicked it old school when it comes to reinforcing stupid gender stereotypes about masculinity.
The ad portrayed people who enjoy craft beer as wimps. According to the words and images in the commercial, here are things that sissy craft beer men do: They fuss, they sip, they dissect, they drink fruity peach beers, they wear glasses, and sometimes they tweet a nice thing to a male friend and don’t even hashtag it #NoHomo.
Okay, that last thing wasn’t in the ad.
Here are the words and images associated with real men who drink Budweiser: Hard, wood, axes, horses, tradition, strong forearms, big pounding horses, throwing a beer to your friend who does not wear glasses and is able to catch the beer without flinching, did I mention horses? Horses being driven by men of authority wearing uniforms?
Seriously, if Budweiser loves horses this much they should just start sponsoring every off-broadway production of Equus.
This commercial, like many other commercials I grew up with, felt like it was mansplaining how I should be a man. The only women seen in this commercial are serving Budweiser, the KING of beers, to men. So not only are the signifiers of HARD, OLD, AXE-WIELDING, FOREARM MUSCLES what I’m supposed to be as a man, they are implicitly not gender neutral attributes.
As much as I reject the casual objectification of women by Carl’s, Jr. I reject the hard-pounding assertion that I am not a man if I don’t drink low ABV canned beer that makes me daydream about riding a big, angry horse.
I grew up letting things like stupid fucking beer and burger commercials tell me what it is to be a man. They are not just commercials. They are reflections of societal norms broadcast to millions of people. Thanks Carl’s Jr. and Budweiser, but I think I’ll decide for myself what makes me a man.
Sometimes, I fuss. Sometimes, I make fast, reckless decisions. Sometimes, I sip. Sometimes, I chug. My forearms are weak and my favorite horse is Rainbow Dash from My Little Pony. I like action movies where Liam Neeson punches ambiguously Eastern-European men and I do push-ups every morning. My weak forearms ache as I type this.
But NONE of these things are gender-specific. Here’s the most important thing about being a man to me right now: I don’t give a damn what it means to be a man. I just want to figure out what attributes matter to being a good human being. The kind of human being who reaches out in friendship and compassion without Coke taking over the internet.
Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go meet a friend for drinks and pound some Belgian witbier. I have a lot of female friends who can put away craft beer like nobody’s business, so tonight I’ll be drinking #LikeAGirl.
POUNDINGLY,
P.S. There was also an ad for Scientology–a massive, well financed, secretive religious organization–that wants you to think for yourself. Thanks, Scientology, I think I will!
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Top 14 Things I Did in 2014
For the last few years, I’ve been writing down all the things I did that year to remind myself to stop beating myself up for not working hard enough.
I did work hard and do a lot of things this year and I’m going to reward myself with a much shorter, lazier post. Here are 14 things I’m proud of, happy with, and otherwise feel like giving myself a gold star for. For example, I think I deserve a gold star for not giving two shits about ending a sentence on a preposition. These are also not in any particular order. One of the other things I did this year was EMBRACE CHAOS.
1) I moved to Los Angeles. I love the city, I love the weather, it’s good for my comedy career, and it’s fun to live in a place where I can go to the neighborhood grocery store for ice cream and whiskey and see three different character actors who have been murdered by Jack Bauer on 24. Most importantly, I have yet to burst into flames.
2) I did a lot of stand-up. I’ve done a lot of different types of comedy performance–improv, sketch, children’s theater, working at Kinko’s–but I’m really enjoying saying comedy things into a microphone. This year, I performed at SF SketchFest, the Jonathan Coulton Cruise, headlined at Comedy Corner Underground in Minneapolis, a bunch of different geek conventions, variety shows with my wonderful friends The Doubleclicks, and performing on shows around town in LA. A highlight for me was getting booked on Ron Lynch’s awesome show TOMORROW. I was the first comic up and the last comic of the night was Louis CK. I’ve also been posting a bunch of my stuff to YouTube. Here’s a bit about objectification and soup recorded live at CONvergence.
3) Writing and hosting for WTFark. I did several stints guest hosting this satirical comedy news show. My favorite, by far, is this story about a monkey man which caused Huffington Post to quote me about monkey cults in New Zealand.
4) I shot an episode of TableTop with Wil Wheaton. If you’re not familiar with TableTop, well, hello and welcome to your first day on the internet! I hope you like cats! Seriously, TableTop is an awesome show, Wil’s an awesome host, and it was super fun to shoot. I played the game Concept and my episode should be out in early 2015. Until then, here’s a picture of me from the set!
Joseph Scrimshaw isn’t sure he gets the Concept… #TableTop
A photo posted by Geek & Sundry (@geekandsundry) on Oct 10, 2014 at 6:03pm PDT
5) I started a Patreon. The kind and generous support of my patrons has given me the freedom and impetus to keep creating comedy stories and essays on my blog, producing my podcast Obsessed, and unlocking fun, weird goals like doing stand-up dressed as a squirrel.
6) I became a Social Justice Warrior. Contrary to my assumptions, there was not a long series of arduous trials. All I had to do was speak up about issues of common human decency and equality! I’m particularly proud of this essay about what a stupid, inefficient insult SJW is.
7) I wrote another episode of Getting On with James Urbaniak. James’ podcast is great. In every episode he plays a different character who happens to be named James Urbaniak. I’ve written two other episodes, but this one was a special spooky episode released on Halloween. It features James playing a man who is both a motivational speaker and a werewolf.
8) I recorded an episode of The Dork Forest with Jackie Kashian. I’ve done a lot of guest bits on great podcasts this year–including Star Wars Minute, Feliz Navipod, Fire Talk With Me, Kneel Before Aud–but Jackie’s was extra special because she gave me a t-shirt. I’m thrilled to have got to know Jackie a little better. She’s an amazing comedian and a great podcast host and she let me defend the Star Wars prequels and didn’t even kick me out of her house.
9) I helped make Thanksgiving Versus Christmas happen. Thanksgiving Versus Christmas was my friend Molly Lewis’ awesome holiday special. Molly wrote all the songs, the awesome Josh Cagan wrote the book, and we performed it as a live show. I directed, played the narrator, and did a little bit of work on the script. Everything came together beautifully (Molly has an excellent wrap-up here) and it was one of those wonderful magic times where the show was even more than the sum of its parts. And the parts were all damn good to begin with. The show is available as an album and you can pre-order the hell out of it right now.
10) I continued being Obsessed. I continue to enjoy doing my comedy podcast Obsessed and to my delight, the listenership continues to increase! One of my favorite episodes this year was both insightful and horrifically funny thanks to my guests Tim Wick and Rebecca Watson. The episode was about CATS. Other favorite episodes included obsessions with Maps, Grease 2, Tiny Things, and Tenacious D. You can find them all on iTunes.
11) I continued to tweet a lot. I don’t know if I’m proud of that, but it’s definitely a thing that happened. Here’s one of my favorite tweets this year.
As a kid, I thought being a cyborg would be cool. I just saw a guy wearing Google Glass smoking an ecigarette. Illusion shattered.
— Joseph Scrimshaw (@JosephScrimshaw) May 12, 2014
12) Writing, writing, always writing. I wrote a lot of different things this year. In addition to some of the stuff mentioned above, I’m proud to be a regular contributor to Alice Lee’s awesome essay site Yearbook Office where I write about things like social justice and U2. I also wrote 30,000 words of a novel that I’ll eventually finish and I wrote three drafts of a sit com spec script that I’m currently shopping around. I also wrote this thing about Aquaman and got a thumbs up on twitter from the current writing team on the actual Aquaman comic book. Several of my (already written, thank god) plays were produced this year including Adventures in Mating, An Inconvenient Squirrel, and Stitch, Bitch N Die with more productions to come next year.
13) I started a show in LA called HOT COMEDY DREAM TIME. The concept of the show is that I get guest comedians and actors and they perform something they’ve always wanted to perform. In the show’s three month trial run, we created new sketches and bits with Hal Lublin, John Ross Bowie, Wil Wheaton, Dana Snyder, Mike Phirman, Greg Benson, Kim Evey, and Audrey Kearns. The show will be back in 2015! Details soon right here on the website.
14) I AM STILL ALIVE. Well, that took a sudden and dark turn. 2014 has, in many ways, been a rough year. There’s been a lot of brutal and pointless violence in the world. A lot of sad deaths in the world of comedy. Two friends from the comedy scene in Minnesota passed away suddenly in the last months of the year. Sometimes it feels like it would be easy to succumb to despair given how difficult and unfair life can be. But in doing something like writing this year in review, I look back on all the amazing, kind, funny, brave, gracious people I know–people I work with creatively, people I know in real life, people I only know on social media, people I see in audiences at shows who have done this insane incredible thing called leaving their house–and I feel very refreshed and inspired.
Thanks to everyone who has helped justify my optimism this year.
15) I ADDED ANOTHER ONE BECAUSE CHAOS REIGNS SUPREME. I also watched a lot of Netflix with my wonderful wife, Sara. We like Arrow a lot. Thanks, universe.
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Tagged as Aquaman, funny, Humor, Jackie Kashian, James Urbaniak, Joseph Scrimshaw, Molly Lewis, OBSESSED, Patreon, podcast, TableTop, Wil Wheaton, WTFark, Year in review
An Open Letter From A Ghost
Dear humans,
I am a ghost and I can prove it. Here goes:
BOOOOooooooOOOOOOOOooooo!
Because all ghosts go BOOOOOOooooOOOOOOooooo, right?
WRONG. Ghosts have no desire to shout weird noises to frighten you. We just want your attention. Like you living humans, we just want to be HEARD. In a way, we’re all going BooooOOOOOoooooo all the time. The internet is nothing but BooooOOOOOOOOOOooooo 24/7.
Besides if we just wanted to scare you, we could say more terrifying things like:
AHHHHHHHH!
SON OF A–!
We could also shout terrifying things that are relevant to modern times like:
Not All Ghosts!
Technically, it’s pronounced JIF!
That’s right, ghosts are very well aware of animated gifs. We like comparing Benedict Cumberbatch to otters just as much as living people do.
Everybody thinks ghosts are all old-timie. Like we’re all just cartoons wearing sheets over our heads. Ghosts wear a lot of other things besides sheets. Things like:
Spanx.
Star Trek themed bathrobes.
Google Glass.
Some of us are furries.
And we don’t just haunt creepy places like castles, abandoned amusement parks, or the DMV. We haunt any place we have unfinished business.
I know a ghost who haunts a Chipotle because she could never afford the extra guacamole on her burrito.
Most old Blockbuster Video locations are haunted by people who never got a chance to return the DVD of Hotel Rwanda they rented in 2005.
The most embarrassing place for a ghost to haunt is Bed, Bath, and Beyond. I mean, it’s got all the sheets and the whole “beyond” thing. It’s just too on the nose. It’s like a vampire working at a blood bank. It’s just stupid.
But ghosts can’t choose where they haunt. That’s the main thing to understand about us: Ghosts are just souls who can’t move on. We’re basically souls that are always buffering. Do you how annoying that is? We’re like souls operated by Time Warner Cable. We can’t move on. We’re like your mom talking about how much she likes Anderson Cooper. We just will not let it go. Maybe that’s just my mom. She really likes Anderson Cooper.
The point is ghosts need all kinds of different things before they can go on. Sure, some ghosts need to figure out who killed them, but most just need regular human things. They want to finish that novel they were working on, see their kid graduate from high school, beat the Water Temple in Ocarina of Time, change their twitter handle back to their real name instead of Werewolf MacFartPants or whatever dumb Halloween name they died with. Normal human things!
Personally, my needs are modest. I died in 2006 in a small apartment watching the season six finale of Gilmore Girls. All I need to move on is to see Season Seven of Gilmore Girls. There have been twelve different tenants in my apartment since 2006. NONE OF THEM WILL WATCH GILMORE GIRLS! IT’S ON NETFLIX INSTANT NOW! HELP ME OUT PEOPLE!
So look for us! Pay attention! Unless you’re one of those Ghost Hunting shows. Screw those guys. If a ghost lives in your house and you try to watch one of those stupid shows, we’ll change the channel to a rerun of Project Runway. We will Tim Gunn your asses.
If you ever get the feeling you’re being stared at and judged, there’s probably a ghost in your home. Or maybe you have a cat. If you feel stared at, judged, AND like someone is putting their butt in your face, you are being haunted by a ghost cat. Yes, there are ghost cats. They mostly want their ears scritched, but that’s another story.
Or imagine you live in an apartment. Maybe you have important work to do. But then the lights flicker on and off. You hear a dial-up modem noise for no reason. You feel an overwhelming desire to drop everything and watch Season Seven of Gilmore Girls.
DO IT. JUST DO IT. YOU WILL MAKE A GHOST WEARING A STAR TREK BATHROBE VERY HAPPY.
P.S. BOOOOOoooooOOOOOOOooooooOOOOOOO!
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Tagged as Boooooooo, Comedy, funny, Ghosts, Gilmore Girls, Halloween, Humor, Joseph Scrimshaw, Patreon, Spooky
APPLE BASED LIES
Autumn. Kids go back to school. The leaves change. A chill fills the air.
And for seven years of my life, I performed in an incredibly special show.
I’ve done a lot of different kinds of comedy performance.
I used to do a lot of sketch and improv comedy in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In particular, I did a monthly late night variety show called Look Ma, No Pants. It was filthy. Just filthy. The cast regularly polished off an entire jug of Carlo Rossi wine on stage during the show.
One epic show, I was supposed to jump across the stage and land on my knees, but we had spilled so much booze, I hydroplaned and almost slid off the stage. Later in the show, when we were doing some stage combat, one of the other highly trained professional actors accidentally punched me in the face and cut my lip open. Another sketch called for me to tear the white dress shirt I was wearing off my body, which I did. By the end of the show, I was topless, bleeding, and my pants were soaked through with wine.
My friend, who had just bought a theater in Wisconsin, looked at that and said, “Hey, I should ask him to do children’s theater.”
I needed the money so I said yes. I drove out to Wisconsin with some fellow Minneapolis actors and did a nice wholesome show about Johnny Appleseed.
I didn’t even play Johnny Appleseed. I played Johnny Appleseed’s silly friend, Bill. I was made to wear overalls and full body long underwear with the opening in the butt region so I could defecate in an historically accurate manner.
The show itself wasn’t exactly historically accurate.
All of the actors and the director had decided–without any actual discussion–that even though this play was set in 1850s Wisconsin, all the characters should have horrible, vaguely Southern accents.
So I said lines like, “Well, gosh n’ golly, Johnny! You sure done planted a lot of apples today! What you going to do with all of them apples, Johnny?”
None of us knew why we were talking like that. But we all kept doing it FOR SEVEN YEARS.
The cast used to have a joke that if you forgot your line you could just say the word “apple” or “Johnny” and you would probably be right. Because here was the plot:
Johnny Appleseed has a dream to walk the Midwest and share apples with everyone he meets. And he does. The end.
He thinks apples can solve everything. There was a scene where his silly friend Bill was attacked by a bee.
I would say, “AHHHH! It’s a bee! Get it off me!” and dance around like an idiot.
Johnny would say, “Calm down and have an apple.”
Nothing in this show was true. I described the show to my friends as a collection of apple-based lies.
Here’s the true story of Johnny Appleseed:
He did walk the land helping people plant apple trees. But the trees bore bitter, inedible apples that could only be used to make hard, alcoholic cider.
The only reason Johnny planted the trees was so he could give strangers pamphlets about his weird religion. He was a Swedeborgian. Johnny believed that if he never had sex on earth he would be gifted with as many wives as he wanted in heaven.
That didn’t make it into the show. Bill never got to say, “Hey kids, it’s time to talk about our favorite alcoholic religious zealot, Johnny Appleseed! How many wives you gonna have up there in heaven, Johnny?”
Also, did I mention the show was a musical?
In the course of this hour long show, we sang seven songs about apples. In Southern Wisconsin accents.
I can’t sing. I’ve starred in three musicals. Acting is a weird profession.
Here’s a sample of one of the lyrically complex numbers:
Pick an apple, put it in the basket
Pick an apple, put in the basket
Fill that basket – HIIIIIIIGH!
We’re gonna make an apple
We’re gonna make an apple – PIIIIIIIIIE!
And of course these songs featured show stopping, Broadway level choreography. All performed at 9 AM by exhausted, hungover actors from a different city.
We would end the songs on our knees. Hands out! Panting! Our sweat reeking of alcohol, having given everything we had to selling our fifth song in a row about apples!
And the audience of 200 second graders would just stare at us as if to say, “What are you doing with your life?”
No applause or anything. And we would fight our way to our feet and continue with our conflict-free apple narrative.
The thing that really made me mad about the kids not applauding is we had told them to do it. At the top of every performance, we did a pre-show speech telling the children exactly how to react to the show.
First, we would do fun little warm-ups. We would ask them if they liked apples like it was a rock concert.
DO YOU LIKE APPLES???!!!???
And they would lose their little minds. Except that one poor kid who would shout out, “Actually, I’m allergic to apples!” No one listened or cared. Because it’s Fall in Wisconsin and you’re going to like apples or GTFO.
Then we’d ask the kids a bunch of leading questions like: What do you do when an actor says something funny?
And the kids would yell out answers like: REPEAT IT!
And what do you when the actors are on stage talking?
THINK ABOUT OTHER THINGS!
And when the actors are done singing and dancing, what do you do?
LEAVE!
These are all real answers shouted at me by children.
After that, we would practice applauding and laughing and listening. Then, no matter how horribly the children had behaved during the warm-up, we always said, “Wow. I think this is the best audience we’ve ever had. Even the kid in the front row who’s flipping me off right now.”
We didn’t say the second sentence out loud.
But all of the absurdity, the lies, the warm-ups, and the hangovers were worth it because I discovered I loved performing for kids.
There were many parts of the show where Johnny Appleseed’s silly friend Bill would fall down or shake his butt at the audience. The children would die with laughter.
Kids are the most honest audience in the world. If they liked it, they laughed. If they were bored, they would let you know in some subtle way like screaming, “I’m bored!”
We would often get cards sent to the theater by kids. The children’s notes scrawled in big crayon letters said things like:
I liked it when Bill fell down and hurt himself!
I enjoyed some of the show!
I have a cat!
My mother is praying for you!
Again, all real examples.
Every day at the end of the show, we would stand outside and greet the kids as they left the theater and got on the bus. They would yell, “It’s Johnny Appleseed and that other guy!”
I would say goodbye to them in my dumb southern accent. “Bye! Bye! Thanks for coming!”
About 90% of the children had a picture of Spider-Man somewhere on their clothing so I would compliment them on their Spider-Man paraphernalia:
Bye! I like your spider-man t-shirt!
Bye! I like your spider-man shoes!
Bye! I like the spider-man stickers on your cast!
And then one day, I was enjoying myself just a little too much.
A child walked by wearing a truly great Spider-Man watch. It was really cool. Not just “for a kid” cool. I wanted it for myself as a mature adult. It was dark red and the actual watch part was like a big spider and the hands of the watch were webbing and I lost myself in the moment and I said:
“WOW-EEE! THAT’S ONE [BLEEP] OF A SPIDER-MAN WATCH!”
But I didn’t say [BLEEP]. I looked around quickly. Luckily, no adults had heard me. But the kid did. He stopped in his tracks. He looked at his watch. He stared up at me.
He looked deep into my eyes and said, “I like it when you fall down.”
I know he meant my literal, physical falling down in the show, but it felt like he was saying, “I know something’s gone wrong in your life that you’re standing on a public sidewalk wearing long johns with a hole in the butt, speaking in a Southern accent, swearing at children about their Spider-Man watches, but you know what? It’s okay, because you made me laugh when you fell down. So maybe it was worth it.”
And maybe it was.
Maybe it [BLEEPING] was.
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Tagged as Apples, Childrens Theater, Comedy, funny, Humor, Johnny Appleseed, Joseph Scrimshaw, Patreon, Spider-Man
You’re Going to Live on the F’ing Moon
The moon! People once believed it was made of cheese! Sadly, this is not true. Thanks a lot, science.
Recently, I’ve been giving the moon a lot of thought. When I launched the Patreon campaign to support these blog posts, one of the rewards for backers was suggesting a topic for a post. Annie Lynsen suggested, “How about something you learned in school, one of those things they REALLY drilled into you, that has ended up being completely useless information in adulthood?”
There are a lot a options. In fifth grade, an entire hour of my education was devoted to square dancing. My senior year in high school, I took a class called Wood Technology and learned how to freak out when a pothead accidentally sticks their finger in a router. In sixth grade, I was thrilled to hear we were going to do art projects based on the Vikings! Annoyingly, we had to draw pictures of the actual football team, The Minnesota Vikings.
I tried to take a fencing class in college, but I literally couldn’t find the door to the gym so I dropped it. That one is probably my fault.
Also, a big thanks to cursive handwriting which has never done a goddamn thing for me.
But the main thing that popped into my mind wasn’t actual curriculum. It was just the obsession of one strange human. My fourth grade teacher was named Mr. File. He was very kind but prone to sudden outbursts of screaming. (At least he yelled at us in class unlike my fifth grade teacher who used to go out to her car and wail at the heavens which was somehow more disturbing.)
Mr. File yelled at us about a lot of things–being kind, pencils are for writing not stabbing, and more. He once caught a kid drawing a swastika on his homework and launched into an impassioned speech about the true horrors of the Nazis. It was the first time I heard about the realities of the Holocaust. And it was in gruesome detail.
But the main thing Mr. File screamed about was the moon. He was convinced that he would not live on the moon in his lifetime, but his young students would.
Even then, as a scrawny young nerdling, I got the sense that Mr. File would really like to live on the moon and envied us. He was amazed by the advances in technology in his life, but also horrified by the atrocities of humanity. He was, in retrospect, a pretty old school geek with utopian views of a Federation of Planets type future full of spacesuits, reason, and peace among the stars.
In the middle of classes, Mr. File would suddenly shout, “IN YOUR LIFETIME–YOU ARE GOING TO LIVE ON THE MOON!”
It was very aggressive and sometimes sounded like an actual threat.
He would even use the moon as emotional leverage when we screwed up in class.
“YOU CAN’T MULTIPLY FRACTIONS? WELL, YOU MIGHT NEED TO–WHEN YOU LIVE ON THE MOON!”
“YOU DON’T KNOW WHY THE MAGINOT LINE WAS A BAD IDEA? WELL, YOU MIGHT NEED TO–WHEN YOU LIVE ON THE MOON!”
“YOU DON’T KNOW HOW TO CONJUGATE VERBS? WELL YOU MIGHT NEED TO–WHEN YOU WILL HAVE BEEN LIVING ON THE MOON!”
So I always assumed, of course, humans will live on the moon.
But now it just seems like why? What is the point of living on the moon? What would be different? We’d just put a bunch of crappy strip malls up there. The moon would just be a very remote suburb. If we were lucky, there would be fancy malls and casinos. It would be like sad Las Vegas in space.
Everything would be the same but we’d stick the word “moon” in front of everything.
“Yeah, I drove my Moon Car to Moon Ikea and bought a Moon Desk and some Swedish MoonBalls.”
The main difference of living on the moon is that it would take us twice as long to say anything.
And we would physically move slower. The moon would be heaven for potheads. They could just bounce around eating Swedish MoonBalls and trying to avoid routers in shop class.
But I feel bad letting Mr. File’s dream die. So I gave some thought to a practical use of the moon.
Here’s my idea: If we actually did have the technology to live on the moon, I would want it to be a prison. I would want the moon to be a penal colony for people who are assholes on the internet.
Like the minute you respond to a tweet or a YouTube video or an article with something awful, you would teleported to the moon.
This brings up the thorny question of how you determine what a bad internet comment is? This is very easy. Do not begin any comment with the words actually, technically, or a picture of a penis.
Basically, if you imagine saying your comment to a real live person and their immediate response would be to punch you in the throat, then you’re going to the moon.
Soon the moon would be full of trolls and the only thing the moon trolls would be allowed to do is write Yelp reviews of the moon itself.
All the reviews would be things like: “This moon sucks dicks.” And somehow the words moon, sucks, and dicks would all be misspelled.
The great hope of technology is that it will actually make us better. That faster communication will allow us to exchange ideas and understanding and empathy, not just be a supersonic rocket to Asshole Town.
Given that argument, I suppose Mr. File would not be thrilled with my idea of making the moon a prison planet for jerks. I also don’t think Mr. File really wanted to live on the moon so he could wear a cool spacesuit and slowly bounce over to Moon Arby’s for some Moon Curly Fries.
I think Mr. File probably wanted to live on the moon to get a little closer to making the fantasy of a better world a reality. He probably wanted us to be a little proactive. Instead of just saying “Haters gonna hate,” he probably wanted us to learn and say something like “Haters gonna get exposed to thoughtful critiques that systematically break down damaging social norms.”
So I guess I did learn something from Mr. File screaming at me about the moon. I’ll do my part by trying to say something kind and intelligent to someone on social media today.
I’ll enjoy my memories of a kind, wistful old man yelling, “YOU’RE GOING TO LIVE ON THE MOON!”
I’ll put the memories through emotional autocorrect and it will come out, “YOU’RE GOING TO LIVE ON THE MOON! PLEASE DON’T BE AN ASSHOLE UP THERE!”
Thanks, Mr. File.
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Tagged as Annie Lynsen, Comedy, funny, Haters, Humor, Ikea, Joseph Scrimshaw, moon, Patreon, School, Star Trek, Trolls
An Open Letter From Aquaman
The following is a message to the entire world from the superhero commonly known as Aquaman. It has not been edited in any way. This should be clear from all the f-bombs.
Dear Everyone–
Fuck you guys. Seriously.
My name is Aquaman. I am a superhero. I am a member of the Justice League. I am the motherfucking KING OF ATLANTIS and I deserve some fucking respect. Seriously.
Do you know how much abuse I take online? People call me the Arby’s of superheroes. The LinkedIn of meta-humans. They say if the Justice League was a rock band I would play bass.
If you’re going to make fun of me at least get some new references. Arby’s, LinkedIn, bass players–they’re easy targets. I can’t even say “J.J. Abrams” without one of you unimaginative shitheads shouting “Lens flare!” and patting yourself on the back for it. THAT’S A REFERENCE, NOT A JOKE, FUCKWADS!
What? Are you shocked I have an opinion about something nuanced like the intersection between omnipresent pop culture and quality joke construction? WELL, THERE’S A LOT YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT AQUAMAN, SON.
Most importantly, I’m not lame. I’m not “the Ocean’s answer to Coldplay.” I’M AWESOME.
Let’s start with my super powers. People say I suck because I’m only valuable if something is happening in the water. THE WATER? YOU MEAN THE THING THAT IS COVERING MOST OF THE PLANET? LIKE 71% OF THE ENTIRE EARTH?
So, ignoring the fact that I’m hella strong on the land anyway, yes, I’m EXTRA STRONG when I’m in the thing that covers 71% of the planet! You got me there, braniac! And I mean braniac as an ironic term for idiot, not the super villain Braniac whose ass I could kick on land or sea or EVEN THE AIR.
Yes, I can fly. I’ve seen dumb-asses on the internet say I can only fly underwater. THAT’S CALLED SWIMMING, DIPSHIT.
I can also telepathically communicate with any living thing in the ocean. I can call up a dolphin for a ride like it was a fucking Lyft car. And it doesn’t cost me shit, because the dolphins know I respect them.
I don’t just use my powers to command the creatures of the sea. I talk and I LISTEN. Sometimes, I’m all telepathically like, “Hey, Sperm Whale, what’s it like to have the LARGEST BRAIN of any creature on the planet?” And the Sperm Whale is like, “Damn, Aquaman, thanks for taking the time TO ASK.”
I’ve also had it with people making fun of my appearance. They say wearing orange and green makes it look like a kitchen from the 1970s threw up on me. You know why I wear bright orange and green? BECAUSE THE OCEAN IS DARK, ASSHOLES. Have you been to the bottom of the ocean? No? Then stick it up your Mariana Trench, you sad fucking James Cameron wannabes!
Back in the ’90s, I also had a giant bushy beard and a hook for hand. You heard me. I was a garishly dressed man with ridiculous facial hair carrying antiquated technology for no reason. I was a hipster before they were popular!
BUT I’M NOT GOING TO MAKE FUN OF HIPSTERS. I HAVE MORE CLASS THAN THAT.
AS LONG AS I’M YELLING, YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT PISSES ME OFF THE MOST?
People say I’m lame because of my ORIGIN STORY. They say it’s not ICONIC.
Batman’s parents were murdered. Superman’s parents dumped him in a rocket and shot him into space so he could be adopted by a Norman Rockwell painting. Wolverine is from Canada.
But who am I? What does the general public know about me? Who is Aquaman?
Isn’t he that USELESS TOOL from the Super Friends cartoon? I should have sent a piranha up the sewers to give those jerk-off cartoon writers a toilet surprise 30 years ago!
You want to know what my defining trait is? How about this? ANGER. That’s my character now. You know what my backstory is? I CAN BREATHE UNDERWATER AND I’M SICK OF YOUR BULLSHIT! How’s that?
Or, crazy thought here, you could actually get to know me. My real name is Arthur “Orin” Curry. I’m a half-human, half-Atlantean hybrid. I am a FOUNDING member of the Justice League. I have a fucking certificate that says so and everything. I’m crazy strong. I am a natural blonde. I do not dye. I have an Etsy account and an amazing collection of stand-up comedy albums on the original vinyl. I am an avid Wikipedia editor. My comfort foods are waffles and vodka. I’ve listened to every episode of WTF with Marc Maron. I’m really fucking good at swearing. My favorite Pixar movie is Cars. COME AT ME, HATERS.
I will take any shade you have to throw, but maybe–just maybe–it could be clever or informed for once.
Spend some time with me. Get to know me. Then hate me.
Because, I swear, if one more of you unoriginal shitbrained clichefuckers call me the Jar-Jar Binks of the Justice League, I WILL SHOW YOU A WORLD OF PAIN.
OR AT LEAST 71% OF A WORLD OF PAIN.
Thank you for your time,
Motherfucking Aquaman, Motherfuckers.
P.S. My favorite song is “I’m on a boat.”
Tagged as Aquaman, Arby's, Comedy, DC Comics, funny, Hipsters, Humor, Joseph Scrimshaw, Justice League, LinkedIn, Patreon, Super Friends, Swearing
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Comprehensive review on methadone-induced QT prolongation and torsades
Jennifer M Treece1, Mohammad Al Madani2, George El Khoury3, Ola Khraisha2, James E Martin4, Steven J Baumrucker5, Christopher A Neglia6, Timir K Paul7
1 Departments of Internal Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, USA
2 Department of Interventional Cardiology, Kings Daughter Medical Center, Portsmouth, Ohio and Ashland, Kentucky, USA
3 Division of Cardiology, Heart Clinic of Hammond, Hammond, Louisiana, USA
4 Department of Family Medicine, Lincoln-Debusk College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kingsport, TN, USA
5 Department of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, Wellmont Health System, Kingsport, TN, USA
6 Holston Medical Group, Kingsport, TN, USA
7 Department of Cardiology, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, USA
Date of Decision 27-Mar-2018
Date of Acceptance 05-Jun-2018
Timir K Paul
East Tennessee State University, 329 N State of Franklin, Johnson City 37604, TN
An alternative analgesic to morphine is methadone, which is used to control chronic pain and is used in opioid rehabilitation treatment programs due to methadone having a long half-life and being relatively inexpensive as compared to extended-release forms of morphine. Despite its benefits, methadone accumulates in adipose tissue due to being lipophilic, binds strongly to plasma proteins, and is metabolized in the liver by the cytochrome P450 system causing methadone levels to be variable and subject to influence according to the individual body compositions and concurrent use of cytochrome P450 inhibitors. In addition to methadone being able to cause both respiratory and central nervous system depression, methadone can also prolong the QT interval and cause potentially life-threatening arrhythmias including torsades de pointes. The susceptibility of unintentional overdosing of methadone due to its varied pharmacologic properties and potentially fatal induction of arrhythmias may cause the risks of methadone use to outweigh its benefits and therefore must be closely monitored.
Keywords: Analgesic, dysrhythmia, methadone, opioid, torsade de pointes
Treece JM, Al Madani M, El Khoury G, Khraisha O, Martin JE, Baumrucker SJ, Neglia CA, Paul TK. Comprehensive review on methadone-induced QT prolongation and torsades. J Pharmacol Pharmacother 2018;9:66-75
Treece JM, Al Madani M, El Khoury G, Khraisha O, Martin JE, Baumrucker SJ, Neglia CA, Paul TK. Comprehensive review on methadone-induced QT prolongation and torsades. J Pharmacol Pharmacother [serial online] 2018 [cited 2019 Jul 16];9:66-75. Available from: http://www.jpharmacol.com/text.asp?2018/9/2/66/240552
Methadone was originally formulated in 1938 in Germany.[1] Methadone is increasingly used in palliative medicine and in opioid abuse rehabilitation programs to control chronic intractable pain and to assist patients through detoxification while mitigating the effects of withdrawal from opioid abuse. Methadone is an inexpensive and long-acting, potent analgesic that is effective in the treatment of chronic pain and substance abuse.[2]
Mounting evidence exists about the arrhythmogenic potential of methadone via the prolongation of the QT interval and subsequent increase in risk of inducing the potentially fatal arrhythmia, torsades de pointes (TdP).[3],[4] In this article, the impact of methadone-inducing potentially fatal arrhythmias in the settings of chronic pain management and in opioid abuse rehabilitation is discussed.
Methadone use to control chronic pain
Due to its long half-life, methadone is commonly used for the treatment of opioid addiction as well as for the treatment of chronic pain, especially in terminally ill cancer patients.[5] Methadone may be used to control pain in patients who have comorbid delirium and renal failure because methadone lacks active metabolites, which differentiates methadone from morphine, as the active metabolites of morphine accumulate in patients with renal failure and cause worsening delirium and altered mental status. In addition to lacking active metabolites, there are no dose adjustments of methadone needed for patients with renal impairment as opposed to morphine.[6] The main contraindications of methadone are respiratory depression, central nervous system (CNS) depression, and allergy to either the drug or the preservatives used in its preparation. Caution is essential when treating patients with methadone who are suffering from increased intracranial pressure, severe asthma, or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease since methadone can exacerbate these conditions.[4] Methadone is significantly less expensive than controlled extended-release forms of morphine. Constipation, nausea, and vomiting are also less common side effects of methadone as opposed to morphine.[7] A comparison between methadone and morphine is outlined in [Table 1].[4],[5],[6],[7],[8],[9],[10],[11],[12]
Table 1: Methadone compared to morphine[4],[5],[6],[7],[8],[9],[10],[11],[12]
Pharmacokinetics of methadone
Methadone is a lipophilic medication with a large volume of distribution and high tissue-binding affinity. Due to these factors and its long half-life, methadone tends to accumulate in adipose tissues, especially after repeated doses, and causes methadone toxicity to be more prone to develop, even with appropriately monitored use.[5] In the bloodstream, methadone is 60%–90% bound to plasma proteins, and its bioavailability after oral administration is around 70%–90%. The maximum plasma concentration is reached after 3–4 h following oral administration. On average, the half-life of methadone is around 24 h, but it may vary as much as from 8 to 120 h depending on an individual patient's adipose tissue composition. However, its analgesic effect only lasts between 6 and 12 h,[13] which means that to achieve an appropriate analgesic effect, one would likely need to dose more frequently. This frequent dosing could potentially lead to accumulation of methadone in the body and predispose to the development of toxicity.[1]
Methadone is metabolized mainly in the liver by the cytochrome P450 system,[14] which causes methadone to be susceptible to interaction with other medications, especially those that inhibit the cytochrome P450 system, such as ciprofloxacin, fluconazole, and fluoxetine. The concurrent use of methadone with cytochrome P450 inhibitors can cause an elevation of methadone serum levels and therefore increase the risk of methadone toxicity with potentially life-threatening side effects, such as respiratory depression and cardiac arrhythmias. Being heavily bound to plasma proteins is a source of possible drug interactions with methadone. In the setting of low levels of plasma protein, the concurrent use of medications that affect plasma protein levels or concurrent use of medications that compete for plasma protein binding may cause an increase in the propensity for adverse reactions secondary to methadone to develop by increasing the unbound active level of methadone in the bloodstream.[5]
Dosing of methadone
Understanding the pharmacokinetics and chemistry of methadone in relation to other opioids is essential to the successful use of methadone in the clinical setting. Methadone is a lipophilic drug with a large volume of distribution that has a biphasic course of elimination, which includes a fast phase of tissue distribution that is followed by a slower metabolism phase.[15],[16] Following repetitive doses of methadone, tissue storage levels of methadone increase, thus acting as a secondary source of continuous drug release of methadone into the bloodstream between scheduled oral doses of the medication.[17],[18] Metabolic tolerance to methadone through hepatic auto-induction may also develop.[19] To achieve an adequate analgesic effect while avoiding drug toxicity, the frequency and dose of methadone administration need to be adjusted according to the patient's clinical status by balancing the analgesic effect of methadone against the medication's adverse reactions, including respiratory and CNS depression, which suggest the onset of methadone toxicity. Methadone dose and frequency adjustments should not be based on methadone plasma levels, which have proven to be of limited utility.[18]
Methadone has an agonistic effect on mu (μ) and delta (δ) receptors in the brain. Methadone also has a competitive antagonist effect on N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors, which are responsible for opioid tolerance and neuropathic pain. Given this, methadone is more potent and carries a lower chance of tolerance compared to pure μ receptors agonists such as morphine, thus making dose conversion between methadone and other opioids challenging.[7],[8],[9],[10],[20]
Methadone use in palliative care and in opioid abuse rehabilitation
Methadone use for the treatment of chronic pain is well established in the palliative care population due to its low cost, long half-life, and its added effectiveness of addressing neuropathic pain through competitive antagonistic activity on NMDA receptors.[1]
While methadone shares the same side effect profile as other opioids, methadone causes less constipation and less tolerance when compared to other opioids, which makes it a suitable drug for use in palliative care medicine.[11] In addition to the side effects of constipation as well as respiratory and CNS depression such as other opioid medications, methadone also is arrhythmogenic through the prolongation of the QT interval on the patient's electrocardiogram (ECG).[2]
Prolonged QT syndrome
The QT interval on the ECG is measured between the first deflection of the QRS complex and the end of the T-wave. It represents the interval during which the myocardial membrane channels are activated during depolarization followed by repolarization of the ventricles. Although there is no consensus about the exact cutoff value for the normal QT segment, most authors agree that the accepted normal values for the QT interval are <430 ms in men and <450 ms in women.[21] The QT interval varies with the heart rate; thus, it is corrected according to heart rate and is referred to as corrected QT interval (QTc). Although different formulae are used to calculate the QTc interval, the most widely used formula is Bazett's formula, which is calculated by dividing the QT interval in milliseconds by the square root of the interval between two consecutive R-waves (RR interval) in milliseconds and is represented by the following formula: QTc = QT in milliseconds .[22] A prolonged QT interval predisposes an individual to a potentially fatal arrhythmia called TdP.[2]
Causes of a prolonged QT interval may be congenital or acquired. The primary cause of congenital long QT syndrome (LQTS) involves a human ether-a-go-go-related gene (hERG) and a subunit of the voltage-gated potassium channels found predominantly in the myocardial tissue, which is where the hERG gene is most active. These voltage-gated potassium channels are the predominant facilitator of the delayed-rectifier potassium currents (IK) and are active in Phase 3 of the action potential (AP), which causes repolarization of the ventricles. An abnormality in these voltage-gated potassium channels leads to a prolonged AP and subsequent prolongation of the QT interval, as seen in [Figure 1].[2] Congenital LQTS has an incidence of approximately 1:2500 in the general population and may be undiagnosed until the patient is exposed to a medication known to prolong the QT interval, particularly in pediatric patients.[23] Approximately 10%–15% of patients with medication-induced LQTS have concurrent underlying congenital LQTS, which exacerbates the risk for these patients to manifest LQTS when exposed to medications that increase the QT interval.[24] It is also estimated that around 12% of infants who die from sudden infant death syndrome have congenital QT interval prolongation as the underlying pathology.[25]
Figure 1: Phases of an action potential in a ventricular myocyte with corresponding surface electrocardiogram, electrolyte currents, and active ion channels[2],[37],[38],[39],[40]
Acquired LQTS usually results from the use of particular medications or from electrolyte imbalances such as hypokalemia, hypomagnesaemia, or hypocalcemia. Bradycardia can also increase the risk of drug-induced LQTS.[26] The list of medications that can cause prolongation of the QT interval is extensive, and the most common QT-prolonging medications are summarized in [Table 2]. The most well-known medications that cause QT prolongation include macrolide and fluoroquinolone antibiotics. Other medications known to frequently cause prolonged QT intervals include antihistamines, antidepressants, and antipsychotics.[27] Methadone in high doses or when administered intravenously may cause QT prolongation.[27]
Table 2: Medications that prolong the QT interval[32],[33],[37],[38],[39],[42],[43],[44],[45],[46],[47],[48],[49],[50]
A prolonged QT interval is a proarrhythmic state that is associated with an increased risk of ventricular arrhythmia, particularly TdP. TdP is a form of ventricular tachycardia of varying polarity that can either resolve spontaneously or degenerate into ventricular fibrillation, which is a potentially fatal arrhythmia and is the most feared outcome from the development of a prolonged QT interval.[28],[29]
Methadone and prolonged QT syndrome
Although methadone has been used for several decades as a preferred agent for the treatment of opioid dependence and as a strong analgesic agent in the treatment of chronic pain in palliative medicine settings, attention toward the cardiac effects of methadone is a relatively recent phenomenon. The first report of methadone-associated TdP was published in 2002 by Krantz et al.[4] However, by this time, TdP was an already known side effect of other opioid analgesic agents, including levomethadyl hydrochloride acetate, which is a derivative of methadone, and was previously used as a long-term opioid analgesic, but was withdrawn from Europe in 2001 and from the United States in 2003 because of its effect on prolongation of the QT interval.[30],[31],[32] Following the initial report of TdP secondary to QT interval prolongation by methadone in 2002, methadone has been assessed thoroughly through cross-sectional, retrospective, and prospective studies designed specifically to evaluate the clinical association of methadone and TdP induction via QT prolongation, which has become even more important due to the dramatic increase in the use of methadone in clinical practice since 1997.[33]
Among opioid-dependent patients with structurally normal hearts, the highest rate of sudden deaths is in patients who regularly use methadone.[34] This finding elevated the level of suspicion regarding the possibility of a nonstructural etiology, such as an induced electrical arrhythmia caused by methadone, as the etiology of sudden death in these patients. A study that was performed in West Virginia found that in 2006, methadone was associated with 40% of the opioid-related deaths despite methadone being prescribed less frequently than other opioids.[35] It has also been reported that from 1997 to 2005, methadone-related deaths increased by 468%,[36] which also correlates with the dramatic increase in methadone use since 1997. However, the increase in methadone-related deaths since 1997 is not exclusively due to the arrhythmogenic nature of methadone but is also due to methadone abuse, overdose, and in some instances, from respiratory depression related to the lack of experience and knowledge of methadone's pharmacokinetics by prescribers.[36]
Mechanism of prolonged QT and torsades de pointes
Understanding the cardiac ECG and the corresponding phases of the AP of ventricular myocytes facilitates appreciation of the mechanism of drug-induced QT prolongation and the development of TdP. The QT interval on the ECG corresponds to the time between ventricular depolarization, denoted by the QRS-wave complex on the ECG, followed by ventricular repolarization, denoted by the T-wave on the ECG, from Phase 0 through Phase 3 on the corresponding AP, as seen in [Figure 1].[37],[38],[39],[40]
Although medication-induced QT prolongation may affect different phases of the AP to cause QT prolongation, medications that induce QT prolongation affect Phase 3 most commonly,[41] as outlined in [Table 2]. Class Ia antiarrhythmic medications, including disopyramide, quinidine, and procainamide, inhibit voltage-gated sodium channels and therefore slow the Phase 0 depolarization of the AP, thereby causing an increase in AP duration and subsequently prolonging the QT interval. Class III antiarrhythmic medications, such as sotalol, amiodarone, and dofetilide, inhibit the voltage-gated potassium channels in Phase 3 of the AP, causing prolongation of the repolarization of the AP of the ventricle with an increase QT prolongation.[42],[43],[44],[45],[46],[47],[48],[49],[50]
Due to the concern for medication-induced QT prolongation, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have issued warnings about this potential adverse reaction for several of the medications listed in [Table 2]. For example, in 2013, the FDA issued a warning about the potential of the antibiotic azithromycin to cause QT prolongation and therefore increase the risk of TdP.[51] Guidelines have been developed by the FDA for the assessment of medication-induced LQTS in the evaluation of new medications, and any medication that increases the QT/QTc interval by ≥20 ms is unlikely to be approved.[52] A study performed in 2016 assessed the incidence of QT prolongation and the concurrent use of the following medications that are known to prolong the QT interval, ceftriaxone and lansoprazole. The study found that when these two QT-prolonging medications were used together, the incidence of QT prolongation was higher than the incidence of QT prolongation of patients using either medication separately.[41] In practice, providers are advised to avoid combining the use of multiple QT-prolonging medications.[37]
Multiple animal models have been studied to identify the mechanism by which methadone causes QT prolongation. Similar to congenital QT interval prolongation, methadone-induced QT prolongation is caused by the inhibition of the hERG product, the voltage-gated potassium channels, which control the delayed-rectifier IK present in Phase 3 of the AP. Inhibiting the voltage-gated potassium channels by methadone increases the time to repolarization and leads the AP, and therefore the corresponding QT interval, to both be prolonged.[55],[56] Other possible mechanisms of methadone-induced QT prolongation include repetitive depolarization,[57] bradycardia secondary to blockage of calcium channel,[43],[58] and anticholinergic effects. The presence of a premature beat after a long RR interval would be able to induce an arrhythmia, thus explaining why bradycardia is a risk factor for TdP induction. Methadone also is associated with an increase in risk of sleep apnea,[44] which is another possible proarrhythmic factor of methadone, as sleep apnea is known to be associated with both bradycardia and QT prolongation.[45],[46]
Incidence of QT prolongation and torsades de pointes with methadone use
The true incidence rate of QT prolongation and TdP with methadone use is difficult to determine. First, the existence of different reference values used by various authors to define QT prolongation affect the reported incidence rate as there is not a consistent cutoff value for a normal QT interval. Despite the use of different reference values, the overall risk of TdP is directly associated with the extent of the QT prolongation with more than 90% of events occurring when the QT interval exceeds 500 ms and rarely occurs when the QT interval is <500 ms.[1],[53],[59] Second, individuals have variable complicating risk factors that predispose them to the development of QT prolongation and subsequent TdP. Some individuals have undiagnosed congenital prolonged QT syndrome. Other individuals display variable liver metabolism of methadone. Individuals with 6*/6* genotype of CYP2B6 hepatic enzyme who take methadone are more likely to develop prolonged QT intervals than the rest of the population.[60] This is due to these patients having difficulty metabolizing the S-methadone enantiomer, the most potent portion of methadone that effectively blocks the potassium channels in Phase 3 of the AP, by their liver.[61]
Additional risk factors for prolongation of the QT interval often exist in patients who are found to have both QT prolongation, and exposure to methadone, which causes difficulty in determining the extent that methadone alone, contributes to QT prolongation. In a review by Justo et al. of patients experiencing prolonged QT with methadone treatment, 100% had at least one additional risk factor and 85% had at least two other risk factors for QT prolongation.[62]
The incidence of QT prolongation in the setting of methadone exposure is not rare as seen in [Table 3].[63],[64],[65],[66],[67],[68] Despite the fact that QT prolongation is not a rare phenomenon, the development of TdP is rare with a reported incidence of 0.06/100 patient-years [65] or up to 3.6% of patients with methadone exposure.[54],[67] Among those patients who develop TdP, high dosages of methadone is the most prevalent risk factor, and the second most prevalent risk factor in men is concurrent use of other medications that are also known to induce QT prolongation and in women is hypokalemia.[69]
Table 3: Incidence of QT prolongation with methadone exposure[64],[65],[66],[67],[68],[69]
Another point of debate is whether the dose of methadone or whether serum methadone levels correlate to the extent of QT prolongation. While some researchers have found that a methadone dose-to-QT prolongation relationship exists,[70],[71],[72],[73],[74] other studies have failed to show the same relationship.[66],[75]
Interestingly, progressive prolongation of QT over time, even with a stable dose of methadone, has also been reported.[76],[77] This is not necessarily surprising given the adipose tissue accumulation of methadone and subsequent continual release of methadone into the bloodstream that may occur between oral methadone doses. Kornick et al. studied the effects of intravenous methadone and found that there was no minimally safe dose of intravenous methadone and that QT prolongation may occur with dosages as small as 0.4 mg/h, but this study suggested that QT prolongation may have been due to the preservatives used in the intravenous methadone preparation and not exclusively due to methadone itself.[78]
The QT interval prolongation >500 ms occurs most often in patients who have multiple risk factors for QT prolongation and in patients that receive high dosages of methadone. Despite the extent of QT prolongation, the incidence of TdP remains rare.[65]
Predisposing risk factors for the development of QT prolongation and torsades de pointes with methadone use
The following risk factors increase a patient's susceptibility to developing prolonged QT and TdP when using methadone: female gender,[69],[79] increasing age >65 years old,[79] congenital LQTS, liver and renal disease, hemodialysis,[80] anorexia nervosa, starvation, malnutrition,[75] sleep apnea,[70] and cardiac disease (including heart failure, ischemic heart disease, left ventricular hypertrophy, and dilatation).[60],[62],[66],[69],[70],[81],[82] Approximately 70% of patients with LQTS are female, which is thought to be due to testosterone having a QT shortening effect, thus causing females with low testosterone to be at an elevated risk for prolonged QT intervals.[29] Electrolyte imbalances is an important risk factor for the prolongation of QT intervals, including hypokalemia (potassium <3.5 mEq/L),[69] hypocalcemia (calcium level <8.5 mg/dL),[74] and hypomagnesaemia (magnesium level <1.8 mEq/L).[83]
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients were also found to be particularly predisposed to prolonged QT intervals, due in part to the HIV infection itself,[63] as well as due to the concurrent presence of liver disease, hepatitis C infection, high rates of drug abuse in HIV patients, such as cocaine and heroin,[64],[65],[66],[67] malnutrition, electrolyte imbalances,[74],[82],[80] and concurrent use of antiviral medications for the treatment of HIV (especially protease inhibitors).[39],[68] In one study, even fluctuation of blood glucose between hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia was demonstrated to predispose a patient to QT prolongation.[47]
Screening recommendation
Providers need to be keenly aware of the potential for the development of QT prolongation and possible TdP in patients who take methadone to ensure that appropriate monitoring of patients while, on methadone, is achieved to mitigate adverse events. One study found only 41% of physicians knew about the QT prolongation risks of methadone, and only 24% were aware of the risk of TdP with methadone use.[84] All providers, whether they prescribe methadone or care of patients who take methadone prescribed by another provider, need to be aware of its potential to induce QT prolongation as the extent of QT prolongation has been seen to be exacerbated not only with elevated doses of methadone but also with concurrent use of medications that affect methadone metabolism, protein binding of methadone, electrolyte imbalances, and concurrent use of methadone and other QT-prolonging medications. Providers need to be aware of the potential of methadone to prolong the QT interval and need to be cautious when prescribing additional medications for these patients. A 2017 study looked at the level of QT prolongation risk assessment via ECG was performed on patients admitted to an inpatient psychiatric hospital unit. These patients potentially were prescribed antipsychotic medications known to prolong the QT interval and may also have had concurrent exposure to other QT-prolonging medications including methadone. The rate of QT interval evaluation via ECG in this study was ≤20%.[85] This low rate of QT interval evaluation in the setting of QT-prolonging medication exposure is particularly concerning given that the rate of sudden cardiac death is elevated in mental health patients.[85]
Before prescribing methadone for a patient, providers should screen patients for risk factors for the development of QT interval prolongation so that QT-prolonging medications, including methadone, can be avoided if possible. A comprehensive patient history and physical examination is the first step to identify patients at risk for developing QT prolongation. Concerning symptoms that may be suggestive of cardiac etiology, such as dizziness, palpitation, or syncope, need to be identified. Previous illnesses, such as cardiac, liver, and kidney diseases, also need to be discussed with patients as these conditions increase the risk of developing QT prolongation as well. Personal habits that may contribute to negative outcomes in methadone treatment, such as smoking, drug abuse, and alcohol consumption, need to also be addressed. An extensive review of the patient's current medications is paramount to identify any that may potentially interact with methadone or that may also cause QT prolongation. The family history is of extreme importance when evaluating a patient for initiating methadone therapy due to the possibility of certain patients being genetically susceptible to methadone's adverse effects. Younger patients may have undiagnosed congenital LQTS but may be asymptomatic with a normal baseline ECG at presentation before exposure to QT-prolonging medications such as methadone. Key parts of the family history that should raise concern for a patient potentially having undiagnosed congenital LQTS include a family history of prolonged QT syndrome, sudden cardiac death, unexplained drowning, nonalcohol-related driving fatalities, and sudden infant death syndrome. Although genetic testing exists for genes known to contribute to congenital LQTS, screening family members of patients with known LQTS is controversial as only up to 75% of patients with congenital LQTS have a detectable genetic mutation and the extent of penetrance varies allowing for some individuals with a detectable genetic mutation to never develop LQTS.[86]
Physical examination findings that suggest possible negative outcomes for patients on methadone include signs of liver disease, kidney disease, or cardiovascular disease. Before prescribing methadone, patients need to have a comprehensive metabolic panel performed as well as a measurement of the serum magnesium level to exclude the presence of kidney disease, liver disease, and electrolyte disturbances, such as hypokalemia, hypomagnesaemia, or hypocalcemia, which increase the risk of prolonged QT and TdP during methadone treatment.
Routine use of ECG as a screening and follow-up tool for methadone-induced QT prolongation is still somewhat controversial. While some authors recommend ECG screening of all patients before the start of methadone treatment and upon reaching a stable dosage,[66] others found this to be unwarranted and considered it a barrier to methadone treatment. These authors recommend ECG screening be reserved for patients with multiple risk factors for TdP [87] and for those receiving high doses of methadone (more than 100 mg daily).[32],[33],[64],[69],[76] Considering the dramatic upsurge of the medical use of methadone since 1997 and in an effort to resolve the controversy of methadone usage and QT prolongation, a multidisciplinary expert panel was formed with the objective to synthesize the available evidence regarding the effect of methadone on QT prolongation and to formulate a set of clinical guidelines regarding cardiac safety and necessary screening tests while patients are on methadone. The result of this effort was a five-step approach to address methadone use in patients, which was published in 2009 but is not currently considered to be a guideline.[88] The consensus document developed by this panel includes the recommendation that all providers discuss the potential adverse effects of methadone, including QT prolongation and possible development of TdP, with patients before prescribing methadone. Providers are encouraged to evaluate each patient's clinical history for cardiac disease or possibly undiagnosed congenital QT prolongation. It is recommended that an ECG be obtained before initiation of methadone and repeated at 30 days and then annually to evaluate the QT interval as well as if the methadone dose >100 mg/day or if the patient experiences unexplained seizures or syncopal events. For patients with QTc between 450 and 500 ms, the potential risk for the development of further QT prolongation and possible development of TdP needs to be readdressed, and providers need to discuss the risk–benefit ratio of continuing methadone with the patient. For patients with QTc >500 ms, providers need to either reduce the dose of methadone or consider discontinuing methadone. Efforts need to be taken to mitigate further prolongation of the QT interval by eliminating any concurrent medications that may also prolong the QT interval as well as reevaluate the patient for electrolyte imbalances that may be contributing to the prolonged QT interval.[89]
Implications for the palliative care and opioid rehabilitation populations
Methadone plays a significant role in palliative care medicine for symptom control as it is a relatively inexpensive, effective, and safe analgesic. Should methadone be withdrawn from the market, the repercussions would be catastrophic. Fortunately, removal of methadone as an analgesic alternative appears to be unlikely given the infrequency of the development of TdP. The true mortality risk of QT prolongation by methadone usage is unknown.
A future option that may be considered is employing the racemic R-methadone enantiomer rather than the S-methadone enantiomer, which is currently in use in the US. In contrast to S-methadone, R-methadone has a lower blockade effect on the delayed rectifier potassium channels in Phase 3 of the AP and thus a lower risk of causing QT prolongation. R-methadone is available for medical use in Europe, but it is not yet approved for use in the United States.[80] Because of the extensive use of methadone in palliative care medicine and opioid abuse rehabilitation programs, health-care providers need to be aware of methadone's pharmacokinetics and weigh the risk–benefit ratio for each patient. Guidelines regarding risk factor elimination and ECG screening need to be further developed. The use of methadone in a patient with a poor prognosis may be justified as long as the provider has documented discussions with the patient about the potential for methadone to cause QT prolongation and the possible outcome of TdP, steps have been taken to mitigate the development of QT prolongation, and the patient's QT interval is monitored regularly for the development of prolonged QT interval. For a patient who develops TdP or significant QT prolongation while receiving methadone for intractable chronic pain that has failed to be controlled by other analgesics, discontinuation of methadone may be difficult. In such patients, placement of an automated implantable cardioverter-defibrillator may be considered for primary and secondary prevention.[90] Again, this decision would need to be made based on the patient's prognosis, risk factors, and the patient's wishes. For patients entering opioids abuse rehabilitation therapy who have known or suspected congenital QT prolongation syndrome, methadone needs to be avoided in the therapy due to the increased risk in further QT prolongation and induction of potentially fatal TdP in these individuals.
Methadone plays a significant role in palliative care and in opioid abuse rehabilitation programs by controlling chronic intractable pain and assisting patients to detox while mitigating the effects of withdrawal from opioid abuse as it is relatively inexpensive, is an effective long-acting analgesic that patients are less likely to develop a tolerance to, and is less likely to cause the side effects of constipation, nausea, or vomiting that are common with other analgesic medications. With the expanding use of methadone, more reports of its effects on the QT interval and development of TdP have emerged. While the QT prolongation effect of methadone has been demonstrated to be dose related in multiple studies, its actual incidence in clinical practice remains rare and typically is limited to patients with multiple risk factors for QT prolongation and to patients who receive methadone doses more than 120 mg/day.
Medical providers need to be aware of the potential for methadone to induce QT prolongation and possibly lead to fatal TdP. Evaluating patients for QT prolongation risk factors before prescribing methadone, monitoring the QT interval during treatment, and avoiding concurrent use of other medications that may lead to accumulation of methadone in the body or may contribute to QT prolongation are paramount to the mitigation of developing potentially fatal cardiac arrhythmias secondary to methadone use.
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Prosser JM, Mills A, Rhim ES, Perrone J. Torsade de pointes caused by polypharmacy and substance abuse in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus. Int J Emerg Med 2008;1:217-20.
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Eap CB, Crettol S, Rougier JS, Schläpfer J, Sintra Grilo L, Déglon JJ, et al. Stereoselective block of hERG channel by (S)-methadone and QT interval prolongation in CYP2B6 slow metabolizers. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2007;81:719-28.
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A selection of my favourite photographs from over the years.
2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, More...
Photographs grouped by year.
Tintagel Castle, Cornwall, Bodiam Castle, East Sussex, Hever Castle, Kent, Walmer Castle, Deal, Kent, Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire
Photos from a selection of castles around the UK
National Trust Working Holidays
National Trust Working Holiday, South East Dartmoor, Devon, National Trust Working Holiday, Dolobran, Gwynedd, Wales, NT Working Holiday - Petworth Park, West Sussex, NT Working Holiday - Stourhead, NT Working Holiday, Gower, Wales, More...
Photos from my many weeks spent as a volunteer on National Trust Working Holidays
National Parks, Towns and Cities
Rocky Mountain High, Canadian Parks West, Grand Trek
Photos from my trip around the USA in 2003 on The Grand Trek, from Canada in 2004 on the Canadian Parks West trek and from the USA in 2006 on the Rocky Mountain High trek.
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Downpour 100 cm x 150 cm 2018
Downpour, a series of Flowers hints at a dark, melancholic state, expressed through the deep blacks of the monoprint. The interest in landscape, nature and flowers, is derived from observed and experienced sensations. Colour is excluded. These prints derive from an interest in working between a dichotomy of associations of black and white: symbolising good and bad, sin or holiness, and connotations of wealth, luxury or austerity, misfortune and magic.
Also inspired by the late Giverny flower paintings of Monet, the mark making approaches the grotesque with a certain delicacy within the curling, dancing and drooling lifts of white from black. The flowers hold a libidinal pull, unabashed in their show of emotions in the well-planned, yet slightly dishevelled English garden. These works are allegiant to symbolist poetry without apology.
Peek 100 cm x 150 cm 2018
Potion 100 cm x 150 cm 2018
Stanza 100 cm x 150 cm 2018
Uplift 100 cm x 150 cm 2018
Pull and Run 100 cm x 150 cm 2018
Fleeing June 100 cm x 150 cm 2018
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After the holidays, Divorce Day looms
Danielle Braff Chicago Tribune
The Christmas season isn’t always the happiest time of the year for couples, according to a recent survey by the law firm Irwin Mitchell Solicitors, which found that divorce filings jump by nearly one-third following the holidays.
First comes Thanksgiving, followed by Christmas and New Year’s. And then there’s Divorce Day: the Monday after Christmas break, when the flood of divorce emails clogs attorney inboxes, said James McLaren, partner with McLaren & Lee, in South Carolina, and former president of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
“It always happens the first Monday that we’re back in the office, back after the holiday,” McLaren said.
Over at the U.K. law firm Slater and Gordon, they’re already preparing to deal with the influx of divorce requests.
They normally experience double the number of inquiries the first few days of the new year, but some years, they’ve seen a threefold increase. It’s most acute over the first few days of January, but the spike remains high throughout the entire month, said Amanda McAlister, head of family law at the firm.
It’s become such a significant time to divorce that the firm recently studied the reasons behind the trend.
Forty percent of married couples had problems in 2014, with 10 percent having severe issues, according to the study, which polled married Brits right before Christmas.
Twenty-five percent said the holiday break could possibly make or break their marriage, according to the survey, and 10 percent said they were definitely going to decide whether to go forward with their marriage depending on how well the holiday went.
Read Full – http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/sc-christmas-divorces-family-1213-20161208-story.html
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Physical Therapy With A Personal Touch At Park Avenue
March 01, 2018 / Long Islander Admin
Dr. William VanVynck, DPT, ATC, wanted to become a physical therapy business owner to offer personal care, hands on and a one-on-one approach to patients. Long Islander News photo/Janee Law
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Dr. William VanVynck, DPT, ATC, wanted to become a physical therapy business owner to offer personal care, hands on and a one-on-one approach to patients. Branching out on his own, VanVynck kicked off his mission when purchasing Park Avenue Physical Therapy in March 2016.
“We try to keep it consistent with the same therapist each time they come in so they feel comfortable,” VanVynck said. “We don’t have that cookie cutter approach — we try to treat every individual differently, developing a protocol or a rehab program based on the individual, not the diagnoses. Everybody is different, whether it’s a different injury, or they’re a different age.”
Park Avenue Physical Therapy goes through a process to develop a profile for each patient. This includes a full body screening and an examination, which consists of the history, the physical examination, determining what the patients’ goals are, and being aware of what medications their doctors prescribe.
The 175 East Main St. location in Huntington offers rehabilitation of orthopedic conditions, neurological conditions, sports medicine, pediatrics, geriatrics and post-operative care.
“I really do enjoy working with all the postoperative patients,” VanVynck, 37, of Dix Hills, said. “It’s just amazing to watch how limited they come in post-operatively and by the time they leave here, they’re ready to run a marathon. You see the recovery over a period of time and seeing them get back to where they were prior is a great feeling.”
The 1,500-square-foot location has been operating in Huntington for more than 20 years and features treadmills, bikes, upper extremity and lower extremity strengthening machines, six tables in the front and three private treatments rooms.
This month, Park Avenue Physical Therapy will be introducing the OrthoAcu Method, which is a form of acupuncture that uses traditional acupuncture principles and combines it with modern scientific knowledge of anatomy and biomechanics.
VanVynck said the purpose of the method is to help people decrease pain, increase mobility and improve function.
“A lot of facilities are trying to add different types of interventions into their facilities,” he said. “We’re trying to stay away from having people use opioids, and people don’t want to have surgery necessarily right away so we’re trying to look for alternative approaches that will help in the recovery.”
A lifelong athlete, playing sports like football, lacrosse, basketball and soccer, VanVynck said he was drawn to the physical therapy field after witnessing several injuries occur on the field and court.
VanVynck obtained an athletic training degree from Sacred Heart University in 2003 and then continued his education at Sacred Heart and earned his masters degree in 2006.
After earning his doctorate in physical therapy from College of Saint Scholastica in 2016, he became head athletic trainer for the Plainedge School District for more than ten years, and was associate team physical therapist for Farmingdale State College and LIU Post from 2014 to 2016.
He is also certified through Titleist Performance Institute as a golf fitness and performance expert.
His goal at Park Avenue Physical Therapy is to have patients leave happy with a smile on their face.
“People come in and they want to get back to their prior level of function before they were hurt, they want to do things they enjoy and things they love so we provide that opportunity,” VanVynck said. “When they leave here, I want to make sure they have a great experience and are able to function optimally.”
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Frank Sinatra's California Compound Is For Sale
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Start spreading the news: Frank Sinatra's California compound is officially on the market. Completed in 1970, Ol' Blue Eyes often used the desert manor to party with famous friends, including the infamous Rat Pack. The $3.9 million estate is comprised of seven bedrooms, two pools, a helipad, and parking for 24 cars. The performer named his 10-acre property Villa Maggio after his character from From Here To Eternity, which earned him an Oscar. Click through to read more on this incredible piece of history.
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Dr Joe Lane awarded Coleman Prize 2019
Dr Joe Lane has won the Coleman Prize 2019 for his PhD dissertation, Networks, innovation and knowledge: the North Staffordshire Potteries, 1750-1851 (Supervisors Profesor Mary Morgan and Dr gerben Bakker).
The Coleman Prize is the biggest British prize in business history, awarded by the Association of Business Historians.
The dissertation is available to read here: Dissertation.
LSESU Economic History Society Journal 2019
Congratulations to the winners of the inaugural Leunig Prize: Joseph Miller, Edward Smith and Olamide Duyile.
You can download the journal here: LSESU Economic History Journal 2019
New Book: The English East India Company's Silk Enterprise in Bengal, 1750-1850: Economy, Empire and Business
Karolina Hutková (Boydell and Brewer, 2019)
The book examines the silk-processing activities of the English East India Company in Bengal and presents the Company as a manufacturer rather than a trading body or political agent.
Read more about the book here: The English East India Company's Silk Enterprise in Bengal, 1750-1850
Sowing the Seeds VI: A Workshop for Early-Career Medieval Economic and Social Historians
LSE, 15 June 2019
Full details of the programme and abstracts are on our 'Workshops' page: Link to 'Workshops' page.
New Book: Professor Tirthankar Roy
How British Rule Changed India's Economy; The Paradox of the Raj (Palgrave, 2019)
In his latest book Tirthankar Roy revisits the topic of the effects and legacy of British colonialism on life and work in India, and its kind of legacy it left behind.
Read more information about the book here. How British Rule Changed India' Economy
STICERD grants awarded to Economic History faculty
Two faculty members have just been awarded STICERD funding for their research projects. Dr Jordan Claridge receives a grant towards his project 'Real Wages in the Middle Ages.' Dr Olivier Accominotti's grant will support his project 'British acceptance houses and the production of safe assets 1875-1914.'
Dr Anne Ruderman awarded Arthur H. Cole Grant
Congratulations to Dr Anne Ruderman who has just been awarded Arthur H Cole grant of $5000 by the Economic History Association. The grant is for continuing work on her forthcoming book, 'Supplying the Slave Trade', which is under contract with Yale University Press.
'The Lessons of Economic History'
Conference, European Parliament, Brussels
Conference organiser and master's student Max Rangeley reports on the department's visit to the European Parliament in February. You can also view recordings and photos.
Read more here ...
New article: Dr Debin Ma
Financial Revolution in Republican China During 1900–37: A Survey and a New Interpretation
Read the article in the Australian Economic History Review.
LSE Research Festival 2019 Prize Winners
Congratulations to PhD student Alka Raman and master's student Francesco Giacomini, both awarded prizes at the LSE Research Festival on 28 February 2019.
Alka was awarded Best Poster prize for From Muse to Machines: how Indian cottons steered the technological trajectory of the British cotton industry.
Francesco won the Popular Prize for his written pitch: Bitcoin: new order or libertarian utopia? An answer from the past: Scotland 1727-1845. The Popular Prize was voted for by the public on the online gallery.
Read more about all the prize winners on the webpage: LSE Research Festival Winners 2019
Economic History Department Awards 2019
Winners of our photo and investment brief competitions and 2017-18 exam prizes collected their awards at our first ceremony.
See all the prizes, winners and runners up. Economic History Awards Ceremony 2018-19
Rebecca Simson's writes on 'how 'newly assembled data on public expenditure and employment in three East African countries since 1960 sheds light on external constraints to fiscal space, and suggests that employment growth was short-lived and to a large extent ‘financed’ through a reduction in real wages.'
Read the full post here: Africa’s Clientelist Budget Policies Revisited: Public Expenditure and Employment in Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, 1960–2010
LSE News showcased findings from Dr Neil Cummins in his latest Working Paper, Where is the Middle Class? Inequality, Gender and the Share of the Upper Tail from 60 million English Death and Probate Records, 1892-2016. The feature focused on the startling finding that for the last 60 years most middle to lower class people pass on little to nothing in terms of generational wealth, dying virtually penniless. Most generational wealth is still shuffled around the richest top 20-30 per cent.
You can read the full feature here: Most of us die virtually penniless says new LSE research
On 19 February a group of faculty and students travelled to the European Parliament in Brussels to take part in a panel discussion, ‘Lessons of Economic History for Today’s Policies’. The panel also included MEP Professor Joachim Starbatty.
Policy Paper: Hard Brexit ahead: breaking the deadlock
Gabriel J. Felbermayr, Clemens Fuest, Hans Gersbach, Albrecht O. Ritschl, Marcel Thum, and Martin T. Braml
This paper proposes a model for post-Brexit UK and EU in EconPol Policy Brief.
Available here: Hard Brexit ahead
Epstein Lecture 2019
'The Historical Roots of Racial Health Inequality in the United States'
Dr Marcella Alsan, Stanford
14 February 2019, 6pm
Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building, NAB
Dr Marcella Alsan's research focuses on the causes and consequences of infectious disease for health and productivity, using historical public health natural experiments to explore the interaction between infectious disease, human capital and economic outcomes.
Read more about how to attend the Epstein Lecture: Epstein Lecture 2019
2017-18 Economic History Master's Dissertation Prize Winner
Josh Banerjee, MPhil/PhD in Economic History, hs been awarded the 2017-18 Economic History master's dissertation prize. Josh's dissertation is entitled 'Is There Evidence of Relative Quality Failure in the British Export Sector? A Cross-Country Estimation, 1962-1979' and explores the possibility that failure in UK product quality caused British economic decline in the post-war Golden Age. Our congratulations to Josh and best wishes for his future studies.
Economic History students wins Middle East Centre’s inaugural Master’s Dissertation prize
William Bullock Jenkins, MSc Global Economic History student, is the winner of the Middle East Centre’s inaugural Master’s Dissertation prize for his dissertation, 'Tariffs, Treaties, Trade: Integrating Tsarist Russian and Qajar Persian Markets under the Nineteenth Century Global Condition'. Dr Michael Mason, Director of the Middle East Centre, called it ‘an outstanding study of Russo-Persian economic relations in the nineteenth century.’
The Middle East Centre launched the prize to encourage and celebrate outstanding research on the Middle East and North Africa.
More information available here: Middle East Centre Master's Dissertation 2018
Article: Tim Leunig, Jelle Lottum, Bo Poulsen Surprisingly gentle confinement: British treatment of Danish and Norwegian prisoners of war during the napoleonic wars
Read the article in the journal Scandinavian Economic History Review
New publication: An Economist's Guide to Economic History
eds Matthis Blum, Christopher Colvin
Palgrave, November 2018
This book introducing the field of economic history to economists contains chapters by Economic History department faculty and alumni, including Dr Gerben Bakker on innovation and technical change, Tirthankar Roy on South Asia, Tim Leunig on policy making, Judy Z. Stephenson on impact and communication, and Michael Aldous on business ownership and organisation.
Find out more here: An Economist's Guide to Economic History
New article: Dr Spike Gibbs
Felony Forfeiture at the Manor of Worfield, C.1370–c.1600
Read the article in the Journal of Legal History.
Recent article: Dr Rebecca Simson
Ethnic (in)equality in the public services of Kenya and Uganda
Read Dr Simson's article on the African Affairs website.
New blog post: ''Wages in the Middle Ages'
On the EHS blog Dr Jordan Claridge writes about the critical importance of an accurate picture of medieval wages for conceptions of historic economic development, and how his new method connecting precise cash and ‘in kind’ data will allow more precise calculations to be made.
Read Dr Claridge's article on the EHS blog. Wages in the Middle Ages
The Economic History Department, LSE hosted a screening of 'The Enemy Within', a short documentary exploring the effects and legacy of the 1980s Miners Strike on one of the lesser-known mining communities in Kent. The film was made by sixth formers from Oakwood Park Grammar School in collaboration with The Independent Film Trust and LSE. The students interviewed former miners and other key protagonists at the time, and also featured Dudley Baines, who set the strike in its economic and historical context.
How do stories help us understand the world?
LSE IQ podcast Episode 18
'Even in chemistry you have narratives [...] a beginning a middle and an end.' Professor Mary Morgan talks about the place of stories in science in this month's LSE IQ podcast.
Listen to the episode here: LSE IQ podcast Ep 18
Article: Janet Hunter, Kota Ogasawara
Price shocks in regional markets: Japan’s Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923
Read the article in the Economic History Review.
Royal African Company Networks
Dr Anne Ruderman launched her project website on Royal African Company Networks at the LSE Research Showcase, Tuesday 13 November. Visitors were able to view a range of maps and graphics and learn about the progress of the project.
The event was LSE’s first ever research showcase for the School community, featuring film and photography, hands-on activities and games from a wide range of projects. Staff and students were able to engage directly with the researchers and discover the transformative aspects of the social sciences.
Find out more about Dr Ruderman's research on the project website here: Royal African Company Networks
Read more about the event: LSE Research Showcase
Global Economic History
Editors: Tirthankar Roy, Giorgio Riello
This new selection of essays by leading academics focuses on the questions, debates, methodologies and issues addressed by the growing field of global economic history.
Chapters are organized both thematically and geographically, covering topics from 'The Great Divergence', the New World and the rise of global silver economy. Contributors include Kenneth Pomeranz, John McNeill, and Prasannan Parthasarathi, plus authors from or associated with our own department, Patrick O'Brien, including Patrick O'Brien, Alejandra Irigoin, Debin Ma, and Gareth Austin.
Find out more on the Bloomsbury page: Global Economic History
Dr Debin Ma guest edits a special edition of Frontier of Economics in China (Sept. 2018, Volume 13 Issue 3) focusing on Chinese Economic History. Subjects range from urban and rural economies to the monetary system and financial institutions in China, with particular focus on the primary importance of institutions and ideology, the employment of comparative perspectives and the systematic application of quantitative analyses based on new archives and data.
You can get free online access to the journal for a limited period only) at: http://journal.hep.com.cn/fec/EN/article/showSpecialIssues.do
'Do the Migrations of the Past have Lessons for Today?'
Professor Chris Minns Inaugural Lecture
6.30-8pm, 22 October 2018, Wolfson Theatre LSE
Migration has always been part of the human experience. But can the study of past population movements help us to understand present-day markets and societies? This lecture draws on a range of historical evidence to explore the possibilities.
Find out more about Chris's lecture on the LSE Events page.
'Eyam' - The Globe Theatre draws on departmental expertise
Professor Patrick Wallis was consulted by theatre director Adele Thomas in preparation for a new play 'Eyam' staged at the Globe Theatre in September and October. Professor Wallis wrote a 2006 paper on the 1666 outbreak of plague in the small Derbyshire village, unpicking the many ways in which it has been remade over the last four centuries.
You can read Professor Wallis's paper here: Dreadful Heritage: Interpreting Epidemic Disease at Eyam, 1666–2000
New article: David Chilosi, Max Schulze, Oliver Volckart
Benefits of Empire? Capital Market Integration North and South of the Alps, 1350–1800
Read the article on the Journal of Economic History website.
Welcome to Dr Anne Ruderman, Assistant Professor in Economic History
Dr Ruderman joins our department from Harvard, where she completed her PhD. She is an economic historian of Early Modern Europe and the Atlantic World with a particular focus on the transatlantic slave trade. Her current book project, Supplying the Slave Trade, looks at how European slave-ship outfitters tried to figure out African consumer demand for their products and re-exports in the late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
Read more about Dr Ruderman's research and teaching on her LSE webpage.
Welcome to new Assistant Professor, Dr Jordan Claridge
Dr Claridge joined the department in September 2018 as Assistant Professor after two years as Teaching Fellow. His research focuses on how individuals, societies, markets and industries adjusted to changing economic and social circumstances in the Middle Ages.
Read more about his work, teaching and current projects on his LSE webpage
New article: Patrick Wallis, Justin Colson, David Chilosi
Structural Change and Economic Growth in the British Economy before the Industrial Revolution, 1500–1800
Read the article in the Journal of Economic History.
The decline of northern England'
Voxeu podcast featuring Dr Neil Cummins, Dept of Economic History, LSE
Neil talks with Tim Phillips about how the lag between the north of England and Wales and the south in output per person, educational attainment, and even life expectancy can be explained entirely by a 200-year 'Big Sort - the migration south of talented people, replaced by less-able southerners who move north. https://bit.ly/2LjEXUQ
Article: Eric B Schneider, Kota Ogasawara
Disease and child growth in industrialising Japan: Critical windows and the growth pattern, 1917–39
Read the article in Explorations in Economic History
Article: Leigh Gardner,Alex Klein,Mikolaj Malinowski, Tamas Vonyo
EHDR and the economic history of Eastern Europe
Read the article in the journal Economic History of Developing Regions
Dr Natacha Postel-Vinay features on LSE IQ Podcast 'Are cryptocurrencies the future of money.'
This episode of the LSE IQ podcast examines whether cryptocurrencies are the future of money, a speculative bubble that will burst, or something else. Dr Postel-Vinay, who research expertise includes monetary and banking phenomena in times of financial crisis and downturn, discusses how the bitcoin bubble compares to bubbles in the past.
You can read more about the podcast and download it from the LSE's webpage. [URL]
New publication: Dr Christopher Kissane
Food, Religion and Communities in Early Modern Europe
Bloombury June 2018
Visiting Fellow Dr Christopher Kissane examines the relationship between food and religion in early modern Europe using case studies in Castile, Zurich and Shetland to explore what food reveals about the wider social and cultural history of early modern communities undergoing religious upheaval.
'Working in the Past '
Half-day workshop hosted by the Economic History Department, London School of Economics, Thursday 28 June 2018
One of the biggest remaining blank spaces in economic history is the amount and intensity of work in the early modern period. How much did people work in a year? How did these patterns differ between members of a household? How did this change over time, and how can all of these questions help inform our standard of living estimates?
This workshop brings together cutting edge work, including in-depth analyses of individual markets and some of the first quantitative attempts to measure the working year, in an effort to address these questions and to deepen our understanding of life and living in the past. Speakers include Ben Schneider (Oxford), Kathryn Gary (Lund) and Jordan Claridge and Patrick Wallis from our own department.
For further information, please contact Cristina Victoria Radu (cvr@sam.sdu.dk).
Book: Professor Tirthankar Roy
A Business History of India: Enterprise and the Emergence of Capitalism from 1700
In recent decades, private investment has led to an economic resurgence in India. But this is not the first time the region has witnessed impressive business growth. There have been many similar stories over the past 300 years. Through detailed case studies of firms, entrepreneurs, and business commodities, this book bridges the approaches of business and economic history, illustrating the development of a distinctive regional capitalism.
For more details of Professor Roy's book follow this link to the publisher's page.[URL]
Professor Roy's book will be launched on Thursday, 31 May at an event hosted by LSE South Asia Centre. Full details of the event can be found here via this link. [URL]
2018 EH204 Golden Bottle Awards Prize Winners!
Congratulations to this year's winners for the best essay written by a student on the course EH204: From the Middle Ages to Modernity:
Winner: Ana Struillou for her essay on the topic ‘England and France in the 100-years war’.
Runners up: Hieu Phan and Giovanni Rosso, who both wrote on ‘Public authorities and banks/stock exchanges’.
The prize winners received congratulations from EH204 course convenor Professor Oliver Volckart and class teachers Thea Don-Siemion and Ivan Luzardo Lima at a small ceremony on 25 May.
The prize is sponsored by Hoare's Bank.
Economic History student in finals of national 'Posters in Parliament' competition
Economic History student Mayowa Igbalajobi was one of the two LSE students selected to represent the School at this year's Posters in Parliament competition. This year work was displayed at Portcullis House.
Each participating UK university nominates up to two participants to exhibit their undergraduate research in the exhibition.The work displayed on the poster must be conducted in the final year of an undergraduate programme, either from current final-year students or recent (2017) graduates.
Read more about the event here[URL]
LSE Festival 2018 - Research Abstract Competition (19-25 February 2018)
Congratulations to the Economic History students whose research abstracts were selected for the festival research competition shortlist last week. The photo features all the winning abstracts, as well as undergraduate student Ieuan Bennett (top right) who was able to attend the prize giving ceremony on Wednesday 21 February.
Particular congratulations go to General Course undergraduate student Carlos Mesa-Baron who was highly commended for his abstract 'Promoting Long Term Saving in a Poor Household can Lead to Greater Social Mobility.'
Read the complete list of prize winners and photo-gallery here [URL]
Alumni Networking Evening
Thanks to all the Economic History alumni who came to our careers networking event and shared their experiences and insights on work and careers after LSE with our current students.
Our alumni work across a wide range of careers sectors, including financial and management consulting, banking, digital communications, marketing, government and academia. It’s amazing where a degree in Economic History can take you!
Dr Olivier Accominotti organised a visit for his EH306 students to the Bank of England Archives as part of their studies on world monetary and financial history since 1750. As one of the world’s key financial institutions, the Bank of England’s archives are a treasure trove of documents recording key moments in the economic history of the UK.
The visit was hosted by archivist Margherita Orlando who had selected a range of documents for students to view, including a ledger on the foundation of the Bank of England itself showing William and Mary as the first shareholders and minutes of a meeting of Directors discussing the South Sea Bubble of 1720. She also presented Bank of England Governor Montagu Norman’s personal diary during the Sterling Crisis of 1931 when the UK left the Gold Standard. This gave students an opportunity to see how major historical events covered in their course at the LSE left a trace in archival documents.
The visit included a presentation by Senior Economist Ryland Thomas and Archive Manager Mike Anson of their own research project on the Bank of England as a Lender of Last Resort during the nineteenth century.
Students were also invited to attend one of the Bank of England’s regular research seminars during which Dr. Clemens Jobst (Austrian National Bank) presented a paper on the Austro-Hungarian Bank’s policy during the financial crisis of 1912.
Event: The Research Journey of an Economic Historian
Faculty and PhDs talked about their life in research from idea to publication. Presenters included Professors Patrick Wallis and Joan Roses who discussed the social and geographical factors shaping their research interests. Dr Eric Schneider discussed the inter-disciplinary nature of his research on child growth in Britain and Japan, and Rebecca Simson and Thilo Albers discussed the particular challenges of their PhD research projects. It was a rare opportunity to set the research of teachers and PhDs work within a personal as well as an academic context.
The aim of the event was to engage with and inspire undergraduate and masters Economic History students to consider a career in research, while giving a realistic picture of the practicalities and career possibilities.
For those students interested in discussing further study at LSE or beyond, we strongly encourage you to talk to your academic adviser, who can also signpost you to further sources of information.
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My Burn Policy
It's Friday. Let's Get Out Of Here.
You are playing with fire there, buddy.
If I had a son, this would be him.
Bits are fun.
Poor guy. Girls does bit. He happens to sneeze.
Misdirection move.
Ron Howard Voice: "No, It's Not."
West Texas students told 'It's the law' to stand during the Pledge of Allegiance https://t.co/I6iMuVTaQi
— Austin Statesman (@statesman) September 22, 2017
Get Me These Dogs!
the only video that matters right now
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— Life on Earth (@planetepics) September 22, 2017
And get me that guy's life!
Random Friday Morning Thoughts
Mrs. LL sent me an email yesterday which included the phrase "I would club a baby goat for . . . ." I don't even know her anymore.
Police shot a man at the city hall of Josephine in Collin County. I have never heard of that town.
I completely missed when I was out of the protest in Washington D.C. between Trump Supporters and the Juggalos. When followers of the Insane Clown Posse are making political news, America has gone crazy.
Am I missing something or does every new Fox 4 on-the-scene reporter seem new and young?
I think we have a modified Pet Cemetery going on at the house. We have one old dog which I rarely mention who was in pain yesterday and, upon further observation, had a leg which looked obviously broken. Mrs. LL took him to the vet and it had magically repaired itself. (Probably a dislocation that popped back in.)
Someone told me recently, "Pets are great. But the bad thing is they die."
Let's check in on Trump's mental health this morning:
The Rocket Man fires back. I think "dotard" is my new favorite name:
I'm looking forward to Texas vs. OU. I'm not looking forward to this weekend's OU vs. Baylor.
Big Tex before he wakes up this morning:
Obscure sports point: The Plano West Tennis Team had a win streak that was so long that only one kid on the team was alive when it started.
"Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price has taken at least 24 flights on private charter planes at taxpayers’ expense since early May" at a cost of of over $300,000 when he could have flown commercial. How's that Drain The Swamp working out for ya?
"I'm a man! I'm 40!" occurred 10 years ago today. (I could watch it all day long.)
The kind of heaven we experience will be determined by how we live as Christians in this life.#APlaceCalledHeaven https://t.co/Vxgyr6Dmha
— Dr. Robert Jeffress (@robertjeffress) September 21, 2017
Pee Wee Football Coach Fight!
Youtube link.
I told you I think America is going insane.
Edit: Video was removed. I'm looking for another one of it.
Random Thursday Morning Thoughts
The ragweed count is insane and it is driving me crazy.
Re: The death of the Midwestern State player: "Grays is the second college football player to die this week. Clayton Geib, a 21-year-old offensive lineman at Division-III College of Wooster in Ohio, died after being hospitalized Saturday after complaining he wasn’t feeling well."
Someone called me a hypocrite yesterday for posting "Don't play football" after spending a weekend on a football trip. I didn't get offended. It made me think.
Curt Schilling, who is anti-big government, was behind "38 Studios" which took a $75 million guaranteed loan from the government and then almost immediately went belly up. But Fox News values his opinion:
This was at a lunch with African leaders. Is he losing it?
The death sentence of John Battaglia was put back on course by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals yesterday. The story is horrific. It drove me nuts that the Dallas Turkey Trot would take you right past the place of the murder of the children every year. (And, side note, one of my many ex-wives was fascinated by the story.)
The former Tech coach, whom I love, had a weird tweet yesterday. It wasn't an active link:
I'm completely missing Ken Burns Vietnam documentary. I'm tracking it down.
Trump's use of "Rocket Man" is dumb, but it did remind me of what a great song that is.
If you don't think Mueller will not end up indicting multiple people, you don't know how the system works.
Go Ahead. Let Your Kid Play. What Could Go Wrong?
Mothers are the ones who need to step up.
Random Wednesday Morning Thoughts
I haven't confirmed it, but I got a message that the MSU football player passed away. Do not let your kids play football.
I saw a lawyer in the courthouse gently telling her client to "calm down" the other day in the hallway. Good lawyers are as much of an emotional counselor as they are a legal counselor.
I have no problem with this. It's about learning. It's about making you think and question what you and others believe -- something everyone of us should do every day.
Hurricane Maria looks like a beast. (Side note: The old white guys on WBAP made fun of how the hurricanes have Hispanic names these days.)
Regarding my football trip: Mrs. LL noticed there were Baylor fans at Duke who took a chartered bus and she thought that was a good idea. I laughed. I've thought about it now for three days, and I've decided she might be right. Throw in the stress of getting to the airport, the parking cost, the security lines, the flight (which is much worse than being on a bus), the rent car, the hotel -- that might be the way to go.
Last night the season home run record by all players was surpassed in the Major League with at least two weeks to play. Juiced baseballs or juiced players?
"Otherwise"?
There was a big earthquake in Mexico yesterday and the current death count is over 200. But I had no idea there was an earthquake there in the 1980s that killed over 10,000. How was that possible?
This (quick loading) video of a building going down during the earthquake is insane. Edit: It appears I'm guilty of posting fake news.
I cannot believe it took me so long (despite your encouraging) to discover the greatness of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. It is one of the few things things on TV that makes me laugh out loud.
I always hesitate to ask these questions, but what happened to the 22 year old from Bridgeport who is listed in the funeral section of the Update?
Ladies and Gentleman, The President of the United States:
Oh, my.
This Is A Trial Made For Texas Monthly
I know very little about this McKinney murder case but this reporter's Twitter feed got my attention. The case seems beyond interesting -- especially, from a legal standpoint, when I learned there is an agreement to cap the sentence at 50 years in exchange for the Defendant telling authorities where the body was. (The max otherwise would be Life.) I guess that can be done by agreement and with the judge's approval, but I've never heard of it. And the prosecutors bringing it up in front of the jury, unless I'm missing something, puts them on shaky ground.
So Let It Be Written, So Let It Be Done
.@POTUS's inaugural visit to the @UN represents a day of reckoning for a near hopeless bureaucracy. Read more. https://t.co/7JbJB6u0gl
Does Jeffress not represent everything you want your pastor to do during the day?
I Think We've Got Non-Teleprompter Trump!
Pres. Trump: If the US must defend itself or its allies, “we will have no choice but to totally destroy North Korea” https://t.co/a7Qh5JPYwS pic.twitter.com/3vDK2532WR
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Random Tuesday Morning Thoughts
He knows everything!
Sean Hannity's Fox show has now been moved back to 9:00 Eastern to compete against Rachel Maddow. This could be the beginning of the end.
Jerry Jones says "pitcher" instead of "picture". Nothing drives me more insane than that.
Toys 'R Us has declared bankruptcy. I can't even remember the last time I saw one.
There was the weirdest "ad" on WBAP this morning calling for Dallas City Councilwoman Jennifer Staubach Gates to resign over the decision to remove the Robert E. Lee statue. It was harsh.
Excuse me Part II:
I use to jog at 5:00 a.m. during the summer to avoid the heat. It was obviously dark and a little creepy. There is no way I'd do it these days. I think the turning point was when the former Aggie football player killed a jogger with a machete near White Rock Lake.
Tell me taxpayers aren't paying for this bit. You boys on the clock?:
BagOfNothing saw this and reminded us of the church song, "Jesus Loves The Little Children."
Trump will address the UN today. I hope it is Teleprompter Trump.
There might be a civil trial starting in Wise County today which, if what I observed of the lawyers at a pre-trial last week, is going to be very Wheels Off.
Football Might Need To End
A Midwestern player (Wichita Falls) was severely injured this weekend. I have a faithful reader close to the situation alert me to this and tell me "Neck/spinal cord injury. Last update he is on life support and was moved from Wichita Falls to Houston yesterday."
The players name is Robert Grays. He is 19.
Random Monday Morning Thoughts
I'm back from one of my football trips where I got to see Baylor at Duke (we are 0-3!) and the Buffalo Bills at the North Carolina Panther (no touchdowns scored!) We moved and moved a lot on this trip. Mrs. LL was a tremendous trooper.
She fully understood, "It's not about getting to where we are going, it's about the journey." We took our time, changed plans at the drop of a hat when needed, and took in every single moment.
Hot opinion: Duke University is the most beautiful campus I've ever seen (and I've seen many), and it is not even close.
Downtown Charlotte may be one of the best cities I've ever seen. They are big on modern architecture.
I had no idea the beaches in the Carolinas were that beautiful. (Although Mrs. LL and I eating breakfast on it almost was a re-creation of The Birds. It was truly an "Oh, my!" experience.)
Trump had a big weekend. He called the leader of North Korea "Rocket Man", retweeted a video of him hitting Hillary with a golf ball, and got mad at ESPN. Certainly he is a stable man, right?
I'm stunned Texas almost beat USC. It's oddly good to me that OU and Texas are looking like they are back as leaders in the Big 12. Throw in that Tech looking good, and TCU and Oklahoma State looking fantastic, Baylor may not win a game. I feel like I'm going back in time.
Zeke Elliott giving up on the play after the interception tells you everything you need to know about the guy. (As if you didn't already know.) He will be with the Cowboys for this year and two more when his contract ends. Then he is gone. Running backs are a dime a dozen.
BagOfNothing made a reference to a "two below" pickup football game. I really wonder if anyone understands the reference anymore. One anywhere. Two anywhere. One below. Two below.
I wonder if someone once bought them a meal at Denny's when they were seen in uniform?
Old school: Kevin Von Erich vs. The Bridgeport Bulls back in the day. Anyone know the Bull players?
Best screenshot of the football weekend when Florida scored on a Hail Mary at the end of the game against Tennessee.
"Improper teacher-student relationship cases in Texas soar."
Critical Links
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The Law Office Of Barry Green
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Bag Of Nothing
The Hunting Game
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Guest Cast: Billy Baldwin (Elwood) , Reign Edwards (Leanna Martin) , Luna Velez (Cassandra Glover)
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When MacGyver and Jack “steal” a priceless painting in order to draw an infamous art dealer out of hiding, they wind up getting conned out of the painting by the dealer’s team. Also, Riley’s estranged father asks to be part of her life, and Matty sends Bozer to a spy training camp.
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SAK owned: Huntsman 85-91
I thought this was poorly written. The three subplots had little fusion. Jack continuing to crack jokes and be the donkey's behind in the middle of an art heist was not realistic. Bozer lurking in the bushes Nancy Drew - like, and cracking an espionage ring was a bit far fetched, and the knock, knock scenes were uneasy and a 'joke' in their own right. Matty is just too annoying with the deadpan, monotone voice and the way she tells people to 'sit' like they were dogs is suppose to be funny? Dunno. Some amusing lines, some very good settings, and a promising story line , but it just didn't have any flow, imo.
Oh, one thing that I don't understand and it is the most annoying/defusing aspect of the reboot: How does Riley track every step of Mac & Jack from a remote position and more importantly from a plethora of angles when in a foreign building/residence? Does every building have the same, same hackable security wifi?
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Whether you think you can or you can't .... you're probably right!
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SAK owned: a red one ;-)
Season: season 3
Episode:The Widowmaker
Vehicle: Jeep
Jacket: Brown bomber
House: House boat
I'm at my Dad's this Weekend and haven't seen the Episode yet. Neither have I checked on the Twitter Feed during the airtime.
Preliminary Ratings are good - audience number isn't as high as last Weekend, but the demo held up. Ratings have been more or less steady for 8 Episodes, so I'll dare saying that we can expect a 3rd Season. They will probably renew the other Friday Shows as well. The "Holy Trinity" on Friday is too good not to renew it as a package - CBS even has better average Ratings on Friday than on some of the other weekdays. And in case one Show gets cancelled, they might put the "Magnum" Reboot in its spot.
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Posted: 18 November 2017 - 01:46 PM
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I have to agree with Joe on this one... this episode just didn't gel together.
I think a big part of the problem is that the writers are apparently told that they MUST include every character in every episode, regardless of whether or not that character has anything to contribute to the plot. Bozer had nothing to contribute to the main story, so they put him in a stupid subplot, and it just detracted from the episode. Every time they cut to him, I just wanted them to get back to the main story.
I understand that Bozer is part of the main cast, but so was Dana Elcar, and yet there were plenty of episodes in the original series that did not include Dana. And of course the same is true of just about every other show out there. Can you imagine if The Walking Dead or Game Of Thrones tried to cram every main cast member into every episode? It would be ridiculous. And it's ridiculous here, too.
So, overall, I thought the main story was okay. Nothing great, but okay. But, it suffered from being constantly interrupted by Bozer's story. And while Riley's story could have been fine in a different context, it didn't work here because it didn't tie in to anything else. It was just another distraction from the main plot.
Not one of this season's better episodes.
I haven't seen the Episode yet and English is not my native language, but I stumbled over this screenshot today and have to ask: Is this meant as a joke or is this an honest mistake?
Jediferret
Phoenix Special Agent
SAK owned: Spartan
Episode:Deadly Dreams
Jacket: Black leather
Do you mean in that it's spelled wrong? XD Because yeah... that's kinda ironic, given it says "truth in details". Opps!
I kept thinking Bozer's little escapade was some kind of test to see if anyone would catch on... like part of the training.
Giving them too much credit? Yup!
I did get a tad excited to see Curtis Armstrong as Pawn. He was Metatron in Supernatural... a somewhat hated, yet loved, sorta villain?
Other than that, it was an okay episode. Agreed it was a bit too smooshed. Would rather not be forced to watch Bozer make a fool out of himself at training, but whatevs.
I do wish that they'd tone Matty down a bit. Her aggressive, disrespectful way of presenting herself just isn't making her come off as tough. If that is what they're going far... they're going about it the wrong way. =P
That's it from me... XD No other comments except an exasperated sigh and a "where's Murdoc?"
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QUOTE (Jediferret @ 19 November 2017 - 11:54 AM)
I just remember him as Booger from Revenge Of The Nerds. Lol.
Finally got to watch the episode - and I didn't really know what to say about it at first. Doesn't happen that often to me
It's not bad, but I didn't really care for it. It might actually be my least favorite of the Second Season. Can't really say why. The ideas for the main story and the secondary storylines aren't that bad, but as others said before, they didn't really fit together.
Otherwise, it's the same complaints as always - too many characters with too many storylines. This time, it was Mac/Jack and Cage that took the brunt.
MacGyver doesn't even show up before we're about 6 minutes into the episode. He has like 2.5 minutes screentime, and then he's gone again. I guess it was fine cutting down for Cage-screentime, but on the other hand, it feels weird that she gets cut out constantly now after they shoved her unto us for the first five episodes. If someone joins the team, this person needs enough screentime - otherwise, why adding someone to the team?
I think they should have cut down on Matty instead and put Riley and her dad into another episode - the main mission with Bozer's story being the secondary storyline was more than enough. On the other hand, I think this should have been done back in Season 1; before Bozer was allowed to go onto his first real mission. It doesn't make much sense to me to send him to Spy School now that he's already done so many missions abroad. Also, Riley never had to go to Spy School (even after Matty took over), why should Bozer? It's not like Riley had any experience before she joined Phoenix.
And as said in here already, after Jack was more or less competent in Episodes 2x06 and 2x07, he's back to being the guy with no clue how to handle a mission.
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Yep, this episode was all over the place. And yes, Mattys mean, unfriendly demeanor is just a little too much.
But it was good to see Booger show up. And Billy Baldwin. I thought it was Alec when he first appeared on screen. They
look so much alike.
Looking forward to the Bruce McGill episode.
QUOTE (DashboardOnFire @ 20 November 2017 - 09:44 AM)
It doesn't make much sense to me to send him to Spy School now that he's already done so many missions abroad. Also, Riley never had to go to Spy School (even after Matty took over), why should Bozer? It's not like Riley had any experience before she joined Phoenix.
There was a brief scene in season 1 that showed Patricia Thornton training Riley to fight, but yeah, definitely no spy school.
I kind of miss Patricia now. She wasn't a great character, but she seemed so much more professional and less annoying than Mattie.
QUOTE (Joe SAKic @ 18 November 2017 - 09:07 AM)
So, was this closed circuit surveillance technique ever explained to us? I guess it must be as simple as hacking the building de jour system, hijacking the central control accessing all 'tripped' cameras and thus knowing who's 'on the move' or not? Is that how you guys see it, or did you just sort of accept/submit(like I did), that they're so technically advanced that they can just zoom in on any internal space at the click of a mouse and regardless of where they are in this world? That's a giant leap of a faith!
Riley's position is pretty well rendered redundant without it, but is it a too 'unmacgyver-like' an advantage? One of the original Mac's fortes was infiltrating buildings using a plethora of techniques. But we often see the reboot Mac, already inside and being guided by a remote colleague ... and in the latest episode, so smug, relaxed, cocky, confident while inside, that he/they can afford to crack jokes, talk loud, and get pretty sloppy.
It may make good techie tv, but at a big cost to the original 'MacGyver Code', imo.
QUOTE (Frog @ 19 November 2017 - 07:26 PM)
I'm not a psychologist, but from my personal experiences, people like Matty generally use aggression to mask over their insecurities.
I've had supervisors like her in the past, and they don't really last long because they tend to create a hostile work environment.
A lot of her behavior wouldn't fly in a normal setting. Like constantly calling for updates, which could actually expose her field agents. If they don't pick up, she gets mad about it.
I mean... seriously... who acts like that during life/death situations? Nobody with any real common sense. lol
Final Ratings are in: http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/show...11-17-2017.html
As always, audience numbers went a bit down, but only marginal this time. This episode still has the second highest number of live viewers this season.
QUOTE (Jediferret @ 20 November 2017 - 03:27 PM)
Spot on, Jedi! Can you imagine if Pete was as annoyingly tyrannical, belittling, &/or condescending? If he was, I'll go out on a limb and say that I don' think we'd all be here and on this site today. There's only so much of that tone you can take and all too the detriment of the 'warm & fuzzy' part of our grey matter.
Well, I am a psychologist, and while I haven't worked in that field for years, I can confirm that you are right that this can be a reason (among others).
Meredith Eaton said in an interview that she had to become some sort of "tough cookie" similar to the characters she plays just because of her stature.
Personally, I can't even imagine what Meredith had to endure in her life just because of her height and I like that Matty is no damsel in distress. I'm pretty sure to reach such a position in an agency, you can't take no for an answer. However, I don't think that she needs to be so belittling and mean.
I honestly preferred Thornton's colder stance and no-nonsense-behavior towards Jack. She wasn't their friend, she was their boss that sometimes had to send them to dangerous missions. Yet she still stayed respectful and counted on their professional opinions (e.g. when she discussed Mac's emotional state with Jack in Episode 1x02 and if they should pull him of the missions for a while).
I think these scenes are just made up so she gets some screentime and lines to say. What else is there to do if she's not in the field with them? The same reason why Thornton was sometimes on missions (although she didn't have a reason to be; especially not in her position).
Another downside of having too many main cast members instead of recurring ones. I think the Original Show did it right with Dana Elcar. I liked Pete, but the show would have been very different if the had been in every episode - there would have been too many "office scenes" (e.g. briefings) and "Mac-at-home-scenes".
That's probably why there's always either a War Room Scene or team-bonding-scene at Mac's (now also Jack's) home. If they had dropped the War-Room-Scene in Episode 2x07, they would have had to put Matty also visiting Jack at home to get her some screentime. And because she wasn't part of the Bozer-Storyline here, they wrote her into dozens of scenes with her harping into the phone.
You're right of course, this is not standard mission-behavior. Since they wanted the Reboot to be about Government-Agency and Spy stuff only, they could at least make it more "official" and "military-style". Radio silence sure would be part of that; especially since they're so often undercover.
QUOTE (DashboardOnFire @ 21 November 2017 - 03:53 PM)
I get what Meredith is trying to do... but it still the wrong way to go about it.
Matty is just a poor leader, because anyone knows that a good leader doesn't belittle or threaten those under their power. A good leader sees the potential in others and finds way to bring that out.
Which is why the original MacGyver is so respected. Despite being a reluctant hero, he was a leader... which is something MacGyver 2.0 tends to lack. He's too compliant.
I guess the best example of a tough character, if we're going to go by stature, would be Tyrion Lannister from Game of Thrones. Much like the original MacGyver, he listens to people and asks questions to find out how people tick... he uses that information to his advantage. He's also a very compassionate character, and highly intelligent. He also doesn't use his stature as an excuse. I'll post a video for reference.
If they went by that angle, Matty would be a much more respectable character. Her stature isn't the problem... it's her actual character and attitude that is. Rigid doesn't equal tough.
I learned that the hard way.... but I think I'm just preaching to the choir at this point. XD
Posted: 19 October 2018 - 03:45 AM
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OK. Clearly this episode leans to more negative reception then anything else, but I don't think it was all that bad, despite this episode may have been the one in which Till has the least screentime of them all. Squeezing three storylines into a 40-45 minute timeframe? I don't know. In the original I've seen many episodes squeezing the main storyline into 45 minutes while more then once it could've fitted over 90 minutes. Passages, On A Wing And A Prayer, Humanity, The Stringer, just to name a few and now three storylines in 45 minutes?
First of all, the worst one: Bozer.
The idea that Phoenix-agents needs to be trained that's fine but that is not how this is supposed to be. Looks like boot camp to me and if you fail you're out no matter what you do or say and they will notify your bosses. Bunch of squealers. Now more then ever I really have the feeling Phoenix don't know anything about their own agents let alone about their work. I'm pretty sure that I don't want to work for this Phoenix now but I would just stay there to stick with the team. If they need to be trained send them to MacGyverland.
Also that Bozer stumbled on something official didn't work for me. Just like Jedi says: I thought this was part of the training too. The guy was a Phoenix-agent testing them and shooting with blanks... but nope.
And what was up with that Rihanna look-a-like?
Secondly: Riley.
I thought her storyline was a lot more interesting than Bozer's. She's also a way cooler character then he is. I did like it that her father was played by Billy Baldwin, yet when he first appeared, I could've sworn I saw Alec. It's creepy how they look a like, but that's why they're brothers, I guess. And Jack beat him up? Billy looks rather tall and in his size he reminded me of Nick Nolte.
What I did not like in this storyline is that Matty just breaks in, in his room and starts threatening him if he hurts Riley whom she considers as family. That she even dared to use that word, the way she talks to the team... And this is not the first time she just appears in someone's house. If she would do that to me, I'll frigging sue her. I don't think she understands the meaning of the word family. The Fast and the Furious Family, that's a family and come to think of it: Jack could be Dominic Toretto, Mac is definitely Brian, Riley is Letty or maybe Mia and Bozer would be Roman Pierce. But seriously, I don't know what power she thinks she has, it's not making an impression. She can threaten as much as she wants but I'm never impressed, maybe it's because of her height, I don't know.
But those daddy-issues things seems contagious.
And the main story line.
Maybe the most interesting part on for me was: they came to Belgium. Even if it was just for a short bit of the episode. But it may have been better if it was like the Amsterdam episode. Now it was just in and out stealing the painting. Also the set up was nicely done. I know there was something wrong with that machine they used and then the switch...
I think they should've kept it with the main storyline and Riley's. But I do have to say that Bozer's story didn't bother me that much. I think it switched rather equally between the three of them only this show is named MacGyver. If they can provide Bozer of a seperate storyline with action so could they for Mac to be on his own. At first I was thinking: no not another opening gambit like when he came out of the car in his tux. This could've been a lot worse.
I guess it was fine cutting down for Cage-screentime, but on the other hand, it feels weird that she gets cut out constantly now after they shoved her unto us for the first five episodes. If someone joins the team, this person needs enough screentime - otherwise, why adding someone to the team?
It's either one or the other but you can't satisfy everyone. Either she's in too much or she's hardly in it all. What do you prefer?
There's only room for so many characters in 45 minutes. I'd prefer the hero, the boss and the sidekick (male/female). In this case: Mac, Jack, Riley, Matty/Thornton. In the original: Mac, Pete, Jack and/or another guest star.
I mean... seriously... who acts like that during life/death situations? Nobody with any real common sense.
I hear you. But maybe that's the whole point and Matty is not supposed to be a very good boss. But it gets tiresome after a while with her demeaning attitude. That's what gets people burned out.
I honestly preferred Thornton's colder stance and no-nonsense-behavior towards Jack.
That's why I think Patricia had so much potential. Cold and distant at first but that she would warm up over the course of the show.
I wouldn't call him leader but the guy in charge. The guy you go to to ask what's next.
You're on a roll, Jedi. That's exactly who he is. He knows how to handle people and he would make a perfect leader. As you said, she might be insecure about herself but that doesn't give her the right to act like that. Especially not since they never made any condescending remarks about her.
I think the poison that was used was applied to this knife, passed to the mutton when it was cut and then activated by the wine. - MacGyver.
It's better to be a little sad than to be fake content.
Posted: 4 June 2019 - 10:56 AM
Blog Post by Technical Advisor Rhett Allain about the MacGyverisms used in this episode: https://rhettallain.com/2019/06/04/macgyver...g-peanuts-fire/
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Could the new Mac mini and Apple TV be the same product? [Mockup]
When the first Mac mini was launched, it came with Front Row, which was not a part of Mac OS X at the time. The last major revision of Front Row then came with Leopard, which brought it in line with the newly launched Apple TV. Since then, Apple TV Take Two has been released, with major functional enhancements that have not made their way back into Front Row. Perhaps the launch of the new Mac mini will see Apple finally updating Front Row - if not for all Macs, then at least for the version bundled with the new mini.
And by merging two underperforming, but strategically important product lines, (the mini and the Apple TV), perhaps they'll finally hit upon a formula with some traction. As previously predicted, all that would be required in order to achieve this is the ability to set the machine to automatically boot into the Apple TV environment at startup.
As usual, click on the image to see it in all its high-res goodness.
Correction: Thanks to Paul for pointing out (in a comment below) that the first Mac mini did not come with Front Row. I should have said the first Intel Mac Mini, which did come with Front Row, before the release of Leopard.
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Paul 1 January 2009 at 20:27
Incorrect. The first Mac mini did not come with Front Row. Front Row was introduced in October 2005 on the iMac G5 with iSight. I had a G4 Mac mini at the time that I sold to buy an iMac. Mac mini only got Front Row in a subsequent revision.
Graham Bower 1 January 2009 at 20:30
Hi Paul - thanks for the correction. You're right of course. I've amended the article accordingly.
Interesting idea, but it won't sell without a built-in DVR capability. There has to be a better reason for the extra hard-drive space for the Apple TV, and for the increased price for a Mac Mini, than consolidation alone.
"As previously predicted, all that would be required in order to achieve this is the ability to set the machine to automatically boot into the Apple TV environment at startup."
What does this mean? "The machine" means a Mac Mini, which of course automatically boots into the Mac OS X at startup, unless it has Windows or Linux options via BootCamp. What is the "Apple TV environment"?
I think I know what you are trying to say, and I think you may have a good point, but you should try to get the details correct first before I comment. If you can't get it right, why should Apple?
"you should try to get the details correct first"
Thanks for the comment. Let me try and clarify what I mean.
Both the Apple TV and the Mac Mini run versions of OS X. The difference is that the Apple TV OS does not include the Aqua environment, so you can't have a regular GUI session, or run regular Mac GUI applications. In other words, Apple TV is based upon Darwin, but does not include all of the Mac frameworks on top of it. A Mac mini comes with a complete version of Mac OS X, but a limited equivalent to Apple TV, currently dubbed "Front Row".
What I'm proposing is that the new product would ship with Mac OS X installed, and bundled with this OS would be a new "Front Row" framework that replicates and extends the current Apple TV functionality. In System Preferences, a new option would be included under "Startup Disk" allowing the user to select to boot directly into Apple TV mode (Front Row) on startup, rather than initiating an Aqua GUI session.
This is not dissimilar to a Boot Camp style solution, except that rather than selecting which OS to boot, you're selecting which user environment to load after Darwin has loaded. Holding down the option key at startup (when you have a keyboard connected!) would allow you to change your startup setting.
Aribus 9 January 2009 at 12:20
I think they will "abandon" the mini and turn it all into a new model of Apple TV. The hardware mediacenter market is rising and rising and rising. The reason it takes it´s time is that they of course want a world-wide moviedistribution in itunes. And they are far, far, far from that so far.
OMG you were right, the new Mac Mini looks exactly like this!
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Finley "Scholar' Jeffrey after performing the song 'Walk on water'
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Calypso – an artform with precision
Scholar has won Dimanche Gras 9 times, matching Ajamu
Not sure about 10th crown at the moment
Heavy is the head that wears the crown, may best describe the demeanour exuded by Finley “Scholar” Jeffrey as he dethroned reigning Dimanche Gras King Kelly “Rootsman Kelly” Clyne following his performance of 2 of his renditions “Walk on water” and “Pum Pum.”
Jeffrey who recently took up the post of Permanent Secretary within the Ministry of Education and most recently is acting in the capacity of Chief Education Officer for the past 4 months, says this has been the hardest he has ever worked preparing for competition.
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INFP. In short, my favorite activities may include singing (on occasion), acting (if I can find somewhere to do it), writing, reading, fangirling, digital art, and gazing brainlessly at a screen most of my homeschooled day. However, my brain may decide to pay me a visit long enough for me to help out anyone who needs/wants some. Favorite genres are sci-fi and fantasy, and I am currently (attempting) writing a science fiction novel (http://www.wattpad.com/myworks/20637470-being-human-on-hold) PLUS a PJO fanfiction on this very website (see below for "Crystalline Melodies"). I do, however, update a bit slowly because my work load is (curriculum proclaimed) at least as intensive as college (workload-size wise).
ANYWAYS, since this is my profile, you probably came here to a) read about me or b) read my stuff, and if it's the latter, scroll down and do so. Assuming it's the former, I might as well start talking.
Changed my mind. Instead of talking about me, I'll talk about my writing. Compromise.
I've been writing since I was nine years old, where I started with my first fandom: BIONICLE. (I am a tomboy, don't judge.) That was both my first voluntary fiction work and my first fanfiction. I still have the first page of the first draft, all torn and wrinkled and yellowed and underlined and crossed out and sentimental. *sighs dreamily, then slaps self back into reality.* Continuing. My philosophy with writing could probably be summarized by the quote by Toni Morrison: "if something you want to read hasn't been written yet, then you must write it." That's what made me start with the fanfiction. I remember I didn't even know what fanfiction was, or copyright laws or any of that: I literally thought I could get it published someday. It actually wasn't all that bad, for being nine. It wasn't very canonical, but that's a habit I've made for myself: I start in canon and sort of drift out of it, then take the characters and plot that was based in the canon world and make my own. That's why I like to write PJO fanfiction so much: I can focus on plot and character development in a setting that's already been made for me, then when I've perfected the latter two, I can create my own setting and possibly get it published. That's what I hope to do with CM. Another thing about my writing is that I have a very...different style. I can't write like Rick, or any author really. I guess if I had to pick one author I'm most similar to, it'd probably be a mix between J.R.R. Tolkien and Susan Collins. This means that people will likely not want to read my fanfiction a lot because people come to read fanfiction so they don't have to focus too hard on anything, and can get some easy "feels highs" off random fluff. Well, that's not how I write. I won't conform! I refuse! I am Divergent, I cannot be controlled! Just kidding. But really, it makes things like collabs hard, and it means most readers will find my writing tedious because I try to make it literary. Ah well. I try to write for me, so the number of readers I get doesn't mean everything. It's certainly nice and encouraging, but it's not the real point.
Back to history: I wrote several short stories along the line after that, and planned out a couple decent novel ideas between ages 10 and 12. In fact, whilst almost all of them have been shelved, there are probably at least three of them that could be redone and published someday.
The main problem with my writing is that I would always come up with characters and setting first, then the plot. I would never have an aim, and it would basically just become a life story with literally no end. I'd never finish it. So, I think that having the setting put out for me (therefore forcing me to do plot first) may make Crystalline Melodies the first full length non-short story I've ever finished. It's already 18,000 words long, which is 2,000 words longer than my old story length record. And I have the plot entirely planned out (getting more detailed all the time), so I'm really hopeful for this one.
Call me obsessed, but this whole CM thing has become my pride and joy. I know it's considered bad writing habit to get too attached to your characters, but I can't help it. It's not because I actually LIKE them (Krystal and I would probably hate each other in real life, cause we're so different), but because in my head, they are real people. They have strengths and weaknesses (lots of those), bad days and good days, normal problems and not-so-normal-problems, and I enjoy figuring out EXACTLY what makes them tick every second of every day in every situation. To me, I've created real people. That's why it's so much fun for me.
I can't explain it. Don't judge.
Since this whole "favorite quotes" thing seems to be pretty popular, I might as well.
Rory: Okay. Okay. I'm trapped inside a giant robot replica of my wife. I'm really trying not to see this as a metaphor.
Amy: How can we be in here? How do we fit?
Rory: Miniaturization ray.
Amy: How would you know that?
Rory: Well there was a ray and we were miniaturized.
Amy: Alright.
Antibody: Welcome. You are unauthorized. Your death will be implemented.
Amy: What's that?
Rory: I don't know. It's your head.
Antibody: Please remain calm while your life is terminated.
Amy: We come in peace!
Rory: When has that ever worked?
Amy: Oh shut up.
Antibody: Please cooperate in your officially sanctioned termination. It is normal to experience fear during your incineration.
--Doctor Who, "Let's Kill Hitler"
"That's us," he said. "Those five nuts right there."
"Which one is me?" I asked.
"The little deformed one," Zoe suggested.
"Oh, shut up.”
--The Titan's Curse
"Politeness is deception in a pretty packaging."
--Divergent
“Moths," repeats Will. "You're afraid of moths?"
"Not just a cloud of moths," she says, "like...a swarm of them. Everywhere. All those wings and legs and..." She shudders and shakes her head.
"Terrifying," Will says with mock seriousness. "That's my girl. Tough as cotton balls."
"Total annihilation in T-minus one minute."
"It's been an honour knowing you, Doc."
"The feeling's mutual. I'll see you guys tomorrow for lunch."
"That's right, B.O.B. And there'll be candy and cake and balloons."
"Cake and balloons for lunch?! It's gonna be the best day ever! I love you guys!"
--Monsters vs. Aliens
"I'd love to tell you I had some deep revelation on my way down, that I came to terms with my own mortality, laughed in the face of death, et cetera.
The truth? My only thought was: Aaaaggghhhhh!”
--The Lightning Thief
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ANYWAYS, if you slogged through all of that, you must be either really bored, or be stalking me, but I'm honestly fine with either. You can find me on social media/other writing sites as listed above! :D
*bows out* Thank you for reading my humble descriptor. Live long and prosper.
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Fabulous forms and design fictions
Andrew Morrison, December 05, 2013
Design research is a growing domain of interdisciplinary inquiry. It is often inflected with knowledge, processes and artifacts arrived at via mix of practice and analysis. One of the emerging themes in this research is the role of speculation.
(These are notes for the international research seminar on Genre Innovation, Literaturhuset, Oslo. 6 December 2013. Leader Prof. Gunnar Liestøl, Dept of Media and Communication, University of Oslo).
Covering domains such as interaction, products, service and systems, design research often tackles that which is yet to be or is in a state of emergence or becoming. The processes and status of such research is difficult to account for without clear explanation of developmental and unfolding processes of construction. The shaping of form with function is typically iterative in its realisation; it is most often built on abductive logics; it demands no small measure of reflexive review and re-registration.
Recently, design fiction has begun to garner attention as one way to embody and to convey imagined, potential and possible artifact and scenarios of use and cultural expression. It adopts the conjectural as a stance or a mode of inquiry yet it reaches beyond the here-and-now and projects the design inquiry and work into settings and formats that are outside our expectations and at times comfort zones. The epistemic and ontological work that this does it therefore itself potentially risky – and may seem unclear at first glance. However, design fiction strives to work with the speculative in order to offer us projections of events and experiences, products and processes that involve us in the very nature of its shapings.
In this presentation I offer some of the main approaches of recent work in design fiction. I use this to position the work we have been doing in experimenting with blogs and ventriloquy as a way of addressing near future imaginaries concerning relations between humans and ‘things’. This also refers to hybrid relations between us, technology, devices and other mammals. Reference is made to genre theory and the work of Bakhtin, innovations and research in blogging, and developments in Social Science Studies, Actor Network Theory (ANT) and rhetorics of multimodal online research mediation.
I link these analytical views to four design fiction experiments that are about projection. This is to do with the throwing of voice and the casting of three female personas in near future Nordic environments. The environments and personas concern the application of technologies of seeing, perceiving and surveillance in urban settings and in the arctic. The personas are presented and linked to a possible genre of design fiction of the near future imaginary that works within what we have called a prospective hermeneutics (Morrison 2013) that centres on projected, conjectural and speculative ‘texts’ in formation rather than the retrospective analysis of given or historical ones.
However, these design fictions are still textual constructions that build on established conventions and genres, principally from science fiction literature and film, the Futurists and popular cultural socio-technical projects and artifacts. The work also acknowledges the emergence of Future Studies but distances itself from its tendencies to critique related to predictive mappings and policy.
In contrast, I argue that near future design fiction offers us room to develop genre as a means to diegetically problematise our present socio-technical and material cultures. I suggest that it offers a way to promote a prospective criticality that is inquisitive rather than determinist and is crafted to engage minds and imagination in reconsidering assumptions and reflect on potential consequences of current advances and applications of technology. Altogether, this is cast within a wider Object Oriented Ontology (Morton 2013). This is a perspective that seeks to reveal relations between ‘things’ and allow us to see them within hyper systems that are located within what is termed the Anthropocene Age. This is now used to refer to a human geographical and geological age where the character of the current – and indeed future – physical world is markedly impacted by human action.
Design Fiction
As background:
http://v2.nl/archive/articles/design-fiction
www.howtothinkaboutthefuture.com/?p=20
On design techniques and research methods
The design fictional works have been shaped through a series of conceptual design stages. These have ranged from web based searches, abductive mapping of diverse factual material and representations in different media, narrative threads and tracks and the building and selection of a persona and her history and character. With the persona in rough cut, the task has then been to find a voice that fits a set of possible scenarios and topics that the persona then experiences and activates, describes and critiques. Blog entries are made via WordPress, lodged inside a large design research centre’s site. Entries allow links to related news and events, historical and contemporary and allow for an online formative discourse to play itself out to a wider public, with a comments field.
In the first ‘case’ the author is a single person, in the second a group has begun to shape the persona though being collaborators in a large funded research project. Methodologically, the space is one for shared meaning making and for finding ways to communicate and to build a genre of persona led near future design fiction that is itself polyphonically authored, following Bakhtin, and speaks to multiple knowledges and disciplines through a shared ‘mask’.
On forms and formations
My approach to genre is within a socio-cultural view that four main strands defined within writing and disciplinary discourse (Tardy 2009) but may be extended to blogging and to the mix of fact and fiction that these characters articulate.. The first of these connects genre to social action (Miller 1984). The second perspective locates genre within cultural transformation (Bazerman 1994, 1999, Devitt et al. 2004, Prior & Hengst 2014). The third approach more fully places genre as part of knowledge building itself (e.g. Berkenkotter & Huckin 1993). Finally, the fourth strand looks to emergent, dynamic learning processes and constitutive texts. (e.g. Benesch 1993). Overall, Tardy (2009: 20) sees ‘… genres as social actions that are used within specialised communities; that contain the traces of prior texts in their shape, content and ideology; and that are networked with other genres in various ways that influence their production and reception.’
Though design fiction invites a ‘suspension of disbelief’ as an overall quality, it is conductive all the same. By this I mean three senses of conduct. A ‘proper’ and well formed framing. To carry out. And to carry or bear forth. For the purposes of this seminar, I will present examples from one design fictional work. These will be drawn from blogs written by a sentient and speaking entity I have generated and in collaboration with others.
Ella, Rumina, Adrona and Narratta. These are the four female personas I have been developing in a design fictional frame. I began this work with a talking white elephant called Ella on a cultural exchange from southern Africa to Norway, resulting in her participation in a collaborative locative media fictional work cast by Africans living in Oslo and developed at the concept level only (Morrison & Mainsah 2011, Morrison et al. 2011)). This was followed by a research papers on the ruminations of a wifi enabled cow called Rumina on her life in a future networked city (Morrison 2011). I have then worked on the reflections of a rogue urban drone called Adrona (Morrison et al. 2013), and most recently on a collaboratively crafted figure in the shape of a nuclear powered narwhale called Narratta (Future North project, AHO).
Each of these characters is connected to a funded research; this have covered genre and innovation, the city and technology, technologies of seeing and sensing, and discourses of the cultural landscapes of the future north.
Strange as it may seem that two such entities may occupy similar speaking positions and forms, the connection between them in part lies in their mix of first, second and third person narratives. These are employed to layer their personal relations to specific events and self-identity issues as socio-technical beings.
Into the fabulous
My presentation is made up of a performance of pieces drawn from Adrona’s blogging.
Amos Goldbaum: Make Baby Drones, Not War
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Programs for independent use
Minerals and rocks
The collection of Ferdinand Schmidt's insects
Geological-palaentological collection
Zois's collection of minerals
Hohenwart's collection of conches
Forest, marsh and Alpine dioramas
Collection of fishes, reptiles and various vertebrates' skeletons
Botanical display case
Bidermeier wooden tables
The making of the insect collection
Visit the exhibition OUR LITTLE BIG SEA
Do not miss the exciting, fun and interactive exhibition
Ferdinand J. Schmidt's insect collection embraces mainly butterflies and beetles. Among the most interesting specimens are the so-called narrow-necked cave beetles. The first beetle of this kind was found by assistant lamplighter Luka Čeč in 1831 in Postojna Cave. He passed it on to Count Franz Hohenwart, while he in turn sent it to Ferdinand Schmidt for »scientific processing«. In 1832, Schmidt eventually described it as a new genus and a new species - Leptodirus hochenwartii, with the Carniolan name of »narrow-necked cave beetle«.
This discovery was of great significance for the history of our entomology, considering that this was the first fully described cave beetle in the world. Until then, it had not been know that caves could be inhabited by insects at all. As the first specimen of the narrow-necked cave beetle was damaged, Schmidt promised to pay 25 florins for a new intact specimen. The inviting reward, however, was never paid out. The second specimen was found sixteen years later in the same place by Schmidt himself. While searching for the rare insect, he actually discovered a whole series of unknown cave animals not only in Postojna Cave but in some neighbouring caves as well. The unexpected finds stirred much imagination all over the world and attracted many foreign researchers to visit Slovenia. A new field in biology began, eventually called speleobiology.
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September 25th, 2007, Author: robd
They couldn’t be more worlds apart. One sport is played by lean, leaping giants, throwing a round ball into a small hoop with five-man teams running end-to-end on shiny wooden floor boards. The other is played by tough, rugged warriors trying to kick an impossible egg-shaped ball over a grass paddock 180 meters long through two big wooden sticks. These are my two favourite sports in the world, with the most unique athletes in the world, and the NBA and AFL are the leagues that showcase them. (For any non-Aussies wondering what AFL footy is, this classic ad featuring none other than Mr. Hakeem Olajuwon will give you some idea):
To me, basketball is a pure expression of athleticism. It is so simple – running, jumping and throwing – yet it yields the most spectacular results you can imagine. There may be a “court” but the game is played in the air. There may be “positions” but a player’s creativity is boundless. There may be “offense” and “defense” but each player is completely accountable for both – a principle that is lost on most other team sports (NFL, AFL, Soccer). I can think of no other sport where the best scorers in the game can also be the best defenders, yet the NBA is full of these candidates (Kobe, Duncan, KG to name a few). Why does this matter? You might think it doesn’t, but to me there is a level of competitiveness, a level of greatness, that is only achieved when a player is truly dominant in every aspect of a sport. That dominance may be more easily achieved in individual sports such as golf and tennis, but it’s rare in team sports simply because you normally have 4, 10, or 17 other team mates helping you out. There is a reason Michael Jordan is one of the greatest athletes of all time, and I believe this is the reason (as well as the fact he could fly and shoot free-throws with his eyes closed)
Secondly, the athletes in the NBA defy gravity and logic. Look at a guy like Tracy McGrady. At 6’8” he is tall enough to be an AFL ruckman, a towering fast bowler, or a serve-smashing tennis player. But these three examples share one thing in common – the ruckman, fast bowler, and big tennis player are all usually considered athletically awkward and immobile sportsmen (Peter Everitt, Curtly Ambrose, and Mark Philippoussis come to mind). Tracy McGrady on the other hand is one of the most explosive and fluid moving athletes you’ll ever see. I know we’re comparing apples to oranges, but can you imagine an AFL ruckman turning on a dime, driving baseline, launching himself at the ring then double-clutching as he goes off glass for the reverse? Can you imagine them doing this? Can you see Ambrose or Philippoussis moving like that? (and keep in mind they’re only 6’7” and 6’5” respectively).
While NBA players may be the most freakish athletes in the world, AFL players are without doubt the most skillful. There is a difference. AFL players use their hands for marking, handballing, and defending. They use their feet for scoring and passing. They are forced to run long distances while bouncing an oval shaped ball knowing that an opposition player can legally spear tackle them at any second. The game is played on the ground (diving for loose balls, tackling) and in the air (taking speccys, spoiling marks, ruck contests). The game is probably the most physical sport in the world where padding and helmets aren’t use – you need strength, skill and finesse, but you need to be able to survive a belting. Can you imagine an NBA player surviving this, let alone getting straight back up? In a nutshell, Australian Rules Football has to be one of the hardest sports in the world to play, if not the hardest. The average AFL player might be shorter, slower off the mark with a smaller vertical than an NBA player, but they are tougher, have brilliant foot skills, and far greater endurance. Of course there are always your outliers – Ben Wallace would be one scary centre half-back that could floor anyone in a tackle, while Iverson already rides enough bumps on the hardwood to slip into an AFL midfield. Which got me thinking… How would the most physically gifted athletes in the world adapt to the toughest, hardest sport in the world to play?
With the Grand Final just days away and the All-Australian team just announced, what better time to name my All-NBA AFL Team – the first EVER named team of NBA players to step onto the hallowed turf of the MCG, ready to tackle the Australian code of football.
Note: we obviously have to tuck away some skepticism here – NBA players do not kick the ball, nor are they used to an oval-shaped ball. For the sake of this blog (and some fun), lets assume they’ve got the kicking part of the game down pat.
(click for full-sized image)
The Backs
The final line of defense in Aussie Rules, the backmen match up against the opposition’s best forwards every week. These are the most defensively minded players on an AFL field. They rarely move beyond the defensive 50, they don’t kick goals – they only stop them.
Gerald Wallace: Here is your flying fearless full-back, willing to throw himself into any contest, quick off the mark and mercurial in the air. Gerald Wallace probably owns the record for “Most self-induced injuries as a result of complete disregard for personal bodily harm”. The guy tries to block every shot even if he ends up blatantly fouling the guy or getting dunked on. He goes for every steal even if it means over-playing his man. He launches himself for rebounds, put-backs, and dunk attempts when he has no right to. His defensive recklessness reminds me a bit of Steven Silvagni, a rubber-man who managed to get his hands to every contest even if it meant going to hospital (this clip is both sickening and hilarious). Wallace is big enough (at 6’7”) to take on the likes of Fevola, Rocca and Lloyd in the air and fast enough on his feet to deny them open space – plus you just know he’d be a fan favourite with that classic porn-star ‘mo. Unfortunately I can just see him launching over every pack for the big spoil or mark, leaving his opponents to easy pickings on the ground. Still, he’ll be helped out by his two trusty back-pocketers…
Ron Artest: You have to include Ron Artest in any All-NBA AFL team for two reasons: 1) You won’t find a more physically aggressive and angry man in the NBA (which sane person would challenge Ben Wallace to a boxing match?) who can channel his energy into completely shutting down his opponent and 2) If Ron Artest found out there was an All-NBA AFL team and you didn’t pick him, he’d come and pound your face in. If Gerald Wallace is the Silvagni of the team, Ron Artest is the Glen Archer. He is tough, he won’t take shit, and he will get in your head. You might think having two 6’7” guys in the backline is unnecessary, but with most forward lines these days having the option of two bigs (Gehrig and Riewoldt, Franklin and Roughead, Mooney and Ottens, etc.) it would be an absolute luxury having these two. By the end of the game I guarantee you that Artest would have either punched his opponent, frustrated his opponent into getting punched himself, or punched a fan for throwing an empty beer cup on to the field. Either way it’s entertaining footy.
Raja Bell: With Artest and Wallace intimidating the big forwards, who is going to man up on the pesky little goal sneaks? The Stephen Milnes, the Jeff Farmers, the Shannon Grants of the league? The perfect man for the job is Raja Bell who happens to excel in getting under the skin of goal sneaks (such as Kobe). At 6’5” Bell would still be classed as a “big” defender, but having guarded the likes of Wade, Iverson and Parker, clearly foot speed is not an issue. He is quick enough to stay with the forward pocket players, and more importantly, has that nasty streak of self-pride – you just know nothing would eat Raja up more than seeing a fist-pumping Stephen Milne after fluking a boundary line snap. He’s a born defender, and he would do anything in his powers to make sure that doesn’t happen.
The Half-Backs
The half back line breeds a very different type of player to the classic full backs. While the likes of Wallace, Artest and Bell can afford to be more one-on-one defensive players, the half backs play the linking role that turns defense into attack.
Ben Wallace: Hard to go past this hulking brute of a man for the centre half back position. At 6’9” (2.06m – taller than most ruckman in the AFL) Big Ben would be big enough and strong enough to take on the likes of Pavlich, Brown and Barry Hall (the thought of a guy bigger and stronger than Barry Hall is a bit scary). Ben is deceptively quick off the mark and for years was used to trailing the fast break in Detroit and finishing with the ferocious put-back slam. Obviously he won’t be suited to the smaller, more agile forwards but you could easily switch him into the ruck if there were match-up problems. Everything about Ben Wallace is defensive – he probably boxes-out his children at the breakfast table – but just like in the NBA, it’s his attacking skills that would let him down. If anything, Ben is a centre half-back who would be hesitant to drift forward, and this could be exploited by someone like a Jonathon Brown who likes to move up the ground.
Josh Smith: Josh Smith epitomizes everything that a half-forward flanker should be. More than any other NBA player, Josh Smith launches defense directly into attack – and in style. Whether it’s the big block, defensive rebound or steal, it will usually end up with Smith putting someone on a poster at the other end. His footy alter-ego would undoubtedly be “Leaping” Leo Barry who makes the big defensive stops and then just runs like a homeless guy at a buffet. Smith would provide that run and probably end up attacking a little too much judging by his finishing ability on the fast break. He has the size to be switched on to the big centre half forwards and adds a little more athleticism and speed than Ben at that position. And as for his leap? I can only imagine what it looks like to see a 6’10” guy mark a footy fifteen feet in the air. “Leaping” Josh Smith indeed.
Shane Battier: There are only a few guys in the NBA who I would say are already built as AFL footballers. Shane Battier is one of them. He’s got that barrel-chested, stocky build that makes you think he’d be great on a pub crawl, and even better in a pub brawl. I reckon he’s been secretly downing the VBs in the off-season while racing greyhounds at the Memphis dog track. Probably not, but he’s one hell of a defender in the NBA, and he could put that solid frame to good use in the physical game of AFL footy. With a lower centre of gravity than his half backline counterparts, Battier gets the job on those half forward flankers who like to run and goal. The only problem is he wouldn’t quite be quick enough – I can’t see him chasing down a Corey Jones or Alan Didak as they stream into goal. That is probably a criticism that can be leveled at all these NBA defenders – while they’d be good leapers, strong in one-on-one contests and quick off the mark, but they’d struggle with the sustained running that AFL footballers do in their sleep. With the exception of Bell, most of these defenders would lack the ground skills once the ball hits the deck (it’s a long way down from 6’7”) and a team loaded with quicker, small forwards (i.e. the Doggies) would exploit this weakness. But that’s what the interchange is for, and the All-NBA AFL Team does have a couple of pocket-rockets sitting on the bench.
The Centers
It’s the middle of the ground so it has the most traffic going through it. These guys might be called upon to drift back in defense, kick goals running forward, or tag an opposition superstar. They are play makers who can break a game open with their dashing run or use their creativity to set up teammates. There’s a reason why guys like Adam Goodes, Scott West and Simon Black are legends of the game and Brownlow winners – they are centres and they get a lot of the ball. (One could argue they’re ruck rovers but there isn’t much of a difference these days – the rovers tend to stay close to the stoppages; centres, or midfielders, will usually hang off the play a little more).
Allen Iverson: Here is your archetypal AFL midfielder; a fast and fearless runner, a clever distributor of the ball and dangerous going into attack. Out of all NBA players Iverson would adjust quickest to the AFL game – he actually quarterbacked his High School’s football team to the State Championship, which they won. You cannot overlook these qualifications when choosing an All-NBA AFL team. The kind of vision and anticipation you need over the 50-100 meter distances on an AFL ground is enormous compared to the confined boundaries on a basketball court. Iverson would have that vision, and combined with his bursts of speed and natural goal-scoring instincts I can see him rounding into an Akermanis-type midfielder. He even has the crazy facial/head-hair combo thing going on. Iverson is one of the most durable NBA players and has taken a beating more than any other guard over the last ten years. But if he did need a break from the rigors of the Aussie Rules midfield, you could easily accommodate him in the forward pocket where he’d have plenty of chances to snap those freaky Akermanis goals we love to see (and knowing AI, he’s probably got the hand-stand down pat too).
Andre Iguodala: There is a type of centre-man who has evolved in AFL footy over the past five or so years – the taller, stronger, more athletic midfielder whose combination of size and speed means they can play virtually anywhere on a footy field. These are the Adam Goodes, Brett Burtons, and Anthony Koutoutfides of the world. The All-NBA AFL team’s answer to this role is Andre Iguodala, a jack-of-all-trades on the basketball court with an almost surreal athletic ability (does any one dunk the ball harder than Iggy?). While he may not have the playmaker instinct that Iverson does, he wouldn’t really need to. Iguodala is there for the quick bursts of speed out of a pack, the footy palmed in one hand, the other fending off his would-be tacklers (tell me you can’t imagine him actually doing that in the AFL?). Like Goodes and Kouta you can stick him on the half-back line where his natural defensive instincts would thrive, but he’d also be handy in the goal square for the hanging speccy. Andre Iguodala is in that class of NBA players “too freakish not to have on your team”. Proof of that is he stuffs the stat sheet every game – he averaged 18-5-5 last season and was 4th in steals – yet some people still don’t think he’s that good. It’s almost too easy for Iguodala to rack up those numbers – in the AFL he’d be a possession winning machine.
Steve Nash: If Iverson is the Akermanis of the team and Iguodala is the Goodes, then Steve Nash is the Scott West of the All-NBA AFL Team. The resemblances are uncanny. They were both born in 1974, Nash has been named to five All-NBA Teams – West to five All-Australian Teams, Nash leads the NBA in assists while West leads the AFL in handballs, last season they were both heralded as being in “career best form” despite their age, and they both have the exact same number of letters in their name (9). More importantly, they both play the game in the same way. They are unselfish players with a sixth sense for reading the play, they aren’t athletically gifted yet are still better than most young guns at their position, and they’re both very humble, unassuming characters on the field. Nash’s one weakness would be his fitness; he struggles with 40-45 minutes of court time so I doubt he could run all day like Scotty West can. But his smarts and passing ability would be too valuable to leave off the field – I can imagine him pottering around the packs and setting up play with the sweeping handball similar to Greg Williams later in his career (who barely did any running). Oh, and did I mention that Nash was an excellent soccer player early in his career? He was named British Columbia’s Most Valuable Player when his college soccer team won the provincial championships. An ex-champion quarterback AND soccer player in the same team? This midfield has it all.
The Half-Forwards
The traditional centre half-forward was once thought to be the most important key position on the footy field. But they’ve become a bit of a dying breed, as Vossy wrote back in July: “Most attacking sides will try to open it up [the centre half-forward position] as much as possible, either for the deep leading forward to work into or for the midfielders to run through. Most defensive sides will try to clog it up as much as possible.” It’s true that the lines between forwards and half-forwards have been blurred over the recent years, but the criteria for your half-forward line is still obvious: the center half-forward needs to be a strong mark and can comfortably kick goals from 55m out, while your half-forward flankers need to be effective at goaling on the run – that much is clear from the Johnson-Brown-Harvey half-forward line from this year’s All-Australian Team.
Kobe Bryant: You knew Kobe was going to get a guernsey somewhere. The most talented player in the NBA (and in my opinion, of all time) would probably adapt to any sport – indeed, he grew up in Italy playing soccer and would have tried to go pro if not for moving back to the states and falling in love with basketball. What makes me think Kobe could adapt to the AFL? The Challenge. Kobe is the most intensely competitive sports star I’ve come across (along with Jordan) who never backs down from a challenge – quite the opposite, he thrives on it. It’s no coincidence that his four-straight 50 point game outburst came after the media questioned his fair play on the basketball court and started to label him “dirty”. It’s no coincidence that after throwing up those three airballs against the Jazz in the ’97 playoffs he subsequently went on to become one of the most clutch players of all time. It’s no coincidence that when he flew back from Colorado during the rape trial and arrived just before tip-off in Game 4 of the ’04 Western Semi Conf Finals, running on no sleep, he went on to score 42 in a performance that prompted Shaq to say he’s “probably the best player that ever played the game”. So if you told Kobe there was no way he’d learn to play the game of Aussie Rules Football, he’d go out and practice his ass off until he became the best footy player you’d ever seen. I put him on the half-forward flank because it allows Kobe to demonstrate his natural attacking ability, but also gives him more of a chance to create than a forward-pocket role (plus you just know Kobe would love the idea of being able to score beyond 50). Kobe is a big guy by AFL standards (at 6’7”) but he moves like a cat and would give his tall defenders real problems. I can see him as a slightly taller Buddy Franklin, with a better vertical. Scary.
Lebron James: This is your man at centre half-forward. So far this All-NBA AFL team has a good mix of athletes, distributors, and muscle-men. Lebron James is all of them rolled into one. Right now he’s only 22 years of age, and judging by his physique I think he learnt to bench-press before he learnt the alphabet. Along with Battier and Ben Wallace, James is one of the few NBA guys that might come off best from a hip ‘n shoulder. To give you some of idea of his size, he’s a couple of centimeters taller than David Hille (who is one big dude) and five kilograms heavier. But he doesn’t move like David Hille (check this – #6 is ridiculous). At centre half forward I expect Lebron to provide a strong marking target – he’ll probably get the opposition’s best tall defender which just makes Kobe’s job easier. But unlike Kobe, Lebron has a far more selfless attitude so I’d expect to see a lot of handballs and goal assists – he’s basically the opposite to Scott Lucas who would shoot for goal even if Godzilla was standing in the goal square eating his team mates. Lebron is young and fit, meaning he can move his defender up the ground giving his full-forward more room to lead in to (and what a full-forward that is). Just like in the NBA, Lebron doesn’t need to be scoring a lot of goals to be effective – his physical presence and team attitude alone would be invaluable.
Tony Parker: You know the Stall Gift sprint that is run at the ‘G’ on Grand Final day? The one that Fevola somehow won last year? If the All-NBA AFL team had to register a player for this event, it would be none other than Tony Parker. Often quoted as being the quickest player in the NBA, Tony Parker can run a basketball court, while dribbling, in about four seconds. According to my calculations that means he could run from the backline to the forward fifty in under ten seconds. That is quick, Aaron Davey quick. Every half-forward line needs a lightning fast runner who can stream through the ground and goal on the run – Parker is that player. His speed combined with his smarts (he is a point guard remember) means TP has the ultimate balance of attack/create that most goal-hungry little men lack. This gives the coach the luxury of playing Parker further up the ground or on the ball (like Davey sometimes does) where his vision and unselfish instincts can help kick start his team’s offense. You’d basically need to tag him no matter where he plays. Thanks to his European background Parker was brought up playing soccer so you just know those foot skills are waiting to be reawakened. What’s that I hear you say? TP would get knocked around like a pinball in the AFL? He may appear tiny amongst NBA giants, but Parker has 11 centimeters and 15 kilograms on Aaron Davey (his build is actually more similar to Simon Black’s, who is a decent sized AFL player). What’s more, you just know Sam Newman would have a ripper one-liner (or two) ready for Eva’s debut appearance on the Footy Show. Yep, lets get TP down here.
The Forwards
It’s the glamour position on the AFL field. The position where goals are scored, speccys are ripped from the heavens, and game-winning plays are made. It’s everything an NBA shooting guard would love, and you don’t even have to play defense. I can hear Vince Carter signing up for the Blues as we speak…
Manu Ginobili: Tell me Manu Ginobili isn’t the exact NBA alter ego of Alan Didak? They look the same, both play in the same black-and-white jerseys, both have that freakish ability to bend and weave with the ball, and both have the talent to make ridiculous plays that will genuinely piss off opposition fans. Didak does it with his miraculous boundary line snaps and almost spookish goal sense, while Ginobili does it with his crazy circus shots and deceptive hang-time – this is still one of the most underrated dunks of recent history (watch it in real time, it’s more fun). Ginobili has that rare (and flat-out weird) talent of being able to move sideways just as fast as he moves forward. As if he wouldn’t be the hardest guy to tackle on an AFL field? I’m telling you, I want Ginobili on my All-NBA AFL team. I want him for those Daicos moments, those highlight reel plays, those tackle-evading sneaky snaps. If he’s as good at those as Didak is, I’ll be a happy man. And that is saying something because I hate Alan Didak.
Amare Stoudemire: Ok I said Ben Wallace was a “hulking brute of a man”, that Iguodala was “too freakish not to have on your team”, that Kobe was the “most talented” and that Lebron was everything rolled into one. But like I said in my Dream Team blog a few days back, Amare Stoudemire is another breed of human. I struggle doing comparisons for Amare Stoudemire… I think I stopped in his rookie season. If you put Shaq in a vice and squeezed him down to 6’10”, injected his legs with Flubber and taught him to shoot, then fed him Viagara for ten days while he was locked up in solitary confinement I think he would come out looking like Amare Stoudemire – a bouncing, raging ball of power and fury. Amare sits #1 on both my ‘Dunks to officially signal the end of a player’s career’ and ‘Dunks with best team mate reaction’ lists for this monster. I know Olowokandi never really did anything up to that point, but since that dunk I think he actually disappeared. Does anyone know where the Kandi man is these days? Seriously, if you do then please call his folks because they’re worried.
On the footy field Amare would have plenty of chances to unleash his fury without having to worry about flagrant fouls, ejections or Joey Crawford. At 6’10” there is no full back in the AFL big enough to handle him – you’d double-team him with your ruckman and hope for the best. Similar to his NBA counterparts, while Amare seems to explode on the court in bursts (oh c’mon I’ve put the Viagara jokes behind me) this loses effectiveness over the dimensions of an AFL field. He would be your sit-in-the-goal-square full forward, Tony Locket styles except black with more height and less mullet. The one other reason why Amare will feast on goals every week? His main-man and basketball bride Steve Nash will be delivering the ball. We’re not in Phoenix anymore Amare… but it’s close.
Stephon Marbury: When picking my All-NBA AFL squad I wanted it to have some character, as well as all-round skill and ability. The kind of character the Blues have when Lance “Titnall” Whitnall stumbles out of the backline, or when Russell Robertson tries to make a speccy out of absolutely nothing, or when Richo spits the dummy at his delinquent team mates (which by the way our household has enshrined with a “Richo Wall” – a memorial dedicated to photos of Matthew Richardson looking really upset or totally fucking up, of which there are plenty). In short, I needed Stephon Marbury. I needed a guy who will go spouting to the media “I am the best point guard in the league” or “I’m going back to being Starbury” (both of which are comments Marbury actually made). I needed a guy who can walk around with an ego twenty times larger than his skill, but still have enough skill to make the big plays when it matters. I needed a guy who will go right up to the opposition crowd and stick it to them with a completely over the top post-goal victory celebration. You could argue I’ve been describing Jeff Farmer, and that is exactly what I need. I want the NBA’s equivalent of Jeff Farmer, and I want him in all his fist-pumping, bad-mouthing, nightclub-fighting glory. Imagine Marbury in a role where he doesn’t have to pass to team mates, doesn’t have to be a leader, doesn’t even have to play defense. That right there nullifies Marbury’s three terminal weaknesses on the basketball court. Plus he gets to start fights whenever he wants to (there’s a reason why he’s in the forward line and not down back near Artest) so it’s really the perfect role for him. I think Stephon Marbury would love AFL footy.
The Ruck
The engine room of an AFL team, the Ruck features the “followers” who funnily enough, follow the ball around the ground. Traditionally these positions are called the Ruckman, Ruck-rover, and Rover though the distinction of the later two has been blurred over the years.
David Lee: A ruck contest is one part of AFL football that has a direct counterpart in the NBA – the jump ball. While obviously not as physical, the ability to leap and tip the ball to a team mate would not be lost on most NBA players. And what better NBA player to have in your ruck contest than the tip-in master himself, David Lee. I can hear you asking “Has RobD lost his mind? What about Dwight, or Camby, or KG, or someone who actually has a vertical leap?” All those players crossed my mind, but Lee edges them out for the following reasons:
1) As mentioned he is the tip-in master, not only because of his buzzer-beater but because he does that stuff all the time. There was a time last season when a lot of people thought he was the best rebounder in the league – I asked Eze on the podcast (Episode 1) and he put him behind only Howard. But there’s a difference between a Dwight Howard rebound and a David Lee rebound. Dwight snatches rebounds like a lean tiger striking its prey in one swift blow. Lee snatches rebounds like a drunken buffalo ramming its prey head on. The buffalo scenario works better for AFL.
2) Lee is ambidextrous, and the ability to use right or left hands in an AFL ruck contest would be invaluable. Most ruckmen have a favoured hand which means they can easily get caught out of position when grappling at a ball-up. Combining his right-left versatility with his size (6,9”, 250 pounds), it would be tough to move David Lee out of position
3) He has one of the weirdest “tribute videos” i’ve ever seen
4) He looks like an AFL footballer. I can just see him on of those highlight vids from the 80’s hosted by Rex Hunt. He’s got a bit of fight in him, he’s one of the best hustle players in the league, and you just know he’d love laying tackles. He may not be a high-flyer by NBA standards, but tell me you’d want to see David Lee running at you full speed when the umpire bounces the ball to start play. I know I wouldn’t.
Rip Hamilton: One of the prerequisites of a rover is supreme fitness and endless running ability; an AFL on-baller can run over 10kms through the course of a game. When thinking of extremely fit NBA players who never stop moving, the player that immediately came to mind was Richard Hamilton. I still don’t think Rip would have anywhere near the endurance to run out an AFL game, but I don’t think any one else would come closer. Just as important as his fitness is the fact he never stops moving – he is widely regarded as being a brilliant off-the-ball mover (translation: he runs around a lot of Rasheed Wallace screens) and he has the best mid-range game in the league. That means he’s used to navigating through lots of traffic, making space for himself, and used to getting a lot of hands-on attention by opposition defenders (taggers) – these are all skills an AFL rover needs. Some might point to the fact that Rip is skinner than a bean pole and would snap in half soon as someone tackles him, and to those people I’d say “you’re right”. Rip is too skinny to be an AFL footballer, but he’s no different to a rookie coming into the AFL who needs bulking up. And besides, Rip would be more your “receiver” type rover than your “hard ball get” rover. He will be the guy circling the packs, or looking for the tip down from Lee. He won’t be the guy last to get up off the turf when fifteen players jump on the ball. That job is saved for the next guy…
Deron Williams (C): Deron is another one of those NBA players who looks built enough to survive the bumps and bruises of the AFL. In these last playoffs he did his Mike Bibby ala 2002 impersonation and proved himself as a gutsy, big-time performer who won’t back down (when it looks like most of his team mates were). From reading my playoff blog you probably got the idea that I jumped straight on the DW bandwagon and you’d be right. I didn’t notice him all that much throughout the regular season, I knew he was a solid contributor, but when the playoffs came around he stepped it up big time. This is why I want him on my team. I need a fearless competitor as an on-baller, with the vision and play-making ability to break a game open, and the poise and finish when crunch time comes. With Nash and Iverson already in the midfield, we have enough finesse and style running through the ground. DW is the diesel engine, the guts of the team, the no-nonsense footballer who leads by example. For this reason he gets the nod as Captain for my team, the same reasons as another famous AFL on-baller. Michael Voss never had the silky skills of Simon Black or the flair of Akermanis. But when it came to that crucial hard-ball get, that courageous spoil, or the inspirational goal, Vossy always delivered.
The Interchange
In other words, the bench. But an AFL bench is more important than an NBA bench because in the NBA your tenth, eleventh, and twelfth players might not get a run; in footy you need every interchange player to get out there.
Andrew Bogut: I think it goes without saying that Andrew Bogut has to be on this team, simply because he’s an Aussie and has probably kicked a footy more times than the rest of his team combined. Bogut would probably get the gig as a backup ruckman for Lee. He has already proved himself to be one of the better big-men passers in the NBA, and his natural ability to read the play would serve him well in the ruck. I can’t see him being athletic enough to play any other position, but as the sole Aussie on the team the crowd would be right behind him and that could make a difference if this team was to come up against actual AFL footballers (which would be a terribly one-sided affair).
Stephen Jackson: You have to include “Wacko” Jacko in this squad for the same reason as Artest: if he found out they were recruiting NBA players for a sport where you can shirtfront people and get away with it, and you didn’t pick him, he’d knife you. I mean, look at him. Look at that photo. Tell me the man isn’t insane. Tell me Jacko wouldn’t try and clobber you when the umpire wasn’t looking. He’s already done it to NBA fans that looked at him the wrong way – why not footballers on a footy field? He would be the niggly, in-your-face protagonist that tries to physically intimidate you at every chance he gets. He would be Dermie when running through the Cats squad in ‘99. He would be Alistair Lynch when he went apeshit on Wakelin. He would be Richi Vandenberg when he gets that “I’m going to kill someone” look on his face. He would be Hardwick at the ball-up of the ‘04 Granny. In fact he would probably just be like Hardwick most of the time. And that is ok, because it’s footy.
Carlos Boozer: Boozer gets a guernsey for three reasons:
1) He’s built like Barry Hall only he’s got more tattoos and incredibly offensive facial hair that make him scarier
2) His name is Boozer which would make him an instant fan favourite amongst VB-swelling Aussies (as if you can’t see him appearing on an add with Boonie and Big Merve?)
3) You could put him in the backline, forward line or ruck and his presence would make an instant difference. This guy is all about “presence”, the kind of presence Jonothan Brown has. You always know when Browny is on the forward line, or on the ball, or within twenty meters of it. You don’t have to see him, you just sense it. Or in Boozer’s case, you can smell it.
Ben Gordon: The bench is always going to have guys that get little burn on the field, maybe 15-20 minutes at most (which is not much for an AFL game). You want to be able to bring these guys on at the end of a game, when your players are feeling the pinch in the legs, and have them make an impact. With that criteria in mind, you can’t go past Ben Gordon. He’s made a living out of carrying the Bulls over the line with his late-game heroics. In his rookie year he turned in 21 double-digit 4th quarter performances, a ridiculous feat for a rookie, and only topped by Lebron James with 22. How is this relevant to the AFL? That big-game, clutch mentality isn’t lost when you change sports. It’s built in to the guy. I don’t care if BG does nothing for me over the first three-quarters of my footy game, because I know he’ll turn it on when it matters. That will most likely involve kicking goals, so Ben would probably end up in the forward line as a small-forward alternative to Ginobili or Marbury. This is a perfect spot for him because he a born scorer, a fairly lousey defender (sorry Bulls fans but he is), and he has considerable upper-body strength for a guy his size – at 6′3″ he’s one of the smaller guys on the team.
Shaquille O’Neal: Five years ago Shaq would have been picked in an instant as a starting ruckman because, to quote Rex Hunt, he’s built like a brick shithouse and moves faster than most people half his size. Now he gets picked simply because he’s built like a brick shithouse. Shaq is big, real big. He’s got over 40 kg on Tony Lockett and stands taller than anyone who’s ever played the game of AFL. I shudder to think what would happen if you ran into Shaq, let alone if he hip n’ shouldered you. Remember when he swung that punch at Brad Miller a few years back but it missed? That is one of the most fortunate things to ever happen in Brad Miller’s life. He went on to become an All-Star after that, but if Shaq had have connected he might be dead now. Of course I don’t want Shaq to be out on the football field swinging punches – I’ve already got Artest and Jacko for that – but he falls into that “presence” category on a scale never before seen. Unfortunately he can’t really run any more and with the modern game of AFL played at such a fast pace he would be somewhat of a liability. I can see him being useful parked in the goal square as a diversion for his smaller, quicker team mates, and he could relieve Lee or Bogut in the ruck if the opposition decided to field a rhino. But other than that it really just comes back to the brick shithouse thing.
There you have it. The first ever All-NBA AFL Team and perhaps the last. I don’t know if such a useless excercise in sports hypothesising has been done before – perhaps next I’ll work on my All-MLB Bob Sled Team. But it was still fun. How would this All-NBA team fare against an actual Aussie Rules team? Well, they’d be slaughtered, without question. But if you trained them up for a year, improved their endurance, and taught them how to kick then the end result would be quite interesting. I think athletes like Lebron, Kobe and Iguodala would totally revolutionise the sport as we know it. How do you stop someone as big as Barry Hall but who moves like Gary Ablett? Could you ever hope to stop him? These are questions we’ll never know the answers to… or will we? The game of Australian Rules Football is gaining momentum in the United States, as indicated by the vision of US Footy. It may not be too far off in the future when we have a truly international Aussie Rules tournament. Maybe some day the next generations of Kobes and Lebrons will be drafted out of high school by the Geelong Cats and not the Charlotte Bobcats? I’d like to see that.
Tags: AFL, Alan Didak, All-NBA AFL Team, Allen Iverson, Amare Stoudemire, Andre Iguodala, Andrew Bogut, Aussie Rules, Ben Gordon, Ben Wallace, Carlos Boozer, David Lee, Deron Williams, Eva Longoria, Gerald Wallace, Jason Akermanis, Josh Smith, Kobe Bryant, Lebron James, Manu Ginobili, Raja Bell, Richo, Rip Hamilton, Ron Artest, Shane Battier, Shaq, Stephen Jackson, Stephon Marbury, Steve Nash, Tony Parker, Wall of Disappointment
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Carnival of the NBA #62 | Hoops Addict + December 29th, 2008 (#):
[...] NBA Mate shares his All-NBA AFL team. What’s the AFL you ask? It’s the Australian Football [...]
J + June 11th, 2009 (#):
haha dude, NBA players cant play AFL. you idiot.
Pascal House + June 15th, 2009 (#):
Hehe, this is cool, although I can’t stand the AFL personally, I love how you’ve come up with the team.
mark + October 4th, 2009 (#):
this is brilliant. as an AFL and NBA fan, really enjoyed it. how bout an updated version for 2009/2010?
damo + October 26th, 2009 (#):
great work. am keenly awaiting the All-MLB Bob Sled Team now
Damien + December 14th, 2009 (#):
Thats a decent team good job. If these guys actually knew how to play Aussie Rules then theyd give an All Aussie Side quite a scare.
I agree with mark we need an updated version for 09/10
David + March 13th, 2010 (#):
Good idea mate should make a more resent one (y)
America + Football = Progress? | Thomas the Think Engine + May 20th, 2010 (#):
[...] search wrapped up in a shiny reality TV show, and I love it. Putting NBA basketballers in the AFL was once purely hypothetical but now may be a [...]
Jimmy_g + December 13th, 2010 (#):
dude….you’re an idiot
if your australian you must be from NSW or QLD because you have no clue about AFL and these NBA players using their feet. Give them a tagging role maybe like Jared Crouch, but let them run 16km a game and kick a sherrin 50m on the run, go on mate. These NBA players would shit themselves when they see someone like Barry Hall screaming out of the forward 50 coming straight towards them.
Oh and lets put Tracy McGrady a 6’8er against Aaron Sandilands a 7 footer with maybe 30kg on McGrady.
It was a good effort buddy, but mate….stick to NBA you seem to know more about it.
A request, can you please put together a PGA – AFL team please with golfers in AFL positions.
Jesse + July 5th, 2011 (#):
dode man nba players whold do so many hamstaings
Simon + March 16th, 2013 (#):
To Jimmy_g, plenty of great AFL players come from NSW so grow a brain. In the southern part of NSW Rugby or either coce barely gets a look in.Learn your history mate.
Besides, this ain’t a science class, this Guy is having a bit of fun. he loves both games and why not, Australia’s greatest game and the USA’s greatest game. Mix’n'Match, it’s cool. Calm down.
Sammy da Bull + May 27th, 2013 (#):
Interesting idea mate!
You’ve got me thinking now…
Have u got a 2013 version??
I’d go LeBron Ruck Rover.
Boz + August 6th, 2016 (#):
What an absolutely fuckin’ stupid thing to do
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Top Tech Tip: Specifying self-lubricating bearings for linear motion systems
Self-lubricating ball bushing bearings have experienced an increase in use among motion system designers thanks to their ability to significantly reduce cost of ownership, improve performance, and deliver virtually maintenance-free operation. However, these bearings may not reach their full potential without being properly specified, installed, and evaluated for compatibility with their intended environment. Learn how to specify them for long-lasting use in your motion system applications.
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New long-travel linear motor stage
The new V-417.336025E1 linear translation stage from PI is engineered for industrial applications with high demands on dynamics, precision, smooth scan motion, short settling times, and low tracking error. It provides 32 in. of travel (813 mm). The stage achieves high velocities to 79 in./sec (2 m/sec) based on a direct-drive ironless linear servo motor. High accuracy, repeatability, and functionality are guaranteed by an integrated absolute-measuring linear position encoder featuring 1-nm sensor resolution. Applications include: pick and place, optics, semiconductor test and inspection, bio-tech, DNA sequencing, 3D printing, and laser processing and machining.
If self-driving cars cruise to avoid paying to park, then autonomous vehicles 'have every incentive to create havoc,' transportation planner says
By Jennifer McNulty, UC Santa Cruz
If you think traffic in city centers is bad now, just wait until self-driving cars emerge on the scene, cruising around to avoid paying hefty downtown parking fees.
Even worse, because cruising is less costly at lower speeds, self-driving cars will slow to a crawl as they "kill time," says transportation planner Adam Millard-Ball, an associate professor of environmental studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
"Parking prices are what get people out of their cars and on to public transit, but autonomous vehicles have no need to park at all. They can get around paying for parking by cruising," he said. "They will have every incentive to create havoc."
Millard-Ball analyzes "The Autonomous Vehicle Parking Problem" in the current issue of Transport Policy.
That scenario of robot-fueled gridlock is right around the corner, according to Millard-Ball, who says autonomous, or self-driving, vehicles are likely to become commonplace in the next five to 20 years. Millard-Ball is the first researcher to analyze the combined impact of parking costs and self-driving cars on city centers, where the cost and availability of parking is the only tool that effectively restricts car travel.
Under the best-case scenario, the presence of as few as 2,000 self-driving cars in downtown San Francisco will slow traffic to less than 2 mph, according to Millard-Ball, who uses game theory and a traffic micro-simulation model to generate his predictions.
"It just takes a minority to gum things up," he said, recalling the congestion caused at airports by motorists cruising the arrivals area to avoid paying for parking. "Drivers would go as slowly as possibly so they wouldn't have to drive around again." Free cell-phone parking areas, coupled with strict enforcement in loading areas, relieved the airport snarls, but cities will be hard-pressed to provide remote parking areas for self-driving cars at rates lower than the cost of cruising -- which Millard-Ball estimates at 50 cents per hour.
"Even when you factor in electricity, depreciation, wear and tear, and maintenance, cruising costs about 50 cents an hour -- that's cheaper than parking even in a small town," says Millard-Ball. "Unless it's free or cheaper than cruising, why would anyone use a remote lot?"
Regulation also falls short because, as Millard-Ball puts it, "It's difficult to regulate intent. You can pass a law saying it's illegal to drive more than 10 minutes without a passenger, but what if the car is picking up a parcel?"
The solution: congestion pricing, which can take different forms but essentially amounts to a user fee. In London, motorists pay a flat fee of £11.50 (about $15) to enter the city center. Singapore and Stockholm employ similar models. More sophisticated models could charge by miles driven, or assign different fees to particular streets.
Economists and environmentalists agree that congestion pricing effectively reduces congestion and pollution, but it's a politically fraught strategy because it raises the ire of commuters -- which is where Millard-Ball sees opportunity.
"As a policy, congestion pricing is difficult to implement. The public never wants to pay for something they've historically gotten for free," he said. "But no one owns an autonomous vehicle now, so there's no constituency organized to oppose charging for the use of public streets. This is the time to establish the principle and use it to avoid the nightmarish scenario of total gridlock."
Moreover, he noted, self-driving cars could be outfitted with devices that would give policymakers options for levying fees based on location, speed, time of day -- even which lane the vehicle occupies.
"The fees could raise money for cities to improve transportation," he said. "The idea is to do it now before autonomous vehicles become widespread."
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The Spring 2012 NEHA conference was held at Rivier College in Nashua, New Hampshire on Saturday, 21 April 2012.
SPRING CONFERENCE PROGRAM
Final version: last updated 4/14/2012
Download this program as a PDF
REGISTRATION & CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST 8:30-9:00 a.m. in the Registration Area
MORNING SESSION I: 9:00 – 10:30 a.m
Session 1: Diplomacy and Economics in the Ancient World
Chair: TBA
Danielle Kellogg, Brooklyn College, “Migration, Insularity, and Networks in Classical Attica.”
Daniel Hoyer, New York University, “Money, Investment, and Economic Development in Roman Africa during the Imperial Period.”
Erik Jensen, Salem State, “Roman Diplomacy in Southern Scandinavia.”
Session 2: Racial Intolerance
Chair and Commentator: Candace Kanes, Maine Historical Society
Theresa C. Vara-Dannen, University of Wales, Swansea, “Interracial Marriages in Nineteenth Century Connecticut: Marrying “Up”?”
Jonathan Paquette, Community College of R.I./University of R.I., “H.P. Lovecraft and the Québécois.”
Jaclyn Gronau, Northeastern University, “The Quoddy Village Proposal: A Community of Jewish Displaced Persons in Eastport, Maine.”
Session 3: Popular Culture
Chair: Richard Canedo, Lincoln School
Commentator: Gayle V. Fischer, Salem State University
Michael Urso, Community College of R.I., “Surfing Toward Consciousness: An Interpretation of the Roots of Modern Surfing in Narragansett, R.I.”
Brian Peterson, Shasta College, “Art or Entertainment: Artie Shaw, Popular Culture, and Framework for Understanding The Challenge of Commercial vs. Artistic Expression in America, 1935-1940”
Session 4: Historical Potpourri/Unconventional Sources
Chair & Commentator: Elizabeth De Wolfe, University of New England
Donna La Rue, Independent Scholar, “‘The Means Imployed His Life to Save/Hurried Him Headlong to the Grave’: A Late Colonial Vermont Gravestone as a Node of Historical Information”
Francinne Valcour, Arizona State Univ., “The Hidden Agenda: The Clash of Culture and Commercialism in Wonder Woman”
Session 4b: Challenging Conventional Paradigms in World History
Chair and Commentator: Dane Morrison, Salem State University
Michele Louro, Salem State University, “Anti-Imperialism and World History: The Worldview of Jewaru Nehru”
Mary Jane Maxwell, Green Mountain College, “Spiritual Constructs: Challenges to Conventional Paradigms”
BREAK FOR BOOK EXHIBIT & REFRESHMENTS 10:30-11:00 – Registration Area
MORNING SESSION II 11:00-12:00 “Conversations”
Session 5: The Slave Trade
Conversant: Cheryl Boots, Boston University
Sarah A. Batterson, University of New Hampshire, ““A Horde of Foreign Freebooters”: The U.S. Slave Trade and Spanish-American Relations.”
Kerima M. Lewis, University of California, “Captives on the Move: Tracing the Trans-Atlantic Movement of Africans from the West Indies to Colonial New England.”
Session 6: Allegations and Suspicions
Conversant: Melanie Gustafson, University of Vermont
Allison L. Hepler, University of Maine, Farmington, “McCarthyism in Massachusetts: Mary Knowles and the Morrill Memorial Library.”
Anna J. Cook, Massachusetts Historical Society, “In Their Graves Because of False Modesty? : An Allegation of Sexual Assault in Boston, 1914-1915.”
Session 7: Relief and Charity
Conversant: Mary Kelly, Franklin Pierce University
Eric Cimino, State University of New York, Stony Brook, “Disaster Relief for Survivors of the Titanic: New York City, 1912.”
Mark Stern, Bentley University, “Not-for-Profit or Un-American?: Private Health Clubs vs. the YMCA, 1970-2010.”
Session 8: Masculinity and Manhood
Conversant: Jennifer Tebbe-Grossman, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
Michael Pierson, University of Massachusetts, Lowell, “Lt. Spalding Writes Home: What a Joke Tells Us about a Civil War Soldier’s Confrontation with Death.”
Matthew W. Dunne, Stonehill College, “Training a New Generation of Cold Warriors: Physical Education and Child-rearing in Cold War America.”
12:00 – 1:15 p.m. LUNCH & BUSINESS MEETING
AFTERNOON SESSION 1:15-3:15
Session 9: Louisa May Alcott’s Centennial: Celebrating 100 Years of What We Know and Love – Or Do We?
Chair: Laura Prieto, Simmons College
Commentator: John Matteson, John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Karen Goodno-McGuire, Salem State University, “The Truth about ‘Laurie,’ or Louisa May Alcott’s Potential Romance.”
*Nicole Sousa, Framingham State University, “A Little Woman in Paris: May Alcott’s Artwork at Home and Abroad.” [undergraduate presenter]
Jan Turnquist, Orchard House, Presentation Title TBA
Session 10: War/No War/Post-War
Chair & Commentator: Leslie Rogne Schumacher, University of Minnesota
Andrew Liptak, Norwich University, “Norwich University and the Battle of the Bulge.”
Ian Saxine, Northwestern University, “Or Else All Will Not Be Well:” Abenaki Strategic Property Violence as a Tool for Stability in Northern New England, 1714-1754.”
David Doolin, University of Hawai’I at Manoa, “Irish American Transnationalism as anti-British-imperialism: The Fenian Invasion of Canada, 1866.”
*Norman J. Hutson, Norwich University, “Black-Balled”: Memory, Rejection, and the Burlington, Vermont “Stannard” Post of the Grand Army of the Republic” [undergraduate presenter]
Session 11: Revolutions
Chair: James Bidwell, Anna Maria College
Commentator: Robert Imholt, Albertus Magnus College
Jonathon Derek Awtrey, University of West Georgia, “An Egalitarian Moment: Bostonian’s Classical Imagination and the Creation of an American Social Consciousness, 1776-1789.”
Daniel Blanchard, Fay School, “Polybius’ Flawed Interpretation of Roman (and American) Political History.”
Ian Grimmer, University of Vermont, “Culture and Power: The Councils of Intellectual Workers in the 1918-19 German Revolution.”
John-Paul Wilson, St. Johns University, “The Politics of History: Understanding the Nicaraguan Revolution.”
Session 12: Roman Leaders and Emperors
Chair and Commentator: Martin Menke, Rivier College
Raymond Capra, Seton Hall University, “The Roman Circus in Tarraco and Vespasian: A Flavian Construction or Reconstruction.”
Eric Kondratieff, Temple University, “A Poetic Pattern of Augustus Pater and His Censorial Work: Anchises in Aeneid 6.679-899”
Patrick Hurley, Montclair State University, “The Emperor Aurelian and Christianity. A Case for Persecution?”
Seth Kendall, Georgia Gwinnett College, “Another “part lion, part fox”? The Strange Career of Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus (cos. 83) and the Roman Civil War.”
Session 13: Business and Industry in New England
Chair: Peter Holloran, Worcester State University
Commentator: Bruce Cohen, Worcester State University
Thomas M. Lonsdale, Providence College, “An Economic Great Awakening: The Social Mobility of Rhode Island’s Elite Artisans, 1733-1763”
Adam Krakowski, Independent Scholar, “A Bitter Past: Hops Farming in Nineteenth Century Vermont”
Michael Boston, State University of New York, Brockport, “Booker T. Washington and the National Negro Business League in Boston.”
CLOSING RECEPTION 3:15
Please join the NEHA Executive Committee for refreshments before heading home
*indicates undergraduate presenter
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Fundamentalist Quakers ‘do not pose terror threat’
The Paper Ostrich
The Home Office has revealed that the paramilitary wing of the Religious Society of Friends, or Quakers, has been active in Britain for decades, quietly refusing to cause any suffering or engage in serious terrorist activity.
‘Our latest intelligence reports suggest that a splinter faction of this peaceable, moderate organisation broke away in 1972,’ Home Secretary Jacqui Smith announced at a press conference. ‘Fanatically committed to Quaker ideals of pacifism and silence, we believe that they have been orchestrating a campaign of nonviolence and contemplation which has only now come to light.’
Ms Smith denied that the apparent lack of weaponry, ideology or malicious intent was any reason to reach an accommodation with radical Quakers. ‘We will not be blackmailed in this way’ said the Home Secretary. ‘There can be no let up in the War on Non-Terror.’
Posted: May 28th, 2009 by The Paper Ostrich
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Natural grass
Pernambuco Arena, another success of Royalverd/Greenleaf
The lawn of the Pernambuco Arena is ready to receive the greatest stars of world football. With approximately 9000m2, the lawn grown by team Royalverd/Greenleaf in the Nautical Training Center was transplanted in Pernambuco Arena, one of the Brazilian stadiums that will receive the Confederations Cup 2013.
The operation which lasted only two days, had begun on 23 March this year and ended the next day. The organization and planning team ensure, first of all, quality and speed and as a consequence this record time of planting roller natural lawn.
In its first stage cuts were made in a grass cutting machine at the same time the carpet rolled into a cylinder to roll forming, its width and length are adjusted to the need of the field and lawn growns there.
With a tractor tire balons, the rollers are supported on pallets and get ready to be charged on trucks. From CT Nautical towards the Arena went 23 trips of trucks and trailers truck.
In the Arena, with the field completely leveled, a team Royalverd/Greenleaf awaited the arrival of the cargo for planting. A machine extends unroll the grass mats. Then, a team hits the vertical joints, by hand, side and a tractor with a manipulator arm.
There were about 500 rolls of natural grass planted in two days using a simple, automated process using specific and modern machines, ensuring agility. But none of this would be possible if it wasn´t for the high potential and experienced team of Royalverd/Greenleaf that in great partnership with Odebrecht planned every step to ensure the success today, March 24, 2013, and give to the state of Pernambuco a lawn of stars.
Royalverd Service SL - C/ Avellana, 6 (Zona Industrial), 17178 Les Preses - Olot (Girona) Tel. 872 20 40 80 - info@royalverd.com
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Final Heaven: A Melancholy Tribute To Final Fantasy VII
Catalog Number: JOY-621
Released On: March 7, 2013
Composed By: Nobuo Uematsu
Arranged By: TPR
Published By: Joypad Records
01 - J-E-N-O-V-A
02 - Let the Battles Begin!
03 - On Our Way
04 - Cosmo Canyon
05 - In Search of the Man in Black
06 - Cid's Theme
07 - Mako Reactor
08 - Listen to the Cries of the Planet
09 - Secret of the Deep Sea
10 - Anxiety
11 - Jenova Complete
12 - Shinra, Inc
13 - Tifa's Theme
14 - Main Theme of Final Fantasy VII
15 - Descendant of Shinobi
16 - Forested Temple
17 - Desert Wasteland
18 - Flowers Blooming In The Church
19 - Words Drowned By Fireworks
20 - The Oppressed
21 - Other Side of the Mountain
22 - Reunion
23 - From the Edge of Despair
24 - The Nightmare Begins
25 - The North Cave
26 - Aerith's Theme
Joypad's latest properly-licensed, fanmade release makes up for lost ground that Square Enix didn't properly leverage.
Now I know what you're thinking: "Square Enix totally milked FFVII, are you crazy?!" Yeah, sure, Compilation of FFVII. I hear you. But from a musical arrangement perspective? They missed their shot, over and over.
A quick history for the uninitiated...
Prior to FFVII, Square released an arrange album for each game. For FFI&II, there was a Symphonic Suite (akin to what you find with every Dragon Quest title). FFIII had "Eternal Wind Legend," an interesting mix of folk chamber music, vocals, and even narration. FFIV had the wildly-successful "Celtic Moon," one of the first VGM arrangements to capitalize on the Celtic/world music genre. FFV had "Dear Friends," recorded by Uematsu in Finland, featuring a mix of Scandinavian and Eastern European influences. Finally, FFVI had "Grand Finale," an incredible, eccentric orchestral CD.
(IV V VI also had Piano Collections, and then there were the two vocal albums "Pray" and "Love Will Grow" that covered FF I-VI).
At the time of FFVII's release, here's what happened musically outside the OST. Replacing the notion of full arranged albums, they released a CD with three beautiful orchestral recordings (One-Winged Angel, Aerith's Theme, FFVII Main Theme). The rest of the CD was just a "best-of" collection. That's it.
And while VIII and IX got piano collections within a year of their release, FFVII didn't get a piano collection until 2003, in preparation for "Advent Children," the first product in the multi-faceted "Compilation of FFVII."
From here, that's where you'll find most of your official FFVII arrangements. Yes, there are also the orchestral works that would go on to appear in albums like "More Friends" or the new "Final Fantasy Orchestra" audio-BluRay. But I don't want or need seven versions of One-Winged Angel and Aerith's Theme.
And then, most recently, there was FFVII Chips, part of the "Chips" collection, and there were a few FFVII tracks across the "SQ" arrange series. These are somewhat noteworthy, but I still feel like S-E missed the boat here.
What's so ridiculous about all this is that the FFVII OST is replete with great BGM that could have benefited from any number of styles. And the fans have tried to make up for S-E's lack of desire to arrange these great tracks. OCRemix has the old "Voices of the Lifestream" collection, which has some great arranges, but it is purely fanmade and was not properly licensed.
TPR's "Melancholy Tribute" series, on the other hand, is licensed. RPGFan earlier covered the FFIX album, which was excellent in its own right. Here are my thoughts on "Final Heaven: A Melancholy Tribute to Final Fantasy VII."
First of all, the track selection is awesome given the style of arrangement. The chief instruments here (all synthesized) are string ensemble, wind ensemble, piano, and auxiliary percussion (such as bells and chimes). This isn't too far off from what Uematsu used to compose the OST. In some ways, these tracks are like an enhanced OST, but enhanced with a specific mood in mind. Some tracks become more complex with these arrangements; others, far more simplified (see: "Descendant of Shinobi" with less instruments and no syncopation).
TPR also deserves praise simply for picking out some of the less-celebrated tunes from the OST and making them some of his best arrangements. I count among these: "Listen to the Cries of the Planet," "Secret of the Deep Sea," "From the Edge of Despair," and "Flowers Blooming in the Church." That last track is a variant of Aerith's Theme; one that is bright and refreshing and not sopping wet with emotion. Bravo, and good choices!
I'm tempted to say that these arranges wrote themselves. But then, if I told myself I'd do my own arranged album as a tribute to FFVII, I wouldn't know where to start. The end result feels natural; again, an "enhancement" of the original. But I doubt it was easy to get there. More importantly, however, the production value and overall quality of the sound is not compromised. It is not amateur. This music is on-par with the re-used FFVII music found in Crisis Core, Dissidia, etc. It's just slow. And somber. And generally not recommended as music for a road trip, lest you fall asleep at the wheel.
I also very much appreciate the track length on these. You may be thinking that moody, melancholy music equals elongated track times. But these songs do not overstay their welcome. The musical idea is introduced, some elaboration takes place, and just as quickly as the music entered, it exits, making way for the next song. There's a surprisingly fast pace, not to any one track, but to the album as a whole, because TPR has impeccable timing with these song lengths.
Like other Joypad releases, this is a digital-only album available through iTunes, Loudr, and other digital music outlets. Uematsu fans would do well to check out these great arrangements. I suspect, if he hasn't heard them yet, that Uematsu himself would very much enjoy TPR's treatment of these songs, both the popular ones and the all-but-forgotten ones.
Reviewed by: Patrick Gann
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This is New Brunswick - Bohemia is Very Much Alive, tyvm
awww s'cute :)
How RU gonna pay this year's Rent (tickets)?!
Get ready for my final collection of Really Freaking Blurry PIctures Taken At Cabaret - Rent Edition. As one of the most popular musicals of our generation, Rent takes us through the lives of a group of some cool cats in New York's East Village in the days of Bohemian Alphabet City, where they're trying to get through life as young artists, and some with the struggle of HIV/AIDS . Whether you've somehow never seen a stage version or the movie version or if you regularly have sing alongs with your friends (it's not lame and you know it), I know for a fact that you've never seen Rent at Cabaret! I should tell you, I should tell you - do NOT miss out on your chance.
Rent, in the shortest possible terms, is about the celebration of life.
— Kyle Buchanon, Director
I am a huge fan of the show myself, so seeing it on a Rutgers stage with many of my talented friends was amazing. This post in particular is great because instead of trying to concentrate on understanding the storyline during their rehearsals, I got to sit back and really watch them perform - and then I got to talk to them about it offstage, too! Get ready for many feelings, something that is rare coming from me. Here we go -
please zoom in on dom's face
o0o0o0o0oh what r they in line for? brandon seems coo ~~
#bromancing
my phone camera is like really terrible, sorry guys
One of the biggest take-aways from the show is its incredible message. Through songs like Seasons of Love, I'll Cover You, and both Finale numbers, Jonathon Larson makes audiences aware of how short life can truly be, and how we have to take advantage of its opportunities before its too late.
In talking to the cast members, I found it so awesome that they had such inspiring messages to send to their audience.
Fam 4 Lyfe
*insert one of the millions of awesome lyrics from la vie boheme here*
Something that's unique to the performing arts is the close bond that is developed among the cast members, the crew, and the staff. This specific group of people has never been assembled before that show, and after it ends, nor will it ever be again. Asking the performers "What do you think of your cast and crew?" is one of my favorite things because everyone, without fail, gets this really cute smile on their face while they think about all of their great memories together, and then they ramble on and on about how undoubtedly fantastic they are. Dominick Scalera (Food Science, Sophomore) is in the male ensemble, and said "This cast is incredibly talented and each of them have some type of note/riff that they kill me with at every practice. Kyle and his vision are absolutely amazing. Every time that something beautiful hits in the show, he makes a face that makes him look like a toddler that just wet his diaper and I think it's adorable."
[please take this moment to imagine what that face might look like]
[I am laughing]
The nature of the show lends itself to getting the cast to be super close and tight-knit group. We don't have a lot in common, but we just get along so well. It's such an awesome group, and when we come together it's a really great time. -Liam McGeary (Music Education, Sophomore)
Dreams Do Come True in Cabaret Theatre!
deep in thought
Rent is mad popular, and is probably the favorite musical of every 3rd person you meet (#science). This is both awesome and not that awesome at the same time, and Jonah Levinson (Chemistry, Junior) who plays Mark will tell you why: "I grew up listening to Rent. It's one of my all time favorite musicals. Getting to be in the show was a dream come true. The thing that's always difficult with being familiar with a show is having to separate yourself from previous portrayals of the character. No one wants to be or watch a carbon copy of an actor who has played the character before."
Like I said before, you're never going to be able to see Cabaret Theatre's production of Rent after they close next week, so why regret it later?
tfw u wanna open a restaurant in santa fe
Speaking of dreams come true, sooooo many of the cast members have expressed how grateful they are to be playing their dream roles. Justin Luckenbaugh (Math and Economics major, Physics minor, Senior)says that Rent has been his dream show since middle school, and Collins has been on his list for "FOREVER". Jillian Hanna (Theatre and Psychology, Junior) has been waiting to play this role since she was a kid. "I was in complete shock when I saw the cast list. I was like 'Pinch me, there's no way this is real.' I never expected this opportunity to come so soon, and I'm just so grateful and ecstatic." Bernadette Burke (Music Education, Senior), or DJ Bernadizzle on the weekends (her words, not mine), commented on how "a dream come true" is a cliché that she just couldn't avoid when it came to this show. "I've been in love with Rent for the last 10 years and it's awesome being able to bring it to life in one of my favorite spaces."
rt if u cri evry tim
Paolo Arceo (Psychology and Theatre, Sophomore) says that Rent is one of his favorite shows of all time! "I became familiar with it because my vocal coach was actually the Original Joanne in the 1996 Broadway production! Knowing the show and having her as my coach made me so excited and honored to be part of this production."
[please take this moment to reflect how how fREAKING COOL THAT IS, LIKE WUT]
[!!!!!]
Favz
I have been listening to the Rent soundtrack for the last 3 days, in between watching the dress rehearsals and writing this blog post, and I gotta say - it's very distracting. The amount of times I've accidentally typed out song lyrics is ridikulus, and I just stopped caring about people looking at me weird on the bus - because lets be real here, seeing the squirrel man on the bus is weirder than a sleep-deprived girl intensely mouthing song lyrics in the back.
Favorite Song? This is difficult, since this is my favorite musical. I’m gonna go with Goodbye Love, I’ll Cover You (Reprise) and Will I? because apparently, I enjoy being sad.
— Jillian Hanna (Theatre and Psychology, Junior)
My favorite song in the show is "Seasons of Love" because 1) I'm basic and 2) I sang it in the sixth grade for chorus, and it was the first musical theatre song I had ever been exposed to, so it holds a really special place in my boxy and frigid heart :')
Dom's favorite is "Out Tonight/Another Day". I could describe why, but I think y'all need the exact wording: "Even though I'm supposed to remain frozen in the loft, my body wants to do some dank dance moves, primarily with my booty [am I allowed to type this? let's find out!]. I wanna pop, and lock, and [jam and break!] dab like one of the cool kids. Also, the way Liv hollas at Liam 'There's only yes' just fills me like a cannoli, except with feels instead of cream." Oh, Dom. You kill me. Make sure you all stare him down during that number, because I sure will be.
I think my favorite song is “Without You”. It’s where the show makes its turn in mood and is such a delicate moment in the show for so many of the characters, especially Mimi, who is watching her best friend die and her boyfriend slowly pushing her away.
— Olivia Accardo (Biology, Freshman)
mmmm looks yummy
i'm really great at taking candid shots
omg what happened to justin?! find out when you come see the show!!
"will I lose my dignity? will someone care?"
the rootinest tootinest cop in all of bohemia
okay, tyler walked onstage and someone whispered "what a do*chebag" LOL
Totally Kyle
Warning: Kyle Buchanon (Music Education, Senior) is amazing and has written really beautiful answers to my interview questions, and I don't wanna leave any of it out because I legit teared up while reading it so I'm just gonna copy and paste this ish. You're welcome.
Describe your love for this show.
just doin some tango
I saw the touring production with Anthony Rapp and Adam Pascal (original Mark and Roger) for my 15th birthday and immediately fell in love with the show. I saw it with my parents (some awkward moments lol) and my very dear friend, Da Ye. Shortly after, I found out Da Ye would be moving, making the show's "no day but today" mantra so much more relevant to my life. Those next 2 months I will always remember as the summer of Rent. I couldn't tell you how many times we watched the filmed live on Broadway DVD. Since then, my love of the show has grown. As I've gotten older and experienced my own loves and losses I'm able to appreciate the show even more. What I love most about the show is how honest and forward it is. Nothing is sugar coated, there really isn't a "happy" ending, though it is hopeful, and there's a certain rawness and edge to it that makes it resonate with everyone in some capacity.
Describe your love for this cast, crew, and pro-staff.
2 seconds after the run ended
This pro-staff is very near and dear to my heart. I've worked with all of them on multiple occasions and in various capacities. Ajit and I have been a part of 8 shows together in less than 2 years, same with Tyler. I think between the 7 of us on the production staff, we've done something like 40 shows total. I'm able to communicate what I need from each pro-staff member and they do it and do it well. Everyone on this staff is great at what they do. Take Allie (or choreographer). I don't do choreo. At all. I can't dance. I'm an awkward mover just no... Yet somehow Allie understood literally everything I wanted. For example, for Santa Fe I told Allie I wanted something fluid, flowing and I did a little awkward Squidward-like interpretive dance with my arms. Somehow with those three bits of information Allie created exactly what I had in my head. And this happened for literally every choreo number. I'm convinced Allie can somehow see what's in my mind.
fantastic ensemble peoplez
The cast situation is really cool because I've worked with most of them before. Some I've known of for a while. Others are newcomers. What I particularly love about this cast is their ability to collaborate with me and Gina for blocking, crafting, all that jazz. We would have a framework established for them, and then we would work together to make it their own. It's been really fun to work with all of them to make this show our own.
What's your favorite line in the show?
How am I supposed to pick a favorite line?! There's so many gems..... I really can't decide. If I had to choose I would probably say "I'm used to relying on intellect, but I try to open up to what I don't know". This line never really resonated with me much until this year. I've always been a pretty methodical person, but up until this year I've learned to kind of just live and let things happen. There's no sense being afraid of the unknown. I've embraced it and taken many leaps of faith this year and each time I feel like I've landed on my feet.
Or of course "measure in love". The love we give and the love we receive really should be how we evaluate our lives and time. Ajit actually did this "measure in love" project for me as a Christmas gift. In the box were 100 slips of paper, rolled and tied shut. I was to read one slip each day from New Year's Eve to opening of Rent. Each slip contained a memory of me from a different person each day. The whole thing really gave me time to reflect on all the people who have come into my life. So yeah.. The whole measure in love thing really hits me. (Your slip, Anna, was actually one of the most touching ones I received. You wrote about your MGSA audition and how I helped you feel relaxed and calm before the audition, something that just seemed like an ordinary thing meant a lot to you.)
[I'M NOT CRYING, YOU'RE CRYING. SERIOUSLY, WHERE ARE THE TISSUES?]
There are so many other great things that these beautiful people talked to me about, but I can hear the sound guys in the back playing the transition music in attempt to cue me off the stage. Bottom line is that Cabaret's last mainstage is the bomb-diggity, Kyle is an inspiration, and Rutgers has some of the most talented people in the universe (#morescience). Get your tickets.
You should come to EXPERIENCE Rent. This show is about celebrating life. Therefore, anyone with a heartbeat should see this show. But if you don’t have a heartbeat, don’t come because you’re a zombie and I’m not caught up on The Walking Dead yet.
— Dom Scalera, aka Squeegeeman
Guess who's back (back, back), back again ('gain, 'gain)
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DOMINO'SPIZZA
DOMINO'S PIZZA FLIES HIGH WITH MASWINGS
By mrsliez - 12:58 AM
DOMINO'S PIZZA FLIES HIGH WITH MASWINGS | 12 November 2018 recently marks a momentous occasion for pizza lovers and flight users all over Sabah. Domino’s Pizza and MASwings Sdn. Bhd. (MASwings) inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for various initiatives to be undertaken in collaboration especially for the land below the wind.
The MoU is part of Domino’s efforts to spread its love to the people in Sabah, not only in Kota Kinabalu where it currently has three stores but to provide a pizza experience to those travelling to other cities from Kota Kinabalu such as Sandakan and Lahad Datu. A total of 700 personal pizzas is expected to be served over the next one week starting today on selected flights from Kota Kinabalu and 30,000 discount vouchers will be distributed to MASwings customers on board selected flights and through its ticketing offices.
This collaboration marks Domino’s Pizza as the first Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) to serve pizzas to MASwings passengers. The MoU was signed by Linda Hassan, Senior Vice President of Marketing, Domino’s Pizza Malaysia & Singapore and Aminuddin Zakaria, Chief Executive Officer of MASwings witnessed by both MASwings and Domino’s Pizza representatives.
Linda Hassan, Senior Vice President of Marketing, Domino’s Pizza Malaysia & Singapore remarked, “We are excited and honored to be part of this unique partnership with MASwings. As the regional community airline, they are the perfect partner for us to live up to our purpose of enriching the lives of our customers and community. It is quite a feat to see our pizzas being delivered and served to passengers before boarding their flights! We are happy to be able to serve our pizzas for our fans to enjoy them en-route to their destinations.”
“This partnership is especially close to our hearts as beyond serving our pizzas for MASwings passengers, Domino’s Pizza is also taking the opportunity to acknowledge the Unsung Heroes and the backbone of MASwings operations, their employees. This is a continuation of our acknowledgment and recognition of the engineers, technical support and on-ground support for their dedication in ensuring the safety of passengers even before they step foot on the planes,” she continued.
Aminuddin Zakaria, Chief Executive Officer of MASwings Sdn Bhd said, “I am delighted to have Domino’s Pizza being served to our passengers. Having their popular pizzas is definitely a treat for our passengers as it creates a memorable journey for them. Additionally, we would also like to thank Domino’s for their recognition and generous contribution to 400 of our employees. Being acknowledged as Domino’s Unsung Heroes while performing their duties and responsibilities provides a positive boost to their daily routines and we appreciate Domino’s for thinking of us.”
Through the partnership, MASwings employees will receive express cards from Domino’s and will also be able to enjoy 50% off pizzas from 12 November 2018 – 11 May 2019. One of MASwings ATR aircraft will also feature Domino’s logo to mark the collaboration.
Additionally, Domino’s Pizza and MASwings will be doing a special pizza delivery to serve rural communities in Sandakan. To learn more about Domino’s Pizza Malaysia as well as other ongoing promotions, visit us at http://www.dominos.com.my/.
About Domino’s Pizza
Delivering more than 1 million pizzas a day worldwide, Domino’s Pizza is the world’s leading and fastest growing pizza delivery company committed to upholding the industry in product quality and operational excellence. Globally, Domino’s Pizza Inc. operates a total network of more than 14,000 owned and franchised stores throughout the U.S. and in over 85 markets. Domino’s internationally ranks in the top five companies in online transactions.
As at Q2 2017, Domino’s Pizza Malaysia is the largest Domino’s market in Southeast Asia and fifth largest in Asia Pacific. Established in 1997, Domino’s Malaysia is managed by master franchise holder, Dommal Food Services Sdn Bhd. To date, there are 226 Domino’s Pizza stores in the country.
At Domino’s Pizza, we take PRIDE in our commitment to enrich the lives of our customers, employees, partners, shareholders and communities. As one of the most lovable brands in Malaysia, we will go the extra mile for your smile as well as uphold our culture to ‘sell more pizza, have more fun’. Embracing our company’s philosophy of smart hustle, Domino’s is committed to provide customers with the ultimate pizza delivery experience, with its product satisfaction guarantee, 30-minutes delivery guarantee and 15-minutes take-away guarantee.
Forging ahead as an e-commerce entity, Domino’s Pizza has led many firsts in its digital platforms. Domino’s Pizza Malaysia has leveraged on the digital world to the best of its advantage and this began when it was certified as the first QSR company to provide an online ordering platform by the Malaysian Book of Records with the launch of its website in 2003. Domino’s Pizza Malaysia’s online ordering platform is also ranked #1 for its online speed of service in the QSR industry.
Domino’s is the award winner of the 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2016 Gold Franny Award, a distinguished Achievement Award of the International Franchise Association at the Domino’s Pizza Worldwide Rally. In a show of confidence by Malaysian consumers, Domino’s Pizza won Bronze in the “Restaurant & Fast Food" category of the prestigious Putra Brand Awards 2014, Silver in 2015, Bronze in 2016, Silver in 2017 and Bronze in 2018.
About MASwings
MASwings, East Malaysia’s first commuter airline, caters to the air travel needs of Sabah and Sarawak’s travellers by providing affordable fares, convenient schedules and connections within and across the two states in Borneo as well as FT Labuan. It supports the aspirations of Sabah, Sarawak and FT Labuan and contributes to the socio-economic development of the region. MASwings also serves destinations in the BIMP-EAGA region such as Brunei and Tarakan (Indonesia).
The airlines’ six DHC-6-400 Twin Otter aircrafts operating out of Miri, form the Rural Air Services, providing a vital lifeline to some of the remotest rural communities in Sarawak. They fly regular scheduled services to 11 rural STOLports (STOL short take-off and landing) many of which are inaccessible by road.
Being a subsidiary of the Malaysian Aviation Group, MASwings also links with Malaysia Airlines Berhad for greater global connectivity.
MASwings was first incorporated on 17 May 2007. It was officially launched and started operations on 01 October 2007. As of today, MASwings serves a total of 24 destinations including into and out of Brunei from Kota Kinabalu on code sharing.
MASwings fleet includes 10 ATR 72-500 and 6 DHC-6-400 Twin Otter aircrafts and is supported with a total staff strength of closed to 438 throughout the whole Sabah, Sarawak and WP Labuan.
MASwings being the airline for the people of Sabah, Sarawak and FT Labuan celebrated its 11th year of operations last October this year. At this young age of operations, MASwings is proud of the recognition and accolades awarded to date such as Sabah State Special Tourism Minister Award (2013), Sarawak State Hornbill Special Award (2013), Certificates From Viking Air Limited and Pratt & Whitney for MASwings Viking Twin-Otter (2017) and recently two awards from the Malaysia Book of Records (2018) for MASwings under the purview of Ministry of Transport Malaysia being the Rural Air Services (RAS) operator.
iam. fuzy November 14, 2018 at 6:46 PM
bagusnya Dominos ni..dan bertambah gah la dengan logo Dominos kat aircraft tu...tetiba terasa nak terbang ke Sabah Sarawak pulak hehe
Illya LeYa November 15, 2018 at 5:10 AM
Best... Terbaeekk la Dominos. LeYa memang lebih suka Dominos pun..hehe
Ana Suhana November 15, 2018 at 3:33 PM
Tahniah Domino's kerana sentiasa berusaha untuk dekat dengan pelanggan.
Murni Alysa November 15, 2018 at 6:37 PM
Tahniah Domino's ..
SITI AWADAH November 18, 2018 at 10:45 PM
congrats dominos. kipidap
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Works for Solo Keyboard
Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826 [21:10]
Partita No. 3 in A minor, BWV 827 [18:53]
Partita No. 4 in D major, BWV 828 [37:26]
Cédric Tiberghien, piano
Recorded Teldex Studio Berlin, August 2004. DDD
HARMONIA MUNDI HMC 901869 [77:40]
Argerich/DG (no. 2 only), Gould/Sony, Hewitt/Hyperion,
Rangell/Dorian, Rübsam/Naxos, Tureck/Philips
Cédric Tiberghien is a young French pianist who has already recorded Beethoven, Grieg, Schumann and Debussy for Harmonia Mundi. Tiberghien's Bach is my first acquaintance with his playing, and he certainly has much to offer. His virtuosity and dexterity are never in doubt as he handles Bach's fast movements such as the Courantes and Gigues with aplomb and great energy. Tiberghien also displays an expert balance between upper and lower voices; both his detail and clarity are quite impressive. In addition, he well connects with Bach's lyricism, rhythmic flow, and overall sound-world.
However, the disc also reveals two major problems. One concerns the Bach Allemandes and Sarabandes which are standard movements in each of the Partitas. These movements demand that players put their 'hearts and souls' into music that possesses great poignancy and alternates between spiritual enrichment and a landscape of bleakness. Playing them at a quick pace tends to trivialize the musical arguments, but playing slower than the norm can also weaken their impact.
Let's use the example of the Allemande from the Partita in D major. In most recorded performances, this Allemande takes between 8 and 9 minutes. Tiberghien extends the music to about 11� minutes. For such a slow pace to be effective, the performance must be more probing and emotionally rich than faster versions and/or offer alternative musical arguments through the use of articulation, dynamics, and accenting. Pianists such as Rosalyn Tureck and Wolfgang Rübsam are experts in this area. Unfortunately, Tiberghien merely plays the piece at a slower speed, resulting in music that exhibits much inertia and saps its stateliness and progression. Since he essentially does nothing with the additional 2� minutes, it becomes wasted time and disc space. Of course, this impacts the entire movement and makes it difficult to endure.
The second problem involves a soundstage that 'swims with the fishes'. Overly wet and reverberant, this type of sound might not be very damaging for performances that are strong on horizontal expressiveness, but it is contrary to the concentrated playing style of Tiberghien. Essentially, the playing and soundstage are at odds, robbing the recorded performances of their bite and inevitability.
In summary, the wrong sonics and unimpressive Allemandes and Sarabandes make it impossible for me to recommend this premium-priced Bach disc. It does have its virtues, but the recorded competition is overwhelming. If you like probing accounts, look no further than Tureck on a 2-CD Philips set. If maximum creativity is your preference, Rübsam's interpretations should delight and illuminate your perception; Rangell's performances are also illuminating but not as distinctive as Rübsam's. Then there's the magnificent set from Glenn Gould and the affectionate readings of Angela Hewitt. Tiberghien does not measure up to these alternatives.
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CFBA Books: The Blue Enchantress and Just Between You and Me
More books I missed out on due to changing my mailing address! :)
About the Book: Betrayed by the man she longed to marry, Hope Westcott is about to be auctioned off as a slave to the highest bidder on an island in the Caribbean . After enduring a difficult childhood in an unloving home, Hope?s search for love and self-worth have led her down a very dangerous path. All she ever wanted was to find true love and open an orphanage where she could raise children with all the love she never experienced as a child.? But how can a woman with a sordid past ever hope to run an orphanage, let alone attract the love of an honorable man?
Determined to overcome the shame of his mother's past, Nathaniel Mason worked for many years to build his own fleet of merchant ships in an effort to finally acquire the respect of Charles Towne society. Ignoring the call of God on his life to become a preacher, he forges ahead with his plans for success at a distant port in the Caribbean , when he sees a young lady he knows from Charles Towne being sold as a slave. In an effort to save Hope, he is forced to sell one of his two ships, only to discover that her predicament was caused by her own bad behavior. Angry and determined to rid himself of her as soon as possible, Nathaniel embarks on a journey that will change the course of his life.
About the Book: The only thing scarier than living on the edge is stepping off it.
Maggie Montgomery lives a life of adventure. Her job as a cinematographer takes her from one exotic locale to the next. When Maggie's not working, she loves to rappel off cliffs or go skydiving. Nothing frightens her.
Nothing, that is, except Ivy, Texas, where a family emergency pulls her back home to a town full of bad memories, painful secrets, and people Maggie left far behind . . . for a reason.
Forced to stay longer than she intended, Maggie finds her family a complete mess, including the niece her sister has abandoned. Ten-year-old Riley is struggling in school and out of control at home. The only person who can really handle the pint-sized troublemaker is Conner, the local vet and Ivy's most eligible bachelor. But Conner and Maggie keep butting heads--he's suspicious of her and, well, she doesn't rely on anyone but herself.
As Maggie humorously fumbles her way from one mishap to another, she realizes she's going to need to ask for help from the one person who scares her the most.
To save one little girl--and herself--can Maggie let go of her fears and just trust God?
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Rhiannon Hart said...
Oh the Blue Enchantress sounds so beautifully romantic! Is it a series? I'll have to look it up.
Kudos for all your hard work too, Amy!
Wed Sep 09, 04:22:00 AM
Debbie's World of Books said...
I just found out I won Blue Enchantress from LibraryThing. So excited to read it!
Wed Sep 09, 10:47:00 PM
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Vice-President Jamie Ellsworth with Executive Director Leslie Byron break ground.
Animal Protection Society – Friday Harbor breaks ground for new shelter
Wed May 3rd, 2017 7:34am
The crowd of approximately 70 people was excited to celebrate the groundbreaking of the new home for the Friday Harbor Animal Shelter.
“We want to thank you for coming out despite the weather,” said APS Board President Carolyn Haugen, as the wind blew through the welcoming tent.
Haugen then proceeded to turn the microphone over to Vice President Jaime Ellsworth, who thanked the many people involved, including donors, volunteers, New Hope Committee members and shelter staff. Ellsworth described the new facility, which will be large enough to have separate areas for cats and dogs, a large outside play area, a canine maternity area, and an adoption bonding room, where families can meet with their potential new animal family member.
The new facility also has designs for walking trails through the five-acre lot. The plans also include a veterinary examination room and surgery area for spaying and neutering, as well as a recovery room, which according to Ellsworth, will save the shelter thousands of dollars a year, not to mention keeping the animal from the additional travel trauma of getting to the vet.
According to the shelter’s timeline, construction is anticipated to be completed next year, and they will begin the process of moving the animals into the new space.
Rebecca Pohlad received a special thank you for all her support
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Wedding Ideas from The Carrie Diaries
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If you haven't known already, Sex and the City's prequel The Carrie Diaries is finally out. When I was reading the actual book, I already knew this was going to be a great addition to the CW because it's set in the 80s -- it's the 80s version of Carrie Bradshaw at a time when she still wore bright colored clip-ons for crying out loud! Now don't get me wrong--over the years I've been a fan of Buffy and Gossip Girl but there comes a point when yes, a 1980s period series is in order! Hell yea!
80s weddings are always cropping up. It's just one of those really fun wedding concepts that will always be a favorite especially amongst 80s babies. I knew the show will be in the 80s--But I love how The Carrie Diaries managed to refresh the 80s. It's so cool as opposed to feeling outdated that you just keep wanting for more. And even to the young ones that aren't familiar with this age, it still somehow works cuz it kinda has the Topshop vibe.
Best of all, the young Carrie Bradshaw is our kind of little rebel. An angel who actually has a rebellious streak. The kind who knows how to change the rules and how to reinvent them. The kind who has interesting thoughts in her head, the kind who has effortless style, and the kind who will glorify her nail polish-spilled bag unintentionally making it the next big thing. And she and her pals make for fun wedding pegs!
So here are some wedding ideas inspired by The Carrie Diaries! Now we usually create our own mood boards whenever we recommend themed ideas but CW's promotional photos are SO DELICIOUS and RAD that we didn't want to take the focus away from it. So here goes!
THE EXPERIMENTAL BRIDE
Be a rebellious spunky bride who is unafraid to accessorize, create intricate textures, and go metallic!
THE ELECTRIFYING ENTOURAGE
Meet Larissa -- Carrie's friend from Manhattan who is also the stylist for Interview Magazine. She is fashion forward and larger than life. Style gowns with blazers and over-the-top head pieces!
THE KOOL-AID COLOR PALETTE
Mix and match colors that would otherwise seem unusually paired but actually works fabulous together!
80s music are to be expected but add a few covers that are new and fresh. Find an acoustic version of Papa Don't Preach. Or the rock version of Roam.
THE TOO-COOL-FOR-SCHOOL GUESTS
'Nuff said!
THE ABRUPTIVE STYLING
Veer away from the usual cutesy 80s details found in 80s weddings. Sure, The Carrie Diaries is set in this period and there are a lot of references to the 80s--but it's also very honest and refreshing. We already know you are having an 80s wedding--so keep it unexpected still. I never for one second thought that of all styling elements the show will glorify graffiti and make it look hot. Now that's abruptive.
There you have it folks! Watch the show! It's fab! As a bonus, here are some photos compiled by Yahoo comparing the style of the then & now (or is it now & then) Ms. Bradshaw:
Read the full Yahoo! feature HERE
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April 5, 2016 by Chris Sheridan
The team that passed on Stephen Curry oh so many years ago got beaten in the NCAA championship game by what else? A 3-pointer. You have to believe the folks at Davidson, especially one particular ex-student, took a little extra gratification from Kris Jenkins’ title-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer that lifted Villanova over North Carolina. Because it was Davidson, you may recall, that benefited most from the decisions by North Carolina and Duke to take a pass on the player who
MVP Rankings, Edition VIII: Coaches Weigh In On Their Own Award
March 17, 2016 by Chris Sheridan
We publish these rankings roughly twice a month, an exercise in futility tantamount to being a 50-year old on a beach in Panama City looking to re-live his conquests of the mid-1980s back when Fort Lauderdale and The Button were the hot spots. So now that I have revealed my Easter weekend plans (not really, but it is not 100 percent out of the question), I will reveal my mid-April plans: I am going to fill out my MVP ballot, and
Sheridan: MVP Rankings, Edition IV: The Post-Blatt Effect
January 24, 2016 by Chris Sheridan
What is the takeaway from David Blatt’s shocking dismissal as coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers? A few things, all of them related to the Cavs being weak-minded. (Hey, you make a move like that, and you open a window into dysfunction junction.) 1. The East is now a lot more wide open than people might have realized. Exhibit A was the Cavs’ mail-it-in effort in Saturday night’s home loss to the Chicago Bulls, with new coach Tyronn Lue explaining afterward that his
Bernucca: Handing Out My Midseason Awards
January 18, 2016 by Chris Bernucca
This is the time of year when we give out our midseason awards. But before we get to the drudgery of Sixth Man Award and Most Valuable Player, let’s start the festivities with a special award for individual achievement that goes to Rashad Vaughn. Vaughn is a shooting guard for the Milwaukee Bucks and the second-youngest player in the NBA. He is one of the dozens of rookies who have made virtually no impact in their first season. He is averaging 2.5 points
Sheridan: MVP Rankings, Edition III: On Kobe Bryant, Steve Harvey & Ish Smith
December 26, 2015 by Chris Sheridan
Pre-Christmas week brought a foreshadowing of what was coming, as an e-mail from columnist and NBA Encylopedia author Jan Hubbard (who lives in Dallas) included a notation that he was in Los Angeles, where the locals are still infatuated with Kobe Bryant to an extreme degree — or so it seemed to an outsider and objective observer, as Hubbard was. Christmas then brought the news that Bryant is running away with the lead in All-Star balloting, which is always a popularity
Sheridan: MVP Rankings, Edition II: Who’s Vying for Runner-Up?
December 8, 2015 by Chris Sheridan
Ever heard of a racehorse named Twice a Prince? Ever heard of a young woman from Nevada named Nia Sanchez? Or how about the poker player Joshua Beckley, who had a whole bunch of TV time in November. Any of those names ring a bell? Probably not … and you know why? They all finished second. Twice a Prince finished a mere 31 lengths behind the legendary Secretariat in the 1973 Belmont Stakes. Sanchez, despite a controversy over whether she qualified for Nevada residency or
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Christ In All We Do
St Christopher's Multi Academy Trust (MAT) is a company limited by guarantee and an exempt charity registered in England and Wales, company number 08538844. It was established in May 2013. The Trust incorporates the sixteen schools. It is governed by a Board of Trustees comprising Directors and charitable trustees. Our governance arrangements are outlined in the governance section of this website.
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Telepsychiatry for Effective, Discrete Substance Abuse Treatment
Private, Online Telepsychiatry Platforms Like CloudVisit Telemedicine Help Ensure Long-Term Treatment Availability and Compliance for Substance Abuse and Addiction Recovery
By Marketwired .
March 24, 2014 03:04 PM EDT
COLD SPRING, NY -- (Marketwired) -- 03/24/14 -- Issues of substance abuse and addiction span all demographics, social classes, and geographies. However, access to effective psychiatric and behavioral therapy is often hindered by financial constraints and social stigmas. Telepsychiatry and telemedicine offer ways to overcome these hurdles by connecting doctors and substance abuse specialists with patients for online care. The result is cost-effective and completely private treatment that is sustainable for both providers and patients.
CloudVisit Telemedicine, a healthcare SaaS (software as a service) provider, offers a custom-designed telepsychiatry platform that facilitates the frequent communication, support, and follow-up care required for addiction recovery. Through CloudVisit, health professionals can conduct unlimited video sessions with patients who are in-facility or at home. For patients, HIPAA-compliant telemedicine through CloudVisit makes participation and compliance much easier and more discrete.
"We see CloudVisit as a perfect fit for substance abuse treatment facilities, community service boards, and private healthcare professionals. The unique inpatient and outpatient needs of providers and patients, whether financial or personal, can be effectively met with our easy-to-use, affordable telepsychiatry platform," said Daniel Gilbert, president and CEO of CloudVisit Telemedicine.
CloudVisit: affordable telepsychiatry for inpatient addiction treatment
Inpatient substance abuse facilities come in many forms, both private centers and publicly funded clinics. High patient turnover and a wide range of abuse and addiction conditions create the need for extensive professional support, though serving large populations with limited funding is a challenge.
Telepsychiatry through CloudVisit lets these facilities tap into a full "staff" of psychiatrists, psychologists, and other addiction specialists without the need for constant on-site presence. Remotely, providers can participate in one-on-one patient assessments and group therapy, gathering real-time information about patients' demeanors and offering direct support. With CloudVisit, a facility's own network of professionals are brought together in one safe place, free from travel expenses and full-time salaries.
Outpatient substance abuse success through telepsychiatry
For adults and adolescents recovering from substance abuse, success depends on access to a network of support professionals. Telepsychiatry helps patients remain in close contact with the very same psychiatrists and therapists who treated them in-facility. Remote therapy helps patients more effectively transition from inpatient care to long-term wellness and lasting recovery as outpatients. Social stigmas are also erased when patients continue receiving confidential treatment from home.
"Telepsychiatry and telemedicine answer financial and privacy concerns for a broad spectrum of healthcare channels, especially in substance abuse and remote psychiatric care. Travel-free treatment saves facilities money and fortifies the benefits of continuous patient care," said Gilbert.
CloudVisit Telemedicine offers telepsychiatry platforms to suit a range of inpatient and outpatient processes and budgets. For a low monthly fee, providers can conduct unlimited HIPAA-compliant video sessions, made easy through medically-minded scheduling and tracking tools.
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British Fashion Council Partners with Rightster for a 7th Consecutive Season to provide live online access to London Fashion Week
Rightster is also helping to extend audience reach via live distribution of London Fashion Week shows on YouTube for the very first time.
LONDON, UK(2/14/2013) -
Rightster, the video distribution and monetisation specialist, today announces it has partnered with the British Fashion Council for the seventh season in a row to live stream 21 of the catwalk shows at London Fashion Week this month. The live streams and on-demand videos will be available both on www.londonfashionweek.co.uk and on YouTube at www.youtube.com/lfwtv.
Rightster is managing the London Fashion Week TV (LFWTV) channel on YouTube where the live streams and on-demand videos will be made available. By using a combination of advanced YouTube audience development techniques, Rightster will optimise the YouTube channel to maximise audience loyalty and reach.
“We are delighted to be working together with the British Fashion Council and Rightster to live stream one of the world's most exciting fashion events to YouTube,” said Ben McOwen Wilson, Head of Content partnerships for Northern Europe at YouTube.
This season, with 21 shows live streamed and over 100 on-demand videos available to online publishers, the media will have the ability to enhance their own coverage and engage their audience with rich video content by simply embedding the live stream on their websites. Rightster will be distributing the live stream to hundreds of online fashion publications and special interest websites and blogs around the world, giving fans worldwide a front row seat to their favourite fashion designers’ shows.
Designers participating will benefit from the additional distribution avenues enabled by Rightster, and media outlets without their own crew will be able to deliver live exclusive coverage so that the designers’ reach will extend to an unprecedented audience size worldwide. Rightster is also working with London Fashion Week sponsors, including Triumph, LG and American Express, to help them create original video content to support their social media and marketing campaigns.
“Rightster is helping us provide an online experience for followers of fashion around the globe.” said Clara Mercer, Head of Marketing at the British Fashion Council. “With Rightster’s help and expertise, we have been able to increase our consumer reach which is increasingly important for designers showcasing during London Fashion Week.”
The catwalk shows to be live streamed this year include Zoe Jordan, Bora Aksu, KTZ, Felder Felder, Jean Pierre Braganza, PPQ, Central Saint Martins, DAKS, Jasper Conran, John Rocha, Todd Lynn, ISSA, David Koma, Marios Schwab, Michael Van Der Ham, Osman, Emilio De La Morena, Ashish, Maria Grachvogel, Aminaka Wilmont and Hazizhen Wang.
“We are extremely excited to continue our successful partnership with the British Film Council for a seventh consecutive season. Together, we are able to increase access to the fashion world’s most exciting live and on-demand video content.” said Charlie Muirhead, Founder and CEO at Rightster.
He continued, “Rightster makes the task of efficiently distributing, promoting and securing advertising for online video content as easy as possible for fashion designers, media properties and brands, ultimately increasing digital media engagement and enabling them to reach the widest audience possible.”
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Home Doing Business in Southwest Florida
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BECK COS. OPENS NEW HEADQUARTERS
Beck Cos. has opened new headquarters at 6460 Metro Plantation Road in Fort Myers, with its original headquarters in LaBelle now serving as a satellite office. This comes just weeks after the firm evolved its name from Beck Construction, LLC, as well as introduced...
The Southwest Florida Regional Technology Partnership (SWFRTP) has announced the winners of the 11th annual Technology Awards, held on May 16 at the Club at Grandezza in Estero. Ann E. Joyce of Chico’s FAS served as the keynote speaker....
DILLON JOINS WRIGHT CONSTRUCTION GROUP
Wright Construction Group has hired Jack Dillon as senior project manager. Dillon will manage the overall direction, completion and financial outcome for assigned projects, as well as provide leadership and mentorship to on-site staff. With 30-plus years of construction industry experience, Dillon has...
FGCU NAMES VP FOR ADVANCEMENT
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CRAVE EVENT STAFFING LAUNCHES
Brian and Nicole Roland, founders of Crave Culinaire, have launched Crave Event Staffing. The new venture provides clients with a service strategy, team leader, carefully vetted staff and attention to detail for cocktail, dining and entertainment events.
Spiro & Associates Achieves Five Image Awards for Public Relations Programs and Tools
Spiro & Associates Marketing, Advertising, Public Relations and Brand Architecture was a recipient of five Local Image Awards presented by the Southwest Florida Chapter of the Florida Public Relations Association (FPRA). CEO/Chief Creative Officer...
MILOFF AUBUCHON REALTY GROUP CELEBRATES 20 YEARS
Two decades ago, Jeff Miloff and Gary Aubuchon teamed up to open Miloff Aubuchon Realty Group. In April, the team celebrates 20 years of offering a unique one-stop shop buying and selling experience. “When Gary and I first started...
CONRIC wins big at FPRA Local Image Awards
CONRIC PR & Marketing gets results for its clients. The latest testament to that came Thursday, April 18 at the Florida Public Relations Association Southwest Florida Chapter’s annual Local Image Awards ceremony. The CONRIC team won an Image Award, an Award of...
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We started off our New Years celebrations with Gord BBQing steak and potatoes. Very yummy! We had a nice Syrah to go along with it. It's our New Years Eve tradition ~ this is our fifth New Years Eve together and we've done it four out of the five (we spent New Years 2002 in Cuba).
We headed off to the Foggy Dew to bring in the new year ~ it was only $10 a ticket, it's one of our favorite pubs and it's within walking distance from home.
There was a very good Celtic band and we had a great time.
By Teena in Toronto at 11:59 pm 2 comments: Links to this post
Book ~ "Fall Down, Laughing : How Squiggy Caught Multiple Sclerosis and Didn't Tell Nobody" (2000) David Lander
From Amazon.com ~ In the summer of 1999, David Lander revealed publicly that he suffers from multiple sclerosis - a secret he'd kept for fifteen years even while living and working in Hollywood's celebrity fishbowl. Diagnosed with the illness after filming the last episode of Laverne and Shirley, Lander continued to develop his film and television career while hiding his illness. His success was a testament to his physical and emotional strength and his determination to prove that those with M.S. can still enjoy fulfilling and challenging lives. Over the years, Lander tried everything to improve his condition: exercise programs, alternative medicine, support groups, the latest crop of designer drugs. Weaving his experiences against a backdrop of entertaining celebrity anecdotes, Lander offers a message of affirmation that will provide information and hope to millions of M.S. sufferers, their friends and caregivers.
Quick interesting read. Very inspiring!
By Teena in Toronto at 6:40 pm No comments: Links to this post
Label(s): Books, Books - 2005, David Lander, Published 2000
Book ~ "Fishbowl" (2002) Sarah Mlynowski
From Amazon.com ~ Roommates Allie, Jodine, and Emma are about as different as three people can be. Allie is enthusiastic but immature; Jodine is cold and closed-off; Emma is a stylish good-time girl. Despite the fact that they get on each other's nerves, they get along well enough, even after Jodine wakes up one night to discover that their kitchen is on fire. With no insurance, the girls are forced to come up with creative ways to raise money, including throwing big parties at a local bar and offering a seminar for men hoping to meet girls. Meanwhile, each roommate has her own man troubles: Allie pines for her friend, Clint, while the cute repairman flirts with her; Jodine is bored by her loyal boyfriend; and Emma has fallen for a sexy guy she meets at one of their parties, only to discover that she's smitten with Clint.
There are four narrators in this book and I found it hard at first keeping them straight. But once I got to know the characters, it got easier. It's a funny story and I enjoyed it. It was cool to read a book set in Toronto, rather than the States.
By Teena in Toronto at 1:27 pm 1 comment: Links to this post
Label(s): Books, Books - 2005, Published 2002, Sarah Mlynowski
The best Christmas present!
The most special Christmas gift I received this year was from my sister, Sarah. She's into scrapbooking (she's very talented!) and put together a frame of pix of she and I.
Clockwise starting at the top left are:
Christmas ~ 1982
New Years in Cancun ~ 1998
New Years in Cuba ~ 1999
On a cruise around Toronto harbour ~ maybe 1992
At a family reunion ~ maybe 1996
Being cool on a patio in Toronto ~ maybe 1990
New Years in Cuba 1999
For my birthday two years ago, she put together a small album called "Teena ... a step back in time" with black and white pix of our parents (before I was even thought of!) and me up to the age of five. It meant a lot to me.
She's the best sister in the whole wide world!
By Teena in Toronto at 5:00 pm 3 comments: Links to this post
Book ~ "Speedbumps: Flooring it Through Hollywood" (2005) Teri Garr
From Amazon.com ~ As Garr describes growing up on the fringes of 1950s and '60s Hollywood in a "gypsy showbiz family," studying ballet, ignoring school and sneaking into auditions pretending to be older than she was, readers will realize hers is a pretty familiar Hollywood story. She didn't sleep with Elvis or one of the Beatles but she was next door when her girlfriend went to bed with Elvis, and she sat in the recording studio during the making of Yellow Submarine. Garr worked her way from smaller parts (dancer in Viva Las Vegas and other Elvis movies) to bigger ones (Tootsie and Mr. Mom) until her career was finally on track. Alas, this is when she discovered she had no life—no husband, no baby—and started scrambling. She'd also developed a limp and some intermittent neurological tics. In 1983, a specialist diagnosed multiple sclerosis and prescribed the medication Garr has become a spokesperson for.
Not an overly exciting life story but worth the read.
By Teena in Toronto at 11:26 pm No comments: Links to this post
Label(s): Books, Books - 2005, Published 2005, Teri Garr
Gord has taken some cooking courses and one of the things he learned in his last one was how to make tourtières. That's what he made for supper tonight. Basically it's a French Canadian meat pie made with ground beef and pork. Very yummy!
A recipe similar to his is here.
We had a quiet Christmas. I was sick today and yesterday ~ I spent most of today in bed. But I'm feeling a lot better now. Yay!
Gord made a very yummy Christmas dinner. He did a couple of cornish hens stuffed with rice with dressing (Stove Top) on the side.
I yakked with my sister (she lives in Halifax, NS) for a while this evening. It was their turn to have her husband's family over for Christmas dinner ~ she had 25 people! Whoa!!! But it sounds like all went well.
By Teena in Toronto at 11:58 pm 1 comment: Links to this post
Book ~ "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy" (2004) The Fab 5
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy : The Fab 5's Guide to Looking Better, Cooking Better, Dressing Better, Behaving Better, and Living Better - Ted Allen, Kyan Douglas, Thom Filicia, Carson Kressley and Jai Rodriguez
From Amazon.com ~ A witty, yet sound manual based on the hit television show. A chapter is devoted to each star's area of expertise – Ted on food and wine, Kyan on grooming, Thom on decorating, Carson on fashion and Jai on culture. The pages are chock-full of color, including quality photos, "hiptips" and "straightguyFAQ" boxes appear on almost every other page. Each chapter contains one or more lists of five items, such as classics every man should own, elements of a perfect shave, and dishes not to order on a date. Underneath the humor and the occasional sexual innuendo are the book's strength and appeal: sincere, commonsense advice on how to be "you–only better."
Even though it's directed at guys, I found it interesting and funny.
Label(s): Books, Books - 2005, Published 2004
Christmas overload?
There is a house (at Brock/Dundas W) not far from us that really gets into the holiday season every year. And though it doesn't seem possible, every year they seem to add another decoration and/or light. These pictures don't do it justice.
Book ~ "An Idiot Girl's Christmas" (2005) Laurie Notaro
From Goodreads ~ It’s the most wonderful - and most dreadful - season of the year, when boxes of truffles attack your thighs, drunken holiday revelers stay long past their welcome, and your grandmother has conniptions at the department store over the price of hand lotion. Welcome to Laurie Notaro’s Christmastime.
In ten brand-new stories and three previously published favorites, Notaro shares the sidesplitting daily disasters of the holidays, like finding herself on emergency feminine product recon at midnight on Christmas Eve; surrendering to the inevitable Horrible Gift Parade by simply asking for holiday dish towels and giant white underpants from Sears; battling the morons in line at the Seventh Circle of Hell, otherwise known as the do-it-yourself craft store; and trying to live down her reputation as the Most Unfun Christmas Party Guest Ever, due to an unfortunate misunderstanding involving a fake overdose and emergency paramedics.
So whether you find yourself at the Dull and Smart Party or the Raucous and Stupid Party this holiday season, you’ll always know where to find Laurie - just follow the chocolate trail over to the cheese platter. She’ll be the one dialing the cops.
It's a quick read ~ I read it in a day. I really enjoy her writing style ~ it's sarcastic and funny.
Label(s): Books, Books - 2005, Laurie Notaro, Published 2005
Our Christmas decorations
Gord and I aren't big on Christmas and we don't put up a tree. One of the few things we do is put up lights outside on the terrace.
We live in a condo in a townhouse ~ there are 180 condos in all and ours is a lower unit. A lot of the units decorate their terraces and balconies so it's cool with everyone doing their own thing.
This is our terrace this year ~ and you can see the lights (five stars) we put up inside on the living room window. The snow makes a nicer effect.
Book ~ "Milkrun" (2001) Sarah Mlynowski
From Amazon.com ~ Jackie Norris' jaw drops when she gets an email from her boyfriend, Jeremy, telling her that he's seeing someone else in Thailand, where he has gone to "find himself." A harried 24-year-old copy editor at a romance publisher, Jackie decides to be proactive and speed up the process of getting over Jeremy by dating other men. But the men she meets are disappointing: a handsome stud she went to high school with is both rude and a lousy kisser, and it turns out that the goodlooking intellectual is still living with his girlfriend. Meanwhile, Jackie's roommate, Sam, separates from her longtime boyfriend and goes from being a devoted girlfriend to single girl extraordinaire, making Jackie envious. The only good guy in Jackie's life seems to be Jeremy's friend Andrew, but just as Jackie starts to fall for him, Jeremy reenters her life. Though at times annoyingly neurotic, Jackie is a likable heroine, and twentysomething singles will relate to her frustrating search for love in a big city.
I really enjoyed this book. I liked the writing style ~ funny and sarcastic. The character is very quirky and I felt at times I was sitting next to her with a glass of wine and listening to her go on and on (but in a good way!). There are lots of typos ~ very ironic given what Jackie does for a living.
I'm looking forward to reading more of her books. A couple months ago, I read her Bras and Broomsticks. Though it's directed at teens, it was enjoyable.
Elmhurst Spa, Toronto, ON
I had fun tonight with friends and new friends at the Elmwood Spa. I had a 50 minute Swedish massage which was followed by supper. The Elmwood is great because you can sit in the fancy restaurant in just your robe!
I had a mixed green salad, cornish hen and apple crumble with pecan ice cream for dessert ~ a couple glasses of sparkling wine. The servers were very attentive and kept us stocked with bread and water.
Thanks to Angie for arranging this!
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Book ~ "The Bad Girl's Guide to Getting Personal" (2004) Cameron Tuttle
From Amazon.com ~ We're talking relationships, Bad Girl style. Get real, get close, get Bad with anyone, anytime -- friends, family, lovers, of course, but don't forget your hairdresser, bartender, landlord, dry cleaner, taxi driver, boss, dog, and telemarketer. Discover when to prune your family tree, when to flirt, and when it's time to start or end a relationship. Special sections such as Can This Relationship Be Saved?, Notes to Self, and Personal Power Steering offer hundreds of smart tips and clever tricks with a healthy dose of Bad Girl wisdom. Witty, warm, and packed with sassy charm, this is why being Bad is so darn good.
Quick fun read.
Label(s): Books, Books - 2005, Cameron Tuttle, Published 2004
Philthy McNasty's, Toronto, ON
Philthy McNasty's has opened a new restaurant on King W where the Peel Pub used to be. What a difference! It's really cool in there now. They've changed the seating style to include not only tables/chairs but also booths. And each booth has its own TV. And there's huge TVs on all the walls. And loud tunes (rock, country, etc.) playing.
I had a Meatza Pizza Calzone which was good. For dessert, I split a Banana Blast ~ banana muffin sauteed with pieces of banana, carmelized butter and toffee sauce which comes with vanilla ice cream. Very yummy!
I'd definitely go back as it has a fun atmosphere.
December 20 ~ I had lunch with Trish (not the Trish who just had a birthday) here today. I had a bacon cheese burger with fries. The patty is really big (1/2 pound). The fries were good. Trish had some kind of chicken wrap that didn't look too bad.
December 26 - I ordered medium wings ~ they were okay. I'd get hot or suicide next time.
Label(s): Philthy McNasty's Toronto ON
Book ~ "Hunger Point: A Novel" (1997) Jillian Medoff
From Amazon. com ~ This novel attempts to unravel the familial and social pressures that drive two sisters into a life of serious food abuse. One survives, the other doesn't. Frannie, though she does not succumb completely to anorexia, is near the breaking point and Hunger Point takes us along on her painful and often funny emotional odyssey of rebirth, detailed with her family's embattled love and her own self-loathing. Food is not the only matter of the body that is treated brilliantly; the author's soul-baring depiction of both the miseries and pleasures of sex from a woman's point of view is unforgettable and occasionally terrifying.
Though it’s not a happy story, I enjoyed this book. I liked the writing style and felt for the main character, Frannie, and all that she went through.
Label(s): Books, Books - 2005, Jillian Medoff, Published 1997
I won pizza!
Whenever I go to a restaurant, I always put my business card in their bowl or box to win a free meal (or whatever they will be drawing for). I've won a few things over the years. I won 20 Yuk Yuk tickets three times. I also won a wing party for up to ten people at Hooters.
I got a call today from Lasan at Pizza Pizza. She told me that I've won a large pizza with three tops every month for a year (so that's twelve pizzas in total). Whoohoo!!! I LOVE pizza!!!!!
December 19 update: Got the envelope with the year supply of pizza coupons today. Whoohoo!!!
Book ~ "Storm: A Motorcycle Journey of Love, Endurance and Transformation" (2000) Allen Noren
From Amazon. com ~ It's clear reading Allen Noren's travel memoir, Storm, that some trips just weren't meant to be. Yet take a really good writer, expose him to adverse conditions, toss in tragically bad weather, and what do you get? In this case, a beautifully written, stirring story that gets better and better as the journey worsens. A diehard traveler, Noren had been exploring the far corners of the world for years when he and his girlfriend, Suzanne, plotted out an adventurous, three-month route around the Baltic Sea. They considered traveling by kayak, by car, and eventually settled on the idea of riding a motorcycle (or rather, Noren settled on the idea and managed to convince his girlfriend that the bike would be the way to go). While Noren is completely exhilarated by the challenges presented by their used BMW, and indeed, feels totally one with the machine, Suzanne hates it from the get-go. Screaming down the Autobahn in the driving rain at 85 mph, stumbling upon a motorcycle rally full of crazed, alcohol-induced biker revelers, and camping out nightly after long days on the road doesn't hold the same appeal for her that it does for him. The tale works on many levels, but at its best Storm is a poignant account of two people whose dreams have begun to diverge. It is also an exploration of the reasons we travel, how those reasons can change, subtly at first, and then more dramatically, as we do. And finally, it is a descriptive travelogue, full of wonderful passages that bring the landscape of Sweden and Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland to life.
Interesting journey about the places they went and the people they met. It’s a trip I’ll probably never make.
Label(s): Allen Noren, Books, Books - 2005, Published 2000
Book ~ "The Adventure of Food: True Stories of Eating Everything" (1999) Richard Sterling
From Amazon.com ~ A collection of true stories will make your mouth water while helping you better understand other cultures, through its touching, funny, and sometimes frightening stories of eating.
As with other compilation books, some stories are funny and some are rather boring.
Label(s): Books, Books - 2005, Published 1999, Richard Sterling
My office Christmas party was tonight at the King Edward Hotel. I work for a small company and most of us were there, along with our spouses.
We started with drinks and appetizers and then moved on to the meal (roasted potatoes and cornish hens stuffed with wild rice). Afterwards a lot of us went to the bar for a drink.
I don't get dressed up very often so it was fun to have my hair done and be in a long dress for a change.
2nd Annual Holiday Sale and Showcase
Flyers were delivered this week about a craft sale down the street. It promised over 40 vendors with "fresh, one-of-a-kind" gift ideas - one day only! I love these kinds of things! Monica, Katherine and I were there when it opened. I tried some samples of cookies (cheesy savory shortbread cookies) and truffles. A couple ladies were selling jewellery. A chick was selling teeshirts with cartoons and blood. A fella was selling picture postcards.
Up on the top floor, we discovered a couple selling truffles and baked goods. The chocolate croissants looked amazing. After asking three times for a croissant and Rice Krispie Square, the guy looked at me and asked me if I wanted anything. Duh!! The woman's demeanour was very rude ~ needless to say we didn't buy much from them.
The One of a Kind Craft Show is in town right now not far away. It's HUGE! I used to go to it every year but I find it too pricey and fancy now. Anyway, I don't think they have much to worry about.
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Book ~ "Take Me With You : A Round-the-World Journey to Invite a Stranger Home" (2002) Brad Newsham
From Amazon.com ~ After two decades of travels around the world, Brad Newsham decides to pack his bags again to return the gift of magic that travel has brought into his life. His plan is to give a little of that back to someone he meets along the way - to invite a new untraveled friend to visit him, all-expenses paid, in America. Over 100 days, he travels through the Philippines, India, Egypt, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
This is an excellent book! Brad travelled to many places that I have no plans to go - plus he did it very frugally - so it was interesting to read about his adventures. It sounds like he met a lot of interesting people along the way with the goal of inviting someone to his home for a month.
Label(s): Books, Books - 2005, Brad Newsham, Published 2002
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Review: Mutant Year Zero Road to Eden
December 20, 2018Nick Edwards0 Comments
CategoriesGaming
The title is the last time I will be using the full name of the game because I feel like it would only cheat my word count. Mutant Year Zero seems to be a game that is flying under the radar and has been for the last year or so. Published by Funcom (Conan Exiles) and developed by The Bearded Ladies, a dev team out of Sweden, the game itself is based upon a traditional pen and paper RPG from, interestingly enough, Sweden. While I wasn’t initially interested in playing this game, the more and more I saw of it the more it piqued my curiosity. I can say after spending some time with it, that Mutant Year Zero scratches an itch I didn’t even know I had.
I hear this game get compared to X-Com alot. It’s a strategic turn based game with a nice leveling system, exploration and a decent stealth component. I really came into my gaming own on PS2 era JRPG’s and stealth games like Splinter Cell that if you make one mistake can result in you totally scrapping a level or fight and starting over from scratch. That is this game for me. You control an initial team of two characters, Bormin a warthog and Dux….a duck who are also known as Stalkers. Stalkers are post apocalyptic scavengers tasked with venturing out into the dangerous zone to keep the Ark, the last refuge for mankind, running. The Ark is where you will get backstory, buy supplies, upgrade weapons and unlock certain perks that come with finding artifacts out in the world. You can fast travel back to the Ark at any point and vice versa to any area you’ve already discovered, which after playing a game like Red Dead was so very much welcomed.
Grab yourself some Grog or trade in artifacts for perks at the pub
Combat encourages you to carefully scout each encounter to ensure you have the edge at all times. Often, towards my beginning time with the game, I would encounter two enemies and as I engaged with them the sounds would alert others close by quickly outnumbering my team. The game has numerous stealth weapons and a system to pick off straggling enemies so that when you do finally engage with a group you won’t be surprised. Along they way you collect scrap, armor, weapon parts and relics of the worlds past. These are all used as currency back at the ark. You earn XP for each encounter which can be put in to each characters skill tree, unlocking more health, and cool mutant powers like shooting someones kneecap leaving them unable to move or growing wings to over over the battlefield.
Combat, while simple, can be pretty deep and always fun
The story is mostly told via voice overs pushing it along between missions and you will get a chance during trips back to the Ark to sit and listen to the elder tell you about the world long gone. I have to say that I really love the approach to this and it really does a lot for the world building. The play between Bormin, the grumble no nonsense one, and Dux, the mouthy cocky, one is really fun as well. I felt invested in the story and the spin they put on “artifacts” found out in the world when discussing what a “boombox” or “iPod” was, was done so in a very fun and clever way. You are encouraged to explore every inch of every area on the map just to find a bit more about the world they left behind and how it got to be how it is now.
A lot of the story is within the level design itself
I really truly was surprised by my love of the game. They introduce enough variance throughout where the main game play loop does not feel like it gets stale. New enemies with new abilities come at a good pace as well as new characters. My biggest knock against it is the difficulty spike I perceived as I carried on from the initial opening to the first real mission. You go from one mission getting to down enemies with one shot to having ghouls come at you one or two levels higher that require a few rounds to take down. That and the game seems to funnel you towards level 25 or higher enemies while you still only maybe a level 10 or so. Even with this I can see it as a clear and deliberate design choice, within the world and the story it makes sense to be worried about finding enough supplies to upgrade your kits to survive another encounter and for you to truly need to think about each and every encounter before firing a shot. That said I still was able to clear encounters almost every time, granted I’m playing on easy since this is a new genre for me.
Before the release of Mutant Year Zero I don’t think I had a clear cut top three games of the year, but this one truly deserves to be on everyone’s radar. Its a fun, deep, challenging game that is different from anything else available right now with a lot of the same polish and care. Do yourself a favor and scratch that itch you may not know you had with this title.
TopicsBearded LadiesFuncomMutant Year ZeroRoad to EdenrpgSwedenXcom
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Triple Wave Cuff In 22-Carat Gold And Diamonds
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Published in Life Support
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Bereavement, whether it is of a family member or a close friend, can have a deep impact on our lives. There are a number of organisations that have been set up to help people who are struggling in this area. This has been written with people who need help in Cardiff in mind but may apply to those who live in other areas of the UK.
Care for the Family is a partner organization of The Net Cardiff and wants to support you through your bereavement. Here are details of two of their initiatives and a list of specialist organisations to help you as you grieve – or you may prefer to call them on 029 2081 0800.
Widowed Young Support
Supporting those who have been widowed at a young age through a telephone support network, events and a regular email newsletter. Visit www.careforthefamily.org.uk/wys or phone 029 2081 0800 to find out more.
Bereaved Parent Support
Offering hope and comfort to those who have a lost a child of any age and in any circumstance - through a telephone support network, events and a regular email newsletter. Visit www.careforthefamily.org.uk/bps or call 029 2081 0800 to find out more.
Cruse Bereavement Care
Cruse is the largest bereavement support organisation for both adults and children in the UK. They provide one-to-one support to anyone who has suffered bereavement, together with a telephone helpline (0808 8081677). Their website www.cruse.org.uk gives further information and contact details for local branches.
This road safety charity runs a helpline (0808 8000401) for anyone bereaved as a result of a road crash. You can find out more at www.brake.org.uk
Brake runs free courses to train people to educate young drivers about the consequences of dangerous driving behaviours.
Care Confidential
Free confidential counselling, support, help and advice if you are facing an unplanned pregnancy or have post-abortion concerns. Advisors will help you work through your thoughts and feelings and enable you to face the future with hope.
For all counselling requests or queries please use online advisor or call the CareConfidential helpline free.
Freephone number: 0800 028 2228
Website: www.careconfidential.com
The Child Bereavement Charity
Provides support to families and professionals when a child dies or when a child is bereaved of someone important in their lives. Services offered include a Support and Information Line, Buckinghamshire-based Family Bereavement Support Service, interactive website with a Families and Professionals Forum, resources and Professionals Training Programme.
Website: www.childbereavement.org.uk
Tel: (01494) 446648
Child Death Helpline
Telephone helpline for anyone affected by the death of a child, from pre-birth to the death of an adult child, however long ago, and whatever the circumstances. It is staffed by experienced and trained bereaved parent volunteers.
Freephone number: 0800 282986 Website: www.childdeathhelpline.org.uk
An organisation of bereaved parents and their families offering understanding, support and encouragement to others after the death of a child or children. They also offer support, advice and information to other relatives, friends and professionals who are helping the family.
Website: www.tcf.org.uk
Helpline: 0345 123 2304
For a full list of other organisations that can offer support visit the Care for the Family website.
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CNET Asia got its hands on a brand new O2 Atom Exec, which was recently announced by O2 Asia and published a review with some new great photos of the Windows Mobile Pocket PC Phone Edition, which is an incremental upgrade to the original Atom, a move the company hopes will help stave off increasing competition from the likes of HP with its iPAQ rw6828 or the upcoming multimedia BlackBerry devices.
Following the highly successful design of the original Atom, the Exec offers the same dimensions - 102x58x18.5 mm - and a more than manageable weight of 140g. The most significant design difference between the first Atom and the Atom Exec is the fact that the new one uses a matte as opposed to a glossy finish.
The Exec runs on the Windows Mobile 5.0 operating system, upgraded with the Messaging and Security Feature Pack (MSFP) aka AKU 2. The most important update were done internally, there are a number of improvements upon the original Atom. The Atom Exec now uses a 520MHz Intel processor and is sporting 192 MB of ROM. The faster processor improves application performance and load time, while the increased ROM provides more space for storing data.
Connectivity options abound and include W-LAN 802.11b, Bluetooth 1.2, infrared and tri-band (900/1800/1900MHz) GSM/GPRS/EDGE.
Multimedia features are also plentiful and include an FM radio, an upgraded 2 megapixel camera for photos and videos.
The new O2 Xda Atom Exec should become available across East- and South-East Asia (incl. Australia) during this July at an estimated retail price of around US$ 845.
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Matt Veto Leaves Unforgettable Legacy, Bids Adieu to The VLB
In 1998, an outspoken Moline High School sophomore wasn’t ready to give up his love for playing hardball. While labeled “not good enough” to play for the varsity Maroon squad, Matt Veto created his own baseball group – designed for anyone of any skill level. Like anything, it took time for word to spread.
In its inaugural year, Veto rounded up 25 players – most of whom were Moline High School colleagues – to come out to Saukie Field in Rock Island to play sandlot style baseball. What started as eight guys having batting practice expanded to 10 guys playing “right field out” rules, and soon word of mouth was out and the league had enough players to play an entire field.
Veto recalls his high school pal Scott Boruff being so excited to play baseball that he asked, “When are we playing ‘Veto League’”? Needless to say, the name stuck.
The next three years didn’t see much growth in the league, as only 25 new players tried out the sandlot style baseball league. As Veto’s high school friends graduated and traveled away to college, he didn’t know if the league would survive, so he had to do something different to keep guys interested.
“This league changes every year. We’ve gone from cardboard beer boxes to actual bases. We’ve organized ourselves enough to have a set schedule with designated captains,” recalled Veto, “But the most influential and beneficial change was incorporating stats into our league.”
In 2002, Veto unveiled his box scores, which kept track of the lineup, at bats, hits, extra base hits, and runs batted in. In 2003, Veto League began tracking runs scored. Stats, box scores, and stories went onto Veto League’s Geocities website. These changes are no doubt why the participation in the VLB has soared over the next decade. In ’02-’03, 68 new players came out to try Veto League.
In 2004, Veto unveiled official Veto League jerseys. They were navy colored and cotton, and included “VETO LEAGUE” screened on the front and the players name/number on the back. In ’05, they began selling orange jerseys and hats.
Today, Veto League is host of its own web domain, www.thevlb.com, and is probably as organized as any sandlot baseball league in America. In 2011, Veto League played a record 63 games, featuring 101 players and 55 debuts – by far more than any other season.
This year marked the first year any other Vetos made it out to the ball park. Matt invited brothers Jason and Jim Jr., along with his father, Jim Sr. Said Sr., “It’s been many years since I’ve had the pleasure of playing basbeall with all three of my sons at the same time.” Veto made that work on a day the Vetos are sure to remember for years to come.
Matt Veto considers Veto League his greatest creation, but not because he’s been keeping it afloat for 14 years. Not because career stats have been tracked since 2002. Or because interest in the league has exploded with social networking facets Facebook, CraigsList, Twitter, and even e-mail (a new concept in 1998). Veto is responsible and deserves credit for the hundreds of new friendships that have sparked though his baseball league. Guys (and girls) who would have never known each other had it not been for the common interest in playing casual backyard baseball.
Midseason 2011, Veto announced his unofficial retirement from his own league. Moving on to bigger and better things, Veto married his best friend in September, then two weeks later moved to Columbus, Missouri, to focus on getting a Masters’ Degree at prestigious Mizzou.
Veto may not be around to play at all next year, but he left behind a legacy that will last an eternity. The way Veto played the game of baseball is unmatched by any other Veto Leaguer. Leaving the competitive side of sandlot baseball, Veto led by example and always had a smiles on his face. He taught myself and others to enjoy every day on the field. We play baseball not to win, but to have fun, get a little exercise, make ourselves better, and above all else, build lasting friendships.
As president of Veto League Baseball, I thank you, Matt Veto, for your countless hours of time, hundreds of dollars of your own money, unwavering patience, and infinite amount of heart you have given toward the league we all love. #9 will never be forgotten. You’re Hall of Fame in my book.
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September 6th, 2011 Matt Loede Posted in Contests
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*Game of the Week*
Philadelphia Eagles at Atlanta Falcons (10 Points)
Where: Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Georgia
When: 8:20 EST on Sunday, September 18th on NBC.
The Eagles – thanks to now injured back-up QB Vince Young’s remarks – have been dubbed the NFL’s “Dream Team”, due to the insane amount of money spent on “impact” free agents this off-season.
Also as a result of the off-season additions by the Eagles, the so-called “experts” claim that the path to the Super Bowl in the NFC now runs through Philadelphia.
The Falcons had a solid off-season as well and have lofty expectations for this year’s First-Round Draft Pick, Julio Jones (WR). Jones, along with Roddy White, give the Falcons a dynamic duo at wide receiver. Matt Ryan is easily one of the top ten QBs in the league, and will look to lead the Falcons to back-to-back playoff appearances.
Now starting for the Eagles, QB Michael Vick, will return to Atlanta to take on his former team for the first time since he left the team to go to prison.
With Vick’s return, and high expectations for both teams, there will no doubt be a playoff atmosphere in Atlanta for this game. The could also be a preview of this year’s NFC Championship Game.
– Eagles lead all-time series, 17-12-1, over the Falcons.
– Eagles are 8-6 all-time against the Falcons in Atlanta.
– Over the last five years, the Falcons are 26-15 at home. (Including Playoffs)
– Over the last five years, the Eagles are 26-18-1 on the road. (Including Playoffs)
– In games against the Eagles, the Falcons have won by an average score of 22.8 – 14.9 over Philly.
– In games against the Falcons, the Eagles have won by an average score of 25.8 – 13.05 over the Atl.
– In the 14 games played in Atlanta between the two teams, the final score has been 20.9 – 16.2 in favor of the Eagles.
– Last game: October 17, 2010 Philadelphia Eagles 31 – Atlanta Falcons 17 (@Philadelphia)
Team Totals & Averages for Games Played in Atlanta
Passing – 15.9 completions on 29.2 attempts for 205.6 yards, 1.0 TDs and 1.5 INTs
Rushing – 24.0 rush attempts for 92.2 yards, 0.57 TDs
Team Stats – First Downs: 18.7; Sacks: 3.8; Net Passing Yards: 182.85; Total Yards: 275.07; Fumbles/Lost: 1.5/1.07; Turnovers: 4.9; Penalties: 7.6; Penalty Yards: 61.21
Totals: 262 First Downs; 337/1291 8 TDs Rushing. 223/409/2879 14 TDs, 22 INTs Passing. 54 sacks, 2560 net passing yards, 3851 totals yards, Fumbles/Lost: 21-15, 31 turnovers, 107 penalties for 857 yards.
Rushing – 25.5 rush attempts for 109.5 yards, 0.92 TDs
Team Stats – First Downs: 17.0; Sacks: 3.14; Net Passing Yards: 210.4; Total Yards: 312.7; Fumbles/Lost: 2/1.07; Turnovers: 1.2; Penalties: 7.57; Penalty Yards: 63.5
Totals: 238 First Downs; 357/1533 13 TDs Rushing. 246/445/3255 18 TDs, 3 INTs Passing. 44 sacks, 2946 net passing yards, 4379 total yards, Fumbles/Lost: 28-15, 18 Turnovers, 106 penalties for 889 yards.
The Rest of the Games…
Cleveland Browns at Indianapolis Colts (5 Points)
Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1:00 PM EST
– The Browns lead the all-time series over the Colts, 15-14.
– The Colts are 5-8 against the Browns all-time at home.
– Since 2000, the Colts are 4-0 vs. the Browns.
– Last game: November 30, 2008 Indianapolis Colts 10 – Cleveland Browns 6 (@Cleveland)
Real Quick: It’s unclear if Peyton Manning will be quarterbacking the Colts to start the year or not. Whether or not he plays will go a long way in determining the outcome of this game.
San Diego Chargers at New England Patriots (5 Points)
Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, Massachusetts, 4:15 PM EST
– New England leads the series with an all-time record of 22-16 over San Diego.
– The Chargers are 9-11 against the Patriots on the road.
– Since 2000, the Patriots hold a 5-3 record against the Chargers.
– Last game: October 24, 2010 New England Patriots 23 – San Diego Chargers 20 (@San Diego)
Real Quick: The Patriots made a lot of additions to their roster this off-season, including WR Chad Ochocinco. This game could come down to San Diego’s ability to stop the Pats offense.
Oakland Raiders at Buffalo Bills (5 Points)
Ralph Wilson Stadium, Orchard Park, New York, 1:00 PM EST
– The Raiders hold a slight lead in the all-time series over the Bills, by a slim margin of 19-18.
– On the road, the Raiders are 7-13 against Buffalo.
– Since 2000, the Raiders have claimed a 3-1 record over Buffalo.
– Last game: September 21, 2008 Buffalo Bills 24 – Oakland Raiders 23 (@Buffalo)
Real Quick: This should be a fairly entertaining game between the Raiders and Bills. The game is really a toss-up, but the Raiders are probably more likely to have a better season. Whoever commits the least turnovers should dominate this game.
Dallas Cowboys at San Francisco ’49ers (5 Points)
Candlestick Park, San Francisco, California, 4:05 EST
– The Cowboys trail the ’49ers, 15-17, in series history.
– At home against the Cowboys, the ’49ers are 7-9 all-time.
– Since 2000, the Cowboys hold a 3-2 lead over the ’49ers.
– Last Game: November 23, 2008 Dallas Cowboys 35 – San Francisco ’49ers 22 (@Dallas)
Real Quick: The Cowboys get another chance to prove they’re still “America’s Team”, while the ’49ers are hoping to return to the glory days under first-year Head Coach Jim Harbaugh. With a healthy Romo, Dallas should cruise to victory against the inexperienced ’49ers.
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TRC Infrastructure Committee recommends updated Road Safety Strategy
Toowoomba Regional Council (TRC) Infrastructure Committee has recommended that the Council endorse and adopt the ‘Toowoomba Region Road Safety Strategy 2019 – 2023’.
TRC Chair of the Infrastructure Committee and Deputy Mayor Cr Carol Taylor said the updated road safety strategy builds on the work of the previous strategic plan by delivering a further reduction of 12.5 percent in ‘all injury crashes’ across Council’s road network.
“Council’s 2011-2015 road safety strategic plan saw an overall reduction of 13 percent of ‘all injury crashes’ across Council’s road network with 12 blackspot projects completed with the support of the Federal Government,” Cr Taylor said.
“The 2019-2023 strategy will serve as an action plan that helps Council together with key stakeholders and the community to actively participate in road safety within the region.
“The updated strategy aligns with National and State Road Safety Strategies and aims to reduce the number of all injury crashes by 12.5 percent, reduce the number of fatalities by 30 percent and reduce the number of hospitalisations by 30 percent over the five-year life of the Strategy.
“With a network of more than 6,700 kilometres of sealed and unsealed roads, Council has recognised the need to embrace a more strategic approach towards road safety across the Region.
Cr Taylor said this strategic approach is in line with one of the key priorities from the 2019 Road Safety Week - ‘lead the way: drive to save lives’.
“The current crash statistics remain at an unacceptable level, and more needs to be done to improving the safe use of Council’s road network.
“Safer driving is something each one of us can focus on,” Cr Taylor said.
“While we can’t control what other motorists do on the road, what we can do is lead the way with our actions and take extra caution when we get behind the wheel.
“Remove all distractions and encourage others to do the same. If we can all take more responsibility and share road safety messages we can instil better driving habits throughout our community.”
Each year, around 1200 people are killed and another 35,000 are seriously injured in crashes on Australian roads.
“The loss of one life is unacceptable so it’s vital we make our roads safer,” Cr Taylor said.
For more information about the ‘Toowoomba Region Road Safety Strategy 2019 – 2023’ please visit www.tr.qld.gov.au.
Last Updated: Tuesday, 14 May 2019 13:35
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Here’s A Reminder That Keyshia Cole and Remy Ma Are #FriendshipGoals
When you've been friends for more than a decade, you know it's real.
by Andrea Wurzburger 9/14/2017
Sometimes it’s hard to tell which celebs are really friends and which are just turning it on for the cameras. When it comes to Keyshia Cole and Remy Ma, their friendship is anything but fake. Spanning at least a decade, their friendship includes musical collaborations, weddings, break ups, and even some jail time. Through it all, Keyshia and Remy have proven that they’re ride or die.
1 It’s real, y’all.
Keyshia has said before that she can’t remember how the two met, but that they’ve been friends for over a decade. If you’re friends with Keyshia Cole, it’s for real because, “I don’t like the Hollywood, fake, we don’t talk…” She also says that she and Remy “take friendship very seriously.”
2 Same show, different coasts.
These besties are both part of the Love & Hip Hop franchise, with Remy reppin’ New York and Keyshia reppin’ Hollywood.
3 They’re always there for each other.
Remy told Wendy Williams that while she was in jail, she had a few friends who would call or write, but that “Keyshia Cole gave [her] thousands of thousands of dollars like, ’Here. This is for your son, this is for your lawyer’. That to [her] meant more than coming to visit.”
Instagram/@remyma
When they were reunited after Remy finished her 6 year sentence, Keyshia tweeted, “Missed @therealremyma so much! My Bish for life! #Good #Real #Friends #Hard2Comeby #WelcomeHome”
5 Keyshia was a bridesmaid at Remy’s wedding!
That’s a serious friendship, folks.
6 They fly across country for each other!
Remy captioned this photo, “I had a photo shoot, a filming, a performance, and several other engagements on Thursday, October 15. However, none were more important than helping to put a smile on my friend @KeyshiaCole face. I flew to L.A & was only able to stay for 12 hours but it was well worth it- she really was surprised too!”
7 Look at this sweet birthday message Remy posted for Keyshia.
Go best friend, that’s my best friend! Happy birthday to my ridah @keyshiacole ? always keeps it 1000, stands tall when others fall short, & has the biggest, most loyal…Love u down????? #RemyMa #RemyMafia #IfIWasLightskinAndCanSingIWouldBeKeyshiaCole #FriendWithACapitalF #ThenAndNow
8 Friends who attend fashion week together stay together.
Peep Zell Swagg hanging out with Keyshia and Remy.
9 Remy might physically harm anyone who messed with Keyshia.
As evidenced in the video for “You,” where Remy basically leads a torture session for a guy who has wronged Keyshia.
Keyshia Cole talks about her friendship with Remy Ma, her new single, and her search for love.
Keyshia Cole Gets Her Revenge With Some Help From Remy Ma and French Montana in 'You' Music Video
Andrea Wurzburger
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The Freelance Year. Should You Call It That?
Writer Abroad has now been a full-time freelancer for a year. Therefore, she now has an accountant. As her accountant was finishing her estimated taxes for this year (this sucks, estimated taxes are the worst part of freelancing, people), she asked Writer Abroad if she would be expecting any bonuses.
Ha. Do freelancers get bonuses?
Well, here’s Writer Abroad’s bonus for the year: a pat on the back for braving the freelance world on a full-time basis. A pat on the back for being able to put the maximum possible into a solo retirement fund. And a pat on the back for turning down a six-figure job offer with a fancy title (an offer that was the result of a freelance job) when she knew in her heart that as tempting as it was, she wanted to work for herself.
It takes courage to be a full-time freelancer.
But wait. Should she call herself a freelancer? An article, Why I Stopped Calling Myself a Freelancer in Fast Company recently said that the term “freelancer” could be seen as unprofessional.
Personally, Writer Abroad believes calling yourself a freelancer is not unprofessional if you are a professional. If you’re working for yourself because you have a decade of experience and the connections to make it possible for you to work for yourself for a living wage, then why wouldn’t you? If you’re working for yourself because you want to work for yourself and not because you don’t have other options, then calling yourself a freelancer is something that should fill you with pride.
Nevertheless, Writer Abroad will be doing something about her “freelancer” title next year: she is forming her own LLC or corporation. This is another step towards cementing her love of working independently (and also a way to get rid of those horrific self-employment taxes the American government puts on people like us–why punish entrepreneurs, American government?).
In any case, Writer Abroad is thrilled to have built a career where working for herself is possible and especially thrilled to have chosen a career that fits her introverted tendencies perfectly.
So. Here’s to all writers who are dreaming of doing the same (have courage!) or are already doing it (congrats!). It really is wonderful.
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New York City students will finally get free school lunch - WSIL-TV 3 Southern Illinois
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608-215-2562; or bdoudna@weda.org
Rep. Dave Steffen receives WEDA’s “Champion of Economic Development” Award
From left, Jayme Sellen, Greater Green Bay Chamber Government Affairs Director; Representative Dave Steffen; and Michael Welsh, WEDA Legislative Affairs Director.
Madison, WI – The Wisconsin Economic Development Association (WEDA) recently presented Rep. Dave Steffen (R-Howard) with the 2018 “Champion of Economic Development” Award for his support of policies to drive economic growth and prosperity in Wisconsin. The award was presented at the Greater Green Bay Chamber.
The award is presented to state legislators who exemplify WEDA’s mission of promoting economic development and have shown a commitment to making Wisconsin a better place to live, work and do business through policies that advance economic growth. Rep. Steffen earned the “Champion of Economic Development” designation through his support of pro-economic development legislation during the 2017-18 legislative session.
“Representative Dave Steffen was a champion on numerous legislative issues to help foster economic prosperity and create new opportunities for growth in Wisconsin,” said Brian Doudna, WEDA Executive Director. “The Wisconsin Economic Development Association and our members across the state are excited to recognize Rep. Steffen as a ‘Champion of Economic Development’ for his work at the Capitol.”
WEDA is presenting the award to 20 state lawmakers who exhibited an exceptional commitment to growing Wisconsin’s economy based on several factors, including voting record, sponsorship of
legislation and responsiveness to critical economic development issues during the 2017-18 session.
“Representative Steffen made it a priority to support policies that promote economic activity, business growth and job creation for communities across Wisconsin,” said Michael Welsh, WEDA Legislative Affairs Director. “We appreciate his dedication to these key issues and look forward to working with him in the future.”
For over 40 years, WEDA has been dedicated to expanding Wisconsin’s economy through advocacy, education and providing resources to promote economic growth. WEDA is a statewide trade association comprised of economic development professionals, businesses and organizations who strive to make Wisconsin a better place to live, work and do business through economic development.
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eBay Everywhere: Overheard on a train
By Dan Wilson on September 18, 2008
Tonight, on the train home. I sit down next to a man I don’t know, who’s already jabbering away on his mobile telephone to someone else I don’t know, about things that don’t interest me. Then something piques my interest. I pause my iPod and listen in. And remember, I only have one side of this conversation. But it went like this:
– Didn’t you know I’m working for eBay now?
– Yeah, X months now.
– It’s fucked.
– Maybe a year ago. But it’s fucked now.
– Total lost cause.
– I’m a Senior Manager, XXXX . Yeah, dealing with XXX.
– They had me in for 13 interviews.
– Yeah. Fucking ridiculous.
– Fucking stupid.
– Haven’t got a clue.
– The Managing Director’s an idiot.
X = details I have edited to protect the indiscreet.
12 Responses to eBay Everywhere: Overheard on a train
Randy Smythe says:
Thanks for bowing to the pressure.
Chris @ TameBay says:
:O Someone needs to learn a little discretion whilst in public :O
If it were any other company than eBay, I’d say “meh, everyone always thinks senior management are idiots”. But eBay seem to be much better than average at making their employees like them. Or they used to be.
Adrian @vzaar says:
I know a manager at Accenture who used to sit at client sites in an office with thin walls next to a competitor. He Learned a lot.
I know people at Accenture who got fired for that kind of indiscretion.
Anyway, expect a full update with names at next vzaar team meet.
On quite a serious level, I’m an eBay shareholder (I have two, and they’re worth nearly a third of what they were when I bought them – I’m good at this stocks and shares shit, I should work for Lehmans). And I was hardly covert. I was quite obviously listening in. It doesn’t inspire confidence in a corp when your own staff slag you: leave that to the press.
I’m fascinated by corporate espionage, as explored in Joel Bakan’s The Corporation. One great tactic was to to pose as a head hunter: what people reveal in interviews would appear to be astonishing.
Scott @ TradingAssistantJournal.com says:
Interesting Dan,
Your experience coincides with numerous reports of high level and low level defections from the eBay campus in San Jose. I discussed the pressure managemnt is placing on the IT department with these fast & furious untested changes over the last year in an article about the new FP30 format on the Trading Assistant Journal here: http://snurl.com/3rtsx
I wouldnt be surprised to hear the kind of conversation you did, even in California.
A certain level of disaffection is normal and expected. But when I think back to the days when eBay was riding high, there was a genuine buzz and excitement about what eBay was doing: I for one was really, really proud to be part of something that was genuinely changing the world (yup, it felt that).
It makes me really sad to hear this sort of diagnosis from staff. And more than that, I’m really concerned that eBay may be burning out. That would be bad.
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Gaz says:
Sad to say Dan, and I’m being completely honest that this gives me no pleasure if it seems like gloating, but your report and some of the readers’ comments tones are exactly the type of posting that got me banned from the eBay forums.
OK, maybe I was indiscreet by going head-to-head with the Head of Trust and Safety in the (non-public) PowerSeller forum – shouldn’t have provoked and antagonised me, should he? – but as he is someone who seems to claim the sole ownership of being blunt in forums, he got what he gave.
What is more interesting (and pertinent to your post) is that since then, more and more eBay buyers and sellers have posted in eBay forums, more bluntly and more aggressively than I ever did – without being banned, and without my ban being revoked (it’s 17 months now, and I’m told it’s lifetime). Even on the TameBay blog, Sue has been as incisively critical as I used to be in the PS forum, but she’s not banned.
The culmination is that last night, I called PS Support (from Thailand to UK) to discuss an unrelated matter, and was told that as my (correct) registered address is not in the UK, I’m not entitled to any support (email or phone) from either standard CS or PS Support, then they hung up on me.
I then called back and spoke to a PS Rep called Alexander who assisted me with the current query, but did reiterate that no further support would be forthcoming in future – because my registered address is outside the UK. He also told me that this new policy will remain unpublished, and undiscussed in forums.
For weeks now, every communication from eBay has been telling me to return my registered address to my UK address, stating that as a UK-registered, non-resident user, I am NOT entitled to the Seller Performance FVF discounts – even if I were to have a flawless DSR-set and account record. I have constantly told them “no way am I changing my address back – that’s entrapment to get me under the incorrect contact details policy, and therefore totally ban me from the site”.
The whole reason i changed it in the first place was because eBay told me I had to under the Item Location Abuse policy introduced 3-4 years back. Now they want me to return it to a UK address – just how many policy breaches are they trying to create by doing that?
Nearly six years as a UK-registered seller, four as a PS, over 12,000 invoices issued, and they think I’m dumber than the chairs they sit on.
Do I agree with the person you overheard?
Absolutely, in spades, and with bells on.
eBay UK (far, far more than any other eBay site) has gone to hell in a hand basket.
Hmm. Frankly, unbelievable. To be clear, I’m not saying I don’t believe you, but I am saying the guy’s clearly a massive pillock and shouldn’t have got the job in the first place.
I agree wholeheartedly with you, despite only having a 2.5 year eBay stint under my belt, that watching it go from 4m to 15m users (in my time there) was massively cool and inspirational, so impossible not to be effusive and positive about the business then.
But, forget the eBay up / down / whatever – anyone who blabs like that on the phone about any business (let alone a quoted business) is not drinking any kind of cool aid and needs to find himself another job asap.
eBay is still a huge power for small businesses and sole traders – if he doesn’t like it, he should just leave. I’m not saying there are or aren’t issues with the bay; frankly, I don’t really know or think it’s that relevant here. My comment is more general (sorry, eBay-focused folk) – it’s easy to sit on the sidelines and talk trash and throw stones, but rather harder to actually step up and do it. Either way, talking trash on the train is just totally unclassy. He’s the train-riding equivalent of a keyboard hero. Reminds me of that scene in glengarry glen ross with alec baldwin:
“You wanna work here – close! You think this is abuse? You think this is abuse, you cocksucker? You can’t take this, how can you take the abuse you get on a sit? You don’t like it, leave.”
Not my management style (or eBay’s) , but point is logical. You know what you’re getting into. We’re paying you. If you don’t like it. Fine. Leave. Don’t whinge about it on the train, you fucking prat, then take the money from the MD you slagged off. That’s just idiotic and makes you look like a tit.
Sorry, but I feel strongly about this stuff. What a total idiot.
Blind loyalty is wrong. Bigging yourself up by slagging off your employer to give yourself a swagger in front of strangers on the train is, frankly, pathetic.
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Songs of Hope
By David Wells
Label: Self Released
Released 3/18/2017
Songs of Hope tracks
1. Selah
2. Summer's End
3. Falling Leaves
4. Winter's Chill
5. Nocturne
6. Blessings
7. Hands of Time
8. Time Away
9. Hymn of Peace and Joy
10. Traveling Light
Soulfully elevating yet down-to-earth!
David Wells is a lifelong pianist and composer who has served as music director in various churches for over twenty-five years. Recorded on a seven-foot Yamaha Grand Piano, Songs of Hope is Wells’ debut album, featuring ten original solo piano compositions intended to lift the spirit and nurture the heart. Inspired early on by Windham Hill Records pianist George Winston, Wells’ own music is noticeably graced by Winston’s influence, as well as that of Jim Brickman, while likewise incorporating his personal jazz background into many of his arrangements.
“Selah” opens the album with a warmly flowing arrangement that smoothly rolls along like a scenic hillside in the sunshine. Producing a dimensionally radiant sound quality, it’s easy to envision the composer playing in a chapel as the music resonates throughout the hall. Three seasonal-themed pieces follow next, beginning with “Summer’s End”, a brightly optimistic number that mostly hovers in the higher registers. “Falling Leaves” slips into a more introspective mode, beginning softly at the top and trickling down into the mid-range with bolder exertion. My favorite composition on the album is “Winter’s Chill”, which particularly bears a resemblance to the mood and style of George Winston. Wells lends a steadily focused undercurrent with his left hand, as his right hand moves rapidly in a spinning motion, seemingly recalling that of watching someone hurrying down a winding staircase from above. I can only imagine what a treat it would be to witness this piece played live with its impressive display of intricate finger-work and evocative wintery atmosphere, which effectively conjures imagery of riding through a snowstorm. “Nocturne” is a notably intriguing composition full of expressive twists and turns. Despite its title, I’m more inclined to envision a sunny winter day while listening, especially amid the piece’s dynamically optimistic middle portion that’s decoratively bookended by a touching, heart-warming melody. “Traveling Light” effectively wraps up the album’s title and message with a tender yet spirited arrangement that imparts a sense of hope and optimism.
Soulfully elevating yet down-to-earth, the compositions on Songs of Hope generally remain in a happy place while simultaneously creating a space for inner reflection. Even amid the album’s more contemplative moments, Wells’ arrangements are inherently optimistic, open and personal, as well as immaculately arranged with an impeccable sound quality!
Rating: Very Good +
- reviewed by Candice Michelle on 7/13/2017
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"The NY Times Explains Why There Is So Much "Confusion" About Its "Trump Wiretapping" Story". This is probably the single most amazing incident in the recent history of the Lügenpresse. This turns on the distinction between the results of the Panopticon NSA surveillance, which we have to assume Barry got at least a summary of, and the parallel product of a FISA warrant, which the 'journalists'/liars are making a big deal of, claiming Barry didn't see that, which makes everything kosher. This is some high level obfuscation!
Summary of the surveillance justifications makes a joke out of the FISA court: "Intercepts - Help me count the ways ..."
"CIA's Dirty Cyber Tricks Exposed: "UMBRAGE" & Potential False Flag Attacks"". E-x-t-r-e-m-e-l-y important, so the Lügenpresse will attempt to hide/downplay it, as it puts the final nail in the coffin of any possible respectable argument that anyone can know that the Russians or any other non-American actor was involved in a hacking attack. Anyone who claims otherwise is simply a liar.
"Commentary: Wikileaks' CIA dump looks like a dud for now". Vital background sentence: "“Nemtsov was on every list of traitors published on the Internet and aired on state TV,” the Russian-Jewish journalist Leonid Bershidsky wrote on Bloomberg View after the murder."
"CIA-Funded Washington Post Doesn’t Think You Should Pay Attention To The CIA Leaks"! Note the same attempt as in TPM to turn it into a double Russian conspiracy, with Kremlin asset Assange implicating the patriotic CIA in Russian skulduggery!
"Fresh Doubts about Russian ‘Hacking’" (Parry). Repeats the definitive argument based on common sense strategizing (arguments about Russian interference depend entirely on perfect foreknowledge of a Trump win, while even well into election night the big media was calling for a certainly of a Clinton win):
". . . while it is true that many Russian officials, including President Putin, considered Clinton to be a threat to worsen the already frayed relationship between the two nuclear superpowers, the report ignores the downside for Russia trying to interfere with the U.S. election campaign and then failing to stop Clinton, which looked like the most likely outcome until Election Night.
If Russia had accessed the DNC and Podesta emails and slipped them to WikiLeaks for publication, Putin would have to think that the National Security Agency, with its exceptional ability to track electronic communications around the world, might well have detected the maneuver and would have informed Clinton.
So, on top of Clinton’s well-known hawkishness, Putin would have risked handing the expected incoming president a personal reason to take revenge on him and his country. Historically, Russia has been very careful in such situations, holding its intelligence collections for internal purposes only and not sharing them with the public."
CloudStrike has an invitation to the Russia-bashing party! Superb background: "From Russia, with Panic".
"The Russian Scare" (Shamir).
"An editor at the Washington Post wants a resumption of the Cold War". If you let Traditional Enemies Of Peace run your media, you will pay for it, dearly.
Quaint reminder of how once, as difficult as it may be to believe, U.S. foreign policy was "shaped by (and for) multinational corporate interests": "Remembering the Harken Money".
"‘The time to invest in Iran is now’". The purest and most classic example of the beshekeling denying Americans the chance at wealth. It is not that investment won't happen, somebody will reap the billions, it just won't be Americans, and it all utterly due to the Jews and their corrupted and controlled politicians.
"Blaming Assange".
"Canada’s Fake Posturing About Islamophobia":
"When the Canadian government presents itself as opposing Islamophobia, it is being willfully duplicitous, since Canada supports and nurtures the Saudi Arabian-style “Wahhabism” and sectarianism in Syria and beyond. And it is this toxic ideology that creates fertile ground for Islamophobia, not the genuine Islam as taught and practiced in Syria."
"Muslim Brotherhood; CIA, Mossad, MI6; Sweden".
Evil: "How the Jewish National Fund lobbies for war".
"The liberal roots of Islamophobia". This is incomprehensible without knowing there is a huge and very expensive Zionist/Christian Zionist PR campaign going on to allow Jews to slaughter people and steal their land.
Another sign of Trump's underlying seriousness: "Jon Huntsman to Be Trump’s Ambassador to Russia".
"Trump’s America “Kicked to the Curb,” Russia Takes Over World Leadership". The supplicants now head for Moscow.
"“[Northern] Syrian War Report - March 8, 2017” - TTG".
"Lynne Stewart, Lawyer Imprisoned in Terrorism Case, Dies at 77". Note all the shade cast in this obituary!
"But if you had to choose between living in a poor village in India and living in the Mississippi Delta or in a suburb of Milwaukee in a trailer park, I’m not sure who would have the better life." Deaton sounds awfully smart for an economist.
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"All Palestinians can become Israeli citizens, but they can’t vote, says lawmaker in Netanyahu’s party".
"The Democratic Party Is Facing A Demographic Crisis". It is the purest form of racism to take minority voters for granted while giving them no policy in return except for some bogus identity politics, and I would imagine a voter who disgustedly breaks to the other party would be much more enthusiastic, and thus much more likely to actually vote. It is also interesting - not to mention, a truly heartwarming comeuppance - that Clinton lost because her arrogant certitude in the demographic inevitability of her victory led her to fail to take any number of small steps that might have turned the tide in the critical, but deplorable, states.
"Meet the Jewish couple leading the Trump resistance":
"Greenberg and Levin rejected claims that Indivisible pays protesters to show up at town halls and demonstrations. Greenberg said the group received all its funding from individual donations, but did not disclose whether it had received money from any major donors.
“The idea that this is some kind of centrally led financed effort from the top down is just totally wrong,” Levin said, adding “I would just call them lies, pure and simple.”"
"Act for Israel". There's lots of anecdotal evidence that the extent of this beshekeled treachery/treason isn't lost on Americans.
"As Israel-based financial fraud soars, police swoop on 20 suspects as part of global, FBI-led sting":
". . . one of the individuals arrested in last November’s raids was Simon Dov Chikli, who together with his brother Gilbert pioneered the fake CEO scam more than 10 years ago. Both Chikli brothers were extradited to France in 2008 but later found their way back to Israel. Gilbert Chikli was tried in absentia and remains a wanted man in France, but lives freely in Israel, a situation that Israeli police have refused to explain, according to media reports.
In fact, Gilbert and his brother Simon were the subjects of a 2015 feature film in France, “Je Compte Sur Vous” (“Thank You for Calling” in English), which made many Jews worldwide uncomfortable, fearing it could stoke anti-Semitism with its portrayal of two French-Israeli fraudsters stealing from people in France while the Israeli police sat idly by."
"Labor pick talked tough on underage sex crimes but gave billionaire ‘sweetheart’ deal". Lolita Labor Express! No bad deed goes unrewarded.
"SYRIA: Erdogan and McCain Conspire to Create Drought in Syria".
"Food Racism Is The Latest Front For High-Pitched Whining". I hope at least some of this is satire.
"Dotcom: Was New Zealand High Court Judgement The Work Of An Imbecile Or A Political Flunky?"
"Moralism and Moral Arguments in the War for Western Survival, Part 1" by Kevin MacDonald. A tactical mistake, revealing a little too much of the deep crazy.
Tweet (Mark Ames):
"This is demented @Reuters propaganda blaming deliberate Saudi strategy to starve Houthis on Houthis themselves"
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Our mission: to empower individuals by creating personalised soundtracks with AI
AIVA - Artificial Intelligence Virtual Artist
Aiva is an Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) capable of composing emotional soundtracks for films, video games, commercials and any type of entertainment content.
She has been learning the art of music composition by reading through a large collection of music partitions, written by the greatest Composers (Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, ...) to create a mathematical model representation of what music is. This model is then used by Aiva to write completely unique music.
Recently, Aiva became the first virtual artist to have her creations registered with an author's rights society (SACEM). This achievement does not mean that Aiva will replace musicians; we will continue to encourage collaborations between man and machine.
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Brad supervises the data Aiva learns from (inputs) and what the AI creates (outputs), to ensure our customers are given the best results possible. His deep understanding of film scores led him to create the youtube channel FilmScoreAnalysis.
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1. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005– )
Five friends with big egos and slightly arrogant attitudes are the proprietors of an Irish pub in Philadelphia.
Stars: Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Rob McElhenney, Kaitlin Olson
2. The Irishman (2019)
Biography, Crime, Drama | Post-production
A mob hitman recalls his possible involvement with the slaying of Jimmy Hoffa.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Anna Paquin, Stephen Graham
3. Family Guy (1999– )
TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy
In a wacky Rhode Island town, a dysfunctional family strive to cope with everyday life as they are thrown from one crazy scenario to another.
Stars: Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis
4. Back to the Future (1985)
PG | 116 min | Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent thirty years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover
5. Cheers (1982–1993)
The regulars of the Boston bar Cheers share their experiences and lives with each other while drinking or working at the bar where everybody knows your name.
Stars: Ted Danson, Rhea Perlman, John Ratzenberger, George Wendt
6. Caddyshack (1980)
R | 98 min | Comedy, Sport
An exclusive golf course has to deal with a brash new member and a destructive dancing gopher.
Director: Harold Ramis | Stars: Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Bill Murray, Ted Knight
7. Gone with the Wind (1939)
Passed | 238 min | Drama, History, Romance
A manipulative woman and a roguish man conduct a turbulent romance during the American Civil War and Reconstruction periods.
Directors: Victor Fleming, George Cukor, Sam Wood | Stars: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh, Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O'Neil
8. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
PG-13 | 92 min | Comedy, Sport
A group of misfits enter a Las Vegas dodgeball tournament in order to save their cherished local gym from the onslaught of a corporate health fitness chain.
Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber | Stars: Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, Vince Vaughn, Rip Torn
9. The Departed (2006)
An undercover cop and a mole in the police attempt to identify each other while infiltrating an Irish gang in South Boston.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, Jack Nicholson, Mark Wahlberg
Votes: 1,082,342 | Gross: $132.38M
10. Goodfellas (1990)
The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mob, covering his relationship with his wife Karen Hill and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito in the Italian-American crime syndicate.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco
11. Ray Donovan (2013– )
Ray Donovan, a professional "fixer" for the rich and famous in Los Angeles, can make anyone's problems disappear except those created by his own family.
Stars: Liev Schreiber, Eddie Marsan, Dash Mihok, Katherine Moennig
12. The Fate of the Furious (2017)
PG-13 | 136 min | Action, Adventure, Thriller
When a mysterious woman seduces Dom into the world of terrorism and a betrayal of those closest to him, the crew face trials that will test them as never before.
Director: F. Gary Gray | Stars: Vin Diesel, Jason Statham, Dwayne Johnson, Michelle Rodriguez
13. Good Will Hunting (1997)
R | 126 min | Drama, Romance
Will Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.
Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Stellan Skarsgård
14. Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014)
TV-MA | 55 min | Crime, Drama, History
An Atlantic City, New Jersey politician plays both sides of the law, conspiring with gangsters during the Prohibition era.
Stars: Steve Buscemi, Kelly Macdonald, Michael Shannon, Shea Whigham
15. Widows (2018)
Set in contemporary Chicago, amid a time of turmoil, four women with nothing in common except a debt left behind by their dead husbands' criminal activities, take fate into their own hands, and conspire to forge a future on their own terms.
Director: Steve McQueen | Stars: Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki
16. The Equalizer (2014)
R | 132 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A man believes he has put his mysterious past behind him and has dedicated himself to beginning a new, quiet life. But when he meets a young girl under the control of ultra-violent Russian gangsters, he can't stand idly by - he has to help her.
Director: Antoine Fuqua | Stars: Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloë Grace Moretz, David Harbour
17. Terminator Genisys (2015)
PG-13 | 126 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
When John Connor, leader of the human resistance, sends Sgt. Kyle Reese back to 1984 to protect Sarah Connor and safeguard the future, an unexpected turn of events creates a fractured timeline.
Director: Alan Taylor | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jason Clarke, Emilia Clarke, Jai Courtney
18. Hell on Wheels (2011–2016)
TV-14 | 42 min | Drama, Western
The Civil War is past, but former Confederate soldier Cullen Bohannon can't put it behind him. Fresh are the memories of the death of his wife, killed at the hands of the Union soldiers, an act that sets him on a course of revenge.
Stars: Anson Mount, Colm Meaney, Robin McLeavy, Phil Burke
19. The Town (2010)
As he plans his next job, a longtime thief tries to balance his feelings for a bank manager connected to one of his earlier heists, as well as the F.B.I. Agent looking to bring him and his crew down.
Director: Ben Affleck | Stars: Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner
20. Oz (1997–2003)
TV-MA | 55 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A series chronicling the daily activities of an unusual prison facility and its criminal inhabitants.
Stars: Ernie Hudson, J.K. Simmons, Lee Tergesen, Dean Winters
21. NYPD Blue (1993–2005)
Detectives from NYPD's 15th Precinct investigate homicides within their precinct.
Stars: Dennis Franz, Jimmy Smits, Gordon Clapp, James McDaniel
22. The Untouchables (1987)
During the era of Prohibition in the United States, Federal Agent Eliot Ness sets out to stop ruthless Chicago gangster Al Capone, and because of rampant corruption, assembles a small, hand-picked team to help him.
Director: Brian De Palma | Stars: Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro, Charles Martin Smith
23. The Last Samurai (2003)
R | 154 min | Action, Drama, War
An American military advisor embraces the Samurai culture he was hired to destroy after he is captured in battle.
Director: Edward Zwick | Stars: Tom Cruise, Ken Watanabe, Billy Connolly, William Atherton
24. Mystic River (2003)
The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them has a family tragedy.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Emmy Rossum
25. Back to the Future Part II (1989)
After visiting 2015, Marty McFly must repeat his visit to 1955 to prevent disastrous changes to 1985...without interfering with his first trip.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson
26. The Commuter (I) (2018)
PG-13 | 105 min | Action, Mystery, Thriller
An Insurance Salesman/Ex-Cop is caught up in a criminal conspiracy during his daily commute home.
Director: Jaume Collet-Serra | Stars: Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Jonathan Banks
27. Gone Baby Gone (2007)
Two Boston area detectives investigate a little girl's kidnapping, which ultimately turns into a crisis both professionally and personally.
Director: Ben Affleck | Stars: Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris, Casey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan
28. Gangs of New York (2002)
In 1862, Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points area of New York City seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher, his father's killer.
Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Cameron Diaz, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jim Broadbent
29. The Beguiled (2017)
R | 93 min | Drama, Thriller
The unexpected arrival of a wounded Union soldier at a girls school in Virginia during the American Civil War leads to jealousy and betrayal.
Director: Sofia Coppola | Stars: Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanning, Colin Farrell
30. Gran Torino (2008)
Disgruntled Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, a Hmong teenager who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: a 1972 Gran Torino.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Clint Eastwood, Bee Vang, Christopher Carley, Ahney Her
31. 2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
PG-13 | 107 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
Former cop Brian O'Conner is called upon to bust a dangerous criminal and he recruits the help of a former childhood friend and street racer who has a chance to redeem himself.
Director: John Singleton | Stars: Paul Walker, Tyrese Gibson, Cole Hauser, Eva Mendes
32. Sleepers (1996)
After a prank goes disastrously wrong, a group of boys are sent to a detention center where they are brutalized. Thirteen years later, they get their chance for revenge.
Director: Barry Levinson | Stars: Robert De Niro, Kevin Bacon, Brad Pitt, Jason Patric
33. Bridge of Spies (2015)
PG-13 | 142 min | Drama, History, Thriller
During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for the Soviet captured American U2 spy plane pilot, Francis Gary Powers.
Director: Steven Spielberg | Stars: Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Alan Alda, Amy Ryan
34. Captain Phillips (2013)
PG-13 | 134 min | Biography, Drama, Thriller
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the U.S.-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred years.
Director: Paul Greengrass | Stars: Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Barkhad Abdirahman, Catherine Keener
35. Million Dollar Baby (2004)
PG-13 | 132 min | Drama, Sport
A determined woman works with a hardened boxing trainer to become a professional.
Director: Clint Eastwood | Stars: Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Jay Baruchel
36. Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Learning about the death of Doc Brown in 1885, Marty travels back in time to save him. But when the fuel tank on the time machine is punctured, the two must figure out a way to escape the Old West before Emmet is murdered.
Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen, Thomas F. Wilson
37. Road to Perdition (2002)
A mob enforcer's son witnesses a murder, forcing him and his father to take to the road, and his father down a path of redemption and revenge.
Director: Sam Mendes | Stars: Tom Hanks, Tyler Hoechlin, Rob Maxey, Liam Aiken
38. Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)
When humanity allies with a bounty hunter in pursuit of Optimus Prime, the Autobots turn to a mechanic and his family for help.
Director: Michael Bay | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Nicola Peltz, Jack Reynor, Stanley Tucci
39. Black Mass (2015)
The true story of Whitey Bulger, the brother of a state senator and the most infamous violent criminal in the history of South Boston, who became an FBI informant to take down a Mafia family invading his turf.
Director: Scott Cooper | Stars: Johnny Depp, Benedict Cumberbatch, Dakota Johnson, Joel Edgerton
40. Daredevil (2003)
PG-13 | 103 min | Action, Crime
A man blinded by toxic waste which also enhanced his remaining senses fights crime as an acrobatic martial arts superhero.
Director: Mark Steven Johnson | Stars: Ben Affleck, Jennifer Garner, Colin Farrell, Michael Clarke Duncan
41. The Fighter (I) (2010)
R | 116 min | Biography, Drama, Sport
Based on the story of Micky Ward, a fledgling boxer who tries to escape the shadow of his more famous but troubled older boxing brother and get his own shot at greatness.
Director: David O. Russell | Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams, Melissa Leo
42. Seven Psychopaths (2012)
R | 110 min | Comedy, Crime
A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster's beloved Shih Tzu.
Director: Martin McDonagh | Stars: Colin Farrell, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Christopher Walken
43. Leap Year (2010)
PG | 100 min | Comedy, Romance
Anna Brady plans to travel to Dublin, Ireland to propose marriage to her boyfriend Jeremy on Leap Day, because, according to Irish tradition, a man who receives a marriage proposal on a leap day must accept it.
Director: Anand Tucker | Stars: Amy Adams, Matthew Goode, Adam Scott, John Lithgow
44. Brooklyn (2015)
An Irish immigrant lands in 1950s Brooklyn, where she quickly falls into a romance with a local. When her past catches up with her, however, she must choose between two countries and the lives that exist within.
Director: John Crowley | Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleeson, Jim Broadbent
45. Kill the Irishman (2011)
The true story of Danny Greene, a tough Irish thug working for mobsters in Cleveland during the 1970's.
Director: Jonathan Hensleigh | Stars: Ray Stevenson, Christopher Walken, Vincent D'Onofrio, Val Kilmer
46. A History of Violence (2005)
R | 96 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
A mild-mannered man becomes a local hero through an act of violence, which sets off repercussions that will shake his family to its very core.
Director: David Cronenberg | Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Maria Bello, Ed Harris, William Hurt
47. Crossing Jordan (2001–2007)
A "sexy, brilliant" Boston medical examiner. Despite a checkered career, Dr. Jordan Cavanaugh goes above and beyond to solve cases.
Stars: Jill Hennessy, Miguel Ferrer, Ravi Kapoor, Steve Valentine
48. Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot (2018)
R | 114 min | Biography, Comedy, Drama
On the rocky path to sobriety after a life-changing accident, John Callahan discovers the healing power of art, willing his injured hands into drawing hilarious, often controversial cartoons, which bring him a new lease on life.
Director: Gus Van Sant | Stars: Joaquin Phoenix, Jonah Hill, Rooney Mara, Jack Black
49. Patriot Games (1992)
R | 117 min | Action, Thriller
Director: Phillip Noyce | Stars: Harrison Ford, Sean Bean, Anne Archer, Patrick Bergin
50. The Boondock Saints (1999)
Two Irish Catholic brothers become vigilantes and wipe out Boston's criminal underworld in the name of God.
Director: Troy Duffy | Stars: Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, David Della Rocco
Votes: 217,684 | Gross: $0.03M
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Game Recaps February 21, 2014 February 22, 2014
Not Up To The Heat; Ads lose 4-2
The Admirals hung in there with the best in the West but came up short late. (Photo Credit: Scott Paulus)
The Admirals lost 4-2 against the Abbotsford Heat Friday night. It was a solid effort for the Ads through two periods but the Heat stuck around to haunt them in the third to take the win.
“We continually shoot ourselves in the foot,” said Milwaukee Admirals head coach Dean Evason. “We’re not happy with obviously our situation here.”
The Abbotsford Heat were able to score an opener in the first minute of the game. A puck in the slot, played by Ben Street, fumbled on towards Sven Baertschi on the right wing side of the cage. He had no one around him by the net – and essentially scored on an empty net for his fifth goal of the season on the Heat’s first shot.
It didn’t take the Admirals long to find an answer goal. After a hard drive to the net by Colton Sissons, Vinny Saponari cradled the rebound, spun, fired, and the puck flew past Olivier Roy. It was the tenth goal of the season for Saponari.
There have been some flat offensive efforts for the Admirals in recent games. It wasn’t the problem in the first period. Despite that opening goal, the Admirals really controlled the period and outshot the Western Conference’s top team 20-8 in the period.
We also had a fight in the closing seconds of the first period between Mike Liambas and Carter Bancks. This fight happened after a huge hit by Liambas on defenseman John Ramage in the corner on the forecheck. There were some good punches landed by Liambas. Bancks was able to tug Liambas to the ice for the take down. For a quick bout – I’d call that one even.
In the second period the Admirals were able to claim the lead after a fantastic play from Taylor Beck. The 22-year old winger skated in one-on-one with defenseman Shane O’Brien. He skated right in on him, deked to the right towards the slot, used O’Brien as a screen, and fired a wrist shot hard over the glove of Roy. It was Beck’s twelfth goal of the season.
The Admirals lost their brief lead midway through the second period after Ben Street’s twenty-first goal of the season. The Heat, just earning a power-play for a questionable too many men on the ice call, broke into the zone with a two-on-zero rush led by Street. He took it all the way in on Scott Darling, flipped a backhander, and his shot hit off the cross back and down. Once that puck was in the crease it rolled back towards Darling’s right leg and he slid it into his own net.
Abbotsford was able to break the deadlock past the halfway marker of the third period in a goal very similar to their opener. Max Reinhart was able to allude Charles-Olivier Roussel and get to Darling’s doorstep with space around him. He took a pass from Markus Granlund and scored to the blocker side of Darling for his thirteenth goal of the season.
That goal would be the game-winner for the Heat – who added an empty netter from distance by Brett Olson for good measure with 0.8 seconds left on the clock. The Admirals have now lost four-straight home games.
“I think right now we’re beating ourselves,” said Anthony Bitetto. “I think we’re better than most teams. It says on the board every day playoff hockey. It’s the little things that are going to make us a playoff team and hopefully go far in the end.”
Ramblings: Scott Ford missed tonight’s game with an upper body injury. In his absence Bryan Rodney wore a third “A” patch for the Admirals alongside fellow alternate captains Mark Van Guilder and Joe Piskula.
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Adsfan says:
No power play tonight. Send Rodney to Cincinnati; or maybe Albania. Use Bitetto.
If Evason can’t turn this talented team around, he needs to go. They lack the motivation to play 60 minutes of solid hockey and it is killing them. You heard the fans booing in the last 30 seconds when the Admirals couldn’t get in the O zone with an extra attacker. Pathetic exhibition.
The refs were a steaming pile of garbage in the third period. They did so well in periods 1 and 2, that I wonder what happened? The Ads puck carrier is hauled down behind the Heat net. The guy from the Heat had the blade of his stick stuck in the Ads skate 10 feet from the ref. Granland slashed Watson from behind twice and no call. Tousi gets hit in the head after the whistle by one guy and the second one skates up and punches him in the mouth in front of the ref (#40). No call! The Admirals should send that tape to the AHL. Two of the Ads went after one of the refs after the horn. Both of them had their sticks held, and no call.
Lavender says:
Adsfan: The refs missed a slew foot behind the play where Kevin Henderson was kicked off his feet. It was rather obvious – save for the fact all officials were watching the puck travel through neutral ice.
The power-play has annoyed me for some time now. The set up, one man on the point (and a slow skating one in Rodney at that), almost asks the penalty kill to clear the puck where they wish or score shorthanded — which teams have done 10 times this season.
It was a positive game through two periods. The Heat just took the third. Fairly annoying when they put up so many shots against such a good team.
Mgb says:
A solid 20 shot performance in the first. Wasted… this team is making mental mistakes, no excuse for two too many men on the ice calls. There also seems to be a lack of physical toughness, with few exceptions.
I agree completely about the lack of power play but that has been the case before. If we plan to make the playoffs we need to get our heads straight.
Perhaps, missing captain Scott Ford, could be part of the reason. A mere 8 shots In the final 20 minutes Definitely count against this team
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Until Dawn review
Written by Nathaniel Berens — October 2, 2015
A game of very high quality. Although some aspects might have been executed better, we would recommend this game without hesitation.
Average based on 1 rating
Until Dawn (2015)
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Here’s the best way to play Until Dawn: On Friday or Saturday night, get a few friends together, preferably with a few beers, and marathon your way through it, passing the controller off whenever the game switches characters. When the game presents a branching path, tally up votes based on the scientifically infallible method of Everyone Shouting At The Same Time. “Risk the shortcut!” versus “No, take the long way, play it safe!” Whichever choice elicits the most volume wins, though the person in control can always veto if they feel strongly enough. Talking over the game should be encouraged, especially yelling at the characters for doing stupid things and shrieking when the game throws you into Quick Time Event-heavy life-or-death situations. And when someone dies, make sure to relentlessly shame whoever was holding the controller.
This game can certainly be enjoyed alone, but the schlocky, cliché-ridden world of teen slasher horror is often a great social experience. Slasher movies are the fun kind of horror, the kind that’s as funny as it is scary, the kind that revels in ridiculous, fake-looking gore and unrealistic situations. These are the movies that give awkward teen couples an excuse to clutch each other’s arms and get real close in the theaters. They’re dumb, and the best ones are smart in how dumb they are.
Until Dawn nails that smart dumbness, that very tricky balance between grave self-seriousness and knowing winks to the audience. It’s not even a loving homage to slasher flicks – it just IS one, wrapped in a clever mix of Heavy Rain-style branching narrative and survival horror gameplay. Developed by Supermassive Games, it’s a PS4-exclusive third-person interactive movie, having evolved a long way from its origins as a first-person PS Move motion control game for PS3. It’s not a game full of mechanical depth, nor is it a masterful narrative experience. But Until Dawn knows exactly what it is and does an excellent job of being just that.
A group of teens gather at a remote cabin a year after the mysterious deaths of two of their friends on the very same mountain. Ostensibly, they are gathering to commemorate the anniversary of their friends’ passing – by getting wasted and having lots of awkward teen hanky-panky. There’s Josh, the brother of the two dead girls who is adamant that he’s “over it” and just wants to have a good time; Sam, the “good girl” who chides the others and is definitely into Crossfit; Mike, the handsome jokester, who may or may not be cheating on his new girlfriend, the loud and proud blonde Jess; Emily, Mike’s narcissistic ex, who is now dating the almost-too-nice jock with a heart of gold Matt; and finally Chris and Ashley, the quippy, cynical hipsters who are desperately into each other but too shy to admit it.
Shortly after arriving, the teens settle into their usual routine of gossiping, making out, and talking about how much they love to party. This lasts just long enough to set up some love triangles, rivalries, and friendships. Then, shocker! A psycho killer starts stalking, taunting, and hunting them, one by one. It’s not long before the teens are split up around the mountain vying for their lives, from the killer as well the treacherous environment. On top of all this is a framing narrative of a mystery patient being interviewed by a fourth wall-breaking psychiatrist who loves to ask strange and dramatic questions like “Which do you fear more? Spiders or Snakes?” or “Which of the characters in this game do you like least?” Your answers to these questions may have strange and unforeseeable effects on how events play out.
The cast is pretty much perfect – not because they are great actors, but because they are just the right kind of C-List actors that would be cast in a true slasher movie. There are some immediately recognizable faces: Hayden Panettiere (Heroes, Nashville) plays Sam, and Peter Stormare (Fargo, Armageddon, and a million weird bit parts) is impeccably awkward and creepy as the world’s worst psychiatrist. Others look familiar in that way that perennial television character actors do – Rami Malek of The Pacific and Mr. Robot, Noah Fleiss of dozens of supporting roles, Meaghan Martin of the Disney Channel and ABC Family stable of talent, and so on. These actors contributed their voices as well as facial performance and motion capture. While the technology doesn’t always manage to leap the uncanny valley, the cast does a great job establishing the earnest hamminess of your classic slasher fare.
For the most part, the presentation is fantastic. Until Dawn looks and feels like a mid-tier horror movie, from the oppressively dark lighting to the overbearing musical stingers that blast over the game’s copious jump scares. The character models are incredibly detailed, and in still shots are some of the best 3D recreations of real people I’ve seen in a game. In motion, their facial expressions don’t always keep up the illusion; characters occasionally have a bug-eyed, slack-jawed look when trying to emote, but most of the time it’s quite good, with each person giving a distinctive performance that overcomes the limitations of the tech. The environments are uniformly dark – almost too dark – but are still very impressive. Whether it’s a forest path in the mountain or a luxurious cabin bedroom, each location is dense with convincing details and expressive lighting. All this gorgeous detail comes at the cost of a stable frame rate, unfortunately, which seems to hover under 30 FPS for much of the game and occasionally dips into the teens. It doesn’t impact the game’s playability, but it does detract from an otherwise excellent visual presentation.
As the game progresses and the characters split up, control switches from person to person as the narrative shifts focus to catch up with them all. You’ll play as each of the characters at least once as the night progresses, generally switching every 20-30 minutes, often right after a very dramatic cut-to-black from another character’s perspective. There are no functional differences between the characters; the controls are pretty minimal as it stands. Left stick to move, right stick to direct your flashlight or other light source (if you have one). You move through the environment with tank-style controls not unlike old school survival horror games. While this can be occasionally cumbersome, you only have direct control over the characters during slower-paced exploratory segments. Small glints of light hint at objects in the environment you can use or examine. After a simple button press, you’ll either get a bit of dialogue, the opportunity to examine the object up close and rotate it around, or you’ll interact with it. It’s not always clear which, though, and there are multiple frustrating cases where prompts lead to irreversible actions such as dropping off a ledge or otherwise blocking off the option to backtrack.
In the vein of Quantic Dream’s and Telltale’s more recent games, a lot of the interaction in Until Dawn takes the form of onscreen button prompts and stick motions that mimic the real-world interaction. To flip the pages in a book, you’ll swipe along the Dualshock 4’s touch pad. To open a drawer, you’ll hold R2 to grip the handle and move the right-stick down to pull it open. When things heat up, the game will often put time limits on interactions, forcing you to act quickly or fail. Usually these limits are pretty generous, but occasionally you’ll only get a second or so, which would be annoying if it wasn’t clear that the game wants you to fail at these moments.
When you are presented with a binary choice – to respond angrily or calmly, for example, or to go back for the phone you dropped or just keep running – these choices are presented as bubbles on the left and right side of the screen (with or without optional percentages downloaded from a central server showing how many people have gone with either choice). To make a choice, you simply tilt the stick in that direction until the bubble fills up. It’s all very intuitive, and it needs to be so that making a choice is easy when you’re deciding which hallway to run down with a psycho killer breathing down your (possibly soon-to-be-severed) neck.
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April 21, 2015 May 22, 2015 LivLeave a comment
Hey guys, it’s Liv, and as you know, it’s Tuesday. So, Top Ten Tuesday is in order. Once again, Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke And The Bookish. This week, it’s the Top Ten Favorite Authors of all time. While I was writing this, I kind of knew immediately who was in my top three or four, but after that, it was a little difficult. Here are my Top Ten Favorite Authors Of All Time.
10. Andrea Cremer.
Andrea Cremer wrote a series that I was absolutely obsessed with called Nightshade. This series isn’t that well known, but it definitely should be. The main character, Calla Tor is a Searcher, the protector of the Keepers in her world. This trilogy is filled with love, loyalty, and mystery. She is also writing an adult series and a prequel based on the Nightshade Series.
9. L.J. Smith.
L.J. Smith is a completely understated writer. She is very prolific with her work and all her plotlines are original. Her works are the basis of the very popular The Vampire Diaries television series, as well as The Secret Circle. If you haven’t already, definitely pick up something by L.J. Smith.
8. Stephenie Meyer.
Stephenie Meyer is a classic. If you haven’t read, The Twilight Saga yet, you are seriously missing out. These books were so fantastic. The writing is absolutely beautiful and the characters are one of kind. They each come with their own back story that perfectly shapes who they are in the books.
7. Suzanne Collins.
Suzanne Collins’s, The Hunger Games, is, of course, one of my favorite series. I love the world that she created. With classic themes set in a dystopian society, what’s not to love? If you haven’t already, pick up one of Suzanne Collins books today!
6. Holly Black.
Holly Black creates a magical world of lies and deceit in her Curse Workers series. Cassel is one of my favorite characters, ever. Cassel is, as my mother would say, as clever as the devil and twice as pretty. He’s sweet and charming, but he’s also lying, cheating, stealing, con artist. This mafia ruled world of danger and deceit is one I’d definitely like to live in.
5. Michelle Hodkin.
Michelle Hodkin earns this spot for her fabulous Mara Dyer trilogy. These books were wonderfully creepy and spooky. I liked these so much because you could never tell what was real and what wasn’t. Just when you thought you had it figured out, you didn’t. It was just plot twist after plot twist and it was great.
4. Stephanie Perkins.
Stephanie Perkins is a favorite because of her novel, of course, Anna and the French Kiss. I love this book. I loved it the first time I read it, and every reread after that, it is just as great as the first time. The writing is beautiful, as is the setting, and the characters are, in my opinion, pretty great. I wish I had a romance as great as Anna and Étienne.
3. Rick Riordan.
Rick Riordan, like Cassandra Clare, is very prolific. He found something that worked and went for it. I have read the majority of his books, my favorites are the books with Percy. His stories were really great because when they were published Percy and I were the same age, I didn’t read them right away, but it still felt like I was growing up with Percy, and I still am.
2. Cassandra Clare.
Cassandra Clare is practically a legend. I have read almost all of her books, and, they are so fantastic that I don’t even have words. Her books make me feel so much, and they have everything that I could ever want in a book series. What I especially love about her books is that they all interconnect. They all take place in the same world, but, until you read the other series, you don’t notice how connected every book she writes really is. And she just keeps writing, she even has plans for a fifth Shadowhunter series that won’t even be published until 2021. I can’t even wait. I’ve been reading her books since the fifth grade, and it looks like I’ll still be reading the into my late twenties.
1. Kelley Armstrong.
Kelley Armstrong has always been my favorite author. I love The Darkest Powers Series, I wish so much that there had been more, The Darkness Rising Series was also fantastic. Her Women of The Otherworld Series is one of the only adult series that I read, and I love it. If you haven’t picked up a book by Kelley Armstrong yet, I’d encourage you to do immediately, she is truly fantastic!
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Hey, it’s Liv here with the latest Top Ten Tuesday, hosted by The Broke And The Bookish. This week, it is the Top Ten characters you’d like to check in on. So, it’s the characters that you wish you could know what they’re life is like after the book or series ended. This list started out as 6 couples and 4 single characters, but, some of the singles were from the same series as the couples, so I just lumped them together. Enjoy!
10. 9. and 8. Corey Carling, Daniel Bianchi, and Maya Delaney from The Darkest Rising Trilogy by Kelley Armstrong.
7. Calla Tor and Renier “Ren” LaRoche from The Nightshade Trilogy by Andrea Cremer.
6. Carmen Bianchi and Jeremy King from Virtuosity by Jessica Martinez.
5. Clary Fray and Jace Herondale from The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare.
4. Bella Swan and Edward Cullen from The Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer.
3. Anna Oliphant and Étienne St. Clair from Anna And The French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins.
1. and 2. Derek Souza, Chloe Saunders, and Simon Bae from The Darkest Powers Series by Kelley Armstrong.
Some of you probably won’t know who these people are, but you should definitely check out these books, they are definitely all in my top ten books ever.
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New iMacs use Intel's unreleased Z68 chipset, allows for hybrid SSD-HDD (and may account for SSD iMac delays)
Seth Weintraub
- May. 4th 2011 7:52 am PT
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According to TonyMacx86, the mid-2011 iMac lineup integrates the Intel BD82Z68 Platform Controller Hub. Indeed, iFixit’s teardown analysis confirms this. The Intel Z68 platform isn’t set for official release until May 11th so it looks like Intel is being really friendly with Apple again.
But wait, it gets WAY better…
The Z68 platform has a little surprise:
Intel may have another new series of SSD up its sleeve that it hasn’t told anyone but its OEM partners about. Thankfully, one of its OEM partners – in this case Asrock [Ed: best name evar] – has leaked out word of a “Larsen Creek” SSD series thanks to Asrock’s showing of its Z68 motherboard.
The documentation speaks of Intel’s Smart Response Technology that uses an SSD as a high-speed cache for an HDD. Seagate has explored this sort of hybrid technology in a single device, but soon this cache could hit 20GB with the Intel Smart Response Technology. The slide showing this tech has seen been taken down from Asrock’s servers, but still survives in this Engadget posting.
This means that Apple would likely be using the Intel’s Smart Response Technology in its iMacs, if not with Snow Leopard, perhaps in an update with Lion. People who order SSD/HDD combo configurations would be able to see the combination as one drive –which the often needed OS/Application files are stored on the SSD while the larger Media and Documents files are stored on the slower, cheaper HDD storage.
In fact, Apple’s wording on HDD/SSD combos is very curious.
If you configure your iMac with both the solid-state drive and a Serial ATA hard drive, it will come pre-formatted with Mac OS X and all your applications on the solid-state drive. Then you can use the hard drive for videos, photos, and other files.
Also, we’ve been hearing from customers that people who order SSD/HDD combos that lead times for these BTO iMacs is a few weeks or more. “Larsen Creek” SSDs aren’t yet available (or officially even being talked about.) So, perhaps Apple has to wait for Intel before shipping SSDs of this nature.
The new iMacs will ship within 24 hours, generally. But if you add a SSD on the 27″ models it estimates shipping in 4-6 weeks, 2-3 weeks on the 21.5″.
In any case, the hardware is there for something pretty special. We’ll see if Apple has software plans to include this hybrid drive technology in its ecosystem.
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Standardized Method for In Vitro Antifungal Susceptibility Testing of Candida albicansBiofilms
Gordon Ramage, Kacy Vande Walle, Brian L. Wickes, José L. López-Ribot
Gordon Ramage
Department of Microbiology 1 and
Kacy Vande Walle
Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, 2 The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas 78245
Brian L. Wickes
José L. López-Ribot
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.45.9.2475-2479.2001
Candida albicans is implicated in many biomaterial-related infections. Typically, these infections are associated with biofilm formation. Cells in biofilms display phenotypic traits that are dramatically different from those of their free-floating planktonic counterparts and are notoriously resistant to antimicrobial agents. Consequently, biofilm-related infections are inherently difficult to treat and to fully eradicate with normal treatment regimens. Here, we report a rapid and highly reproducible microtiter-based colorimetric assay for the susceptibility testing of fungal biofilms, based on the measurement of metabolic activities of the sessile cells by using a formazan salt reduction assay. The assay was used for in vitro antifungal susceptibility testing of severalC. albicans strains grown as biofilms against amphotericin B and fluconazole and the increased resistance of C. albicans biofilms against these antifungal agents was demonstrated. Because of its simplicity, compatibility with a widely available 96-well microplate platform, high throughput, and automation potential, we believe this assay represents a promising tool for the standardization of in vitro antifungal susceptibility testing of fungal biofilms.
Candida spp. are increasingly associated with biomaterial-related infections (11). Indeed, the majority of manifestations of candidiasis are associated in one way or another with the formation of Candida biofilms on the surface of inert or biological surfaces, and this phenotype is associated with infections at both the mucosal and systemic sites (6, 8, 9, 11, 13). One of the main consequences of the biofilm mode of growth is the increased resistance to antimicrobial therapy, which is the main reason why biofilm-associated infections are frequently refractory to conventional antibiotic therapy (2, 10,22, 27).
Antifungal susceptibility testing represents a means of predicting therapeutic concentrations of antifungal drugs used to treat a variety of Candida infections (14, 19, 20). It was not until recently that the National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS) published its guidelines for a standardized broth macro- and microdilution assay for in vitro testing of antifungal susceptibilities (35). Although these tests, to some extent, have been shown to exhibit good in vitro-in vivo correlation, mainly in the setting of oropharyngeal candidiasis in human immunodeficiency virus-infected individuals (19, 36), occasionally the antifungal susceptibility data do not correlate with the desired clinical outcome. A variety of host factors could account for the lack of good correlations, particularly in disseminated infections in individuals with various degrees of immunosupression. Also, the lack of correlation is likely to be related to the fact thatCandida infections can be chronic and are most commonly associated with microbial biofilms. Discrepancies in correlating susceptibility data are perhaps related to the testing strategies that do not account for this alternative mode of growth. NCCLS guidelines use free suspended planktonic cells for in vitro susceptibility testing. However, sessile cells from biofilms are phenotypically distinct from their planktonic counterparts and are associated with an increased-resistance phenotype (2-4, 22, 26, 27). Consequently, for suspected biofilm-related infections, NCCLS standardized testing does not provide an accurate in vitro-in vivo correlation. As a result, an alternative testing strategy should be sought.
Decreased susceptibility of sessile cells to antimicrobial agents compared to that of planktonic cells has been reported extensively over the past decade (1, 2, 15-17, 22, 24, 30, 37). However, the comparatively new field of biofilm research has progressed at such a rate that the development of assays to measure sessile antimicrobial data, often ingenious, has resulted in a plethora of different antimicrobial testing strategies. Moreover, biofilms can be quantified by a variety of techniques, such as direct microscopic enumeration, total viable plate counts, metabolically active dyes, radiochemistry, and luminometry (1, 2, 4, 7, 12, 15, 16,18, 23, 25, 29, 37). Consequently, there are a myriad of potential techniques to measure biofilm antimicrobial susceptibilities. It is therefore imperative that a standardized antimicrobial susceptibility testing protocol for biofilms be implemented, from both a clinical and research standpoint.
Here we report on a rapid, inexpensive, easy to use, accurate, and reproducible methodology for antifungal susceptibility testing ofCandida biofilms that benefits from the use of conventional 96-well microtiter plates coupled to a colorimetric method to assess the effects of antifungal agents against biofilm cells.
Isolates. Candida albicans isolates SC5314, 3153A, ATCC 64550, ATCC 64558, ATCC 76615, ATCC 90028, and ATCC 90029 were used in the course of this study. They were stored on Sabouraud dextrose slopes (BBL, Cockeysville, Md.) at −70°C.
Antifungal susceptibility testing.Fluconazole (Pfizer, Inc., New York, N.Y.) and amphotericin B (Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, N.J.) were used in the course of this study.
Antifungal testing to determine the MICs of planktonic cells was performed by the NCCLS M-27A broth microdilution method (35). We used the spectrophotometric method of inoculum preparation corresponding to a concentration of 0.5 × 103 to 2.5 × 103 cells per ml for each of the isolates prepared in the test medium. Yeast inocula (100 μl) were added to each well of microdilution trays containing 100 μl of antifungal drug solution (prepared at a 2× final concentration). Antibiotic-free controls were also included. The microtiter plates were then incubated at 35°C, and the endpoints were read visually at 48 h. Testing of these isolates was performed in quadruplicate.
For antifungal susceptibility testing of sessile cells, isolates were propagated in yeast peptone dextrose (YPD) medium (1% [wt/vol] yeast extract, 2% [wt/vol] peptone, 2% [wt/vol] dextrose [U.S. Biological, Swampscott, Mass.]). Flasks containing liquid medium (20 ml) were inoculated with a loopful of cells from YPD agar plates containing freshly grown isolates and incubated overnight in an orbital shaker (100 rpm) at 30°C. All strains grew in the budding yeast phase under these conditions. Cells were harvested and washed in sterile phosphate-buffered saline (PBS; 10 mM phosphate buffer, 2.7 mM potassium chloride, 137 mM sodium chloride [pH 7.4] [Sigma, St. Louis, Mo.]). Cells were resuspended in RPMI 1640 supplemented withl-glutamine and buffered with morpholinepropanesulfonic acid (Angus Buffers and Chemicals, Niagara Falls, N.Y.) to a cellular density equivalent to 1.0 × 106 cells per ml with a Bright Line hemocytometer (Hausser Scientific, Horsham, Pa). This density of cells was selected because previous experiments in our laboratory demonstrated that optimal biofilm formation occurs at this particular density (not shown). Biofilms were formed on commercially available presterilized, polystyrene, flat-bottom 96-well microtiter plates (Corning Inc., Corning, N.Y.). Biofilms were formed by pipetting standardized cell suspensions (100 μl of the 106cells/ml) into selected wells of the microtiter plate and incubating them for 48 h at 37°C as described above. After biofilm formation, the medium was aspirated, and nonadherent cells were removed by thoroughly washing the biofilms three times in sterile PBS. Residual PBS was removed by blotting with paper towels before the addition of antifungal agents. Fluconazole and amphotericin B were then added to the biofilms in serially double-diluted concentrations (1,024 to 1 μg/ml and 32 to 0.125 μg/ml, respectively, from stock [concentrated] solutions of each antifungal agent prepared in RPMI medium directly) and incubated for a further 48 h at 35°C. A series of antifungal agent-free wells and biofilm-free wells were also included to serve as positive and negative controls, respectively. Sessile MICs (SMICs) were determined at 50 and 80% inhibition SMIC50 and SMIC80, respectively) by using the XTT reduction assay described below. Testing of these isolates was performed in quadruplicate.
XTT-reduction assay.A semiquantitative measure of biofilm formation was calculated by using an XTT [2,3-bis(2-methoxy-4-nitro-5-sulfo-phenyl)-2H-tetrazolium-5-carboxanilide]-reduction assay, adapted from previous reports (28, 39). Briefly, XTT (Sigma) was prepared in a saturated solution at 0.5 g/liter in Ringer's lactate. The solution was filter sterilized through a 0.22-μm-pore-size filter, aliquoted, and stored at −70°C. Prior to each assay, an aliquot of stock XTT was thawed, and menadione (Sigma; 10 mM prepared in acetone) was added to a final concentration of 1 μM. A 100-μl aliquot of the XTT-menadione solution was then added to each prewashed biofilm and to control wells (for the measurement of background XTT-reduction levels). The plates were then incubated in the dark for up to 2 h at 37°C. A colorimetric change in the XTT-reduction assay, a direct correlation of the metabolic activity of the biofilm, was then measured in a microtiter plate reader (Benchmark Microplate Reader; Bio-Rad, Hercules, Calif.) at 490 nm.
Kinetics of biofilm formation on microtiter plates. C. albicans 3153A biofilm formation was initiated in microtiter plates as described above. Biofilms were formed over a series of time intervals (2, 4, 6, 8, 24 and 48 h). At each time interval, biofilm formation was measured with the XTT assay and concurrently assessed by light microscopy. For each time interval, 11 biofilm replicates were formed.
Total viable cell counts in control and fluconazole-treated biofilms.Biofilms were preformed on 15-mm-diameter polystyrene discs within 24-well tissue culture trays and challenged with antifungal agents, as described above. Following antifungal challenge and subsequent washing, sessile cells were removed from the surface of the disc by scraping with a sterile scalpel. The sessile cells were added to sterile PBS, sonicated for 5 min to disaggregate clumps, and then vortexed for 30 s. Total viable counts were then estimated by the method described by Miles and Misra (as cited in reference5). Briefly, serial 10-fold dilutions in sterile PBS were performed on each sample. Measured volumes of each dilution were dispensed onto YPD plates and then incubated for 18 to 24 h at 37°C. Colonies were counted the following day to estimate the total viable cell counts from each disc. SMICs were then assessed relative to those of the nondrug controls. XTT analysis of duplicate biofilms was performed in parallel to the total viable counts assay to demonstrate correlation between these two techniques.
Statistical analysis.The optical density (OD) values from individual biofilms were compared by one-way analysis of variance and by using the Bartlett's test for homogeneity of variances and the Bonferroni's multiple comparison post-test. P < 0.05 was considered significant. The analyses were performed with GraphPad Prism version 3.00 for Windows (GraphPad Software, San Diego, Calif.).
C. albicans biofilm formation in wells of microtiter plates.We performed a series of preliminary experiments to assess the variability between C. albicans 3153A biofilms formed in independent wells of the same microtiter plate. All biofilms formed on the microtiter plates over a 24-h time period displayed consistent XTT readings when the intensity of the colorimetric product was measured in a microtiter plate reader at 490 nm. As seen in Fig. 1, no statistically significant difference was noted between C. albicans 3153A biofilms formed on multiple wells in each of 10 columns of the same microtiter plate ( P > 0.05 ), a requisite for valid comparisons for susceptibility testing. Furthermore, there were no significant differences in the XTT absorbance readings from 70 independent biofilms formed on the same microtiter plate. Table 1 shows a description of statistical measurements of multiple biofilms to demonstrate the validity of 70 independent biofilms. The remaining 26 wells served as negative controls. The results validate the equivalency between each biofilm formed in multiple independent wells.
Colorimetric readings (OD490s) of biofilms formed in wells of microtiter plates. Values represent the mean and standard deviations of multiple independent biofilms formed in wells of each of 10 different columns of the same microtiter plate. The variability between the colorimetric readings was analyzed by statistical methods as described in Materials and Methods.
C. albicans biofilm formation on 70 independent wells of polystyrene microtiter plates grown for 24 h
The biofilm growth curve (Fig. 2) demonstrates how the increased colorimetric reading obtained by the XTT-reduction assay correlates with increased cellular density in the biofilms, as assessed by microscopy techniques. The biofilms were highly metabolically active in the first 8 h. However, as the biofilm matured and the complexity increased (24 to 48 h), the metabolic activity reached a plateau, but remained high, reflecting the increased number of cells that constituted the mature biofilm. Light microscopy observations demonstrated how the biofilm began with small microcolonies comprised mainly of yeast cells (2 h). After 2 to 4 h, the yeast cells budded and started to filament, forming pseudohypha and eventually true hyphae. At 8 h, microcolonies then merged into an intricate network of spatially dispersed filamentous forms that intertwined to form a coherent woven-like structure (24 to 48 h), with yeast cells forming aggregates along the hyphae.
Kinetics of C. albicans biofilm formation in wells of microtiter plates as determined by the colorimetric XTT-reduction assay.
Susceptibility of C. albicans biofilms to clinically used fluconazole and amphotericin B.The antifungals tested in this study showed decreased activity against sessile cells of all C. albicans strains tested (Table2). The planktonic MICs reported for strain ATCC 90028, used for quality control purposes, fell within the breakpoints quoted by experts and NCCLS guidelines (35). Biofilms from all C. albicans strains tested were intrinsically resistant to fluconazole. The resistance to amphotericin B was less pronounced and more variable between the isolates tested. Amphotericin B was up to 1 to 32 times less active against sessile cells than planktonic MICs. This polyene antifungal still demonstrated some activity against C. albicans biofilms, as indicated by SMIC50s. However, all SMIC80s already fell within the resistant range for this antifungal agent (>1 μg/ml). Of note, even at the highest concentration of amphotericin B used against biofilms (16 μg/ml) complete killing was never achieved. Quadruplicate antifungal susceptibility testing of biofilms from the same strain displayed identical MICs for both antifungal agents tested.
Antifungal susceptibilities of different C. albicans strains under planktonic or biofilm (SMIC data) growth conditions
Correlation between colorimetric readings with the XTT assay and viable cell counts after exposure to fluconazole. C. albicans 3153A biofilms were formed on plastic discs in a similar manner to those in microtiter plates. XTT absorbance measurements and total viable cell counts were performed with two triplicate sets of discs. XTT absorbance measurements of fluconazole-treated discs (up to 1,024 μg/ml) did not deviate significantly from the positive non-drug-treated control. Likewise, the total viable cell counts from fluconazole-treated discs (mean = 2.1 × 108cells/ml) were only slightly reduced compared to that of the drug-free control (mean = 2.7 × 108 cells/ml). These data confirmed the resistance of C. albicans biofilm cells to this azole derivative and the validity of the XTT-reduction assay as an indicator of the efficacy of antibiotic treatment.
In this study, we present a method for antifungal susceptibility testing of sessile organisms. In this era of widespread increased antimicrobial resistance and increased use of indwelling devices, it is crucial that we establish standard methodologies that allow evaluation of current and new antifungal agents against cells in biofilms (11). This painstaking work has been previously developed for many planktonic organisms; however, the consideration of a sessile microbial lifestyle appears to have been so far neglected. The increased resistance phenotype of sessile organisms emphasizes the need for a standardized assay to test biofilm antimicrobial susceptibilities (10, 17, 22, 30,38). The microplate method described here is fast, efficient, reliable, and reproducible, with high throughput potential. For semiquantitative analysis of the preformed biofilms exposed to antifungal drugs, a colorimetric assay was developed, based on the studies by Tellier et al. and Hawser (26, 28, 39). A semiquantitative colorimetric technique was chosen in preference to classical total viable cell counts primarily because of the inherent problems associated with enumerating highly variable morphological forms of C. albicans. Colorimetric evaluation shows no bias in this respect. This assay was reliant upon the mitochondrial dehydrogenases of the live cells to convert an XTT tetrazolium salt into a reduced formazan-colored product that could be measured spectrophotometrically (26, 28, 39). The colometric XTT metabolic assay was shown to produce color changes that upon spectrophotometric determination of absorbance exhibited no statistically significant differences between 70 independent biofilms formed on 96-well microtiter plates. We clearly showed by using the growth curve that the XTT assay absorbance readings were proportional to the cellular density of the biofilm (Fig. 2). These phenomena have been previously demonstrated by Tellier et al. and Hawser (26, 28, 39), which lends validity to this alternative method of biofilm quantification. Because of its water solubility, the XTT-reduction assay can be easily quantified without performing additional steps such as centrifugation, addition of lysis buffer, solubilization, removal of medium, and sonication. It was our hypothesis that sessile cells that resisted the actions of antifungal agents would continue to be metabolically active and therefore initiate color changes of XTT, whereas dead cells would not.
We have also successfully used this model to evaluate antifungal susceptibility testing against biofilms formed by a number ofC. albicans clinical isolates and by otherCandida spp., such as C. glabrata andC. dubliniensis (unpublished observations). Other authors have described the ability of C. krusei, C. tropicalis, C. guilliermondii, and C. parapsilosis to bind to the wells of microtiter plates (25). Overall, by using this methodology, multiple parameters can be easily investigated with relative ease, which is in contrast to other proposed techniques for the examination of antibiotic susceptibilities of biofilm cells. For example, Domingue et al. (12) proposed the use of the Modified Robbin's Device (MRD) technology to produce multiple biofilms for antimicrobial testing. While this technique is a well-recognized model, it requires expert handling, relatively few equivalent biofilms can be produced, requires longer processing times, and is more open to contamination than our method. Formation of biofilms by using other technologies such as the perfused biofilm fermenter models or membrane-associated biofilm models (3, 18) are not amenable to high-throughput screening and require the use of specialized equipment not generally available in a clinical laboratory. Our model, like that proposed by Ceri and coworkers (7), minimizes sample handling, is rapid and reproducible, and allows the testing of multiple factors within a single trial (different antimicrobials, biofilm ages, growth media, etc.). However, our assay is nondestructive and does not require subsequent culture of cells following antimicrobial challenge.
We used the XTT assay to measure the metabolic activity of 48-hC. albicans biofilms treated for 48 h with the antifungal agents fluconazole and amphotericin B. By this method, it was possible to estimate the SMIC50 and SMIC80for the biofilm organisms from the absorbance readings determined by the microtiter plate reader. For fluconazole, the absorbance readings of the XTT-reduction assay in biofilms at concentrations as high as 1,024 μg/ml were similar to those of the control biofilms (no drug). Total viable cell counts were also shown to be similar between treated and untreated discs; however, this took a considerably longer time to demonstrate. Our results corroborate previous observations indicating the increased resistance of adherent populations of Candidacells to clinically used antifungal agents (2-4, 26, 27). As with bacteria, the general trend we report is an increased resistance phenotype of sessile Candida cells. Multiple explanations have been proposed to account for this resistance. These include (i) the effects of the glycocalyx causing decreased diffusion or sequestration of antimicrobials (24, 29, 31, 32), (ii) sessile microbial populations metabolic quiescence in comparison to their planktonic counterparts, because they exhibit low rates of growth (3, 21), which has inferences for antimicrobial therapy; (iii) different patterns of gene expression in sessile and planktonic cells that may influence resistance (34), and (iv) the presence of a few persisters that are actually preserved by antibiotic pressure (33). It has to be noted that the very nature of an in vitro preformed biofilm with high cellular densities may partially explain the increased resistance of sessile cells compared to their planktonic counterparts (SMICs MICs). However, this is also the situation that antifungal agents encounter in vivo against biofilms formed within the host. Overall, the complexity of resistance associated with sessile cells is in reality most likely to be multifactorial.
In summary, we have developed a methodology that allows simple, inexpensive, rapid and accurate testing of the in vitro susceptibility of Candida biofilms to antifungal agents. Because of its compatibility with the 96-well microtiter platform and high throughput potential, this technique should prove important in the standardization of in vitro antifungal susceptibility testing of fungal biofilms, both as a research tool and in the clinical laboratory. Use of this technology should be helpful for the selection of antifungal agents active against biofilms and for the screening of new effective antifungal agents to combat biofilm-associated infections.
This work was supported by grant ATP 3659-0080 from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (Advance Technology Program, Biomedicine). J.L.L.-R. is the recipient of a New Investigator Award in Molecular Pathogenic Mycology from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund.
We thank W. Fonzi for C. albicans strain SC5314.
Received 29 March 2001.
Returned for modification 9 May 2001.
Accepted 5 June 2001.
Copyright © 2001 American Society for Microbiology
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By Irina Skaya
A recent ANA/BtoB Magazine/Mktg survey reported that 66 percent of marketers utilized social media in 2009 compared to 20 percent in 2007. In order to fund their new media efforts, 55 percent of marketers have already shifted funds from their traditional media budgets. In 2009 Web site ownership, search engine marketing and display advertising are among the new media platforms that received the most funding. And in 2010, blogs, mobile and video are supposed to be at the top of the list.
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Golden Opportunities on Twitter
Not a day goes by without someone asking me, “Why do you use Twitter? It’s so useless. Why do I care what you are up to every second of the day?” Wake up people! You are missing out on engaging with and learning more about your customers. As Cynthia Ashworth, Vice President of Customer Engagement @Dunkin’ Donuts said, “We don’t have to justify Twitter. It’s free customer-service.” Indeed it is, Cynthia. It’s a free focus group and a cheap option for collaboration.
As I try to keep up with the cutting edge marketing trends, I enrolled in a two-hour course on Twitter Love where I learned how marketers can utilize the microblogging Web site to promote their products and services, research consumer insights, improve customer service, converse with and engage their customers, and group collaboration. For instance, @JetBlue is using Twitter to help improve customer services and teamwork across business units. As a customer service tool, Twitter’s benefit is that everything people say about your product/service is public on Twitter and is easy to find via using their built-in search tool. This makes Twitter an instant focus group with over 10 million participants, many of whom are your customers. Collecting customer feedback via Twitter is easy and effortless, especially when you compare it to the number of responses you get back through email surveys. Zappos is using Twitter to make personal connections among employees, and between the company and its customers. For those marketers who want to improve their corporate culture and customer service, Twitter is a great tool.
So just like there was Facebook and then came LinkedIn, a professional social networking Web site, Yammer is like Twitter for business. Yammer offers groups for discussions on a subject between people in the same workgroup. It can connect employees from different departments, so if you work in a 500+ company, you won’t feel like just a number anymore. Although some may argue that Twitter and Yammer may be distracting and may affect employees’ productivity, it can, if used moderately improve corporate culture by connecting employees to one another and letting them know what the organization is up to, its achievements and pretty much anything.
So for the Twitter rebels, get on it, add ANAmarketers to your list of the following, and most importantly, start talking and listening to your customers. And here are some Twitter tools to get you started:
TweetLater.com – helps you in following everyone who follows you; includes auto DMs and a tweet scheduler.
Twitter Karma - keeps a follow-to-follower ratio in order for you unfollow those who are not following me, with a few exceptions.
TwitterCounter - see my followers in graph form. It also predicts how many followers you will have in 30, 90 or 365 days.
TweetDeck – as an Adobe Air app, TweetDeck allows you to see your @replies, direct messages, timeline, and a lis of folks you follow whose Tweets you want to make sure you read. You can also use it to update your Twitter and Facebook accounts simultaneously. I use and love this tool!
PS. Download our most-read 101 on Marketing with Twitter.
Jun 5, 2009 1:31:45 PM | At the ANA, Brand Building, Consumer Insights, Digital Media, Engagement, Internet Marketing , Irina Skaya, Search, Technology's Impact, The Customer, Trends, Web/Tech, Word of Mouth
Yahoo's is "Purpling it Up" It's Marketing Efforts
By: Irina Skaya
Marketing buzz is difficult to achieve, and not all products can be the next Harry Potter, or the Volkswagen New Beetle. Yahoo! is redefining the meaning of purple with its new viral marketing campaign, “Start Wearing Purple.” Contrary to the popular belief that purple symbolizes royalty, Yahoo! attributes the color to innovation and imagination.
Startwearingpurple.com includes features such as "Celebrate Purple", "Purple Pranks", "Pioneers of Purple" and "Purple Picks.” “Pioneers of Purple” showcases mini-documentaries of influential personalities who epitomize individuality and innovative spirit of purple, a color that's been core to Yahoo!'s DNA since it began.
From purple bikes with built-in solar power cameras and funny videos to purple sneakers and Ts, the web portal is engaging and has the potential to create buzz, but will this brand awareness campaign drive Internet users from its competitors to the soon-to-be launched new Yahoo! site?
Check out how Yahoo! is 'purpling it up' through their Purple Pedals project.
Sep 23, 2008 5:18:29 PM | Innovation, Internet Marketing , Irina Skaya, Search, Word of Mouth
Search Engine Friendly URLs
In today’s digital age, the Internet plays a crucial role in the consumers’ lives and changes the way companies advertise. Every day millions of people use the Internet for research, purchasing products, acquiring information relevant to our hobbies, interests, connecting with family and friends, etc. Based on the number of Internet users, Internet advertising can be used as a valuable tool to improve the growth and profitability of companies.
To increase traffic to the company Websites, it is important to present successful and memorable URLs in ads. Here is a cool blog that distinguishes good URLs from bad ones.
Best Practices for Creating Search Engine Friendly URLs:
- DON’TUSEALLCAPSTANGLEDUPTOGETHER.COM
- No hypens/or slashes
- Use words instead of numbers
- Use YourSlogan.com when running an integrated campaign
- Brevity is virtue
- If .com or .net is unavailable, find a new brand name
- No need to include www to indicate that it's a URL
Dec 11, 2007 5:16:23 PM | Communications, Internet Marketing , Irina Skaya, Search, Television, Web/Tech
B2B Marketers Can Ride the Magic Carpet of Alibaba
By Kaitlin Villanova
Do you hear the buzz? It's called Alibaba, no, not the fictional character from Arabian Nights but China's largest e-commerce company.
Alibaba is "the world's largest marketplace for global trade and the leading provider of online marketing services for importers and exporters. It is the place for buyers and sellers to find trade opportunities and promote their businesses online. Alibaba is not a trading company but rather an online business platform, where you can search or post information to find potential business partners."
It has been noted to be the first company to give Google a scare and maybe even a run for its money. Founded by former English teacher Jack Ma in 1995, Alibaba is selling a 17% stake in the company, in the biggest technology IPO since Google.
Some facts:
Yahoo! has agreed to buy $100 million worth of shares (they hold a 39% stake in Alibaba Group).
Alibaba.com is the largest business-to-business e-trading site in China; it reported earnings of 295.2 million Chinese yuan ($39.2 million) in the first six months of 2007.
The listed company would not include two fast-growing Alibaba Group businesses: its online shopping unit, Taobao.com, and its online payment services provider, Alipay.
Its shares are slated to begin trading Nov. 6. (Source: Forbes.com)
So what does this mean for marketers? With so many involved in the B2B space this allows for virtual global trade. Scott Tong of American Public Media’s Marketplace refers to Alibaba “as the online dating service for global business.”
With close to 25 million members, with sales and marketing offices in over 30 countries, and more than 4,400 employees, it leaves a big platform from which to do business. If your organization is doing B2B globally, I recommend you take the time to evaluate this search engine.
Technorati tags: Alibaba B2B Global Search Engine
Nov 15, 2007 9:39:09 AM | Current Affairs, In the Media, Media, Search
Microsoft and Yahoo?
B y Will Waugh
I don't normally rely on the New York Post for much more than Page Six, but they are announcing Microsoft is talking to Yahoo! about a potential $50 billion bid (thanks Forbes.com) Funny, I was just meeting with Microsoft on Monday and Tuesday and they didn't mention a lick of this to me (I feel slighted). The pressure, the Post says, is coming from Google's continued domination of search and online advertising, particularly with the recent purchase of DoubleClick.
If it is true, why not for Microsoft? I don't see this as a sign of desperation, rather a desire to expand it's capabilities online.
What this would give Microsoft:
An expanded search reach with Yahoo's #2 position in the field.
The #1 portal with some of the best brands in online media.
Expanded e-commerce capabilities in spaces like cars and jobs.
More content (I love content).
That's just a start. Looking forward to seeing how this develops.
Technorati tags: microsoft marketing yahoo
May 4, 2007 10:49:39 AM | Content, Current Affairs, In the Media, Media, Search, The Customer
Speed to Satisfaction: Snap and iReader
The average search lasts somewhere around 15 minutes, and so does the average attention span.
Snap is an efficient time-saving search tool whether you are using Yahoo!, Google, MSN, or in my case a Kaitlin search (thanks to pimpmysearch).
Snap offers a solution that is “visual, fast, and interactive” far superior to the text-in text-out search paradigm. When you hold your mouse over the link a window preview of the site pops up allowing you to make a judgment on the site without having to click-through. This will force marketers and designers to make the sites more visually appealing and aesthetically welcoming..
iReader has a similar model to Snap, it is a browser extension for Internet Explorer and Firefox. The difference is, rather than just providing a visual screen shot of the site, it scans the text and puts the information provided in the site into a two or 3 point bullet form.
It is difficult to judge which is a better model, if you are looking for a visual preview of the site before you visit, then Snap is for you. If you would prefer a snapshot (no pun intended) of the content on the site then iReader may be a better fit…personally I use both.
These esoteric web tools are welcoming to the not-so-techy user for little or no cost. Marketers must prepare their sites to be visually appealing with rich content that will give the user a reason to return.
Technorati tags:Snap marketing iReader
Apr 5, 2007 6:00:00 AM | Communications, Consumer Generated, Content, Internet Marketing , Search
Vertical Search Marketing: Fits Juuuust Right
While Google is allowing the infiltration of blogs to dominate organic search, marketers are searching (no pun intended) for a way to massage their data and present it in a manner that is simple and easy to consume. According to gigaom.com the definition of vertical search is “a specialized search engine that mines data for one narrow niche of the market place.” The idea of vertical search can be compared to Chris Anderson’s The Long Tail (a theory born in a 2004 issue of Wired Magazine) the colloquial name for a long-known feature of statistical distributions. This idea can be seen in business models such as Amazon, Netflix, lala.com and many more. The idea of selling more of less is a challenge to marketers as their consumer transforms in to a content creator. Vertical search will allow for the correct content to connect to the right consumer. This content can reach the appropriate consumer through the most critical component of vertical search, which is trust. It is necessary to trust that the content provided in the aggregated search of your choice has a dedicated contributing community to ensure that the information remains relevant. Steven Baker, CEO of Reed Search agrees “even though there is increasing attention scarcity, more community sites are popping up.” Every brand has an opportunity to find the niche that has the Goldilocks phenomenon…fits juuust right. (I was hoping to coin that term myself but thanks to Wiki search it’s already been done)
Feb 16, 2007 4:51:00 AM | Internet Marketing , Search, Technology's Impact, Trends
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Use Torguard On Fire Stick – TorGuard Anonymous VPN Review – 2019
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TorGuard certainly believes in giving people choices, and it Supports VPN protocols, including OpenVPN, IKEv2, L2TP, and IPSec. TorGuard also includes Stealth VPN protocols, which utilize SSL VPN in order to prevent an entity from blocking the VPN traffic. These include OpenVPN Stealth, ShadowSocks, Stunnel, and AnyConnect (also Called OpenConnect).
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You need to trust the VPN you use, as the Firm Behind it could end up in your activities that are online. That is why when VPNs are reviewed by me, I speak with the sellers and read the privacy policy. In the instance of TorGuard, this last part was simple. The business gets the smallest privacy policy I’ve seen, and one of the most easy to read.
More important, the content of the coverage is good for consumers. This section says it all:”TorGuard.net doesn’t store or log any traffic or use from its Virtual Private Network (VPN) or Proxy.” The business acknowledges that it will gather information but keep in mind that it also enables the usage of payment methods.
Still, TorGuard States that it only enriches revenue From subscription sales, rather than selling data. The organization’s policy isn’t to sell or transfer the data that it has accumulated to third parties. The exception to this is if the company feels it’s obliged to comply with legal action.
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I look at the Whole number of servers, While I examine VPNs The company has available to be used. The more servers there are offered, the more likely you should find one that is not extremely crowded, giving you a bigger slice of bandwidth.
TorGuard has greatly expanded its server offering, and it Now boasts more than 3,000 servers. That puts it up there using Private Online Access$2.91 at Personal Online Access among the very robust VPN services I have reviewed. NordVPN leads the bunch in absolute size, now supporting over 5,200 servers.
In addition, I look at where these servers are situated. The more Geographic options the more choice you have if you would like to spoof where you are. A strong geographic distribution also means that you are more likely to find a nearby server when traveling, and also a nearby server ensures lower latency and greater performance.
TorGuard now offers VPN servers in over 53 countries. These are dispersed across the Americas, Asia, and Europe. I’m pleased to see that TorGuard has servers in India, and several servers across Africa and the Middle East, as these regions are often ignored by other VPN services. Notably, TorGuard also has servers in China, Russia, and Turkey, that are known for their repressive internet policies. Hide My Ass dominates with its unbeatable roster of 286 VPN server locations across some 220 countries, but among VPN services. CyberGhost$2.75 in CyberGhosthas fewer server locations, but it will offer physical servers in underserved areas like Africa and South America.
Some consumers fear about VPN companies servers. These are servers that are software-defined, which means that a single hardware server may run several servers . These virtual servers can be configured to appear to be than where they’re truly located. That’s an issue if you would like to avoid specific regions, and if you’re worried about where your information is led. A TorGuard representative told me that the company does not use servers, so you will have no trouble here. Use Torguard On Fire Stick
In my testing, I installed TorGuard’s applications on A Lenovo ThinkPad T460slaptop operating Windows 10.
The TorGuard customer installed quickly and readily, though It is not a thrill to behold. The program is minimal, appearing somewhat more like a cellular app than something I would expect on a desktop . You will find not one of the bears or the donkeys from Hide My Ass. It doesn’t have a map interface, which is a staple of VPN apps. It looks a great deal more such as the bare-bones Private Internet Access.
Rather than recommending servers for or displaying a map Particular activities, TorGuard has a list of servers. That’s fine, but again, it is not very friendly to new users. Neither will be the arcane choices on the primary window of the app. The typical user is probably not going to mess with these, but networking pros will no doubt enjoy having these choices front and center. A link at the bottom of the program opens a window filled with byzantine options. This program doesn’t just look like Internet Access that is Personal, it appears to target the kind of confident user.
While I am willing to make a Good Deal of allowances for layout, 1 aspect of TorGuard’s Windows app (and, in reality, all its other apps, too) disturbs me. Will discover that VPN server is nearest or gets the smallest latency. TorGuard doesn’t do this. It’s a small thing, but changed.
TorGuard Provides a Kill Switch list, much like NordVPN does. TorGuard will stop any applications should the VPN connection be interrupted. It’s a safety measure. TorGuard’s Kill Switch is limited. I discovered that you can add applications that are running to the list. Additionally, it uses the names you see in the Task Manager, which affords you more control in the price of usability. NordVPN enables you to specify applications that are not currently running to add to the protected record, which is quite handy.
VPN services include servers. NordVPN And ProtonVPN are just two which provide servers for streaming Netflix content. TorGuard has a few: stealth servers intended to be almost impossible to be blocked by firewalls.
Many streaming providers take a dim view of VPNs. That’s That is not created to your specific geographical region, As you can use a VPN to spoof your location and get content. If you live in the US but are vacationing in the united kingdom, streaming video solutions might block your attempts to VPN back into your house country.
While connected to some New York VPN server that is nearby, I was Not able to see any content. Of course, that might change at a moment’s notice, which will be true for VPNs that functioned in my testing with Netflix.
Note that section 4.3 of the Netflix terms of support Mentions that it uses technologies to confirm your place, which you entitled to content in the area in which you created your account. It does not expressly forbid the use of a VPN for accessing articles, but do not say we didn’t warn you if your account gets blocked.
TorGuard offers a series of services devoted to anonymity And privacy. In addition to its basic VPN service, TorGuard also sells Anonymous Torrent Proxy for $5.95 per month; Anonymous Email for $6.95 per month; along with the Privacy Bundle, which contains both Proxy and VPN support, for $11.95 per month.
If you are tempted to get the Anonymous Proxy support Instead of the VPN support because it is more affordable, know that the proxy was made to filter just traffic, while all you do online is protected by the VPN service. If you grabbing a torrent or are currently seeding torrents, the proxy makes sure nobody sees your IP address. However, other activity and your internet browsing isn’t included. It’s a case of online anonymity sometimes versus the time. Use Torguard On Fire Stick
Surprisingly, the TorGuard iPhone apphas a striking, Slick look. It’s not likely to win any design awards, but it’s far, far better than the Windows or Android apps. Nevertheless, we think the iPhone program is actually so simple as to be a bit confusing to use.
When we last reviewed TorGuardwe noticed that it didn’t Include our OpenVPN protocol that is preferred. Instead, IKEv2 is used by the app. We’re also pleased to see that its VPN performed well on this platform in our speed tests , too.
We like the TorGuard Android apphas a split Tunneling attribute, as well as most of the features that you’ll see in the Windows app. But, TorGuard drops the ball in style. We find the program believe it would be off-putting to new users, and to be confusing. In our testing, it also created an odd warning. While the TorGuard service is a great one, it is only outshone by Android VPN apps.
Regrettably, the TorGuard program does not have the Modicum of panache that found its way to the iPhone program. It is not bad; it fine. It’s a window to receive your VPN.
TorGuard did not impress me at the time using its rate test Scores on macOS. I look forward to taking another crack. Nevertheless, I’m very happy to find that it includes OpenVPN. It’s one of the very best VPNs that are macOS.
TorGuard has a lot a Price, also a geographically diverse collection of servers, and an assortment of subscription add-ons to personalize your security expertise. Particularly notable is its focus on BitTorrent usage, and how it aced our rate tests–two factors that are related. TorGuard also has an superb privacy policy, one that’s sweet, short, and consumer-friendly. The exact same can not be said for its app expertise, which continues to sacrifice ease of use.
This VPN service does a lot right, and it gets a high For doing this Score. But it is neck-and-neck with Internet Access that is Private, not just in relation to what it offers but how it provides it. Both are privacy-focused, both have many options that are arcane, and neither has a UI that is terrific. TorGuard, for its part, has the speed but Internet Access defeats on it on endurance, which explains the reason why it requires an Editors’ Choice award along with NordVPN and TunnelBear. Still, TorGuard is. Use Torguard On Fire Stick
TorGuard offers four different subscription plans Dependent on the period of the subscription. You are able to subscribe to a month, three weeks, six months or one year. The more your subscription interval, the higher the discount. The monthly plan costs $9.99, the Rs subscription costs $19.99, and the semi-annual subscription costs $29.99. If you elect for the annual subscription, which costs $59.99, then you will be paying only $4.99 per month (you will be billed the entire sum at once). TorGuard also supplies a biannual plan for the most hard-core users at a price of $99.99 billed every 2 decades.
In addition to all major credit cards, TorGuard additionally accepts BitCoin, PayPal, UnionPay, and Alipay.
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Yanjun Qi, Merja Oja, Jason Weston & William Stafford Noble
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Blur – The Great Escape – Classic Music Review (Britpop Series)
By altrockchick on February 7, 2019 | 6 Comments
Regular readers of this blog are aware that the proprietor approaches the work of paid music critics with healthy skepticism. Some have pretensions of grandeur (Christgau, Erlewine) while others work for publications who accept advertising from record companies (Pitchfork, Rolling Stone), assuming that readers will ignore that fundamental conflict of interest and accept their evaluations of artists working for those record companies as unbiased. In one sense, those critics are merely a reflection of the precipitous decline in professional journalism in the United States and United Kingdom—it’s all about the ratings, it’s all about the circulation, it’s all about the money, fuck the notion of journalistic standards and screw integrity. The presence of Rupert Murdoch publications in both countries has clearly facilitated the move towards inflated controversy and sensationalism in the daily journals.
The British were way, way ahead of the States in cheapening journalism; Murdoch launched his topless Page 3 as far back as 1969. The music rags soon began filling column space with outlandish opinions designed to spark controversy, and the publications made little effort to hide the fact that their #1 goal was not to provide the public with useful, carefully-researched information but to do whatever it takes to increase readership, which in turn increases advertising, which in turn makes a few self-important people very wealthy. British music critics tried very hard to identify the next big thing in music, often inflating the value of a particular artist (hello, Stone Roses) as they attempted to remain relevant and project the appearance of cutting-edge trend setters. More often than not, they lagged behind the public in that area, rallying to the support of a hot new artist in response to record sales.
The critical reaction to The Great Escape is quite instructive in this regard. On first release, it was the greatest thing to hit Britain since William the Conqueror. After all, Blur had defeated Oasis in the “Battle of Britain” when the lead single from the album (“Country House”) outsold the promotional single from Morning Glory (“Roll with It”). The message from the press was BLUR IS BETTER THAN OASIS. BLUR HAS ALWAYS BEEN BETTER THAN OASIS.
Then Oasis achieved something that no other Britpop band had come close to achieving: mass market acceptance in the United States. Q withdrew their review of The Great Escape and issued an apology; other critics piled on, accusing Blur of trying to make the British public miserable through their allegedly cynical world-view. Some accused Blur of faking their affinity for the underclasses and launched the narrative that Oasis was the real working class band. The message shifted: OASIS IS BETTER THAN BLUR. OASIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN BETTER THAN BLUR.
Even Damon Albarn got caught up in the Orwellian reassessment, defining The Great Escape as a “messy” release. As I trust an artist’s opinion of their work less than I do the opinion of a paid critic, we’ll ignore that piece of self-immolation. The truth about this shift in critical favor was best expressed by BBC music journalist James McMahon, who opined that the “critical euphoria that would prove to be short-lived – truth be told, about as long as it took publishers to realise Oasis would probably shift more magazines for them.”
Albarn wasn’t the only Blur member who lacked fond memories of the album or the experience; Graham Coxon had fucking had it with the whole Britpop scene and was ready to move on; there were also growing tensions between Coxon and the other band members. However, bad memories of the interpersonal dynamics and their mutual desire to hurry up and get to the future serve to cloud their views of the album’s worth. Regardless of tension and a pending shift in artistic direction, The Great Escape is a worthy conclusion to the “Life Trilogy.” While the quality of the album is a mixed bag (strong first half, weak middle and transitional final phase), I admire the courage of the record, captured in the willingness to call bullshit for what it is.
The album title wasn’t selected until the last minute, but it reflects the dominant theme. The characters in each story (including Damon Albarn himself) are in varying degrees attempting to avoid the truth about their lives, finding escape mechanisms in everything from sex to status, from drugs to dreams, from the latest trend to pulling all-nighters glued to the telly. To dismiss Blur’s perspective on British life as “cynical” says more about the labelers than the songs themselves; critics often use the term when they’re uncomfortable with satiric views that hit too close to home or with those who dare to disturb the status quo by exposing what’s wrong with the world. I don’t find The Great Escape particularly cynical, and only occasionally melancholy. It’s a hard look at the reality of the times, and excuse me if I’m wrong, but I think that’s pretty much what Swift, Dickens and Thackeray did in their universally honored works.
The Great Escape isn’t Parklife, and that message is communicated sonically in the edgy opening passage of “Stereotypes,” where Graham Coxon leads with a screeching B minor chord accompanied by a foreboding minor key pattern on the organ. Damon Albarn’s world-weary vocal communicates a sense of exhausted impatience with the all-too human tendency to follow a trend, to be in with the in-crowd, no matter how ludicrous the adventure. Here we have The Case of the Oversexed Divorcee, who believes she needs to fuck her brains out because . . . because that’s what divorcees are supposed to do to convince themselves they’ve still got it:
The suburbs they are sleeping
But he’s dressing up tonight
She likes a man in uniform he loves to wear it tight
They’re on the lovers sofa they’re on the patio
And when the fun is over watch themselves on video
I’ll bet she spends hours with her divorcee girlfriends comparing boyfriend dick size and bragging about the impossibly difficult Kama Sutra position she pulled off the night before. I love sex as much or more than the next person, but this is gross sex, superficial titillation designed to bolster one’s fragile ego to avoid facing the emptiness inside. The arrangement is rock-solid, with pulsating bass from Alex James, strong punctuation from Dave Rowntree and the ever-present screeching minor chord from Graham Coxon sounding the mental health alarm.
Now it’s off to . . . The Battle of Britain! From the Guardian archives:
Blur or Oasis? Oasis or Blur? Four days after the launch of Britain’s most hyped battle of the bands Manchester’s working class lads appear to be edging ahead of London’s art school trendies in the race for the No. 1 spot.
Both groups released their £2.99 singles on Monday, claiming to be bitter enemies, which led some in the music industry to compare the rivalry to that between the Rolling Stones and the Beatles.
Early indications suggest that Oasis’s Roll With It is edging ahead of Blur’s Country House in sales, so the Guardian conducted its own survey of the music critics who really matter – the fans.
In Manchester, home of Oasis, one of the city’s leading music stores was buzzing with debate about the Blur-Oasis head-to-head. Andrew McQueen, assistant at Piccadilly Records, tried to give an objective assessment. He dismissed Manchester’s alleged chauvinism about Oasis as merely a mirage in a PR person’s mind. He paid Blur some gracious compliments but his loyalties soon became obvious.
“Oasis plagiarise from the great names – the Beatles, Stones, Kinks, the Who. But they make their own exciting rock and roll. It’s not pompous and has great tunes. They wear their hearts on their sleeves. They go for the jugular and move people.
“Blur plunder the past, too, but they do it with an irony and a cleverness which I don’t like. Their music has a knowing wink. Oasis seem more heartfelt, more direct. Blur are probably better musicians. They write good songs – but you don’t feel they mean it.”
This view seems to be born out by record sales: 75 to Oasis, 25 to Blur at Piccadilly. Round the corner at the Virgin store, the tally was 300 Oasis to 250 Blur.
If only today’s journalists would report genuinely important news with such doggedness and detail.
Blur did pull it out in the end, for what it’s worth. To my ears it was a no-contest battle—“Country House” is a far stronger song than “Roll with It,” the weakest of any of the singles released from Morning Glory. Kinks fans will immediately make the connection to the anti-hero of the Face to Face trilogy and the song “A House in the Country,” but unlike that character, who “don’t need no sedatives to ease his troubled mind,” Blur’s Man of the Nineties “takes all kinds of pills” and passes the day “reading Balzac and knocking back Prozac.” You don’t really need those details, for all you need to know about this self-important asshole is contained in the absolutely brilliant line, “I’m a professional cynic but my heart’s not in it.” In the context of the theme of escape, the country house represents a complete failure to leave the rat race behind, as the gentleman in question has traded one form of stress for another in the form of health nazi paranoia (“He doesn’t drink, smoke, laugh/Takes herbal baths in the country”). The use of the phrase “animal farm” leads most people to draw a connection to Orwell, but the video for the song, full of bouncy, smiling, dimwitted babes, suggests the animalistic, mechanical sex of a perpetual orgy. The arrangement is terribly exciting, featuring an ironically jaunty beat with a stunning build to the chorus where Blur mingles rising lead and background vocals to reach a satisfying climax. I also love the high harmony bridge with its hints of Beatles and Beach Boys as the voices join together to reveal the awful truth that this wealthy, entitled prick feels terribly sorry for himself.
I’m not 100% sure where the critical perception of cynicism came from, but the melancholy “Best Days” is a likely source because it explodes the long-standing myth peddled by regret-filled old farts that the best years of our lives are when we’re young and responsibility-free. Not only is that notion total bullshit, but it sets up young people to believe that something’s wrong with them when the good times they’re supposed to be having fail to materialize. While the having-to-work part is a bit of a drag, I’m having a much better time in my thirties than I ever did as a confused, physiologically unstable and uninformed teen hanging out with other insecure people who also had no idea what the fuck they were doing. Since celebration of youth was a key component of the Britpop scene, Blur is to be commended for repeatedly pointing out (see “Girls and Boys”) that the mindless search for sex and substance-fueled good times isn’t the best way to establish a foundation for a meaningful future.
The opening verses set up the fundamental problem of modern humanity: our perpetual state of separation from one another. The bells toll at St. Mary-le-Bow church as they have on that site for centuries as Londoners exit the city hoping “someone’s waiting out there for them.” Meanwhile, a cabbie ferries the young drunks around Soho, compensating for that unpleasant, impersonal task by dreaming of sunnier climes. In a vain search for something remotely resembling intimacy, the poetic camera zooms in to take a closer look and comes up empty:
Trellick Tower’s been calling
I know she’ll leave me in the morning
In hotel cells, listening to dial tones
Remote controls and cable moans
In his drink, he’s talking
Gets disconnected sleepwalking back home
Other people wouldn’t like to hear you
If you said that these are the best days of our lives
Other people turn around and laugh at you
The music is quite lovely in a melancholy sense, somewhat reminiscent of the structures and norms of the baroque rock of the mid-60’s. I adore the descending figure that serves as Graham Coxon’s guitar solo, where he repeats the relational pattern of the notes as he moves down the fretboard, reinforcing the motif of disappointment. The chorus harmonies are again excellent, and though it didn’t make the cut as a single, I’d have to say that “Best Days” is my favorite song on the album.
Our travels now take us to the place where most of us go to drown our troubles to meet the “Charmless Man,” the embodiment of a person decked out in all the trappings of status with all the depth of an evaporating puddle of rain. Though he meets all the criteria of one who “has it made” (a portfolio, an expensive and empty education from a superficially prestigious school and A-list entry to all the fashionable places), it’s all for naught, as his status fails to impress anyone. I’m certainly not impressed that “he knows his claret from his Beaujolais,” which is like knowing the difference between a Guinness and a Diet Coke. The only thing he’s got going for him is that all his acquaintances are equally charmless and completely supportive in maintaining appearances:
He thinks his educated airs, those family shares will protect him
That we’ll respect him
He moves in circles of friends who just pretend
That they like him, he does the same to them
And when you put it all together
There’s the model of a charmless man
It’s no surprise that his secret role model is Ronnie Kray, the head of a notoriously brutal criminal enterprise who evaded the authorities for quite some time because his nightclubs were popular with the Charmless Man Set. Perhaps if Ronnie were around today in our more corruption-supportive environment, he’d be up for Prime Minister, and if you doubt that assertion, let me draw your attention to the gangster enterprise running the United States. Our Charmless Man would be a great fit for the Trump administration, willing to mold himself into any shape likely to result in increased status, let values and integrity be damned. The rollicking music reflects a party where the musicians are trying with all their might to keep the good times going, and while it works just fine, I think a small horn section with growling saxophones and exaggerated trombone slides would have highlighted the gangsterism more effectively.
If you were searching for clues indicating that Blur was feeling a bit restless within the confines of Britpop, you need look no further than “Fade Away.” Though the theme of suburban ennui fits nicely within those boundaries, the music is . . . well . . . certainly Latin-influenced . . . almost but not quite mariachi . . . occasionally avant-garde dissonant but not quite jazz . . . electronically-spiced . . . with flavors of cheap and cheesy. The glue that holds it all together comes from Alex James on the bass, who clearly left it all in the studio and probably wound up with some impressive blisters on his fingers. Though the musical style may be hard to pin down, the lyrics tell a story of lives lost to cultural expectations that neither husband or wife understand in the least—like robots, they just do what they’re programmed to do:
They stumbled into their lives
In a vague way became man and wife
One got the other they deserved one another
They settled in a brand new town
With people from the same background
Of course they did. These are people in desperate need of sameness, because different is threatening. The most damning sequence appears in the second verse:
He noticed he had visible lines
She worried about her behind
Their birth had been the death of them
It didn’t really bother them
Their birth had been the death of them. For these people, life is summarized in the chorus: “All you ever do is fade away.” If I were to encounter this couple in the street, it would take every ounce of strength I have to stop myself from shouting, “Get off the fucking planet, assholes! You’re wasting space, food and energy!” I’d feel completely justified in doing so, because these are the sort of unaware people who feel threatened by diversity and vote their fears . . . and we’ve had enough of that lately, in both Britain and America.
“Topman” takes its name from the trendy menswear chain, and Blur was thoughtful enough to mention Hugo and Boss to avoid any perceptions of favoritism. I think this song is a hoot, not because of a brilliant musical structure or stunning lyrics but for the deep-voice background vocals repeating the syllable “Oh” with supporting harmonica in the opening passage. The sound reminds me of Johnny Preston’s “Running Bear,” a 1959 monument to American racism that tried to capitalize on the cowboys-and-Indians fascination of the time by featuring white people using low-scale vocalizations to mimic their perception of how “Indians” communicate. The young braves of England don’t dress up in war paint but they do cling to the latest fashions and compensate for their youthful lack of wealth by powering up putt-putt cars (Clios, Saxos and Fiats) and loudly cruising through the streets (the boy-racers in the States did the same to Hondas and old-model Acuras). The Nineties were the period when “personal branding” really began, led by the garment industry when they started using clothes to sell clothes by advertising on the clothes themselves. I try to imagine building my identity around the clothing brands I choose and the cigarettes I smoke and just get fucking depressed at the thought of it.
The Great Escape isn’t cynical! This is real shit, people! Kids have killed other kids for their Nikes! Wake the fuck up! Our societies create insanity!
As was true in Parklife, the weakest part of the album is in the middle. It begins with “The Universal,” a song featuring lyrics about a future where we all go into mass denial about the ugliness of reality with the assistance of a universal drug. As Aldous Huxley had already covered the concept pretty thoroughly in Brave New World, the song doesn’t break any new ground. Worse still, the music is as un-futuristic as one can imagine, a Mantovani-esque string-heavy arrangement with Henry Mancini overtones. “The Universal” began life as a ska number (bad idea) and was headed for the crapper until Damon Albarn “saved” the song with the string section. I think early Pulp might have been able to do something with the song, given their occasional experimental leanings, but as it is, it’s a promise of something big that fails to deliver. Unlike “The Universal,” “Mr Robinson’s Quango” skips the pretentious opening but also falls flat in a too-crude attack on political appointees who fatten themselves at the public trough. “He Thought of Cars” continues the mid-album slump using a weak metaphor of “things that are supposed to get us to destinations” that only brings us to Destination: Loneliness—a theme more effectively treated elsewhere on the album. The “meh” part of the album ends with “It Could Be You,” an exposé of the absurd fantasy that a person can only be happy when they win the lottery, a topic that would have been treated more effectively had they given us the end of the story—that many lottery winners wind up broke, besieged and in therapy.
The pre-mayoral version of Ken Livingstone steps into save the day with his drier-than-the-driest-martini narration of a typical day in the life of one Ernold Same:
Ernold Same awoke from the same dream
In the same bed at the same time
Looked in the same mirror, made the same frown
And felt the same way as he did every day
Then Ernold Same caught the same train
At the same station, sat in the same seat
With the same nasty stain
Next to same old what’s-his-name
On his way to the same place with the same name
To do the same thing again and again and again
Poor old Ernold Same
Blur then launches the musical version, a nicely layered vocal ensemble that confirms Ernold’s endless loop of sameness and adds a touch of compassion to the recitation of the all-too familiar dreary routine followed by billions of people across the globe.
When your single, solitary goal in life is to become the attractive, devil-may care rich guy in the television commercial, you are by definition a hollow man—and the lead character of “Globe Alone.” Anticipating the lo-fi adventures of their next album, Blur comes close to pop punk in this high-speed romp where Dave Rountree gets a nice workout and Damon Albarn does his best Johnny Rotten imitation on the choruses. The lead character is such a disconnected, self-centered loser that he a.) gets a stiff prick when he fondles his new cell phone, b.) fantasizes about Sharon Stone (I used to see her every now and then at the Whole Foods Market on California and Franklin back in the day and she was pretty hot) and c.) takes comfort in his insistence that he “wouldn’t be seen at bedtime/Without putting Calvin Kleins on.” Logic would dictate that the people who do the laundry for him learned to slip on sanitary gloves before they picked up his crusty shorts and tossed them into the wash. The contradiction between the assertive music and the happy-slappy la-la-las create a psychological tension that simply can’t hold, but rather than opting for the classic nervous breakdown, this hero of materialists everywhere opts to believe that the outside world exists for his convenience and no one else:
He is because he saw it on a commercial break
And if he doesn’t get what he wants then gets a headache
Because he needs it, wants it, almost, loves it
He’s here on his own, all globe alone
Here on his own, all globe alone
Here on his own
Please don’t introduce me to anyone like this guy. Ever.
And I’m not sure I’d like to meet “Dan Abnormal,” aka Damon Albarn sans the rockstar regalia. In this self-reflective piece, he describes his “real life” as one combining television binging with trips to McDonald’s, where he unnecessarily threatens the employees with bodily harm unless they cough up the burger and chips. Hardly the glamorous life of a celebrity, but I believe that’s the point of the song: to blow the rockstar image to smithereens and show his fan base that he’s subject to the same petty whims and neuroses that dominate their lives. At the time, Albarn was experiencing the classic identity crisis that comes with the shift from normal life to the spotlight, one of many cultural icons who have suffered its debilitating effects in the form of nervous breakdowns (Thom Yorke, Ray Davies) or immersion in the drug scene (too many to mention). Kurt Cobain bemoaned his depersonalizing experience in “Smells Like Team Spirit” in the line, “Here we are now—entertain us,” and Albarn echoes that sentiment in the opening stanza (“Meanie Leanie come on down/Come and entertain the town”). It’s a tricky balance between complaining about the fact that the transformation has given you wealth and the fame you thought you wanted and detached commentary about the fundamentally dehumanizing process of idolization, and I think Damon Albarn struck the right tone here.
Echoes of Kurt Cobain and “Smells Like Teen Spirit” appear in the penultimate track, “Entertain Me.” For those of you who are not Nirvana fans, I’m referring to the lines, “I feel stupid and contagious/Here we are now—entertain us!” Damon Albarn’s take is somewhat similar, directed more at the general population caught in the humdrum than demanding teenagers. The most interesting diversion comes in the second verse, where he takes on the transactional nature of mating in our technologically advanced society:
At his and hers dating
Bored minds agree
Requirements to be stated
And replies awaited
She wants a loose fit
He wants instant whip
Guesstimates her arrival
Will she want it really badly?
What a weird, weird world we have created.
The song opens up with a pattern that resembles a high-speed version of “I Am the Walrus,” but that proves to be a feint when Dave Rowntree enters and slows the perceived tempo. The deceleration actually serves to increase the energy of the song, as Rowntree’s punctuation gives the song a strong, steady beat. In contrast, Albarn’s vocals on the verses are half-narrated in a mechanical, bored-with-it-all tone that strengthens the theme of human detachment. The chord pattern features those subtle changes that excite me no end—a shift from the root A major in the verses to A minor in the chorus and pattern-closing adjustment from straight G to the augmented G to emphasize the sour note. The effect of those minuscule adjustments is palpable, complementing the bitter edge in the lyrics.
The Great Escape ends with a curious song about life in the Japanese workforce, “Yuko and Hiro.” Few cultures embraced workaholic behavior as thoroughly as the Japanese, but that embrace was not the manic behavior of Americans desperately trying to get ahead of each other but an allegedly honorable exchange of extra work for lifetime employment (at least in the larger firms). Although some progress has been made in the last two decades in reducing the length of the workweek, the norm of undying loyalty to the company still inspires overwork—so much so that the Japanese have a term for “death by overwork” (karoshi). This is the environment Blur attempts to capture in “Yuko and Hiro,” a deeply sad state of affairs where love and companionship are available only one day a week and booze is essential to survival:
We work together
We work for the company
That looks to the future
We work hard to please them
They will protect us
I never see you
We’re never together
I’ll love you forever
I drink in the evenings
It helps with relaxing
I can’t sleep without drinking
The music is appropriately morose and semi-tragic, featuring loose approximations of the dissonance (at least to Western ears) of Japanese music and some lovely vocals from a female trio. What I like about the song is that it makes listeners aware that the challenges of finding a meaningful life in the context of a consumerist culture aren’t limited to the British Isles, but represent a global quality-of-life challenge. I wish they would have let the song fade into oblivion rather than tacking on a harmonium-driven music hall fragment to the end, for it interferes with a very powerful closing message.
As things turned out, The Great Escape was hardly the end of Britpop (as Pulp would conclusively demonstrate with the biggest fucking exclamation point ever), but it was the end of Blur’s uneasy flirtation with the movement. Though they still remain popular in the Isles to this day, Blur and the individual members moved on to explore different forms of music, from electronica to lo-fi to hip-hop. Regardless of their later achievements, they will always be remembered for the trilogy, and I can’t listen to the Blur of the 90’s without wishing for a tectonic shift in popular tastes that embraces intelligent, melodic and socially-aware music.
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Firewall – Richard Loncraine
Firewall stars Harrison Ford as bank security expert Jack Stanfield, whose specialty is designing infallible theft-proof financial computer systems. But there's a hidden vulnerability in the system he didn't account for – himself. When a ruthless criminal mastermind (Paul Bettany) kidnaps his family, Jack is forced to find a flaw in his system and steal $ 100 million. With the lives of his wife and children at stake and under constant surveillance, he has only hours to find a loophole in the thief's own impenetrable system of subterfuge and false identities to beat him at his own game.
© © 2006 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. 2006 Village Roadshow (BMI) Limited. All rights reserved.
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The Broken Road (Unabridged) – Richard Paul Evans
The Broken Road (Unabridged)
Richard Paul Evans
Categories AudiobooksTags broken, Evans, Paul, Richard, Road, Unabridged
Chromed: Upgrade – Richard Parry
Chromed: Upgrade
A Cyberpunk Adventure Epic
Richard Parry
Publish Date: February 9, 2019
Publisher: Mondegreen
Seller: Richard Parry
It’s 2150AD. There hasn’t been a corporate war… until now . Mason Floyd is an augmented syndicate enforcer at the top of his game. His job is asset protection and acquisition, no questions asked. Company tech is stolen on Mason’s watch. Rival megacorps want it, and they don’t mind killing him to get it. Framed for the theft, Mason runs. He tangles with off-grid rockstar Sadie Freeman on the grimy seam between the powerful and poor. Together they uncover a secret an entire city died to keep. Hunted and desperate, they must team up to survive. Together Mason and Sadie can save the world. Apart, both are lost. They must trust each other or die. Megacorps. Cyborgs. AI. Gene-spliced monsters. Syndicate enforcers. Off-grid illegals. Supersoldiers. Rock music. Violence. Einstein-Rosen bridges. Liquor. Enhanced reflexes. Power armor and energy weapons. Full body replacements. Swearing. Mind control. Telekenetics. G-Men. Drugs. Neural links. Orbital cannons. THIS IS CYBERPUNK .
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Jerry Springer: The Opera (Original Staging) – Stewart Lee & Richard Thomas
Jerry Springer: The Opera (Original Staging)
Stewart Lee & Richard Thomas
Genre: Arts & Entertainment
© ℗ © 2007 Avalon Management Group Limited
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Categories AudiobooksTags Jerry, Opera, original, Richard, Springer', Staging, Stewart, Thomas
Richard III – William Shakespeare
Genre: Theater
Publisher: Bookbyte Digital
Seller: Somerset Investments, Inc.
When Richard looks at his brother, King Edward IV, he is so blinded by jealousy that he can only see a tyrant. In spite of his brother's peaceful and stabile reign, Richard bemoans it as the "winter of our discontent." Speaking directly to the audience, he informs them of his intentions to tear apart his own family to accelerate his ascent to the throne. As the murders add up, Richard remains cold and unrepentant, proving himself one of the most unforgettably amoral villains in literature. But even as Richard stifles his conscience, he cannot escape being haunted by the ghosts of the many victims of his machinations.
Categories BooksTags Richard, Shakespeare, William
Wendy Sayvetz, Judy Collins, And Joan Baez: The Beauty of Folk Music (Unabridged) – Richard Shaw
Wendy Sayvetz, Judy Collins, And Joan Baez: The Beauty of Folk Music (Unabridged)
Richard Shaw
© ℗ © 2014 Richard Shaw
Categories AudiobooksTags Baez, Beauty, Collins, Folk, Joan, Judy, Music, Richard, Sayvetz, Shaw, Unabridged, Wendy
Norm of the North: King Sized Adventure – Richard Finn & Tim Maltby
Richard Finn & Tim Maltby
Genre: Kids & Family
While Norm and his friends are preparing to celebrate his grandfather’s wedding, trouble is stirring in Misty Mountain. There, Norm meets an archaeologist named Jin and learns that a priceless Chinese artifact has been stolen by Dexter, Jin’s old partner. With the help of his lemming friends, Norm must embark on a journey across the world to help recover the artifact and return it to its rightful place. Can Norm keep his word to his new friend Jin and return home in time for his grandfather’s wedding? Only time will tell.
© © 2019 Norm Holdings LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Categories Action & Adventure MoviesTags Adventure, Finn, King, Maltby, Norm, North, Richard, sized
Milk Money – Richard Benjamin
Milk Money
Richard Benjamin
Twelve-year-old Frank Wheeler (Michael Patrick Carter) and his two best buddies are determined to solve life’s biggest mystery – women! So they pool their piggy-bank money and head for the big city. Their plan: to peek at a naked lady. The kids hit the jackpot when they meet V (Melanie Griffith), a gorgeous, warmhearted “working girl.” But when Frank looks at V, he sees more than just a beautiful body. He sees the perfect wife for his shy single dad (Ed Harris)! Bringing them together won’t be easy, especially with a ruthless mobster (Malcolm McDowell) chasing V. But as Frank soon discovers, love has a magic all its own.
© © 1994 Paramount Pictures
Categories Comedy MoviesTags Benjamin, Milk, money, Richard
Last Breath – Richard da Costa & Alex Parkinson
Richard da Costa & Alex Parkinson
A commercial diver is stranded on the seabed with five minutes of oxygen, but with no chance of rescue for half an hour. With access to astonishing underwater archive, this is the true story of one man’s impossible fight for survival. GRAVITY meets TOUCHING THE VOID – 100 metres underwater.
© © 2018 Last Breath Limited. All Rights Reserved.
Categories IndependentTags Alex, Breath, Costa, Last, Parkinson, Richard
Tora! Tora! Tora! – Richard Fleischer, Toshio Masuda & Kinji Fukasaku
Richard Fleischer, Toshio Masuda & Kinji Fukasaku
Jason Robards, Martin Balsam and E.G. Marshall star in this definitive, authentic reenactment of the “date which will live in infamy,” and the political intrigue that preceded it. The code words TORA! TORA! TORA! meant that the Japanese Imperial Navy’s attack on Pearl Harbor and other targets on December 7, 1941 had begun. With over 3,000 killed or wounded, America was abruptly drawn into WWII.
© © 1970 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. Renewed 1998 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved.
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Superman Sampler 2013 – J. Michael Straczynski, Geoff Johns, Richard Donner, Brian Azzarello, Shane Davis, Jim Lee & Adam Kubert
Superman Sampler 2013
J. Michael Straczynski, Geoff Johns, Richard Donner, Brian Azzarello, Shane Davis, Jim Lee & Adam Kubert
Seller: DC Comics.
Rocketed from the dying planet Krypton, baby Kal-El was raised on Earth as Clark Kent and discovered that he had extraordinary powers far exceeding everyone around him. Combined with the strong moral values from his adoptive parents, he became Superman. Created by Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel, Superman has become a worldwide icon and relevant cultural touchstone. This summer, the world’s first superhero will be bigger than ever in the highly anticipated blockbuster film Man of Steel , coming to theaters June 14th. Please enjoy this sampler of DC Comics’ standout Superman graphic novels, showcasing a few of the great stories featuring the characters in Zack Snyder and Christopher Nolan’s new movie epic.
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Categories Comic and Graphic BooksTags ‘Superman, 2013, Adam, Azzarello, Brian, Davis, Donner, Geoff, Johns, Kubert, Michael, Richard, Sampler, Shane, Straczynski
Chaplin – Richard Attenborough
Directed by Sir Richard Attenborough and starring Robert Downey, Jr. and an extraordinary cast, Chaplin is a loving, grand scale portrait of the Little Tramp's amazing life and times. His poverty-stricken childhood in England comes to life, along with his friendships with Mack Sennett (Dan Aykroyd) and Douglas Fairbanks (Kevin Kline), his many wives and scandalous affairs, and his relentless pursuit by J. Edgar Hoover. Chaplin is the larger-than life story of the actor behind the icon and a stunning depiction of a bygone era when Hollywood was at its most glamorous.
© © 1992 StudioCanal Image S.A. All Rights Reserved.
Categories DramaTags Attenborough, Chaplin, Richard
Vamp – Richard Wenk
Richard Wenk
A group of fraternity pledges head for the seedy side of the city in search of strippers and discover a sinister spot called The After Dark Club. But when the bar’s luscious dancers turn out to be bloodthirsty vampires led by the kinky Katrina (Grace Jones), the evening takes on a freaky new twist. Can these guys survive a bizarre onslaught of vixens and vamps, or will the armies of the undead take the ultimate bite out of their night? Chris Makepeace (Meatballs), Robert Rusler (Weird Science), Gedde Watanabe (Sixteen Candles) and Dedee Pfeiffer co-star in this outrageously sexy horror comedy that features wild makeup effects by Oscar®-winner Greg Cannom (Dracula, The Mask).
© © 1996 Lakeshore International Corp. All Rights Reserved.
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Everybody Wants Some!! – Richard Linklater
Everybody Wants Some!!
In the vein of Richard Linklater’s cult classic Dazed and Confused, EVERYBODY WANTS SOME is a comedy set in the world of 1980 college life following a group of friends as they navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood. Get ready for the best weekend ever.
© © 2016 Paramount Pictures. All rights Reserved.
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Summer Horns (feat. Gerald Albright, Mindi Abair & Richard Elliot) – Dave Koz
Summer Horns (feat. Gerald Albright, Mindi Abair & Richard Elliot)
© ℗ 2013 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Categories JazzTags Abair, Albright, Dave, Elliot, feat., Gerald, Horns, Mindi, Richard, Summer
Finding Neverland – Richard N. Gladstein & Marc Forster
Richard N. Gladstein & Marc Forster
Wellknown playwright James M. Barrie (Johnny Depp) finds his career at a crossroads when his latest play flops and doubters question his future. Then by chance he meets a widow (Kate Winslet) and her four adventurous boys. Together they form a friendship that ignites the imagination needed to produce Barrie's greatest work! An enchanting bigscreen treat with an acclaimed cast of stars.
© © 2011 Miramax
Categories DramaTags Finding, Forster, Gladstein, Marc, Neverland', Richard
Fallen Star – Richard Turner
Publisher: Richard Turner
Seller: Smashwords, Inc.
After an unidentified flying object goes down over Alaska, a newly formed team of military and civilian personnel are sent to investigate. Before long, things start to turn deadly as the search for the UFO becomes a race against time. Desperate to piece everything together, the team soon learns that not everyone is as they appear.
Categories Sci Fi & FantasyTags Fallen, Richard, Star, Turner
I Am Richard Pryor – Jesse James Miller
I Am Richard Pryor
Jesse James Miller
I Am Richard Pryor tells the story of the legendary performer and iconic social satirist, who transcended race and social barriers by delivering his honest irreverent and biting humor to America's stages and living rooms until his death at 65. Featuring an iconic comedic cast, historians, activists and artists who provide a unique brushstroke into the complex world of Pryor. The film dives deeply into the psyche of a comedic genius whose mother was a prostitute, father a pimp, and grandmother a madam. Pryor dispensed a penetrating comedic view of African American life – essentially comedy without jokes – that struck a chord with audiences of every ethnic, social and economic disposition.
© © 2018 Network Films Fourteen Inc.
Categories IndependentTags James, Jesse, Miller, Pryor, Richard
Architecture – Richard Carlton London
Art Photograhy from Window Reflections
Richard Carlton London
Publish Date: August 16, 2017
Publisher: Richard Carlton London
Seller: Rick London
My art photographs are truly one of a kind. Using the clean glass of city exteriors as my canvas, I capture the hidden geometry, color and vibrancy of our cities through its reflections. The results are often rich color tapestries often described as “amazing” “beautiful” and “thought provoking.”
Categories BooksTags Architecture, Carlton, London, Richard
Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment – Luciano Pavarotti, Richard Bonynge, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Dame Joan Sutherland, Monica Sinclair, Jules Bruyere & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Donizetti: La Fille du Régiment
Luciano Pavarotti, Richard Bonynge, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Dame Joan Sutherland, Monica Sinclair, Jules Bruyere & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
© ℗ 2014 Decca Music Group Limited
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Ascendant: Republic of Rage: Episode 1 of 5 – Richard Denoncourt
Ascendant: Republic of Rage: Episode 1 of 5
Richard Denoncourt
Publisher: Richard Denoncourt
After a nuclear war ravages the country, America has split into two nations. Every one out of 1,000 citizens is born with some form of telepathy. Known as "ments," many become slaves, while most live in secrecy and fear. Michael Cairne was smuggled out of a military facility as a baby. His mother was murdered in the process, but he doesn't remember any of it. Now a teenager, all he knows is growing up in the People's Republic of America totally sucks. A tyrannical dictator controls all aspects of daily life. Without a birth certificate, Michael's very presence is illegal, his future non-existent. But everything is about to change. During a violent encounter, Michael discovers he is telepathic. His gift is powerful, unstable, and a ticking time bomb capable of causing damage on a scale never before seen. When Michael becomes targeted by the nation's brutal police force, only one man can save him: the terrorist Louis Blake, a man with a shadowy past and even murkier motives, who will take Michael across the border into "the Eastlands," a lawless land unlike any he has ever known. But the powerful dictator who killed Michael's mother is hell-bent on finding him and recovering his billion-dollar investment in Michael's brain. He'll use every resource he can squeeze out of his government and military to do so, even if it means unleashing a deadly assassin with a similar power, and starting a war in the process. …A war Michael will find himself at the center of.
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Superman: The Movie – Richard Donner
Superman: The Movie
A new, updated version of the popular comic book hero "Superman." The story begins with Superman's birth on the doomed planet Krypton and follows him on his arrival to Earth, his childhood in Kansas and his career as reporter for the Daily Planet.
© © 1978 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved.<CR>
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Orff: Carmina Burana – London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox & London Symphony Chorus
Orff: Carmina Burana
London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox & London Symphony Chorus
© ℗ 2005 London Symphony Orchestra Ltd
Categories ClassicalTags Burana, Carmina, Chorus, Hickox, London, Orchestra, Orff, Richard, symphony
Richard Gere and wife Alejandra Silva welcome their first child – publicist
The 69-year-old Hollywood actor and his 35-year-old Spanish wife welcomed a baby boy in New York, his publicist confirmed in an email to Reuters. Rough cut (no reporter narration).
Reuters Video: Entertainment
Categories Entertainment ArticlesTags Alejandra, Child, First, Gere, publicist, Richard, Silva, Their, Welcome, Wife
A Journey Through Costa Rica – Richard Harrington
A Journey Through Costa Rica
A Photographic Exploration of a Country Rich in Natural Beauty
Richard Harrington
Publisher: ThinkTAP Learn
Seller: Richard Harrington LLC
This book was created for two purposes.  First, after spending more than two weeks in Costa Rica, I had an abundance of images to share.  I hope that you too can get a chance to explore this amazing country.  Second, this book was created to help illustrate the capabilities of iBooks Author from Apple. About the Author Richard Harrington is on the forefront of the merger of photography and video. He is both a photographer and video pro, and combines his love of both into his professional career. Rich owns the company RHED Pixel, a visual communications company in Washington, DC. He has been a certified instructor for Adobe, Apple, and Avid. He regularly blogs at his personal blog (www.RichardHarrington.com). Rich is a member of the National Association of Photoshop Professionals Instructor Dream Team, and a popular speaker on the digital video circuit. He has been the Program Manager and Technical Chair of the National Association of Broadcasters since 2003. Rich is an internationally published author. His book, Photoshop for Video, was the first of its kind to focus on Photoshop’s application in the world of video. He is also author of several books including From Still to Motion: A Photographers guide to creating video with your DSLR, Creating DSLR Video, Understanding Adobe Photoshop, and An Editor’s Guide to Adobe Premiere Pro. Rich also has several courses available at Lynda.com. A Master’s Degree in Project Management fills out Rich’s broad spectrum of experience. Rich enjoys traveling and digital photography, as well as teaching his kids the joys of science fiction and comic books. About the Images All photos are by the author, Richard Harrington.  The images were made while visiting Costa Rica for two weeks in 2013.  The images are copyrighted and may not be used outside of this book or its related educational class.
Categories BooksTags Costa, Harrington, Journey, Rica, Richard, Through
Secrets of HDR – Scott Bourne & Richard Harrington
Secrets of HDR
Shooting Realistic Photographs
Scott Bourne & Richard Harrington
Publisher: Think Tap Learn
We’ve written this book with a simple goal. We want to share our love of “tasteful” HDR photography. We know there are many opinions about HDR photography. We know there are lots of different approaches to HDR photography. We’re presenting our opinions, ideas and techniques with the knowledge that we can’t cover every possibility. We hope that what we have covered is helpful. We also hope that what we’ve written here motivates you to go out and make some great images.
Categories BooksTags 'Bourne', Harrington, Richard, Scott, Secrets
The Basic Beginner’s Guide to Photography Light & Exposure – Scott Bourne & Richard Harrington
The Basic Beginner’s Guide to Photography Light & Exposure
Publish Date: January 10, 2013
Through the years, we’ve heard countless requests for a basic photo guide. At Photofocus.com, we’ve published thousands of articles to help photographers at all levels. However we realize that those new to photography seek a clear place to start (plus a good refresher course never hurts anybody).  If you’re new to photography this book is for you.It will help you through the jargon and give you a solid start. This book contains inspirational examples as well as detailed walk-throughs, interactive images, quizzes, and movies. If you want a strong, simple guide that covers the basics of making good photographs with a digital camera, keep reading.
Categories BooksTags 'Bourne', 'Exposure, Basic, Beginner's, Guide, Harrington, Light, Photography, Richard, Scott
Before Sunrise – Richard Linklater
Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy star as two young people who meet–and whose lives are forever changed–on a train from Budapest to Paris. They may have only one night, but when soul mates find each other, anything can happen Before Sunrise.
© © 1995 Castle Rock Entertainment.
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Cali Sun – Single – Dawn Richard
Cali Sun – Single
Dawn Richard
Total Songs:
℗ 2016 MBK Records/RED Associated Labels, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
iTunes 100 New Releases
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Before Midnight – Richard Linklater
Before Midnight
Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy) first met in their twenties in Before Sunrise; reunited in their thirties in Before Sunset; and, now, in director Richard Linklater's amazing Before Midnight, they face the past, present and future; family, romance, and love. Now married and in Greece, the couple looks for a night of passion, but instead their idyllic night turns into a test of their relationship, and a discussion of what their future holds for them.
© © 2013 Talagane LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Categories DramaTags before, Linklater, Midnight, Richard
new breed – Dawn Richard
© ℗ 2019 Local Action Records / Our Dawn Entertainment
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A Bridge Too Far – Richard Attenborough
In September 1944, flush with success after the Normandy Invasion, the Allies confidently launched Operation Market Garden, a wild scheme intended to put an early end to the fighting by invading Germany and smashing the Reich's war plants. But a combination of battlefield politics, faulty intelligence, bad luck and even worse weather led to disaster beyond the Allies' darkest fears.
© © 1977 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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Verdi: La Traviata – Dame Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Matteo Manuguerra, National Philharmonic Orchestra & Richard Bonynge
Dame Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Matteo Manuguerra, National Philharmonic Orchestra & Richard Bonynge
Categories ClassicalTags Bonynge, Dame, Joan, Luciano, Manuguerra, Matteo, National, Orchestra, Pavarotti, Philharmonic, Richard, Sutherland, Traviata, Verdi
Richard Simmons Settles with ‘National Enquirer’ in Transgender Defamation Case
Richard Simmons has struck a deal with “National Enquirer” in his transgender defamation lawsuit that will put the legal drama behind him … for the most part. Simmons has agreed to drop his appeal against American Media — which owns ‘Enquirer’ –…
TMZ Celebrity News for Gossip Rumors
Categories Entertainment ArticlesTags 'Enquirer', Case, Defamation, National, Richard, Settles, Simmons, transgender
Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero – Richard Lanni
Put your paws together for the action-packed, heartwarming adventure of a dog and his unlikely best friend that will have the whole family cheering! Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero is based on the incredible, true story of America’s most decorated military dog — a lovable stray who tags along with a brave, young soldier to fight during World War I. It’s a triumphant “tail” of friendship, loyalty and bravery above and beyond the call of duty!
© © 2018 STUBBY THE MOVIE, LIMITED
Categories DramaTags 'Sgt., American, Hero, Lanni, Richard, Stubby
The Complete Harvard Classics – Benjamin Franklin, Plato, William Shakespeare, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Charles Darwin, John Woolman, William Penn, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Francis Bacon, John Milton, Thomas Browne, Robert Burns, Saint Augustine, Thomas à Kempis, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Cicero, Adam Smith, Pliny the Younger, Plutarch, Virgil, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, John Bunyan, Izaak Walton, Anonymous, Aesop, Grimm Brothers, Hans Christian Andersen, John Dryden, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Oliver Goldsmith, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Robert Browning, Lord Byron, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Christopher Marlowe, Dante Alighieri, Alessandro Manzoni, Golden Deer Classics, Homer, Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Edmund Burke, John Stuart Mill, Thomas Carlyle, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Pierre Corneille, Jean Racine, Molière, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Friedrich von Schiller, Michael Faraday, Hermann von Helmholtz, Lord Kelvin, Simon Newcomb, Sir Archibald Geikie, Benvenuto Cellini, Michel de Montaigne, Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Ernest Renan, Immanuel Kant, Giuseppe Mazzini, Herodotus, Tacitus, Philiip Nichols, Francis Pretty, Walter Bigges, Edward Haies, Walter Raleigh, René Descartes, Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Hobbes, Jean Froissart, Thomas Malory, Sir Thomas Malory, William Harrison, Niccolò Machiavelli, William Roper, Sir Thomas More, Martin Luther, John Locke, George Berkeley, David Hume, Hippocrates, Ambroise Pare, William Harvey, Edward Jenner, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Joseph Lister, Louis Pasteur, Charles Lyell, Confucius, Christian, Thomas Dekker, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher, John Webster, Philip Massinger, Blaise Pascal, Henry Fielding, Laurence Sterne, Jane Austen, Sir Walter Scott, William Makepeace Thackeray, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Francis Bret Harte, Samuel L. Clemens, Edward Everett Hale, Henry James, Victor Hugo, Honoré de Balzac, George Sand, Alfred de Musset, Alphonse Daudet, Guy de Maupassant, Gottfried Keller, Theodor Storm, Theodor Fontane, Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Ivan Turgenev, Juan Valera, Bjornstjerne Bjornson, Alexander L. Kielland & Charles Eliot
The Complete Harvard Classics
Benjamin Franklin, Plato, William Shakespeare, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Charles Darwin, John Woolman, William Penn, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Francis Bacon, John Milton, Thomas Browne, Robert Burns, Saint Augustine, Thomas à Kempis, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Cicero, Adam Smith, Pliny the Younger, Plutarch, Virgil, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, John Bunyan, Izaak Walton, Anonymous, Aesop, Grimm Brothers, Hans Christian Andersen, John Dryden, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Oliver Goldsmith, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Robert Browning, Lord Byron, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Christopher Marlowe, Dante Alighieri, Alessandro Manzoni, Golden Deer Classics, Homer, Richard Henry Dana, Jr., Edmund Burke, John Stuart Mill, Thomas Carlyle, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Pierre Corneille, Jean Racine, Molière, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Friedrich von Schiller, Michael Faraday, Hermann von Helmholtz, Lord Kelvin, Simon Newcomb, Sir Archibald Geikie, Benvenuto Cellini, Michel de Montaigne, Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Ernest Renan, Immanuel Kant, Giuseppe Mazzini, Herodotus, Tacitus, Philiip Nichols, Francis Pretty, Walter Bigges, Edward Haies, Walter Raleigh, René Descartes, Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Hobbes, Jean Froissart, Thomas Malory, Sir Thomas Malory, William Harrison, Niccolò Machiavelli, William Roper, Sir Thomas More, Martin Luther, John Locke, George Berkeley, David Hume, Hippocrates, Ambroise Pare, William Harvey, Edward Jenner, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Joseph Lister, Louis Pasteur, Charles Lyell, Confucius, Christian, Thomas Dekker, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher, John Webster, Philip Massinger, Blaise Pascal, Henry Fielding, Laurence Sterne, Jane Austen, Sir Walter Scott, William Makepeace Thackeray, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Francis Bret Harte, Samuel L. Clemens, Edward Everett Hale, Henry James, Victor Hugo, Honoré de Balzac, George Sand, Alfred de Musset, Alphonse Daudet, Guy de Maupassant, Gottfried Keller, Theodor Storm, Theodor Fontane, Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Ivan Turgenev, Juan Valera, Bjornstjerne Bjornson, Alexander L. Kielland & Charles Eliot
Publish Date: December 4, 2018
Publisher: AB Books
Seller: Bookwire GmbH
Contents: Compiled and Edited by Charles W. Eliot LL D in 1909, the Harvard Classics is a 51-volume Anthology of classic literature from throughout the history of western civilization. The set is sometimes called "Eliot's Five-Foot Shelf." This e-book is all 51 volumes, the equivalent of over 20,000 printed pages in one e-book. It is fully searchable with a completely linked table of contents. + – All 20 volumes of the 'Harvard Classics Shelf Of Fiction' Each volume is also available separately in the store.
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Richard Jefferson: I’m going to miss dunking on people
In his own words, recently retired Richard Jefferson reflects on the 2016 NBA Finals, the best coach he played for, his early days with the Nets and what he’ll miss most.
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First Strike – Richard Turner
When war comes after a century of peace, it is sudden and brutal. Taken by surprise Earth's far-flung colonies are in danger. The only son of an admiral, Second Lieutenant Michael Sheridan finds himself thrust into a desperate conflict that he and the untried soldiers under his command are ready for. Focusing on the people struggling to survive the onslaught, First Strike is a novel that propels the reader to the furthest limits of space. Fighting a ruthless and determined enemy, Sheridan soon learns the brutal lessons of war and that his enemy may not be what it appears to be.
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Restlessness – Richard Copsey
Richard Copsey
© ℗ 2018 Richard Copsey
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The Overstory (Unabridged) – Richard Powers
The Overstory (Unabridged)
Genre: Sci Fi & Fantasy
© ℗ © 2018 Recorded Books
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Beautiful Creatures (2013) – Richard LaGravenese
A strange recurring dream haunts Ethan Wate in his sleep, but he prefers anything to his waking life. Trapped in a small, conservative Southern town with his withdrawn father, Ethan desperately wants to escape. Then the beautiful Lena Duchannes arrives at his school, and mysterious events begin to occur. Lena has a secret: she is a Caster with powers beyond her control. Worse, when she reaches her 16th birthday, she will be claimed by either the Light or the Dark . . . and there is no escaping her fate in this supernatural love story.
© © 2013 Alcon Entertainment, LLC
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The Museum of Curiosity: The Complete Gallery 1 (Unabridged) – Dan Schreiber & Richard Turner
The Museum of Curiosity: The Complete Gallery 1 (Unabridged)
Dan Schreiber & Richard Turner
© ℗ © 2009 BBC Worldwide Limited
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Doom Asylum – Richard Friedman
Doom Asylum
Richard Friedman
When a group of horny teens wind up on the grounds of a creepy abandoned asylum, they think they've found the perfect place to party. Little do they know that inside the building's crumbling walls lurks a freakishly deformed maniac, driven to madness by the tragic loss of his fiancée in a car accident. With an array of grisly surgical tools at his disposal, it's only a matter of time before the youngsters begin meeting various splattery ends at the hands of the ghoulish coroner.
© © 2018 Arrow Films
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Gandhi – Richard Attenborough
His triumph changed the world forever. Sir Richard Attenborough's sweeping biography of Mohandas Gandhi, who rose from simple lawyer to worldwide symbol of peace and understanding. Gandhi earned eight Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor.
© © 1982 Carolina Bank Ltd.and National Film Development Corporation Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
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Fashion – Richard Carlton London
Art Photography from Window Reflections
Although far from a pedestrian collection of photographs, these are taken as a pedestrian with an iPhone. With very few exceptions, all the photographs are untouched by effects. Each image comes alive through a combination of elements, separately or together: the time of day, angle of sun, the color and quality of the glass, surface heat and length of shot, interior colors, exterior motion, lines and space of subjects, people, displays, height, reflection and of course how clean the glass. All of these elements play a part in the composition.  The images are fleeting. Coming together one day and disappearing the following day. Next time you walk down the street, see what reflective view you can capture through your landscape, urban or rural, and share with me and others.
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Every Day (2010) – Richard Levine
Every Day (2010)
Every Day is about one family’s struggle to survive the unexpected curve-balls that are simply part of real life. It’s an uncompromising look at an ordinary family making an extraordinary journey towards themselves and towards each other.
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The Children Act – Richard Eyre
Expected Release Date: September 14, 2018
Smart, elegant, and deeply moving, The Children Act stars two-time Academy Award-winner Emma Thompson in a powerful and riveting performance as Fiona Maye, a British High Court judge who, in the midst of a marital crisis, must rule on a life-changing legal case concerning the survival of a teenage boy (Dunkirk’s Fionn Whitehead). Fiona is intensely dedicated to her profession, never finding time to have her own children while fully assuming the immense responsibility of making life-and-death decisions about the children of others. As Fiona is about to embark on one of the most challenging cases of her career, Jack (Stanley Tucci) her neglected and increasingly frustrated husband, makes a shocking revelation, sending her into an emotional tailspin. Adapted by Ian McEwan from his own novel, and directed by Richard Eyre (Notes on a Scandal, Iris), The Children Act is a deeply affecting and unforgettable portrait of strength, devotion, and love.
© © 2017 Free Choice, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
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Pirate Radio – Richard Curtis
Richard Curtis
From the creator of Love Actually and Notting Hill comes a trip back to the freewheeling, free-loving ’60s when the very rock music that inspired a generation was censored by the government. When a group of rebellious deejays decides to defy the ban, they take to the seas to broadcast music and mayhem to millions of adoring fans. Featuring a soundtrack that includes The Who, The Kinks, Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones and many more, it’s a feel-great film based on a true story that critics cheer is "exuberant!" (John Powers, Vogue)
© © 2009 Universal Studios. All Rights Reserved.
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The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing – Richard C. Sarafian
The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing
Richard C. Sarafian
On the run from her cold-hearted husband, Catherine Crocker witnesses a daring train robbery. The robbers are forced to take her prisoner, riding deep into untamed territory pursued by a posse led by a determined Wells Fargo agent – and Catherine's husband. A stellar cast powers this sweeping, elegiac ode to the West. Burt Reynolds plays gang leader Jay, a laconic war hero with a mysterious past. Sarah Miles is Catherine, first repelled by her captors but gradually growing to respect, then trust, then love Jay. With a stirring John Williams score, dead-on direction by Richard C. Sarafian (Man in the Wilderness), and cinematography so realistic you can taste the dust and sweat, The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing emerges as one of film's great Westerns.
© © 1973 Turner Entertainment Co. All Rights Reserved.
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Vicar of Dibley 1 – Richard Curtis
Vicar of Dibley 1
Publish Date: November 1, 2012
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The Little Vampire (2017) – Richard Claus & Karsten Kiilerich
The Little Vampire (2017)
Richard Claus & Karsten Kiilerich
The Little Vampire is a fun, imaginative, exciting fantasy adventure story based on the bestselling novels by Angela Sommer-Bodenburg, which has sold over 12 million copies worldwide. The story promises chills and thrills, as Rudolph, a 13-year-old vampire, needs help saving his vampire clan that is being threatened by a notorious vampire hunter. Rudolph meets Tony, a mortal of the same age, who is fascinated by old castles, graveyards and… VAMPIRES! Tony jumps at the chance to help Rudolph in this hilarious and action-packed battle to save his family. United by their new friendship they ultimately vanquish the evil hunters and free their relatives at last!
© © 2017 First Look B.V. All Rights Reserved.
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The Money Pit (1986) – Richard Benjamin
Oscar® winner Tom Hanks (Captain Phillips) stars with Shelley Long in this hilarious comedy from executive producer Steven Spielberg. Walter (Hanks) and Anna (Long) believe they’ve arrived “home sweet home” when they buy the house of their dreams. But life quickly becomes a nightmare as their dilapidated mansion falls apart around them, and they struggle to stay together even as they slide further into The Money Pit. It’s outrageous entertainment for anyone who’s ever been deeply in love… or deeply in debt… or both!
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Maverick – Richard Donner
In one of the most anticipated movies of 1994, boxoffice superstar Mel Gibson ("Lethal Weapon," et. al.) and two-time Academy Award-winner Jodie Foster ("The Accused," "Silence of the Lambs") are a dapper gambler and a seductive con woman in this slick Western based on the classic TV series. James Garner ("Murphy"s Romance," TV's "Rockford Files") — the original Maverick — James Coburn ("The Magnificent Seven," "Young Guns II"), Graham Greene ("Northern Exposure") and a slew of country singers co-star in this film by Richard Donner ("Superman," "Lethal Weapon" trilogy). The New York Times calls this "fast, funny, full of action…[it's] "Lethal Weapon" meets "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." The Hollywood Reporter calls it "a fast-shuffling escapade of antic wit…a delightfully appealing, brainy comedy…[a] royal flush" and Variety says it's "exuberant…a whole new generation is about to discover the charm, wit and fun of Maverick."
© © 1994 Warner Bros. and Icon Distribution, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Collection 2 (Original Recording) – Black Eye Entertainment
Richard Diamond, Private Detective, Collection 2 (Original Recording)
Black Eye Entertainment
Publish Date: July 23, 2018
© ℗ © 2018 Brilliance Audio
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P.S. I Love You – Richard LaGravenese
Buy a new outfit. Be a disco diva. Learn to fish. Take a chance. Travel. Laugh. Love. Sometimes all you need to start really living is a little shove in the right direction – and that’s just what Holly Kennedy gets… From the handsome, big-hearted love of her life. From a series of mysterious letters. And from gal pals who know that a friend in need is a friend in need of some laughs! Based on Cecelia Ahern’s joyful bestseller and boasting a top cast led by two-time Academy Award® winner Hilary Swank and Gerard Butler (300), P.S. I Love You is your very own message full of fun, love, triumph and romance. (P.S. You’ll love it!)
© © 2007 A Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. All Rights Reserved
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Broken Angels (Unabridged) – Richard K. Morgan
Broken Angels (Unabridged)
Richard K. Morgan
© ℗ © 2005 Tantor Audio
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Best stuff from OTAs: Carson Wentz is pumped and Richard Sherman does some coaching
Rookie camps are in the books. It’s time for full teams to take the practice field for OTAs. Here’s the best stuff from around the NFL.
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Notes On a Scandal – Richard Eyre
Academy Award® winners Judi Dench and Cate Blanchett give wickedly entertaining, Oscar-nominated performances, in this sexy, stylish thriller. Judi Dench mesmerizes as Barbara Covett, a teacher who rules over her classroom with an iron fist, yet leads a desperate, solitary life outside it. That is, until she meets radiant new art teacher Sheba Hart (Blanchett). Although at first overjoyed with her newfound kindred spirit, when Barbara discovers that Sheba is having an affair with a teenage student, her jealously and rage spiral out of control.
© © 2006 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. All rights reserved.
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Marlon Brando’s Son, Miko Brando, Denies Richard Pryor Hookup
Marlon Brando’s son says his dad did NOT bang Richard Pryor … even though Pryor’s widow insists he did. Marlon’s oldest living son, Miko Brando, tells TMZ … “The Marlon Brando family has heard the recent comments by Quincy Jones and we are…
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Publish Date: September 4, 2014
Publisher: PlayShakespeare.com
Seller: Public Domain
Tale of the psychopathic Richard of York's bloody and manipulative rise to the throne and his defeat and death on Bosworth Field by the future Henry VII (grandfather of Elizabeth I).
Marlon Wayans’ Hilarious Take On Richard Pryor and Marlon Brando’s Hookup
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Richard Pryor’s Daughter Says He Did Not Have a Relationship With Marlon Brando
Richard Pryor and Marlon Brandon may not have been as close as some first thought.
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The Phoenix Requiem – Richard L. Sanders
The Phoenix Requiem
The Phoenix Conspiracy, no. 7
Richard L. Sanders
Publisher: Shadowmire Media
Death. Destruction. Despair. These are the hallmarks of the Dread Fleet. It is an unstoppable force that, when summoned to do so, will scourge the galaxy in a Holy Reckoning, seeking to purify the many inhabitable worlds through a merciless outpouring of fire. Calvin and his crew have a plan to stop this Reckoning once and for all, but their odds of success are slim. Meanwhile Queen Kalila stands against the mighty Dread Fleet with the all the strength of the war-torn and broken remains of the Empire. Alex, meanwhile, tries to manipulate his own people into joining the battle–knowing that once the Dread Fleet has eliminated humanity, it will be coming for the Rotham next. In this the finale to The Phoenix Conspiracy Series there is death, sacrifice, gloom, doom, despair, and tragedy … all in the forlorn hope that somehow the heroes may prevail. And, behind the curtains of it all, lurks a dark figure, whose must cross paths with Calvin, and their meeting could turn deadly.
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Last Flag Flying – Richard Linklater
In 2003, thirty years after they served together in the Vietnam War, former Navy Corps medic Larry "Doc" Shepherd reunites with former marines Sal Nealon and Reverend Richard Mueller on a different type of mission: burying Doc’s son, a young marine killed in the Iraq War. Doc decides to forgo burial at Arlington National Cemetery and, with the help of his old buddies, takes the casket on a bittersweet trip up the East Coast to his home in suburban New Hampshire. Along the way, Doc, Sal, and Mueller reminisce and come to terms with shared memories of the war that continues to shape their lives. Based on the novel by Darryl Ponicsan.
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The Phoenix Reckoning – Richard L. Sanders
The Phoenix Reckoning
Publish Date: December 25, 2015
As Kalila's forces battle the Rotham invasion, Blackmoth is attempting to detonate an isotome weapon in close proximity. After a coup against White Rook, Raidan now controls the Organization. He has taken his remaining warships to Capital World, the planet he loves most in the galaxy, and is threatening to destroy it, unless Caerwyn Martel is surrendered to his custody. Calvin has returned to the Nighthawk and together he and his crew attempt their most dangerous adventure yet, an excursion into Forbidden Space where, Calvin believes, he will uncover the ultimate truths behind the remaining secrets. Including who the mysterious human is that the Rahajiim intelligence failed to identify. Rain and Calvin have developed romantic feelings for one another, but can there be any future for the stalwart adventurer and dying doctor? Summers also has feelings for Calvin, though she denies them. Tristan demands what was promised. Nimoux struggles to recover from a gunshot wound. Rez’nac is desperate to reclaim his honor. Shen wants desperately for Sarah to give him another chance—meanwhile he must struggle with the debilitating pain of The Calling. The Khans threaten to take Aleator One, with the help of the vicious Enclave. All the while, the Dread Fleet has begun its campaign of extermination, starting with the Polarian Worlds it deems too secular. Their unstoppable march of death and devastation leads them to human space where, either the Empire will find some way to stop them, or else humanity will fall as fulfillment of Polarian prophecy. The Final Battle. The Final Darkness. The Final Reckoning!
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Toxic Planet – Jordan Roth, Larry C. Price, Debbie M. Price, Richard C. Paddock, Guangwei He, Fred de Sam Lazaro, Sean Gallagher, Makenzie Huber, Nathalie Bertrams, Ingrid Gercama, Michelle Nijhuis, Lynn Johnson, Caitlin Cotter, Kem Knapp Sawyer & Rebecca Kaplan
Toxic Planet
The Global Health Crisis
Jordan Roth, Larry C. Price, Debbie M. Price, Richard C. Paddock, Guangwei He, Fred de Sam Lazaro, Sean Gallagher, Makenzie Huber, Nathalie Bertrams, Ingrid Gercama, Michelle Nijhuis, Lynn Johnson, Caitlin Cotter, Kem Knapp Sawyer & Rebecca Kaplan
Publish Date: January 1, 2018
Publisher: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
Seller: Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
From the deadly smoke used in cooking over an open fire in Guatemala to the contaminated waste produced by a tanneries in Bangladesh, pollution is taking its toll on our air, water, and soil. Toxic Planet: The Global Health Crisis , featuring the work of Pulitzer Center journalists reporting from 11 countries, highlights the consequences of new and old technologies—focusing on environmental concerns, risks, challenges, and possible solutions.  Contributors to Toxic Planet include Nathalie Bertrams, Caitlin Cotter, Yolanda Escobar, Fred de Sam Lazaro, Sean Gallagher, Beth Gardiner, Ingrid Gercama, He Guangwei, Makenzie Huber, Lynn Johnson, Michelle Nijhuis, Richard Paddock, Debbie M. Price, and Larry C. Price. Their stories were originally published in National Geographic , The New York Times , The Guardian , Undark , Yale Environment 360 , Global Health Now , PBS NewsHou r, and other outlets. Through stunning photography and superb writing, they tell heart-wrenching personal stories of suffering and courage. Profiles of advocates who seek to raise awareness and innovators who create cleaner supply chains are also featured. The e-book is beautifully designed by Jordan Roth and includes recommended resources and educational materials.
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Altered Carbon (Unabridged) – Richard K. Morgan
Altered Carbon (Unabridged)
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Alexandra Shulman, Richard James Named in Queen’s New Year Honors List
HONORABLE MENTIONS: Queen Elizabeth II has unveiled her annual New Year Honors list, with members from the fashion and entertainment industries set to receive royal recognition in 2018.
Alexandra Shulman; Savile Row tailor Richard James; Nicholas Wheeler, founder of Charles Tyrwhitt Shirts; Bee Gees singer Barry Gibb, and The Beatles drummer Ringo Starr are among the 1,123 names on the list.
Shulman, the former British Vogue editor in chief who stepped down from her role earlier this year, will receive a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, or CBE, for her services to the industry.
Shulman was the longest-serving editor of the magazine, working at the publication for 25 years. She was given an OBE, or Order of the British Empire honor, 13 years ago.
James will be awarded an Order of the British Empire, or OBE, for his contribution to fashion. He celebrated the label’s 25th anniversary this year. The brand, which was sold last year to Charles S. Cohen, will in February open its first U.S. stand-alone store on Park Avenue in New York.
Wheeler, who launched a multichannel retail business specializing in men’s shirting and apparel, will receive an Order of the British Empire for his service to retail.
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The Phoenix War – Richard Sanders
The Phoenix War
Richard Sanders
A fearful Empire anticipates King Akira's next move: will he abandon them to the corrupt hands of Caerwyn Martel or doom them to bloody civil war, leaving them defenseless against an imminent alien invasion? Just beyond human space, the crows are circling. Across the DMZ, the Rotham Republic prepares its war fleets with hungry eyes fixed on the weakened Empire. Spurred on to war by the pervasive Rahajiim, a shadowy organization that has struck a dark deal with the nightmarish Enclave. Meanwhile Summers races to destroy the rest of the isotome weapons before they are used, Nimoux struggles to escape an unlikely prison planet, Shen copes with his strange new life, and Calvin hunts for the true puppetmaster. Desperate to discover the deepest layer of the conspiracy before it's too late. And in the shadows behind it all, Blackmoth brews a storm of chaos, hell-bent on subjecting the galaxy to the dark design of his One-True-God.
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The Phoenix Crisis – Richard Sanders
The Phoenix Crisis
A storm is brewing. Eager war fleets patrol the edges of human space, waiting. The leaders of the Phoenix Conspiracy are poised to usher in The Hour of Ascension. And it is up to Calvin to expose the conspiracy before the Empire collapses in a firestorm of civil war. Deadly isotome weapons remain at large, forces across every border are arming for war, and now even the monarchy itself is threatened by the chaos. From the blood-soaked soil of Renora, where the very strength of the Empire is tested, to the political maneuverings of the Imperial Assembly, the stability that once safeguarded human-kind is now merely a memory. Meanwhile the deadliest assassin in the galaxy lurks in the shadows, ready to change the course of history—if his god wills it. And Shen's life hangs by a thread. The Organization, the Akiras, CERKO, the Advent, the Phoenix Ring… it all comes down to this moment. And the question on everyone's mind is, can the Empire survive? Or will it be lost to the tempest.
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The Phoenix Rising – Richard Sanders
Publish Date: June 8, 2012
As the most serious threat ever facing the galaxy now looms over them—weapons able to destroy stars—Calvin and his enterprising crew continue their mission to expose and eliminate the dark conspiracy that has taken root inside the Empire. Now a fugitive on the run, Calvin has no choice but to work alongside Raidan’s mysterious Organization. And accept help from the unlikeliest band of fair-weather friends, including a mysterious squad of Polarian soldiers, an ex-intelligence-operative from the Rotham Republic, and the ever elusive Tristan—whose truest motives are a closely guarded secret. To make matters worse, Calvin is hunted mercilessly across the stars by Intel Wing’s top operative, Lafayette Nimoux, who is aided by a double-agent on Calvin’s own ship. Meanwhile the sands of fortune are shifting within the Empire, upsetting the delicate political climate. Warships and civilian transports are vanishing without a trace and murders in the dark are going unnoticed. All eyes are fixed on Renora—a human colony that has been savagely attacked and thrown into civil war. The prime suspect behind the attack is none other than Princess Kalila Akira. All the dark signs are pointing to what could be the death of the Empire, and the end of human dominance in the galaxy."
Categories Sci Fi & FantasyTags Phoenix, Richard, Rising, Sanders
Scrooged – Richard Donner
Scrooged
Genre: Holiday
A network TV president is perhaps the most cold-hearted man ever, but his holiday spirit is given a painful booster shot by three vengeful ghosts. In this darkly comic updating of Charles Dicken's Christmas classic "A Christmas Carol," Bill Murray portrays Frank Cross, an evil, crass, executive who caters to the lowest-of-the-lowest common denominators, firing people whenever he wants to and for the flimsiest of reasons. Therefore, to change his cruel and tasteless ways, Cross is taken on a trip through his past to his future, accompanied by ghosts David Johansen and Carol Kane, so that he can achieve redemption.
© © 1988 Paramount Pictures Corporation
Categories Comedy MoviesTags Donner, Richard, Scrooged
The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas, Volume 1 – Rod Serling, Richard Matheson & Charles Beaumont
The Twilight Zone Radio Dramas, Volume 1
Rod Serling, Richard Matheson & Charles Beaumont
© ℗ © 2013 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Categories AudiobooksTags 'Twilight', Beaumont, Charles, Dramas, Matheson, Radio, Richard, Serling, Volume, Zone
Shadowlands (1993) – Richard Attenborough
Shadowlands (1993)
Based on a true story, Jack Lewis (Anthony Hopkins) is a world renowned writer and professor. Unmarried, he leads a gentleman's life filled by intellectual pursuits, remaining untouched by any great passion until he meets Joy Gresham (Debra Winger). Joy is a feisty, abrasive New York divorcee whose sharp-edged, no-nonsense attitudes take Lewis by surprise. Bursting unexpectedly into Lewis' world, Joy shocks his associates and awakens him to deep emotions he had written about, but never experienced. Slowly he opens his heart to this woman, and their romance shatters the walls of his cloistered world. But life is made up of delicate balances, and Lewis must confront a terrible truth: that a heart awakened to great love is also opened to great pain.
© © 1993 Focus Features. All Rights Reserved.
Categories IndependentTags 1993, Attenborough, Richard, Shadowlands
Hallelujah! – Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas Concert – Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra At Temple Square, Laura Osnes, Martin Jarvis, Erin Morley, Tamara Mumford, Ben Bliss, Tyler Simpson, Mack Wilberg, Ryan Murphy, Richard Elliott, Clay Christiansen & Andrew Unsworth
Hallelujah! – Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas Concert
Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Orchestra At Temple Square, Laura Osnes, Martin Jarvis, Erin Morley, Tamara Mumford, Ben Bliss, Tyler Simpson, Mack Wilberg, Ryan Murphy, Richard Elliott, Clay Christiansen & Andrew Unsworth
Genre: Concert Films
This Christmas concert features Broadway star Laura Osnes (Cinderella, Anything Goes, Bonnie and Clyde) and renowned British screen actor Martin Jarvis. In this performance, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square present the story of George Frideric Handel’s life in an inspiring celebration of song. The story of Handel’s struggle to write his most famous oratorio, Messiah, celebrates freed debtors, charitable giving, rescued children, and the Messiah’s mission to save God’s children from spiritual death. The music includes some of the most beloved Christmas songs, such as “Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful, ” “Do You Hear What I Hear?” and “Joy to the World. ” Guest soloists from the Metropolitan Opera also thrill audiences with their rendition of “For unto Us a Child Is Born, ” from Handel’s Messiah. This performance brings the listener closer to the true meaning of Christmas with a Christ-centered focus and a thrilling display of talent for the whole family to enjoy.
© © 2016 Intellectual Reserve
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Categories Concert FilmsTags 'Hallelujah', Andrew, Bliss, Choir, Christiansen, Christmas, Clay, Concert, Elliott, Erin, Jarvi's, Laura, Mack, Martin, Morley, Mormon, Mumford, Murphy, Orchestra, Osnes, Richard, Ryan, Simpson, Square, Tabernacle, Tamara, Temple, Tyler, Unsworth, Wilberg
Conan the Destroyer – Richard Fleischer
Conan the Destroyer
Arnold Schwarzenegger returns with a vengeance in the sword and sorcery adventure Conan the Destroyer. The powerful hero Conan (Schwarzenegger) has been commissioned by evil Queen Taramis (Sarah Douglas) to safely escort a teen princess (Olivia D’Abo) and her bodyguard (Wilt Chamberlain) to the magic Horn of Dagon. Conan soon discovers, however, that the queen plans to sacrifice the princess when she returns and inherit her kingdom. Now he and an unusual group of allies—including the eccentric wizard Akiro (Mako) and the wild woman Zula (Grace Jones)—must defeat both mortal and supernatural foes in an epic, sword-wielding battle with the fate of the entire world at stake.
Categories Action & Adventure MoviesTags Conan, Destroyer, Fleischer, Richard
Jerry Springer: The Opera – Stewart Lee and Richard Thomas
Jerry Springer: The Opera
Stewart Lee and Richard Thomas
Categories AudiobooksTags Jerry, Opera, Richard, Springer', Stewart, Thomas
Savant: Book 1 of Luminether – Richard Denoncourt
Savant: Book 1 of Luminether
Genre: Epic
Milo Banks never expected to become a sorcerer… He also never thought his mom and dad were descended from gods, or that his twin sister Emma would grow a pair of wings. As far as he knew, life was just a boring string of ordinary encounters, like getting beaten up at school or being ignored by girls. Until the day Milo watches his father save a girl's life by jumping seventy feet in the air. He witnesses a similarly incredible event when his mother saves Emma from a life-threatening injury. Both "slip ups" call the attention of enemies that have been hunting the Banks family for decades – enemies who will stop at nothing to recover the twins even if it means chasing them into another world. Known as "Astros, Realm of the Gods," this new world is a place of winged horses, dark magicians, epic battles, and exotic monsters. Milo and Emma will have to stick together in order to develop the amazing powers they have inherited and survive into adulthood. Because a war is coming, and before long, Milo and Emma will find themselves right in the center of it.
Categories Sci Fi & FantasyTags Book, Denoncourt, Luminether, Richard, Savant
Donnie Darko: Anniversary Special Edition – Richard Kelly
Donnie Darko: Anniversary Special Edition
Richard Kelly
Fifteen years before Stranger Things combined science-fiction, Spielberg-ian touches and 80s nostalgia to much acclaim, Richard Kelly set the template – and the high-water mark – with his debut feature, Donnie Darko. Initially beset with distribution problems, it would slowly find its audience and emerge as arguably the first cult classic of the new millennium. Donnie is a troubled high school student: in therapy, prone to sleepwalking and in possession of an imaginary friend, a six-foot rabbit named Frank, who tells him the world is going to end in 28 days 06 hours 42 minutes and 12 seconds. During that time he will navigate teenage life, narrowly avoid death in the form of a falling jet engine, follow Frank’s maladjusted instructions and try to maintain the space-time continuum. Described by its director as “The Catcher in the Rye as told by Philip K. Dick”, Donnie Darko combines an eye-catching, eclectic cast – pre-stardom Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal, heartthrob Patrick Swayze, former child star Drew Barrymore, Oscar nominees Mary McDonnell and Katherine Ross, and television favourite Noah Wyle – and an evocative soundtrack of 80s classics by Echo and the Bunnymen, Tears for Fears and Duran Duran. This brand-new 4K restoration, carried out exclusively for this release by Arrow Video, allows a modern classic to finally receive the home video treatment it deserves.
© © 2016 Arrow Video
Categories HorrorTags Anniversary, Darko, Donnie, Edition, Kelly, Richard, Special
Billy Porter Presents: The Soul of Richard Rodgers – Billy Porter
Billy Porter Presents: The Soul of Richard Rodgers
© ℗ 2017 Sony Music Entertainment
Categories JazzTags Billy, Porter, presents, Richard, Rodgers, Soul
Richard Hawley – Silent Night (Live)
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Categories Entertainment ArticlesTags Hawley, Live, Night, Richard, Silent
The Mistletoe Inn: A Novel (Unabridged) – Richard Paul Evans
The Mistletoe Inn: A Novel (Unabridged)
© ℗ © 2015 Simon & Schuster Audio
Categories AudiobooksTags Evans, Mistletoe, Novel, Paul, Richard, Unabridged
Darryl Hanah, Richard
Darrly Hanah is one hell of a dirty blond milf, and she ends up getting her backside stuffed full of meatstick. She ends up loving every bit of the anal action, although she does spend plenty of time opening up her butt to get ready for that dick. She moans and shoves herself against that cock, taking it deeper and deeper. She didn’t just jump into the action though – she ended up giving him the best MILF deepthroat to get him going, and then takes him over the edge so that he nearly ejaculates as soon as he puts that weiner in her rump.
Categories MILFTags Darryl, Hanah, Richard
Darrly Hanah is one hell of a dirty blond milf, and she ends up getting her rump stuffed full of penis. She ends up loving every bit of the backdoor action, although she does spend plenty of time opening up her rump to get ready for that dickhead. She moans and shoves herself against that dickhead, taking it deeper and deeper. She didn’t just jump into the action though – she ended up giving him the best MILF deepthroat to get him going, and then takes him over the edge so that he nearly creams as soon as he puts that cock in her booty.
Darrly Hanah is one hell of a dirty blond milf, and she ends up getting her rump stuffed full of shlong. She ends up loving every bit of the anal action, although she does spend plenty of time opening up her ass to get ready for that weiner. She moans and shoves herself against that dick, taking it deeper and deeper. She didn’t just jump into the action though – she ended up giving him the best MILF deepthroat to get him going, and then takes him over the edge so that he nearly creams as soon as he puts that penis in her ass.
Lip Service – Richard Elliot
Richard Elliot
Categories JazzTags Elliot, Richard, service.
Shaun the Sheep Movie – Mark Burton & Richard Starzak
Shaun the Sheep Movie
Mark Burton & Richard Starzak
When Shaun decides to take a day off and have some fun, he gets a little more than he bargained for! Shaun's mischief inadvertently leads to The Farmer being taken away from the farm, to the Big City… Join Shaun, Bitzer, and The Flock on their hilarious, action-packed, big-screen adventure as they make plans to rescue the missing Farmer.
Categories Comedy MoviesTags Burton, Mark, Movie, Richard, Shaun, Sheep, Starzak
Darrly Hanah is one hell of a dirty blond milf, and she ends up getting her backside stuffed full of wang. She ends up loving every bit of the assfucking action, although she does spend plenty of time opening up her ass to get ready for that shaft. She moans and shoves herself against that dong, taking it deeper and deeper. She didn’t just jump into the action though – she ended up giving him the best MILF deepthroat to get him going, and then takes him over the edge so that he nearly jizzs as soon as he puts that pecker in her rump.
Darrly Hanah is one hell of a dirty blond milf, and she ends up getting her rump stuffed full of tool. She ends up loving every bit of the backdoor action, although she does spend plenty of time opening up her anus to get ready for that penis. She moans and shoves herself against that penis, taking it deeper and deeper. She didn’t just jump into the action though – she ended up giving him the best MILF deepthroat to get him going, and then takes him over the edge so that he nearly cums as soon as he puts that pecker in her backside.
Darrly Hanah is one hell of a dirty blond milf, and she ends up getting her rump stuffed full of dick. She ends up loving every bit of the assfucking action, although she does spend plenty of time opening up her anus to get ready for that cock. She moans and shoves herself against that shlong, taking it deeper and deeper. She didn’t just jump into the action though – she ended up giving him the best MILF deepthroat to get him going, and then takes him over the edge so that he nearly cums as soon as he puts that manhood in her ass.
Darrly Hanah is one hell of a dirty blond milf, and she ends up getting her ass stuffed full of tool. She ends up loving every bit of the rectal action, although she does spend plenty of time opening up her backside to get ready for that wang. She moans and shoves herself against that dickhead, taking it deeper and deeper. She didn’t just jump into the action though – she ended up giving him the best MILF deepthroat to get him going, and then takes him over the edge so that he nearly creams as soon as he puts that shlong in her ass.
Darrly Hanah is one hell of a dirty blond milf, and she ends up getting her booty stuffed full of weiner. She ends up loving every bit of the anal action, although she does spend plenty of time opening up her booty to get ready for that meatstick. She moans and shoves herself against that shlong, taking it deeper and deeper. She didn’t just jump into the action though – she ended up giving him the best MILF deepthroat to get him going, and then takes him over the edge so that he nearly cums as soon as he puts that manhood in her anus.
Darrly Hanah is one hell of a dirty blond milf, and she ends up getting her butt stuffed full of wang. She ends up loving every bit of the backdoor action, although she does spend plenty of time opening up her butt to get ready for that weiner. She moans and shoves herself against that weiner, taking it deeper and deeper. She didn’t just jump into the action though – she ended up giving him the best MILF deepthroat to get him going, and then takes him over the edge so that he nearly creams as soon as he puts that meatstick in her ass.
Darrly Hanah is one hell of a dirty blond milf, and she ends up getting her butt stuffed full of dickhead. She ends up loving every bit of the backdoor action, although she does spend plenty of time opening up her ass to get ready for that shaft. She moans and shoves herself against that tool, taking it deeper and deeper. She didn’t just jump into the action though – she ended up giving him the best MILF deepthroat to get him going, and then takes him over the edge so that he nearly creams as soon as he puts that penis in her ass.
Donnie Darko – Richard Kelly
Donnie Darko is an edgy, psychological thriller about a suburban teen coming face-to-face with his dark destiny. Jake Gyllenhaal leads a star-filled cast (including Drew Barrymore, Noah Wyle, Jena Malone, Patrick Swayze and Mary McDonnell) as a delusional high-school student visited by a demonic rabbit with eerie visions of the past – and deadly predictions for the future. This excitingly original nail-biter will keep you on the edge of your seat until the mind-bending climax.
© © 2001 Pandora, Inc. All rights reserved.
Categories DramaTags Darko, Donnie, Kelly, Richard
12 Common Core Essentials: Literature – Harper Academic, Paulo Coelho, Neil Gaiman, Agatha Christie, Barbara Kingsolver, Richard Wright, Thomas C. Foster, Richmond Lattimore, Ray Bradbury, Zora Neale Hurston & Betty Smith
Selections from New and Classic Books for the English Language Arts Standards for Middle and High School
Seller: HarperCollins
As you reevaluate the books you use in your classroom to meet the Common Core Standards, this free collection—filled with selections from classics such as Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God, contemporary novels like The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, and the AP English favorite How to Read Literature Like a Professor by Thomas C. Foster—will help you decide which books are right for you and your students.
Categories BooksTags Academic, Agatha, Barbara, Betty, Bradbury, Christie, Coelho, Common, Core, Essentials, Foster, Gaiman, Harper, Hurston, Kingsolver, Lattimore, Literature, Neale, Neil, Paulo, Richard, Richmond, Smith, Thomas, Wright, Zora
Carmen Lundy: Jazz and the New Songbook – Live At the Madrid – Richard A. Salazar & Elisabeth Oei
Carmen Lundy: Jazz and the New Songbook – Live At the Madrid
Richard A. Salazar & Elisabeth Oei
Over 30 years ago, Carmen Lundy set out on a musical journey that has taken her to every corner of the globe. From her early start in South Florida to New York and Los Angeles, she has maintained the highest standards of vocal jazz and brought forth a New Songbook for the 21st Century. On February 18, 2005, Carmen celebrated her illustrious and ever-expanding career with musicians and friends who have shared her music at different stages in her life and helped define Carmen's unique and profound artistry. Special guest performers include jazz luminaries from both coasts such as Robert Glasper, Billy Childs, Bobby Watson, Phil Upchurch, Victor Lewis, Nathan East, Steve Turre, Marvin “Smitty” Smith, Mark Shim, Kenny Davis, David Roitstein, Mayra Casales, Krystal Davis Williams, the Los Angeles String Quartet and her brother and frequent collaborator renowned bassist Curtis Lundy.
© © 2005 Afrasia Productions
Categories Concert FilmsTags Carmen, Elisabeth, Jazz, Live, Lundy, Madrid, Richard, Salazar, Songbook
Autumn Classical Music – Frédéric Chopin, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Erik Satie, Johann Sebastian Bach, Philip Glass, Camille Saint-Saëns, Richard Wagner, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms, Franz Schubert, Claude Debussy & Antonio Vivaldi
Autumn Classical Music
Frédéric Chopin, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Erik Satie, Johann Sebastian Bach, Philip Glass, Camille Saint-Saëns, Richard Wagner, Franz Liszt, Johannes Brahms, Franz Schubert, Claude Debussy & Antonio Vivaldi
© ℗ 2015 Calliope
Categories ClassicalTags 'Mozart, Amadeus, Antonio, Autumn, Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Camille, Chopin, classical, Claude, Debussy, Erik, Franz, Frederic, Glass, Johann, Johannes, Liszt, Ludwig, Music, Philip, Richard, SaintSaëns, Satie, Schubert, Sebastian, Vivaldi, Wagner, Wolfgang
Songs We Love: Chris Forsyth & Koen Holtkamp, ‘Cosmic Richard’
The improvisational rock guitar master and the electronic composer collaborate on a bittersweet, luminescent tune to usher in autumn.
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Categories Entertainment ArticlesTags Chris, Cosmic, Forsyth, Holtkamp, Koen, love, Richard, Songs
Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos – Daniel Harding
Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos
The acclaimed Salzburg Festival production featuring Jonas Kaufmann. The original, longer version of the opera.
© © 2012 UNITEL. Under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment
Categories Concert FilmsTags Ariadne, Daniel, Harding, Naxos, Richard, Strauss
The Roughnecks – Richard Cameron White
The Roughnecks
Richard Cameron White
In the documentary film, The Roughnecks (2014), a passionate group of 11-year-olds enter their final year of Pee Wee Football. Located in Fort Worth, Texas, The Roughnecks is one of the state’s oldest and most intense youth league teams, and its long-running history lies at the core of the region’s deep love for American football. The story traces the struggles and triumphs of The Roughnecks as they gear up for the ultimate test of winning the American Youth Football Super Bowl Championship, a title that slipped abay in the final moments of the previous season.
© © 2014 Temple Hill, LLC.
Categories IndependentTags Cameron, Richard, Roughnecks, White
I Am Legend (Unabridged) – Richard Matheson
I Am Legend (Unabridged)
Categories AudiobooksTags Legend, Matheson, Richard, Unabridged
The Lady, or the Tiger? – Frank Richard Stockton
The Lady, or the Tiger?
Genre: Short Stories
Publisher: Public Domain
The author through this novel talks about a princess who attempts to choose the fate for her lover–the lady or the tiger. "The lady, or the tiger?" has come into the English language as an allegorical expression, a shorthand indication or signifier for a problem that is unsolvable.
Categories BooksTags Frank, Lady, Richard, Stockton, Tiger
Shield Maiden – Richard Denning
Nine Worlds, no. 1
Genre: Historical
Publisher: Richard Denning
Anna is a 12 year old girl growing up in a Saxon village in 7th century Mercia. Her life changes when she finds a golden horn in the ruins of a Roman Villa. Soon an ugly dwarf, a beautiful sorceress and even her own people are after her. What powers does the horn have and why does everyone want it? And why is Anna the only one who can get a note out of it? About Shield Maiden Shield Maiden is the first book in The Nine Worlds series in which the historical world of Anglo-Saxon England meets the mysterious world of myths and legends, gods and monsters our ancestors believed in. This is the world as it might have been had those stories been true…
Categories Sci Fi & FantasyTags ‘Maiden', Denning, Richard, SHIELD
World of Warcraft: Stormrage (Unabridged) – Richard A. Knaak
World of Warcraft: Stormrage (Unabridged)
Richard A. Knaak
Categories AudiobooksTags Knaak, Richard, Stormrage, Unabridged, Warcraft, World
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker – Offenbach: Le Papillon – London Symphony Orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra & Richard Bonynge
Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker – Offenbach: Le Papillon
London Symphony Orchestra, National Philharmonic Orchestra & Richard Bonynge
Categories ClassicalTags Bonynge, London, National, Nutcracker, Offenbach, Orchestra, Papillon, Philharmonic, Richard, symphony, Tchaikovsky
America: Live in Chicago – Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell, Richard Campbell, Willie Leacox, Michael Woods, Christopher Cross & Joe Thomas
America: Live in Chicago
Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell, Richard Campbell, Willie Leacox, Michael Woods, Christopher Cross & Joe Thomas
AMERICA: LIVE IN CHICAGO presents an unique and intimate performance from the legendary band that defined the early ‘70s folk sound and ruled the Top-10 charts with their evocative harmonies and acoustic-styled musicianship. The memorable 20-song set includes greatest hits as well as rare live versions of "Head and Heart", "Till the Sun Comes Up Again" and "The Last Unicorn" – plus a special on-stage appearance by Christopher Cross on the song "Lonely People." Song List: Riverside, Ventura Highway, You Can Do Magic, Don’t Cross the River, Daisy Jane, The Last Unicorn, I Need You, Head And Heart, Till The Sun Comes Up Again, Tin Man, Muskrat Candlelight, The Border, Woman Tonight, Only In Your Heart, California Dreamin’, Lonely People (with Christopher Cross), Sandman, Sister Golden Hair, All My Life, A Horse With No Name
© © 2008 HD Ready, LLC and WTTWN National Productions. All Rights Reserved.
Categories Concert FilmsTags America, Beckley, Bunnell, Campbell, Chicago, Christopher, Cross, Dewey, Gerry, Leacox, Live, Michael, Richard, Thomas, Willie, Woods
The Foul Mouth and the Fanged Lady – Richard Raley
The King Henry Tapes, no. 1
Richard Raley
Publisher: Richard Raley
THE PULPANORMAL BEGINS… King Henry Price is fourteen and he loves everything he's not supposed to–stealing, cursing, and fighting to name a few. One day after his usual hour of detention he comes home to find an enigmatic woman named Ceinwyn Dale sitting in his kitchen, telling his parents lies about a special reform school. What she tells King Henry is different, she tells him he's a mancer, a Geomancer to be exact, that he's special, one in million maybe. She sure ain't a fairy giant and King Henry sure as hell ain't Harry Potter, but why not? Has to be better than the life he's already got. King Henry Price is twenty-two, a recent graduate of the Asylum as an Artificer. With the special ability to create lasting items of the Mancy, he's spurned the Artificer's Guild and struck out on his own to found an Artificer workshop looking to do things his way. One night, a vampire baroness claiming she's named Anne Boleyn walks into his shop, telling King Henry he's going to help her, and she's not taking 'no' for an answer. King Henry is pretty sure the whole name thing is just a joke, but only pretty sure… THE KING HENRY TAPES Book 1 – "The Foul Mouth and the Fanged Lady" (released) Book 2 – "The Foul Mouth and the Cat Killing Coyotes" (released) Book 3 – Forthcoming
Categories Sci Fi & FantasyTags Fanged, Foul, Lady, Mouth, Raley, Richard
School of Rock – Richard Linklater
Jack Black stars as a hell-raising guitarist with delusions of grandeur. Kicked out of his band and desperate for work, he impersonates a substitute teacher and turns a class of fifth grade high-achievers into high-voltage rock and rollers. Joan Cusack portrays the principal of the private school where Black is prepping the kids for a Battle of the Bands.
Categories Comedy MoviesTags Linklater, Richard, Rock, School
Bill Cunningham New York – Richard Press
Bill Cunningham New York
Richard Press
A delicate, funny and often poignant documentary portrait of bicycle-riding octogenarian Bill Cunningham, the beloved New York Times style photographer who is world famous for his weekly "On the Street" column.
© © 2010 The New York Times and First Thought Films
Categories IndependentTags Bill, Cunningham, Press, Richard, York
Verdi: La Traviata (2 CDs) – Dame Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Matteo Manuguerra, National Philharmonic Orchestra & Richard Bonynge
Verdi: La Traviata (2 CDs)
Mike Epps Talks ‘Soaking’ Up Richard Pryor Role, Hints At Timeline
After a long casting process, it appears Lee Daniels’ Richard Pryor biopic is set to begin production soon.
The late comedian will be played by Mike Epps. According to Epps, the all-star cast — which includes Eddie Murphy, Oprah Winfrey, and Kate Hudson – is scheduled to begin filming in March 2016.
“We start prepping in January, and start shooting in March,” he said during an interview with The Huffington Post. “Eddie Murphy’s playing my father, Oprah Winfrey’s playing my grandmother, Kate Hudson’s playing my girl, and I’m playing Richard Pryor.”
Epps went on to share how preparing for the role of Pryor, who died in 2005, has required him to delve into the many layers of the late comedy legend.
“Right now, I’m just really soaking it up. I’m just a sponge right now,” he said. “Just doing a lot research on the history of Richard Pryor. Trying to figure out the things that I need to figure out to play certain scenes. How I need to feel. What state of mind I need to be in, because this guy was a roller coaster, man. It wasn’t easy. [He was] close to something that’s scientific — broken down into a whole lot of different ways.”
As the 44-year-old actor gears up for the iconic role, he is also busy promoting season 2 of Starz’s original series, “Survivor’s Remorse.” The comedy series, which is produced by NBA superstar LeBron James and follows the life of a young professional basketball star, Cam Calloway (played by Jessie T. Usher), as he navigates his newfound fame, wealth, and personal relationships.
While the show addresses relevant topics surrounding the lives of professional athletes, Epps — who plays Calloway’s uncle, Julius — says the show isn’t just relatable to people in the world of sports.
“The whole show itself is relatable to anybody that’s in show business because it’s ‘survivor’s remorse,’” he said. “So the whole thing about money, family, and friends, and love and all that — it all ties in together.”
“Survivor’s Remorse” premieres Saturday August 22 at 9:30 p.m. ET/PT
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Categories Comedy ArticlesTags Epps, Hints, Mike, Pryor, Richard, Role, Soaking, Talks, Timeline
Music from the Film “Amadeus” – Frank Cohen, Richard Stoltzman, Jack Kulowitch, Dominique Visse, George Szell, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Vbrsky, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Christopher Millard, Marcel Moyse, Odile Bailleux, The Vienna Festival Orchestra, Lorin Maazel, Janine Reiss, David Singer, Bruno Walter, John Macurdy, Lili Kraus, Stephen Simon, Philippe Entremont, Abraham Skernick, Orchestra of The Paris Opera, Jean-Claude Malgoire, Marlboro Festival Winds, Robert Casadesus, John Serkin, Alexander Heller, E. Scott Brubaker, Members of the Cleveland Orchestra, José Van Dam, Ruggero Raimondi, Choeur Regional Nord-Pas-De-Calais, Meir Rimon, Eugene Ormandy, Martin Hill, La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy, Robert Routch, Randall Wolfgang, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Gaby Casadesus, Colette Alliot-Lugaz, Rafael Druian & Gregory Reinhart
Music from the Film "Amadeus"
Frank Cohen, Richard Stoltzman, Jack Kulowitch, Dominique Visse, George Szell, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Rudolf Vbrsky, The Philadelphia Orchestra, Christopher Millard, Marcel Moyse, Odile Bailleux, The Vienna Festival Orchestra, Lorin Maazel, Janine Reiss, David Singer, Bruno Walter, John Macurdy, Lili Kraus, Stephen Simon, Philippe Entremont, Abraham Skernick, Orchestra of The Paris Opera, Jean-Claude Malgoire, Marlboro Festival Winds, Robert Casadesus, John Serkin, Alexander Heller, E. Scott Brubaker, Members of the Cleveland Orchestra, José Van Dam, Ruggero Raimondi, Choeur Regional Nord-Pas-De-Calais, Meir Rimon, Eugene Ormandy, Martin Hill, La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy, Robert Routch, Randall Wolfgang, Vienna Chamber Orchestra, Gaby Casadesus, Colette Alliot-Lugaz, Rafael Druian & Gregory Reinhart
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Categories ClassicalTags Abraham, Alexander, AlliotLugaz, Amadeus, Bailleux, Brubaker, Bruno, Casadesus, Chamber, Chambre, Choeur, Christopher, Cleveland, Cohen, Colette, Columbia, David, Dominique, Druian, Écurie, Entremont, Eugene, Festival, film, Frank, From, Gaby, George, Grande, Gregory, Heller, Hill, Jack, Janine, JeanClaude, John, Jose, Kraus, Kulowitch, lili, Lorin, Maazel, Macurdy, Malgoire, Marcel, marlboro, Martin, Meir, Members, Millard, Moyse, Music, NordPasDeCalais, Odile, Opera, Orchestra, Ormandy, Paris, Philadelphia, Philippe, Rafael, Raimondi, Randall, Regional, Reinhart, Reiss, Richard, Rimon, Robert, Routch, Rudolf, Ruggero, Scott, Serkin, Simon, Singer, Skernick, Stephen, Stoltzman, symphony, Szell, Vbrsky, Vienna, Visse, Walter, Winds, Wolfgang
Dakota Fanning And Richard Gere Among Arrivals At 2015 Tribeca Screening Of ‘Franny’
Categories Entertainment ArticlesTags 'Franny', 2015, Among, Arrivals, Dakota, Fanning, Gere, Richard, Screening, Tribeca
Superman: The Movie (Special Edition) – Richard Donner
Superman: The Movie (Special Edition)
A box-office smash, an Academy Award winner* and a fan favorite since it first flew into theatres in December 1978, Superman: The Movie assembles a cast and creative contingent as only a big movie can. At its heart (just as in three sequels) is Christopher Reeve's intelligent, affectionate portrayal of a most human Man of Steel. Watching Superman again isn't just like being a kid again. It's better. The movie's legacy soared even higher when director Richard Donner revisited this beloved adventure 22 years later and integrated eight minutes into the film. Enjoy more footage of the Krypton Council, a glimpse of stars of prior Superman incarnations, more of Jor-El underscoring his son's purpose on Earth andan extended sequence inside Lex Luthor's gauntlet of doom. Reeve, Marlon Brando (Jor-El), Gene Hackman (Luthor) and Margot Kidder (Lois Lane) give indelible performances that fuel the film's aura of legend. Looks like a swell night for flying. Why not come along?
© © SUPERMAN and all related characters and elements are trademarks of and DC Comics.
Categories Action & Adventure MoviesTags ‘Superman, Donner, Edition, Movie, Richard, Special
Gameplay: The Story of the Videogame Revolution – Richard Goldgewicht
Gameplay: The Story of the Videogame Revolution
Richard Goldgewicht
In 1972, one idea changed the way the world plays games forever. “Gameplay” is a feature documentary film on the history of videogames. Almost 5 years in the making, the film spans the time from the technologies origins to the birth of the arcade game. From “Pong” to “Pac Man”, “Super Mario” to “Lara Croft”, “Doom”, “Grand Theft Auto” and beyond, we chronicle the remarkable story of the fastest evolving new media of all time. The film features never seen before interviews with such videogame pioneers as Nolan Bushnell, David Crane, Noah Falstein, John Romero, Todd Howard and many more, plus all of the iconic and groundbreaking games of the past 40 years tied together with original animation and graphics.
© © 2014 Lux Digital Pictures GmbH Partners
Categories IndependentTags Gameplay, Goldgewicht, Revolution, Richard, Story, Videogame
The Box (2009) – Richard Kelly
What if someone gave you a box containing a button that, if pushed, would bring you a million dollars…but simultaneously take the life of someone you don’t know? Would you do it? And what would be the consequences? The year is 1976. Norma Lewis is a teacher at a private high school and her husband, Arthur, is an engineer working at NASA. They are, by all accounts, an average couple living a normal life in the suburbs with their young son…until a mysterious man with a horribly disfigured face appears on their doorstep and presents Norma with a life-altering proposition: the box. With only 24 hours to make their choice, Norma and Arthur face an impossible moral dilemma. What they don’t realize is that no matter what they decide, terrifying consequences will have already been set in motion. They soon discover that the ramifications of this decision are beyond their control and extend far beyond their own fortune and fate.
© © 2009 Warner Bros. Entertainment. All Rights Reserved.
Categories HorrorTags 2009, Kelly, Richard
Killing Pretty: A Sandman Slim Novel (Unabridged) – Richard Kadrey
Killing Pretty: A Sandman Slim Novel (Unabridged)
Richard Kadrey
© ℗ © 2015 Harper Audio
Categories AudiobooksTags 'Sandman', Kadrey, Killing, Novel, Pretty, Richard, Slim, Unabridged
Tangier Sessions – Sir Richard Bishop
Tangier Sessions
Sir Richard Bishop
© ℗ 2015 Drag City
Categories AlternativesTags Bishop, Richard, Sessions, Tangier
The Five Stops of Photography – Richard Stafford
The Five Stops of Photography
Richard Stafford
Publisher: Richard Stafford II
Seller: Richard Stafford
A quick and easy to interpret read thats dedicated to illustrating the importance of the 5 modes of your DSLR. Can read in one sitting and still have understand as to what those modes do.
Categories BooksTags Five, Photography, Richard, Stafford, Stops
Catholic Latin Classics – Richard Proulx & The Cathedral Singers
Catholic Latin Classics
Richard Proulx & The Cathedral Singers
© ℗ 2000 GIA Publications, Inc.
Categories ClassicalTags 'Classics', Cathedral, catholic, Latin, Proulx, Richard, Singers
Still Talking – Joan Rivers, Richard Meryman
Still Talking
Joan Rivers, Richard Meryman
© ℗ © 1997 Phoenix Books
Categories AudiobooksTags Joan, Meryman, Richard, Rivers, Still, Talking
Vienna Philharmonic New Year’s Concert 2013 – Franz Welser-Möst, Wiener Philharmoniker, Josef Strauss, Johann Strauss II, Franz von Suppé, Richard Wagner, Joseph Hellmesberger, Joseph Lanner & Giuseppe Verdi
Vienna Philharmonic New Year’s Concert 2013
Franz Welser-Möst, Wiener Philharmoniker, Josef Strauss, Johann Strauss II, Franz von Suppé, Richard Wagner, Joseph Hellmesberger, Joseph Lanner & Giuseppe Verdi
Complete New Year's Concert 2013 performance from Vienna.
© © 2013 Sony Music Entertainment
Categories Concert FilmsTags 2013, Concert, Franz, Giuseppe, Hellmesberger, Johann, Josef, Joseph, Lanner, Philharmonic, Philharmoniker, Richard, Strauss, Suppé, Verdi, Vienna, Wagner, WelserMöst, Wiener, Years
The Omen Machine: A Richard and Kahlan Novel (Unabridged) – Terry Goodkind
The Omen Machine: A Richard and Kahlan Novel (Unabridged)
Categories AudiobooksTags Goodkind, Kahlan, Machine, Novel, Omen, Richard, Terry, Unabridged
The Pact 2 – Dallas Richard Hallam & Patrick Horvath
The Pact 2
Dallas Richard Hallam & Patrick Horvath
The stunning sequel to new horror classic The Pact ups the ante on terror. When a series of brutal murders lead authorities to believe the Judas killer is back, Annie, (Caity Lotz The Machine), returns home for the final showdown. Also starring Camilla Luddington.
© © 2013 UNLOCKED DOOR FILMS, LLC. All rights reserved.
Categories HorrorTags Dallas, Hallam, Horvath, Pact, Patrick, Richard
Richard Gere talks playing a beggar at Karlovy Vary film festival
Richard Gere has been awarded the Crystal Globe for an outstanding artistic contribution to world cinema at the 50th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Rollo Ross reports.
Categories Entertainment ArticlesTags beggar, Festival, film, Gere, Karlovy, Playing, Richard, Talks, Vary
Das Rheingold – Bryn Terfel, Richard Croft, Eric Owens, Stephanie Blythe, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine, Robert Lepage & Gary Halvorson
Bryn Terfel, Richard Croft, Eric Owens, Stephanie Blythe, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine, Robert Lepage & Gary Halvorson
In the 2011–12 season, the Metropolitan Opera presented its first new production of Wagner’s complete Ring cycle in more than 20 years. Directed by acclaimed theater artist Robert Lepage, this landmark staging combines state-of-the-art technology with traditional storytelling and features a cast of some the world’s greatest Wagner singers. In this first part of the epic, the theft of the Rhinegold treasure sets in motion the course of events that will change the world and end the rule of the gods. Bryn Terfel stars as Wotan, Stephanie Blythe is Fricka, and Eric Owens sings Alberich. Met Music Director James Levine conducts. Original Live in HD transmission: October 9, 2010
© © 2010 The Metropolitan Opera
Categories Concert FilmsTags Blythe, Bryn, Croft, Eric, Gary, Halvorson, James, Lepage, Levine, Metropolitan, Opera, Orchestra, Owens, Rheingold, Richard, Robert, Stephanie, Terfel
Richard Gere Says Begging on New York’s Streets Was a “Profound Experience”
The actor stars as a homeless man in Oren Moverman’s ‘Time Out of Mind’.
Categories Entertainment ArticlesTags Begging, Experience, Gere, Profound, Richard, Says, Streets, York's
Richard Thompson On World Cafe
Thompson’s impressive body of work has grown again. Hear songs from his new album, Still.
Categories Entertainment ArticlesTags Cafe, Richard, Thompson, World
About Time – Richard Curtis
The night after another unsatisfactory New Year party, Tim’s (Domhnall Gleeson) father (Bill Nighy) tells his son that the men in his family have always had the ability to travel through time. Tim can’t change history, but he can change what happens and has happened in his own life – so he decides to make his world a better place…by getting a girlfriend (Rachel McAdams). But as his unusual life progresses, Tim finds out that his unique gift can’t save him from the sorrows and ups and downs that affect all families, everywhere. From filmmaker Richard Curtis (Love Actually, Notting Hill, Four Weddings and a Funeral), About Time is a comedy about love and time travel, which discovers that, in the end, making the most of life may not need time travel at all.
Categories VideoTags about, Curtis, Richard, Time
Richard Thompson Pulls Double Duty at Town Hall by Opening for Himself: Concert Review
For once, tight-fisted visa officials give concert-goers a gift as fans get to see the acoustic and electric sides of the revered guitarist.
Hollywood Reporter – Music Reviews
Categories Entertainment ArticlesTags Concert, Double, Duty, Hall, Himself, Opening, Pulls, Review, Richard, Thompson, Town
Richard Thompson – Still – Proper Records
For his new album Richard Thompson brought in Wilcos Jeff Tweedy to produce, relocated to Chicago and recorded it in nine days. This spirit of adventure follows the successful reboot of his sound on his 2013 album Electric, and Still follows in the same fashion.
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Categories Entertainment ArticlesTags Proper, Records, Richard, Still, Thompson
Still (Deluxe Edition) – Richard Thompson
Still (Deluxe Edition)
© ℗ 2015 Beeswing, Inc. under exclusive license to Concord Music Group, Inc.
Categories MusicTags Deluxe, Edition, Richard, Still, Thompson
Richard Gere to Get Karlovy Vary Festival Lifetime Honor
His ‘Time Out of Mind’ will open the event, with Harvey Keitel and Jamie Dornan also adding star power to the Czech festival.
Categories Entertainment ArticlesTags Festival, Gere, Honor, Karlovy, Lifetime, Richard, Vary
Happy Father’s Day To My Stepdad, Richard. (Mom MADE ME Write This)
Happy Father’s Day To My Stepdad, Ric…
Brian writes a Happy Father’s Day article to his stepfather, Richard, even though he doesn’t want to.
Submitted by: mikescollins
Keywords: happy fathers day happy father's day fathers day father's day i hate my step-dad i hate my step-dad richard holiday son stepson stepfather half brother broken home broken family mother's day i hate my stepdad i really hate my stepdad
Funny or Die | Funny Videos, Funny Video Clips, Funny Pictures
Categories Comedy MoviesTags Father's, Happy, Made, Richard, StepDad, This, write
Lethal Weapon – Richard Donner
Boxoffice superstar and Academy Award-winner Mel Gibson ("Maverick," "Braveheart") and Danny Glover ("The Color Purple," "Grand Canyon") team up as L.A. cops in the top-grossing action movie that spawned three sequels. Directed by Richard Donner ("Superman," "Maverick"), Gibson is a volatile, unregistered risk-taker, known as a "lethal weapon" by his colleagues. Glover is the conservative detective with a solid reputation. Forced to form an uneasy alliance, they begin to unravel the mystery of an apparent suicide that turns out to be murder — and more. The New York Times calls this "a high-voltage thriller which packs an undeniable wallop;" Gene Shalit calls it "riveting!…a pair of heroes I hope we'll be seeing again;" and Joel Siegel says it's "a detective thriller that just won't quit…this one is so good it will be the standard for action films all year long!" Co-starring Academy Award-nominee Gary Busey ("The Firm," "Under Siege").
© © Warner Bros. All Rights Reserved
Categories Comedy MoviesTags Donner, Lethal, Richard, Weapon
The Justice League – Richard Dean
Richard Dean
Genre: Performing Arts
Publisher: Richard Dean
The Dark Knight assembles the mightiest heroes of the DC universe to fend off the greatest threat the Earth has ever faced.
Categories BooksTags Dean, Justice, League', Richard
22 Bullets – Richard Berry
22 Bullets
From visionary filmmaker Luc Besson (La Femme Nikita, The Professional, Lucy, The Fifth Element, Taken Trilogy).
Lifelong mobster Charly Matteï (Jean Reno – The Professional, The Da Vinci Code, Ronin, Godzilla, Mission: Impossible) has turned a new leaf and left his past as an outlaw behind him. With his former business firmly under his oldest friend’s control, Charly has spent the past three years living a quiet, comfortable life, devoting himself to his wife and two young children. However, one winter morning he's left for dead in the underground parking garage of Marseille's Old Port with 22 bullets in his body. Against all odds, he will not die. After his miraculous recovery, he embarks on a hunt for vengeance that takes him back into the seedy criminal underworld he thought he’d left behind forever.
© © 2010 Europacorp / TF1 Films Productions / Marie Coline Films / SMTS
Categories IndependentTags Berry, Bullets, Richard
Rockshow – Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney, Denny Laine, Jimmy McCulloch, Joe English, Howie Casey, Tony Dorsey, Steve Howard Jr. & Thaddeus Richard
Rockshow
Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney, Denny Laine, Jimmy McCulloch, Joe English, Howie Casey, Tony Dorsey, Steve Howard Jr. & Thaddeus Richard
In 1975 and 1976 Paul McCartney and Wings undertook the epic Wings over the World tour, the largest scale tour they would ever undertake as a band. From this tour came both the legendary "Wings over America" triple live album and the concert film "Rockshow". Although filmed on this tour at the enormous Kingdome in Seattle, "Rockshow", originally a cut down version of the concert, was not premiered until November 1980 in New York and April 1981 in London. It was released on Betamax and later on laserdisc. Now for the first time the complete full length concert is being made available fully restored from the original 35mm film and with restored & remastered sound, including a 5.1 mix for the first time. This is Paul McCartney and Wings live on stage in a concert that is destined to live forever!
© © 2013 MPL Communications Inc. under exclusive license to Eagle Rock Entertainment Ltd
Categories Concert FilmsTags Casey, Denny, Dorsey, English, Howard, Howie, Jimmy, Laine, Linda, McCartney, McCulloch, Paul, Richard, Rockshow, Steve, Thaddeus, Tony
Bigfoot #1 – Steve Niles, Rob Zombie & Richard Corben
Bigfoot #1
Steve Niles, Rob Zombie & Richard Corben
Publisher: IDW Publishing
Seller: Idea and Design Works, LLC
#1 of 4 issues! A monstrous ape-man is stomping around the woods of the Pacific Northwest, and he's not happy with mankind. Bigfoot also offers master craftsman Richard Corben a return to his true horror roots as he fully renders the imposing beast as only he can. Niles. Zombie. Corben. Bigfoot. What else needs to be said?.
Categories Comic and Graphic BooksTags Bigfoot, Corben, Niles, Richard, Steve, Zombie
Beethoven’s 9th Symphony: 1895 Gustav Mahler Orchestration – Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Tiboris, Janacek Opera Choir, Leah Anne Myers, llene Sameth, James Clark, Richard Conant & Josef Pancik
Beethoven’s 9th Symphony: 1895 Gustav Mahler Orchestration
Brno Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Tiboris, Janacek Opera Choir, Leah Anne Myers, llene Sameth, James Clark, Richard Conant & Josef Pancik
© ℗ 1992 Bridge Records, Inc.
Categories ClassicalTags 1895, Anne, Beethoven's, Brno, Choir, Clark, Conant, Gustav, James, Janacek, Josef, Leah, llene, Mahler, Myers, Opera, Orchestra, Orchestration, Pancik, Peter, Philharmonic, Richard, Sameth, symphony, Tiboris
Dazed and Confused – Richard Linklater
This critically acclaimed cult favorite, written and directed by Richard Linklater (The School of Rock), explores the last day of school – and one wild night – in the lives of high school students in 1976. Complete with bongs and bell bottoms, macrame and mood rings, and featuring classic rock music by Aerosmith, Black Sabbath and KISS, this superb ensemble cast of up-and-comers (Ben Affleck, Matthew McConaughey, Parker Posey and Milla Jovovich) delivers an enduring film that Rolling Stone called "spectacularly funny!" 1976 was a time they'd never forget… if only they could remember…
© © 1993 Universal City Studios, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Categories Comedy MoviesTags 'Dazed, Confused, Linklater, Richard
Bernie – Richard Linklater
In the tiny, rural town of Carthage, TX, assistant funeral director Bernie Tiede was one of the town’s most beloved residents. He taught Sunday school, sang in the church choir and was always willing to lend a helping hand. Everyone loved and appreciated Bernie, so it came as no surprise when he befriended Marjorie Nugent, an affluent widow who was as well known for her sour attitude as her fortune. Bernie frequently traveled with Marjorie and even managed her banking affairs. Marjorie quickly became fully dependent on Bernie and his generosity and Bernie struggled to meet her increasing demands. Bernie continued to handle her affairs, and the townspeople went months without seeing Marjorie. The people of Carthage were shocked when it was reported that Marjorie Nugent had been dead for some time, and Bernie Tiede was being charged with the murder.
© © 2011 Bernie Film, LLC and Wind Dancer Bernie, LLC. All Rights Reserved.
Categories IndependentTags Bernie, Linklater, Richard
Richard II – William Shakespeare
An argument between the Duke of Norfolk and the king's cousin, Henry, has grown from a dispute over money to an accusation of murder. The two men turn to King Richard II to solve the dilemma, but the king can do little, and the men look to settle with a duel. Moments before the fight begins, Richard stops the duel and banishes the two men. It's an unpopular decision, as is his decision to seize the land and money of his close advisor, and as is his decision to continue to dump money into a needless war. His poor decisions are truly put to the test when Henry returns early from his exile, bringing an army with him.
Girl Rising – Jenny Lee, Richard E. Robbins, Gareth Smith & Chris Wilcha
Girl Rising
Jenny Lee, Richard E. Robbins, Gareth Smith & Chris Wilcha
From Academy Award-nominated director Richard E. Robbins, the award-winning producers of The Documentary Group and Paul G. Allen's Vulcan Productions, strategic partner, Intel Corporation, and distribution partners CNN Films and Gathr, comes Girl Rising – an innovative new feature film about the power of education to change a girl – and the world. Meryl Streep, Anne Hathaway, Selena Gomez and other esteemed actresses contribute voice performances to the film, which features original music from Academy Award winner Rachel Portman and Grammy Award winner Lorne Balfe. The film spotlights unforgettable girls like Sokha, an orphan who rises from the dumps of Cambodia to become a star student and an accomplished dancer; Suma, who composes music to help her endure forced servitude in Nepal and today crusades to free others; and Ruksana, an Indian “pavement-dweller” whose father sacrifices his own basic needs for his daughter’s dreams. Each girl is paired with a renowned writer from her native country. Edwidge Danticat, Sooni Taraporevala Aminatta Forna and others tell the girls’ stories, each in its own style, and all with profound resonance. These girls are each unique, but the obstacles they faced are ubiquitous. Like the 66 million girls around the world who dream of going to school, what Sokha, Suma, Ruksana and the rest want most is to be students: to learn. And now, by sharing their personal journeys, they have become teachers. Watch Girl Rising, and you will see: One girl with courage is a revolution.
© © 2013 The Documentary Group LLC / Vulcan Productions
Categories IndependentTags Chris, Gareth, Girl, Jenny, Richard, Rising, Robbins, Smith, Wilcha
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi – Richard Marquand
Experience the triumph of the Force in Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. In the epic conclusion of the saga, the Empire prepares to crush the Rebellion with a more powerful Death Star while the Rebel fleet mounts a massive attack on the space station. Luke Skywalker confronts Darth Vader in a final climactic duel before the evil Emperor.
© © 1983 and 1997 Lucasfilm Ltd. All Rights Reserved.
Categories Action & Adventure MoviesTags Jedi, Marquand, Return, Richard, Star, Wars
Fast N’ Loud: Blood, Sweat and Beers (Unabridged) – Richard Rawlings, Mark Dagostino
Fast N’ Loud: Blood, Sweat and Beers (Unabridged)
Richard Rawlings, Mark Dagostino
Categories AudiobooksTags Beers, Blood’, Dagostino, Fast, loud, Mark, Rawlings, Richard, Sweat, Unabridged
Orff: Carmina Burana – London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra & Richard Hickox
London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra & Richard Hickox
The Goonies – Richard Donner
The combined talents of two of today's most prominent filmmakers – Academy Award, Emmy and Golden Globe-winner Steven Spielberg ("Munich," "War of the Worlds") and Richard Donner ("16 Blocks," "Lethal Weapon") — created this box office hit that delights the young and the young at heart. When a group of ordinary kids discover a secret treasure map, their sleepy seaport lives are suddenly transformed into a fun-filled, roller-coaster ride filled with heart-pounding adventure and peril. Starring Academy Award-nominee Sean Astin ("The Lord of the Rings" trilogy, "50 First Dates"), Emmy-winner Joe Pantoliano (TV's "The Soprano's," "The Matrix"), Academy Award-nominee Anne Ramsey ("Throw Mamma From the Train," "Scrooged"), Emmy-nominee Martha Plimpton ("Running on Empty," "Parenthood"), Corey Feldman ("The Lost Boys," "Stand By Me"), Kerri Green ("Lucas," "Summer Rental"), Josh Brolin ("Into the Blue," "Hollow Man") and Robert Davi ("Hot Chick," "Die Hard").
© © 1985 Warner Bros. All Rights Reserved.
Categories Comedy MoviesTags Donner, Goonies, Richard
The Last Five Years – Richard LaGravenese
Based on the hit musical by Jason Robert Brown, a struggling actress (Anna Kendrick) and her novelist boyfriend (Jeremy Jordan) recount the rise and fall of their 5 year love affair.
© © 2013 The Last 5 Years The Motion Picture LLC
Categories VideoTags Five, LaGravenese, Last, Richard, Years
5 Flights Up – Richard Loncraine
5 Flights Up
Academy Award® winners Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton star in this heartwarming story about a happily married couple, Ruth and Alex Carver, who have decided to cash in on their sought-after Brooklyn apartment. After enlisting the help of Ruth’s niece, real estate agent Lily (Cynthia Nixon), they’re about to embark on a whirlwind weekend they never imagined! As a series of crazy events unfold and offers on the apartment fly, they’ll find their unwavering love tested in surprising ways – and ultimately discover a whole new lease on life!
Categories VideoTags Flights, Loncraine, Richard
James Dean – Single – Dawn Richard
James Dean – Single
℗ 2015 Our Dawn Entertainment
Categories New ReleasesTags Dawn, Dean, James, Richard, Single
Still Alice – Richard Glatzer & Wash Westmoreland
Richard Glatzer & Wash Westmoreland
Alice Howland (Julianne Moore), happily married with three grown children, is a renowned linguistics professor who starts to forget words. When she receives a diagnosis of Early-Onset Alzheimer's Disease, Alice and her family find their bonds thoroughly tested. Her struggle to stay connected to who she once was is frightening, heartbreaking, and inspiring. Also starring Kristen Stewart, Kate Bosworth, Alec Baldwin and Hunter Parrish.
Categories IndependentTags Alice, Glatzer, Richard, Still, Wash, Westmoreland
Richard Thompson On Mountain Stage
Hear a 1999 performance by one of England’s best-loved singer-songwriters and guitarists.
Categories Entertainment ArticlesTags Mountain, Richard, Stage, Thompson
Russell Wilson — Hardcore Beach Training … With Richard Sherman
The Seattle Seahawks stormed the beach in Hawaii this week … for a full, hardcore workout session on the sand … in front of a bunch of normies trying to relax on the sand. It’s pretty cool — imagine you’re on a lounge chair with your pina…
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5 minute spotlight — 4BR talks to musician Paul Duffy
4BR's Malcolm Wood catches up with Paul Duffy and discovers that although Black Dyke remains in his blood, his own musical journey has Only Just Begun.
Malcolm Wood: Thanks for talking to 4BR. You stepped down from the soprano seat at Black Dyke at the end of 2013. How difficult a decision was that?
Paul Duffy: Yes, it was a very difficult decision to make. When you’re at Black Dyke it’s the biggest part of your life.
It’s a very special band and in some ways, even addictive. The band work extremely hard and reap the rewards.
The players don’t change very often and I think that’s testament to the pride they have for playing there. From day one I really enjoyed myself, and I was enjoying it more than ever towards the end.
It was a difficult decision, but one I feel I made at the right time. As a person, I’m not easily satisfied, and even when I am, it’s not for very long.
I’m always looking to push myself. With Black Dyke I felt like I was only scratching the surface of my potential.
The musical world is huge and I knew I wanted to explore more of it and not be restricted by the commitment to Black Dyke.
Malcolm Wood: Are there highlights that stand out from your time with the band?
Paul Duffy: I have so many brilliant memories: Literally every time you wear the famous jacket is special.
Any soprano player will tell you, when you are playing well, it feels amazing. Playing well with Black Dyke is one of the greatest feelings in the world, and to play to capacity audiences in some of the world’s finest concert halls leaves many indelible memories.
When Black Dyke performed at the gala concert of the European Championships in Oslo, the audience was great and my parents were there watching - so that stands out.
Playing at the KKL concert hall in Lucerne with Dyke is also special.
One year, I started to play my solo when my soprano fell to pieces in my hand. 3000 people were eagerly waiting for a nice lyrical solo and it sounded like I was playing a kazoo!
We stopped and someone in the audience shouted, “Mr Dooffay, we have a soprano cornet.” Two minutes later another instrument was in my hand, and we were off. It was brilliantly bizarre!
Aside from the concert performances, there have been many recordings too.
One that I’m most proud of is the 2012 CD ‘Pictures at an Exhibition’. It’s one of the most difficult works for soprano with lots of tricky passages and so much really high playing.
Malcolm Wood: You took to the stage at the Europeans in Perth with Dyke. Can you see yourself returning to the band in future?
Paul Duffy: I’m still very good friends with everyone associated there. It would be great to return one day as a full time member, but for the time being I’m busy developing my own career and they are busy winning competitions!
If I could do both right now, that would be perfect!
Malcolm Wood: You appear to be busier than ever, having just launched your first CD, 'Only Just Begun'. Tell us about it.
Paul Duffy: After I played my last concert with Black Dyke the following week I started work on the album. It took 10 months to complete as I wanted to create a showcase for myself.
Making a CD gave me the chance to write, arrange, record, collaborate, play and most importantly, learn.
The ideas came together pretty quickly and new ones even arriving right at the end. I wanted real variety, and I think I’ve managed that: Each track is different.
It was really nice to record two tracks with Black Dyke as well as some of the other inspiring musicians I have met over the years such as John Doyle and Richard Marshall.
Then there’s a fabulous young singer called Emma Björnell, and a certain Peter Moore on trombone.
The 4BR CD Review can be read at:
http://www.4barsrest.com/reviews/products/cd574.asp#.VLKxkiusUg8
Malcolm Wood: You actually play 25 different instruments on the recording. Where did the idea come from to do that?
Paul Duffy: When I began the process, I could already play a few instruments (trumpet, piano, guitar, bass, drums). Really by accident I got hold of a trombone, and unlike the previous times I had played it, it actually sounded like a trombone, not a drainpipe!
I took advantage of the break from band rehearsals in late 2013 and increased my practice time. In January 2014 I played trombone for the first time at a concert in Switzerland, and after a while, I tried other brass instruments, and they all seemed to work.
My embouchure has become flexible, and whatever the mouthpiece my lips adjust to make the right sound. I also learnt the saxophone with the intention of being able to record big band tracks.
Linked to multi-track recording I was able to record anything I wanted myself.
On the album, I’m playing small ensembles, like a jazz combo and brass quintet. I’m also playing a full big band and a full brass band - from soprano down to tuba with all percussion and a trumpet solo in between. It’s been great fun!
Malcolm Wood: Was it tougher than you'd imagined?
Paul Duffy: Yes. Writing music you end up throwing away a lot more than you keep: Some things were written in minutes, some things took years!
The recording also had its challenges, especially the multi-track aspect.
For instance, I had a few attempts at recording the title track ‘Only Just Begun’. The first was embarrassing, but I was certainly learning from my mistakes and the difficulties with intonation and playing together.
At the beginning there are no other musicians to listen to and no conductor to watch. I put a lot of effort into making the recording sound realistic - and not like one guy playing all of the instruments in the brass band.
I made a detailed musical click track, with subtle tempo fluctuations as you have in a real performance.
However, to sound like a good band, I needed to sound like 25 different players, so I changed the way I articulated and even the way I blew the air for different parts within a section.
I used different mouthpieces and different cornets, as well as different microphones to record. It was a huge effort for four minutes of music, but I’m very happy with the results.
Malcolm Wood: You've actually produced the recording yourself. Is this an aspect of your career you wish to develop further?
Paul Duffy: All of my higher education was in music production as I took the decision not to go to Music College.
I looked at what conservatoires offered and thought to myself, if I work hard at playing my instrument, I can actually do this myself, so I decided to study music technology and production.
In many ways Black Dyke was my conservatoire, and the experiences I enjoyed with them were more valuable than many I could have had at a college.
It has enabled me to record mainly for myself, but now I’m also working with other musicians.
I’ve learned a lot of skills in performance, arranging and production that allow me to contribute to an artist’s recording. I love working with new groups of musicians and with new music.
Malcolm Wood: You're actively promoting the release in various parts of the world, so where will you be heading in 2015?
Paul Duffy: I started in the summer of 2014 with a six week tour in Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium and Holland.
The European visits continue all year really, but in March I’m visiting Canada and the USA for the first time as a soloist, followed by Japan later in the year.
As a soloist, I guest with brass bands, wind bands, big bands, and do quite a few solo shows - just me, a piano, a few brass instruments and my loop station.
Malcolm Wood: Are there any future recording plans?
Paul Duffy: Always. I’m currently setting up a session brass section which I can offer to film composers and bands etc.
Samples of instruments are common place on music soundtracks now, but the real brass samples are the worst sounding ones. It’s really difficult to emulate.
I want to offer to record a full brass section for somebody and deliver a high quality recording for their final mixes. At the moment I’m recording the promotion material for this and having a ball!
I’m also working with a cabaret artist from the cruise liner Queen Mary 2. Hopefully over the coming years I will be able to fill up my diary both in front and behind the microphone.
Malcolm Wood: You always perform as if you are enjoying yourself. Is it a conscious or a sub-conscious thing, and do you think it helps with your overall performance?
Paul Duffy: It’s simply enjoyment: What a lucky man I am to stand on a stage playing music.
The great Ray Charles said: “I was born with music inside me. Music was one of my parts. Like my ribs, my kidneys, my liver, my heart. Like my blood. It was a force already within me when I arrived on the scene. It was a necessity for me, like food or water”.
I get to work like this every day. How can I not be smiling?
Malcolm Wood: In addition to playing, you are also in demand as a tutor. Have you spotted any stars of the future on your travels?
Paul Duffy: The National Youth Band organisations are packed with talented youngsters. The young Will Thomas is doing fantastically well and will continue to do so I’m sure.
For me the National Youth Brass Band was very important to my development: Being surrounded by fantastic players my own age (headed by Philip Cobb) was a huge inspiration.
Recently I’ve been teaching in Switzerland, and I think I’ve heard some incredible brass playing over there from young players.
Look out for a young soprano player called Jérémy Coquoz, with Brass Band Treize Etoiles. Wow, can this guy play!
Malcolm Wood: Thanks for your time Paul and congratulations on the CD.
For further information about Paul, his CD recording 'Only Just Begun' and his music go to: http://www.padusic.com/
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July 15 • Shirley Band (MD David Hirst) has vacancies for Tenor Trombone and Bass Trombone. . . We rehearse Wednesday and Friday evenings in Hockley Heath, situated within 5 minutes of J4 of the M42 and J16 of the M40, easily accessible from across the Midlands.
City of Hull Band
July 15 • Current North of England Champions require Tutti Cnt and Solo Baritone to start after the Summer Break. National Finals and Brass in Concert to look forward to. Rehearsing in our own band room near the Humber Bridge Sunday and Wednesday evenings.
Freckleton Band
July 15 • We have a vacancy for a 2nd Baritone player. The band currently competes in the Championship section and have a balanced concert and contest programme. Rehearsal nights are Mondays and Thursdays.
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Directors Tim Miller (Deadpool) and David Fincher (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Fight Club) are joining forces to create a series of adult-targeted animated shorts for Netflix: Love, Death & Robots. The 18-part anthology will include trips into realms of science fiction, fantasy, horror and comedy — or, as the Twitter announcement put it: Werewolf soldiers. Robots gone wild. Sentient dairy. Alien Spiders. Blood-thirsty demons from hell.
The teaser images promise a variety of styles and techniques for the series, with each short installment of a 5-15 minutes to be created by different creative visionaries and studios from around the world. Miller and Fincher are executive producing with Jennifer Miller and Josh Donen. Tim Miller’s animation/VFX house Blur Studio is leading the production.
“Love, Death & Robots is my dream project,” said Miller. “It combines my love of animation and amazing stories. Midnight movies, comics, books and magazines of fantastic fiction have inspired me for decades, but they were relegated to the fringe culture of geeks and nerds of which I was a part. I’m so fucking excited that the creative landscape has finally changed enough for adult-themed animation to become part of a larger cultural conversation.”
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CBS RADIO Signs Up With Tunein
CBS RADIO has signed a non-exclusive deal with tunein, giving tunein listeners access to news, sports and talk content on more than 40 CBS RADIO stations. This news flies in the face of several exclusive deals recently leveraged by Clear Channel on its iHeartRadio platform, where some major broadcasters were signing away their rights to work with multiple online portals to engage listeners, and instead agreeing that the online online portal they would work with would be iHeartRadio.
“We have always believed in the value of great local content, and this agreement validates the demand we know exists for our original programming while at the same time creates a new revenue source for the company,” said Ezra Kucharz, President, CBS Local Digital Media. “By forging relationships with premiere distribution services such as tunein, CBS RADIO will significantly grow its audiences by exposing our content to new listeners.”
The CBS RADIO deal make a lot of sense, although it’s disappointing that only talk radio content is included. This may be due to tunein’s global appeal – CBS Radio restricts streaming of its music stations to the US. tunein has a suite of very popular mobile apps as well as deals with many devices and automakers, high rankings on iTunes for its popular app. According to Alexa, it’s one of the most popular websites in the US and world, ranking just above the top 1000. That’s a lot of potential listeners…
Posted in: devices, In-Car, Internet radio, mobile, streaming | Tagged: CBS Radio, Clear Channel Communications, IHeartRadio, Internet radio, streaming, talk radio, TuneIn
October’s Internet Radio Audience Report
Clear Channel’s iHeartradio showed a surge in audience for October following the relaunch of the streaming platform with a 10 million dollar promotional budget that included a two day live and streamed concert in Las Vegas. Newly released audience data from Triton Digital’s Webcast Metrics audience measurement platform shows that iHeartradio gained 15% in the number of average active sessions from September to October’s 106,733, after gaining 10% in September, the month during which the relaunch of iHeartradio took place.
Meanwhile, Pandora‘s audience continued to surge as well, growing 7.5% to more than 800,000 Average Active Sessions Monday – Sunday 6am – mid in October.
CBS Radio‘s streaming audience fell again, after losing AOL Radio which migrated to Slacker in August. The AAS for CBS Radio dropped 14% during October. Slacker consequently saw their AAS grow by 18%. The Cumulus group of streaming stations is looking strong on the ranker as a result of their purchase of Citadel since the last release, however, their 45,489 AAS is actually lower than the combined Cumulus and Citadel numbers from September by about 4%.
WNYC debuts on the report, although we do not know if that’s a result of audience growth or that they are new to the measurement platform. Triton’s Webcast Metrics is server based measurement Other groups such as Cox, Entercom and others were pretty stable in the month to month report.
Posted in: Internet radio, Research, streaming | Tagged: AOL Radio, audience measurement, CBS Radio, Clear Channel Communications, IHeartRadio, pandora, Slacker, Triton Digital, Webcast Metrics
Mason Tells RAIN’s Hanson: Digital Is Critical to CBS Radio’s Future
CBS RADIO President and CEO Dan Mason is excited about broadcasting’s digital future. In a keynote interview at RAIN Summit West last week, Mason shared his thoughts on radio’s future. During the 30 minute “fireside chat” with RAIN Publisher Kurt Hanson, Mason outlined his perspective that digital is now an essential component for success for broadcasters.
Broadcasters should embrace personalization and explore sidechannels, said Mason. He mentioned Phillies Radio as an example of a sidechannel (HD, not streaming) that CBS RADIO is pleased with. Mason touched upon some other investments that CBS RADIO has made and is planning. He encouraged the audience to find him on Last.fm, where he listens to the Yardbirds, among other things.
He also said that plans are in the works to relaunch mp3.com in May. That’s big news – mp3.com was a free music download site that got into legal trouble with the record labels over licensing. Its history includes a huge IPO and eventual sale to record label Vivendi Universal, where it eventually died. CNET picked up the url, but it’s been inactive for several years. Now Mason says CBS RADIO will relaunch the site next month. A look at the site this morning shows the structure of a platform that will offer downloads, interact with Last.fm, and tie in videos, podcasts, entertainment news and more. (In an ironic sidenote, mp3.com’s original founder, Michael Robertson, also appeared at RAIN Summit later in the day on a panel discussion of The Future of Music.)
Later last week, Mason sent a memo to CBSRADIO employees that echoed the digital excitement he expressed at RAIN Summit West, commenting “never have I been more certain as to what an incredible opportunity we have before us.” and “the digital side of the business is just as important as our over-the-air operations.”
There were many impressive moments at RAIN Summit West, it was an event that in my opinion really exemplified the positive place that Internet radio is occupying. Listening to CBSRADIO President and CEO Dan Mason talk about the digital opportunity for broadcasters as a critical element to future success was one of those.
Posted in: downloads, Internet radio, Radio, RAIN Summits, streaming | Tagged: CBS Radio, Dan Mason, Internet radio, michael robertson, mp3.com, Radio, Yardbirds
AndoMedia’s June Top 20 Reported
By Jennifer Lane on August 11, 2010 | Leave a comment
AndoMedia has released a new ranker for June 2010 which resolves an ongoing issue that had prevented some key online only (or pureplay) stations from being presented in their domestic ranker. Digitally Imported, 977Music, and 1.fm had previously shown up in the All Streams ranker, but due to some technical measurement issues AndoMedia was unable to report on their US only streams. This month those stations debut in the US based streams report as well, joining AccuRadio and Pandora for a total of five online stations in the listing of the top streaming stations or networks measured by AndoMedia.
Pandora, which sits prominently atop the ranker with more than three times the average number of streams per minute (AAS) than the next platform (which happens to be CBS Radio, including AOL and Yahoo’s streaming radio platforms). Thanks to Pandora, listening to online only stations exceeds listening to broadcast streams on the top twenty domestic ranker as well.
Another highlight from this monthly ranker is ESPNRadio’s number, which reflects a huge increase thanks to massive listening to streams of World Cup matches. The average number of domestic streams for that service leapt from 10,103 to 16,758.
AndoMedia June Domestic Ranker M-Su 61-12m
Posted in: Internet radio, Research, streaming | Tagged: 1.fm, 977music, accuradio, andomedia, AOL, CBS Radio, digitally imported, pandora, Yahoo
Delayed AndoMedia Audience Data Now Available
By Jennifer Lane on June 14, 2010 | 1 Comment
After some delay due to AndoMedia’s working with the MRC on accreditation, AndoMedia has released two months worth of Internet radio audience data for March and April. They’ve also implemented some changes in the way they calculate and credit listening – for one, they’re not going to count sessions that last longer than 24 hours. The second change has to do with the way they assign credit using IP based geolocation data – when it is not available they will use the central time zone.
Accreditation is a good thing, I’m strongly in favor of Ando doing everything they can to make sure their Webcast Metrics server based audience measurement service meets with the approval of the Media Rating Council. We also see for the first time the IAB logo on the released rankers, signifying that AndoMedia has become a member of the Interactive Advertising Bureau.
With regard to the data…the lineup remains the same, with Pandora furthering their lead in terms of listeners on the domestic ranker and Cumulus debuting on the ranker. Missing from the All Streams ranker below is Pandora with 324,886 AAS, which would appear at the top of the pack.
Webcast Metrics April 2010 All Streams Ranker
Besides that, there are few noteworthy changes. You can see the rankers here. AndoMedia will host a teleconference to review the new data on thursday June 17th at 3pm (no indication of what time zone). To register for that, click here.
Posted in: Internet radio, Research, streaming | Tagged: accuradio, andomedia, CBS Radio, Cumulus, MRC, pandora
Streaming Ad Insertion Patent Suit Gets Resolved
By Jennifer Lane on January 6, 2010 | Leave a comment
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Update: I’ve been hearing from some sources that the report that all of the companies involved in the lawsuit may not have been involved in this settlement, as was reported by Inside Radio on 12/30. That report was my only source of information on the settlement.
Key broadcasters have settled a patent lawsuit that claimed they were infringing on a patent owned by Aldav for streaming ad-insertion. Aldav and its subsidiary Acacia are companies that specialize in buying up patents and pursuing licensing agreements – often through litigation. Earlier this year they filed suit against a long list of key broadcast companies including CBS Radio, Citadel, Clear Channel, Cox Radio, Cumulus, Entercom, Gap Broadcasting, Radio One, Regent, Saga, Univision.
While the Acacia website shows news of settlements with Cox and Regent, Inside Radio (which is owned by Clear Channel) reports that a settlement has been reached with all of the companies, without any money changing hands. IR reports that just before Christmas the companies and Aldav agreed to a dismissal of the suits. Broadcasters had asked that the court declare the patent invalid because Aldav had failed to assert its rights for years and its patent is unenforceable. The case was set for arbitration in February.
Posted in: Internet radio, Royalties, streaming | Tagged: Acacia, Aldav, andomedia, broadcasters, CBS Radio, Citadel, Clear Channel, Cox Radio, Cumulus, Entercom, Gap Broadcasting, Internet radio, Radio One, Regent, Saga, streaming, Triton Digital, Triton Media, Univision
AndoMedia Releases New Internet Radio Audience Data
By Jennifer Lane on November 9, 2009 | Leave a comment
AndoMedia has (finally) released audience data for May, June, July, August and September 2009, now called the Internet Audio Top 20. The long wait for new rankers was a result of an overhaul to the ratings. Substantial changes include moving to a one-minute listening session as qualifier for measurement instead of the old five minute rule; and new metrics such as Session Starts, Average Active Sessions, and Average Time Spent Listening to replace Average Quarter Hour and Cume. From the press release, here are the definitions of each term:
Session Starts is defined as “The number of streams of one minute or more that are started within a time period.”
Average Active Sessions is defined as “The average number of streams of one minute or more that are active within a time period.”
Average Time Spent Listening is defined as “The average number of hours for each session lasting more than one minute within a time period.”
“The changes were made in response to requests from both the publisher and the agency community for measurement standards in keeping with other digital best practices. Terrestrial radio AQH and Cume measurements are not the best metrics for measuring today’s audience delivered via a digital channel and do not accurately pertain to online audio,” stated Ando CEO Robert J. Maccini.
The other big change is the very first appearance of Pandora in any kind of audience measurement ranker.
Pandora debuts at number 2 behind CBSRadio’s entire online network including AOLRadio and Yahoo Launchcast (Last.fm is not part of CBSRadio’s measured network.)
The most relevant figure on the new ranker for purposes of comparing stations/networks to one another is the Average Active Sessions column (AAS). Interestingly, each group”s AAS number was unbelievably close to their former AQH on the last ranker released by AndoMedia. Meaning that AQH was doing a pretty good job of estimating numbers of listeners in the first place.
AndoMedia has also moved to releasing two different rankers, one for all streams measured, and one that they hope will define “domestic” listening. Unfortunately, the domestic ranker is missing lots of stations because online brands such as Digitally Imported, AccuRadio, and others are not able to provide the data in the form necessary for them to identify IP locations, according to Patrick Reynolds, Sr. VP at Ando. He says they are working to resolve it. Until they do, a domestic ranker won’t be a true representation of domestic listening.
Clear Channel, on the other hand, does not appear on the All Streams ranker, which was their choice according to Reynolds. Hopefully, these issues will be resolved for future releases. In the meantime, Using Clear Channel’s data from the domestic ranker, they would fall in at position 3, behind CBSRadio and Pandora on the All Streams Ranker below:
Clear Channel: AAS 72,257; SS 16,879,841; ATSL 2.38
There’s no sign of Targetspot’s network in this ranker, although they announced in April that they would begin using Ando’s measurement, consolidating the industry on one audience measurement platform. Katz’ Online Network is the only sales network reflected in these new rankers.
Posted in: Internet radio, Research, streaming | Tagged: accuradio, andomedia, CBS Radio, Clear Channel, digitally imported, Entercom, Internet Audio Top 20, Internet radio, pandora, streaming
Tools Stations Can Use to Engage Listeners Online
By Jennifer Lane on September 30, 2009 | 3 Comments
At RAIN Summit East in Philadelphia this week I got an overview of two nice applications that broadcasters can use to make their streaming offerings more creative and engaging.
Jelli is both an Internet radio station and a tool that broadcasters can use to create their own unique programming. It works like this: listeners can go on the site and choose the songs or artists they want to hear. The playlist is controlled by these requests. The fun starts when lots of people want to hear the same songs, which drives the song up the playlist and puts it on the air faster, or when listeners don’t want to hear a song, which does the opposite. If enough people don’t like a song that is playing, they can actually blow it up mid song, complete with sound effects. The program uses crowd sourcing technology to track listener influence. CBSRadio is using it in San Francisco, airing a three hour Jelli show on Sunday nights on … The guy who presented said it’s available on an exclusive by market basis.
Listener Driven Radio is another application that stations can plug in to get their listeners more involved in the station. It features tools that enable listeners to select songs, deselect songs and generally influence what gets played on the station. Using similar technology, it ties in directly to a radio station’s automation system, feeding real-time commands into the automation system based on the latest crowd-input. Listeners can interact via a website or mobile platform.
Both of these platforms are great ways for stations to engage with listeners and make their products more interactive and relevant.
Posted in: Uncategorized | Tagged: CBS Radio, Jelli, Listener Driven Radio, RAIN
CBS RADIO makes another investment in Internet Radio, takes over Yahoo’s Launchcast
By Jennifer Lane on December 3, 2008 | 1 Comment
Today’s announcement that CBS RADIO has entered into an agreement to “power” Yahoo’s Launchcast Internet radio portal in a deal similar to the one they announced with AOL Radio earlier this year definitely takes the cake. As David Goodman, President of Digital Media at CBS RADIO states in the press release, “this announcement along with our relationship with Last.fm, and other distribution partnerships, reinforces our Company’s position as the No.1 internet radio company in the world”. No doubt about that.
CBS RADIO has made significant investments in Internet radio. In the past year they aquired Last FM, and added AOL Radio and Yahoo’s Launchcast listeners to their group through agreements to manage their sales while putting CBS RADIO stations as channels on their platforms. Prior to deals with CBS RADIO, Yahoo Launchcast and AOL Radio ranked first and second independantly on Arbitron’s monthly survey. In recent surveys, with Last FM and AOL Radio already incorporated into their numbers, CBS RADIO had more than 2.2 million for a weekly cume, and Yahoo Launchcast had over a million weekly listeners. Their combined weekly cume should climb to over 3 million.
As they become the major player, CBS RADIO will have significant clout to impact and influence some of the as yet undefined issues in the space, such as audience measurement. CBS RADIO has a partnership with Ando Media and uses their audience measurement tool along with many of their other ad related technologies. They also subscribe to Arbitron’s comScore audience measurement surveys. It remains to be seen whether they will they see the value in supporting two separate measurement products for the industry or look to create a standard measurement tool.
Targetspot, which recently announced the purchase of RL Radio (here), will work with CBS RADIO’s national and local sales teams to monetize the combined audience.
This announcement does more than just reinforce CBS RADIO’s position in the space. It demonstrates that they mean business. A very big media company is making very big investments in the space – that’s meaningful to investors as well as advertisers, and good for the industry.
Posted in: Internet radio, streaming | Tagged: CBS Radio, Internet radio, Yahoo Launchcast
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Great Barrington's Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center presents music, movies and dance in splendid surroundings with a history. The Mahaiwe is also home to the digital telecasts from The Metropolitan Opera House in New York City.
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Summary of 86th Jacobs Pillow Season Front Page
$2.5 Million in Ticket Sales for 500 Performances and Events
By: Pillow - Oct 09th, 2018
One month after the close of its 86th season, Jacob’s Pillow announces record-breaking ticket sales for its acclaimed summer dance festival. The organization reports over $2.5 million in ticket sales, an increase of 13% when compared with 2017; over 40,000 tickets were sold, an increase of 5%, when compared with last year. The season boasts 10,000 unique ticket buyers, an increase of 8% and the largest number since the organization began tracking this particular indicator in 2005.
Fed and State Support for Berkshire Arts Front Page
Making $1 Worth $10
By: Charles Giuliano - Jun 01st, 2018
Arts leaders and the media met at Shakespeare & Company to hear good news about state and federal funding. With manufacturing long gone from the region cultural tourism is the major industry. The arts season attracts more than 400,000 visitors and generates 4,000 plus jobs. Congressman Richard Neal announced $348,000 in NEA funding for the Berkshires. The federal funding cycle provides $900,700 to the Massachusetts Cultural Council and $1,092,400 to the New England Foundation for the Arts to benefit cultural groups across the state. He reported that the NEA this year got an increase of $3 million for a total of $152,849,000.
Jacob's Pillow Launches Year-round Programming Front Page
Residencies and Public Events
By: Charles Giuliano - Sep 29th, 2017
After celebrating its record-breaking 85th Anniversary Season, Jacob’s Pillow announces new, expanded fall, winter, and spring programming as a main component of Vision ‘22, a strategic approach to the Pillow’s transformation into a year-round center for dance research and development and a civic partner in our region.
Paul Taylor Dance Company Front Page
17th Appearance at Jacob’s Pillow Dance
By: Charles Giuliano - Jul 17th, 2017
In recent years the Paul Taylor Dance Company has regularly appeared at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington. It has been a decade since the company performed at Jacob's Pillow. For its 85th season the company was lured bac k for its 16th time. Add one more when in 1954, as a dancer, Taylor made his Pllow debut with Pearl Lang's Company. On this occasion the program featured three iconic works.
Boston Early Music Festival in Venice Front Page
19th Biennial Festival's Two Operas and 18 Concerts
By: David Bonetti - Jun 25th, 2017
The early music world comes to Boston every two years for the BEMF. This year its centerpiece opera was Andre Campra's "Le Carnaval de Venise," an opera-ballet, in its American premiere. It also reprised a hilarious pair of intermezzi, one of them the popular "La serva padrona," by Giovanni Pergolesi and Handel's Roman period oratorio "La Resurrezione." A good time was had by all.
Boston Early Music Festival June 11-18 Front Page
Festival Theme is Carnival After Campra
By: David Bonetti - Jun 03rd, 2017
Campra's "Le Carnaval de Venise" sets the theme, but the weeklong festival ranges far and wide, from Mexico to Germany to Rome, Florence as well as Venice. Pergolesi's "La serva padrona"will feature local favorite Amanda Forsythe, and the BEMF orchestra will play Handel's "La Resurrezione." Something for everyone - everyone who loves early music that is.
Jacob's Pillow 2017 Front Page
Schedule for 85th Season in Becket
By: Pillow - Dec 14th, 2016
Following the critical acclaim and record-breaking attendance of Festival 2016, Jacob’s Pillow Dance announces its 85th Anniversary Season of exciting programming featuring world premieres, commissions, site-specific work, international artists, live music, and Pillow-exclusive engagements. Running June 21-August 27, Festival 2017 marks a notable moment in the history of the organization, with the first season programmed by Jacob’s Pillow Director Pamela Tatge who joined the organization in April of 2016.
Monteverdi Trilogy Heads to the Berkshires Front Page
Early Music Festival Travels to Great Barrington
Every two years the Boston Early Music Festival schedules a week of concerts and operas that make Boston the world capital of early music. This year's focus was on Claudio Monteverdi, the first great opera composer. All three of his surviving operas were given stylish productions and featured some of the best singers of early music in the world. Taken from Greek myth and ancient Roman history, the stories resonate with the lives we live today.
The Monteverdi Trilogy at Boston Early Music Festival Music
Biennial festival puts on more concerts than you could possibly attend.
By: David Bonetti - Jun 02nd, 2015
Since its founding in 1981, the Boston Early Music Festival has become one of the leading cultural organizations in Boston, a city not lacking in them. Its biennial festival draws performing groups and audiences from all over the globe. Its focus is on a historically informed Baroque opera - this year it is doing three! All three of Monteverdi's surviving operas in one week. What bliss.
WAM Theatre Theatre
2015 Berkshire Season
By: WAM - Mar 04th, 2015
In March, WAM Theatre will be a beneficiary of Jayne Atkinson’s special event, Can You Hear Me Baby? Stories of Sex, Love and OMG Birth!, which is concluding this year’s Berkshire Festival of Women Writers. Adapted from true stories that come from the hearts of mothers and fathers, this event brings together birth stories and original music to dramatize the joy, challenges, personal courage, and profundity of birth. Can You Hear Me Baby? takes the stage at the Berkshire Theatre Group’s Unicorn Theatre in Stockbridge, MA on March 27 at 7pm and March 28 at 2 and 7 pm. Proceeds will benefit the National Perinatal Association, Berkshire Festival of Women Writers, and WAM Theatre.
Shakespeare & Company 2015 Season Theatre
First with Rick Dildine as Executive Director
By: Charles Giuliano - Feb 16th, 2015
Shakespeare & Company presents its lineup for the 2015 summer season, which includes three Shakespeare plays, Henry V, The Comedy of Errors and Hamlet, plus the Regional Premiere of Red Velvet by Lolita Chakrabarti, and the World Premiere of Jane Anderson’s Mother of the Maid, starring Tina Packer. In addition, the summer season includes The Unexpected Man by Yasmina Reza, and opens with the provocative new play by Sarah Treem, The How and the Why. The summer season was announced today by Rick Dildine, his first as Shakespeare & Company’s new Executive Director.
Judy Collins for the 4th of July Music
At the Green Music Center, California
By: Susan Hall - Jul 05th, 2014
If you closed your eyes for the drive up to the Green Music Center in Rohnert Park, California, and then opened them when you arrived at Weill Hall, you might think you were at Tanglewood. This hall is modeled after Ozawa Hall in Lenox. Judy Collins, regal and still going strong at 75, packed the Sonoma Music Center.
WAM Theatre Announces 2014 Season Theatre
Focus on Women and Girls
By: WAM - Feb 25th, 2014
WAM Theatre’s Artistic Director Kristen van Ginhoven announces highlights of the 2014 season. The Berkshire-based professional theatre company will celebrate its fifth anniversary with plays readings, special events, panel discussions, and educational programs that focus on women artists and stories of women
Jayne Atkinson Headlines WAM Benefit Theatre
June 30 Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center
By: WAM - Jun 21st, 2013
WAM Theatre, presents Claiming Her Place, a benefit to be held Sunday, June 30 at 7pm at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington. Co-produced and hosted by Tony nominee Jayne Atkinson, the evening will feature a celebrity panel discussing the challenges women face in the entertainment industry. The panel includes: Lauren Ambrose (Six Feet Under),Michel Gill (House of Cards), Marin Mazzie (Tony Nominee), Linus Roache (Law & Order) and Debra Jo Rupp (That '70s Show).
The Boston Early Music Festival Just Smashing Music
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center June 21-23
Handel wrote his first opera, "Almira," when he was only 19. Although it is no masterpiece, it shows at an early stage his gift for melody and his love of the high female voice. The renowned musical event comes to the Berkshires and Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center June 21-23.
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center Spring Theatre
Programming in Great Barrington
By: Mahaiwe - Feb 11th, 2013
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington announces spring 2013. Highlights include a talk by author and illustrator Brian Selznick followed by a screening of Hugo, Masters of the Fiddle with Natalie MacMaster and Donnell Leahy, humorist David Sedaris , singer/mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile and jazz pianist Brad Mehldau , Cirque Shanghai: Bai Xi, Paul Taylor Dance Company , "Live in HD" broadcasts by the Metropolitan Opera, London's National Theatre, Wait Wait Don't Tell Me!, as well as classic movies.
Close Encounters with Music at the Mahaiwe Music
Great Barrington Season Launches Oct. 20
By: Close - Aug 30th, 2012
Close Encounters With Music introduces grand prize winners of the Tchaikovsky International Violin Competition and Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition in their Berkshire debuts; presents one of the preeminent Baroque ensembles, Tragicomedia, to usher in the holiday season; and adds another notch on its belt of successful commissioning projects with a new work by American composer Robert Beaser, who has written for Glimmerglass and New York City Opera.
Wynton Marsalis at Tanglewood August 20 Music
Season Closes with Pops/ Michael Feinstein/ Christine Ebersole Sept. 2
By: Charles Giuliano - May 16th, 2012
While not exactly an overhaul, Mark Volpe appears to be tweaking the programming at Tanglewood. Sticking with the mantra of Tanglewood as the summer home of the Boston Symphony Orchestra means facing the reality or an eroding, senior audience. The annual season ending Tanglewood Jazz Festival has been scrapped replaced by booking A list jazz artists Wynton Marsalis and Christain McBride in Ozawa Hall and Pops in the Shed for a boldy revamped Labor Day weekend. And that's not all.
Berkshire Playwrights Lab Announces 2012 Season Theatre
June 9 Gala: Mamet Play with Jay Thomas and Treat Williams
By: Charles Giuliano - Apr 17th, 2012
Berkshire Playwrights Lab will present the Berkshire Playwrights Lab 5th Season Gala Celebration on June 9 and staged readings of new plays on July 11, July 23, August 8, and August 22 at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center (14 Castle Street, Great Barrington, Mass.). In addition to a new short piece by David Mamet and performances by actors Jay Thomas, Treat Williams, and other plays and actors TBA, the Gala will include the premiere of Food for Thought, a short film.
Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center Theatre
Schedule of Summer Program
By: Mahaiwe - Mar 29th, 2012
Highlights include comedic evenings with the Sing-a-Long-a Sound of Music (July 14) and Freddie Roman's Friars Club Comedy Festival (July 15), performances by legendary modern dance troupes MOMIX (July 6 and 7) and Paul Taylor Dance Company (July 26, 27, and 28), musical concerts by Tony winner Faith Prince (July 21), Kennedy Center Honors recipient Barbara Cook and Grammy nominee John Pizzarelli (August 4), and by Grammy Award winners Judy Collins and Jimmy Webb (August 26)
Critical Condition Arts in the Berkshires Opinion
Is Less More
When Rocco Landesman, the head of the NEA, suggested that there are too many arts organizations with supply outweighing demand there was a response of outrage in the arts community. Here in the Berkshires it begs the question of sufficient audience and patrons to support four major theatre companies. It also begs the question of the role of critics? Are we just providers of consumer information for ticket buyers?
Kate Maguire Talks About Tommy Theatre
Monday Morning Quarterback
Tommy sold out at the Colonial for the VIP opening on Saturday night. The reviews are staggering in, partly because some critics opted for an offer of better seats on Monday night. That doesn't give much time to promote an expensive show with a short run that ends on Saturday. We asked artistic director, Kate Maguire, about that during the opening night party.
Niobe, Regina de Tebe by Agostino Steffani Music
At Great Barrington's Mahaiwe June 24 & 25
By: Nelida Nassar - Jun 24th, 2011
The Boston Early Music Festival North American premiere piece de resistance is the long-forgotten 17th century opera “Niobe, Regina de Tebeâ€. It travels from Boston to the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center in Great Barrington on June 24 and 25. The rarely produced early opera is not to be missed.
Pissarro Lecture at the Mahaiwe July 7 Fine Arts
Michael Cassin of the Clark in Free Speech
By: Clark - Jun 23rd, 2011
Michael Cassin, Director, Center for Education in the Visual Arts at The Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute will present a free lecture on the Clark's major summer exhibition Pissarro's People on Thursday, July 7 at 7:00 pm at the Mahaiwe Performing Arts Center. In this special lecture, Cassin will introduce the people in Pissarro’s paintings.
Handel's Thrilling Opera Acis and Galatea Music
At the Mahaiwe Great Barrington June 26 & 27
Lucky residents of the Berkshires “Acis and Galatea†is coming your way with two opportunities to hear it. Be prepared for the singing of a lifetime and to pound your hands together until they’re raw. The BEMF’s production of Handel “pastoral entertainment†– he didn’t call it an opera – was the best I have ever seen.
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Laura Veirs is in the house! (And on the turntable.)
Go Buy Some Art
April 13, 2018 by Brian Fay in Analog Living
The new Laura Veirs album arrived at our door today. I have it on the turntable now and would be listening more carefully, but I'm stuck on this thought that it's a good thing to buy art. You should go buy some.
Laura Veirs is good. She's not everyone's cup of tea, but Neko Case and Sufjan Stevens both think she's worth playing alongside. Don't even start to argue with Neko or Sufjan. I love her stuff and know she's not a multi-millionaire. Streaming the whole album nets her about two cents and that's too little to pay for art. I bought the album because I love listening to music on the turntable and because I want to support artists whose work I love. It's the same reason I bought Austin Kleon's books and the new album by The Bad Plus. I want these people to keep making art I enjoy. Paying them is worthwhile.
It doesn't cost much. I spend a lot of money on music because I'm obsessed, but I still probably spend more on bourbon. And it's not as though I buy everything I listen to. I have a streaming service and will play the Veirs album there so she makes a bit more money, but when artists I like release new stuff, I buy the vinyl and try to see their shows.
There's probably more to say about this, but I really want to follow along as she sings side two. This album is good. Go buy some music, a book, or other art and show artists some love. Do it now.
April 13, 2018 /Brian Fay
Art, Support Artists, Laura Veirs, vinyl records, Turntable
Analog Living
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Latest Apple Park drone video shows construction progressing past debut of Steve Jobs Theater
By Roger Fingas
Monday, September 25, 2017, 08:11 am PT (11:11 am ET)
Sunset drone footage of Apple Park in Cupertino shows that construction is still very much ongoing at the new headquarters, even after this month's public debut of the Steve Jobs Theater.
Crews are continuing to operate within and around the main ring, as well as by the underground tunnel leading people in and out of the campus, video by Matthew Roberts shows. Much of the complex is in its finished state however, including satellite buildings like the Visitor's Center.
Landscaping work is ongoing, but much of the campus is thoroughly populated with new or transplanted trees —an important step, since the company is aiming for a total of around 9,000.
It's uncertain how long it will take Apple contractors to wrap up construction. Deadlines have repeatedly been extended, and indeed there was once concern that the Steve Jobs Theater wouldn't be ready in time for the company's Sept. 12 iPhone event.
Apple's workforce has been moving into Apple Park for months. The campus should eventually play host to some 12,000 workers, including high-level executives like CEO Tim Cook.
Apple Park,
Steve Jobs Theater
Apple taking cautious approach with iPhone X production before preorders begin - report
Deals: Apple Watch Series 2 as low as $289 ($80-$120 off); 2017 13" Touch Bar $1,649 ($150 off); high-end 15" MacBook Pro $2,099 ($700 off)
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Dragon Ninja Rush Game Review
Are you a mobile game lover and searching for a good game for your entertainment? If yes, then this post is definitely for you. So read it till the end and enjoy this new game on your mobile phone. In this post I am going to describe a popular and thrilling game of the year which is known as Dragon Ninja Rush. This is a very interesting game which s well available for both iOS and android devices. You must hear about the ninja and in this game you will get a special environment where you have to do battles to win the game. This is a fully reflect and touch sensitive game and the game is all about the touch timing. In this game you have to collect gold and gems and need to upgrade your Ninjas to become more powerful. No doubt this is a very exciting game and if you are a game lover then this game may become an addiction to you. So if you need a thrilling game then Ninja Rush is always a better option for you.
Now let’s discuss regarding the game in details
In this game you have to complete various levels of the game by wining battle. The overall concept of the game is a gamer need to dodge the attack of the enemy and have to cross all hurdles during a particular stage. After completing a particular stage you will go to the next stage and you will also get gems and coins for the upgrade of your Ninjas. Most of the time shurikens create problem but you have to dodge the heavy damage of shurikens to complete stage of this game. You can create records by collecting gold coins and power-ups.
This game is very simple to play and here I am going to give you an overall idea of it.
You have to avoid enemy’s attacks and obstacles by sliding or jumping.
Just face the powerful enemy and beat them to cross your current stage.
Remember don’t waste gems and coins by upgrading Heroes those which are you are not using. Try to save gems and gold for the better up gradation in future.
New character unlocking and power-ups
You need to cover distance as much you can to win good game points
No doubt this is an amazing game in which you have to cross various arenas like Sakura Flower garden, seaside Night, Green Bamboo garden and much more. Now you must think it’s a difficult game but believe me just start playing you will get interest in it and you will feel more easy to win stages of this highly popular Ninja Rush Game.
Are you a mobile game lover and searching for a good game for your entertainment? If yes, then this post is definitely for you. So read it till the end and enjoy this new game on your mobile phone. In this post I am going to describe a popular and thrilling game of the year which is known as Dragon Ninja Rush. This is a very interesting game which s well available for both iOS and android devices. You must hear about the ninja and in this game you will get a special environment where you have to do battles to win the game. This is a fully reflect and touch sensitive game and the game is all about the touch timing. In this game you have to collect gold and gems and need to upgrade your Ninjas to become more powerful. No doubt this is a very exciting game and if you are a game lover then this game may become an addiction to you. So if you need a thrilling game then Ninja Rush is always a better option for you. Now let’s discuss regarding the game in details Description In this game you have to complete various levels of the game by wining battle. The overall concept of the game is a gamer need to dodge the attack of the enemy and have to cross all hurdles during a particular stage. After completing a particular stage you will go to the next stage and you will also get gems and coins for the upgrade of your Ninjas. Most of the time shurikens create problem but you have to dodge the heavy damage of shurikens to complete stage of this game. You can create records by collecting gold coins and power-ups. How to play? This game is very simple to play and here I am going to give you an overall idea of it. You have to avoid enemy’s attacks and obstacles by sliding or jumping. Just face the powerful enemy and beat them to cross your current stage. Remember don’t waste gems and coins by upgrading Heroes those which are you are not using. Try to save gems and gold for the better up gradation in future. New character unlocking and power-ups You need to cover distance as much you can to win good game points No doubt this is an amazing game in which you have to cross various arenas like Sakura Flower garden, seaside Night, Green Bamboo garden and much more. Now you must think it’s a difficult game but believe me just start playing you will get interest in it and you will feel more easy to win stages of this highly popular Ninja Rush Game. [taq_review] [symple_button url="//play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.funtag.dragon.ninjarush" color="blue" button_target="_self" btnrel="nofollow"]Download From Google Play[/symple_button] [symple_button url="https://itunes.apple.com/app/dragon-ninja-rush/id1163667221?mt=8" color="blue" button_target="_self" btnrel="nofollow"]Download From Play Store[/symple_button]
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Game Replay Value
The overall concept of the game is a gamer need to dodge the attack of the enemy and have to cross all hurdles during a particular stage. After completing a particular stage you will go to the next stage and you will also get gems and coins for the upgrade of your Ninjas.
Flaap.io – Game Review
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Photo credit : Anthony Devlin/PA Wire
The Coral Grand Splashional
In December 2016 Aquatic Jetpacks were commissioned by Z-PR to produce a Flyboard Stunt for Coral’s 2017 ‘I love Grand National’ Campaign
The idea for the stunt was on the back of the Jetski Grand National which was produced in 2013 for Coral’s ‘How do you pick yours?’ campaign. Click Here to see the video on youtube.
Working alongside Z-PR, during several months of planning, site visits and meetings, The Aquatic Jetpacks team were able to overcome the challenges associated with this type of project and achieve a fantastic result for the client.
In terms of location whilst the client was initially keen to try and film the project on the River Mersey in a similar style to the previous Jetski Grand National, safety concerns and suitability for operating a flyboard in such strong tidal waters meant that an alternate location had to be sourced. The Aquatic Jetpacks team hit the jackpot by discovering the Liverpool Watersports Centre which was based in Queens Dock. This meant that the client would still have the famous Liverpool Skyline in the back drop and Aquatic Jetpacks could create a safe operating environment for multiple Flyboarders.
Costumes and Props :
Once a location had been organised it was now down to get the Horses Heads and costumes made. Unlike the Jetski project these props and costumes would need to be made robustly enough to withstand the strong forces involved whilst Flyboarding. At first it was in doubt whether a Horses Head could be made to withstand the impact of a high dolphin dive on a Flyboard, but Amalgam Models came up with a solution and the first prototype was tested on a cold February day on the South Coast, to our delight the horses head survived in one piece after some vigorous testing and went on to last through the day of filming. The Jockey Silks were custom made out of neoprene and had a striking look on camera.
Film Crew and Story Board :
The Aquatic Jetpacks team have worked on serveral Film and TV projects over the last 5 years and are acutely aware of the demands of getting the perfect shot and working in harmony with a Director’s vision. Therefore with careful prior planning between the Film crew and Flyboarders it was know in advance what and wasn’t achievable to avoid any tension on the day. It was also essential to work out a suitable date to co-ordinate the stunt to allow the editors to quickly turn around the footage to produce the edit prior to the big day.
Monday 3rd April – The Day of Filming :
With all the kit launched and setup on the Sunday afternoon the team were ready to roll straight into the action after an early morning briefing. Before hitting the water though there were the all important outfits to put on and out the water shots to capture from both the Photographer and the camera crew. Once the team had felt like A-listers for an hour it was time to hit the water and get the all important water shots.
Despite a long day of filming, through great communication by all parties involved and high energy levels from the Flyboarders themselves a fantastic buzz went round the team and the feeling that some great footage had been captured ready for the editing suite.
Photo credit: Anthony Devlin/PA Wire
Results :
The aim of the project was to raise brand awareness for Coral and there involvement with The Grand National.
The photos taken of the stunt were covered in a large number of the National Newspapers including The Times, Daily Express, The Sun and Daily Mirror, and one was also mentioned on ITV’s Prime Time TV show at 10. – The Nightly Show.
The Video had over 55,000 views on Coral’s Facebook page during the course of 2 days.
If you have any bespoke TV / Film Projects looking to incorporate Flyboarding, Jetskiing or Powerboating then please don’t hesitate to get in touch with out team who will be more than happy to help.
Enjoy the final video below :
The Mirror – Link Here
The Sun – Link Here
ITV – Link Here
The Grand Splashional 55,000 views on Facebook
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Gulf and Caribbean Research
Home > GCR > Vol. 6 > Iss. 1 (1977)
Activities of the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory During Fiscal Year 1976-77: A Summary Report
Harold D. Howse
Larval Cestode Parasites of Edible Mollusks of the Northeastern Gulf of Mexico
Edwin W. Cake Jr.
A Checklist of the Ahermatypic Scleractinia of the Gulf of Mexico, with the Description of a New Species
Stephen D. Cairns
Location of the Mississippi Sound Oyster Reefs as Related to Salinity of Bottom Waters During 1973-1975
Charles K. Eleuterius
The Effect of Depth on Survival and Growth of Oysters in Suspension Culture from a Petroleum Platform Off the Texas Coast
John Ogle, Sammy M. Ray, and W.J. Wardle
Ultrastructure of Lymphocystis in the Heart of the Silver Perch, Bairdiella chrysura (Lacépède), Including Observations on Normal Heart Structure
Harold D. Howse, Adrian R. Lawler, William E. Hawkins, and Carolyn A. Foster
A Selected Bibliography on the Mass Propagation of Rotifers with Emphasis on the Biology and Culture of Brachionus plicatilis
Mobashir A. Solangi and John T. Ogle
Notes on Sarcophagids from the New Host Romalea microptera, and from Terrapene carolina carolina
Adrian R. Lawler
The Eye Lens Weight Technique in Aging of the Atlantic Croaker, Micropogon undulatus
Constantine E. Mericas
Notes on Stenopus scutellatus and S. hispidus (Decapoda, Stenopodidae) from Mississippi
Ron Lukens
Occurrence of the Brackish Water Asellote Isopod Munna (Uromunna) reynoldsi in Texas
Betty J. Callahan, Scott T. Clark, and Philip B. Robertson
Observations on Territoriality in Alligator mississippiensis, the American Alligator, and Other Points Concerning its Habits and Conservation
Gordon Gunter
Notes on the Status of the Gannet (Morus bassanus) in the Gulf of Mexico, with a Record from Mississippi
Gordon Gunter and W. David Burke
Editorial and Ethical Responsibilities
Ocean Reflections
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