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In "Gojira" (1954) - released in the United States as "Godzilla," with scenes added featuring Raymond Burr - an amphibious, reptilean creature is awakened and empowered by the radiation produced by nuclear bomb tests. It proceeds to destroy much of Tokyo as scientists try to find a way to stop it.
It was the first of a long series of kaiju films - movies that feature sueprnatural, mythical or alien creatures, often battling one another among fragile cityscapes.
Godzilla returned in a 1955 sequel, "Godzilla Raids Again!" this time fighting another giant monster: the spiky Anguirus.
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After a poorly-received American remake in 1998 by Roland Emmerich, Hollywood is once again bringing Godzilla to the screen, in a new version directed by Gareth Edwards.
He told the Associated Press that Godzilla is probably "the most recognized character from movie history. Yet, as an adult, it's hard to point at a film where that truly did him justice. Especially with the digital tools we have available today."
In other words, no rubber suits with zippers.
Gallery: "Godzilla" invades HollywoodWill new "Godzilla" conquer Japan? Video: "Godzilla" is back in Hollywood
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A man who purchased a winning SuperLotto Plus ticket worth $11 million came forward Friday in San Diego to claim his prize, state lottery officials said.
The ticket for the Aug. 10 drawing was sold at Golden Hill Liquor on B Street, near 27th Street. Lottery officials identified the winner as Daniel Lindsey.
Lindsey purchased a $5 quick-pick ticket. The last of its five plays matched the winning numbers of 5, 7, 14, 44, 46 and the mega number, 27.
Lindsey can receive annual payments or one lump-sum payment of $6.3 million, lottery officials said. The retailer will get a bonus of one-half percent, or $55,000, for selling the winning ticket.
A clerk at the store, who identified himself only as Roni, said Friday night that word had spread quickly about the win, and people were flocking to the store to buy tickets for Saturday's SuperLotto Plus drawing.
"Hopefully, I'll get a bonus," he said of the store's winnings. "I would pay my bills. I would be happy."

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New York, January 4, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Vietnamese journalist Nguyen Van Khuong's detention on Monday in Ho Chi Minh City on charges related to "giving bribes." Khuong can be held in detention for as long as four months while authorities investigate his case, according to official statements.
Khuong, a reporter with the Vietnamese-language Tuoi Tre (Youth) daily newspaper, covered corruption in Ho Chi Minh City's Binh Thanh District's traffic police department last year and published a series of articles under a pseudonym. While working undercover, the journalist posed as a traffic violator and allegedly had an intermediary bribe a police officer to release an impounded vehicle, news reports said.
Under pressure from government authorities, Tuoi Tre suspended the journalist from his reporting duties on December 3, news reports said.
"We call upon authorities to immediately release Nguyen Van Khuong and allow him to resume his work as an investigative journalist," said Bob Dietz, CPJ's Asia program coordinator. "Journalists who reveal corrupt government practices should be rewarded--not arrested. Khuong's detention is another mark against Vietnam's abysmal and worsening press freedom record."
Khuong's detention follows new legislation passed by Vietnamese lawmakers in November that requires news agencies to forward any complaints their journalists receive to the relevant state agency. Many journalists believe the law is aimed at deterring investigative reporting and discouraging whistleblowers from working with the local press.
With 10 journalists, including Khuong, behind bars, Vietnam is the fifth worst jailer of journalists in the world, according to CPJ research.


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Which Obama will speak on climate?
President Barack Obama's annual addresses to Congress offer a glimpse at a leader whose rhetoric on energy and the environment has changed dramatically over the past four years — from his calls to pass sweeping climate legislation in 2009 to a full-throated embrace of natural gas last year.
The speeches also matched the ebbs and flows in Obama's political fortunes.
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Four years ago, as a popular president with Democratic House and Senate majorities, Obama told Congress that his greenhouse gas proposals would "transform our economy, protect our security and save our planet from the ravages of climate change." But in his 2011 State of the Union address following the shellacking of the midterm elections, he didn't use the word "climate" even once.
Now, past his reelection worries, Obama put climate back atop the agenda in last month's inaugural address. Supporters say they're expecting much of the same in Tuesday's State of the Union speech, with more focus on actions the administration is preparing to pursue.
"You're going to like what you hear," White House aides have told green groups, according to an official at one environmental organization who expects the president to publicly commit to moving forward with EPA climate regulations.
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"In past speeches, there was a lot of, 'I call on Congress,'" the official added. "And what I'm expecting to see more of this time is, 'This is what my administration is going to do.'"
Few people expect lawmakers to have any appetite for major climate legislation no matter what Obama says Tuesday. In fact, few of the energy proposals from his past addresses to Congress have made it through the legislative gauntlet.
Cap and trade died in the Senate in 2010, the president's proposal for a clean-energy mandate has sputtered, Republicans have beaten back his repeated calls for eliminating oil company tax breaks and his call for putting a million electric vehicles on the road by 2015 now seems unrealistic, given lagging sales figures.
( Also on POLITICO: Podcast: Glenn Thrush, Carrie Budoff Brown, Reid Epstein and Alexander Trowbridge preview State of the Union 2013)
Obama himself seemed to be dialing back expectations in his 2011 address.
"None of this will be easy. All of it will take time," he said. "And it will be harder because we will argue about everything. The costs. The details. The letter of every law."
Here's a look back at Obama's language as it has evolved over the years.
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Fresh off his victory over John McCain and an Inauguration that drew a record crowd, the president set an optimistic tone in his first address to a joint session of Congress.
"Now is the time to act boldly and wisely — to not only revive this economy but to build a new foundation for lasting prosperity," he said.
And he sought to fulfill his campaign promise to tackle global warming, calling on Congress to pass comprehensive energy and climate legislation that would include a cap on carbon emissions.


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The Choir Room, also known as The Music Room (being The Becky Jackson Memorial Computer Lab between New Directions and Loser Like Me), is the classroom at McKinley where the New Directions rehearse every day after school. All their meetings (with the exception of Sadie Hawkins, due to the Glee Club being disbanded) have taken place there and so have most of the show. Many musical numbers have also been performed in the Choir Room along with classes.
In City of Angels, it is revealed by Sue that The Choir Room will be turned into two computer rooms, since New Directions have lost at Nationals and have to be disbanded due to budget costs. As of the episode New Directions, the changes had been finalized; The Choir Room was defunct. As first shown in The Untitled Rachel Berry Project, it became a computer lab.
Since the Glee Club is reinstated at the beginning of the sixth season, the computer lab now has turned into the Choir Room again.
Notable Appearances
The choir room is occupied by Cheerios while they practice for their French-Canadian inspired circus.
After the Dalton Academy Warblers are banned from competing, the New Directions are reinstated and effectively regain control of the choir room again.
During Artie's dream, it becomes Sue's Craft Room in the alternative timeline.
After Finn's death, Rachel makes a special plaque that says: "The show must go...all over the place...or something.," a quote from him made during A Night of Neglect. The plaque hangs on a wall of the choir room ever since.
Quinn and Puck perform the last song ever sung in the Choir Room, Just Give Me a Reason.
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Sam leaves New York and returns home, to Lima, during the performance of Pompeii. He is seen looking into the choir room, now turned into a computer room. The reason behind this is left ambiguous.
Sue, during her voiceover, is shown walking through the computer lab while Rachel looks disgustedly from the door. It is later seen being returned to a music room, courtesy of Rachel going to the Superintendent and using her own money to revive the glee club. Rachel, Kurt, and the AV club are seen moving out the computer equipment and moving back in the piano, much to the utter dismay of Sue.
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|Love Love Love
|Blaine and Sam with New Directions
|Tina in the Sky with Diamonds
|Hey Jude
|Blaine, Kitty, Sam, and Tina with New Directions
|I'll Stand by You
|The Quarterback
|Mercedes with New Directions
|If I Die Young
|Santana with New Directions
|No Surrender
|Make You Feel My Love
|A Katy or A Gaga
|Kitty, Tina and Unique
|If I Were a Boy
|The End of Twerk
|Movin' Out (Anthony's Song)
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|My Life
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|Puppet Master
|Jake and Marley
|You're My Best Friend
|Blaine with New Directions (puppets)
|Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
|Previously Unaired Christmas
|Will and New Directions
|Whenever I Call You Friend
|Artie and Tina with New Directions
|My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)
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|Blaine, Sam, and Tina
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|April and Will with New Directions and alumni
|Brittany, Quinn, and Santana
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- The First Time and Sadie Hawkins are the only episodes prior to New New York not to feature any scenes in The Choir Room at all.
- The Choir Room looks different in the Pilot than it does in the rest of the episodes. This is because the Pilot was filmed at an actual high school. When the show was picked up for thirteen episodes, producers decided to build a replica set.
- In Season One, Sue continually tells Will that, once the glee club is cancelled, she'll use the room as her personal trophy annex.
- However in City of Angels, she stated that she will transform the Choir Room into two computer rooms. This is shown to have been done in The Untitled Rachel Berry Project.


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by JOHN R. PALMER/Research Associate, National Association of Accountants
In this bicentennial year, volumes seem to have been written about all aspects of life in colonial America except one—its accounting. The reason may be that no new develop-ments in the art of accounting took place in America 200 years ago to interest historians.
But the fact is that even if colonial America had little influence on accounting, accounting was an important factor in the life of the eighteenth century. Fortunately, the account books of colonial American businessmen, ranging from its rich and powerful citizens to obscure country merchants, still exist and provide a clear insight into the
commerce and life styles of the period.
The accounts of Ben Franklin's print shop—and the audit done prior to its sale by the first recorded American "public accountant"— have been preserved. The meticulous and voluminous accounts of George Washington's expenses, not only as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army but also as a leading planter, land speculator, and businessman, reveal new insights about the "father of our country."
As an impoverished American government conducted an expensive war against the leading
superpower of the eighteenth century, accounting records show behind-the-scenes problems never mentioned in chronicles of battles and troop movements. One of the great leaders of the Revolution was Robert Morris, a Philadelphia merchant and financier who never fought in a battle but who handled the accounts that financed the rations, uniforms, and weapons of victory.
On the technical side, colonial accounting bore many similarities to modern accounting, but more interesting are the differences. The two best-known and most widely used accounting documents today
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A cancer diagnosis may carry with it a variety of legal issues, including insurance appeals, employment rights and leave time, access to health care and government benefits, and estate planning. These legal issues can cause people unnecessary worry, confusion, and stress, and can be overwhelming. When these legal issues are not addressed, people may find that although they have gotten through treatment, they have lost their homes, jobs, or insurance coverage.
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K-7 Automatic Level Correction Defect and Bug
First, this user reported that the Auto Level Correction (ALC) of one of his defective K-7 units received, whenever turned on, would tilt the images by 0.5 to 1 Degree! Yes, it shows the system and function does work, but NOT correctly!
And then how the ALC could defect the AF (one of the AF points) when it is turned on, as reported by another new K-7 user (who is a very experienced Pentaxian)!
Any defect could be understood somehow and it's about poor quality control of the factory. But the above bug found seems to be true and it is needed to be fixed.
Well, I think Pentax/Hoya should serious think about how their (proven to be ineffective) beta testing programme(s) should be conducted and more competent persons should be found to do the test for them! E.g., like the above two users, one Pro and one very experienced Pentaxian without blind brand loyalty than those whom would *always* say everything from Pentax is good and perfect - asking those fanboys or merchants or just anyone without good enough technical knowledge (and more importantly to honestly report problems) to do any test (beta or not) is just a waste of time and resources! And, the manufacturer needs to bear all the serious consequences as a result, like what have been happening around the K-7 now.


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Wuhan Qingchuan Pavilion is located on YugongJi which is on the east foot of Hill Gui, at the north bank of Changjiang River, opposite the Yellow Crane Tower. The ancient Qingchuan Pavilion was built in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), for the memory of the great hero Yu, who dredged floods of the rivers. The famous Tower and Pavilion sited face to face, provides a scene along the River. The Qingchuan Pavilion was ruined several time in a fate similar to that of the Yellow Crane Tower. The present building was rebuilt in 1983.
Hubei Province, called "E"for the People's Republic of provincial administrative regions. Hubei Province in central China, the Yangtze River, Dongting Lake and the north, between latitude 29 ° 05 'to 33 ° 20 ', longitude 108 ° 21 'to 116 ° 07 '; north of Henan Province, Anhui Province, east, southeast and south O Jiangxi and Hunan provinces, west of Chongqing Municipality, Shaanxi Province, adjacent to the northwest. 740 km long from east to north-south width of 470 km, an area of 185,900 square kilometers, accounting for 1.95% of total area, ranking 13th. The capital is the only central region vice provincial cities - Wuhan City.


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You and Your Cat in the next Iams National Advertisement
Starting today, Valentine's Day, Iams will be on the hunt for real stories from people that share their lives with a cat and or a dog. The folks at Iams want to learn about the unique bond you share with your cat. And, this is super exciting, the winning family will star in Iams next national advertisement!
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The Keep Love Strong advertising campaign that began last November features heart-warming ads inspired by real stories. The campaign has been so well received that Iams created this contest to find the very best Love Tails about the special connections people share with their animals. These commercials really show the deep connection and the importance of the human animal bond. I like them all but this is one of my favorites.
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More on Embree and Rusch; Plus Chacon getting interest
Like a lot of people that leave Las Vegas, the Rockies exited a little empty-handed. General manager Dan O'Dowd wanted to acquire Washington starter Tim Redding, but ultimately a deal involving center fielder Willy Taveras and pitcher Juan Morillo fell apart. Taveras' time with the Rockies, as a result, will come to a close Friday when he's non-tendered, making him a free agent.
Colorado's bid for Aaron Heilman also came up short as the team balked at trading Huston Street, the team's slight favorite to close next season. The Mariners landed Heilman in a 12-player blockbuster Wednesday night. The Rockies, however, addressed a glaring need in the bullpen, by signing free agent Alan Embree to a one-year, $2.225 million contract with a mutual option. The Embree deal is expected to be announced soon, possibly Friday after some final contract language is finalized.
The chances of re-signing Glendon Rusch are also expected to increase after the left-hander talks directly with manager Clint Hurdle about his role today. The Rockies have offered a one-year, $750,000-minor league deal. Because the contract is not guaranteed, Rusch wants to be clear about his chances of making the team.
The Rockies will offer a non-guaranteed deal for outfielder Scott Podsednik as well. Also look for them to add a veteran left-hander to beef up their Triple-A rotation over the next few days.
Shawn Chacon is not on the Rockies' list, but his agent Dan Horwits told me today that the Greeley right-hander is attracting interest from a handful of teams. Horwits remains confident that he will get Chacon into a camp. Chacon didn't pitch in the big leagues after a physical altercation with Astros GM Ed Wade. Former teammates like Derek Jeter have spoken out for Chacon since, saying they would welcome him back as a teammate.
The Cardinals have identified signing closer Brian Fuentes as their top priority. Fuentes met face-to-face with St. Louis officials. Momentum is definitely growing toward a deal. … The Rockies shopped reliever Luis Vizcaino, but found no takers. They hope that better conditioning and arm strength will lead to a rebound season. … As a free agent, Taveras will receive interest from the Nationals, Reds and possibly White Sox.


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January 21, 2012, 5:18 pm
Chasing "Chasing Ice"
"Chasing Ice" director Jeff Orlowski shows off the housing invention that protected (sometimes) the cameras James Balog places on some of the world's receding glaciers.
After a dogged journey to a first doc, Orlowski is having a pretty wild ride at Sundance. And his film about Balog, his Extreme Ice Survey organization , and climate change doesn't have its true world premiere until Monday night. The Boulder-produced doc was among the competition movies screened for the fest's hardworking volunteers Tuesday.
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Collect Sounds Like Fireflies in the 'Re: Sound Bottle,' a Device that Creates Your Own Personal Soundtrack
The Re: Sound Bottle is the audio equivalent of running around in a field in the summer collecting fireflies in a jar. Designed by Jun Fujiwara from Tama Art University, the bottle is simple in its usage but absurdly complex in its design which relies heavily on software to handle the recording, storing, and playback of audio tracks. To use it you simply uncork the device and if sound is present it immediately snaps into recording mode. As you record more individual sounds, an audio database is formed and tracks are automatically selected to create rhythmic tracks, essentially like a miniature robot DJ in a jar. To listen, you again uncork the top and wait for your personal soundtrack to play. Jun says he hopes the Re: Sound Bottle (still just a concept) will help people interact more directly with music by recording the audio from their daily life. The bottle won a special judge's prize at the 2012 Mitsubishi Chemical Junior Designer Awards earlier this year. (via jason sondhi)


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Frank Miller's 300
By Reymundo Salao
300 is a film adaptation of Frank Miller's graphic novel of the same title which recounts and immortalizes one of the greatest battles in history, the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 B.C., in which 300 Spartans, led by its King Leonidas fought against invading Persian King Xerxes and his massive army of one million soldiers.
300's epic tale has already been renowned, but Frank Miller intended the graphic novel to make this moment history greater, more immortal, and indeed the film does the same as it brings to life the world of how Frank Miller honors the valiance of the Spartans. Grounded on realism, tweaked by a sense of drama and modern action-film sensibilities, and faithful to Miller's ideas. The movie may not necessarily be historically accurate, but definitely faithful to the graphic novel. Miller was first inspired by the Spartans when he saw the film "300 Spartans" as a kid. By the time he gained his royal status in the comicbook industry by revolutionizing and rewriting the reputation of such characters like Batman, Daredevil, and Wolverine with such a mature and dark approach, he went on to do his research on the Spartans, even traveling to Greece itself to recreate the battle that boasted the reputation of the Spartans. Fast forward to the present, he is the executive producer who is now taking the recounts of history and creating an immortal mythology out of it.
The movie has a distinct cinematographic look and feel that takes you into the world of Frank Miller's 300. Everything has an accurate resemblance to the graphic novel, even done more artfully, as if the pages of the graphic novel itself translated into life reality. There are scenes that look like masterful paintings on canvass come to life. So much so that one can only embrace its full-blown beauty when one watches it in the movie theaters (It would certainly be a waste to watch it on a blurry pirated copy). The world of the 300 movie does not try to take you to an actual academically accurate take on this historical battle, no, it takes you into Miller's version of the Battle instead.
The director Zack Snyder employs basically a familiar style to how Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino approached the adaptation of Frank Miller's other creation, "SIN CITY" which is an outright direct interpretation of the source material, right up from the pages of the comic book and unto film, and we're talking scene-by-scene, color-by-color, tone-by-tone, dialogue-by-dialogue. But Snyder enhances the adaptation by adding relevant details that spice up the movie, from fighting sequence details, to additional villains, to complexities and depth of the storyline. Snyder also co-wrote the screenplay of this movie along with Kurt Johnstad, a screenplay that made the story more meaningful and more poetic. The narrative prose the movie has makes it more classic and timeless.
Zack Snyder may not have pioneered a unique style in this movie. He cannot claim his name on pioneering the visual "cinematographic comic book art-on-film" aspect of it and the employment of slow-motion and fast-motion action scenes, but he certainly uses all these styles with his own disciplined and flawlessly masterful use of such styles.
Gerard Butler's performance as Leonidas was suitable for a man who has the gutsy, unnatural courage, yet true to the virtues of love for country and for freedom. The impact of his powerful acting was suitable to portray such a heroic warrior-king. David Wenham, who's gained popularity as Faramir from Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy, played the role of Dilios, a Spartan warrior and poet by heart, who was also the narrator of this tale. His narration provided a vehicle for such rich prose that this storyline has. Lena Headey's portrayal of Queen Gorgo clearly mirrored Leonidas' courage. While Leonidas fights on the battlefield, Gorgo fights on the arena of politics, a subplot not included in the original graphic novel.
Purists would sometimes complain and argue how comic/graphic novel film adaptations can be so mellowed-down for a generally "pop" crowd, and would tend to deviate from the source material just to conform to popular standards of non-violence and a relatively general patronage. This adaptation of Frank Miller's "300" was not only faithful; it was intensified with a deeper sense of maturity and darkness. It never shied away from the graphic violence of the comics; it even gave the violence gorier detail, making it closer to x-rated violence. Like many war epics, this one is indeed bloody violent. But because of its distinct cinematography, it sometimes blurs the violence into something surreal. Keen observers may, for instance, take note that many of the blood splatter scenes looks as if intentionally looked less realistic and more closer to how the blood splatters in the artworks of the graphic novel from which this movie is based on. This movie is more daring, and that's even an understatement, as it gives a darker storyline in terms of the ones that involve the character of Queen Gorgo, Leonidas' wife. Recaffeinated, a vivid espresso version of the original, this film adaptation is Madness (in a good way), but as the line from the movie goes. "Madness? ...This IS SPARTA!"
There is no conservative inhibitive filtering of the sexual content either, yet it was done in a tasteful artful manner, without the hint of a sense of pornographic malice. There are minor scenes of nudity and sexual content that isn't in the source material to begin with, but it felt right to include those scenes in a full feature-length film adaptation.
300 has this Nietzsche-ish ubermensch atmosphere, similar to watching movies like "Conan the Barbarian" and "Rambo". Heroes fearlessly facing insurmountable odds and laughing at it with a confidence that could sometimes be a kind of arrogance, because one is fighting for what is good and honorable. A war epic with a boombastic inspirational strength and bound to be an immortal classic, 300 is looking to become the year's biggest motion picture event.
The man himself, Frank Miller, on the set of 300
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- Babak Niaraki said...
hi man... dude one suggestion, make your blogs a little shorter. i think you know this that people do read all of it man!
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Sunday, February 22, 2009
Ultra-rare Funkadelica!
I have never seen these images before. I doubt that many Funkadelic fans have. ("that dude," where y'at?)
This is George Clinton and his band in New York City circa 1973, when Funkadelic was at the cutting edge of American rock 'n' roll.
People say that audiences used to be scared of George. And you can see why... with his white face paint, fucked-up hairstyle and hoodoo gesticulations.
You got Fuzzy Haskins in his torn long johns... Garry Shider's genitals swinging to and fro in his diaper... and the best look I've ever had at guitarist Ron Bykowski, the only white member of Funkadelic during the group's early years on Westbound Records.
This. Is. Magic.
UPDATE (02/23/09): Thanks to my reader papasean, who explains that this video clip is part of a recent CD release called "Toys," featuring assorted Funkadelic rarities. Happy Monday Gras!
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circa 1973 New York,... Central Park Fountain & Bandstand, Columbus Circle at West 59TH Street, and Broadway's Times Square,.. all that n' Funkadelic standing on the verge of gettin' it on & takin' it to the stage!
Wow. Flashback City!
- February 22, 2009 at 3:02 PM
- Kellybelle said...
oh, the diapers!
- February 22, 2009 at 3:16 PM
- DeAngelo Starnes said...
where in the hell did you find this? i ain't done p-funk, or funkadelic, in a minute. this is some priceless sheeeiit.
- February 22, 2009 at 4:59 PM
- DRE said...
WOW! For a brother who once paid $65.00 for "Games, Dames and Guitar Thangs" (which I considered the Holy Grail of Funk at the time), this is a real treat. This is why I started coming to this site in the first place. May the Funk Be With You, UBM!!!
- February 22, 2009 at 5:12 PM
- bklyn6 said...
and Broadway's Times Square,..
Times Square's Naked Cowboy ain't got nothin' on Funkadelic! LOL!
Thanks for posting, UBM. And crazy props to the uploader of that youtube gem!
- February 22, 2009 at 7:41 PM
Thanks for putting this up.
- February 22, 2009 at 9:00 PM
- DEMO said...
The Greatest Group(s) of all time.
- February 22, 2009 at 9:12 PM
- James said...
UBM! I own everything available by Funkadelic, my favorite group since I first heard them in 1970. I've never seen this. Of course I was seeing them live onstage at the time, but those are just memories now. Thanks for this!
- February 22, 2009 at 10:53 PM
- odocoileus said...
You never have to go far to leave the planet.
- February 22, 2009 at 11:40 PM
- zinjanthropus said...
Fuzzy and Ray Look so YOUNG... all of them do.
That's some great stuff!
I like the look George had. He has always had some great stage looks.
- February 23, 2009 at 5:50 AM
- Undercover Black Man said...
I'm glad y'all are feeling this like I'm feeling it.
I haven't had a thrill of discovery like this since I stumbled on Ruth Copeland in the early '90s.
- February 23, 2009 at 6:42 AM
- bklyn6 said...
^Don't think I've ever heard of Ms. Copeland. I might have to investigate.
Imagine Funkadelic being invited to the White House Governors' Dinner instead of EW&F! :-D
- February 23, 2009 at 7:06 AM
- Undercover Black Man said...
I might have to investigate.
Bklyn6, check this out. Nasty, nasty funk.
- February 23, 2009 at 7:21 AM
Was this part of the same shoot tht had the mothership landing in Times Square?
- February 23, 2009 at 7:23 AM
- Undercover Black Man said...
^ I wondered that, dude... but it couldn't have been. This is definitely the pre-Mothership Mob, with Bykowski and all.
- February 23, 2009 at 7:26 AM
This is from the new release from Westbound of un-released tracks, called Toys. Put the cd in your computer and you can see this video.
Ultra-rare it is UBM.
Ya'll gotta check out "Stink Finger"
Funk is it's own reward!
- February 23, 2009 at 10:21 AM
- Undercover Black Man said...
^ Holy fucking shit, papasean!! Thanks for that news.
- February 23, 2009 at 10:38 AM
- bklyn6 said...
Thanks for posting that Ruth Copeland track.
Play that funky music, white girl.
- February 23, 2009 at 11:45 AM
- intrepidideas said...
Got to ditto what everyone else is saying. That's absolutely legendary! Brilliant find!
- February 24, 2009 at 5:41 PM
- destruction said...
I found this quote in a webisode by Graham Finch about one of my musical faves, Bettye LaVette, on Soulful Detroit:
"George Clinton's group had created something of a musical landmark with the teasingly funky I Wanna Testify in the summer of '67 and quickly reentered Billboard's chart with the similarly groovy All Your Goodies Are Gone. Yet despite the futuristic vibes of those hits, the five singers still sported conventional processed hairdos and pressed suits that had been de rigueur for so long. Bettye recalls how their style changed during the course of that 10-day run at Phelps:
"They put on their suits and George Clinton said 'I'm gonna take it all the way'. He had a process with waves and he put his head under the water, so it would come out. And he put on this diaper with this big pin, and when they came out on stage everybody screamed - they thought it was a joke. But then the next night he wanted to be more bizarre; he wanted the next one to wear sunglasses. Every night it got more and more bizarre. By the time it was over, they were what you see now, or pretty much what you see now."
- February 27, 2009 at 9:53 AM
- Undercover Black Man said...
^ Cool.
- February 27, 2009 at 11:28 AM
"their style changed during the course of that 10-day run at Phelps"
Wow the transition period...Phelps was a hip R&B club along with Henry's Palace, 20 Grand, etc. in the D. There's a picture in the "One Nation" documentary that was shown on PBS some time ago, with some of the band in tuxedo's and some in the funky attire, George had the mohawk and a tux on.
I assume that was taken in the dressing room at Phelps.
Funk on.
- February 28, 2009 at 10:00 AM


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i don't have anything super exciting to blog about.. so heres a little this and that.
ashley and I went on our second blizzard trip of the year! =) i'm really liking this bucket list! ;)
I got the blizzard of the month.. Nutty Banana
and Ash got Mint Oreo!
..the mint oreo was awesome! it tasted like a thin mint! and we even had a nifty coupon.. buy one medium blizzard, get any size free! =D
tomorrow I finally go back to school.. which I'm actually really glad about! I went for 3 days last week and then missed an entire week! I feel like I've been out of school forever and I'm ready to go back! I'm a little worried about my schedule this semester.. It's not the best one I've had but i can handle it….i think! =)
Music History II 9:00-9:50 (and friday)
Fundamentals of Speech 10:00-10:50 (and friday)
Form and Analysis 11:00-11:50
Advanced Conducting 1:00-2:15
Jazz Chorale 3:00-4:00
Voice Lesson- 4:00=5:00
Secondary Choral Methods 11:00-11:50
Choir 12:30-1:45
Piano Lesson 1:45-2:15
Woodwind Methods 2:30-3:30
incase you were wondering.. that's 10 classes and 18 hours. =P BUT i'll be done next spring so I'm just keeping that in mind!
I also bought some super cute things today LIV'S valentine exchange today! i am SUPER excited! I'll find out who my partner is tomorrow! =D i would post pics but.. obviously that would ruin the surprise! ;)
and finally.. i found some really cute shoes i want today.. so i thought i'd share because.. who doesn't love shoes?? can you tell i like this style? haha. I think i'm gonna reward myself with a pair soon.. just because =)
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Supplier urged use of banned Bay Bridge rods
(05-22) 06:54 PDT OAKLAND -- Caltrans decided to install high-risk steel rods on the Bay Bridge's new eastern span after a supplier pointed out that the agency had already approved them for the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, according to documents the agency released Tuesday.
However, the galvanized, high-strength rods that Caltrans approved in 2001 for the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge's seismic retrofit were tightened to far lower tension levels than the 2,300-plus rods installed on the eastern span. Experts say tension is a key factor in causing high-strength steel to snap - something that has already happened with 32 rods on the new Bay Bridge.
"Low stress on one bridge means nothing for the Bay Bridge, where the stress is so beyond the other application - it's like apples and oranges, there's no comparison," said Russell Kane, a corrosion and embrittlement expert in Texas. "You can't say anything about how they will perform" based on the low-stress use, he said.
Caltrans e-mails and other documents released Tuesday show that a major supplier of rods for both bridge projects, Dyson Corp. of Ohio, was influential in persuading the agency to adopt the high-risk bolts on the eastern span - even though the state had barred the bolts from other bridge projects because of their vulnerability to cracking if invaded by hydrogen. In general, the harder the steel and the higher the stress, the greater the chance that hydrogen can attack it.
Dyson ended up supplying more than 1,900 of the now-suspect galvanized rods on the eastern span, including the 32 that broke in March after being tightened.
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Caltrans Director Malcolm Dougherty told a state Senate committee last week that the agency had installed the high-risk rods with its "eyes wide open." The heavy loads that the rods had to shoulder on the unusual, single-tower suspension span called for rods that were extremely strong, agency officials have said.
Caltrans gave "due consideration" to the possibility that the rods could fail in the hydrogen-rich marine environment of the eastern span, Dougherty said.
However, the e-mails that Caltrans released Tuesday in response to requests by the media and state Senate Transportation Committee Chairman Mark DeSaulnier, D-Concord, show little or no evidence that agency officials discussed the rods' vulnerability to corroding in the elements before deciding to install them.
In 2000, Caltrans banned the use of galvanized high-strength rods on bridges. In November 2002, it approved the high-strength rods for the Bay Bridge. Then in early 2003, realizing it had to protect the rods from rust, Caltrans considered galvanizing them - dipping them in molten zinc, a process that protects against rust but also increases steel's vulnerability to being invaded by hydrogen from the elements.
Identical rods
While Caltrans and the bridge designer were considering the issue, Dyson Corp. sent a fax - on March 13, 2003 - to designer TY Lin International/Moffatt & Nichol that showed that Caltrans had permitted identical rods on the seismic retrofit of the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge.
Dyson supplied 772 rods for the Richmond-San Rafael project, and there is no indication any have failed in the 10 years they have been in place. However, Caltrans has conceded that the tension levels of the rods on the Bay Bridge eastern span are as much as seven times greater than for the rods on the Richmond-San Rafael. In fact, it has used that fact to downplay the risk posed to the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge.
Dyson has declined to comment about the rod problems, referring questions to Caltrans.
Five days after receiving the March 2003 Dyson fax, a TY Lin official relayed the information to Caltrans.
Still, Caltrans engineers worried that the rods could be invaded by damaging hydrogen during the galvanization process. According to a March 27, 2003, e-mail summarizing an internal meeting, Caltrans corrosion expert Rob Reis suggested that the rods be tested before being installed on the bridge for the possibility they had been invaded by hydrogen during processing.
Allan Chow, a senior Caltrans engineer, concluded in the e-mail that that the rods would be galvanized using methods known to limit the risk from hydrogen. "Rob has concerns with strain age embrittlement" Chow noted, a problem caused when overworked steel hardens too quickly during processing.
Differing opinion
Another Caltrans official, Andrew Gower, soon declared that steps being ordered for rod manufacturers to guard against hydrogen invasion were sufficient, and that no additional testing was needed. The protocol related to avoiding hydrogen in processing "does the trick" for the rods, Robert Kobal, another official with Caltrans, declared in April 2003.
As potential problems with the rods have emerged, Caltrans has said it is testing several rods it removed from the eastern span and the tower that supports it. The bridge is scheduled to open to traffic Sept. 3, but officials have said that schedule may not be met.
On Monday, Gov. Jerry Brown declared, "That thing is not going to open unless it's ready."
Jaxon Van Derbeken is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: email@example.com


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Friday, December 4, 2009
E-Book Reading Challenge
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46 comments:
- Robin of My Two Blessings said...
I was just wishing for an e-book challenge and I got my wish. I'm getting a nook shortly or so they say, so will be signing up. Just have to go add you to my long list of challenges.
- December 4, 2009 at 9:58 PM
- BookJunkee00 said...
Great Challenge here I read a lot of e-books!!
- December 5, 2009 at 2:46 PM
- Mash1195 said...
Am a newbie to book blogs. I challenged myself to enter into challenges/memes for 2010. Thinking of entering into the ebook challenge that you are hosting. Question is..can ebooks crossover to other challenges already entered? Thank you
- December 5, 2009 at 2:57 PM
- Dar said...
Awesome challenge ladies! I'm looking forward to it. My post is here.
- December 5, 2009 at 3:18 PM
- Alaine - Queen of Happy Endings said...
Mash 1195, all challenges on Royals can cross over for other challenges.
- December 5, 2009 at 5:33 PM
- Mash1195 said...
Thank you..going to visit Mr. Linky and enter.
- December 5, 2009 at 6:29 PM
- Mash1195 said...
oops...sorry ....had a senior second (lol)...entered for the Fascinated level
- December 5, 2009 at 6:33 PM
- Andrea said...
Please ignore or fix #9. My computer got away from me and started doing its own thing. Sorry about that.
- December 5, 2009 at 10:23 PM
- Barbara said...
I love reading ebooks on Kindle and my iPhone. I look forward to the challenge.
- December 6, 2009 at 6:52 AM
- Grilsgood said...
I never thought of Kindle as being an ebook. I use Guttenbery for mine.
- December 6, 2009 at 3:29 PM
Have just started using the e-reader in my apple itouch phone. So this will be a first 'e' challenge for me. have a few e-books downloaded already - some free some not :)
- December 8, 2009 at 5:42 AM
I am so glad that I found this challenge!:-) As I have bought an Ereader, but I have not really used it yet, so this challenge is just what I need to 'bond' with my Ereader!
Hugs, Bethxx
- December 8, 2009 at 7:53 AM
- Beth F said...
So glad you're taking over this one too! I'll be signing up for this one too.
- December 9, 2009 at 9:17 AM
- Rhonda said...
I am looking forward to completing this challenge on my new kindle. I plan to meet the "obsessed" goal.
- December 9, 2009 at 6:20 PM
- Veens said...
Alaine, I am joining this one too!
- December 11, 2009 at 3:52 AM
Kindle love! Count me in!!!
- December 14, 2009 at 11:26 PM
- ann marie said...
I'm signed up.
- December 15, 2009 at 11:50 AM
- WABookWorm said...
Just signed up for this challenge: )
- December 15, 2009 at 6:52 PM
- Felicia S. said...
I love my Kindle! I am up for the challenge and I will pick 20 (since I am signed up for the 100 book challenge I have to hit that along the way)!
Happy Reading Everyone!
- December 26, 2009 at 7:23 AM
- Luthien said...
I'm soooo in! I'll try to make my reviews in both english and spanish.
Happy reading everyone! ^^
- December 27, 2009 at 11:59 AM
- MonieG said...
I signed up for Addicted. Thanks for hosting!!
- December 31, 2009 at 9:48 PM
- Larissa said...
I dont have an ereader and they are not available to israel yet... however I read a lot ebooks on my laptop... I hope that counts hehe
Im signing up for the Addicted =)
- January 1, 2010 at 9:34 AM
- Larissa said...
I meant Im signing up for the Obsessed level hehe =)))
- January 1, 2010 at 9:36 AM
- Alaine - Queen of Happy Endings said...
Hi Larissa, of course that counts!
- January 1, 2010 at 3:35 PM
- Margaret said...
Another great challenge for me, especially since I have a ton of ebooks sitting here I've not touched
- January 3, 2010 at 6:45 PM
- MarceJ said...
I am excited to have found your blog and this challenge. And 77 is my favourite # lol, how cool.
- January 21, 2010 at 5:15 PM
- Becky said...
Hi, I am number 79 and 80 - 79 was an accident. is there anyway of deleting it?
- January 26, 2010 at 2:38 AM
- Alaine - Queen of Happy Endings said...
Hi Becky, no worries I'll fix it! Thanks for joining the challenge!
- January 26, 2010 at 3:24 AM
- Becky said...
I am signing up for the Addicted level. I have some e-books that I haven't read yet and this will make me read them.
- February 21, 2010 at 11:04 PM
- s.meadows said...
Can the books be cross listed with other challenges?
- February 24, 2010 at 12:47 AM
- Ebook Addict said...
Can we retrograde our books if we join now or do we start from the day we sign up? Do we need to write reviews for all the books we read or do we just list them??
- February 24, 2010 at 4:33 AM
- Ebook Addict said...
- February 24, 2010 at 4:33 AM
- Alaine - Queen of Happy Endings said...
Ebook Addict - You can include books from whenever you like. No reviews aren't necessary, just leave a comment for the books you've read if you are not reviewing them.
- February 24, 2010 at 6:26 AM
- porcelaine said...
Count me in at the obsessed level. My blog post has been added.
- March 1, 2010 at 1:14 AM
- Alaine - Queen of Happy Endings said...
porcelaine, thanks for joining us!
- March 1, 2010 at 1:17 AM
- Lexi Girl said...
Sorry, signed up for the wrong one on accident! XD Anyways... ummmm... I'm just going to enter my stuff in the RIGHT box-y thing. :)
- March 3, 2010 at 10:14 AM
- Veens said...
Hi Alaine! You won't believe.. I completed this challenge. I signed up for 3 e-Books and I am done. I am happy!
- March 22, 2010 at 6:36 AM
- Alaine - Queen of Happy Endings said...
Congratulations Veens, that's fantastic. Well done!
- March 22, 2010 at 5:46 PM
- Scattie said...
Brilliant challenge!
- March 29, 2010 at 1:33 PM
- stealingdreams said...
What a perfect challenge for me -- I pretty much read nothing BUT ebooks! Thanks for hosting this great challenge!
- April 10, 2010 at 8:48 PM
- Alaine - Queen of Happy Endings said...
welcome to the challenge stealingdreams.
- April 10, 2010 at 9:05 PM
- Lady_Graeye said...
I am a newbie to your book blog. I just found it. Please count me in and I hope to be able to keep up!! :-)
- April 16, 2010 at 3:55 AM
- Stacy Lynn Mar said...
Can't wait to get started on this one!
Thanks for all the great challenges.
- April 16, 2010 at 9:45 PM
- Marq said...
I finished the challenge a while ago but just now wrote my wrap-up post. I loved this challenge. I recieved a Kindle for Christmas and went ebook crazy!
- April 18, 2010 at 1:46 PM
- Rebecca said...
i am a late started, but i am starting!
- July 2, 2010 at 8:31 AM
- Gilliene said...
Cool! Finally an e-book reading challenge! I'm gonna start today, although I'm already pretty late :P
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Eugene Gloria, associate professor of English at DePauw University, will read from his new book of poems, My Favorite Warlord, at a Thursday, September 20, event. Presented by the James and Marilou Kelly Writers Series, the program will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Thompson Recital Hall, located within DePauw's Green Center for the Performing Arts. The public is invited to attend this free event.
My Favorite Warlord is the third book of poems by Professor Gloria, and was published by Penguin earlier this summer. Gloria's previous books, also part of the Penguin Poets series, are Hoodlum Birds (2006) and Drivers at the Short-Time Motel (2000), which was was selected for the 1999 National Poetry Series and also won the Asian American Literary Award. Gloria's work is also included in the collection Between Water and Song: New Poets for the Twenty-First Century. The professor is also the recipient of a Fulbright Research Grant, a Poetry Society of America award, and a Pushcart Prize. He has been appointed the Arts & Sciences Distinguished Visiting Writer at Bowling Green State University for the 2013 spring semester.
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OAKLAND (AP) — Progress on reforms has stalled at the Oakland Police Department, according to a federal monitor who also said the agency failed to properly prepare for last year's Occupy protests.
The quarterly report released Monday criticized the department's reaction to the protests as an "overwhelming military-type response."
Former U.S. Marine Scott Olsen was critically injured Oct. 25 when he was hit in the head with a beanbag round fired by an Oakland SWAT team member, the report noted.
"We have viewed many official and unofficial video clips of the Occupy Oakland-related incidents," the report said. "These recordings lead us to ask additional questions as the level of force that was used by OPD officers, and whether that use of force was in compliance with the department's use of force policies."
The findings could bring the department one step closer to a federal court takeover.
The report was issued a day before Oakland police briefly scuffled with May Day protesters and arrested at least three while using tear gas.
U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson ordered the progress reports on reforms as part of an agreement reached with the department in a 2003 lawsuit involving brutality and other claims that included nearly $11 million in payments to 119 plaintiffs and attorneys.
Henderson has said he's running out of patience with the pace of reforms and has set a December hearing to consider federal receivership. The department agreed to 51 specific reforms that include improved internal investigations, more field supervision and improved handling of citizen complaints.
Many of the goals, however, remain unmet.
"For the current reporting period, there has been an outright stagnation in the overall compliance picture," court monitor Robert Warshaw wrote about the last three months of 2011.
The monitor did praise newly appointed Chief Howard Jordan's apparent willingness to work on complying with the terms of the settlement.
"During the chief's tenure, progress has been made with regard to looking at innovative ways to bring about change," the monitor wrote. "While these advances do not immediately lend themselves to compliance findings, they do help to chart the course for future progress in the reform effort."
Jordan was appointed in October.
City officials and the department pointed to the positive comments as a sign that reforms will be put back on track.
"OPD has turned the corner," Jordan said, "and our new, more collaborative relationship with the monitor and plaintiffs' attorneys will soon bear results in compliance findings."


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One of the most powerful typhoons in history is believed to have killed hundreds of people in the Philippines, with a UN disaster official yesterday comparing the destruction caused by towering waves and savage winds to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
Thousands of soldiers and relief workers were battling to reach communities flattened Super Typhoon Haiyan, with some of the worst-hit areas yet to be contacted yesterday night.
The storm ripped into the eastern islands of Leyte and Samar on Friday morning with sustained winds of about 315kph, generating storm surges that saw 3m-high waves swamp coastal towns.
"This is destruction on a massive scale. There are cars thrown like tumbleweed and the streets are strewn with debris," said Sebastian Rhodes Stampa, the head of a UN disaster assessment coordination team.
"The last time I saw something of this scale was in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami," he said, referring to the 2004 disaster that claimed about 220,000 lives.
Stampa made his comments after arriving in Tacloban, the destroyed capital of Leyte, which has a population of about 220,000 people.
More than 4 million people were affected across 36 provinces as Haiyan ripped across the Southeast Asian archipelago, the Philippine government said.
One area of concern yet to be reached was Guiuan, a fishing town of about 40,000 people on Samar that was the first to be hit after Haiyan swept in from the Pacific Ocean.
Philippines Red Cross chief Gwendolyn Pang also said relief workers were trying to get to Capiz province, about 200km west of Tacloban, on Panay Island.
She said most of Capiz's infrastructure had been destroyed and many houses "flattened to the ground."
Fifteen thousand soldiers were in the disaster zones to help with rescue efforts, military spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Ramon Zagala said.
Zagala said helicopters were flying rescuers into priority areas, while infantry units deployed across the affected areas were also proceeding on foot or in military trucks.
Yesterday evening, Pope Francis tweeted his support for the typhoon victims, writing: "I ask all of you to join me in prayer for the victims of Typhoon Haiyan / Yolanda especially those in the beloved islands of the Philippines."
Haiyan's wind strength, which remained close to 300kph throughout Friday, made it the strongest typhoon in the world this year and one of the most intense ever recorded.
It exited into the South China Sea yesterday and tracked toward Vietnam, where more than 200,000 people crammed into storm shelters and soldiers helped reinforce vulnerable homes as authorities swung a mass evacuation plan into place. The storm was expected to make landfall in Vietnam early today.
The Red Cross has said Haiyan is likely to be a Category two or three typhoon and warned that about 6.5 million people in Vietnam could be affected.
Philippine authorities had expressed confidence on Friday that only a few people had been killed, citing two days of intense preparation efforts led by Philippine President Benigno Aquino III.
Nearly 800,000 people in danger zones had been moved to evacuation centers, while thousands of boats across the archipelago were ordered to remain secured at ports. Hundreds of flights were also canceled.
Aquino said yesterday night it appeared some communities had not heeded the warnings.


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Whoot! I got a special package in the mail this week!
Ever since we moved into our house, I've been bothered by the hooks in our foyer. Builder's grade hooks in a handmade house - not good.
Thin, pokey (as in - if you back into them while standing in the foyer, you will get poked)
One of the hooks was broken several years back. We never replaced it.
So, I did what I had to do. . . I ordered something older, better, and sturdier. I found 8 antique acorn hooks on ebay. I won the bid and couldn't wait for them to arrive. Unfortunately, the bidding ended the day before Hurricane Sandy hit and my source was in New York. I only had to wait for a few extra days but they were worth it. I hope that means that my source and his family are safe and sound (and warm).
They are antique "acorn" hooks from an old school house. They have a patina on them and even a few specks of paint here and there. Their character fits our unique house perfectly.
It's the perfect spot to hang coats, unbrellas, or even keys.


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Ray Lewis, Ravens take the 'long way' to the Super Bowl
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Two cities have hoped to host the final game in the stomping, screaming, shoulder-checking 16-year NFL career of Ray Lewis.
Two cities have been disappointed by the Baltimore Ravens and the linebacker they call "Mufasa."
Nursing a surgically repaired right triceps, Lewis collected a team-high 14 tackles with nine in the first half as the Ravens defeated the New England Patriots 28-13 in the AFC Championship Game on Sunday night at Gillette Stadium.
PHOTO:Ray Lewis' pregame emotions overflow
Lewis thanked God and exchanged hugs with team owner Steve Bisciotti on the field and Michael Phelps in the locker room.
"For Baltimore," Lewis and the Olympic swimming legend agreed.
And it was Lewis' teammates who did all the roaring about their "Lion King".
"There's no better leader," linebacker Terrell Suggs said. "That's Mufasa. He said this is his last ride, so we might as well make it special for him. He's led us here. He busted his tail to get back and make a run with us, and we still have one more win to get."
The linebacker, who announced his retirement at the onset of these playoffs, will play but one more game – Super Bowl XLVII on Sunday, Feb. 3 in New Orleans. After Championship Sunday, the San Francisco 49ers stand between Lewis and a second title.
BELL:Super run leads Ravens to New Orleans
On the way to retirement, he helped deny another of the league's elder statesmen a shot at the Super Bowl -- Baltimore topped Peyton Manning's Broncos last week in Denver. A week prior, the Ravens denied Manning's successor in Indianapolis -– rookie quarterback Andrew Luck –- in Lewis' final home game.
Three weeks later, Lewis stood in a champagne-soaked visitors locker room and addressed his pride one year after the Ravens lost at this very stage, in this very building.
"I just said that God doesn't make mistakes," Lewis said. "He's never made one mistake. There was no way that he was going to bring us back here twice to feel that same feeling. We're back, but this time we're on our way to the Super Bowl."
In three playoff games, Lewis has collected a team-high 44 combined tackles. While wearing a bulky, black arm brace and a menacing new facemask, he sometimes struggled to keep up with receivers on crossing routes -- especially vs. Manning--- and failed to meet runners in the backfield as he had done in 13 career Pro Bowl seasons.
Nevertheless, Lewis spearheaded a Ravens defense that created two key turnovers -- a second-half fumble by Stevan Ridley forced by safety Bernard Pollard, and a fourth-quarter interception by linebacker Dannell Ellerbe off a pass tipped by Pernell McPhee.
Ellerbe has been one of the many Ravens playing injured, with an ankle injury that sidelined him for three weeks in a row. Linebacker Jameel McClain (neck) and Lardaius Webb (ACL) were lost for the season. Safety Ed Reed has played with a shoulder injury, while linebacker Terrell Suggs came back from tearing his Achilles during the offseason, only to tear his biceps and miss two games. Along the way, Baltimore lost three in a row in the season's final weeks.
"For us to go through that process of losing three games, I saw the work of the man upstairs," Reed said. "We knew we had the team. To get here, it's amazing."
Lewis, who tore his triceps during the same game Webb was lost for the season, says he's done after these playoffs, for the sake of his children and his family. His eldest son, Ray Lewis III, is committed to play football in the fall for the University of Miami (Fla.), Lewis' alma mater.
It was nearly 13 years ago that a post-Super Bowl party melee between Lewis, his companions and two men resulted in the stabbing deaths of both Jacinth Baker and Richard Lollar. While murder charges against the linebacker were dismissed, he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor obstruction of justice and sentenced to probation.
Family members of Baker and Lollar interviewed this month by USA TODAY Sports said Lewis is not forgiven in their eyes for his murky role in the unsolved murders. Lewis declined comment on the topic last week, but coach John Harbaugh spoke of how religion changed Lewis.
"I'm just feeling an incredible amount of awe in the work that God can do in one man's life," Harbuagh said. "Ray's the epitome of that. Ray's a guy that has turned everything over. He's surrendered everything, and he's become the man that he is today.
"He's a different man than he was when he was 22 or 15 or whatever. I think everybody sees that right now. It's a very special deal."
A year after the killings, and three years before reaching undisclosed cash settlements with the families of both men, Lewis won his first and only Super Bowl ring as the Ravens beat the Giants 34-7 on Jan. 28, 2001, with Lewis earning the game's MVP award.
After that Super Bowl, Lewis shared an embrace with then-owner Art Modell, who supported Lewis through his personal struggles, and remained a close friend until Modell's death at the beginning of this season. The team dedicated the campaign to the late owner, wearing 'Art' patches on their chests. Players haven't forgotten their tribute -- Suggs sauntered through the locker room shouting, "We did it for Art Mo-deezy."
The Ravens encountered loss again this season when Torrey Smith's younger brother, Tevin, died in a motorcycle accident the day before the Ravens hosted the Patriots in Week 3, a 31-30 Baltimore victory.
Lewis added one last jolt of inspiration with the retirement announcement, and now the team that spent the better part of the playoffs on the road will finish a charmed season on the sport's ultimate stage.
"We've just been through so much," Ellerbe said. "I don't feel like any team has been through the struggles we have. We had to go the long way, and sometimes you have to go the long way to get where you want."


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This private tour of Myanmar focuses on traditional Burmese culture in the country's most popular destinations. It features private touring of crafts towns, art gallery districts, artisan workshops, local markets, Buddhist temples, monasteries and more.
Begin in Yangon (Rangoon), Burma's largest city and former capital. With your private guide and driver, tour cultural highlights such as Shwedagon Pagoda, a spectacular 300-foot-tall Buddhist reliquary covered in gold and jewels, and Bogyoke (Scott) Market, which has a vast selection of traditional Burmese handicrafts. Also visit the city's best art galleries and antiques shops, and meet local artists and gallerists.
One day, enjoy a privately guided boat excursion along the waterways of the Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy) Delta to Twante, a renowned pottery village. Travel in a horse-drawn cart to pottery workshops and markets, and see the town's landmark Shwesandaw Pagoda. En route back to Yangon, take in views of local farms and rural life along the waterfront.
Next, fly to awe-inspiring Bagan, where thousands of pagodas and temples stretch from the banks of the Ayeyarwady (Irrawaddy) River across miles of arid plains. Tour the structures, built between the 11th and 13th centuries when Bagan was a major Buddhist center of Southeast Asia, and learn about the history carved in their facades, painted in their frescoes and sculpted in their statues. Cruise by private boat on the Ayeryarwady River, enjoying views of pagodas and daily life. Visit workshops that specialize in regional handicrafts such as lacquer and wood carving, and stop by a morning market where locals buy their daily necessities. One evening, ride in a horse-drawn carriage among the temples of Bagan at sunset. Upon request, we can also arrange a memorable hot-air balloon ride over the temples of Bagan at sunrise.
One day, take a private excursion to Mount Popa, an extinct volcano that's considered the home of Burma's most powerful nats (animist spirits). Visit the colorful shrines dedicated to the nats, and learn about this indigenous religion and its iconography. Also visit a local morning market and the town of Salay, famed for an ancient wooden monastery and colonial-era architecture.
Continue to fabled Mandalay, the cultural and religious heart of Myanmar and the center of many Burmese craft traditions. Visit local workshops to watch artisans create traditional silk weaving, wood carving, gold leaf and other crafts. Walk through Mandalay's fascinating central market to learn about local ingredients and food products, and stop for a breakfast of Mandalay's famous noodles in a nearby tea shop. One day, take a private excursion to Sagaing to see some of its hundreds of pagodas and active monasteries, and also visit a nearby pottery village.
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Johnny Mac is Back
The Blue Jays have re-signed John McDonald to a two-year contract worth $3 million. This will keep Johnny Mac in the fold through the 2011 season, giving Toronto some depth around the infield.
This isn't necessarily a great signing, but it's not a bad one, either. The Jays are a team in transition, without a stud shortstop in the system, so a short-term solution is the best one right now.
If the Blue Jays grab a shortstop prospect in a possible Roy Halladay trade, McDonald would serve as a valuable mentor. He's one of the best defensive infielders in the game. If Toronto signs or trades for a starting shortstop, McDonald provides a solid backup.
The Jays also have a free-agent shortstop in Marco Scutaro, but he is a Type A free agent — something Toronto did not anticipate happening when they traded for him a few winters ago. Scutaro will require a multi-year deal and has a suitor in the Red Sox, among others. The Jays might be content with taking the two compensatory Draft picks rather than re-signing him.
Does more McDonald on a regular basis hurt the offense? It might. He's a career .238 hitter. That being said, the Blue Jays are looking at another fourth place finish in the American League East in 2010. The playoffs are more of a long-term goal at this point, so the Jays need a short-term solution until they find their shortstop of the future.
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"… the Blue Jays are looking at another fourth place finish in the American League East in 2010."
I love the Jays and watching them play, but it's stuff like this that turns me off to baseball altogether. The fact that, here in the autumn of 2009 we can say with a fair amount of certainty that this team won't be in the post-season next year makes me want to scream 'Then what's the point?'. Teams are eliminated before they ever play their first game just because of the imbalance of the rosters and the limited number of teams that actually make it to the post-season.
This could all be fixed with:
a) A salary cap on all teams
b) Shortening the season and having the top eight teams in each league make it to the post-season.
Yes, start the playoffs in September and have one more round. That way, fans don't give up on their teams halfway through the season when they know there's no chance of their teams making the post-season. And level the playing field with a cap, so that big market teams like the Yanks and Red Sox can't just buy their way to the World Series.
And though these would work to bring fans, excitement and real competition back to the game, I hold little hope in ever seeing it happen.


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Utah defensive end Joe Kruger wore an ankle brace earlier in the season after suffering an injury. The gadget might as well have been a ball and chain.
Kruger, Utah's 6-foot-7, 280-pound defensive end, felt hampered and slowed by the injury. Instead of thinking how he'd blast through the line next or wrap his arms around a quarterback, he was worried how his ankle would feel if he planted or if it could hold up to the force of pushing off the turf.
Finally, after weeks of frustration, the ankle is better, the brace is gone and Kruger is unleashed.
Kruger is coming off one of his best games of the year against Washington State. He finished with just two tackles and 1.5 sacks, but he was a constant disruptive factor as he lined up inside and outside and in general seemed to go at the line from every angle.
The result was a harried Washington State line and a quarterback who never could get comfortable in the pocket.
The Utes went with the change in lineup since the Cougars throw so much. Kruger is likely to spend more time at his usual position from now on, but that doesn't mean he is done tormenting opponents' offenses.
With just three games to go, Kruger feels he is just now finding his old form again.
Being out of that "ridiculous ankle brace," as he put it, has made him feel like a new player. And his role against Washington State helped revitalize him, he said.
"I was playing all three, tackle, end and standing up as a linebacker rushing the middle, and it was fun," he said. "I'm not a quarterback or anything, but it's probably intimidating when you see a 6-6, 280-pound guy standing up and rushing at you as hard as he can. I got to do that in high school too, and to get to do it again was fun."
A re-energized Kruger is just what the Utes need as they prepare for Washington.
Huskies quarterback Keith Price is a mobile guy, much in the same fashion UCLA's Brett Hundley was. Hundley drove Utah's defenders nuts because he'd evade their grasp just as they reached him.
Now healthy, Kruger hopes he has that little bit of extra speed needed to wrap up quarterbacks.
"Last weekend was the first time my ankle wasn't bothering me at all," he said. "I was able to cut and get off the ball and finally felt comfortable. I'm back up to full speed and not thinking about the ankle anymore."
His play against Washington State impacted the whole team, said safety Brian Blechen.
"He's always a hard worker, and you won't hear him say a lot during the week," Blechen said. "But on Saturdays his game does the talking."
Seeing Kruger in the backfield more shouldn't surprise anyone. He is the third Kruger brother to star for the Utes, following his older brother Paul, who plays for the Baltimore Ravens, and Dave, a senior defensive tackle for the Utes.
Joe isn't merely following in his brothers' footsteps, but setting his own standard of play, Utah coach Kyle Whittingham said.
"He is starting to play with a lot of confidence and has been a real force for us," Whittingham said. "He has made a lot of progress in the last few weeks."
Joe Kruger file
• 6-6, 280 pounds; junior
Hometown • Orem
Of note • Has 22 tackles and leads the Utes with five sacks. ... Missed the ASU game due to an ankle injury. ... Has two forced fumbles, an interception for a touchdown and a pass breakup. ... Finished with 35 tackles and three sacks in 2011.
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Saturday, October 31, 2009
Back in the groove
Posted by Pieceful Jane at 9:48 PM 1 comments
Thursday, October 29, 2009
In my last post, I mentioned the sweatshirt jacket class I taught at The Wooden Spool quilt shop. I made myself a jacket along with the class, and I finished mine last night.
This is the front view of my jacket.
And this is the back.
I like how it turned out, and as a bonus, this one fits. :) The last one I made finished too big. I may try reworking that one to make it fit.
I also managed to finish a pillow this month. It is made of orphan blocks left from the quilt I made for my bed.And this sadly, is just about the full extent of my sewing/quilting for this month. The only other thing I made was the purse for my class next month. But I forgot to snap a picture of it before I dropped it off at the shop. I will try to get a pic this weekend and post it.
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
I'm ok, I've just been busy lately
I didn't realize it has been so long since my last post. Life has thrown some interesting changes my way. The last of my kids has left the nest, as he has gone away to college. I would have thought that meant I'd have lots of free time to quilt. Somehow, that hasn't been the case. In fact, I have done very little quilting for the past two months. :(
Matt's quilt is still unfinished. I haven't even made any new progress on it. And he has been hinting that it is cold out and he needs it now. I will confess that it got pushed aside to work on a different project.
This month I taught my very first class at a local quilt shop, and I dropped all of my other projects to work on my class project, a quilted sweatshirt jacket. Today was our last class. It was a real learning experience for all of us. Most of my class are nearly finished with their jackets, and I am really impressed with how well they are turning out. We faced a few unexpected problems, but worked our way through them together. And in the end, we all had fun. I'm going to be teaching a purse class next month. :D
I do have a couple things nearly complete that I hope to have pictures of in the next couple days. No pictures for today, though.
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I recently built a machine based on the ASUS M5A78L/USB3 motherboard and installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on it. Most of the system sensors were automatically detected and work correctly.
However, when I run
sensors, both the CHASSIS FAN and CPU FAN fields show the actual CPU fan speed. This happens regardless of whether a chassis fan is actually installed. BIOS (v1003, latest) shows the correct readings.
My question is, is it possible to get
lm-sensors to report the chassis fan speed correctly with this motherboard? And if not, is there some testing/data extraction/programming that I could do to help debug this?
I have already tried
sudo sensors-detect. It reports that all needed modules are already loaded. I have also tried searching Ask Ubuntu and Google, and could not find a solution.
Output from
Adapter: PCI adapter
temp1: +37.8°C (high = +70.0°C)
(crit = +83.5°C, hyst = +80.5°C)
Adapter: ACPI interface
Vcore Voltage: +1.45 V (min = +0.85 V, max = +1.60 V)
+3.3 Voltage: +3.28 V (min = +2.97 V, max = +3.63 V)
+5 Voltage: +5.07 V (min = +4.50 V, max = +5.50 V)
+12 Voltage: +12.03 V (min = +10.20 V, max = +13.80 V)
CPU FAN Speed: 4655 RPM (min = 600 RPM)
CHASSIS FAN Speed: 4655 RPM (min = 600 RPM)
CPU Temperature: +50.0°C (high = +60.0°C, crit = +95.0°C)
MB Temperature: +39.0°C (high = +45.0°C, crit = +75.0°C)
Adapter: PCI adapter
power1: 125.26 W (crit = 124.77 W)
Note that both the CPU FAN and CHASSIS FAN fields report the CPU fan speed. This happens regardless of whether a chassis fan is installed.
Summary from
Driver `to-be-written':
* ISA bus, address 0x290
Chip `ITE IT8728F Super IO Sensors' (confidence: 9)
Driver `fam15h_power' (autoloaded):
* Chip `AMD Family 15h power sensors' (confidence: 9)
Driver `k10temp' (autoloaded):
* Chip `AMD Family 15h thermal sensors' (confidence: 9)
Note one missing driver. However, since the driver
atk0110-acpi-0 already reports the fan speeds, it would seem the missing driver is not relevant to this.