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Bill Cosby's attorneys plan to attack victim as 'greedy' in coming trial
Latest trial concerns 2004 incident
(CNN) - Bill Cosby's defense team plans to use a civil settlement between the comedian and the woman accusing him of assault to prove "just how greedy this person was," defense attorney Tom Mesereau said in court on Tuesday.
The comment came as part of a pretrial hearing for Cosby's upcoming trial in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, outside Philadelphia. Cosby faces three counts of aggravated indecent assault for allegedly drugging and assaulting Andrea Constand at his home in 2004.
Cosby's previous trial on those charges ended in a mistrial in June when jurors could not come to a unanimous verdict on any of the counts.
Cosby and Constand previously reached a civil settlement in 2006, and the details of that settlement have remained confidential. Cosby's defense team in his trial last year did not use the civil settlement, but Mesereau said Tuesday that the defense plans to use details of the negotiations and how much money Constand received.
Mesereau also said he wants to call to the stand a woman named Margo Jackson, who was not a witness in the first trial. According to Mesereau, Jackson claims that Constand admitted that she could fabricate she was drugged and raped by a celebrity and get a lot of money.
Taken together, the comments suggest that Cosby's defense will more aggressively target Constand and her motivations during the upcoming trial.
Montgomery County Judge Steven O'Neill said 3,500 jury notices have already gone out, and that the retrial will begin March 29 with jury selection and could last about a month.
Decision next week on other accusers
Also in court, prosecutors argued that 19 of Cosby's alleged victims should be allowed to testify to show he had a pattern of sexual misconduct.
But defense attorneys said that allowing more accusers to testify against the comedian would unfairly bias the jury and create a due process concern.
"This case is about what happened between Mr. Cosby and Ms. Constand on one night," defense lawyer Becky James argued in court. "It's not about what happened 50 years ago. It's not about what happened with other people."
O'Neill said he will issue a decision on that sometime next week.
Dozens of women have publicly accused Cosby of misconduct, but the criminal charges in this case solely deal with Constand's allegations. Cosby has denied any wrongdoing, and the vast majority of those other instances occurred outside the statute of limitations.
James, Cosby's attorney, argued that the alleged assaults date too far back in time -- as much as 53 years ago, in one case.
"These are just ancient accusations," she said.
She also countered they are not similar to the Constand case and would be unfairly prejudicial and distracting for the jury.
Assistant District Attorney Adrienne Jappe on Monday "spent two hours telling you about 19 sexual assaults that did not happen," James said. "The problem is none of that was proven."
At the earlier trial, prosecutors presented almost no physical evidence, turning it into a quintessential "he said, she said" case. Prosecutors argue that adding more voices against the 80-year-old Cosby will help establish that he engaged in a pattern of sexual misconduct.
One other woman, Kelly Johnson, was allowed to testify last year and said that Cosby had assaulted her in the mid-1990s. Prosecutors tried to introduce similar evidence from 12 other women, but the judge denied their request.
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In Photos: Texas Bluebonnet Season in All Its Glory
Spring is finally here, and in Texas that means one thing: wildflower season. Bluebonnets in particular are native to Texan soil and are such a part of the region's landscape that they were officially named the state flower more than 100 years ago.
Even before President Johnson's Highway Beautification Act, the Texas State Highway Department hired a landscape architect to preserve and encourage the growth of wildflowers along roadways in 1932; making Texas a must-see state for both flowers and road trips.
Driving through the Lone Star highways in spring is especially breathtaking. In March and April, an outing can easily prompt a spontaneous pit stop in a bountiful field. But finding the perfect place to pull over can be a little tricky, so heed our tips.
The blooms rely heavily on abundant rainfall, and Texas experienced one of the wettest years on record in 2015, resulting in a spring where Texas highways are blanketed in the blue state flower. The bluebonnet season tends to start in late March or early April but it came a little early this year, so you might want to act fast if you're trying to frolic. Only rule: do not pick them—it's illegal. (Well, not technically illegal, but it's best to let the flowers germinate properly.)
But before you get overwhelmed by the idea of driving through the whole state, know that bluebonnets only cover a third of the land and are concentrated throughout north central Texas (Houston, San Antonio, up through the Hill Country to Dallas-Ft.Worth). And while no area is guaranteed to have the bluest fields, there are surer bets along the Bluebonnet Trail in Ennis, which claims to feature over 40 miles of trails full of blooms. Other 'gram-worthy fields can be seen off U.S. 280 west, Wildflower Loop, and U.S. 281 N towards Burnet. And if exploring the trails doesn't satisfy your wildflower desires, there are also a few bluebonnet festivals (it wouldn't be official without a festival) in Ennis, Chappell Hill, and Burnet in early April.
But even if you can't make it to Texas this year, you can still catch a glipse of the Lone Star State's signature blooms. Read on for photos of bluebonnet season in all its glory.
Mariah Tyler is a digital photo editor at Travel+Leisure. You can follow her on Instagram at @mphbox.


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More than three thousand people have died in a massive earthquake in Nepal. Here's how you can help.
More than 6,500 people have been injured, and many tens of thousands more are homeless in this mountainous South Asian country, set between India and China.
Nepal is one of the world's poorest countries: over 2.7 million people live in extreme poverty – even before the earthquake.
The country had made amazing progress, despite big political and economic problems. It was on track to achieve most of its Millennium Development Goals – the targets for poverty reduction, maternal mortality, and boys' and girls' enrollment in primary education had been either achieved or were likely to be achieve, according to the UN. But the damage caused by the earthquake shows how vulnerable a poor country like this is when disaster strikes.
"The total economic losses from the damage could be between $1 billion and $10 billion," said news service Quartz, quoting the US Geological Survey's estimate. "In all, the destruction could push the economy of Nepal—already one of the world's poorest countries—back by a decade or more."
Saving lives and recovering from this disaster will take time and money.
Here's a list of some of the organizations that are working on the ground to provide help:
- World Vision
- Heifer International
- Save the Children
- Mercy Corps
- World Food Program USA
- Samaritan's Purse
- Catholic Relief Services
- In the UK, the Disasters Emergency Committee, made up of the UK's leading aid agencies, has announced an appeal.


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Pop Princess Britney Spears Drops 'Till The World Ends' Music Video
Britney Spears drops 'Till The World Ends' music video for her latest single from her highly anticipated latest album, 'Femme Fatale.' This is the second single from 'Femme Fatale' and co-written with Ke$ha.
Britney Spears – Till The World Ends Music Video
Britney got dirty in her latest video with a group of scantily clad dancers partying in an underground club as a cityscape is obliterated my meteors. The location was grimy and Brit had to tough it out for the video directed by Ray Kay.
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A trifecta of summer meteor showers kick off this week with the Delta Aqauriids peaking Friday night into the weekend.
The Delta Aquariids are fainter than some meteor showers, but about 5 to 10 percent leave long meteor trains that will last a couple seconds after the meteor itself blinks out.
This year, the shower has the added benefit of a waxing crescent moon, leaving a wide open dark sky for better viewing.
Related: Your eyes will fry during Aug. 21 Great American eclipse without these.
The Delta Aquariids break a meteor shower drought that began in May following the Eta Aquarids.
"Yes, it's been a long time," writes Bob King, in Sky and Telescope.
Because the Delta Aquariids favor the southern hemisphere, South Florida is in one of the better positions in North America to see them. With the moon out of the way this year, viewers can expect to see 10 to 20 meteors per hour, according to EarthSky.org.
The best time for viewing is early morning – about 3 a.m. – and there is no one spot in the sky to look. Although the Delta Aquariids radiate from a point nearly overhead in the southern hemisphere, if you trace them back to where they appear from, it would be in the constellation Aquarius the Water Bearer.
Related: Countdown to eclipse 2017, everything you need to know.
The Delta Aquariids correspond with the Alpha Capricornids, which are characterized by their unusually slow drift across the night sky.
"You may see five of these per hour the last week of July under ideal conditions," King writes.
Following these two showers is the grand Perseids meteor shower, which peaks on the nights of August 12 and 13.
The Perseids are known for producing up to 100 meteors per hour. Fireballs as well as smoke-like trains are common, according to Sky and Telescope. The Perseids deserve a post all their own, so we'll update that next week.
For now, enjoy the Delta Aquarids and Alpha Capricornids.
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Hikes designated as "Easy" are approximately two hours in length. Those designated as "Moderate" are closer to four hours. Each of the guided hikes includes a copy of the Hudson River School Art Trail Guidebook and a guided tour of the Thomas Cole Historic Site at the end of the hike. The total price per person: $16, or $12 for members.
2011 Hike Schedule
JUNE 18 Sunset Rock and the Catskill Mt House (moderate)
JULY 16 Kaaterskill Falls and Catskill Mt House (moderate)
AUGUST 13 Catskill Mt. House and North-South Lake (easy)
SEPTEMBER 10 Kaaterskill Falls and Catskill Mt House (moderate)
OCTOBER 15 Sunset Rock and Catskill Mt House (moderate)
More about the hikes is available online [
Illustrations: Thomas Cole, The Clove, Catskills, 1827 (New Britain Museum of American Art), and the same view today. Photo by Francis Driscoll.


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A North Carolina-based fitness franchise is headed for the Drayton Mills Marketplace in Spartanburg County.
Burn Boot Camp has leased 5,000 square feet on the commercial side of the Drayton Mill revitalization project. The Marketplace encompasses about 60,000 square feet of the 115-year-old former Milliken & Co. textile plant's warehouses and company store.
The location, which will be owned and operated by Elissa and David Farmer, is expected to open during the spring, but the Farmer's will begin hosting "pop-up" boot camps at the mill beginning at 9 a.m. on Jan. 28. The event is free and open to the public.
"It was a tough decision for us when we were looking at locations [in Spartanburg]," Elissa Farmer said. "Somebody told us we should check out Drayton. We just fell in love with it… We are excited and feel very fortunate to be a part of this project."
Farmer said the couple has already hired Kayla O'Connell to serve as the head trainer for "Burn Spartanburg." They are looking for support trainers and plan to hire employees for the childcare area of their facility, she said.
Burn Spartanburg will join three tenants that have already committed to the Marketplace, including Greenville-based Rick Erwin Group's new dining concept The Standard: A Refined Kitchen; Mōzza Roasters and Melotte Enterprises Inc.; and the regional offices for Agracel Inc.
Zen Studios, a Spartanburg-based yoga studio, will not be moving to Drayton.
"The addition of Burn Spartanburg brings us one step closer to achieving the live, work, play community that we envisioned for this project," said John Montgomery, principal of Spartanburg-based Montgomery Development Group. "It's a great concept and we're excited to have the Farmers. We think it's going to be a big success."
In 2013, Pacolet Milliken, a private investment firm founded in 2007 to preserve and grow certain real estate and energy assets of Milliken & Co.'s vast textile empire, reopened Drayton's spinning and weaving plants to be redeveloped into luxury apartments.
Drayton Mills Lofts, the residential side of the project, features 289 loft apartments, a fitness studio, pool and a 3-mile walking trail.
Farmer said Burn Spartanburg will utilize the trail.
The facility will feature Burn Boot Camp's proprietary "floating floor," floating pull-up bar, free weights, battle ropes, slam balls, kettle bells and plyometric boxes. Customers can take advantage of free childcare and one-on-one nutritional meetings with trainers.
Montgomery and his business partner, Tara Sherbert, managing partner of Charlotte, N.C.-based TMS Development, which was over the loft apartment project at Drayton, purchased the mill's warehouses from Pacolet Milliken in 2015.
"We are continually focused on making Drayton Mills the ideal community for residents and customers alike to live, eat, play and work," Sherbert said, in a statement. "We're excited to be able to welcome Burn Boot Camp Spartanburg into the Drayton Mills family."
Devan and Morgan Kline founded Burn Boot Camp in 2012. The company has 49 locations and nearly 200 more in development in 26 states.
The concept is founded on five pillars: mindset, whole food nutrition, burst training, strength training and community.
Tommy Molin and Associate Brian Scurlock with CBRE assisted with the transaction.
For more information about Drayton Mills Marketplace, visit www.draytonmarketplace.com.
For more information about Burn Spartanburg, visit www.burnbootcamp.com/spartanburg-sc.


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Karen An-hwei Lee is the author of Phyla of Joy (Tupelo 2012), Ardor (Tupelo 2008) and In Medias Res (Sarabande 2004), winner of the Norma Farber First Book Award. Lee also wrote two chapbooks, God's One Hundred Promises (Swan Scythe 2002) and What the Sea Earns for a Living (Quaci Press 2014). Her book of literary criticism, Anglophone Literatures in the Asian Diaspora: Literary Transnationalism and Translingual Migrations (Cambria 2013), was selected for the Cambria Sinophone World Series. She earned an M.F.A. from Brown University and Ph.D. in English from the University of California, Berkeley. The recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Grant, she serves as Full Professor of English and Chair at a liberal arts college in greater Los Angeles, where she is also a novice harpist. Lee is a voting member of the National Book Critics Circle.
Anna Cates
Anna Cates resides in Wilmington, Ohio and teaches in Southern New Hampshire University's online M.F.A. in creative writing program. A regular contributor to literary publications, her first full length collection of haiku and other poems, The Meaning of Life, is available at Cyberwit.net and Amazon.
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Sarah Ann Winn
Sarah Ann Winn lives in Manassas Virginia. Her work has appeared or will appear soon in Cider Press Review, Massachusetts Review, Nashville Review, Quarterly West, and RHINO, among others. Sundress Publications released her chapbook, Portage, in 2015.


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Security Update:Critical Alert - Drupal 7 Websites (non-centrally managed) May be Compromised - Immediate Action Required
Status Type
Date and Time
Incident Response
Drupal 7 Users
Drupal announced that automated attacks began compromising Drupal 7 websites that were not patched or updated to Drupal 7.32 within hours of the announcement of the SQL injection vulnerability announced on October 15, 2014.
Drupal states you should proceed under the assumption that every Drupal 7 website was compromised unless updated or patched before Oct 15th, 11pm UTC, that is 7 hours after the announcement.
Advanced Users: For the full Public Announcement refer to Drupal Core - Highly Critical - Public Service announcement - PSA-2014-003 at https://www.drupal.org/PSA-2014-003.
- Drupal 7 websites not managed by UCSF IT
Note: Per UCSF IT (centralized Drupal administrators) sites hosted by central IT was patched within the time frame listed.
Attackers may have copied all data out of your site and could use it maliciously; and there may be no trace of the attack.
- Simply updating to Drupal 7.32 will not remove backdoors.
- If you have not updated or applied this patch, do so immediately, then continue reading the announcement, Drupal Core - Highly Critical - Public Service announcement - PSA-2014-003 at https://www.drupal.org/PSA-2014-003.
Note: Updating to version 7.32 or applying the patch fixes the vulnerability but does not fix an already compromised website.
- If you find that your site is already patched but you didn't do it that can be a symptom that the site was compromised - some attacks have applied the patch as a way to guarantee they are the only attacker in control of the site.
- If your website is compromised, refer to Drupals Help - "Your Drupal site got hacked, now what" at https://www.drupal.org/node/2365547 on how to recover.
- Once you've contained the compromise, report the breach to IT Security by submitting a ticket through the IT Service Desk at http://help.ucsf.edu.
- Drupal's SA-CORE-2014-005 - Drupal core - SQL injection at https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2014-005
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A real blend this time around. Some of this stuff is straight up riffs and crash, and some of it gets pretty far out, even in the first hour, let alone by the time we get to the last two tracks, with Papir's live prog freakery and Earthling Society's trippy experimentalism. There's a lot to dig here and, perhaps unsurprisingly, I dig it a lot. These are all, I think with the exception just of Stonebride, 2015 releases. Some, like Monolord and Blackout and Stoned Jesus, aren't out yet, and others, like Corsair, or Elbrus, or Sandrider, are newly released.
All told, the balance works between the more straight-ahead stuff and the weirdness, but my head's been pulled pretty hard in the direction lately of things generally more on the outer edges of genre, so it seemed only right to be honest to that impulse. It's not too long, and if there's something here you haven't heard before, then of course I hope you dig it. Actually, I hope you dig it anyway, new or not. Cheers.
First Hour:
Stoned Jesus, "Here Come the Robots" from The Harvest
Black Rainbows, "The Prophet" from Hawkdope
Sandrider, "Rain" from Sandrider + Kinski
Eggnogg, "Slugworth" from Sludgy Erna Bastard Vol. 1: Borracho & Eggnogg 7"
Blackout, "Cross" from Blackout
Chubby Thunderous Bad Kush Masters, "Devil's Buttermilk" from Earth Hog
Shepherd, "Turdspeak" from Stereolithic Riffalocalypse
Corsair, "Coriolis" from One Eyed Horse
Kooba Tercu, "Pebble" from Kooba Tercu
Stonebride, "Sokushinbutsu" from Heavy Envelope
Monolord, "Cursing the One" from Vaenir
Second Hour:
Elbrus, "Far Away and into Space Pt. 2" from Far Away and into Space Pt. 2
King Buffalo, "Providence Eye" from split with Lé Betre
Papir, "Monday" from Live at Roadburn 2014
Earthling Society, "It's Your Love that's Sound" from It's Your Love that's Sound
Total running time: 1:53:18
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RSA Insurance
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Questor says BUY
RSA Insurance Group
The sector has been subdued because of concerns over the investments that the group holds, but Questor has always thought these worries were overdone.
Indeed, RSA said yesterday that its exposure to peripheral European government debt remains limited at £146m, or around 1pc of the total portfolio.
Also, the company said it expected to deliver a combined operating ratio (COR) of better than 95pc. This is good news. COR is an important measure for insurers as it is a measure of premiums coming in to the company minus insurance claims paid out. Any reading
that comes in below 100pc means the company is profitable because it is taking in more premiums than it is paying out.
The background remains challenging, but RSA continues to drive rate increases through its operations. It is also seeing good growth in new markets.
Sales at the company's international division, which includes Canada and Scandinavia, rose 9pc to £2.9bn. In emerging markets, net written premiums rose 17pc to £800m.
RSA's shares are trading on a December 2010 earnings multiple of 7.6 times, falling to 7.3 next year. This is far too low and is almost discounting Armageddon.
The shares were first recommended on June 18 last year at 117.6p and they are down 7pc, compared with a market up 5pc. The prospective yield is a very impressive 8.6pc, rising to 8.9pc.
The shares remain a buy for the yield.


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This is a repost about the game Warlocks, and the spell paralysis in general, which I've posted about before.
I was talking to a friend of mine recently about Warlocks and he asked me an interesting question: Do I think that the fact that I won the annual championship in spite of my decision to restrict my own use of paralysis is evidence that it's not a broken spell?
I think a lot of warlocks are aware of my feelings on paralysis, and some probably noticed that on my profile I declare my "personal rules", which include the fact that I won't gesture F more than 5 times consecutively (meaning 3 paras). Not only does this prevent me from abusing paralysis, I know for a fact that some of my opponents are aware of the restriction, and play on the assumption I won't parachain, so it also limits my ability to threaten with F's.
So am I providing evidence that parachains aren't needed to compete at a high level? Yes. Am I providing evidence that it's not an extremely imbalanced spell? I don't think so.
In order to explain why, I'll start with why I self-imposed this rule in the first place. When I started out, around the time I first approached elo 1600, I started to realize how powerful paralysis was, and though I never thought of myself as a paramancer, there was a time when I found myself using paralysis extensively. What would invariably happen is that in the middle of a match I would cast paralysis at some point, and then think "alright, I'll break the chain and do something else now" just before noticing that my opponent had some kind of spell he was threatening in two turns, and that if I kept up the para just a little longer, I could stop it. After I stopped that threat, I'd say "oh, but now if I para just one more turn, I can also respond to a second threat", and this would continue ad infinitum. I would end up using massive parachains even though by this point I had already begun to feel that parachains made games less dynamic and interesting. I remember Succat (a self-declared "paraholic") once saying that he pleased to see that I had a nice "para trigger", or something to that effect.
However, I felt like paralysis wasn't one of many useful strategies at my disposal, it felt like a crutch. I realized that if I left it up to how I happened to feel during a match I would always find an excuse to continue parachaining, so the only way to force myself to be more creative was to make a rule out of it, and by making it public I would feel pressure to keep at it. I was also hoping, I think, that other people would follow suite and I would see fewer long parachains coming at me, but that part never happened.
After I stopped parachaining (and charming hands to "-", and opening "D/P"), I found I really did explore a lot of different options, and was pleased with this decision for a time. Then when I got to around elo 1800 for the first time, over a year ago, I started to realize that I was going to be playing more often against the very best players in the game, and that they all used parachains and parafod extensively (some of them more than others, but every single one of them used parafod to kill me at one time or another). I felt like my own refusal to use parachains might be an insurmountable barrier that would keep me from being able to compete with them, and I honestly got to a point where I started playing very few friendly and ladder matches, and mostly just played in the League because the monthly rules were one surefire source of continued variation in play, which is what I wanted.
At some point I noticed that the players in the league, even ones who normally used parafod often, were less likely to use paralysis when a monthly rule was in play even if the rule didn't have to do with paralysis. In other words, the fact that we were playing in an unranked space where new strategies were encouraged made people drop their paraholic ways and try new things, and the results were sometimes brilliant. However, when they returned to ranked games, most players would stop thinking outside the box and play safe.
This encouraged me to try more seriously to take on the good players head on with my personal rules in play, and I could almost tangibly feel myself gradually getting the hang of beating paralysis. It's also worth noting, when I say something like "beating paralysis", that I actually used paralysis a lot myself. In fact, when I went on the warlocks archives recently, I was surprised to find that I apparently cast paralysis, per game, more often than average. The difference is that I don't cast long chains - I'll cast paralysis once or twice (or maybe thrice) and then break off into something else, and then come back and cast paralysis again a little later. It's a good spell that I like using, but forbidding myself from relying on it made my weaves more dynamic and forced me to be more creative, so I felt like I was getting the best of both worlds. In fact, in my final match against Xade in the tournament, I opened with paralysis on my left hand.
I really wasn't expecting to do as well as I did in the tournament, but if it's a sign of anything, I think it's a sign of how much I gained specifically by avoiding using paralysis as a crutch and trying to be just a little strange (Bio went so far as to call one of my moves in the final match "insane", which made me smile). That said, being the only player who doesn't use parachains has still been a serious restriction, and I've had a number of games where I believe I would have definitely won had I allowed myself to use a parachain. One of the other noteworthy aspects of the tournament was the appearance of a number of new players around the same time, some of whom experienced players found "shockingly good." The shock, I think, stems from the fact that these players haven't yet learned what the popular weaves are, and so make plays that are unexpected and hard to predict - experienced players would do well to try and learn a little from their games with these new players.
So my general point is this - once you've played warlocks for a long time it can become very comfortable to fall into regular patterns - go for charms and ogres as often as possible, and then when you have enough initiative advantage go for parafod or bolt an opponent to death. However, any time that a strategy becomes common wisdom, it starts to get stale, and forcing yourself to play in ways that are less comfortable is the best possible way to continue learning new things. To return to my original question, paralysis is an extremely powerful spell, one that I think is imbalanced, which is precisely why it, more than anything else, prevents players from developing creative strategies. If paralysis weren't so strong, my decision not to use it wouldn't have had as big an effect on my playing style.
In short, choosing not to parachain can be good for you.


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My last CD recording in Santa Marta, Spain
Sometimes in our lives we make exceptions when our feelings overrule our professional obligations.
The recording of my last CD, was, like on many occasions in my artistic life, one of those occasions as when I was facing several options I chose to be faithful to myself, to my convictions and to what for me were my sincere and authentic moral values.
I never would chose success at any price. I have always preferred to stick with the values that shaped my personal and artistic life. And the decision to record the CD in the Hotel Santa Marta in Lloret de Mar in the Spanish province of Gerona instead of in a studio, as was usual, was taken due to a combination of artistic and personal reasons.
The compositions of Ricardo Lamote de Grignon and Joaquín Nin-Culmell revived within me the feeling of deep attachment I had with both of them. I decided to record in that ideal place, which replete with so many personal memories, and also due to the affectionate links I have with the Noguera Batlló family, owners of the hotel.
They, and the excellent team from "Solfa Recordings", did everything necessary to ensure that my last CD, which I believe is a very special one, became a happy reality.
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Last month, the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission voted unanimously to consolidate the Texas Youth Commission and the Juvenile Probation Commission. The new plan would create a single agency called the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. It would also close three relatively remote TYC facilities: Victory Field (in Vernon, TX), West Texas (in Pyote, TX), and the Ron Jackson Unit II (in Brownwood, TX), which have been difficult to staff with the necessary teachers and mental health professionals. The Austin American Statesman reported on the vote here. It was also covered by prominent Texas publications including The Houston Chronicle, Texas Budget Source, and Grits for Breakfast.
The consolidation could save Texas taxpayers around $28 million. According to prominent Texas conservatives who were quoted in the Statesman, the plan could also provide significant gains to public safety. Marc Levin, of the the Texas Public Policy Foundation and Right On Crime said, "Our hope is that consolidation can be a vehicle to continue downsizing state youth lockups and sending more…youths (not sentenced for violent crimes) back to the counties with state funding following the youth."
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Unless you're a diving instructor or an elephant tamer, you probably have a pretty similar work day to mine. You walk into your office, walk a few feet and then sit down in a chair. And you probably stay in that chair for most of the day. Maybe you get up to go to a meeting or to lunch, but you know what happens when you do that? You sit in another chair. I swear, some days the cactus on my desk moves more than me.
But sitting in a chair all day is completely harmless, right? Wrong.
The scientific community has coined the phrase "Sitting Disease" to refer to the effect sitting has on the metabolism and just the general horrible things that come as a result of a sedentary lifestyle. "Sitting Disease" is a serious problem, and you need to try to deal with it now.
According to a survey by Ergotron, a manufacturer of digital display mounting and mobility products, just sitting at your desk could produce numerous health problems. Here are some startling findings from the survey:
- People who sit for more than 11 hours a day have a 40 percent increased risk of death in the next three years, compared with people who sit for four hours or less.
- Women who were inactive and sat for over six hours a day were 94 percent more likely to die during the time period studied than those who were physically active and sat less than three hours a day.
- Sitting for long periods may also affect the development of musculoskeletal disorders.
Basically, even if you're going to the gym every day after work and running marathons on the weekend, you can still be affected by Sitting Disease. Designer and Founder of Focal Upright Furniture Martin Keen told Levo:
Primarily, Sitting Disease is twofold. One [issue is] the inactivity that it puts you in, a state of non-motion, which shuts down circulation and respiratory function to a degree. Second is the issues of what it is doing to your internal organs. Ninety-degree sitting causes Sitting Disease by folding or compressing organs that were intended to be used for the full amount of space. For example, those folds and compressions can alter the function of the pancreas and the production of insulin. Even digestion is an issue. Again, respiratory and less space for the lungs and the heart.
So, what can we do to fend off Sitting Disease as long as possible, besides quitting our jobs?
1. Look for any opportunity to walk
If you can walk or bike to work without it taking too much time, do it. If you get sweaty on the way, bring extra clothes. Also, don't just Gchat with your coworker; walk over and ask them your question. If you can read a memo and walk, do it. Walk the extra blocks to the better Starbucks. Suggest replacing boardroom meetings with walking meetings. (You'll feel like you're on The West Wing!)
2. Ask your employer about a standing desk
Employers are getting more and more flexible about alternative seating for employees. Ask about a standing desk, an exercise ball or even a treadmill desk. Being more upright can do wonders for your health. Keen told Levo:
As a solution, I recommend to keep your body more upright in a leaning posture where you are able to maintain mobility and movement throughout the day. As we evolve to be upright people, you are keeping your organs more open, as intended for nature. When you sit in a 90-degree position (what causes the Sitting Disease), your hip flexors shorten, you put a lot of strain on the posterior side of your back and compress the front side of your vertebrae. Maintaining upright posture keeps you more in column with your respiratory system.
3. Stretch your legs as much as possible
Try to stretch out your legs and back at least once per hour. Your spine will thank you later.
4. Try to stand as much as possible
It sounds tiring, but it's better for your body and is actually better for productivity as well. Sitting is associated with relaxing, but standing has a stronger link to actually working (especially before everyone got desk jobs). When you are standing, you literally feel more productive.
5. Better posture and standing will help you communicate better
Standing and upright posture will not only to fend off Sitting Disease effects; they will also make you come across better in the workplace because they are power poses. According to The Wall Street Journal, new research shows that using powerful body language can actually change a person's hormones and behavior, just as if he or she had real power.
Dr.Carol Kinsey Goman, author of The Silent Language of Leaders: How Body Language Can Help—or Hurt—How You Lead, told Levo: "Remember that status and authority are non-verbally demonstrated through height and space. So stand tall, pull your shoulders back, widen your stance and hold your head high."
Is sitting all day giving you health problems? Tell us in the comments!
Meredith Lepore is the former editor of the women's career site The Grindstone. Before that, she was on staff at Wall Street Letter and Business Insider and was a contributing writer for LearnVest. She earned her Master's in Magazine, Newspaper and Online Journalism from the Newhouse School at Syracuse University after graduating with a degree in Brain and Cognitive Science from the University of Rochester. Meredith resides in New York full-time and enjoys reading, jogging, shopping and playing with her puppy, Otis.
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Back to talk about all things Halloween! Just in case it wasn't already clear that I am obsessed with this season! Also how amazing are our new pumpkins? I am going to have to find a ton of recipes for pumpkins once Halloween is over. Our pumpkin box just keeps growing!
Anyway, moving on from all the pumpkin talk, we popped into town for a few messages last week and I found myself browsing for baby clothes (what's new!). I needed to pick up some warmer clothes for the babies and there is such a great selection out there at the moment. There is also some very cute Halloween themed bits floating about, so I managed to pick up a few items that weren't too Halloween orientated and the babies could get wear out of them for the next few months hopefully.
I have noticed lately that a lot of the clothes in Baby Zara are made of really nice ethically sourced, organic cotton and are actually quite affordable. Baby I got these gorgeous fleece lined mustard pants (€9.95) and this white peter pan collar top (€5.95). The soft cotton bow is from penneys (€2, I think!).
I got L some Autumn/Winter bits as well. The orange long-sleeved top(€3.95) and bat pants(€7.95) are both from Zara too. I love the kids in soft cotton clothes, i just think they are so much more comfortable in them and can move around more freely. These kept him really warm and comfy on one of our many Autumn walks!
Another item I picked up in town has been a lifesaver for us the last few nights. Ok so I'm probably really late to the game on this one but since the babies have been majorly congested and sick lately, I have rediscovered the wonders of the Calpol plug-in diffuser! So, this thing is actually magic( no seriously!) and avoids all that messing around with olbas oil and hot water. It helps to decongest by diffusing a constant eucalyptus, menthol and lavender vapour. All you have to do is place one of the inserts into the diffuser and plug-in. It acts as a night-light as well which is so handy. Just thought I'd mention as there seems to be a bad cough/cold going around, which we have unfortunately caught.
I am craving all things comfort food at the moment, and I love, love, love Nutella as a treat. However I don't love all the sugar that regular nutella contains, plus I would prefer to give L a slightly healthier alternative, which led to me hunting down a recipe. I wanted it to be a little sweet and not too rich so I did have to add a little maple syrup to it. I went looking for agave syrup as a sugar substitute but after doing some research and chatting to the lady in the health food shop I was dissuaded against it. Apparently it's the least nutritious of all the sweeteners and is pretty much all fructose which is what we should all be trying to avoid (says she who ate half a bucket of trick or treat sweets last night!). What is great about this recipe is that its full of protein from all the hazelnuts. You will need a good blender for this, preferably one you can switch on and let it blend away for a few mins. I did our's in the nutribullet and it took forever, plus it didn't quite get to the completely smooth texture i was after. It was really tasty all the same and the slightly crunchy texture grew on me! You can of course substitute the dark chocolate with milk chocolate. What you will need;
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1 tbsp of maple syrup
100 grams of dark chocolate melted
2 tbsp water
1/4 tsp salt
1-2 tbsp coconut oil
Roast the hazelnuts at 170.C for 12-15 mins. Remove hazelnuts from the oven a pop onto a tea towel and rub until the skins come off. Pop hazelnuts and all ingredients in a blender and blend for 8- 10 mins until blended into a paste. Add melted chocolate and blend until smooth. I just threw it all in together but I suspect it is better to wait until the hazelnut mixture is well combined before adding the melted chocolate. And that's it! Lovely bonus to this recipe is how yummy your kitchen smells after roasting the hazelnuts!
As well as trying to perfect a homemade nutella recipe, I have also been stalking the pages of Pinterest to find healthy Halloween snack ideas. They have some great ideas but these were my favourite! Mandarin pumpkins! What a genius idea this is! Peel a mandarin and stick a bit of celery in it. How hard is that? I'm also loving these ghoulish teeth! Again, so simple! Two slices of apple, a bit of cashew nut butter (but you can use any nut butter!) and a few mini marshmallows! This one is actually really tasty! Mr T and I ate a good few of these!
I managed to pick up some Halloween pasta shapes in Lidl earlier in the week and I made a really quick family dinner using them. I found some mini cucumbers there too so I made up some ghoulish fingers to go with it. I had a teeny bit of leftover pesto, some pancetta pieces from Aldi, spinach. mushrooms and cheese.
It was all very rough so no specific measurements for this one!
I cooked the pasta, added the little bit of pesto and some grated cheese bit by bit, mixing well after each addition. In a separate frying pan I cooked the mushrooms, pancetta and spinach then added them to the pasta. This was a real comfort food kind of meal! I served it up with some sliced peppers and sliced grapes. I picked out the pancetta from Baby I's dinner just because it was a little stringy and a bit too salty.
Finally, one of my favourite Halloween bakes are my meringue ghosts! I made these about 4 years ago and used them to top a Halloween brownie cake and they were a big hit! I think meringues are a bit daunting to some people but they are actually really easy. This is just a basic meringue recipe and then I used a piping bag to pipe out the little ghosts/ blobs! I actually couldn't find my piping bag when I sat down to make these so I just got a sandwich bag and cut out a small hole in one of the corners. You will only need two ingredients for this recipe. Sugar and egg whites. I just buy the egg whites instead of having a load of egg yolks leftover hanging around in my fridge. A few tips to making meringue before I start;
- You will need an electric whisk, preferably a free-standing mixer but a handheld will do fine also.
- Your bowl must be really clean, spotless! If there is grease in the bowl the egg whites won't rise. I always give my bowl a fresh clean with hot water and a little washing up liquid before I start.
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Pre-heat your oven to 100-110 degree celsius. My oven runs quite hot so I usually leave it at 100.C but you may have to experiment. Line a large backing tray with greaseproof paper and put to one side. Put the egg whites and 55 grams of sugar into your mixer and whisk on full power until you reach a soft peak texture. This means that when you lift your whisk out the peaks of meringue should flop to one side. Add the rest of the sugar and whisk until stiff white peaks have formed. You should be able to take your bowl and turn it upside down and the mixture should not move. I have seen some recipes saying you should whisk for 10 mins but my mixer never takes more than 3-4 mins so it really depends. Once the mixture is done, take you piping bag or sandwich bag(with a small home in one of the corners) and fill it with the mixture. Pipe little blobs onto your baking tray leaving a little space in between. This is not an exact art so have fun with it. I kind of move my wrist in circles as I move upward for each ghost. Try making different shape and size ones as well! Once you have filled your baking tray pop in the oven for about an hour. Keep an eye on them and make sure they don't brown too much. If they do you might need to lower your oven temp. When they are done remove from the oven and allow to cool. Then with a little melted chocolate/chocolate icing dot on little eyes! You can also use a toothpick with a little chocolate on the tip. These are great for little kids as there is no hidden nasties or colours and great for an adult dessert too!
I'll hopefully get my recipe for waffles up tomorrow so keep an eye out for that, but for now I'm going to go back to snuggling my two little babas lying next to me. Check out my instagram for daily food pictures!
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The interruption of last night's snooze fest of a John McCain speech by a group of pink clad crazy ladies may have been the highlight of an otherwise boring final session of the Republican National Convention. The group responsible, Code Pink, started as an all female anti-war protest group during the lead up to the Iraq War. Now they kind of just spend their time finding the best ways to piss off Republicans, and on that front, at least, they've been pretty damn successful.
Earlier this year they visited Cafe Versailles and nearly started a riot. The ladies wanted the FBI to list Luis Posada Carriles, a Cuban exile activist tied to bombings in Havana, on its most wanted list. They ended up getting chased down Calle Ocho. New Times was there to document the entire fracas.
The pinkettes have a particular flair for striking a nerve and pulling protest coups (how many left wing wackos would like to have interrupted the Republican National Convention?) but their antics don't bring attention to ending the war in Iraq anymore. They're just banging their own (pink) drum.
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By Kevin Francis, courtesy of the Daily Star
ANGRY Tyson Fury is ready to rip up his British boxing license and fight under the Irish flag. Fury, who was set to face Dereck Chisora in a grudge match in Manchester on Saturday, has a misconduct charge hanging over his head. He has been summoned to appear before the British Boxing Board of Control next month following an expletive-ridden rant at a press conference last week. But unbeaten Fury has stuck two fingers up at the Board by declaring: "I am not going to be told what to do by anybody. "I can fight in Ireland and I can have a BUI (Boxing Union of Ireland) license because I have already had one before.
"So, if they want to ban me and keep being fools, I will just go and get a BUI licence and box out of Ireland where I am already Irish heavyweight champion. "I am sick of them picking on me all the time. It's crazy. I won't be told what to do by them in any way, shape or form. "The Board have fined me quite a few times and they have been harsh on me. "Every time I open my mouth, it seems I get fined or have to go in front of them."
The misconduct hearing is scheduled for August 13, but, in another snub to the Board, 25-year-old Fury will not attend it. He said: "I am on holiday on the date of that meeting so I won't be attending and, even if I were in the country, I wouldn't be going because I am not interested. "I have attended these meetings before. I have heard what they have got to say. They want to treat you like a school child and pretend they are teachers and give you a smack on the wrist for being a bad boy.
"I am going on a two-week cruise, starting from Venice, going round Italy, Greece and Turkey. "Over my career, I have earned a lot of money and the Board have taken a lot of money off me. They should be happy that I keep earning, so they are going to be sick if I go and get a BUI licence.
"Then they will get no money off me. Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson did what I do, Floyd Mayweather does it."
Fury insists he will not alter his style, either inside or outside the ring, following the misconduct charge. He said: "I will not be behaving like a choirboy. There's going to be a lot more misconducts, because there is plenty more in store from Tyson Fury. "
So they had better get their charge sheets out again and they can charge me with whatever they want it doesn't mean anything.
"What are they going to do? Suspend me or fine me? I'm not interested. I pay the board their wages.
"Listen, keep being mean to me and I'll look elsewhere to pay someone else their wages. That's what it is."
Saturday's fight at Manchester's Phones 4U Arena was to be an eliminator for the WBO world title - one of the three belts held by Wladimir Klitschko. But Fury is not expecting to meet the Ukrainian any time soon, saying: "I'm not interest in Klitchsko because I know he's not going to fight.
"He's got his reasons. The fight isn't going to happen until two fighters are in the ring exchanging blows." With Chisora pulling out last night with a hand injury, Billy Joe Saunders' bout with Emanuele Blandamura for the vacant European middleweight title will now top the bill.
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It's one of the most popular questions we get. I even have friends of friends message me and ask ... "Just when is the best time to visit Disneyland?" My answer is always "whenever you can!" It's the truth. Whenever you and your family can make the trip to The Happiest Place On Earth is the best time.
But, of course, just like at Walt Disney World, there are better times to visit Disneyland than others. In this post, we're outlining the best times to visit Disneyland in 2019. For those of you looking to get a hop on next year's vacation planning, our 2020 dates and tips will help out as well. The surprise early opening of Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge on May 31, 2019 (and staggered opening of its rides), has made this year a little bit of a challenge in predicting crowds. While crowd levels this summer and fall have been lower than expected, we expect that to change in the coming months, especially as we head into the holidays and winter.
Is It Packed at Disneyland? Here's the Easiest Way to Tell
This post is going to dive into all the nitty gritty details, and the whys and hows of crowds, but let's just cut to the chase. The easiest way to know if it will be crowded at Disneyland is to ask yourself:
- Is it a major U.S. holiday?
- Are most kids out of school?
If the answer is yes, to one or both of these questions, there will be bigger crowds.
Want to Know for Sure?
- Hop straight to our Disneyland Crowd Calendar. You can view the busiest times on the Disneyland Crowd Calendar for the day, month or year.
- If you're planning a visit, but don't see your particular dates discussed below, leap down to the comments. We frogs — and some of the hardcore Disneyland community — are hoppy to share answers.
Visiting During a Busy Time? Don't Fret!
Even during the busiest times, there are ways to skip the lines and make the most of your time. Here are our best tips to reduce waits!
Factors That Influence the Best Time to Go to Disneyland
If you're more familiar with Cinderella Castle than Sleeping Beauty Castle, it's important to know that the best time to visit Disneyland in 2019 and 2020 isn't the same as at Disney World. The biggest difference are the locals. Disney World has a good amount of locals, but not nearly as many as those in the Los Angeles/Orange County area. Many of those locals are annual passholders who think of The Happiest Place on Earth as their second home. In other words, they pop in for a few hours here or there — maybe on a weekday, or on a spring or fall Sunday morning before heading to the beach — assuming their pass isn't blocked out.
Depending on the passport, a passholder might find himself or herself blocked out of the park on certain days or weeks, particularly those times that are especially popular with tourists — namely summer, spring break and holidays. The Disneyland blockout calendar provides a fairly good idea of the very busiest dates of the year, because these are the times when most passholders are not allowed to enter the parks. For example, during most of June through mid-August, the Southern California passholders are typically blocked from entering at least one or both parks, a strong sign that there will be tourists! One important thing to keep in mind: Crowds are higher right after major blockout periods such as summer when the locals can get back in.
Another factor that has more influence on crowds at Disneyland than at Disney World are the conventioneers. The Anaheim Convention Center is right across the street. What out-of-town visitor wouldn't enjoy popping over in the afternoon and early evening for some Disney magic? It's generally not necessary to rearrange your vacation based on a convention, but there might be one exception. Disney's own D23 Expo, held every other year, brings flocks of fans. Those folks will plan to spend some of their hours before, during and after the Expo to play in the parks. Note that the next D23 Expo took place in August 2019. We would expect it to return to Anaheim in 2021, although that is not yet confirmed.
Keep in mind that special events and holidays also influence crowds. Many people visit during Disneyland Halloween Time or the holidays to experience the magic of these seasons, and there are special events at different times throughout the year. For example, we expect this October to be busier because of the debut this year of the Oogie Boogie Bash at Disney California Adventure. This is yet another reason to review our Disneyland crowd calendar — we list the holidays and special events!
Disneyland's introduction of tiered pricing for one-day tickets several years ago has more of an impact on crowds than at Disney World. Think about it — more people make one-day visits to Disneyland than they do at Disney World. Now each day is categorized as either value, regular or peak pricing. During the off-seasons, Mondays through Thursdays or Tuesdays through Thursdays are generally value priced. If you add a one-day ticket to your cart, you can view Disneyland's pricing calendar — which is yet another indicator of the best and worst days to visit.
Based on all of this information, and historical crowd levels during holidays and other data, we have a pretty good idea of the very busiest dates of the year at Disneyland. But there are variables. We expect crowds to pick up for the remainder of this year, but with the opening of Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance set for Jan. 17, 2020, we expect bigger crowds in 2020.
Expected Busiest Days at Disneyland in 2019
- Jan. 1-6, 2019
- MLK Jr. Day - Jan. 19-21, 2019
- President's Day - Feb. 15-24, 2019
- Spring break and Easter - March 9-April 15, April 19-22 (elevated crowds March 9-April 22, 2019)*
- Weekends in May
- Mid-June through Aug. 22, 2019
- D23 Expo - Aug. 23-25, 2019
- The week of Thanksgiving - Nov. 22-Dec. 1, 2019
- Christmas week through the second week of the New Year - Dec. 21, 2019-Jan. 6, 2020
Expected Busiest Days at Disneyland in 2020
- Jan. 1-6, 2020
- MLK Jr. Day - Jan. 18-20, 2020
- President's Day - Feb. 14-24, 2020
- Spring break and Easter - March 7-April 20, 2020
- Weekends in May
- June 3-Aug. 11, 2020
- The week of Thanksgiving - Nov. 20-Dec. 1, 2020
- Christmas week through the second week of the New Year - Dec. 19, 2020-Jan. 10, 2021
*The fall of Easter impacts Disneyland crowds in the spring. Some school districts base their spring break around Easter; others do not. When Easter falls earlier in the season, March or early April, it has the effect of making a more intense, but shorter spring break season. When Easter falls later, as it does in 2019, the effect is a longer but less intense spring break season.
Other Dates That Will Likely See Higher Crowds
Here are other days that see higher crowds, but not as high as the absolute worst days. Some of the dates listed are isolated, with the days around them generally fine, but they do bring in more locals. July 17 is the exception to this, as it is already a busy time. Know of other dates that are popular with locals? Share in comments below.
- Aug. 19-23 and 25-30, 2019 - passholders are back in after summer blackouts (Expected to be Aug. 17-21 and 23-28, 2020)
- Southern California Select Annual Passholders back in Disneyland Park - Sept. 3-5, 2019
- Labor Day - Sept. 2, 2019; Sept. 7, 2020
- Yom Kippur (when it falls on a week day) - October 9, 2019; Sept. 28, 2020
- Columbus Day (elevated crowds that week) - Oct. 14, 2019; Oct. 12, 2020
- Utah Education Association Convention - Oct. 17-18, 2019*
- Veteran's Day (and Veteran's Day Observed) - Nov. 11, 2019; Nov. 11, 2020
- Memorial Day - May 27, 2019; May 25, 2020
- Disneyland's anniversary - July 17, 2019; July 17, 2020
*The Utah Education Association Board will no longer hold its annual convention, although Utah school districts may elect to hold a fall recess.
Best Time to Visit Disneyland in 2019
Now that we have the worst times to visit out of the way, let's look at the very best times to visit Disneyland! Yippee!
- Weekdays in January (minus the week of New Year's Day and the days around MLK Day)
- Weekdays in February (minus the days around President's Day)
- The first few days in March (until March 9, 2019)
- Weekdays in the second half of April 2019
- Weekdays in May
- Weekends during the last two weeks of August (Mondays through Thursdays see higher crowds with passholders back in)
- Mondays through Thursdays starting Sept. 9 through the end of October
- Mondays through Thursdays in November (minus the week of Thanksgiving)
- Mondays through Thursdays during the first half of December
Best Time to Visit Disneyland in 2020
- Weekdays in January (minus the week of New Year's Day and the days around MLK Day)
- Weekdays in February (minus the days around President's Day)
- The first few days in March (until March 7, 2020)
- April 20-30; May 1, 2020
- Weekdays in May
- Weekends during the last two weeks of August (Mondays through Thursdays see higher crowds with passholders expected to be back in)
- The first half of September; Mondays through Thursdays for the remainder of September and October
- Mondays through Thursdays in November (minus the week of Thanksgiving)
- Mondays through Thursdays during the first half of December
Ta-da! There it is — the best time to visit Disneyland in 2019 and 2020! Don't froget that a solid park plan can be almost as good as traveling on a low crowd day. Check out our Disneyland Plans and Disney California Adventure Plans before your visit! Here are more tips to skip the lines at the theme parks.
Related: The Ins and Outs of Disney's Maxpass
Related: 36 Tips to Maximize Your Time at Disneyland
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The latest Nintendo Channel update brings us a pretty nice behind-the-scenes video of Punch-Out!!, showing off some stuff I don't think we've seen (or heard) before. For example, the updated look at Little Mac jogging behind Doc Louis as he exercises in front of the New York City skyline. Or our first listen at what Doc Louis actually sounds like, which the game's audio director Chad York says gives him more "flavor."
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Auxiliary Voice's Matthew Hittle has had an interesting ride, musically. Long before he formed the ambient post-rock band with Justin Young, he had to deal with living in a house where secular music was hard to find. Hittle recently sat down with us and talked about his first musical experiences and gave a preview of the forthcoming Auxiliary Voice debut album.
What was the first instrument that you learned to play? Well, I was saving up for a drum set when I bought my first guitar. I realized how expensive drums were gonna be. My parents were like, "We'll support you with whatever you want to play, but you're gonna have to buy your own gear." I got about $400-$500 and saw how long it was going to take to buy a drum set. But drums have always been my favorite instrument. I'm a drummer inside somewhere. The guitar is what I latched onto at about 11 or 12.
What was the guitar that you bought? It was a Mexican Fender Squire.
Oh, even better! A knock-off of a knock-off! I still had a little money to buy a few effects pedals. Me and my buddy were getting into guitar effects.
What kind of effects pedals? I got a fuzz pedal that was terrible. It was a Fab Tone. Awful. It was terrible. And a digital delay, like a DigiTech, which I still have a version of.
Can you remember the first song that you learned on guitar? Yeah! [laughs]
I'm sensing that it had power chords in it! No, no! My brother is a little older than me, so it was whatever he knew how to play. Or whatever my dad knew how to play. We were a very musical household. There was always guitars laying around. My dad was always playing something. I knew the versions he knew of songs. It was never the actually correct way of playing it. One of them was "Blackbird" by The Beatles. Which is a weird finger-picking pattern. He played it in a very simple way. My brother taught me how to play Extreme's "More Than Words." So the first two songs I learned how to play [involved] finger-picking.
First song I learned to play was The Cranberries' "Linger." "Linger"? That's awesome!
Yeah! It's only four chords, repeated. It's not like they do an inverse of anything. Anyway, what would you say was the first band that you obsessed about You want the cool response?
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I'm all about the truth. I don't care if it's cool or not, because that's why I love doing this column. It's like people fessing up that they worked at the Renaissance Festival. It was whatever my dad had around the house. [My parents] were super religious when I was younger, but they have chilled out in their older age. They threw away all their vinyls and now it makes my dad sick. I'm starting to collect vinyl for the first time. Anytime I buy this or that, he'll be like, "Oh, I could have given you so many great vinyls. I'm so sorry!" They went through that 80s stage where they got rid of all their secular records. But I found my dad's stash of tapes in the garage. It was like finding a porn stash. But it was tapes of secular music. My little stereo had a cassette player on it so I would sneak tapes in. It was Jethro Tull, Joe Cocker, and Led Zeppelin. I don't remember the albums, specifically. I can't tell which [Jethro Tull] song, but I played the shit out of that cassette.
But you remember the flute, don't you? I remember the flute! And I still love Joe Cocker. Can you remember the first show you played in front of people? It was probably at the Door, back when it was . . .
Before it was a parking lot next to Sons of Hermann Hall. Yeah, right! [laughs] That was the only place that let underage kids play a show. That's what's cool about what they do. I was in a shitty high school band trying to sound like Silverchair. I hadn't hit puberty all the way, so I was trying to push my voice to sound tough.
Were you rocking the drop D tuning? Oh yeah! I-couldn't-even-drive-to-my-own-show kind of situation. Playing that Fab Tone through a Crate tube amp that really would have had better distortion if I had just turned it up loud. It was pretty bad; I'm not gonna lie.
Justin [Young] had mentioned that Auxiliary Voice started in a church. Well, my parents were hippies-turned-pastors. It's still strange to me, but I love them. They have a little country church out in the country, where Flower Mound turns to country. My dad had this big building. If we needed somewhere to rehearse, he was like, "You're more than welcome to rehearse here." We started the writing process before we moved to Chicago in my dad's church. We were in Chicago for a few years, then came back and moved into Bishop Manor, and we've been there ever since.
What's the timetable looking like for the Auxiliary Voice record? Definitely going to be able to release a promotional-use-only copy by March and then we have to get the record designed, printed, and shop it around a bit. But we're hoping for the summer. It's technically done, except for mastering and all the legalities.
What was it like to record a choir? It was awesome. There was only four girls, but we needed a girl choir on one song and our producer got everyone to stand in a circle and then rotate musicians for another take and another take, so by the end of it, it sounded like a larger girl choir. We got as many people as we could, but still, it was only like, 10 people. We had more guys than girls, so we had to have the guys stand back to even it out.
Since Explosions in the Sky is often cited as a comparison, are you flattered or get a little defensive? No. That band and This Will Destroy You and Mono were the first bands that we heard that we dug who were instrumental. Besides the obvious Appleseed Cast and Unwed Sailor. We really latched onto those bands and realized that no one ever put vocals over the top of them. So, that was the beginning process.
You have any shows coming up? The only one that's booked is March 2nd with Weatherbox from San Diego. We just added Kristen Spencer from The Virgin Wolves [on keyboards]. She's learning all the parts that Kevin Howard wrote and recorded on the record. So she's playing catch-up, trying to get into his mind. We're really happy to have her be part of this. . . . I had a first show all prepared and you didn't bring it up.
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What was it? What was the first show that you saw? It took me a while and I had to talk to my dad to remember. When I was 11, he took me to Van Halen and it was Van Hagar, essentially.
Oh yeah! Which should not be forgotten, because a lot of people want to forget now that they're back with David Lee Roth . . . for now. It was the first time I smelled pot. My dad had to explain to me what it was. This was before he was a pastor. Do you remember anything about the show? Nah, I do remember that the drummer had a neck brace on.
Put you on the spot here. How old are you? I'm 28, so it was '95.
OK, so that was probably the Balance tour. They probably opened with "Seventh Seal," "Can't Stop Loving You." I have no recollection. I just remember being at a big show, smelling a new smell, and wondering why my mouth was dry.


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Thank you Miss Abby for letting me be a part of your special day!!
How can something so beautiful be so deadly?The jellyfish are wonderful and your students really "got it"!
I agree - definitely ethereal! Beautiful mixture of media and technique - thanks for sharing...ReplyDelete
Love these Mary.. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your Family, see you Tuesday..- Tina-ReplyDelete
Mary - I always love the results you get when your students use chalk pastels. (great shading!!) Do you spray your chalk pastels with fixative or something to set and protect, or do the kids just take them home "as is?" I always mean to ask you this and always forget.Thanks.ReplyDelete
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Teeth shift unpredictably throughout life. They always have. After teeth erupt into the mouth you'll notice that through the years and decades these teeth will not stay in the same spots. If your teeth do, you're very fortunate. Tooth position stability — even after braces — is the exception, not the rule. We wish teeth would stay straight: the way we placed them after braces or the way Mother Nature put them if you naturally have straight teeth.
Teeth shift before braces. If you get braces at 55, for example, you'll recognize that your teeth were not in the same positions in your 40s as they were in your 20s. Braces allow teeth to shift into ideal positions. And teeth — if retainers aren't worn or are lost — shift out of ideal positions after braces.
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