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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A bluegrass musician and a pediatric surgeon were among 23 of the world's most creative and original thinkers to be awarded no-strings-attached $500,000 "genius" grants this year, a U.S. charitable organization said on Monday.
Also among the 2012 MacArthur Foundation fellows are a celebrated fiction writer, a Washington Post reporter and a Boston man who makes some of the finest violin bows the modern world has ever seen.
Since the program was initiated in 1981, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has provided grants to hundreds of "fellows," with the aim of providing scientists, scholars, artists, activists and others with the means and freedom to pursue their creativity wherever it leads.
Anonymous nominators and selection committees decide who gets the grants, and recipients usually do not know they are even being considered unless they win. The grant is made over a five-year period and can be used however the winners see fit.
Each year's list of MacArthur fellows is comprised of a rich mosaic of achievement across a variety of specialized fields. Among the 2012 grant winners are:
* Fiction writer Junot Diaz, 43, whose groundbreaking novel 'The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" was described by the New York Times as "so original it can only be described as Mario Vargas Llosa meets 'Star Trek' meets David Foster Wallace meets Kanye West."
* Mexican documentary filmmaker Natalia Almada, 37, whose work, according to the foundation, captures the "complex and nuanced views of Mexican history, politics and culture in insightful and poetic works that affirm the potency of documentary film as both an art form and a tool for social change."
* Mandolinist and composer Chris Thile, 31, of New York, a groundbreaking master of bluegrass who has composed mandolin concertos, and recorded with a range of artists including cellist Yo-Yo Ma, Dolly Parton, Jack White and the band Bela Fleck.
* Astronomer and physicist Olivier Guyon, 36, who designs telescopes that "play a critical role in the search for Earth-like planets outside our solar system," according to the foundation.
* Journalist David Finkel, a Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post writer who reported from Iraq and won plaudits for his coverage of U.S. efforts to forge democracy in the most lawless corners of Yemen.
* Columbia University mathematician Maria Chudnovsky, 35, who is "investigating the fundamental principles of graph theory…and other major branches of mathematics."
* Bow maker Benoit Rolland, whose experimentation with new designs and materials to create bows for the violin, viola and cello rivals "the quality of prized nineteen century bows and meets the artistic demands of today's musicians."
* Boston Children's Hospital pediatric neurosurgeon Benjamin Warf, 54, who according to the foundation is "revolutionizing the treatment of intracranial diseases in very young children."
(Reporting By Chris Francescani; Editing by Cynthia Johnston and Todd Eastham)

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Friday, August 12, 2011
Gotta sign 'em all.
Dig a little deeper though and it starts to make some sense. Most negotiations for picks in the first round and supplemental go down to the wire. Only 24 of 60 have signed as of now. What does that fact have to do with the Nats? Their first 5 picks are loaded. They have two first rounders (Rendon and Meyer), a supplemental(Goodwin), and a 3rd rounder most see as first round talent (Purke). Looking at it that way maybe you'd expect one to be signed by now but really it's no big surprise that they remain unsigned. I'm only wondering what's going on with Kylin Turnbull. Is he waiting to see what Purke gets to use that as a starting point? Forget about it Kylin! You're not these other guys.
The Nats should come to an agreement with all these guys. Jim Bowden in long gone. I'm sure that the first 3 are just haggling out what size is the dump truck the Nats will drive to their house. Purke is the question mark. He wants first round money. If the Nats drafted him in the 3rd round to get a bargain, well that's not going to fly and they should have known that going in. They will have wasted a draft pick. Not the worst thing in the world, but never a good idea. If the Nats drafted him to get another 1st round talent, well then they should suck it up and pay him like everyone else.
It'll be a long weekend for the Nats front office trying to hammer out 5 deals. Someone send out for takeout.
3 comments:
- Rich said...
I'm not feeling too confident about Purke. My guess is that he is still demanding 6M. His dad is running the negotiations and I don't see him bowing to the realities. If Purke was healthy 6M would be no question, but we have no proof that he is or that he will be able to throw like he used to. I can't see the Nats paying more than 3.5M and I think the kid walks and tries to go #1 overall. I get the impression that they are very stubborn and a hard slotting system will not deter them...
It would be awesome to sign them all... but... - 8:43 AM
- Bonsai said...
The Lerners have shown recently they've been willing to fork over the cash, and the good returns they've seen so far from AJ Cole and Robbie Ray have to encourage them. I think they sign them all.
- Ollie said...
I believe Purke passed a physical and the Nats said they were satisfied with his shoulder/arm recovery. Granted that's the Nats medical staff we're talking about, but hey, if they're right then you can have next year's number one draft pick under contract.


text: Adapters to mount older fd mount canon lenses onto the newer eos cameras have been around for a while. There are some problems to solve. Because of the focal length, the fd lens could no longer focus to inifity and lose brightness(an f-stop). Rodolfo Novak modded his canon 55mm f1.2 fd lens for the eos mount by removing some vital parts(the attachment ring and the aperture ring). ?Now that the lens was closer, both infinite focus and the f-stop are back. He's a bit short on the details, but it becomes clear if you look at an unmodified lens. Of course, to get the focus indicator working on a digital eos like my 350d, you need to add an af lens emulator circuit. If you don't care about infinite focus, you could go a less invasive adapter.


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What is 2-way, 3-way, 4-way matching? How is this set-up?
2-way matching verifies that Purchase order and invoice information match within your tolerances as follows:
Quantity billed <= Quantity Ordered
Invoice price <= Purchase order price
(<= sign is used because of tolerances)
3-way matching verifies that the receipt and invoice information match with the quantity tolerances defined:
Quantity billed <= Quantity received
4-way matching verifies that acceptance documents and invoice information match within the quantity tolerances defined:
Quantity billed <= Quantity accepted.
(Acceptance is done at the time of Inspecting goods).
Whether a PO shipment has 2-way, 3-way or 4-way matching can be setup in the Shipment Details zone of the Enter PO form (character)
Receipt required Inspection required Matching
Yes Yes 4-way
Yes No 3-way
No No 2-way
In GUI, Shipments block, alternative region, click on More…this brings up a region with 'Invoice matching' column where you can choose 2-way, 3-way or 4-way match.
How do you reflect discount from a supplier on a Purchase orders?
The legal document is the Purchase order not the quote and therefore the purchase order should reflect agreed upon price. Secondly if the discount comes after the PO then AP should handle it when invoicing. If you are using a blanket Purchase order then you can use price breaks.
How do you change the created date on a Purchase Order?
The 'Created' date on the Purchase order is not an updateable field, due to it being a legal document once approved.
What is the sorting order for requisition lines in autocreation of a Purchase Order?
Requisition lines first meet search criteria determined by "find" screen, and then are grouped together by item and item category, then by need-by date. After you choose an action, enter any search criteria to narrow the selection
of requisition lines. Oracle Purchasing chooses requisition lines from the requisition pool that meet your search criteria. All requisition lines for the same item and item category are grouped together, but they are not necessarily
in order alphabetically. Within each grouping of item and item category, requisition lines are ordered by need-by date.
What does the error 'APP-50022: Oracle Human Resources could not retrieve a value for User Type profile option' mean?
The profile HR: User Type needs to be set. Set the profile option 'HR: User Type' at the Responsibility level
When do you see the status of a Purchase order as Archived?
You must approve or print a specific purchase order before you can see it in the history information.
In Oracle Purchasing, where is the automatic numbering for Purchase Order defined and maintained?
The navigation path for GUI is:
Setup --> Organizations --> Purchasing Options, Numbering alternate region
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Create a Website Account - Manage notification subscriptions, save form progress and more.
Abatement liens are filed when a property owner fails to take care of his/her property according to the City of Garland Code of Ordinances. This includes failure to mow, trim, clean, remove debris, repair, and such other miscellaneous work required for compliance with the local code.
If the requests in the Notice of Violation have not been completed by the due date, a contractor is hired by the City to correct the problems. Revenue Recovery mails an invoice (which includes the contractor's fees and an administrative fee of at least $225) and takes over the file for collection.
If the invoice is not paid by the due date, an abatement lien is then filed in the Deed Records of Dallas County. Filing fees are included in the lien and interest accrues on the labor cost and administrative fee of the lien. Email to payoff inquiries.
View contact information on open abatement liens.


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Successful university degree – and what now? Do you not yet want to leave the academic atmosphere a university offers?
How about pursuing doctoral studies at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering? With over 60 chairs in various fields we will certainly be able to awaken your interest in academic work and independent research.
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Make sure you fulfill the prerequisites for doctoral candidates:
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Silab has combined the fruits of coriander and sweet orange in a cosmetic ingredient to reduce hard cellulite. Affiness (INCI: Not Provided) is said to slim the body by reducing bulk storage of lipid droplets in the adipocytes. According to the company, cellulite can be caused by the bulk storage of lipids in adipocytes, or by a slowing of lipolysis activity, which reduces the elimination of lipids stored in the adipose cells.
This active is designed to address cellulite and lipid storage through two mechanisms. First, the active activates lipolysis, favoring the elimination of fats stored in the adipose cells. Then, the active reportedly reduces lipid transport and storage by inhibiting the synthesis of fatty acid transport protein-4 and caveolin-1 proteins, limiting the internalization and metabolism of new fatty acids in the adipocytes.
Treatment with the active is said to result in improved skin tone, the elimination of dimpling and a remodeled silhouette. It is recommended for slimming and anticellulite body care products.


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Bill Barnes tweeted a… tweet twat that gave me the idea for this comic.
billba Super annoying because there are 1680 & 1920 15″ screens out there. 1440 isn't very "Pro" to we graphics professionals.
He has a point. Another point is that after seeing the new Macbooks/ Macbooks Pro I hate my 1st gen Macbook Pro and want a new one. Another another point is that it will always be this way because Apple is in the business of constantly one upping themselves hardware-wise in terms of performance and coolness. That's just the nature of the brushed aluminum beast.
I will say that I really do prefer my matte screen to the glassy shiny ones. I will most likely buy another Apple laptop between now and the end of time, so I guess I'll have to adapt.
The fervor that Apple invokes from it's flock (myself included) tends to make one feel guilty when criticizing their products. As if I somehow don't have the right to dislike a choice they've made. That's class-A zombification there. It makes me joyfully sad to admit that.
There's going to be a part 2 to this comic on Friday. We'll see where the nice men in black turtle necks take Joel and what they do to him there. Should be fun.


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Indian Motorcycle Announces Contest To Celebrate America's Local Heroes
Indian Motorcycle, America's first
motorcycle company, announced their "Two-Wheel Salute for a
Hometown Hero," a contest that encourages community members across
the nation to nominate their local heroes to salute their heroism
and possibly garner nationwide recognition. Indian Motorcycle will
honor the three selected finalists with a one-year VIP loan of one
of the all-new cruiser motorcycle
Indian Motorcycle recognizes that many local heroes go unsung. In
response, the company is aggressively seeking stories of those
heroic men and women across the country who are passionate about
helping others in their communities -- and passionate about
motorcycles and motorcycle riding. Three hometown heroes will be
selected and offered a VIP loan of an Indian Chief Classic, Chief
Vintage or Chieftain for a year. Should their nominee be selected,
the person nominating that local hero will also be recognized with
a $1,000 cash prize.
"We see reports of heroes in the news every day, yet in today's
fast paced hectic world we don't often take the time to fully
recognize these selfless and heroic acts," said Rod Krois,
Marketing Director for Indian Motorcycle. "We wanted to find a way
to celebrate those local heroes who have directly impacted their
communities in a positive and meaningful way. It's a nod to the
brave men and women of our military, fire and police departments,
as well as teachers and those in other service positions whose
heroic work demonstrates their passion for others and represents
the best in their communities. All of us at Indian Motorcycle are
honored to play a role in thanking them for their heroism."
Nominations will be accepted via an
online form on the Indian Motorcycle website and must include a
short description of why a particular individual deserves to be
recognized with a one-year VIP loan of an Indian Chief. Nominees
must be at least eighteen years old, and those selected must have
an existing motorcycle license. Entries will be judged on; the
quality of content relating to why the nominee is a hometown hero,
creativity and clarity in storytelling, passion showed of
motorcycling and the motorcycle culture, and proper spelling and
grammar of the entry. For official contest and entry rules please
visit the Indian
Motorcycle website.
About Indian Motorcycle
Indian Motorcycle, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Polaris Industries Inc. (NYSE: PII), is America's first motorcycle company. Founded in 1901, Indian Motorcycle has won the hearts of motorcyclists around the world and earned distinction as one of America's most legendary and iconic brands through unrivaled racing dominance, engineering prowess and countless innovations and industry firsts. Today that heritage and passion is reignited under new brand stewardship. To learn more, please visit www.indianmotorcycle.com.
About Polaris Industries
Polaris is a recognized leader in the powersports industry with annual 2012 sales of $3.2 billion. Polaris designs, engineers, manufactures and markets innovative, high quality off-road vehicles, including all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and the Polaris RANGER® and RZR® side-by-side vehicles, snowmobiles, motorcycles and small vehicles.
Polaris is among the global sales leaders for both snowmobiles and off-road vehicles and has established a presence in the heavyweight cruiser and touring motorcycle market with the Victory and Indian Motorcycle brands. Additionally, Polaris continues to invest in the global on-road small vehicle industry with Global Electric Motorcars (GEM), Goupil Industrie SA, Aixam Mega S.A.S., and internally developed vehicles. Polaris enhances the riding experience with a complete line of Polaris and KLIM branded apparel and Polaris accessories and parts.
Polaris Industries Inc. trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "PII", and the Company is included in the S&P Mid-Cap 400 stock price index.
Information about the complete line of Polaris products, apparel and vehicle accessories are available from authorized Polaris dealers or anytime at www.polaris.com.
Source: Indian Motorcycle


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Movie Play, Script Writing Community
Movie Play is simple to understand: you can create a page for a movie script and then the internet community can write things to that script.
Start directly: You have an idea for a movie: To create a community page for your movie idea write a "working title" for your script into the search field, then search, a page will tell you that the page you searched does not exist of course, then click create page, read the text that appears. enter your idea and don't forget to save.
Movie Play is script writing on movie scripts where everybody can write something. By submitting an idea you admit that everybody can use it in every form. You are welcome as an author: Click Edit in the top right corner of any script and contribute your ideas. If you want to work more with this site read: How to use Movie Play. Keep copies of what you write also on your computer.
The Page:
Scriptwriting Community, Movie Play Home
All Scripts
How to use Movie Play
How to write a movie script
After saving whatever you wrote you will be asked to type "go" into a text field as a captcha and then save again. You give your ideas completely to the scriptwriters community here. In turn: Every script idea you see on this page is yours to use in any way and also sell the product you make from it.
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Genuine OEM BMW M3 E9X DCT steering wheel core professionally remanufactured in genuine carbon fiber & nappa leather. Just the wheel rim with cutouts for DCT gear shift paddles.
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While everyone is still busily running old content to gather their armor for Transmogrification purposes, I'd like to gather a list of all the resources I've seen over the last couple of weeks for finding your perfect look.
Firstly, my own posts on leather gear (might as well start with myself):
- The twelve Druid tier sets and their recoloured look-alike sets
- Other leather dungeon and raid sets
- PvP sets
- Crafted by leatherworkers
- Uncommon (green) sets
I'm not planning on adding to this series, although if anyone has suggestions for additional info they'd like or improvements to the existing posts, please let me know, I'd love feedback!
Update 23/9: There has been a blue post detailing the current list of rules for Transmogrification.
Perculia of the Wowhead blog has put together an impressive series of posts about Transmogrification for all armor types including:
Here are some other great resources from around the community:
- Harpy's Nest has a list of the nicest looking staves (staffs?) in the game.
- Jod's Blog has put together an awesome post that helps your troll to look like a troll! There's one for each class.
- Disciplinary Action's extensive list of Cloth armor sets. My goodness, there's a lot of information there.
- Disenchanting Azeroth has been looking at weapon and shield models.
- Visual Roleplay Gear List is the site of the moment - an impressive range of armor sets for every class and armor type.
- A brand new site, World of Wardrobes, is listing lots of different sets for all armor types.
- Kamalia et alia is always fashionable, as is Kirina's Closet. Pay them both a visit for great roleplaying set ideas!
- Cassandri gives some tips on what makes a "set" for mogging purposes at Hots & Dots.
- The Wowhead blog also has a great post about item sets worn by NPCs - great for inspiration, as long as your armor type matches!
- Wowpedia's list of Tier look-alike sets, for all armor types.
If you know of any other great gear related resources, please share them!


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I just got an iCade -- it is technically for an Apple iPad, but it is basically a generic bluetooth keyboard arcade controller.
It's great! But once I paired it with my laptop as a bluetooth keyboard for testing, I discovered something odd that does not bode well for using the iCade with MAME. All inputs show up as two (and only two) keypresses – one key when pushed down, and another key when released. Like so:
↑ w, e ← a, q → d, c ↓ x, z
(1 red) y, t (2 blk) u, f (3 blk) i, m (4 wht) o, g (5 red) h, r (6 blk) j, n (7 blk) k, p (8 wht) l, v
Most MAME emulators expect standard keyboard behavior. That is, when you are pressing left you hold down left the entire duration of the movement.
This isn't a big deal for the buttons -- buttons are instant activate so if I pressed y on my keyboard that is the same as, say, pressing fire in Galaxian.
But it makes the joystick a non starter since the keyboard key is not "held down" -- that is, when I use the joystick and press ← one a is sent.. ever. But when I stop holding down ← q is sent.
How can I configure MAME or other emulators to work with the iCade joystick and its peculiar keyboard interface? Is there any way to create a MAME config file that will work with the iCade?


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Monday, November 30, 2009
Rinse November
Last week was epic . Monday our first Rinse FM station meeting, Tuesday rolling Clapton deep with LV on a photoshoot, Saturday Hyperdub 5 party which was too much fun, then rolling home double nightbus style with the LHF clan.
Then we rolled up on Rinse. Less talk, more dubs!
DOWNLOAD it here.
**Dusk + Blackdown Rinse FM November 09**
Wiley "Take That" (unreleased)
Roska "Climate Change remix" (unreleased)
Ozzie B "Remix Ting ft Lethal B, Double S, JME, Frisco..." (unreleased)
DVA "Someone is Knocking" (unreleased)
Hackman "Surround 2" (unreleased)
J Kenzo: Conqueror (forthcoming 2nd Drop)
Littlefoot + Spamchop "Mansfield road" (unreleased)
VVV "Blackbox" (unreleased)
VVV "???" (unreleased)
TRG "Groove Control" (unreleased)
Skream ft Jasimine Sulivan "Give U Everything" (unreleased)
Bias and Cole "Rampwidem" (unreleased)
Dom "Mr Fantastic" (unreleased)
Planas "Agbekor" (unreleased)
Dusk "Fraction" (dubplate)
**LHF Showcase pt 3**
LHF "Deep Life" (unreleased)
LHF "Steelz" (unreleased)
LHF "???" (unreleased)
LHF "???" (unreleased)
LHF "???" (unreleased)
Asusu "Small Hours" (Project Squared)
Skream "Sweetz (2005 flex)" (forthcoming Keysound)
Planas "Kutumba" (unreleased)
Terror Danjah "Bipolar" (forthcoming Butterz)
VVV "1120" (unreleased)
Terror Danjah "Creepy Crawler VIP" (unreleased)
Desto "Like Magic" (unreleased)
Trim "Trim Again" (Monkey Features vol1)
Reso "Hyperglide" (unreleased)
Dot Rotten "I'm Not Stopping" (unreleased)
Starkey "Beatingz" (unreleased)
Dot Rotten "No One Knows" (unreleased)
SRC "Tatanga's Kingdom" (unreleased)
Jam City "In the Park" (unreleased)
Endgames "Ecstacy (Jam City remix)" (unreleased)
Jam City "Island" (unreleased)
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Wot do u call it: future garage?
Blackdown: So for those people who don't know you, can you introduce yourself: who are you, what music are you into, how long have you been DJing, where do you DJ, what label do you run...?
Whistla: I'm Whistla I run Sub.FM (under the alias Atari-420), I run L2S Recordings, the Future Garage Forum and Future Garage Facebook Page. I've been DJing properly since 97, and have been producing for the same length of time. I got into music from raving to hardcore back in the early 90's and as I got older decided to start producing and DJing for myself, rather than just being a listener/raver. I first got into radio by playing on pirate station Addiction FM, which I then started to assist in the management of until it folded.
I then moved to Eruption FM and moved away from hardcore and into the early breaks and growing garage scenes. I guess my "progress" through music has been pretty "nuum-ish" except that I never did the dnb thing, I went from hardcore to garage & breaks, d&b was always a little too fast for my taste. In 2000 I went on a long travelling spree and went all over Asia and lived in Australia for a while. Once I got back, I got straight back into doing the music thing, this was the very early Forward days, I was playing in various places that had fluid music policies, where i would play dark garage, some breaks, and some classics.
It was at this time I started Sub.FM, I had always wanted to do an internet pirate ever since the early broadcasts that Interface did. Once I started the station, the ball really started to roll, and dubstep became the name for what I was playing, and the growth of the station spurred me on in my own productions and I guess that takes us up to where I am now. You can hear me playing every two months at my residency @ Superdubpressure in Brighton, I also regularly play all over London and the UK, you can catch me @ the next Woofer Attack, and also on my European tour to Vienna and Kiev this December.
B: I've suggested this interview to talk about the term 'future garage' that you coined a while back as a "movement more so than a genre" designed so "garage can have a future" (rather than futurist garage per se). That term has gained some traction recently, can you give me a little background to it? What lead you to head in this direction?
W: Well I think the realisation that what i wanted to make and play wasn't "dubstep" anymore came when I would be at a night and I wasn't vibing like I was before. That led me to think about what I did want; skittery hats, and swing, and shuffle, and drums! And not just bass, though of course bass is still very important!
For me, at least, the word dubstep has come to mean a different type of music to what it meant to me personally in the beginning, which is fine, words and there meanings change all the time. But it did leave a void "so what shall I call this stuff i'm playing?". So I just started saying various different names, these included "Psychedelic Garage" "Detroit 2 Step" etc .. but the one that seems to have resonated with people is future garage, in this way I think its a name that "chose itself".
I also think that "post-dubstep" trying to make one sweeping name to describe various different aestetics is a bit dangerous, I also think the idea of "pushing" a genre name is misguided (this happened loads with dubstep ie. "let's push the sound", of which I admit I was also guilty of). I think "pushing" a sound in that way actually leads to formulaic productions as people rush to make new tunes and "become part of it". The name future garage has appeared as an attempt to help describe the music rather than to market it persay.
In this respect I think future garage isnt really a genre at all, its not a final destination like dubstep was, instead I see Future Garage as a collection of DJ's and producers that share a vision of what garage can and should be, but who all have different visions at the same time. Future garage is like a moment in time, its garage not reborn, but garage re-envisioned. Who knows what will come from it, but its not an end stop, future garage is just the beginning of a new generation using the best bits of garage along with there own aestetics, creating lots of new musical avenues to explore.
B: So, why now?
W: Well I think its happened now due to the general ill fitting "dubstep" tag for a lot of the garage influenced producers who were/are working under the umbrella term "dubstep". I know that dubstep doesnt really fit for me anymore, and the same is true for a lot of people. A new way to describe the music was needed.
B: What labels, artists and DJs should people be looking for in this vein?
W: Some of my fav labels are: L2S Recordings, Night Audio, Bass Machine Music, Furioso, Frisjfo Beats, Smokin Sessions, some of the latest bits on Keysound are big too!
Some producers and djs I'd say to look out for are: Submerse, Littlefoot, Clueless, M2J, Monz, Dawntreader, Erra, Touch, Sines, Demos, Dom, VVV, ReSketch, Synkro, KingThing, Fused Forces, Sully, Sclist, Kanvas, Pangaea, Dokument, Cosmic Revenge, Point B oh and me ;)
B: And Dusk + Blackdown ffs! :) But moving on... you've made a Future Garage Facebook page and now a Forum, which seemed to have helped to bring interested parties together for discussion and debate. Was that the intention?
W: Yes, exactly. There was nowhere for people to go to get info and to communicate with each other, threads on dsf would get lost in amongst the sea of threads that go up there and often go completely unnoticed. I started the Facebook page to try and gauge if a forum would be worth doing, and the response was a resounding yes, so I launched the forum and its been going from strength to strength. It reminds me a lot of the early days of Dubstep Forum.
B: Lots of those interested parties have been through and come out of the dubstep scene. There's lots of different areas of creativity that are being explored by people like this, be that the hyperdub/wonky/synth/hip hop stuff, grime, UK house and funky as well as classic 2step/uk garage styles. Are you open to cross pollonation and interaction with other scene or is the future garage a distinct direction in itself?
W: I think the cross pollonation is what makes future garage what it is. It's something that blends lots of influences from lots of places, but puts it into a garage framework. Thats what makes it future garage, cross pollination within a garage framework. To this end I have been contacted by various producers from other scenes interested in doing future garage releases, one that I'm particularly looking forward to getting released is traditional UKG producer Duncan Powell's forthcoming EP on L2S "Came Into View EP".
B: You've talked a little on the Future Garage forum about your concerns around just the using the term "garage", primarily that "So Solid and the like destroyed any hope of 2step being accepted again in any really serious sense". I mention this because was at FWD>> a few sundays ago for Joy Orbison, a house-influenced artist in a dubstep club, and he'd attracted quite a following, much younger and more student-y than the usual FWD>> crowd. Spyro was on before and dropped Wiley's "Eskimo" and So Solid's "Dilemma" - and like much of his set, these total anthems got air. Which makes me think that to lots of people, there's so much water under the bridge that "garage" might not be a dirty word anymore. What do you think on this point?
W: I think that your right, to a younger crowd the "garage" word isnt so much of a swear word, but it does however have a different connotation of being "mum's music" ie. 18 year olds now, there parents probably listen to old EZ mixes in the car etc... This then becomes the other problem with it just being simply "garage". And to me it really isnt just plain "garage", there are no straight rnb rip offs (the staple of what I call traditional garage) and the whole approach is totally different, its not music designed to get dressed up in shoes and shirt for, its music to dance all night too, too take the dance somewhere new and exciting, rather than music to lear at girls to.
The 2step tag equally has similar problems, but these are more to do with noterirty rather than simply "meh garage, posh birds and moody fellas". With 2 step people like So Solid etc engendered an image that was so alien to a lot of the garage faithful, that they lost faith completely, and in most instances went completely over to house. I wouldn't want to use a name that has such a chequered meaning to so many people. And anyway to say all future garage is 2step would be incorrect.
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B: The elephant in the future garage room for me is that you can very effectively argue that UK funky is future garage, or certainly UKG mark II. For me any move to revive garage ideas should do its best to work with the energy and ideas of the funky scene, as it has grass roots support in London and tons of momentum. But I sense you're not so keen, what's your feeling on if or how future garage and funky could interact?
W: Yeah your right, I'm very uncomfortable with UK Funky. I don't particularly like the idea of UKG pt2 and I can see the same patterns repeating already that happened back with UKG pt1, the dress codes, the mc's, the "cheesey crossovers", except that its all happened in a year and a half, rather than over 5 yrs. I do however really like the fact that there is UK Funky, as it "leaves us alone" to build our thing without "scensters" trying to jump on it. I guess if pushed to make UK Funky and future garage interact I would have UK Funky in one room and future garage in another. Thats how I would envision it.
I personally dont hear UK funky as being very "garagey." I dont often hear the "swing" and even less "the shuffle", plus tropical beats and soca patterns have never really been my thing. Most UK funky I've ever heard has been either very housey or too broken beat for my taste. I actually hear a stronger Acid House era influence to a lot of UK Funky than a garage one. Future Garage has that indescribable something that I want from tunes, funky hasn't given me that. And trying to "cash in" on the success of another scene also seems slightly wrong, I'd rather future garage do its own thing, on its own terms.
B: While after the wonky debacle, which wasn't intended as a genre name but quickly nobody noticed that detail anymore, I appreciate I shouldnt talk about names too much but I have a concern about the use of the word "future" and how it will be seen, despite your best intentions now. Futurism is a school of thought in itself and to me is one that has been over-used in a musical context. It's also a prophecy that doesn't fullfill itself: you can't be the future forever and eventually you will look and sound dated, just, for example, as (the wonderful) records from 80s Detroit now do. Also it doesnt seem accurate in this case: going back to garage is less 'future' more 'past' or 'present'. What's your thinking on this?
W: Like we have already said, I see this as a movement, not a genre. It's an easy way to find out about a lot of new music that currently has a shared aestetic and complimentary sound. To me saying "future" implies newness and a contemporary approach, and yes the term might sound dated possibly in 10 yrs time, but I am sure that by then everyone you associate with future garage will have been termed something else by someone anyway. Thats the nature of dance music, esp dance music that is made by producers that try to keep moving and progressing in there sounds. Future garage is a movement, taking garage to new places.
Once garage has been given a new future (outside of Time and Envy and one off events thrown by EZ @ the O2) we will be "in the future" once this is the case who knows what we will be calling it? I dont think people should form attachments to names, look what heartache that caused to people that had invested so much emotional attachment to the word "dubstep". The word just lets you know what your getting.
Once its no longer relevant then fine use something else, that is the stage dubstep reached, it stopped being a useful descriptor, and the name we are using instead is future garage, at some point in the future sure people might start calling there stuff something else, but man come on lets not worry about the unknowable, just enjoy the music, as its the music that will live forever and is what truely matters, the name just helps people find there way thru the map of dance.
I wouldnt say people are particularly going "back to garage" either as most future garage producers werent even around for garage the first time round, they are building based on a whole different framework. That is what is so refreshing. Its going forward with all the best of the past as its bed-rock, its not a retro trip, or some kind of nostalgia buzz, its a whole new thing.
United Vibes 10 Year Anniversary
Recently United Vibes - aka Vibezin and Amen-Ra (LHF) - put together a series of mixes to celebrate 10 years in the game and truth be told they caught me off guard. Not only are they insanely well mixed and selected but they catch so well the spirit of garage that's in the air right now. They sent me reeling, reminded just how wonderfully weird and abstract the warm house n r&b mutation that garage is can be. They also sent me scuttling off to Discogs.com to locate new-to-me white labels, especially from the man like Steve Gurley. So here they are. Enjoy!
UNITED VIBES 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY MIX PART 1: 97-99 2-Step
"Big up all original garage pirates, special dedication."
Download it here
Skykap- "Ride (U want a ride pt II)
Allstars- "What about us"
??-?? (Emitta Sounds)
MJ Cole- "Shadows" (Ray Hurley Remix)
Slide Bros- "2-step Lover"
Sovereign- "Rely"
Abstrac- "Love Devotion" (Zouk Mix)
David Howard- "Time"
Mr Reds- "Honey"
??-?? (Confetti Records)
Madflex- "Feelings"
Chris Mac- "Alright"
Chris Mac- "Plenty More"
Groove Chronicles- "Hold On"
Anthill Mob- "Give Me"
Skykap- "Endorphins"
Hi Times- "Time Will Show Pt. II"
US Alliance- "All I know" (Da Grunge Mix)
D.E.A- "Can't U See"
Chris Mac- "Set It Off"
D.E.A- "Rush"
Chris Mac- "Rhythm"
KMA- "Kaotic Madness"
KMA- "Cape Fear" (Crush Groove Remix)
Groove Chronicles- "Stone Cold"
Myron- "Get Down" (Groove Chronicles Remix)
"Part 2 of the series. Soulful, dark, fun ,street, twisted 2-step from the turn of the millenium. Essential for all who are diggin for the roots. The celebrations are well under way. Enjoy!"
Download it here
Pharoah Monch- "The Light" (Zed Bias Dub Instrumental mix)
Zed Bias- ?? (Contraband Vol. 2)
Seven Wonders- "Crazy"
??- "Realise" (Strictly Dubz)
Beat forensics- "Feel It"
Chris Mac- "Baby Gonna Rock This" (2-step dub)
Zed Bias-"Touch Me"
??- "Give It To Me"
??- "Wait"
Vincent J Alvis- "Bode Killin" (M Dubs Remix)
Blaze and Glory- "Space Funk"
El-B- "Take You There"
United Grooves Collective- "I'm Glad You came To Me" (Steve Gurley
EZ- "Rockin"
Wookie- "365"
Tubby- "Don't You Know"
Hutchy B- "Can U Give Me"
Jameson- "Slow Jam"
Steve Gurley- "Power"
Nu Birth- "Anytime" (Groove Chronicles Remix)
Groove Chronicles- "Music" (Dub Mix)
Mad Skills- "Big Up"
Beat Forensics- "We can Do It"
??- "Funkular"
Mariah Carey- "Loverboy" (MJ Cole London Dub)
"We salute the underground"
Download it here
Abstract- "Swing"
Horsepower- "Triple 7"
Phuturistix- "@ Random"
Roxy vs El-B- "Breakbeat Science"
El-B + Roxy- "Passage Of Time"
Horsepower- "Djangos Revenge"
Horsepower- "Rude Boyz"
Blaze- "De Witch"
Nude vs El-B- "South West"
Singing Melody- "If U Like It" (EL-B Remix)
Londons Unique 3- "Dread"
Horsepower - What We Do (Remix)
Horsepower - When You Hold Me
El-B feat. Juiceman - Buck & Bury (Original Mix)
Horsepower- "Hand Of Death"
Alexis P Suter- "All Night Long" (Nude Remix)
Nude- "Picture Dis"
Zinc- "Tonka" (Menta Remix)
Benga and Skream- "The Judgement"
Artwork- "Round Sound"
Hatcha- "Bashment"
Groove Chronicles- "Black Puppet"
Horsepower- "To The Beat Y'all"
Nude- "Wake Up"
Daluq- "Oriental Express"
HMP feat. MC Marshall- "Rolling Touch"
Menta- "Havoc"
Darqwan- "Nocturnal"
El-B- "Assasin"
Horsepower- "Special 131"
Alley Cats- "Cover Me"
Kings of Tomorrow- "Finally" (J Da Flex Remix)
Part 4 a 4x4 mix soon come!
Sunday, November 22, 2009
LDN015 Sully
LDN015 Sully "The Loot remix/In Some Pattern". Forthcoming Keysound 2009. Swiiiiiiiiiing!
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Grievous Angel mix
Mr Grievous supplies a very tasty new mix to mark the arrival of this on Monday...
Dusk + Blackdown v Grievous Angel "Margins Music Redux" [Keysound] in shops Monday 23rd of November and Sully 12 "The Loot remix/In Some Pattern" due soon. Meanwhile over at Fact Mag, I've let a little off about Keysound 16 (Skream lost dubs) and 17 (LV EP). Can't wait for Keysound 18 neither!
Download Grievous Angel's new mix here.
0:00 Intro
0:09 MF Grimm / DJ Premier - International Rules
2:04 The Streets - Lets push things forward (Roll Deep Remix)
4:50 DJ Premier / Gangstarr: Mass Appeal (instrumental)
5:05 Blackdown: Beta
7:50 Joe: Rut
13:30 Untold & D Franklin: Beacon
14:30 Prince: Soft and Wet (screwed and chopped)
16:09 Pearson Sound: Gambetta
18:08 D'Angelo: One Mo Gin
22:21 Shortstuff: A Rustling
25:33 Prince: Black Sweat (Grievous Angel Refix)
27:45 Musical Mob: Pulse X
27:45 Blackdown: Defocused
28:56 Big$hot: Glitch
30:57 Ends
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Roll Deep Street Anthems
My Pitchfork review of Roll Deep Street Anthems, arguably one of the most important grime CDs of all time. Plus, Eskimo vocal and vocal remix finally get a release. Fyah!!!
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Within the general dubstep-grime-funky space, this year has been one of shifting sands and moving boundaries, with much of the change catalysed by house and funky. Exciting takes on these elements have come of late from Kowton, Joy Orbison and Jam City, while Mosca seems to be getting a lot of attention, and that doesn't even mention many of the flagship funky producers like Cooly G, Crazy Cousins, Roska and co.
As the sands shifted this year, a new artist crept into Dusk and my Rinse FM sets, Hackman, that had a great take on at 130bpm tempo. Like the best of funky, it seems to zig zag between polar opposites rather than choosing one extreme to pursue. Hackman's sound is characterised by warm analog sub bass and asymmetric percussion layered over a 4x4 base. But there's an abundance of interesting groove and warm bass in the 130ish/funky spectrum: what makes Hackman's sound stand out from the crowd is a great propensity for saccharine sweet melodies that contrast with the dark sub and scattered drums. These melodies seem to echo MJ Cole's turn of the millennium 2step productions, with lush touches despite a tuff club exoskeleton.
So with one of his tracks now signed to a Fabric compilation, here's an interview and exclusive mix.
Hackman mix for Blackdown: download it HERE.
Hackman "Blacksnake" (Dub)
Hackman "Feel It" (Dub)
Hackman "Multicultural" (Shifting Peaks Recordings)
Hackman "Funky Tune" (Dub)
Hackman "Always the Same" (Shifting Peaks Recordings)
Hackman "Dusk" (Dub)
Rio Rhythm Band "Carnival Da Cassa (Hackman Remix)" (Dub)
Hackman "Illusionz" (Studio Rockers)
Hackman "Pistol in Your Pocket" (Fabric)
Silkie "The Horizon (Hackman Remix)"(Dub)
Hackman & Bluto "Untitled" (Dub)
Hackman interview
Blackdown: To start at the top, can you tell me a bit about who you are, where you're from…?
Hackmann: I'm from a small village I doubt anyone would have heard of in the south west countryside. Music has been a prominent part of my life since a very early age where my parents forced me (though I'm now grateful) to play the piano and violin. From that I've had a very classical upbringing, being in involved in school orchestras and concerts. After finishing school, I'm now at Leeds College of Music, doing a 3 year production course.
B: Tell me about the totally mental animated gif you use on your Dubstep Forum signature? It seems to perfectly reflect the melodic technicolour in your sound. Tell me you'll use it on any future label art!
H: Ha, found it by chance on someone's MySpace, can't remember who and nicked it, though its from some big American hip hop artists music video I'm now told, like Xzibit or someone, so don't think that's possible for label art! Would definitely take some inspiration from it.
B: How long have you been producing for and what made you start?
H: For about 2 and a half years. I used to listen to a lot of d&b, and got my first laptop around the same time, which came with Garageband. Tried to make a few tracks on there, which were pretty shit, but luckily my dad got Logic 6 near the same time so was able to start using that. Soon after that a mate introduced me to midnight request line and was hard on the production ever since then.
B: You produce dubstep and funky, when did funky begin to inspire you and how do you decide which style to approach?
H: Its funny, always used to walk out for an extended smoke during Kode 9 sets at DMZ or exodus when he'd start playing funky. Properly started to get into it about April time, when I heard Roska's two EPs, Elevated levels and Climate change. Since then, haven't made a dubstep tune, except for a colab or two with mates, mainly because it doesn't interest me anymore, and the stuff that still does is all this future garage business, especially all the Blunted Robots stuff.
B: Your funky is what has really grabbed Dusk and I this year for our Rinse show, can you tell me how you approach it?
H: I usually just sit down at the computer with no real idea of what I'm going to do. I always start with the beats, and usually aim to get a solid catchy melody over some, in my opinion, nice chord progressions. Then I usually finish with the bass, as well as additional percussion or samples.
B: You seem to have a great balance between clean melodies and ruff sub bass that reminds me of MJ Cole, what's the inspiration behind this approach?
H: Probably a lot of MJ Cole, as well as all the old skool 2 step stuff, I think that's the best music around, just wish I'd been old enough to go out to those nights!
B: You also have a great approach to percussion, using great off kilter/asymmetrical patterns in the bars: what's your thinking on this?
H: I think the rhythms the most important element of a track, I always like to be able to groove to my beats without any other parts playing. Usually put a lot of syncopation to get that swing in, but a lot of it is trial and error
B: One of your tracks has been signed or licensed by Fabric (since announced by Fact Magazine, how did that come about?
H: Through posting my tracks up on Dubstep Forum, they'd been keeping an eye on my MySpace, then when I put up "Pistol in Your Pocket" they sent me a message, was very happy!
B: Where would you like to get to in your musical career, in the near future?
H: Would really like to be at the stage where I'm trading dubs with all my favorite producers and be at the point where I don't have to get a day job.
Friday, November 06, 2009
Pitchfork End of Year 2009
My Pitchfork End of Year round up 2009 for funky, grime, wonky (I didn't use the word, they added it in, honest) and dubstep.
I wasnt able to use it in full in the piece in the end but the guys at UKRecordshop.com, were cool enough to help with this...
ukrecordshop.com top selling grime mixtapes of 2009
01 Skepta - Microphone Champion
02 Tinchy Stryder - Catch 22
03 Wiley - Race Against Time
04 Chipmunk - I Am Chipmunk
05 Bashy - Catch Me If You Can
06 Durrty Goodz - Ultra Sound
07 Big H - Street Crime UK
08 Newham Generals - Generally Speaking
09 P Money - Money Over Everyone
10 Roadside Gees - Nightmare On Elmz Street
It makes interesting reading. I know Trim capped his pressing size and Aim High 4 & Roll Deep Street Anthems are only just out, but Roadside Gees, Big H (Sick Boy I see ya!) and Bashy are interesting additions in a top grime 10 of 2009!
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Happy Birthday: I am 5
Five years ago today I started this blog. It was an accident of sorts: I was curious how hard it would be to register for one. Answer: not very. Liberated to write about whatever I felt strongly, I quickly grew to love blogging... and so here we are.
Over the years I've published a bunch of interviews with Dizzee Rascal, Skream, Burial, Burial again in depth, Shackleton, Trim, Skepta, Grievous Angel, Appleblim, Spyro, Mala n Loefah, Loefah, Loefah and Kryptic Minds, Silkie, Newham Generals, DVA, Dot Rotten, Marcus NASTY and Zomby's parrot.
I've documented my trips to Tokyo, NYC once, NYC twice, LDN by night, LDN by Nico Hogg's bike, Southall and China (imagined).
Some of my favourite posts include the What do you call it: funky? with Supa D, Soulja and Gee, *ahem* wonky, where is dubstep, and Trim's flow.
So, as it's traditional to give presents on birthdays, I've got a little something to share: an exclusive vintage mix CD by Hatcha from the foundational days in high quality.
· Download the Hatcha 2002 mix CD: here.
UPDATE: Skream's worked out a tracklist!
Skream and Benga - The Judgment
Benga - Star Wars
Skream - ?
Skream - Dubsteppa
Macarbre Unit - Its All About
Benga - Skank
Benga - Skank VIP
Jameson - Switch
Skream N Benga - WAR BOOTLEG
Dubchild - Roll That,Light It,Smoke It
Benga - The Virus
Skream - The Bug
Menta - Jacknife
Jammin - Tonka - Menta Remix
Benga - Full Cycle
Benni Ill Vs Hatcha - Highland Spring
Skream - Futures Dark
Skream - CapeFear
In the earliest days of dubstep the scene really was a tiny collective, with perhaps no more than 50 or so interested participants. In those times the way music got distributed (long before broadband), was by the passing of CDs, often down at Forward>> and this promo mix CD by Hatcha is one of several he gave out. I have two or three (including the 2005 "Practice Hours" one) and I bet even more exist. They're unique records in the development of dubstep, not least because more than anyone ever has and perhaps ever will, Hatcha singularly had more influence over what dubstep was and has now become.
The hardest part is dating it. My educated guess is 2002 or failing that late 2001. You can date stamp it by book-ending it with producers it doesn't feature. At one end you have no Ghost, Zed Bias or warm garagey beats, so that rules out 2000 and early 2001. On the other hand there's no Mala, no Loefah or coki, so that rules out 2003 when "Pathwayz" and a whole host of DMZ other beats began to emerge through his sets. And it's long before he began blew up Scuba, Distance and Caspa by playing their new dubs. There's even a little bit of 8bar grime, from Jon E Cash and Soulo (aka Jameson), which was never a huge feature of Hatcha's sets, though it popped up from time to time.
(To go off on a tangent, this CD is from even before Rinse embraced dubstep but I remember one time a few years later listening to Hatcha on Rinse only to hear him drop a mashup of Danny Weed and Cage's "Creeper" and a Whitney Houston accapella! It was awesome but it stuck in my mind as so out of character, as his sets were 90% exclusive dubstep dubs.)
What this CD does have is shed loads of Benga and Skream plus a little Artwork/Menta and Horsepower. The first time I recall hearing of Benga and Skream is when Hatcha boasted he had two new protégés while in the coat queue for the Maddslinky album launch party at 2002. It was memorable because in those times dubstep (though it wasn't really named yet) couldn't get into clubs like Cargo. It seems unimaginable now that Skream's remix of La Roux is a chart anthem and Benga is producing for Eve but it's true - and that state of affairs persisted for years, really up until DMZ proved you could successfully do dubstep clubs on a large scale.
So let's say this is 2002. What you do hear is a snapshot of the early Benga and Skream sound. In many ways it was this just a little of a broad body of work - they were prolific writers, with literally thousands of tracks made between them, many now lost due to hard drive crashes and PC viruses - that transitioned dubstep from the dark swung garage of El-B, Horsepower and Zed Bias to the mid era of Loefah, Mala, Coki, Kode9, and of course Skream & Benga themselves.
You can hear the differences. On one hand gone is the housey warmth and r&b soul that El-B scattered in his bassy tracks to create a potent sweet/sour mix. Equally this is before Mala brought this bright spectrum of technicolour to dubstep with expansive, visionary tracks like "Neverland" and "Forgive" (compare Skream's sound here to his 2005 promo mix, where he admits Digital Mystikz gave him a kick up the arse). It's also before Loefah popularised the halfstep beat: the structures here are all 2steppy, with snares on the 2 and 4. (Interestingly, I've since noticed that DJ Abstract's early classic "Touch" is sorta halfstep, with snares on the 3 and 4, though it never caught on at the time).
What you see in Skream, Benga and also Plastician's sound of the time is a vision that's dark, clipped, minimal and grime-inspired. Indeed Geeneus has said in interview to me that he and Slimzee (an early champion of Benga), when they weren't busy smashing up raves as proto grime godfathers Pay As U Go used to refer to dubstep as "safe grime." Listen to their sound, built on Fruity Loop synths, and there's a coldness to it. The warping basslines, which became a signature at the time, were built on the TS404 plug in. It was to Croydon what the 303 was to Chicago in the late 80s.
While Skream and Benga have since made more emotive records, I'm nostalgic for this era, especially as it now no longer makes up such a large proportion of the output of the scene. But this proportion played a crucial role. Around these times UK garage as a scene was all but collapsed, grime was going it's own angry way and no one wanted to touch what would be dubstep with a barge pole. El-B got frustrated at the darkness in the Forward>> scene and disbanded Ghost to form El-Tuff while Zed Bias began to be interested in broken beats. So as the dubstep scene narrowed while everything around it collapsed, in retrospect these sparse beats acted like a palate cleanser. Some critics mourn loss the house/garage/r&b touches, and with good reason, but the narrowing into Benga and Skream's sound made room for subsequent possibilities. Here was a dark minimal plateau: what can we build on it?
Well next came "Pathwayz" obviously, then "Indian" and "B" and before you know it we're into "Horror Show," "Neverland", "Request Line" and beyond. As Snoop Dogg jumps on Chase & Status riddims it's hard to imagine, but at once stage, indeed for several years, dubstep's flame flickered perilously - it could have gone out. This mixtape is primary evidence of what kept it burning.
So anyway, there it is. I hope you enjoy it. To complete the birthday celebrations, I believe it's traditional to make a wish. My wish is to blog for another five years. God knows who, where or what I'll be in five years time, but I hope I still feel as strongly about music as I did on both November 3rd 2004 and 2009.
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Ashton Kutcher -- The Great Paparazzi Diversion ... Are You Hiding Pregnant Mila Kunis??
Ashton Kutcher The Great Paparazzi Diversion Are You Hiding Pregnant Mila Kunis??
Ashton Kutcher got aggressive with the paparazzi outside of a popular restaurant on Melrose Ave. last night -- but the whole tough guy act may have just been a cover to keep his allegedly pregnant girlfriend away from cameras.
Ashton and Mila Kunis were eating dinner at Carlitos Gardel Restaurant in Hollywood -- great Argentinian food -- and it also happens to be smack in the middle of a heavily-trafficked celeb sighting area.
So, the paps (not TMZ) were surprised when Ashton emerged from the restaurant and tried to strong-arm the photogs into leaving the scene.
During the confrontation, one of Ashton's associates can be seen in the background quickly escorting Mila into Kutcher's ride ... as if they're trying to slip past the cameras.
Mila pregnant?
FYI -- Mila was wearing a baggy shirt and baggy jeans. So, the mystery remains.


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Great and Holy Pascha
On the Great and Holy Feast of Pascha, Orthodox Christians celebrate the life-giving Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. This feast of feasts is the most significant day in the life of the Church. It is a celebration of the defeat of death, as neither death itself nor the power of the grave could hold our Savior captive. In this victory that came through the Cross, Christ broke the bondage of sin, and through faith offers us restoration, transformation, and eternal life.
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Actun Tunichil Muknal cave is not for the claustrophobic, arachnophobic, or anyone afraid of the dark. In fact, ATM cave is best for travelers who don't mind jungle hiking, river crossing, mosquitos, and mud--and that's only the trek to the cave.
Our guide stood on rocks in the jungle river, the water gently flowing over his shoes. "While we are inside," he said, "be careful not to step on the skulls." Our group of 10 tourists-turned-cave-explorers laughed. Our guide, also laughing, quickly added. "No, really—don't step on the skulls."
This was at the entrance to Actun Tunichil Muknal (ATM) cave. We had reached it after hiking the trails and rivers of the Tapir Mountain Nature Reserve in Belize. Forgotten in the jungle until it was rediscovered until 1989, it was used as a spiritual center by the Maya people from around 600 to 1000 AD. Now, it's one of San Ignacio's top attractions for adventure tourism with daily tours led by guides approved by the Institute of Archaeology, part of the Belize government's National Institute of Culture and History.
Our guide had stopped us in front of the cave to prep us for the adventure that was to come: an hour of caving across damp walls, climbing past boulders, and moving through nearly three miles of caverns, illuminated only by helmet lights. Significant swimming is required as a river flows through most of the cave, with the only dry section at the cave's end. With such a major source of water here, it's understandable that it was seen as a sacred place during times of drought during the peak of the Maya civilization.
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According to Maya legend, the cave was a place where spirits could travel between three worlds: the heavens, the earth, and Xibalba, the underworld, or "place of fear."
According to Maya legend, the cave was a place where spirits could travel between three worlds: the heavens, the earth, and Xibalba, the underworld, or "place of fear." By straddling both the earth and the underworld, ATM cave provided a gateway where spirits could move unencumbered between worlds, and thus a place where humans could be closest to both evil spirits and exalted deities. As such, it became an ideal place for religious ceremonies.
The Maya gods weren't altruistic or charitable, and sacrifices were required in order to bring humans essential tools for life: water, crops, pleasant weather, and wildlife to hunt. Halfway into the cave, archaeologists found evidence of these offerings ranging from maize to pottery to tools. In the furthest recesses, they've found proof of the most extreme offering given when the drought of the 9th and 10th centuries turned lethal: human sacrifices.
Evidence of sacrifice becomes more frequent as the cave deepens, suggesting that the cave became more spiritual as it went on. The further one walked into the cave, the thinner the separation between worlds became. The journey into the innermost caverns was both dangerous and precarious; dropping a torch into the water could plunge the holder into pure darkness, stranded on unstable and jagged rocks.
It was in the deepest section of the cave—a series of dry, raised caverns—that the Mayans would begin the ceremonial processes. During our tour of the caves, our guide had us turn off our headlamps, leaving his as the only light in the space. He shined his light on certain formations, creating otherworldly shadows on the walls much like the ancient Maya might have seen: a stalagmite mimics an old woman carrying a basket; a cathedral-sized rock pile becomes a shadowy outline of onlooking Maya deities.
It's in this dry, deeper part of the cave that evidence of offerings and sacrifices are most visible. Though many of the nearly 1,500 objects found have been transferred to a museum, many more are still left in situ, lying where they were placed or discarded a thousand years ago. The dry, cool air of the caves keeps them shockingly well preserved, with vessels carrying food sacrificed to the gods in perfect circles around the remains of bonfires. Some cups and urns are smashed, making it easier for the gods to enjoy the bounty inside. While touring the cave, guests must watch their step, both to avoid slipping on rocks and to avoid stepping on the artifacts, which lie often unmarked and unprotected from foot traffic.
However, as any mythology aficionado knows, the gods can be fickle: begging can go unanswered and bad luck often continues despite worship and reverence. This was the case around 900 A.D. Despite the gifts, the drought continued and crops weakened. It was around this time that Mayan leaders realized more had to be done to ensure their efforts weren't met with silence. Chaac, the Mayan god of rain, needed more than food and tools. The next step was a blood sacrifice to appease Chaac and bring life-giving rains back to their world.
And so sacrifice they did—more than a dozen skeletons or partial skeletons have been found in ATM cave. Many are still arranged in a proper skeletal form, suggesting that they were sacrificed on-site where they lay. Some show evidence of the victims being bound and slowly killed, perhaps to draw out as much blood as possible for Chaac. As with many ancient cultures, children and women were believed to be the most pure, making them the most effective sacrifices for the gods. With headlamps off, plunged into darkness, it's eerie to imagine the victims of 1,000 years ago entering the cave, knowing they were walking to a violent, bloody, and drawn out death. The final glimpse of sunlight and feeling of icy water against their skin as they swam to their end would be some of the last sensations of their lives. The otherworldliness of that experience would have been compounded by the hallucinogens commonly used to enhance the spiritual connection, both for the ritual leader and the sacrificial victim.
Because of the calcification throughout the cave over the last thousand years, her bones glisten in the light of headlamps, earning her the Crystal Maiden moniker.
The highlight of the tour is one of those young sacrifices, the Crystal Maiden, both stunning and macabre, believed to be the skeleton of a girl approximately 18 years old. Her form is oddly contorted and at least two of her vertebrae are crushed, suggesting to researchers that she was tossed on the ledge where she rests after being violently paralyzed and murdered. Because of the calcification throughout the cave over the last thousand years, her bones glisten in the light of headlamps, earning her the Crystal Maiden moniker. Below her, empty and crushed pots lay in what is believed to be a trash heap—perhaps one she was intended to rest in.
The Crystal Maiden is accessible only by climbing a ladder to an upper ledge, as she's in the furthest recess of the cave. Though she is almost entirely intact, other skulls have been damaged by tourists—some significantly, like when a camera was dropped on a skull in 2012. As such, cameras of any kind are completely banned from the cave, and this is strictly enforced.
Actun Tunichil Muknal cave is not for the faint of heart. It's also not for the claustrophobic, arachnophobic, or anyone afraid of the dark. In fact, ATM cave is best for travelers who don't mind jungle hiking, river crossing, mosquitos, and mud- and that's only the trek to the cave. However, those willing to squeeze, swim, and duck through tight spaces and underground rivers will find themselves rewarded with access to one of the most unique sites in the heart of the Belizean jungle. Just don't step on the skeletons.


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There is a muscle tear that is so painful, some people have described it like being shot. And it happens more as people age.
So how does it happen? And how can you prevent it? Calf muscle tears, when they're minor, are called calf strains. When they're bigger, calf sprains. But both mean the tearing of part of the calf muscle. It's the result of muscles and tendons losing elasticity as we age, and it's the most common cause of calf pain in athletes.
Yankee slugger Johnny Damon rounded third for home in the last game of the World Series and pulled up lame with a tear in his right calf muscle. Banker Robin Baskin recently suffered the same injury on the tennis court.
"I accelerated to chase down a ball, and I tore my calf muscle," she said. "I heard the pop, and I had heard stories about hearing that pop."
"It usually doesn't happen because you don't stretch," Dr. Brian Halpern, of Hospital for Special Surgery, said. "It's usually in middle of match, with fatigue, and the muscle cannot compensate for the load you put on it."
Accelerating or changing directions can tear the muscle, with a pop.
"I've had a couple of police officers tell me, on the beat, that have taken out their guns because they thought they were shot in the back of the calf," Dr. Halpern said. "That's how uncomfortable it is."
The pain is right in the middle of the back of the calf. It's hard to point your toes after it happens. Just about any athlete, except cyclists, can have a tear.
Torn calf muscles are an injury of middle-aged athletes, people 35 to 55, especially weekend warriors. Fortunately, the treatment is physical therapy, not surgery.
After resting until pain subsides, strengthening exercises and some stretching of the calf will generally restore the muscle to full function.
"It happened eight weeks ago," Baskin said. "I feel pretty good now."
"If you have a small tear, perhaps it'll be better in 10 to 14 days," Dr. Halpern said. "If you have a bad tear, as Robin did, and it can take almost eight weeks."
The more dehydrated you are, the greater the risk. Cyclists' muscles don't go through the same stresses as the calf muscles of other athletes.
This story originally appeared at 7online.com.


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PALOS VERDES, CA- Our investment philosophy is based on an individual's chronological time line, which consists of three periods: (1) asset accumulation, (2) wealth building, and (3) asset conservation and how they are used to create wealth
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The first chronological period of your life—mid-twenties to mid-thirties—should be devoted to accumulating assets and acquiring basic necessities. When you're just starting out, your assets are usually limited and the major portion of your income goes for the basic needs—food, clothing, and shelter.
This is the time to save, save, save! Amass as many investment dollars as possible. Your approach to investing during this period should be through tax-deferred plans at work or Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs). Your degree of risk should be moderate. Investments included in this category are high quality corporate bonds, blue chip stocks, and growth-oriented no-load mutual funds.
Every effort should be made to purchase a home now. The advantages, from tax savings and equity buildup, historically outweigh the short-term benefits of lower monthly rent payments.
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You should be careful not to over diversify your assets or adopt a "hold-back" attitude. You must concentrate your assets into one or two aggressive investments rather than spreading them out. Diversification often leads to ineffectiveness.
What if you fail during this period? What is your down side? If you consider your ability to bounce back because of your age, the political influence of your generation, taxes, and inflation, the real risk is minimized. Make your aggressive investments now. As you get older, your ability to rebound declines. If you do not try at this stage in your in-vestment time line, you probably will never do it, and more importantly, you will never know whether you could have made it.
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Becoming wealthy requires taking "controlled" risks. If anyone tells you that they became wealthy without taking any risks, they inherited wealth or they won the lottery. Years ago, I discovered that real estate was the best investment to control risk and to create wealth. The Real Estate Digest reports that seven out of ten millionaires made their money in real estate, and Forbes Magazine states that there is a three times greater chance of becoming wealthy through real estate than with any other type of investment.
Real estate allows you to control your risk because you can actively participate in the decision-making process. Passive investments such as stocks don't give you this opportunity. Movements in real estate values are less erratic than in the stock market. Most people don't understand the economic forces influencing the market. Since real estate is less volatile, it's easier to control and to understand. Real estate is tangible. You can touch it, you've been exposed to it all your life, and you can identify with it. As a result of this familiarity, you are better able to understand it.


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Following up my earlier derision towards a recent column by R. Novak, Digby points to a New Republic piece on GOP oppo research. Revealing quote (emphasis added):
Example A was the headquarters Republicans installed a few blocks from the FleetCenter to coordinate their response to the Democrats. At center was a so-called war room--a dozen or so computer terminals arranged around a pair of TV sets, at which a team of young GOP staffers pulled up research on Democrats and skimmed the Drudge Report as they watched the convention. For maximum partisan effect, the office's walls had been festooned with blown-up quotes of Kerry saying various foolish or purportedly revealing things ("I'm a liberal and proud of it"), images of a recent Boston Herald front-page headline declaring John Kerry and John Edwards "left of ted," and, by Tuesday morning, multiple images of Kerry in that absurd blue nasa space suit. (Republicans seemed to consider this a defining moment in the campaign. Several staffers promptly made this photo their computer desktop image, and the office distributed a flyer juxtaposing the Kerry photo with the infamously goofy image of a tank-riding Michael Dukakis.)
No wonder Republicans think (or claim to think) that this bunny suit b.s. is going to get traction. They've spun themselves into a totally insular coccoon consisting of their own fantasies and talking points. Novak, of course, is not one of these young staffers, but he is undoubtedly part of the propaganda distribution network for which the oppo research staffers are the advance scouts.
Free clue for Republicans: there are many silly pictures of politicians. It's the inevitable result of the continuous media blitz in which they live, and people know this. For a picture to get traction, it has to resonate with some larger theme. The reason the Dukakis tank photo hit home was that it reinforced the pre-existing perception of Dukakis as ineffectual, wimpy, and not a credible military leader. This contrasted with the perceived strengths of Bush the elder.
Yes, Kerry in a bunny suit (which all visitors to NASA clean rooms are required to wear) is funny, but what weakness of Kerry's does it draw attention to? That he wouldn't be a good NASA engineer? That he's not strong on the space program?
So, actually, my thinking on this business is changing. I think the smarter Republican strategists cannot really believe this photo's going to get any traction in the general public at all. It's more of a propaganda poster to rally the (receptive/gullible) junior troops --- staffers like the ones in the oppo research room, who must be feeling pretty demoralized after six months of almost nonstop bad news for Bush, followed by the Democrats' execution of a nearly flawless convention.


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