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By JAMES MATTONE
The 2018 Call of Duty World League Pro League Stage 1 Playoffs, Presented by PlayStation 4, began on April 6 with the top four teams in each Stage 1 Division squaring off in first round matches. Here is what the bracket looks like after one day of play:
The Stage 1 Playoff battle between divisions is currently at a stalemate, as each division's second and fourth seeded teams won their first round matches. Here's a closer look at the first day of the playoffs:
eUnited Upset Rise
eUnited kicked off the four match card by sweeping Division A Regular Season Champions Rise Nation.
Rise outshot eUnited in game one, a Hardpoint on Sainte Marie Du Mont, but still lost the game 250-206 due to eUnited's solid hill rotation management.
A big result for @eUnitedgg to start this series, they grab the opening Hardpoint 250-206 over @TheRiseNation! https://t.co/NKHQSgV6Gh #CWLPS4 pic.twitter.com/YJQqVypSo1— Call of Duty esports (@CODWorldLeague) April 6, 2018
Game two brought the teams back to Sainte Marie Du Mont for Search and Destroy, where Justin "SiLLY" Fargo nailed a 10th round 1v2 clutch to give eUnited a 6-4 victory.
2-0 series lead for @eUnitedgg. 👀— Call of Duty esports (@CODWorldLeague) April 6, 2018
With the 1v2 clutch from @silly702, eUnited win the S&D 6-4 over @TheRiseNation!https://t.co/NKHQSgV6Gh #CWLPS4 pic.twitter.com/nFT5ooqEkg
eUnited then completed the sweep with a 4-1 win in Capture the Flag on Flak Tower and sent Rise into the Losers Bracket
Luminosity Reverse Sweep Red Reserve
Red Reserve began their series against Luminosity with two straight wins, but lost momentum in game three's final minute of regulation.
In that game, an CTF on Ardennes Forest, LG struck quickly with Josiah "Slacked" Berry's streaks, breaking a 3-3 tie to win their first game of the series.
Top-tier communication secure a last minute flag clap and map win for @Luminosity. This is your @ASTROGaming listen-in!https://t.co/pUVEvOiNYf#CWLPS4 pic.twitter.com/Bt4q7CkgJx— MLG (@MLG) April 6, 2018
Rolling off that win, LG threw Red into the 100-point club in game four, an HP on London Docks, and won the series in game five, round 11 in a S&D on USS Texas.
OpTic still undefeated in 2018 eClasico
The Boys in Blue have yet to break down the Green Wall in 2018.
OpTic Gaming's Ian "Crimsix" Porter began eClasico's latest episode by leading his team to a 250-104 win in an HP on London Docks, dominating EnVy with 39 total kills.
🤖 @OpTic_Crimsix is just as dominant with a sub!https://t.co/pUVEvOiNYf // #CWLPS4 pic.twitter.com/SSpjnY4fVr— MLG (@MLG) April 6, 2018
EnVy then could not win a single round in game two, an S&D on London Docks. Facing the series sweep, Austin "SlasheR" Liddicoat clutched up in a showdown against Damon "Karma" Barlow to help EnVy tie, and eventually win, a CTF on London Docks.
.@EnVy_SlasheR drops @OpTic_DKarma with a pistol and @TeamEnVyUs force OT vs. @OpTicGaming. This is your @ScufGaming Play of the Game!— MLG (@MLG) April 6, 2018
Map 4 is LIVE at https://t.co/pUVEvOiNYf#CWLPS4 pic.twitter.com/QeNQ7wQJbi
OpTic did not entertain the idea of a reverse sweep for long after that loss, knocking EnVy into the Losers Bracket with a 250-151 victory in an HP on Valkyrie.
Team Kaliber Win Earmarked by Intense Hardpoints
Team Kaliber beat FaZe Clan 3-1 in a first round match where both Hardpoints were won by single-digits.
In game one, an HP on London Docks, FaZe won 250-245 thanks to Tommy "ZooMaa" Paparatto stepping up with 51 kills out of his 99 total combat engagements.
.@FaZeClan win an INSANE first Hardpoint over @TeamKaliber!https://t.co/NKHQSgV6Gh #CWLPS4 pic.twitter.com/2yHvhBttJJ— Call of Duty esports (@CODWorldLeague) April 7, 2018
Team Kaliber then won back-to-back games to set themselves up for match point in game four, a HP on Gibraltar.
Like the series' first game, game four came down to the final hill rotation, where tK's Kenny "Kenny" Williams made a crucial flank to seal Team Kaliber's 3-1 series victory.
.@TeamKaliber victory! With the 3-1 win over @FaZeClan, they move to a Winners semi matchup vs @OpTicGaming tomorrow in the #CWLPS4 Stage 1 Playoffs! pic.twitter.com/pArzUUUv8v— Call of Duty esports (@CODWorldLeague) April 7, 2018
The Stage 1 Playoffs continue today with the start of the Losers Bracket and the Winners Semifinals. You can watch the playoffs live at MLG.com/CallofDuty, where you can watch all CWL broadcasts in source quality video, engage with fellow fans in the Scorestreak mini-game, and see real-time player statistics.
For more intel about Call of Duty World League, be sure to visit CallofDuty.com/esports and follow @CallofDuty and @CODWorldLeague on Twitter.


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Are You Addicted to Email and Texting?/
Are You Addicted to Email and Texting?
By Joanne Schlosser, ACC, SPHR, MBA
Do you sleep with your phone next to your bed? Is it the last thing you look at before drifting off and the first thing you check on waking? Are you better at typing on it than speaking into it?
Some surveys say that email and texts now consume up to 40% of our workday. In the past few weeks, three incidents drove home the challenges of digital communication.
- A colleague said "Call me — I'm 500 emails behind and will probably never see yours."
- Another said that her healthcare company instituted email- and text-free Fridays internally, as a way to get people to actually speak to one another.
- A potential client said she wants to improve relationships. Two teams work together and yet they send emails to people who are sitting less than 10 feet away.
What does this say about these people and their organizations? As the use of e-mail and texting increases in an organization, the overall volume of other kinds of communication drops — particularly routine friendly greetings. This causes people to feel disconnected from coworkers. This was noted in an article in Organizational Science over a decade ago.
Saying "Hello" really does matter — it's social glue. One of my first coaching assignments was with a leader who walked past his team every day and never greeted them, and they hated it.
It's said that Millennials are more comfortable communicating digitally than face to face. That may work between Millennials, but Gen X and Baby Boomers prefer face-to-face communication. It also makes me curious about the long-term impact of communication when the medium is a "sound bite" suitable for Twitter.
Coaching Tip:
Personally interact with colleagues and team members daily. In many organizations, we call this "rounding," or purposefully checking in with others. Walk down the hall when possible to have a conversation, rather than sending a complex email that might be misinterpreted. Over distance, use the phone, or Skype, FaceTime, and other web technology to see the other person. The nonverbal cues you'll see and hear will improve the accuracy of the message. In the long run, it saves time by reducing miscommunications and building stronger relationships.
About the Author
Joanne Schlosser is a consultant and certified coach who works with high performing leaders and physicians who want to grow their career to the next level. With a vibrant 25-year career in business leadership, Joanne's clients include over 100 organizations, ranging from small rising stars to large Fortune 100 meteors. Joanne works extensively as a change agent, with projects ranging from developing a New Leader Experience training program that improved efficiency and retention to the opening of a state-of-the-art hospital. For more information, visit her website http://risingstarscoach.com, email email@example.com, or call her at 480.840.6024.


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Health insurance is a type of insurance coverage that pays for medical and surgical expenses incurred by the insured. Health insurance can reimburse the insured for expenses incurred from illness or injury, or pay the care provider directly. It is often included in employer benefit packages as a means of enticing quality employees. The cost of health insurance premiums is deductible to the payer, and the benefits received are tax-free.
Breaking Down Health Insurance
Health insurance can be tricky to navigate. Managed care insurance plans require policyholders to receive care from a network of designated health care providers for the highest level of coverage. If patients seek care outside the network, they must pay a higher percentage of the cost. In some cases, the insurance company may even refuse payment outright for services obtained out of network. Many managed care plans require patients to choose a primary care physician who oversees the patient's care and makes recommendations about treatment. Insurance companies may also deny coverage for services that were obtained without preauthorization. In addition, insurers may refuse payment for name-brand drugs if a generic version or comparable medication is available at a lower cost.
Insurance plans with higher out-of-pocket costs generally have smaller monthly premiums than plans with low deductibles. When shopping for plans, individuals must weigh the benefits of lower monthly costs against the potential risk of large out-of-pocket expenses in the case of a major illness or accident. Health insurance has many cousins, such as disability insurance, critical (catastrophic) illness insurance, and long-term care (LTC) insurance.
Affordable Care Act
In 2010, President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law. It prohibits insurance companies from denying coverage to patients with pre-existing conditions and allows children to remain on their parents' insurance plan until they reach the age of 26. In participating states, the act also expanded Medicaid, a government program that provides medical care for individuals with very low incomes. In addition to these changes, the ACA established the federal Healthcare Marketplace. The marketplace helps individuals and businesses shop for quality insurance plans at affordable rates. Low-income individuals who sign up for insurance through the marketplace may qualify for subsidies to help bring down costs.
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The MA in Literature will hone your skills in literary interpretation and cultural analysis with challenging courses in a wide variety of areas. You will broaden your knowledge of literary history, theory, genres, and cultures as you experience a wide range of literature. In graduate seminars, you will strengthen your skills in critical reading and analytical writing.
Our department emphasizes intellectual daring as well as excellent teaching. Your courses will focus not only on traditional periods and national literatures but also on African, African American, and Asian American literatures; Latin American and other literatures in translation; literary theory; feminist theory; and cinema. Throughout the program, you will be challenged with innovative modes of interpretation and analysis.
This flexible, highly customizable program offers opportunities for independent study and four areas of concentration to help you tailor your degree to your interests and goals. You can pursue scholarly research, teach undergraduate students, or engage in an internship with one of DC's literary institutions. By keeping enrollment low, we promote a close intellectual community, provide small classes with high levels of student-faculty interchange, and ensure that you receive faculty mentorship throughout the program.
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With the largest number of literature courses, the general concentration is the most flexible option. The pre-doctoral concentration, which includes literary theory and emphasizes high-level courses and scholarly writing, is ideal for students who intend to continue their studies in a PhD program. Those interested in teaching high school or college writing should pursue the teaching concentration, which provides training in the teaching of composition and the opportunity to design and teach courses as an adjunct instructor. The interdisciplinary concentration allows students to take courses in another discipline as part of their MA program.
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Okay, so I didn't meet a person at Trader Joe's…I'm happily married.
Have you ever been "hooked" on some food item? So much so that thoughts of it consume you? Here's my story:
Where do I start. It was Christmas of 2007. I got totally hooked on Trader Joe's Peppermint Bark, which is seasonal. Okay – back up. I originally got hooked on Williams Sonoma Peppermint Bark, but it is about $26 a box and I can't afford that habit. So I tried TJ's and loved it.
So Christmas of 2007, I'm munching away on the bark and I chipped the front tooth, which happens to be the middle tooth of a very expensive bridge. Did that stop me? Nope! I kept buying the bark and just biting on it with the front teeth of the other side of my mouth. After Christmas, I searched desperately for more bark, but to no avail. I was so bummed.
I had totally forgotten about the bark, when I wander into Trader Joe's in late November (2008). I'm strolling down the aisle when I see the familiar red, green and white box….could it be? Oh boy! It is!! I am just beside myself with excitement as I load three boxes in my cart. I know this is going to get ugly. I end up doing the same thing over Christmas, getting totally hooked again. I kept a box by my computer, and would munch on a piece periodically (like every 5 minutes!). It helped me think…
Fast forward to about Jan. 10th. of this year. I run out of bark and I start to panic remembering that this is a seasonal product and they may not have any left. I rush to Trader Joe's in a frenzy, run down the aisle, and I spot it. YIPEEEEE! They are also 50% off…I'm a happy girl. I grab 5 boxes (it's all I could hold since I didn't bring a cart in…just as well). Okay, so I go through those boxes pretty quickly.
Last weekend, I ran out of bark. Uh-oh. I called the Trader Joe's in my city and the nice guy checked for me. They are out. CRAP. But he gives me the number for their other store (next town over, kind of far). I call them and they have some. Woot woot! I got a little busy and didn't get to go pick up my bark during the day.
By late Saturday afternoon I was really needing some bark. I had to have it. The problem is, I don't like driving at night…the lights really bother me. I went downstairs where my husband was watching tv, and sheepishly said, "Honneeeyyyyy?". He knows that I want something when I say it like that. "Yes, sweetheart?" he replies. "Ummm…well…our Trader Joe's is out of bark but the good news is that the one in _____ has some. Can we drive there after dinner?". He agreed to take me. This may not seem like a big deal to some, but my husband works some really long hours during the week, so on the weekends, he likes to stay home and not go out.
After dinner, my hubby, 12 year old daughter and I pile into the car and drive all the way to the other Trader Joe's. I am so excited. I rush into the store, start scouring the aisles. This one is set up differently than my Trader Joe's. My husband spots the familiar boxes of bark and I literally start loading them into the waiting arms of my daughter and husband. We are all giggling like crazy. We've got about four boxes each, and I start heading to the check-out line. I glance back and my husband is loading two more boxes on his already tall stack of bark. What a sweetie. I pause with my hubby and daughter before we reach the cashier and I tell them that if anyone wonders, we are getting these for my elderly father…he LOVES his bark and I bring him a box every week. We giggle again.
As we head into the checkout line (it was empty thank goodness), the cashier starts laughing, hubby laughs and rolls his eyes, and me? I'm just ecstatic. What a steal – they were all 50% off. I didn't tell the cashier my concocted story about my father, but instead I confess – I'm hooked. She says, "But the good part is, you can take it to parties and tell them you made it!". Yeah right. This stuff is not leaving my house. It's like gold to me. More power to anyone who can take this bark from my Kung Fu grip. We leave the store carrying heavy bags of bark, giggling all the way back to the car.
So I'm happy to say that I have a great supply of Peppermint Bark (for now). The other good news? I'm getting my tooth fixed next month (finally). Maybe that will encourage me not to eat bark next Christmas…AS IF!
I hope this batch will last me until at least March…but then what????
NOTE: Believe it or not, my weight has not ballooned. I throw in some exercise in between boxes!
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This article originally appeared on PEOPLE.com.
Michelle Obama delivered her final speech as first lady on Friday, tearing up as she urged young Americans to always "lead by example with hope, never fear."
Diversity "makes us who we are," Obama said at the 2017 School Counselor of the Year event in the East Room of the White House, where she hosted 50 school counselors and a slew of stars. "Don't ever let anyone make you feel like you don't matter, or like you don't have a place in our American story. You do."
"So, that's my final message to young people as First Lady," she continued. "It's simple. I want our young people to know that they matter, that they belong. So don't be afraid. Do you hear me, young people? Don't be afraid. Be focused. Be determined. Be hopeful. Be empowered. Empower yourself with a good education."
Obama held Friday's event as part of her Reach Higher and Better Make Room initiatives that promote the importance of pursuing higher education.
The first lady also acknowledged some big stars in the crowd, including Usher, La La Anthony, Connie Britton, Andy Cohen, Jay Pharoah, rapper Wale and Kelly Rowland.
After thanking those who worked with her to help "make higher education cool" and praising the educators gathered in the room, Obama continued: "As I end my time in the White House, I can think of no better message to send our young people. For all the young people in this room and that are watching, know that this country belongs to you, to all of you. If you or your parents are immigrants, you are part of a proud American tradition."
"If your family doesn't have much money, I want you to remember that in this country, plenty of folks, including me and my husband — we started out with very little. But with a lot of hard work and a good education, anything is possible — even becoming president. That's what the American dream is all about," she said to applause.
The first lady concluded her speech by promising "that I will be with you, rooting for you and working to support you for the rest of my life."
"Being your First Lady has been the greatest honor of my life, and I hope I've made you proud," she said.
Obama's speech, which comes exactly two weeks before President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, won't be the last we see of her before she leaves office.
The first lady is set to appear on the Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon next Wednesday.


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Over the past few days my first three apps became available on the iTunes store: Gravilux, Bubble Harp, and Antograph. I've been dreaming of this day for twenty years: a day when, for the first time, we can enjoy interactive art as a media commodity no different from books, music, and movies. But is there a market for this new medium?
In college in the eighties, inspired by the abstract films I watched while studying experimental animation at RISD, I started writing computer programs that used human movement to create abstract animation. I was particularly enthralled by Len Lye, who made films not with a camera, but with his body, by scratching, painting, and otherwise touching film. I thought there was a way to bring this process of direct cinema to the computer.
From 1988 to 1997 I refined my aesthetic for screen-based interaction, noting that the cursor is the only thing on the screen with true personality, since through the mouse it's the connection from your body to the computer. For years I created gestural interactive programs inspired by the abstract masters like Lye and Oskar Fischinger, but I couldn't find an audience.
The programs ran on costly workstations and my professors didn't understand what was interesting about these side projects: "Two-D is a solved problem," was one of the responses I got to an abstract animation program that later won international art prizes. And I couldn't convince "real" artists who came to visit the school that anything of interest to the art world was taking place at Brown University's Computer Science Department, where I worked towards a degree in a medium that enthralled me like no other.
As the late nineties approached, the Internet bloomed, and I posted several of the more refined programs to my website. I was driven to create them, but highly selective about which to release. Discarding dozens that did not meet my criteria for "immediately knowable, yet infinitely explorable," I was left, in 1998, with the first three of the Dynamic Systems Series: Gravilux, Bubble Harp, and Myrmegraph.
When I showed these programs in talks or galleries worldwide, there would be an enormous positive response, like that of an audience in the early days of cinema. But outside of those special, often exclusive events, the only sign of success over several years was an email every week or two with a similar message: "I've been using this program for weeks and I just love it—there's more here than meets the eye." Such feedback kept me going, because I figured the fan mail was about one percent of those actually using the program, giving me a vague, statistical sense of a few thousand people happily playing with simulated stars when their boss wasn't looking.
Galleries asked to sell these works and I labored for several years to "box" the experiences into objects that could sell to collectors. But my heart wasn't in it. I grew up with the Free Software Foundation's maxim Information wants to be free, and it didn't seem right to make an arbitrary decision to make an edition of three, five, or seven, of something that could be copied more easily than music or movies.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not against selling art in galleries, even digital art. Many of my colleagues have a legitimate expression of their art in wall-mounted objects. The very best are Jim Campbell's work-intensive low-res LED masterpieces, and John Simon, Jr.'s autopsied laptops that revel in their motherboards-stripped-bare to display conceptually perfect algorithmic works like Every Icon. But my work was intended as pure software: trained as a filmmaker, I took my medium to be the rectangle of light itself and not the box around it. Gradually my screen-based work petered out, with neither the passion to parcel it for collectors, nor a mass-market outlet to deliver it at any price.
And then Apple announced the iPad. Rumors of this device had been spreading for a long time, and I was already at work porting programs to the iPhone, excited by other software artists like Liawho had written gem-like apps for the tiny screen. But it's the iPad that's the perfect medium for interactive art. The iPhone, despite its beauty, is still mostly a tool for your working life. When you get home, you lay it on the table and kick up your heels. In contrast, the iPad is an object of leisure: a portable screen for our precious free time. So what do you do with a recreational screen?
All the ordinary things people used to do with their leisure time are neatly packaged and quietly revolutionized on the new device. You can store your library and all your notes; TV stations broadcast to your lap; and you can play games just by tilting the screen. But I believe there's room in this new medium for something that's not consumption and has no goal, but is instead like watching a sunset or walking by a river. These experiences are familiar, yet don't get old. Skimming the surface of a profound Buddhist adage, You never visit the same river twice, sums up their beauty and depth. In the city the experiences we formerly found in nature rotate through museums and galleries on nature's monthly cycle for a calm, social, and interactive break to enrich our minds.
It's this experience I've tried to create with these screen-based works of art in the palm of your hand: experiences that are immediately and unapologetically pleasurable, yet ones that also have depth. Like the rewards of a musical instrument, the more time you put in, the more you discover, and the more fluent you become. And, even more importantly, these experiences can be calming, enhance concentration, and leave you fulfilled instead of exhausted.
These are loft goals for a ninety-nine cent purchase, and I am not sure the apps fulfill them. But that's my goal, and that of other interactive artists. Satisfying such human needs is an under-filled niche in the app store today. Is there room for a new category of media? One that I used to call "useless programs" in an attempt to head off criticism, and what the Whitney and the MoMA—where such works are now collected—call Digital Art.
As I write this, Gravilux is the number one Free iPad App on the iTunes Store. It's ahead of The Weather Channel, ABC Player, and Netflix. What's number two? A game? A TV station? A productivity application? iBooks. We are in a beautiful new world where participative media flowers. Books are the oldest and most refined of interactive media, using our minds as the ultimate display device. I'm excited to see how art apps will perform in the marketplace. Reading the reviews of Gravilux is itself a pleasurable literary experience, in which people find their own ways to explain what they're doing and why they enjoy it, without calling the experience art:
"The app may not serve any useful purpose, but it is the most fun I have had with an app in a long time." –Huniper
"With the touch of one or more fingers, you can fling stars across the Universe (spoiler: Universe not to scale)." –JayKnapp
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Taylor Swift responds to Kim Kardashian leaking her phone call with Kanye West: This is 'character assassination'
Taylor Swift seemingly still cannot understand why Kanye West, and now Kim Kardashian, will not just leave her alone.
The "Blank Space" singer has responded to Kim Kardashian leaking snippets of a phone call Taylor had with Kanye West on Snapchat, which showed the two discussing her namedrop of his song, "Famous." Apparently, Taylor's issue is being called "that b*tch."
"That moment when Kanye West secretly records your phone call, then Kim posts it on the Internet," she wrote alongside the statement posted to all of her social media pages.
WATCH: Kim Kardashian Shares Video of Kanye West Asking Taylor Swift's Permission for 'Famous' Shout-Out
"Where is the video of Kanye telling me he was going to call me 'that bitch' in his song? It doesn't exist because it never happened," Taylor claims. "You don't get to control someone's emotional response to being called 'that bitch' in front of the entire world."
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"Of course I wanted to like the song. I wanted to believe Kanye when he told me that I would love the song. I wanted us to have a friendly relationship. He promised to play the song for me, but he never did," she continues. "While I wanted to be supportive of Kanye on the phone call, you cannot 'approve' a song you haven't heard."
"Being falsely painted as a liar when I was never given the full story or played any part of the song is character assassination," she concludes. "I would very much like to be excluded from this narrative, one that I have never asked to be a part of, since 2009."
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"Kim Kardashian's claim that Taylor and her team were aware of being recorded is not true, and Taylor cannot understand why Kanye West, and now Kim Kardashian, will not just leave her alone," it concluded.
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I haven't written much on my music blog this year. In fact, I haven't written anything, instead focusing on my food blog, Cook In / Dine Out. Nonetheless, I remain a committed fan of popular music, so I still wanted to share this list of my favorite albums this year.
1. Beyoncé. All year long I waited to see if Beyoncé would release a new album. I'd basically forgotten it was a possibility by the time she released it the other week without any advance warning, promotion or single. In a year of twerking, nudie music videos and folk-pop, it was 2013's most stunning pop music move. Once you got past the immediate firestorm of hype, it was clear that the album wasn't just a way to get press, but rather a fully formed, majestic pop album that finds Beyoncé at the top of her game, singing about societal expectations, loss, motherhood and sex...lots of sex. The flawless production is current, but doesn't just copy what's on the radio. The songs don't immediately sound like hits, but after a few listens they get under your skin and stay there. To top it off, each one already has a video on the "visual album," and many of them are stunning works of art in their own right too. This is, quite frankly, a pop music masterpiece. Best tracks: Pretty Hurts, XO, Haunted, Blow, Heaven.
2. London Grammar - If You Wait. Imagine if The XX teamed up with Florence and the Machine and went for something a little more commercial and you might get close to the winning formula on this lovely debut. Best tracks: Strong, Wasting My Years.
3. Justin Timberlake - The 20/20 Experience (Part 1). After a 7-year hiatus from music, JT returned with this brilliant pop album. Along with buddy-collaborator Timbaland, the team proved they still have what it takes (such a shame that part 2, released later in the year was such a letdown). Best tracks: Pusher Love Girl, Mirrors.
4. Bastille - Bad Blood. "Pompeii" was a staple on the UK singles chart this year, but Bastille's debut offers many other gems from the British indie rockers. I like this album because the songs are quite tuneful. Best tracks: Things We Lost in the Fire, Pompeii.
5. Vampire Weekend - Modern Vampires in the City. Vampire Weekend emerged on the scene with a lot of hype when their 2008 debut dropped. It wasn't until this third album though that I thought the group really found their sound. No longer just sounding like Paul Simon, the band really came into their own this with work. Best tracks: Hannah Hunt, Diane Young.
6. Daft Punk - Random Access Memories. They may be EDM pioneers, but on Random Access Memories, the French duo immersed themselves in old-school sounds of '70s funk and disco. Best tracks: Get Lucky, Giorgio by Moroder.
7. Lorde - Pure Heroine. Big names like Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus and Lady Gaga were all vying to top the Hot 100 chart this fall. But it was this album's single "Royals" that proved Americans were really more interested in the haunting charms of this 16- (now 17) year-old New Zealand newcomer. Best tracks: Royals, Team.
8. Kings of Leon - Mechanical Bull. I was surprised not to see this on more year-end lists, for I thought the songs were particularly memorable on this album, one of my favorite rock albums of the fall. Best tracks: Comeback Story, Supersoaker.
9. Lady Gaga - Artpop. Sure, this album got overhyped and then music critics slammed it for not quite living up to its promise of "high art meets pop music." But lower your expectations to something reasonable and you'll hear it for what it really is: just a great dance pop album. Best tracks: Do What U Want, Artpop.
10. My Bloody Valentine - MBV. I love the textures of sound on this album, which at first sounds like a lot of feedback but which is clearly carefully constructed to create a dreamy, otherworldly rock sound. Best tracks: Only Tomorrow, New You.
11. Goldfrapp - Tales of Us. Tales of Us was the strongest Goldfrapp album since Supernature, focusing on the group's flair for dark, dramatic tracks. Best: Annabel.
12. Phoenix - Bankrupt! After breaking out big with 2009's Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix, the French new wave band returned with this great album along similar '80s-loving lines. Best: S.O.S. in Bel Air.
13. Haim - Days Are Gone. Propelled by undeniably catchy single "The Wire," California trio Haim's debut manages a timeless pop-rock sound that stretches from the '70s to today. Best: The Wire.
14. Arctic Monkeys - AM. Taking a darker and more beat-driven direction for this fifth album paid off for the British rockers, whose "Do You Wanna Know" became a trans-Atlantic alternative rock hit. Best: Do You Wanna Know.
15. The National - Trouble Will Find Me. Similar to their last album, High Violet, which I absolutely loved, Trouble Will Find Me finds the band continuing in the same vein of beauty and grandeur. Best: Demons.
16. Queens of the Stone Age - ...Like Clockwork. Sporting an impressive lineup of guests that range from Arctic Monkeys' Alex Turner and Dave Grohl to Scissors Sisters' Jake Shears and even Elton John, this album could sound like too-many-cooks, but it comes off as a surprisingly unified old-school rocker. Best: Kalopsia.
17. Chvrches - The Bones of What You Believe. This Scottish band's debut is a top pick this year for synth-pop lovers with crisp beats and '80s-inspired melodies. Best: The Mother We Share.
18. Disclosure - Settle. With this winning debut, English Duo Disclosures proves that a dance music album isn't an oxymoron. I love the House tracks, but my favorite song is the lovely closing track featuring aforementioned London Grammar. Best: Help Me Lose My Mind.
19. Kanye West - Yeezus. His sixth album is Kanye West's hardest-hitting yet, a barage of sound and fury. After the sprawling My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (and album I loved), Yeezus feels much more compact and focused. Best: Black Skinhead.
20. Arcade Fire - Reflektor. Canadian rockers that have been the "it" indie darlings for almost a decade now teamed up with former LCD frontman James Murphy on this fourth disc and the electronic influence is evident. Reflektor starts out strong and although it loses some steam in the second half, is still a worthwhile entry in the group's rich catalog. Best: Reflektor.
21. Pet Shop Boys - Electric. After working magic with Madonna, The Killers, Scissor Sisters, Kylie and Take That, producer Stuart Price turns the knobs with the Pet Shop Boys on this propulsive dance pop album, PSB's highest-energy output in over a decade. Best: Love Is a Bourgeois Construct.
22. Avicii - True. Following a string of dance club hits, Avicii finally released an album this year, blending his EDM/dance sound with an unlikely but effective partner: folk-pop. The combination turned "Wake Me Up" into one of the year's biggest hits and also produced the great follow-up hit, "Hey Brother." Best: Hey Brother.
23. Katy Perry - Prism. After her massively successful Teenage Dream, which lobbed #1 hit after #1 hit, Katy Perry offers a similarly slick pop follow-up, albeit with a slightly more mature focus. Best: Birthday.
24. Matthew E. White - Big Inner. This EP, released early in the year, was the first many had heard of Matthew E. White. At its best, the album is a like a '70s throwback: alternative rock tinged with jazz, country and soul. Best: Big Love.
25. John Grant - Pale Green Ghosts. Grant's second album sometimes sounds likes his folkish debut, but then takes off in new electronic directions, mining some pretty dark territory but retaining humor too. Best: GMF.
Honorable mentions: Solange, Tegan and Sara, Rhye, Sara Bareilles, James Blake, Dido
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Hello!!! This has been a super busy and crazy week. Mostly because of Fleet stuff. At the end and beginning of the month we have different things do for the cars so it's a crazy time for a new transfer to start. It has been fun though. Last Thursday when our long transfer day was over, we got to have another sleep day to recharge! I love Sister Wong so much. She is such an awesome missionary! We get along so well. She's so cool! She's really into health food, so I really like that. And we're always listening to Hawaiian music. We have been making crazy health food smoothies this week so if anyone has any smoothie recipes send them my way! And Sister Wong is a really good cook! She just made me a cool chicken-fried thing that's Japanese! Yum! So I think this is going to be a really fun transfer!! I feel so old now. Haha. Sister Wong is in her 3rd transfer, and I was just there it seems like!! Next transfer I will be half way done already!
It's been so fun to have the old Sisters come back for a visit at Temple Square and it's so weird to see them wearing jeans!!!
We have been having a lot of miracles this week even with our little time out of the office. The Lord sends people here for us to help them. And it is really starting to become obvious at this point in my mission.
This church is true, it's so fun to be here---I am learning so much and I love to learn more and more! Honestly, I feel like I never knew very much until I came on my mission!!
Well I am so sorry I don't have too much to say this week but all the stuff we do for Fleet wouldn't be too interesting. Office work—so much of it---gas reports, mileage reports, van reports, etc.
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Based on a show loosely inspired by World of Warcraft, Locojoy's Epic Heroes (initially released as "I Am MT," which is the name it still goes by in Asian territories) garnered a significant Western fan base thanks to the game's blend of card-based battles, RPG mechanics, and battle-cows.
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I was rather surprised recently, on consuming a can of Lion Red beer, to note a list of nutritional information, I couldn't recall seeing such a thing on beer before.
I felt fairly certain that beer is widely regarded as being bad for you, and yet here we have the proud declaration that the beer is 99% free of sugar!
Closer inspection reveals 1.3g of dietary fibre and 1g of protein and quite low in fat! Lower in sodium than 7up too!
So the questions are these…why does the drinking of beer result in the beer belly? Why isn't it hailed as the latest in health supplements? Why aren't we all supping for the good of our constitution?
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trying to take a break!
So, here it is...2015 it's January and I am in Europe. I'm trying my absolute hardest to switch off the music and the art and take a break. Hilarious! Who am I trying to fool? Art and music is everywhere I look and it never goes away! I have had an interesting trip thus far starting with a tour bus crash in Iceland that was NOT fun. I have been to Iceland, Amsterdam, The Hague, Delft, Ghent, Bruges, Lisbon and I am now on my way to Prague. Lisbon was astounding! I LOVED it. I found it to be extremely inspirational. I have met some fantastic artists. Always feels good to see others doing what you are doing all over the world. Yesterday I visited the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam...wow. That was an eye opener. Really looking forward to sharing more art and music with you this year and seeing where it all leads me. I have big dreams and ideas..hoping to execute them exactly as I see them in my minds eye!
Hope to see you this year at my store in Dumbo, singing on stage, at a market or in Central Park!
december 29, 2014
thank you
WOW! What an absolutely incredible experience. I have never worked so hard in my entire life. Back when I was a teenager my dad had a seafood shop on the beach and I worked my butt off there. I felt like I was back at the fish shop..instead of fish it was my art! I want to thank each and every person who came and supported me, bought my art and my music, shared their life experiences with me, cried and laughed. Thank you to the friends who came to visit, to check that I was still alive!! Bringing tea, pumpkin spice soy lattes and FOOD! In the middle of it all I was called to sing on The Jimmy Fallon Show! It never rains..it pours! AND POUR IT DID!! (literally)
A Big shout out to My mum, Harvey Jones, Kaye Tuckerman, Rose Reiter, Ali Carter, Roberta Musolino, Jenny Bruce and Noah Hoffeld. THANK YOU! Having you think of me and bring me food/drink did NOT go unnoticed!
The biggest shout out goes to Jeffrey Charles! Without you none of this would have been possible. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
Lastly...THANK YOU to Urban Space for having me at the market. I had an absolute ball.
December 3, 2014
Natchie Art is open for business!!
the opening of the columbus circle holiday market
After many sleepless nights and hilarious nightmares of all of the things that could possibly go wrong with my market set up I am open for business and extremely excited to share my work with you! I hope to see you. I will be there everyday from now until the night before Christmas. The Holiday hours are as follows:
Monday - Saturday: 10:00am to 8:00pm
Sunday: 10:00am to 7:00pm
My booth number is A28.
I am right on the corner of Central Park West and Columbus Circle.
Don't let the snow, fog or freezing rain stop you! ha ha - COME AND SEE ME!!
November 20, 2014
12 days till december 2nd
the opening of the columbus circle holiday market
Well it's getting really close now and I think it might be safe to say I am losing my mind.
Dancing to "Popcorn" and working from 9 am - midnight every day.
49 Days till December 2nd
The Opening Of The Columbus Circle Holiday Market
Drawing and selling in the park and drawing and selling in the park and pasting and making and pasting and making and drawing and selling in the park! Not sure if I will ever be ready! aaahhhhhh
69 Days till December 2nd
The Opening Of The Columbus Circle Holiday Market
Today marks the beginning of creating one 11" x 14" original drawing a day until the opening of the Christmas Market! I am loving this as I really enjoy letting my mind roam free to see what comes out. Often it is a deep rooted memory from childhood or just a random thought inspired by something I may have seen on the street in NYC whilst riding my bike!
70 Days till December 2nd
The Opening Of The Columbus Circle Holiday Market
Prints, prints and more prints!
75 Days till December 2nd
The Opening Of The Columbus Circle Holiday Market
Ordered stock and had a morning meeting with the employees of Natchie Art about what moves to make and when...Hugo, Chachi and Adam Jones. Everyone was very receptive and came up with some great ideas.. :)
76 Days till December 2nd
The Opening Of The Columbus Circle Holiday Market
Yikes! 76 days left for me to prepare for my first time at The Columbus Circle Holiday Market. Stressed and super excited I am! Today is all about cleaning the art space so that I can work clearly and begin the process of ordering stock. Pft...it is extremely hard knowing how much to order...what to order...what are my customers going to go crazy for? The framed art? The 3D Pendants? The matted prints? The journals? UGH!!
Why I Do What I Do
August 26th 2014
This little guy and his sister came to my table last week in Central Park. They were visiting from Italy. He was SOOOOO into my art work. Never have I seen such a young child be so interested. He looked at every drawing and asked a lot of questions. He giggled, sighed and talk about each character in every drawing about what they were doing. It seriously blew me away and filled my heart up to the brim. Today I received a message from his mum. This is why I do what I do. On days when it feels too hard and like I am getting no where a little guy like Giulio comes along to remind me to keep on going!!
The message from his mum:
Hey Nadia, this is just for you! Giulio: the boy staring at your projects at NYC Central Park Markets! (Sara & Giulio's bedroom is all set up with your wonderful pieces of art!) Thank you, take care — at Central Park New York City.
Spirit's Promise
July 12th 2014
Yesterday, on the eve of my 40th birthday I was lucky enough to experience Spirit's Promise. It is run by Jeff Charles and Marisa Striano Charles of Spirit's Promise Equine Rescue Program. I was performing with Blow Up Hollywood and also had a sing with the Nat Adderley Junior Quartet. An incredible way to end my 30's. I don't know much about horses at all. I am a massive animal lover being vegan and respecting all living creatures and their right to a life of freedom and joy. The gorgeous Marisa Charles took me on a tour of the property and I met all of the horses, goats, donkeys and chickens! To say it filled up my heart would be an understatement. What a massively spiritual night. One I will not forget for a long time to come. For more information on Spirit's Promise go here: HORSES


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5 Kythorn, The Year of Wild Magic
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Okay, There is most defiantly more to these bandits than we mere robbing and strong arming merchants and travellers if they are treating with Ogres. There are no where near as many Ogre tribes as Goblins and such so the tribal markings should have been easier to identify from my books, but I can't find them anywhere in the history of the region. What I really don't understand is why they would allow a mere human bandit to talk to them like that one was, they are usually short tempered creatures and the three that were there could easily have pounded the 5 or six humans into a fine paste. Apparently though the Bandits did not want to let the fact that had spoken with Ogres to get out, because they came at the party with a force and practised organisation that was beyond normal ruffians and brutes. Had their leader not fallen I doubt we would have seen the return of the party.
Perhaps it was the thought of throwing his sword away in an overenthusiastic swing while fighting the Bandits but Durth looked a little confused this morning and he didn't want to talk about it, At least it looks like they aren't getting nightly visitors anymore, which has to be a plus
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Seems we are all losing interest in what is happening but we only have to endure this for another three games and then the play offs and then we can sack him either way. If we do Wenger is on the market for a job. I see one paper suggests Brendan Rogers for the Arsenal job, someone is having a laugh, probably his mother.
Anyway another win for our great team and leader then its just deciding who we play and what to go for. I am falling asleep thinking about it.
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err, we still have an outside shot of the 2nd spot yet. Cardiff can still have a shock result this weekend as we had a few weeks ago. Then they have a tuff game at Derby, whilst Fulham can also come unstuck.
Who knows how they will bounce back after a defeat, lets try to be positive even if it is a long shot.
I still believe Bruce will be in charge next season no matter what as he has got the club stable again after 5 terrible seasons before he came.
Yes his style is terrible with some very strange squad & subs at times but changing coaches again is something we should perhaps do more towards Christmas time when we see how we are going in what ever league we are in.
ok, you can now all shoot me down for daring to be positive towards the coach.
Onomah starting again, Bruce has lost the plot
Unexpected lineup with Snoddy and Adomah on the bench, but maybe a good idea if he's keeping them fresh for the playoffs. Both have looked tired recently.
0-1 to us. Hourihane. Come on lads, a few more, don't blow it.
0-2 Grabban. Ipswich down to 10 men.
0-3 Grabban.
0-4 final score, Lansbury for the last. Job done.Nothing to complain about. Resting Snoddy and Adomah turned out well, good selection and substitutions. Great goals. We're still in there, even though chances are a bit slim.
We are awesome against 10 men. Please god of the play offs, let us play against 10 men in every game :-)
Ok then Bosko we get thro the play offs & are promoted - what then would be positives ?
Bucket load of cash to improve an ageing team with a load of loanees !
CONS - our current manager will still be at the helm !
Would you trust Bruce to spend wisely to maintain premier league status ?
Can you see him giving youth a chance (loads of chances last few matches) ?
Whatever happens after play offs at end of season Doc should be saying - Thanks but you are not good enough for this great club - you have struggled to do what you were paid for & by the skin of your teeth you scraped getting into the top 6 !
I agree Greek, but I do not for a minute think that if we go up, Xia will get rid of Bruce.
Thanks Bosko I really appreciated your thoughts but I dont think that Xia is naive enough to really consider keeping Bruce - my thoughts of this idiot are irrelevant
but surely as a business man who is looking to maximise his profits from his expenditure then to look to a proven failed EPL manager fails to make sense even to me! He spent more than any other championship manager on his signings & loan players then struggled to find a balanced team squad & formation which only just made the play offs ? Because of the finances now in EPL we cannot compete with the top 6 - but we can become a feeder club for big money - already done, look at the players sold over last few years ?? most of which are still playing in the 1st team ! I was never a lover of MON but he is & still is a better manager than Bruce.
Part of me agrees with what you're saying, Greek. But I think there's more to it.
Rightly or wrongly, I don't think we can afford to tear apart the team we've built up. The PL is not the place to rebuild. There is no time to do it; a promoted team, to survive, has to hit the ground running from day one.
That means to have to retain the best of what we have, using what funds we have to buy maybe 2 or 3 real quality players, at most. One of the pluses at the moment is that we appear to have great team spirit, which we will need. Changing managers is a hell of a risk of disrupting all the pluses that we have, which we'll need.
I'd keep Bruce for at least a year, for that reason, if we go up. Whoever is manager we might still be relegated. The important things if we are are then our finances will be stronger, a lot stronger, and we should still have a core of a good Championship team. The end of the coming season would be a much better time to change managers, if we are going to change.
Bruce isn't bad but he's not the best manager around. I think the club made a decision over him some time back. There were several points where it could be said that under him we clearly weren't getting the results we should, and moreover we weren't building the sort of team which could take on the PL. Those were the times to change. The club decided not to. Now, in my view, is not the time. If we go up.
Although I am against Bruce simply because he is not good enough to manage in the EPL and will waste yet another year of our lives in mediocrity at best, I cannot defeat your logic that now is maybe not the right time.
But I have a strong feeling that if he stays we will continue to be hit and miss with signing players and therefore struggle, even the bad teams in the premier are better than us.
On balance he has to go for me, when you look, for example and there are more examples at Wolves and Swansea they seem to have plucked decent managers from nowhere, playing better football as well.


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After a little thought, I'm going to forge ahead with the Chupacabra Movie Project. Thinking I'll refine this script, ie. emphasize some points, more visual description, cut out some of the slow parts that aren't essential (mostly toward beginning and a bit toward the beginning of 3rd act), bring up the driving obsession earlier and show more evidence of it, possibly introduce a vague "inner Chupacabra demon" and loosely reference here and there, and add one more strong scene from the story the main characters writing to splice in about 2/3rds the way through. I toned down the screenwriting references on this version, but will tone them down some more. Don't want so much emphasis on the "writing story" and more on the "blind obsession story".
Want to use the main character's photo stills he shoots as visual vehicle/FX throughout. Going to do all this and clock it in closer to a tight 100 pages. I believe this will be enough for me to make the rounds to get help. In the meantime, will likely start writing something short that takes place here in Texas that's logistically easier to knock out... just to keep the creative wheels rolling, but I'm convinced this Chupacabra story has potential and is a decent bet.
A friend is going to take a stab at making a new trailer as well. Might cut something else that's richer myself too in case his schedule puts it on the back burner too long. Looked through the quickie clips I shot with a little YouTube style flip-cam in September, along with the fresh time-lapse and desert stuff I shot, and I think I've got enough to make something a bit better. I really like the Doors, but using their music but since I don't have a license to use it, if of my band pals have something they think would work nicely and would let me use, have a look at the rough trailer I linked to above and drop me a note.
If you're someone who has any experience at all in shooting motion for dramatic cinema, and or experience recording audio for cinema and this project interests you, drop me a note. At bare minimum I will need 3 person crew that includes myself, and 2 male actors. If you've read the screenplay, 1 actor to play the "Skip" character and 1 other actor other to play the "Diego" character (he's not hispanic - that's just an alias). I can use locals for all the other parts if I have to.
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Luke 6:46 (Complete Jewish Bible)
"Why do you call me, 'Lord! Lord!' but not do what I say?"
Don't just believe. Do as He would. Walk as He did. Follow His teachings, obey His words, honor His sacrifice, and walk with Him through life. Knowing what is right but not doing it is worse than not knowing what is right at all.