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LA Salon Owner Discovers Rival's Alleged Murder-For-Hire Plot
Gabriel Suarez was scared to learn someone possibly wanted him dead.
April 11, 2014 -- A West Hollywood esthetician says it was "scary" to find out he was the intended victim of an apparent murder-for-hire plot allegedly masterminded by a rival salon owner.
"There's been no negative episodes between me and her," Gabriel Suarez told ABC News' "20/20." "That's the … oddest thing, is that there's really nothing behind this … plot for her to really have reason enough ... to want to do this, just other than being in competition."
Just last month, salon owner and skin specialist Dawn DaLuise, 55, was arraigned on solicitation of murder charges for her alleged plot to have Suarez murdered and faces a possible nine years in prison.
Daluise is an upscale facialist with appointments all over Los Angeles who is well-acquainted with celebrities. Her salon, Skin Refinery, in West Hollywood, was in operation for over a decade when Suarez opened his salon, Smooth Cheeks, two doors over.
"Competition never really scared me," Suarez said. "If I was busy worried about competition, I wouldn't be where I am today."
However, when DaLuise spoke to Detective Steve McCauley saying she had her tires slashed and was being cyber-stalked, she believed Suarez was to blame.
"She mentioned that there had been Craigslist ads that were posted, fliers depicting her in sexually suggestive poses," Detective McCauley told "20/20." "Her face was Photoshopped, essentially solicitations for sexual encounters that listed her address and her phone number on them. She was very upset with those."
But, Suarez said, aside from the occasional cold shoulder from DaLuise, he never had any drama with her.
"I'm an established esthetician with a loyal following already," Suarez said. "I don't need her clients; she doesn't need mine. There's plenty for everybody."
"Ultimately, the beauty industry is extremely competitive," salon owner and hairstylist to the stars Jonathan Antin told "20/20." "And, you know, when you open your own salon … and someone right across the street from you opens up the same business, that's enough to kill you."
When police talked to DaLuise's friend, Edward Feinstein, who had a prior conviction for identity theft, he told them that the cyber-stalking was actually DaLuise's plan to frame Suarez.
"She approached me with the idea of, 'Hey, I want Gabriel out of the building. And this is what I want you to do,'" Feinstein told "20/20." "She wanted me to pretend to be Gabriel, send her fake texts, post Craigslist ads. She wanted it to seem like she was being stalked so she could say it was Gabriel."
In exchange, Feinstein said, DaLuise gave him facials for free. Feinstein showed the police text messages between him and DaLuise, one of which led cops to take a closer look at DaLuise.
"I found someone who is going to take Gabriel out. His name is Chris Geile and he's an ex Detroit Lion quarterback. He's 6'7" and 315 lbs. he's on my fb page," DaLuise wrote to Feinstein. Chris Geile was a 1987 replacement player for three games during a NFL players' strike.
"That seemed to indicate that Ms. DaLuise was actively seeking somebody to take care of Gabriel," McCauley said.
"It wasn't merely idle talk. We believe we have evidence that suggests she furthered that activity," Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Shaun Mathers said. "The conclusion was that she had solicited a murder of Gabriel Suarez."
On March 5, DaLuise was arrested and charged with solicitation of murder.
"It's absolutely ridiculous. It's overstated, and when you hear all of the evidence and see what happened, I think there will be a whole new twist to the case," DaLuise's public defender, Philip Dube, said of the charges at a press conference after her arraignment.
Feinstein was also arrested on March 12. Police had developed a theory that Feinstein might actually have been cyber-stalking DaLuise by himself all along.
"I looked closer at him, had reason to believe that he was involved in the stalking," McCauley said.
"I'm the one that originally told the police when they contacted me about ... Dawn's ruse and about the situation," Feinstein said. "So for me to be named a suspect was just mind-boggling to me."
For now, the case lies in the mountain of evidence -- texts, emails, hard drives -- being pored over by the LA Sheriff's Department Cyber-Crimes Unit.


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close (in) around (someone or something)
To physically surround or encircle someone or something, often very closely and encroachingly. As the opposing troops closed in around us, I knew we would never win the battle. I need to get out of this little cabin—I feel like the walls are closing around me.
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The Dynamo suffered their second consecutive 1-0 loss, as Colorado ended its own 10-game winless streak. The game's only goal was an own goal, scored when Dwayne De Rosario inadvertently headed a Colorado corner kick past Pat Onstad in the 60th minute. The Rapids ended the game a man down after Ugo Ihemelu was sent off in the 77th minute.
Houston Dynamo (10-7-4) vs. Colorado Rapids (5-9-6)
August 11, 2007 -- Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City CO
Scoring Summary:
COL -- Own goal (Dwayne De Rosario) 61
Houston Dynamo -- Pat Onstad, Craig Waibel, Ryan Cochrane (Corey Ashe 46), Patrick Ianni, Wade Barrett, Brian Mullan, Ricardo Clark, Dwayne De Rosario, Richard Mulrooney, Nate Jaqua (Brian Ching 63), Joseph Ngwenya.
Substitutes Not Used: Zach Wells, Mike Chabala, Stuart Holden, Eddie Robinson, Chris Wondolowski.
Colorado Rapids -- Bouna Coundoul, Dan Gargan, Ugo Ihemelu, Mike Petke (Conor Casey 85), Brandon Prideaux, Terry Cooke, Pablo Mastroeni, Jovan Kirovski, Colin Clark, Herculez Gomez (Nick LaBrocca 94+), Jacob Peterson (Facundo Erpen 78).
Substitutes Not Used: Zach Thornton, Jose Cancela, Nicolas Hernandez, Daniel Osorno.
Misconduct Summary:
COL -- Herculez Gomez (caution; Intentional Handball) 4
HOU -- Ryan Cochrane (caution; Professional Foul) 44
HOU -- Joseph Ngwenya (caution; Game Disrepute) 71
COL -- Mike Petke (caution; Game Disrepute) 71
COL -- Ugo Ihemelu (ejection; Denying a Goal Scoring Opportunity) 77
HOU -- Craig Waibel (caution; Reckless Foul) 80
COL -- Brandon Prideaux (caution; Reckless Foul) 81
Referee: Terry Vaughn
Referee's Assistants: George Vergara; Jose Corro
4th official: Ben Chouaf
Attendance: 18,024
Weather: Sunny-and-88-degrees
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Long before Carrie Bradshaw's Manolo Blahniks ruled the streets of Manhattan, there was Candace Bushnell the creator of "Sex and the City." While Carrie lived on the Upper Eat Side, Bushnell most recently lived in Greenwich Village in a co-op, which just hit the market for $2.8 million, reports Curbed.
The writer's chic digs (they are so chic the home was even featured in the interior design book, "So Chic") features one bedroom, 1.5 bathrooms, a dramatic sunken living room with a wood-burning fireplace, floor-to-ceiling windows, and a large formal dining room. Bushnell's crib further impresses with a redone kitchen with marble and stone and a high floor location with sweet views. The Village co-op unit was featured in the September 2005 issue of "Elle Decor," which showed off the splashy pad post-makeover by Bushnell and designer Susan Forristal.
The Greenwich Village pre-war building has further ties to "Sex and the City" beyond Bushnell. Mr. Big aka the actor Chris Noth owns an apartment in the same historic building.


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2005 Women's Volleyball Season Summary
Nov 11, 2005
The women's volleyball team finished with a 9-17 overall record and 6th place in the Skyline Conference. Junior Gina Moscato was named Second Team All-Skyline after leading the team with 162 digs, 3.16 kills per game (278 total) and a .128 attack percentage. Junior Melissa Rudy finished second on the team with 136 kills, 78 digs and a team-high 49 service aces. Sophomore Megan Cranmer led the team in assists with 293, followed by freshman Jenna Guerriero with 271 assists. Freshman Brittany Baran was the team leader with 53 blocks, third on the team with 129 kills (1.61 per game) and had 43 service aces. Sophomore libero Elena Albert was second on the team with 131 digs.


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Ting-Liang Chen-At Will Residential House
At Design Interviews
(Excerpt) Interview with Ting-Liang Chen : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Ting-Liang Chen : The owner owner would like to have a different bathroom from the general bathroom in Taiwan. Since the house equipped the sufficient natural illumination, we try to make the best use of it. Then we started to change the layout, making user in the bathroom can enjoy the window view. Also, traffic flow is another point while designing this project. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Ting-Liang Chen : The traffic flow and the natural illumination are the main focus in designing this work. We want to preserve all the favorable environmental conditions and make the best use of them. Except for the above mentioned illumination condition, we focus on the interaction of people in the house. Hence, traffic flow is the first point that we can optimize the relationship among people. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Ting-Liang Chen : There is no future plans for this award winning design. We were commissioned to design this house and the project was closing. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Ting-Liang Chen : The building was under construction while designing this project, so we need to take the time of construction into consideration. It took us around half a year to design the whole concept of this project. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Ting-Liang Chen : Yes, we were commissioned. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Ting-Liang Chen : No, we we're commissioned by the house owner. The house is the residential house. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Ting-Liang Chen : The original condition of the house gave us room to realize our ideas freely. We started from the original cement ceiling, then gathered ideas about spatial layout from the sofa in the common area. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Ting-Liang Chen : We are appreciate the talent of a Spanish designer Jaime Hayon. Hence, one table leg of the kitchen island was influenced by his design. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Ting-Liang Chen : A family. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Ting-Liang Chen : The starting point set this design apart from other project. Instead of the space itself, we started from the sofa and the furniture. We hope to .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Ting-Liang Chen : The main concept of this project is the living attitude: live at will, change at will. The sofa realizes the concept of Lego, making users in the house to piece them together at will. We hope that the furniture in the house can be changed or moved freely according to the emotion of the house owner. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Ting-Liang Chen : Some common software such as AutoCAD. .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Ting-Liang Chen : We think the common area is the most unique one. Since it is a place that combined the beauty of rough and the delicate. We preserve the original cement ceiling but we make use of the delicate sofa, large chandelier and designed bookcase to decorate the space. Hence, you can feel the sense of rugged while enjoying the artificial design at the same time. .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. Ting-Liang Chen : I collaborate with Shih-Jie, Lin, the founder of Ganna Design, for this design. Both of us are designers. .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. Ting-Liang Chen : No specific technology used in this design. .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. Ting-Liang Chen : Except for the design of Jaime Hayon, this project has not been influenced by any other analytic research or data. .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. Ting-Liang Chen : No, we don't think so. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Ting-Liang Chen : We think this project has a different concept. There's no specific style, no fixed relationship among different spaces or rooms. Besides, the soft decoration in the house can be moved flexibly. The above mentioned condition made us decide to submit this project to this international design competition. .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. Ting-Liang Chen : We think that this project may open a new road for us: jump outside the box and start the design from different element. We try to improve ourselves by thinks in different ways. We hope that we can make the best use of every materials and reduce the unnecessary adoption for decoration only. .Frank Scott: Any other things you .[ End of Excerpt: Read complete interview with Ting-Liang Chen on At Will Residential House at design-interviews.com ]
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Shamantakamani Movie Review, Rating, Story, Cast and Crew
Shamantakamani Movie Review, Rating, Story, Cast and Crew
Director:Sriram Adittya
Cast:Nara Rohit, Sundeep Kishan, Aadi, Sudheer Babu, Rajendra Prasad
Banner:Bhavya Creations
Producer:V. Anand Prasad
Music:Mani Sharma
Release Dt :Jul, 14 2017
Shamantakamani is the story of a car which gets stolen from a posh locality of Hyderabad. The case will be taken over by Inspector Ranjith (Nara Rohit) and the film shifts towards the flashback which introduces the lead characters (Sudheer Babu, Sundeep Kishan, Aadi Saikumar and Rajendra Prasad) of the film. All the characters party in Provotel hotel where the vintage Rolls Royce will be stolen. Inspector Ranjith manages to arrest all the suspects and the rest of the film is all about what happens next. The rest of Shamantakamani is all about who steals the vintage car and how the film ends. Watch Shamantakamani to know about what happens next.
Shamantakamani has an interesting star cast lined up because of which lot of curiosity surrounded the film. The first half of Shamantakamani starts on an interesting note however it could not be maintained for much time. The introduction of the lead characters should have been taken enough care and it just reminds us about many films. The first half of the film turns interesting only during the interval episodes after the car gets stolen. The first half of Shamantakamani is just ok and the result completely depends on how the second half has been dealt.
The second half of Shamantakamani dips down gradually at the much needed time. The investigation process looks pale and it has not been executed well. Though the entertainment has been decent at parts, Shamantakamani makes no impact in the second half. Except the climax twist, the audience will not be thrilled at any part. The only saviour for the second half is the background score by Manisharma.
All the young actors have been impressive in their own style on screen. Nara Rohit, Sudheer Babu, Sundeep Kishan and Aadi Saikumar should be appreciated for teaming up for a multi-starrer. Nara Rohit has been extremely impressive as cop and his character takes the lead. All the other actors delivered out their best. Rajendra Prasad has been extremely entertaining and energetic. He carried some of the episodes well. All the other actors delivered out their best for the film.
The story of Shamantakamani has been new in line but it is the execution that makes the difference. The thin story line seems not so engaging because of the poor screenplay and the bad execution. Manisharma's music work has been exceptional and Sameer Reddy's camera work has been impressive. The production values have been lavish and Sriram Aditya fails to make a huge impact with some interesting star cast.
Final Word
Shamantakamani is a huge disappointment as the film offers nothing interesting. All the lead actors have been utterly wasted though the film offers decent entertainment at parts.


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Cookbook Club meets every 1st Wednesday of the month at 1:00 pm in the Southside Branch Auditorium. Do you want to show off your culinary expertise? Or pick up some new cooking tips and tricks? Or just sample a lot of delicious food? Then you ought to join the Cookbook Club at the Southside Branch Library. We share potluck meals, inspired by a different theme each month. Just swing by the Southside Branch in the weeks before the meeting and pick out a recipe from one of our pre-selected cookbooks. Fair warning: You MUST bring a dish to share in order to attend!
Short Story Societymeets every 1st Thursday of the month at 4:00 pm in the Southside Branch Library Auditorium. Like your fiction short and sweet? Brief but intriguing? Succinct yet mysterious? The Short Story Society is dedicated to reading and discussing new and classic short stories. All readers are welcome to attend.
Southside Book Clubmeets every 2nd Monday of the month at 6:00 pm in the Southside Branch Library auditorium. The Southside Book Club is a traditional book club in the sense that we all read and discuss the same book each month, though we try to mix things up and read an assortment of the newest fiction, non-fiction, and biographies by a variety of authors. Our meetings are very laid-back and we usually provide something to snack on!


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Germany's classical composers captivated the music world centuries ago – and still do today. Renditions of their works by famous orchestras and choirs continually offer new ways to experience their unforgettable music. Germany's opera houses and concert halls – such as the Richard Wagner Festival Theatre or the modern underground Philharmonic Hall in Cologne – offer the perfect stage.
Fans of contemporary music enjoy themselves at concerts by rock and pop bands which, like musicals and shows, attract thousands of visitors – while jazz clubs, where audiences are up close to the stage, create an informal and intimate atmosphere.
From classical melodies in three-four time to modern techno beats: Germany is alive with the sound of music.
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Zwartsluis (Overijssel, Netherlands)
Zwartsluis, a town in the Dutch province of Overijssel (1959 pop. ca. 3,300, with 41 Mennonites), seat of a Mennonite congregation, concerning whose beginning and history little is known. In April 1648 the States of Overijssel discussed whether Mennonite meetings held in Zwartsluis should not be forbidden; but obviously church life went on. Most members were engaged in shipping. The membership was always small: (figures of the 16th-18th centuries not available), 40 in 1840, 47 in 1861, 31 in 1900, 21 in 1958. The meetinghouse was built in 1842; the organ is of 1881.
As early as 1724 the congregation, subsidized by the Lamist church of Amsterdam, was served by a salaried (untrained) minister called from outside. From 1809 the Zwartsluis congregation received financial support from the Dutch government, the first Dutch Mennonite church to which such a contribution was given. Untrained ministers served here until 1860, the last two of whom were Jan Geertsz van Wierum 1788-d.1825 (he died of shock because of a severe flood which destroyed his books) and Harmen Wybes Woudstra 1826-d.1860. The first graduate of the Amsterdam seminary to serve here was A. Snellen 1861-1867, followed by J. P. Müller 1867-1872, C. Leendertz 1873-1875, Tj. Kielstra 1876-1885, who from 1880 on also served at Meppel as did his successor H. Koekebakker Jr., who served at Zwartsluis 1886-d.1890. The pulpit then remained vacant until 1896. The agreement with Meppel lasted only until 1892. S. van der Goot served at Zwartsluis 1896-98, followed by A. de Vries Mzn 1898-1903, W. Koekebakker 1904-1909, M. Huizinga, Jr. 1910-1914, and P. Ens 1915-1916. In 1917-41 Zwartsluis was served by the pastors of Meppel and since 1942 by those of Kampen.
Cate, Steven Blaupot ten. Geschiedenis der Doopsgezinden in Groningen, Overijssel en Oost-Friesland, 2 vols. Leeuwarden: W. Eekhoff en J. B. Wolters, 1842: v. I, 65; v. II, 105, 239.
Doopsgezinde Bijdragen. (1861): 174; (1880): 166 f.; (1881): 48; (1882): 118f.; (1893): 137; (1901): 5.
Hoop Scheffer, Jacob Gijsbert de. Inventaris der Archiefstukken berustende bij de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam, 2 vols. Amsterdam: Uitgegeven en ten geschenke aangeboden door den Kerkeraad dier Gemeente, 1883-1884: v. II, Nos. 2434-55.
Reliwiki. "Zwartsluis, Buitenkwartier 34 - Doopsgezinde Vermaning." 14 September 2013. Web. 14 October 2014. http://reliwiki.nl/index.php/Zwartsluis,_Buitenkwartier_34_-_Doopsgezinde_Vermaning.
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Congregation: Doopsgezinde Gemeente Meppel-Zwartsluis: Zwartsluis
Address: Buitenkwartier 32-34, 8331 HM Zwartsluis, Netherlands
Telephone: 0521-513560
Church website: Doopsgezinde Gemeente Meppel-Zwartsluis: Zwartsluis
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Algemene Doopsgezinde Sociëteit
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Zwartsluis (Overijssel, Netherlands)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 12 Jul 2020. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Zwartsluis_(Overijssel,_Netherlands)&oldid=126220.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1959). Zwartsluis (Overijssel, Netherlands). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 12 July 2020, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Zwartsluis_(Overijssel,_Netherlands)&oldid=126220.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 1049. All rights reserved.
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Texas on the Potomac regularly shares some of the best national political content from the Texas Tribune. Today, we offer a piece by one of the Trib's finest, Emily Ramshaw.
In a fiscal switcheroo, Texas could free up state dollars to fund the embattled Women's Health Program by seeking federal block grants for other programs, the state's health commissioner has written in a letter to House Democrats.
Texas is losing more than $30 million in annual federal funding for the Women's Health Program over the state's decision to force Planned Parenthood clinics out of the Medicaid program. Gov. Rick Perry has vowed that the state will find the money, despite a bleak budget, to continue operating the contraception and cancer screening program without federal help.
In response to questions from state Democrats, Health and Human Services Commissioner Tom Suehs wrote on Tuesday that his agency is "exploring a number of funding options that would not create additional budget needs." One of those options is to apply for newly available federal block grants for existing state programs, Suehs wrote, so the cost savings could be funneled into the Women's Health Program. "State funds and federal block grants are interchangeable in many programs," he wrote.
Suehs also said some health and human services programs have "achieved efficiences, resulting in savings that can be used to fund the program."
Texas Democrats, who have opposed Republican leaders' efforts to keep Planned Parenthood out of the women's health business, called the financial plan "fiscally irresponsible." Despite Perry's rebukes of the federal government, they say, the proposal relies on federal dollars yet again to keep the program whole.
"The governor and Commissioner Suehs are going to rob state funds and federal block grants that were set aside for one program to pay for services that would have already been funded," state Rep. Jessica Farrar, D-Houston, said in a statement. "This problem was completely avoidable."
The governor's office said Perry has not received any final funding plan from Suehs and called Farrar's letter "fiction-filled and reactionary."
"Gov. Perry stands by his pledge to identify the funding that will keep these services going and Commissioner Suehs is working towards that plan," Perry spokeswoman Catherine Frazier said.
This article originally appeared in The Texas Tribune at http://www.texastribune.org/texas-health-resources/abortion-texas/tx-could-use-feds-grants-free-womens-health-money/.


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Alright so its been a solid 2 weeks. I know you were all worried, but I have a good explanation. See I was surfing around the internet and found this video of a show I went to over 11 years ago. Just look at it. People going all ape shit and being awful. I remember leaving the concert covered in other people's sweat. Sounds awful, right? Anyway, I started to think about how awesome and hardcore I used to be and then I started thinking about how I sometimes get strange chest pains and how I'm on high blood pressure medicine. Then I started crying in the bathroom for a while. Then I got better and didn't write the news for a couple weeks. Good story huh? I'm glad we can all move on.
I was gaga over this "You're Next" when it was in theaters a few months back. Mostly because I like looping songs, masks and Craig T. Nelson. Well good news for me and everyone else who likes awsome things because it's just been announced that the home invasion flick will hit Blu-Ray and other homeless-people-medias on January 14th. The disc will come with a making-of featurette, two commentary tracks and god knows what else. Just to be clear Craig T. Nelson is not in this movie. I just really like him.
Clive Barker has dropped the bomb that he will in fact write the script for the upcoming "Hellraiser" remake. Want to get moister? The original Pinhead himself Doug Bradley will reprise his role. Want to get moister!? I'm wearing one of those old-timey pajama numbers where the bottom flips down so you can make BM. Alright that last one was a lie, but I kind of wanted to see what sort of sick crap you're into. Sinner.
Andre Ovredal created "Troll Hunter" and because I loved that movie and all things Norwegian I want to be his best friend. I now know why he isn't returning my letters though, it's because he's working on "The Autopsy of Jane Doe", a new film about a father son mortuary team who begin to unravel the mystery surrounding a Jane Doe they receive. No word on a cast yet but the project is set to begin filming in London shortly. Alright, I haven't really written him or anything. No one writes letters anymore. They UPS hair dolls.
Tim Daly, Mario van Peebles, Cody Christian and Willa Ford have all been confirmed to be joining the cast of Steven C. Miller's "Submerged". I read the plot to this film a good 4 times but I really just kept thinking about how I think Willa Ford is probably 300 years old now and is still hot. How is that possible? Wasn't she a pop star back in the 90's? What the hell is going on? Wait no, she's 32. That's younger than I am and I'm hideous. This has taken a terrible turn.
Yes, the man who accidentally set himself on fire while trying to set up a burning cross was from Florida. I thought that was a given.
Two high school students in Georgia are in big trouble after they were video taped making dirty dirty in their school cafeteria. Once again proving the point that I went to the worst god damn high school in the world. Plus, I was fat in hIgh school. Plus, I listen to metal and had long hair. Plus, I hate you all.


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I'm having trouble using -marginsplot- (Stata version 12.1). I get the following error message: "_marg_save has a problem. Margins not uniquely identified. r(9999);"
The -margins- command itself works exactly as expected. I have a factor variable with five levels interacted with a binary participation variable. These two variables are included in the model as i.years##i.participation. The margins command -margins years#participation- produces a list of 10 predicted values, as desired. I would like to create a plot like the one used to illustrate -marginsplot- on the Stata site: http://www.stata.com/stata12/margins-plots/ (see the first plot of agegrp#sex).
I've tried just typing -marginsplot-, as in the example code.
I've also tried specifying the dimensions: - marginsplot, xdimension(years) plotdimension(participation)-
In both cases, I get the same error message "Margins not uniquely identified"
I haven't found any reference to this error code. Does anyone have any ideas what I might be doing wrong?
Thanks very much for the help.
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4 Pines Brewing Company
Manly's Own Beer & Only Local Brewery
A visit to this onsite brewery / bar / restaurant is absolutely one of the things to do in Manly (and Sydney)
There is no better way to get the 4 Pines experience than being in the thick of things at our very welcoming venue. The beer is made on site, the music is awesome, the food is yummy and great value, the feeling is cosy and inviting, the staff are great and know loads about beer.
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Join us for a brewery tour hosted by a qualified beer nut! Tours run daily from 12:30pm and bookings are nonessential.
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The first looks like a list of the RPG product line, but at page 57 they show their modex corners with skyline everywhere else, iRoom.
The latter is the more interesting of the two, with a pass through diffuser with a broadband absorber behind it, used everywhere.
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My totally unqualified opinion is that as you add more speakers to more surfaces, you reach a point where you want a consistent behavior throughout the room. D'Antonio (of RPG fame) coined the term Ambechoic to describe a room that uses massive diffusion to create an almost-instant 30dB drop in the ambient sound field vs. the direct sound reaching your ears. It would seem that this would be an ideal environment for virtually any surround sound speaker arrangement. You can see his presentation slides about it here: http://www.rpginc.com/docs%5CTechnology ... Design.pdf
As you can see from the Blackbird Studio example in the document, achieving an ambechoic room requires a crazy amount of space and money. The iRoom design in the document might be a decent approximation (I've never heard one, wouldn't know for sure). Another approach to achieve similar results is the MyRoom design method that Bogic Petrovic and Zorica Davidovic developed. It achieves similar goals to the Ambechoic design, but uses less space and is considerably cheaper. http://www.myroom-acoustics.com/hosted/ ... _paper.pdf


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Bwahh hahaha, you'll never get this. But remember, no fair using Google or any electronic search tool! (Kinda defeats the whole point of this.)
One becomes humble, not by opposing to the swellings of pride lowly or mean thoughts of himself, but one becomes humble by thinking upon Christ and exalting Him to others.Have at it!
In other news, I put out a search-inquiry on my blog, but no passers-by had the answer. This is a quotation I can't source, though I've searched for decades. I turn to my other resourceful readers here at the team-blog.
I could swear that I read, at some point, J. Gresham Machen saying that for a pastor not to know Greek makes about as much sense as a professor of French literature not knowing French. But I've never been able to source that quotation; and I'm a bit obsessive about not using quotations I can't source. Does anyone know where that's from?


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You can buy the card (ICC) from BSNL for Rs.2800. Or you can rent the card for Rs.150 a month. The minimum rental period is 3 months. The call rate and other charges are same as that of BSNL WLL phone. The data card number will be a WLL number.
Protocol - CDMA2000 1X RTT
working frequency - 824MHz~849MHz/869MHz~894MHz(Uplink/Downlink) Dimensions - 88.4 mm (D) x 54 mm (W) x 5 mm (H)
Weight - Approx. 38g
Power consumption - =3W
Power supply - 3.3V/1000mA, from PCMCIA slot
BSNL has decided to launch its Data Services on CDMA 2000 IX by using BSNL Internet Connect Card (ICC). The CDMA IX ICC will provide Internet Service @144kbps to computer users on their laptops as well as on desktops. This service will be available in all those locations wherever CDMA IX MSC based coverage is there. However, during roaming the said Internet connectivity will not work at present. The following two types of data Cards will be available for BSNL customers:
(A) Network Interface Card (NIC) : For internet speed up to 144 Kbps.
(B) EVDO Card : Internet speed up to 2.4 Mbps
Air interface: CDMA2000 1X RTT, compatible with IS-95 A/B
Retractable antenna
interface: (PCMCIA) type
Perfect statistics of a current connection flow and the accumulative total flow (with statistic reset);
Data rate: Up to 153.6kbps
Voice and SMS
Support Incoming Calling Display, ring prompt, call receiving while data service online (for this function Call Waiting service must be activated)
Large-capacity phone book
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The popular social networking blog Mashable has declared today Social Media Day, and techie-types across the country are planning Tweetups to celebrate, as Mashable puts it, "the revolution of media becoming social." Locals are planning a lunch at noon at the Area Fifteen conference center in the Optimist Park neighborhood just north of center-city Charlotte.
Whether you think sites like Facebook and YouTube and Twitter are a bunch of crock, they are having an undeniable impact on life and communications today. Check out these statistics, collected by researchers with Experian Simmons:
- Two-thirds of Americans now use social media sites, up about 230 percent from penetration levels just three years ago.
- It's not just kids. Some 41 percent of online adults ages 50 or older visit social networking sites monthly.
- Nearly half of the people who visit social networking sites say they do so multiple times per day.


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FlyNeutral FAQs
How much environmental damage does flying cause?
The Nobel Prize winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (known also as the IPCC) indicates that aviation contributes around 3% of the world's total carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
Why do we refer to carbon - is carbon the only greenhouse gas?
No, there are seven main greenhouse gases:
- carbon dioxide (CO2), mainly from fossil fuel use
- methane (CH4), mainly from animals and waste
- nitrous oxide (N2O), mainly from agriculture
- hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), mainly from refrigerants
- sulphur hexafluoride (SF6), mainly from the electricity industry
- perfluorocarbons (PFCs), mainly from aluminium production
- nitrogen trifluoride (NF3), mainly from production of silicon wafers, liquid crystal displays and silicon-based solar cells.
Usually, all greenhouse gases are expressed as carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2-e) which is a metric measure used to compare the emissions from various greenhouse gases on the basis of their 'global-warming potential' by converting amounts of other gases to the equivalent amount of carbon dioxide with the same global warming potential. For example, the global-warming potential for methane is 25 and for nitrous oxide is 298. This means that emissions of 1 million metric tonnes of methane and nitrous oxide respectively is equivalent to emissions of 25 and 298 million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide.
This is why carbon offsetting is typically transacted in 'carbon', or CO2-e.
What is carbon offsetting?
It is important to reduce carbon emissions as much as practicable first. Ways to reduce carbon emissions include using renewable energy, improving energy efficiency at home and at work, avoiding unnecessary journeys using motorised transport, cycling to work, and recycling and conserving energy by turning off lights and turning down heating.
A way to reduce the impact your air travel has on the environment is to purchase emissions reductions from environmentally beneficial projects.
Permanent forests and sustainable, low-energy projects generate emission reductions that can be measured as carbon credits. These carbon credits can then be purchased by customers to address the carbon emissions from their air travel.
This concept is known as carbon offsetting. Anyone can purchase carbon credits and use them to offset their own carbon emissions.
In simple terms, offsetting one tonne of carbon means there will be one less tonne of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere than there would otherwise have been.
What are carbon credits and how do they work?
Carbon credits are used to deliver your carbon offset. A carbon credit represents one tonne of carbon (or equivalent greenhouse gas) emissions reduced.
Carbon credits are issued to projects in New Zealand and overseas which can demonstrate that they have been verified to reduce or remove carbon emissions. For example, if a project has been verified to reduce emissions by 10 tonnes, then it is eligible to receive 10 carbon credits.
When you offset your carbon, you purchase and retire the equivalent amount of carbon credits, supporting projects which reduce or remove carbon emissions.
When the carbon credit is retired (or "cancelled" in some registries) it is removed from circulation in that registry and cannot be used again by another buyer.
Where do carbon credits come from?
Carbon credits are issued from projects that remove or reduce greenhouse gas emissions from entering the atmosphere or remove or absorb greenhouse gas emissions once they exist in the atmosphere. Wind farms, for example, create renewable energy and reduce the need for conventional sources such as burning coal for energy. Other offset projects that generate carbon credits include permanent forestry projects and low-carbon sustainable energy projects. The certification of these projects is important.
How is carbon offsetting transacted?
Carbon offsetting is typically transacted in metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2-e). Purchasing one carbon credit means there will be one less tonne of carbon dioxide (or an equivalent greenhouse gas) in the atmosphere than there otherwise would have been. Once a carbon credit is purchased it then needs to be retired permanently to remove it from circulation, effecting the 'offset'.
How does carbon offsetting work in the context of aviation?
Air New Zealand passengers and business customers can offset the carbon emissions generated by their flights. The emissions for each flight are divided amongst the passenger seats on that flight. Each passenger can therefore pay to offset the emissions caused by their share of the flight's emissions. Passengers can offset their emissions by supporting carbon reduction projects that generate carbon credits.
Calculating emissions
How are my emissions calculated?
Emissions from Air New Zealand travel are calculated under FlyNeutral taking into account:
- The distance travelled on your journey;
- The class of travel you flew (whether Economy, Premium Economy or Business Premier); and
- 'emissions conversion factors' for greenhouse gas company reporting published annually by the UK Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), being those recommended by the NZ Government for voluntary greenhouse gas reporting. These factors incorporate Global Warming Potentials (GWPs) from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4).
Offsetting emissions under FlyNeutral
What are the emission reduction projects in FlyNeutral?
For more information about the emission reduction projects in FlyNeutral, click here.
How much are the carbon credits in FlyNeutral?
The price of the carbon credits Air New Zealand has sourced for FlyNeutral can be found here. This price is updated quarterly and is a blended portfolio price that represents an average cost of the credits in the project portfolio outlined further here.
What projects do the carbon credits come from in the FlyNeutral programme?
When you offset with Air New Zealand, you are purchasing carbon credits from emission reduction projects in New Zealand and in our destination network.
These projects have been selected by Air New Zealand with the support of Permanent Forests NZ Ltd (for New Zealand projects) and ClimateCare (for international projects).
All of the projects are certified to the highest national and international carbon accreditation programmes, such as the New Zealand Permanent Forest Sink Initiative and the Gold Standard.
For more information about the emission reduction projects in FlyNeutral, click here.
Who says the project reduces carbon emissions?
Carbon credits are issued from emission reduction projects that either:
- comply with the New Zealand Government's Permanent Forest Sink Initiative (for New Zealand forestry projects selected): or
- are validated and verified by an approved third-party verifier as meeting globally leading carbon market industry standards such as the Gold Standard to meet the following, crucial criteria: A real project, with measurable and permanent emissions reductions, additional to a business-as-usual scenario and independently verified by a third party approved by that standard. Some standards including the Gold Standard and the CDM Standard also promote sustainable development in their emission reduction projects.
How is a carbon credit created?
Following compliance with the Permanent Forest Sink Initiative (or for the international projects, the relevant carbon standard as evidenced by third party validation and verification), carbon credits are issued on an approved registry (see below for more information about registries) with a serial number into the account of the developer of the emission reduction project.
What is the PFSI or the Permanent Forest Sink Initiative?
The Permanent Forest Sink Initiative is a programme operated by the New Zealand government which rewards landowners for permanently preserving forests that will absorb carbon dioxide from the earth's atmosphere. More information on the PFSI is available on the Ministry for Primary Industries' website.
Who sources and manages the New Zealand native forestry projects?
All New Zealand native forest restoration projects supplying carbon credits to Air New Zealand for the FlyNeutral programme are managed and sourced by Permanent Forests NZ Ltd.
Who is Permanent Forests NZ?
Permanent Forests NZ is a New Zealand-owned company specialising in the promotion and protection of forests for the role they play in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and addressing the threat of climate change.
Who sources and manages the international emission reduction projects?
All international emission reduction projects supplying carbon credits to Air New Zealand for the FlyNeutral programme are managed and sourced by ClimateCare.
Who is ClimateCare?
ClimateCare has over 20 years' experience in international carbon markets and carbon reduction programme management. ClimateCare manages a number of the world's largest carbon offset programmes on behalf of its government and corporate partners.
What is the Gold Standard?
The Gold Standard is a best practice methodology and a high-quality carbon credit label for the carbon market which promotes sustainable development in its emission reduction projects.
What are low-carbon sustainable energy projects?
Sustainable energy is energy supply that can meet the growing demand of today's people without compromising the demand of the people that might require it in future. It involves looking at multiple aspects of sustainability environmental, social and economic.
Sustainable low-carbon energy includes renewable energy generation which comes from sources that are naturally replenished soon after being used. Sunlight, wind and water are all examples of sustainable energy.
Sustainable low-carbon energy projects also include energy efficiency projects that use energy efficiently thereby reducing the need to produce more energy in the near term. Energy efficiency can refer to any project that applies new technologies, processes or practices to achieve the same outcome while using less energy. Biogas and fuel-efficient cook stoves are examples of energy efficiency projects.
What does Air New Zealand do with the money paid by customers to offset their carbon emissions?
All funds received by customers, net of tax, funds the purchase of carbon credits under FlyNeutral. Air New Zealand does not take any fees to cover the operation of FlyNeutral. All funds go directly towards the supply of the carbon credits.
Does Air New Zealand make a margin on the carbon credits purchased under FlyNeutral?
No. All funds received by customers, net of tax, go directly towards the supply of the carbon credits under FlyNeutral.
Retirement / cancellation at registry
How do I know that the carbon credits I purchase under FlyNeutral actually offset my emissions?
The carbon credits for FlyNeutral are held in carbon credit registry accounts. Once customers buy the carbon credits for offsetting under FlyNeutral, those credits are removed from circulation, effecting the offset. This means they are either retired or cancelled (credits are retired in voluntary market registries where the global projects are registered, or cancelled in the NZ Emissions Trading Register where the PFSI projects are registered). Retirements and cancellations take place on a quarterly basis.
We track all carbon credits purchased under FlyNeutral and the retirement and cancellation of them is audited every year.
In future, full public visibility of the registries where these carbon credits are will be available so that customers can view the serial numbers of the carbon credits and see that they are retired or cancelled.
How and why is a carbon credit retired or cancelled?
Retirement or cancellation of a carbon credit is the permanent removal of the credit from circulation in the registry system, effecting the 'offset'.
The carbon credits purchased by our customers for offsetting under FlyNeutral are retired or cancelled on a quarterly basis.
Which registries is FlyNeutral using?
FlyNeutral uses the New Zealand Emissions Trading Registry for its New Zealand projects and the IHS Markit Environmental Registry for its international projects.
What is the IHS Markit Environmental Registry?
The IHS Markit Environmental Registry is the largest, global voluntary registry for carbon, water and biodiversity credits, measured by volume, number of environmental standards on the registry and number of customers. It provides full tracking from issuance to transfer to retirement or cancellation for more than 250 million credits.
When will the carbon credits under FlyNeutral be retired or cancelled?
Best industry practice requires that carbon credits purchased for carbon offsetting be retired or cancelled within 12 months of the period being offset. To help support customers with this, retirements / cancellations of credits will occur on a batch basis every quarter.
Other general questions
Does Air New Zealand make any money from FlyNeutral?
No. All contributions to offsetting go directly towards the supply of the carbon credits.
Does Air New Zealand offset its carbon emissions?
At Air New Zealand, we use FlyNeutral to offset the carbon emissions associated with our staff travelling for work.
Relationship of FlyNeutral with the Emissions Trading Scheme
Is FlyNeutral part of the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme?
No. Under the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) Air New Zealand has an obligation to report the number of greenhouse gas emissions generated from its fuel use on domestic flights and provide to the government a number of emission reduction units to match that number of emissions.
Air New Zealand fully complies with its obligations under the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme, managing all compliance requirements at our own cost, not via a separate charge to customers. Compliance with the regulatory requirements of the ETS does not equate to offsetting.
When I offset, am I paying for Air New Zealand's emissions under the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme?
No. FlyNeutral operates separately to the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme. Funds received from customers for offsetting under FlyNeutral do not go towards our compliance costs associated with the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme. We comply with our obligations under that scheme and manage all compliance requirements at our cost.
Why does Air New Zealand offer the option for customers to offset their flights when Air New Zealand already fully complies with the NZ Emissions Trading Scheme?
We offer the option for our customers to offset their flights because it is important to reduce the amount of carbon in the atmosphere as soon as possible, and because compliance with the NZ Emissions Trading Scheme (NZETS) does not necessarily mean that carbon is being 'removed' from the atmosphere. The reasons for this are below.
The NZETS involves the creation and allocation of permits to emit
An emissions trading scheme helps price emissions which encourages emissions reductions by organisations and individuals. Part of an emissions trading policy involves creating 'permits to emit' and allocating these to certain organisations to help them manage the impact of a price of carbon in their business. Reducing the number of permits over time creates scarcity and therefore raises the price of them to incentivise more behavioural change.
Like most regulatory emissions trading schemes around the world, the NZETS follows this approach. The government allocates units to emitters under the NZETS giving the emitter permission to emit carbon through the newly created units. These units do not represent carbon permanently removed from the atmosphere or reduced and so they do not equate to an "offset".
The voluntary carbon market requires carbon credits used for offsetting to be real and permanent emissions reduction
Distinct from regulatory emissions trading, the voluntary carbon market is a mechanism to help individuals and organisations mitigate or reduce their carbon impact on the environment by encouraging and enabling them to purchase carbon credits ("offsets") from certified emissions reductions projects that permanently avoid or remove carbon from the atmosphere. For emissions to be 'offset', every carbon emission has to be matched with a permanent emission reduction. i.e. the carbon credits being used for offsetting must have been certified as removing carbon from the atmosphere on a permanent basis.
Conclusion: Compliance with the NZETS does not mean emissions are offset
Due to the nature of the current design of the NZETS and because the units allocated under it do not represent a permanent emission reduction, they cannot be used for voluntary carbon offsetting.
Therefore, Air New Zealand's compliance with the NZETS through surrendering NZUs to government does not mean that Air New Zealand has 'offset' its emissions.
The carbon credits sourced for Air New Zealand's offsetting programme (FlyNeutral) are permanent emission reductions from either permanent forestry projects (issued to landowners for carbon removals from permanent forests) or global sustainable energy projects. These credits are cancelled in the carbon registry by or on behalf of Air New Zealand by ClimateCare; they not surrendered to the government for compliance with the NZETS. Therefore, any offsetting by Air New Zealand customers does not help Air New Zealand towards its compliance with the NZETS.


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1896- Lumiere brothers organize the first screenings in Malmo, Sweden.
1905-first movie theater in Sweden by N.H. Nylander.
1907-The swedes Wiberg and Nylander establish Svenska Bio.
1909-Charles Magnusson joins SB as head of production.
1911-SB moves to Stokholm
1913-Ingebord Holm a film by Victor Sjostrom.Vampire by Maurice Stiller.
1916-The wings(Vingarne) by Stiller and Terje Vigen by V. Sjostrom.
1919-Stiller directs Sir Arne's Treasure with the actress Mary Johnson. Record breaking attendences
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1929-Alf Sjoberg makes his debut with the Strongest(den Starkaste.)
1937-The Swede, Anders Sandrew creates his distribution outfit AB Sandrews Biograferna.
1938-The basics of the 'Swedish model' socialism are laid down in the Saltsjobaden agreement.
Sandrews begins producing films.
1955. The Norwegian government decides to give direct subsidies upto 55%of a film production costs. Bergman's Smiles of a Summer Night wins a Jury Prize at Cannes.
1956-First TV transmission in Sweden. Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal opens in Sweden
1958-Wild Strawberries wins the Golden Bear at the Berlin Festival.
1960-Death of Victor Sjostrom.
1963-The Swedish Film Institute is established,thanks to the pioneering energy of Harry Schein.
Bo Widerberg makes his first feature,Barnevagenen.
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So the Mercury nominations for this year aren't so bad, a couple of proper WTF examples aside (The View? Really? Come on…). If we're being fair it could have been much, much worse though: The Enemy were rumoured to feature, and the likes of The Fratellis and The Twang, given their recent high-profile coverage, could well have crept into the equation. So, thank heavens then that the powers that be at Mercury HQ elected to shortlist the wonderful Fionn Regan, Bat For Lashes and Maps, talents that still exist on the fringes of the mainstream.
For the full list of this year's nominations, click to our news story here.
However good this year's nominations are, though, we at DiS got the old grey matter burning away to compile an alternative list of twelve that could have made the cut. All are good, all were released in the catchment period, and all leapt pretty much straight to mind. So they must be worth a mention, then…
Lily Allen
Alright, Still
Released: July 17, 2006
With good reviews almost across the board preceding its chart-conquering sales performance, Lily Allen's debut is a wonderful little pop record, full of reggae-tinged vignettes recalling childhood memories positive and negative. Allen's headline-generating motor-mouth guarantees her coverage even when she's not promoting any particular release; she is, in some circles, considered quite the perfect modern pop star.
DiS review
The Twilight Sad
Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters
Released: May 7, 2007
The Kilsyth four-piece's debut album is one of this year's finest first offerings, mixing atmospheric post-rock mood-scapes with crushing lyrical melancholy and epic swathes of spine-tingling guitar tones. It picked up great reviews from the most critical of review sites and magazines, including Pitchfork and DiS, and continues to impress with each listen. With a support slot with Snow Patrol under their belts and US dates currently in progress, all the signs point to the band's future being positively astonishing. Expect them to receive the Mercury nod for album number two.
DiS review
Jarvis Cocker
Released: November 13, 2006
Hailed as an "idiosyncratic triumph" by The Guardian and "a record that befits his stature and by rights should return him to the A-list" by DiS, the ex-Pulp man's debut solo album is – in our opinion – a surprise omission from the Mercury nominations proper. Indeed, many a 'tastemaker' questioned by trade magazine Music Week identified Jarvis as a frontrunner for the annual prize. Immediate of impact and excellent of pop hooks, and featuring the best-titled single of this year so far in the shape of 'Fat Children' (well, it has brilliant lyrics, anyway), the album's a winner on a variety of levels, and will appeal to fans and foes of Pulp alike. We demand a recount!
DiS review
Simian Mobile Disco
Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release
Released: June 18, 2007
The debut album from remix duo James Ford and Jas Shaw arrived on a wave of hype for everything dance-centric, generated in no small part by successfully realised LPs from peers such as Digitalism, Justice and Matthew Dear. Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release was a title whispered in the DiS office as we considered what might be nominated, but we recognised that it probably wouldn't make the cut if Klaxons did, due to Ford's involvement in the production of the latter's Myths Of The Near Future album. Since Klaxons are in on the list proper, for our alternative twelve we're plumping for this party-starter. For one thing it doesn't have a gash-awful version of 'Not Over Yet' on it…
DiS review
Bloc Party
A Weekend In The City
Released: February 5, 2007
The London-based four-piece's second LP might have been described as – predictably – 'difficult' by some critics, but while it did tackle heavyweight lyrical topics A Weekend In The City mixed its confrontational compositions with slices of pure summertime indie-pop. See: the three-in-a-row series on side B of 'Kreuzberg', 'I Still Remember' and 'Sunday'. Yes, Kele occasionally let his passion for a subject matter blind him to the subtleties that made the band's debut Silent Alarm so arresting, but the raw honesty of this album makes it one of 2007's true must-hear offerings. Whether you return to it or not after that cursory listen is entirely up to you.
DiS review
Orchestra Of Wolves
Released: September 25, 2006; June 11, 2007 (re-issue)
So good it's been released twice – once on indie label In At The Deep End and again, with a bonus disc, on Warners – this is almost certainly the best punk-rock record to emerge from these shores in the last twelve months. If it's not the best, really, then it's certainly the one punk-rock release from the UK that's had critics from outside of such circles dribbling with praise. And rightly so: vitriolic and vital, Orchestra Of Wolves is a bona-fide jump lead to your tender bits, a syringe of something tasty and naughty straight to your heart of hearts. Yeah, it's all a bit heard-it-before compositionally, but at least they fucking mean in. Plus, you can dance to it really well. Can either of those things be said of The View and their Mercury-nominated debut?
DiS review
The Cinematic Orchestra
Ma Fleur
Released: May 7, 2007
The third album from the Jason Swinscoe-cored electro-jazz outfit – could this actually be our token jazz album of the list, without a hope of winning in a month of Sundays? – is their finest yet, treading ground familiar to that of its predecessors but replacing a heavy emphasis on jazz for subtler genre-shifting techniques. Said DiS: "Never is this record's whole revealed, like a gorgeous woman standing behind glossed glass, but the silhouette, the mystery, what is truly important, remains". We figured it'd be there or thereabouts come this year's nominations, but clearly our thoughts weren't mirrored by the panel responsible for putting the final twelve into the public's eyes and ears. Ah well…
DiS review
Patrick Wolf
The Magic Position
Released: February 26, 2007
One of British pop's most unique acts – and one who very nearly took himself out of active service earlier this year – Patrick Wolf is a chameleon whose colours never quite tally with whatever reviewers of the time are writing about him. Even now he's plotting a new move to unleash in the near future, we're sure; something that'll leave us both befuddled and beguiled. (A new album is actually planned for June of 2008.) The Magic Position is Wolf's third album, and while it left long-term fans split of opinion, the critics lavished praise upon it. DiS remarked: "On this form, Patrick's next album will be sensational, and the fifth will be…" Finish that however you like, so long as it involves a flurry of superlatives.
DiS review
The Good The Bad And The Queen
The Good The Bad And The Queen
Released: January 22, 2007
Okay, so that's not really the band's name, but we have to run with something. Perhaps, ultimately, it's this supergroup's lack of a proper moniker that led to their omission from the Mercury nominations – after all, there must have been some substantial excuse offered for not including a band featuring members past and present of Blur, The Verve and The Clash, three bands prominent in this country's musical heritage and history. Their 'self-titled' album was generally well received, with its concept – all songs referred in some way or other to London, and mercifully not 'LDN' – recognised as something that Damon Albarn, in particular, needed to get out of his system. Catharsis, though, has rarely been so interweaved with understated and solemn grandeur.
DiS review
My Heart Has A Wish That You Would Not Go
Released: January 29, 2007
A little late in the day a smidgen of mainstream recognition may be, but surely this – the third and final LP from Scottish post-rockers Aereogramme – is worthy of a mention? It is, after all, a masterful piece of work, one that rewrites the rule book on slow-core rock and incorporates the finest and most accessible arrangements the four-piece have ever penned. Its title might have its roots in horror picture The Exorcist, but the music contained on this disc is rarely anything but beauteous, their trademark heaviness balanced by deft melodies and a curious desire to push beyond convention and expectation. Challenging for all the most unexpected reasons, My Heart Has A Wish… really should have been considered for the 2007 Mercury nominations.
DiS review
Field Music
Tones Of Town
Released: January 22, 2007
Cor, January really was a great month for great albums, as this list is proving. Field Music's second album might well be their last, as the three members intend to pursue alternative musical pursuits, but that didn't prevent it getting the 10/10 treatment on these pages earlier this year. Said our reviewer: "I truly cannot think of a single bad thing to say about this album. It's unpredictable, ridiculously clever, catchy as hell and as perfect a pop album as you're ever likely to hear." In a nutshell, yes. An album that truly separates its makers from their north-easterly peers – and we shall name no names for they are not necessary – Tones Of Town is a gem that the few to discover it will cherish for many a year to come.
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No Shouts, No Calls
Released: April 30, 2007
The Too Pure-signed four-piece's fourth album proper is, without a doubt, their best yet. No Shouts, No Calls challenged those previously unimpressed with the Brighton-based outfit's material to reassess their opinions and listen from a fresh perspective, as the band themselves set about progressing to a creative level previously untouched. While rooted in the band's own unique style, it nevertheless tip-toed its way into the previously uninitiated's psyche with a silky skill. Said our reviewer: "It's a little bit adventurous, capable of surprising sidesteps, but remains safely at home in Electrelane's own engagingly individual aesthetic."
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Hired Muscle
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After the preliminary induction into the Companions, Farkas foists this quest upon you. You simply need to intimidate the random person that you are assigned; no killing.
Targets won't back down from simple fighting words, as either one challenges you to...fairly civil fisticuffs. Exchange blows until the opposing party keels over and before your own health expires. Speak to the defeated target and then return to Farkas in Jorrvaskr.
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Kofi Annan has seen a lot of genocide. He hasn't been the monster pulling the trigger, or ordering the deaths. But to hear his critics tell it, as head of the United Nations Peacekeepers in 1994 and 1995 he failed to prevent the Rwandan genocide and the massacre at Srebrenica in former Yugoslavia. The 2003 Darfur genocide began during his tenure as UN Secretary General. In 2004, 10 years after the Hutus massacred 800,000 Tutsis, Annan said, "I could and should have done more to sound the alarm and rally support."
Maybe it was these experiences that drove Annan to volunteer to be UN Special Envoy to Syria. Although he won the Nobel Peace prize in 2001, Annan, 74, surely wants to be remembered for more than the Oil for Humanitarian aid program that under his tenure funneled billions to Saddam Hussein and Syria, or sexual harassment scandals that plagued some of his top aides, whom he defended even when the evidence mounted against them.
This isn't Annan's first act since completing his second term as UN Secretary General. He successfully helped end the violence surrounding elections in Kenya in 2008, which displaced 600,000 people. But Syria is certainly his highest-profile assignment. And this assignment, his friends argue, is a no-win situation that could do more harm than good for his legacy; thus far it isn't going well. "[Annan] is doing the best he can do given the marching orders," says Michael O'Hanlon, a foreign policy expert at the Brookings Institution. "But it's been a failure to date for sure."
Perhaps seeking to avoid the missteps of the Arab League, which bullied Syrian strongman Bashar Assad and leaked almost everything he said to the press, Annan has chosen to be press shy on this mission, refusing all interview requests. It hasn't gotten Assad to treat Annan any better than he treated the Arab League, and Assad, who told Barbara Walters that diplomacy is a game, has bought himself time even as the violence continues. Syria this week remained defiant after Annan's visit, during which he publicly chastised its leaders for recent bloodshed. "The Syrian people do not want their future to be one of bloodshed and division," Annan said Tuesday after two days in Damascus. "Yet the killings continue, and the abuses are still with us today."
When Annan took the job in mid-April, he convinced Assad to sign on to six basic points: 1) Syrian pledges to work with Annan to build "an inclusive Syrian-led political process to address the legitimate aspirations and concerns of the Syrian people." 2) Syria commits to stop fighting, troop movements and use of heavy weapons in populated areas. 3) A daily two-hour "humanitarian pause" to allow aid to be delivered and the injured to be evacuated. 4) Syria will quicken the release of "arbitrarily detained persons" and provide a list of all such people. 5) Journalists can move freely through Syria and obtain visas. 6) Syria commits to "respect freedom of association and the right to demonstrate peacefully as legally guaranteed."
At the time, Russia, which is one of Assad's few remaining friends in the world, seemed pleased that Syria, unlike Libya, would not be submitted to forcible regime change by western powers. The plan included "no talk of Assad's departure," said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. It has by no means been a success, but the simple plan is becoming "a wedge between Moscow and Damascus," says Dennis Ross, until November President Obama's top adviser on the Middle East. "The more Assad fails to live up to those points, the more embarrassed the Kremlin becomes."
Assad clearly is failing to live up to his pledges. At first, opponents reported that the violence stopped when 300 UN monitors assigned to Syria arrived, but started back up again the minute they left, presenting a Potemkin peace to observers. But Assad's forces two weeks ago abandoned all pretext of hiding hostilities and last weekend's reported massacre of 108 civilians in Houla, most of them women and children, is the latest evidence yet that Assad just doesn't care what the world thinks of him.
He may not care what most of the world thinks – the U.S. on Tuesday joined Germany, Spain, Italy, France, Britain, Canada and Australia in expelling Syrian diplomats in response to the massacre – but Assad should care what Russian President Vladimir Putin thinks. Russia has consistently vetoed resolutions allowing for an expanded UN or international role in Syria, home to Russia's last remaining military facility on the Mediterranean. But over the weekend, Russia endorsed a UN resolution condemning the Houla massacre. "It still remains unclear what happened and what triggered what," Russia's Deputy UN Ambassador Igor Pankin told reporters in New York. "It is difficult to imagine that the Syrian government would not only shell… but also use point-black execution" against women and children. Assad should note Moscow's stance with alarm. Putin, say most analysts, is just about the only thing that stands between Assad and the fate of Libya's late dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
There are many differences between Libya and Syria: the opposition in Syria remains disjointed, almost as much at odds with one another as they are with Assad. Western nations are warily eyeing the emergence of fundamentalist, jihadist elements fighting on the rebel side against Assad's ostensibly secular state. There is also little political will in the U.S. during an election year to engage in Syria; Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's call for action in Syria this week was met with a divided response from the GOP base. Most observers believe Assad will successfully be able to draw out this process, potentially for years. After 14 months Assad has already outlasted almost every other leader targeted by the Arab Spring. Meanwhile, more of his people die every day – a genocide in slow motion that Annan seems as unable to stop as past violence in Rwanda, Bosnia and Darfur.
Correction: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that 600,000 Kenyans were killed in 2008.


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Extra Courthouse Funds Approved
AUSTIN, Texas — The Travis County Commissioners Court recently approved construction funding and discussed building operations regarding the new courthouse and administrative offices on Lavaca Street.
The court approved an additional $1.7 million for work on the lower level and first two floors. The cost was comprised of $906,600 in architectural and engineering fees, $600,000 in cafeteria costs and $268,988 related to other projects.
The court hired Lawrence Group/GSC Architects for professional architectural and engineering services for $899,100, and approved $345,000 for furniture costs for the new building, $81,000 to paint the parking garage and a $39,084 change order with contractor M2 Construction for minor construction and renovation on the fourth floor.
As part of its consent agenda, the court approved a 12-month contract extension for Sentinel Lavaca Management Corp. to provide property management services through June 12, 2012. The county will pay the company $20,000 per month, to be deducted from rents before the balance is deposited to the county as revenue, according to the agenda request.
The court also approved using a contractor management at-risk system for constructing the lower level and first two floors. County staff told the court the system allows the construction team to become involved in the design process and results in competitive bids for every dollar spent on construction costs.
The court took no action on sending a request for information on public-private partnerships to fund the construction and operation of the courthouse and administrative offices.
County Purchasing Agent Cyd Grimes told the court that staff worked on a request for information to determine the best financial options. Commissioners emphasized that learning more about such partnerships did not constitute commitment to work with any particular organization.
Commissioner Sarah Eckhardt suggested that the court should hold a work session to learn about public-private partnerships.
In April 2010, the county purchased the 15-story downtown building at Seventh and Lavaca streets for $61.2 million. About one-third of the 315,000-square-foot building is occupied by private and public sector tenants.


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Learn to Dance in a Day: Intensive Beginners Dance Workshop Saturday April 20th at 1pm to 5pm
Jive Nation Toronto
Saturday, April 20, 2013 from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM (EDT)
Event Details
Jive Nation Toronto Presents
Learn to Dance in a Day Intensive Beginner Modern Jive Dance Workshop
Saturday April 20th 2013
(Modern Jive dancing is like a fusion of salsa and
jive, very trendy
with no fancy footwork to learn.
It is a perfect way to learn to dance for social occasions)
Saturday April 20th 2013
Where: Monarch's Pub Delta Chelsea Hotel, 33 Gerrard St. W, Toronto at 1pm – 5pm
Get the basics of dancing, cement your Modern Jive dance lessons, boost your dancing confidence and learn to dance at our popular beginner dance workshop, the ultimate Fast-Track to freestyle dancing confidence on the dance floor. No previous dance experience required. No need to bring a partner.
Our fabulous attendees at our November 17 2012 workshop - big smiles after the dancing, what a great group they were
This course is perfect for you if you:
- Want to quickly learn the basics of how to dance , so you can use in any social setting, including office parties, banquets, weddings etc
- Have never danced before
- Want to learn some stylish wedding dance steps very affordably
- Want to build your dancing confidence
- Or want to cement or refresh on your previous modern jive classes
Come and spend a fun afternoon out with us - we will do the rest!
Ticket Prices include 13% HST
Your workshop price also includes our much-famed veggie and fruit snacks!
**In-class registration! Register for your Beginner Intensive during our Weekly Modern Jive dance sessions and save money on registration! Cash or cheque only. Ask in class for details.
This popular Beginner Dance Workshop condenses weeks of modern jive dance lessons into just one 4-hour session to help you become confident on the dance floor fast – even if you've never danced before.
You'll learn how to dance some simple yet stylish actual dance routines - in just one afternoon.
Leading from the front, our expert teacher will walk you through the moves one step at a time, breaking routines into easy to remember segments that you can easily recreate on the dance floor.
Scattered throughout the class are expert dancers who can provide you with indivdual tips and pointing to help you perfect your dancing technique. Partners are not fixed so you'll have plenty of opportunity to meet new friends and dance with different people.
In just 4 hours you'll learn:
- Several Beginner modern jive dance moves
- Transitions
- Fillers, and how to hear the musical beats and timing
- Elegant dance steps that with practice you can easily recreate on the dance floor yourself
We run our popular beginner's fast track session for Modern Jive, using the intensive Jive Nation methods for fast-tracking beginners up to a confident level of dancing in one day. We get asked many questions, so here are some of the most frequently asked questions:
1. Can I come alone? Is everyone coming as a couple?
A lot of people come along solo – we try to keep the numbers of men and women roughly balanced, so please let us know if you have invited a friend! You will meet everyone very quickly – the group size is usually about 6 men and 6 women, and we change dance partners every 5 minutes or so.
2. What is Modern Jive?
You will be learning Modern Jive using the Jive Nation method – we focus on modern music and sophisticated but simple partner dance moves – it's almost always to 4/4 time pop music. This is NOT ballroom jive, or old style rock'n'roll or salsa or swing – it's a simple, smooth modern version of all the best parts, simple and fun to learn.
The Jive Nation METHOD is about LOTS of quality repetition during the 4 hour beginners' intensive course, preferably followed by any of our evening class passes to cement your dance skills, build your confidence AND meet loads of wonderful people.
3. What should I wear?
Just wear something you feel comfortable in, such as: Jeans / shorts /casual dress / t shirt /pants/trousers – you will find we're pretty casual. It's a fun, physical practice workshop so there's no need for formal dress.
4. What shoes do I need?
Smooth soled trainers or leather soled shoes work well for the first few months. After a few months, if you are TOTALLY loving it (and you will!) then consider investing in a nice pair of dance shoes from one of our recommended stores, or online dance shoe sellers – ask Nicky if you'd like some recommendations.
5. What are the costs for the Workshop and the Class Pass options?
$15 - Casual evening pass (class and freestyle social)
$58 – 4 Class Modern Jive Pass
$95 – 8 Class Modern Jive Class Pass (Good for up to 1 year from 1st activation. Great value!)
$59.00 – Saturday Beginners Intensive Afternoon Modern Jive MasterClass
$100.00 – Saturday Beginners Intensive Attend it with a friend MasterClass
6. I don't have a partner. Do we change partners in the course?
Yes, we change partners every 4 or 5 minutes – this is the fastest way to get everyone up to speed, PLUS you get to meet so many more fabulous people.
7. How often do you hold the Saturday Intensive beginners session held?
We currently run it every couple of months however check the www.jivenationtoronto.com website for latest dates and updates.
8. Should I bring food or drink?
We usually provide some water and fresh vegetable and fruit snacks, however 4 hours is a marathon, so make sure you have lunch before hand. You can also arrive early and have a bite to eat – the Monarch's Pub has a full bar service.
9. What if I've never done ANY kind of dancing before?
No worries. Just jump in, feet first, and we will teach you, and you will fly through with confidence. Just come along!
10. Can I invite a friend?
Please do! You can have them sign them up online. Please note we can only count registered people who have signed up online as firm attendees.
11. What will I learn?
The rhythm and basic footwork for a 4/4 modern jive, to upbeat modern pop music – plus simple dance moves and links to put together and MASTER 4-5 fun and fabulous dance routines with all the partners in the room. It's a HUGE confidence builder – just go for it!
12. I've danced a bit before - Is Modern Jive the same as Salsa or Ballroom?
There are some similar elements with regard to leading and following – however the timing of Jive Nation Toronto modern jive is different to all of these – we use a 4/4/ box step repeating pattern - its as simple as you can make it – we don't use ballroom jive triple steps, we don't use the salsa footwork count, and we don't use the UK Ceroc single back step – our steps are much simpler than all of these. You will love it.
13. What sort of music will we be dancing to?
We keep our music very modern and upbeat, all Top 40 – chart and pop music that you hear on the radio and at good nightclubs and parties.
Please note: The organizers reserve the right to cancel or reschedule this event should the miniumum number of registrations not be attained, or in the event of any other extraordinary or unforseen circumstances, or circumstances beyond our control. Should we cancel the event your registration fee will be refunded.
Have more questions? Visit Jive Nation Toronto at http://jivenationtoronto.com
When & Where
Monarch's Pub
33 Gerrad St West
Saturday, April 20, 2013 from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM (EDT)
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Jive Nation Toronto
Learn to dance with Jive Nation Toronto. Excellent teaching and great fun at an unbeatable price. No partner needed! For more information and to find out how you can boost your confidence on the dance floor in weeks not years visit http://www.jivenationtoronto.com
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Leaders of
the pilots' union at American Airlines raised the threat of a strike and also
met Wednesday with the CEO of US Airways, which is pursuing a labor-backed
merger with American.
The Allied Pilots Association said that it would hold a strike-authorization vote as soon as American tries to use the bankruptcy process to throw out its contract with pilots and impose new pay and work rules.
The airline said that a strike would be illegal.
A hearing on American's request to cancel the pilots' contract is scheduled for Sept. 4 before a federal bankruptcy judge in New York.
Federal law makes it difficult for airline unions to legally strike. In 2007, a federal appeals court blocked a planned strike by flight attendants at Northwest Airlines after the airline threw out the union's contract as part of its bankruptcy case.
Union spokesman Gregg Overman said pilots would strike only if they had legal permission from the National Mediation Board, but Wednesday's declaration showed labor's resolve.
The standoff between the union and AMR comes as US Airways, based in Tempe, Arizona, continued to press for a merger that would put US Airways executives in charge of a bigger, combined airline.
Chairman and CEO Doug Parker and two other top US Airways Group Inc. executives flew to Dallas-Fort Worth on Wednesday to meet the new acting president of the pilots' union, Keith Wilson. Overman, the union spokesman, said they had a wide-ranging discussion "about the potential for further industry consolidation."
AMR CEO Thomas Horton was dismissive of US Airways' overtures for several months, preferring that AMR emerge from bankruptcy protection on its own. Under pressure from creditors, however, AMR has started exploring merger options, including with US Airways, that creditors could compare to an independent AMR.
American is trying to slash annual labor costs by about $1 billion and return AMR to profitability after it lost more than $10 billion since 2001. American won concessions in new contracts covering about 40,000 ground workers and flight attendants.
But American's 8,000 active pilots risked even deeper cost-cutting measures by rejecting a company offer this month. American's first attempt to nullify the pilots' contract was denied by the judge on two narrow issues. The company changed those items and has again asked the judge for permission to throw out the pilots' contract.
Bankruptcy law lets companies escape union contracts if they convince a judge that it's necessary for their success. That's what Northwest did with flight attendants, who responded by threatening to strike. A federal appeals court in New York ruled that the flight attendants were "intransigent" despite Northwest's need to cut costs and that the airline had a right under bankruptcy law to throw out the contract.
American's pilots last went on strike in 1997. President Bill Clinton ordered them back to work within minutes and appointed a special board to study the dispute.
Leaders of
the pilots' union at American Airlines raised the threat of a strike and also
met Wednesday with the CEO of US Airways, which is pursuing a labor-backed
merger with American.


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Why would you do that?
Part of the problem with Silent Hill is that the new teams didn't really know how to capture the "feel" or the gameplay of the earlier games.
what the fuck is going on in japan that so many jrpg franchises have died? this is starting to seem like more of a japan problem than an america problem
Quote from: Alisha on August 03, 2011, 07:51:24 PMwhat the fuck is going on in japan that so many jrpg franchises have died? this is starting to seem like more of a japan problem than an america problemWhy would it be an America problem? Maybe Japanese developers are tired of old hat genres?
So I was fucking around in Play-Asia and for some reason that I don't even remember right now I found this:Irem resurrects April Fool's Day Suikoden game as actual PSP releaseDokidoki Suikoden has Touch EventsDokuSui: DokiDoki Suikoden TrailerWhat the shit.
I wonder what makes this game Cero D ?
QuoteI wonder what makes this game Cero D ?it's a parodies those love sim games... Maybe you're supposed to have sex with all 108 of them to get the happy ending? Or would that be 108 happy endings?
During the PSOne era, there was much incentive to make JRPGs because any decent title had a good shot at selling 500,000 units (Square in particular was so successful that the aim for any new RPG was a million units).