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We know Tony Stark survives The Avengers — but who else can we be reasonably sure survives the Joss Whedon Death Touch? A list of major characters in Iron Man 3 gives us a major hint. Plus Chris Hemsworth discusses the dress sense of the Avengers, and Thor's journey.
Director Jonathan Liebesman explains more about the latest Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot.
A Battlestar Galactica actor might be joining Man of Steel, but who will he play?
All the latest Doctor Who rumors, including the exciting setting of Amy and Rory's final adventure.
Director Timur Bekmambetov explains how vampires reshaped history in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.
Spoilers from here on out!
Top image from The Avengers.
The Avengers
Thor actor Chris Hemsworth explains how the costumes vary for the team depending on whether or not they're in battle:
"I think [the costume department] did a great job of toning it back a little with the outfits so there was a little bit of a common thread between them. Individually, in their own films they're probably a little flashier. In 'The Avengers', I removed my cape for some of the scenes, and that was more Thor's casual number. Captain America had his sleeves rolled up. Just something that broke the formality of it all, and I think it works for that reason because of those slight adjustments. Everyone was scared of that, of how it was going to look, but then among the action scenes where everything is so hot and full on, it's like now you want the colours; now you want everyone to be in their full glory. And then the stuff just kind of launches off the screen. It's wicked."
He also talks some more about Thor's arc:
"With ['The Avengers'] it was a little more difficult to track an individual journey so much. You still do, but you have to work harder because it's not as obvious. You're much more a part of the flow of the group. For me, I guess Thor, in a different way from everyone else, was much more emotionally invested in the villain, and the problem that the villain brings because it was his brother. That's his sort of difference, and it's a much more personal conflict. For the rest of them it was more like they had a job to do… At the end of [the first 'Thor' movie] he's matured somewhat. He's been humbled and he's earned his powers now, but then what do you do? Put it into action. It's one thing to say you've learned a lesson, but now it's like, "Show us that you're not still a cocky petulant kid!"
Iron Man 3
A casting notice confirms what we all expected, that Gwyneth Paltrow and Don Cheadle will be back again as Pepper Potts and James Rhodes respectively. Somewhat less expected — but not altogether surprising — is that Scarlett Johansson is also coming back as Black Widow, which means I think we can safely say that character won't die in The Avengers (not that that seemed like that likely a possibility). There's no mention of any other potential returning cast members, though I'd be shocked if some combination of Clark Gregg as Agent Coulson and/or Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury doesn't show up. [MovieWeb]
The Amazing Spider-Man
Here's a promo poster of the Lizard, which is pretty much in line with all the rather underwhelming concept art we've been seeing for the last few months. Let's hope he looks better on the screen, I guess. [First Showing]
Man of Steel
This is just an IMDB rumor for now, so grains of salt at the ready, but Battlestar Galactica and Dollhouse actor Tahmoh Penikett has reportedly been cast as a character called Emerson. At the link, there's some incredibly wild speculation — seriously, even by the standards of wild speculation, this is pretty out there — that this "Emerson" refers to Grant Emerson, the secret identity of the forgotten 1990s DC superhero Damage. That strikes me as more or less impossible — my money would be this Emerson is some sort of agent or soldier, since those seem like just the sorts of roles Tahmoh Penikett would play in a Superman movie, as opposed to some random fourth tier DC hero. Assuming he's actually in the movie at all. [Cosmic Book News]
Here's a TV spot, featuring a few bits of new footage. [Shock Till You Drop]
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Director Timur Bekmambetov drops some interesting hints about the ways vampires affected the movie's version of history:
There was no goal for me there to do something nobody has seen before. The combination of the vampires and Lincoln is unique enough, for me. It was logical for me to create a vampire world as relatable as possible, or something you could understand. There were a lot of small details, though. For example, because it's a grounded world, vampires can work outside and in daylight. Otherwise, how can they live in the real world? The answer is, they created sunscreen and it's why they were everywhere - in Congress, in banks, they're lawyers. They invented sunscreen. And the vampire hunters invented photography - because according to mythology - they don't reflect in mirrors. So, in the photographic process, there's silver involved, same as a mirror, and vampire hunters use the photo process to see who is invisible. If you take a picture of Congress, you'll see half of the group is invisible - they're vampires.
Dark Shadows
Here are two set photos featuring commentary from costar Michelle Pfeiffer. [Shock Till You Drop]
Melissa Leo, who previously screamed profanities at Mark Wahlberg in The Fighter — something many of us might want to do at one time or another, but we typically don't win Oscars for it — has reportedly been cast alongside Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, and Quantum of Solace's Olga Kurylenko in Tron Legacy director Joseph Kosinski's post-apocalyptic sci-fi movie in which almost all of humanity lives far above the surface of the burnt out Earth. There's no word yet on what part she will play, but here's hoping it involves hurling profanities at Tom Cruise while declaring Christian Bale is way better, as that's proven a winning formula for her. [Deadline]
Director Peter Berg talks some more about this film's connection to the original board game, or lack thereof:
Battleship's a unique experience. It certainly doesn't have any direct correlation to the game. That being said, it was a lot of fun to try to find way to reference the game. If you look at the ordinance that the enemies use, it looks a bit like pegs. Both of our ships' radar systems have trouble seeing each other, so they gotta try and predict where the enemy is so that they can go after them. And there were some other things that were kind of fun. They were certainly never mandated, but anybody that's of a certain age that knows the game will look at it and probably kind of smile to themselves. I guess they could say, "This is preposterous!" and storm out of the theater. I don't think they will, but hopefully they'll say its kind of a clever reference to the game.
Men in Black 3
Here are some new behind the scenes photos of makeup expert Rick Baker and his latest alien creations, including Flight of the Conchords star Jemaine Clement's main villain. [Coming Soon]
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Here's a promo photo of Friday Night Lights star Adrianne Palicki as Lady Jaye. [/Film]
In what is fast becoming the most pointless controversy in science fiction's long, long history of pointless controversies, director Jonathan Liebesman (Battle: Los Angeles, Wrath of the Titans) weighed in on the whole "Michael Bay said the turtles will be aliens this time around" thing:
"Look, it's so funny-if everyone was such a die-hard fan, they would know that the TCRI canisters where the ooze comes from. That is alien ooze. Now I'm not saying what Michael said is exactly what the movie is, because we're sitting in a room now figuring everything out. So we don't know, but we are like Michael said: we're expanding it, and the expansion will be true to the mythology. I promise you: fans will love it.
"Whatever mythology we're building on or expanding is coming from that guy, Kevin Eastman's head, who created the Turtles in the first place. And so everything will tie in with the mythology; fans will be extremely excited with what we're coming up with. A lot of it is stuff he's wanted to do for a long time, but just hasn't had the opportunity because now we have the budget and things on this film to expand it in the right way. And so, I'm happy that everyone is extremely passionate, and they will not be disappointed. It's all coming from the best possible place for this franchise."
When asked how the turtles will be portrayed in the movie, Liebesman name-checked Rise of the Planet of the Apes, implying a mix of CGI and motion capture. Oh, also, Liebesman took a moment to pretend that anyone cares about the turtles' characters beyond what is established in the theme song about them being party dudes, cool but rude, etc.:
We're definitely into the action, but for me what's more important than that is that it's a story about brotherhood and friendship and responsibility. Right now, I'm with the characters because those are what attracted me to the movie. They're the best characters I'll have had a chance to deal with."
28 Weeks Later director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo has officially joined previously attached director Gore Verbinski in abandoning the video game adapation:
"Right now it's on hold. The studio and the videogame company, they have to reach some kind of agreement about the budget and the rating."
Boys Don't Cry director Kimberly Peirce's planned new adaptation of the Stephen King story has reportedly come down to two actresses for the lead: 15-year-old Hugo, Let Me In, and Kick-Ass actress Chloë Moretz and 24-year-old actress Haley Bennett, who has a big role in the upcoming Ryan Gosling movie Lawless. Make of it what you will that there's a nine year age difference between the two prospective leads. Also, Jodie Foster and Julianne Moore are reportedly the two big contenders to play Carrie's crazed mother. [Vulture]
Robot and Frank
Here's an interview with stars Frank Langella and Liv Tyler in which they discuss this Sundance hit about an elderly man living with his own helper robot.
Doctor Who
Executive producer Caroline Skinner revealed that Amy and Rory's big departure in the fifth episode — which definitely features the Weeping Angels and may feature a major death — will shoot in New York City. Hopefully this will involve more than just the random exterior shots filmed for "Daleks in Manhattan/Evolution of the Daleks", and since it's set in America I might as well get the ball rolling and ask: Who's up for a return appearance by Mark Sheppard as Canton Everett Delaware III? That last bit, of course, is just baseless, irresponsible speculation on my part. Still fun though. [Huffington Post]
One last tidbit of news from the announcement of Jenna-Louise Coleman as the new companion - no, I can't believe we're not done yet either. Anyway, the BBC notes that the Christmas special and seven subsequent episodes featuring Coleman may create some sort of arc that builds toward "an epic, climatic [sic] 50th anniversary." More on that in a moment. [BBC]
And that moment is...now. Leaving aside Christopher Eccleston as a likely lost cause to return for any multi-Doctor shenanigans, two of the other most plausible returning Doctor candidates have confirmed they would be up to come back. In news that is sure to please a huge legion of fans, David Tennant recently said he would like to be involved and that he's "waiting for a phone call." And, in news that is sure to please a much smaller but way more hardcore legion of fans, Paul McGann recently confirmed, "Of course, I'd do it - they've just got to ring me up!" I'm pretty sure all the living classic Doctors have said they would theoretically be up for it, ranging from enthusiastic (Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy) to neutral but willing (Peter Davison) to it never pays to guess what is going on in Tom Baker's mind (Tom Baker). [Doctor Who TV and Digital Spy]
Here's a promo for this Friday's episode, "Nothing As It Seems."
Here are some set photos featuring Anna Torv and recently cast guest star Rebecca Mader. [SpoilerTV]
Game of Thrones
Executive producers D.B. Weiss and David Benioff discuss their overall approach to this season:
Weiss: I think fans of the show can expect to be surprised by some of what happens. We're taking approaches that might surprise [fans of the books] as well. A lot of the characters that George [R.R. Martin] created are so rich and so wonderful that you often find yourself wondering what would happen if this one met that one…So there will definitely be some nice surprises [and] excitement for both longtime readers and newcomers to the material.
Benioff: We're not looking at our series as a book-by-book adaptation so much as an adaptation of George's entire saga. In other words, in our minds season two is not A Clash of Kings [the series' second book]. It is the second season of our adaptation of [the entire saga], A Song of Ice and Fire.
This is a fairly minor bit of bookkeeping, but Peter Dinklage is reportedly now the first name listed in the season two opening credits, taking Sean Bean's vacated spot. That's likely at least in part a reflection of the fact that he's now the most famous person on the show, but it could mean that he's now the show's de facto protagonist in the absence of Ned Stark. (It also means he might have the chance to add a Lead Actor Emmy to last year's Supporting win, which would be kinda awesome.) There are some more tidbits at the link, including which eight new names have been added to the opening credits this season for the rather grand total of 23. [BuddyTV]
True Blood
Costar Carrie Preston teases what's ahead for her character this season:
This season focuses more on Arlene and Terry than on the baby. We have not seen the last of Patrick, the mysterious figure from Terry's past that came into their lives at the end of season 4.
The Walking Dead
Executive producer Glen Mazzara participated in a Twitter Q&A session and confirmed, among other things, that the helicopter spotted at the end of season two is the same one Rick saw previously, and that it will appear again in season three. He also suggested the show is more or less done with flashbacks, and that we will see lots more of Rick being ruthless, which will be crucial to him going up against David Morrissey's Governor. There's more at the link. [SpoilerTV]
Here's a promo for this Thursday's episode, "Oregon."
Here's a sneak peek for tonight's two-part season finale, "Garrett Stillman" and "Tommy Madsen." You can also check out a nice spoiler-y preview of the finale here and some cast interviews for the finale here.
Person of Interest
Dagmara Dominczyk, who appeared alongside series star Jim Caviezel in The Count of Monte Cristo, tweeted that she will be filming a guest spot next week, most likely for episode twenty-two, "No Good Deed." [@DagDom17]
Once Upon a Time
Considering its success, this isn't really even remotely surprising, but ABC is reportedly close to formally renewing the show for a second season. [TV Line]
Here are some set photos. [Zimbio]
Here's a promo for this week's episode, "Safety in Numbers."
Maria Bello, whose credits include A History of Violence and the hat-wearing star in that ill-fated remake of Prime Suspect, has reportedly signed on for a multi-episode guest role, described as "an earth-mother type whose daughter had a similar gift to that of Jake (David Mazouz), the mute, autistic son of Martin (Kiefer Sutherland) who can predict future bad events." If the show gets a second season — which is something too terrifying for me to even contemplate, considering I could barely get through the second episode — she could be promoted to a series regular. I think we've found Jake's new mom - although the fact that her daughter had the same gift as Jake suggests there may be some half-baked tragedy thrown into this stew. [TV Guide]
Here's a preview for this week's episode, "Party On, Garth", featuring the return of DJ Qualls as a rather irritating fellow hunter named, rather unsurprisingly, Garth.
And here are some promo photos. You can also check out a brief synopsis for the episode below. [TV Line and BuddyTV]
Dean is surprised when he gets a call from Garth asking for the brothers' help on a case. Sam and Dean discover they are battling a Shojo, a Japanese creature sent to seek revenge on enemies. The worst part about fighting a Shojo? You can only see it when you're drunk.
Here's a recap of the last four seasons and what to expect from the coming fifth and final season.
The Vampire Diaries
Episode twenty-one is reportedly called, "Before Sunset", and we can only hope will involve nothing but lengthy but vaguely meaningless conversations as two would-be lovers wander around Paris. Also, Ethan Hawke shows up.
Beauty and the Beast (CW)
Here are the first set photos of the CW's update of the 1980s show with Ron Perlman and Linda Hamilton. This one stars Smallville's Kristin Kreuk as the Beauty part of the equation. [SpoilerTV]
Additional reporting by Marykate Jasper and Charlie Jane Anders.


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Mitt Romney eked out a victory in the Michigan primary on Tuesday night, staving off a challenge from Rick Santorum to sidestep what would have been a stinging defeat in his native state. The former Massachusetts governor also coasted in Arizona's winner-take-all contest, infusing his flagging campaign with a jolt of momentum as the Republican primary fight gears up for 10 Super Tuesday contests on March 6.
On a night that could have dealt his presidential bid a bruising blow, Romney escaped the embarrassment of failing to carry a state that his advisers cast as a must-win contest. With 90% of Michigan's precincts reporting, the fragile front runner won 41% of the vote, drawing the decisive margin from Oakland County, the affluent suburban Detroit region where he grew up. Santorum captured 38% of the vote, as Romney held down the former Pennsylvania Senator's edge in rural areas and the conservative Western Michigan counties that formed his stronghold. Ron Paul finished third with 12%, while Newt Gingrich lagged with 7%.
(PHOTOS: Political Pictures of the Week, Feb. 18–24)
"What a night!" Romney crowed, exhaling as he stepped to the podium at his victory party in suburban Detroit. "We didn't win by a lot, but we won by enough, and that's all that counts."
According to CNN's exit polls, Romney patched together an affluent, moderate coalition anchored by seniors, among whom he led Santorum by 17 points, 48% to 31%. He outpaced Santorum in the scramble for college graduates and postgrads and rang up a wide lead among the one-third of the Michigan electorate that reported earning more than $100,000 per year. Romney led Santorum by 6 points among voters who dubbed themselves "moderate or liberal," and by 18 points among the "somewhat conservative." Voters who cited the ability to oust Barack Obama as pre-eminent sided with Romney, 61% to 24%.
Santorum won "very conservative" voters 50% to 35%, and white Evangelicals by the same margin. He handily won voters who said religious issues mattered "a great deal" or somewhat and carried strong supporters of the Tea Party and those opposed to abortion. Among voters who said the most important attribute in a candidate was being a "true conservative" or possessing "strong moral character," he crushed Romney 59% to 17%. He also benefited from an influx of Democratic voters who crossed over in hopes of hampering Romney's chances.
(MORE: The Republican Race Looks Murky, in Michigan and Beyond)
How many delegates Romney will pick up is not yet clear; Michigan apportions two for the winner of each of the state's 14 congressional districts, plus two for the statewide winner. But he will pad his lead by winning all 29 delegates from Arizona, where he coasted with 48% of the vote, nearly doubling Santorum's 26%. With 73% of precincts reporting, Gingrich had grabbed 16% of the vote. Paul trailed with 9%.
For Romney, the margin in Michigan was too close for comfort, putting his campaign on tenterhooks as it squirmed at the prospect of dropping the candidate's native state. A loss would likely have spurred the party's high priests to publicize their concerns about Romney's viability as a standard-bearer. But while a win wards off a looming disaster, it doesn't dispel the doubts enveloping Romney's candidacy, from his chilly relationship with social conservatives to the prospect of his negative-ad bombardments turning off independents. Nor is it likely to catalyze a sustained surge.
(MORE: Election 2012 Can Anyone Stop Romney?)
There's a week for the winds to shift, but the Super Tuesday forecast is mixed for each of the candidates. Romney will be heavily favored in Massachusetts, Vermont and Virginia, where only he and Paul are on the ballot, thanks to the organizational deficits of their rivals. But polls show Santorum with large leads in Tennessee, Oklahoma and the key bellwether of Ohio. Meanwhile, Gingrich has grabbed a big lead in Georgia, the biggest delegate prize of the night and the state where he served in Congress. A Super Tuesday split would ensure that the bruising Republican nominating fight proceeds indefinitely.
For Romney, this Tuesday's triumphs marked a moment to savor before gearing up for the long slog ahead. "Just a week ago, the pundits and the pollsters were ready to count us out," he said. The underdog credo was a tad disingenuous coming from a candidate who again relied on his superior finances and an aerial assault from his allied super PAC to beat his opponent. The win wasn't pretty. But on a night when he fended off a strong challenge from Santorum and padded his delegate lead, Romney will certainly take it.

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Lawmakers came to a late-night decision over California's proposed ban on plastic shopping bags -- bag the ban.
Lawmakers rejected a bill Tuesday that would have banned the bags after a debate over whether the state was going too far in trying to regulate personal choice. It would have been the first statewide ban, although a few cities already prohibit their use.
The Democratic bill had been the subject of a furious lobbying campaign by the plastic bag manufacturing industry, which called it a job killer.
The Senate took final action at the end of the legislative session. The bill received just 14 votes in the Senate, seven short of the majority it needed to pass.
The Senate vote failed at about 11 p.m.
"I think we missed a great opportunity," the measure's author, Julia Brownley (D- Santa Monica), told the LA Times.
Supporters of AB1998 said the 19 billion plastic bags Californians use every year harm the environment, and some local government officials are ready to continue the debate. According to Heal the Bay, officials in Los Angeles County, Redondo Beach and Santa Monica said they would pursue individual city- and county-wide bans in the coming months.


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SuidAkra – Crógacht (2009, SPV/Wacken Records)
- Slán
- Conlaoch
- Isle Of Skye
- Scáthach
- Feats Of War
- Shattering Swords
- Ár Nasc Fola
- Gilded Oars
- Baile's Strand
Band Lineup:
Arkadius Antonik – Vocals & Guitars
Marcus Riewaldt – Bass
Lars Wehner – Drums
Producer: Martin Buchwalter
Total Time = 41:18
Country: Germany
SuidAkrA official website
SuidAkrA MySpace page
SPV Germany
Wacken Records
I have to plead complete ignorance because I have never heard anything by Suidakra until Crógacht. The band has been around for about 15 years but their brand of Medieval/Pagan/Celtic Metal mixed with the ferocity of Black and Death Metal really isn't my thing. I decided to do some research on the band, put the new album on, and keep an open mind.
Crógacht means "bravery" and it is a concept album based on a mythological Irish story of Cuchulainn and his journey to the Isle Of Skye to learn the arts of warfare. In keeping with the storyline, the music is a combination of Celtic Folk music mixed with the brutality of Blackened Metal. There are a variety of instruments used in addition to the guitars, bass and drums: banjo, bagpipes, keyboards, flutes and other woodwinds. The vocals flow in and out of aggressive tones to a clean style along with big choral arrangements and there is even a guest female vocalist (Tina Stabel) on 'Feats Of War'. The music has a very "epic" feel to it and I can only compare the sound to maybe Týr, Heidevolk, or Turisas with an element of the Renaissance from Blackmore's Night.
The opening instrumental 'Slán' sounds traditional Celtic with the bagpipes moving into a quieter melody but that just leads straight into the searing guitars of 'Conlaoch', complete with the Black Metal vocals and machine gun drumming but with a choral background and bagpipes infiltrating the assault. 'Isle Of Skye' slows down a little but it's still fast and has the same feel as 'Conlaoch', same goes for 'Scáthach' but the intensity is revved up once the bagpipes cut out. I have to admit that I'm surprised I'm enjoying this so far but this is a lot to take in and it's not my genre of choice. A major curveball is thrown in with 'Feats Of War' when Tina Stabel takes over the vocals and the band does their best Blackmore's Night imitation. The character Stabel is playing is Scáthach, a Scythian warrior who teaches Cuchulainn the art of combat, the feats of war. I honestly didn't expect the pure Medieval/Folk acoustic style with clean female vocals and no hint of Metal.
An acoustic melody opens 'Shattering Swords' but it is quickly replaced with blistering guitars and Antonik's harsh vocals but Tina Stabel guests briefly on this song as well but a little more aggressive. 'Ár Nasc Fola' is an instrumental that is rooted in Celtic tradition complete with the bagpipes, flutes, acoustic guitars and marching style drums. All I could honestly think of was the movie Braveheart because it had that epic feel to it. The overall Celtic melodies are also present in the melodic but intense 'Gilded Oars', the band shifting gears again into an all out sonic attack. About halfway through, the tempo changes and there is a spoken word/choral arrangement but it leads straight back into the churning guitars with bagpipes augmenting the sound. The final song is also Crógacht's longest at 7+ minutes, 'Baile's Strand' is a mix of all the styles the band has used thus far with a choral background and a blend of keyboards, piano, and the ever present bagpipes. If you had to listen to one song to get a feel for the overall sound of Crógacht than this would be it. It has the instrumentation and performance that defines the record and shows Suidakra's various musical personas.
Bottom Line:
Knowing nothing of Suidakra, I expected the worse, I'm not a fan of Black Metal and the aggressive vocal style and the addition of Folk metal had me a little puzzled. After repeated listens to Crógacht, I realized that there is so much more to the Suidakra sound…..their use of traditional Celtic folk music to enhance their Metal is very well done. I really didn't follow the story as much and I thought the instrumental 'Ár Nasc Fola' was slotted too close to the non-Metal Renaissance faire styled 'Feats Of War', both songs breaking up the Metallic groove the band was in. It's small complaint on an overall solid album. I'm not really sure that I would give this a lot of extra time, it's not really my thing, but fans of both Black and Pagan/Viking Metal will want to give this a listen.
Favorite Songs: 'Shattering Swords', 'Baile's Strand', 'Gilded Oars', 'Conlaoch' and, for a change of pace, 'Feats Of War'


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It took authorities several hours to rescue a dog after it fell 50 feet into a ravine in New Jersey Monday.
It's not clear how the poodle mix got stuck between two rocks in the Garret Mountain reservation in Woodland Park in Passaic County.
Rescuers rapelled into the ravine, secured the dog into a safety harness and pulled it out.
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The dog wasn't hurt. Officials believe it may have been abanoned in the park.


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The humble muffin. So versatile, so faithful and so so comforting. When Cherie from Scullery Made Tea suggested we'd do a recipe swap on our blogs I knew I could rely on muffins to deliver a recipe that people across the blogosphere would love. This recipe is not only trustworthy, it is also simple to adapt to seasons - try apples, pears or berries instead of rhubarb or substitute walnuts with your favourite nut. Chia seeds add another dimension of healthiness to these muffins, but you could also use flaxseed meal or wheat germ, if you prefer.
Needless to say home-baked muffins also make a perfect weekend breakfast treat that makes the weekend mornings feel just a little bit more special. If you are highly organised, you can prep most of this recipe ready the night before and then all you need to do the following morning is to mix everything together and bang the muffin tray into the oven. Simple, yet it makes you feel like you are on top of things ;-)
Rhubarb, walnut and chia muffins
(Makes 12 big muffins)
(Recipe adapted from Nigella Lawson's 'Feast')
220g raw caster sugar or rapadura sugar
50 ml olive oil
2 teaspoons natural vanilla extract
1 large, free-range egg
250ml buttermilk (or 250ml milk + 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice)
175 g rhubarb, cut into 1 cm dice
75g walnuts, roughly chopped
300g white spelt flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
30g chia seeds
2 tablespoons rapadura sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1. Preheat oven to 200C and prepare a 12-cup muffin tin.
2. Mix the sugar, olive oil, vanilla, egg and buttermilk in a large mixing bowl.
3. Stir in the rhubarb and the walnuts.
4. Combine the flour, baking powder, bicarb soda and chia seeds in a small bowl.
5. Sprinkle the dry ingredients over the rest of the batter and fold everything together quickly until just blended.
6. Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin tin and sprinkle each muffin with the sugar and cinnamon mixture.
7. Bake the muffins in the preheated oven for 25-30 minutes. Serve warm.
This recipe was first published in Beyond the Scullery.


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Thank you for your support of First Night Knoxville. We are taking this year off and will reevaluate in the New Year. The revitalization of downtown has provided a wealth of opportunities to celebrate New Year's Eve and we hope you take advantage of those options.
The City of Knoxville will have the official New Year's Eve event on Market Square, complete with Ball Drop and Fireworks to bring in the New Year. We look forward to seeing you downtown as the countdown begins.
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The Horizon League holds steady in the conference RPI ranks remaining ahead of the Missouri Valley Conference for 11th this week.
In descending order…
10. UIC (Overall Record: 6-23, Conference Record: 2-16, RPI: 288)
Recent Results: Lost to Valparaiso 79-65
The season is drawing to a close for the Flames. A couple bright lights on a dim season: Senior F Paul Carter – Finished on the all-newcomer team averaging 14.6 points and 8 rebounds per game. Senior G Robo Kreps – Would have received consideration for the all-conference third team (if one rightfully existed) averaging 16 PPG, 4.1 RPG, and 2.9 assists per game. Next year will be a fresh start for coach Howard Moore. It's time for Moore to put his stamp on this program. Projected conference tournament finish: Lose in the first round; no postseason
Up Next: Tuesday at Cleveland State (22-7)
9. Youngstown State (7-20, 2-16, 291)
Recent Results: Lost to Green Bay 71-60, Lost to Milwaukee 94-87 (OT)
The Penguins came within inches of ruining Milwaukee's season, but like so many games before, they came up just short. Youngstown State finished with just one player receiving any conference accolades. Sophomore F Damian Eargle – Averaging 11 PPG, 5.9 RPG and 3 blocks per game, Eargle had the best season of any Penguin and finished as a member of the all-newcomer team. Eargle could have also made a strong case for the All-Defensive team. Projected Finish: Lose in the first round; no postseason
Up Next: Tuesday at Valparaiso (19-10)
8. Loyola (16-14, 7-11, 195)
Recent Results: Beat Valparaiso 68-48, Lost to Butler 63-56
The Ramblers were able to squeak out one more conference win in a dismal conference season. The Ramblers finished with one player in the conversation for any conference accolades. Senior G Geoff McCammon – On his way to earning the Horizon League's Sixth Man of the Year award, McCammon averaged 14.5 PPG and 3 RPG while averaging 43.2% from beyond the arc (and ironically leading the team with 30.9 minutes per game). One could make the case that sophomore F Ben Averkamp was a third team performer. Projected Finish: Lose in the first round; no postseason
Up Next: Tuesday at Detroit (15-15)
7. Green Bay (13-17, 8-10, 164)
Recent Results: Beat Youngstown State 71-60, Lost to Cleveland State 64-57
A big round of applause is deserved for senior G Rahmon Fletcher who ends his career as one of the greatest Phoenix of all time. The diminutive point guard finished the year as a member of the all-conference second team averaging 16 PPG and 3 APG. Fletcher should have a nice long career overseas. Also finishing with postseason accolades is freshman C Alec Brown. Named to the all-newcomer team, Brown finished the season with 10 PPG, 5.6 RPG, and 2.1 BPG. Projected Finish: Lose in the first round; no postseason
Up Next: Tuesday at Wright State (16-13)
6. Detroit (15-15, 10-8, 146)
Recent Results: Beat Wright State 77-67
A nice win to end an unsuccessful regular season for the Titans, but they'll have a lot of work to do if they wish to reach the NCAA tournament. Still, in all of their mediocrity, they pulled in a bunch of postseason awards. Freshman G Ray McCallum Jr. was named the Newcomer of the Year in the Horizon League as well as to the all-newcomer team and all-conference second team. It's a pretty impressive haul, but it left some people wondering if it was well deserved, or if it was just a product of being a McDonald's All-American. Junior F/C Eli Holman also pulled in honors as a member of the all-conference second team and the all-defensive team. Again, some question whether Holman was truly worthy of the second team. Projected Finish: Lose in the second round; no postseason
Up Next: Tuesday vs. Loyola (16-14)
5. Wright State (16-13, 10-8, 128)
Recent Results: Lost to Cleveland State 74-72, Beat Hofstra 82-56
The Raiders slipped in their last game of the year and will now take on the Green Bay Phoenix in the first round. One man that should will them to victory is first team all-conference senior G Vaughn Duggins. Duggins truly had an outstanding season averaging 18 PPG and 3.8 RPG. His backcourt mate N'Gai Evans earned second team all-conference with 14.2 PPG, 4 RPG, and 3.3 APG. Projected Finish: Lose in the second round; no postseason
Up Next: Friday vs. Detroit (14-15)
4. Valparaiso (19-10, 12-6, 71)
Recent Results: Lost to Loyola 68-48, Beat UIC 79-65
Valpo faltered down the stretch, losing 3 of their last 4 and squandering an opportunity for a first round bye. Still, the Crusaders had a successful season with Junior G Brandon Wood leading the way as a first-team all-conference player. A case could have been made for Ryan Broekhoff to be included on the second-team, but he'd have to settle for consideration for the third-team. The Crusaders would have had a much better season had Cory Johnson not regressed so much in his senior year. Projected Finish: Lose in the Semifinals; CBI/CIT
Up Next: Tuesday vs. Youngstown State (7-20)
3. Cleveland State (22-7, 13-5, 37)
Recent Results: Lost to Milwaukee 87-83, Beat Green Bay 64-57
The Vikings blew a huge opportunity that now puts them behind the eight ball. Losing to Milwaukee at home dropped them to third in the pecking order, and quite possibly ruined what was a fantastic season. Senior G Norris Cole, who is a finalist for the Bob Cousy Award for the nation's best point guard, is 2011's Horizon League Player of the Year. He also placed on the all-defensive team as the Defensive Player of the Year. Clearly, Cole is a special player that should find a place on an NBA bench. Also receiving postseason honors is junior G Trevon Harmon who is a member of the all-defensive team. Projected Finish: Lose in the Semifinals; NIT
Up Next: Tuesday vs. UIC (6-23)
2. Butler (20-9, 13-5, 45)
Recent Results: Beat Loyola 63-56
The Bulldogs didn't quite finish where they hoped, but they still have a chance at accomplishing their goal of making it back to the NCAA tournament. Outgoing senior F Matt Howard has had an outstanding career and caps it off as a member of the all-conference first team as well as the all-defensive team. Congratulations to him on an outstanding career. Also, Junior G Shelvin Mack finished on the second-team and Ronald Nored finished on the all-defensive team. Projected Finish: Win the Horizon League Tournament; NCAA Tournament Auto Bid
Up Next: Saturday vs. UIC/Cleveland State/Green Bay/Wright State (at Milwaukee)
1. Milwaukee (18-12, 13-5, 98)
Recent Results: Beat Cleveland State 87-83, Beat Youngstown State 94-87 (OT)
What an incredible story these Panthers have to tell. Finding themselves sitting at seventh place in conference play at a 4-5 record, and just coming off a 60-43 thrashing at the hands of Valpo, the Panthers knew something had to change. They held a team meeting where everything was laid out on the table. Nothing was held back. And the rest? Well, that's what we like to call history folks. Senior F Anthony Hill went on to average 20 PPG, 6.5 RPG and shoot 76.6% at the stripe over this 9-game stretch and earned first team all-conference along the way. Junior PG Kaylon Williams would go on to average 7.9 PPG, 7.3 RPG (!) and 7.8 APG (!) while earning a spot on the all-newcomer team (and certainly made a case for the second-team). Junior G/F Ryan Allen was asked to defend the opponent's best guard in crunch time, and while he didn't play the minutes necessary to earn a spot on the all-defensive team, he was as important to his team as any other player. Finally, head coach Rob Jeter improved as a coach so much that he earned the Horizon League Coach of the Year award; a well deserved honor for a guy who put all his faith in his vocal point guard, and had a lot of help from his qualified assistants. Projected Finish: Lose in the Championship Game; NIT
Up Next: Saturday vs. Youngstown State/Valparaiso/Loyola/Detroit
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Hjalmarsson blocks out pain to help Blackhawksby Brian Hedger / Chicago Blackhawks
|Niklas Hjalmarsson's shot blocking has become a staple of his game (Getty Images).
CHICAGO -- Niklas Hjalmarsson will not be quoted in this story and it's not because he declined interviews.
It's because of what the defenseman does best for the Chicago Blackhawks whenever the Stanley Cup Playoffs roll around. It's no accident that Hjalmarsson leads the NHL with 34 blocked shots heading into Wednesday, and one of those blocks is the reason he can't speak right now.
A puck shot by Minnesota Wild defenseman Jonas Brodin in Game 2 of the Western Conference Second Round series at United Center deflected up and appeared to hit Hjalmarsson in the neck area. After staying down on the ice, he skated slowly to the bench and sat there for a couple minutes shaking off the pain.
When it was time for him and defense partner Johnny Oduya to take another shift, Hjalmarsson swung his legs over the wall and kept on playing. It's a sight his teammates have gotten used to witnessing.
"I don't know if you get surprised or not [anymore]," Oduya said Wednesday, a day after playing Game 3 with Hjalmarsson, who wore a Kevlar neck protector and was unable to communicate vocally. "Sometimes [you're amazed], but you wonder what goes through his mind when [he gets] hit with pucks like that."
Chicago leads the best-of-7 series 2-1 heading into Game 4 on Friday at Xcel Energy Center (9:30 p.m. ET; NBCSN, TSN, RDS), and it's become almost expected that Hjamarsson will limp off the ice at some point in every playoff game. It happened again in Game 3 on Tuesday with 8:21 left in the first period.
The puck was in the Chicago defensive zone and Minnesota defenseman Marco Scandella launched a slap shot from the left point. The puck struck Hjalmarsson in the left skate. He immediately dropped to the ice in pain but scrambled to his feet and finished the remaining 40 seconds of his shift, helping the Blackhawks clear their zone.
"There's a lot of special people on our team and he's been really tough," Oduya said. "Toughness is not always how hard you hit somebody. A lot of times it's what you can take and go through, just being fearless. That's something I think he proves and he does that every night."
Tuesday, Hjalmarsson did it while unable to speak, which led to some interesting situations for him and Oduya, Chicago's shutdown pairing.
"There was no communication [Tuesday] night with him," Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said. "He was quiet, but he still played through some tough shifts. I think in his game, his instincts are always in the right place defensively and trying to get in lanes and kill plays. He's going to get some big [defensive] assignments as well."
Hjalmarsson's willingness to block shots is what gets noticed most. It's not exactly a rewarding role, but it's important. There was a void in that area following Chicago's 2010 Stanley Cup championship. Hjalmarsson and defenseman Brent Sopel led the way in absorbing shots during that postseason, but Sopel wasn't retained.
The gap was eventually filled by a number of Blackhawks willing to sacrifice their bodies, but Hjalmarsson has led the charge. That effort continues to be a big reason it's difficult to score against Chicago, which is allowing an average of 2.33 goals in their nine playoff games.
Chicago leads the NHL with 173 blocks, spearheaded by Hjalmarsson's 34-and-counting.
"He's a warrior and he's been blocking a lot of shots his whole career here," said right wing Patrick Kane, who said he thought he heard Hjalmarsson yelling at times in Game 3 despite the throat issue. "It's a different situation getting hit in the neck, but he came out, did what he had to do, still played great, still did what he does for our team. That's one of the guys you really respect come playoff time, you know, blocking shots. He did it again in the first period [Tuesday], where he blocked one and it looked like he was down and out, and came back and played. He's been doing that a long time for us."


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Monday's Seven Casual Contemplations
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It's Monday, time for some contemplations. Some a bit more casual than others. Starting your work week off right, here are your Monday Morning Casual Contemplations.
Shaq Daddy GM?
I can't begin to tell you how ridiculous this sounds. It's even more ridiculous that the Orlando Magic didn't deny their reported interest in Shaquille O'Neal as their General Manager.
Being a GM is an art. It takes years to learn the ins and outs of the business. Shaq is a sideshow. He is an entertainer. Shaq also doesn't seem like the brightest individual. Funny, yes. Smart, the jury is still out. I'm sorry that his MBA from the online University of Phoenix doesn't convince me otherwise. General Manager's need to be intelligent, dedicated to the craft and savvy. Shaq might be 1 for 3. Although, I'm not sure which one it is.
The desperation is simply pathetic on Orlando's part. It's sad to see that they would even consider pursuing an entertaining basketball superstar with ZERO experience in an NBA front office. And don't tell me that Dwight Howard wants the guy who he allegedly stole the Superman cape from him to be his boss. I don't think anyone can comprehend this interest on the part of the Magic but thankfully for Orlando fans, Shaq says that he has no interest in the position at this time.
High Rolling
In the latest case of high-profile athletes blowing all their money, former NFL running back Jamal Lewis filed for bankruptcy. Lewis is 3 years removed from football yet this is hardly surprising. It's another example of a professional athlete's inability to adjust to life without receiving big fat cheques throughout the year. I understand the temptation of money, especially when so many of these guys come from nothing then suddenly having everything. But for these ex-players to be able to go through so much money so fast is unfortunate.
Guarantees in Sports
The Rangers-Devils series is over. No player on the Rangers pulled a Mark Messier and declared his team victorious before game 6 had begun. Good call, because they lost. The thing is, what would be the point of it anyways?
Sportsnet analyst Nick Kypreos had an attention-grabbing title to his recent article that read "Guarantees a Thing of the Past." The article fell flat for me though mainly because he believes that no one has the "cojones" anymore to risk their legacy like Messier did. He thinks that this generation of stars doesn't have the courage to answer a question with the honesty and boldness of Mark Messier in 1994.
Boy, is Kypreos off the mark or what? Guarantees similar to Messier's in '94 are a thing of the past but not because today's stars are unwilling to risk their legacy. It's because guarantees have become meaningless. The Joe Namath, Mark Messier type assurances don't happen these days because too many athletes have used the line. There is no point anymore.
With the increased media coverage, guarantees can come from anywhere. They don't get noticed all that much anymore. It's hardly a risk to say it in 2012. Athletes don't even have to worry if they're wrong because it will blow over in a very short period of time.
Patrick Ewing guaranteed a win in game 6 of 2000 Conference Final playoffs, they lost. Chad Johnson guaranteed a win over the 2-5 expansion Texans back in 2002, they lost. Anthony Smith guaranteed a Steelers win over the Patriots in 2007, they lost.
Nick Kypreos is right, guarantees are a thing of the past. But only because they are as worthless as a Nick Kypreos rookie card.
French Open Coverage
NBC has the rights to the French Open and what a nice change of pace. ESPN does a good job covering Tennis' other majors but they miss one key ingredient – John McEnroe. He makes watching matches so pleasant. Colour commentating comes so easy to him. He doesn't need to push personality into his all around exceptional analysis because it is already there. John McEnroe doesn't force anything. In the booth, McEnroe is like Federer was when he was playing in his prime. It almost as if he isn't even trying.
The Dominator
At 47, Dominik Hasek is reportedly planning a return to the NHL. The idea of Hasek attempting a comeback at his age is about as preposterous as Shaq becoming the GM of the Orlando Magic. This is a pretty minor story and probably doesn't deserve all that much press.
However, it gets me thinking about the dominator and how, ah, dominating he was. The fascinating thing about Hasek is how great of a goaltender he was despite how sharply his style contrasts with the current NHL goaltending "stars" minus Martin Brodeur. His mask tells you everything about him. He is as old school as it gets but still was able to be a very solid goaltender into his 40's. No butterfly, no gigantic pads, no size (he's was listed at 6'1", 166lbs by NHL.com).
It's refreshing to reminisce about a goalie who played the position the way it was meant to be – with pure athleticism and instincts.
I know that much of my readership resides in the U.S. and writing about something exclusive to Canada won't mean anything to you Americans. But heck, I'm going to write about it anyways.
TSN appears to be the Canadian sports station with the most money as they get the vast majority of the biggest sporting events. They get so many big events that launched a 2nd channel in 2008, TSN2, to complement their original TSN channel.
However, what TSN does with TSN2 is absolutely slimy sometimes. TSN comes with the basic cable package but TSN2 does not. However, what TSN will do on a fairly regular basis is place the bigger sporting event of the day on TSN2 while TSN is showing something on a much smaller scale. They do this in order to force people to buy the package from their TV service provider that includes TSN2. Last night, while NASCAR (not important to Canadians) played on TSN's regular channel, game 1 of the Spurs-Thunder matchup was placed on TSN2. Their French Open coverage, which starts at 5am eastern every day, is being played on TSN2. These decisions by TSN do not affect me anymore because I now have TSN2, but I know that there must be many people in Canada who don't happen to have the extra pocket money or have yet to change their television package to include TSN2. It's unfair to them.
I think it's wrong that TSN is able to have the rights to these big sporting events but play them on whichever station they choose. In my view, the purpose of a second channel is to avoid conflict if there are two major sporting events on at the same time. The purpose of that second channel is not to suck people in to purchasing your second, mostly useless, channel. TSN should have to play the more important game/match on their regular channel – the one that anyone with basic cable has.
People in Canada have and are going to continue to be missing some must see TV because TSN is willing to compromise all integrity to make a little extra cash. I guess this shouldn't be too surprising considering this is the station that callously bought the rights to the iconic Hockey Night in Canada theme song.
Western Conference Final
San Antonio is going to lose game 2. You ask, why? This one is too easy to figure out. The Spurs are 9-0 in the playoffs, have won 19 straight games and 30 of their last 32.
Clearly, they are due for a loss.
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Fans attending this years Comic Con True Blood panel were treated to a generous gathering of the stars of everyone's favorite vampire soap opera. Traditionally, True Blood is one of the few panels that routinely offers up such a large number of its cast for the Q&A session and this year was no different, with Alexander Skarsgard and Anna Paquin in attendance to spark questions about the possibility of fans finally getting to see the infamous "shower scene". To our collective overwhelmingly-excited-anticipation, the answer to that is (from Alan Ball)…
"There will be a moment in the show when Sookie and Eric are together in a shower," he said. "It may not exactly be what happens in the books. It may be weirder… and dirtier. Maybe."
When asked if Sookie has multiple personalities, referring to her upcoming change of attitude toward Eric and the show's other vampires, Anna Paquin quipped…
"Part of her has really dirty vampire sex on a regular basis — with possibly multiple vampires."
Eagle-eyed viewers noticed some wardrobe inconsistencies for Eric in the first episode of the season. Not too many complains about the shirtless & shoeless hunk wandering the roadside near Sookie's house (why missing just the shirt and shoes? Eh, who cares!), but how does Sookie just happen to have a warm-up suit that will fit a 6'4″ Viking vampire? Alexander Skarsgard suggested maybe it's somehow one of Hoyt's via Jason, but Alan Ball cleared the air on this one…
"I believe that if you took the Latin of the spell that was cast on Eric and were to translate it," Ball explained, "there would be a part that said, 'And by the way, you will lose your shirt, and then you will find a really dorky outfit that you will wear for several episodes in a row … and still be insanely hot in.'"
Of course, one of the best things about Comic Con is getting to see the preview clips of the upcoming films and television seasons. Here's the teaser trailer for what's coming up in Season 4!
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The upcoming comedy "Horrible Bosses," which already this week has added Jennifer Aniston and Jason Bateman among others, now has Oscar winner Jamie Foxx on board.
"Horrible Bosses" centers around three friends who hate their jobs and conspire to kill one another's bosses, sort of "Swimming With Sharks" meets "Stranger on a Train." Foxx's character, Motherf***** Jones, offers the beleaguered lackeys advice on murder. Sadly, the character is up for review.
So far Aniston and Colin Farrell are said to be playing two of the bosses, while Bateman and Charlie Day ("It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia") are to play to of the aggrieved employees.
U.S. & World
Seth Gordon ("King of Kong") is directing with a script originally written by TV veteran Michael Markowitz and most recently given drafted by Jonathan M. Goldstein and John Francis Daly, the guy who plays Sweets on "Bones." Weird.
While it's in the very early stages, any project lead with folks sensible enough to give Charlie Day a shot at the big screen is worth our time. If you haven't been watching him on "Always Sunny," head over to Hulu right now and treat yourself. This is not some BS corporate cross-promo for Hulu, we promise.
And as we've said before, anything that keeps Foxx distracted from that "Laverne & Shirley" script is OK by us.


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Christ Is Risen!
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When I joined the forum I simply assumed the name "George" (my chistian name) was already taken, so rather than go through the trauma of a screen popping up at registration saying "sorry, that username is already taken", I added "oz" to it, Australian slang for "Australian"....then I found out that "george" had in fact, not been taken and became depressed about this for some time, never going out, refusing visitors and subsisting on a steady diet of only coffee and cigarettes. I'm over it now.....I think.......<sniff>.
After a cursory overview of the forum before registering i thought that the name 'greekischristian' might offend a few people, so I gave it a shot. Lo and behold, it worked...doesn't seem to have the same impact any more, but it's a better screen name than many, perhaps it will offend some newcomers from time to time.
--I have a very unusual birth name
Nyssa: Named after Nyssa of Traken from Dr. Who (see my avatar).
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After I converted, I changed my user name to Postolowka, which is the name of the village of my Ukrainian ancestors (who were incidentally eastern catholic until they immigrated to Canada).One of the esteemed administrators had problems typing it out and suggested I change it to this.The Yellow and Blue is a Ride or Die Organization!In ChristIvan
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I was just curious why some of you chose your alias/O.C net name. Judging by most of your posts, there was some thought put into the decision of picking your name (except for Nacho ). I was curious to hear what your stories are.
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Why were the lives of Simuelue islanders spared when all around the Indian Ocean, coastal villages, towns, and cities hit by the tsunamis experienced near-total annihilation? The answer, says Humboldt State University geology professor Lori Dengler, is knowledge.
"The single most important lesson for anyone anywhere is that what you know can save your life and what you don't know can kill you," said Dengler, who was part of an International Tsunami Survey Team of scientists that visited the tsunami destruction zones in April. What she and others discovered in the western coast of Aceh province, Simuelue and the Nias Islands of Indonesia is that there are a number of vital lessons emergency planners and every human being can learn from the 26 December 2004 Indian Ocean catastrophe.
Dengler is also a member of the Redwood Coast Working Group, an unfunded volunteer consensus planning and mitigation group. She presented some of her findings - with particular emphasis on their application to the U.S. and the earthquake and tsunami-prone Pacific Northwest - on Sunday, 16 October, at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America at in Salt Lake City.
The knowledge the people of Simuelue had was simply this: Once in a while large earthquakes are followed by large killer waves, so it's always wise to run to high ground and wait a while, just in case.
"They have a long oral tradition that remembers what happened in 1907," said Dengler. That's the year Simuelue was last was struck by an earthquake-induced tsunami, she said. The survivors of that disaster learned their lesson and wisely didn't let their descendents forget it. "It doesn't matter that the information is a century old," said Dengler. "They don't ignore it. They take great pride in getting it perfectly. You don't fret about false alarms." They even have a word for the 1907 tsunami in their local language: "smong."
In stark contrast, the populations of other coastal areas where there was far more time between the quake and the tsunami's arrival to respond were nearly wiped out. "The west coast of Indonesia had fifteen to twenty minutes of warning time and had casualty rates upwards of ninety percent," Dengler said. "It was absolutely horrific." Survivors interviewed in those places had little or no knowledge of tsunamis or what caused them before the disaster, she said.
The Simuelue story was reenacted that day in other places around the Indian Ocean. A merchant marine in a Sri Lankan fishing village remembered the near-shore signs of an approaching tsunami from years ago when he witnessed another in Chile. His warning saved hundreds of lives. Near Phuket in Thailand, a 10-year-old English girl on holiday with her family remembered a geography lesson covering tsunamis given two weeks earlier. She also recognized the danger and is credited for saving at least 100 lives, including her own.
Yet other coastal communities received calls warning them of the coming wave, said Dengler, but the warnings were not understood and were not heeded. The tragedy underlines a problem that's often overlooked by the public and even emergency planners: A warning is of little use if the public doesn't understand how to respond to it.
That message was driven home more recently in California on 14 June, when a 7.2 earthquake jolted the ocean floor off Northern California. A tsunami warning was issued within five minutes of the quake, said Dengler. "From that point it was complete chaos," she said. People just didn't know how to respond. Luckily, there was no tsunami after that earthquake.
The lessons from the Indian Ocean are clear: the answer is planning and public education.
The 2004 Indonesian Earthquake and Tsunami: Mitigation Implications for Cascadia
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We want to go against the industry standards by doing away with traditional measures of competition, value, and influence. If you have unique ideas and passion, you're the type of person we want to join this movement. Amateurs are welcome (we'll help you get started, too)!
Ultimately, we'd like to grow into a 24/7 syndication network with some exclusive content, including live audio podcasts and articles. There are lots of great networks out there such as Wicked, VOG (Voice Of Geeks), AllGames, iHeartRadio, and Twin Cities but they are not accessible to smaller brands and beginners. We want to change that and level the playing field a bit.
Our flagship show is HorsePLAY! LIVE, which started off as another video game show. We feature a lot of retro/throwback games, indie titles, and niche releases. Technology and geek culture as a whole has become more of our focus.
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It has been another busy few weeks in Taronga's Herpetofauna department, with the acquisition of some very new animals, enrichment feeds to some very old animals, and the handling and conditioning of a very snappy animal!
We have recently acquired a breeding trio of Red-Barred Dragons, a brightly-coloured dragon lizard endemic to the rocky outcrops and ranges of central South Australia.
As with many Australian dragon species, it is the male Red-Barred Dragon which attains the bright blue colouration and red flushes down his flanks – something definitely worth a visit to Taronga's Reptile World to see.
Two of our tortoise species, the Asian Brown Tortoise and the huge Aldabran Tortoise, have been dining on some fresh, sweet mulberry branches and leaves.
We mix up the diet of these herbivorous tortoises to offer them a wide variety of feed options.
It's important for us to offer the mulberry and other browse to these tortoises to allow them to exhibit natural feeding behaviours, like craning up and browsing from low-hanging vegetation overhead.
Amethystine, or scrub pythons, are Australia's largest snake species – with large ones exceeding seven metres in length!
Despite having no venom, these pythons are notorious for their rather difficult reputation. Our young scrubbie is no exception, however with our current conditioning program, keepers are regularly handling the little python, with the aim of rearing a gentle giant, without the giant attitude!
- Keeper, Chris Dryburgh


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Now playing in theaters is director Jason Moore's great musical comedy Pitch Perfect. Written by Kay Cannon (New Girl, 30 Rock), the film tells the story of Beca (Anna Kendrick), a goth-like rebellious teen that dreams of being a music producer, but instead finds herself in an all-female a cappella singing group at Barden University. Led by great performances from the entire cast and fun takes on classic and new songs, Pitch Perfect is definitely worth your time this weekend. The film also stars Rebel Wilson, Skylar Astin, Adam Devine, Anna Camp, Brittany Snow, John Michael Higgins and Elizabeth Banks. For more on the film, here are seven clips and all our previous coverage.
At the recent Los Angeles press day I got to sit down with Anna Kendrick for an exclusive interview. We talked about how she got involved, her reaction to the finished film, the great script, if she was nervous to sing and dance on camera, what it was like to sing live on set, how much changed during production, the rehearsals, The Breakfast Club, what it was like to film in Baton Rouge, End of Watch, TIFF, Twitter (follow Kendrick here), her love of Reddit, and a lot more. Hit the jump for what she had to say.
Collider: I'm going to hit you up with some fun stuff, at least I think. True or false, I've heard through the grapevine that it was your interview with Collider for Rocket Science with the guys on the singing acappella on the street in park city that got you this job—
KENDRICK: Oh my god, that is so funny. You know, over the years I remember the first couple of times running into you after doing that weird video. That was obviously the first thing we talked about. But then over the years I didn't know if you had like, disassociated me with that and forgotten about it. So that makes me laugh so much, first of all. And, no, I wonder… No, I'm sure none of the people on this film even know about that. But yeah, that was kind of amazing. I don't have a witty retort to that. It was just really fun to remember.
I just wanted to remind you that that did happen years ago.
KENDRICK: Oh, I haven't forgotten.
Okay so, I'll be honest. I saw this last night. I thoroughly, thoroughly enjoyed this movie. I thought it was great.
KENDRICK: Good.
Obviously when you sign on to something, you hope for the best.
KENDRICK: Yes.
But, what was your reaction when you finally saw it?
KENDRICK: Well, I mean from the get go I understood the potential pitfalls of doing a college movie about singing, and just how badly something like that could turn out. Kay Cannon's script was so unbelievably surprising and subversive that, it felt like she was always like ten steps ahead of me. Just when I was reading a scene where I thought, "Okay, I understand what she's doing with this character, and I understand where this scene's going." You know, she would surprise me and I would be completely won over continually throughout reading the script. So obviously I knew that the people who were involved in it wanted to make something special and something that rose above what most people would think of when they heard the kind of tagline—or you know not the tagline, the logline, I guess. So I was really happy that all that humor came across. And the musical numbers are definitely a guilty pleasure/feel good thing, but they do it. They get the job done. I had a great time watching it.
It was very funny, and I agree with what you're saying. Every time I thought it was going to do something it did other things
KENDRICK: I think 30 Rock is one of the greatest shows ever made. So I could really feel that voice and I think that's something that 30 Rock does really well where just when you think you know the punch line, it's something… It once again turns that joke on its head, or that character on its head.
This really showed another side of you in terms of singing, dancing, just a whole bunch of stuff, right? How intimidating was this gig for you signing on to this?
KENDRICK: I started in musical theater and Camp was a musical movie, so I've sung on film before. But obviously I knew that being the lead in a studio movie was going to be a completely different animal. Not only was I worried about performing my best, but if things had gone haywire I'm like the face of this movie and I'm singing and dancing all over a total nightmare. So I was really nervous about that. I think there were days I would come in a little bit on my back foot, trying to make sure that we were doing service to the intelligence and the wit of Kay's script.
But I was excited about singing. One of the things I was really insistent on was that whenever I'm singing alone in the movie, I'm singing live on set. Because I think something is a little bit lost in the recording studio, and frankly I'm just not good in the recording studio, like I don't know how to do that. I think I'm just, I'm used to singing in front of people and singing in a recording booth was a little isolating and sterile. So, I was looking forward to the days when I got to sing live. Somebody would just blow a pitch pipe and then I would do the thing.
Did you know that on Les Mis they were also singing live?
KENDRICK: I heard that, yeah. "No Diggity" isn't exactly Les Mis, but I did my best, yeah.
There's an audition scene in the movie where you have a little bit of a show number.
KENDRICK: Yeah, that's actually, that was just a viral video that I found on reddit. I am a huge fucking loser so I decided to spend an afternoon learning to do that thing with the cups and learning that song. When they found out that I could do that, they were like, "Oh my god, that's going in the movie." Originally that scene was going to be like "I'm a Little Tea Cup" or something. It was supposed to be weird and funny and the second that they saw me do that, they were like, "Okay. That's your audition song."
Yeah, it's real good.
KENDRICK: It is fun, I'm glad I got to do it. It took so long to learn from that video! Like, I could teach a person to do it pretty quickly. But when you're just watching a video of somebody doing it, like not doing it slowly, it took me a long time.
How often are you spending time on Reddit?
KENDRICK: I could get my phone, I'm sure it's open on my phone right now. I'm sure it is.
Are you one of these people—because they have pictures, they have videos, they have everything; are you across the board interested in everything?
KENDRICK: Yeah. Well, when I first got an account I chose my sub-reddits and stuff, but I find more and more I just go to all. Which ends up I accidentally click on some pretty gross stuff sometimes. But I'm realizing more and more I just go to reddit-all.
Yeah, I hit that front page every once and a while. I'm not going to admit how much. Just once and a while. Another true or false question: This was an audition for Glee?
KENDRICK: I've never seen Glee.
KENDRICK: No.
KENDRICK: Never. I've seen like scenes and stuff. Some of my friends watch it so I've like, walked in on watching scenes.
I'm just bullshitting. I guess my thing is—and this is actually a serious thing—they do something every week on that show. Now after doing this, to do that every week, are you sort of like "wow"?
KENDRICK: Yeah, I mean even before I did this, the idea of, you know—it's an hour long right?
It is.
KENDRICK: So, the idea of being in an hour long show where you're singing and dancing, and you're not doing it live so that means you're also spending time in a recording studio outside of your you know twelve hour work days, fourteen hour work days, or whatever. That seems like cruel and unusual treatment.
Were any of the songs changed in pre-production or was it pretty much you knew what was coming?
KENDRICK: A lot of the songs were different in the original script, but I kind of knew that the songs were place holders. So I was really excited when I found out that I was singing "No Diggity", because that wasn't in the script. That is my jam and I was really psyched. The one song that I—this was kind of a last minute change and I was a little hesitant about it because I just don't have an emotion connection to the song is "Don't You Forget About Me." To me it's like "Take my Breath Away" from Top Gun, where it's almost a parody of itself and I didn't know how to emotionally connect to the song. So I was a little resistant to it, but I think it's probably fine. I kept asking to go back into a recording studio and re-do it, because that was the only time I played it for a friend and they were like,"You don't even sound like you." Because I was just kind of singing it by rote. And I wanted to keep going back and try and make it feel like it's actually me singing.
You guys have a lot of group numbers. Was there one that you especially enjoyed? Was it the Miley Cyrus on the bus?
KENDRICK: Well, I mean I'm not going to say that "Party in the USA" was my most enjoyable number, but I thought that was such a genius moment for the character. Because my favorite thing about this character is that she comes into it thinking that she's too cool for school and fancies herself kind of a badass. Which she's really not. And I liked, at every possible opportunity that I had, showing the cracks in the surface and showing that she's kind of secretly, you know pretty ordinary, and that she has this shameful love for pop music. So, I loved that somebody who would rather pretend that she's the girl with the dragon tattoo you know secretly knows all the lyrics to "Party in the USA."
I enjoyed that.
KENDRICK: I think that that was one of the things that I really wanted to do with her. I thought if she comes across too cool, no one is going to like her. They talked about this in Community with Britta, that people didn't start to like Britta until they started to mess with her and show that she's kind of an idiot. You know that first half of the first season where she's just supposed to be the cool, indignant one—no one's going to like that character. You can't tell an audience to like a character. And I think the best way to get the audience on someone's side is to embarrass them. Because we can look at that and we've all been there. We've all been thinking that we were hot shit and then we kind of embarrassed ourselves.
And it's also interesting because the first half of season one of Community is… It's okay.
KENDRICK: And then it has to kind of let its freak flag fly.
Episode thirteen or so, fourteen, somewhere around there the show just figures itself out. And then that's just a fantastic show. Speaking of TV shows and other movies, what do you watch that you're like, "Oh my god if they called me I would be there tomorrow?"
KENDRICK: I mean, obviously so many. I'm a little nervous about saying it to Collider, because I don't frankly want to read an interview—a headline that's like "Anna Kendrick's desperate to be on blah blah blah."
I give you my word I will not put it in the headline.
KENDRICK: I guess my silly dream is to be on Game of Thrones. I don't think that I can do that, but that's my silly dream. And there are a lot of American comedies, particularly on NBC, that I would, I would love to do.
Yeah, the Thursday night lineup?
KENDRICK: Yeah.
They were filming—Ron Swanson was down the street from me yesterday, and I thought about bringing a pile of bacon, and just being like, "I need to hang out with Ron, please." You know?
KENDRICK: He did an AMA that was amazing.
Yeah, he's amazing. I interviewed him once and it was like, I was so fucking happy. He's amazing.
KENDRICK: I'm in love with him.
Yeah, I am too. I have a man crush.
KENDRICK: Yeah.
After you see Homeland, I think you will also say Homeland. I'm pretty confident on that.
KENDRICK: Okay, cool.
Obviously you prepare differently for every role. In this one, how early on did they have you doing the rehearsals and figuring things out?
KENDRICK: Well, we had like a month of rehearsals and I actually showed up late for rehearsal because I was promoting 50/50 and probably shooting something. I think I was probably shooting End of Watch, actually. But I was nervous coming into it because a) I was late, and B) being the lead of the movie I wanted to show up and sort of prove myself and be good enough, and show the rest of the cast that I was going to be able to support them and I wasn't going to be the dead weight that they had to carry. So I really threw myself into the music and dance rehearsals. So I'm glad that we had that time period to do it. But, it was really just rehearsals. In the press notes they were saying it was like a cappella boot camp, but no. They taught us the music and they taught us the dancing.
Is it rehearsals that are nine to five, or is more like four to five hours?
KENDRICK: Well, now I can't remember, because everybody else is saying that it was like ten hour days. But I don't remember it being like that. But I don't know, maybe I was just in a time warp.
When you're doing rehearsals and getting ready, because there's a lot of numbers in the movie, are you rehearsing all the numbers? Or are you rehearsing "one number until we get it, then another number until we get it"?
KENDRICK: Well, the finale number for us kept changing; which actually was really terrifying and really frustrating, because they just kept changing the music. I mean, I'm sure they kept just trying to make it better and better, but it was obviously a frustrating, cyclical thing. And so we would rehearse the first number, but by the end of the first week we knew the first number. If it's all you're doing for a week, you know it. And the finale number was really the bane of our existence for a while. Because things kept changing and it felt like no matter how much you drilled it, some piece of old choreography would fall into the dance. So it was tricky.
Let's talk about The Breakfast Club.
KENDRICK: Okay.
The person sitting next to me at the screening, when Judd Nelson at the end raises his hand, the person next to me raised their hand.
KENDRICK: No kidding?
They were really into it. It's obviously an iconic movie, everyone loves it. What's your thing? Did you grow up with The Breakfast Club? Did you have—like how real is that emotion you're showing in the movie?
KENDRICK: Well, I saw The Breakfast Club when I was a little older, like probably sometime between sixteen and eighteen.
But that's like the right age for it.
KENDRICK: Yeah, I guess so. I remember thinking… Because I saw it on TV and I didn't know what I was watching really, until the end and then I was like, "Oh, that's The Breakfast Club." I don't know, that happens sometimes. Oh, and that happened to me also with Terms of Endearment. Where, I finally watched Terms of Endearment and I was like, "This is unbelievably incredible." And then you think "Yes, Anna, of course it is." Like, of course The Breakfast Club is amazing; everyone talks about it as being an iconic film, a game changer of a film. But you see it and you want to go out and tell your friends, "I just saw this amazing movie." But they all know about it. So I didn't have quite as visceral reaction as Beca does.
Was that always in the script, The Breakfast Club?
KENDRICK: No, it was Say Anything for a while.
Ah, there we go, these are both classic 80s movies.
KENDRICK: Yeah.
Now, have you seen Say Anything?
[Long Pause]
That's okay. So it was better that is was The Breakfast Club in the movie.
KENDRICK: Yeah, I mean, obviously I would have watched Say Anything. I've seen pieces of Say Anything.
I think Breakfast Club is actually a better fit. Talk a little bit about the rest of the cast. Off set, is this one of those movies where like everyone was hanging out?
KENDRICK: It was definitely a little gross how much we hung out. Because we're in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Oh, I know Baton Rouge.
KENDRICK: There was nothing to do. So after work it was like, "Okay, where are we going?" And for a lot of people it was one of, if not their first movie. So all the girls and the boys in the singing groups were just like, "Okay guys, now what? Now where are we going?" And for me sometimes I was like, "Home! I have another fourteen hour day tomorrow." So at a certain point I actually had to request to be put in the hotel across the street. Because I was like, I need to sleep at a certain point and these kids can party. And like I actually have to be responsible and get up in the morning. You know, because they would have days off and they would be like, "Come on Kendrick!" So I was kind of the party pooper of the group, I felt like a real old lady.
I can sort of understand.
KENDRICK: But I was in every scene.
If you speak to musicians, good musicians who go on tour for a long period of time. As soon as they're done with the meet and greet after the show, they're at their hotel sleeping. It's a misconception that they can party every night because they're doing another show the next night.
KENDRICK: I suppose if I were twenty and it was my first movie, I would have the energy to just give a hundred and ten percent every day and go out every night. But, I don't. It was the seventh movie that I had made that year, so it was like…
You're also front and center singing and dancing.
KENDRICK: Right, that was the other added thing. I couldn't get sick because I wanted to do as much as I could live. So I didn't have the option of getting sick.
Do you take home any props from all the things you do?
KENDRICK: I have a snow globe from this movie. It was on a desk, I'm sure no one would ever see it. But I sat and stared at it for several weeks and I was like, "Can I have this little snow globe?" And they said yes.
As you mentioned, you have been in a lot of things in succession. Do you want to keep going at this pace?
KENDRICK: I don't think doing that much in one year was the best thing. Nothing is worse to me than feeling like I wake up the next morning and I realize that there was a certain moment that I didn't land because I wasn't really there. Or a moment where I was just being me, and I wasn't being true to a character like Janet in End of Watch. And that is so frustrating. So I think over-tiring myself, or pushing myself this far was my limit, and I had to do this to learn what my boundaries are. So, I don't think that I could do that much again in one year. But, at the same time I love working, I love working more than being at home so it's hard.
I completely understand that. Speaking of End of Watch, congratulations I think it's going to be number one?
KENDRICK: I've got my fingers crossed, yeah. I didn't know what was going to happen. When we were making it I did not feel like it was a number one movie. It didn't feel like one of those movies that's a blockbuster movie.
But you know, the reaction at TIFF…
KENDRICK: So awesome. So amazing.
We spoke for, like, a second on camera about TIFF, but overall experience this year at TIFF was…?
KENDRICK: Was really good. I've been absolutely spoiled rotten with the screenings of Up in the Air, 50/50 and End of Watch at TIFF because the audiences have gone crazy for the movies. So I've definitely been spoiled. And then I kind of had to do double duty at TIFF because I also went to see The Company You Keep. I don't have a big role in it, but obviously the premiere was there. But then I got to see Seven Psychopaths, which kind of made the whole trip for me because getting to see somebody else's thing kind of makes the whole trip worthwhile. Because otherwise it just feels like it wasn't even a film festival, it feels like you just were at work in a different city.
Everyone I speak to, all the actors that go to promote, they all tell me they come in for like a day or two and then they're gone. And I always am like, "How can you not stay for an extra day or two and just see some of the movies?"
KENDRICK: Well, usually because they're sending you off somewhere else to do press.
Oh, there you go.
KENDRICK: I had to come back for the End of Watch premiere. I didn't have the choice to stay longer.
I will tell you that Cloud Atlas, kind of good.
KENDRICK: Yeah?
Kind of good. That was my favorite at the festival. The Wachowskis. I don't know if you're familiar with Cloud Atlas.
KENDRICK: I was reading everybody's tweets after the first screening of Cloud Atlas. I couldn't believe my Twitter feed. Everybody was saying, whether you love it or hate, it's one of the most ambitious films they've ever seen. So that's enough for me, I'm sold.
Speaking of Twitter, are you addicted? Describe the level of interest.
KENDRICK: Well, I didn't tweet for, like, six months. And then I just decided I don't know why I'm being so precious about this. What am I why am I not just spouting nonsense? It's Twitter for heaven's sake. So I've been actually doing it more than I ever have recently, and I've been trying to interact more. Before this six month break, I really almost never replied to people. And I was like, "What is wrong with me?" You know? So I've been trying to read my @ replies.
Have you thought of taking questions?
KENDRICK: I don't know, because the thing is I have a lot of young followers and I feel like it would turn into a press conference where I would have to be really diplomatic and really positive. Because I don't want to… I can't really, really be myself, probably. So I don't know how much fun that would be.
You could also be selective. You could also pick certain questions not to answer. Just throwing that out there.
KENDRICK: But the fun thing about doing it for me, and I think the only interesting thing about it would be like to be myself and kind of be honest. And knowing that I've got thousands of like, eleven-year-old followers, I don't know if I would feel like I shouldn't. And then it's not interesting for me or for the people asking questions.
The other thing though, of course, is that everything you say on Twitter can be used in People Magazine or US Weekly.
KENDRICK: Well whatever I say anywhere. Whatever I say in this interview can be pulled. So I'm constantly playing this game in my head where I'm thinking, "Can this quote be pared down and misinterpreted?" It doesn't matter what outlet I'm talking to and how comprehensive the interview is, because I have to think in terms of, "Right, but People Magazine could just take this one quote and take it out of context."
A hundred percent. They quote me all the time. It's a real, real problem. Especially when I start insulting people and stuff, it gets me in a lot of trouble. My last question. What are you getting ready to do next? What is your next ambitious undertaking?
KENDRICK: I have a couple things, I don't know, that are sort of—I'm trying to think of another expression for "up in the air."
Basically you have contracts that are offered that you have not signed.
KENDRICK: Yeah, I have things that are in development that I'm attached to and I'm excited about, but I'm a little superstitious about talking about. Because I don't want them to go away.
Or you know my site. You know the way I work—headlines.
KENDRICK: Indeed.


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Mark Carras guests, & we review the ongoing Queensrÿche name dispute, while in the tech world, Staples ramps up the 3D Printing wagon. We look at recent proposals to execute politicans for corruption, and later review the ongoing coverage on Kurt Cobain & Nirvana, questioning exactly where it's headed.
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- Staples 3D Printing
- Proposal to Execute Political Leaders for Corruption
- Mom's Rocket
- Kurt Cobain and Nirvana
- Dimmu Borgir
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The Continuing Adventures of Dr Dzoe
GEOFF TATE, Former Bandmates Involved In Settlement Talks Over Rights To QUEENSRŸCHE Name
Wikipedia: 2012 Queensrÿche split
Staples 3D Printing
Staples Wants to Bring 3D Printing to the Masses
Proposal to Execute Political Leaders for Corruption
The Article: Firing Squad Or Hanging? AG Candidate Wants Death Penalty For Corrupt Lawmakers
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Mom's Rocket
Kurt Cobain and Nirvana
Inside Kurt Cobain's $450 Million Empire
Listening to In Utero on the 20th Anniversary of Kurt Cobain's Death
New Kurt Cobain death scene photos released by Seattle P.D. give previously unseen view of Nirvana singer tragedy
Nirvana inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
SOAKED IN BLEACH – Official Trailer | Kurt Cobain | 2014 [HD]
Dimmu Borgir
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- "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana [fair use snippet only] from the album Nevermind
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