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hrmm.. your best bet is to consult a rulebook, but I can give you a general idea. You make a deck of 60 cards. You need a decent number of Basic pokemon (You have to play a basic pokemon before you can use it's evolved form) as well as plenty of energy cards that match the requirements on your card's attack. You can also use some trainer cards which do things like heal your pokemon or search your deck for certain cards...
On your turn you put pokemon cards into play, attach energy cards to them, etc. and you also make attacks on your opponent's pokemon. When you've defeated around... 6 I think, You win (It's beeen a LOOOONG time since I've actually played) If you have any more in depth questions I can try to answer them... jsut post them here.


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Montreal Massacre Anniversary: Hundreds Gather On Parliament Hill To Remember Murders
By Stephanie Levitz
First Posted: 12/ 6/11 11:45 AM ET Updated: 12/ 6/11 04:46 PM ET
OTTAWA – Suzanne Laplante Edward awoke one morning in October, on what would have been her daughter's 43rd birthday, only to see the Conservatives introduce a bill to end the gun registry.
That rude awakening made this Dec. 6 both personal and political for the still-grieving mother.It was on Dec. 6, 1989, that a gunman burst into Montreal's Ecole Polytechnique, shot more than two dozen people and killed 14 women — including her daughter, Anne-Marie Edward.
Anne-Marie would have had three or four children by now; she would have been a successful engineer, Laplante Edward told hundreds of people gathered on Parliament Hill to remember the victims of the shooting.
Ensure her death won't be in vain, she urged them.
"We are about to lose a tool that is proven to save Canadian lives, to save women's lives, to save children's lives," she told the crowd Tuesday. "Please, please, do something."
The Montreal massacre, as it has become known, spurred implementation of the long-gun registry in 1991 in an effort to make firearms like the one used in the shooting traceable.
But it was dogged by cost overruns and political opposition and, in October, the Conservatives moved forward with their long-time commitment to abolishing it and destroying all the related the data.
In a statement, the prime minister said his government had taken concrete action to prevent violence against women.
"More needs to be done. Every Canadian has a role to play in breaking the cycle of violence and discrimination against women," Stephen Harper said.
"On this tragic anniversary, let us remember and commemorate the lives of all women who have been victims of intolerable acts of gender-based violence, and let us strive to eliminate these heinous and cowardly crimes."
NDP Leader Nycole Turmel said the Conservatives weren't going far enough.
"We have to fight every day; we have to fight hard, in our homes, in our schools, in our communities," she said.
"We have to stand together like today, bravely, against a government that is turning back the clock on women's rights."
Gun-control advocate Wendy Cukier says the Dec. 6 anniversary has a dual meaning.
"This Dec. 6 more than ever before, we must mourn but we must also work for change," she told the crowd, many waving placards with "save the gun registry" slogans.
A group of six survivors and witnesses to the massacre travelled to Quebec City to pressure their provincial government to move forward with a legal challenge to the destruction of data from the registry.
In Montreal, across town from the scene of the massacre, over 100 people attended a march outside the local courthouse.
They held up signs, chanted slogans, and played out dramatic sketches about sexual stereotypes and violence against women.
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The Asia-Pacific region is characterized overall by both advances in REDD+ readiness – with six countries currently implementing national UN-REDD Programmes1 - and the emergence of national anti-corruption strategies following broad ratification of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption (link to Sam's presentation). Last year's publication "Staying on track – Tackling Corruption Risks in Climate Change" identified broad corruption risks for REDD+ and risk mitigation actions. Building on this primer and on recent reports by UN-REDD Programme partners2, the UN-REDD Programme and UNDP's Democratic Governance Group3, organized two regional workshops to raise awareness on this issue and initiate discussions on tailored risk mitigation measures.
The Nepal workshop, held in Kathmandu on 10-11 October 2011, as part of the Asia-Pacific "Integrity in Action" week, targeted anti-corruption experts from anti-corruption commissions, UNDP anti-corruption focal points and non-governmental organizations working on increasing transparency and integrity. Prior to the workshop, participants were invited to share views on the Asia-Pacific "Integrity in Action" (INTACT) network and on their experiences on anti-corruption efforts in the forestry sector. The workshop was an opportunity for participants to draw from their experiences - for example in tackling corruption in the forestry sector (e.g. in Bhutan, Indonesia and Malaysia), from the Global Fund and in activities in the health and education sectors - to provide concrete recommendations. These recommendations will build on the ongoing governance support provided by UNDP and UN-REDD in Asia and the Pacific (such as the draft social and environmental principles and criteria, FPIC and benefit distribution and participatory governance assessments for REDD+). At the conclusion of the workshop, participants identified different but coordinated roles for different actors.
Highlights from the Kathmandu and Bangkok Anti-Corruption & REDD+ Workshops
The specific corruption risks identified and the associated mitigation measures that participants suggested will inform the 2012 integrated work plan of UN-REDD Programme and UNDP's Thematic Programme on Anti-corruption for Aid Effectiveness (PACDE).
Corruption may take many shapes and forms, and preventive anti-corruption measures must be identified as early as the REDD+ readiness phase. Taken together, the workshops clearly demonstrated that tapping into the expertise of anti-corruption and REDD+ experts can facilitate constructive discussions between a range of stakeholders. Building on the success and lessons from these events, UNDP and the UN-REDD Programme are planning to organize a similar capacity development exercise for stakeholders from UN-REDD Programme partner countries in Africa early next year.
All workshop presentations are available here.
1Cambodia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Solomon Islands and Viet Nam.
2See for example Transparency International's Global Corruption Report on Climate Change and Global Witness 's "Forest Carbon, Cash and Crime" brief
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Outstanding imagery!! I liked this plot-line a lot, very 'to the point', yet slow enough so that it doesn't feel rushed. At first our 'Harry' was a 'Sirius' that had just escaped from Azkaban by the 'he shook like dog' statement, but I guess I was wrong;) Lovely fic!
Author's Response: Thank you! I really like your founders fic - and yeah, a lot of people thought it was Sirius... but it wasn't! The 9th chapter is in the queue.
Wow, this chapter was so good. And it's not like anything I've read before. Good job, I'm going to read the rest now . . . !
Author's Response: Thanks!
I had a bit of trouble comprehending at first, but now I'm all set in that department...and this story is very well written, with a very interesting (and cliff-hanging!) plot...I'm very eager to read more!!
Author's Response: Thank you! Yes, it must have been confusing at first - the chapters didn't get up in the right order! I'll be adding more to it soon; I haven't done so for ages!
hey, great story!But what's happened to chapters 4, 5, 7???why r they blank???
Author's Response: Unfortunately, they weren't accepted at first. I'm working on it!
So far so good, can't wait to read the rest...
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Soldiers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, conduct training in a mock subterranean environment during Network Integration Evaluation 13.2 at Fort Bliss, Texas in May. The U.S. Army Asymmetric Warfare Group, along with the Brigade Modernization Command, in a collaborative effort conducted an assessment of two infantry companies from the division to understand the current capabilities and determine the baseline of where an infantry company is operating at with regard to subterranean environment. Additionally, soldiers were introduced and familiarized with this operational environment in order to develop means to mitigate it. The second in a series of semi-annual evaluations for fiscal year 2013, NIE 13.2 is a Solider-led evaluation designed to further integrate and rapidly progress the Army's tactical network. (Photo By Lt. Col. Sonise Lumbaca)
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UIC Women's Soccer Adds Two Assistant Coaches
Feb. 18, 2014
CHICAGO – UIC head women's soccer coach Brian Rigby recently announced the hiring of Julie Colhoff and Jamie Forbes as assistant women's soccer coaches. The duo joins Rigby and the newly-formed women's soccer program before varsity competition begins in August of 2014. UIC Athletics announced the addition of women's soccer in November of 2012 with the hiring of Rigby. Colhoff and Forbes each played four seasons in the Horizon League and have achieved tremendous success on the field.
"With the addition of Julie and Jamie, our technical staff is now complete," said Rigby. "We can now continue to guide and shape our program and put the final pieces together in preparation for our first season this fall. Julie and Jamie's diverse experiences and accomplishments, along with their knowledge and understanding of the Horizon League will benefit our program tremendously."
Colhoff comes to UIC from Lewis University where she spent the past three seasons as the assistant women's soccer coach. She helped usher in unprecedented success for the Flyers, posting consecutive winning seasons for the first time in 19 years and guiding Lewis to its first 10-win season in 1997. Colhoff mentored five players who were named to the Great Lakes Valley All-Conference team and helped one player garner NSCAA All-Region honors.
Colhoff received her Bachelor's degree in Human Services from then-Horizon League school Loyola-Chicago. She was a four-year starter at center-back for the Ramblers, a two-time All-Conference selection and helped Loyola capture two League tournament titles in 2006 and 2007. The Ramblers won the Horizon League regular season title in 2008 as Colhoff garnered All-Tournament team honors in 2008 and 2009. She finished her career third all-time in matches played and helped set a program record for most shutouts in one season with 11 in 2007.
The Buffalo Grove, Ill., native earned several distinctions off the field as well. She is a four-time Dean's List and Loyola All-Academic Team honoree. Colhoff collected All-Horizon League Academic honors on three occasions and was named NSCAA Academic All-District Honorable Mention. This past May, she received her Master's Degree in Organizational Leadership from Lewis.
Forbes joins the Flames after a decorated four seasons at fellow Horizon League school Milwaukee. She started three years in goal for the Panthers and concluded her career ranking second in all-time minutes played, wins and shutouts. Her 27 career shutouts also rank second in Horizon League history. In 2011, Forbes was named the League's Co-Defensive Player of the Year and Goalkeeper of the Year. During her time in Milwaukee, Forbes participated in four NCAA tournaments, winning the Horizon League regular season all four seasons.
The St. Charles, Ill., native earned her Bachelor's degree from UWM in Information Science and Technology in December of 2013. Since 2005, Forbes has been working with numerous youth academies and soccer clubs, including Northwestern Girls Soccer Academy, Milwaukee Soccer Academy, Eclipse Select Soccer and UIC Women's Soccer Camp.


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BBC Radio 5 Live…
OK, I admit it, it's on a lot here.
Not necessarily because it's good – because it isn't and it has way too much sport for my liking – but because it's habit.
It's habit because, to cut a long story short, it once helped me through a phase of insomnia and so it's now on all night whilst we're sleeping and often gets left on during the day.
Last week saw Shelagh Fogarty leaving the Breakfast Show (and co-host Nicky 'Talentless' Campbell) along with Gabby Logan leaving the lunchtime show due to family commitments.
The two departures are not unconnected.
In what has become a familiar scenario on 5 Live, this has started a game of musical chairs in which Fogarty is taking over Logan's spot, and with Logan off the scene, someone now has to take over Fogarty's spot. This then poses the question of who to put with Nicky 'Wot-charisma?' Campbell in the morning, and who to put in the place of whoever is chosen…
…and so on and so on and so on…
Not content with this gravy train game of musical chairs (or radio cluster fucking, if you prefer), when Fogarty left last week, Thursday (Friday was out because of the royal wedding) saw Nicky 'Wheel of Fortune' Campbell introducing small segments called 'A Fogarty Flashback', which consisted of snippets of his co-host from past shows, and then after each one, one of the people she'd met in the course of the programs saying how wonderful Shelagh was.
Now, I appreciate when you've worked with people for a long while that when you leave or they leave it can be a wrench, but for fuck's sake, it's not as if Fogarty was off to Talk Sport, or even another BBC radio station.
So, perhaps a leaving 'do' – or even a whip round and a party with a cake and a few bottles, but 'Fogarty Flashbacks'?
It's not even as if she's a significant voice in radio journalism.
She's certainly no fucking Alistair Cooke or Brian Redhead.
Anyone who heard her a few weeks ago when the BBC flew her out to Japan to cover the tsunami and Fukushima radiation leaks would have been able to hear what a lightweight she really is.
OK, she's pleasant enough and a bit mumsy – nothing wrong with being mumsy, but it's hardly a quality that's going to make you a dynamic reporter of significant world events.
Right now, she's taking a phone in – on her first day at her new job – about today's hot news; the killing of Osama Bin Laden. No news, just her and the listeners bouncing opinion about.
Of course, for serious news broadcasting then I suppose there's always Radio 4, but that's not really a dedicated news station, in spite of it having some lengthy scheduled news programs – and at least with 5 Live you know that there's going to be a news update every 30 minutes.
Perhaps we need a dedicated news station – a bit like TV's BBC 24 – but rolling news isn't sexy at the best of times and radio wouldn't even have the visuals to liven it up.
Whatever…but that's another topic altogether.
But it must be a wonderful life being a BBC radio or TV presenter.
A generous salary, a great pension scheme, what seems like a job for life as long as your face fits (and who the fuck decides that?), you get flown out to all sorts of places and events and get to stay in the best accommodation and if you're successful then you get all sorts of 'fringe' work like appearances on other radio and TV shows.
Yes, radio and TV, because the BBC runs both and you can cross from one to the other like some sort of interdimensional traveller.
And all at the licence-payers' expense.
Mark Thompson – he'll spunk your licence fee up the fucking wall
So, you get all sorts of people like Julia Bradbury, Colin Murray and Nick Knowles who seem to suddenly dominate the airwaves, snapping up plum job after plum job, being propelled along some broadcast career superhighway by the BBC bosses, until it's almost a fucking cardiac arrest event when you see they're not on in the next program, but some stranger is!
A new, fresh face?
That'll never fucking do.
And it's not just presenters.
It's also the 'stars' themselves.
Graham Norton, Bruce Forsythe, Chris Evans, Jools Holland…the list goes on and on, like Banquo's fucking lineage…as show after sub-standard show and new program after desperate new program is beamed out to a nation brain-numbed by a continual barrage of the same old, tired, cliched, exhausted shite – whether it's chat shows, reality shows or 'specials'.
So, are the viewers and listeners just getting what they want, or what they've been conditioned to want?
I'm inclined to think that expectations of the broadcast media are so low that it doesn't really matter.
Just stick the same old bollocks on the TV and radio and people will still tune in.
And, of course, the Shelagh Fogartys and Graham Nortons of this world will still have a job.
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Jesus walked up to a tax collector named Levi and recruited him. "And leaving everything, he rose and followed him" (Luke 5:28).
I checked out the original Greek and it reads: "And having left all, having arisen, he followed him." (Now you see why they smoothed out the language in translation.) My recollection of high school English is that the past perfect of "having left all" precedes and is the rational context of "having arisen." That is to say, as a result of "having left all," the tax collector got up and followed Jesus.
One does not want to base too much theology on the vagaries of ponderous verb tenses, of course. Even if there is a logical precedence of the phrase "having left all" to the phrase "having arisen," there may not have been any temporal gap between the two acts at all: Mr. Levi may well have decided to leave everything behind and stood up to leave simultaneously.
And yet, and yet. It is undeniable that one decides to do something at least a split second before one does it. And more cogently than that, this verse in the Bible tells us what the man's precise decision was: He decided to leave all. And more than that, the phrases "having left all" and "having arisen" are placed in a definite order, with the leaving of all coming before the rising to go.
All of these text indicators lead me to an edifying conclusion: Levi, before ever getting up off his seat and out of his little booth, made a decision to "leave everything." The "having left all" in this verse gives a transcript of his mind, his internal reckoning. We are to understand that it was not the case that Levi first left his job, and only belatedly realized, over time, that he was probably not going to return to tax collecting, and that he had in effect burned his bridges behind him. No, we are to understand that at the moment of Jesus' call, a life-and-death transaction took place in the heart and mind of a certain tax agent, who instantaneously weighed the costs and benefits of following the Rabbi, and firmly and knowingly decided to pay the costs.
Jesus told a group of disciples: "No one who puts his hand to the plow and looks back is fit for the kingdom of God" (Luke 9:62). You and I are those who have made that bargain. Like Levi, let us no longer dither but make up our minds that we have left everything, whatever it costs.


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Kyron Horman was 7 on June 4, 2010. His stepmother, Terri Horman, told authorities she last saw him walking toward his classroom.
A massive search came up empty. No arrests have been made.
In a settlement signed Tuesday, his father, Kaine Horman, got custody of 5-year-old Kiara Horman, the daughter he had with Terri Horman.
The couple divorced after Kyron disappeared. The settlement allows Terri Horman eventual visits with the daughter.
Desiree Young, Kyron's biological mother and Kaine Horman's first wife, said in a Facebook message Wednesday that a private search will be conducted June 20, 21 and 22.


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The cathedral organ
Christ Church Cathedral has a long and distinguished history of music and pipe organs. The parish installed a Catlin organ in the early 1800s, the first in this part of the state. American organ builders Erben, Hook and Hastings, and Hutchings built later installations. All of these organs were located in the rear gallery. In 1925, Ernest M. Skinner and Co. installed a large four-manual organ in the chancel, containing some of the largest 32' pipes in the state.
The present organ, Opus 2417, dates from 1965, and was built by Hartford-based Austin Organ Company. The organ contains fifty-six ranks and is controlled by a three-manual console. Although preparation was completed for a seven-rank antiphonal organ, it was never built. The full specification of the present organ is listed here.
As part of the last projects to restore Christ Church Cathedral to its full splendor, the organ was refurbished in 2000-2001. At that time, all the organ pipes were cleaned, the reed pipes were re-voiced, and 3 digital 32' stops were added. The console was updated with solid-state combination action and special computerized features employing the Uniflex 2000 Pipe Organ Control System designed by the late Tim Rickman, which features a sophisticated record/playback studio with multi-track capabilities, and a complete combination action function. Multiple organists are easily accommodated and each can customize their uniquely individual organ definitions and piston registrations and save their settings for future use.
Built in December 2001 by the Austin Organ Company, the antiphonal organ completed the original 1965 plan. The rear gallery organ is enclosed in a case of red oak, and provides support for congregational singing. The Trompette-en-Chamade stop, horizontal pipes made of brass, is the crowning glory of the rear organ as well as a triumphant sound over all the organ. With the addition of the antiphonal division, the Cathedral's organ has sixty stops and seventy-one ranks of pipes. In 2008 and 2009, the wind pressures of all divisions except the Antiphonal were raised which resulted in even clearer speech, power and projection into the room.
The Cathedral is also fortunate to have a one manual, six stop mechanical action instrument installed in the Cathedral House Auditorium Balcony. More information on this instrument, Casavant Opus 3128 which was given to the Cathedral by the St. James congregation now resident at the Cathedral, can be found by clicking here.


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Acclaimed US singer
American singer Conor Oberst is one of the best of an emerging breed of songwriter emerging from the US. His Saddle Creek collective have issued more classics than we care to remember, and most of them involve Oberst. Bright Eyes is his pseudonym of choice, with his political ideas fused to a shrewd melodic sense.
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As the title says I'm considering buying a macbook pro, but struggling with 13" vs. 15", here's what I'll be using it for:
- Recording/mixing on Logic at home (Projects won't be huge 24 tracks at the most)
- Travelling around London recording podcasts/interviews
- And it will be my daily user as well, web browsing, emails, word processing etc
Here are my questions:
- I've got a firewire interface, that can go into thunderbolt right?
- Is it worth having the built in CD drive?
- The SSD is too small, so I should stick to the HDD right?
- Is it worth the extra just so I can get Retina Display, will I be missing out on anything but just a fantastic screen?
- And a practical one, does the 15" fit in your standard rucksack/bag?
That's all I can think of right now, and your answers/views will be very helpful!
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Schaub's heyday with Texans appears overOctober 28, 2013 Updated: October 29, 2013 6:00pm
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Matt Schaub's era as the Texans' starting quarterback might not be finished. But it feels like it.
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Not surprisingly, here at the N.C. Center for Voter Education our biggest focus is also our namesake – the voter. Making sure the public is informed and participatory, and that ballot access is fair and equal, is our mission. And with each election we wait with bated breath for poll results to see just who and how many are exercising their right and responsibility in North Carolina.
By the numbers, November 2012 saw a fairly solid turnout at the polls. Out of nearly 6.6 million registered voters, 4.5 million cast ballots, adding up to a voter turnout rate of over 68 percent. This makes North Carolina one of the few states to maintain election momentum from the 2008 presidential election.
By demographic category, Republicans and African-American women showed the most enthusiasm, with voter turnout rates nearly five percentage points higher than the overall state average, according to a recent report from Democracy North Carolina. Democrats were not far behind in getting to the polls, turning out at 70 percent. Another spirited group was the Tar Heel State's women, who had more voter turnout than men in every single county.
In short, North Carolina is becoming a better state when it comes to getting to the polls. While in 2008 this could be credited to the excitement surrounding Barack Obama's first run for the White House, sustained electoral energy seemed to stick around this past November. And with smart legislation designed to encourage participation at the polls, we can hope to see continually increasing numbers in the years to come.


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The immolation of Tristan James III is a wild success…strangely enough. Faced with a slew of "dishonorable" options, the stalwart paladin chooses to endure the trial of the sun, the result of which is increasing heat, fire, and a change of his base nature. James survives the ordeal, receiving the "blessings" of Pelor, and a new outlook on life — "humanoids are sacred!" Whether this proves a boon remains to be seen.
Yoshi "buys" a boat for the party ("temporarily"), and the party, now accompanied by the blind Blinky McBlindcan'tsee, sets out down the river, in search of the ruins of Ekarr (or something similarly spelled). Before long, they face unexpected foes — a slimy, psionic-powered creature known as an Aboleth and its minions, the Kopru. True to form, Hoit Portique enmehses the Aboleth in his net, then leaps into the water for an impromptu ride (reasoning that, "if it's messing with me, it CAN'T mess with the party!"). Before long, he is immersed in water and slime. Strangely enough, the slime , which Hoit SNARFS up accidentally, allows him to breathe underwater. The little goblin takes the opportunity to make with the stabby as the creature races through the water in an attempt to dislodge the party hero/fool.
Back at the boat…
Yoshi is once again the pack mule, pulling the boat by rope, as Tristan and Aladar paddle and steer, respectively. Scarmiglione makes with an inspiring song, and the group steers toward the (they hope) safety of land. Having evaded/resisted/gotten luck in avoiding the mind control techniques of their foes, they rush toward the shore, widening the gap between themselves and their pursuers when…Jacqueline, the Gnome Mage, decides it's time to dive in the water…(because small people love water, evidently). Within seconds, she is dragged underwater by the Kopru.
Things get desperate quickly. With a shout of "My fan base!," Scarmiglione leaps in the water and swims down to his partner. With a titanic effort, he breaks Jay-Q free! But the Gnomes are still bobbing in the water like corks, two targets for the Kopru.
Back on the ship, a plan quickly takes shape. As Yoshi drags the boat toward shore using his great strength, and Tristan lends a hand in the boat, Laranna imbues Aladar with the ability to fight freely in the water. While this proves helpful LATER, the near term is all about the Monk finally using his newly-developed powers to advantage. Drawing upon his ki reserves, Aladar speeds ACROSS the water toward the swimming gnomes. With a heroic effort that signifies "everyone has their moment," the Tempest monk grabs the two swimmers and races to land, depositing them safely there.
It's a minor victory, however, as the Kopru begin to board the boat, and the Aboleth turns to make an other run. Tristan and Laranna hold off the boarding creatures with steel and magic, respectively. Racing back across the water, Aladar joins them in battling the 3 creatures. As Yoshi drags the boat to shallow waters, keeping it safe from the charging Aboleth, who cannot swim there, Jaqueline lets lose with the lightning, frying all 3 Kopru. One of their number sinks to the bottom of the river, while the other two beat a fast retreat.
This lives only the Aboleth. Now free of the boat, Yoshi grabs the Monk, and the two head towards the slimy creature, The battle is brief. Jay-Q sends s Fireball at the creature, softening it up even more. Hoit is singed, but survives. Then, Yoshi arrives, drops the Monk in the water, and brings down the Mouth of Geb on the spongy adversary. Aladar adds his own small portion of martial arts to the assault, receiving a pair of near-paralyzing wounds in the process. Bouyed by Laranna's spells, which allow them to fight in the water, the two warriors augment Hoit's previous efforts, and Jaqueline's spells and the creature…is dead.
The aftermath is all about rest and boat repair. As the party licks its wounds, they are greeted by a man named Tailwind, who has come from upriver. After chatting with him, and determining that he isn't (or doesn't seem to be) dangerous, they follow Tailwind downstream toward the next town. On the way, they find evidence of old ruins, which may or may not be Ekar. Though set to split up and investigate, Aladar insists the party stay together, since, during the last encounter, they nearly lost both gems when the gnomes took a swim. Most of the party reluctantly agrees. Of course, Hoit gives the gruop the metaphorical finger, and decides to investigate on his own, while the boats make their way to town. The cliff face he is checking out overlooks the town Tailwind spoke of, so it is hoped that, once again, the intrepid (stupid?) half-goblin cheats fate.
And so the party finds portage in a new town, hopefully one near their goal: a portal to the planes. Once again they have escaped serious harm. Questions emerge, however. Who sent the elemental fire that pushed them toward Millstone? And what of the Aboleth and Kopru, creatures not native to the area, but attacking them nevertheless. That, and the strange visions they have had when grasping more than one stone at the same time , visions of themselves, as seen from above, lend suspicion that perhaps, perhaps they are being watched.
Someday, the whole "leaping on its head" thing is not going to work, and Hoit is going to be sooooooooooooooo dead.
WHY did Jaqueline leap in the water? (Damned "me-too-ism's" of small people")
Anybody else get the sense that the Gnomes are there to steal our shit? Somehow, they had ALL the artifacts and they didn't wanna give them back. (mistrust growing….can't… squelch….suspicion…)
Am I the only one who heard "Tailhook" when the river guy gave his name?
*NO MORE BOATS! EVER! (please?)
Yoshi makes a GREAT pair of oxen. (why are we worried about horses with him around?)
I still wanna know why birdman could walk around xeno-town but human Aladar couldn't.
Speaking of, we're FREAKS! Blue, bald lady, big bird man, little green guy, and creepy child-things. The humans are all dysfunctional (daddy issues, guilt issues, and then you have Phineas, the Ferengi mapper). How these guys stay together is anybody's guess.
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Coming to UK TV screens (Channel 4) in November... a new four-part thriller titled Top Boy, starring Ashley Walters, whose name has come up a bit here on S&A, which usually means we probably should be keeping an eye on him; from the 2009 BBC adaptation of the award winning novel Small Island, in which he starred alongside a host of other shining UK black acting talent, like Naomie Harris and David Oyelowo; to Demons Never Die, the teen horror flick being produced by Idris Elba, girl gang retribution thriller SKET, and Dominic Savage's dramatic/improvisational BBC serial Love Life, most recently.
Dude is busy across the pond. Although he's appeared in some Hollywood flicks - notably Get Rich or Die Tryin', alongside 50 Cent.
Back to Top Boy... synopsis:
Meet drug dealer and gang leader Dushane (Ashley Walters). He is charming, sexy, clever, and at 26 years old has 'already run out of things to be - except this'. When he gets the attention of ex-convict and drug dealer Bobby Raikes (Geoff Bell) he seizes an opportunity to be more, to have more. With his friend Sully (Kane Robinson) at his side, Dushane is on track to becoming Top Boy. Dushane and Sully's violent quest to take over the supply of drugs in the Summerhouse Estate impacts on the lives of a number of the residents. The emotional heart of the story lies with Ra'Nell (Malcolm Kamulete), a bright 13-year-old struggling to create a stable home environment for his mentally ill mother Lisa (Sharon Duncan Brewster). Ra'Nell's best friend Gem (Giacomo Mancini) will do anything to be accepted into Dushane's gang whilst Summerhouse resident Heather (Kierston Wareing), pregnant and penniless, is determined to give her baby the chances she never had - "even if it means doing one wrong thing to get to the right place"
I can hear some of you already - "groan, another movie about black drug dealers and gangs."
Written by screenwriter and novelist Ronan Bennett, and directed by Yann Demange, Top Boy is said to be based on first hand extensive research by Bennett, who met with and interviewed local kids who gave candid accounts of drug and gang culture life on the estates.
No trailer yet though... but soon enough I imagine. November is just around the corner.


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Adaptation was an exhibit for the IIDA New England Fashion Show, displayed at Boston's Innovation and Design Building in January and February 2015. The exhibit was a chance to see the fashion – up close – from all the award winners, plus photos of all other participants.
Adaptation was the theme of the night and the exhibit design extends the magenta and black identity that established the look and feel for the show. Large boards are visually displayed near each award winning look, backdropped with bold magenta walls. A square motif is prevalent throughout, inspired by the building's industrial facade and monospaced typography.
Exhibition designed collaboratively at Bergmeyer.Branding, Exhibition Design, Graphic Design2015
The Cadets is one of the most honored drum corps in history and it needed to recreate its brand to be more in line with the current image of the corps. Since the corps' formation in 1934, there is only one image that has stayed consistent - its uniform. The maroon and gold West Point style uniforms are immediately recognizable like no other in the drum corps activity. A new identity was created in 2010 - the 76th year - to pay tribute to the past while looking to the future. Three chevrons are the main element of the logo and are an abstraction of the embroidery on the sleeves. Because of their repetition and orientation, the chevrons connote the idea of dynamism, innovation, and forward thinking. The letter C acts as a partial outline around the arrows to represent the idea of being on the edge and pushing the boundaries. A full line of graphic apparel, subsequently developed in 2013, extends the brand identity of the corps through clean and crisp details based on the symbol.Branding, Fashion, Graphic Design2009/11
The Cadets, one of the most honored drum corps in the world, announced their production for the 2013 season entitled Side by Side. The concept is based on contrast, comparison, and conflict and the production will musically and visually express this idea through different elements. My proposal for the identity of the 2013 show appeared on the corps' first tour apparel and has been utilized in several videos featuring the corps. The graphic idea is simple and in line with the production's concept. By placing two chevrons facing each other side by side, it forms the letter "X" which stands for the word "by." The corps will perform the music of Samuel Barber, a classical American composer, and so a classic typeface was chosen to complement the tone of the music. Screen captures are of videos by Dieter Wiselogel.Branding, Graphic Design, Packaging2012/12
Evan Rodriguez Photography is based in Boston and brings awareness to the built environment through digital and commissioned photography. Evan's photos are beautifully composed expressions of architecture, landscape, and urban culture. His brand needed to provide a sense of identity for himself as well as his subjects. The logo is a comprehensive yet simple mark with an E on its side to form a skyline and waves underneath that represent nature. It's encircled to denote a camera lens. A condensed sans-serif typeface complements the verticality of the buildings and a subtle use of orange gives the identity distinction. Check out his work at www.erphotos.net.Branding, Graphic Design, Photography2012/11
The new Walpole Public Library designed by LLB Architects is sited near the downtown area of this suburb just outside of Boston. The library program is organized around four masses, encased in rectangular fiber cement panels, which anchor the building's entries. In between them, generous circulation paths, a sculptural staircase, and skylights create a feeling of openness and lightness. The signage was designed to complement the building's architecture, utilizing a single, squarish sans serif contemporary typeface throughout all environmental graphics including exterior signage, dedication plaques, donor signage, vinyl graphics on glass, directory and room identification. The exterior canopy is adorned with dimensional aluminum lettering painted brown, matching the accent brick on the base of the exterior. Donor signage is applied on stainless steel plaques to complement the hardware and finishes of the interior architecture, and room signs are produced on translucent acrylic plates, adding greater depth and dimension to evoke the lightness of the central atrium. Geometric environmental graphics wrap the floor-to-ceiling glass study rooms in an abstract pattern mimicking the fiber cement panels. The signage package not only communicates and informs, but strengthens the conceptual design of the architecture. See more of the architecture at http://llbarch.com/project-catalog/libraries/walpole-public-library/Architecture, Graphic Design2012/04
MUDEO assisted DREAM Collaborative in completing this design proposal for a new development in Jamaica. The design for Dry Valley has been developed around sustainable, new urbanist principles that prioritize walkable, livable, compact mixed-use communities in order to reduce the dependence on automobiles for weekly needs and maximize choice and opportunities for residents.Architecture2010/10
Designed by LLB Architects, the project for the Boyden Library includes a new addition and renovation of the 1960s brutalist building originally by Kilman Hopkins Greeley and Brodie. Environmental graphic design for the building utilized a contemporary and condensed sans serif to complement the glazing treatment of the glass staircase on the feature facade. A square motif references the interior design features and the exposed coffered ceiling of the original building. The simple color palette of white, gray, and red was inspired by mid-century graphic design material. Scope included exterior dimensional signage, bronze dedication plaque, building directories at each floor and elevator landing, collection signage, room identification, and slate donor plaques and dimensional lettering. Some images by Bruce T. Martin Photography.Architecture, Graphic Design, Print Design2012/01
Common Boston is a program of the Boston Society of Architects with the mission of bringing together designers and the public for dialogue that inspires a more sustainable, equitable and creative urban environment. The program brochure for 2011 was the third in a series of publications for the annual festival, focusing on the relationship between neighborhoods and institutions - where we Live + Learn.Art Direction, Editorial Design, Print Design2011/06
Common Boston is a volunteer organization dedicated to expanding public awareness of the built environment in and around Boston. The idea of the Common Boston 2010 brochure is a balance of rigor and playfulness. Pertinent information for events and maps are set with a tight typographic hierarchy utilizing the DIN font family to compliment the logotype. A friendly and playful font, Sketchetik, is utilized as the display face throughout the brochure for neighborhoods and page titles. Sketchy lines add a bold but balanced graphic element to each spread and complement the lines of the logo and the contours of the display font.Architecture, Editorial Design, Print Design2010/06
The mission of Common Boston is to highlight the importance of design to the everyday life of people living in the city. The program brochure for the annual festival was designed as part of a new visual language which also included the new logo and art direction.Graphic Design, Print Design, Architecture2009/06
The Quads of Bergen is the quad line of The Cadets drum corps, originally from Bergen County, NJ, but now based in Allentown, PA. In 2003, we designed a T shirt, which would then become the lasting image of the line, appearing as tattoos on members' legs and subsequent T shirts in 2007 and 2011.Fashion, Branding2003-2011
Logos for various organizations and programs including Side by Side, the 2013 production of The Cadets; Evan Rodriguez Photography, a photographer focused on architecture, landscape, and urban culture; The Cadets, one of the world's oldest and most honored drum corps; Common Boston, a volunteer program of the Boston Society of Architects raising awareness of design for the public; Impact Team, an organization within Citizens Bank committed to sustainability; Evan Bass, an up-and-coming actor in New York City; Ivy League SATS, a tutoring service with Ivy League tutors; Eva Zeisel Originals, an online retailer of authentic furniture and collectibles by world famous industrial designer Eva Zeisel; and QB, the quad line of The Cadets.Graphic Design, Branding2003-2013
Eva Zeisel Originals is an online retail store established in 2006 offering high-end quality furniture and collectibles designed by world famous industrial designer Eva Zeisel. Working closely with Eva's grandson and company founder, Adam Bass Zeisel, the brand identity was designed to reflect the essence of Eva's work, graceful, fluid, and rooted in a human touch. Her method of working involved a very hands-on approach and so a delicate hand became the symbol of the company. The items on Eva Zeisel Originals reflect some of her latest creative ideas. For production on a mass scale, the furniture and collectibles were precisely drawn and recreated based on original, hand-carved pieces. A pamphlet was also designed for marketing, trade shows, and retailers.Branding, Editorial Design, Furniture Design2006/11
Signage for the North Scituate Public Library in Rhode Island included stud-mounted deep cast aluminum exterior signage, vinyl hours of operation sign, glass dedication plaque supported by a bronze channel system, acrylic room signs throughout, bronze donor plaques, and cast bronze dedicated room signs. Produced for LLB Architects. Images 1, 3, 7, and 9 by Aaron Usher III Photography.Architecture, Design, Graphic Design2011/09
The project describes a strategy which revitalizes the city through building in existing urban fabric. By finding the underutilized volumes in the dense city, and building in unused development rights, a building can exist in harmony with its surroundings without disruption. The proposal becomes a new kind of building, one that exists adjacent to and hovering over existing buildings, like a tight-fitting, three-dimensional puzzle. The aesthetics of the building represent this change in relation to context. It is a symbol of the virtual man-made lines of the city, plot lines and building height restrictions.Architecture2008/05
Tomatina is a California-based restaurant serving up the freshest ingredients. Inspired by the festival after the tomato war in Spain, "La Tomatina," it's a place where friends and families gather as a community. MUDEO provided renderings and assisted in the design of the exterior storefront for architect Amy Munsat.Architecture2010/01
The Complete Works Volume 3. A reinterpration of Birkhauser's volumes on the work of Swiss architecture firm Herzog & de Meuron. This redesign separates the English and German languages horizontally. Images are centered horizontally to serve both readers.Print Design, Architecture2007/04
This Cambridge Residence was completed while designing at Ann Beha Architects.
"Originally constructed in 1859 and modified in 1922, this house is located in a dense neighborhood, but the site offers a surprisingly large private landscape. A series of wood clad additions were replaced by a new 7,500 sf wing. The orientation of the new wing, with its full height windows, take maximum advantage of the southern exposure and open landscape. The addition is characterized by its simplicity, scale and materials."
© Ann Beha Architects, Inc.Architecture, Interior Design2013
Design details for the winter garden of the Currier Museum of Art were completed while designing at Ann Beha Architects.
"The 73,000 sf renovation and expansion of the Currier Museum has made New Hampshire's only public art museum more visible and accessible, attracting an expanded and diverse audience. The site includes new arrival, parking and outdoor spaces for sculpture and events. The original Museum, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was also extensively renovated. Three new galleries surround a "Winter Garden," creating a unique year-round space for the Museum's café and events."
© Ann Beha Architects, Inc.Architecture, Interior Design2013
Construction documents and administration for 5 Cowperthwaite Street and 47 Banks Street for Harvard University Graduate Commons completed while designing at Elkus Manfredi Architects.
"Harvard University Graduate Commons represents an ambitious plan to transform the existing eastern residential edge of the University's campus, where it meets the Riverside and Kerry Corner neighborhoods. The existing sites created a unique urban design opportunity to reinforce the residential character of the neighborhoods through careful infill and building relocation."
© Elkus Manfredi ArchitectsArchitecture2013
The Central Campus Master Plan for Duke University was designed while at Elkus Manfredi Architects.
"Elkus Manfredi's work at Duke University involves the programming, planning, and design of Central
Campus — a new mixed-use environment combining residential accommodations for seniors and
graduate students, academic programs for arts, languages, and special programs, and retail uses
that connect the University and surrounding community."
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The 2012 production of the King Philip Indoor Percussion Ensemble entitled Code explores the musical and visual cues of morse code. This method of transmitting information is a multisensory experience - from the beeping sounds to the representation by dots and dashes - and was a concept that could be implemented in every aspect of the production. Varying textures of morse code letters and numbers create the setting for the show. Costume designs were inspired by military uniforms and incorporated dots and dashes into tailored details. Voice overs from a 1940s instructional video were added throughout the show for informational purposes, general effect, and comic relief. A rhythmic selection of music including Day by Jaga Jazzist, Flite by The Cinematic Orchestra, and XYG by Hiromi Uehara provide a contemporary jazz tone to the production.Costume Design, Performing Arts, Set Design2013
The 2011 production of the King Philip Indoor Percussion Ensemble told the story of a society that must survive through the devastation of a catastrophic event, inspired by films like Book of Eli and Signs and by recent natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina and tsunamis in eastern Asia. A futuristic urban environment with abstract-shaped concrete walls and a paved hardscape is the setting for the characters. Music from the Signs soundtrack by James Newton Howard is utilized throughout, leaving an uneasy tension throughout the show. System of a Down's Toxicity rocks the middle of the show, when characters have reached the highest level of conflict. A feel-good ending provides hope for the characters to repair, revive, regain, redeem, and renew their society.Costume Design, Performing Arts, Set Design2013


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Expanded Lakes Region venue unveils new name, new slate of shows
A slate of new bookings, including John Mayer, Ke$ha and KISS, accompanies the unveiling of a new name for the Lakes Region entertainment venue now known as Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion at Meadowbrook.
The Gilford site, which this season debuts a $3 million upgrade and expansion, will host Mayer, along with opening act Philip Phillips of "American Idol" fame, in his first major tour in three years on Sunday, Aug. 18.
Known for tunes including "Your Body is a Wonderland" and "Waiting on the World to Change," Mayer had taken time off for vocal chord surgery and recovery before heading back into the studio and to world stages. Last year he released his fifth Columbia Record CD, "Born and Raised," which includes the single "Shadow Days." The Grammy-winning artist's previous discs include 2009's "Battle Studies," 2006's "Continuum" and 2001's "Room for Square."
Sharing Mayer's singer/songwriter mentality, Phillips, who was named champ of "American Idol's" 11th season, released his debut album, "The World From The Side Of The Moon" this past fall. Featuring the hit tune "Home," the CD has reached gold status in sales. His latest single is "Gone, Gone, Gone."
Tickets to the show range from $36 to $107.
Ke$ha, whose part-sung, part-rapped approach - along with a gleefully irreverent rocker stage persona - has made hits of tunes including "We R Who We R," "Die Young" and "Tik Tok," is scheduled to visit the Gilford venue Saturday, Aug. 31.
Ke$ha's latest projects include a forthcoming CD with The Flaming Lips called "Lipsha" and an MTV reality series called "Ke$ha: My Crazy Beautiful Life."
Tickets to the show range from $34.75 to $67.
The iconic KISS, with Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons joined by Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer, brings its flamboyant metal rock show and trademark facepaint to Meadowbrook on Wednesday, Aug. 7.
During its three-decades run, KISS has sold more than 100 million albums, making cult classics of tunes include "Detroit Rock City," "Rock and Roll All Nite" and "Shout It out Loud" and "Beth" along the way.
The band last year unveiled its 24th release, "Monster," which includes the tunes "Hell or Hallelujah" and "Long Way Down."
Tickets to the show range from $35.25 to $105 .
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It's nice to see our friends in Scotland able to put a smile and optimism on an otherwise depressing economic time. Here is an article from Edinburgh. Nobody said it would be easy. As the threat of a deep and lengthy recession looms over the country like a soggy, grey cloud, we could all be forgiven for feeling a bit ... Read More »
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"Dear Steve, I have been divorced for one year. Our house was in my name and husbands. He never refnanced or sold the home. His late payments have started to ruin my credit report and credit score. Now it look as if the bank will foreclose. How can I repair my credit and how long will it take me? Karen" ... Read More »


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Drone expert believes commercial use will take off
Self-taught San Diegan sees unmanned vehicles someday delivering packages, helping firefighters
That first month, Muñoz tallied almost $5,000 in revenues. By June 2010, revenues hit $56,000. By March 2011, $164,000.
The company is profitable enough for Muñoz to hire 11 staffers and pay himself $5,000 a month. Not bad for a startup, yet 3D Robotics remains a gnat among eagles. Poway's General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, for instance, sold 268 MQ-1 Predator drones to the U.S. Air Force. List price: $5 million apiece for an aircraft that can fly reconnaissance and surveillance missions over Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Within and outside the military, demand for drones is climbing. At the U.S. Department of Justice, Michael O'Shea fields calls from police departments across the country that are curious about the technology.
"The question is, can this be a low-cost solution for agencies that can't afford a helicopter?" said O'Shea, manager of the agency's law-enforcement program.
The answer: maybe. Muñoz's quadrocopters can fly eight miles each way, a camera amid four whirling propellers, relaying video images back to the operator. Anyone could use this technology to film vivid overhead footage of a house or dramatic scene.
"Autonomy is the future of aviation in the same way that autonomy is the future of cars," Anderson said. "We know that computers drive cars better than people do — we use cruise control, and there are systems to keep you in your lane."
Reaching this future will require streamlining the FAA's cumbersome process used to certify drones for commercial use. Anderson argues that drones are now in the "mainframe era," when cost and regulations limit use to well-funded labs and the military.
"Our approach," he said, "is the personal computer."
In other words, a world in which drones are household tools, no more exotic than a microwave oven.
Muñoz already inhabits this world. Recently, his computer's wobbly Internet access made him wonder if a storm had blown over a rooftop antenna. Instead of grabbing a ladder and climbing onto the roof, he launched a camera-equipped drone.
Turned out, the antenna was fine — and Muñoz still had no clue why his Internet was so sketchy.
His is a new world, not a perfect one.
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Okkervil River Frontman Will Sheff and the Allure of 'Clichéd' Williamsburg
Even though most members of indie-rock band Okkervil River live in Austin, Texas, the act essentially moved to Brooklyn, New York, five years ago with Will Sheff—he's the group's lead singer, songwriter and creative center. Recently the band hit the road in support of a new album, "I Am Very Far," which is currently streaming on the band's web site.
With lines such as "I need a myth, brought back to life with a kiss," Sheff's lyrics and raw-nerve vocals drive the songs, which find the band weaving among styles. "The Piratess" is a slinky number that has Sheff sounding like the Cure's Robert Smith. That's followed by "Ride," with the insistent piano and vocals of vintage Springsteen (who's apparently a fan).
While his band is typically mentioned in the same breath as such contemporaries as the Decemberists, Sheff has connected with rockers of earlier generations, too. With Okkervil River he produced and performed on an album for '60s psych-rock legend Roky Erickson, last year's "True Love Cast Out All Evil." (Sheff earned a Grammy nomination for the liner notes he wrote.) In a recent interview at the WSJ's New York office, Sheff talked about damaging his vocal cords, famous fans, and moving into the crowded indie-rock hive of Brooklyn.
The Wall Street Journal: I've heard you're dealing with some voice issues.
Will Sheff: It's from the fact that I have an extreme and strenuous way of singing. And then the fact that I live in Brooklyn and the rest of the band lives in Austin so we've had to do a massive burst of rehearsals in an incredibly short time. Ten-hour rehearsals, four or five days in a row. Bad things can happen. You start to get polyps and nodules, basically blisters, on your vocal cords.
Is it painful?
It is. But what I worry about is the potential for permanent damage. I could have to get surgery to get nodes removed. I reach a lot for these incredibly loud, high notes. And we've grown to this very loud six piece band. So being heard gets pretty hard. Every single thing I'm doing is bad. I'm trying in my off time to not talk much. And get some sleep
And do back-to-back interviews to promote the album.
Yeah, talking is actually really bad for you. With singing you're in some position where your body knows what to do. And I'm trained to sing, I'm standing up and breathing a certain way, but when I'm talking I'm all over the place.
Even though you live in Brooklyn, Okkervil River is still often described as an Austin band.
I've always just thought of us as a specifically American band. Early on we got typed as "country." But we were always very influenced by soul, old-time string band stuff and that dirty garagey rock and roll. I think of us as very catholic in our tastes about American music.
Did your move to New York have an effect on the songwriting for the new album?
I loved living in Austin. It's very laid back and comfortable. But being a Yankee, I was an anxious uptight guy. Coming back to the Northeast, I could relax because everyone else was a lot more tense. I had missed seasons and the effect they have on your inner world. The way winter oppresses you and summer sets you free and the way that the whole world feels like it's dying in the fall. All that stuff was really influential on me when I was a kid. I felt like I was coming back into the world I had lived in and that had formed me.
Was there a song that helped it all gel?
"The Valley," the first song on the record, was one of the first songs we recorded. It mixes this kind of excessive imagery and this dark and massive sound with a sense of fun and play. That was a key idea for me. The album can be serious and ambitious but also a lark at times.
Most music careers are two steps forward, one step back. Can you pinpoint a major turning point for your band?
It's been a gradual climb. There are things that are career highlights, like the Grammy nomination. Then there are personal totems, like meeting Lou Reed and him being really encouraging to me, or seeing Bruce Springsteen watch our show from the side of the stage and be really encouraging. Those things mean a ton more than Grammy nominations. Like anybody, I imagine where I want to be in 10 or 15 years. That usually has to do with will I ever be able to buy a house. More down-to-earth thoughts.
Your management, agent and record label probably have some definite ideas on how far they'd like the band to go.
Our general philosophy is pretty much the same. I've always really liked these artists who are well-known fringe artists. Look at somebody like David Lynch. He was always making the weirdest, weirdest movies, but they also had a populist sensibility. Watching Twin Peaks as a kid, I didn't know a show could be like that. It warped my mind and everything I expect out of movies or TV, and I wouldn't have had a chance to see it if he wasn't playing ball with a big network.
You live in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, home to apparently every young band there is. Do you find a sense of camaraderie there?
You'll be walking down the street and run into Craig [Finn] from the Hold Steady buying beer at the corner bodega. People you know will be dating this or that person. I've developed close friendships with people like Carl [Newman] from the New Pornographers. Even though our music is different, we come from similar backgrounds and see things eye to eye.
If nothing else, you get a glimpse there of a parallel music industry, where a lot of bands are emerging and thriving outside the mainstream.
Even though Williamsburg is a horrible cliché and deserves to be mocked, there is a sense that what's coming out in music in Williamsburg is in the water. You go to a bar and they'll be playing some little-known record that all your friends are listening to, and you can tell it's bubbling up in the zeitgeist. I was always the kind of guy who desperately wanted a scene when I was younger and there was none that would have me or I didn't know how to get into the scene, so I soldiered on alone. Now I feel more aware of a broader thing that's happening.
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Lansing (WILX) More than one hundred men and women, many of them openly carrying firearms, gathered at the state capitol Tuesday morning.
They were participating in a Second Amendment march, demonstrating their rights to lawmakers and the public.
We want people to know this is mainstream," said Terri Stocke, an organizer of the march. "This is what America was built on and they're nothing to fear."
The event was organized by the state's three larges gun organizations which are Michigan Open Carry, Michigan Gun owners and the Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners.
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Since nearly everyone at MTV News is currently in LA tanning on the rooftop of whatever Santa Monica hotel in preparation for the MTV Movie Awards (live! this coming Sunday!), the remaining souls in the department are going to just do whatever the hell we want. All week long. (This is also a test to see what our bosses mean when they say they read Newsroom "regularly.") And if that means posting a completely random list of the spring releases we like but have yet to give proper amounts of MTV-official love, well so be it.
Our props to the albums we're feeling truly, madly, deeply right now, after the proverbial jump.
· Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Lie Down in the Light
Will Oldham (a.k.a. Bonnie, or previously Palace) is one of the finest songwriters we've got – I mean, he was good enough for Johnny Cash. Also, one of the only indie artists we can think of dropping Appalachian references. The moodiest of moody Americana.
· Crystal Castles, Crystal Castles
Artsy, pretty electro-rock with lots of synth and stuff. And they're named after She-Ra's home, so what's not to like?
· Santogold, Santogold
You don't already have this joint? For shame. Santi White's sound is what you'd get if M.I.A. produced 80s pop tracks.
· The Sword, Gods of the Earth
Retro-metal straight outta Austin. Really heavy — and given the stamp of approval by none other than Lars Ulrich.
· The Dodos, The Visiter
If you can get into Animal Collective, you can definitely get into this San Fran crew. And yes, the title of the album's really spelled that way (get it?).
· The Constantines, Kensington Heights
James Montgomery: Sweat on blue collars, cigarette stains on old carpets, and empty bottles of Labatt's on the floorboards. This album sounds like all of that, plus there's a song about having shitty credit. (Un)easy listening at its best.
· Islands, Arms Way
James Montgomery: A creepy concept record about a mythical and magical appendage, played by a bunch of guys who look like extras in a Benetton commercial. They used to play jokey Casio pop (as the late, lamented Unicorns), then moved on to sorta-calypso prog-pop (on 2005's Return to the Sea,) and now just play pretty much everything.
· Matmos, Supreme Balloon
Jim Cantiello: Awesome awesome awesome. It's the first record they've ever produced without using any microphones! Yay, synthesizers! [Ed: We love Jim Cantiello because he writes things like "Yay, synthesizers!"] I had it playing at my parents-in-law's yard sale over the weekend, and all the suburban kids were like, "Yo! That's sick! What is that???"
· The Ting Tings, We Started Nothing
Matt Elias: It's been on repeat in my car for an entire week. Great, no filler. A lot of bands in this genre can easily hide their limited vocals behind the electronics of the dance rock tracks, but Katie White can sing!
· Panic at the Disco, Pretty. Odd.
Jim Cantiello: This is the best Beatles tribute album ever. If loving it is wrong, then I don't want to be right. (P.S. Tell them to send me a fancy limited-edition vinyl box set. Unlike everyone else in the department who received one, I'll actually listen to mine!)
· Hymns, Travel in Herds
John Norris: Country/pop/rock -– North Carolina via Brooklyn. And live they do a mean version of "Band on the Run."
What other recent albums should we give a shout-out…?


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- Thursday March 22nd, 2012 :: 04:48 p.m. PDT
SBPD Crosswalk Enforcement Results
In response to concern for the safety of pedestrians, on Thursday, March 22, 2012 the Santa Barbara Police Department's Traffic Unit conducted pedestrian crosswalk directed patrols at four locations within the city. This enforcement effort stemmed from citizen complaints of vehicles speeding and not yielding to pedestrians while in a crosswalk, in violation of sections 22350 and 21950 of the California Vehicle Code.
The locations where the enforcement activities took place were the intersections of Anacapa Street & Arrellaga Street, Milpas Street & Yanonali Street, Salinas Street & Clifton Street, and De La Vina Street & Arden Road. A total of sixty citations were issued for violation of 21950 VC, failure to yield the right-of-way to a pedestrian in a crosswalk. The number of citations issued at each location was as follows: Anacapa Street – 9, Milpas Street – 39, Salinas Street – 1, De La Vina Street – 11. Additionally, two of the motorists on Milpas Street were cited for being unlicensed drivers and had their vehicles impounded.
The selection of the locations for this enforcement effort was not random, but based on volume of vehicle traffic, volume of pedestrian traffic, and collision statistics. Since July 2007, twelve traffic fatalities have occurred in Santa Barbara, nine of which involved pedestrians.
Santa Barbara Police Department
215 East Figueroa Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
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The place is packed, the buzz of conversation is exhilarating, the charming young waitress seems to understand the needs of middle-aged gentlemen on a spree, and the Benziger Cabernet Sauvignon is first class. Close your eyes and you'd think it's a decent Bordeaux. Someone who knows tells me the Napa Valley producers price their wines high because the US consumer believes quality equates with price. Not Benziger. At $39 in a restaurant it's a bargain. The Henry VIII cut of prime rib is just magnificent and the creamed spinach which goes with it is delicious. Well-fuelled, we decide we need some beer to wash it all down and the charming young waitress goes off and comes back with the name of a brewery. So that's how we come to be at the San Francisco Brewing Company on Columbus and Pacific. Walking in, your heart lifts with a wonderful sense of freedom. There's no pissy podium with some oily creature asking to 'seat' you. You walk in past battered chairs and tables on a floor wet with unidentifiable liquids and up to a magnificent wooden bar. Behind the bar, the wall is covered by a massive, ornate, superbly fashioned piece of wooden furniture, and this is matched by a similar piece on the opposite wall. Above is a weirdly wonderful and totally useless air-conditioning system turned by a chain drive. The magnificent Irish barman tells us that the whole shooting match was destined for Singapore early last century, but a cock-up at the UK Foreign Office got it shipped to San Francisco instead, and it ended up in this wonderful brewery. We sit outside on the pavement, sip a hoppy little IPA, and watch the world go by. All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds, but there's more to come. Music is the next item on the agenda, and we light out for the Gold Dust Saloon just off Union Square. A genial three piece combo bashes out the old favourites, and we sing along. What a nice night. Thank you San Francisco.
Great Night Out In San Francisco
God I love San Francisco. The first time I came was in 1984, and I've been every year since and always have a good time. Kicking off at the House of Prime Rib on Van Ness and Washington, a tawny, panelled place like Simpson's or Rules in London, things started well.


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Schadenfreude (borrowed from the German, meaning to take pleasure in the misfortune of others) might have been the 8th deadly sin, if only they had expanded the list:
Schadenfreude | Define Schadenfreude at Dictionary.com
Theres no equivalent word available in English, but I am assured the Germans will graciously loan it to us on this night when our footballers have blessed us with a rare victory in IC:
Iowa State's win in Iowa City its first in 10 years
It is customary to get over the win (or loss) within 24 hours. So between now and tomorrow, at the risk of corrupting you all, I encourage Cyclones fans to kick back and enjoy tonight, Die Nachte Schadenfreude!
And if you are part of a mixed household where you just can't be too obvious, you can also experience schadenfreude by transferrence. If your S.O. catches you with that evil grin on your face, you can blame it on something else wonderful that has transpired on this fine weekend. You can explain that you are basking ng in the collective misery of all 4 schools that bailed from the Big 12 for greener pastures in the past 2 years:
Hundley, UCLA upset No. 16 Nebraska, now 2-0
FCS Sac. St. tops Colo. with FG as time expires
Gillislee, Florida spoil Texas A&M's SEC debut
Georgia recovers to spoil Missouri's SEC debut
Does it get any better than this?
"Never give in ... except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield ... to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy. ― Winston Churchill
I grinned from ear to ear as soon as I read the thread title! Sie Richtig! Ich leiben est!
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Remember, you're unique. Just like everyone else.
Praying I'm overwhelmingly shocked when bowl-season rolls around... I'll gladly change my user-name to TXCrowEater! - TXCyclone 12/15/15
I would prefer the 7-th deadly sin. I am going out on the high note.
Schkocjenholler: translation-suck it.
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