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Levon Helm is a survivor, an American icon. He grew up dirt poor on his daddy's farm in Arkansas, sustained by his love for blues and traditional music, and went on to become a member or The Band, one of music's most unique and respected groups. The Band featured three ill-fated lead singers: crooner/keyboardist Richard Manuel, whose expressive, wounded voice mirrored his troubled psyche; hiccupping bassist Rick Danko, the happy-go-lucky party boy, and drummer Mark Lavon "Levon" Helm, whose roguish drawl stamped many of the group's signature songs. Manuel was devoured by his demons - driven to suicide, Danko's abused body wore out, and Levon seemed ready to meet his maker when he contracted throat cancer.
Not only did Levon defeat the disease, he defied predictions he'd never sing again. Rising like a southern fried Lazarus, Levon resurrected his dormant solo career with 2007's Grammy Award winning "Dirt Farmer," an album in which he revisited his Arkansas roots through a collection of traditional country and blues.
In a tribute to his rural roots and as a way to honor one of his mentors, Muddy Waters, Levon has titled his second comeback album "Electric Dirt." Muddy once put out an album called "Electric Mud" (he didn't like it and called it "Electric S**t") but the pyschadelasized version of classic blues tunes introduced Muddy to a new generation of fans. "Electric Dirt" is bound to do the same for Levon, who many know as the dude with the cool Southern drawl in Tommy Lee Jones' movies rather than the man who held the beat for The Band. It's his best solo effort since his debut, "Levon Helm and the RCO All Stars" thirty-two years ago.
Levon has taken the concept of recording rural roots music a step further by turning up the amps and gussying the arrangements with some good ole Creole soul courtesy of Allen Toussaint and Steven Bernstein's horn arrangements, thus removing the veil of gloom that permeated "Dirt Farmer." The production, crisp and uncluttered, makes the songs sound as if they were cut live. Fans of The Band can rejoice - the writers Helm chose to supply material for "Electric Dirt" have the same magical talent for storytelling as The Band's chief composer, Robbie Robertson.
Toussaint put together the horn section for The Band's landmark live album "Rock of Ages," but it's Bernstein who makes the first cut, The Grateful Dead's "Tennessee Jed," sway. Levon's Arkansas twang was built for the Garcia/Hunter standard: "Betta git back ta Ten-a-see Jead."
Helm may not be a man of God, but the gospel according to Levon is in session with "Move Along Train," penned by pious Roebuck Staples. Levon mixes a shuffling groove with a Baptist feel and is assisted by daughter Amy Helm (a member of the folk group Ollabelle) and Campbell's spouse, Teresa Williams. Levon belts out his vocal like a grizzled preacher dipping his flock in the River of Jordan, and guest guitarist Jimmy Vivino (Musical Director for The Tonight Show Band), provides cutting 50's rockabilly fills. This train hits every stop on its way to glory.
Levon doesn't write much, but with the assistance of Larry Campbell, he put his dirt poor farmer's past into "Growin' Trade." With weeping strings and an acoustic guitar/mandolin/fiddle backdrop provided by Campbell, "Growin' Trade" resembles some of The Band's episodic folk tales about hard times in the back forty, such as "The Weight" or "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down." "I guess he'd wonder what's the dignity in the crop you grow to burn, but this land is my legacy, I got nowhere else to turn... I used to farm for a livin', now I'm in the growin' trade."
Levon revisits his Appalachia roots in Happy Traum's "Golden Bird." There's a heavy turn of the century hillbilly feel supplied by fiddle, dulcimer, harmonium, and autoharp that gives "Golden Bird" an "Amazing Grace" sound. The fable follows a man chasing the flight of a bird, only to kill it with a stone because he's jealous of its freedom: "its beauty was such that I must have it." The spirit of the bird appears to him in a dream in the guise of a beautiful woman, who tells him: "Did not you know when you hurt me so cruelly, I was your love, and I was your friend? You couldn't stand that I was so free, now you'll never see me again." This would be a great track for a Ken Burns project if he ever does another Civil War documentary or a show about the Hatfields and the McCoys. Levon sings his heart out. His weathered voice, his pain and regret are fully exposed. I normally loathe country/hillbilly music, but "Golden Bird" is a shining moment.
"The Stuff You Gotta Watch" was one of the few clinkers on The Band's first comeback album, "Jericho." It was shuck and jive in overdrive, beneath The Band's storied legacy. Slowed to a more palatable shuffle, with Levon hitting the sweet spots, and singing with growling glee and with Brian Mitchell squeezing out knee-knocking riffs on accordion, this is great stuff.
Levon heads back to "the deep rolling hills of ole Virginia" in "White Dove." It's somewhere between an Oakie folk tune and a hymn. Brian Mitchell and Larry Campbell form a front porch band with Amy Helm, sawing on fiddles and mandolins. "White Dove" has a coal miner's storyline to it that's similar to The Band's "Jericho." It's the weakest track on the album, mainly because it's too couched in an archaic format, but it's still listenable.
Levon uses the grit in his gullet to swagger through Randy Newman's New Orleans inspired "Kingfish," a sarcastic swipe at Louisiana Governor Huey Long. "Who built the highway to Baton Rouge? Who put up your hospital and built your schools? Who is it looks after sh**kickers like you? You know the Kingfish do." Newman's version was a dead fish, but Levon's profane performance is fit for a king. Allen Toussaint's horn section staggers like a party animal down Beale Street, then dances along neatly with the pride of a N'Orlins parade. If you've ever been to Madi Gras, you'll love the celebratory blast of the horns and the way they compliment Levon's scathing vocal. Yeah, the Kang-fish do.
When The Band planned "The Last Waltz," their highly publicized final concert, Levon Helm insisted blues icon Muddy Waters get an invite. Levon proves he's still got Mud in his veins with his slow, steaming version of Muddy's "You Can't Lose What You Never Had." (Do yourself a favor and listen to the Allman Brothers' rabble-rousing take on "Win, Lose, or Draw.") Muddy might raise an eyebrow at Campbell's flicking mandolin solo, but there's no doubt he'd approve, especially when Campbell pulls the trick off twice. This ain't the blues, but you can't lose.
The album's highlight is Campbell's self-penned eulogy, "When I Go Away," which rocks during the verses and turns into a Bible Belt revival during the chorus as Helm pontificates, Campbell and Jay Collins dig deep for the bass parts, and Amy Helm and Teresa Williams tackle the hand clapping and high back ups. Levon's voice has the same captivating timber as Ralph Stanley's vocal for "O Death," an Appalachian dirge featured on the "O Brother Where Art Thou" soundtrack. Stanley's vocal was attached to a chilling scene (he was voicing a Ku Klux Klansman addressing his flock). When you hear Levon sing, you feel saved, rather than frightened: "See that storm over yonder, it's gonna rain all day. But the sun's gonna shine through the shadows, when I go away."
"Heaven's Pearls" is the third Ozark/Appalachian hymn ("Golden Bird" and "White Dove" are the others). What keeps "Heaven's Pearls" from falling into "White Dove's" hillbilly hokum is Steve Bernstein/Larry Campbell's deflated funeral procession horn arrangement.
The closer, "I Wish I Knew How it Would Feel to be Free," is a New Orleans raver
with party time horns arranged by Allen Toussaint. It's not as heavy handed as the rest of the material, and if you're familiar with Levon's first solo album "Levon Helm and the RCO All Stars," the mood will remind you of Earl King's bayou belter "Sing, Sing, Sing." It's a smart and fun way to end a very satisfyin' and electrifyin' CD.
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Following the demise of The Band in 1976, Levon jumped out of the blocks with "Levon Helm and the RCO All Stars" (4 ½ out of 5 stars). Helm's "back up" band featured numerous music heavyweights, including Paul Butterfield, Dr. John, Donald "Duck" Dunn, and Booker T. Jones. The album was full of strutting, good time rock and rockabilly, and remains Helm's high point. It's a half a star above "Electric Dirt" because the material is more accessible and it has some of Butterfield's best harp work.
Dr. John's "Washer Woman" opens the album with a bit of leering chauvinism and dead on interplay between Butterfield and the horn section. Duck Dunn's snakey bass, Butterfield's lingering licks and Levon's dead stop drumming highlight "The Tie That Binds," is a bluesy tale of adultery: "Last night I slept with an open eye as you whispered on the phone. The tears you cried soon disappeared, when you wished you was alone. You thought I was sleepin', but I know you were sleazin', and you can't keep that little ole secret from me. Let's not break the tie that binds, let's not lose our peace of mind. You know I really love you darlin', but you just too much to deal with at this time."
Given the acrimony between Helm and former Band guitarist Robbie Robertson, it's a surprise to hear Robertson's clipped solo alongside ex- Band buddy Garth Hudson's accordion in "Sing, Sing, Sing" (or as Levon puts it, "sang, sang, sang"). Side two takes off with a hard charging version of "Milk Cow Boogie," with Levon pushing the beat and Butterfield blowing fire. Butter is smooth in the slow, sorryful blues of "Rain Down Tears," and Levon blithely bounces the beat in "A Mood I Was In" with Butterfield breaking into a lung-busting solo. The closer, "That's My Home" is Band-like down home homily embellished with prancing strings and Southern sentiment: "When friends say how-de-do, and they all mean it to, a lover's love so true, that's my home."
1978's uneven "Levon Helm" (3 out of 5 stars) doesn't match the full band bravado of "The RCO All Stars," but still contains some memorable moments. Oddly, Levon doesn't play drums, leaving that task to the very capable Roger Hawkins (formerly of Traffic) and Willie Hall. Just about everyone's done a version of Al Green's "Take Me to the River," and with Levon in full twang, his toe-tapping take will leave you feeling duly baptized. Other highlights include the driving opener, "Ain't No Way to Forget You," a celebratory version of Tony Joe White's "I Came Here to Party," the slinky "Let's Do it in Slow Motion," and an upbeat horn-filled take of Toussaint's "Brickyard Blues," retitled "Play Something Sweet," with Levon further altering the original by singing "Play me some junkyard blues."
1980's countrified "American Son" (3 out of 5) was Levon's first attempt to record the type of songs rustic traditional folk songs he'd grown up listening to. When it worked, it brought to mind Levon's more grass roots recordings with The Band. When it didn't, it left behind the cornpone after taste of The Grand Ole Opry. The closer, "Sweet Peach Georgia Wine," capitalized on Levon's lecherous country boy personality: "Now how was I supposed to know she was the sheriff's daughter? She was only sweet sixteen, but she looked much older. Well, I guess I learned my lesson, son, now I'm doin' now ten to twenty-one, just for tastin' that sweet peach Georgia wine." "Dance Me Down Easy" bopped like a horny field hand at a Saturday night dance; "Hurricane" recalled the tetchy weather and oily bayou beats made down near Lake Ponchartrain, and "Violet Eyes" was a touching country gentleman ballad. The rest was a might too country for me, but Levon sounded more at ease with the material than on the previous album.
Released in 1982, Levon's second self-title album (1 out of 5 stars) signaled it was time for ole hoss to take a break. Populated by familiar but tired covers (a bankrupt version of "Money," a losing take of "You Can't Win 'Em All"), "Levon Helm 2" only has two salvageable tracks: an attractive but sluggish version of "Willie and the Hand Jive" (more cowbell, Levon!) and one of Helm's best solo tracks, "Even a Fool Would Let Go," a teary ballad that leaves a lump in the throat: "It's funny how love goes, 'cause I know this could never work out. But honey how love grows, even though there's reason to doubt. This could never be, you keep saying it's wrong. Neither one of us is free, still I want to hold on. When even a fool would let go, 'cause he knows there's no use in trying. Even a child would say no, 'cause he know he'll end up crying. Tell me now, is it worse holding you, when even a fool would let go."
After a three decade hiatus, during which The Band reformed (minus Robertson) and recorded three more albums, followed by Levon's struggle with cancer, Levon stunned the music world with the traditional sounds of "Dirt Farmer" (3 out of 5 stars). Despite "Dirt Farmer's" seemingly limited appeal, the album was a hit, garnering a Grammy for Best Traditional Folk Album. The country stuff still whined a bit too much for me, but when Levon mixed a little grit with his old time music, "Dirt Farmer" bore fruit. Among the most notable tunes were "False Hearted Lover Blues," the mandolin driven opener with the "Mystery Train" rhythm; "Calvary," a sparse dirge with haunting resonator guitar strokes; Levon's take on Steve Earle's "The Mountain," a period piece that threw the suffering narrator down in the black hole of a the coal mine; "Feelin' Good," good time country rock in the tradition of Geoff and Maria Muldaur; and "Wide River to Cross," a reflective hymn ("I've come a long, long road, but I've still got some roads to go. I've got a wide, wide river to cross.") You can feel the sand from a depression era dust bowl storm hit you in the face in every cut. "Dirt Farmer's" not an easy album to love, but its worth the effort.
Richard and Rick are gone. Robbie's creative candle has flamed out and Garth is in his bog somewhere creating "Phantom of the Opera" passages on the harmonium. It seems that Levon has always had to struggle to be heard. It's nice to see Levon is doing something other than cameos in Tommy Lee Jones' films. Listen up kids, "Electric Dirt" is a bumper crop. Harvest its bounty and add it to your collection.


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- The Trouthe / Routhe Rhyme in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde
Set amidst the buffets and blows of the pagan world, trouthe stands impeachable throughout Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde. It also rarely stands alone. It occurs fifty-four times in the poem, and on eighteen of these occasions Chaucer sets it at the end of a line and obliges it to rhyme with routhe. As several critics have noticed, routhe and trouthe coexist and touch upon one another nowhere as extensively in Chaucer's work as in Troilus. Marie Borroff writes that "this final linking of the words trouthe and routhe underscores yet again the relationship between faithfulness and compassion that is essential to the meaning of the poem." 1 In her larger argument about Criseyde's routhe, Kate Bauer takes up the significance of the rhyme only when the word routhe is in Criseyde's mouth. 2 Most extensively, Myra Stokes discusses it as one of the key "recurring rhymes" in the poem, focusing also on serve / disserve and mente / entente; she might also have included Troye / joye and Criseyde / deyde. 3 For Stokes, the rhyme's full significance emerges only in the fifth book of the poem, where we can see "the tragically altered application of and relationship between the words," whereas for "the first four books, there is nothing except its frequency to [End Page 222] suggest to the reader any peculiar significance in the repeated rhyme." 4 But only by looking at the rhyme as it develops across the entire poem can we appreciate how delicately it relates two of the poem's chief concepts. 5
In the trouthe / routhe rhyme in Troilus, we see a falling in and falling out of two words to match the falling in and out of the poem's two lovers. But the affair between the words, like all affairs, has a rationale and a history of its own. At times, there is a disparity between the two words, one uttered with moral idealism, and the other with licentious instrumentality; at times, they cooperate towards the same end; at times, routhe compensates for the deficiencies of trouthe; at times, the two words are antagonistically poised against one another. Routhe and trouthe are rich and capacious in sense, and Chaucer plays the two off one another, accentuating various meanings in each word, valuing different aspects of each at different times, and making an argument about both integrity and the bonds of language. I will examine trouthe and routhe not as two complex words, but as a "complex rhyme," a rhyme as a fulcrum upon which these two concepts are related to one another. 6
The Words in the Rhyme
In Troilus entire systems of value turn on trouthe and routhe. Before taking up their rhyming partnership in the poem, we must survey each of these words for the senses they contain. This survey is difficult to do in any but a rough and ready fashion, since trouthe is one of the most complex words in Middle English, a word in which social doctrines are compacted (to take up William Empson's phrase), and routhe, though slightly more manageable, is a plot of ground that Chaucer frequently tills. 7 As Douglas Gray has written, "the words pite and its near-synonym routhe appear so frequently [in Chaucer] that no-one would hesitate to include them in any list of the [End Page 223] author's favorite words." 8 But Gray's focus is on pite, not routhe. Although pite is a source of adjacent critical interest, implying, as does routhe, compassion in a moral and romantic sense, an analysis of pite cannot be neatly applied to routhe, in large part because of its association with the Latin pietas, which routhe lacks. Piety was not available as a separate word in English until the late fifteenth century, remaining instead a "minor secondary sense" of pite. 9 That routhe is related to but distinct from pite can be seen in the pairings of the two words in Chaucer's Book of the Duchess. On three of the five occasions that routhe is used, it is conjoined to pite by a conjunction: "Had...


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I have been eyeing that skull scarf from Zara! I think it is perfect with the little gems! (:ReplyDelete
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I bought a copy of the Mulberry bag off ebay and I had a lot of people asking me if it was the real deal! Unfortunately, I had to tell them truth! xxReplyDelete
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Order An 'Angel Shot' At This Bar For Help Getting Home Safe
There's a new drink at the Iberian Rooster restaurant in St. Petersburg, Florida, and it's called an "Angel Shot." What's in it: A safe journey home. The restaurant recently put a sign in the women's bathroom, encouraging women who are on a bad Tinder date or any date that's making them "feel unsafe" to head up to the bar and order an Angel Shot. The drink order is code to the bartender that you need assistance getting home safely. Order the drink neat, and the bartender will escort you to your car. Order it on ice, and they'll call a Lyft or Uber for you. And order it with lime, and the bartender will call the police. The restaurant owner, Russell Andrade, told the Tampa Bay Times that he put up the sign to ensure that women can feel safe at the Iberian Rooster.
"The goal for this place was to be a safe place where people can go on a romantic date," Andrade told the newspaper. "We don't want someone else to ruin a good a time."The Iberian Rooster is one of many restaurants that have recently placed signs like this in women's bathrooms. A British restaurant went viral in April after it posted a sign telling women to ask for "Rachelle or Jennifer"" at the bar if they needed a safe escape. And another British restaurant followed suit in November with a sign telling women to "Ask for Angela" if they needed assistance.Andrade said the viral "Ask for Angela" poster inspired him to create the "Angel Shot" sign. It's such a good idea—let's hope more restaurants follow suit!


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A few days ago we were on the beach, in Mogan, as always, like that beach most of all the island :)
Weather was and is still this calima, hot and depressive ! I want soo badly a house with a aircon! then I promise I don't mind about the weather outside anymore, we can hide with Jero inside, cool house , this we gonna have, soooon ! and pool, and big kitchen ah yeah !
Now i go looking for my bikinis, it's time to go swim after my crazy husband finish his exercise!
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On niente: optional negative concord in Old Italian
In this article we investigate the negative concord pattern of Old Italian, which, although it displays a negative marker very similar to the one of Modern Italian, has the bizarre property of inducing optional negative concord. We will concentrate on the bare n-word niente/neente/neiente 'nothing' and show that in the case of this element negative concord is actually not optional but depends on the position of the n-word: when it is inside the low IP space, it triggers obligatory negative concord, when it is in the VP internal argumental position it does not. Old Italian is thus different from Modern Italian as it ties negative concord to a specific position that the n-word must occupy.
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As we, predict earlier that Puneet Issar should leave the show. But now a new story coming from Bigg Boss house that NO eviction this week. Yes, you read it right. Tonight in the Bigg Boss 8 house there will be No evictions.
The week was full of twist and turns and saw many surprises; some were cheerful, whereas some did not please much to the fellow contestants. The biggest one came from Salman Khan on the Weekend Ka Vaar. As we earlier said, that Salman Khan at the weekend ka vaar had a twisted surprise for the Bigg Boss 8 contestants, where he revealed that the voting lines were not opened for this week.
Knowing this, the housemates were too happy thinking that all the nominated contestants are safe. However, that was not the case; Salman further revealed that there is a twist to decide on this week's eviction. And the twist was that ' this time it is not viewers ka vaar but, aapsi vaar' according to which the contestants had to mutually decide who they think deserves to be evicted.
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Culture of Responsibility
The Culture of Responsibility virtual workshop raises awareness for biological safety, biosecurity, and the responsible conduct of research. The biological safety module poses the question "Is it safe to work in a microbiology lab?" and focuses on breaking the chain of infection. The biosecurity module goes through each layer of security for all laboratory levels. The final module, the responsible conduct of research, uses case studies to delve into the dual use dilemma and ask "What is a culture of responsibility?" This workshop was developed by leaders in these fields and includes built-in group discussion and activities for more active learning. Participants walk away with tools to identify, assess, and mitigate hazards for the benefit of science and their community.
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This workshop provides foundational training for working scientists in effective scientific communication, in both professional and public contexts. Participtants will be introduced to the fundamentals of good communication, before exploring these topics more deeply within communication media. The workshop concludes with an exploration of communication in the public sphere, and discusses how to address complex and/or controversial issues related to science and technology.
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This virtual workshop aims to develop the skills needed to write and submit scientific manuscripts with the ultimate goal of improving the dissemination of research and enhancing knowledge sharing. The seminar will provide participants with insight and training into processes required to successfully publish a scientific article.
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Shandong cuisine
Shandong cuisine
As early as the Spring and Autumn Period, more than 3,000 years ago, Shandong was territory of Qi and Lu. Both states were economically and culturally developed. Because they bordered the sea, and had mountains and fertile plains, they had abundant aquatic products and grains as well as sea salt. The people of the area have stressed seasonings and flavorings since ancient times.
Shandong cuisine was created during the Yuan Dynasty. It gradually spread to north China, Beijing, Tianjin, northeast China, and the palace where it influenced the imperial food. The Shandong cuisine comprises mainly eastern Shandong and Jinan dishes.
The most typical Jinan dishes are sea cucumber with mat balls; braised shark¡'s fin with shredded chicken; sea cucumber, mushroom, and bamboo shoots; clam in egg white; and fried oysters. Jinan cuisine is known for its soups, quick frying, stir frying, deep frying, and stewing. The most common raw materials are river fish, pork, and vegetables. Some typical dishes are carp in milk soup, Yellow River carp in sweet and sour sauce, stewed pork leg, and quick fried double crisps.
Shandong cuisine is characterized by quick frying, stir- frying, braising, and deep fat frying. Its dishes are crisp, tender, delicious, and greasy with salty and some sweet and sour flavors. Its main condiment is salt, but it also uses salted fermented soybeans and soy sauce.
People in Shandong like to eat onions and use onions as a seasoning. The dishes include braised sea cucumber with onion, cartilage stewed with onions, and meat stewed with onions. Roast meats are also served with onions. The onions are first deep fat fried before the dishes are quick fried, stir fried, stewed, or sauted so they absorb the onion flavor. People in Shandong also like foods made of wheat flour, such as steamed buns, baked buns, pancakes, crisp cakes, and big cakes stuffed with minced meats.


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New Delhi: Kerala government today asserted that there was no beef being served at Kerala House here and lodged a complaint with Delhi Police over the unauthorised entry of some activists into the state-run guest house even as buffalo meat was removed from the menu.
Briefing reporters at Kerala House in Delhi, Kerala Chief Secretary Jiji Thomson dismissed claims that beef was served in the canteen there.
"No. I totally deny it. We have never done it. What they have done is they have given buffalo meat and that is what they term as beef. No cow meat was served," he said. He said a complaint has been lodged with Delhi Police over the entry of some activists into Kerala House without taking permission from the Resident Commissioner.
"Yesterday, we were told that some activists have entered without the permission of the Resident Commissioner. We have taken objection to that. We have lodged a complaint with the DCP (of Delhi Police)," he said.
The Chief Secretary also said that police should have entered with permission yesterday. However, in the light of the events yesterday, Kerala House has temporarily taken buffalo meat off its menu, according to the officials running the canteen.
Meanwhile, A Sampath, a CPI(M) MP representing Attingal Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala, said that the incident was "humiliating" for the state government. "As a member of Parliament, I feel that it is something humiliating to the state government.
.This (Kerala House) is the property of the Government of Kerala, just like a foreign nation having its embassy here in India. I am not challenging the powers of the Government of India. But what has happened here is highly deplorable. I suspect there might be some political motive behind it," he said.
He also asked Kerala government to bring buffalo meat back on the menu.
Meanwhile, frequent visitors to the canteen at Kerala House expressed their disappointment over the absence of buffalo meat.
"I visit the restaurant more that once a week to have buffalo meat... But now I am disappointed to find buffalo meat off the menu," said Kerala-based Anu, who is presently residing in Delhi.
A PCR call complaining about beef curry being served at Kerala House here threw police into a tizzy yesterday and a team had to be sent there to avert any "untoward incident". The call was received by the police control room around 4.15 PM, and the caller, claiming to be from a fringe right-wing group, told the police that beef was being served at Kerala House.
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After a successful inaugural run in 2015, the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad (D&SNG) returns with its "Christmas Tree Train" this year. Those who book this trip on the regular Cascade Canyon steam train from Durango, Colorado, will travel into the San Juan National Forest to cut down a white fir tree for the holiday season.
The "Christmas Tree Train" also has a particular benefit for the forest – the taking of trees widens spaces and reduces the risk of wildfires along that rail corridor. One tree (up to 20 feet tall) can be cut by each family, which will then be packed into a boxcar for the return trip. The regular travel time for the Cascade Canyon train is two hours each way.
Tree permits can be bought on-board and hand-saws are provided. Volunteers will assist passengers with the selection and cutting of their holiday tree, which will be taken at the Cascade Wye region of the forest. The following is a promo video for the "Christmas Tree Train":
Dates for the 2016 holiday tree train are November 26th & 27th, and December 3rd, 4th, 10th, and 11th. For further information and to book, visit the official site at Durango Holiday Train. The D&SNG Railroad operates between the south-western Colorado towns of Durango and Silverton, using a narrow gauge (3 ft.) that first opened in 1882. The total length of the line runs just over 45 miles.
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Latest Hacride News
Below is our complete Hacride news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
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Hacride Issues Tour Recap
After wrapping up a recent run of live shows, Hacride has now checked in with the following statement:
"We've safely reached our respective homes after long hours of driving... The last gig in Kingston marked the end of our European tour and we wanna thank all the people who were there for making this show really intense!
"It felt great to end the tour on such a positive and brutal note!! We also wanna thank our good friends from Uneven Structure. You guys sure know how to party and hanging out with you was awesome... Let's do this again in the future!!
"Here is a live version of 'My Enemy' at UneDose2Metal on French TV in order to celebrate the end of the 'back tour!'" More...
Hacride Announces New Tour Dates
Hacride has checked in with the following announcement about upcoming tour dates:
"Here comes our final European touring schedule. Unfortunately German and Italian dates had to be cancelled at the last moment due to organizational/technical hazards with Uneven Structure. Sorry about that, we'll be back ASAP! So get ready Spain, Belgium, Holland, France and the U.K.... Hacride is back at full throttle!"
27/03 - Bayonne (FR) - Le Magneto
28/03 - Madrid (SP) - Sala Live
29/03 - Murcia (SP) - Sala JO
30/03 - Valencia (SP) - Sala La Calle
31/03 - Barcelona (SP) - Sala BeGood
01/04 - Toulouse (FR) - Saint des Seins
02/04 - Nice (FR) - Altherax Music
11/04 - Durbuy (BE) - Durbuy Rock Festival
13/04 - Venlo (NL) - Perron 55 *
15/04 - Cardiff (UK) - The Full Moon *
16/04 - Wakefield (UK) - Warehouse23 *
17/04 - Glasgow (UK) - Ivory Blacks *
18/04 - Selby (UK) - Riverside *
19/04 - London/Kingston (UK) - The Peel *
03/05 - Parthenay (FR) - Diff'Art
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Shining And Hacride Discuss European Tour
Norway's Shining and Hacride have just returned from a European tour with Tides From Nebula and The Ocean. Jørgen Munkeby of Shining comments:
"We don't really do support tours that often, but when something great comes along we'd love to be part of it. This recent European tour was one such great opportunity to tour with three other very varied and unique bands. Even though we were almost thirty people on tour, we somehow managed to get all the bands on stage every night! We loved every day of this tour, and it definitely seemed like the audience did too! Hope to be back in Europe soon!"
Now two video clips are available online of Shining's lead singer Jørgen Munkeby and Hacride's Luis Roux talking about the European tour. Check them out below. More...
Euroblast 2013 Teaser Posted Online
A teaser trailer has been posted online for the upcoming Euroblast 2013 festival, which will take place from October 11th - 13th in Essigfabrik, Cologne, Germany.
The clip is available below, and the following bands will be appearing at the fest:
Aliases, Arecibo, Arsis, Bear, Benea Reach, Cambion, Circles, Cyclamen, Dawn Heist, Deathember, Der Weg Einer Freiheit, Empathea, Ever Forthright, Feared, Grand Exit, Hacride, Heights, Hord, Humanity's Last Breath, Hypno5e, Invocation, Kartikeya, Lifeforms, Meshuggah, Monuments, Nexilva, No Consequence, Overdown, Pomegranate Tiger, Skyharbor, Syqem, Tardive Dyskinesia, Textures, The Agonist, The Algorithm, The Ocean, The Omega Experiment, ThirdEar, Threat Signal, Twelve Foot Ninja, and Xerath. More...
Shining Announces European Shows
Norwegian act Shining (not to be confused with the Swedish band of the same name) released the "One One One" album earlier this year, and now the group will be hitting the road in Europe supporting The Ocean. Hacrie and Tides From Nebula will be opening the dates. Details are as follows:
29/10/13 – Germany, Hamburg, Logo
30/10/13 – Netherlands, Haarlem, Patronaat
31/10/13 – Netherlands, Rotterdam, Baroeg
01/11/13 – United Kingdom, London, The Garage
03/11/13 – France, Paris, Divan du Monde
05/11/13 – Spain, Barcelona, Apolo 2
06/11/13 – Spain, Madrid, Caracol
07/11/13 – Portugal, Porto, Hard Club
09/11/13 – Italy, Turin, AudioDrome
10/11/13 – Italy, Rome, Traffic
11/11/13 – Slovenia, Ljubljana, Gala Hala
12/11/13 – Germany, Munich, Backstage Club
13/11/13 – Switzerland, Winterthur, Salzhaus
14/11/13 – France, Belfort, La Poudriere
15/11/13 – Germany, Essen, Zeche Carl
17/11/13 – Germany, Berlin, Lido More...
Headbanger's Kitchen Posts 15th Episode
Headbanger's Kitchen, which is hosted by Demonstealer (Demonic Resurrection), has now posted a 15th episode online covering how to make Synesthesia Kheema Pav. The segment also features a video interview with French outfit Hacride. Check it out below.
Klonosphere Productions Offering Free Sampler
France's Klonosphere Productions is offering fans a free 18-track sampler featuring previously unreleased material from Loudblast, Otargos and Mopa, as well as tracks from recent signings 7 Weeks, Scarred, Demented, Checkmate and Noein.
This compilation is now available as free download by clicking here. The track listing is:
01. Hacride – Overcome (from the album "Back To Where You've Never Been")
02. Loudblast – The Abstract God (exclusive demo version of new song)
03. Otargos – Apex Terror (exclusive demo version of new song)
04. Mopa – Speak To Me (previously unreleased)
05. Klone – Into The Void (from the album "The Dreamer's Hideaway")
06. 7 Weeks – Ghosts On The Seaside Road (from the album "Carnivora")
07. Scarred – Cinder (from the album "Gaia-Medea")
08. Demented – Listen To The Silence (from the album "Across The Nature Stillness")
09. Magoa – Let's Die (on Saturday night) (from the EP "Animal")
10. Hyperdump – Fake (from the EP "Syncretism")
11. Checkmate – Invictus (from the album "Immanence")
12. Last Barons – Going To Varzi (from the album "Cheval de Troie")
13. Lizzard – The Orbiter (from the album "Out Of Reach")
14. Lopsided – Madmartigan (from the album "Holda's-Grace")
15. Lodz – Song For Chaos (from the EP "And Then Emptiness")
16. Lokurah – Rewriters Of Truth (from the album "The Time To Do Better")
17. Enlightened – Under The Flame (from the album "Discover The Path")
18. The Lumberjack Feedback – A Whisper To The Thunder (from the album "Hand of Glory) More...
Hacride Announces New Tour Dates
Now that Hacride's new album "Back To Where You've Never Been" has been unleashed, the band is ready to conquer India and Europe, starting June 1st. Dates for the tour are as follows:
01/06/13 – Metalsphere (FR) - Voisin le Bretonneux
08/06/13 – Hyderabad (IN) - 10 Sports Bar
12/06/13 – Nasik (IN) - Niwec
13/06/13 – Mumbai (IN) - Escap Club
15/06/13 – Kolkata (IN) - Nazrul Manch
06/07/13 - Barcelone (SP) - BN Fest
06/07/13 - Drum and Guitar Workshop at Full Volume, Hyderabad
14/07/13 - Nijmegen (NL) - De Affaire Festival
06/08/13 - Headlining Deccan Rock Edition III - Hyderabad Leg at 10 Sports Bar
15/08/13 - Motocultor Festival (FR) - Theix
06/10/13 - Baarlo (NL) - Prog Power Europe Festival
12/10/13 - Ivry sur Seine (FR) - Le Hangar JIMI
13/10/13 - Koln (GE) - Euroblast Festival
06/11/13 - Guitar and Drum Workshop and Fan Meet at Furtados Store, Mumbai
06/12/13 - Headlining Deccan Rock Edition III - Nasik Leg at Niwec
06/13/13 - Headlining Deccan Rock Edition III - Mumbai Leg at Escape Club
06/15/13 - Co-headlining The Festival at Nazrul Manch, Kolkata More...
Hacride Streaming New Song
Hacride will release the new album "Back To Where You've Never Been" on April 22nd in Europe via Indie Recordings.
The band has now teamed up with Metal Sucks to stream a new track off the album, titled "Overcome." Give the song a listen through MetalSucks.net here. Catch the band live:
16.03.2013 - Nantes - Le Ferailleur
04.04.2013 - Tours - Le Temps Machine
21.04.2013 - Toulouse - La Dynamo
17.05.2013 - Niort - Le Camji (Release party)
01.06.2013 - Voisin le Bretonneux – Metalsphere
08.08.2013 - La Rochelle - La Sirene
16-18.08.2013 - Theix - Motocultor Festival
11-13.10.2013 - Koln - Euroblast Festival More...
Hacride Posts New Album Teaser
Check out Hacride's new teaser from the upcoming album "Back To Where You've Never Been" in the player below.
The French act is set to release "Back To Where You've Never Been" via Indie Recordings this coming April 22nd in Europe and April 19th in Norway, Germany and Austria. The new album will be available as digipack, and as a limited box edition released exclusively in France. Upcoming Hacride tour dates are also available after the jump. More...
Hacride Reveals New Album Details
Hacride will release the new album "Back To Where You've Never Been" on April 22nd in Europe and April 19th in Norway, Germany, and Austria. "Back To Where You've Never Been" will be available as a digipack and as a limited box edition released exclusively in France.
Hacride will be touring Europe in 2013. Check out the tour dates below. Indie Recordings also commented on the band:
"Putting Hacride on equal footing with their early influences would be presumptuous; refusing to let them go would be unfair. For ten years every album of the French crew has represented a move forward, one more step towards musical emancipation. From indie 90's metal to the syncopated grooves of the early two-thousands, the progressive extreme metal elements that characterized the band have progressively merged into one entity: Hacride is the legitimate son of a different and ingenious generation of extreme modern music.
"Enriched by musical experiences and three critically acclaimed albums; the group has made a strong reputation for themselves by performing at major metal festivals such as Grasspop, Summer Breeze, Metal Camp and Hellfest, along with doing European tours and playing shows in India.
"2013 is a big year for Hacride because not only does it mark the unleashing of a fourth album, but it also marks the launching of a new collaboration for the team now welcoming two members to their ranks, Florent Marcadet (Klone, Step In Fluid, ex-25 ta Life…) on drums and Luiss Roux on vocals." More...
Hacride Posts Live Video
Live video has been posted online of Hacride performing "My Enemy" at Le Confort Moderne in France. Check out the clip in the player below. Hacride will release a new album in early 2013, and you can also catch the band on the Klonosphere Tour in October. Dates for the run are available after the jump. More...
Hacride Announces The "Klonosphere" Tour
Hacride will enter the studio later this month to record a new album, and afterwards the band is set to embark on the Klonosphere Tour this coming October in France. The tour also feature Klone and Trepalium, and the currently announced tour dates are as follows:
10.10.12 Poitiers, Le Confort Moderne
11.10.12 Tarnos, Salle Thorez
12.10.12 Montauban, Le Rio Grande
13.10.12 Montlucon, MJC
14.10.12 Paris, Le Divan du Monde
17.10.12 Nancy, L'Autre Canal
18.10.12 Rouen, Le 106
19.10.12 Chelles, Les Cuizines
20.10.12 Dunkerque, Les 4 Ecluses
21.10.12 Rennes, L'ubu
23.10.12 Bordeaux, [TBC]
24.10.12 Lyon, CCO
25.10.12 Reims, La Cartonnerie
26.10.12 Manosque, Le Café Provisoire
27.10.12 Besancon, La Rodia
28.10.12 Niort, Le Camji More...
Hacride To Open For Coroner
Hacride will open as special guests for Coroner's upcoming reunion show on the 23rd of April at the Impetus Festival. Additional details on the show are available at this location.
Hacride released the band's latest album in 2009, entitled "Lazarus," and is currently writing new material for an upcoming album. Footage of the band performing live at a previous festival appearance can also be viewed below.
HACRIDE - My Enemy ( Live at Metal Ride Festival 2009 )
HACRIDE | Myspace Music Videos
Hacride Uploads Drum Video
French act Hacride has posted a video clip of drummer Michael Roponus performing the song "To Walk Among Them." The video clip can be viewed below.
Hacride To Appear At Indian Music Conference
Hacride has issued the following announcement about appearing at the Indian Music Conference:
"When : November 20th, 2010 Where : Gymkhana grounds, panjim, goa (India) More info : This location. We are very happy to announce this show and hungry to meet the Indian metalheads. See you there!"
The upcoming Hacride tour dates are as follows:
9/25 2010 IGUANOROCK FESTIVAL Dour (BE), Hainaut, BELGIUM
10/2 2010 METAL ASSAULT FESTIVAL Lausanne (CH), Vaud, SWITZERLAND
11/20 2010 INDIAN MUSIC CONFERENCE Goa (IN), Resort Rio, INDIA
Hacride Parts Ways With Drummer
French progressive metal band HACRIDE has parted ways with original drummer Olivier Laffond and are welcoming new member Mike Roponus (OM MANI) into their ranks.
HACRIDE vocalist Samuel Bourreau explains, "We've been using Mike 's services over the past few months because of Olivier's wife pregnancy. It was originally supposed to be a temporary situation but he decided to quit the band to focus on his new family responsabilities which we perfectly understand. It feels a bit weird for us because we have had the same stable line-up since the band's birth. On top of being a great friend Mike has proved to be one of the best drummer known to us. We are glad to have him as a full member of HACRIDE." More...
Download Mindslaved's Latest EP For Free
The French progressive metalcore band Mindslaved's last EP, "T(h)ree," is available in free download at this location. The EP was recorded and mixed by Franck Hueso (Hacride, Mistaken Element, Klone) and features Adrien Grousset from Hacride.
The tracklisting for "T(h)ree" is as follows:
01. Seek For Yourself [7:14]
02. Ischiopagus [7:29]
03. Blinded [7:05]
04. T(h)ree [8:51]
Hacride Posts Metal Ride Festival Footage
French metallers Hacride have posted footage online from their performance at the 2009 Metal Ride Festival. The first video can be viewed below and the second video can be found after the jump.
HACRIDE - Phenomenon ( Live at Metal Ride Festival 2009 )
HACRIDE | THE LAZARUS TOUR | | MySpace Music Videos More...
Hacride Updates Tour Schedule
French metallers Hacride have updated their tour schedule with the following dates:
8/25 HOLE IN THE SKY FESTIVAL Bergen (NO), Hordaland
9/12 CAOS EMERGENTE FESTIVAL Porto (PT), Porto
9/26 METAL RUMBLE FESTIVAL Saint Médard en Jalles (FR), Aquitaine
10/2 LOUNGE BAR Alton (UK)
10/3 PURPLE TURTLE London (UK)
10/4 PROGPOWER EUROPE Baarlo (NL), Limburg
10/10 MASS DEATHTRUCTION FESTIVAL Louvain-la-Neuve(BE), Walloon Brabant
10/16 SOIREE METAL Chaumont (FR), Champagne-Ardenne
10/23 LE GIBUS Paris (FR), Ile-de-France
10/24 SID FESTIVAL Joué-les-Tours (FR), Centre
11/7 LA CAVE A MUSIQUE Mâcon (FR), Bourgogne
11/14 METAL RIDE FESTIVAL Nancy (FR), Lorraine
11/27 FESTIVAL TOUR DE CHAUFFE @ LE NAUTILYS Comines (FR), Nord-Pas-de-Calais
11/28 L'USINE A CHAPEAUX Rambouillet (FR), Ile-de-France
12/4 LE FERRAILLEUR Nantes (FR), Pays de la Loire
12/5 LE MANEGE Lorient (FR), Bretagne


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Im going to start this off completely honest. I am by no means a "runner". I have not yet entered a marathon, I am not up at the crack of dawn on a Sunday running down the street looking beautiful and not breaking a sweat. (Hands up for who hates those people!?) I am however, a fairly fit girl who wanted something for me. When I started my new job, I was greeted by beautiful women of all ages, two in particular that love to run. Both for different reasons, and the more I chatted with them, the more I realized it's more therapeutic for them than about the calorie count or the weight loss. It was a refreshing take on exercise, as I will never be the girl who adopts a serious hardcore regime. After a few (a lot) of questions, and an unexpected four kilometre walk one morning to get my car after indulging on the wine a little too much, I decided that I enjoyed the feeling of being outside and walking. How far of a stretch could running be? I was off to the store to buy the essentials to start and see what happened.
The first thing I was told by everybody who knows anything about running was that I had to invest in a good pair of shoes. It took some convincing, but I am so glad that I listened. I went to Sportchek (after having a not so great experience at a specialty running store here in Halifax) and found exactly what I was looking for. A pair of high stability sneakers, that would keep my high arches supported, and compensate for the fact that my feet are definitely inverted when I walk/run. I went with a pair of Asics, because they weren't too pricey, but they have a great reputation. I was told for a starter pair of shoes to expect a $100 price tag, and I (of course) got mine on sale for $69.99. I also picked up a Nike running belt, which houses two reusable water bottles, and a zippered pouch for whatever you're carrying. For me when I'm outside, it's my keys and my phone.
I enjoyed my first few "runs" ... I use the term in quotes because the first few times were more like a jaunt outside. A little run, a little walk... regardless it was exercise and an outlet for me to get out and clear my head. Naturally living in Nova Scotia, the weather does not always cooperate, so I have been to the gym to run the track, and I tried the treadmill route too. I much prefer to be outside, but if it has to be the gym, the track is the way to go for me. I find it very difficult to run on a treadmill without feeling nervous that I will fly off of it like one of those videos you see on Facebook.
The last thing I needed to make this a successful hobby was music. I have never been one to download music, I always listen to my music on YouTube because I'm a bit of a techie loser. But my bestie set me up with Apple Music and I haven't looked back. Any song at your fingertips, can be easily downloaded to your phone with one click, and those songs can then be played when you don't have access to wifi. (Insert the eye roll that you're all giving me, I know I'm so behind on the times)
The first time I decided I was just going to go for it, and run until I couldn't run anymore, I put my music in and started. I was timing myself out of curiosity and I ran without stopping for 7 minutes and 29 seconds. Working with women who can run 10km and full marathons without stopping, I was mildly dissapponted, but now I'm actually pretty proud of it! With work and some training I am hoping to be able to do a 5k run without stopping!
Now that I have my routine I can honestly say I am enjoying running, and I plan to get myself into a 5k run at some point during the Fall.
My advice to you? Run for the right reasons. If you enjoy yoga, or fitness classes, it might not be for you. But if you're looking for an activity that you can do basically anywhere, that's not too expensive, go ahead and give it a try! Just make sure you have some good tunes and a pair of quality sneakers that will protect your knees and feet!
Maybe I'll see you guys out there! (I'll be the one decked out in neon, sweating buckets screaming the lyrics to Bohemian Rhapsody!)
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text: For many businesses, non-market forces are as significant as market factors: the interaction between government institutions, elected officials, policy-oriented activists and NGOs shape the legal environment for firms in ways that have direct implications for their bottom line. Lawyers are frequently involved in developing and implementing strategies in the non-market environment to advocate and realize the interests their clients. This class introduces a set of analytic tools that rest upon a foundation of economic principles, political analysis, social psychology and risk management to help students identify patterns of behavior and outcomes in the non-market environment, methods of analysis that facilitate understanding and prediction, and, ultimately, the shaping of strategies to improve the non-market environment for clients. The course is organized through a series of case studies that identifies the ways in which firms are subjected to, and need to respond to, non-market forces and institutions including the media, activist campaigns, regulatory action and threats, and the legislative arena. In exploring these topics students will be required to prepare a series of short assignments that provide policy and legal guidance for firms that are engaged in these situations, complete an in-class midterm that tests students on their understanding of fundamental concepts in non-market analysis, and complete a substantial group project in which students identify an important non-market issue being faced by a Nashville-area business or non-governmental organization, and use the frameworks and lessons learned in class to offer advice and recommendations for how best to achieve their goals while paying appropriate attention to the relevant non-market considerations. Limited Enrollment.


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An in depth analysis of how the Raptors have installed an efficient transition offense.
Written by Cooper Smither (@OnionsBaby) on 29 March 2016
The Raptors possess one of the most unique constructs of an effective NBA offense in terms of modern play styles. Most teams trend towards "pace and space" and play with one big man and one primary ball-handler who are surrounded by three wing players, all of whom can shoot. This ideal offense would be fast paced and it would produce something efficient.
The Raptors possess so little of those attributes and are still an incredibly effective offense, one which has ranked in the top 5 in offensive efficiency over the past 2 years, and top 10 over the past 3. During this time, they have always ranked in the bottom half of the league in terms of pace and have even managed to improve on the number of possessions a game each year, but continue to slide down the league rankings all the way to second last this season.
While the Raptors don't have a high frequency of possessions which would be classified as "fast breaks" or "transition", the possessions which are up-tempo in nature are effective and deliberate. The Raptors rank in the bottom 10 for frequency of transition plays, accounting for 11.5% of their possessions, yet they are the most efficient team in the league in transition, scoring 1.21 PPP1. Here are a variety of ways in which they both simply and effectively beat teams in transition, regardless of how sparingly it occurs.
Drag Screen
A drag screen is essentially a pick and roll in (semi) transition. The goal is to get all of the effects of a regular pick and roll (allow the ball handler to gain an advantage, whether it be penetration or an open shot) but without any of the hassle of the defense being set. The Raptors' primary ball-handlers, DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry, both excel at getting to the rim in a half-court setting, but allowing these two to get easier paths to the rim is crucial, especially considering some of the tight spacing due to personnel.
Simple miscommunications become more numerous when drag screens are used when compared to their traditional, half court counterpart.
Here, we can see the Bulls have the advantage in terms of players that are actually in the active half of the court.
Yet, when Valanciunas sets a drag screen for Lowry, Gibson acts as the big man defender that "showed" on the pick and roll, even though that is Gasol's role. Gibson does a poor job of impeding Lowry's progress while Rose recovers, and allows Lowry to continue his drive to the rim. Because Gasol wasn't active defensively from the start, he doesn't jump in at any point.
In that same photo, we can see where Gasol's focus was (red arrow, following roll man) versus where he should've rotated to (white arrow, stopping Lowry drive to rim). If he were to have done so, Moore would've rotated from the weak side behind him and Lowry would have had to make a difficult baseline pass to DeRozan for three, a much more palatable shot for the Bulls than an uncontested layup.
The upside of this play is that it is bound to produce a ton of penetration, which naturally leads to help defenders collapsing in on the ball-handler. As a result, Raptors' ball-handlers have become accustomed to dishing the rock to the roll man as well as properly spaced shooters.
Double Drag
Similar in nature to the regular Drag Screen, a Double Drag Screen is very effective in its own right. As you might have guessed, it is the same principal as a drag screen, except there are two screeners instead of the traditional one.
The advantage gained here can be assigned to a few factors. Firstly, when using an action that preys on the lack of preparation a defense, it is beneficial to have variance, even if it is nominal. Secondly, it pulls a second big man away from the paint/rim. If the big man doesn't come out and defend, Patrick Patterson is bound to bomb away from deep. When the secondary big man does come away from the paint, it opens up driving lanes for the ball-handler, as well as the rolling screener, both of which have opportunities to finish at the rim.
Additionally, another benefit to using sets such as these is that it allows for easy transition into other actions, such as Wide Pindowns.
Wide Pindowns
Here, Biyombo and Patterson set a Double Drag screen for Lowry and unfortunately, no advantage is gained. Biyombo quickly acknowledges this and goes into the next action by screening for DeRozan. On the catch, DeRozan uses Biyombo as a shield and punishes the defender for not trailing him on his hip and drains the jumper.
More traditionally, in transition a Wide Pindown is usually set for one of the Raptors' wing players, such as DeRozan or Ross, as the primary action. In doing so, the big men act as screeners early on in the offense to try and catch a defender sleeping. The Raptors aim for the defender to stay on DeRozan's hip as he drives to the hoop, though he is no stranger to taking a tough shot if an easier one isn't immediately presented.
The Raptors also like to have their wings flow through and exchange sides of the court if a Pindown doesn't work in their favour initially. Afterwards, DeRozan will typically have a Flare screen set and work off of any separation he can get.
Similarly to the Drag Screen, a Wide Pindown early on in the clock can gain penetration, leading to an inevitable breakdown of the defense and an open look for the big man who was originally a screener.
It is clear that the Raptors have found use in their methodical, early offensive sets. They are a slower team in nature, which works in their favour. They love to get to the line and exhaust every opportunity to find the perfect driving lane to get there. While that is their M.O. as an offense, they also make great use of finding easy buckets that provide them with similar shot distribution. It isn't as bountiful in volume Golden State's transition offense, but it doesn't need to be. An efficient easy look here-and-there is enough to grease the wheels and keep their methodical offense chugging along. The Raptors have found a nice balance in understanding their strength, which lies in their two best perimeter players, which can sometimes take time as they find their best look, while also attacking (relatively) early when the opportunity presents itself.
1:Data collected from NBA.comAccurate as of Sunday March 13th 2016


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The National Symbols of Sri Lanka embody the spirit of the island country, its colorful traditions and culture as well as its distinctive history and geography. The different national symbols of Sri Lanka are:
• National Anthem
• National Flag
• National Emblem
• National Bird
• National Flower
• National Tree
As the country became independent in 1948, the people of Sri Lanka were kindled with the spirit of patriotism and they felt the need for a national anthem. As a result a contest was held where Ananda Samarakoon's composition "Namo Namo Matha" was chosen as the official national anthem of Sri Lanka.
The opening lines of the national anthem had to be changed due to a controversy that occurred in the early1950s. The modified opening lines are "Sri Lanka Matha- Apa Sri Lanka". The first public rendition of the national anthem was at the fourth Independence Day anniversary of Sri Lanka on 4, February, 1952.
A special committee was appointed by D.S.Senanayake, the first prime minister of Sri Lanka for the formulation of a national Flag for Sri Lanka. The current National flag is an improvisation of the civil standard of Sri Lanka's last king, Sri Wickrama Rajasingha.
The National Flag of Sri Lanka symbolizes the country's culture and heritage and embodies the spirit of nationality of its people. It also represents the four virtues of kindness, friendliness, happiness and equanimity. Each element on the National Flag has a distinctive symbolic significance. The first time the National Flag was hoisted was on 3 March, 1950.
A National Emblem essentially symbolizes a nation. As a British Crown Colony Sri Lanka used the British Emblem and continued to use it even after the attainment of its independence in the year 1948. Hence a select committee was appointed to create a state emblem more suited for Sri Lanka.
The new state emblem includes a lion with a sword in its right front paw surrounded by a Palapethi open petal design top. Beneath this, there is a strip carrying the country's name in Sinhala, Tamil and English.
On being declared a Republic on 22 May, 1972, Sri Lanka further adopted a new Republican Emblem which had an additional portrayal of Punkalasa, dhammachakka, sun, moon and two sheaves of paddy besides the lion with a sword.
National Bird
The National Bird of Sri Lanka is the Wali Kukula or the Ceylon Jungle fowl which is the most common bird found in the national parks and forests.
National Flower
Since the year 1986, the 'Nil Mahanel ' has been the national flower of Sri Lanka. The botanical name of this flower is "Nympheae Stelleta" and is found in all parts of the country.
National Tree
On 26 February, 1986, the Cabinet had adopted the Na Tree as the national tree of Sri Lanka because of the country's close association with the tree for centuries both socially and culturally. The Na tree has its origins in Sri Lanka itself.
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We meet Alec Wilkinson, a writer for The New Yorker, outside of Central Park on a brisk yet sunny Tuesday morning. His persona as a self-described "rock and roll musician" is reflected in his Neil Young vibe and casual, yet surprisingly pulled together, layered outfit. Ambling along the park's paths, Mr. Wilkinson suddenly detours and climbs up a large, rather flat rock upon which we plop our belongings (and ourselves) and launch into a rather unexpected conversation.
With previous magazine experts we have met, discussion topics mostly revolved around their work with the magazine and their career path. However, we listen to Alec Wilkinson begin a philosophical discussion on failure, and it is, admittedly, a strange turn of events. While the conversation eventually becomes geared more towards talk of his career and field, his philosophical opening very intriguingly provides a glimpse of life into the journalism field (and beyond) that many other people we have met with have neglected to spend much time elaborating upon: their emotional and mental trials.
"Failure compels movement, compels response," Alec Wilkinson says while addressing us on the rock. He continues, saying "falling short leads one in another direction". I thought this was interesting, because it is often stated that we learn from our mistakes, but no one really elaborates on how we use them to our advantage, besides learning to never repeat them again. But Mr. Wilkinson made an excellent point in this respect. Why would we continue along on the same path when it has failed us? Failure, while closing one door, opens another that has many more possibilities, successes, and failures along the hallway of life. As we enter our final weeks of the school year, I hope that our class can channel Alec Wilkinson's message as we fail, succeed, and continue to persevere along our journey of creating Hops and Vine.
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