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Athina Vlachantoni
BA, MSc, PhD, PCAP
- Primary position:
- Associate Professor in Gerontology
- Other positions:
- Admissions Tutor, Examinations Officer
I joined the Centre for Research on Ageing in 2008 as a lecturer in gerontology, following a year as lecturer in social policy in the Division of Sociology & Social Policy of the University of Southampton. Before that, I completed a PhD in social policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science, an MSc Comparative Social Policy at the University of Oxford (Wolfson College) and a BA Social Policy and Politics at Royal Holloway, University of London. Between 2002 and 2004, I worked as a research officer at the Oxford Institute of Ageing at the University of Oxford. Between 2003 and 2004 I was a college tutor in politics at New College, Oxford, and between 2004 and 2007 I worked as an occasional research assistant and as a graduate teaching assistant in the Department of Social Policy of the LSE. I am a member of the Social Policy Association and the British Society of Gerontology. I am also a member of the ESRC Peer Review College.
"My research interests broadly combine the areas of ageing, gender and social policy."
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Research Interests
ESRC Secondary Data Initiative: As part of a team which includes Dr Zhixin Frank Feng, Prof. Falkingham and Prof. Evandrou, I am involved in a project which uses data from the Labour Force Survey and Understanding Society, in order to examine the pension protection of current and future cohorts of pensioners from minority ethnic groups in Britain. Preliminary results were presented at an event organised by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation/ Essex University
ESRC/DFID ESRA project: This project, which also involves Prof. Evandrou and Prof. Falkingham, is funded through the ESRC/DFID/ESRA initiative, and is aimed at identifying the substantive and methodological lessons of research in the area of poverty alleviation and social pensions, and the gaps where research could contribute in the future.
ANR/DFG/ESRC/NWO with ICSSR: As part of an internationally collaborative project funded by the ESRC with colleagues in the Netherlands and India, which in the UK is led by Prof. Maria Evandrou, I am exploring a range of wellbeing indicators for older persons in the context of a globalizing world using nationally representative datasets.
EPSRC The Care Life Cycle: I am part of a research team led by Prof. Falkingham, and including colleagues from Demography, Operational Research and Complexity Science, which aims to develop a suite of models reflecting the supply and demand for health and social care in the UK. As part of Workstream A of this project, I am working within a number of sub-projects producing empirical evidence for the supply of, and demand for, social care, for example the determinants of transitioning into types of long-term care, the determinants of receiving social care, the socio-economic determinants of the disablement process, and the investigation of unmet need for social care. See the CLC website for more details.
ESRC Centre for Population Change: I am involved, with colleagues from Gerontology and Demography, in the second phase of the ESRC CPC, focusing on a) Increasing longevity and the changing life course, and b) Understanding intergenerational relations & exchange. For more information, please visit the CPC website
ESRC Pathfinders project: I am involved, with colleagues from Southampton, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, the University of Witwatersrand/Agincourt DSS and the Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies, in a project exploring the impact of internal labour migration on intergenerational support and wellbeing of children and older people in China and South Africa. For more information, see here.
ESRC Quantitative Methods project: I am involved, with colleagues from Demography/ Social Statistics and Sociology/ Social Policy in a project entitled 'Researcher Development Initiative: Quantitative Methods', which is part of a large ESRC initiative aiming at capacity building in quantitative research methods for social scientists in the UK.
PhD Students
Nesta Caiger (ESRC DRC Scholar, co-supervised with Prof. Maria Evandrou)
Topic: 'Living longer, working longer: implications for health, well-being and policy'
Yekai Chen (co-supervised with Prof. Maria Evandrou)
Topic: 'Meeting social care needs and its impact on well-being of older people 'left-behind' in rural China'
Sara Johnson (co-supervised with Dr Rosalind Willis)
Topic: Battle Ready: Individual cognitive stimulation therapy for dementia – what are informal carer's views and experiences?
Greg Payne (co-supervised with Prof. Jane Falkingham)
Topic: Investigating the Change in the State Pension Age: Which groups are most affected and how?
Shirley Simmonds (co-supervised with Prof. Maria Evandrou and Prof. Avan Aihie Sayer)
Topic: 'Patterns and predictors of hospital admissions in an ageing cohort'
Jinpil Um (ESRC DTC Scholar, co-supervised with Prof. Asghar Zaidi)
Topic: 'A comparative study of the income mobility of older people in England and South Korea: an investigation into the trends and causes of the income risks within retirement'
Alison Wadey (ESRC DTC Scholar, co-supervised with Prof. Maria Evandrou)
Topic: 'The ageing health and social care workforce: characteristics and policy implications'
Kathryn Wicks (EPSRC Scholar, co-supervised with Prof. Maria Evandrou)
Topic: 'The negotiating of social care support for older people: a study of the perspectives of older people, their families and policy stakeholders'
Sarah Wo (ESRC DTC Scholar, co-supervised with Prof. Jane Falkingham)
Topic: 'Unravelling the impact of divorce on pension outcomes: comparing cohorts of women'
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Admissions Tutor, Examinations Officer, Member of FSHS Ethics Review Committee
Teaching Responsibilities
Semester 1:
GERO6010 Perspectives in Gerontology (DL) (Convenor)
GERO6012 Demographic change, Ageing and globalisation (DL) (Co-convenor)
GERO6013 Researching contemporary issues in ageing societies (DL)
GERO6014 Quantitative research methods (DL)
GERO6015 Qualitative research methods (DL)
GERO6017 Researching Contemporary Issues in Ageing Societies
GERO6018 Perspectives in Gerontology (Convenor)
GERO6019 Demographic change, Ageing and globalisation (Co-convenor)
GERO6021 Ageing diversity and rights (DL) (Convenor)
GERO6022 Poverty and social protection around the world (DL) (Convenor)
GERO6025 Policy evaluation for ageing societies (Co-convenor)
GERO6026 Global perspectives in Gerontology (DL) (Convenor)
GERO6027 Ageing in China and South-east Asia (DL) (Co-convenor)
Dr Athina Vlachantoni
Centre for Research on Ageing
Social Sciences
University of Southampton
United Kingdom
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MORRISTOWN (WATE) -- Two men and a woman were charged Monday in connection with the kidnapping and murder of an elderly Hamblen County man who'd been tortured. His grandson claims it was over stolen money.
The suspects charged are Darrell Nance, 22, Brice Whaley, 38, and Jessica Lane, 23.
Nance is charged with felony murder.
Lane is charged with criminal responsibility for a felony murder.
Whaley is charged with being an accessory after a murder and abuse of a corpse.
The body of Willie Morgan, 94, was found around 6:00 a.m. Monday in a field by the New Progressive Industrial Park in Morristown, just off of I-81 and the Davy Crockett Parkway.
Hamblen County Sheriff Esco Jarnigan said one of the suspects led investigators to Morgan's body.
The trio was taken into custody Sunday at a Red Roof Inn in Chattanooga.
Investigators believe the suspects kidnapped Morgan sometime Saturday. His family members had reported him missing Saturday night and officers had been looking for him since then.
The suspects and Morgan's family knew each other.
Morgan's grandson, Donny Johnson, claimed Darrell Nance had stolen from him before. He said after partying recently, he took $1,600 from Nance and stashed it at his grandfather's house.
The suspects are believed to have gone to Morgan's house looking for the money and have kidnapped him for a $3,000 ransom because they couldn't find it.
Morgan's grandson says his grandfather may have opened the door because he couldn't see or hear well and mistook the suspects for his grandson.
Morgan's body was found under some brush. One of his hands was severed.
Investigators say two butcher knives and a hand were found in one of the suspects' vehicles.
"It's overwhelming to see the condition of such a peaceful, loving, breathing human being that lived on this Earth for 94 years knowing that he left this world in such a traumatic condition," Sheriff Jarnigan said.
The three suspects are being held in the Hamblen County Jail without bond.
Nance's past record includes arrests for aggravated kidnapping, burglary and kidnapping.
Whaley's criminal record includes arrests for possession of drug paraphernalia and manufacturing and dealing drugs.
Lane has prior arrests for assault, criminal impersonation and possession of drug paraphernalia.
6 News Reporter Kevin Ozebek and Anchor/Reporter Whitney Holmes contributed to this report.
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The Johns Hopkins Wound Center at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center has an opening for one post-doctoral fellow. This position is a post-doctoral fellowship in wound care.
The Wound Center is a multi-disciplinary program which incorporates dermatology, infectious diseases and surgery, and is rapidly expanding, with over 3000 outpatient visits per year. The Center is co-managed as a partnership between dermatology and infectious diseases. The clinical core staff includes faculty attending physicians from both specialties.
The wound care fellowship focuses on training clinician researchers to care for the spectrum of wounds seen in a teaching hospital. The population includes large numbers of patients with chronic venous stasis ulcers, diabetic neuropathic infections and non-healing surgical wounds, as well as complex wounds due to systemic disorders such as pyoderma gangrenosum and vasculitis. There is a high level of nursing and ancillary support, including podiatry, orthopedics, vascular surgery and outpatient IV antibiotic management.
The fellow will spend 20 to 50 percent of their time in outpatient clinics (clinical time commitment will depend on research productivity), where he or she will learn, in a highly mentored environment, the fundamentals of wound care treatment and prevention. Procedure competencies will include punch biopsy, interpretation of vascular tests, use of compression and off-loading interventions, and simple and complex wound debridements. Inpatient opportunities will include rotations with inpatient wound teams and subspecialty services, such as dermatology, surgery, burns, ID and rheumatology.
There is an active research program in therapeutics, skin biology, the molecular biology of wound healing, natural history of chronic wounds, impact of HIV and drug use on wound healing, and the role of the microbiome. There is no evidence base for most treatments, and there are tremendous research opportunities.
Since the vast majority of patients with chronic wounds have underlying diseases, the ideal candidate is an individual with a strong clinical background and interest in developing an academic career focusing on chronic wounds care and research. He or she will be a medical dermatologist or internist with interests in general medicine, geriatrics, endocrinology (diabetic foot) or infectious diseases. This program is geared towards individuals with a background and strong interest in basic science, clinical or epidemiological research.
To apply, please send CV, letter of interest and names of two references to:
Marsha Mackey
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Made this with thyme because it was the only fresh herb i had on hand, it was delicious.
Pan-Charred Green Beans with Tarragon
Photo: Randy Mayor; Styling: Cindy Barr
Get ready: This will become your new favorite way to do green beans. We love the light anise flavor of tarragon, but you could use any herb you like--try parsley, chives, or thyme.
Yield: Serves 4 (serving size: 2 ounces)
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Recipe Time
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Total: 11 Minutes
Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 33
- Fat: 1.8g
- Saturated fat: 0.9g
- Monounsaturated fat: 0.4g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 0.1g
- Protein: 1g
- Carbohydrate: 4g
- Fiber: 2g
- Cholesterol: 4mg
- Iron: 1mg
- Sodium: 136mg
- Calcium: 23mg
- Cooking spray
- 8 ounces washed and trimmed fresh green beans
- 1 1/2 teaspoons butter
- 1 tablespoon cider vinegar
- 2 teaspoons chopped fresh tarragon
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- Heat a medium, heavy skillet (not nonstick) over high heat for 2 minutes.
- Coat pan with cooking spray. Immediately add green beans to pan, shaking them into a single layer; cook, without stirring, 2 minutes or until beans are very lightly charred. Cook beans 5 more minutes or until crisp-tender and evenly charred, tossing occasionally.
- Remove pan from heat. Let beans rest 1 minute. Add butter; toss until butter melts and coats beans. Add vinegar; toss. Turn on heat if necessary to evaporate most of liquid. Sprinkle beans with tarragon and salt; toss. Serve immediately.
- Pan-Charred Asparagus: In place of green beans, use 8 ounces (2 1/2-inch) pieces of trimmed asparagus. Use 1 1/2 teaspoons toasted walnut oil in place of butter and 2 teaspoons lemon juice in place of vinegar. After tossing asparagus with tarragon and salt, sprinkle with 1 tablespoon chopped, toasted walnuts and 2 tablespoons shaved Parmigiano-Reggiano.
- Serves 4 (serving size: about 2/3 cup)
- Calories 52; Fat 4 g (sat 0.7g); Sodium 160mg
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Movie News
ScoreKeeper Has News About The Release Of Michael Giacchino's CLOVERFIELD Overture!!
Greetings! ScoreKeeper here with news straight from the mouth of the monster from CLOVERFIELD (2008).
No, not the gigantic creature that destroyed New York City. I'm talking about the monstrously talented composer Michael Giacchino who penned a groundbreaking overture played during the closing credits of the film. It's an amazing composition which pays homage to the classic monster movie sound defined by legendary GODZILLA (1954) tunesmith Akira Ifukube.
I belong to a growing body of folk who are dying to get their hands on this piece of music whether it be a digital download via iTunes or a soundtrack CD. A lot of rumors have been flying around and Giacchino himself sorts it all out.
Available for download in this month's issue of Film Score Monthly Online, there is an on camera interview with Michael Giacchino in which he addresses the unsuspecting demand for the CLOVERFIELD overture and its impending release.
Giacchino reveals, "We're working on that now…there are a bunch of legal knots that need to be tied…" He admits had they foreseen the demand they could have been "ready months ago". Nobody suspected there would a market for one piece of music.
Giacchino also reveals that the original composition was thirteen minutes long while the version which ended up in the film was edited down to eleven minutes. He concludes by saying the version they're going to release will be the full thirteen minute work. He didn't disclose how the music would be released.
If you're not already familiar with FSM Online I highly encourage fans to become acquainted with this staple site. I had been a loyal subscriber of this publication when it existed in magazine form since October 1993. Since they converted their content to exclusively an online publication several years ago my patronage followed. Each monthly issue is packed with news, reviews, editorials, interviews, and multimedia content devoted to the world of film music.
For more of the Michael Giacchino interview where he discusses his Academy Award nomination, scoring LOST, analog vs. digital, and his score for the upcoming SPEED RACER (2008), check out the site and sign up today.
Go! Go! Go! Giacchino!
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March 31, 2008, 9:52 a.m. CST
Cloverfield, BEEYOTCHES!
by Pennsy
Which is eligible for an MTV Movie Award for Best Movie, BTW...
March 31, 2008, 9:52 a.m. CST
god cloverfield sucked
by Mr Gorilla
i'm all for having unknowns play the leads in these films, but they have to be unknown actors, not just, you know, unknowns.
March 31, 2008, 9:55 a.m. CST
Awesome! I'll buy it.
by nascentia
Both times I saw Cloverfield, I convinced my friends that we needed to stay for the entire credits just for this song. And both times, they thanked me. Now if we could just get the damn Sunshine soundtrack released somehow...
March 31, 2008, 10:03 a.m. CST
That may be true, Mr. Gorilla...
by acorvey25
But the song was fucking awesome.
March 31, 2008, 10:05 a.m. CST
by Sailor Rip
Ughh. Imagine being with this guy in the theatre? You just want to to leave after the movie and hit the bathroom while this dude's like "No, No, we have to stay and listen to the end music!" Then proceeds to sit there for ten minutes with his eyes closed making those conductor movements with his hands.
March 31, 2008, 10:09 a.m. CST
already bought!
by Roderich
... but only when it appears on iTunes!Giacchino = Incredibles = Pixar = Apple = iTunes!
March 31, 2008, 10:12 a.m. CST
I've checking every tuesday since the flick came out for it.
by logicalnoise01
I never stayed for the credits and I heard that is quite a epic song.
March 31, 2008, 10:16 a.m. CST
Just make a midi file.
by SkeletonParty
March 31, 2008, 10:18 a.m. CST
I've been looking for this, too
by flickchick85
I had just about given up on this (since the last time Giacchino had mentioned it was January). I didn't love Cloverfield, but that song was worth the whole trip. Thanks for the heads-up, Scorekeeper! This news made my day.
March 31, 2008, 10:21 a.m. CST
this was awful
by snowtires
My roommate and I, both composers, stayed after the movie (which he thought was great, but I didn't really like) because someone on here said that the music was this mind-blowing piece of film score brilliance that absolutely had to be heard. We stayed for about thirty seconds of the music, heard the ridiculous female choir vocals come in, got up and left. Maybe it gets better, but the part I heard was generic and shitty.
March 31, 2008, 10:51 a.m. CST
Listen here....
by MarcsOnFire
March 31, 2008, 10:54 a.m. CST
by Sithdan
IT was entertaining, but definitely not good enough to own on DVD. Man, my head still hurts from that jerky camera.
March 31, 2008, 11:05 a.m. CST
yeah but what film did that score belong in?
by knowthyself
Not in Cloverfield.
March 31, 2008, 11:10 a.m. CST
cloverfield 3: poppyfield
by ironic_name
poppy Montgomery stars.
March 31, 2008, 11:18 a.m. CST
first time I stayed for a song
by ironic_name
i figured we might get something cool at the end, but halfway through the music i knew they do something shitty, and just decided to listen to the music.
March 31, 2008, 11:19 a.m. CST
cloverfield: the series
by ironic_name
March 31, 2008, 11:49 a.m. CST
by ConanBaltar
Please write an update once this piece of music is released somewhere. I'll forget about it if someone on AICN doesn't remind me. That's right, I'm a lemming.
March 31, 2008, 11:55 a.m. CST
by Mort Meyers
As an artist, self proclaimed or not, you should try taking in the entirety of a piece before making your overall assessment. It is impossible to critique something you've never heard. Your post makes you come across as a hack. Sorry to be so bold.
March 31, 2008, 12:12 p.m. CST
Giacchino can be really good...
by Christopher3
But his "overture" for this film was -- probably intentionally -- hammy.
March 31, 2008, 12:48 p.m. CST
Anyone know where I can get the interview for free?
by me_so_horny
I dont want to sign up. I cant afford it.
March 31, 2008, 1:18 p.m. CST
Stupid haters...
by Kasch
Probably never saw a Godzilla movie in their life. If you're a wannabe film composer, maybe you should, y'know, actually study music styles. Giacchino perfectly nailed that old Toho music.
March 31, 2008, 1:31 p.m. CST
Yeah but snowtires is...
by Sailor Rip
...a composer. And so is his roommate. And they live in a loft in Soho.
March 31, 2008, 1:33 p.m. CST
mort meyers
by snowtires
The first rule of writing a good song is to make the song immediately grab your attention and make the listener want to hear the piece in its entirety. If the first minute of a song is God awful, why on earth would I want to sit through another twelve minutes of it? I mean, do you need to listen to an entire Celine Dion song to know that it sucks or can you figure it out within the first 30 seconds?
March 31, 2008, 1:35 p.m. CST
to everyone with a big mouth
by snowtires
Could you kindly explain to me what makes a non-musician a better judge of musical content than someone who has been writing music for longer than they can remember?
March 31, 2008, 1:55 p.m. CST
Just saying...
by rutgersjaffo
Cloverfield kicked ass. Loved it, will see the sequel. Just saw The Mist this weekend. Not sure why they felt the need to end it like that. Pretty sure I don't really care for that needless change, but it didn't completely ruin the film for me either. Meh...
March 31, 2008, 1:56 p.m. CST
by Sailor Rip
If I turned off some Rush songs after only one minute I would have missed out on some rockin' good times.
March 31, 2008, 2:14 p.m. CST
Tribute, or partially (or completely) lifted?
by Hikaru Ichijo
I thought the score was interesting as a sort a textural recap of the film, but at first I was offended by the obvious passages ripped out the Ifukube book. Very retro, and unlike what you usually get after a big budget horror flick. Then I realized it should have been shitty, dropped tuning Metal (if you buy into how they market such films,) and began I appreciate what I was hearing. I hope more filmmakers start seriously considering how soccer mom rock negates the thrills and chills they're going after.
March 31, 2008, 2:17 p.m. CST
Cloverfield TNG: Strawberry Fields Forever
by Geekgasm
"a groundbreaking overture"??? What the hell was "groundbreaking" about it? The fact that it wasn't in the rest of the movie? THAT makes it "groundbreaking"? I'm so fucking tired of people jizzing all over their shirts about every aspect of that moderately entertaining movie.
March 31, 2008, 2:21 p.m. CST
by Mort Meyers
What makes you think you are the only musician posting on this site? Feel free to post a link to your music. I promise I will give it a full listen and give some feedback and criticism where it is warranted. I'm sorry if I offended you in any way with my previous post, I just don't think that by not giving the entire piece a chance you have allowed yourself any credibility. I think I do reserve the right to not like a song within the first 30 seconds, but if I do not give it a full listen, then I do not have the right to offer my thoughts to the public. I also get the feeling you don't like Celine Dion. She sort of rocked not to long ago. P.S. Sailor Rip, I want to hang out with you. Please live in Texas.
March 31, 2008, 2:46 p.m. CST
Anyone who refers to film cues as "songs"...
by Osmosis Jones
...is an idiot.
March 31, 2008, 3:12 p.m. CST
Mort Meyers
by Sailor Rip
NJ. Born and raised.
March 31, 2008, 3:43 p.m. CST
Creative "rules"
by flickchick85
I'm not a musician, so I was unaware of the "30 second rule" snowtires brought up, but I know there is a similar rule in screen writing (and no, I'm not a screenwriter, either, but screenwriting classes were part of my college curriculum and I did retain a couple of things) that says all your exposition should be out of the way (and the 1st turning point should occur) within the 1st 20 minutes of your movie. Does that mean every movie that doesn't follow that rule is bad? To me, these creative "rules" are more like standards. And there are plenty of people who do things outside of the standard methods. And as a non-musical expert, while Giacchino's Cloverfield suite may have defied the "30 second rule," my untrained ears really enjoy listening to it.
March 31, 2008, 3:46 p.m. CST
Finally, ROAR! news...thanks ScoreKeeper!
by BuffaloDrummer
Thanks for stayin on it. Nice to know we'll have this fabulous score piece to hear whenever we want! And I agree with logicalnoise01..I too was checking iTunes first thing every Tuesday morning to no avail.
March 31, 2008, 3:52 p.m. CST
How quickly did cloverfield vanish from
by emeraldboy
Us theatres. It only opened in the UK and ireland in Feb and yet by March it was gone! no really it tanked that fast.
March 31, 2008, 4:26 p.m. CST
Although I'm sure Snowtires would be pissed off
by half vader
if people listened to his stuff and subjectively wrote it off after 30 seconds, especially as he's been doing it for "longer than they can remember" (does that mean you're senile?). <p> And don't talk about yourself in the third person. You come off like a prat and it makes people doubt your objectivity, thus defeating your point. <p> Sure you've got an informed opinion, but by your own argument it doesn't make you the ideal critic either, can you concede that? To get REALLY ironic, wasn't it Bob Dylan that said "you don't have to be a weatherman to know which way the wind blows"? You're probably just pissed off that he's had so much success after coming from (ugh!) videogames! ;) by the way. <p> Getting back to this music, why was it even an issue? I would have thought that putting it online rather than on a physical disc would have been par for the course. Although I do hate compression. Would it have been any more complicated than your average CD single? In all seriousness Snowtyres, maybe you can help us out there. Do you know that side of things? Also, is tyre really spelt with an 'i' where you are?
March 31, 2008, 4:34 p.m. CST
by half vader
First the stupid stuff about the Muppets and now this. Anyone who belittles people for referring to the 'songs' or likewise those who call ships boats is anal retentive. Ignorance doesn't actually mean you're stupid, it just means you're not informed. Having said that one doesn't rule out the other (referring back to the embarrassing Muppet thing). Lighten up mate.
March 31, 2008, 5:25 p.m. CST
Cloverfield 12: A Fistful Of Little Miss TermiMuppets
by performingmonkey
God I would pay to see that. Even if it was Bay at the helm.
March 31, 2008, 7:31 p.m. CST
Michael Giacchino did The Incredibles right?
by Amy Chasing
which was wonderful. Ratatouille was nice too. Mission Impossible 3... why does the recording of the theme sound like it was done by a high school orchestra?
March 31, 2008, 7:44 p.m. CST
by theycallmemrglass
I so wanted this track since hearing it at the cinema that I repeatedly listen to the horrible cinema capture knowing that they will probably never release it. So glad that there are significantly more like me that they will release it officially. Its awesome. And I cant wait to buy this 13 minute cersion. I have all of Michael Giacchino's Lost soundtracks which are absolutely brilliant, there is such a distinct signature to his work yet so varied from the dark scary thumping tracks to the searing heart wrenching ones.
March 31, 2008, 7:48 p.m. CST
Skillful Toho tribute...whoopde fuckin...
by quantize
Not a particularly memorable piece when you compare it to any classic theme or cue... I never heard it in the cinema because I was OUTTA there asap!.. I felt i'd been violated enough by JJ and his box of repetitious shitty magic tricks..
March 31, 2008, 9:40 p.m. CST
how could you not love "ROAR!"...
by quantize
because you might be an informed film music listener and can appreciate the skill involved in a tribute style monster track but also identify a pretty ordinary tune... fucking TBers
March 31, 2008, 10:04 p.m. CST
snowtires I wirte music too
by logicalnoise01
but your opinion is as valid as the rest. Like I said I haven't heard the piece yet but I intend to give it a good listen when I can(in a decent format). I'm "the bad one andy" my stuff is on amazon, itunes and rhapsody.
March 31, 2008, 11:13 p.m. CST
This song was BEST thing about Cloverfield
by CENOBITE
Sometimes a good score will make a mediocre movie above average. Too bad this came late in the show! Can't wait.
March 31, 2008, 11:15 p.m. CST
Akira Ifukube's ZATOICHI ?!?
by CENOBITE
And where the HELL IS THE FREAKIN ZATOICHI COMPILATION?!?!?!? Some of my favorite music by Akira are for Shintaro Katsu's Zatoichi. Too bad Japan has limited printing of anything.
April 1, 2008, 5:39 a.m. CST
The Best Thing About CLOVERFIELD...
by LaserPants
Was how awful it was. How hilariously awful it was. An unintentional comedy, really, who's conceit runs out of steam in the first 15 minutes, and spends the rest of its running time getting more and more ludicrous. Then again, if I was 10, or a mentally retarded adult, I would've loved it.
April 1, 2008, 5:42 a.m. CST
by LaserPants
April 1, 2008, 6:30 a.m. CST
ROAR! Female vocalist
by Padface
Is it just me or does the female vocalist's style on the ROAR overture sound vaguely familiar? To me it sounds like someone warming up for the STAR TREK original series theme tune, which im guessing will be making atleast a fleeting appearance in the new movie. Just a thought.
April 1, 2008, 6:38 a.m. CST
I will get soundtrack when it comes out
by Dazzler69
I am surprised it was not released at time of movie and then overfill it up with current hip hop shit versions of songs.
April 1, 2008, 8:36 a.m. CST
Who gives 2 shits....
by JimmyJingles
April 1, 2008, 9:03 a.m. CST
you do
by logicalnoise01
since you clicked and then posted in the talkback.
April 1, 2008, 10:42 a.m. CST
by DocPazuzu
I know it shouldn't, but the lion thing still cracks me up.
April 1, 2008, 11:23 a.m. CST
But when is the Lost Season 3 soundtrack out?
by the ageless stranger
That is the question Michael.
April 1, 2008, 3 p.m. CST
LOST Season 3
by ScoreKeeper
LOST Season 3 is being released by Varese Sarabande on April 29, 2008. It's going to be 2CDs too!
April 1, 2008, 3:50 p.m. CST
Just heard the Cloverfield overture!!!
by BigTexas42
It was awsome!!!
April 2, 2008, 5:03 a.m. CST
Lovely stuff Scorekeeper
by the ageless stranger
April 23, 2008, 4:35 a.m. CST
by jerseycajun
The music builds slowly from beginning to end, and as someone else pointed out, it's a great homage to the genre. If you really are a student of the medium, you should be aware of the motifs inherent in the classic city-stomping monster flicks. This music brought all that back in spades, refined it, and then released it in a slow burn that builds up to an intense inferno.
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It's that time of year again. You know, the one with the Jew Tents on backyard porches. :p
Ours has significantly less shiny things and decorations this year than it used to when my brother and I were kids. There was a time when every square foot of canvas had colorful reflections all over it when the sun was out. It was quite festive, to say the least. Now it's just…boring. I guess it's a combination of caring less and continuing to forget to buy new stuff as the old stuff deteriorates. I'll have to remember to buy new foil streamers and things next year to liven it up a bit.


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Cindy Crawford denies banning "Hannah Montana" from her house for making her daughter too "sassy."
A report surfaced Wednesday from Britain's Daily Star claiming that Cindy had banned her 7-year-old daughter, Kaya, from watching the hugely popular Miley Cyrus show, but a rep for the supermodel mom told Access Hollywood the report is not true.
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In fact, Cindy and daughter Kaya are such big fans of Miley, they have even been to her Disney character's live concert.
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The latest SAAS scandal is a timely reminder of the true cost of education in Scotland
Ever since the SNP abolished the graduate endowment shortly after coming to power in 2007, education has been one of the main issues used to differentiate the Nationalists from their political opponents. With the independence referendum approaching, Scottish Labour questioning the value of free tuition for all, and the introduction of free schools and higher tuition fees in England, the value of education is being seen as a wedge to drive between the SNP and its opponents, and between Scotland and the rest of the UK. "They are the enemies of universal free education," said Education Secretary Michael Russell of his opponents in his conference address in October, "universal free education that was born here in Scotland. And we have the proof of how wrong that Labour, Tory approach is. 25, 000 proofs in fact. That is the fall in numbers south of the border after the introduction of disastrous tuition fees."
The problems at the Students Awards Agency for Scotland (SAAS) have shattered the illusion of "the principle of free education" – for the user, going to college or university is anything but free. In October, weeks after the start of the new term, it was revealed that a backlog of roughly 10,000 financial support applications had built up. The Scottish Government said the "vast majority" of these had been received in September and October. Extra staff were drafted in to the SAAS to extend opening hours, and a review was announced at the start of November to look at what caused the problems. "It is important that any further improvements are identified, especially for the late and complex applications which offer particular challenges," said Russell.
The volume of correspondence that SAAS has had to deal with demonstrates that for many students, the funding they receive is a necessity. At the peak of this year's chaos, the organisation was getting up to 1,000 calls, over 100 Facebook comments, and hundreds of Twitter mentions every day. As Holyrood went to press, SAAS was claiming that the backlog in applications was effectively cleared, with less than 100 outstanding; however, the backlog in correspondence was still enormous, with some emails and letters from August only now being dealt with.
The remit of the review that will be led by David Wallace, Student Loans Company deputy chief executive, is limited to "late and complicated" applications, and why it takes so long for them to be dealt with. NUS Scotland president Robin Parker takes issue with this distinction in principle, saying that students who secure their place at university through clearing, or who change course or institution, shouldn't be considered 'late' – in many cases, they are applying as soon as they know they have a place to study. Labour shadow education spokesman Hugh Henry also has concerns about the exercise. "We know there are other problems. It's not just about late inquiries," he says. Henry also questions the independence of the Wallace inquiry. "He's hardly going to be rigorous and robust in identifying problems,' he asserts.
SAAS and the Scottish Government claimed that the backlog was down to "late and complicated" applications, with all those applying before the 'guarantee date' of 30 June having their funding in place before the start of term. On 31 October, a spokesman was quoted as saying: "SAAS are committed to ensuring students get the help they need and 100 per cent of applications received before the deadline on 30 June were processed before the student's course began." However, Holyrood has learned that in some cases, applications made before the 30 June deadline have not yet been processed, with some students still waiting for funds almost five months later. Cases where 'additional information' was requested after the initial application have meant that students who applied in August or September have, in some cases, received funding before peers who applied two months earlier. Applicants have found that correspondence, including the additional information requested, has effectively been added to the backlog of other mail, rendering the timeliness of their applications pointless.
One college student who spoke to Holyrood claimed that she had sent the same information to SAAS seven times, without any positive response. As of last week, she was still waiting for her funding despite initially applying before 30 June, and was considering dropping out of her course as she was unable to meet her living costs.
She said: "What I find difficult to understand is how they think it is fair to prioritise applications that have come in today, and there are people who have applied before the guarantee date that are just waiting for their mail to be looked at." A fellow student, who had also applied before the 30 June deadline, had already abandoned her course.
Altogether, Holyrood has identified at least 30 cases where students had applied before the 30 June deadline, but either only received their funding after the start of their course, or were still waiting.
Holyrood also heard allegations of problems with the way SAAS functions that are beyond the speed with which it deals with applications.
One student said that despite having received a funding letter, and a payment plan indicating the dates on which she would receive payment, no money has arrived as promised. Several students were repeatedly asked for the same piece of additional information, or had the same form returned to them several times, with a different 'error' highlighted each time.
Perversely, one student told Holyrood despite telling SAAS he had transferred to a nonfunded masters course, he had continued receiving money he would have to pay back.
An added frustration for students is that the lack of an award letter from SAAS often inhibits them from claiming any further discretionary or hardship funding from their institution. "We wanted to claim discretionary funds for childcare from the university my wife is going to, which we'd been told by them would be no problem, but we can't do anything until we get an award letter," said one student, who is married with three children. "We're not getting money from SAAS, so we need money, but we can't get any money. We're eating into our savings every month." Those students who were able to access their funding without difficulty will still have to manage with what Parker calls "one of the worse [funding] packages in the UK".
The financial problems faced by students in Scotland were set out in detail in the 2010 NUS Scotland report, 'Still in the Red', which was based on a survey of over 7,400 students at 37 further and higher education institutions, including undergraduates and postgraduates, part-time students, and over 1,200 student parents. Only one third of students felt they had sufficient money to concentrate fully on their studies; 28 per cent said they worried "all the time". Parker points out a number of gaps in the current system; for instance, articulating college students are required to pay council tax in the summer, while many further education students can't be sure of the level of support that they'll receive when they start their course because of a "postcode lottery" in college support. Half of all the students surveyed in 'Still in the Red' said they found coping financially over the summer "particularly difficult".
The impact for students who struggle financially is potentially wide-ranging. Sixtytwo per cent said that lack of sufficient financial support was impacting their studies. Half of students surveyed said they'd been forced to access commercial credit, which can include overdrafts with punishing penalty charges, or payday lenders charging astronomical interest rates. Sixty-eight per cent of students said they worked more than the 10 hours per week recommended by the 1999 Cubie Report of the Committee of Inquiry into Student Finance, with almost half saying part-time work was detracting from their studies. "Even if you don't have the costs of tuition, you still have to pay your rent, you still have to pay your supermarket bills, you still have to get to college or university, buy textbooks," says Parker.
For some students, financial pressures mean that being a student becomes untenable altogether. Scotland has the worst drop-out rate of any part of the UK, and a lack of financial support plays a significant part in fuelling that. One third of students surveyed said they knew of someone who had dropped out of their studies because of financial difficulties, with roughly the same proportion saying they'd considered doing so themselves. Almost nine out of ten students who had thought about dropping out said that financial concerns were at the heart of their considerations. Those students were also more likely to be from non-traditional socio-economic backgrounds, meaning that Scotland's poor record in widening access stems not just from academic selection policies but from an insufficient financial safety net. It's difficult to find students who have dropped out, but we know that lots of people are being pushed towards dropping out by their financial circumstances and living costs," says Parker.
At a Universities Scotland fringe event during the autumn SNP conference in Perth, two former St Andrews University students, now acting as widening access ambassadors, spoke of their own challenges, coming from nontraditional backgrounds to secure degrees. Both had felt the need to move back home at some point in their studies, in part to reduce cost – thankfully, both lived close enough to make the commute manageable, if inconvenient.
Not all students from less well-off backgrounds have that opportunity, and the cost of accommodation is frequently cited as a barrier to widening access.
Far from becoming more manageable, however, living costs for Scottish university students are rising. A survey published earlier this month by the NUS and student accommodation group Unipol found that the average annual cost of a room in universityowned accommodation in Scotland has almost doubled over the past 10 years. The average weekly rent for a tenant in university-supplied accommodation was £58.78 in 2001/02; at the start of the current academic term that had risen to £115.49. Average rents for students in the private sector were even higher, at £139.61 per week. "We need Scottish universities to properly plan accommodation supply and take a hard look at capping rent increases in university-owned accommodation, to ensure students are not priced out of living in halls," says Parker. "The cost of accommodation is really high for students, which is why we campaigned before the last Holyrood election around improving student support as well as keeping education free, because the two go hand in hand." Parker's hope is that the new 'minimum income guarantee' package of support, announced at the end of the summer parliamentary recess and due to come into force in September 2013, will not only shore up Scotland's student support programme, but will also see a reduction in the confusion seen this year around SAAS as students approach their courses with greater certainty about their funding. "From next September, the improvements to student support will give Scotland the best student support package in the UK." Henry is less enthusiastic about the new package. "We need to remember that this so-called student minimum income, which unfortunately the NUS have bought into, has seen a reduction in bursaries for poorer students – a 26 per cent reduction in bursary income and an increase in loans," Henry says.
The income guarantee includes an increase in loan funding and a decrease in grant funding – a process which has already begun in the way some transport funds are disbursed. "The Scottish Government says they don't want students leaving university in debt, and yet they're forcing students to take out loans. In what other walk of life is a loan regarded as a minimum income? It's just absurd, it's a contradiction in terms.
"This is a government that promised to wipe out student debt, it's one of the big promises that helped them get elected in 2007, but they've walked away from that and introduced a system that is increasing loans and increasing debt. To me, it's a con, and unfortunately the NUS have signed up to it and given it cover and agreed to a reduction in real income for poorer students." Parker and the NUS nonetheless consider it a "huge step forward", and believe that together with a commitment to free education, it could help make studying not only more affordable, but more equitable.
"The two together give us the building blocks of widening access in Scotland," says Parker, "but you need the two together before you can unlock that potential."


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pretty in pink
sometimes things happen and, for whatever reason, i can't tell the whole story here.
so things happened today that left me feeling like molly ringwald when she found out blaine didn't want to go to prom with her. he led her on for all those weeks and then at the last minute could hardly be bothered to tell her he couldn't deal with her originality and what that might mean for him, so he'd changed his mind.
and so she went anyway, on her own terms, with her darling pal, duckie, who loves her just the way she is.
the whole day has left me impossibly grateful for my cadre of darling pals who, like duckie, love me just the way i am.
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Änimal - I Found You
The first track of Änimal's But First of All EP, released today on Vresh [VRESH004]. Love the upbeat vibes on this track, with cheerful vocal chirps, smooth synth chords & blips and a thick, funky bassline. This track definitely has the signature Vresh feel. The EP also features the track "Serenity", which recieved praise from The Fader, among others. The EP is available here, for as much or as little as you care to give.
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Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet Review (XBLA)
Posted by Jim Cook, Aug 08, 2011 09:53
The 'Metroidvania' approach is a well proven one, giving players an initially weak character and letting them explore a large world in order to find new equipment that allows them to overcome previously impossible tasks. This sense of obvious growth and progress makes for a satisfying game, and Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet puts the formula to good use. Despite obvious similarities to other games in the genre, Shadow Planet is unusual in that it's not a 2D platformer; it uses a similar world/level structure, but you actually play as an alien flying saucer and guide it with controls from a twin-stick shooter. What follows is an adventure through a rather surreal world, one requiring you to employ a variety of items and skills to survive.
Shadow Planet starts out slow, giving you nothing more than the ability to move and use a harmless 'radar beam' to learn more about various objects and enemies. Exploration will eventually yield items like a basic gun, defenses, missiles, a ship-sized buzzsaw, and more impressive firepower, but these come gradually. It's fully expected that you'll come across an enemy or barrier you just can't deal with, and thus have to explore another part of the map in order to find the item you need. Most games of this type leave the exploration wholly up to you, but Shadow Planet urges you along with a mix of frequent checkpoints and outright telling you the general direction you need to go; you might not be able to see the exact place on your map, but it's not hard to figure out generally where the game expects you to go. The radar beam usually answers any other questions you have, making this an unusually user-friendly take on a formula that usually relies on extending the game a few hours by making you wander at random for a while.
This makes for a game that is slow at first but quickly picks up the pace. Once you have a decent array of weaponry, you'll find that exploration and fighting minor enemies is occasionally interrupted by huge, nearly screen-sized bosses and mid-bosses. Some can be defeated by just out-moving and out-shooting them, but many others require figuring out some kind of trick like attacking the right weak-points in the correct order, or disassembling their important parts with your claw arm, or otherwise needing some kind of gimmick solution; it's a very old-school approach but one that works well. Some enemies also require discovering some trick to defeat, and most of the environmental puzzles rely on the idea of figuring out which item and part of the area around you can be used together to proceed.
While it does a lot of things right, there are several modest flaws worth discussing. The most noteworthy is perhaps subjective; a few puzzles are a little unintuitive and may not make it clear to the player that you're expected to backtrack a couple rooms in order to finish the solution and move on. Likewise, there may be a few fights where the exact steps you have to take in order to win may yield a shout of "How was I supposed to figure that out without trying everything on everything else?", even with the radar beam explaining most things in at least some detail. I also consider the art style something of a flaw. In terms of pure artistic merit, it actually looks pretty good... but it relies on shadows and silhouettes for far too many things and it's entirely possible to lose track of important details as you play. Finally, being outright told where to go does gut some of the exploration aspect. There are still plenty of side areas to check out and you'll be rewarded for doing so, but you're nonetheless moved along at a rapid pace that will make this game feel a bit short.
Despite those complaints, Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet is a very good game. It holds up well with its peers in this genre, and you'll probably find it a decent way to spend $15 USD/1200 Microsoft Points. All of the issues mentioned above are ultimately minor to modest at worst, and anyone that enjoyed the likes of Shadow Complex or Symphony of the Night will be well served. Merging twin-stick shooter controls with the normal aspects of Metroidvania games may seem odd, but it works well enough that I have no problem recommending it to genre fans and even those unfamiliar with it may want to check this one out in any case.
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Gustavo Dudamel conducted some very cool programs with the LA Phil as part of its recent Brahms Unbound festival. I've always found it difficult to build really compelling programs around Brahms' symphonies because they are so thematically, harmonically, rhythmically, and texturally rich that not many works are both different enough to compliment them and strong enough stand on their own. The Dude does a nice job, though. Here are two concerts that I think worked particularly well.
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Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Rosemarie Aquilina extended the term of herself as the grand jury this month. Schmidt changed from Democrat to Republican at the filing deadline and convinced a friend of a relative to run a shill campaign as a Democrat to avoid any other challengers.
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SMYRNA, TN – Hundreds of blind or visually impaired bowlers from across the country have rolled into Middle Tennessee to compete for a national championship.
The American Blind Bowlers Association's 67th annual championship tournament is being held in Smyrna for the first time in the event's history.
Thursday night, bowlers from teams from across the country filled the Smyrna Bowling Center for the event's opening ceremonies.
"This event is really like a family," said Sharon Benton, the National Tournament Committee Chairperson. "We get together and compete and it is a lot of fun."
Seventeen members of the "One Desire Blind Bowlers" team traveled to Smyrna from Orlando, Florida for the competition. Decked out in matching black and white shirts, they cheered on each team member who was participating.
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Benton said the blind bowling community continues to grow, and she believes the opportunity to compete in tournaments across the country attracts new participants.
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I am perpetually stuck in this body. This body is me, with all the emotions and feelings included.
I often feel a guest to my own body. I observe and live with everything through this body I am hosting, although it came without a guide. I must try to find a definition of everything I experience. Feelings come and go as they please, and it is my job to find a place within me to put them all, and remain appropriate for the ones around me.
I can not safely say I will ever find myself in this simulation that is life, but that does not hold me back from trying.
This is me.
The game isn't even released yet, neither have I ever played it yet.. However I've already got two characters :P
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- The Search Warrant by Patrick Modiano, translated by Joanna Kilmartin
Harvill, 137 pp, £7.99, September 2000, ISBN 1 86046 612 5
Patrick Modiano's fiction is intricately caught up in time, as he himself says. 'The great, the inevitable subject of the novel, is always . . . time.' And more interestingly, less portentously: 'I had the mania of looking back, always that feeling of something lost, not like paradise, but certainly lost.' In fact, time is less his subject than his medium, an indispensable structure. 'I was 18'; 'Eight years ago'; 'The evening when we first met'; 'It isn't as it was 18 years ago'; 'I met Francis Jansen when I was 19.' These phrases are taken almost at random from the opening pages of five different, recent novels, and they are entirely characteristic. Modiano's narrator registers lapses of time, situates himself at meticulously specified distances from a series of past moments: eighteen years ago, ten years after that, six years earlier than that. He is remembering whole patches of the past, but what he really can't forget is the barren present, the year on the current calendar. Time is not regained, it is segmented and catalogued, remembered as lost, the very precision of the memory a form of alienation.
Modiano published his first novel, La Place de l'Etoile, in 1968. He won the Prix Goncourt in 1978 for Rue des boutiques obscures, and in 1996 was awarded the Grand Prix National des Lettres for his work as a whole. He has become the object of a modestly growing academic industry. I take the quotations from Modiano with which I began (and a couple of later ones) from Alan Morris's sensible book Patrick Modiano, published in 1996, and there have been several full-length works on him in French since, and plenty of articles. With Louis Malle, Modiano wrote the screenplay for Lacombe, Lucien (1974), and he wrote a book in collaboration with Catherine Deneuve, called Elle s'appelait Françoise . . . I haven't been able to get hold of this or discover its date, but I assume it's about Deneuve's dead sister, the actress Françoise Dorléac. Consistent with Modiano's interests if so, since his great subject is not passing time but missing persons. He has published 22 novels by my count – the blurb on recent reprints rather offhandedly says 'une vingtaine' – the last being Inconnues, which came out last year. The titles of the five novels from which I quoted above are: Un cirque passe (1992), Dora Bruder (1997, and now translated as The Search Warrant), Du plus loin de l'oubli (1996), Voyage de noces (1990) and Chien de printemps (1993).
Modiano says that like every other novelist he is always writing the same book, 'on fait toujours le même roman.' Modiano more than most, perhaps. The mania for looking back is always there. His characters collect shreds of old evidence, handwriting, photographs, police files, newspaper cuttings. They follow the footsteps of vanished people, snooping on the world of others like unemployed private detectives who can't find anything else to do. They have what I take to be Modiano's own interest in Paris streets, particularly those of the outskirts, and they ceaselessly list addresses, consult old directories, make calls to telephone numbers no longer in service. His narrators are often given pieces of Modiano's own identity, his age, his parents, his incomplete schooling, and sometimes his career – the narrator of Dora Bruder, for instance, has written Modiano's books. But then presumably much of Modiano's actual identity is also left out. These are versions of the author, reminders that we and he are historical beings, not attempts at confession or exorcism. The narrator of Voyage de noces appears to have several of Modiano's own memories, but he is a traveller and documentary film-maker – or he is until he decides to drop out of that career, and out of everything else. The narrator of Chien de printemps is a writer, but we hear only of his first novel, accepted for publication in 1967. He doesn't tell us the title, or what else he has done, but he does say he is writing the current pages in 1992. We know the narrator of Du plus loin de l'oubli was once a would-be writer, but we never know whether he made it, unless the novel itself is the proof.
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