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Bonnaroo, the East Coast's premiere multi-day, multi-stage gathering of the vibes (held in Manchester, Tennessee from June 11th to 14th) usually doesn't release its lineup until early February -- but RollingStone.com hears from reliable sources close to Phish that the band will top the bill for two nights, restoring the fest to its jam-friendly roots.......Also being buzzed about with some legitimacy: Bruce Springsteen as Sunday night's closer...Maybe Coachella will get "the Specials".
As for Coachella, the fest reputed for reuniting many a dormant band (the Pixies in 2004, Rage Against the Machine in 2007), Blur is believed to be a frontrunner, though a show scheduled for London's Hyde Park in July raises some doubt -- would the Brits really forestall a comeback gig on their home turf for a U.S. one-off jaunt?.... [Rolling Stone]
words and photos by Faith-Ann Young
A hugely hormonal, mostly teenage crowd packed into Webster hall last night (October 30, 2008) to see MGMT...... the average age around 18 to mid twenties. Rumor was the tickets for this show sold out in minutes and I would say most MGMT fans were at a loss when opener (co-headliner?) Suicide came on.
Now, if you know anything about the 1970s and 80s post-punk scene, you know about Suicide's eccentric performance history and their prominent place in rock and roll history....(Hell, even Springsteen lists them as influences.) Since MGMT are big fans of Suicide (which they've cited several times in interviews), it is perhaps not so random that the two bands share a stage (although most still living post-punk groupies may slit their wrists upon hearing legends like Suicide opened zealously for new pups MGMT.) But let's be clear: the crowd was not ready for Suicide's avant-garde performance art. Musically, Martin Rev and Alan Vega's experimental no wave rock was too heavily distorted, disorienting, and frenetic for any of the kids to appreciate. Plus, it didn't help that ski goggles on a sixty-year old man just makes him look senile- rather than 'punk' or badass. Slow moving onstage, yet trying zealously to motivate the crowd with hand punches and pointing, Suicide's duo more ressembled "oh no, grandpa got into the medecine cabinet again" retirees than fabled rock legends. And shamefully, the eccentric synth moves of Martin Rev, who at one time simply pounded the synth machine with his fists, was old news to electronically-immersed "Mac Garage-band" generation; one teenager mumbled "All they are doing is playing a backing track." The sad reality is, while it's always cool to watch real legends in action, these men are unappreciated by the new kids on the block. When Alan Vega started motioning with his hands, one kid just shouted "we don't know what that means," which was just a feeble reminder, punk as Suicide know it anyway, is dead.
So needless to say, the highlight of the night (editor in disbelief) came when MGMT came onstage in full mariachi suits, laughing. The whole crowd cheered, giggled and toasted their beer cans, as a thick haze of pot smoke wafted down the front row. Visibly refreshed and at ease (especially compared to their lackluster performances at United Palace Theatre opening for Beck weeks ago), the band played to their fans. The crowd pleasers like "Kids" caused the most commotion; at one time the whole of Webster Hall appeared to be jumping up and down (like kids on a trampoline) hands in air, with glee. (Truth be told; when MGMT played a couple unrecognizable songs- i.e. newbies not on their current album - the songs were not so impressive). Best part of the night? When lead singer Andrew broke into a sick rendition of Cyndi Lauper's "Girls Just Want To Have Fun," apparently using something (a vocoder?) to adjust his voice to a helium-level octave. Ahhh, to be young again.
MGMT play one more NYC show tonight, Halloween 2008, at Music Hall of Williamsburg. More pictures from last night below...
Continue reading "Suicide & MGMT @ Webster Hall (Halloween-eve), NYC - pics "
Dear Friends and Fans,Free MP3 and new video are both at Bruce's site until Sunday night. The lyrics to "A Night with the Jersey Devil" are below...
If you grew up in central or south Jersey, you grew up with the "Jersey Devil." Here's a little musical Halloween treat. Have fun!
Bruce Springsteen
Continue reading "Bruce Springsteen giving out Jersey Devil MP3 for Halloween"
The New York Comedy Festival (NYCF) and the Bob Woodruff Foundation (BWF) unite to present the second annual Stand Up for Heroes: A Benefit for the Bob Woodruff Foundation at Town Hall in New York City at 8:00 PM on Wednesday, November 5. Regis Philbin will host Stand Up for Heroes, which will feature star performances by Ricky Gervais, John Pinette, Bruce Springsteen, and Patti Scialfa. Both Whoopi Goldberg and James Niven of Sotheby's will make a special appearance as the guest auctioneers. In honor of the United States' injured service members, the evening promises unforgettable performances, laughter, and sincere gratitude, with proceeds going to the BWF.Tickets are on sale (soon?) at Ticketmaster.
Bruce is also performing at Obama-related events at Hammerstein Ballroom and in Philly. Ricky Gervais is in the new movie Ghost Town.
Saturday October 4th, 2008Free tickets are available online, and "Preferred Viewing tickets are available and will allow you to get even closer to the stage. They can be obtained by visiting the Campaign for Change offices listed below and volunteering to elect Barack Obama."
Benjamin Franklin Parkway between 20th and 22nd Streets
Philadelphia, PA
Gates open: 2:00 p.m.
Program starts: 3:30 p.m.
Bruce is also playing a show for Barack twelve days later in NYC, though that one's not even close to free.
Bruce Springsteen & Billy Joel playing a NYC show for Barack Obama +++ a belated RIP for Shea Stadium
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Bruce Springsteen is also playing the Superbowl Halfime show in 2009 and is rumored to be playing the final show at Yankees Stadium which is rumored to be November 9th. Billy Joel played the final show at Shea Stadium which hosted its final baseball game this past weekend - just a short while after the Yankees played their last game in their old home.
Video of a "Drunk, Sleeping Fan Victimized by Beer Cups at Shea Stadium", below...
Continue reading "Bruce Springsteen & Billy Joel playing a NYC show for Barack Obama +++ a belated RIP for Shea Stadium"
Phil Collins told Playboy in 1986, "I've always liked the idea of Springsteen - everyman's music for every-man, you know; it captures the imagina-tion of the workingman. Chuck Berry did the same thing. I don't know that much about Springsteen's older songs, but I like what he stands for. Born in the U.S.A. is just fantastic. It has great atmosphere and it's a great song."
Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band @ Giants Stadium (more by Eric Townsend)
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN AND THE E STREET BAND will perform in the BRIDGESTONE SUPER BOWL XLIII HALFTIME SHOW on NBC Sports at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa on Sunday, February 1, the NFL announced today.Christina Aguilera, Enrique Iglesias, Toni Braxton, an 80-person choir and Phil Collins performed at the Superbowl in 2000. Sufjan Stevens and St Vincent performed a Phil Collins song this past Saturday night. Video of Bruce Springsteen and Axl Rose performing together below...
The Super Bowl halftime show is annually the most-watched musical performance. More than 148 million viewers in the U.S. watched last year's show. The Super Bowl and halftime show will be broadcast worldwide in more than 230 countries and territories.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band join an esteemed list of recent halftime acts that includes the Rolling Stones, U2, Paul McCartney, Prince and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. [The Boss]
Continue reading "Bruce Springsteen to play 2009 Superbowl halftime show"
"Buzz is building that the Yankees are cooking up a musical extravaganza for the Stadium's closing ceremony in November. Word is George Steinbrenner and son Hank want something to rival the sayonara shows that the Mets got Billy Joel to do at Shea. Mentioned to perform at the House That Ruth Built are Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney, though sources close to both rockers weren't aware of any discussions. A Steinbrenner rep had no details." [NY Daily News]
The Boss @ Giants Stadium (more by Eric Townsend)
today in NYC
* Dufus @ Glasslands
* Earlimart @ Union Hall
* Metronomy @ Hiro Ballroom
* Yellow Fever @ Death by Audio
* Max Richter @ (le) poisson rouge
* The Long Winters @ Castle Clinton
* Flogging Molly & O'Death @ Pier 54
* Wolf Parade & Wintersleep @ Terminal 5
* Peter Frampton & Starship @ Asser Levy Park
* The Airborne Toxic Event & Blacklist @ Mercury Lounge
* Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band @ Giants Stadium
* Neil Hamburger, Daiquiri, Andrea Rosen & Chelsea Peretti and Bob Rosse @ KF
* We Are Scientists, Oxford Collapse & Apache Beat @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
What else?
photos by Eric M. Townsend
It was E Street Family Night at Giants Stadium on Monday.The setlist, and more pics, from last night's show below...
Drummer Max Weinberg's 18-year-old son Jay substituted for his father on "Born to Run," pounding the skins with authority as the elder Weinberg watched from the side of the stage. Bruce Springsteen's 16-year-old daughter, Jessica, danced onstage during the show-closing "Twist and Shout," and even took a little rock-star leap at the end. Also, Springsteen led the crowd in singing "Happy Birthday To You" to his wife, E Street Band member Patti Scialfa. She turned 55 yesterday.
This was the second of three shows that Springsteen and the band will be presenting at Giants Stadium this week, and though it was slightly longer than Sunday's show, it still lasted more than three hours and featured 28 songs. [The Star Ledger]
Continue reading "Bruce Springsteen & E Street Band @ Giants Stadium - pics"
ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO - 2008 Tour Dates, AA Bondy tonight, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, Conan, Today Show, and other stuff
Alejandro Escovedo is having a good year....
- For the first time in his 30 year career, Alejandro Escovedo has charted on Billboard's Top 200 coming in at #122 with his 9th solo album REAL ANIMAL. Released on June 24th, REAL ANIMAL also enters Billboard's Heatseeker/New Artist Chart at #3 with 6,178 in first week sales. A noted and accomplished artist, Escovedo was named No Depression's "Artist of The Decade" in 1998 and has enjoyed a loyal fan base that includes such luminaries as author Stephen King and filmmaker Jonathan Demme who provided REAL ANIMAL's evocative liner notes.Alejandro has two NYC shows coming up. One is tonight at Highline Ballroom (July 9). The other is free and in exactly a month at Central Park Summerstage.
An Unexpected MexicoAlejandro also appears on this:
Alejandro Escovedo with Strings
Saturday, August 09, 2008, From 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Central Park SummerStage
Columbia Records will release Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's 'Magic Tour Highlights' on July 15 via all digital download stores, including the iTunes Store. The release will consist of four audio tracks with four accompanying videos, all recorded live in concert during the 'Magic' tour.AA Bondy was recently added as the opener for the Highline Ballroom show tonight. Aquarium Drunkard recently spoke to Alejandro. Alejandro Escovedo recently played Coman O'Brien and The Today show. Those videos and all tour dates below....
1. "Always A Friend" (performed with Alejandro Escovedo) (video)
Recording Date: 04/14/2008 (Houston, Texas)
2. "The Ghost of Tom Joad" (performed with Tom Morello)
Recording Date: 04/07/2008 (Anaheim, California)
3. "Turn Turn Turn" (performed with Roger McGuinn)
Recording Date: 04/23/2008 (Orlando, Florida)
4. "4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)" (Danny Federici's final performance with the E Street Band)
Recording Date: 03/20/2008 (Indianapolis, Indiana)
Continue reading "ALEJANDRO ESCOVEDO - 2008 Tour Dates, AA Bondy tonight, BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, Conan, Today Show, and other stuff"
Barack Obama is a Stevie Wonder geek. In the Democratic presidential candidate's new interview with Rolling Stone editor-in-chief Jann S. Wenner, Obama waxed rhapsodic about his favorite artists, many of whom -- Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Jay-Z -- have shown him love with endorsements.Now I am a little conflicted. Although I definitely want to vote for the candidate who likes Dylan and The Boss, I'm not sure I can get behind a person who also claims to have Sheryl Crow on their iPod.
"If I had one musical hero, it would have to be Stevie Wonder," says Obama, who grew up on Seventies R&B and rock staples including Earth, Wind and Fire, Elton John and the Rolling Stones. "When I was at that point where you start getting involved in music, Stevie had that run with Music of My Mind, Talking Book, Fulfillingness' First Finale and Innervisions, and then Songs in the Key of Life. Those are as brilliant a set of five albums as we've ever seen." [Rolling Stone]
Danny Federici, the longtime keyboard player for Bruce Springsteen whose stylish work helped define the E Street Band's sound on hits from "Hungry Heart" through "The Rising," died Thursday. He was 58.
Federici, who had battled melanoma for three years, died at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. News of his death was posted late Thursday on Springsteen's official Web site.
He last performed with Springsteen and the band last month, appearing during portions of a March 20 show in Indianapolis.
Who's Bad?
* Etta James @ BB King's
* Dead Meadow @ Maxwell's
* Joe Jackson @ The Apollo
* Gossip & Shy Child @ Webster Hall
* Autechre @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
* Tally Hall and friends @ Bowery Ballroom
* French Kicks & Miguel Mendez @ Mercury Lounge
* Casiotone for the Painfully Alone & Fiasco @ Knitting Factory
Get a new Wolf Parade song.
Tickets went on presale this morning for a Brian Wilson benefit show. Brian is also among those playing the Rainforest Benefit at Carnegie Hall.
Tickets are on sale for some George Michael shows.
Madonna is playing Roseland Ballroom.
Who's Bad ("the ultimate" Michael Jackson tribute band) is playing Canal Room Friday.
Cyndi Lauper is going on tour this summer.
Alejandro Escovedo joined Bruce Springsteen on stage in Houston last night. Video below.
what else?
"You had to put tickets on sale for JULY? What's the reason? I don't even know what I'm doing in FEBRUARY, never mind JULY! But you had to take all that money out of the marketplace, you had to earn all that interest. And to think you built your reputation as a man of the people... Bruce, when you were growing up in Asbury Park did you buy tickets for a gig SEVEN MONTHS AWAY? Did you even have the MONEY FOR IT!" [Bob Lefsetz]
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band have confirmed shows at Giants Stadium, July 27, 28 and 31. While this is significantly short of the 10 shows the band presented at Giants Stadium in 2003, more concerts could (and, probably, will) be added, if the first three sell out. Springsteen has performed at the Meadowlands - Giants Stadium or the arena that is now called the Izod Center - 66 times. Fifty-one of those shows have been with the E Street Band. Virtually all have sold out. [NJ.COM]Tickets go on sale December 15th. NY show info HERE. Bruce was nominated for four Grammys, but in sadder news...
Danny Federici, an original member of the E Street Band, is taking a leave of absence from the current Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band tour to pursue treatment for melanoma. Charles Giordano, who played with Bruce as a member of the Sessions Band, will temporarily fill in for Danny until he is able to return. Federici has been playing keyboards with Springsteen since the late Sixties. Said Springsteen, "Danny is one of the pillars of our sound and has played beside me as a great friend for more than 40 years. We all eagerly await his healthy and speedy return."All tour dates below....
Continue reading "Bruce Springsteen adds 3 NJ shows, tour dates"
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will play Nassau Colliseum in Uniondale, NY on March 10, 2008. Add that on to the other recently announced tour dates. Tickets go on sale January 19th @ 10am.
Red Hot Chili Peppers are suing Showtime which kind of makes sense since I always just assumed that Showtime must have paid them already to name their show "Californication". The Times of South Africa says that, like Bruce Springsteen's Magic, Californication was the Chili Peppers' big comeback album. Are they still back? I don't know.
Velvet Revolver were denied visas by Japan because "Japanese immigration officials appear to have taken exception to the backgrounds of various band members...." In related news, Scott Weiland is going to write a book just like Slash did. And speaking of Slash, he's holding a competition for guitar players.
Bruce Springsteen @ Verizon Center, Washington DC - Nov 11, 2007 (CRED)
Tickets go on sale at 10am today for a Bruce Springsteen show in Hartford on February 28th. That's one of a bunch of recently announced tour dates. Tonight (11/19) Bruce plays for the second night in a row in Boston. All dates below....
Continue reading "Bruce Springsteen - more 2007-8 Tour Dates, tix"
As pointed out by "Anonymous", Arcade Fire joined Bruce Springsteen on stage last night (Oct 14, 2007) at Scotiabank Place in Ottawa, Ontario. According to the official setlist posted on Bruce's site, the encore was something like this:
Girls In Their Summer ClothesAccording to Pfork tipsters though, Arcade Fire did not actually play on "Born To Run".
State Trooper (with Arcade Fire) (Tour Premier)
Keep The Car Running (with Arcade Fire)
Born To Run (with Arcade Fire)
Dancing In The Dark
American Land
So, just to recap....
* Arcade Fire also played with David Byrne
* And David Bowie
* And U2
* And now Springsteen
* Neon Bible was influenced by classic Springsteen
* Bruce Springsteen hung with The National
* And played with the Hold Steady
* Lou Reed does not hang with any of these people, but he does like the Killers
* And the Killers' last album was also influenced by Springsteen
Eventually some actual pictures and video from last night's Bruce show will turn up. Until then, I'll be entertaining myself by matching up the following two videos....
Continue reading "Arcade Fire played with Bruce Springsteen"
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band in Philly, Oct 6, 2007 (CRED)
"This would mark Springsteen's third No. 1 on The Billboard 200 among his last four studio albums." [Billboard]. AOL is still streaming the album for free.
Bruce's Saturday night Philly setlist below....
Continue reading "Springsteen scores another number one album"
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Bruce Springsteen returns this week with a new album, Magic. This week Sony releases a 3-disc career retrospective of another American music legend, Bob Dylan.
Other releases I can recommend this week include Division Day's debut full-length, Beartrap Island, Mobius Band's Heaven, Richard Hawley's Lady's Bridge, and the Sadies' New Seasons. Carol Bui's Everyone Wore White and Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings' 100 Days, 100 Nights are simply two of my favorite albums of the year.
Notable reissues this week include two more discs in Rhino's Depeche Mode remaster series (both with bonus DVD), Exciter and Ultra.
My winter holiday mix CD is slowly taking shape, with help from YoYo Kids' Yo It's Christmas and my favorite holiday disc of the year so far, Yep Roc's Oh Santa! (which includes tracks by Marah, Apples in Stereo, the Moaners, and the Minus 5). Over the Rhine gets festive with Snow Angels, a collection of ten original holiday songs.
Have I left anything noteworthy off the list? What new music releases can you recommend this week? What should I avoid?
Continue reading "Largehearted Boy's Interesting CD Releases This Week"
Bat For Lashes @ Bowery Ballroom, NYC - Sept 25, 2007 (CRED)
I wasn't totally sold on Bat For Lashes before the Bowery show, and I basically feel the same way after seeing them (or "her" as many people refer to them). Natasha Khan is very talented....
NATASHA Khan, the 27-year-old Brit who is Bat for Lashes, has been compared to PJ Harvey, Siouxsie Sioux, Kate Bush and Bjork. Bjork herself has offered effusive praise for Khan; so have Thom Yorke and Devendra Banhart. [The Age]...., but much of the show left me a little bored. At least one song was clearly a hit, a bunch of others were great, but then there were some that had me daydreaming. The mixed - not your typical "indie" - crowd seemed mostly into the show though - applauding loudly, and my companion even loved it. Maybe I'm just a grump.
She (they) played one cover. At the time I didn't realize it must have been her famous cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Im on Fire". (was it?)
* Bat For Lashes - more 2007 Tour Dates
* 2007 Mercury Prize nominees ++++++ BAT FOR LASHES
* Blitzen Trapper & Bat For Lashes
Founded in 1967 by Patrick Kenny, Kenny's Castaways was a haven for new and up and coming local bands to showcase their songs. From the New York Dolls residency to the debut of a singer named Bruce Springsteen (with the E Street Band) in 1973, Kenny's Castaways has held it's own for more than 40 years, alongside CBGB as a downtown staple for groundbreaking bands. Past performers who have graced the stage there include Aerosmith, Yoko Ono, Patti Smith, The Smithereens, Phish, Professor Longhair and the list goes on and on….. Kenny's is still presenting live shows every night of the week and in this day and age where live venues come and go, it's nice to see that this treasure on Bleecker Street is still on the map and continues to be….Continued below....
On September 28th & 29th, Kenny's will begin a celebration of 40 years in music, presented by Maria and Tommy Kenny, in memory of their father. Then again on October 4th, 5th and 6th… There will be more anniversary shows added in November (details forthcoming). Known for it's all star late night jams, Kenny's will open and close the event with a variety of musicians, old and new, getting together to bring back the traditional Village atmosphere. The Bleecker Street music scene was the key to opening doors for a variety of live venues over the years and Kenny's is one of the landmarks that continues on as a great live venue, lasting more than four decades. Kenny's is the real school of rock!


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Is Child Abuse a Reality on "Supernanny"?
A family that recently starred on ABC's "Supernanny" is being investigated for child abuse.
There might be too much reality, even for "Supernanny." In an episode that aired earlier this month, Florida father Phil Davis is shown smacking his small child in the face. In one clip, he shows Supernanny Jo Frost how he punishes his child with a belt.
Some viewers were not amused -- and neither were officials with the state Department of Children and Families. John Harrell, spokesman for DCF's Northeast Regional Office in Jacksonville, says the agency is investigating complaints of child abuse and neglect. "If children are hit in the face, they risk getting injured," Harrell said Tuesday. "This [type of] treatment of children is very inappropriate."
The "Supernanny" segment brings up the well-worn debate of whether or not spanking can be considered abuse. What are your views?
I was raised being spanked, and it caused more fear than anything else. All I can say about this clip is that the dad obviously resorts to physical pain (and humiliation) to send a message rather than taking the extra time to explain to their child why what they did was wrong, and even getting the child to apologize to their sibling. Nothing was learned here. Nothing.
Getting hit in the face with a belt is not a spanking. I'm not a parent yet. I don't know how I really feel about spanking but to me this is far, far more severe than what I consider spanking to be.
There's research showing the negative effects of spanking, but I've never seen anything showing a positive impact.
But the other comment is right - hitting in the face is not spanking.
Wow, I'm really surprised SuperNanny moved forward with that family and showed that on TV. Don't they have lawyers??
That is abuse. Slapping a child in the face is one of the most humiliating, degrading acts a parent can ever do to a child.
I don't see it as abuse. He obviously didn't smack the child that hard, he administered a pop on the mouth, which is pretty common among those I grew up around. He didn't smack the child across the face,and he didn't hit the child in the face with a belt, which was the impression I had gotten from the article. I know my view is different than the others posting on here, but I don't see it as abuse. It was a consequence to a child's behaviour. I don't personally believe in spanking with a belt, though. I believe that if someone is going to spank, they should administer it with an open hand ONLY, and ONLY ever on the behind. Just my views.
Child abuse? Are you kidding? My parents used a belt on all of us kids and we all turned out great. That little 'pop' in the mouth was not child abuse either. Where the heck are you guys coming up with this? Go find a child that is really abused- getting raped or tortured, getting black eyes, or getting burned from cigarettes. The problem with today's society is everyone is so scared of getting reported for child abuse that they don't discipline their kids.
The point of this show is to help parents learn and use the CORRECT and EFFECTIVE forms of punishment/re-directing techniques. I never saw the whole episode so I'm not sure if the parents learned anything from their mistakes. As awful as what they consider punishment is I'm sure they are things they learned from their parents as okay forms to punish children. I'm glad Super Nanny continued with the family if it helped the parents and especially the children and break the cycle of "abuse" that they found to be acceptable.
Hopefully they did learn something and can now become better parents and in the end teach their children to be better parents too.
Good, I'm glad they are being investigated. I watched that Supernanny episode in awe that this was on TV and not sent straight to police. The dad needs major help.
I am sorry but what he is doing is not abuse and quite honestly there are SEVERE cases that need attention and they are taking away resources for this. The kids have no marks, are well cared for and seemed fine.
BTW MILLIONS of people were spanked as kids and turned out fine.
I don't know how anyone could NOT call this abuse. If a teacher or neighbor "popped" your kid in the mouth you'll all be screaming bloody murder. If a older kid did it, you'll call it bullying.
Just because a parent physcially assaults his own child doesn't make it okay. It's assault. Not displine.
You have got to be kidding you people have no clue what abuse is. He popped her lips not whacked her across the head. Good grief like the other person stated there are children out here that are really getting abused like that little boy who was starved to death now that is something that needs attention. How is something that big go unnoticed. An here is this family looking for help knowing that there has to be a better way of correcting their children; have asked for help and gotten it and yet you sit here and judge them? Unbelievable. Jenn
My guess is he was editing his own behavior for the cameras, thinking he was within the realm of "okay". Imagine what he does when the cameras aren't around!
I watched the video and realized they left out what I think is the worst part. On the actual show that aired it showed one of the young children trying to wake up his dad. When the child kept trying to wake the dad up he reached over and smacked her across the face very hard. The child ran off screaming. It was heartbreaking.
I was raised being spanked. Now that I have children of my own, however I don't believe that is the best route to take. I do think that each child's personality is best handled differently. Stern words work for some, while others need the time outs to think about what they've done. Still there is a large difference between spanking and swatting their behinds to get their attention. I believe that spanking is usually done when the parent has lost control of the situation and really doesn't know what else to do. This actually means that the child has won, they succeeded in causing the parents to lose their patience. By raising your hand at the child, it instills fear ('wouldn't want to do that again because those spankings hurt!'), but what happens when the child is a teenager? A boy I knew as a child was frequently spanked and the fear worked until he was about 15 years old (and had the mentality that he was an adult) at which point, when his mom raised her hand to him, he raised his right back. Only this time, he was taller and bigger than she so the fear was reversed.
This epidsode of Supernanny is beyond logic. Supernanny was obviously appalled and the fact that the producers let it continue is either the result of unrepentant greed or a sincere desire to exploit this family as a means of [perhaps] causing attention and thereby the involvelment of the authorities.
The way this father behaved IS child abuse and while some may not consider it violent enough to be called PHYSICAL abuse, let me assure you it is most defintiely EMOTIONAL abuse.
He has caused more damage to his children than he could ever learn to articulate. It's a sad American epidemic.
There is another way. I hope this man finds it.
All the best,
Lori Petro
Backhanded across the face by loving, educated parents. It does matter.
Make the Promise to stop Emotional Abuse
As long as the child is not been beaten, it's not child abuse. There's a difference between spanking and beating. I don't think anybody should be beaten. Here's where I have a problem, soon as we discipline our children somebody's waiting to tell us how to do it. But let them get in some type of trouble. Then somebody else disciplines them and there is no love involved. They put them in jail and they get the mess beat out of them. It's called rehabilitation then.
Even the bible tells us to discipline our children
Proverbs 13:24
He who spares his rod hates his son, But he who loves him disciplines him promptly.
Maybe if we start discipline our children (in love); we wouldn't have all these child crimes.
The only mistake this parent made was using this type of punishment on television. Now if they are really abusing their children then yes they should be investigated. But if they are just spanking them and a little smack on the mouth, that's another issue.
I haven't seen the show, so I can only make these comments. There is a rule in our house that NO ONE is allowed to wake my fiance up by touching him. EVER. He lashes out before his eyes are even open. He won't have a memory of it and he does his best to warn people about it. Some people have decided to test that and had a black eye or swollen jaw as a result. I don't know if this man has that problem or not, but it's something to think about.
How the father acts off camera could be worse than what he does on camera; especially if he is willing to demonstrate how he spanks his children with a belt. The child being hit as she tried to wake him up is one of the signs as well as his eldest disagreeing with him, and I do apologize if this comment upsets anyone but if he did have a condition where he would lash out at any one who touches him while he was sleeping, do you not think that he would have warned his family, or at least his children.

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Ken Fisher at Ars Technica thinks something smells fishy about Steve Jobs's claims that licensing a DRM system will lead to its defeat. By comparing the security track records of iTunes's FairPlay and Microsoft's rival and heavily-licensed PlaysForSure, Ken might also have a good point. As history...
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Thank goodness for that, (did I really write that) because it allowed me to guilt trip 15 of my closest friends into dressing up in costume and spending $50 to celebrate me while attending Cleveland's 2013 Bal Ingenieux… the 1920's bohemian-themed fundraising event for Ingenuity Festival.
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|Maintenance Person Safety - General Maintenance
This program addresses hand/power tool safety, electrical and lockout safety, ladders, flammable liquids, and more.
1991, 16 minutes.
|Hand And Power Tool Safety
Explains electrical safety, impact tools, wrenches, cheater bars, and miscellaneous safety when using hand and power tools. Emphasizes safety behavior and attitude.
1997, 13 minutes.
|Hand And Power Tool Safety
Explains electrical safety, impact tools, wrenches, cheater bars, and miscellaneous safety when using hand and power tools. Emphasizes safety behavior and attitude.
1997, 13 minutes.
|Blueprints For Safety: Machine Safeguarding
This kit illustrates how to identify and correct the areas of hazard in your workplace. Covers the importance of machine safeguarding and outlines the steps necessary to implement an effective safeguarding system. Includes: types of hazards and controlling them; types of guards; and safeguarding.
1995, 12 minutes.
|VHS - Kit
|Machine Guarding
Emphasizes the need for your employees to understand and use machine guards. Discusses categories and types of guarding, how machine guarding works, importance of safeguarding, places where most machine hazards occur, and safety control devices.
1992, 14 minutes.
|Machine Guarding
Emphasizes the need for your employees to understand and use machine guards. Discusses categories and types of guarding, how machine guarding works, importance of safeguarding, places where most machine hazards occur, and safety control devices.
1992, 14 minutes.
|Machine Guarding and Safety: A Management and Employee Safety Program
This training kit presents machine guarding as a safety partnership between management and employees. It includes live-action footage plus vivid graphics and commentary from industry specialists, and covers regulations, elements of a written program, hazard types, and general operation safety rules.
1995, 15 minutes.
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|Machine Power: Mechanical Power Presses and Mechanical Power Transmission Apparatus
Key training points: safe use of mechanical power presses, machine hazards, machine guards, safe work practices, and mechanical power transmission apparatus.
2000, 7 minutes.
|Machine Safety Guards
The most dangerous kinds of machine motions are discussed on this video, as are the three areas that need safeguarding in all machines. The four general types of machine guards and safety tips to keep in mind when using machines with safety guards are presented.
Year unknown, 7 minutes.
|Portable Grinders and Abrasive Wheels
If not used properly, grinders can explode like hand grenades. This video explains safe use, procedures, and maintenance of, grinders and abrasive wheels.
1990, 13 minutes.
|Power Tool Safety: On Your Guard
This video explains the safe use of circular saws, radial arm saws, table saws, portable drills, sanders, bench grinders, angle grinders, and reciprocating saws.
1992, 14 minutes.
|Pressbrake Guarding: An Alternative Solution
This short video shows an innovative approach to guarding a large pressbrake.
1988, 4 minutes.
|Safety and Use of Air Compressors
This video shows how to operate an air compressor system safely and efficiently. It covers topics such as personal protection, safe use of air hoses, moving an air compressor, refueling, regulators, pressure gauges and valves, lubrication, connectors and couplings, and maintenance.
1990, 13 minutes.
|Table/Radial Arm Safety
A short video which stresses the importance of machine guards, as well as personal safety equipment and kickback prevention.
1997, 5 minutes.
|Using Hand and Power Tools Safely
Offers these rules for safety: anticipate hazards before they occur, use the right tool for the job, use personal protective equipment, follow safety practices, and maintain your tools.
1990, 12 minutes.
|Mechanical Power Press Safety: Don't Press Your Luck
This video will help you comply with OSHA's Mechanical Power Press Safety Standard and review safety tips for operators. Topics include: types of presses; safeguarding devices; safely operating a press; inspections; and maintenance.
1996, 14 minutes.
|Injection Injuries
High pressure injection injuries caused by escaping fluids from fuel injectors, grease guns, paint spray guns, hydraulic lines, high pressure hoses and the like have resulted in amputation or irreversible impairment. This short video covers prevention, protection, and action to take in case of an injection injury.
1992, 5 minutes.
|Compressed Air Safety
This DVD stresses the importance of working safely with compressed air. It features four workplace incidents to illustrate the fact that compressed air hazards are often not easily recognized but can still have tragic consequences.
2001, 15 minutes.
|Woodworking Safety
Covers the most common hand tools and their proper applications. The importance of a clean working environment, preventive maintenance on machinery, and using the correct tool for each job is covered in detail. Also covered are power cord safety, sharpening and replacing saw blades, and ergonomics.
2004, 30 minutes.
|Woodworking Basics Series: Radial Arm Saw
This series of live-action videotapes shows the set-up and basic operation of four of the most commonly used stationary woodworking machines. Each program covers safety procedures and guidelines, proper conduct and behavior, and the importance of a clean work area. Step-by-step procedures cover proper use of safety guards, accessories and other complementary tools.
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This comes down to one game. The Raptors need to forget everything about the past two games and just come to play Sunday. Come hungry, come prepared and come energized. Just get out there and play...
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Excellent point. The NBA obviously favours having big market teams advancing deeper in the playoffs but teams like San Antonio are good enough to overcome the referee tendencies. And like you...
Tim Donaghy was on The Jeff Blair Show and basically said the refs are programmed to favour one team over the other....
David Jones is the one who tossed Amir in Portland
What is that Salmons can do that Ross or Fields can't?
Casey doesn't really believe in playing scrubs in garbage time eh?
wtf was that pass ... second time this quarter Salmons passed out of his shot
ahaha Devlin hating on Ed Malloy
What happened with JV and Jennings towards the end of the game?
This is the play of a veteran?!?!
LOL @ the 2 make up calls
Win or lose, the Raptors are hell-a entertaining.
Derek Fisher is shutting down Derozan right now. Derek effin Fisher.
Not Charlotte (which would only happen if they overtake the Wizards anyway).
Vasquez had a pretty strong season this year, so I doubt they'll trade him.
Plus, I think you're giving Bargs too much value.
Well at least 2 Raptor plays made it to the Top 10 dunks - although I think DD's dunk should have been a little higher.
Damn the Rudy Gay poster/picture looks is so nice...Gay looks perfect in a Raps uni!
Colangelo should e-mail this video to the 29 other GMs in the league first thing tomorrow morning...
I think unless the Raptors actually get something worthwhile for him, they won't trade him just for the sake of trading (à la Barbosa - for "flexibility").
Acy cannot be traded right now, or for the next 28 or 27 days; " A draft rookie who signs a player contract may not be traded until 30 days following the date on which he signed his contract."
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I hope we don't raise the offer, let Nash go to NY with Melo hogging the ball and we use the money on a younger point guard next year (i.e keep Jose for the year)
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are very excited to learn that Carver Elementary has been
awarded a grant by the Dubuque Racing Association (DRA) for
2013-14 school year. Carver received full funding ($2,622.00)
for a set of Tubanos for the music room. Many of the Carver
students having been, or will be participating in drumming
circles in their music classes.Carver also received partial
funding ($5,000) for a Community Multimedia Center in the
gym. This multimedia center will include a large motorized
screen and projector. The Carver Parent Teacher Group will
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Mason (kindergarten) and Emma (preschool) proudly pose in
front of the brand new bikes they had won as part of the end
of the year reading program. Students had twenty chances to
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able to make a connection to their reading.
Pictured above are Carver preschool students entertaining
the AMAZING volunteers that joined us for a special celebration
breakfast, in honor of all those who donate their time helping
at our school. Kindergarten, first, second and third grade
students sang to our volunteers, while students in 4th grade
cleverly explained the many ways volunteers are like household
products (EX: Carver Volunteers are like Frosted Flakes...They're
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presentation and then students from the entire school gathered
in the commons area to sing one last special song to our friends
as they left. We would again like to thank all our Carver
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Detectives, competed at STATE on January 18th in Ames, Iowa
after winning a qualifying trophy at the Dubuque regional
event in December. This year's theme for FLL, an international
program, was Nature's Fury. All teams learned about natural
disasters and worked together to invent a solution to reduce
their impacts.Carver students invented the Water Detective
System, which was designed to alert people of water in their
basement. They also built and programmed a LEGO Mindstorm
robot to accomplish missions, and they learned all about FLL's
signature set of Core Values. Team members include: Hughie
Doyle, Jackson Viertel, Luke Kotz, Corinne Meier, Julia Howes,
Alura D'Souza, Haebin Han, Emma Bastian, Sophie Sutter, Cali
Rampton and Coach, Mrs. Berning. The Water Detectives recognize
and are grateful for the gracious support of our John Deere
mentors, Lance Sherlock, Noel D'Souza and Lynn Macrowski.
Many of
the Carver kindergarten students dressed up in their coolest
50s clothes on the fiftieth day of school. Some of the girls
wore poodle skirts, pony tails, Pink Lady jackets, scarves,
bows and cardigans. The boys wore white shirts, rolled up
jeans, letterman's jacket, and some even slicked back their
hair. The math focus for the day was helping students count
and write up to the number 50, counting by 2s, 5s and 10s.
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taught students how to use every day objects like bottle caps
and legos to stamp a background for a Laurel Burch cat collage
that they will be assembling next class.
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Arrhythmia can cause these problems with your child's heartbeat:
You and your child may or may not notice any of these problems with their heartbeat. Sometimes families have no idea their child has an arrhythmia until it's noticed during a routine exam.
Because the heartbeat affects blood flow, some arrhythmias can cause these symptoms:
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Some kinds of arrhythmia happen only once in a while. So arrhythmias can be hard to diagnose.
To learn about the electrical activity in your child's heart, the doctor will use an electrocardiogram (ECG). If an abnormal heartbeat does not happen during this test, your child may be asked to wear a device called a Holter monitor, which can record their heart's activity for 24 hours. Another device, called an event record, can be turned on by your child when they feel a problem with their heart rhythm.
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Fall 2014
Updated August 29, 2014
Coaches --
We at the WSSC want to thank all of you for your countless hours of service helping to create a great soccer experience for all our kids here in West Seattle-we would be nothing without you folks!
- Mandatory Coaches meetings
U-08 and older Coaches,
Thurs., July 24, 7-8:30pm, Grace Church, 10323 28th Ave SW, Seattle
- Agenda (pdf)
- 2014 Fall Coaches packet (pdf)
- Playing in the SYSA League - what coaches need to know (pdf)
Coed U6 and U7 Coaches
Thurs., Aug. 14, 7-8:30pm, Grace Church, 10323 28th Ave SW, Seattle
- Agenda (pdf)
- Coed U6/U7 Coaches packet (pdf)
- Master Coaching overview -- handout from 2013
- U-08 and older Coaches,
Download Practice Fields -
Note: some fields are reserved for club training and camps. Generally, fields are reserved 5-8pm, M-Fr.
- August 2014 (revised 8/3)
- September 2014 (Note - Delridge SOUTH is reserved on Mondays for HSA Player Academy and HPFC teams)
- As reference, here are the field reservations from 2013, which should be similar to 2014.
- October 2013 (updated 9/5)
- November 2013 (updated 11/6)
December 2013, posted 11/25
Note: Delridge N&S are being used for the SYSA tournament 12/2-12/5
- Summer coaches' game will be scheduled in August 23, 11am-1pm, Walt Hundley Field.
- Schedules -- visit the schedules page.
- Entering a tournament? Please plan ahead! View guidelines here.
- Rules -- please review the rules page.
- U.K. Soccer International Online Coaching Curriculum (all ages) -- Access 1000+ age appropriate activities that will assist in making you a better coach.
- Sports Participation Policy - Seattle Parks, 2002 (PDF). This document lists guidance for use of athletic fields in Seattle. Please note: NO AIR HORNS at fields
- Fall Kickoff Jamboree (U-08 to U-11) -- view Jamboree page for more information.
- Master coaching -- player and coach development (U-6 & U-7). WSSC is partnering with Master Coach Online (MCO) to provide an age and competence appropriate program for our entry-level (U-6 & U-7) players and coaches. Learn more
Fall 2014 Practice Field Reservations Guidelines (updated July 29, 2014)
Hello WSSC Coaches -
Most of the information on this page is also listed in the Coaches Handbook, which is distributed at the coaches meetings prior to the fall and spring seasons. (See link above.)
Please direct questions to firstname.lastname@example.com
The August practice field schedule has been posted on the Coaches Corner. We know many of you are not practicing yet, but some of our field reservations start on Friday, August 1. The rest start on Monday, August 13. The September, October, November and December practice field schedules should be posted a week prior to each month.
Points to remember:
- Plan to practice where you play games (refer to the field list above and page 15 of the coaches' packet) -- it will help spread out our teams around all of our West Seattle fields
- Some venue reservations are not a consistent night every week, so please check the schedule before you practice
- SHARE THE FIELDS!!! A team can not occupy an entire field for their practice--if no other team shows up, then it is fine to use the entire field, but be prepared to run your practice on a half, or a third of a field space. 3 teams can effectively use 1 field to run each of their practices--plan ahead! We all need to work together to share all of our fields.
- If you are a U11 or younger team and end up practicing at a venue with full-sized goals, please practice to the side so the full-sided teams can use the goal. NOTE: Walt Hundley is considered a full-sided field; U-10 teams will be playing games at Riverview South this fall season.
- Please do not schedule scrimmages during WSSC practice field reservation times. If you are the only 2 teams on a particular field, then please have an impromptu scrimmage! Be aware that if other WSSC teams show up to use the field, you must share the field! As stated earlier, 3 teams may have to use one full sized field for their practices--keep that in mind when planning a scrimmage. If you can find field time outside of scheduled WSSC practice times, please set up your pre-planned scrimmages at those times.
- Are you in need of help to plan training sessions? Visit the UKISC Online Coaching Curriculum page to download training activities and sessions. These are helpful if you need to train in small areas when several teams are practicing at the same time
- Contact your roster if it is finalized and let them know what your plans are for practices
- Make sure you have SIGNED Medical Release forms with you at practices.
- No air horns or dogs at practice fields or games.
- Walk the pitch before each practice and game to note drains, irregular surfaces, garbage, dog "treats"--things that could inhibit your team during training/games.
Thank you all for stepping up and coaching with WSSC this fall--we could not do it without all of you! You are making a huge impression on all our young players that they will remember for the rest of their lives--be a good influence and example!
Please let us know if you have any questions.
WSSC Board
Coaches/Volunteer Risk Management Assessment (RMA)
All team volunteers (Coach, Assistant, Team Manager, Trainer) that work directly with the players are required to submit to a Risk Management Assessment (RMA) which helps ensure our children are kept safe. When you enter the Coaches Registration module, you will be directed to follow a link to the RMA on the Washington Youth Soccer site (Affinity System).
IMPORTANT: You must use your LEGAL FIRST and LAST name and BIRTH DATE for both the RMA application and the WSSC registration (THEY MUST MATCH!) in order for you to be cleared and assigned to a team.
Coaching Education Opportunities
Interested in becoming a better soccer coach? Here is a list of upcoming coaching clinics and education resources.
Upcoming WSSC Coaches Clinics
- Coed Coaches Clinic - Saturday, August 16th, 9:00am-Noon at Walt Hundley
- Highline Soccer Coaches Clinic - Saturday, August 23rd, 9:00-11:00am at Walt Hundley
Planning training sessions with a good mix of techniques, exercises, and small-sided games (to practice techniques) may seem straight forward on paper, but implementing the session plan can often
times go sideways very quickly. To get the most out of your players and practice sessions we are offering training to all our Association Coaches.
Topics: Creating and Implementing a Practice Session and Goalkeeping
Date: Saturday, August 23, 2014
Time: 9:00am to 11:00am
Location: Walt Hundley Playfield, 6920 34th Avenue SW, West Seattle
TR Stoneback, Technical Director of our premier club (Highline Premier FC) and Director of Coerver Coaching NW, along with several Highline Premier Coaches, will provide our Association Coaches with tools to help make their team practice sessions Dynamic, Creative, Safe and Fun.
Training curriculum to include:
- Planning your session
- Field set up
- Proper equipment
- Rules for a safe and productive practice
- Tools you can use to demonstrate
- Purpose of the practice
- How to get everyone involved
- Safety tips for Goalkeepers
- Warming up your Goalkeeper
- We look forward to seeing you on the pitch!
WYS Online Coaches Modules
Online coaching modules make coaching education easy by using visual demonstrations via video or animation, combined with printable exercises and one page practices sessions. WYS offers a comprehensive learning process that makes it simpler for a coach to see, read and implement the individual exercises and age appropriate development for U6, U8, U10 & U12 coaches in your own time and in the comfort of your home.
WYS Age Appropriate Training sessions
We also want you to be aware of our Age Appropriate training sessions which are 8 weeks' worth of pre-planned training sessions for age groups U6, U8, U10 and U12. Each week includes four different activities and is specifically designed to provide training based on the needs of that age-group. Additionally, each activity is in print and video format - coaches can see the training exercises in action with the videos and then print the diagrams out to bring to the field.
Upcoming Clinics in our Area
- Refer to WYS coaches education page for the course schedule.
Hello WSSC Coaches -
Most of the information on this page is also listed in the Coaches Handbook, which is distributed at the coaches meetings prior to the fall and spring seasons.
Mandatory Coaches Meeting
- Thursday, March 27, 7pm at Grace Church - 10323 28th Ave SW, Seattle
- It is our expectation that ALL West Seattle Soccer Club Coaches will attend this important meeting. Team equipment and uniforms will be distributed at the meeting.
- Agenda
- Coaches Handbook
Resources and reminders
- Schedules
- Please familiarize yourself with the League Rules and expectations for the age group you will be serving.
- Spring coaches' game is Saturday, March 29, 1pm at Chief Sealth HS field.
- No air horns or dogs at games.
- Walk the pitch before each practice and game to note drains, irregular surfaces, garbage, dog "treats"--things that could inhibit your team during training/games.
Thank you all for stepping up and coaching with WSSC this spring--we could not do it without all of you! You are making a huge impression on all our young players that they will remember for the rest of their lives--be a good influence and example!
Scott Jones
VP of Coaches WSSC
Game Fields by Age Group
Fall 2014 (tentative)
U-06 - Madison MS
U-07 - Madison MS and Roxhill South
U-08 - Riverview North
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Raspberry Pi Retaliation!
After finding Retaliation, a project with a creative solution to build failures in a development team, I knew I had to get it setup for my team. The RPi makes a great fit for this project as well, since it is small, lower power and has both the USB and networking chops to get it done. So when I went looking for a solution for punishing my coworkers, I just had to give it a try. Turns out, hooking it all up was simplicity itself.
- Raspberry Pi
- Dream Cheeky Thunder USB Missile Launcher
- Powered USB hub
- USB extenders, mounting hardware, etc as needed for environment
Step 1 - Install pyusb:
The python-usb yum module is not new enough to work with the retaliation code. Instead download the source for 1.0 from pyusb.
Untar into a directory, then install pyusb with:
# sudo apt-get install python libusb
# sudo python setup.py install
Step 2 - Download retaliation:
# wget https://raw.github.com/codedance/Retaliation/master/retaliation.py
# chmod +x retaliation.py
Step 3 - Connect and test
Connect the missile launcher (I used a powered USB hub) and test with a command such as
sudo ./retaliation.py will
Step 4 - Modify the script as needed for your office & enjoy
UPDATE: Thanks so much to the Raspberry PI folks for linking to this article! I took the RPi & launcher into work yesterday, got a great reception - luckily everyone in my group is a good sport and doesn't mind being shot with foam missiles from time to time. Ordered 2 more RPis for the office (still need to order the launchers and come up with something for stands) to get coverage for the work area, and so I can take my personal RPi back home.
UPDATE 2: See a video of the Raspberry Pi Retaliation in action!
Also, check out my new blog post about controlling the Raspberry Pi Retaliation from Scratch.


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top news in britain today: daleks hold up traffic on westminster bridge and the prime minister stars in 1D music video
i'm not even sure this is a real country anymore tbh
They weren't kidding.
do you ever feel we British have quite odd specific problems
about tea and strangers
like serious disappointments
GENERAL SHAME i have done this more than once
and america they don't get it why are you so polite are you mocking me
and apologising all the time
I swear I aplogogised to an old lady when she hit me with a handbag??
and saying thank you for everythin omg why whY
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The first abortion clinic in Northern Ireland will open next week amid fears it will attract protests along the lines of violent opposition to similar facilities in some US states.
The privately-run clinic in Belfast will be run by the Marie Stopes group, which said it would offer "a wide range of family planning and sexual health services under one roof".
It is extremely difficult to get an abortion in Northern Ireland, and pro-life groups and smaller political parties have already voiced opposition to the Marie Stopes clinic.
Jim Allister of the Traditional Unionist Voice party told BBC radio: "Where is the need for this clinic? There could not possibly be one.
"So there are ulterior motives and I suspect the ulterior motives might be to try and push the boundaries."
Just 35 pregnancies were terminated in Northern Ireland in the past year and it is estimated that about one thousand women from the province travel to England every year for abortions.
The clinic will not have a police guard because it is privately-run.
I hope everyone there will be safe.
…and that is that multinational companies and the rules by which they can trade very obviously provide a clear, unfair and wholly unjustifiable competitive advantage to such corporations over smaller, locally owned and nationally based businesses.
This makes no economic sense. First, even the most pro-market person will say that tax should not distort markets. On this occasion I agree with them: there is no reason at all why the UK tax system should favour one company over another in this country when they are in direct competition one with another.
More than that though, if there is to be any such competition it should be the smaller, homegrown business that should very clearly get the support of the tax system. But it isn't: the exact reverse is happening.
That's bad for British business, bad for the prospects for growth in this economy, bad for the creation of an atmosphere of tax compliance in the small business community when they can clearly see the tax system picks on them, and bad for communities of the UK that need local initiatives to ensure that they prosper and thrive.
Starbucks avoiding tax has a knock-on effect on homegrown business Guardian Comment is Free.
The entire article is fantastic and worth a read if you have interest in UK business and related taxation system.
Also disappointingly: Google, Apple and Facebook don't pay tax in the UK. Along with the homegrown likes of: Vodafone, Sir Philip Green (owner/director/etc of: Topshop, Topman, Dorothy Perkins, Burton, Miss Selfridge and British Home Stores), Tesco, Cadbury, Walkers Crisps, Diageo and Boots. Details from UK Uncut.
Bee-tee-dubs, the monetary amounts we're dealing with are in the tens and hundreds of millions, sometimes billions, which are being retained by these by&by-showing-profit, woe-is-me-we-can't-afford-tax businesses.
Tell me again how benefits and immigration and public services and the NHS are leaching government resources, Mr Osboure. I triple doggy dare you.
Okay, as the show is coming back onto our television screens very soon, I thought I'd make a post on the new series of QI which begins its J series tomorrow.
Now QI has not been in everyone's good books. For one thing, it's constant recycling of the same comedians has meant…
This old thing about not enough women on comedy panel shows. Look, comedy panel shows are not the height of comedy! Women are becoming incredibly successful where it counts; namely, in the clubs, at Edinburgh, on tour. It is not about counting the number of women per episode of QI, or Mock the Week, or WILTY. Would you seriously prefer to see Gina Yashere over David Mitchell, just for the sake of a 'Tick, one more female comedian on a comedy panel show'?
It's blind feminism which strives for point scoring positive discrimination, over the real issue of female comedian (comedienne? Or is that a little passe?) representation. Perhaps comedy panel shows are not the environment for many female comedians. Heck, it's not the environment for Robin Ince, and I personally hold him in very high esteem. It doesn't make him any less funny or any less of a comedian; it just means that he has to be a little more creative and niche when attracting an audience. Yes panel shows are watched by a lot of people, but frankly the opinions of an awful lot of those aren't worth worrying about. All comedians should worry more about the people to whom they are appealing rather than how many bums are on seats
But it's about representation. It's as much about the audience as it is about the women performing. I hardly watch panel shows anymore but lots and lots of other people do and it's alienating when every single person on screen is a man.
And I resent the idea that panel shows aren't the right environment for female comics. Yep, definitely true for some, but 'female comedy' isn't a genre. That's not a thing.
"Would you seriously prefer to see Gina Yashere over David Mitchell, just for the sake of a 'Tick, one more female comedian on a comedy panel show'?"
David Mitchell is not just there because he's good. He's there because he's good and he is a man. Gina Yashere is not absent because she's any less good. She's not there because she's a woman. A WOC, at that. So, yes, I would prefer to see her in place of someone like David Mitchell sometimes. I want to see people who make me laugh and white guys aren't the only people who can do that!
Panel show appearances (and I'm not talking ~one token appearance) can also be a springboard to other things. Let everyone have a go, damnit.
the reshuffle is despairing as fuck.
Britain's first black community in Elizabethan London
Most of us tend to think that black people came to Britain after the war - Caribbeans on the Empire Windrush in 1948, Bangladeshis after the 1971 war and Ugandan Asians after Idi Amin's expulsion in 1972.
But, back in Shakespeare's day, you could have met people from west Africa and even Bengal in the same London streets.
Of course, there were fewer, and they drew antipathy as well as fascination from the Tudor inhabitants, who had never seen black people before. But we know they lived, worked and intermarried, so it is fair to say that Britain's first black community starts here.
There had been black people in Britain in Roman times, and they are found as musicians in the early Tudor period in England and Scotland.
So, tell me again that it's not historically accurate to include POC in media set in Europe before slavery. Go on, reality & I will be here mocking you.
And the first Black community in England (reminder to Americans that England isn't only London) was 1700 years earlier.
paging Mr. Gaider
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A few years ago, Russian photographer Jana Romanova's social life took a turn. All of a sudden, it seemed, all of her friends had become pregnant.
Just as quickly, all their conversations turned to children: things they needed to buy, changes they needed to make to their homes, and the daily difficulties of pregnancy. "It was a challenge for me to get used to it," Romanova said via email. "I always try to solve my problems with photography, so I decided to make a project about it."
She started her series, "Waiting," by photographing her friends sleeping early in the morning in their bedrooms—a time, as she wrote on her website, "when people don't really care about their appearance and one can see their attitude to each other and to this life that is growing inside their family."
Romanova didn't want the couples to pose, so she had to figure out ways of getting the photos while the couples were still asleep. "When it was possible I stayed with the couple at their apartment at night to make a picture at around 5-6 a.m., mostly on weekends, when people want to sleep and don't really need to wake up for work," Romanova said. "When it was not possible, I tried to come around 5 a.m., waited in the kitchen while they were asleep, and then took the picture."
Eventually, Romanova wanted to expand the scope of her project, so she started looking for more subjects online. She wrote hundreds of emails to pregnant women asking if they would like to be included in the project. It took her two years to find the 40 couples for the project—one for each week of pregnancy.
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Following J.R. Smith's game-winning shot in Charlotte Wednesday night, the Knicks guard celebrated with the salsa dance made famous by Giants wide receiver, and friend, Victor Cruz. Cruz, who played AAU ball with J.R. growing up, caught the game and has some pointers on how Smith can improve his dance moves: "When he hit it I almost jumped off the couch and then when he was coming off the court I saw him do the salsa and I was like 'Oh man,'" Cruz said. "I was waiting for my phone to blow up and literally four seconds after that my phone started going crazy." "We got to go to the drawing board a little bit, it was a little stiff at the end," Cruz joked. "We'll get that squared away." "It's good to see," Cruz said. "It's not every day you hit a game-winner and he gets to salsa on them a little bit. I was happy for him." via ESPN
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Some fashion and beauty choices come with the disclaimer, "If you're going to wear it, you have to own it."
The fanny pack is a great example. Listen, we all see the appeal of tooling around town hands-free without a hundred-pound tote weighing us down. Carrie Bradshaw even rocked a metallic fanny pack on her season three trip to L.A. So the moral of the story there is, if you're going to wear one, it better be Gucci and you'd better be strutting your stuff in it.
Functional pieces fall into this category as well. For example, a long, puffy coat isn't the sexiest, but sometimes in the winter you really need it to survive. I often think about this when shopping for rain boots. Lots of rain boots like to pretend to be real boots. I have a pair of gray quilted Sperry rain boots that strike a nice balance, but at the end of the day, they still just look like cute rain boots.
So my new philosophy is to embrace wonderfully tacky, regular old rubber galoshes. You know what they say about April showers, so here are some tips for choosing a pair of boots with maximum puddle-jumping performance.
First and foremost, rain boots should keep your feet dry. That's why you're wearing them, after all. That usually means you want to go for a tall pair that come at least to your mid-calf. In addition, make sure that whatever material they're made of actually looks waterproof. You won't have to worry about this with a pricier pair, but if you're going economical and looking at rain boots posing as real boots, you risk choosing flimsy ones that don't do the job.
On that note, regular old rubber rain boots don't need to be expensive. That's one of the reasons I like to embrace the classic galoshes look. Some people embrace the cache of Hunter boots, and those people probably are never disappointed in the function of their boots, but if you're not looking to spend that much, $50 to $75 will buy you a great pair of rubber rain boots. The Chookas pictured run at $65.
If you're going rubber, don't go with a black boot. They'll just look sad and depressing. Even navy is a better choice, but I advocate a bright, trendy color, like the berry on the Chookas. Emerald happens to be an excellent color for rain boots, and I also like yellow. I consider it a classic hue for rain gear because it reminds me of rain coats and rubber duckies. If you actually own a rain coat, make sure your rain boots coordinate, but don't match exactly.
Always try on a pair of rain boots -- and if you order them, don't keep them just because you're not in the mood to ship them back. The ideal fit for rain boots is a little wide in the calves and at the top, which is not always feasible for those of us who weren't blessed with bird legs. But, it makes them a lot more flattering, and you don't usually have the nuances you'd get with regular boots. Maybe you get a pair of riding boots that fit perfectly but you hate the buckles. That's less likely to happen with rain boots, so you have more options for the right fit.
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HitFix: Michael Bay Delivers The Best Action Of His Career To Close The Trilogy
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The Decepticons are way nastier in this one, and so when Optimus Prime and the Autobots unleash hell... AND THEY DO... it is so deserved and so worthy of one cheer after another that it almost becomes audience participation.
I've seen the film in a regular 3D theater, and in an IMAX presentation, and they are very different experiences. In the regular 3D theater, the FX work looks pretty much flawless, and you can take in the entire widescreen frame at once. In the IMAX theater, you can see every single seam in the work (there aren't many), but you can also get totally lost in the frame. It's a great way to really look at the details of what ILM and Digital Domain did, and I cant say I've ever really felt a sound mix more viscerally. But if you're considering sitting this out for a 2D version, don't. Really. This is a meticulously designed 3D experience, and Bay impresses often and in a real-world setting that makes this more surreal than "Avatar" in many ways. It's so strange to see a city as recognizable as Chicago take this sort of beating, and it's a reminder that many movies try to find cheap and generic solutions to their third acts, something you can't accuse this one of doing.
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Went with my dad to watch the Knicks beat the shockingly woeful Bulls and whatever one may say about Isaiah Thomas or the Knicks, there's no question that the crowd at Madison Square Garden is light years better than anything DC has at the Verizon Center. The level of intensity and spontaneity and fan understanding of the events on the floor is off the charts. It's easy to see why the owners want to build a new facility with more and better luxury boxes and sightlines, but they've got a pretty good thing going with their fanbase and their home crowd despite the crappy teams, and they'd better not screw it up.
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- Haruki Murakami on Storm
Compounding returns of intelligence - Peter Thiel's CS183 class notes
Replace "Stanford" with any top university/college in India and "Google" with tier-1 IT companies, it still holds true -
"We tend to massively underestimate the compounding returns of intelligence. As humans, we need to solve big problems. If you graduate Stanford at 22 and Google recruits you, you'll work a 9-to-5. It's probably more like an 11-to-3 in terms of hard work. They'll pay well. It's relaxing. But what they are actually doing is paying you to accept a much lower intellectual growth rate. When you recognize that intelligence is compounding, the cost of that missing long-term compounding is enormous. They're not giving you the best opportunity of your life. Then a scary thing can happen: You might realize one day that you've lost your competitive edge. You won't be the best anymore. You won't be able to fall in love with new stuff. Things are cushy where you are. You get complacent and stall"
- Stephen Cohen, in a Peter Thiel's CS183 class notes.(blakemasters.com/peter-thiels-cs183-startup).
Exodus from Infosys?
This started in early 2012 (I was one among the first set of people who left in 2011/2012) and people (inside and outside) are waking up to the fact just now (in 2014).
As Ben Horowitz would say "TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE, THE PRODUCTS, AND THE PROFITS— IN THAT ORDER." What is happening is just that, somewhere down the line the order got inverted
Indeed very sad. Hope to watch Infosys regain its lost glory.
And the first step in moving forward and making progress is to accept that you have screwed up and take responsibility.
On 'Spy' software news - Trust Begets Trust. Enough Said.
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Steven Pressfield on Publishing his first book
"I never did find a buyer for the book. Or the next one, either. It was ten years before I got the first check for something I had written and ten more before a novel, The Legend of Bagger Vance, was actually published. But that moment when I first hit the keys to spell out THE END was so epochal. I remember rolling the last page out and adding it to the stack that was the finished manuscript. Nobody knew I was done. Nobody cared. But I knew. I felt like a dragon I'd been fighting all my life had just dropped dead at my feet and gasped out its last sulfuric breath."
- Steven Pressfield, The War of Art
256KBPS is broadband in India
I stumbled upon this today. TRAI - regulator of telecommunication in India - has classified 256 KBPS connectivity as Broadband.
" Broadband connectivity is defined at present as
An 'always-on' data connection that is able to support interactive services including Internet access and has the capability of the minimum download speed of 256 kilo bits per second (kbps) to an individual subscriber from the Point Of Presence (POP) of the service provider intending to provide Broadband service……" - http://www.trai.gov.in/Content/broadband_policy.aspx
Earlier in October 2013, they had classified 512 KBPS connectivity (from 256 KBPS) as broadband. This year, they have downgraded further and in fact, dialed it back to what it was before October 2013.
This is no where near - "2 MBPS connectivity is broadband" - what Dayanidhi Maran, the then IT minister had promised in 2007. Since then, many ministers have come and gone and yet we are still in 'Dial up' age.
Anne Lamott explaining process of writing
"People tend to look at successful writers, writers who are getting books published and maybe even doing well financially, and think that they sit down at their desks every morning feeling like a million dollars, feeling great about who they are and how much talent they have and what a great story they have to tell; that they take a few deep breaths, push back their sleeves, roll their necks a few times to get all the cricks out, and dive in, typing fully formed passages as fast as a court reporter. But this is just fantasy of the uninitiated. I know some very great writers, writers you love who write beautifully and have made a great deal of money, and not one of them sits down routinely feeling wildly enthusiastic and confident. Not one of them writes elegant first drafts… For me and most other writers I know, writing is not rapturous. If fact, the only way I can get anything written at all is to write really, really shitty first drafts."
—Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird
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Ira Glass - his long struggle to create something noteworthy
"Ira Glass is the host and executive producer of the popular National Public Radio show, This American Life.
Each week, This American Life is broadcast to more than 1.7 million listeners across 500 different radio stations. For Glass, who is featured in almost every episode, the show has led to a wide range of opportunities including book deals, feature films, and appearances on popular television shows.
Of course, it wasn't always that way.
Check out how Ira Glass describes his long struggle to create something noteworthy." [http://jamesclear.com/ira-glass-failure]
- T.E Lawrence - Mind blowing quote
David and Goliath
"We are all of us not merely liable to fear, we are also prone to be afraid of being afraid. But conquering of fear produces exhilaration. When we have been afraid that we may panic in air-raid and when it has happened, we have exhibited a calm exterior. The contrast between the previous apprehension and the present relief and feeling of security promotes a self-confidence that is the very father and mother of courage."
- J T MacCurdy quoted this on how Londoners reacted to Germany's Blitzkrieg
In the fall of 1940, during second world war, the long-anticipated attack on London began. Over a period of eight months - beginning with 57 consecutive nights of devastating bombardment - German bombers thundered across the skies above London,dropping thousands of high-explosive bombs and more than a million incendiary devices. 47,000 people were killed and 46,000 injured. A million buildings were damaged. In the city's East end, entire neighborhoods were laid waste. It was everything the British government officials had feared - except that every one of their predictions about how Londoners would react turned out to be wrong.
- David and Goliath.