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Tom is rescued from Azkaban, but not by who he expected, and not for reasons he would have accepted.
Flicking open the Daily Prophet, Severus Snape looked through the current events. ' Albus Dumbledore removed from the Wizengamot, Supreme Mugwump title revoked. Cont. below'
He looked down, curious to see where this might be going. 'Former Headmaster of the original Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Albus Dumbledore, has been removed from the Wizengamot following a vote that took place tonight concerning the aging wizards mental stability. We were unable to get a direct statement from him, but one member, who has asked for their name to be withheld, provided us with the following: "Albus Dumbledore has done many great things in his lifetime, of this we can hold no doubt. What we do doubt is his judgment in recent times. Need I remind anyone about the scandal involving a Mr. Potter? The Hogwarts Massacre the following night? Or the continued efforts to locate esteemed members of our society and bring them into questioning by his vigilante group, the so called Order of the Phoenix? No, I believe we will all be much, much safer with Mr. Dumbledore off of the Wizengamot. Personally I think it time he take a nice, relaxed stay in St. Mungos until we can be assured of his mental stability, which has been, shall we say, in the bin ever since the previously listed events began."
'Quite a statement, is it not? In addtion, to ensure he does not attempt to put himself back onto the Wizengamot, the Minister of Magic, Rufus Scrimgeor, has revoked his title and authority of Supreme Mugwump. When asked about this, the Minister responded "Dumbledore clearly enjoys his power, and any attempt to remove him from it has met swift retribution, although all incidents have been handled by a third party we have recently come to know as the Order of the Phoenix. Connections between the two are quite numerous and the Aurors are indeed looking into the matter as we speak. If I were Dumbledore, I'd start looking into Mr. Ma.. excuse me, our un-named Wizengamot members statement about a stay in St. Mungos. Because if he is found directly linked to this organization, he will be spending a very long time in another magical confinement, Azkaban. The Ministry does not tolerate vigilantism." cont. page 2.'
Snape smiled thinly. "Very... interesting, shall I say?" he turned his attention to the next page to continue.
'Certainly that is a very direct warning. But it does raise some questions, if Albus Dumbledores stability has been breaking down in his later years, what does this say about his recent actions? Have we thrown our saviour in Azkaban by mistake? Is Harry Potter wasting away on a deluded wizards command? We intend to look into matters and determine if the illegal trial held three years ago for Mr. Potter truly necessary, or was he simply under the control of Quirinus Quirrel or even possessed by He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named at that time? Expect the results soon.'
Snape lowered the papers as a knock came on his office door. "Who is it?" he asked lazily, drawing his wand. He still owed Albus a debt or two, and if the old codger expected him to cash in on them now, he was very mistaken. After all, letting them be passed onto Aberforth was in his best interest at this point. Things had been most cold between the former headmaster and himself in recent years.
"Draco Malfoy." a voice responded. "Basilisk." Snape stated the password softly, and the wall before his desk shifted, becoming a stone door. Draco struggled for several seconds with the weight before getting it open enough to slip in. "What brings you here so late, Draco?" Snape asked.
"Have you seen the morning prophet yet, sir?" he questioned in turn. Snape frowned. "There was little of interest in it." he responded. Draco muttered something and reached into his black and green robes, pulling out a still slightly warm folded paper. "My mistake, sir. I meant tomorrows prophet. Father just flooed it over himself." Draco told him with a hint of smugness.
Snape resisted a sigh of annoyance and held out a hand. Draco promptly handed the paper over. Stretching it out and glancing at the front page he paused. 'Harry Potter and two Death Eaters broken out of Azkaban! Dementors aid in the process!'
Snapes eyes widened and he flicked the paper open. 'At precisely midnight september 13th 1994, Harry James Potter, Bellatrix LeStranger, and Sirius Black were broken out of Azkaban prison by three other Death Eaters. For some reason, the Dementors have aided them in this process before fleeing from the prison in various directions. If anyone sees them, get inside and alert the Ministry to the location! More infomation will be avalible as it comes.'
September 13th, 1994
Tom found himself shackled at the wrist and ankle into a sitting position over a circle of runes in a bleak graveyard. A robed and hooded man, slightly tall with a hint of platinum blond hair escaping from beneath, and carrying a bundle of white cloths, approached. Behind Tom a cauldron boiled. Bella and Sirius were nowhere in sight.
Toms robes were torn and battered, and his skin was a very pale white. Bone shown through the flesh quite easily, dark circles beneath his eyes, which had a sunken into the skull look to them. His hair was long and wirery. When he spoke, his voice was raspy.
"Voldemort.. the original." he spat. A couple of Death Eaters standing guard behind him looked at the bundle of cloths and the potter brat before them curiously. A hissing and high pitched voice answered. "Tommy Riddle, my wayward fragment! At last we meet again..."
The sound made the gathered Death Eaters in the graveyard shiver, save for the one holding the bundle, who merely cringed once before straightening back out. "Is the potion ready, Lucius??" the bundle demanded. "Nearly, my lord.. the boy will need to be fully submerged at the same time as you if we are to succeed." "So be it. Push him in headfirst, yet hold his feet above. Release just as I am entering!" he ordered the others.
Lucius nodded his head to the ones behind Tom. One undid the shackles keeping him in such a position and hefted him into the air in a spread eagle position, then summoned a purely silver dagger and slit each wrist. Tom hissed in pain, voice crossing over into parseltongue for an instant as his blood dripped down onto the runes beneath his body.
After nearly thirty seconds his body was bound with robe and the cauldron lifted over the runes, then with a jerk of the wrist, Toms body inverted itself and dived down into the freezing potion below until only one ankle was held above the surface. "Hurry!" Voldemort hissed.
Lucius stepped forward in three quick strides and undid the bundle, leaving a scarred white mass, the same size as an infant, but with Voldemorts snake like face. The same runes beneath the cauldron were cut into his flesh with the same silver dagger above the surface of the potion, allowing his weak blood to flow out and drip down.
The blue liquid surface hissed to a boil on contact with the almost black blood coming from Voldemorts body. Cautiously Lucius lowered his master into the liquid and motioned at the same time for the other Death Eater to release the boys ankle.
Voldemorts body submerged just before the last of Toms foot.
"Blood of the enemy, unwillingly taken. Blood of the master, consciously given." holding out his left hand over the surface, Lucius was about to cut off his own hand when the potion rapidly began to glow and change from blue to a silvery hue as the runes beneath it began to glow. Its surface was rapidly boiling, and the heat it emitted made Lucius draw his hand back in pain.
A sharp hissing came from behind as Nagini slithered up to the cauldron, drawn forward almost unconsciously by the potion and the black magic being performed. The horcrux rose up and stared at the boiling surface, weaving its head back and forth as the silver surface began to calm and change to a pale crimson once the runes stopped glowing.
"What just happened?" One of the other Death Eaters asked. "I.. I have failed." Lucius whispered, staring at the calm surface.
A moment later, however, a hand pushed up from beneath, scars where runes once were lining it, grasping onto the edge of the cauldron. An arm and shoulder followed, then a head, neck, and the rest of the body. More of the same runes lined the figures body just as they had on the baby Voldemorts.
When he turned to look at Lucius and the others, his eyes were an almost black-emerald, and a jagged lightning bolt scar lighted his forehead with a dim glow. All other features of Harry James Potter were gone aside from those. The rest held Tom Riddles looks.
The Death Eaters looked at the form in silent awe. When he spoke, his voice was soft and cold. "My wand, Lucius." he commanded. Lucius quickly dove into his robes and dug it out, handing the worn wand over quickly. Once it had touch his finger tips he looked it over curiously.
"It has been nigh on fourteen years since I last held this wand... I feel out of touch with it, almost. In fact, it feels nearly as good.. as its Holly equal." with a flick of his wrist a wave of raw magic flowed from the wand around his body, knocking the others to the ground.
Nagini hissed at him and he hissed right back, leveling his wand on it. "Avada Kedavra!" the green killing curse shot at the snake and smashed right into the edge of its triangular head as it tried to turn and flee. Lucius raised a hand to his head in pain as the words just spoken clicked into place.
"Avada Kedavra!" he shouted in panic, bringing his wand up, but he was too slow. Another wave of raw magic shot out and knocked it from his hand, tearing the wand apart from the core out and rendering it useless, killing the curse on the tip of escaping.
"Muffliato. I am disappointed in you, Lucius." stepping free of the quickly dulling potion, black robes formed around his body. "You almost killed me. However..." he bound Lucius body in chains, gagged him, and floated him into the air. "You ensured the demise of the original Voldemorts body. I am one step closer to being the only Voldemort in existence." he stated quietly with a smile. "For this, you shall be rewarded. A quick death instead of the torture I have had planned for you over these last three years."
Lucius eyes widened and he struggled. "Oh dear, do you intend to break free or fight? Do you wish to be slowly poisoned and digested within the belly of my basilisk? I believe I can arrange for that, Lucius." the Malfoy head shook his head rapidly. "Yes, I suppose you have a point. I can not risk you telling the others the truth. Instead I shall give you some time to retire in peace.. Crucio!" Lucius arched his body in terrible pain, screaming silently.
For close to ten minutes he kept this up until white foam was escaping from around the gag. "Well, well, I can not have you choking on your own spittle." he said, banishing the gag and scourgifying his mouth. Lucius barely flinched. "Oh, some intelligence left? Crucio!!" This time the curse was kept up until Lucius mind snapped entirely, rendering him into the same condition as the Longbottoms.
With a content smile on his face Tom finally turned to the others. "Return Lucius to his proper clothing and ensure he is given a permanent home within St. Mungos." he ordered them. The two who had moved the cauldron and such hastily nodded their heads and dragged Lucius off, apparating away once past the wards.
Tom turned his attention on the now black potion. "Your time is coming, Original." he stated softly, banishing the contents and revealing the presence of the smoke-like, snake-faced Voldemort that had possessed Quirrell. Its shelf-life had been used up keeping the phantasm restrained.
Instantly it rose to the air, glaring violently at Tom. "Now there are three, Original. I have slain Nagini, whose horcrux I could feel as soon as she slithered up. I have burned the Diary, as well as the Diadem, three years ago. Can you find them before I? Unlikely." he taunted the phantasm.
Voldemort hissed at him before rising up into the air and gliding off towards the darkness. Tom banished the cauldron and set about protecting the runes engraved in the ground. He now held all the knowledge Voldemort did. If anyone harmed this set of runes, the body he now held in place of Voldemort having it would fall apart, leaving him in the same condition as the original himself currently was. Tom would not allow that to happen.
Dumbledore stood at the head of a table in Grimmauld Place. Around him were multiple wizards and witchs, including a few of the discarded former teachers from the original Hogwarts. "I fear this is the last time we can hold such a meeting. Considering the ministers recent statements, it is time I allowed another to step forward as head of the Order of the Phoenix. I must take a leave of absince from England for the time being in preparation for a journey I had hoped to undergo with Harry Potter... but that is no longer an option.." he paused and sighed wearily.
"I know for a fact that Harry Potter is no more. I know this because I know how Voldemort has kept himself from crossing over into deaths embrace for all these years. And the same method that he has applied, more than once, was done to Harry when he recieved that cursed scar." he paused as Moody stood up.
"What are you going to be doing about this, then, Albus?" "I intend to track down the locations and destroy that which is preserving Voldemorts soul in this world. When the time comes Harry himself is also housing that which is preserving Voldemort. But he is no longer Harry. That black magic has corrupted him into a secondary Voldemort, if you will, in essence. He must die to exterminate both."
This raised some slight disagreement, mostly from Lupin, but otherwise no one argued. "This task will be made all the more difficult because Harry Potter, Bellatrix LeStrange, and Sirius Black have just been broken out of Azkaban at 12 midnight. Supposedly Death Eaters have done this, and the Dementors had fled their assigned task."


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What a waste of £15, there were more & better bikes in the car park. The organisers seriously underestimated the interest in the event and opened one kiosk for ticket holders and one for those without - result, 45 minute queue to get in, no bar, piss poor event and serious disappointment all round, even guest of honour Russell Michell couldn't find his way in, because there was no signage except an A4 effort hastily knocked up on a PC and posted inside the building. Actually it was kind of funny to watch Russell Michell trying to get into the Dr Who exhibition by mistake. Even the Earls Court website said the event was in Hall One, it wasn't. Perhaps the managers of one of the busiest venues in the UK should go to the Bulldog Bash and see how it should be done! No queues, no fuss, plenty of bars, entertainment for all and VALUE FOR MONEY.
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Firefighters were called to two separate blazes in Victoria's Goulburn Valley yesterday.
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Telecommunications company Optus is likely to build a mobile phone tower in Tongala after the local council approved the lease of land on the recreation reserve.
Topics: mobile-phones, information-and-communication, tongala-3621, bendigo-3550, echuca-3564
A Tongala transport company has put its own signs up to warn drivers the Echuca to Toolamba freight rail line has reopened.
Topics: transport, tongala-3621, echuca-3564, shepparton-3630, toolamba-3614, wodonga-3690
A former employee of Tongala's Nestle factory expects the plant will eventually close.
Topics: food-and-beverage, bendigo-3550, tongala-3621, wodonga-3690
The small northern Victorian town of Tongala remains confident of a bright future, despite more job losses at its Nestle dairy factory.
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Ambulance officers treated nine children for minor injuries last night after an amusement train derailed at Tongala in northern Victoria.
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A north central Victorian meat processing company is considering expanding its work force by up to 100.
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A union representing workers sacked from Tongala's Nestle factory has expressed concern at the lack of new employment opportunities for members.
Topics: unemployment, work, unions, tongala-3621, wodonga-3690
A man has suffered burns to the head and face in a house fire at Tongala.
Topics: residential, tongala-3621, wodonga-3690
The National Union of Workers says negotiations are continuing on redundancy packages for sacked workers at Tongala's Nestle factory in northern Victoria.
Topics: dairy-production, industrial-relations, unemployment, work, unions, tongala-3621, bendigo-3550, wodonga-3690
There is a call for the Victorian Government to support 150 Nestle workers at Tongala, south-east of Echuca, in the state's north, who will lose their jobs at the end of September.
Topics: work, states-and-territories, unions, echuca-3564, bendigo-3550, tongala-3621, wodonga-3690
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More than 140 jobs will be lost in the Goulburn Valley town of Tongala in Victoria after food company Nestle's decision to stop powdered milk production.
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Sheboygan is in the heart of the 6th Congressional District and the front page of Sunday's Sheboygan Press features an article about the four candidates in the Aug. 12 Republican primary, accompanied by a picture of each candidate. Amazingly, three of the four names assigned to the candidates are wrong. .
Nobody is perfect. I'm hardly without sin when it comes to casting the first stone criticizing media mistakes. In fact, in the heat of a live broadcast I mispronounced Duey Stroebel's name a couple of times during a radio debate. In talk radio you work without a net, talking for several hours a day, five days a week. I have only my own eyes to check this blog for errors and I have missed some from time to time. But there was once an editorial process to save newspapers from this sort of embarrassment.
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As a soy food, tofu is a terrific source of vegetable protein. But in addition to helping to prevent certain health problems, it may actually cause some others.
Tips to Keep Produce Fresh and Safe
Fruits and veggies are essential for a healthy diet, but it's important they be stored properly (some require refrigeration; some do not) to reduce the chances of food-borne illness and maximize the shelf life.
Healthy Spotlight: Kale
If you're wondering why all the buzz about this popular leafy green, find out what makes it a nutritional powerhouse and how you can enjoy it as a part of your healthy diet.
What Type of Vegetarian Diet Is Right for You?
Are you a vegetarian if you eat eggs? What about yogurt? Here, we explain five varying degrees of going vegetarian.
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Farmers' markets are growing in popularity, and it's easy to see why. Food that's locally grown and harvested can reap some big benefits. Learn more.
More Mushrooms, Less Meat
Mushrooms (and certain other vegetarian ingredients) can have a positive effect on weight management. Here's how to add more meatless meals to your recipe repertoire.
The Dried Fruit Question: To Eat or Not to Eat?
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Part-Time Vegetarian: Consider the Benefits
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Your Teen is Going Vegetarian: What Now?
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Reducing your meat consumption doesn't mean you only have bean protein sources left. Consider these vegan meat substitutes. They offer the flavors and textures you enjoy from your favorite meats.
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The evidence is overwhelming that a diet rich in fruits and vegetables helps prevent cancer. Cruciferous vegetables, in particular, deliver compounds that help prevent the transformation of normal cells into cancer.
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Is it possible to live with diabetes, eat meat-free, and be healthy? Here's what's essential to keep in mind.
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Blue Goes Green
The Green Machine
At the core of Kean's latest effort is the purchase and installation of an aerobic composter on campus. The unit, with a design based on the results of a waste audit conducted last year, will convert all of Kean's food waste on campus, 1000 pounds daily and some 20 tons annually.
Sustainability in the Media
USA Today
"College students are flocking to sustainability degrees, careers"
Students interested in pursuing a job in sustainability now can choose from a variety of "green" degree programs.
With an increased interest in the environment and growth in the "green collar" job sector, colleges and universities are beginning to incorporate sustainability into their programs.
New York Times
"Sustainability Field Booms on Campus"
After 25 years in the high-technology industry, Bob Gressens sensed a growing excitement over environmental issues — and a new business opportunity. He followed his instinct, quit his job and went back to school.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
"5 College Majors On the Rise"
Some new majors arise in response to student demand, while other degree programs are meant to provide an industry with workers. Many cross disciplinary boundaries, such as combining environmental science with agriculture.
New York Times
"Eating Right, for a Green Planet"
Living "green" is not easy. Yes, every decision we make results in more or less of an impact on our environment. As a parent of young children, I have much to worry about regarding what my children eat — a balanced, wholesome diet, free from antibiotics, hormones or bacteria. Need we feel guilty about being carnivorous?
Jeffrey H. Toney, Dean of the College of Natural, Applied and Health Sciences at Kean University.


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game of thrones meme
so there are a lot of got memes going around whether it be for certain characters or certain seasons, so natasha and I decided to make a ~ whole ~ meme for you guys. enjoy!
one season
two creatures (magical or otherwise)
three deaths
four locations
five houses
six relationships
seven quotes
eight characters
nine moments
(ten) whatever your heart desires.
A bad combination in the dark → A Hannibal Playlist
Sinister Kid - The Black Keys / My Boy Builds Coffins - Florence & the Machine / Change - Deftones / Heat & Hot Water - Arms / Pet - A Perfect Circle / Closer - Kings of Leon / Shankill Butchers - The Decemberists / You Stole - Brand New / Hurricane - 30 Seconds to Mars / Paradise Circus - Massive Attack / 15 Step - Radiohead / Infra-Red - Placebo / Eyes on Fire - Blue Foundation / Who Are You, Really? - Mikky Ekko / Killer - The Hoosiers
/not sure if heart attack or merlin feelings
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"you have a beautiful complexion, what's your secret?"
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Conjuring the Ghosts of Iraq's Brutal Past
By Tim Arango, NY Times, September 2, 2013
BAGHDAD—These days in Iraq, state-supported reminders of the horrors of Saddam Hussein's rule are always close at hand.
One of Iraqi state television's biggest recent hits was a dramatic series about the Baath Party's crimes under Mr. Hussein. In the office of the human rights minister, glass-enclosed cases display soiled clothing recovered from mass graves. Soon, the government plans to open a museum that will memorialize victims of the former regime and chronicle past abuses.
It might all seem to be an admirable attempt to help Iraqis come to grips with their country's painful past of sectarian violence—if so many similar, horrific actions weren't taking place across the country this year, human rights advocates say.
As security has deteriorated, Iraqis say it has become clearer with each bombing attack, each spasm of vigilante violence, that Iraq's American-trained security forces have been ineffective and, worse, a growing source of abuses themselves. And the hope for stability under Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, who has vowed to be a leader for all Iraqis, is giving way to fears that his government is mimicking many of the repressive tactics that his Shiite constituency suffered under the past Sunni minority regime.
As Sunni jihadist groups have staged ever more deadly bombings this year, Mr. Maliki's forces have responded with their harshest security crackdowns yet—including, rights advocates say, indiscriminate roundups of Sunnis, the use of torture to extract confessions, the tainted use of secret informant testimony to secure convictions and frequent demands for bribes from the families of detainees.
A powerful notion of revenge, a subtext to much of the current turmoil across the Middle East, underlies the increasingly systemic violence in Iraq. Sunni bombings bring Shiite crackdowns as payback, driving more Sunnis toward extremism. Each fuels the other, again and again.
Citizens, frustrated by the inability of their security forces to keep them safe, are beginning to take matters into their own hands, suggesting a new element of instability in the country. As Baghdad suffered through another day of bombings last week, an angry mob in a Shiite neighborhood attacked a man its members suspected of placing a car bomb. They beat and stabbed him to death and then strung his body from a pole and set it on fire. A cellphone video that emerged online showed security forces looking on, doing nothing to intervene.
Further, as more Iraqis, Sunni and Shiite, answer the call to join opposing sides in Syria's civil war next door, back home it has become easier to think that sectarian loyalty might even trump national boundaries. The violence seems closer than ever, many Iraqis say, as the notion of a unified society drifts away.
Through it all, the government has increasingly engaged in the creative application of history, analysts say.
Earlier this year, after a bloody crackdown on a Sunni protest camp in northern Iraq left dozens dead and set off pitched battles between government security forces and Sunni militias, state television aired documentaries about Baath Party crimes, prompting critics to accuse the government of merely trying to divert attention from its own heavy-handed tactics.
Hamid Fhadil, a political science professor at Baghdad University, said the government's constant references to the horrors of living under Mr. Hussein's regime were part of a public relations strategy to mask Mr. Maliki's failures to provide basic services like electricity and security.
"The government tries to show that the other option to his democratic government will be the return of the Baathists and the torturing of civilians," Mr. Fhadil said.
Yet Human Rights Watch and other organizations, including the State Department, have consistently documented torture and human rights abuses on the current Iraqi government's watch.
Recently, the International Crisis Group warned of a "revived sectarian civil war" and said a strategy of "tougher security measures has every chance of worsening the situation."
Mr. Maliki has claimed the mantle of a fighter against terrorism, doing what he must. In a recent speech, he vowed, "We will not go easy in facing the terrorists."
He said the government had recently arrested 800 people, and "killed tens of others in clashes with the security forces, who also destroyed the infrastructure that they use in manufacturing the tools of killing and bombing, and they seized large numbers of sophisticated weapons and explosive devices."
By now, many Sunnis say, they have become accustomed to feeling like second-class citizens, much as Shiites felt under the past regime.
"I'm not surprised by what's happening," said Hakem al-Adhami, who is 54 and unemployed, and who lives in Adhamiya, a Sunni enclave in Baghdad. "They are seizing the Sunnis and increasing their political enemies."
He said the government pressured Sunnis to provide intelligence on terrorist activity. "And then there are explosions, and then the Sunnis are accused of being terrorists, and they start arresting them," he said.


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Paul Colman Trio's Map Leads the Way
- Monday, April 08, 2002
Turn, the album's opening song, grabs the listener then shakes him with lyrics that are direct and timely: The world can't "turn around" until the church does first.
As energetic as the trio's music can be, PC3 can take it down nicely, too. Sun-Stars-Moon, the first breather on the album, isn't sappy musically or lyrically. However, the soft Love Me More, which blossoms into a harmonious chorus, loses its way late in the going, pouring on the orchestration and becoming too heavy-handed.
The harder tunes on Map make the strongest impression. Selfish Song is a release of rage against the sin in each heart, which can be remedied only through the grace of God. The driving I Dream begins with a strumming acoustic guitar that builds to an electric chorus, telling the story of time wasted, truth discovered and the return of a prodigal.
Key to the band's success is Colman's smooth voice, which communicates longing, resignation and joy without the anger or disenchantment that goes hand-in-hand with most contemporary rock music.
The trio just wrapped a tour with Third Day and will be back on the road with the band this fall, but if this record is any indication, it won't be long before PC3 is headlining a tour of its own in the States.
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3 Essential Tips for Successfully Growing Herbs Indoors
During the winter months fresh herbs aren't out of reach, but they do require a little help to really get them growing. Want to see if your space has what it takes?
1. Give Them Sun, Sun, Sun!
Herbs need 4 to 6 hours of direct sun every day to not just survive, but to thrive indoors. Not just light, we're talking direct rays that you might acquire a sunburn in. Don't have it? Don't bother.
2. Give the Roots Proper Drainage
During the winter months when plants aren't outdoors in the scalding heat, herbs will drink slightly slower. To help your roots not rot out or sit in soggy water, make sure you have proper drainage at the bottom of your containers. And not just drain holes, but rocks or plastic foam to keep the roots out of the water you're giving them.
3. Don't Eat Their Solar Panels!
Although larger leaves are the most tempting to eat as it seems they're the oldest, they're also the plant's solar panels. If you only prune off mature leaves your plant will have a hard time growing. Make sure you mix it up by cutting off a mix of mature and brand new leaves (and never cut off all the leaves at once).
Do you have any tried and true tips to add to the list? Let us know in the comments below!
Related: Expert Advice on Planting, Pruning, and Getting the Most Out of Herbs
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Does anyone else have a problem with coated windows? I have no idea what they are coated with but in our high-rise its nearly impossible to keep plants healthy during the winter months.
Re. light, a lot also depends on the particular herb. For instance, I've never had any success getting basil to grow indoors, even on a really all-day sunny south-facing windowsill. But some of the woodier herbs seem to manage fairly well with even a little less light than noted above--I've had good luck with sage in an east-facing window and rosemary in a somewhat tree-shaded south-facing window. (But yeah, if all your windows face tall buildings, probably don't bother...)
Hmm, this is rather daunting. I live in Portland, Oregon, and had planned to finally, this year, get my indoor-herbs act together. My outdoor rosemary, lavendar, and sometimes thyme do fine even during the winter; but even bringing sage and basil indoors, I've had little luck. And I'd REALLY love to have dill and especially cilantro. My south-facing kitchen window would give them maybe 3 hours of sun a day; gads, will I have to move them to the room with the west window like every day?!?
Living alone, it's completely cost-ineffective to keep buying whole bunches of cilantro, for example, only to use a few leaves before the stuff goes bad in the fridge (even if I've cut the stems and put them in water). Wah!
I guess I should try freezing them in small batches. Has anyone tried freezing basil and cilantro? Do they retain their fresh taste?
Annie-O: do you put a bag over the cilantro when you cut the stems and put them in water in the fridge? I've found that when I do that, I can keep the cilantro at least one week. I haven't frozen cilantro, but I do freeze large batches of basil in oil and it works very well.
@dimitrithecat I don't know a lot about coated windows, but my guess is that, like car windows, they block some or all of the UV rays, which may be affecting your plants.
@Annie-O I agree that this article is super-daunting. I was hoping to get some herbs going in the next few months, but apparently I shouldn't bother.
Thanks, @lillies, I didn't know about the plastic bag trick; will definitely try that!
Meanwhile, I googled "freezing cilantro," and here's a good page about freezing cilantro: http://localfoods.about.com/od/freezing/qt/Freezing-Cilantro.htm
I have a nice big east-facing kitchen window with windowsill, and I grew a nice little assortment of herbs in pots last year. They grew pretty well, but my problem was bugs. I realized after a while that my countertop, windowsill and the plants themselves were crawling with tiny little bugs. I was so disgusted I just threw them all in the trash right then. I'm not sure I'm brave enough to try again, though I do have a dream of outfitting the garage with a grow light someday. Or maybe a laundry room if I ever have one of those...somewhere where bugs would be a little less disgusting.
I've tried different herbs indoors, and the only one that has lasted through the winter is rosemary. Which reminds me, I have a pot of rosemary outside that I need to bring in before it freezes.
The bug issue scares me. I have basil on my balcony now but need to bring it in before the winter. I'm afraid that even if I wash it and repot it, I'll wind up with bugs in my apartment. Any suggestions?


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Located in central Phnom Penh, La Parranda Residence & Hotel is connected to the airport and close to Phnom Penh National Olympic Stadium, Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, and Royal University of Phnom Penh. Nearby points of interest also include Independence Monument and Phsar Thom Thmei. For photos click here.
La Parranda Hotel's restaurant serves breakfast, buffet lunch, and dinner. Recreational amenities include a sauna and a fitness facility. This 3 star property has a 24-hour business center, wireless Internet access (Free) is available in public areas. La Parranda Hotel offers banquet facilities and conference/meeting rooms.
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Wetlands and biodiversity in serious continuing decline
World leaders are failing to deliver commitments made in 2002 to reduce the rate of biodiversity loss, and have instead overseen alarming biodiversity declines. These findings are the result of a new 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership (2010 BIP) paper published in leading journal Science and represent the first assessment of how targets made through the 2002 Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) have not been met.
Compiling over 30 indicators – measures of different aspects of biodiversity, including changes in species' populations and risk of extinction, habitat extent and community composition – the study found no evidence for a significant reduction in the rate of decline of biodiversity, and that the pressures facing biodiversity continue to increase. The synthesis provides overwhelming evidence that the 2010 target has not been achieved.
"Our data show that 2010 will not be the year that biodiversity loss was halted, but it needs to be the year in which we start taking the issue seriously and substantially increase our efforts to take care of what is left of our planet", said Dr Stuart Butchart of the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP WCMC), and the paper's lead author.
The indicators included in the study were developed and synthesised by the 2010 BIP. The Partnership, co-ordinated by UNEP-WCMC brings together over 40 organizations working internationally at the forefront of indicator development to provide the best available information on biodiversity trends.
The results from this study feed into the Global Biodiversity Outlook 3, the flagship publication of the Convention on Biological Diversity, to be released on 10 May, when government representatives will meet to discuss the 2010 target and how to address the biodiversity crisis, and into the work of Ramsar's Scientific & Technical Review Panel (STRP) on assessing indicators of the effectiveness of the Convention's implementation.
The Ramsar Secretariat and STRP participate fully in the 2010 BIP work and have contributed indicator assessment information to the Science paper. "It's especially alarming that this study confirms that wetlands, both coastal and inland, and the many species depending upon them, continue to be in particularly serious decline – threatening their capacity to provide their huge range of benefits to people, and threatening the health and livelihoods of communities dependent on them" said co-author Ramsar's Deputy Secretary General Prof. Nick Davidson.
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Download the full Science paper and its online supporting information from the 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership website: http://www.twentyten.net/2010bippublications.


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Jill Ahrens is conducting doctoral research with Nigerians in Germany, England and Spain. In her research she explores the motivations and experiences of intra-EU mobility and immobility in the context of the Nigerian diaspora(s). This research is supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and her supervisors are Prof. Russell King and Dr Michael Collyer.
She has an interdisciplinary background that includes politics, economics, cultural studies and research methods. She worked as a researcher at the Sussex Centre for Migration Research on two projects related to international student migration (funded by BIS and HEFCE) and the Migrations between Africa and Europe longitudinal survey (funded by the European 7th Framework Programme). Previously she gained experience in migrants' rights advocacy while working for Manchester Refugee Support Network and Threshold Women's Counselling Service.
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Sentiment: Strong Buy
ISIS Pharm earns $4 mln from Achaogen (AKAO) for the initiation of a Phase 3 study of plazomicin
Co announced that it has earned a $4 mln milestone payment from Achaogen (AKAO) associated with the initiation of a Phase 3 study of plazomicin in patients with serious multi-drug resistant (MDR), gram-negative bacterial infections. The Phase 3 study is designed as a superiority study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of plazomicin compared to colistin in patients with bloodstream infections and nosocomial pneumonia caused by carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae.
Achaogen's development and commercialization of plazomicin is subject to a license agreement with Isis. Isis is eligible to receive up to $19.5 mln, which includes $3 mln previously received and the $4 mln earned today from Achaogen, as plazomicin advances in development.
Isis is also eligible to receive up to $20 mln in milestone payments as well as royalties based on sales of plazomicin.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
You can't cure idiocy. That's too bad!
Here you go http://finance.yahoo.com/mb/VICL/
Go post on the VICL blog then
INSY GOT THE SUBPOENA....The Fly on the Wall reported ISIS got a subpena....IT DID NOT...INSY GOT THE SUBPOENA...buy ISIS this is an opportunity!
Golar LNG price target raised to $75 from $68 at BofA/Merrill
BofA/Merrill raised Golar's price target to $75 given the commitment to a second floating LNG liquidfication, or FLNG, unit conversion, and firming contracts on the first FNLG. Shares are Buy rated.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
August 28, 2014 17:17 EDT CRZO Carrizo Oil & Gas files automatic mixed securities shelf
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Cramer is speaking with the Cheryl Bachelder :-)
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J.C. Penney recommneded as a Long Trade Idea at JPMorgan
JPMorgan recommends J.C. Penney as a long Trade Idea into the upcoming Fall analyst meeting given the increasing likelihood the company announces a restructuring that could include store closings and expense reductions. The firm was encouraged by Q2 top-line growth and said promotional cadence has returned to FY11 levels and believes shares are setting up for a year-end rally
Sentiment: Strong Buy
Sequential Brands: Galaxy closes early; key positive; reiterate Buy, $15 tgt -- Wunderlich
Wunderlich reiterates Buy rating on SQBG and raises estimates while conservatively leaving 2015 projections unchanged after co announced an early closing to the Galaxy Brand Holdings deal and renewal of two key licenses. Even more, firm believes this transaction will move co to the next tier in the brand licensing universe and positions co as the next major publicly traded brand licensing player. Firm remains buyer of SQBG.
Sequential Brands price target raised to $19 from $11 at Canaccord
Canaccord raised its price target on Sequential Brands following its acquisition of Galaxy Brands, citing expectations for increased licensing revenue and the execution of management's growth strategy through M&A. The firm keeps its Buy rating on the shares
Sentiment: Strong Buy
The deal is expected to be accretive to distributable cash
flow by between $0.60 and $1 per share over the next five
In addition to higher distribution and lower cost of capital,
management indicated that M&A was another factor behind its
decision. They didn't speculate on what sorts of
transactions they would do, but buying another MLP or going
upstream into the exploration-and-production space wasn't
ruled out. They commented that they want to remain the "toll
road" to the industry (collecting fees to transport), but
knowing this management as we do, we wouldn't put anything
past them in driving higher growth, stronger payouts and
delivering exactly what they intended when they first
started the MLP structure.
Shares trade at a discount to midstream C Corps on a
yield/growth parameter, yet they will have a higher payout
ratio at 90% (vs. 70% to 80% for peers). It trades at a
slight premium to the group on enterprise value/EBITDA of
15.7x vs. 13x for the group and 16x price/DCF vs. 15x for the
group. But KMI is in strong position to post higher organic
growth given its size and scale. We like the deal, and
believe higher growth is inevitable as well as a higher
stock price over time. Our price target is $50.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
yahoo keeps taking away the rest of the AA+ alert...it's long. I see it then it disappears. What a mess they made of their message boards. It's a shame!
We like the deal for several reasons: It simplifies the
company structure, reduces the cost of capital by half,
positions the company to raise the dividend annually by 10%,
gives it size/scale advantages and capability to be an
aggressive consolidator in the industry, and most important,
investors can focus solely on the strong underlying
fundamentals rather than the distractions of various moving
pieces, which should afford it a higher valuation multiple.
Also, as a C Corp the company opens up its potential
investor base compared to its general-partner peers.
The new entity will remove the incentive distribution
structure that has prevented the company from paying out a
higher distribution and it raises the fair value estimates
substantially. It creates an energy midstream giant with an
enterprise value of $140 billion that generates $8 billion
in earnings before interest taxes depreciation and
amortization annually and nearly doubles the cash available
dividends to $7.3 billion in 2020 from $4.7 billion in 2015.
This translates into 10% distribution growth between 2015
and 20120. This alone is reason to own the position.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
KMI was set up as the general partner, with interests in
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP (KMP:NYSE), El Paso
Pipeline Partners LP (EPB:NYSE) and interests in several
legacy El Paso pipeline and storage assets. It was one of
the largest general partners in the MLP space with a very
diverse set of assets across the energy midstream spectrum.
Following last Sunday night's acquisition of all of its
equity interests, the company's structure and growth story
has changed significantly, and for the better. Because of
this transaction we want to be involved in the name as it
has transformed itself into a simpler C Corp structure,
which will produce higher dividends, see lower costs, do
more M&A, and create the world's third-largest energy
company behind Exxon Mobil (XOM:NYSE) and Chevron (CVX:NYSE).
The deal announced last week was the acquisition of all the
outstanding equity interests of KMP: Kinder Morgan
Management and El Paso Pipeline Partners, which will
consolidate the midstream assets into one entity. KMI will
issue $40 billion in equity and pay $4 billion in cash. The
deal will close in 4Q 2014. In essence, it will remain an
MLP under a C Corp structure, so it will continue to pay out
the majority of its cash flow in the form of a dividend and
then finance growth capital with outside debt and equity.
We'll also buy 500 shares of Kinder Morgan (KMI:NYSE) at
$41.39. In energy, we like to own stocks that either have an
ongoing internal restructuring, a commitment to a high
payout ratio (and a growing divided yield), or management
that is committed to creating shareholder value. KMI is all
three. We like the recent move to simplify its corporate
structure, going from a master limited partnership to a C
corporation, which will lower its cost structure and enable
the company to complete acquisitions for further growth. It
also has an attractive 4.2% dividend yield and an attractive
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Jim Cramer, Stephanie Link, and TheStreet Research Team
Sentiment: Strong Buy
Stifel Nicolaus
Initiated Coverage
Canaccord Genuity
Initiated Coverage
24-Jul-14 13:25 ET
NXP Semi target raised to $76 at Topeka Capital Markets; upside from program ramps; Buy (65.84 +1.30)
Topeka Capital Markets raises their NXPI tgt to $76 from $72. Co reported above seasonal rev results across its HPMS segments driven by broad-based demand strength. Firm continues to be encouraged by the breadth of demand strength and expect additional program ramps to boost 3Q14 growth. Firm believes NXPI remains positioned to benefit from product cycles and share gains into 2H14, and are optimistic about the intermediate-term growth outlook.
Jefferies Group
Reiterated Rating
$72.00 - $80.00
24-Jul-14 01:23 ET
NXP Semi beats by $0.04, beats on revs; guides Q3 EPS above consensus, revs above consensus (64.54 )
Reports Q2 (Jun) earnings of $1.09 per share, $0.04 better than the Capital IQ Consensus Estimate of $1.05; revenues rose 17.3% year/year to $1.39 bln vs the $1.33 bln consensus.
Co issues upside guidance for Q3, sees EPS of $1.25-1.35 vs. $1.18 Capital IQ Consensus Estimate; sees Q3 revs of $1.43-1.48 vs. $1.4 bln Capital IQ Consensus Estimate.
Sentiment: Strong Buy
August 18, 2014 NXPI NXP Semiconductors shares should be bought, says Sterne Agee
Sterne Agee expects NXP Semiconductors to significantly benefit from the proliferation of EMV cards in the U.S. and China. The firm also thinks the company will be boosted by strength in its automotive and mobile payments markets, and predicts that its gross margins and revenue will beat expectations going forward. The firm keeps an $82 price target and Buy rating on the shares.
Note that Goldman Sachs downgraded NXP Semiconductors to Sell from Neutral earlier today
Sentiment: Strong Buy
Oil guidance for the year is 42-47K barrels/day compared with where the co entered the year at around 42K barrels/day. On an annual basis, oil production should grow 40-50% above the co's FY14 annual oil volumes. The co said it continues to integrate EPL into Energy XXI and it has seen savings ahead of what it originally expected.
In Q&A, some wondered if the co's guidance was conservative (co hasn't provided guidance in the past). At the mid-point of guidance, FY15 production is expected to increase 37% over the prior year, with oil volumes 48% ahead of the prior year. July 2014 production ~ 59,000 BOE/d with 42,000 barrels per day of oil.
Sentiment: Strong Buy


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Sony held its Mobile World Congress press conference late on Sunday afternoon, and in very quick succession launched two new Xperia smartphones, the Xperia U and the Xperia P, the latter of which we'll look at in more detail here.
At CES 2012 in January, Sony unveiled the Xperia S, a monster device with a big 4.3-inch screen and a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, so it was hard to imagine an even higher spec phone had been saved for MWC. Sure enough, the Xperia P and U both sit below the Xperia S, but they're both equally as exciting.
The Xperia P has a gorgeous aluminium unibody design and not only shares the same transparent light bar under the display as the Xperia S, which will alert you to incoming calls or messages, but a very similar overall look. In fact, it's going to take a keen eye to tell them apart.
It'll be the Xperia P's slightly smaller 4-inch Bravia screen that gives it away though, plus the slight reduction in weight, as the P tips the scales at 120 grams. The screen has a qHD 960 x 540 pixel resolution, and introduces a feature called WhiteMagic, which enhances the brightness depending on environmental conditions, while paying attention to getting the best out of the battery.
On the rear panel sits the lens to the Xperia P's 8 megapixel camera, which uses Sony's Exmor R sensor, plus it has an LED flash and 1080p video recording, whilst around the front you'll find a simple VGA video-call camera lens.
As the rumours suggested, the phone uses ST-Ericsson's NovaThor 1GHz dual-core processor and initially, the phone will run Android Gingerbread, however, an upgrade to Android 4.0 should arrive shortly after its release.
Other key features include an NFC chip, DLNA connectivity, an HDMI-out, GPS, 16GB of internal storage and a choice of either black, white or red colour schemes. Sony has also launched the SmartDock, where a docked Xperia will act as an entertainment hub by sharing video content with other Sony products such as your TV.
The Xperia P will go on sale around the world during the second quarter of 2012, so we should expect it after April.


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Christmas at Disneyland, 1961. Via Vintage Disneyland Tickets. More vintage Disney.
when you have to make the decision between sleeping and the internet
Rihanna becoming a bad bitch wasn't even a gradual shift
she just woke up one morning and was like nah fuck this and chopped off her hair and started singing about ridin dick
Tbh I think we all have days like that
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This was my third time at TCX and it was awesome! I learned a lot about God's character, as well as many ways to change my ways. This is what I learned over the last four days.
I arrived at the Hilton on Wednesday and once I settled in, I immediately went finding people from Project, and I went on an adventure to Target with some of them. Getting food for this week. That night, we had a chance to hear from Tom Henderson, someone who, to be totally honest, I didn't know about. But he talked about our brokenness and what it's like to be Fused (The theme for this year's TCX). After some campus time, I played a TCX mainstay: Ninja. While I didn't win any games, I had fun anyways.
Thursday, Crawford Lorrits spoke for both sessions. Crawford was one of the main reasons I came back. He speaks so well and is passionate on what he speaks on. In the morning session he talked about abiding in Christ, as mentioned in John 15. It was an interesting talk. Basically the main thing that I took away was that I let Christ abide in me when I came to know Christ almost 8 years ago, but I need to abide in Christ, and live fully and become a light in the spiritual darkness of the world. In the night session, Crawford talked about the character of Jesus. He said that Jesus not only had a impact with his three year ministry on Earth, but made an impact even before He was born. Seminars were also offered today. I decided to go to the seminar "Our Father in Heaven". It was about prayer and how we should be fervent and enthusiastic in how we pray, not something that we feel we have to do.
Friday was our day of outreach so we went out to the inner city delivering food boxes to people as well as to share the Gospel of Christ. Also getting equipped at the Morning session. We got the chance to hear from Candice Siewert. She does a lot for the international partnerships for the Upper Midwest region (East Asia, Australia, 4th Journey, France, Ghana and Uruguay). She talked about the Parable of the Sower, something I learned about on Project. She talked about the different types of people, related it to our day of outreach, and talked about her hilarious experience on the farm. It was what I needed to go out this afternoon. It was my first day of outreach since Project and while I was nervous, I was excited as well. That night, Crawford talked about keeping the sense of mission, especially after today. The talk also made sense because the session highlighted the international partnerships we had. Crawford talked about the nature of our calling (Matt. 16:13-19), our commission (Matt. 9:35-38), and our command (Matt. 28:18:20). Since the day was so long, I went to sleep afterwards. Yeah I'm getting old.
Yesterday, we heard from Tom, talking about what keeps us from growing in our faith, and becoming fused. The three ways that he ways that kept us from growing in our faith had to do with three things, Our Plan, our pride, and our past. It was interesting on what Tom was getting at. Especially how our past seems to haunt us, and I can see why. We tend to revert to the sins that we had before we knew Christ. After his talk, the emcee, Ben, talked about having secret sins, and gave some time for people to pray and discuss those sins.
The final night of TCX was about surrender. I came into the ballroom to different scenes shown on the screens. They were about how Jesus lived a whole life of surrender from the time he was born to the time he died. I was told to think about those pictures and think about the impact. Then Candice spoke again. She used the practice of Lectio Divina (Divine Reading) to unpack pertinent verses about Jesus' life on Earth. And she made us think, on where would we be in these verses. From His birth to when He was in Gethsemane praying to God before Jesus was arrested by the Romans. It was a humbling experience for sure. Also that night, we were to make a decision, if you wanted to. It was if you would pledge to spend one year after graduation to serve missionally. After prayerfully considering this, I decided to do this. However, I added something to mine these two words, "or more". I don't know what God has in store in my life and I am happy for that. I want to live out a life of mission, to develop a servant heart. In order to radically love Christ with everything we have, we must OBEY what God told us to do.
So what did I learn
- I need to be vulnerable to other people, so I can be open to people what I am dealing with spiritually.
- I need need NEED consistency in my life, especially in my daily walk. And lastly
- I need to pray in a fervent and passionate manner. God likes to be bothered (Isaiah 62:6-7).
I am already excited to go back next year, it will be cool to see this post almost a year from now and see how I have changed.


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When one thinks of Australian metal or rock, invariably AC/DC and Jet are the stereotype. Airbourne and some others are in there too, but everybody at this point knows exactly what's being talked about. So when Envenomed was reportedly a melodic thrash act from the continent down under, there was a certain amount of cynicism that was probably to be expected. Why break the stereotype now, it's been working so well?
Lost Society is one of those bands who comes along every handful of years and makes you sit up in your chair and say 'let's see what happens here.' The band's talent and clear understanding of thrash as we know it was so evident on their debut "Fast Loud Death" that they were practically on the verge of being anointed the Next Big Thing. So with mounting anticipation, the world awaits the forthcoming storm of the Finns' second effort, "Terror Hungry."
…and so the thrash revival rolls on. Next up in the batter's box is Hirax, the Southern California band originally formed in 1982 in the shadow of other SoCal acts like Metallica and Slayer. Through the ins and outs and machinations of a musical career, there have only been two constants in the extended history of Hirax – thrash and founding lead singer Katon W. De Pena. So what makes Hirax stand out? Well, they've got a thick and crunchy guitar sound, a badass attitude and a singer who looks a little like Tim Meadows. Let's get to work.
The common album cycle these days tends to run two or three years. A band composes a selection of music, rehearses it, perfects it, records it, masters it, markets it, releases it, tours on it. Probably twice. Wash, rinse, repeat.
I chuckle as announcements roll out for albums, and every band that was formed sometime in the 80's described itself as 'legendary'. It's simply impossible for all of them to be such, but more than that, it amuses me how much revisionism has occurred of what the time was really like. Bands that have reformed and claim status as kings of metal were utterly forgotten during their initial runs, which makes it a little hard for me to believe anything they claim for a legacy.
Whoa, what is this?
You ever seen the Robert Redford movie "Sneakers?" There's a scene where the character Whistler (played by one of the all-time great character actors David Strathairn,) figures out that the computer hardware his crew stole is the most powerful decryption tool ever created; that possessing it gave him complete access to every secure network in the United States. Whistler's reaction, accompanied by a symphonic crescendo, is "Whoa." That's how I feel about Warbringer's new album "Empires Collapse."
If you'll be kind enough to indulge for a moment, I'm probably about to sound like the metal Garrison Keillor. You remember back in 1988 when Metallica released "…And Justice For All" and that album, in a much simpler time, gave rise to the concept of experimentation in thrash and sparked the genre's first debate about the nature of production?
There are two reasons I do this. The first and most important reason is because I love music. The second reason is because every now and again, I am totally and pleasantly surprised. Let me cut to the chase before we get into the minutiae – Battlecross' new album "War of Will" readily fulfills both of those reasons.
This week we discuss alchemy, camera technology, a first time guest host joins the show, and we review "As Above, So Below".


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'Crocodile Dundee' star missing $34 million
Actor Paul Hogan is accusing his former financial adviser of making off with the cash.
Australian regulators have for years accused "Crocodile Dundee" star Paul Hogan of skipping out on millions in taxes. Hogan allegedly hired an adviser to help him hide that money in offshore tax havens.
Now Hogan claims the adviser has run off with $34 million he had stashed in a Swiss bank account. Hogan's lawyer sued the adviser in a California court, but the court rejected the claim in February.
The issue centers around the $34 million that has been parked for nearly 20 years at the Corner Bank in Lausanne, Switzerland. Hogan started getting nervous last year after his adviser, Philip Egglishaw, wouldn't give him any bank statements about the money, The Sydney Morning Herald reports.
Egglishaw had moved money into a new trust he set up for Hogan after authorities began investigating whether Hogan was hiding his "Crocodile Dundee" money in an older trust, The Herald reports.
Hogan's lawyer sued Egglishaw in a California district court, but the case was dismissed in February. A judge said California was too far from Switzerland and the British Virgin Islands company that Egglishaw allegedly used to run Hogan's trust.
So that leaves Hogan now with few options. His once-trusted adviser has fled an international arrest warrant. His $34 million Swiss bank account is gone. His lawyer's lawsuit hit a dead end. He hasn't been in a film in years. On the plus side, he settled his tax evasion case confidentially with Australian officials last year.
At least Hogan has his real estate holdings to fall back on. He and his wife, Linda Kozlowski, are known for buying mansions, giving them stunning makeovers and selling them for a profit, The Courier-Mail reports. See the latest mansion he put on the market here.
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Oh La La Cheri Lace Chemise and G-String Set
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Seduce your lover in this sheer lace chemise and G-string set from Oh La La Cheri. Sexy and feminine, pretty lace panels adorn this flattering lingerie, while the hem is super-short and features a flirty lace ruffle to catch your lover's eye...
Featuring soft lace cups for light support and adjustable shoulder straps for a comfortable fit, this sexy chemise plunges low at the back to reveal the curves of your back for a demure-yet-revealing look.
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- Feminine lace chemise and G-string set
- See-though floral lace panels and cups offer instant sex appeal
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- Washing instructions: Hand wash only
How it feels
- Material: Lace
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Oh La La Cheri Lace Chemise and G-String Set 10 out of 10 (14 reviews) Write your own reviewOrder by:
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Absolutely stunning
Reviewed: 20 August 2014 by lubylou13, a Straight Going Steady Female
I often find it very difficult buying lingerie, especially those that are not "cup sizes". As I usually prefer the slight boost underwired products provide - due to being flat chested (34 A).
However, this chemise instantly caught my eye. It is everything I like/look for in lingerie. It is feminine, looks sexy but sophisticated and of course it has lace - which I love!
I was hesitate in placing my order - as I have had a lot of disappointment in the past where lingerie is concerned (so I tend to stick to what I know works for me), but I really wanted to try something different and I kept being "drawn back" to this. So I decided to take the plunge and ordered it - I am so glad I did!!!
I opted for this is Red (which has now been discontinued). It is a lovely "deep wine" colour. This comes in a plastic sleeve on a hanger - which I thought was a lovely touch!
The moment of the truth.
Trying this on, I tried not to get my hopes up too much! But to my surprise it fit perfectly (size M as I am a size 8/10), very flattering and hugs you in all the right places. I felt very sexy wearing this. Given the luck I have had in the past, this was a massive confidence boost and has gave me the courage to try other items - especially more chemises!
It is so soft against your skin and very easy to wear (I didn't want to take it off). The quality of the material is to a very high standard. The material is stretchy as well. Also it has adjustable straps - ensuring that perfect fit!
The only thing I didn't like about it was the G-string. I found this very big in size. Also it has the label right at the front - which as it is see-through isn't very good. However, there are plenty of other "knickers/thongs/ G-strings" available to buy that will easily go with this, so this wasn't an issue for me.
I cannot recommend this product enough! I will defiantly be looking at purchasing it in "Black" in the future as it is such a fantastic buy.
- Pros
- The feel. The colour. The fit. Adjustable straps.
- Cons
- G-string.
- Bottom line
- Massive confidence booster.
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Beautiful, Sexy and Feminine
Reviewed: 17 December 2013 by 17thCenturyVenus, a Straight Married Female
I received this item a few days ago and am over the moon with it. It is really pretty, well detailed and the material is lovely and soft and comfortable to wear. It is a perfect mix of sexy and sweet. I can't give my husband's verdict yet, as it is his Christmas prezzie. But I'm certain he will love it and it's going to take some will power not to try it out before then!
Ordered the lilac colour, which I love as it compliments my pale skin tone. I think sometimes the common colours of red or black can wash me out but this colour is just perfect.
I brought the Large size. It fits really well (I am a size 14-16 but only have size 36B boobs, I would recommend the next size up if you are 14-16 with bigger boobs).
- Pros
- I liked everything. The colour, the fit, the material and the detailing are all lovely.
- Cons
- The knickers aren't amazing - but they won't be on for long anyway!
- Bottom line
- Beautiful chemise. Feminine, sexy and comfortable.
- 2 people found this review helpful. Was this review helpful to you? Yes
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Reviewed: 28 November 2013 by Knickers306, a Straight Going Steady Female
I bought this for a weekend away with my OH and was not let down at all!
It looked and felt amazing. The material was so soft and comfortable but also just sat perfectly on my figure. It hides the tummy nicely but shows off my curves really well.
It's now one of my firm favourites and gets a fantastic reaction any time I wear it.
- Pros
- Great material and looks great.
- Cons
- Nothing, it's beautiful.
- Bottom line
- Great value, comfortable and a MUST in any lingerie drawer!
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