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Scheming to get Ducky back doing something would be fun. I miss doing shows with her. I used to get lots of comments from people about how much they liked the show but I really think they were liking Ducky. Let's trick her into doing another show!
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Comment posted Russell stance on Argyll Ferries raises serious questions by ferryman.
The streaker service was not allowed to cope with vehicle service demand because it was shackled by an enforced restricted timetable and ridiculous ticketing arrangements.
"If you can suggest how a vehicle ferry can provide the quality of passenger service that requires easy access on and off the ferry, and easy access to the train at Gourock, please do." My main concern is to have ships that can cross the Firth of Clyde reliably. There were no significant complaints about getting on/off the streaker service and the boarding arrangements were much better than they are now.
So lets go back to having large, reliable vehicle and passenger ferries rather than throwing good money after bad by trying to patch up a failed passenger only service with pontoons.
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- You need to make a choice about whether or not there is to be a town centre ferry service.
Assuming a town centre service is required (the EU rated it as an essential service), then you need large vessels to make it reliable. This was known from the Deloitte Touche report which said "large hulled" vessels were needed on the Firth of Clyde.
If you wish you can then run these large vessels just passenger only. Alternatively you can carry vehicles on them reducing the subsidy required and so making them more economic – that is what I mean.
The stunning incompetence of Transport Scotland was to spend £2M on small vessels, plus a subsidy for them, then be surprised they cannot run and so wish to add £4M for pontoons (which serve no purpose) plus additional costs for a larger replacement for the AliCat. The net result of the current fiasco is that the cost of decent ferry will be spent on a service that still will not function.
By not function I mean that not only are the users of the Argyll Ferries service suffering but regular car drivers are also having difficulties and those foot passengers that have abandoned Argyll Ferries have ongoing problems because the buses don't get on the vehicle ferries reliably. Meanwhile Inverclyde Council contemplate spending yet more money for a ring road to cope with the diverted traffic. All round a total and utter expensive mess.
- The only way to sort the passenger only service is to use larger vessels. Once you use larger vessels to be economic they have to carry vehicles – simples.
- The primary fault is that the SNP went back on their promise to deliver two vehicle ferries for the route. The reasons for this have never been explained particularly as substantial investment in infrastructure, including funding from the EU, to support vehicle ferries had already been put in place.
The secondary fault is that the passenger only service put in place has been a failure since the outset. The implementation of the service is down to Transport Scotland but the Government are supposedly in control of them.
Furthermore the Government created a private monopoly of cross Firth of Clyde vehicle traffic and effectively gifted some 60,000 vehicle crossings per annum to Western Ferries.
- Do our road bridges make a profit, our tunnels or roads even – no. We accept that infrastructure has to be put in place at a national level. In the case of the East of Scotland that involves spending billions on a free to use bridge.
Where there are islands or peninsulas that infrastructure should include ferries and the very limited funding that would be required for a modern, efficient, seaworthy fleet.
- The frequency has doubled but but the rate of cancellations has far more than doubled. That is because the old service used larger ships that could cope with the weather and the new service uses bathtubs which cannot.
The bathtubs are cancelling and being disrupted for days at a time in summer weather, something that simply did not happen at all with the former ships.
If you don't understand the car argument how about; your child not getting taught because their teacher is late, or nurses not being available in hospital because they are late, or students being late for lectures. This is supposed to be a commuter service!
Over the course of many years, and on the back of Government promises, people have built their lives around there being a reliable town center ferry service.
Suddenly that reliable service has been removed.There are going to be to gradual but very predictable consequences of this. Firstly people who need to use the service regularly will tend to leave the area. Secondly new blood who might move to the area intending to commute will not come. The end result will be ongoing economic decline for Cowal and Dunoon.
Recent comments by ferryman
- Responses to Scottish Government's Information Day on potential Gourock-Dunoon ferry service
As usual newsroom bends things by quoting the MVA report as saying the vehicle service 'could be feasible'.In fact the reports states; "This study has therefore demonstrated that, given the assumptions made and analysis
undertaken here,a passenger and vehicle ferry service IS feasible."
[ see section 9.1.10 http://www.transportscotland.gov.uk/files/documents/reports/j278759/j278759.pdf ]I am not surprised that Serco are interested in what is Scotland's busiest vehicle ferry route particularly when the competition turns such a massive profit margin from poorly located ports.
If Serco have wider ambitions for ferries in Scotland, as it seems they do, then Dunoon Gourock would make sense.
- Scottish Government moves on Clyde and Hebridean Ferry Services provision
"A lifeline ferry service is required in order for a community to be viable."So Dunoon is lifeline then – good.
- Scottish Government moves on Clyde and Hebridean Ferry Services provision
Newsroom says that Dunoon Gourock is "not a lifeline service".I think Dunoon Gourock is an essential lifeline service but obviously Soapbox aka Newsroom does not.
So where is the definition of "lifeline" so that we can decide who is correct?
The answer is that there is no definition – Transport Scotland shall decide, route by route, to whom that applies.
As to contractual terms, look at Dunoon Gourock, anybody can run anything there is absolutely no contractual need for the service to be reliable. So if your route is goung to be tendered in this way you are totally unprotected.
Of course Dunoon Gourock is only a piddling little route – well no, according to the Scottish Government it is the most important Scottish route for vehicle transport and significant even on European terms, but that of course is not enough to make it lifeline in Newsroom's eyes.
- So what will Transport Scotland talk to Brussels about on Dunoon-Gourock ferry?
Read the report.The taxpayer and the people of Dunoon/Cowal can have a passenger only service and pay a subsidy for it.
Alternatively they can pay the same subsidy and get a passenger and vehicle service.
Of course if they choose the vehicle service then the subsidy is paid back via berthing fees both to the Scottish Government and Argyll and Bute Council – in other words to the public purse it is for practical purposes free (which the passenger only service is not). Not only that but the operator of the vehicle service makes a larger profit.
All of which in a Scottish Government produced report meets all EC requirements.
- Lairds powering on to get Western's boats completed
So they are not actually as promised going to be in service for the games this year?If they were in service what would the additional car carrying capacity and people carrying capacity per hour have been?
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"You can't blame children for fearing booking agents," says Dr. Herschel Krustofsky, author of the best selling book, Dad! There's A Booking Agent Under My Bed!, considered by many to be the final word on the imaginary terrors of childhood. "After all, through a child's eyes a booking agent can seem quite monstrous. Always talking on a cell phone, carrying contracts for Ill Nino and Bowling For Soup, negotiating ticket prices, merch and support acts. It's a wonder everybody isn't afraid of booking agents."
But while most licensed doctors claim that the fear of booking agents is totally psychological and has no basis in fact, there's no denying the symptoms one endures when confronted with representatives of artists and bands like Flickerstick or Cracker. Heart palpitations, fainting spells, projectile vomiting - all these symptoms have been documented when ordinary folks, including children and adults, find themselves in the company of booking agents.
"Many of my patients can trace their booking agent fears back to that popular kids show, Bozo The William Morris Agent, which portrayed the wheeling and dealing involved with arranging show dates for Diana Krall and Green Day as a series of games, magic tricks and hula hoop contests," says Dr. Krustofsky. "Then there's Ronald McMiddle Agent, whose image has been used to sell hamburgers, fries and Elton John dates for over forty years. When it comes to childhood horrors, booking agents are at the top of the list, second only to RIAA executives and national promoters."
Is the fear of booking agents treatable? Can children who scream at the top of their lungs in anguish and terror overcome their dread of those who make their livings finalizing dates for Dokken, Hatebreed and The Holmes Brothers? And what about the adults who end up treating their fears with over-the-counter medications, prescription drugs and various liquids derived from grapes, barley, hops and grain? Can the fear of booking agents be eliminated once and for all so that everyone can enjoy shows by such artists as Jimmy Buffett and Megadeth without being traumatized by the negotiating process that makes up the foundation of today's concert industry?
"The first order of business is to separate the ones who truly experience distress and despair when they meet the booking agent for, say, Hilary Duff, Pixies or Richard Elliot," says Dr. Krustofsky. "For those are the people who really have a problem with booking agents."
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Diame only joined the Hammers during the summer but he has been linked with a January departure after it was revealed a clause in his contract could allow him to leave for just £3.5million. Arsenal have had a disappointing first half of the season and are sixth in the Premier League table, 21 points behind leaders Manchester United and six points off fourth-placed Spurs. So Gunners manager Arsene Wenger is expected to reinforce his squad during the transfer window, with a move for Diame suggested. But Allardyce said:
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Allardyce is also hoping to bring in more new players during January, with Blackburn left-back Martin Olsson on his list. But after an initial enquiry, Allardyce revealed:
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A reader writes: I am worried about the stress levels at our high school campus and the effect it is having on my daughter. She is a junior and is quite anxious about getting into college. She tells me that her friends at school are constantly talking about what colleges they plan to apply to and how hard it is to get in. One thing she finds especially difficult is that her friends want to compare grades and test scores. My daughter is a good student and never used to be anxious about school. All that changed this year and now she is literally worried about getting into any colleges at all. I saw the documentary, Race to Nowhere, the film about the harmful effects of stress on students, but it offered little in the way of advice. Do you have any? ~Stressed about Daughter's Stress
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Yes I do have some thoughts. The problem you describe is not confined to your daughter's high school campus. According to a recent study carried out by UCLA's Higher Education Research Institute, called The American Freshman: National Norms, found that students in this year's class of U.S. college freshmen reported the lowest levels of emotional well-being on record. Just over half of this year's college freshmen (51.9%) reported feeling 'above average' in terms of their emotional health. This figure is down 3.4% since last year and 11.5% since 1985, when the question was first asked. Also,this year young women were far less likely than young men to report high levels of emotional well-being. It is likely that this study's findings reflect, at least in part, the growing amount of social and academic pressures that our high school students experience. By the time our high school seniors graduate, they may have lost the pleasure of learning by an over emphasis on achievement which is equated with success.
The situation you describe regarding your daughter is increasingly common. It is peer pressure, and it can be considered a form of social bullying when accompanied by negative and hurtful comments. Teens experience different levels of competitive college admissions pressure and teens react differently. Some can shrug it off, but many find the whole business of comparing grades and test scores and discussing what colleges they plan to apply to uncomfortable and anxiety-producing.
I advise students to do their best to not engage in these types of conversations. An individual has a right to keep some things private. Although your daughter may be friends with the students who are involved in this academic arms race, she can make a firm decision to steer clear. You might gently suggest that the best friendships offer rewarding, positive experiences rather than demoralizing or degrading ones. If your daughter is willing, perhaps she could break up her day socially by seeking out the company of students who are not obsessed with academic competition. If she feels this is not a realistic option, then she can try to change the subject and/or explain to her friends that she does not want to compare grades, test scores and college plans. She can be honest and mention that it just raises the level of anxiety and that is counterproductive. There may even be a couple of other students in her group that will welcome this idea and will be glad your daughter spoke up.
It is difficult for students to be assertive and not go along with the crowd; but that type of assertiveness should be encouraged. A growing sense of mastery will be the reward along with freedom from anxiety. Your daughter can spend her time far more productively researching a balanced list of colleges that are a good fit for her as well as immersing herself in the extracurricular activities she enjoys. This will have the added benefit of improving the overall strength of her college applications. If your teen continues to experience an overwhelming amount of stress, she may benefit from some professional counseling. This can sometimes be just the support a troubled teen needs to find positive ways to go through the college admissions process.
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Friends: | Eugene H. Krabs SpongeBob SquarePants Patrick Star |
Employer: | SpongeBob ("Neptune's Spatula") |
Enemies: | Triton (formerly) Eugene H. Krabs (formerly) SpongeBob SquarePants (formerly) Sheldon J. Plankton |
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First appearance: | "Neptune's Spatula" |
Latest appearance: | "Trident Trouble" |
Portrayer: | John O'Hurley ("Neptune's Spatula," Battle for Bikini Bottom, "The Clash of Triton") Kevin Michael Richardson ("Party Pooper Pants") Jeffrey Tambor (The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie) Billy West ("SpongeBob vs. The Patty Gadget") |
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King Neptune (born 5,000 years ago[1]) is the series' depiction of Neptune, the Roman god of the sea. In the universe of SpongeBob SquarePants, Neptune is the god and supreme ruler of the sea, which makes him enemies with the Flying Dutchman. His name is often used in place of god's, with phrases such as "Dear Neptune," "Neptune preserve her!," and "Oh my Neptune!" However, he has never explicitly been shown to be worshiped by the creatures of the sea. King Neptune first appeared in the episode "Neptune's Spatula," and reappeared in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, but revealed he was bald after event of SpongeBob Season 4. Later, reappeared again before his hair was restored from Neptune's Spatula appeared in Clash of The Triton. Neptune is voiced by John O'Hurley in the TV series, and by Jeffrey Tambor in the movie. His Greek counterpart is Poseidon. He has a wife and one son, as well as two daughters.
Rivalry side
- In The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, he tried to kill Mr. Krabs when he was falsely accused of stealing his crown, with no evidence that Mr. Krabs stole the crown.
- In "Neptune's Spatula," he kept thinking SpongeBob was just a joke, and couldn't pull out the spatula. He then repeatedly burns Patrick only to fix him (incorrectly with his face on his butt).
- Queen Amphitrite (wife)
- Princess Mindy (daughter)
- Prince Triton (son)
- Princess Neptuna (daughter)
- John O'Hurley - "Neptune's Spatula," "The Clash of Triton"
- Kevin Michael Richardson - "Party Pooper Pants"
- Jeffrey Tambor - The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
- Billy West - "SpongeBob vs. The Patty Gadget"
King Neptune first appeared in the season one episode "Neptune's Spatula," where he appears after SpongeBob pulls the Golden Spatula from the ancient grease, making him Neptune's royal fry cook. However, Neptune refuses to accept such a lowly creature such as SpongeBob as the chosen one and challenges him to a cook-off where, if SpongeBob wins, he will become a god in Atlantis, but if he loses, he must give up fry cooking forever. The challenge is held at the "Poseidome," where the first one to make 1,000 patties wins. Using his godlike powers, Neptune wins the challenge just as SpongeBob finishes his first patty. To celebrate his victory, he gives the patties to the audience, who hate it. Neptune then tastes SpongeBob's patty, and loves it. He declares SpongeBob the winner and makes him a god. However, when SpongeBob learns that his friends can't join him in Atlantis, he does not want to go and instead, makes Neptune his "trainee" at the Krusty Krab. In this episode, Neptune is green and has fairly realistic human features, has hair, a mustache, a beard, thick fingers, is very muscular, and has a different crown. This version of Neptune also appears in Battle for Bikini Bottom, where he summons SpongeBob and Patrick to the Poseidome to defeat a robot version of Sandy Cheeks.
In the live-action Patchy the Pirate segment of "Party Pooper Pants," a live-action version of Neptune is at Patchy's party.
Neptune plays a central part in The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. The movie also introduces Neptune's daughter, Princess Mindy. This Neptune is actually the same person who was haircut, green-skinned and far more cartoony than the version in "Neptune's Spatula." He is also explicitly portrayed as a king rather than a god, and lives in a palace just outside of Bikini Bottom rather than Atlantis. This Neptune is very brutish and tyrannical, which he tells his daughter is necessary for him to be respected as a ruler. His crown is very important to him, not only because it is a symbol of his power, but because it covers his "thinning" (bald) head. When the crown is stolen by Plankton, Neptune attempts to execute Mr. Krabs, who is framed for the crime. In "SpongeHenge," Shubie denies Neptune's existence when an anchovy tells her that Neptune must be mad, saying, "Everyone knows Poseidon is the ruler of the undersea."
- The "Neptune's Spatula" incarnation of Neptune appears briefly in "SpongeBob vs. The Patty Gadget."
- A picture of King Neptune, as seen in "Neptune's Spatula," is shown in "Krusty Towers." Squidward refers to this Neptune as "Neptune XIV," suggesting that there are multiple King Neptunes, and possibly explaining his inconsistent appearance.
- In "The Clash of Triton," the version of King Neptune from "Neptune's Spatula" appears with John O' Hurley voicing him once more. He also makes a cameo appearance in "Hello Bikini Bottom" during the song "It's High Time We Went on Tour."
Judging by his different appearances, it is reasonable to conclude that Neptune is actually various different characters, with the first one referring to the Roman deity of the same name, and while a second one works as the actual King of SpongeBob's underwater world. Their different places of living, the fact that the King didn't already know SpongeBob, and his daughter Princess Mindy only being in the movie reinforces this theory. There is also the fact that in "Krusty Towers" Squidward says "King Neptune XIV would be nice." Which claims that the three versions of Neptune throughout the series are not the same character and instead could just be different monarchs of the royal family and are probably related.
Another possible explanation is that he has gotten older from the show to the movie resulting in his loss of hair, because Stephen Hillenburg did establish that the movie does take place after the series. However this is hard to say seeing as The movie takes place 36 years after the pilot episode (because of SpongeBob's 374 straight employee of the month awards), and so far Neptune (from Neptune's Spatula) has been relieved to have been around for 5000 years, meaning that 36 years (or less as his 5000th birthday took place after SpongeBob got his job) probably won't age him that much. Plus there is the fact that he is a god (hence immortality) so he might not age at all once he reached a certain age point.
Video games
- Employee of the Month - An amusement park called Neptune's Paradise is a destination for SpongeBob and Patrick.
- Battle for Bikini Bottom - King Neptune invites SpongeBob and Patrick to the Poseidome to face off against a giant Robo-Sandy which they manage to defeat.
- The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (video game)- King Neptune's role is the same as in the Movie: his crown goes missing and he accuses Mr. Krabs for taking it. He later sends SpongeBob and Patrick to find it, allowing Plankton to take Bikini Bottom for himself. His crown is returned and he frees Mr. Krabs. Under the control of Plankton, he is the final boss of the game.
- SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis - King Neptune makes a cameo in a painting in the Bikini Bottom Museum as an object SpongeBob must photograph. The painting is also unlockable in the gift shop with The Sirens added in it.
- The Clash of Triton (PC Game)- Triton, King Neptune's son, captures King Neptune on his birthday at the Krusty Krab. After his and Queen Amphitrite's tridents fall near SpongeBob and Patrick they gain powers and defeat Triton's underlings (The Monsters from the Party). They defeat Triton, restore Bikini Bottom to its former glory, and reunite Triton with his proud father.
- "This joke has gone far enough!"
- "I win!"
- "Huh?"
- "I'm not bald! It's thinning!"
- "My crown is in the forbidden Shell City?!""
- "Eugene Krabs, your six-day reprieve is up and it is time for you to die!"
- "My hair's thinning a bit."
- "You, go to Shell City? Mwah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"
- "No one who's gone to Shell City has ever returned! What makes you think you could? You're just a kid."
- "Very well then... I'll have to fry you both!"
- "Squire, will you hurry?... (Squire accidentally sprays hair in his eyes and screams)
- "Except give SpongeBob and Patrick a little more... Time-time-time-time-time. What?"
- "It looks like I just hit a single! Let's see if you can get a home run, son!"
- "Oh, how I miss my son!"
- "Son, I demand to know the meaning of this impudent imprisonment!"
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In the episode's opening moments, a hunter by the name of Lee Chambers (portrayed by that eminence of Canadian television Ian Tracey, just so you know) gets himself abducted by the very truck-stop Vetalas he'd been hunting, so his fretful daughter rings up Bobby for an assist, not knowing of course that Bobby's been rotting away in the grave for the better part of a month. Darling Sammy intercepts the wee lass's plea for help and promptly decides to hit the road, but a brooding El Deano begs off — he's become obsessed with those numbers Bobby scrawled on Sam's massive mitt right before the dear old hairball kicked it for good, you see, and he'd much rather hook up with Frank Devereaux to see what that particular bundle of paranoid psychosis has to say about them.
So, Our Intrepid Heroes split up, which is always a wonderful idea on this show, and after several pointless moments of Leviathan-related antagonism between Dean and Devereaux, Frank reveals he's discovered that Bobby's numbers point to a rather large patch of land in northern Wisconsin that had recently been acquired by Richard Roman Enterprises, Inc. The two head up to the empty field in question and find that the Leviathans have already bestrewn the place with surveillance cameras, so sly Frank taps into the Leviathans' security system and, after three straight days of monitoring the feed, eventually spots some useful information in the form of one "Amanda Willer," an efficient-looking RRE project manager who's seen ordering some underlings about the underbrush.
Meanwhile, Darling Sammy's met up with Lee's adolescent daughter, Chrissy, and she's spunky and sassy and Wise Beyond Her Years, so the dear boy does us all an immense favor by shooting her dead on the spot. No, sorry, I got that one wrong: Sam actually trails after her father and gets his enormously stupid self caught by the very same truck-stop Vetalas that so recently laid Lee low. Chrissy thus has little choice but to call Dean and, after he's pulled himself away from far more important matters, the mismatched duo motor on up to wherever and save Sam and Lee by impaling the Vetalas on a couple of silver knives. Naturally, fist-bumps and hugs abound in the wake of this particular success, but the episode ends with both Sam and Dean sliding back into their collective Bobby-related funk as they peel on off towards their next adventure. Words cannot begin to describe how boring it all was.


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Moving Units were inexplicably lost in the pandemonium surrounding the retro-suckling mecha-funk* renaissance of the last two years. When the Los Angeles band released its debut album Dangerous Dreams in late 2004, the mecha-funk craze was completing its short, visceral arc from the underground to the suburbs: one year had passed since the Raptures' Echoes and !!!'s "Me & Giuliani Down by the Schoolyard"; the Killers were securing corporate airplay with their thinly veiled regurgitations of the Cure and Duran Duran; and it would be merely a few months before Franz Ferdinand joined the Black Eyed Peas and Gwen Stefani onstage at the Grammys. Though not as witty or catchy as Franz Ferdinand, Moving Units are at least as good as the Killers; one would think that would count for something besides serving as a casualty of the genre and a reminder of its limitations.
But here we are in early 2005, watching mecha-funk hang on to the final leg of its cycle (world domination), and Moving Units' Dangerous Dreams is, essentially, D.O.A. Perhaps because Moving Units don't cop the same mainstream influences as a band like the Killers (whose success must be attributed, in some respect, to the influential commodity of nostalgia), they now can't share in the bounteous windfall. Moving Units—Blake Miller, Johan Bogeli, and Chris Hathwell—are pale and precious, synthetic and sterile. Their guitars are high-glossed daggers, drums are price-slashing arm movements—liberally abusing the high hat**—and vocals, lightly obscured in pseudo-treacherous fuzz, are markedly masculine yet prone to excessive eyeliner. Dangerous Dreams is either an homage to an homage or a flimsy extension of a fading movement; regardless, its been-there, done-that mediocrity is ultimately what defines it best.
Moving Units' routine gets more helplessly obvious as the tracks progress; most coast in an unembellished stereotype of Black Rebel Motorcycle Club doing Franz Ferdinand at a karaoke bar. The album's first five songs test the patience of said routine: over the stiff grooves, the guitars stab ("Emancipation"), slice ("Between Us and Them"), buzzsaw ("Available"), and reconstruct U2's "Zoo Station" ("Going for Adds"), but these are all merely minute variations on a shared theme. The synthesizers added to "Anyone" fail to score points for kitschy retro chic, instead calling to mind an uninvited return of Golden Earring.
The band fares better when it ventures beyond its safe zone. "Scars" bucks the self-imposed formula, delivering a much moodier example of noir rock, a churning exercise in atmosphere. "Birds of Prey", with its urgent, lunging bass, revels in an unexpected, funky breakdown of hiccupping guitar and handclaps. The break in monotony concludes with "Bricks and Mortar", which cribs the playbook from Drums and Wires-era XTC. Soon, Moving Units are back to their old tricks, recycling the same robo-skank one time too many with latter inclusions like "Killer/Lover".
Whether you embrace this cult of '80s revivalism or not, it's fair to say that, now more than ever, it takes a genuine dose of innovation for a band to muscle its way above the pack. Moving Units aren't that band. Much like Dangerous Dreams' recurring theme of submission, Moving Units give themselves up as just another brick in the mechanically homogenized wall. Lines like "You control me / I'm your machine" ("Emancipation") and "I'm useless / So just use me" ("Birds of Prey") are indicative of the bigger picture: the band's near-masochistic acquiescence to the mecha-funk routine. Some of us simply won't surrender so easily.
*More commonly known as dancepunk and/or post-punk, which I simply won't use here; I believe that mecha-funk is, descriptively, more apt. "Dancepunk" conjures images of Joe Strummer as a zombie in Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video, and that just suggests a faulty association. Additionally, many readers would object to "dancepunk" serving as a blanket description for all of the bands listed above. I find that "mecha-funk" serves them all just fine. Trust me.
**The high hat, when not used sparingly and selectively, is subjected to aggressive overuse. When not respected, it courts chaos. High hat abuse is why disco is bad and airport security lines take so long and your last girlfriend cheated on you. (Male infidelity is due to RotoTom abuse.) By the end of Dangerous Dreams, the sound of a high hat can induce nausea: its obscene presence tinny, it flutters and contracts, bobbing its head on an incessant upbeat, the percussive equivalent of Krist Novaselic's root note bass playing, predictable and gratuitous and exactly what's expected.
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Shoeing/Hoof/Leg Problems Hi, I have a Saddlebred mare that has been having some shoeing problems. I ride on trails with large rocks, protruding tree roots, etc., and I have had her for about 9 months. She came from a ranch that rode only on trails on their property, with 65 other horses. She is a nervous horse by nature, but when I first got her we had two other horses. The first time I had her shod, she was fine, although she was a little skittish. The second time, she started trying to kick the shoer. The times after that she was nearly impossible to shoe, and the past two times I have been unable to have them shoe her hind legs. However, it has become obvious that she needs all four shoes on, because she has gotten into the habit of going as far to one side on the trail as possible to avoid the worst of the rocks. Unfortunately, though, usually the rocks don't end on the side of the trail. I can tell the rocks hurt her hind legs, because occasionally she will jerk her hind leg as if in pain. I have rooted the problem as that she doesn't like to have her hooves tapped. She will tolerate trimming, however impatiently, but as soon as you try tapping on her hind hooves like you are going to drive nails into her hooves she really starts to protest; as in starting to try to kick. I think it might be either due to some leg problems, or due to that there are no longer any other horses here(we are going to get another horse this fall, but she'll need to be shod until then). Can anyone give me any advice as to what the problem might be, and if I should have the vet out? |
It sounds to me like her feet hurt, and that the cause of it may have been an error on the part of the farrier. If a nail didn't place properly it could easily have hurt her and then continued to hurt as she walked on the shoes. Hence, her fear of banging on her feet. It could also be that she got a good bruise or has an abcess growing out. It really does sound like she got hurt or improperly trimmed or shod, but it could be other things too. Did the farrier check her soles for pain? Are her hooves warm? Are there visible bruises? Lumps? Are the frogs firm or mooshy? Any smell? How does she stand? How is she in the field? How is she if you ride on gravel? on sand? on turf? If you can post a photo of her standing square and level, it may help people to give you ideas. Also, if you could get a photo of her feet from the side and then of the sole, somebody may see something. Avoiding rocks, etc. and having pain doesn't mean she needs shoes. It means she needs attention -- for you to find out what's wrong and fix that. You may need a vet or professional trimmer to come out to give you some advice. Oh, I really don't see how this would have anything to do with how many horses she is with. Sounds completely physical to me. My solution would be to not shoe her for a while and have a different farrier / trimmer help you. If your girl needs something on her feet invest in boots instead for when you're on the trails. Give her feet a rest. Let all that old hoof wall and sole grow out. She will be barefoot in the paddock and boots only on the trail. Her soles will harden up and hopefully if there was any damage, it will have a chance to heal and grow out. It may take quite a while, so be patient. Have a reputable trimmer do her feet for the time she is barefoot. If after several months you feel that going back to shoes is a better option for her, look at it again at that time. While she is barefoot, continue to work with her feet though -- when you know the pain is gone, pretend to shoe her -- gently at first then increasing the pressure. |
Well, the main thing that is stumping me is that when she is out in the field, she is just fine. Her frogs are good and firm, although not brittle. She stands fine in the field, and walks fine in sand on turf, and on gravel. However, I'd like to add, because this may be important, that in the field she is living in quite a bit of mud that goes up to her fetlocks. I have been very careful all winter about thrush, but she hasn't gotten it, and I always clean her feet out before and after a ride, and we usually go through deep puddles anyway. The mud isn't all over the pasture, but in the area where she walks a lot, to get grain/hay. The main thing that I have noticed is that she tends to put more weight on the inside of her feet. The only thing that I thought that might have been an error on the part of the farrier would be that I asked him to check for bruising on her hind legs one of the first times I got her, and he said that he found one on her right hind just inside of the white line(unfortunately he told me this after he put the shoe on). That may have aggravated her feet, and since then she has not wanted anyone banging on her feet. I have some pictures of her feet, but I'll get some more tomorrow, and I'll call the vet, so that he can come out in a week or two, depending on his schedule. I want to pinpoint what this is all about. Also, I have known this for a while, but her heels are slightly low, and her feet were trimmed slightly asymmetrically. I'll get some more pictures tomorrow, to see if anyone can see anything. Thanks for the advice so far! |
I hope you can get some pics posted. If she is in mud a lot her soles may be a bit soft. Any bruising you see on the sole etc is old stuff that is growing out. If your farrier is trimming sole off then she will be tender on gravel also. I keep my horses barefoot and they are trimmed by a "barefoot" trimmer. There is often a big difference in a simple pasture trim(no shoe) done by a shoeing farrier than a true barefoot trim. I use boots too, but rarely need them on the hinds for riding and my rocks are vicious here. |
Well, I had to have the vet out yesterday because she cut herself up pretty badly; she managed to spear herself on a stick(the only stick in the pasture which had fallen from a tree) and the vet came out and stitched her up and game me some anti-biotics. I talked to him about the problems she's been having, and asked him about the rings on all four feet. He said that she probably has road founder, because if it was from nutiritional problems, the rings would only be on the fronts. The rings aren't that bad, but they are there. I'm going to take some pictures today while I'm down there. Can someone tell me what I should do for road founder? Will she be able to ride on the trails as much anymore? What should I tell my farrier to do? |
See if you can get a barefoot trimmer out rather than a standard farrier. Xrays will help to verify the position of the bone if you want to do that. You may have someone that specializes in your area. |
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Los Angeles Opera packed up its singers and drove down the freeway Monday to serve opera-starved Orange County a large helping of its wares. A rarely performed early opus of Giuseppe Verdi, "I due Foscari," currently running at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in a fully staged production, was the piece de occasion, here given in concert form. None other than Plácido Domingo starred as half of the titular two Foscaris. Segerstrom Concert Hall was abuzz.
At 71, Domingo is still a pleasure to hear. In recent years, he has been taking on various baritone roles, as this one, Francesco Foscari, Doge in 15th century Venice, is. (It's also the 140th role of his career.) On Monday he sounded very well, but not exactly like a Verdi baritone, more like a beefy tenor singing low. Not that it mattered much. He threw himself into the part and phrased in that snappy, crisply punctuated way, expressing the lyrical line with the immediacy and declamation of speech.
Early Verdi is a bit like early Beatles, primitive, straight-ahead, gung-ho. "Foscari," Verdi's sixth opera, from 1844, is all about suffering and they all go at it. The Doge's son, Jacopo Foscari, is exiled, accused of murder and other crimes, but wrongly. He is brought back to Venice ostensibly for interrogation but more so we can enjoy the Council of Ten sending him back into exile while the Doge stands by powerless to save his son. Throw in a soprano wife, a beloved set of children, a teaspoon of momentary hope to be cruelly dashed and you've got all you need for an evening of woe-is-me wailing and dying.
Verdi thought "Foscari," based on a play by Byron, one of his weaker efforts. He wrote that the opera was "a funeral (with) too uniform an atmosphere and color from beginning to end." It's true that "Foscari" is persistently somber, and the characters really have nowhere to go. True, both of the Foscaris end up dying, but they are no sadder then than when we first meet them. But "funeral" isn't the right word, because this opera bursts with big, full throated arias, duets, trios and ensembles from one end to the other.
There are some premonitions of things to come. The three main characters and the Council of Ten all have their own recurring themes (or leitmotifs) and the relationship featured between father and son would become almost an obsession for Verdi in his later works. But the orchestra is largely relegated to oom-pah-pah accompaniments and variants and the composer shows a wonderful impatience in getting on with the next show stopper. The trios are especially fun, the son ruing his fate, the father in mournful counterpoint on his own helplessness, the wife tootling around in the stratosphere on the revenge she'll get – veritable layer cakes of suffering, Italian style.
Italian tenor Francesco Meli put some gusto into the hapless Doge's son, Jacopo Foscari. He started out with in-your-face fury, a little steely, but as he warmed up found more color in his voice and a tinge more nuance in the part.
Russian soprano Marina Poplavskaya, a sensation in the company's "La Traviata" a few years back, turned Jacopo's wife, Lucrezia Contarini, into a panther, her voice held in until ready to pounce, and then resplendent, ringing and plush. Ukrainian bass Ievgen Orlov sang the small part of the vengeful Loredano as if he were the stentorian Commendatore in "Don Giovanni," a part he also happens to be currently singing for the company. In concert dress, the singers moved about the apron of the stage freely, acting out their parts.
Behind them, James Conlon conducted the L.A. Opera Orchestra with relentless vigor and heft. It was nice to hear this orchestra out of the dampening confines of the Chandler Pavilion pit. The L.A. Opera Chorus offered pointed rhythms and ear-stinging fortes.
Orange County loves its opera. Since Opera Pacific shut down in 2008, it has been getting it in fits and starts – from Long Beach Opera, L.A. Opera and the Pacific Symphony – but turnout has been strong. A company spokesman said that L.A. Opera has no immediate plans to return here, but that it would like to and Segerstrom Arts Center is game. If it's anything like this "Foscari," we say come on down.
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Okay, here's the deal...I figured I'd get a start on my challenge, y'know maybe the first 2 gyms....6 hours later I've finished Blue. I'm thinking I'll try to put 1-2 gym's worth of update per day. Starting now.
I started with Squirtle, because it'd make a good HM slave, not because it'd leave my rival with a grass type, that'd just be cheap...anyway I intentionally lost the rival battle at the beginning. After going to Viridian City and collecting/delivering Oak's Parcel I went out and caught myself a Rattata and Pidgey (I'll start nicknaming things in Gen II, promise) and dumped the turtle in a computer.
10 metapods later I was ready to fight my rival seriously for the first time, Rattata took down his Pidgey no probs, although Pidgey struggled a bit against Bulbasaur, I forgot Gust was normal type in Gen I. With the rival soundly thrashed I continued onwards, towards Pewter City, and the first gym battle of my journey.
Leader Battle: Brock
Rattata Lv.10 Tackle, Tail Whip, Quick Attack
Pidgey Lv.10 Gust, Sand Attack
I thought long and hard about how I was going to handle Brock, after all, every attack my 'mons learned was not very effective against his rock types. So I decided, instead of focusing on dealing massive damage to him, I'd focus on preventing him from hitting me, I felt kinda cheap for doing it but I had Pidgey open the fight with sand attack until his Geodude's accuracy hit its minimum, Pidgey then used gust repeatedly until Geodude fainted. Pidgey leveled up. I continued this tactic vs Onix, although I did try to change things up. After Onix's accuracy dropped I switched Rattata in and tail whipped it until it's defenses were shot to hell, unfortunately it's accuracy was still good enough to hit Rattata with Bide, causing it to faint. Pidgey went back out and finished it off. Pidgey leveled up again.
I headed east towards Mt. Moon, easily defeating all the trainers who challenged me. I entered a tunnel which lead through to the next city, immediately after entering I turned to the left and found a TM, it contained water gun, a strange move to put in a tm I thought...nonetheless it was better than nothing in a cave full of geodudes, so I taught it to Rattata, several trainer battles later Pidgey or should I say Pidgeotto had evolved and Rattata had learned Hyper Fang. A lucky critical hit from a Raticate belonging to a member of Team Rocket took Pidgeotto down, but fortunately, Rattata was easily strong enough to get through the rest of the cave.
Upon arriving in Cerulean City I healed up in the local pokemon center and headed north, there was something I needed to take care of before I challenged the gym here. After a brief battle with my rival, Rattata once again showing his awesomeness, I found myself confronted with a challenge, the "Nugget Bridge" trainers, they were easily enough to dispatch, and Rattata even evolved part way through the challenge, great! At the end of the bridge I recieved my reward, and was told I should join Team Rocket, one one-sided fight later I continued on my way, several trainer battles later I arrived at a small house, I entered and found a strange pokemon, after a brief moment of shock I discovered this pokemon was in fact a researcher who screwed up a teleportation experiment. After sorting out his problem I recieved a ticket for the SS Aqua in Vermillion City.
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