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Join us as we tour Napa Valley through a multi course meal paired with Chef Jeff's favorite wines from his time in the region. A sampling of featured labels:
- Chardonnay, Jordan, Russian River Valley, 2008/2011
- Pinot Noir, Goldeneye, Duckhorn Vineyards, Anderson Valley, 2006
- Pinot Noir, Gary's Vineyard, Miner Family, Santa Lucia Highlands, 2011
- Red Blend, Quintessa, Napa Valley, 2010
- Red Blend, The Benchland, Cain Concept, Napa Valley, 2007
- Cabernet Sauvignon, Grgich Hills Estate, Napa Valley, 2007
- Cabernet Sauvignon, Beringer Vineyards, Knight's Valley, 2009
- Red Blend, Opus One, Napa Valley, 2005
- Zinfandel, Old Vines, V Madrone Winery, Napa Valley, 2009
- Zinfandel, Rombauer Vineyards, Napa Valley, 2007
Proceeds from this event benefit the restoration of the Dulaney House. Many thanks to Jeff Qualls, for the idea, and contributing the wine, his time, talents and staff to this cause.


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|The secondary market for life insurance allows individuals to sell their life insurance policies for a fair market value. Typically, the payout amount paid to the policy owner is less than the death benefit but more than the surrender value offered by the insurance company.
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Seattle dance band. Saw them only once and they were tons of fun. Opened for CSS but I didn't go. Sold out, you know?
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Something sinister is going on in the neonatal intensive care unit of a prominent Boston hospital. When Joyce Lattimer begins caring for the infants there, she discovers that someone is murdering them. She and her friend, Nancy, uncover evidence showing that Martha Ryan is probably responsible for the deaths of at least 20 infants.
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A FATHER-OF-TWO has been spared immediate jail after cannabis was being grown at his home a second time.
Addict Kashim Baksh (36) had been caught cultivating 14 mature plants, with a potential value of £5,000, and 10 smaller ones, in his attic in Burnley. Baksh had a previous conviction for allowing his premises to be used for growing cannabis, when 100 plants had been found at his home by the time of his arrest, the town's crown court was told.
The defendant, whose wife is a doctors' receptionist, had had three separate growing tents, with the plants in three stages of development. He had used lighting and ventilation, but there was no hydroponic system. Baksh was watering the plants himself and had not by-passed the electricity meter, so was paying for the power himself.
The hearing was told the defendant was growing drugs for his own, personal use, but would have supplied any surplus to friends for a profit, from which he would take the costs of production.
Baksh, who is a night-time delivery man and was now said to be addressing his drugs problem, was given a suspended prison term, after admitting producing cannabis between last May and August.
The defendant, of Colne Road, received nine months in custody, suspended for 18 months, with 18 months supervision and 140 hours unpaid work.
Judge Simon Newell told Baksh, who faces a proceeds of crime hearing, he would end up behind bars if he did not comply with the sentence.
Mr Martin Hackett (defending) said Baksh had gone to Inspire and was due to start a 12 week reduction and motivation programme. He had been attending at Narcotics Anonymous.


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Makayla's been wanting to get her hair cut short. It is so hot here with heat indexes nearing 110. Last summer her hair was long almost all the way down her back. We cut it mid back well as you can see in the pics. Then this time she went really short. Funny to think she use to say she wanted it to grow to her ankles, but after a summer of it being almost to her waist. She said enough.
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I hear alot that when you forgive someone you forget what they have done to you. I'm sure some will disagree with me, but I don't think this is always possible. Sometimes the hurt is just so deep you wonder if you will ever get past it. I know that with God all things are possible, and in time that might happen. But right now, I just can't come to grips with what has happened. I pray for answers everyday, but somehow, there just not there. I'm sure there's a lesson to be learned here somehow, somewhere. But where is it? How do you get answers, when they just don't seem to come? You pray and pray for wisdom in certain situations, but nothing seems to get any better. Can you tell I'm tying a knot in the end of my rope. No I don't mean as far as my belief and faith in God. That will never waiver. His ways are not our ways. And I'm sure he has it all in control, but then theres the BUT. The what ifs? The hurt, the disbelief, the broken trust, the disrespect., and the loss of respect. How do you get past all that other than with time.?
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It turns out that 134 acres require a bit of upkeep and maintenance. It's all worth it when the team at Slide Ranch helps kids connect with food, farming and the environment through overnight programs, school field trips, toddler days and a whole lot more. Get outside and help tend to the garden, muck barns, mend fences and run events. If you prefer indoor life, put your tech, media or administrative skills to use in the office.
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Best-selling author Dave Eggers' organization, which has chapters nationwide, helps under-resourced kids and teens strengthen their creative-writing skills. The many ways to volunteer fit just about any schedule. You can work one-on-one with kids in after-school or weekend programs, support teachers in classrooms, do behind-the-scenes stuff if tutoring isn't your thing and more. For more on the vision and mission of 826, see Dave Eggers' 2008 talk when he accepted a TED Prize.
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While the quarterback conversation surrounding the upcoming 2014 NFL Draft is all about Teddy Bridgewater, Blake Bortles, Derek Carr and Johnny Manziel, there are several underrated passers flying under the radar. One of the top sleepers of the 2014 class is South Carolina's Connor Shaw.
There are plenty of things to like about Shaw as a prospective NFL quarterback.
An outstanding athlete with the ability to pick up big yards on the ground, Shaw does a great job of escaping pressure and keeping plays alive with his feet. Even in the open field, he makes defenders miss and has good vision to find running lanes.
In terms of passing ability, there's also plenty to be intrigued by. Although there's still lots of work to be done, Shaw has tremendous accuracy and does a good job of gauging how much touch he needs on particular throws. He shows solid footwork and throws well on the run, which he's had plenty of practice with. Shaw moves well in the pocket and even utilizes the pump fake from time to time. He's definitely a work in progress, but the potential is there.
Don't get me wrong, though; Shaw has some gaps in his game that will need to be addressed before he's ready to take snaps in the NFL.
Although he's a great athlete, Shaw too often depends on his feet to make plays. He tucks the ball when the pocket breaks down, and doesn't consistently keep his eyes downfield as he escapes pressure. Shaw also lacks NFL arm strength, as many of his throws don't possess the zip needed at the next level. He is working on his arm strength this offseason, though, and hopes to show off his upgraded arm during the NFL Combine.
The other considerable knock on Shaw is his history of injuries.
Just in this past season, he suffered a strained shoulder that forced him to exit a game against UCF early as well as a sprained knee against Tennessee. To make matters worse, Shaw's willingness to run and hard-nosed playing style leave him susceptible to further injury. If he does find a role in the NFL, he's going to need to learn how to protect his body better and avoid big hits.
Assuming he stays relatively healthy, there's a glimmer of hope shining on Shaw's NFL future. He's an outstanding leader who did a great job of taking care of the football (24:1 touchdown-to-interception ratio in 2013) and helping the Gamecocks field a serious offense in 2013.
When Day 3 of the 2014 NFL Draft rolls around, keep an eye out for the former Gamecocks quarterback. Shaw might just come off the board in the fourth round and find himself an opportunity to earn a role in the NFL.
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Humphrey of Hauteville
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Humphrey of Hauteville[1] (c. 1010 – August 1057), surnamed Abagelard, was the Count of Apulia and Calabria from 1051 to his death.
Humphrey was probably the youngest son of Tancred of Hauteville by his first wife Muriel. Some sources make Geoffrey and Serlo his younger brothers. He is usually said to have accompanied his elder brothers William and Drogo to the Mezzogiorno circa 1035 on the basis of Goffredo Malaterra; however, he may have arrived later, in 1044, during the reign of his elder brother William. Around 1047, he was granted the lordship (or countship) of Lavello by his brother Drogo, whom he succeeded as Count of Apulia in August 1051. In his early years in Lavello, he employed a young Richard Drengot, who was later to serve him against the pope. In 1053, Humphrey received his three brothers, Geoffrey and their half-brothers Mauger and a younger William, on their arrival in Italy. He granted Mauger the Capitanate and William the Principate.
His reign began amid the troubles which had ended his brother's. Humphrey vigorously punished the insitgators of his brother's assassination, especially the principal murderer. Many Norman knights were in rebellion and pillaging papal lands. Guaimar IV of Salerno supported Humphrey's succession, but he was soon assassinated. Pope Leo IX organised a coalition against the Normans and marched south. The pope's forces and those of the Normans fought the Battle of Civitate near Civitate sul Fortore on 18 June 1053. Humphrey led the armies of the Hautevilles (assisted by his younger half-brother Robert Guiscard) and Drengots (assisted by Richard Drengot) against the combined forces of the Papacy and the Holy Roman Empire. The Normans destroyed the papal army and captured the pope, whom they imprisoned in Benevento, which they had been authorised by the emperor to capture in 1047. They finally released him on 12 March 1054. Leo died soon after.
In the aftermath of Civitate, the Normans under Humphrey took advantage of the severely weakened papacy to further their conquest. He took Oria, Nardò, and Lecce by the end of 1055. Robert Guiscard, the hero of Civitate, meanwhile conquered Minervino, Otranto, and Gallipoli before Humphrey sent him back to Calabria in fear of his growing power and influence. Upon his death in 1057 (or 1056 according to some sources), Humphrey was succeeded as count by Robert. Humphrey had given Guiscard the guardianship of his young sons, but Guiscard confiscated their inheritance.
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Humphrey's wife was called a "sister of the Duke of Sorrento" by Amatus of Montecassino. This would make her Gaitelgrima, a daughter of Guaimar III of Salerno. It is often stated that his wife was Gaitelgrima, the widow of his brother Drogo, however this is impossible[2]. Humphrey had two children:
* Abagelard, born after 1044 and died in Greece in 1081
* Herman, born after 1045 and died in Byzantium in 1097
We know that Humphrey also had at least one daughter because of a story told by Amatus. Abelard was fleeing Robert Guiscard with "Gradilon, the husband of his sister" in 1078 when in revolt against his uncle. Gradilon was captured by the Guiscard's troops near Trevico in the summer of 1079 and blinded.
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* Ghisalberti, Albert (ed). Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani: II Albicante – Ammannati. Rome, 1960.
* Gwatkin, H.M., Whitney, J.P. (ed) et al. The Cambridge Medieval History: Volume III. Cambridge University Press, 1926.
* Norwich, John Julius. The Normans in the South 1016-1130. Longmans: London, 1967.
* Chalandon, Ferdinand. Histoire de la domination normande en Italie et en Sicilie. Paris, 1907.
* Gravett, Christopher, and Nicolle, David. The Normans: Warrior Knights and their Castles. Osprey Publishing: Oxford, 2006.
* Beech, George. A Norman-Italian Adventurer in the East: Richard of Salerno. 1993.
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1. ^ Called Onfroi de Hauteville in French and Umfredo d'Altavilla in Italian.
2. ^ In an act dated January 1087, Gaitelgrima refers to her husbands as Drogo, Robert, and Affred - Stasser, Thierry (2006). ""Où sont les femmes? Prosopographie des femmes des familles princières et ducales en Italie méridionale depuis la chute du royaume lombard (774) jusqu'à l'installation des Normands (env. 1100)"" (in French) (PDF). Prosopon: The Journal of Prosopography. Linacre College, Oxford. pp. 73–74. http://users.ox.ac.uk/~prosop/prosopon/Prosopon0103Stasser.pdf. Retrieved December 30, 2007.
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* History of the Norman World.
* Leeds Medieval History Texts in Translation.
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This is insane.
That a so-called progressive activist would work this hard to persuade progressive legislators to join ranks with Republicans in defeating a health care reform bill that, while flawed, would still help tens of millions of Americans (and serve as a first step toward something better, as with Medicare and Social Security when they first passed in their flawed, incremental forms) is just beyond gob smacking.
In her Ahab's quest to defeat the most progressive health care reform since Medicare, Jane Hamsher has been coordinating with Grover Norquist and the Tea Party movement. Shouldn't rolling over and seeing such ugly, greedy, demented bedfellows make you think twice about the whole sordid menage a trois? Apparently not.
The bill is this close to passing. But we need every progressive Dem in the House to vote yes because the vile Stupak posse (who should all be primaried out of the Party) won't vote yes unless poor women are denied access to abortions. We know they're too fucking blinkered to understand how vital this bill is to so many Americans. But the progressive caucus has no excuse. Nor do progressive activists.
With those stakes, this is how Jane Hamsher is using her time, energy and voice? Really? Seriously?
How about this instead: If you really want a better bill (which is a mathematical impossibility at this point, unless you can find a GOP Senator to vote yes on a more progressive bill (maybe Inhofe?), while getting yes votes from Lieberman, Nelson, Landrieu, etc. – and good fucking luck with that), why not pass this first, then use all of your clout to fight like hell to improve it down the road? As the history of Social Security and Medicare have shown, improving ambitious progresssive legislation is easier than passing a perferct bill initially (there isn't as much opposition from interest groups that have already lost the primary fight, and voters are more insistent on more and better of the same).
Guess what though Jane: You won't have Grover Norquist or the Tea Party movement as allies in that fight. There's a reason for that. Think about it.
I mean, is there any doubt that Jane Hamsher would have been fighting tooth and nail to convince Democrats to vote against Social Security and Medicare when they first passed because they each were inadequately progressive? Awesome.


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For starters, determine what type of alcohol you want to flavor and with what. Vodka is deemed the best for this as it has no natural odor or flavor. With appletinis having exploded onto the millennial trend table I figured I would try it first with a personal fave, Granny Smith, or green apples.
For the first step all you need besides the vodka and two, fresh apples is an air-tight Mason jar. That's the kind that your grandma used when she made her home-made jelly. It must be air tight or else this whole exercise is futile.
Cut the apples into bite-sized pieces and for God's sake don't cut yourself! If you're clumsy get someone else to do the chopping for you. I will NOT be held responsible if you lose some digits.
Place the apple chunks into the mason jar and add vodka, like so...
Again, if you're clumsy this is another point when you should ask for help pouring. We may not cry over spilled milk but you should burn in Hell if you waste high-end vodka. Yes, I consider Stolichnaya to be high-end. Stolies is my favorite vodka and in case you're wondering why use good hooch for infusion, the better the booze the better the end product will taste. Period, stop.
Seal the concoction in the mason jar and I cannot stress enough the importance of an air-tight seal. Slightly shake the jar to ensure the seal. If some liquid bleeds out, change the jar immediately.
Here's where the patience comes into play. Let the jar sit at room temperature for three (3) to five (5) days and keep it away from direct sunlight. Twice a day shake the jar slightly to stir up the contents. Stagnancy will lead to poor infusion and weak flavor.
Spend the next few days finding a store that sells cheesecloth because you need it to strain the medley of booze and fruit.
In all candor I bought cheesecloth at a Food4Less so you should be able to find it at any unsuspecting grocery store. You'll also need a spaghetti strainer, a funnel and a large pitcher. The cocktail mixing glass is optional but way cool. No household is complete without a mixer.
Line your strainer with the cheesecloth and poor the contents in. Let it sit and drain all liquid through the cloth. Don't waste a drop. During this time your instincts to eat some of the apple may kick in. Do not succumb to this temptation! The chunks won't be mushy but they will taste horrible.
At this point you'll notice the formerly clear vodka has obtained a greenish hue. This is normal. It only means that infusion has occurred, which was the whole point of this.
Using the funnel pour your newborn apple vodka into the original bottle. Unless you plan to drink it all in one night, you f*cking lush.
If you don't own a mixing glass, I suggest at this point putting the bottle in the fridge for this will taste better chilled, in my opinion. But if you do own a mixer...
...pour some ice in that bad boy, add your juice and shake it, baby. Strain it, sans the ice into a chilled, standard Cocktail glass. Or you can be like me and add a drop of dry Vermouth to make it an apple-flavored popular twist to the classic Martini.
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You can infuse almost any combination of fruit, herb or spice into any alcohol. Some popular combinations are gin with cucumber, or bourbon with mint. Personally, my next experiment will be red apples and cinnamon with vodka. I'm told when mixed with hot water it makes one heck of a Hot Toddy.
Do you have any Adventures in Infusion you'd like to share? Engage us in discussion at The Mike Tursi Facebook Page.
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So besides purposely destroying the country which is why this thing exists in the first place, Obama can now also take comfort in the fact that "The citizens of the great Satan USA" will be dying earlier as well. Ahhhh the joys of having a foreign enemy agent as POTUS. Good going liberals: Why burn yourself when you can have someone else do it not only for you but for everyone else as well.
Think of the savings in pension costs and Medicare payments if all these old people (who may now have life expectancies reaching some thirty-forty years into the future) suddenly start dying at a much earlier age, much like they did in 1939, when Social Security had just been instituted. Then there was little possibility they would ever collect on SS benefits for more than a year or two, on average.
The death panels will be mobilized with all deliberate haste.


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Cabaret Wittgenstein presents a few fragments from Brazilian poet and translator Guilherme Gontijo Flores' project Tróiades.
Guilherme Gontijo Flores
this poem-website is entirely a collage between voices of the defeated, even if they can only arise through the voice of the victors, mixed with and partly indissociate from the victors, like a possibility of history, when the defeated speaks, who speaks for her, who speaks through him, who could in reality occupy this space? every encounter of fragmentary cuttings suggests discourse, not a clear voice, not a from whom, or a for whom—without just a dichotomy between the hangman and the victim, but even then like a monument to the unterminated massacre of history: from Troy, archetype of the defeated, to Canudos, this mother of today's favelas, where the defeated remain to see out their days; from slavery, immemorial and ubiquitous, to the indigenous, still silenced in our discourse, the names would never end, unless perhaps for some eventual tikkun for the rags of this pain.
The texts were cut, freely translated, reworked and rearranged from three ancient tragedies:
Hecuba, by Euripides (424 BC) [referenced as H];
Troiades, by Euripides (415 BC) [T];
Troades, by Seneca (c. 54-64 AD) [S];
and the aphorism 9 taken from "Über den Begriff der Geschichte" (1940), by Walter Benjamin [W].
We proceed here to present a few fragments from the composition. The English edition of Tróiades was translated by Rob Packer in June and July 2016.
at 3200 years from the burning of Troy;
2160 years from the obliteration of Carthage;
807 years from the siege of Béziers;
524 years of the extermination of Native America;
371 years from the butchery of Yangzhou;
119 years from the war of Canudos;
101 years from the Armenian genocide;
84 years from the holodomor in Ukraine;
78 years from the rape of Nanking;
76 years from the foundation of Auschwitz-Birkenau;
71 years from Hiroshima & Nagasaki;
34 years from the massacre of Hama;
22 years from the Rwanda genocide;
13 years from the Darfur conflict;
the inestimable time of the enslavement of man by man.
Fragments from Tróiades
But what limbs does the cliff face leave us?
Bones unpieced
undid themselves in the fall
his body's illustrious marks
the face the features of a noble father
everything the thud on the deep
earth confused
in the tumble his neck snapped
his open head exhaled
his brain
a body
lying there
In this too
just like his father
In this service as herald it would be better
to be a man without compassion
more used to shamelessness
unlike me
The closeness of death
fells the best words
Shaking shaking
Spread this trail of blood
to the grim
last days of life
The good soldier
At least I saved you the trouble
of crossing the scamander's flow
washed the corpse
cleaned the wounds
Now let me dig his grave
and it's over for us
job done
catch the boat home soon
No law spares the conquered
or overrules his punishment
and now you say it'd be inauspicious
to sacrifice the virgins?
The good soldier
When they invaded our shores
they died without missing
the earth and hearth of the fatherland
Whoever war annihilated
never saw his children
never received last rites from the hands
of his wife
and now lies exposed on foreign land
fed on by birds of prey
The great strategist
for what he hates most
kills what he loves most
At home woe does not change
for those who stay
wife without husband
another orphaned of her son
at home
gave birth for nothing
in the grave no one
to sacrifice their blood for this land
The most beautiful thing
Why bother calling the gods
if they never listen?
Let's run under the snipers
today the most beautiful thing
is dying in a napalmed country
The blacked-out sun in the smog
and no flame can singe
victory's thieving fingers
Hobble on your stumps
salute your barrel-bombed city
as best you can
There is no trench for these tears
Bury the body
in a tomb
for he has won
his funeral garlands
For the dead I think
it doesn't matter much
if he received funeral rites
It's all vanity of vanities
ostentation for the living
The good soldier
These ones think death makes up for the ships' delay Those are glad to see an enemy fall The fickle majority detests all crime and looks on
About the composition:
The music "Genocide — Symphonic Holocaust" is from the album Blut und Nebel (2005), by Maurizio Bianchi, taken from Wikicommons.
the photographs, also cut and altered, were chosen from Wikicommons:
1. Genius of grief, carving, 2nd century AD, by anonymous;
2. Will Brown lynched and burnt, 1919, by anonymous;
3. Porušena, Borovnica, 1944, by anonymous;
4. Slave girl bound in Tunisia, c. 1900, by Lehnert & Landrock;
5. Jews murdered in Kiev, 1942, by anonymous;
6. Dead Confederate soldier, 1864, by anonymous;
7. German soldiers killed in the Battle of Bastogne, 1944, by anonymous;
8. Russian soldiers in the Russo-Japanese War, 1905, by Victor Bulla;
9. Children hanged in a tree, Italy, 1923, by anonymous;
10. Cannibals, during the famine in Russia, 1921, by anonymous;
11. Enslaved Native Americans, 19th century, by anonymou;
12. Young German girl in front of 800 slaves murdered by the SS, 1945, by anonymous;
13. Tomb of Inês de Castro (1360), by André Luís;
14. Poland, 1939, by Julien Bryan;
15. American Civil War, 1865, by Thomas Roche;
16. Lynching of Laura Nelson, 1911, by G. H. Farnum, postcard;
17. Operation Barbarossa, dead Russian soldier, 1941, by anonymous;
18. Russian soldiers in an open grave, 1905, by Underwood & Underwood;
19. A long geographic shadow, 2008, by Evelyn Simak;
20. Slave in Mississippi, 1863, by MacPherson & Oliver;
21. Dead Crow Indians, 1874, by anonymous;
22. Delia, slave in Columbia, 1850, by J. T. Zealy;
23. Dresden bombed, Germany, 1945, by Richard Peter;
24. Survivors from Canudos, 1897, by Flávio de Barros; and
25. Tombs of Palmyra, Syria, 1935, by Pierre Antoine Berrurier, aerial photo.
Guilherme Gontijo Flores is a Brazilian poet and translator, born in Brasília in 1984. He published brasa enganosa (2013), and ranslated, among others, Robert Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy (1621) and Roman poet Sextus Propertius. Guilherme Gontijo Flores lives in the outskurts of Curitiba, in a farm house designed by himself, with his wife and two children.


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Edgewood Animal Hospital has always specialized in providing the highest quality of surgical care available. From the time a surgery appointment is made, through the check in process, to the actual surgical procedure, discharge instructions, and follow up visits, we strive to deliver exceptional care from start to finish. Our highly skilled veterinarians are experienced in performing a wide variety of surgical services, including laser and electrosurgery, all with the safety and comfort of our patients as our top priority. Rest assured that when it comes to surgery, your loved one will be in caring, capable hands with the EAH team.
Finding out that a loved one needs surgery can be a scary moment – regardless of whether that family member happens to be human or animal. At Edgewood Animal Hospital, we want to make each and every surgical procedure performed in our hospital as stress-free and positive an experience as possible for everyone involved. We understand that you have questions and concerns, and we want you to know that we're here to set your mind at ease.
From the time your pet's surgery appointment is scheduled, through the check in process, to the actual surgical procedure, discharge instructions, and even the subsequent follow up visits – we are dedicated to providing excellent care from start to finish. Rest assured that when it comes to surgery, your cherished friend will be in caring, capable hands with the EAH team!
Prior to Surgery…
Before we ever even wheel your pet in for surgery, we'll take every precaution necessary to minimize risk and ensure their wellbeing while in our care. To aid us in this endeavor, we recommend pre-anesthetic blood work, which can help us to identify any pre-existing conditions that may interfere with your pet's ability to tolerate pain medication. The more prepared we are ahead of time, the better the chances of a smooth and eventless procedure.
Once we've conducted a thorough evaluation and identified your pet's unique risk factors, we'll then get to work developing a customized pain management plan. At EAH, we use only the safest and most effective anesthetic products, which we tailor to each patient's specific needs. The goal is to keep your companion as comfortable and pain-free as possible while also accounting for their safety at all times.
During Surgery…
When the time comes for your pet's scheduled procedure, we will spend some time helping them feel more comfortable and relaxed. Our care team will carefully begin administering the pain medication, all the while petting your loved one and speaking soothingly as they drift off into peaceful sleep.
Once your pet is safely sedated, the doctor will work diligently to complete the procedure as efficiently as possible. The entire time your pet is being operated on, our support staff will be right there to assist with surgery and to monitor your companion's wellbeing. Our surgical suite is outfitted with the most modern monitoring equipment available, which allows us to make sure that your pet remains as safe and comfortable as possible throughout the procedure.
Some of the surgical procedures routinely performed at our hospital include, but are not limited to:
- Spay/neuter (including cryptorchid) surgery
- Cat declaw
- Fracture repair
- Knee/stifle joint repair
- Abdominal exploratory
- Oral surgery
- Liver biopsy
- Splenectomy
- Cystotomy
- Soft palate resection and stenotic nares correction for brachycephalic breed
- Foreign body retrieval via gastrotomy or enterotomy
- Tumor excision
- Intestinal resection and anastamosis
- Anal sacculectomy
- Caesarian section
- Femoral head ostectomy
- Thyroidectomy
- Lateral ear resection
Once surgery is complete, we will carefully move your pet to the warm, quiet recovery area of our hospital. A qualified Hospital Technician will sit or lay with your pet during this time to ensure a safe and comfortable transition as the anesthesia begins to wear off. Additional pain medication may be prescribed to help your companion begin the recovery process with as little pain as possible, both immediately following surgery and after he or she has returned home with you.
When you arrive to pick up your pet, we'll explain how everything went and also spend as much time as necessary going over our post-surgical care recommendations. You will also receive a printed copy of these instructions to refer to at home if needed. If your pet underwent an orthopedic procedure, part of our aftercare instructions may include physical therapy that can be performed at home.
Laser Surgery
The CO2 Laser produces an invisible beam of light that can be used to cut or vaporize the skin and soft tissues. The advantages of using a laser as opposed to traditional scalpel surgery include:
- Less pain – The laser seals nerve endings as it cuts so there is less post-operative pain.
- Less bleeding – The laser seals small blood vessels as it cuts so there is less bleeding during the surgery.
- Less swelling – The laser does not crush, tear, or bruise the tissue.
- Reduced risk of infection – The laser sterilizes the tissues as it cuts.
- Laser surgery is an available option for most procedures performed at EAH.
Our hospital now offers CryoProbe cryosurgery procedures. This technique involves the use of an advanced, small, portable, hand-held cryosurgical device that offers unparalleled freezing power combined with total accuracy so our veterinarians can pinpoint only the tissue that needs treatment. The CryoProbe does not require the use of anesthesia, which is especially important for elderly dogs and cats who can tolerate the precise application of cryosurgery but are at a greater risk of complications from pain medication. The CryoProbe can be used on dogs, cats, birds, and ferrets for the removal of warts, skin tags, skin tumors, perianal adenomas and fistulas, tumors of the mouth, eyelid tumors and more.
Physical Therapy
Animals that have undergone orthopedic surgery are started on a physical therapy plan following their procedure. Certain exercise techniques will be demonstrated to you at the time of your pet's discharge. You can then perform these physical therapy techniques on your pet at home to optimize recovery time. Physical therapy dramatically reduces recovery time and allows your pet to become mobile much sooner.


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I would expect nothing less from Panda Bear. Watch the trippy-as-fuck video for the Tomboy standout below:
20 May 2011
19 May 2011
Skinny Jeans, Fat Wallets: Summertime Top 40 Hip Hop and R&B Round Up
|A "Chopper"
It's hard out here on the cutting edge. Being interested in innovative music and entertainment sometimes shelters our ears from the sounds of the street. We miss out on things like what your mom listens to on her way to work and what the cute girls sing along to at bars. We may be streets ahead with The Weeknd and Tyler, The Creator, but the rest of the world is raging to different tunes. If you're reading this blog, you know how it is. Skinny Jeans, Fat Wallets is an attempt to introduce you to the sounds that everyone else already knows.
(Meant to be read quickly with an "urban" accent over a mild mid tempo funk beat)
What's happening Art/Official? It's ya boy Jeff here with an earth- and ass-shaking top 40 round up for your listening pleasure. *Gunshot sound effect* Up on the docket we got Lil Wayne. Weezy hasn't been sleeping on it since releasing 6 ft 7 ft, which was a song meant to be played at the loudest possible volume while driving around residential neighborhoods. Riker's certaintly didn't snatch this little man's flow away.
After Wayne we got a surprising showing from Diddy. You heard that right. The skinny man dancing weirdly in the back of the videos of all your favorite New York rappers released some tunes and it is decidedly NOT HALF BAD!
We also got Miguel, Ace Hood, Chris Brown, Waka Flocka Flame and more coming at ya.
Chris Brown - Look At Me Now feat. Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes
She wax it all off, Mr Miyagi
And them suicide doors, Hari Kari
And them suicide doors, Hari Kari
This song is fucking good. Chris Brown, besides being a pimp-ass dancer, holds his own in a fast rap battle against the champ of fast rap Busta and Lil' Wayne over a stylishly minimal, weeded-out beat. The video's sweet as hell too.
Miguel - Sure Thing
I'm the reporter baby
You could be the news
You could be the news
First off Miguel's taking a cue from Nicki Minaj and Lady Gaga with that outfit. I aint hating, not many dudes can pull the robot lesbian dressed as Wesley Snipes look off. I got real mad when I heard this track for the first time, but it grew on me hard. It's got all tropes, like that deep voice shit Ludacris loves, but I paid closer attention to the beat and the lyrics and fell in love. This is the music grown-ups fuck to.
Lil Wayne - John feat. Rick Ross
The guns are drawn and I ain't talking about a sketch
I pay these niggas with a reality check
I pay these niggas with a reality check
Rick Ross used to be a corrections officer and I think Lil Wayne can't even look at an Ak-47 without violating his parole, but you can't tell that from the song. This is pure gangsta rap at its finest. I don't get the John Lennon line of the chorus, and those bullshit rap analysis sites are giving whack explanations. There's probably something else to it than a dumb John Lennon reference in a song that definitely aint what Lennon would want his soft-ass name attached to.
Ace Hood - Hustle Hard (Remix feat. Lil Wayne and Rick Ross)
Free my nigga T.I.
Soowoo to the beehive
Got a G6 and a G5
Soowoo to the beehive
Got a G6 and a G5
I think I just like the track and the one above it because I have this image of Rick Ross and Lil Wayne as best friends running around eating pizza, going bowling due to the collabs they've been doing recently. Both of them just roll up on this track and casually make Ace Hood look dumb as hell, "I get on anybody track and hit that bitch with that Wayne train." Big ups to Wayne for the correct pronunciation of "pollo."
Diddy - Loving You No More feat. Drake
The way you talk to me but still I say I love you,
I'm ashamed you can see it in my eyes,
Momma always told me to respect the woman,
But what am I to do when her parents do not try,
I'm ashamed you can see it in my eyes,
Momma always told me to respect the woman,
But what am I to do when her parents do not try,
You can take a look at the history of cool by looking at the evolution of Diddy's name. Puff Daddy came from the glitz of the late 90s and P. Diddy expressed the brevity of a post-9/11 world (that was a joke). The simple name "Diddy" now is all business, striping away the excess. If it weren't for Drake this would be a pretty boring song and there's way too much of "Dirty Money," who are the two hunnies that back Diddy up. Drake's nasal flow goes real well with Diddy's delicateness. Speaking of delicate, this is a great example of the difference between "soft" and "delicate." This is delicate--the proverbial hug after you proverbially slap ya girl (don't slap ya girl, ever). Soft is Wiz Khalifa's "Roll Up." Fuck that track. *Gunshot sound effect*
Mary J. Blige - Someone to Love Me (Remix feat. Diddy and Lil' Wayne)
everybody pushing but I don't fall back
and everybody looking but blind to the fact
and everybody looking but blind to the fact
I'm pretty sure Mary J. Blige actually does that looping effect with her voice. It ain't computered in--making the track twice as cool as I originally thought. I got a lot of respect for Mary J Blige. She keeps to songs about love and desire and unlike some of her peers (yeah i'm talking about Jill Scott) doesn't cheese out and do nauseating socially conscious music. Here she thugs the fuck out with Weezy and Diddy in what may be a Jefferson Airplane tribute.
That's it, son. Before I go want to say one more thing: Nicki Minaj been sleeping on it and Wiz Khalifa blows. Who the hell writes a song bout banging another dude's girl by being soft and dependable and shit?
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18 May 2011
Aaron's Leaving! Who Cares?
A whole lot is about to change here at art/official. For one, I am about to move to LA. I got my dream internship with Red Light Management, and plan to use the connections to enhance art/official beyond what we ever could have imagined. This also means a whole new range of musicians to interview and share with all of our fans. Meanwhile back in NOLA, Justen and a team of new writers/photographers/videographers (we are still looking for more so shoot us an email if interested) will take art/official to an entirely new level. Content will be as fresh and original as ever as we work to cover New Orleans more closely than ever before. Our site is about to have a massive revamp as well. Professional web designer and musician (Sun Hotel), Alex Hertz, is working tirelessly to make the transition of art/official as smooth and beautiful as possible. All these new changes will be in full force by the middle of the summer. We can't wait to share them with you.
So tonight is my night. My last chance to gather everyone together to say goodbye before I enbark on my adventure. Come join me at The Saint- 961 St. Mary, to share in laughter/dancing/tears/and goodbyes. I will be DJing my usual mix of indie dance, disco, hip hop, and pop while many other very special guests will be making appearances and playing some tunes. Click here to peep the Facebook event, and look below for a track I can't seem to get out of my head as I anticipate my move.
Lots of love,
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17 May 2011
[new] ladytron - white elephant
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16 May 2011
[new] calgary - bon iver
i've been waiting for this a loooong time. calgary is the 8th track on the sophomore release of justin vernon's primary project, bon iver. the entire self-titled album is due out next month via jagjaguwar, but you can have this first taste for the small fee of an email address.
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Labels: Bon Iver, calgary, jagjaguwar, Justin Vernon
15 May 2011
[live review] Wilco, Arcade Fire, and The Strokes @ JazzFest
You remember JazzFest, right? That huge festival that went down last weekend? Anyway, sorry for the delay, but here's art/official's take on it...
As always, the americana heroes put on an excellent show.
Ashes of American Flags
Bull Black Nova
I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
Handshake Drugs
One Wing
A Shot In The Arm
Impossible Germany
Jesus, Etc.
Airline To Heaven
You Never Know
I'm the Man Who Loves You
Red-Eyed and Blue
I Got You (At The End of the Century)
Hoodoo Voodoo
Spiders (Kidsmoke)
Heavy Metal Drummer
Jeff Tweedy
As soon as indie giants Arcade Fire took to JazzFest's Acura Stage last Friday evening, it was clear that they were as happy to see us as we were happy to see them. Win Butler and company seemed very gracious to be in our fair city. Hailing from the recently devastated country of Haiti, Win's right-hand woman Régine Chassagne felt very at home amidst the camaraderie of New Orleans. For a band that's got a lot to be pretentious about, they came off as quite humble throughout the performance. But for Arcade Fire, humble does not equal boring — the wildly energetic show was jam-packed with their best songs spanning all three of their albums.
Goosebumps circulated through the crowd as the band tore into the appropriately titled opener "Ready To Start" from their Grammy award-winning album from last year, The Suburbs. Following that came Funeral dark horse "Neighborhood #2 (Laika)" to the delight of longtime fans, followed by Neon Bible's catchy gem "Keep The Car Running." This set the tone for the rest of sunset-laden concert. Later on in the set, before galloping into "The Suburbs," Win explained that he and Régine wrote the song while driving around the South, and that the process was influenced directly or indirectly by the proximity to New Orleans. The last songs were even stronger than the first ones. The beginning of the end started when Win began to joke about a song that took place "in a far off land where white stuff falls out of the sky," of course referring to the sincere and snowy sentiment found within "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)." Next came to the loud and evocative "We Used To Wait," then the raw power of "Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)," and finally the give-and-take "oooh's" of fist-pumper "Rebellion (Lies)."
Encores are never sure things at festivals, but Wilco had done one the day before in the same timeslot, so I figured Arcade Fire had something up their sleeves. What the band delivered is a super rare performance of their deep cut b-side "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" from the pre-debut 7" that was only released in rural Sweden. What a treat for the audience! And on top of that (as if it could get any better), Arcade Fire founding member Cyndi Lauper joined them onstage for it! Truly one for the indie rock record books, folks. After that was written in stone, Cyndi stuck around to accompany Régine on The Suburbs standout "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)." Finally, in true Arcade Fire form, they finished with "Wake Up," their epic hit of hits.
Arcade Fire put on a headlining show of great proportions. The eight men and women of the Canadian band are on top of the world right now. Without a doubt, they will be remembered as one of the most important bands of our generation. That fact was proven last Friday, and embodied perfectly in their exceptional set.
After five years of silence post-First Impressions of Earth in 2006, The Strokes are back on tour with Angles, bringing their distinctive New York garage rock to festivals across the globe. Their Jazz Fest gig followed knock-out performances by Wilco and Arcade Fire the previous two days, inevitably setting the bar very high. As more seasoned festival fogies jammed out to Jimmy Buffet on the main Acura Stage, thousands welcomed The Strokes into the ungodly Louisiana heat. The quintet kicked off their set with "Gratisfaction," a gem off their latest album. This tune seemed an appropriate opener, perhaps soothing the crowd for waiting all this time with the its first line, "Oh baby don't you be so mad because I barely remember…" I, however, was disappointed that they failed to include "Machu Picchu" with its danceable steel-drum-esque backdrop. Regardless, the rest of the 18-song set was peppered with the necessary favorites: sexy "Juicebox" and "Reptilia" (which lead singer Julian Casablancas referred to as "reptilica"), a drawling "Is This It", and that snarky groove "New York City Cops." The instrumentation was tight, and Nick Valensi's guitar solos could have been straight off a recording (in the best way).
Although the band receives criticism for their stage presence, (Who likes a band for their charisma anyway? But I digress…) all five Strokes seemed to be feeling good. Even Julian was making self-deprecating attempts to talk about jazz during technical difficulties.
The set ended suddenly with "Take It or Leave It," which was again, appropriate, since they practically ran off the stage afterwards. The crowd held their breath for an encore, but things were looking bleak as soon as background music came on and roadies began unplugging equipment. I snagged a setlist after chatting up a security guy and then headed straight for the Gentilly Stage Artist Drop-Off. Eventually, the Strokes five came down the ramp. During our brief interactions I facetiously asked Julian to enlighten me more about New Orleans Jazz. He mused, "Well jazz funerals…" and then laughed. Upon questioning bassist Nikolai Fraiture about the abrupt exit, he shrugged bashfully.
What can ya do? For this starry-eyed fangirl, hearing the older hits was enough. Maybe hopeful Strokesies can look to Bonnaroo next month for
retribution. Between playing short sets, mumbly band banter, waiting five years between albums, and foregoing an encore, it is evident that The Strokes will only do The Strokes.
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Casting is a complicated job. It requires the capacity to think on your feet, adapt to an audience, and speak quickly and clearly (mouth micro, if you will). What's more is that Starcraft's unique nature creates an environment where audiences are particularly varied (and picky) in terms of what they want to hear. Some are looking for pure excitement; others want education; many want a mix of both. To get some insight into the world of casting, we came up with eight questions and reached out to CatsPajamas, Diggity, Seguer, and TotalBiscuit, all of whom graciously agreed to share their thoughts.
CatsPajamas is a self-made caster/streamer who's done work for the IPL. Diggity got his start in the Brood War days and has recently done casting work for the NASL. Seguer is a regular in the Penny Arcade forums SC2 community, and has cast for the Taiwan Clan League (TCL) and SEA Intel Extreme Masters (ESL) alongside Kelly Milkies and FXO's mOOnGLaDe. TotalBiscuit has a metric ton of original gaming and casting programs and has done work for the IPL, NASL, Dreamhack, and more. You can find all of their respective links at the bottom of the article.
I initially played a bunch of SC2 after it's launch. Playing led me to sites like Team Liquid and /r/starcraft, naturally, where I started to become acquainted with the works of people like the great Day[9], Trump (<3 your instructional videos), and other casters and streamers. Eventually, I started watching WAY more than I was playing. My playing dropped to about an hour a day, but I was watching 5-10 hours of streams a day. Naturally, I became a spectator and a fan of the large events. However, I noticed that there were a lot of people that were very knowledgeable about SC2 casting, but not many of those people approached casting from a pro-sports play-by-play style. I thought that I could provide that. So, I fired up a stream around the end of October of last year, and just started casting mass replays. For the first few months, I was only casting to 5-10 people, but the numbers steadily grew and I was asked to do larger and larger tournaments.
I started casting late 2007. In the early days there was a Youtube caster named Klazart casting professional Brood War matches occasionally. Shortly after the OSL finals between Iris and GGplay he announced his intentions to retire. Moletrap and I decided to start casting in order to fill in what we perceived to be a huge gap in the community.
I started late last year/early this year casting the Penny Arcade forum community tournament, or CSL (Curvy Star League), hosted by Simon. After watching a few of the SEA casters (and various other casters of course) I figured hey, casting's not that hard (it may not be hard, but it is time consuming!)
My casting background is tied into my radio background. I started online broadcasting 11 years ago and moved into university and local radio later on. Casting is something I transitioned into doing as part of my time with WoW Radio, I did some commentary for The WoW Trading Card Game, The Spoils Trading Card Game as well as the game Savage 2 and an entry into the WoW Arena Shoutcasting Contest 2009, where I won the grand prize. I started Starcraft 2 commentary when the beta began. Commentary was a natural transition from the gaming podcasts I was doing at the time, I felt like branching out and my success in the WoW Shoutcasting contest inspired me to give SC2 commentary a try.
I do. Mostly that's grown with game knowledge. I've seen/cast several thousand games. Now, I've never done overt analysis in my casts, but I try to blend and create conversation with analysis casters. That has gotten much easier the more I've learned about the game. And now I have players like PainUser saying my analysis is pretty damn good, so I'd say the hard work has paid off.
I feel like my casting style is always evolving. When I started I tried to cast with as little emotion as possible. I found that when I got excited my brain would speed up and my mouth wouldn't be able to keep up.
Eventually I built up speed and then began working on more casting mechanics (such as avoiding saying "uhhh" or repeating something I said a few seconds ago). At that point I began to copy Klazart's style of commentary which I believe originates from UK Soccer announcers.
Since then I have tried incorporating a variety of elements from different styles of casting. Most recently I experimented with a style that involves more long pauses in order to create tension (something that Totalbiscuit utilizes in his casting). At large its still a work in progress.
I originally started as a very play-by-play caster, castings things as I saw them. Recently in my casting of the TCL (Taiwan Clan League), I've started talking more about the strategy and potential options each player has at any given moment. When not solo casting, of course, it depends on which role I have at the time.
It's not so much evolved as it has been refined. I learned what my strengths were and how to play to them as well as my weaknesses and how to minimize them as much as possible. The most important thing was, from the very start of SC2, I knew I was going to do play-by-play and focus purely on providing a sportcast style, which was not being done by anyone at the start of the beta and is still not all that common at the moment, with a large number of analytical colour commentators in the community and very few people with any actual broadcast background, be it amateur or otherwise.
To a degree, yes. When I cast a large tournament, I always seek out an analysis caster and kind of go into serious business mode. I always strive to present a very professional cast. When I'm doing a side project or just casting on my channel, though, I'll often just sit back and joke with chat, have a good time, things like that.
I generally change my casting style based on two factors. The first is the audience. If I know a newer crowd will be listening to a particular cast, I will tend to dumb down the terminology and amp up the energy. If it's a smaller, hardcore crowd I tend to do the exact opposite.
The second factor is who I am representing. If it is just a Youtube cast I will pretty much cast based on my currently mood and energy level. If I am for a group like NASL I will try to be as professional as humanly possible. I remember being at one event put on by a legitimate business; initially I took on a professional role, but I quickly realized after talking between matches that the sponsor was looking for something more off the cuff.
I definitely tend to be more professional when casting the TCL as opposed to casting some of the Penny Arcade stuff – as a community, Penny Arcade is pretty laid back and we can joke around a bit more; but because there are sponsors etc for the TCL, I try to keep the audience chatter limited to the downtime between games.
Not especially, consistency is more important. Obviously my casting is different from my streaming, which is just my laddering, but in general I want people to know what it is they will get whenever they tune in to one of my casts. That said with a live crowd, the performance is often amped up, just because the ambiance and the environment is so awesome, it's difficult not to feel more excited.
I'm really not sure. It would be interesting to be selectively omniscient and see what types of viewers prefer my casting. My honest, real goal is to prove that play-by-play casters can be serious SC2 fans as well. I watch hours of matches per week. I'm an honest to god fan of the game.
I think niche appeal is highly dependent on personality.
I actually feel like running off on a tangent about niches here so I just will. Right now I would categorize the viewer base into 4 major crowds. The first crowd contains the viewers that just want to spectate. I would characterize this crowd as young and looking for energy. If I were to take a wild stab at the demographic I would put it in the range of Jr-High School to early college. This crowd really keys in on high energy action so they naturally gravitate towards players like TLO, Kiwikaki and Huk and enjoy the high energy casting of guys like Totalbiscuit and Husky. They dabble into day9 but more so during large events like IEM, Dreamhack or MLG. This is probably the largest fan base.
Then there are the players. Generally these guys are more interested in watching to improve their game than watching for raw entertainment. If you aren't divulging high level knowledge they are quick to get bored and ladder instead of watching the cast. They tend to follow guys like IdrA and SeleCT and favor casters like Day9, PsyStarcraft and MrBitter.
IdrA is actually the perfect caster for this audience as he can layout extremely in depth knowledge at a rapid pace. Day9 is currently the largest figure in this community in my opinion. I think the audience is fickle, but if you get on their good side they are infinitely gracious and enthusiastic about Starcraft and eSports.
Then there is the GomTV crowd. I think they are still in it for the entertainment but they don't need the high energy drive of a Husky or TotalBiscuit. They prefer a laid back feel and casts filled with jokes and non sequiturs with game commentary smattered in the mix of it all. They want casters that they feel they could sit and have a beer with. Tasteless and Artosis are masters of this style. I would say this audience is mostly peopled with people in their mid to late college years.
I think my favorite audience is the 4chan audience. I realize I have zero appeal to them whatsoever but I enjoy observing the antics from afar. This audience is extremely diverse but centered around the wild "spirit of the internet". They live for the lulz (drama) and will actively foster it in a joking manner. Destiny is by far the best caster (well really a live streamer) in this region.
As for myself, I feel like I fall between the cracks at the moment. I don't know that my personality is really lent for mass appeal.
Generally I try to treat the game itself and the players with as much respect as possible. As a result I come off as "professional". My casts end up being lower energy than a Husky and TotalBiscuit but with higher information content, but not as high as a Day9 and thus I don't appeal to the improving player crowd. I assume I appeal to the working man but I guess I am somewhat blind towards characterizing my own viewership as I try not to treat any of them like a statistic.
I probably lean more towards the lower-league players, as I am only a Diamond player myself. I don't quite have the experience and knowledge of the game that a masters or grandmasters player is able to lend to a cast, so I talk more about potential options. I generally feel more at home casting Protoss players (as a Protoss player myself), and can talk about their options a bit more definitively.
My casting has a following from a surprising number of demographics. I created the SHOUTcraft brand to be an entry-level gateway drug to non/new players, but in reality while it is certainly enjoyed by a great many of those, it's also extremely popular amongst pros, who have frequently told me how much they enjoy it. The reasoning that is most commonly given is that pros don't want analysis because they are almost always better and know more than the casters, they want exciting hype which is why they prefer my play-by-play.
Mostly how genuine they are. If I see someone forcing analysis that really doesn't have any business doing such, it makes me cringe. Also, when people think that play-by-play is simply getting loud on a microphone, it makes me a sad panda. What I like is genuine enthusiasm and a caster that tries to develop their style rather than emulate others.
I definitely enjoy listening to other experienced casters. Generally I try to pick out elements of their specific style and compare it to my own as to improve my style overall.
Accuracy and clarity are pretty important for me and I try to do that on my own casts. There are the flavour casters which definitely have their place as they make watching more enjoyable, but as a player in my own right, learning more about the intricacies of the game (accuracy) in an easy to understand manner (clarity) is what I look for.
The ability to speak, which I'm told is kind of important for casting! I don't watch SC2 for in depth analysis, I watch it for entertainment value. Give me that hype and I'm happy. I dislike seeing great moments that are clearly not appreciated and the casters deadpan the entire way through. I am easily bored, what can I say?
I love co-casting. I VASTLY prefer it to solo casting. I believe that I work best with analysis casters that I can create a conversation with. I see a lot of play-by-play guys just ask questions of the pro players they cast with, like "Oh, gas first. What does that mean?" That's not conversational. Let's say a Terran went gas first. I would make a comment like, "Gas first. This could indicate fastest possible hellions or a quick transition to banshees." That doesn't prompt the analysis caster to say any one specific thing, but lets them explore the topic based on the knowledge they may have of the players or matchup. So, to finish the question, I imagine I'd clash with a pure play-by-play caster.
I definitely enjoy co-casting. I feel like a bit of a black box as far as dual casting. I can be inserted into any cast, do my thing and let them do theirs. I definitely prefer dual casting with Moletrap but that is simply because we have known each other for such a long period of time. I have a feeling I would clash with Totalbiscuit as my impression is that he only wishes to cast with high energy commentators. It takes a lot of energy to maintain that sort of composure. I am sure it would be even harder with a even keeled caster like myself.
Co-casting makes a cast more than twice as good. If the casters have chemistry (the two best examples of course are Artosis and Tasteless) they can bounce off each other and get some of the "flavour" in the casting without losing too much in terms of game knowledge. I tend to work well with casters who are similar to myself, trying to cast professionally with a good understanding of what's happening. Unfortunately this means I'd probably clash with the flavour casters, as I don't have enough analytical knowledge myself to interject with
I've co-cast with several analytical casters before and it's worked very well. Apollo for instance is my co-caster of choice, he brings a lot of knowledge of the pro-scene as well as his personal SC2 skills to the fray and is the perfect analytical co-caster to compliment my play-by-play style. I tend to believe in the strict separation of roles used in broadcast sports for the last few decades and don't believe we should reinvent the wheel in that regard. As a result I will actively avoid co-casting with another play-by-play commentator (I did it once with Khaldor and it wasn't so much a cast as a talkshow. People loved it and we both had a great time but it's not something I would do for major tournaments). I would clash with any caster who has an alpha personality and wants to take over the play-by-play, we'd have to have a very serious discussion about role-definition before we started.
Ha, I had a great time casting with my friend DoA at the St. Louis Midwest Championship a few months back. There was a certain Kencorp vs Hunger match that was excellent. And the recent IPL games have been stellar.
I think the most entertaining game I cast was Nony (Tyler) v Melon during a scforall show match back when I was a complete and utter neophyte in the Brood War days. The match was part of a series where players from Excello were taking on players from the Korean team eStro. Melon was crushing through the entire line up until he hit Nony on blue storm. Nony managed to pull out a victory that came down to fights over the last few resources on the map.
Yankee league from that era also holds a special place in my heart. It was a lot of fun playing and interacting with the clans then.
Fun? Definitely the CSLL, or Curvy Star League Lite. This is a version of the CSL that is limited to lower leagued players, so I can relax a bit more during casting. They also pull out the strangest strategies which you'd only see at that level – and sometimes they work! Seeing them work is often times baffling, but always interesting and fun.
While they're not the biggest tournaments, the iSeries always has the loudest and most enthusiastic crowds, plus it's my hometurf.
I think eSports will stay on the web, but quickly become more professional as more money is invested. I think in the past that companies have tried way too hard to push eSports into media that aren't good fits for it, like cable TV. But, I think that web based viewing is outpacing traditional media in growth and that, while eSports may always just stay on the web, it will rival the viewership of traditional media programs in the future.
Diggity (Note: Diggity took a more personal route with his answer):
I think I am at a wall in my casting career. I am married, I work full time encoding video at DivX and I am terrible at self promotion. For awhile I thought that I might be able to break through and hit full time status via Youtube at some stage, however I don't have the time to dedicate to produce the mass of raw continuous content necessary nor do I have the mass appeal as described previously. I tend to feel like casting is a young man's game. It's good for the college or grad student with few obligations who can throw caution to the wind.
As far as casting the occasional major event, I can cast but it requires spending limited paid time off from my job or driving around on Saturdays so I have to pick and choose. It seems like fate also enjoys punching me in the face when it comes to this as well. For example I was briefly approached to cast an MLG but it just so happened I was getting married.
As far as a regular casting position goes (should one arise), I would have a hard time uprooting my wife. I know she would be willing to follow me across the country for a casting position, but I think she would be miserable at the same time.
So I am sort of stuck. I have a billion ideas in my head and a ton of things I would love to cast but absolutely zero time or energy to do it. In the meantime I try to churn out at least a commentary a night on weekdays (and fail miserably most weeks) and I live stream whatever I am playing to relax at the end of the day before I sleep.
I think we'll start seeing a class of caster that is more formal and exclusive to major events, but that they will have their roots in the informal casting of local tournaments, catching a break here and there before they get the popularity and experience to move up. With the current expansion, I can definitely seeing this happening sooner rather than later – the current juggernauts of casting can't be everywhere at once
It will expand in both directions, which can only be good for the scene. I would predict that more regular casting teams will be setup rather than just Tastosis and as a result we'll get better casting overall. Solo-casting is never optimal.


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This is my Halloween Challenge film #6. When it was first released in 2010 it was called "Dead West", but it was renamed "Cowboys and Vampires" for the DVD release. That was a wise choice. "Dead West" has been used a few times already for films. I know that with the thousands of films being released worldwide every year it's impossible to prevent duplicate names, but they should be avoided if possible. "Cowboys and Vampires" is unique, at least for now.
I've read reviews that call this a comedy. That's not true. It's played very straight, with no attempts at humour. Maybe the stark contrast between the western and the horror genres is what has confused other reviewers. I actually regret that this isn't a comedy. A few laughs scattered throughout the film would have helped cover up the film's weaknesses, in particular the lack of acting talent by most of the supporting cast.
Now to the story. Johnny Dust has starred in a few westerns. He doesn't get many jobs, because not many westerns are filmed nowadays, so in between films he appears in live action gunfights in a western theme park in Arizona. The pay isn't outstanding, but at least he's doing what he enjoys. Now it's all coming to an end. The theme park has been sold to a new owner who wants to turn it into a horror theme park. The western town will be filled with ghosts and vampires. Johnny and the rest of the staff are offered jobs. Things seem to be going well as they rehearse the new acts for the opening day on October 1st, but Johnny sees strange things happening around him. He suspects that the film's owner and many of the new employees are real vampires who intend to slaughter the audience on opening night.
It's actually not a bad idea for a film. It could have been a good film if it had featured more talented actors. Or a few more laughs.
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