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gryffe wrote:so as usual, i have spent xmas day playing all the great albums(or songs)that touch me, its something i do when ive had a few beers!
anyway,played some rock, some blues,some reggae (late 60s/70s/early 80s)and i got to thinking - i dont have any albums after bobby bobylon and truths and rights (late 70s/early 80s?) which I consider classics in the reggae(or music in general) field?- and i am not thinking reissues here- i am thinking jamaican music of the last 20 years - a hell of a long time period ! why is this? dont think its ignorance on my part cos i voraciously read all music publications i can get my hands on, so i dont think ive missed anything, OR HAVE I !!
over to you guys - tell me what im missing- i dont expect a deluge
Back to my Best Of 2004 new releases compilation. 3 CD's already and not finished yet.
Sounds wicked, looking forward to seeing the final results of this one!
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Rihanna & Eminem: VMAs Performance Video
Rihanna joins Eminem onstage to perform their hit single "Love the Way You Lie" during the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on Sunday (September 12) in Los Angeles.
"SURPRISE!!!" Rihanna tweeted after her performance "….just had to do it guys!"
Rihanna's new single "Only Girl (In The World)," from her upcoming album Loud," will be available on iTunes TOMORROW (September 13).
FYI: Ri wore a long diamond chain & chain cross and a yellow & white diamond flower cocktail ring — both from Neil Lane. She also wore a Jennifer Behr Triple Baguette Crystal headwrap.
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text: I finally got Saltfats finished up just in time, here are the specs. Frame; 40s Hiawatha frame stretched 3" Unnecessary brackets were shaved and left in raw finish Clear powdercoated frame to show weld heat burns and original brazing Custom side panels in raw coated finish with louveres and gold leaf scripting Forks; Custom made sealed bearing headset Fork tubes ground medical grade stainless Lower tripple slightly modified Giannini R-2 Upper Tree from scratch to get the rake right Fork tubes got custom aluminum pointed caps top and bottom GRC 26 way adj. steering damper Bars; Custom built stainless clip on style Custom aluminum bar end caps Heat wrap exhaust tape double layered. Seat; From scratch Hardened Aluminum Pan pressed and then contoured with an english wheel and mirror polished top and bottom. Stainless steel solid seat post and mounting bracket. Cranks; Stock Hiawatha cranks were stripped of chrome heated for torch marks and powdercoated to match frame. Sprocket is original skip tooth Custom rear sprocket Modern bmx pedals with cut down cages and brass hardware. Wheels; Bicycle exchange supplied double walled heavy spoke 26" Mooneyes wheel covers. Schwalbe Creme Fat Frank Tires


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PARIS, Jan 17 (Reuters) - The first stage of the 2014 Tour de France will be between Leeds and Harrogate when the English county of Yorkshire hosts the "Grand Depart", tour director Christian Prudhomme announced on Thursday.
The July 5 start will be followed by stage two between York and Sheffield, and then Cambridge to London on day three. The race then returns to mainland Europe.
Team Sky rider Bradley Wiggins became the first Briton to win the Tour last year, raising the profile of cycling's most famous race in his country.
It will be the fourth time the Tour has been to Britain after previous visits in 1974, 1994 and 2007. (Editing by Justin Palmer and Amlan Chakraborty)


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Scamware!Tuesday, May 29th, 2012
Remember the old adage, "If
This program boasts that it can predict online casino's random number generation sequence for their roulette tables and bet automatically for you on what it predicts will be the next winning numbers/colour/series/group. Best of all the software is offered for free!
Sounds great a free program that could bag you a fortune for doing nothing – where is the catch?
Well here they are:-
1. The developers most likely have affiliate accounts with the online casinos so make a tidy sum from referring people to them to open an account.
2. The program and its developers offer no guarantee or tangible proof that the system works, just a few youtube videos that can easily be faked.
3. A few quick Google searches or even a look at Roulette Bot Plus Facebook page shows scores of unhappy people that have tried the program and lost all their money.
My best guess is that this program is either written by or in collaboration with the major online casinos. So remember if its sounds too good to be true, then most likely it is! – Beware!


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Smarter Wi-Fi Manager is a paid app for Android, however, it is open source under the GPLv2 license.
While your support of open source is greatly appreciated, for those who do not wish to purchase the app may compile their own. SWM was built in Android Studio - while it should be possible to compile using Eclipse, it will require some modifications.
Source for Smarter Wi-Fi Manager is available as a Git repository:
git clone https://www.kismetwireless.net/git/android-smarterwifi.git
SWM does not collect personal information from your device.
Tower identification numbers are not exported from your device.


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Is the New Stars Wars Movie in a Galaxy Without Women?
Even a galaxy far, far away should have a lot of women in it.
May 12, 2014 by Emily V. Troiano
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Andrew (Komarov) of Dnepropetrovsk
His Eminence Andrei (Komarov) of Kazan was the archbishop of the Eparchy of Kazan and Sviyazhsk of the Church of Russia from 1938 to 1944.
Little is known of the life of Abp. Andrei. When Abp. Andrei became the ruling bishop of the Diocese of Kazan, there was only one functioning church in the city of Kazan. For 10 years, the Church of Wonderworkers of Yaroslavl, located at the entrance to the Arsky cemetery, served as the Cathedral Church for the diocese. Additionally, after 1939 there were only two functioning churches in the whole of the Tatar republic, the cathedral in Kazan city and a church in the town of Menzelinsk, some two hundred miles east of Kazan.
Also, from 1938 only one hierarch served the Diocese of Kazan until the consecration of Archimandrite Anastasy (Metkin) as a vicar bishop in 1988. During that time there were no vicar bishops of the Eparchy of Kazan.
Abp. Andrei was succeeded in 1944 by Abp. Hilary (Iliin).
Andrew (Komarov) of Dnepropetrovsk
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Nikon (Purlevsky)
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1938 - 1944
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With nearly a week remaining until the release of Infinity Blade II on December 1st, Chair has released a new video of some in-game footage alongside describing the visuals. While some parts of it are reminiscent of Apple's iPhone introduction videos, it does show a lot of gameplay footage, highlighting the shades and lighting that take place within the game.
The first Infinity Blade was released back in 2010, wowing users by its breathtaking graphics using the Epic Unreal Engine 3. We personally loved the game, and although it was a bit repetitive, the gameplay itself was action-packed, well-balanced, and a bit more difficult every time, leading me to keep coming back for more and more until I was able to buy all of the most expensive accessories in the store.
In short, we were mightily impressed with the first one and cannot wait to see what's in store for the second one.
Infinity Blade II will be released on December 1st for $6.99, and it will be universal. In celebration of Infinity Blade II's upcoming release, the original has been put on sale for $2.99 (and even though it's old, I suggest you pick it up).


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The municipality of Marche-en-Famenne decided to renew their support to Music Fund for the three coming years. Thanks to the city of Marche, Music Fund resides since 2013 in two magnificent workshops in the heart of the city centre. One workshop is specialized in repairing guitars, the other workshop focuses on repairing wind instruments. Come and have a look in our workshops!
2016 promises to be a successful year for the Milano Musica projects. In april 2016 the Mozambican Patricio Mandeia, will be able to follow a two months internship in instruments repair in Cremona, under the tutorship of the Master luthier Luisa Campagnolo. Read on for the report of last year's activities of Milano Musica in Mozambique.


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When Mumbai's Rajiv Gandhi Sea Link – a 6km bridge connecting the western suburbs to the midtown area of India's financial capital – was inaugurated three years ago, millions flocked to admire the country's very own marvel of modern engineering. People wanted to touch the smooth tarmac and the massive cables that suspended the structure above the Arabian Sea. Some had picnics on the bridge, others blocked traffic to take family photographs.
But national pride in the Sea Link eclipsed a less auspicious story. Despite enjoying two decades of rapid economic growth, India – unlike its emerging market peers Brazil and China – continues to lack the most basic infrastructure. Even a relatively minor engineering feat such as the Sea Link – which cuts 13 minutes off the daily commute – is treated like the moon landing.
People are craving for infrastructure," says Sanjay Reddy, managing director of GVK, one of India's largest developers of such projects. "It's tragic that people get so excited about one bridge: it tells you that we need more projects than we currently have ... If the government changes a few things there will be a trillion opportunities in Indian infrastructure – this can be a success story."
Infrastructure is critical to the fortunes of Asia's third largest economy. Inadequate transport connections, electricity supplies and the like are often ranked by both foreigners and Indians as the biggest impediments to doing business in the country – which means by turn that they form a significant hindrance to growth. Poor infrastructure costs the economy $65bn a year, according to the Confederation of Indian Industries, a business lobby.
While the investment opportunities are vast – out of a projected $40tn needed to be spent on global public infrastructure in the next 25 years, India is estimated to be worth nearly $5tn, according to estimates by independent consultancies – government inaction on reforming archaic, red-tape laden processes and corruption form a powerful deterrent to overseas groups.
Failure to increase the speed of development is not an option if India is to take its place by 2030 as the third largest economy behind China and the US, as forecast by emerging markets bank Standard Chartered. With the urban population forecast by the McKinsey consultancy to soar from 350m to 590m in 2030, as millions of people migrate to metropolises in search of jobs, it is essential to bolster infrastructure investment to avoid the spectre of social instability.
New Delhi says it is determined to reverse the infrastructural deficit. The Planning Commission's Soviet-style "twelfth plan" – for 2012 to 2017 – aims to attract and invest $1tn in the next five years to fix some of the nation's pot-holed roads, antiquated ports and dilapidated airports as well as build 100 cities from scratch, powered by hundreds of new power plants. It is a tall order: the ruling Congress-led coalition has little to show for its previous 11 five-year plans. But for the first time it plans to share the cost of investment equally with the private sector. This will create a multitude of opportunities for domestic and global companies.
Stuart Fraser, the head of policy at the City of London Corporation who travels regularly to Delhi and Mumbai to promote British financial services, says that to return to sustainable growth of 9 per cent, India will need to attract significant capital and expertise from abroad. "If you are talking that amount of money – $1tn – you need some foreign investment: you can't do it alone," he says.
Of late, technocrats and politicians in Delhi have declared themselves quite pleased with their progress, claiming to have almost doubled annual investment in infrastructure in the past five years to about $414bn. But many of the projects – including modernising 35 secondary airports, adding 78,000 megawatts of electricity capacity and boosting 387 port-related developments – have not been completed, according to many analysts, financiers and construction groups. "The reality lags behind the ambitions," says Rajiv Lall, chief executive of lender Infrastructure Development Finance Company in Mumbai.
The reality on the ground is indeed stark. The overall capacity of state-run ports has remained unchanged for nearly 20 years. Contrary to government claims, airports – apart from those in Hyderabad, Bangalore, Delhi and Mumbai – have not been upgraded since the 1960s, though passenger numbers have soared by about 20 per cent annually to nearly 60m in 2011. Railways rely on track laid during the British colonial era, with no lines dedicated to commercial use.
Roads and power have enjoyed significant investment in recent years – about $50bn and $100bn respectively, according to government estimates. However, roads in rural areas – where about 840m people live – remain shoddy, while power generation has been crippled by rising fuel costs. Thousands of factories have to rely on their own generators, and 40 per cent of rural households lack electricity.
Anita Marangoly George of the International Finance Corporation, the private-sector arm of the World Bank, says the investment opportunities are "evident to the common person who comes here and looks around – there's obviously the need for more infrastructure". But she adds that regulatory uncertainty and a lack of reform have deterred foreign companies from coming to India.
Apart from a few global groups such as ABB, Alstom, Areva and Siemens, most projects are handled by Indian groups. Of these, only a handful, such as GVK, GMR and Larsen & Toubro, have strong records in executing large assignments. "There is appetite by investors to come in and take risks," says Ms George. "But the reason they don't is because there are not enough projects to bid for ... We should be having 100 times the number of projects we have coming through."
A lack of such projects has made the bidding process for the few available more aggressive. According to Shailesh Pathak, president of Srei Infrastructure Finance in Calcutta, an investment fund with nearly $6bn worth of assets under management, this results in businesses issuing tenders at below the real cost of the work to win projects.
"This is an enormous problem as later, many companies are not in a position to complete projects [because they] run out of cash," he says. "This means that as soon as one wins a project he has to immediately try to refinance it, slowing down the execution process."
Lack of transparency compounds these problems, say infrastructure analysts. A wave of corruption scandals involving ministers and foreign companies – and said by the national auditor to be worth billions of dollars – exemplifies an often murky relationship between business and politics, and the impact on investors and infrastructural development. "The biggest problem in India is that unless you have the right political connections nothing will ever happen," says one foreign investor.
Once a project is awarded, many companies complain financing is hard to obtain. To improve the situation, India needs to foster a large corporate bond market to provide long-term capital, say industrialists.
Acquiring the necessary land, too, is often tricky, and obtaining environmental clearances can take months or even years. Mr Reddy, whose GVK is close to completing a $2.3bn overhaul of Mumbai's airport, says lawsuits have been an impediment: "We had about 220 litigation cases over property, environmental and labour disputes." Creating a one-stop shop for project approvals and unifying regulations across state borders would smooth the road for developers.
As the economy cools – growth fell from 8 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2010 to 6.1 per cent in the same period last year – the need to enact reforms to ease infrastructural development has grown more urgent.
Sunand Sharma, country head of France's Alstom, says Delhi should push to pass crucial reforms. The land acquisition law, for example, has not been modified since 1894. A draft act has been held up in parliament for months as lawmakers struggle to find middle ground between industrial development and defending the rights of small landowners. "This is what happens in a country where there are checks and balances," says Mr Lall of IDFC. "You can say that this is the price we pay for having a democracy."
Indeed, a vibrant democracy is often blamed for hindering development. Many Indian business leaders say privately that they wish their country boasted the efficiency of China's dictatorship, which in the past 20 years has spent trillions of dollars on projects that have helped make it the world's second largest economy.
Mr Pathak of Srei Infrastructure Finance calls for Delhi to focus on building greenfield projects. "The private sector has proved to do things better when it comes to overhauling existing assets," he says. "The government should sell them and use that cash to build new projects." Others argue that, since state-run enterprises have a dismal record in executing landmark projects, private companies should be involved from the early phases of development.
What is clear is that the clock is ticking, says Rajiv Kumar, head of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry. Further delay could lead to a return to the 3.5 per cent growth rate experienced from the 1930s to the 1980s, and an increased risk of civil disorder. "The lack of infrastructure hits hardest on the poor," says Ms George of the IFC. "When you couple bursting infrastructure with other concerns like utilities that don't work, noise about corruption, growing inequality, it is a recipe for social unrest of generational proportions."
Still, India has proved that, when Delhi does not become too involved, it can complete major projects. Its biggest infrastructure success story is the liberalisation of the telecoms industry. Despite a scandal in which a minister has been charged with conspiracy, cheating, forgery of documents, abuse of official position and abetment, this created the world's second-largest mobile market with 900m subscribers. While millions lack 24-hour electricity and water, they now at least have 24-hour phone connections. Apart from a metro system in the capital, the country has also completed 3,600 miles of highway connecting four of its biggest cities – a project that cost $6bn and took 12 years to complete.
Nobody seems to know what might finally force the government to push through the reforms that will enable it to give its citizens the infrastructure they so badly need, but at IDFC Mr Lall has one idea: "We are at our best in moments of crisis."
Unless Delhi acts soon, that is exactly what the country will have on its hands.


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You and your family are cordially invited to join the Down Syndrome Network Oregon!
Huh? Membership? What's up with this?
For over a decade, DSNO has been an informal, faith-based organization providing comfort and acceptance for families, friends, and individuals with Down syndrome and all intellectual disabilities. As DSNO's numbers have grown, so has the need for an effective organization that can provide the structure to serve an expanding base of people. A real challenge has been just trying to get the word out to everyone about upcoming DSNO events and programs.
The values that guide DSNO's mission are advocacy, inclusiveness, equality and respect for life, compassion, comfort, hope and faith. Not only should everyone affiliated with DSNO have the opportunity to take part in its programs, but DSNO needs to know the people it is serving so it can direct its services and support to the areas of greatest need. So, the DSNO Board of Directors realized the time has come to create a formal membership in the organization.
For a nominal annual fee of $20, you and your family will be able to enjoy the full spectrum of DSNO activities and programs. As announced in January 2018, this fee will be waived for the calendar year 2018. As a membership organization, many activities will be reserved solely for members. Some of the benefits of membership in DSNO are:
- Priority for camp scholarships
- Scholarships to attend the National Down Syndrome Congress Convention
- The DSNO summer picnic
- Meeting other families with Down syndrome family members
- The DSNO Christmas party
- News and information about issues of concern for the Down syndrome community
- Moms' Coffees
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You can be assured that DSNO will maintain member records with the utmost care and confidentiality. Our goal is to inform our membership of activities and opportunities that may be of benefit.


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Leflunomide is given by mouth (orally).
Leflunomide (Arava) is a
disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) that is used to treat
rheumatoid arthritis. It interferes with the progression of the disease by blocking the
production of white blood cells that cause the joint inflammation in rheumatoid
arthritis. Because it blocks the natural response of the
immune system, leflunomide is considered an
immunosuppressive drug.
Leflunomide is used to treat active
rheumatoid arthritis in adults to relieve symptoms and slow the progression of
the disease. Leflunomide is considered a choice for people with active
rheumatoid arthritis who have not responded to methotrexate or
Leflunomide can improve symptoms,
slow or prevent the disease from getting worse, and improve function in people
with rheumatoid arthritis. It also seems to be well tolerated and slows disease
progression as seen on X-rays.1
All medicines have side effects. But many people don't feel the side effects, or they are able to deal with them. Ask your pharmacist about the side effects of each medicine you take. Side effects are also listed in the information that comes with your medicine.
Here are some important things to think about:
Call 911 or other emergency services right away if you have:
Call your doctor if you have:
Common side effects of this medicine include:
See Drug Reference for a full list of side effects.
(Drug Reference is not available in all systems.)
Leflunomide should not be used by
pregnant women or women of childbearing age who are not using reliable birth
control. Do not take leflunomide if you are breast-feeding. If you plan to
become pregnant, check with your doctor before stopping birth
control and trying to become pregnant. He or she probably will prescribe a
medicine (cholestyramine) that will remove leflunomide from your body. Your
doctor will then check to be sure that leflunomide is no longer
detectable in your body.
People taking leflunomide will need
regular monitoring of their liver function to check for signs of liver damage.
Talk with your doctor before taking leflunomide if you have ever
had liver, kidney, or immune system disease or a history of significant alcohol
Medicine is one of the many tools your doctor has to treat a health problem. Taking medicine as your doctor suggests will improve your health and may prevent future problems. If you don't take your medicines properly, you may be putting your health (and perhaps your life) at risk.
There are many reasons why people have trouble taking their medicine. But in most cases, there is something you can do. For suggestions on how to work around common problems, see the topic Taking Medicines as Prescribed.
Do not use this medicine if you are pregnant, breast-feeding, or planning to get pregnant. If you need to use this medicine, talk to your doctor about how you can prevent pregnancy.
Follow-up care is a key part of your treatment and safety. Be sure to make and go to all appointments, and call your doctor if you are having problems. It's also a good idea to know your test results and keep a list of the medicines you take.
Complete the new medication information form (PDF)(What is a PDF document?) to help you understand this medication.
CitationsDrugs for rheumatoid arthritis (2009). Treatment Guidelines From The Medical Letter, 7(81): 37–46.
Last Revised:
June 5, 2012
Healthwise Staff
Medical Review:
Anne C. Poinier, MD - Internal Medicine & Nancy Ann Shadick, MD, MPH - Internal Medicine, Rheumatology
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Catana 50
This catamaran has five cabins - four large staterooms and an additional double berth forward. The aft cabins can be arranged as singles or doubles. There are five heads on board. She is equipped with a generator and air conditioning, a huge saloon and a large cockpit with sun lounge and swim platform to easily accommodate 8-10 charter guests comfortably.
Wow, what an excellent sailing machine and in the right place. The yacht performed as you indicated. She easily went upwind at 10-12 in 25 knots with single reef in the main and 30% furled on the jib. The reacher was also a great sail.
Paul, USA
Specifications for Catana 50
- Cruising Regions: Caribbean, South Pacific, Cuba , British Virgin Islands, St Martin, Anguilla & St Kitts and Nevis , Martinique St Lucia & The Grenadines, Grenada, Tahiti
- Guests (Maximum): 12
- Guests (Recommended): 10
- Cabins: 5
- Berths: 9
- Heads: 5
- Showers: 5
- Equipment: Bimini, Electric Windlass, central electric winch, furling headsail and gennaker, Auto pilot, Chart Plotter, Depth Sounder, GPS, VHF, CD, ipod socket, Wind instruments, Water maker, Generator, Air Con, Solar panels, fridge & freezer & small cockpit fridge, Dinghy and Outboard
- Length: 52.5', 16m
- Beam: 25.9', 7.9m
- Draft: 3.9', 1.2m
- Engines: 2 x 75hp
- Water Capacity: 800 l, 211 g
This boat can be chartered bareboat, skippered by you our client with one of your party as first mate. Or you may wish to leave responsibility for the boat to someone else, by engaging your own skipper and/or crew. We call that "crewed bareboat", and we can arrange that for you too!
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There are several reasons for testing. One of these reasons is to show
newer people what they need to learn, to provide a standard for
them. Another is to show the Sensei how you perform under
stress. Another is to give a belt rank that allows newbies to know
what rank you are so that they can go to you for help. These are just
a few of the reasons.
Why should someone NOT stop taking tests? Well, it becomes very
embarrassing for the people who have taken rank tests to have someone
who is lower ranked be technically and conceptually better than
them. However, if a person hasn't taken rank when then should have,
then the person does not deserve it yet since the person does not yet
understand the importance of ranking for the benefit of the whole
Dojo. Interesting, if a person will not take rank tests, then they
don't deserve the rank yet. I have recently had to deal with this
problem here in Hong Kong. The person thought they were being very
humble but after looking deeply into his motivations, he realized that
rather than being humble, he was being very arrogant. All those of
you who are not taking rank test to remain humble, please review your
motivations carefully, they may not be as pure as you think. I know
since I once looked at things in the same way myself.
In Hong Kong, we give tests in front of a Board. As a member of the
Board, I am not concerned only with how the individual performs in the
exam, but their long-term performance in day-to-day practice. I think
all of us have had instances when we are at seminars and a Sensei is
standing next to us watching our technique and there is no way that
you can do the technique correctly even though it is normally your
favourite and best technique. In fact, you were probably doing it
quite well while the Sensei was not looking but you foul up as soon as
you feel his or her eyes upon you. This is why our tests are usually
at the end of a period of practice during which I have a chance to
watch the testees practicing their technique.
Second, the spirit of the Aikidoist is important. Does the person help
others? Does the person understand the principles behind the
techniques? Does the person have good Dojo Reigi? Will I be
embarrassed if this person visits another Dojo? Does the person have
good ukemi? Does the person practice vigorously with commitment? Do
they have good zanshin? What is their mindset as they test? Will the
person keep going even when the chips are down?
Third, what is the person capable of? Are they working to their limits
(part of the spirit question maybe)? How is their progress?
Fourth, will conferring the higher rank improve their Aikido through
improvement of their confidence? Maybe the person needs some help to
stop worrying about the test so they can get on with their practicing
and learning?
Fifth, what is their commitment to Aikido? How often do they come to
practice? How often do they ask questions? Are they thinking about
Aikido all the time.
Sixth, what is their potential? Am I wasting my time on this person?
Are they only looking for rank or are they truly interesting in
getting a chance to learn more advanced techniques? Why are they
Seventh, how is this person's Aikido relative to the others in the
Dojo with whom they practice? This is the equity question relative to
others in the Dojo or association or federation. This question should
not be answered only in terms of technique but also time spent in
Aikido, the amount of work the person does for Aikido (including
administrative work), and the visibility of the person in the Dojo.
Eighth, how is the power of this person's techniques? After all, this
is a MARTIAL ART! What is the martial competence of the person?
Ninth, will conferring the higher rank do anything for Aikido as a
whole or for the Dojo or association/federation? Will the person be a
good ambassador for Aikido to outsiders? Will be person help to make
Aikido grow?
There are probably a few other issues I have forgotten at present. The
list is not in any specific order, especially since depending upon the
specific case-by-case circumstances, which issue is most important
will differ. All of these issues, though, must be balanced off. No one
issue ever disappears off the list. Things just change in weighting
and there is no weighting of zero.
Please note that these are my own personal criteria and are not
necessarily that of any others.
By the way, these criteria hold whether the ranking is for Mudansha or
(Rocky Izumi is the head of the Barbados Aikido Federation in Barbados,
West Indies.)


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I spent about three minutes loving this notion and the next two weeks obsessed with making it reality.
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Erie County Sheriff Tim Howard has announced the arrest and arraignment of a Grand Island man who detectives say terrorized an elderly Grand Island woman on East River Road.
According to the sheriff's office, the subject, 30-year-old Justin W. Slaiman of Baseline Road, allegedly stole sentimental and valuable items from the victim's home and property "repeatedly and methodically" for a several weeks in August. He then took the stolen items to local pawn shops, the sheriff's office said.
"We believe that he was there numerous times. He kept returning," said Capt. Gregory Savage of the Erie County Sheriff's Office. Savage added that the victim is an elderly former antique dealer who had an old barn filled with collectibles.
"He would go to the house, he would go to the barn. We think he probably broke in there at least half a dozen times, including one time he put a ladder up against the side of the house and he was cutting the screen when the homeowner came right to the window and literally was face to face with him," Savage said. "He smiled at her, and he took off running."
"He's just a very brazen guy. It didn't even seem to faze him that the homeowner was in there at the time he was trying to get in the house."
Erie County Sheriff's deputies arrived and found burglary tools at the scene. Slaiman was later identified through DNA evidence.
Slaiman was arrested in connection with this case on Sept. 28 by detectives and charged with felony burglary/illegal entry with criminal intent; felony attempted burglary/armed with a deadly weapon; felony grand larceny/value of property greater than $1,000; felony criminal mischief in the third degree/damage to another's property; felony burglary with intent to commit a crime; misdemeanor criminal possession of stolen property in the fifth degree; and another misdemeanor for possession of burglar tools.
The weapon was a knife with a 12-inch blade Slaiman allegedly used to cut the screen. "So had he made entry into the house, and confronted her, who knows what could have happened," Savage said. "It could have turned into something a lot more serious than just a burglary."
"That's how homicides happen sometimes. You get caught in the house, you panic," Savage said.
Slaiman pleaded not guilty at his arraignment over the weekend. He also remains a prime suspect in several other burglary cases on Grand Island since March. More charges are pending.
"He has quite an arrest history," Savage said, noting Slaiman has been arrested "just about every year," with a criminal recored dating to 2006. He has been arrested six times for criminal possession of a controlled substance.
Slaiman is making burglary in particular a career and "just doesn't want to go out and get a job," Savage said.
"That's how he makes his money, just by stealing."
According to the ECSO, some of the items Slaiman stole from the victim were pawned with some success, include military memorabilia; various types of scrap metal; and other sentimental artifacts.
"Our detectives recovered some of the property at a couple of different pawn shops," Savage said.
Savage said the arrest illustrates the need for a new law regarding pawn shops in Erie County. The law would regulate how pawn shops would handle property for sale.
Pawn shops "would have to document what they take in, they would have to maintain that property for a minimum of 10 to 14 days, just in case it does turn out to be stolen. They would have to get ID from people," Savage said.
Pawn shops are resistant, especially those who buy silver and gold, Savage said.
"They've got their little smelting pots running 24 hours a day," Savage said. "As soon as somebody brings it in, they're melting it down immediately because then if the police come looking for something they can say, 'Hey, I don't have it. It was melted down.'"
"These places are nothing but legalized fencing operations as far as I'm concerned, many of them, because they're knowingly taking in stolen property," Savage said, explaining that these shops are taking advantage of a loophole in the law.
"Really, you've got about 20 business people in Erie County that are getting rich off of this at the misery of a lot of other people," Savage said.


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Things people say that immediately make you dismiss their taste in music
I'm a pop scholar
- shinymcshine and Icarus-Smicarus this'd this
American then?
Anyone who says that and means it how your wording implies it should mean, is actually quite passionate about music.
Deconstruct and discover. Language is a gift. And so on.
- cherrycola, automatik, JaguarPirate, bokonon, politelydeclined, Annoying_person, xheathenx, Icarus-Smicarus, theonlyindiegolfer, Hammer15, pichaelmarker, elspud, TheHungryTrout, kiwiassassin, and cliffybyro this'd this
why? what's wrong with this?
sure, most people can't legitimately substantiate liking literally "everything" - even those who claim to love music from across the spectrum will have a weak genre or two - but it's kinda important to differentiate between the person who:
a) "likes a bit of everything" (as in, likes Pitbull, The Courteneers, Nero, Hed Kandi-type stuff)
b) "likes a bit of everything" (has a deep knowledge of music and can largely find positive elements to take and enjoy from most of what they hear)
however snobby that might sound, it's a generalised statement which kinda has lost meaning in the case of (a). but I don't personally see anything wrong with the idea that - as w/(b) - there's a lot of varied music out there to be enjoyed, and certainly it wouldn't put me off that personcronenberg, urbanfox, and -gen- this'd this
just to clear up:
there's nothing wrong AT ALL with people having limited musical knowledge and liking what they like - if that's what they dig, that's cool by me. I mean explicitly within the parameters of "I like a bit of everything"
I agree with you
regarding statement (b). There is nothing wrong with that. I just get annoyed by people that say "I like everything" when in reality, they just listen to whatever is on the radio and know next to nothing about music. I've encountered so many people like this and while it's fine that not everyone shares the same obsessive passion for music that I have, I don't see why these people can't just admit to be "casual music fans" or whatever.
My reference point is a)
Of course, if people do genuinely take pleasure in listening to a variety of music then that's totally cool.
It generally seems that people who who use that phrase tend to listen exclusively to Radio One though. Again, that doesn't bother me as long as they then don't claim to have eclectic taste.
Massively missing the point
No one here cares whether someone listens to Steps or Stockhausen or anything else - I just ain't going to be having a musical discussion with someone whose idea of wide-ranging taste means "from Nickelback to Guns n Roses". It woudn't be fun for either party.this'd this
if people ask me what i like
i answer by telling them what i don't like. it's easier, not because i think i have a particularly stunningly broad palette or anything, but there are fewer things i hate than i love.MadameChaos this'd this
what's pretentious in saying that you like minimal techno, abstract electronica etc?
If the people who you are talking to doesn't know what it is, you explain it so they can get an idea of your music... Otherwise, you're just being lazy (and let's face it, nobody will explain minimal techno in this social events, what i meant is that actually is nothing has to do with snobbery to talk about your musical preferences)
"what's pretentious in saying that you like minimal techno, abstract electronica etc?"
IMO: these genres are quite difficult to really enjoy listening (I mean for most people). So, they assume that you really don't like this kind of music; you just pretend to like abstract electronica to appear as a cool person...
See also:
People describing their own taste in music as 'eclectic'. (For bonus cringe points, include the words 'from rap to classical'.)
i always say
I like a bit of everything
i guess you guys hate me
I hate it when people say this, and yet it's pretty much my standard answer
which makes me hate it even more. It's a bloody stupid question though, so they deserve it.navajo, andyvine, and Lililololaure this'd this
the question IS stupid
if you genuinely like music you can't articulate your tastes in a few words. But, this awkward exchange seems a mandatory gateway into discovering if you have compatible taste with someone, eventually.Lililololaure this'd this
i usually end up saying
"i like all sorts of stuff" or similar. nobody really wants to hear me rattle off a list of genres, and listing just one or two would be giving a false representation.
I always say "Errm...everything..." in a really deapan voice
Whenever someone who likes A Day To Remember or some such wank asks me what music I'm into.
people who don't like a bit of everything aren't music fans
they're fucking douchebagsDaddyorChips and Randy_Orton this'd this
In this day and age where all genres are kind of merging into each other...
I suppose I would say the same.
generally I tend to ask the question back at them straight away
because I listen to quite a lot of stuff it's easier to talk about what I like and relate after they've told me what they are into. Lots of times previously I've just reeled off a list of stuff I like and they just look at me confused, even if it's (certainly in DiS world I guess) relatively known stuff which it mostly is.
I've noticed that this line is followed....
by "except (rap, classical, etc etc.)" So then you don't like a little bit of everything, so please f*** off :)
Just to be a real indie wanker
When people say they like everything, I sometimes ask them for their top five favourite dancehall/noise/shoegaze/etc. records.
they're all indie genres though
you want to go for country or skiffle or something
I'll admit I sort of say that sometimes
or I say something along the lines of "all sorts". What the fuck am I supposed to say when asked what kind of music I'm into (realise there's been a thread on this topic)?
In answer to the OP's question: "I like Dream Theater/Skrillex/Ed Sheeran/any artist that I find deeply despicable" normally makes me doubt they'd ever like any acceptable music.fuck_this_band this'd this
Sorry chap,
But Dream Theater rule, and lumping them in with Skrillex and Ed Sheeran is an insult.Glasvegian this'd this
People who say
Music just isn't as good as it used to be.automatik, JaguarPirate, fuck_this_band, subbero, sunstroke_house, SarahIsPi, Dinohead86, cronenberg, Lililololaure, kiwiassassin, and silver-crescent this'd this
Will Sheff:
'One of the most depressing things in the world to me is how people start to get frozen in their 30s. You'll hear your friends say, "I don't know any new bands," or, "Oh, did you hear there's a new record by this band?" And it'll be some indie rock band where it's like, "Really? They're still around?" [laughs] Some people might snarkily say that about us.
'A music fan that doesn't have it in them to find new music anymore is like absolute death to me. What are you even doing being alive if you're not trying to constantly grow? And I don't mean just in terms of music, but in terms in pushing yourself to try different foods and watch different kinds of movies. The world encourages you to lock into a particular routine. I fucking hate when I hear people in their 50s say, "I'm too old to change." Fuck you, you're lucky to be alive, asshole. Why don't you try to grow? It's a gift to get to be born and not suddenly die of cancer or get hit by a car. One day, you're gonna be a rotting body in the ground and you're gonna be like, "Wow, I kinda wish I listened to new music from ages 30 to 70."'
Fuck yeah.freshprints, Antelope, Joseph_SP, moshymoshy, incandenza_, JaguarPirate, Bethany_E, wonton, fuck_this_band, mute-branches, bowiecokemirror, Glasvegian, charliepringles, chris_81, BigRadgeDoug, Inacave, thedamnedear, dcnuman, Hammer15, Lililololaure, pichaelmarker, andyvine, kiwiassassin, and The_Cosh this'd this
I've never heard of Will Sheff
but he sounds like a rolled-gold fucking twat. I mean I agree with his basic sentiment, but to hear him proclaiming it from a 50ft high horse like that just makes me want to kick him in the nuts.Elaina_Casoolare, Royter-Hatfood, thewarn, stanstubbs, and Oissin_ this'd this
what's wrong with someone passionately crying out
for people not to go stale, not to become staid and dull?
I don't get it when people get irked about this and start rolling out the old soapbox shit. what's your problem, man? people who have the platform ought to use it like this.automatik, fuck_this_band, bowiecokemirror, and revgreen this'd this
The passion is fine
but this is just preachy, embarrassing angry-young-man stuff. When he switches gears and starts on the "it's a gift to get born" bit... as I say, ripe for a good solid nut-kicking.this'd this
I get the impression
that, had a regular DiSser said that rather than Will Sheff, they'd be castigated. Love Will Sheff mind.
try different foods??
watch different kinds of movies????
sounds like a fucking crocodile and kangaroo burger eating absolute typhoon of dicks to me.
You start to lose interest in things a bit as you get older as you have families/get more involved in careers/sink into a pit of lethargic despair at life in general etc. If you manage to still listen to as much music when you're 50 as when you're 18, and it genuinely all means as much to you, then fair-fucking play. But if you think this applies to you, chances are, it won't. Unlucky.
But don't judge those who can't and don't. What an absolute wanker.robellovich this'd this
- heartworms this'd this
One day, you're gonna be a rotting body in the ground and you're gonna be like, "Wow, I kinda wish I listened to new music from ages 30 to 70."'
IS this a joke?
because absolutely no one dead or on their death bed
gives a shit about what music they listened to i imagine.
- SCROTUM, whatisthewhat, Dettol, and Steved this'd this
I'm really looking forward to Senseless Things touring again
Or NEDS. Or Stone Roses for that matter.
Back to sleep now.
The terms "chilled beats", "world music" and "reggae"
usually mean you're in the presence of a musical cretin
World music is a terrible term
Even the guardian has this right. We have far too many micro-genres for largely similar western music, but the varying music of other countries, continents in fact, is just labelled "world music".speedkills this'd this
Finally, someone else who thinks this too. Since I first became aware of "world music" I thought the term was horrible.
- sunstroke_house and silver-crescent this'd this
His first three albums were great
Before he descended into a bottomless pit of "roots" music tedium.
He might also have been responsible for foisting Jack Johnson on us
Which is a sin not easily forgiven.
Aw come on
My Family was quite good when Nick was in it
there were speech marks here I swear
Do you have any like Gaga or maybe some '80s?
I generally spend about an hour before company shows up filling the CD jukebox with a well rounded mix of stuff. Then someone asks for that shit. So then I resort to the cable music stations - "party mix" or some other banal crap.
- andystevio, Joseph_SP, Luis_Carruthers, nicolastheadept, Royter-Hatfood, cheeseandbaconturnov, stanstubbs, Dinohead86, Oissin_, and in_limbo this'd this
I can remember a review I read about Pantha du Prince's Black Noise album..
..and it was described as Organic, it kinda put me off buying it, but I did, and thankfully I didn't find it Organic.
- DiSisAcid, justanothersheeldz, fuck_this_band, and stanstubbs this'd this
- Dinohead86 and DaddyorChips this'd this
I say this all the time
Easier life that way. And it's generally true (with the people who ask me anyway).
this one for me
the interesting thing is that i sometimes say it when someone asks me what i am listening to because i strangely feel bad when i am about to say something rather obscure. i do it because they sometimes dismiss me bexause of that. :/
I've been burned too many times
getting all enthusiastic that someone maybe even cares, leaping at the chance to share, to impart, and as soon as it dawns on them that it's not someone they know, they mentally glaze over, and oh fuck you, WHY DO I EVEN BOTHER FUCK OFF *puts headphones back on*.
but with the caveat that I've also never heard anybody use the words "pop scholar" either to refer to themselves or someone else, either ironically or otherwise, IRL or on the web, other than in the OP. Why is nobody questioning this? Do these people actually exist? If someone said that to me I'd laugh in their face.fuck_this_band and Oissin_ this'd this
Not really a caveat, is it?
But whatever.
I thought I saw some ex-DJ say it on a BBC4 documentary about the evolution of pop music
Or something. I thought it was a thing. I'm sure that wasn't the first time I'd heard it either, otherwise I wouldn't have got so peeved to start a thread about it.
Nothing really comes to mind, tbh.
I'll almost deliberately not listen to something when people really, REALLY push for me to listen to it though and then avoid all music-based conversations with them in future. Is that kinda the same thing?
and anyone who has a cold.
Fuck them.
Radiohead, oh they're so miserable / depressing
So yeah music has all got to be oh so bloody cheery? So that would dismiss a huge proportion of great music / bands
- cronenberg and silver-crescent this'd this
- TheWza, andystevio, skellywager, and DaddyorChips this'd this
but the opposite is just as annoying.
'yeah, who needs lyrics?!' = post-rock fanboy (or present day equivalent...drone/ambient fanboy?).
okay pal. but promise me you won't now form a band because you finally discovered a form of music that can be played by pussies who are too scared to sing.
I have seen more awful EitS/Mogwai/Godspeed fanboy bands than I would care to mention.
- GabrielGuerra this'd this
yeah, I agree
it's the pretense of it all. they end up making music that's even worse than the music they hate. limpid and weak and utterly uninspired.
dolphin music or car alarm music
...as my mate once described dance music to me. To be fair, I only dismissed his taste in dance music; he had pretty good taste otherwise.
In general, I'll dismiss somebody's taste in (a certain type of) music if they clearly have never really bothered to try listening to it, make loads of assumptions about it/people who listen to it and start sneering at it or at them. So, anybody with a closed mind. After all, it's impossible for any individual to give every genre/era a fair listen, so there's always somebody whose tastes are outside yours.
Anyone who says they have "eclectic music tastes"
sets the twat factor dial at 10 immediately.
- politelydeclined this'd this
- this'd this
People describe themselves as hipsters?
Describing something as a 'guilty pleasure'
Just enjoy what you enjoy with a clean conscience, ffs.podge and the_outdoor_typo this'd this
What if you heard a Gary Glitter track
And thought it was pretty damn good?
Too much focus on the lyrics.
Deep and meaningful lyrics are a vastly overrated concept.cheeseandbaconturnov, shinymcshine, Icarus-Smicarus, theonlyindiegolfer, and silver-crescent this'd this
breaking my heart, wuzzah
(is a lyricist)
I just think you're weary from too many sub-par wordsmiths.
it's like...nobody ever says, 'aww, hey, books...and their words? get back to the nineteenth century, Lewis Carroll!'.
people just need to be more creative. words are magic in the right hands.
Lovely words are dandy.
But i hardly ever find them to add anything to a song.
I'll concede that Wichita Lineman and Hurt have me in bits so I'm not completely immune.
Its more when people say 'I like good lyrics'
And all they're thinking of is Damien Ricebowiecokemirror this'd this
I think Bob Dylan is the only songwriter whose lyrics I properly invest in
and where I think they're usually as important if not moreso than the music - but then that would be worthless if his music wasn't mega-great as well. Probably well illustrated by the fact that I start to lose interest in him beyond the 60s.
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Fuck off, that would be awesomne.
Yes, you read that right
anyone who talks about 6 music
like it's not just Radio 2 for Smiths fans.
but it's not though
the weekday daytime stuff can get a bit drab but the nights and weekends has some gold on it. have they got rid of liz fucking kershaw yet though? SO ANNOYING.thewarn this'd this
Freakzone's really good I'll grant you
but most of the listeners actively seem to hate it. And the response to the Kraftwerk thing said everything about how narrow the general listener tastes are.
they had a Kraftwerk tribute day or week. Can't remember.
All the 6 music people I know spent the whole time moaning about their being too much electronica, not enough guitars, "I like Kraftwerk but I don't want to listen to them" sort of bollocks. Pretty much the same reaction Freakzone gets as well.
Hate that sort of thing.
My main exposure to 6music is through Tom Ravenscroft's show and (for comedy) Adam & Joe / Collins & Herring / Peter Serafinowicz, so my knowledge of any 6music audience twattishness is pretty low.
the kraftwerk thing
was AMAZING. Especially Jarvis's Krautrock history show with Faust and Neu! talking. So good.
When asking someone about why they like a band/artist...
...they give any reason that isn't to do with the music. It really irks me when people say thay really like a band because the "lead singer is cute" that's like declaring Gigli is a great movie because you fancy Jennifer Lopez.
It's not really, it's much stupider than that
Films are a visual artform, so fancying someone in one is an understandable reason for liking it (if a bit silly). It's more like saying you like The Hay Wain because Constable was a hottie.MarwoodW this'd this
Wait, what?
Paintings are a visual artform too, so that's bollocks. But you know what I meant.
Liking Harry Potter because you think Rowling's a bit of a MILF.
- moshymoshy and SarahIsPi this'd this
nah, i don't like that mighty mighty bosstones song, y'know the one about knocking on wood
ok, bye thenpodge this'd this
- andyvine this'd this
I have a "cheese" album on itunes
It contains the one good song ever done by each of Kid Rock, The Cure, Katrina & the Waves, the Pogues, Iron Maiden, Blue Oyster Cult, Van Halen, and Derek & the Dominoes, plus the O Fortuna from Carl Orff's Carmina Burana. The album "art" is some Wensleydale with a picture of Wallace & Gromit on the label.
for use of
the Pogues and the Cure in the above paragraph, you are DISmissed.Oissin_, DaddyorChips, and rainmaker this'd this
- monoshono this'd this
I have no qualms with anyone thinking
a) Muse are great, or
b) Muse are shit
Because my own opinion of them swings between these two on a daily basis. I actually think they're kind of both.Oissin_ and Lililololaure this'd this
I instantly dismiss anything that anyone says on Drownedinsound
I'm only here for the banter and larks.
But what about the shabs, Gashwrecker?
What about the shabs?!
I don't even know what that's short for...
Someone used the word 'Dench' as an adjective to me the other day, I almost cried and had to use the urban dictionary.
- in_limbo and cultishmael this'd this
I've had major problems with all my now
30 something friends pulling the "are they still around" line with most bands we liked when we were younger. These are all bands still putting out incredible music today. This also annoys me to no end though I can't quite put a finger as to why. These are the same people that believe no good music has occurred since they were in College and are very selective on any new music they bring into their life like it's uncool to like music some trendy kid in their early 20's likes.ma0sm this'd this
I hope you're
referring to Dodgys new albumcherrycola this'd this
If they don't like Fang Island
if they haven't heard them thats fine, but if they have and then didn't like it.....well they are not to be trusted on anything - i think less of them as a person.automatik this'd this
Fang Island is straight-up boy rock though
I've tried to get loads of girls into them and so far 100% have been unimpressed. I don't know if this just means women are inherently awful, but I'm not ruling it out.
my girlfriend doesn't seem to mind
when I blast out Life Coach really fucking loud on repeat while I do my uni work. She probably hates it but is too nice to tell me.
Worst track on the album IMO
Still amazing.Wasted_Opportunity this'd this
No one will ever top the Beatles
Not because I don't appreciate their contribution, but I'd hate to be so certain music peaked 45 years ago.FlintyFoxy and Oissin_ this'd this
In a more general sense
People who bang on about how absolutely everything was better fifty years ago. How do these people find the strength to get out of bed every morning with such a bleak outlook?
who's david bowie?
someone actually said this to me recently.
- sidrrrs this'd this
Who cares really,
at least they aren't pretending. Its kind of baffling, sure, but as long as you have SOMETHING to be interested in.
Have you honestly ever heard anyone actually say that?
I don't believe you.
I read an article in The Times' science magazine thing about people who actively dislike music.
Not just that they're not interested in it, they genuinely hate it and don't understand what everyone is banging on about. In some extreme cases, it causes physical pain for them to listen to music.
I've met one of the former. He doesn't like music, can't see any merit in it, in some cases can't even differentiate between songs. It completely baffled me. It wasn't just "Nah, can't be bothered" it was "I hate it, I would rather it didn't exist".
- gonad this'd this
i'm sure they're nice guys but their music makes me want to kill.
I don't understand how you could go to uni and not get into dubstep.
When someone says, about a particular genre
If its (e. dubstep) you wan't, I'm your man/woman!
probably not any particular thing they could say
more the general vibe i get from them. like one person could tell me they like bruno mars and i might think "yeah, that makes sense" and another person say the same thing and i'd be nonplussed.
when i get asked what music i like, i say "good music" which is the answer of a cunt but god, there just isn't a good answer to that question.
"I think
I'm going to V Festival again this year..."
does anyone know what the real ale line-up for this year's end of the road festival is?elliotcallard this'd this
"The Impression That I Get" is a rubbish song
wrong 'uns.DaddyorChips and monoshono this'd this
Completely straight-faced reply to an enquiry into their taste. I no longer associate with this person.
I only like old-school - recent music is rubbish
"I like dubstep, like Skrillex"
A woman at work asks, when something not to her taste comes on during iTunes shuffles: "Let's have something gay on".
probably a fair point, most good music is pretty gayfuck_this_band and DaddyorChips this'd this
- monoshono this'd this
My best friend at uni swears that all music that is slightly downbeat/sad is shit.
He even refuses to listen to the first los campesinos! album because their last one is called hello sadness. Though truth be told he still thinks its 2007 and listens to landfill indie like the kooks/pigeon detective.
I hate techno. If I wanted to listen to squeaks and wubs, I'd watch my cat gut a mouse, and that would be so much more entertaining.
just stuff like The Stones, The Beatles, The Who and The Kinks
But then asking them what their favourite Stones/Beatles etc album is, then you get the "don't really have a favourite, they are all brilliant" answer, the blank/nervous look on their face, probably hoping you don't pursue the matter further.
- Oissin_, TheWza, monoshono, DaddyorChips, thesewoodenideas, film_maker, and Bethany_E this'd this
Does liking music for its ability to bring people together
rather than selfish reasons, i.e. because they resonate with you as an individual, mean you've got bad taste in it?
I mean, of course it does, I'm just playing devil's advocate for the sake of it.
I don't buy music any more
^^^thinking this is grounds for dismissal
and misspelling 'always'
Spelling intentional. Thought it was clever when I was drunk about 10 years ago- regretted it since!
Glad you agree with me though- I can't listen to anyone's opinion on music if they say they never buy it.
does a half-yearly trip to the Berwick Street MVE count
I don't really know what the fuck you're on about to be honest!
Yeah! I'm waiting...
for the post-grunge-nu-alt-grind-gaze-electro-dark-emo-core movement myself.this'd this
by saying "music is music"
i dismiss your taste in music.
what, how do you even know these weird bands?
Common response at work when i tell them what band I'm going to see live or am listening to on my ipod. I just normally say "read about them" and they are baffled cos it's not on radio 1.Oissin_, Inacave, henshinagogo, film_maker, mute-branches, and automatik this'd this
I can relate to that!
I told some co-workers that I was excited about the Joy Formidable/A Place to Bury Strangers show last week and they just looked at me funny :)
They'd say "who are Engineers"?
You didn't though
Just face it
Girl had Catherine Wheel on a mixtape
(that otherwise wasn't very good), but for a split second I really wanted to fuck her. She wasn't all that, so luckily I came to my senses.
Girl like Catherine Wheel, cool. Down big fella!
But if she'd said, "Catherine Wheel is for the people!" I don't know. Maybe we'd be picking out patterns and baby furniture...
Talking about britpop too much
i.e. 'at all'
Radiohead are innovative
here we go againDaddyorChips, Antelope, and Icarus-Smicarus this'd this
It doesn't really mean anything-which was kind of my point re: my bemusement at it's use by people (mainly music journos admittedly) to describe Radiohead.
- heartworms this'd this
- DaddyorChips, stanstubbs, menindrag, and Lililololaure this'd this
People who love the Sex Pistols but have no knowledge or interest in Lyndon's far better band Public Image Ltd.
Or people who...
namedrop John Lydon and call him "Lyndon"
I went out with a girl last year who had never heard of The Kinks
(she is 36 btw) I knew the end was nigh..
- Loui_Tacceh this'd this
- fuckyeahdubstep and theShipment this'd this
And to think,
only like 10 radiohead mentions.
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- geordiedave1981 this'd this
I like music
nah, fuck off, I'm not having that
I like Hotpants Romance
For those of you lucky enough to have never heard them: http://youtu.be/wSaGwKE5sFY
I genuinely dislike anyone who claims to like this.
I definitely put quotation marks around that
I definitely DO NOT like Hotpants Romance. Eugh.
just good pop
just a bit of fun


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Jennifer Aniston and Nicole Kidman Are in Love
Since Jennifer Aniston and Nicole Kidman are in Just Go With It together, Bazaar decided to pull an Interview let the celebrities interview each other. The result is a predictably ridiculous kiss-fest, tinged with sexual longing.
Here are the five most ridiculous moments from Jennifer Aniston's interview of Nicole Kidman, followed by the saddest.
1. Jen's wistful 'How we met' story
I remember the first time I met Nicole Kidman. We were at a Golden Globes party in 2005 and—typical Hollywood story—we share an agent. I remember meeting this tall, beautiful woman who was there with her mom and dad. I was completely starstruck, while she was nothing but gracious. Nicole had just seen one of my rom-coms, as they call them, and was instantly kind and complimentary. I loved her immediately.
2. Jen wants to ride Nicole
You are like the Secretariat of actresses—when I see your body of work and everything you have achieved. But in the midst of all these unbelievable roles, I forgot how funny you can be.
3. Jen wants a boyfriend like Keith Urban
He's [Keith Urban] a total sweetheart. I remember him bringing you Chinese food on set, being such a good husband while we were all being silly and playing with coconuts. I'm so inspired by how you navigate this exquisite career and how you've incorporated this wonderful, beautiful family. I bow to it; I aspire to it.
4. Jen wants Nicole's body
Okay, let me just say this: Physically, you are a masterpiece.
5. Nicole wants Jen's body (No homo!)
You are a freak of nature. You have the best body I've ever seen. And I'm a heterosexual girl. You look good morning, noon, and night.
And finally, a sad revelation. Everyone always talks about how Jen is a career girl, but really, she'd rather have love:
NK: I like to ask people if they would rather have a great love that lasts a lifetime or an amazing career where you go down in history. Some people do answer that they want an extraordinary career.
JA: I know what I would choose. That's a no-brainer. I would choose the love of my life.
Oh, just make out already, you two. [Bazaar, image via Bauer-Griffin]


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by Lisa Bielmeier
Dr. Lynn Fusco has taken over the duties of superintendent at the Niagara-Wheatfield Central School District.
The beleaguered district has had its share of negative press over the past few years and Fusco is looking forward to bringing the district back to its formal glory.
"This has always been a premier district that focuses on kids. It is known for music, arts and academics; always top notch. If it was good for the students, it was happening here," Fusco said. "There is no doubt that we are facing challenging and lean times, but I think this is a community that is willing to work with me to provide programs that we can all we be proud of."
It is obvious that Fusco is very passionate about education. She says her love of knowledge started when she was a child.
"I always knew I wanted to be a teacher. I have always been interested how people thought about things. I am very curious by nature and that fascinated me. I had family members who were teachers and they inspired me. Going into teaching combined my love of learning and helping others," she said.
It was an older cousin who had Down syndrome that made her decide to go into special education.
Her first job was with United Cerebral Palsy, where she worked with a team helping multi-handicapped babies and their parents. She decided to go back to school and get a master's degree and a Ph.D. She then taught at Royalton-Hartland Junior-Senior High School and grades 3 to 6 at Pembroke Central Schools. It was while she was at Pembroke that she moved into administration. She then moved on to East Aurora, where she was the director of curriculum, instruction and personnel for 10 years.
Seven years ago, Alden Central Schools hired her to be their superintendent, and after a lengthy search, she was tapped to be Niagara-Wheatfield's leader.
"There comes a time professionally where you are ready for a challenge and this was the right time for me. I am really looking forward to working with this district and hearing what the community has to say. What do they think are the biggest challenges? What changes would they like to see happen? I really want to know what they think this district needs. We all need to be in this together," Fusco said. "There is a great deal of pride here. I think the people have had a big shock with the financial troubles we have had, and now we know what our reality is. I think what we do have is a staff, board of education and a community that is ready to move forward."
Fusco is issuing an invitation to the public to visit the Niagara-Wheatfield School District website, at http://www.nwcsd.k12.ny.us/SuptSurvey, where they can fill in a survey and voice their opinion on the district's direction. The link can be found in her letter on the main page.
"It is time for some creative problem-solving and hard work by everyone. I believe we can make it happen, but we have to do it together," she said.


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