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( Not ) The Shadow ( Not After Hans Christian Andersen ) (2010)
Prayer for the Innocents (string orchestra version) (2009)
Variations Without a Theme (2001)
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Spices, Perfumes, Toxins! (2006)
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Sonata for Violin and Piano (2004)
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Sonata No. 3 for Violin and Piano, Nigunim (2011)
Sonata No. 4 for Violin and Piano (2015)
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Armando Iannucci is undoubtedly one of the most perceptive comic writers of our time. His ingenious entertainment, beloved since its explosion into British consciousness on radio and television in the early 90s, has always cast a shrewd eye on the absurdity of public life. His treasured characters live inescapably on the edge of influence, the neighbours of real success: the chat show host who can't get a second series; the cabinet minister in the overlooked department; the Vice President of the United States. His new film, The Death of Stalin, will pick up this thematic thread once more, this time in the Kremlin's fumbling attempts to fill the yawning power vacuum created by Stalin's death. From the chronicles of Alan Partridge to the political crises of The Thick of It and Veep, Iannucci has been making an art out of the sublime pathos and schadenfreude of life's silver medallists for decades.
But in a time when it's become a cliché to note that the evening news is itself more absurd than satire, Iannucci's public output has shifted into an altogether more earnest register. In recent appearances, the director has addressed contemporary political issues with a sense of impassioned sincerity. When, just after this year's General Election result, Downing Street accidentally issued a premature announcement about a deal between the DUP and the Tories, Ed Miliband urged Iannucci to give up satire because the government is "doing a better job." Iannucci replied saying "I gave up a while ago." I ask him why.
"I kind of really felt that once I'd done The Thick of It and Veep that I'd done enough of those shows and didn't really want to carry on doing that sort of thing," he begins to explain. "I only did those shows because I'm fascinated by politics and I care about it, but I found really at this stage I'd rather just write about why young people should have a vote, take part in the elections, and get more involved." His work had to help bring his audience forward into this new political situation: "It did worry me, the amount of detachment people felt from the political process and the fact that they don't feel they're part of that conversation."
Caring about politics at a time when it has become comedy, for Iannucci, means that there's serious work to do. There's an aspect to modern citizenship that really is no joke. He tells me, "It's amazing that at school we're not taught about how parliament works. We have sex education and 'don't do drugs', but there's no 'here's what the major parties stand for' or 'here's how a by-election works' and 'here's how government operates.' It's great that the number of people who voted [at the last general election] went up and the number of young voters went up. But there's always a danger that they get mightily pissed off if nothing happens."
It's tempting to think of our contemporary moment as unusual, in some important way, somehow ripe for meaningful change. But are things really that different? Or is this just business as usual? Iannucci's take is cautious: "I think with the outcome of the election a lot of people naturally assumed that that would therefore mean parties talking to each other, but that hasn't really happened. The Conservatives have been doing a very Theresa May line, but also Jeremy Corbyn is sacking anyone who disagrees with him. I think there is a danger that in a year's time, if things haven't changed from the way they are at the moment, people will become disaffected again."
Worrying about the detachment and disaffection that people feel from the political process seems like an unusual concern for a satirist famous for putting the absurd machinations of party politics to the sword. Does he feel that mainstream politics has become too cynical?
"All political manifestos are cynical attempts to capture as wide a vote as possible. Labour wanting to end university tuition fees is a cynical move to get the youth vote, and it worked. The fact that all the parties guarantee pensions is a cynical move to appeal to the older voter." It's hard to see a way around this. A certain duplicity undergirds every political communication in that they are necessarily acts of persuasion ahead of anything else.
Iannucci, though, thinks that we shouldn't be deterred by the cynicism ensconced in politics: "It just puts the onus on us to examine a bit more what the differences are and therefore which manifesto appeals most really. It's like saying 'Advertising is horrible', but if your uncle had a shop and wants to get customers, he'd put an ad in the paper. And similarly parties need to go out and sell themselves, and if they want to gain power they need the widest base of support they can get. What've got to try and work out is whether they're trying to do that still holding to their gut principles, or if they're just abandoning principles."
It's difficult to imagine that cynical canvasing and political spin could ever be excised from a political process constantly under surveillance by sleepless media coverage. Do we just have to accept spin as a fact of modern politics? "Well," Iannucci laughs, "We don't have to live with it to this extent. The Thick of It was really about politicians being absolutely paranoid about how anything they did would come across, how it would be judged. Part of their problem was that they were living in fear that we were examining their every move. A lot of ministers get a daily digest in the morning of all the articles that are prepared in the press about them that day, and they read it, but it then means that they're absolutely convinced that everyone else in the country is reading those same things about them as well, when in fact we're not."
There's certainly a gap in the amount of consciousness the public gives to cabinet ministers and the amount they give themselves: "We don't get up and go 'let's read everything about the Transport Secretary.' We don't do that. But because they get given this, they then live in this sort of fear of how they come across and how they're being judged. If anything, I think that's relaxed a bit. I don't think there's that extreme paranoia about the media that there used to be."
Iannucci believes that this particular paranoia became prominent during New Labour's tenure. "That's when it hit its absolute height, that and the early Cameron years. Part of the reaction now of course is that we don't want that. See how Theresa May was punished for trying to control the media focus during the election. Trying to make it about Brexit and 'strong and stable', and then controlling it so much that she wouldn't even participate in certain events. Whereas Jeremy Corbyn's success, I suppose, in the election was the image he cultivated of not being bothered by that kind of thing, of kind of making it up as he goes along!"
He continues: "Which in itself is a kind of image that's been contrived, but it felt more him than Theresa May saying, 'I had the balls to call a general election.' 'Balls' is not really the kind of word I think Theresa May would use in private. It just felt a little bit like Ed Miliband a few years ago saying, 'Do you think I'm tough enough? Hell yes I'm tough enough.' Just stop it."
What Iannucci seems to be searching for is authenticity. Authenticity which does not bother with the inanity of image perception. But for the meantime, it seems, image-driven politics rules – as does its downright absurdity. The media delights in reporting on the PR missteps of front-benchers, and we commensurately delight in the pantomime of it all as party apparatchiks scramble to cover internecine calamities. False statistics, embarrassing tweets, and unwittingly recorded remarks remain common currency in modern political reporting. It's all terrifically amusing. Of course, the apotheosis of this amusement is Donald Trump, a man who Iannucci has previously described as a "self-basting satirist". When the President of the United States is himself absurdity incarnate, what's left for satirists to do? Comedians can say that Trump is the worst thing since loaved bread, but what's the use? Is it possible to make fun of a clown?
Iannucci maintains that there is a way for comedians to still play an important role in political discourse: "For me, the most effective people now are like John Oliver, The Daily Show, Bill Maher. It's interesting that they're all kind of journalists in a way. If the politicians have become their own satirists, comedians have slid the other way and become the political analysts. They have a team of researchers who look at argument. They analyse. They take down what a politician says and then try to find out whether it contradicts something that politician said two or three years ago. They do serious investigative comedy. It's interesting because the sides have slightly switched in that respect."
While Iannucci trusts that this is important and utilitarian work, there is an opposing view that sees laughing at serious political developments as inherently perilous. Malcolm Gladwell explored this 'satire paradox' in his podcast, asking if it's useful to laugh at our social ills, or if in doing so we become collectively pacified. The philosopher-cum-entertainer Slazoj Žižek went even further when he decried the comedy of John Oliver in an interview on the BBC as "the ultimate failure of the left" because of its "half-joking comic commentary". There's something to this. When a peasant in the Soviet Union laughed at a joke about Stalin, and all the while his nation was being systematically immiserated, was this a meaningful personal victory? Or was it ultimately inconsequential? Does a similar dilemma not also apply when we laugh at comedians' jokes about Trump? I ask for Iannucci's take on this given his recent experience making The Death of Stalin.
"People would be killed if somebody reported that peasant to the secret police. They'd just be taken off and shot. And yet, people felt compelled to make jokes, and to circulate joke books about Stalin, because it reaffirmed that they weren't crushed. The fact that we could laugh meant that we were still kind of free in a way."
As the apocryphal Groucho Marx line goes, the only real laughter comes from despair. In the media maelstrom around Trump, despair dovetails into laughter on a daily basis. But Iannucci warns us not to underestimate the gravity of the situation: "Yes, we can just laugh at Donald Trump, and say he's a fool. I mean he's not an idiot, he's smart, because you have to be to get to that position. He is dangerous and he's unhinged and possibly mentally ill, but he's not an idiot. We mustn't see him as something that is just trivial. Actually, what he represents is deeply serious, and must be responded to in a serious way. Even if it's comedy, it has to have some serious work behind it."
Over the course of his recent interviews with Oliver Stone, Vladimir Putin likened Stalin to a Russian version of Cromwell – an unsightly 'birthmark' on the body of a new nation which nevertheless must be remembered. Somewhat surprisingly to me, Iannucci hasn't seen the Stone/Putin interviews. In fact, he's not convinced he could bear it: "I don't know whether it's Putin or whether it's Oliver Stone… I don't know which one I'd find more difficult to watch."
Nevertheless, the Stone interviews did unearth an interesting dynamic in how the Russian President at least wants to appear to be thinking about his nation's troubled history. Iannucci thinks Putin's reflections on Stalin are significant in a different way: "Putin is interesting because he both encourages people to reappraise Stalin, but also he's put a huge statue of Tsar Nichols II up in Moscow. Either way, all he's interested in is the idea of the 'strong man', the autocrat. It doesn't really matter which side of the political landscape he's on, really. He just wants to reinforce that notion that the 'strong man' is a good thing."
What's curious about this authoritarian strategy is that it's not just isolated to Russia. In fact, it's probably the greatest single similarity between Trump and Putin. Russian and American politics have tended towards each other. "This is what Trump buys into as well," Iannucci explains, "the idea of the 'strong man', the CEO who gets things done and doesn't muck about. He doesn't need to go through tedious process. And that whole thing of 'fake news' is very Stalinist. They talk about bourgeois elements and false narratives and 'true history'. [George Orwell's] 1984 is all about rewriting the past, inserting fresh facts and changing history so that it reflects current times, and basically inventing manufactured fake news. That's what Trump is all about. He doesn't win an argument by doing something to demonstrate that he's won the argument, he just refers to all the terms that your side of the argument as false, and that's his way of winning."
For Iannucci, this is what gives Trump so much power: "He will in three or four years' time (whenever the election is) say that he has done good things for the environment, and he's done things for healthcare and so on, not by showing you what he's done, but by eliminating the possibility of anyone being able to use a counterargument."
Side-stepping direct engagement with the criticisms of detractors may be Trump's trademark, but Iannucci believes that this tactic is distinctly Russian: "Russian diplomacy is always about confusing your opponent. You'll say you're going to do something and you do something different. And say 'oh no, I was going to do that', and then you do something differently again. It's all about just constantly confusing your opponent so that nobody knows anymore what is real isn't, and what is a statement of fact and what is just a kind of invention. And you can see that disruptive element in Trump. If a tidal wave is heading towards America's eastern seaboard, he would tweet, 'The sea is very flat today. How beautiful the sea is. Don't let anyone tell you that there is a wave. There isn't. Sad!'"
"But also, when there's a row about one subject, he'll suddenly tweet something deliberately confrontational about something else so that all the headlines are about that and no longer about the first thing. That's how he operates. It's about setting these little booby traps off everywhere he goes so that no one can quite catch up with where he really is."
With Alan Partridge set to return to the BBC next year after a long hiatus, I want to know if in our current carnival of propaganda and confusion, Alan Partridge could be the political analyst for our times? A ridiculous mind for a ridiculous era. Instead of attempting to sincerely engage with politics, is it now time to simply disassemble the great Corby Trouser Press of politics for personal amusement with no hope of successfully putting it back together again? I ask what Alan Partridge's take would have been on Brexit, for instance.
"I'm so glad Alan wasn't alive during the whole Brexit debate because that would've been appalling. I don't think he's the analyst of our times, but he's probably the analyst we deserve. He would like to boil all information down to entertainment. He believes in 'light information', which is facts that are not so difficult to absorb that they feel like work."
This seems to be the heart of what Iannucci is urging us to avoid. In an era of murky facts and mercurial opinions, of autocrats and disinformation, it's up to us to put the work in to be clear about what is authentic, to disentangle information from entertainment. And conversely, we need to be able to find the comedy in the things that may seem, in darker days, like no laughing matter. For Iannucci, this careful attentive work is too important to be left to anyone else. The onus is on us.
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One Piece has all but solidify it's position as King of Shounen. Though I haven't follow any of the big three in years, word on the street is how the other two have been slowly degrading while One Piece has been on the rise ever since a certain someone bites the dust.
But this isn't so clear cut for the Light Novel world. There are some serious contenders that are pretty even in this fight and it's only getting tougher now that Haruhi is back from the grave, and Boku wa Tomodachi is getting an Anime... In terms of sales- with the exception of Haruhi- everybody else is neck-to-neck, the one advantage that Index has is numbers- but this ranking limits that overwhelming advantage by counting only from a year and a half ago.
Don't get me wrong, I'm glad that Index has gotten it's success and recognition, but I want to get all the facts straight before I run down the street naked and covered in goat's blood screaming "Hail to the King baby!"
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Accelerator... I'm waiting for his hormones to kick in...
And I don't think fans have a hard time guessing, because we all know what the majority opinion is. In fact, I don't thing Kamachi has made it really hard for us at all.
But this kind of talk before the new volume comes out... That would mean the situation for both Touma and Accelerator on the relationship front won't change at all...
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Hormonal Accel: Sits quietly, frowning, and doesn't say anything as he takes mental snapshots for when a quiet afternoon comes.
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That's another way to 'cool your head'.
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That's... harsh lol. I don't think Touma is that bad, at least he still shows some kind of perverted thought here and there in the novel, though he never act on it(like on vol 5 toward the loli index). He's just not interested in pursuing romantic relation right now. That's just my opinion though lol.
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It's not so bad with Touma because it's not so obvious with Touma The world of Index is serious business! There's no time to be enjoying romantic-comedy when all hell is going down every other week
Enjoy a beach episode? No can do, the whole world is in chaos.
Enjoy a fake date episode? No can do, crazy stalker trying to kill him.
Enjoy a shopping trip? No can do, angry gothic woman on a warpath.
Enjoy a sport festival? No can do, people trying to take over the city.
Enjoy a vacation trip? No can do, fanatic Italians on the high seas.
Enjoy a real date episode? Maybe, but back to work at night.
Enjoy a public bath episode? No can do, violent Englishman beating him within an inch of his life.
Enjoy a plane trip to England? No can do, french terrorists just happen to be onboard.
Enjoy a good night's sleep? No can do, Index getting kidnapped (thrice), Mikoto's in trouble, Mikoto's Imouto's in trouble, Mikoto's Kouhai in trouble, Mikoto's Mother in trouble...
Every possible romcom event is punctuated with violence and intrigue; if there's a swimming pool arc, or an amusement park, or a movie marathon, or even a sleep over party, he'll be juggling that and stopping the ten plagues or something.
...So yeah, maybe I can understand if relationship isn't a top priority at the moment for Kamijou Touma.
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Actually the dragon is a girl ....
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He's been conditioned like Pavlov's dogs... When there's good fortune for him, there a whole lot more misfortune right around the corner. He doesn't even dare to think about romance, as an axe might fall down on him from the sky the moment he does.
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Enjoy going to Russia? No can do, he's not there for leisure, he's there to stop that bastard and save Index.
Enjoy being in Russia? No can do, it's now a war zone, Fiamma screws more things up, and has more up his sleeve.
Enjoy a break after getting saved by Bardway and company? No can do, he goes back to Academy City and saves Fremea and Shiage from a last-ditch desperation move from Kuroyoru.
Enjoy meeting up with Accelerator and Shiage? No can do, that's when they're gonna get BUSY!
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for those wondering what JB will bring for LG Optimus 4x, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2177252
LG 4X JB V20A update was leaked early march.
sam, 20 Mar 2013SII will receive 4.2.2 but what about L9? it may stick with 4.1.2 .... SII 2 year old device s... moreAny Samsung fan commenting here about how great Samsung is in updating their devices, is an idiot. S2, their last year's flagship, still doesn't have official JB in India and many other countries. So guys, don't shit where you eat. Or just don't say what you don't know.
samsung galax y,Galaxy y duos,Galaxy Ace,Ace Duos,S Advance have no 4.0. ! only o.d. 2.3 verson!How pepole blaming about lg ! Why not see this samsung already crapy ? Lg have all models in 4.0 ! 4.1 in butter project come in all new and some old models ! When samsungs have not in low range's any 4.1 ver. Model ! Lg l5 have 4.1
zangre, 20 Mar 2013Really? when is this, after 10 years!!!!! Samsung are giving JB to most of their phone. LG is ... morelol!
lg already done updating some of their phones...
maybe its your carrier has that problem...
lg offers different approach and provides different software update in different region/ market...
AnonD-108294, 20 Mar 2013My LG optimus 4X HD had been used Jellybean(V20A) for two weeks!can u tell me how your batter backup after upgrade with jelly bean for 4x
is this update coming to lg optimus 4x (optimus ui 3.0) ihope you can answer soon. thanks :)
AnonD-14841, 20 Mar 2013LG optimus one was probably the first Android phone for a large number of people, a great devi... more some old phone can't be updated because it will not works properly...
some people regret when they got update their phone become slower and not function properly...
lg is a very good company!
they know what are they doing...
life's good!
AnonD-95664, 20 Mar 2013Don't worry. Korean version of Nitro HD a.k.a Optimus LTE will get Jb soon. After Oprimus LTE ... moreis that truth? i hope so, i'll loking for the news :D. thanks
I think it is very unlikely that LG will make the update, even if they decide to do so... It will not make my L7 any better, it is just... well, crap. Maybe the 4X will be better, but the L7 was doomed since the first day it came out. >:(
LG optimus one was probably the first Android phone for a large number of people, a great device for its time which helped LG to sell the optimus 2x and they never updated it
Which shows the "anti-LG" sentiment
Damage has been done LG
ALEX, 19 Mar 2013Great news. Just updated my girlfriends L9 to JB. For notice: some Samsung Galaxy S II users... moreSII will receive 4.2.2 but what about L9? it may stick with 4.1.2 .... SII 2 year old device still receives update not like LG..... search about LG's Update history...
Hey guys what about optimus G from At&t? Is there any update for the monster or not? Please tell me
My LG optimus 4X HD had been used Jellybean(V20A) for two weeks!
Woow I am dreaming .
LG is doing update to their phones ?
Someone wake me up ..
After updated Jelly Bean LG Gear box and battery consumption will available in LG Optimus 4X ?


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Monday, February 27 2012
But I would like to point out that, after 2.5 years of being inaccessible, I finally finished work on my website! Please go to www.jordivermeulen.nl and have a look! It is currently mainly used for displaying my photography portfolio, but it will eventually also be used for other things.
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Sunday, January 02 2011
Anyway, the list of recommendations can be found here.
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Tuesday, May 18 2010
Kamijou Touma is the weakest of the weak in Academy City, a place where people with paranormal abilities, so-called espers, study to increase their power. One day he finds a girl hanging over the railing of his balcony. She says her name is Index, and claims to be a magician. She is being chased by other magicians, who wish to obtain the 103,000 grimoires locked away in her head - all the volumes on magic that have been outlawed. Touma takes it upon himself to protect her, and in doing so involves himself in the ancient struggle between science and magic.
|Wherever Touma goes,
bad luck seems to follow; it is no coincidence that his catchphrase is
"such misfortune...". The ability he possesses is called Imagine Breaker: any supernatural
ability that comes into contact with his right hand is cancelled out. He
helps people whenever he can, most of the time without even being asked
to do so.
|Index, or Index Librorum Prohibitorum in full, is a mage of the
English Purist Church. She is the target of many attacks because of the
103,000 grimoires that have
been stored in her brain.
|The third strongest of
only seven Level 5 espers in Academy City, her ability is to control the
flow of electrons. Her nickname is Railgun,
because she can use electricity to launch metal projectiles at great
|Tsukuyomi Komoe:
|Komoe-sensei is Touma's
homeroom teacher. She has a bit of a crush on him as well, which is why
she enjoys putting him in detention.
|Misaka's twin sister.
|The strongest Level 5 esper in Academy
City, his power allows him to change all vectors he comes into contact
|Kanzaki Kaori:
|A mage sent by Necessarius, the Church of Necessary
Evil, to capture Index. She uses magic to strengthen her body, and
attacks with a long katana.
|Stiyl Magnus:
|Kanzaki's partner, his magic allows him to
produce flames. He is rarely seen without a cigarette in his mouth.
known as Deep Blood, the smell
of her blood attracts vampires. However, when a vampire comes close to
her, it will die. She is a very quiet person, with a rather introvert
|The best student in
Kirigaoka Academy for Girls, one of the top five schools in Academy
City. She is the first person Index befriends, next to Touma.
Note: there are so many supporting characters in this series that I decided only to include those who play a central role in more than one episode.
Let me start off by saying the I really liked this series. I find the concept of a city dedicated purely to science fascinating. It is also interesting to see the two different approaches to supernatural power - one rooted in science, the other in magic.
Now let me say what I didn't like about the series. It starts off extremely slow, causing me to almost drop the series after four episodes. The story arcs were too short at only about five episodes each, as well as quite repetitive; all of them pretty much came down to some bad guy doing some bad thing, and Touma stopping him to save someone he barely knows. The story in itself is not exceptional either, nor is it extremely well told.
However, the thing that really got to me about this series were the characters. We have Kamijou Touma, the world's unluckiest individual, but also truly a modern knight in shining armour. There is Misaka Mikoto, the third strongest esper around, who refuses to admit she likes Touma. And then there is Index, possibly the most adorable and loveable character I have ever encountered in any work of fiction, which I think can mainly be attributed to the excellent voice acting.
Moreover, the humour in this series is very much to my liking. I can't remember any other time when I laughed as loudly on my own as in the episode where Index goes to the beach for the first time and, mistaking it for a hat, puts a jellyfish on Touma's head.
Deep down I want to give this series a four star rating, but I cannot possibly justify such a rating based on characters alone. The fact of the matter is that the story is quite lacking. Still, I didn't want the series to end.
I think I'll go watch Haibane Renmei again to reassure myself of the importance of a good story.
I can imagine myself watching this series many times without it getting old.
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Monday, April 05 2010
I will not bore you all with the reasons why it has been so quiet here, the bottom line is that my time has been extremely limited as of late. My schedule should be clearing up a little from now on, so here's a couple of things I'm planning to post about.
As far as anime goes, I finished watching Death Note a while back, and I believe I still have reviews of Summer Wars and Cowboy Bebop due. I have decided not to write a review of Love Hina, as that would require me to rewatch the series yet again, which is not something I want to do right now. I do not rule out the possibility of a post on this series in the future though.
As for series I'm currently watching: I watched the first four episodes of Seikon no Qwaser, in which I like the idea of manipulating certain metallic elements, but the milk vampirism may cause me to drop this series. A while back I started watching Serial Experiments Lain, but after three episodes it become too much for me to handle, so I have put that series on ice for a while. I watched the first four episodes of To Aru Majutsu no Index, but so far it has failed to incite much interest in me, so I keep putting it off. I also watched the first three episodes of Chu-Bra!! and the first episode of Ladies versus Butlers, but I highly doubt I'll be watching more of either of those.
One series I have been following with great interest is Fairy Tail. To my delight ANN now lists 36 episodes, as opposed to the previous 24. So far I have watched the series up to episode 23, I will definitely be posting more on this.
In other news, we finally had some days with nice weather, so I had some opportunity to take my camera out. I have quite a bit of pictures already, so I'll probably post a bunch later. I also (finally) played Assassin's Creed 2, which I enjoyed so much I think I'll throw in a review of that as well, or at least a somewhat less formal post on the subject. Furthermore I have been watching the Zatoichi series and both the Battle Royale films, which I might dedicate a post to.
That's pretty much it for now, do not expect any posts on the very short term, stuff will most likely start appearing next weekend at the earliest.
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Tuesday, March 09 2010
A Nikon D90. For obvious reasons I cannot take a picture of the body, so I found this one instead (imagine it without the lens; I have no idea why it is put to show those settings on the screen, there is a little screen on top which shows just that). It's main specifications are that it has 12.3 MP, shutter speeds from 1/4000 to 30 seconds, can shoot up to 4.5 fps, an ISO range from 200-3200 (it can go down to 100 and up to 6400, but with less precision) and an 11-point auto-focus. Oh, and it can also shoot 720p video.
A Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens. The large maximum aperture means you can get some crazy depth of field effects. It came with a soft cloth bag for storage and a simple round lens hood.
A Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 lens. The large maximum aperture over the entire zoom range is really nice, it allows me to take pictures with high magnification from far away even when it's somewhat dark outside. It came with a much more sturdy bag for safekeeping (it's like backpack material), a much fancier looking lens hood and a UV protection filter.
Apart from these things I also bought a 16GB SanDisk SD card and an extra battery for the camera.
Bottom line: expect to see some updates in the photography section as soon as going outside no longer results in losing fingers.
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Thursday, February 18 2010
A girl named Rakka suddenly wakes up in a place totally unknown to her. She doesn't remember much of her life prior to the moment she hatched from a large cocoon-like thing. Overnight, Rakka sprouts a pair of wings from her back, a most painful process, during which a woman named Reki tends to her. While Rakka recovers, Reki explains a bit about the place she is in. She is in a large manor named Old Home, which is close to a village called Glie. Reki explains that Rakka is one of the Haibane, who appear in this world from time to time and are permitted to live there by the villagers in exchange for them taking on a job that needs fulfilling in the village. As time progresses we learn more about the Haibane, as well as the world they live in. I won't say more about the plot to avoid serious spoilers, but suffice to say there is a lot more to it than meets the eye.
|Rakka is at the centre of the story told in Haibane Renmei. We follow her from the moment she is born into this strange world, as she tries to figure out why she is there and what happened to her family.
|The unofficial leader of Old Home, Reki is the one who found Rakka's cocoon and cared for her as she grew her wings. She is strong and reliable, both qualities which earned her great respect from her fellow Haibane.
|One of the eldest Haibane at Old Home. She is always calm and kind-hearted. She works at the library.
|The last Haibane to join the family at Old Home before Rakka. She is almost always cheerful and full of energy, and becomes close friends with Rakka soon after she arrives. She works in a cafe.
|The eldest Haibane at Old Home next to Nemu and Reki, she is always kind and helpful. She works in a bakery.
|Probably the least cheerful of the Haibane, on the outside at least. She is good with tools and works with the town's clockmaker in the clock tower.
|One of the Haibane who live away from Old Home, instead choosing to live in an abandoned factory.
|Also known as The Communicator, he is the head of the Haibane Renmei, a group of people who loosely govern
the Haibane. He is the only one permitted to speak with the people
outside the village walls.
I've not seen that much anime yet, but it's safe to say this is the best I've seen so far. Not only is the plot amazingly well constructed, it also has some of the best character development I've ever seen in any work of fiction.
Furthermore, it has a brilliant tension arc. It starts off very slow, which emphasises Rakka's confusion about the place she suddenly finds herself in. The first half dozen episodes or so focus purely on the other Haibane and what they do, as Rakka attempts to find a suitable job in the village. Then, slowly, the pace of the story begins to pick up as we learn more and more about the world she is in, until it finally culminates in one of the most intense finales I have ever seen.
Aside from the story and characters, I also love the visual style of this series. The artwork and the animation is not of supreme quality, but it has a very unique, somewhat surreal feel to it that fits perfectly with the story.
The voice acting on the other hand is of exquisite quality. I could not imagine the casting being better. I incidentally noticed that the seiyū who did the voice of Reki also did that of Konno Mitsune in Love Hina, which is something I would never have guessed judging from the voices of the two characters themselves.
My only complaint would be that it only consists of 13 episodes. Then again, I guess a writer takes as many episodes as needed, no more, no less.
Overall I would say it is a true masterpiece.
High, although I must admit I have not taken the time to watch it again myself.
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Monday, February 08 2010
It did get me thinking though that maybe I should post my system specs, so here they are:
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 @ 3.8 GHz
Cooling: Corsair H50 water cooling
Memory: 4 GB Corsair XMS2 800 MHz DDR2 (2x2 GB)
Graphics: ASUS nVIDIA 8800GTX
Motherboard: ASUS P5N32E-SLI Plus
Harddrives: Seagate 320 GB and 1.5 TB, Samsung 1 TB
Power Supply: OCZ GameXStream 600W
Case: CoolerMaster Stacker 832
DVD Writer: Lite-On LH-20A1P
DVD Reader: LG GDR-8164B
For peripherals I use:
Primary Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 2494 24" 16:9 1920x1080
Secondary Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster 931BF 19" 5:4 1280x1024
Mouse: Razer Lachesis
Keyboard: some crappy Trust Slimline thing with ridiculous key placement, but it types lovely.
Speakers: Creative Gigaworks T20
Headphones: AKG K240 Mk II
Headset: Creative HS-1000
Printer/Scanner: Canon MP540
I bought this PC around two and a half years ago, though at the time it had an E6600 instead of the E8500, only the 320 GB harddrive and it lacked the water cooling. I also upgraded my memory from 2x1 GB to 2x2 GB, but I can't use the other 2 modules any more as it makes my system very unstable. I suspect one of the slots in the motherboard is broken, which means that will probably be the next thing I replace.
Manufacturer: XXODD
Model: XNi120t
Monitor: 12.1" 16:10 1280x800 touch screen (can rotate 180 degrees)
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo P8700 @ 2.53 GHz
Memory: 4GB 800 MHz DDR2 (2x2 GB)
Graphics: Intel GMA 4500MHD (integrated)
Harddrive: 500 GB 7200 rpm
Misc: 3.5G HSDPA/UMTS module, Dual Layer DVD writer, 7-in-1 card reader, 2.0 MP webcam
The only thing I dislike about the tablet PC/laptop is that the screen makes it very heavy (well over 2 kg). The touch screen is a lot of fun to use though, it is especially nice in GIMP (obviously) and in Firefox if you have an extension such as FireGestures installed. Handwriting recognition in Windows 7 is lovely as well, though it seems to have some trouble recognising numbers, especially the 9, 1 and 4; it usually turns them into g, l and u.
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Sunday, January 03 2010
Glad I have a Canon printer.
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Our goats are on DHIA milk test through the American Dairy Goat Association and the USDA. We milk monthly, measure the amount, and then the fat and protein content of the milk is measured. This all gets recorded and goes into the great computer in the sky. What it does for us personally is tell us objectively who our most productive does are. I use this information in my cheesemaking, my breeding, and my culling decisions. I love test day, not because it is more work, but because I actually use the numbers.
Last night test was made particularly exciting as Allie decided to deliver during test. I had one eye on the delivering goat and the other on the milking goat. Thank goodness Debbie was here too! Allie delivered 2 bucks (first freshener). One was large/normal and the other just a little squeak of a thing. He must weigh about 1.5-2 lbs. Had him in the house all night but he is out with Mom and brother this morning. I am bottle feeding him colostrum every few hours (a whopping 2 oz. per feeding!). He is not preemie, just small. He sucks, walks around, and has good temperature control. They do so much better outside and at least in with Mom and brother. I will be out in the barn most of today anyway-more new ones coming soon to a stall near me.
|One More Coming
Then, after all this excitement, Debbie and I were eager for some supper. We decided to put WaMaPa in a birthing pen while we went in. Deb got her and said-Oops, we have feet. So, WaMaPa subsequently also delivered 2 vigorous bucks. We got supper about 10:30 pm, then back out to the barn for the other bottle babies who got missed at 7pm. All is well, all are fed, and are OK.
Today Eliza looks imminent. For her sake, I sure hope so!
|Very Pregnant Eliza


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Because it's a member of the Droid family, the HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE was only sold through Verizon's network. It was announced in May 2012 and released in July the same year.
HTC Droid Incredible 4G LTE features a 4.0-inch S-LCD capacitive touchscreen with 540 x 960 resolution, 275 ppi pixel density, and Gorilla Glass protection. Droid Incredible 4G LTE is running Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich customized with HTC Sense 4.0 UI.
The terminal measures 121.9 x 61 x 11.7 mm and weighs in at 132 grams. It has a 1,700 mAh battery and connectivity features such as Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, GPS, 3.5 mm audi jack, and microUSB 2.0.
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The judges will look for the competitors' degree of perfection for perfect symmetry, overall muscular development as each muscle group relates to the total appearance, as well as the degree of body fat and water retention. The most outstanding competitor receives a score of one (1).
Symmetry Round
Side to side, are the left side and right side proportionate to one another. Standing on balls of feet gripping floor with toes. Elbows out, hips back slightly, chest held high. Are the quads in proportion to the hamstrings. Are the calves in proportion to the upper leg. Both feet on floor, elbow turned in, looking straight ahead, no twisting and no bringing right shoulder around.
Top to bottom. Is the lower body in proportion to the upper body. Is there an evenness of development. Stay tight from top to bottom. Keep the fingers tucked under. Is the tricep in proportion to the bicep. Is the back in proportion to the chest. Are the arms in proportion to the legs. Chest held high, keep abs vacuumed, and stay in position, don't move around or flex.
Muscularity Round
This is the mandatory posing round, the class shall remain in the line up facing the judges. The head judge shall call out each pose on the official list of mandatory poses. Judges may shift the order of the line up for the comparisons. The official mandatory pose list is arranged to follow the series of quarter turns to the competitors' right. The judges will view the competitors body part by body part, and will look for the degree of hardness, the muscle separation and definition or cuts, the striations and relationship of each body part to its adjacent components. At the end of the mandatory poses round, each judge should define a summation of each competitors total ranking as to the degree of perfection of the development of each body part in comparison to all other competitors in the class. The most outstanding competitor receives a score of one (1).
FRONT DOUBLE BICEP – Fingers tucked under, position elbows even with shoulders or slightly above. Lats down and out to keep width. Feet positioned heels together toes pointed at 45 degrees, one foot to side or one foot forward.
FRONT LAT SPREAD – Feet heels together, toes pointed out at 45 degrees, hips slightly back, start with thumbs in middle of back, draw hands around pulling out lats. Keep chest high and abs vacuumed. Don't roll shoulders forward.
SIDE CHEST – Set leg by spiking calf. Bring right arm into bicep with palm up. Grasp wrist of right arm with left hand. Bring left shoulder around slightly squeezing the chest. Don't bring shoulder too far around. Keep upper and lower body tight. Keep chest high and abs vacuumed. Bend right hand back and out.
SIDE TRICEP – Bring right foot around exposing hamstring and calf. Expose tricep bringing palm down of left hand and pulling up with right hand. Slightly rotate at waist to show all judges. Keep abs vacuumed.
REAR DOUBLE BICEP – Right leg extended back, spike calf. Hit biceps. elbows parallel or slightly higher than shoulders. Push down on lats, roll shoulders slightly forward bring out the lat flare. Fingers tucked under.
REAR LAT SPREAD – Extend left leg back, spiking the calf. Start with thumbs in center of lower back and bring the hands slowly around waist bringing out the lat flare. Keep chest high and abs vacuumed. Do not bring shoulders up. Don't bring elbows and shoulders too far forward or you will loose the width and your back will look rounded.
REAR DOUBLE CALF RAISE – Set your upper body in the pose that is most comfortable for you. Point toes straight ahead. Raise up on your toes two or three times pumping the calves. Hold on the third time staying high on your toes. Keep both the upper body and lower body tight.
HANDS BEHIND HEAD ABDOMINAL – Set lower body by bringing leg of your choice forward and flexing. While bringing hands up and behind head, slowly fill your lungs with air. With lungs full of air, hands behind head and chest fully expanded, slowly release the air pulling slightly forward on head and slightly crunching down on the abs. Tighten abs and release all the air. Don't bend too far forward and create skin folds.
LEFT LEG FORWARD FLEX & ROTATE – Set upper body by placing your hands on hips. Flare lats to keep width and roll shoulders slightly forward to squeeze chest. Extend leg keeping it flexed and tight while slowly rotating so judges can see all angles.
RIGHT LEG FORWARD FLEX & ROTATE – Same as with the left leg. Remember to keep upper body tight. Look at the judges and not your leg.
CRAB MOST MUSCULAR – Set lower body by extending leg of your choice. Bring the traps up and forward, squeeze the chest and flex the biceps all in one motion. set the pose and hold it. Don't bend too far forward.
HANDS ON HIPS MOST MUSCULAR – Mandatory for women and an optional pose for men. Set lower body by extending and flexing leg of your choice. Place hands high on hips with fingers pointed down. Slide hands down along hips just a bit as you set the pose. At same time, flare lats and roll shoulders slightly forward squeezing the chest.
INTERCOSTAL WITH TWISTED CRUNCH – Set leg by spiking calf. Place right hand on left side of head and left hand on left hip. Twist at the waist and at the same time as you come around to the judges, crunch down to flex serratus/intercostal.
HAMSTRING – In this case it is the right hamstring pose. Set the upper body in a pose that you are comfortable with. While maintaining your balance, flex and pump the hamstring.
Free Style Posing (Posing Routine)
The individual free style posing round is designed for the competitor to highlight his/her most favorable development in the fashion of their favorite poses and should be choreographed to music of the competitors choosing. Music should be in good taste. In the free style posing round, each competitor takes the stage alone and performs for a period of 60 seconds. NANBF national events limit free style posing to 60 seconds. Mixed pairs competitors may pose free style for up to three minutes. The judges will look for the competitors ability to display his/her most favorable part as well as the ability to favorably present his/her weak parts.


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This program will search the registry for any evidence of applications installed through Novell's Application Launcher and allow you to clean them up so they may be redistributed. It will work in both ZEN3 and ZEN4 modes as well as multi-tree environments. Please see the readme file for more information.
Upon startup, ZenCleanup will search the registry for treenames, the current username and any applications installed on the computer. It will display them in the list on the left showing only the applications installed in the currently selected tree.
After selecting an application and verifying the treename, username and user context, use the Cleanup button to remove the registry keys associated with the application guid as well as the c:\NALCache files. Below the About button, it will indicate whether it has detected ZEN3 or ZEN4.
It was developed for our Windows 2000/ZENworks 3.0 environment and only tested in Windows 2000. It should work fine in WinNT and WinXP as long as the user has rights to the registry keys listed below. It might also work in Win95 and Win98, but hasn't been tested.
I provide no guarantee with this program. Use it at your own risk. I have been developing/using this for the past year without any problems.
Registry keys
The following registry keys are deleted during the clean up process:
HKLM\SOFTWARE\NetWare\NAL\1.0\Distribute\ <treename>\<userobject>\<guid>
HKLM\SOFTWARE\NetWare\NAL\2.X\Distribute\ <treename>\<userobject>\<guid>
HKLM\SOFTWARE\NetWare\NAL\2.X\Macros\ <treename>\<guid>
HKCU\SOFTWARE\NetWare\NAL\1.0\Distribute\ <treename>\<guid>
HKCU\SOFTWARE\NetWare\NAL\1.0\SACache\ <treename>\Apps\<guid> *
HKCU\SOFTWARE\NetWare\NAL\1.0\Static\ <treename>\<guid>
HKCU\SOFTWARE\NetWare\NAL\2.X\Session\ <treename>\<guid>
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NALCache files
The contents of the following folder is deleted recursively: c:\nalcache\<treename>\<appobject>
UPDATE: I have been receiving questions from users in ZENworks 3.2 environments. I only have ZENworks 3.0 (with patches) in production and ZENworks 4.0 in a test lab. There are apparently some registry differences that cause errors. If anyone is interested, I can supply source code that can be used to troubleshoot these problems in ZEN 3.2. Please let me know.
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Higgs Boson, Inc.
Leticia Dos Santos, the Earth's smartest woman had no time to be a mother. "It's a waste of her talent," her colleagues and employees said. Only one had the courage to say it to her face: Martina Graff, Chief Financial Officer at Higgs Boson, Inc.
"I can't believe that you of all people can't contain your primal instincts. Have you thought about how this will delay our research? We need your leadership. You know that. We need you to connect the dots. Billions of women can have babies. No one, I mean no one on this planet can think the way you do. Maybe Kosoko Bello, but that man is socially inept, a lab rat and a stone wall. Not leadership material, not a Higgs Boson man."
"I find him rather charming, actually," Leticia interrupted, her fingers dancing around her keyboard as she composed a letter to her employees at Higgs Boson, Inc.
"I am of course happy for you, but seriously, Leticia, what were you thinking? Is it too late to get an abortion? Of course you're not. Never mind. How long will you be gone once it's born? A week? Two?"
"Today's my last day."
"You're not due for a month."
"I'm resigning." Leticia Dos Santos double-flicked her finger right index finger, letting her computer know to send the email. "Effective immediately, I am no longer CEO or President of H-B-I." Leticia did not just want to have a baby; she wanted to raise her child, an archaic, uncommon practice in all but the poorest countries.
Agent Red was not surprised by how much Leticia already knew about the Singularity threat. Between her genius circle of friends, her backdoor (and illegal) access to the Commonwealth's top-secret servers, and her own nearly unquantifiable intelligence, Leticia had arrived in Houston well aware of the "secret" agenda and points of conversation. She even had some recommendations on how to slow the artificial super intelligence, for which Agent Red had to interrupt their meeting —rather apologetically— to get the security team working on the advice.
What surprised the agent, given the circumstances, was how quickly Leticia ended the conversation when he offered her a ticket onboard the ISA-001. Still, he pleaded,
"We're not going to beat this thing. I'm asking you to help our species survive."
"I don't care," Leticia said. And she meant it. There was no time to waste. She would go back home to Malibu on her private jet. She'd have a helicopter waiting at Los Angeles International. Whatever time was left (weeks, days, hours?), she'd spend with her husband and daughter.
"Please think about it."
"Go to hell," Leticia said before slamming the door behind her.
Before takeoff, and again midflight, Leticia called her husband. He didn't answer. She tried to log into their security system but it was offline.
Leticia jumped out of the Higgs Boson helicopter before it had touched down and raced inside her house. "Alex! Walt!" When no one answered, she checked every room in the small mansion.
Finding no one, she brought the security system back online from her office and watched the last half-minute of video:
Alexandra hugged Walter's leg by the front entrance. She seemed happy, excited, a large backpack (far too big for her small, seven year old frame) strapped around her shoulders. Next to Walter, on the floor, lay a large duffle bag, his shotgun, and rifle. Walter held an envelope and a couple of loose papers in his hands. First he held the envelope up to the camera then placed it on the wooden stool by the front door. Next he held up the loose papers, one-by-one. They read: (1) You should go. (2) You won't find us. (3) Love you forever. Walter then placed the large notes over the envelope on the stool, pulled a small tablet from his back pocket and shut off the security system.


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I've updated the Scriptaculous demo that I put up a while back. You can see it here. There were a large number of comments on the initial post, many of them wondering why the example didn't work in Scriptaculous 1.6.X. I took a look at it today and after some experimentation made the following changes to get it to work:
- Reversed the order of creating the sortables – for whatever reason, it seems that the outer most sortable must now be created last, whereas it worked fine when created first before
Removed the code to 'destroy' the sortables before recreating them – this was necessary before, but it seems that they are automatically destroyed now when creating a sortable on the same element. While this slimmed down the code, it wasn't essential to get it to workScratch that. I noticed a bug where dropping elements on the sections wasn't working if a new group had been created before any of the line items had been added to a group. Adding back the destruction of the line item sortables did the trick. It still seems to be working without the destruction of the page-level sortable though.
- Added a prefix to the new section id for consistency sake (as per John's comment)
- Other miscellaneous JavaScript and CSS cleanup
There were also several comments questioning whether this positioning can be saved to the database. That's exactly what the debug function is aimed at doing – showing the user how to get at the positioning information with JavaScript. Once you've got it into a JavaScript string/array/object, it's trivial to put it into an input and submit a form.


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The Contact Centre is a safe and neutral venue for children from separated families to meet with their non-resident relatives. It is open each Saturday from 2.00 - 4.00 pm. There is no charge for this service. A selection of toys and games for all ages is available, though parents often prefer to bring their own. Refreshments and treats may be purchased from our "tuck shop".
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text: This is just a feeling I've had recently. Does anyone else occassionally feel that Optimus has become too Iconic a character? That in some ways he and his reputation are holding things back? It feels like the people at Hasbro and Takara literally cannot think of making a TF series without him front and center, And that kind of upsets me. In a way he almost feels like a safety net for them. That whenever it's time for a new TF series the writers (at least the ones in Japan) basically just say "Let's make Optimus the leader, and give them a quest to find such-and-such." Optimus works as a hero almost too well in these series, which is why I liked Rodimus Prime so much, he wasn't a perfect hero, and was frequently unsure of his ability to lead. Watching him grow into a real leader would have been interesting (though the writers dropped the ball there too). Maybe it's just me. I'm not saying I dislike Prime, no way! He's a great character (and the recent Animated one is probably the best so far). Maybe it's me, and I'm just a little sick of Optimus Prime. What do you guys think?


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CD reissue of this 1980 album from the Blues/Soul/Pop duo, the brainchild of John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd. The Blues Brothers first appeared on Saturday Night Live in the late 1970s. Their performance was so well-received that it spawned hit albums and a blockbuster motion picture. Made In America reached #49 when originally released. Wounded Bird. 2010.
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I Know It's Only Rock-n-Roll
Mr. Richard D. Coreno | Berea, Ohio USA | 03/09/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"There is no doubt, the Blues Brothers was a great live performance. With an all-star band backing them, Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi could take off on a romp through classic songs recorded by legendary artists that were dusted off from the back pages of pop culture.
Recorded at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, California, and released in December 1980, the 10 cuts - which clock in slightly over 30 minutes - is a high-energy tribute to the music which is the backbone of rock-n-roll.
The commercial success was fleeting, as Made in America peaked at number 49 on the Billboard album chart, while the only single, Who's Makin' Love, stalled in the 39th slot in Billboard's Top 40. But it remains an excellent representation of Joliet Jake and Elwood Blues educating the audience, as much as having fun.
"Got some whiskey from a barman..."
Larry Bridges | Arlington, MA United States | 08/15/2007
(4 out of 5 stars)
""...got some cocaine from my friends."
"Made in America" was recorded two years after the triumphant, joyous "Briefcase Full of Blues". John Belushi, one of the most beloved comic performers of his generation, was two years closer to death. So was everyone else in the world, of course. But for John, death was just two years away.
John/Jake sounds older, sadder, more tired on this album. He reportedly suffered vocal problems during the tour on which it was recorded, and parts of the album had to be rerecorded in the studio. Is this why it was the lowest-selling of the three main Blues Brothers albums released in his lifetime? Or had the act's peak popularity simply passed?
I think another factor may have been the choice of songs for this album. Although enjoyable, many of them are not as immediately engaging as the songs on "Briefcase" and the movie soundtrack. "Do You Love Me" in particular may have been a tactically unwise choice. Most of the other songs the Blues Brothers recorded were probably previously unfamiliar to listeners who were being introduced to the blues by John/Jake's advocacy. But the majority of listeners in 1980 would have heard "Do You Love Me" performed by other artists with more conventionally powerful and attractive voices than John's.
For Belushi fans the main event on this album is Jake's rendition of "Guilty", which gave John the opportunity to make an oblique musical comment on his own life. This track contains what for me is an utterly horrifying moment. When John softly sings the word "cocaine" with a tragically appropriate mixture of awe and fear, the imbecilic crowd **cheers**. Far better for them to have gasped, or maintained a sorrowful, painful silence."
Blues brothers are the kings of the blues.
Daniel R. Berney | alabama | 10/02/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"saturday night live created this band back in the mid 70's and it still holds up to today's listners. John Belushi is gone but not forgotten. Dan and John took a sketch and turned it into a great friendship as well as a great career for both. this album should be dedicated to john.


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Follow the harbor past Petone where Wellington's first settlers landed, and then travel along a coastline dotted with shipwrecks, quaint villages and quiet bays. As you sit back and enjoy the passing scenery, a narrative will be provided that relates the many stories that are now etched into the folklore of this dramatic piece of New Zealand coast.
Arriving at Pencarrow Station, a nearly 2,000-acre sheep and cattle farm which is also home to New Zealand's oldest lighthouse, you'll have the opportunity to visit one of Wellington's best kept secrets, Pencarrow Lodge. This remote, isolated cottage originally housed a farm worker and was built during a period of local cattle rustling as a security measure to protect against cattle thieves. The view from this location, which stretches across the Cook Strait to the snow-capped Kaikoura Ranges in the South Island, is simply spectacular. Here, enjoy a refreshment of tea and cakes.


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Oh, Best Beloved,
With a little bit of patience,
And imagination,
We learn to fly
So, hold up your hands,
Spread out your fingers,
See how they all feather,
And your arms are wings.
So, flap your wings,
Flap, flap them two times.
Flap, flap, flap three times.
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The Sin of Certainty: Why God Desires Our Trust More Than Our "Correct" Beliefs / Peter Enns.
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With compelling and often humorous stories from his own life, Bible scholar Peter Enns offers a fresh look at how Christian life truly works, answering questions that cannot be addressed by the idealized traditional doctrine of "once for all delivered to the saints."Enns offers a model of vibrant faith that views skepticism not as a loss of belief, but as an opportunity to deepen religious conviction with courage and confidence. This is not just an intellectual conviction, he contends, but a more profound kind of knowing that only true faith can provide.Combining Enns's reflections of his own spiritual journey with an examination of Scripture, The Sin of Certainty models an acceptance of mystery and paradox that all believers can follow and why God prefers this path because it is only this way by which we can become mature disciples who truly trust God. It gives Christians who have known only the demand for certainty permission to view faith on their own flawed, uncertain, yet heartfelt, terms.
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Jan, what side is the proper side to stand when showing showmanship at the starting cone?Well, this is a really good question because there is no written rule directly governing the answer. The only thing you must remember is not to impede the judges' view as you have pointed out and know where the judge is at all times. If you use the quarter method correctly, you will not go wrong on either counts. Note, although it is not required to use the quarter method, it is really the only way to ensure a correct showmanship presentation
Such as if the Judge is on the off side (right) of the horse, is the left side proper, as to not impede the judges view? If the judge is on the nearside at the start of the pattern, is the off-side the proper side?
What if the pattern is a straight pattern, such as all of the cones are in a row, so the judge is standing in line with the horse at the starting cone, what is the proper side to stand on?
NOTE FOR 4H - It is included in 4-H rules that the handler not obstruct the view of the horses hooves from the judge or ring steward. I do not know the origins of that rule but I would not think much of it. If you are aware of the judge and you are using the quarter method, at no time would you obstruct the view of your horses' hooves. This is a 4-H ONLY rule and I just wanted to make a note of it although it is fairly irrelevant.
So when setting up at the first cone, you are correct. If the judge is on the off side (right) it is proper to be on the left side. If the judge is on the near side, standing to the right side would be correct. When setting up for a pattern that will be performed in a straight line, and the judge is standing facing you maybe at the end of the line perhaps, then stand on the near side. This will make the lead off into the pattern more smooth since you will not have to cross back in front of the horse once you are approved to start your pattern. The least amount of movement is best since it will reduce your chances of faults. It is not incorrect, in this situation with the judge facing you to set up and then wait for the nod from the off side but that is an extra move and you could make a mistake when you cross over. Extra moves do not mean extra credit.
One thing I'd like to say here is that as long as a pattern does not call for a horse to stop and back up very near to the first cone, it is proper and very advantageous to move to the first cone, set up and be ready as soon as the exhibitor on pattern moves off the starting marker. This would be an advantage for you to take that extra second to set your horse up while the judge is observing the horse on pattern and not you. It's also nice to score a horse that has moved to the line up and then look up to see your next exhibitor ready, not setting up their horse.


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Overwhelmed by the increasing number of inmates, correctional officers at the Baltimore County Detention Center urged the local government to loosen its grip on the county budget just enough to hire more guards to staff its overcrowded jail facilities.
The Maryland Classified Employees Association, which represents the officers, told County Administrator Merreen Kelly yesterday that staff shortages at the center had become so serious that posts on the cellblocks frequently have been shut down.
Mr. Kelly said the situation was something he would definitely "look into." He plans to meet Monday with the budget director to see if there are sources other than county funds to pay for more guards.


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The Ridge Road Residence by StudioFour displays the advantages of open concept living mixed with contemporary design.
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According to the architects, "varying levels of interaction and connection with the landscape, both real and perceived, drive all aspects of the design." This makes for breathtaking views and square footage that seems infinite in its embrace of outdoor space. It is commendable that StudioFour is creating architecture that brings serenity in its proximity to nature without sacrificing forward-thinking design.
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Donald Trump says he has bought NBCUniversal's stake in the Miss Universe organization, officially ending a partnership that dissolved after he derided Mexican immigrants as "rapists" during a speech announcing his presidential campaign.
Mr. Trump made the announcement on Twitter.
Just purchased NBC's half of The Miss Universe Organization and settled all lawsuits against them. Now own 100% -- stay tuned!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 11, 2015
A spokeswoman for NBC Universal didn't immediately respond to a request for comment and to confirm Mr. Trump's remarks on Twitter.
In June, NBC said the annual Miss USA and Miss Universe Pageants would no longer air on the network and that it was ending its business relationship with Trump, citing his "recent derogatory statements" about immigrants. The move came days after Univision Communications Inc., the largest U.S. Spanish- language broadcaster, said it canceled its telecast of the Miss USA pageant because of Mr. Trump's "insulting remarks" about Mexican immigrants.
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USSM Feed 2004
By popular demand! Here's a place for that feed comment thread you might have been looking for.
As for me, I had a great time. Thanks to Pat Dillon, Mike Curto and Josh Boyd for providing us with a side of things we wouldn't have heard otherwise. And of course thanks to all of you for showing up. As my wife said, "I can't believe all these people would give up five hours of their time the Saturday before Christmas to talk about the Mariners." Luke, incidentally, had a great time as well. I figure he'll be ready for a speaking part by USSM Feed 2014.
Also, thanks to Jim Thomsen who provided the photography at yesterday's feed. Here's a few samples of some of the images from the gathering. Let your mouse cursor sit on each picture for a description of who you're looking at.
Thanks again everybody!
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Nate on
December 19th, 2004 4:34 pm
Captions would be nice. Merry Christmas!
David J Corcoran on
December 19th, 2004 4:35 pm
Sounds to me like I should've brought not only myself, but my whole family. We can each drink about 12 sodas a piece. Could've helped that soda surplus.
Jim Thomsen on
December 19th, 2004 5:30 pm
Top to bottom:
Jason with son Luke.
Everett AquaSox radio broadcaster Pat Dillon in the foreground, with Tacoma Rainiers radio man Mike Curto next to him.
Derek, Dave and Jason, fielding questions from the crowd. I think the reaction here came from a Greg-Dobbs-for-Rookie-of-the-Year query.
Josh Boyd, new West Coast scout for the San Diego Padres, describes … um … something. Maybe the difference between "command" and "control," which, I learned yesterday, are two vastly different things. (Let's face it, most of us use the terms interchangeably.)
Ty on
December 19th, 2004 6:46 pm
Man, I wish I could have been there, but I just got back from visiting family in California. Ah well. Next time maybe.
Jim Thomsen on
December 19th, 2004 7:52 pm
Next year, just tell them: "My Mariner family needs me" ….
Deanna on
December 19th, 2004 8:19 pm
I can't imagine wanting to spend 5 hours shopping in a crowded mall instead of talking to other baseball geeks in an elementary school cafeteria.
On the other hand, I also seriously thought Texas had a shot at taking the AL West this year, so maybe I'm living on another planet.
The feed was really fun — will more of the pictures be up sometime? I regret not getting to talk to more people, and it looked like you did a great job covering the room for photos, Jim.
I enjoyed reading the April 2004 "season preview" issue of the Grand Salami. It's really good for a laugh. Thanks for giving those out at the feed!
JJ on
December 19th, 2004 8:43 pm
I wish I could be there. But as my wife put it,it was either that or watching Seahawks game today. I chose POORLY.
Matt Staples on
December 19th, 2004 10:04 pm
The Seahawks have caused thousands of men who, having made similar bargains as yours, find themselves seething in a silent rage as they mow the lawn, wash dishes, or hold shopping bags in malls all over the Northwest. Don't feel bad.
DMZ on
December 19th, 2004 10:42 pm
I think that may be the worst picture of me ever.
Gregor on
December 19th, 2004 10:52 pm
No, that picture doesn't do you justice at all. For those of you who haven't met him, Derek looks more like a cross between Brad Pitt and Jude Law. Really!
Jim Thomsen on
December 19th, 2004 11:17 pm
Derek … ask Jason to put up some other pics that represent you better. After all, I took several of you drinking from a cup, chewing pizza, scratching your arms, grimacing at the mention of Dan Wilson … and glaring at the photographer.
Hopefully Dave will soon post some on his photo gallery that we can link to and see what the rest of us goofballs look like. ('Cept me, because I didn't take any pics of me. I look like what Jude Law would look like if he looked nothing like Jude Law.)
Dave Grohl on
December 20th, 2004 6:44 am
Dave – are you me?
pat on
December 20th, 2004 2:34 pm
Thanks, guys, for the great Saturday afternoon. I enjoyed the conversation around tables, and then the way you guys handled questions. I hadn't realized that Dave was so much like Robin Williams before, but now I do 🙂 (and I mean that in a very complimentary way).
The guests added a lot as well. Although clearly Pat Dillon and Mike Curto had to be far more PC than you guys did, they were very entertaining and enlightening.
Josh brought a good flavor as well, both by his different perspective and his willingness to share a good amount that I certainly haven't heard before.
Good on ya, guys. I'll be at the next one too, whenever that ends up being.


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