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|Old Los Angeles (never known as "California Outpost" until 1953 when Republic re-issued it under that changed-title) finds Bill Stockton (Bill Elliott as William Elliott)leaving Missouri to join his brother Larry (Henry Brandon), and prospect for gold in California. Bill and his pal, Sam Bowie (Andy Devine), arrive in the picturesque town of old Los Angeles in 1848, but find that the outlaws rule...attacking mines and trains, burning ranches, looting stores and killing those who oppose them. Bill learns that Larry has been murdered for the gold claim he had staked for them. He sets out to avenge his brother's death but runs into difficulty when Estelita Del Rey (Estelita Rodriguez) misleads him to protect her lawless lover, Johnny Morrell (John Carroll.) Bill also suspects Luis Savarin (Joseph Schildkraut), gambling house proprietor, and Marie Marlowe (Catherine McLeod), an entertainer at Savarin's place.
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|Bill Elliott, John Carroll, Catherine McLeod, Joseph Schildkraut, Andy Devine, Estelita Rodriguez


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Watching Kevin Cooper play attack wasn't surprising considering that the Maryland senior had done it occasionally towards the end of last season. Watching him perform as well as he did in the No. 3 Terps' 23-6 thrashing of Mount St. Mary's Tuesday night may have been.
Cooper led all scorers with six points on three goals and three assists and appeared to mesh nicely with fellow seniors and starters Owen Blye and Billy Gribbin. Cooper had been a mainstay on the second midfield last year, but said he enjoys both spots.
"Everybody on offense is pretty versatile," the Crofton native and Archbishop Spalding graduate. "It's always good to be able to play both positions. I bumped down at the end of last year, and it's just something that we've been trying out a little bit. I'm comfortable at either position, so wherever I can help the team is good."
At 6 feet, 4 inches and 205 pounds, Cooper is a load for opposing defensemen. But his field vision is overlooked, according to redshirt senior midfielder Jake Bernhardt.
"Kev's a great player," he said. "He brings a different dimension down at attack. He's a physical player and likes to body people up, but he also has great vision. He got me on that crease play [in the third quarter]. Kev likes to get into guys, but he keeps his head up. Sometimes they like to double-pole up, but now they have to respect that he's down there, and if they're going to do that, it's a double-edged sword."
Cooper said he has no preference regarding whether he would like to stay at attack or return to midfield, but when asked, he did note his ability to gel with Blye (one goal and one assist) and Gribbin (two goals).
"I think I have good chemistry with all those guys," Cooper said. "Owen and Billy are seniors, and I've played with Billy for two years now, and I've played four years with Owen. It comes natural – playing up top or down low. The chemistry is really good on offense."
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*Maryland junior Brian Cooper started on defense Tuesday, but not at his customary close defenseman position. Cooper, who is Kevin Cooper's younger brother, traded his long pole for a short stick, which was his role prior to 2012. Coach John Tillman said Cooper was receptive to the shift. "We told him what we need, and he was awesome," Tillman said. "He was like, 'Yeah, if this is what the team needs, then this is what I'll do.' And that says a lot about Brian." Cooper's move was made possible due to the development of junior Casey Ikeda and freshman Matt Dunn. Ikeda, who finished with two ground balls in his first career start, sat out 2011 after undergoing shoulder surgery in the offseason and missed the first eight games of 2012 after suffering a ruptured spleen. "So for two years, he has just been standing there waiting and waiting," Tillman said. "And for two years, just to be doing his rehab was tough, and when he came back last year, he just wasn't the same guy."
*The Terps cruised through their season opener, but Bernhardt cautioned against underestimating Mount St. Mary's. "Don't let the score fool you," he said. "They're a good team. Those attackmen that they have are really good players. I had a chance to play with that kid, [senior Andrew] Scalley over the summer, and I thought he was amazing. I was telling Coach Tillman all week that he could have played here if he wanted to. He's just one of those late bloomer guys."
*The early hole the Mountaineers found themselves in could be traced to the team's inability to win faceoffs. The team won just 7-of-32 draws, including just 2-of-10 in the first quarter when the Terps sprinted to an 8-1 advantage. Senior Jon Marsalese won just 5-of-15 faceoffs, but the trio of freshman Evan Gormley, sophomore Nick Haley and junior Brett Shukri won just 2-of-17. That's why coach Tom Gravante was ready to give up on Marsalese just yet. "We're still going to need to work on that," he said. "… It's wide open, based on who can separate himself. But the fact is, Jon Marsalese is our No. 1 faceoff guy."


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Angelina Jolie Opens Up to '60 Minutes'
Angelina Jolie gets profiled by Bob Simon on CBS' 60 Minutes, which aired on Sunday (November 27).
Here's what the 36-year-old actress had to share:
"I always felt not traditionally beautiful. I have big features…as I get older I look like my mom. And I love my mom. You start to kinda put your lineage in line of the different things you are. I see the Native American in me I can see the German from my father's side and you come to love the combination," Angie said.
"As long as Brad [Pitt] thinks I'm beautiful…I wake up and I want to be a smarter person. But I feel like that's certainly what I'm encouraging my girls to do," Angelina continued.
Angie teared up when talking about her mother.
"My mother was a full-time mother," Angelina said. "She didn't have much of her own career, her own life, her own experiences … everything was for her children, I will never be as good a mother as she was. She was just grace incarnate. She was the most generous, loving – she's better than me."
Angelina also discussed negative tabloid stories.
"I don't see those things. I don't know who they are but I assume they're not me. They're not who I am. They're not what I spend my day caring about. I find them quite shallow and often quite wrong."
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1 refrigerated/frozen pie crust (or make your own from scratch)
1 cup semisweet chocolate pieces
1 tbsp. butter
1 8-oz. package of PHILADELPHIA Original Cream Cheese, softened
¼ cup powdered sugar
1 pint whole strawberries, rinsed and stems removed
1 cup mixed berries, such as blueberries and raspberries
½ cup thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping
Bake pie crust according to directions; set aside. In a saucepan combine the chocolate and butter, heat and stir over medium-low heat until melted. Add the cream cheese and continue to heat and stir until combined. Remove from heat and stir in the powdered sugar. Spread in baked crust.
Arrange strawberries and mixed berries atop the filling, placing strawberries stem ends down. Cover; chill for 4 hours.
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(M) eCommerce Stock Outlook – November 2012 – Industry Outlook
The Electronic Commerce, or e-commerce, industry is one of the most progressive sectors of the economy. The industry is evolving very rapidly, so data collection and evaluation are particularly difficult. Consequently, one has to rely largely on surveys by both government and private agencies.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the manufacturing sector is the largest contributor to e-commerce sales (46.4% of their total shipments), followed by merchant wholesalers (24.6% of their total sales). These two segments make up the business-to-business category.
Retailers and service providers generated just 4.4% and 2.3%, respectively of their revenues online, a slightly higher percentage than they were in the prior year. The Bureau categorizes these two segments as business-to-consumer.
This places the business-to-business category at 90% of total ecommerce sales, with the balance coming from the business-to-consumer category. The latest numbers from the Bureau suggest that the fastest-growing segments were manufacturing and retail. [All the above data from the U.S. Census Bureau relate to 2010, as published in May 2012]
A. Retail
Total retail e-commerce was 5.1% of total retail sales in the second quarter of 2012, up slightly from 4.9% in the first quarter, according to the quarterly retail trade survey by the U.S. Census Bureau. Forrester Research estimates that this share will go up to 11% by 2015.
Recent data from comScore (as compiled in the table below) indicates that this segment recovered much faster from the economic downturn and continued to grow at an accelerated rate over the last few years.
Key Drivers
Since the industry is in evolution, the drivers are changing. For instance, the initial push came from the time savings and convenience of online transactions. To this were added the benefits of comparison shopping and personal recommendations. As technology required for personalized recommendations developed, became more available and its benefits more evident, most e-tailers started adding the feature until it is now considered a must-have.
Today, the biggest driver of growth in the industry is the adoption of smartphones, tablets and other mobile Internet devices. In fact, trends indicate that consumers prefer mobile browsers when shopping, searching and entertaining themselves, while preferring apps for navigation and acquiring information.
comScore sees global mobile Internet users increasing very rapidly and surpassing desktop Internet users by 2014. A June 2012 study by comScore on behalf of Paypal revealed that mobile ecommerce tripled from 3% in the fourth quarter of 2010 to 9% in the fourth quarter of 2011. The trend is likely to continue since 4 out of 5 smartphone owners used the devices for shopping and related activities in July (September 2012 study by comScore). Men and women in the 25 to 44-year age group are doing most of the shopping on both Android and iOS devices.
While smartphones are extremely convenient when on the move, tablets have several advantages of their own. In fact they are a boon to the ecommerce industry, since the larger screens offer better visibility of online stores and merchandise, thus facilitating purchases. This is the reason that tablets remain the device of choice for making online purchases while smartphones are the preferred devices for store location, coupon redemption and such other "ön-the-go" activities. Given the unique advantages of smartphones and tablets, it appears that they are working in conjunction to boost total online retail sales.
Around 37% of customers in the third quarter were comparison shopping on their mobile devices while in retail stores, something the industry now calls "showrooming." Because of the resultant cost savings and convenience, this trend is likely to continue (comScore, November 2012).
Continued advancements in technology are improving navigation and customer experience on ecommerce sites, which is improving reviews and thus drawing more traffic to the sites.
The digital consumption of books, music, video and games all over the world is extending the reach of these goods and thereby boosting sales. Therefore, previously unconnected electronic goods, such as TVs and game consoles are now being modified to enable connectivity. On the other side of the fence, online versions of books, music, video and games that can be downloaded and consumed on a traditional computer or any other connected device are becoming available.
Since the shift in consumption patterns is resulting in multi-functional electronic gadgets that are no longer optimized for a particular activity, there is a great drive to develop technologies that could improve the quality of each experience.
Free shipping remains a major lure, as seen from the recent e-tailing group survey, where 85% of surveyed consumers said they intended to make use of it this holiday season.
Top-selling items
A July 2012 study by Forrester Research points to the most popular products being sold online. The 10 hottest individual product categories are women's apparel, books, computer hardware, computer software, apparel, toys/video games, video DVDs, health and beauty, consumer electronics and music.
Apparel is a huge market and although online sales are currently under 10% of total apparel sales, the category already generates the most dollars. Selling tools, such as zoom, color swatching and configurators are helping the process. Even primarily brick-and-mortar outfits like Macy's (M) sees that consumers purchasing through multiple channels (online and offline stores) tend to spend more. This is encouraging traditional retailers to offer an online store to supplement sales. Online sales also show better conversions since searches usually draw consumers with a prior intention to purchase.
The increase in technology purchases over the Internet is driven by not only individual consumers, but also companies and governments. The efficient and timely processing of orders, choice of payment options, subscription-selling and sales under the SaaS model are all facilitators.
The Association of American Publishers says that ebook sales in the U.S. continue at a steady rate and are likely to touch $1.5 billion this year. What is more encouraging is however the growth U.S. players are seeing in international markets (sales up 333% in 2011). Amazon (AMZN) and Apple (AAPL) are the primary channels facilitating international expansion, although Barnes & Noble (BKS), other smaller players and local companies in international markets are also playing a part.
Google's (GOOG) Youtube remains the forerunner facilitating online video consumption, with significantly higher unique viewers (UVs) and unique streams. VEVO and AOL Media Network are in second and fourth positions, respectively in both respects. While Yahoo! (YHOO) managed to steal the third position in terms of UVs, Hulu took its place with respect to the number of streams. Highest hours of viewership however went to Netflix (NFLX), which pushed Youtube and Hulu to numbers two and three, respectively. [Nielsen estimates, September 2012]
The digital consumption of music has grown greatly since Apple announced its first iPod. Amazon and others are also seeing their business grow. Nielsen estimates that in the first three quarters of 2012, U.S. digital album sales increased 15% from the comparable period last year, with shipments on track to set a new record in 2012.
The gaming segment has suffered over the last few quarters, impacted by the economic slowdown that affected consumer spending. However, while this affected total gaming spend, it did not affect the online segment, which gained from the increasing digitization of games, the desire to play across multiple platforms and the availability of free-to-play games to draw customers. As a result, sales through online channels continue to grow at the expense of traditional retail.
Since video, games and music are often social activities, they are increasingly being marketed on social platforms such as Facebook (FB) and Pinterest.
Facebook's SocialStore, as it is called uses MarketLive's Intelligent Commerce Platform that enables marketers to display product information, promotions/discounts, shopping carts and check-out options. Both comparative shopping and comparative pricing are possible. The basic advantages of the system that are currently being touted are that it allows easy brand building, creates meaningful commercial relationships and makes use of account-holders' social connections to attract new buyers.
A recent study by the E-tailing Group reveals that of 100 U.S. consumer product merchants with e-commerce websites surveyed, 98 had a Facebook account. Around 90% of these redirected the user to the merchant's own page, 96% had loaded brand-building videos, 56% had product-oriented videos, 44% had store locators and 38% had promotions.
According to comScore, Pinterest is currently the third largest social networking site. While the company is yet to get into the advertising business, its users are already making money and engagement compares favorably with Facebook.
Selling discount coupons is also helping retail. Groupon (GRPN) is the leader here, which along with its closest rival LivingSocial offer discount coupons with a very low shelf life from local players looking for sales. The company offers huge discounts to attract buyers and collects a percentage of the sales thus generated. This kind of business is very competitive, since it has very low barriers to entry.
As a result, not just Amazon and Google, but also a host of other much smaller parties have started doing some business in this format. Technology investments are also required in order to serve customer needs effectively. Considering the prospects, we don't see the platform as a major contributor to e-commerce sales in the near term.
Market Position
comScore estimates that Amazon remains the leading Internet retailer based unique visitors (UVs), followed by eBay (EBAY), Apple, Wal-Mart Stores (WMT), Target Corp. (TGT) and Best Buy (BBY), in that order. The top 3 have a much higher penetration on both Android and iOS platforms.
B. Travel
The U.S. Commerce Department expects international travel to the U.S. to continue over the next few years. Visitor volume is currently expected to increase 6-8% a year from 2012 to 2016 leading to a 49% increase in the number of users during the period. Visitors from the Middle East are expected to be the slowest-growing (29%). South America, Asia and Oceania growth rates are expected to be comparable at 83%, 82% and 82%, respectively.
The fastest growth is expected to come from China (232%), South Korea (200%), Brazil (150%), Russian Federation (139%) and India (94%). Travel and tourism is one of the country's strongest industries, contributing a trade surplus in each of the last 20 years.
According to research from eTrack, eMarketer and Alexa.com compiled in September 2012, Internet-based travel booking revenue has grown 73% over the last five years, with 57% of all travel reservations being made online. The bookings and revenue generated by source and category (latest estimates) are represented in the following graphs.
The top travel booking sites are Booking.com, Expedia.com, Hotels.com, Priceline.com, Kayak.com (recently acquired by Priceline), Travelocity.com, Orbitz.com and Hotwire.com. Since Booking.com and now Kayak are part of Priceline (PCLN) and both Hotels.com and Hotwire.com part of Expedia (EXPE), this narrows down the top companies in the segment to Priceline, Expedia, Orbitz Worldwide (OWW) and Travelocity.
According to a report by PricewaterhouseCoopers, the improving economy will result in a 1.8% increase in demand for hotel reservations this year, which along with a 0.5% increase in hotel supply will lead to higher occupancy rates (60.9% expected in 2012 compared to 60.1% in 2011). This will also raise hotel rates by 5.1%.
Smartphones are playing a key role in travel purchases, especially for last minute purchases. eMarketer expects smartphone travel researchers to grow from 23.7% of total online travel researchers in 2011 to 53.9% in 2016. Similarly, smartphone travel purchasers are expected to grow from 12.6% in 2011 to 32.5% in 2016.
Another report by PhocusWright mentioned that when online penetration of the travel market reached 35% in any country, growth rates were likely to slow down to single-digits. The research firm mentioned that only the U.S., U.K. and Scandinavia had reached this level of penetration and most other markets across Europe, Asia and Latin America would continue to show good growth rates.
C. Payment Systems
With practically all market research indicating solid growth in ecommerce sales over the next few years, online players are vying with each other to come out with convenient and secure payment solutions. The FIS Mobile Wallet from Fidelity National Information Services Inc. (FIS) is basically a bar code reader that feeds information related to the purchase into the user's smartphone and uses it as a medium to transfer the information to the cloud. Online purchase of merchandise is also possible. The solution provides maximum security, since the transaction is carried out entirely in the cloud through the retailer's and banker's applications and personal information is not shared at the time of purchase.
While QR code payments (as the technology is called) have already been made by half the smartphone users in the U.S. (report compiled by eMarketer), the usage was mainly out of curiosity. It appears that the safety of the system comes at a price, which is the time it takes to complete a transaction. This is the reason that Google is still betting on its digital wallet.
Google's digital wallet allows a customer to make a payment by waving his mobile phone over a POS terminal. While the near field communication (NFC) technology used in the system is already in use in some parts of Europe, the concept is relatively new to the U.S. Other than the convenience of the whole thing, the main attraction being highlighted is the security of the payment channel, since neither the customer nor the retailer would be recording the personal information related to the customer. Adoption of the device, although it is some way off, will have a remarkable effect on the volume and value of mobile transactions, since it should increase the percentage of higher-value sales.
However, the cost of POS terminals is a downside to the system that could easily turn away retail partners. This is an evolving area and much could change over the next few years.
The greatest success however is currently being enjoyed by eBay's Paypal, which has seen some success at traditional retailers such as The Home Depot (HD) and Office Depot (ODP). One drawback that remains is that although the system is itself secure, there is always a security risk for a buyer not used to dealing with Paypal, since it requires personal information.
According to an Emphatica study, mobile banking has not picked up sufficiently in either the U.S. or Canada, due to security-related concerns. However, an analysis by Deloitte shows that mobile banking could become the most-preferred banking method by 2020. The study estimates that 20-25 million gen Y consumers will become new banking customers by 2015.
A study on banking.com shows that 48% of "Generation Y" (gen Y) consumers are already using online banking services. Moreover, their preference for online banking is so high that around 30% said they would consider switching financial institutions if they did not provide the service. Both online and mobile banking by gen Y largely consists of checking account balances and transferring funds, although they also like to pay bills on the platform.
It is believed that high smartphone penetration, higher income within this group and greater digital sophistication will drive increased demand for mobile banking services. Since mobile banking is expected to be the most cost efficient for banks, investment in technology to improve and expand mobile banking services is likely to increase.
D. Security
With online transactions expected to boom over the next few years, the topmost concern remains security. While banks will spend significantly on secure payment systems, hackers are expected to have a field day, largely targeting the flood of customers going online. Last year saw a huge increase in security breaches, something that may be expected to continue.
Alternative payment systems will continue to gain popularity. While some of these payment systems, such as eBay's PayPal have been around for a while, other systems, such as Google's digital wallet and the FIS Mobile Wallet are still in the making. Alternative payment systems never really gained momentum in the past because of the low volume of transactions. However, as online transactions continue to increase, many more such systems could suddenly become more available.
We expect mobile security to become a major focus area for technology companies, since this is the stumbling block to payments through the mobile platform (currently just 2% of U.S. online spending). Additionally, hackers continue to multiply and data breaching has become commonplace.
E. Online Advertising
The U.S. online advertising market has seen some very strong growth in the past few years, despite the recession that impacted the entire economy. 2012 numbers will benefit from the national election and the summer Olympics. eMarketer estimates that the market will grow 23.3% in 2012 to $33.8 billion, compared to the 23.0% growth in 2011.
However, growth rates are expected to drop over the next few years: 17.7% in 2013, 13.5% in 2014, 8.9% in 2015 and 7.8% in 2015. Falling growth rates notwithstanding, the share of online ad spending in total ad spending is expected to increase from 20% in 2011 to 31% in 2016. By contrast, TV ad spending is expected to drop slightly from around 38% of total ad spending in 2011 to less than 37% in 2016. Print is expected to decline even more significantly from 22.6% in 2011 to 16.4% in 2016.
The current strength in online advertising is coming primarily from the growing popularity of the display format. Of all the forms of online advertising, display (including video, banner ads, rich media and sponsorships) is expected to see the strongest growth over the next few years. Also, of all the forms of display advertising, video and banner ads are expected to grow the strongest from 2011 to 2016.
Contrary to previous expectations, it now appears that search will remain supreme throughout, although its share will give way slightly to video ad spending which will nearly double. The lower pricing of video and banner ads has made them popular with brand advertisers, so ad inventories are solid. Another factor favoring display ads is the proliferation of smartphones, where the smaller screens make display ads more effective than text ads.
Facebook was the largest player in the display ad segment with a 14% share in 2011. Google was close on its heels with 13.8%. eMarketer estimates that Facebook and Google will remain neck-to-neck this year, with Google pulling ahead in 2013 and widening the gap in 2014. Yahoo, which was in third position with 10.8% share in 2011, is expected to see a steady decline in sales and market position. Microsoft (MSFT) and AOL (AOL), while growing revenues are expected to maintain market share.
The underlying drivers of growth of the display format are the continued increase in the number of users, greater propensity of users to consume online, a growing inventory of advertisements that serve to lower advertisement prices and the push into display advertising.
Search advertising is expected to remain popular, because results are measurable, and therefore, more predictable than other media. This also makes the market more resilient in recessionary conditions, since advertisers are more confident about the results of their spending.
As evident from the above table, online travel companies are the picks for the sector, particularly Priceline and Expedia. International expansion is a key factor driving growth for these companies and collaborative agreements with local players are helping. The ADR is something to watch here, as lower-value inventories are on the rise.
Of the retail companies, we recommend eBay (EBAY), which has an attractive growth rate and has shown solid execution over the last few quarters. Moreover, eBay's turnaround story continues and its many initiatives to drive growth are likely to pay off. Another stock that looks attractive for longer-term investors is Zynga (ZNGA), which has a history of beating estimates and is also seeing upward revision in estimates.
Amazon (AMZN) is currently in the investment phase and there is a great deal of uncertainty as to how long it will continue in this phase. The uncertainty is leading to repeated downward revisions to estimates, which in turn is pushing down the Zacks Rank. The largest online retailer is by no means a write-off, but short-term investors would gain little from its solid revenue growth and international investments.
We also have reservations about Groupon (GRPN), which operates in a highly competitive segment with low barriers to entry.Zacks Investment Research
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Adam Goldberg Explains Why The Goldbergs Isn't Set in a Specific Year
Plus, how much yelling is too much yelling?
If you've been watching ABC's new retro-comedy The Goldbergs, you've probably figured out by now that the show is set in 1984 ... and 1986 ... and every other year in the decade. Creator Adam Goldberg, who based the show on his own family, clearly has made a conscious decision against picking a year and sticking with it. Episodes take place in "1980-something," as the the show's narrator (Patton Oswalt) intones during every cold open. Initially, this was kind of confusing, and even a tad distracting: Why were characters talking about seeing a 1982 release such as Poltergeist in theaters at the same time they were obsessing over the Reebok Pump, a late-eighties invention?
As more episodes have aired, though, the warped sense of time has become less noticeable, or at least more tolerable. While there are still plenty of pop-culture references, nostalgia is not the focus; instead, The Goldbergs has turned out to be the sort of sweet, well-drawn family comedy at which ABC has traditionally excelled, from Happy Days to Modern Family. And Alphabet execs seem to agree: Last week, the show, which airs a new episode tonight at 9 p.m., got picked up for a full season. We called up the 37-year-old Goldberg to discuss the early evolution of his show, how much yelling his characters are allowed, and, yes, the matter of time.
So let's get the time question out of the way first. Why isn't The Goldbergs set in a specific year?
When I shot the pilot, in my head, [the show] was set somewhere in the mid-eighties. Then when we got picked up, and I had to think of new episodes, it came down to what I call the Power Glove Conundrum. To me, the three greatest things of the eighties, in my opinion, happened in '89: The Reebok Pump, the Nintendo Power Glove, and Say Anything ... Even though they just squeaked in under the line in the eighties, to me, personally, they define the eighties. So I was like, "Wait, if my show is set in 1985, I have to wait five years to do these episodes?" I should be so lucky to be five years in on a show. And for now I only have twelve episodes. I kind of realized that the only way to approach it is to not make it Mad Men. And [that show] is brilliant. They're literally changing haircuts according to the year. But I'm doing a comedy, and I'm doing it from a narrator who's just like me: When I think, When did I win Legend of Zelda? I don't remember what year it was. I only remember that it was somewhere in the mid- to late eighties. So the writers started going, "Okay, we have an undependable narrator." And we played with that: Maybe he's remembering things wrong, maybe he's exaggerating. He's probably mixing up things in the A and B story line. So we decided to set in "1980-something." He's literally pulling different memories every episode. And it became so liberating creatively. We could do anything ... It's kind of a melting pot of the eighties. It's how you remember it.
Other period comedies have attempted to be more precise about timing ...
That '70s Show tried to do it, but then they were on for ten years. So they stopped aging. Any way you swing it, it's kind of impossible to make your comedy this kind of chronological thing. The Wonder Years was my favorite show growing up. And they did it well. But the difference was, it was a dramedy. The end of the pilot, which I still think is the best pilot ever made, Winnie's brother dies in the Vietnam War. And that's just not what I'm doing. I'm just doing a show about my crazy mom, who dressed me in a train sweater. I applaud those creators who can stick to a year and make it legit. But it's a really tough place to be in. Being a huge eighties geek, I was impatient. I couldn't wait.
Have you gotten any pushback from viewers online?
Some people have been confused by my approach, and some people really get it. It's been cool to have that dialogue with people on Twitter. People are starting to get it, which is fun.
The first couple of episodes seemed crammed with eighties references, but you seem to have cut back in subsequent ones. What's your thinking on leaning in to the nostalgia element of the show?
My intention was never to be, "Hey, look, I've got a giant cell phone! Because it's the eighties!" But in the Halloween episode, I dressed Adam as a giant Rubik's Cube. And I did it because, one year, I dressed up as a Rubik's Cube. My friend Chad remembers me falling down and not being to get up, and it's one of his favorite memories of me. So the next thing you know, there's an episode of a kid dressed as a Rubik's Cube. I had to comment on Alf, because I loved Alf. If I had walked into a room, my brother would've been watching Alf. So I'm pulling from all the stuff I remember. I'm not looking through scripts saying, "We need to do an eighties [reference] here." I'm just writing the stuff that I love. Now, I noticed in that second episode there was such a tonnage of it, and I didn't even realize it until the episode aired. You had a Top Gun T-shirt, you had The Great Mouse Detective, you had Poltergeist, you had Reebok Pump. And I wished I had pulled it back a little. Maybe it was a bit much in that case. But I still stand by the episode.
You're not trying to be Mad Men, but you obviously want to maintain a certain level of historical accuracy. How do you do that?
I have a writers' assistant tasked to just … to go through and see if it happened in the eighties — to see if Hooters was open then. But look, in my second episode, I did a song from [1977], Styx's "Come Sail Away." To me, that was our song from camp in the eighties. That was our anthem. So I'm playing it a little fast and loose in that way. I definitely don't want there to be stuff from the nineties in there, though. I'd prefer there not to be terminology from today, and I know I've slipped up a couple times. People have pointed it out, and it's bummed me out. We used the term "re-gift," and that wasn't said in the eighties. Some stuff slips through the cracks. Hopefully, because we're doing a comedy, we get a little leeway.
What stories are on your wish list?
I would love to do a Wrestlemania episode. I went to Wrestlemania IV, and it was the coolest thing in my life. We're also going to do an episode where Adam re-creates Tron in the basement. Because I did that.
I'll admit that I've gotten a little choked up during the musical montages that close each episode. It's become something of a signature for The Goldbergs.
I recognized the power of it from the pilot, when we used REO Speedwagon. Before we shot it, Jeff Garlin told me he hated that song. But when he watched the pilot, he said, "Wow, I loved it." It's so expensive, though. We made room in our budget, because it's a huge part of the show. And Sony has recognized that, and has been very generous. But [the cost of music] is also why we stopped using clips from the eighties, like we did in the pilot. It was too expensive to do both.
Any hints on future songs?
"Sister Christian" will be in our Thanksgiving episode. And Starship's "Nothing Gonna Stop Us Now" is another we're going to use. It's probably one of the worst songs of the eighties, along with "We Built This City." But … it worked.
Characters tend to evolve a lot early on in the course of a new series. How are yours changing so far?
For this show, it's all [based on] my family, so I had a sense of what it was from the beginning. The writers make fun of me because my dad [Jeff Garlin] can never say, "I love you." There have been scenes where it would be appropriate, and I have to say, "No. He can never say it. He can never say 'I'm sorry.'" The moment where Adam hugged his mom in one episode was huge, because I would never hug my mom. So I really know the characters. But what I have learned is that the yelling is an issue for people. There's been a push internally to figure out, "When is the right time to yell?" In my family, all we did was yell. And I stand by [the fact] that this is a loud family, and that there's gonna be a lot of yelling every episode. The question is, when and how much? What is "yell-y," but inviting? And that's what I'm trying to find. I'm trying to figure out the right level. If I did what was real … if I really showed what my mom was like, no one would watch the show. This much I know. This is a Disney version for America.
How many years of therapy have you had to have?
I married a therapist, so ... I get it every day.


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The Harmonic Minor (lesson)
The Harmonic minor scale is a variation of the minor scale in which the 7th degree is sharpened compared to the natural minor (which make is a major 7th instead of a flattened 7th). This makes the interval between the 6th and 7th notes of the scale an augmented second. The Harmonic minor scale was originally conceived to produce a minor scale that preserved the leading tone of the major scale, which has an important harmonic function but is not present in the natural minor(Aeolian) scale. For more information see my lesson on Minor Scales Revisited.
The resulting scale sounds a little odd and exotic, since the introduction of the major 7th leaves a 3 semitone gap which is a little unusual in western music. In contemporary music, this scale is beloved of neoclassical guitarists and is an important weapon in any one's arsenal. It is a very defined sound and can be overused, but used sparingly it can lend a very exotic feel to an otherwise normal piece.
Number of tones : 7
Intervals : 2-1-2-2-1-3-1
Formula : 1,2,b3,4,5,b6,7
Characteristic Chords : MinorMajor 7, Minor b6


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- "When everyone had eaten as much as they could, the remains of the food faded from the plates, leaving them sparkling clean as before. A moment later the desserts appeared. Blocks of ice cream in every flavour you could think of, apple pies, treacle tarts, chocolate eclairs and jam doughnuts, trifle, strawberries, jelly, rice pudding…"
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With so many titles to choose from, Netflix Instant's library can be overwhelming. So we bring you this biweekly column as a tool to cut through the clutter by highlighting some now streaming titles that pair well with the latest theatrical releases.
Looking to I, Frankenstein, That Awkward Moment and Labor Day for inspiration, we've pulled together a selection of reimagined horror, R-rated comedies, and tear-jerking romantic dramas.
I, FrankensteinFrom the creators of Underworld comes a modern-day Frankenstein's monster tale that sets the legendary creature in the midst of an epic battle between good and evil. Aaron Eckhart and Yvonne Strahovski star; Stuart Beattie directs. Read our review here.
With I, Frankenstein, its filmmakers aimed to bring a new life to a monster story known and loved. Sometimes an unexpected twist on a classic story structure is fresh and fascinating. Other times it's a total mess. In these cases, whether it's one or the other, it's still pretty damn entertaining.
The Cabin in the Woods (2011) One of the most talked about movies of 2011 was this twisted horror tale about five college friends who travel to a remote cabin (in the woods) for a carefree weekend. Of course, once they settle in things get weird fast. But the razor-sharp script from Joss Whedon and Drew Godard subverts audience expectation to challenge horror conventions in a way that is shrewd and wildly thrilling. Kristen Connolly, Chris Hemsworth, and Fran Kranz star; Drew Goddard directs.
Sharknado (2013) Another much talked about title is this twist on the animal terror that began with Jaws. What makes sharks even scarier? Well, duh, it's when they are being hurled onto land with the force of an actual tornado. This made-for-TV movie made such a stir it earned an eventual theatrical release, and now you can watch it and see what all the buzz was about. And for a perfect pairing, listen to How Did This Get Made's podcast right after viewing this groundbreaking bit of cinema. Ian Ziering and Tara Reid co-star; Anthony C. Ferrante directs.
Twixt (2011) Five-time Academy Award-winner Francis Ford Coppola brought his own bizarre brand of horror to theaters with this mixed up murder mystery. Val Kilmer stars as a has-been novelist who is desperate for material for his next book when he comes upon a small town with a deeply strange sheriff and a confounding homicide case. While the movie itself is distinctive, Coppola earned attention by announcing plans of touring with it, performing on the fly edits as it rolled, based on crowd reactions. Bruce Dern and Elle Fanning co-star.


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IRB Awards
Carter named IRB Player of the Year
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December 3, 2012
New Zealand's Dan Carter edged out team-mate Richie McCaw for the IRB Player of the Year award © Getty Images
New Zealand fly-half Dan Carter has been named the International Rugby Board's Player of the Year.
Carter, who endured a rare poor display as the All Blacks were upset by England at Twickenham on Saturday, beat off competition from team-mate Richie McCaw, England fly-half Owen Farrell and France's Frederic Michalak to claim the sport's highest honour.
The 30-year-old was confirmed as the successor to France's Thierry Dusautoir during the 2015 Rugby World Cup draw ceremony in London on Monday. New Zealand boss Steve Hansen also claimed the Coach of the Year honours in his first season since taking over from World Cup winning coach Graham Henry while the All Blacks also took out the Team of the Year award.
The All Blacks suffered just a single loss all season - the 38-21 defeat at Twickenham - as they claimed the inaugural Rugby Championship crown, whitewashed a touring Ireland and wins over Wales, Italy and Scotland on their end of season tour.
Carter joins McCaw, who won it in 2006, 2009 and 2010, as a multiple winner of the award having been named player of the year in 2005. The Crusaders fly-half has amassed 135 points in nine internationals this season as he bounced back from the despair of missing the All Blacks' World Cup triumph in New Zealand through injury.
IRB chairman Bernard Lapasset said: "New Zealand have again been the stand out team of the year with their 20-match unbeaten run and thoroughly deserve the IRB Team of the Year Award along with Steve Hansen as IRB Coach of the Year for his feats in keeping a Rugby World Cup winning-team winning."
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The 5th Borneo Extravaganza: Uniquely Kalimantan
By admin • Sep 28th, 2012• Category: Budget Travel Package & Interesting Places
For those who wish to explore the fascinating splendors of Borneo, The Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy along with the four provincial governments in Kalimantan will present the 5th Borneo Extravaganza at the Mal Taman Anggrek, West Jakarta from 19 to 21 Oktober 2012.
Featuring the theme "Unique Borneo", the event presents the perfect opportunity to discover the many wonders in Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of Borneo, – the 3rd largest island in the world – before venturing into its many destinations. The event will feature exhibitions from all four provinces in Kalimantan, namely: West Kalimantan, Central Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, and South Kalimantan.
Among many other activities, the event will present various fascinating cultural attractions of the native Dayak ethnic group and Chinese descendants. A wonderful collection of Martapura Pearls of South Kalimantan will also be displayed during the event.
The second largest Island in Indonesia – after Papua in eastern Indonesia – , Indonesia's Kalimantan offers many natural and cultural splendors. Its dense forests are an important part of the earth's global ecosystem and home to many fascinating creatures. Indonesia's legendary Orangutans find shelter here in many of its National Parks including at Camp Leakey and the Tanjung Puting National Park in Central Kalimantan, at the Kutai National Park in East Kalimantan, and at Nyaru Menteng in Central Kalimantan.
The seas surrounding Kalimantan also present their own unique beauty such as in the splendors of the Derawan Archipelago and Kakaban Island of East Kalimantan, while Lake Sentarum in West Kalimantan presents wonderful wildlife above and below the waters.
Culturally, Kalimantan is home to many of the Dayak ethnic sub-groups spread throughout the island. Some of their characteristics can be observed in Pontianak, capital of West Kalimantan, and their long houses by the Kapuas River, as well as in Palangkaraya, capital of Central Kalimantan. North of Pontianak, is Singkawang, city of a thousands shrines where Chinese traditional culture continues to flourish and is well preserved.
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PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. -- Pace University Athletics Department will be hosting its 17th annual Pace Athletics Golf Classic, sponsored by Chartwells Dining Services on Monday, Sept. 8.
The event will be held at Willow Ridge Country Club in Harrison.
This event is an opportunity for alumni and friends to enhance, support and encourage the academic and athletic growth of Pace's student-athletes. Proceeds from the event will be used to improve the student-athlete experience, initiate facility improvements and build on the future of Pace University athletics.
The event will begin with registration at 10 a.m. followed by a buffet brunch and an opportunity to use the driving range before the shotgun start at 12:30 p.m.
During the evening, all participants and guests are able to enjoy food and drinks on the terrace overlooking the 18th hole. All golf outing participants will receive a gift package for their generous support of Pace University Athletics upon registration.
A golf clinic will be held from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. on the driving range and practice green. The cost of the clinic is $99, which includes dinner and drinks afterwards on the terrace as the golfers finish their round on the course.
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The novel tells of the childhood trials and traumas of 10-year old Patrick Clarke Jr., named for his pa. Every chance he gets he torments his younger brother whom he dubs Sinbad. Despite the abuse Sinbad constantly hangs around his older brother and his friends. Paddy lacks the gifts of natural leadership among his young hooligan peers and therefore likes a bully named Kevin. He does things to impress Kevin, including the bullying of his brother and ...
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This book is second in the Barrytown trilogy (first book: The Commitments; third book: The Van). When Shannon Rabbite gets pregnant out of wedlock it is a great shock to her family and sets tongues wagging throughout the whole neighbourhood. She refuses to reveal who the father is, but when rumours start to spread that it's one of her father's friends, she invents a story about having had a one night stand with a foreign sailor and keeps on telling it...


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Report: Stephen Colbert Front-runner to Replace David Letterman
Though it's still early.
The ink has barely dried on David Letterman's retirement announcement, but there appears to be a front-runner for his replacement. Mashable reports Stephen Colbert is CBS's top choice for the job and that Colbert is interested. (Nikki Finke also tweeted as much yesterday.) Mashable's Josh Dickey writes that the network first approached Colbert, among others (including Jon Stewart), when Letterman began considering the timing of his retirement, though he notes it's still early and nothing is close to being formalized. CBS told Mashable they would not comment "on any rumors or speculation about succession."


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A BARKIN TIME: Ellen Barkin may have auctioned off many of her jewels, but she sure hasn't lost some of her glittering appeal — at least not to the fashion crowd. The actress will serve as the host at the CFDA Fashion Awards on June 4. Barkin, who happens to be a close friend of CFDA president Diane von Furstenberg and is a front-row regular at her show, couldn't have timed this gig any better. "Ocean's Thirteen," which Barkin stars in alongside George Clooney, Matt Damon and Brad Pitt, also celebrates its premiere that week.
Barkin won't be the only Hollywood star to descend upon the New York Public Library: Uma Thurman has been confirmed to present Patrick Demarchelier with the Eleanor Lambert Award. The awards ceremony, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, will also have at least one major fashion moment. Calvin Klein and Donna Karan are slated to take to the podium together to present Robert Lee Morris with the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award.
COMING BACK: London is set to get another star designer come the city's fashion week in September — but this time around, the talent is actually British. Luella Bartley will return to her hometown to show her spring collection and to celebrate the opening of her 1,400 square-foot store on Brook Street, which is slated to bow in late summer. It's not yet confirmed whether Bartley will continue to show in London after her spring show, a spokeswoman for the designer said.
Bartley, who has shown her collection in New York since September 2001, has long drawn on London as inspiration for her work. Her first show in London in February 2000 was called "Daddy, who were the Clash?" and she has since channeled everything from the Sloane Rangers to Mods. After Bartley's London jaunt, a Luella store is set to open in Hong Kong in September, while a shop-in-shop unit opened in Takashiyma in Tokyo in March.
NAME GAME: Chloë Sevigny has appeared in fashion campaigns before, but perhaps never one so apt as this: Word has it the actress will be featured in ads for a new Chloé fragrance, recently shot by photographers Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin. The Chloé scent is due out later this year.
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In his brief rebuttal at the conclusion of arguments Skilling's lawyer, Sri Srinivasan compared the five hours spent questioning the jury pool to "the Martha Stewart case, for example . . . there were six days of voir dire, . . . And in that case, the only reason you needed an extended voir dire was because of the celebrity status of the defendant. You didn't have the deep-seated community passion and prejudice that characterized the Houston venue in this case."


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Tool Test: Blue Spruce Firmer Chisels
These traditional tools are a throwback for a thoroughly modern maker.
By Christopher Schwarz
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Perhaps the last tools I ever expected to come out of the Blue Spruce Toolworks are the most traditional set of modern bench chisels I have ever used.
After all, Dave Jeske of Blue Spruce has spent all of his toolmaking career building gorgeous tools that have a definite modern and West Coast flavor. His knives, chisels, awls and even his mallets are about as close to contemporary sculpture as you can get (and I mean that as the highest compliment imaginable).
But Dave's latest chisels are complete throwbacks – they have 18th- and 19th- century design details, use old-fashioned high-carbon steel and they have thin blades that remind you of using an excellent old firmer chisel.
But like all of Dave's tools, the fit and finish is taken to a level that few manufacturers (or even custom toolmakers) can ever achieve.
So let's take these chisels apart and find out what makes them work.
These are long tools – about 111⁄4″overall – with a 51⁄4″-long O1 blade, brass ferrule and octagonal hickory handle. The handle is superbly finished (like all Blue Spruce products) and the tapered octagonal shape is comfortable and orients the tool so you always know where the bevel is. The slight swelling by the ferrule is the perfect place to push forward with your thumb and forefinger when paring.
The ferrule itself is worth note. Unlike most makers, Dave has always used a closed ferrule, which gives a neat appearance, increases its durability and hides the tool's internal structure (more on that in a second).
The blade tapers gracefully from .195″ at the ferrule to .110″ where the bevel begins. This tapered thickness lightens the weight of the tool, which makes it easy to wield and makes the tool more sensitive and responsive during paring.
Even more important – at least for me – is that the blades are made from a fine-grained O1 steel that is hardened to about 58 on the Rockwell "C" scale. That means they won't hold an edge as long as A2 chisels, but they are quite easy to sharpen on any sharpening media, including oilstones. The other nice thing about O1 is that it doesn't chip like A2. So when an O1 edge gets dull it just becomes harder to push. An A2 edge tends to get "toothy" and scratch your work.
OK, now back to the ferrule for a second. The ferrule hides the tang of the tool as it enters the hickory. Inside, the blade has a significant rim where it enters the wood. This rim reduces the chance that you'll split the handle when you strike the tool – a typical problem with tang chisels.
Overall, these tools are tied with the Lie-Nielsens as the best chisels I have ever purchased. While the Lie-Nielsen's socket construction and short length make them unbeatable when chopping, the long and tapering shape of the Blue Spruce tools give them the edge when paring. Either brand of tool is an excellent choice for the woodworker who wants the best.
Yes, these tools cost a lot, but they will be appreciated for many generations to come. You might as well buy them when they are new.
Video: Watch Dave Jeske sharpen a marking knife so it tracks better.
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The National Rugby League has met with the Sydney Roosters this evening and agreed that Nate Myles should be suspended until the end of round 23 (six matches including Origin) over his behaviour at a Central Coast hotel on Sunday morning.
The Roosters advised the NRL of their decision late this afternoon.
The Roosters club has also been fined $50,000 because of the number of alcohol incidents which have affected the club this season.
Myles was one of a number of players who volunteered independently of the Roosters to attend a junior Rugby League function on the Central Coast on Saturday evening.
Noise complaints were made against the room in which some of the Roosters players were staying at 3.45am and 4.00am.
Shortly after 8.00am on Sunday morning Myles was apparently disorientated and naked in a hotel corridor and attempted to gain entry into the room of a family who was leaving their accommodation. A short time after his entry was refused and the family had left he was found to have defecated elsewhere in the hotel corridor and was later discovered in a fire escape.


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WINTER HAVEN, Fla. – GC Baseball headed to the sunshine state for their annual spring break road trip, looking to compete and bond as a team in 2011. The squad started competition with a double-header against Edgewood College on Monday, March 14. Despite their best efforts, the Panthers fell 6-4 in the first game and 5-2 in the second.
In game one, Edgewood College jumped out to an early lead, scoring on single runs in each of the first three innings of game one play. Two RBI singles by Eagle batters drove in the first two scorers in innings one and two, and a score off a passed ball in the third gave Edgewood the 3-0 advantage.
Starting Eagle pitcher Kyle Smith controlled the GC batters through the first three innings, allowing only three hits and striking out one, before an error opened up the fourth inning for the Panthers. The error put Greenville runners on first and second with two outs, before sophomore's Adam Wallace and Ben Brown unloaded clutch back-to-back doubles to tie the game at 3-3.
The game remained tied until the sixth inning when the Eagles took the lead for good on a bases loaded double play ground ball. The Panthers struggled to produce offensively in the final innings, and the Eagles clinched the 6-4 win, picking up two insurance runs in the seventh.
Freshman Michael Wittmer picked up the loss for the Panthers going two innings with 3 earned.
Five Eagle pitchers threw in the game, but it was James Bertakis who earned the win after facing just one batter. Bertakis entered in the fifth inning and induced the decisive double play ground ball. He was still the pitcher of record when the Eagles took the lead in top of the sixth inning.
Greenville as a team scored four runs on 10 hits while only striking out four times collectively.
GC was led at the plate by sophomore Adam Wallace. Wallace, known primarily for his defensive prowess at catcher, went 2-3 with a run and a clutch RBI.
Game two ended much the same for the Panthers, as the Eagles again pushed past GC by a score of 5-2.
Daniel Covert was charged with the loss for the Panthers, going five innings and giving up five earned.
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With the quickening pace of economic development in China and the overall shift in political economy globally, China's approaches towards globalisation, as manifested in its many new forms of mobilities, can have far-reaching social and political impacts on China itself, on Asia and the rest of the world. To date, however, little research has been done to facilitate a systematic sociological understanding of the complex relationships between the Chinese modes of globalisation and their impacts on social change and development of Chinese societies, and the rest of the world.
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A collection of seven well-crafted music tracks to create an exotic and enchanting atmosphere for various creative media projects. The instrumentation relies on the fusion of diverse elements drawn from both the popular and the traditional genres of the West and the East. The tracks are well-suited for visual scenarios imbued with spirituality, meditation, cross-cultural curiosity and adventure, a sense of wonder and awe while witnessing the grandeur of nature, or some noble and mysterious ancient civilization.
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Review: With new album, Timberlake not 2 for 2
Oct. 01, 2013
Justin Timberlake, "The 20/20 Experience 2 of 2" (RCA Records)
The anticipation that surrounded Justin Timberlake's return to music was intense. It took seven years for him to follow-up the Grammy-winning masterpiece that was "FutureSex/LoveSounds," and when he did in March with "The 20/20 Experience," the pop prince helped fill a void in our musical lives, thanks to his slick R&B sound jelled with dance beats.
Now, we may be getting too much of Timberlake.
"The 20/20 Experience 2 of 2" uses the same formula that's becoming his musical trademark — the trance-inducing grooves and futuristic electronic beats helmed by Timbaland and Timberlake, who co-wrote each song. Unfortunately it doesn't feel new. Like "FutureSex" and the first "20/20" album, the songs on "2 of 2" are long, but they aren't as entertaining or as cohesive as his first effort. Some tracks sound like leftovers from past recording sessions, and — dare we say it — actually drag on.
The album starts on the wrong note with "Gimme What I Don't Know (I Want)" and the nine-minute "True Blood," both up-tempo songs that lack that Timberlake-esque spark and swag. The lead single, the disco number "Take Back the Night," might be good for mere mortal pop stars, but compared to Timberlake's own lofty standards, disappoints. A better choice would have been the Drake-assisted "Cabaret," which is smooth and has an addictive hook.
Not all of "2 of 2" should be dismissed: "You Got It On" is soft slow jam — listen and you'll feel like you're on a cloud. And the midtempo "Drink You Away" is the disc's most adventurous offering. It doesn't sound like anything else on the album: It's guitar driven with a strong backbeat, with a raw quality that makes it a bit indescribable — and exhilarating.
The multitalented Timberlake, one of a few who could get away with releasing two albums in a year (we're still mad at One Direction for trying that that), is releasing dense music when most Top 40 listeners have short attention spans. The album runs 74 minutes, and the average song is six minutes.
That's not to say Timberlake shouldn't challenge listeners with his music — he did it magically with the electro-pop flavor of "FutureSex" before dance music made its comeback, and "20/20" did not conform to radio standards either.
But even for those people who can deal with more than 140 characters and three-minute songs — that includes me — "2 of 2" doesn't challenge enough, and we want and expect more from one of music's best all-around entertainers, especially when the original "20/20 Experience" still has more so much more to offer.
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Lol'd at Phelps only just making the 400IM final, knew it was a slow time after seeing the winner of the heat before them finish with a time 5 seconds faster but still thought he & Cseh would make it comfortably.
Rice is kidding herself. Put in ffs.
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Should be illegal to 'dis Rice imo, shame on you.
Reckon she was just foxing though. Either that, or her shoulders really are screwed like we've heard every other week since the trials.
Nice NZ-record performance by Snyders. Pretty average day for the rest of the NZ swim team, must be said.
Yeah, she's a glam (for a swimmer) but I don't think she's got the record over the past 18 months. If she pulls anything off, it's a bonus IMO.
Phelps looked pretty poor in that final - 3rd Olympics is a killer for even the great ones
Apparently wasn't foxing....
Quite upset at the pool side interview, and rightly so.
Wouldn't be a swim meet unless Our Dawn featured prominently in tv coverage when an aussie has a win.
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Brittany Elmslie a decent sort. I mean, no Amanda Beard, but not bad at all.
Good to see Channel Nine taking its usual "it's about us" routine all the way to the biggest event in the world, with the commentators telling us all about their reaction to the girls' relay win.
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Good relay that at the end, thought the Dutch girl was going to do it at one point but credit to the Aussie team.
Our lot swam at about their level, a few medal chances later in the competition particularly Adlington.
Yay we won the relays.
lol Phelps.
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PRINCE GEORGE — British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Glen Parrett was careful to tell the jurors that a real-world trial is nothing like those portrayed on television, "not a smooth chronological narrative from beginning to end," and right he is.
But if the judge prepared them for the bumps and detours of the Canadian justice system, the horrors allegedly dispensed by Cody Alan Legebokoff upon the women of this logging city in northern British Columbia nonetheless could have come straight from a melange of Criminal Minds episodes.
Now 24, Legebokoff is from nearby Fort St. James but had been living and working for a car dealership in Prince George, a city of about 70,000 people 780 kilometres northeast of Vancouver.
He is pleading not guilty to the murders of three adult women and a legally blind teenager over the course of about a year.
As laid out by Crown prosecutor Joseph Temple in his opening statement here Monday, Legebokoff is alleged to have begun killing when he was just 19 and to have been a killer of exceptional viciousness, who variously beat and stabbed his victims with a variety of tools — including a pickaxe, a pipe wrench and a utility tool — and who may even have stomped upon the neck of one.
The adult victims — Natasha Montgomery, 23, and Jill Stacey Stuchenko and Cynthia Frances Maas, both 35 — were vulnerable women from the margins of this city, cocaine users who sometimes worked in the sex trade to get money for drugs.
One of them, Montgomery, had just recently been released from jail. She was free only 12 days before she was last seen alive.
Legebokoff was charged in these three deaths — linked it appears by DNA, even to Montgomery, whose body has never been found — only after his arrest on Nov. 27, 2010, in the slaying of 15-year-old Loren Leslie, a high-school student he met just weeks earlier online on the Nexopia social media site for young people.
If convicted at the end of a trial that may last six to eight months, he would be the youngest serial killer in Canada.
No longer possessed of the mop of blond curls which had him four years ago described as a fresh-faced boy-next-door, Legebokoff now sports a shaved head and some decorative facial hair. He still looks young, his skin very pale against the dark suit he wore, and was alert and interested in court.
When he was arrested — his pickup truck was spotted speeding and stopped as it left a logging road by an alert RCMP officer, Const. Aaron Kehler — the boy-next-door was dappled with blood.
The officer noticed a smear of it on his chin, drops on his legs (Legebokoff was wearing shorts, what allegedly turned out to be, according to the DNA evidence, his killing shorts), and a reddish puddle of it on the floor mat.
But, the prosecutor said, he told Const. Kehler "a story about poaching deer."
Yet when the officer looked in the truck, after arresting Legebokoff for a poaching offence, he found a backpack in the shape of a monkey head and a pipe wrench "wet with snow and blood."
The Mountie called in a conservation officer, who followed the truck tracks, then the footprints in fresh snow which came after them, and discovered the body of Loren Leslie, her pants at her ankles, her hair matted with blood.
Over the next two days, Legebokoff gave five separate statements to the RCMP, Temple said.
In the first, Legebokoff denied hurting Leslie, but admitted seeing her body and even touching her. With blood on him now, he said, he got scared and fled the scene, grabbing the teen's backpack and phone in his panic.
In the second, he said nothing new.
But in the third statement, he said not only that he didn't kill Leslie, but also that she effectively had killed herself.
He acknowledged watching "her dying for some minutes … and did not offer help," Temple told the jurors, telling the police he "was stunned."
In the fourth statement, Temple said, Legebokoff admitted to twice having had sex with Leslie — the very girl who in a text message hours earlier reminded him "we're just hanging out, right? Nothing sexual" — and when the police expressed skepticism at his claim that Leslie had inflicted her own injuries, Legebokoff insisted she had even smacked herself in the side of the head with the wrench several times.
For the fifth statement, his girlfriend was brought in to visit him.
He admitted to her that he'd had sex with Leslie "and that's when she started to go crazy, hitting herself with the wrench" and stabbing herself in the throat.
But, he told the girlfriend, "I did put her out of her misery" by whacking her in the head "maximum two times."
The first of the women to die was Stuchenko, whose badly decomposed body was found Oct. 26, 2009, half-buried in a gravel pit on the outskirts of the city. She died of a head injury and skull fracture, her face, arms, legs and anus covered in bruising.
Maas's body was found Oct. 9, 2010, in a city park. Her pants were at her knees and she had suffered both blunt trauma and penetrating wounds to the chest. Several ribs were fractured, bones in her neck and cheekbone were fractured, and two fingers broken.
Montgomery was last seen alive Aug. 31, 2010, reported missing that September. Though her remains haven't been found, Temple said forensic tests on the shorts Legebokoff was wearing on the night of his arrest contained her DNA in bloodstains.
Listening stoically to this summary of the evidence to come were relatives and friends of the four, three women and a girl, the former worn by life, the latter naive: It didn't seem to matter.