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Well, I just like shows that explain interesting stuff like this, the music is a plus. Plus the awesome accents make it much more engaging!
What do Americans have for British accents?? I like that accent too, but on the other hand I find the New York accent fascinating. I've tried to replicate it, but it's not as easy as, say, a south-London accent which is cakewalk.
Have you heard Wisconsin/Minnesota accents?? No offense to anyone but... Oh God. People make fun of it a lot (see: Drop Dead Gorgeous). Is there is difference between New York and New Jersey accents? I personally prefer French accents.
Is that one of the 'drawl' accents? I like those too, although they can get annoying obviously. Since I'm a French student, I try to pick up the accent if I can.
No, it's not a drawl accent at all... It kind of reminds me of a (non-French) Canadian accent. The way things like "oh yeah" and "okay", are said is filled with hilarity. It's not annoying it is just amusing and unattractive imo. I live in WI and I try my hardest not to have the accent, but sometimes I hear it and go "oh my gawsh". Again, if you have ever seen the movie Drop Dead Gorgeous, it perfectly portrays the MN/WI accents.
Oh yeah, you betcha, dontcha ya knoooow! Joe Mauer!
I love Minnesotan accents! Much better than Washington (state) I think.
no....bbc stuff is so biased
Compared to fox news or cnn?
on a highway is playing at 30:00 and my girls 45:01
I can't believe I missed My Girls! Yes, BBC is definitely biased, but everything is biased because bias is a human phenomenon and humans make news (source: I'm a history student, critical thinking yeah!!) CNN is obviously biased too, and I won't even comment on Fox (I watched a (biased) documentary against them and it makes a good point against their "Fair and Balanced" slogan) I sometimes read Al Jazeera as well, it's interesting (and also pretty deeply biased). I need to start reading the news again..
Yeah I wouldn't say everything is biased, just the people in control of media seem to think its a must? Who knows not me
Duno not really bothered
Saying bias is a human phenomenon sounds like a bit of self medicating philosophy to me
Y U no mention MSNBC? For some reason I have an urge to watch both Fox News pundits and MSNBC pundits at the same time to see how far apart both sides are from reality.
Meh who watches MSNBC? (I joke) Clawed, what is that? Really? I cannot understand that person's philosophy. Is he an anarchist troll?
He's Gladstone from Cracked.com - it takes a bit to get his humour, but he's really intelligent and funny. He might be a troll, but he's not an anarchist at all. Give it a few episode, and I'm sure you'll like it. Especially the black eyed peas one!
Ha. I like this guy. That Katy Perry interpretation almost made poising my ears worth it. I always knew she had murder fantasies...
SPOILER! "That's like saying the iPad has a little Chinese child sweat!" ...
Awww cracked.com now that is one website that has its head up it's own arse
Heh. I was a regular Cracked reader for quite some time, thanks for reminding me about it.
Are you just going to hate on everything Animal Element?
Reddit addiction...must resist! I love all of you guys though, Y U HATE? I think we need to calm down here. If we all don't, i'll bring out the big guns, and don't say I didn't warn you guys.
I'm as calm as a cucumber I'm just a bit sick of Animal Element's attitude.
[img]http://images5.fanpop.com/image/photos/26300000/U-MAD-BRO-my-little-pony-friendship-is-magic-26348628-830-467.jpg[/img] [img]http://pinkie.ponychan.net/chan/files/src/133527748131.jpg[/img] I just want you guys to smile, got Damnit! No being a douche on here, goes for everbody! (does posting a picture of a pony meme make me a douche, well no. I'm trying to make everyone happy a bit more sane).
hahahaaaa, sorry i just throwing out some of my opinions..... carry on people nothing to see here
I think that one of the things that Clawed didn't like, was HOW you shared your opinions. But just be respectful in le future. Nice Parody, very funny!
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Anthony Bourdain says he received scary hate mail after bashing Paula Deen.
"A year ago, before she announced that she has diabetes, I dared to suggest that the food she was advocating was dangerous for you, and I received a lot of scary mail and Facebook posts," Bourdain says in this week's Rolling Stone, obtained by Us Weekly. "It was the first time I've ever been frightened."
In August, Bourdain said that Deen, aka The Butter Queen, was "proud of the fact that her food is f---ing bad for you." "I would think twice before telling an already obese nation that it's OK to eat food that is killing us. Plus, her food sucks," he said.
Anthony Bourdain: Giving up cigarettes "has in no way improved my life"After Deen revealed in January that she was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes three years ago, Bourdain immediately spoke up about it. "When your signature dish is hamburger in between a doughnut, and you've been cheerfully selling this stuff knowing all along that you've got Type 2 diabetes ... it's in bad taste if nothing else," he told Eater at the time.But Bourdain admits to Rolling Stone he needs to keep his thoughts to himself sometimes."I don't know what my problem is, honestly," Bourdain says. "Why can't I just live and let live? It's a personal failing."

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For this English chef, home is the Colorado Plateau
On Sunday mornings, all summer long, you can find chef John Sharpe at the Flagstaff Community Market, moving among the outdoor produce stalls with the practiced intensity of a hardcore bargain hunter at an outlet mall.
He tests the white peaches Rob Lautze has grown at Garland's Orchard near Sedona: nice, but not enough of them for his purposes. Most of the crop froze this year, Lautze tells him.
"Oh, how terrible," Sharpe says. But he's pleased to hear that Gravenstein apples are coming soon. Sharpe likes to bake with them, and they feature in his apple and green tomato chutney.
He pronounces it "to-mah-to." Sharpe hails from England, but his current surroundings are about as unlike that green and misty land as can be imagined. As chef at the Turquoise Room Restaurant in Winslow, Ariz., he cooks sumptuous meals from local produce amid the sere badlands and plains of the Painted Desert.
Sharpe came to the United States because he felt it suited his entrepreneurial spirit, and he spent the 1990s as a hard-driving restaurateur in southern California's Orange County. In 1997, a friend bought and began restoring Winslow's run-down La Posada Hotel, designed in the late 1920s by the renowned architect Mary Colter.
"He told me, 'I need to put a restaurant here, but don't know how to do it,' " Sharpe recalls. "I said, 'I'll come up whenever I can free my ass from alligators.' I had 350 employees, four restaurants.
"I had absolutely no intention of moving to Winslow," he says. "But one thing led to another, and that was it. I wanted to be a chef again."
Two years later, Sharpe and his wife, Patricia, moved to the Painted Desert. Orange County was booming, and had an unemployment rate of 4 percent. Winslow adjoins the Navajo and Hopi reservations, and its unemployment varied from 20 to 40 percent. The town's main claim to fame was a line in "Take it Easy," a '70s-era Eagles song about a guy trying to hitchhike out of town. Local tastes ran more to chicken-fried steak than to roast duck with quince and blackberry sauce.
But Sharpe set about establishing a culinary landmark, and he's succeeded. Gourmet magazine has praised the restaurant. Interstate 40 travelers expecting a truck-stop meal are surprised — most, but not all of them, pleasantly — by Sharpe's cuisine. Some Winslow residents are regulars, and other northern Arizona residents frequently drive long distances to eat at the Turquoise Room.
Although Sharpe came to Winslow from afar, he doesn't see the Turquoise Room as an alien import. While he flies in fish from Alaska, he loves the freshness of local foods, and he likes to support regional suppliers. He employs and trains local people — Native American, Hispanic, Anglo. He buys churro lambs — a breed adapted to aridity — from a Navajo family. He buys traditional piki corn bread from Hopi women, and goat cheese from farmers nearby.
He also haunts the weekly Flagstaff market, seeing what turns up. On the same day that he finds out about the Gravenstein apples, he buys three flats of beefsteak and heirloom tomatoes, choosing the soft ones other shoppers eschew. He can use them, soon, for slicing or sauces. He buys basil, melons, okra, and eggplant raised near Phoenix. He'll turn the eggplant into something he calls "native ratatouille" — supplemented with corn and tepary beans — and he'll have some left over. "I'll make something else with it, too," he says. "I'll figure it out on the drive back."
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* Lower Manhattan to have power by Saturday
* 650,000 still without service in NYC and Westchester
* Nationwide, 4.7 million without power in 12 states
* In hard-hit states, NY and NJ, no service for 1.5 million
Nov 1 (Reuters) - Consolidated Edison Inc said Thursday most of its customers in New York City and Westchester County, New York, will have power back by Nov. 10-11, after Hurricane Sandy slammed into the U.S. East Coast earlier in the week, causing widespread damage and flooding.
The New York utility said it expected to restore power in lower and mid-Manhattan by Saturday, Nov. 3.
Earlier, the company had said it expected power to be restored to lower Manhattan by Friday or Saturday and that it would take at least a week to restore power to areas with overhead lines like Westchester.
But on Thursday morning, Con Edison said it expected to make significant progress restoring electricity over the next two days, with its latest estimate based on a recent assessment of the damage caused by the massive storm.
About 900,000 customers lost power after Sandy walloped the area, Con Edison said, making the storm the worst natural disaster in the company's history.
The company said its crews had restored power to about 250,000 customers, and, as of 11:00 a.m. EDT, the company was working to restore power to another 650,000 customers.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Thursday the New York Marathon remained on schedule for Sunday and that the event would not ``redirect any focus'' from the city's safety and recovery efforts.
The city's schools are scheduled to reopen Monday, Nov. 5.
Public schools have been shut since Monday, Oct. 29, when the massive storm slammed into the U.S. East Coast, killing more than 80 people and causing billions of dollars of damage and flooding.
Con Edison said crews working on the underground electric system in Manhattan had pumped massive amounts of seawater out of the facilities, and had to clean and dry all of the equipment before they could safely be put back into service.
In areas served by overhead power lines, crews had to contend with more than 100,000 downed wires, as well as blocked roads and flooding, the company said.
To help restore power, Con Edison said it had lined up more than 1,600 external contractors and mutual aid workers from utilities as far away as California.
The company did not say in its latest statement how many customers still lacked power in each borough.
As of 4:30 a.m. EDT Thursday, the utility said about 227,000 customers were still out in Manhattan, 103,000 in Queens, 59,000 in Brooklyn, 83,000 in Staten Island, 36,000 in the Bronx and 166,000 in Westchester County. (By 1:00 p.m., the total number of clients was down to 650,000.)
Sandy left more than 8.48 million customers without power in 21 states, from North Carolina to Maine, and as far west as Illinois.
There were still 4.7 million customers without power in 12 states, according to federal data Thursday morning.
The U.S. Department of Energy said there were still more than 1.5 million homes and businesses without power in the nation's two hardest hit states - New York and New Jersey.


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DETROIT (AP) — After several weeks of slow-moving talks, only one deal has been reached between the state-appointed emergency manager hired to fix Detroit's finances and the more than 50 creditors, two public pension funds and unions jockeying for a piece of the billions of dollars the city owes them.
The slow process is frustrating some creditors who complain the city isn't doing much to bargain with them beyond offering 10 cents on a dollar. They say bankruptcy attorney Kevyn Orr's message to them has been a blunt — take it or leave it.
Though Orr has said he's attempting to avoid the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history, experts say the stalemates at the bargaining tables could push the city in that direction.
"I think Orr is going to get to the point where he has enough ammunition to justify a Chapter 9 if there are enough people not willing to get on the bus," said James McTevia, a turnaround expert based north of Detroit in Bingham Farms. Bankruptcy may be the only option for a city that for years has crashed toward insolvency, he said.
Orr, who oversaw Chrysler LLC's bankruptcy and restructuring, briefed the city's debt holders on June 14 on his plan to erase the city's $17 billion in debt, warning that time was short and the chance of filing for bankruptcy was about 50-50. He vowed to reassess things from the meeting in 30 days. Since then, he and his team held several meetings with debt holders but few details of those talks have come from Orr's office.
Bankruptcy comes with risks, experts say. Fees for things like parking and traffic tickets could increase as Orr looks for ways to raise money to pay creditors. Trash collection, grass cutting, snow plowing and other already limited essential services could be scaled back even more. More city workers could lose their jobs. And Detroit's already poor image will take more hits.
"As bad as things get, sometimes they can get worse," said Anthony Sabino, business law professor at St. John's University's Peter J. Tobin College of Business. "The additional layers of putting the fate of the city in the hands of a bankruptcy judge, the layers of legal expenses — there would be such a shattering of confidence it could be the point of no return for the city."
Detroit is paying millions of dollars in legal bills and for consultants involved in Orr's restructuring. Sabino said that would easily double in bankruptcy and legal costs for creditors would soar. Residents and Detroit business owners, like Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert could become disenchanted.
"The city of Detroit has had decades of financial problems, and it is time to face those problems and move forward," said Matt Cullen, the president and chief executive for Rock Ventures, which is the umbrella entity for Gilbert's portfolio. "Just as the auto companies had to reinvent how they do business, so does the city of Detroit."
Several creditors didn't return phone messages or declined to talk with The Associated Press about the negotiations. One creditor, Peter Hayes, managing director and head of BlackRock's Municipal Bonds Group, criticized Orr's plan and said the emergency manager is breaking promises the city previously made on bond payments.
"Those who own Detroit (general obligation) bonds, either on their own or in pooled vehicles such as those we manage at BlackRock, will suffer the financial consequences of the emergency manager's misguided plan," Hayes wrote in a letter published this week in the Detroit Free Press.
It's not clear if the settlement reached in principle late last week with Bank of America-Merrill Lynch will be enough to prod other creditors. Orr spokesman Bill Nowling wouldn't reveal details because the deal had not been signed. Bank of America-Merrill Lynch spokesman Bill Halldin declined to comment.
"The clock's still ticking. We're getting to the point where we need to see movement from our creditors," Nowling said.
McTevia said one game plan could be to cut a deal with some of the larger players out of court and use those as leverage with other creditors.
"Or at the worst, file a Chapter 9 plan with some creditor support that can be used as a cram down on others," he said.
Of the 53 creditors negotiating with Orr's restructuring team, 48 are unsecured, meaning the money they're owed is not backed by city revenue streams like water service fees or casino taxes.
New York-based Syncora Guarantee Inc., a trustee on city swap deals involving casino tax revenue, has butted heads with Orr by trying to limit the city's access to some of the money after creditors are paid. Syncora also accused Orr of having no intention to negotiate in good faith. A county judge issued a temporary restraining order to keep $11 million per month being held up by Syncora flowing back into city coffers after Orr took the issue to court.
Another creditor, National Public Finance Guarantee Corp., the indirect subsidiary of MBIA Inc., which has about $100.7 million of insured exposure to Detroit's general obligation debt and $2.4 billion of the city's revenue secured debt, is continuing to meet with the city but is also "considering potential alternatives to the plan the city has provided," said spokesman Kevin Brown.
A Chapter 9 filing should be seen as a last resort, said Michael Sweet, a bankruptcy attorney with the Los Angeles-based Fox Rothschild law firm.
"It certainly will be a heavy lift to make it happen, but the movement of a major creditor or two could dramatically change the landscape in a way that would indicate a bankruptcy filing may not have to be the outcome," he said.
But union and pension officials complain they've been offered little new data on Detroit's cash-flow problems.
"I don't think they really want to sit down and talk about the real issues in Detroit," said Ed McNeil, a spokesman for the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees Council 25. "I think (bankruptcy) may be his ultimate goal, but even if he goes that way he has some hurdles to cross. You've got to be able to show you're insolvent anyway."


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Some say you can't teach writing, but I believe you can give students the tools and opportunities to become better writers. My courses in writing fiction are grounded in that belief. I respond to student writing the same way I respond to my own, with a combination of approaches. The organic approach is based on the idea that our work grows out of us without our being quite aware of what we're doing, and we need to prune judiciously (and semi-ruthlessly) if we're to give this wild thing its proper shape. The other approach, what I like to call the Lego-Block approach, assumes that the exposition and scenes we write are building blocks which can be moved about (even discarded and replaced) as the story requires. We build and shape, shape and build. I believe in close attention to text, and that the true work of writing is in revision. I'm as likely, though, to pose questions as make suggestions; it's important to step away from the work from time to time and see it in a larger context--an exercise in where are you going, where have you been?
I'm especially interested in voice, and in trying to extend the range of one's own narrative technique as a means of getting the story told best. This can be seen, certainly, in the range of voices found in my published work. I've inhabited the voice of everything from a 56-year-old female town clerk in Matty's Heart (New Rivers Press, 1984) to that of a 27-year-old woman looking back at her 17-year-old runaway self in American Beauty (Simon and Schuster, 1987). In The Clouds in Memphis (University of Massachusetts Press, 2000), I've told stories from the perspective of a mother coping with the loss of one of her children by a hit and run driver, from the perspective of a real estate developer trying to smooth over everyone's feelings after a drowning in one of his subdivisions, and from the perspective of a young woman trying to find out the real story behind her sister's death in an industrial accident. Most recently, I've explored the voice of a son trying to understand his parents' marriage and the mysteries of his own in The Company Car (Random House, 2005).
In addition, I have an interest in modern and contemporary fiction, in the novella and the short-story as forms, and in the literature of Central Europe (perhaps best evidenced by the anthology I edited, The Boundaries of Twilight: Czecho-Slovak Writing from the New World (New Rivers Press, 1991)).
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Sesame Street Explores National Parks
By Monique VanLandingham
Editor's note: This post is by Monique VanLandingham, Interpretation and Education, National Park Service.
This week, Elmo discussed the great outdoors with Katie Couric. Their conversation happened at a perfect time because summer is a great time to explore the outdoors.. There are puddles to splash in, baby animals to discover, and the wonders of nature to explore. Summer's also a perfect time to enjoy our country's national parks, local parks, and even the adventures that can be found in your own backyard. The National Park Service (NPS) and the National Park Foundation (NPF), its nonprofit partner, have teamed up with Sesame Street to inspire kids to do just that.
Together, NPS, NPF, and Sesame Workshop created a multimedia experience for children, educators and families to help kids learn more about science and nature and encourage them to get outdoors. In Sesame Street Explores National Parks, real life park rangers interact with beloved Sesame Street characters Elmo and Murray as they introduce children to the natural world of habitats, animal families, and the changing of the seasons.
Research shows that many children are now lacking opportunities for positive experiences with nature, and that this lack of interaction with their natural surroundings can lead to troubling results such as attention difficulties, a diminished use of the senses, and a lack of physical activity that can contribute to higher rates of childhood obesity.
Sesame Street Explores National Parks helps reverse those trends and supports learning about the natural world and science. Sesame Street Explores National Parks comprises:
* A series of six short videos, featuring awe-inspiring footage of Grand Canyon National Park and Gateway National Recreation Area (NYC), in which Murray Monster, Elmo and a park ranger highlight scientific inquiry skills through science and nature topics relevant to both the national parks (Grand Canyon and Gateway) and local park or backyard settings.
* Printables, including a nature journal, a scavenger hunt, nature badge, coloring page, and a vocabulary sheet; that parents and caregivers can print out and enjoy with their preschoolers
* View-and-do activities for parents, caregivers and educators (including park rangers) that extend the learning experience of each of the videos by offering concrete, developmentally appropriate ways to help young children to learn more about the topics introduced by the videos;
Parents love that the Sesame Street Explores National Parks materials are age-appropriate and family friendly. Parents are also delighted that the activities give them opportunities to engage as a family and interact with their little ones. There's nothing quite like watching a four-year-old singing along with the lively song, or pretending to be a park ranger. But best of all, Sesame Street Explores National Parks is just plain fun for everyone!
By visiting the National Park Service website, www.nps.gov, families can find out what is happening in nearby parks. Each park hosts a calendar of events detailing – mostly FREE!! – activities for visitors of all ages. Get out there! Get active! And enjoy all that your national parks offer.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Technology stocks are leading Wall Street to a higher close following strong earnings reports from Google and IBM.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 66 points to end at 13,779 Wednesday. Without the boost it got from IBM, the Dow would have closed flat.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index edged up two points to 1,494. The Nasdaq composite rose 10 points to 3,153.
Investors were also encouraged by the fact that the House of Representatives voted to let the government keep paying its bills for another four months, delaying the threat of a disastrous default by the U.S. government on its debt.
Falling stocks narrowly outnumbered rising ones on the New York Stock Exchange. Volume was in line with the recent average, 3.5 billion shares.


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As a Brit, I find American college sports and athletics scholarships thoroughly baffling, but Robert Morris University Illinois is starting a scholarship program that I can almost get behind: Joystiq reports that the college is offering scholarships for e-sports players. League of Legends players can be awarded scholarships worth up to 50 percent of tuition and 50 percent of room and board.
The university is looking for applicants who participate in the League of Legends High School Starleague, with a view to building a League team to play in the Collegiate Star League (a separate competition to League of Legends developer Riot's own collegiate program). The 2014 season starts in September and will feature teams from 103 different institutions.
Of course, if you really want a career in e-sports, it's worth ignoring League of Legends and aiming straight at the big time: Dota 2. In addition to being the greatest game of all time, next month's Valve-sponsored tournament, The International, offers the biggest prize pool in all of e-sports, currently sitting at $9.7 million and counting. The winning team of five is expected to take home almost $5 million.


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Neighbors support victims of holiday decorations vandalBy HUNTER McGEE
Union Leader Correspondent
December 20. 2013 9:26PM
DERRY — Neighbors are rallying around a family after their holiday decorations were destroyed by a lone vandal who was caught on video.
The incident occurred on Friday, Dec. 13, at the DonMac Drive residence of David and Joyce Bourque. About $600 in damage was done by an individual who can be seen on the video running across the lawn and slashing the inflatable decorations with a knife.
After the vandalism was covered by a local television station, Home Depot donated inflatable holiday decorations on Thursday to the family.
David Bourque said the incident hasn't been brought to a close yet since no one has been identified or arrested. But he is still grateful for the generosity Home Depot has displayed.
"Through the generous donation of Home Depot, we were able to put our display back up and we'll see how it looks when it's dark," he said.
In addition, neighbors have offered their support and helped set up the display on Friday, Bourque said. Neighbor John O'Connor, a state representative, stopped by Friday to help Bourque clear snow and set up the new decorations donated by Home Depot.
"We are a neighborhood and we all join together," said O'Connor, who planned for his grandchildren to stop by later Friday night to see the display.
They were also able to patch one inflatable decoration that was slashed in the incident and has sentimental value to Bourque's wife. The decoration of a Disney-themed sleigh was given to Joyce Bourque as a present in memory of her mother, David Bourque said.
As he spoke near his front yard, a neighbor drove by and thanked Bourque for setting up the display.
"We've been getting that all morning," Bourque said. "It's a wave and a 'thank you' and a couple of emails from neighbors that say "I'll bring my grandkids by."'
David Bourque had set up the video system following an incident of minor violence last month. On the video, the person can be seen using a knife to slash at the base of a large globe decoration, causing it to immediately lose air and sag to the snow-covered ground. A car with its lights on can be seen passing by, just as the person begins running towards the decorations.
The 25-second video has appeared on some area media websites, Bourque said.
Police are investigating the vandalism, Derry police Capt. Vern Thomas said in an email Thursday.
Bourque said he has turned over a copy of the video to police and they have attempted to enhance the images. Bourque said the report was just filed on Wednesday so he wasn't "expecting much in two days."
Anyone with information on the incident is asked to call the Derry Police Department at 432-6111.
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Two Door Cinema Club, "Beacon" (Glassnote)
Two Door Cinema Club blasted onto the airwaves in 2010 with its debut "Tourist History." The group's wistful and perfectly constructed ditties about youth and love lodged them firmly in the indie set and spread optimism through the hearts of losers and geeks with a positive love song, "Something Good Can Work."
With its second album "Beacon," the Northern Ireland trio keeps that flame alive. The band continues its shoe-gazing style but with added twists. There's an electro spin on some of the tracks, showing the boys are capable of concocting more than guitar riffs, and they've gained more swagger since the release of their debut.
Precision is key with Two Door Cinema Club songs and they never miss a beat throughout "Beacon."
First single "Sleep Alone" pulsates with a steady drumbeat and is melancholic and full of yearning as Alex Trimble sings, "Hold me close/I've never been this far from home." And "Handshake" is interestingly punctuated with an electronic pulse throughout.
The record doesn't have as many standout songs as "Tourist History," but still sees the band heading in an interesting indie disco direction and shows they did not slip into the second-album doldrums.
CHECK THIS TRACK OUT: "Next Year" is cleverly constructed, giving vocals, electronics and guitar space to breathe, and is lyrically optimistic. "I'll be home for next year darling," they promise.


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It is a very rare occasion to meet Mother Nature, particularly when her name is Sara, she wears a long blond wig, and stands over six feet tall.
And, it is even rarer to meet the Queen Bee, who, is not a queen, but a shorter version of Sara with the name of Kara.
Yep. Sara and Kara. Mother Nature and the Queen Bee.
And where did I meet them? But, of course, at the Bloomfest! Get it?
This fun music and arts festival last Saturday honored actor/activist Joel Bloom - who many refer to as the "patron saint of the Arts District." I never met Joel - but from all who knew him, he was one hell of a guy.
Lots of people showed up to celebrate, eat from the food trucks, schmooze, ogle over the art, party hearty, and revel in the afternoon heat. No one counted on the cement truck crashing through a warehouse ramp, causing an art vendor traffic jam. That is a whole other story.
But before I go on, I will say the fireman who would not let me walk through the orange tape to see the upside down truck was NOT VERY NICE.
Back to how I met Mother Nature and the Queen Bee.
I was getting ready to leave the festival, and I saw them standing near the food trucks. They just caught my eye. Oh please, they caught everyone's eye. So, being the shy retiring type, I walked up to them and introduced myself. Thus, a conversation ensued.
Seems these two roommates, who live in West Hollywood, with a trunk full of costumes - which they pull out for various LA occasions that catch their fancy - love to dance, and...roll the drums...both are aspiring comedians.
Who would have guessed?
Well, anyway, I got into a conversation with Sara. I told her that I was the founder of Spirited Woman, a leading women's empowerment community, and she told me that most women comedians are not treated fairly. Men get all the pay. It's very hard to get bookings. Men are considered funnier. And on and on.
She was very serious and very intelligent about the whole subject. I wanted her to whisk out her magic wand and sprinkle fairy dust on herself. I guess she left those things in her trunk.
So today, in addition to honoring Joel for helping to make downtown DOWNTOWN, I am writing this post in honor of Sara.
Ninety years ago this week, (actually on August 18), women were given the right to vote. And Sara - I am sure women comedians will not have to wait another 90 years to achieve RESPECT. Just never let the dream go. AND BELIEVE.
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We're calling this project Participation Nation. It's a cooperative effort about cooperative efforts.
What this is not: It is not a "Feel Good" blog or an attempt at "Good News," but a straightforward look at Americans in action.
What this is: It's a sincere story. With no arch, unless you count the one in St. Louis. No hate, but we welcome tales from Haight-Ashbury. And no malice, but maybe a little Dallas. It's a story of many parts all sewn together in a single saga, like a multi-square quilt. A sort of we pluribus unum.
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Now, once MORNING EDITION gets our drone up and working, we'll send it out looking for inspiration, because NPR's launched an online project called Participation Nation. We're looking for stories of people in your community who are doing good.
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BASAIL JOHNSON: Yeah, definitely.
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CHABELI ARROJO: My mentor is, like, the best.
SCOTT BIXBY: My friend, Brent Miller.
LAURYN SCOTT: I'm just helping her because she's my best friend, but it's her idea. It's her money, her vision, everything.
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ARROJO: She helped me get jobs. She takes me to see colleges. She educates me. Like, we meet up every Thursday.
MARJORIE CAVALIER: I'm from Middletown, New Jersey, and Bon Jovi has a restaurant there. And if you can't afford to pay, you can sit down for a really nice dinner and volunteer your time. It's a wonderful thing.
KENYA JENKINS: His name is Pastor Frankey Grayton. He's really great, and he's changed a lot of people's lives.
JENNIFER SPENSIERI: In Flagstaff Arizona, we have two teachers who take students down to the border, to share that experience and meet migrants who are coming and help drop off water.
LOREN KELLEY: My tennis coach, Eric Seymour, he gets kids from off the street to, like, play tennis for free.
SCOTT: We're doing, like, a back-to-school barbecue, raising money for school supplies.
GAYLA DIRKS: We have too many to list.
DIRKS: That's right. We, yeah, there are a lot.
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The funeral for Andrea Rebello on Wednesday included a ceremony known as the four candles, and for the lighting of the third candle, Rebello's friends were summoned to take part.
So 40 or more young women, all dressed in black, climbed the altar steps at St. Teresa of Avila Church in Sleepy Hollow, a sight that prompted tears in many of the hundreds of other mourners.
Rebello, 21, a Hofstra University student, was accidentally shot on Friday by police responding to a Long Island home invasion. The intruder was also killed.
The Rev. Osvaldo Franklin, the main celebrant of the funeral Mass, said everyone in the church was wondering why Andrea was killed "in the flower of her youth."
"Only the word of God ... can help us in this time of pain," Franklin said. "Andrea is an angel in heaven, praying for us."
Franklin also noted that Rebello, in her high school yearbook, had quoted reggae legend Bob Marley as saying, "Love the life you live, live the life you love."
The priest gave his sermon in Portuguese as well as English. Rebello had expressed pride in her Portuguese heritage.
Half a dozen of Rebello's sorority sisters from Hofstra spoke about her, some of them choking back tears. They described her as fearless and strong and remembered her as a fan of bike riding, tree climbing and going out to eat on Friday nights.
Many of the 350 or so mourners wore white ribbons on their dark funeral clothes.
At Rebello's wake on Tuesday night, some friends wondered if the shooting could have been prevented and said police should have waited for backup. Earlier, her godfather said there should have been negotiations before shots were fired.
Nassau County police have said one of the two officers who entered the home found the intruder holding Rebello in a headlock and threatening to kill her. The officer fired when the intruder, 30-year-old Dalton Smith, pointed a gun at him, police said. Smith was hit seven times, Rebello once.
James Carver, president of the Nassau County Patrolman's Benevolent Association, said Smith was the only person responsible for Rebello's death.
During the candle ceremony at Wednesday's funeral, Rebello's godparents lit a candle symbolizing grief, an aunt and uncle lit one symbolizing courage, the friends lit one symbolizing memory and her twin sister, Jessica, who was in the Long Island house where Rebello was killed, lit one for love.


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Skip to comments.One man's journey: DMCs link to the 1980 Abscam case
Posted on 03/24/2010 3:35:58 PM PDT by Interesting Times
Del Mar College proved to be an unlikely starting and ending point for an investigation by a citizen investigator and activist that resulted in the downfall of one of the most influential members of the US Congress.
In the early 1980s, Congressman John Murtha and fellow house members were accused of participating in a scam, known as the infamous Abscam affair, a sting operation conducted by the FBI in which two FBI agents posed as advisors to a mysterious sheik named Abdul who was supposedly seeking asylum in the US.
The agents said the sheik was willing to pay large sums of money to legislators who would facilitate the sheiks asylum. The sting proved to be not very difficult to pull off and the FBI caught four legislators, including Murtha.
Murtha was granted immunity and testified against the other members and then moved on to continue his career during which he vied for the position of House Majority Leader in 2006.
However, that goal was blocked by a man who saw the unethical road Murtha took and reminded the American people why this senator should not be in charge of anyone or anything.
The man, former DMC student Ron Kolb, undertook an investigation in which he hunted down a copy of the full tape of the sting meetings from a reliable source and made it public. The tapes appearance weighed down Murthas campaign to the point that he lost in a landslide to his opponent.
Just how did a man with limited connections bring down a corrupt politician? His journey began simply at the DMC Library on Infoweb where Kolb researched information on Murtha as the 2006 election was taking place.
Kolb uncovered the full tape by contacting two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Bob Greene who put Kolb in touch with Throat, an investigator from the 1980 Abscam case. Throat gave Kolb the full tape of the original FBI recordings of the negotiations with corrupt senators and the fictional sheik and his advisors.
This task was not an easy one. It took Kolb six weeks to track Throat down to get the tape. Kolb contacted many of the representatives and former judges and prosecutors from the case to track the source down.
As soon as he received the evidence, Kolb said he forwarded the tape to American Spectator magazine and the Fox News Channel; most of the mainstream media did not pick up on the story right away, Kolb said.
It wasnt until House Speaker Nancy Pelosi endorsed Murtha for House Majority Leader that heavy coverage by the mainstream media began, which ultimately led to Murthas demise.
When the story of Murthas defeat hit the news, Kolb was in disbelief that the story would have this level of impact. Nevertheless, Kolb said he felt that justice had been served and that this was not a personal agenda.
When Murtha died, Kolb said, I have sympathy that he died, but I do not feel sympathy for how he lived. The tape got people focused on his ethical history and Del Mar played a crucial role in this situation.
In an example of citizen investigation and activism, Kolb, a man with no formal journalism or investigative training and no political ties, said he simply had the patience and the determination to see this through to the end. The little things matter, and it is important not to give up, he said.
Kolbs investigative journey ended when he returned to DMC last month to speak to those attending the screening of Charlie Wilsons War at the Library Film Series.
He discussed how, in the process of exposing the tape and Murthas actions, he also contacted Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson, the main character in the movie, about the tape and Murthas corrupt activities.
Kolb noted the discrepancies between the film and the actual events (the Hollywood treatment) for audience members and recounted his experience with the Abscam tape and Murthas eventual downfall.
This is the first time Ron's remarkable research into Murtha's role in ABSCAM has been publicly recognized. Without his work, I have little doubt that John Murtha would have become House Majority Leader.
A "now it can be told" ping...
I think Kolb did America a huge service and hope there is another Abscam soon.
Maybe he can even find Barry's Long Form Birth Certificate, Travel Records, etc.
Thank you Ron Kolb.....as Hannity says:
You're a great American!
That's it - thanks for posting the link.
Great stuff Scott!
I forwarded/linked this thread to the unsinkable Bud Garner - WWII Navy Vet, author, journalist, historian - and many others
Bud will enjoy it.
It's a heck of a story. Thanks for passing it along.
Wow potlatch!
My old "banner" .gifs too
I crammed a lot of wild stuff in the NYT one!
As one big corporation has now picked up the Sarah Palin comment now in it's TV and radio ads:
"You betcha!"
Yeah, it's one banner after another except for the red Kerry one. Old stuff that I find and save!!
[You betcha!]
Funny huh? A phrase probably all of us have used in our lives, and she said it and it caught on!
That was a phase I went through
Some of the FX were sorta mind-bending
I am not sure how I did many of those
I kept notebooks of every step, parameter, animated graghic, text, style, color, size I used
Impossible to duplicate now from scratch
GIFworks website - for one - appears to be gone - You mentioned that recently
Eight gifs on that top one and no jumping or weird stuff.
Too bad about GifWorks if you can't get to it now.
All the Murtha, Kerry and Kennedy graphics we made and not much use for them now.
We sure created a ton of them
The DNC has us on their hit list
[The DNC has us on their hit list]
Lol, not you! You said you run 'under the ?' - radar?
As I read though this, it makes a person wonder how much more is out there that no one has unearthed. Thanks for the information Scott.
Massa was best buds with Murtha. Now he's "out" so to speak, where and what is he doing. He had to have some connection to this scam. He may have still been in the Navy, though.
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The new apps look and behave much like the native apps you find on Windows and OS X. They're built using web technologies, but also with Chrome-specific code that means they won't be able to run on other web browsers - they're truly Chrome apps. They can exist outside of your browser window as distinct apps, work offline, and sync across devices and operating systems. They can also access your computer's GPU, storage, camera, ports, and Bluetooth connection. Chrome Apps are, for now, only available through Chrome on Windows or Chrome OS on a Chromebook. Mac users will have to wait another six weeks before their version of Chrome will be updated.
This is very important for Chrome OS - since this means it can now have applications outside of the browser. Google's plans for Chrome OS suddenly became a whole lot clearer.
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Really? Just did a new install and just FYI not one, not two, but THREE pieces of software, none of which were from Google BTW, came with Chrome checked to install AND take the default browser which most normal folks don't even know how to undo!
Feel free to download a couple and see for yourself, just be sure to uninstall Chrome first as if it detects Chrome it won't give you the install in some cases...CCleaner, DeFraggler,Foxit Reader. And again this is the FIRST INSTALLS and less than 7 programs in I've had no less than 3 attempts by Google to spam me with Chrome!
So you can wave your Google fanboy flag as high as you want, if it walks like a spammer, talks like a spammer, and more importantly installs itself with unrelated software and takes default just like a spammer? Well it ain't hard to figure out what it is now is it?


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Welcome to the Virus Encyclopedia of Panda Security.
Windows 2003/XP/2000/NT/ME/98/95
Raven.A is a backdoor that allows hackers to gain remote access to the affected computer in order to carry out actions that compromise user confidentiality and impede the tasks performed on the computer.
It captures certain information entered or saved by the user, with the corresponding threat to privacy:
passwords saved by certain Windows services.
It sends the gathered information to a remote user by any available means: email, FTP, etc.
It reduces the security level of the computer:
it opens one or more ports to allow remote access to the computer and takes action that compromises user confidentiality.
It uses stealth techniques to avoid being detected by the user:
Raven.A does not spread automatically using its own means. It needs an attacking user's intervention in order to reach the affected computer. The means of transmission used include, among others, floppy disks, CD-ROMs, email messages with attached files, Internet downloads, FTP, IRC channels, peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing networks, etc.


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Tag Archives: a checking account
Banks Not Using Chexsystems
Banks That Don't Use Chexsystems
When you apply for a new bank account, some banks will also check your credit report. The credit check itself isn't usually the reason you were denied a checking account. Banks tend to deny you a bank account if you've bounced checks or had a negative balance with a previous checking account. View a list of banks in every state that don't use chexsystems or check your credit.
To prevent terrorism and fraud, all banks are required by law to verify your identity in the form of a "soft pull" of your credit report. This means they only access your credit report to check that your name and address match up with your social security number. This is how the bank obtains the information that makes up the random identity confirmation questions during the process of applying for a bank account. A soft pull of your credit report won't lower your credit score. The bank won't see detailed information about late payments or bills in collection.
Banks requiring that your checking account is enrolled in overdraft protection in the form of a bank line of credit, will require that you don't have bad credit. The bank will conduct a "hard pull" of your credit report, meaning that the credit check itself will lower your credit score by 2 points. Our list of recommended banks do not use Chexsystems or check your credit history.o Credit Check Bank Online
Typically if you're on Chexsystems, the only way to cash a check is at a currency exchange or check cashing facility that charges you a fee. The greater the amount of your check, the higher the fee. Chex Systems and Telecheck are employed to identify bank account applicants who have a history of overdrawn checking accounts and bounced checks. No Credit Check Bank Accounts
Open a New Checking Account Online
no credit check
Some banks specifically offer Second Chance Checking Accounts which means they'll open an account for you even if you're on Chexsystems as long as any money owed has already been paid. Some banks have alternative names for these banking programs like "Opportunity Checking" or "Fresh Start Checking". Banks offering these programs will let you open a checking account after taking a class on balancing your checking account so you do not bounce any more checks. To qualify for one of these special banking programs, the bank normally requires that you apply in person. checks systems banks. Banks that do not use teletrack or chexsystems.. SECOND CHANCE BANK ONLINE. open a bank account online with no credit check. National banks that let you open a checking account on chexsystems.
If you don't have the money available to pay off your old, overdrawn bank accounts, even banks specifically offering second chance checking might not let you open a bank account. Your Chex system record stays on file for 5 years unless the information Chexsystem's has is inaccurate and you file a dispute. Even if you pay off your old bank account, you still have to make sure the bank sends a letter to Chexsystems requesting the removal of any negative information.Open a bank account. No Chexsystems. No Credit Check.No Chexsystems banks. How do I get a checking account if i am on chexsystems?
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With just one year of crime statistics from the city's private student housing complexes, it was hard for the members of the mayor's Student Housing Task Force to draw any definitive trends or analysis. But the group was urged on Wednesday to begin drawing some conclusions and making some recommendations by one of its members, a notion supported by city staff officials.
With just one year of crime statistics from the city's private student housing complexes, it was hard for the members of the mayor's Student Housing Task Force to draw any definitive trends or analysis.
But the group was urged on Wednesday to begin drawing some conclusions and making some recommendations by one of its members, a notion supported by city staff officials.
Task force member Robert Reynolds, one of two representatives from the city's Planning and Zoning Commission, said that it was his understanding that Mayor Walt Maddox was ready to start seeing some results.
Among them, Reynolds said, was the idea that no rezoning request to accommodate large student complexes would be approved except those within a designated area near the University of Alabama campus.
With just three more scheduled meetings — the task force has been meeting every other Wednesday since Sept. 4 — time is running out on debating any recommendations that would be sent to the mayor and City Council.
"I think (Mayor Walt Maddox) would love it if you had some advice to give sooner rather than later," said John McConnell, director of the city's Planning and Development Services.
Regarding the crime statistics, task force member Robert Parsons took on the duty of assembling the data provided by Tuscaloosa Police Chief Steve Anderson last month and showed statistics that indicated some complexes had a bigger problem with serious crimes than others.
The crime data from 2012 focused on nine apartment complexes across Tuscaloosa: Court Woods, Rivermont, Bent Tree, Boardwalk at Brittain Landing, Campus Way, Crimson Student Living, the Retreat at Lake Tamaha, The Woodlands of Tuscaloosa and The Reserve at North River.
Parsons said the police chief listed several crimes in the "serious incidents" category. These included burglaries, discharging firearms or any incident involving a firearm, drugs, homicides, robberies, sexual assaults such as rape and thefts involving vehicles.
"Honestly, there's nothing compelling," Parsons said of the statistics.
However, during the task force's crime subcommittee question-and-answer session with the chief, a meeting that was not open to the public, Parsons said that Anderson provided more insight than the numbers revealed.
Collecting students into large student complexes made them targets for crime, while encouraging herd-like behavior and allowing students to engage in activities they may not otherwise take part in, Parsons said.
Additionally, crimes rates are lower at complexes with a security gate or security guard on-site and higher at complexes in more isolated areas, Parsons said.
Also, crime rates have steadily increased in older student housing complexes as new ones open up. As students move to the newer complexes, they are replaced with non-students, such as those seeking housing through the Tuscaloosa Housing Authority — an issue that spiked in the wake of the April 27, 2011, tornado, Parsons said.
The chief encouraged the use of surveillance cameras and on-premise security services as critical elements in deterring criminal activity, Parsons said.
The group also heard from task force member Julie Elmore, the assistant director of off-campus and Greek housing at the University of Alabama, and Madalyn Vaughn, who was added to the task force to represent the UA student community, on data they collected from surveys and focus groups with students about what they look for in off-campus student complexes.
Freshmen and upperclassmen alike consider price and proximity to campus when choosing a place to live, but it is the sophomores and juniors that put a higher emphasis on the amenities offered by these complexes — pools, recreational areas, the like — more than the older students.
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Who Won Dancing with the Stars?
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It's the end of another long, hard-fought season of Dancing with the Stars. Who took home the (special anniversary Golden) Mirrorball trophy? In true Dancing with the Stars finale fashion, we'll have to sit through two hours of mostly fluff to find o… Read more


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Google, Facebook And Twitter Ordered To Delete Photos By UK Law Enforcement
from the the-internet-police dept
It appears that at least Twitter has pushed back a little bit, pointing out that it will take down images if the law requires it upon notification, but that it cannot and will not monitor every one of its users to prevent them from posting the image:
Sinead McSweeney, Twitter's director of public policy in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, said she did not wish to be drawn into commenting on individual accounts.You can argue that it's unfair for Venables, under his new identity, to be connected back to what he actually did, though I'm not sure I buy that argument. But, it's taking it to a whole different level to then seek to prosecute people for merely posting a photo to their social network feed. They then take it to an entirely ridiculous level to order that third party service providers actively police and censor this particular photo. And, of course, all this is doing is calling much, much, much, much more attention to the photo. A lot more people are now seeing the photo than would have if people had just ignored the original postings.
She added: "We work with law enforcement here in the UK. We have established points of contact with law enforcement in the UK where they communicate with us about content, they bring content to our attention that is illegal, and appropriate steps are taken by the company. You may read into those words what you wish in context of the current [issue]."
McSweeney, who appeared alongside officials from Google and Facebook, said Twitter could not be expected to proactively monitor what is published on its social network across the globe each day. She added: "It's important that people increasingly understand that online is no different to offline: what is illegal offline is illegal online."


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State of the Seattle Seahawks. Brett B our man with his pulse on the Seahawks football beat is back with another edition of the Notebook. The December 22nd, 2011 edition. This week the Seahawks face their NFC West rivals the San Francisco 49ers. The big question on the minds of Seahawks nation this week is can Marshawn Lynch, Justin Forsett, Leon Washington or Michael Robinson score a TD vs. the vaunted 49ers run defense.
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Reviewed By Robert J (Tracy, CA) Reviewed for a 2008 Volvo C70 —10/10/2013 10:51 AM
We originally ordered the wrong type and with one quick call they were easily returned and replaced at no cost to us. We spend a lot of time at the lake so it was important to have something that would work with both wet and dirt. These are awesome, now my husband doesn't have to worry about drying his feet after loading the jet skis.


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NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - Al Qaeda-linked Islamists claimed to have seized 41 hostages, including seven Americans, in a raid on a gas field plant in southern Algeria, two Mauritania-based news agencies reported.
The Islamists said that the attacks were in retaliation for Algeria allowing France to use its air space to carry out bombing raids in Mali, according to ANI and Sahara Media, the agencies who said they had spoken to the Islamists.
(Reporting by Laurent Prieur and John Irish; Writing by David Lewis; editing by Daniel Flynn)


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Confederate States of America, The (UK - DVD R2)
Reviewer Scott McKenzie doesn't pledge allegiance to the Confederate States...
Imagine a world where the South won the American Civil War and slavery was never abolished. Abraham Lincoln was arrested and exiled to Canada, where a large number of black Americans attempted to flee to freedom and equal treatment. As a result, Hitler shared a positive relationship with the CSA, who remained neutral during the Second World War and instead launched a war against Japan.
Then imagine a world where products like Darky toothpaste ( It's Jiggaboo bright!) and Cotton Coon Inn restaurant are advertised on television. As a matter of fact, that last statement reflects the reality of the USA, not the fictional CSA. The fact that these products have been sold in the recent history of the USA is hammered home and the film attempts to draw parallels between the alternative reality and our own.
Produced by Spike Lee, CSA takes the form of a documentary that has been produced by a British production company and is preceded with a warning that it may not be appropriate for children or servants. It charts the history of the CSA from the civil war, the rise of an American family that rules the confederacy like a monarchy and their eventual downfall, through to the contemporary 'reality' where families of slaves are sold on QVC-style shopping networks.
The documentary style used is mostly effective, combining genuine archive footage, original paintings and footage with fake interviews with important members of this fictional society. However, the low budget of the production is occasionally apparent when rather cheap-looking CG and illustrations are used during the 'commercial breaks'. This can serve the film well though, because the production values on the adverts are very similar to the genuinely low quality commercials for local companies you can find on American television.
I would have liked the filmmakers to focus on more than just the slavery aspect of the CSA. Of course slavery is a major factor, but racism is just about the only theme that is addressed in the whole eighty-nine minutes of the production. According to the DVD cover CSA will appeal to fans of Chris Morris' Brass Eye, but in my opinion this is nowhere near as accomplished. Whereas Brass Eye was, first and foremost, a comedy show and focused on political commentary as a secondary priority, CSA doesn't quite seem to know whether it wants to entertain or inform and suffers as a result of this Jekyll and Hyde syndrome.
Brass Eye was also an efficient show, making its point and leaving the viewer to think within thirty minutes. CSA lays on its anti-racism stance far too thick and would have benefited from significant cuts. Made up of interviews and TV footage, there is nothing cinematic to see here so the ideal environment to watch it is on the television at home but for me, it's about thirty minutes too long to watch on DVD and if it were to be shown on television it would be pushing two hours in length with commercials. Even then, I imagine the chances of this being shown on commercial television are slim because no advertisers would want their commercials to be mistaken as part of the film!
The video quality of CSA reflects the general quality you would expect from network television. The filmmakers attempt to give the original archive footage the same look and feel as the authentic footage, something they achieve fairly well but some clips of fake classic movies look considerably cleaner than they should. The cinematography is uninspiring, as is the overall video quality: it does the job but there is nothing here to shout about.
The dialogue and music in the fake movie clips is more convincing than the video quality and more accurately reflects the filmmakers' intentions. The film itself features a lot of different types of music, which are presented well in a clean track. However, the DVD cover stated that there were three audio tracks available—Dolby 2.0 Stereo, Dolby 5.1 and DTS—but the DVD menu did not provide the option for choosing between the tracks. I can only assume this will be addressed on the official release and was just a problem with the screener I received. The audio track I listened to was probably the 2.0 Stereo feed as I could not detect any use of directional sound to bring out the most of the viewing experience.
There are two commentary tracks: the first with the producer and director discussing the making of the film; the second with the director on his own discussing the choices made in the production from a historical perspective. Depending on your mood, either track will be of interest although they are significantly different in tone. The first track is more laid back, with the director and producer sharing light-hearted banter and anecdotes. Director Kevin Willmott has a powerful voice and he is obviously passionate about the subject of slavery so the second track feels more like a lecture from a film or history scholar. He comments on the impact and significance of putting slavery in a contemporary setting and imparts a lot of valuable information, although the track is more intense and right-on.
Eleven deleted and/or extended scenes are included, mostly more racist commercials that didn't make the final cut. I would have preferred the main feature to have been cut down more, and then the DVD could have provided more supplementary footage for fans rather than cramming pretty much everything into a film that feels too long. The notes provided with the DVD stated that in addition to the extras above, a 'Making of' featurette, a trailer and notes by the author of the Spike Lee biography would be included but they were not included on the version I received.
I'm a fan of 'fake' documentaries and I was hoping CSA would be a decent companion piece to Death of a President, which I recently reviewed. Unfortunately, I found it harder going than it should have been due to the uneasy tone and over-use of the N-word. The CSA is a racist place. I get the point. The DVD itself is adequately presented and, if the additional features promised by Tartan are included in the final product, will provide a decent set for those who want to find out more.
Review by Scott McKenzie
Edgeworth Member Join Date: July 2004 Location: United States Posts: 256
This is still my pick for the worst movie of the year. Trash.
Gabe Powers Editor Join Date: September 2004 Location: United States Posts: 4,715
It just didn't look like the kind of thing that could sustain a film's runtime to me. Maybe a 10 minute skit.
David Blackwell Senior Member Join Date: February 2004 Location: United States Posts: 2,824
So I take it is a wasted chance. A shame. Maybe I will check it out sooner or later.
Suitable only for persons of 12 years and over
Disc Details
Release Date: 13th November 2006
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, dual layer
RCE: No
Video: PAL
Aspect: 1.33:1 Full Frame
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Digital DTS
Subtitles: English
Extras: Producer and Director Commentary, Director Commentary, Deleted And Extended Scenes
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Kevin Willmott
Cast: Greg Kirsch, Renee Patrick, Molly Graham, William Willmott, Rupert Pate
Genre: Documentary
Length: 89 minutes
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5 Simple Styling Lessons From Kate Bosworth To Try Now
From a totally boho-chic jacket to a simple and sweet dress, click through to learn how to wear your clothes as stylishly as Kate Bosworth. Also be sure to shop our favourite picks, inspired by the always-chic blonde.
Disclaimer: We cannot guarantee these styling tips will land you a man as dreamy as Michael Polish, but it might…
Lesson One: Break up a denim-on-denim look with a printed t-shirt for a comfortable and casual look.
On Bosworth: Karen Walker Sunglasses, 3x1 High Rise Channel Seam Skinny Jeans ($235) in Wash No. 3, and Burberry Prorsum heart-printed bag from the F/W 13 Collection.
Lesson Two: Add a little borrowed-from-the-boys attitude to your boho-chic look by pairing a cool suede jacket with shiny oxfords.
On Bosworth: Topshop Waterfall Sheepskin Coat ($995) in Tan
Lesson Three: Play up your sweeter side by styling a printed silky dress with a slouchy cardigan for a girly and easy-going look.
On Bosworth: Vanessa Bruno sweater, Mulberry dress, and Chloe Baylee Medium Shoulder Bag ($2050, available in Large here) in Brown
Lesson Four: Toughen up a daytime look with an oversized leather coat; it's an instant outfit upgrade, we promise.
On Bosworth: Topshop The Collection Leather Coat ($390) and Sweater ($250) in Cream and Burberry Prorsum heart-printed bag from the F/W 13 Collection.


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Free bus rides from campus for UH Mānoa students going to Tulane gameUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Posted: Nov 23, 2011
All UH Mānoa students with a validated UHM identification card are eligible for admission to UH football and women's volleyball home games, subject to availability of seats – and free bus transportation is also available for this Saturday's game at Aloha Stadium against the Tulane Green Wave.
Starting this season, a limited amount of reserved seats for students are available for football games. For additional details on how to obtain these seats as well as admission to the general student section, visit: http://www.hawaiiathletics.com/sports/2010/12/7/GEN_1207100846.aspx.
For the Tulane game, buses will depart from Dole Street in front of Frear Hall and Gateway House promptly at 3 p.m., with the last bus departing at 3:15 p.m. All buses will return to campus 30 minutes after the conclusion of the game. Seat availability will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
Students may enter Aloha Stadium through Gates 1, 7, and 8 and Stan Sheriff Center through Gate A.


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Veep's Reid Scott Joins The Intern
Starring Robert De Niro and Anne Hathaway.
Reid Scott, who plays foul-mouthed deputy director of communications Dan Egan on Veep, has joined the cast of Nancy Meyers's The Intern. The comedy stars Robert De Niro as a senior citizen who joins the intern program at a popular fashion website helmed by Anne Hathaway's character. According to The Wrap, Scott plays a "smooth-talking, cocky young businessman that Hathaway sees as a possible CEO for her company." So pretty much the exact same character as Dan, only with better tailoring?


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No, hell has not frozen over, and yes, that is Snooki aka Nicole Polizzi gracing the latest cover of Rolling Stone magazine solo.
"Snooki's Wild Ride – America's #1 Party Girl" reads the cover of Rolling Stone under a photo of the Jersey Shore star on a rocket, and no, the rocket doesn't take her out of space or to an alternate planet to never be heard from again.
The mag showcases the 23-year-old New York native's fame ride from being a former veterinary assistant into a reality TV superstar with a best-selling book, a $20,000 personal appearance fee, a line of jewelry and a spin-off TV show in the works. And while the fourth season of the mega hit show is scheduled to film in Italy during Spring, Snooki reveals she is well aware her MTV days are numbered, and has devised a plan to extend her 15 minutes of fame.
Snooki On Plans After Jersey Shore – "When Jersey Shore ends I'm going to do more spinoffs," Snooki tells the mag. "If MTV doesn't want them, another network will be, like, 'What does Snooki do now?' or 'Snooki's getting married!' What I'd like is to turn out like Jessica Simpson, with her whole brand. She makes millions. I'm trying to build an empire, because after this I can't get a normal job. I mean, how do I go and sit behind a desk?"
Snooki On Being Tired of How She's Perceived – "If I do something stupid, which is pretty much the whole time, I hate it. Obviously, they're only going to put the good stuff in, and the good stuff is us drunk, so all I'm seeing is me drunk and falling down," she explains. "That's how I am when I party. But some of the stuff I do is, like, 'Really, Nicole?' I look like a freakin' alcoholic. I'm like, 'You're sweating, your makeup is running, you look gross.' I just look like sh*t."
Snooki On Jersey Shore Being Like A Prison – "It messes with your head. That's why we go crazy. That's why we fight with each other. That's why we drink," Snooki tells Rolling Stone. "We're living in a house for two months with that sh*t. We can't have cellphones, TV, radio or the Internet. If the president died, we'd have no idea. There's no normalcy. It's just like prison, with cameras."
Below are some more images from Snooki's Rolling Stone article, including a childhood photo and photos of Snooki as a cheerleader in High School.
Moving on to tonight's all new episode of the Jersey Shore. On the 10th episode this season, Sammi's return to the house leaves Ronnie at a loss for words. Meanwhile, Snooki's feelings for Vinny grow, and Mike hooks up with a girl who seems to have a strange odor.