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Company to improve visibility of Deerfield Valley
DOVER -- A local marketing company has been busy figuring out ways to bring more visitors to the Deerfield Valley.
"Visibility is the primary goal of the company," said Phil Gilpin, owner of Green Mountain Vermont Marketing Group. "In the next year, more people will start recognizing Green Mountain Vermont."
Gilpin has been busy buying advertising in the Boston area, which includes everything except television commercials. He is now exploring advertising options in New York. The idea is to compete with the other areas of Vermont that may have more marketing.
"It's more bringing eyeballs to southern Vermont, instead of places like Jay Peak or Stowe."
The company will be a year old on Jan. 1. It started as a way to promote the natural beauty and culture of the valley.
Gilpin's family bought the West Dover Inn eight years ago and he came to town two years ago to help them.
"I never would have found these things if I hadn't been living here day in and day out. I wondered, 'How do you expose the awesomeness of this valley to the outside world so they know to come here?'"
Gilpin attended a Selectboard meeting early in November requesting funds from the town for the Green Mountain Adventure Challenge, which was done last year for the first time. It starts in April and ends in May.
Last year, the event brought 300 to 400 people to the valley, with no advertising. Tourists come up, stay at the local inns and go searching for treasure in a scavenger hunt that stretches across the whole valley.
"There's only two purposes for the event. One, it is a fun activity to do in the summer. Two, it attracts a young, outdoor, athletic, next-generation audience to the valley."
The Selectboard approved giving the marketing group $10,000 towards advertising the Adventure Challenge, which doesn't mean the town is sponsoring the whole event. But, the town is supporting it, as it brings new people into the valley, promoting economic development.
Gilpin told the Reformer that the website, greenmountainvermont.com, is the main driver of his company, which incorporates three sites in one. It includes Amazon, Google and Living Social.
The site has gotten close to 80,000 visits since it launched in March.
"There's really not an online resource for activities that don't include the mountain," he said, referring to Mount Snow.
Gilpin focuses the efforts of his brand on a local level, which is mostly in support of Dover and Wilmington. He wants the Green Mountain Vermont logo to represent the information center he's been working on building for the area.
A goal of Green Mountain Vermont is to point out spots in Deerfield Valley where people can go to hike and fish as well as have romantic dinners or celebrate weddings. The website catalogs places where people may find all different types of activities.
A digital library is being created that will not only offer maps of places to hike, but videos of hikers and the trails in the valley. There will also be videos of snowmobiling, skiing and snowboarding coming soon.
Gilpin is about half way through cataloging everything.
"By this time next year, we should have the full catalog done."
The site also has an online store where visitors can purchase coffee mugs and other merchandise that supports the valley. This is the Amazon component, which also includes a way to buy dining and lodging deals as well as shop at local jewelry and clothing stores without having to go out or be in the valley.
"It's so that the local stores don't have to go through expenses of opening their own online store."
The Living Social element of Gilpin's website offers deals, but mostly works as a promotional tool for Green Mountain Vermont. Last year, Living Social worked with the marketing group to promote the Adventure Challenge.
Businesses can be included on the Green Mountain Vermont website for free. There are no upfront costs for them.
Gilpin concerns himself with advertising the brand, instead of individual businesses.
"With me advertising the brand, it's only benefiting the people in the valley."
Another prospective goal for Gilpin is to bring a film festival that originated in Los Angeles over to Vermont and the Deerfield Valley.
"I talked to the creators and they said they wanted an East Coast location. I said, 'Let's bring it here.' That's another exciting event that's hopefully going to come here."
Gilpin is hoping that the Adventure Challenge will "explode this summer."
Sometime next year, if all goes well, Green Mountain Vermont will be looking to start something in the Brattleboro area.
"We have plans to expand to other tourist areas."
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text: Re: New Star Trek Fan Film We're actually going to keep the carport ceiling, and keep it bright white to help with the overhead lighting. But the gap between the console and the ceiling will be filled with the vented sheathing material used in home construction under the overhangs. It's cheap, it's lightweight and durable, and it'll look like an air conditioning/ventilation system. Yesterday I met with a fan who's interested in redoing our graphics so that they'll be on acrylic rather than the paper/vinyl appliques. We'll see how that progresses. Didn't get much done construction-wise, but did get the Communications station covered with the service board that we use for panels. After the meeting, Linda and I had to go judge the local Hooters bikini contest. (LOL!!!) Seriously, but don't ask. Today, we created the structural cross-slats on both Security and Tactical, and after a bowl of Lucky Charms, I'm heading back outside to cover them with the service board. That'll leave us both turbolifts, the "backdoor" to the Captain's ready room, heads and docking port, as well as the mainviewer in terms of framing and construction.

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Obito wants that eye back, Kakashi! Kakashi is so going to die.
Obito stating his goals and what he wants right to Kakashi, Naruto and Yamato. Now we all thought it was the Gedou or the Moon or something, but no, he wants that eye back and he gonna get it.
Kishi has been leading us to this for a minute!
How epic is it going to be when Obito gets that eye back? Ultimate Madara defeating jutsu!?!


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D-backs organization preview, Top 20 Prospects
By Jonathan Mayo / MLB.com
The Arizona Diamondbacks have reason to be excited about their farm system because they have future No. 1 starter Trevor Bauer making a quick path to the big leagues.
Or maybe it's because they have future No. 1 starter Archie Bradley just starting out his pro career.
Come to think of it, it could be because Tyler Skaggs is a future No. 1 who will be ready to knock on the door soon.
Organizations usually feel fortunate to have one top-of-the-rotation guy coming through the system. The D-backs, thanks to the Draft and a trade, have a trio to develop.
"It would be very difficult to put those guys in any kind of order at this point," D-backs farm director Mike Bell said. "They all have a legitimate shot to be No. 1 or No. 2 starters. I don't feel like that's a stretch."
Each is in a different point in his development right now. Skaggs is the one with the most professional time under his belt. The lefty who came over in the Dan Haren trade has seen his stock rise as his stuff has gotten better and he's dominated across several levels. Bauer is newer to the pro game, but he showed flashes of what he can do, competing well in Double-A in his first summer after signing. He could see Arizona this season, with Skaggs not too far behind. Bradley might be a high schooler who has yet to throw an official professional pitch, but even though he's further away than the other two, don't be shocked if he moves faster than expected. He stood out during his time in instructional league play.
"All those guys, to have three of them, it's a good position to be in," Bell said. "They're all hard workers, too. They're all mature kids. They want to be great. They understand it will take a lot of work."
The scary thing is that there's more than just those three on the mound in this system. The Double-A rotation in Mobile that won a Southern League title in 2011 had five legitimate prospects in it at one point. Charles Brewer and Patrick Corbin, the second lefty in the Haren deal, may only be mid-to-back rotation types, but they are future big leaguers. It speaks volumes of a system's depth that a top prospect like Jarrod Parker, who also pitched in Mobile, can be traded without it causing a huge impact.
Then add in David Holmberg lower in the system as well as 2011 draftees like Andrew Chafin and Anthony Meo and it is bordering on the ridiculous. For Bell and the D-backs, though, it's simply sublime.
"It's throughout the system," Bell said. "We're in pretty good shape."
Top 20 Prospects
The arms may get most of the attention, and rightfully so, but that doesn't mean there aren't any interesting bats in the system's Top 20 these days. And they're inching ever so closer to the big leagues.
Matt Davidson had a big year in the California League in 2011, then went home. Then the organization called and asked him to go to Mobile for the Double-A Southern League playoffs, where he promptly went 3-for-9 with a home run. Bobby Borchering also put up some big power numbers at Class A Advanced Visalia and reported early in Arizona to start working for the 2012 season. He and shortstop Chris Owings should hit Mobile soon.
A.J. Pollock shook off missing the entire 2010 season with a very solid campaign in Mobile in 2011. Adam Eaton, in his first full season, joined Pollock in that Double-A outfield. Both should have an impact in Arizona soon. So while the pitchers may be the strength of the system, it's looking like they should get ample run support at the highest level, too.
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|Trevor Bauer
|Tyler Skaggs
|Archie Bradley
|Chris Owings
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Chase Anderson, RHP: The D-backs drafted Anderson out of the University of Oklahoma in the ninth round of the 2009 Draft and his 2010 season made it look like a potential steal. But after posting a 3.32 ERA and 9.5 strikeouts-per-nine-innings rate (not to mention a 2.1 walks rate), he missed nearly all of the 2011 season with elbow trouble. He didn't need surgery and he's ready to go in 2012, featuring perhaps the best changeup in the system.
Marc Krauss, OF: Krauss was very much on the radar a year ago, coming in at No. 7 on the D-backs' preseason Top 10 prospects list after a big year in the California League. But the 2009 second-rounder didn't have a particularly noteworthy 2011 season in Double-A, making his stock drop a bit. A hard worker, Krauss came in early on his own to get extra work and he's ready to put 2011 behind him and climb back up the charts.
Hitter of the Year
Davidson will take his small sample of experience in the Southern League playoffs and show that his 2011 season was not a California League mirage, leading the system in RBIs and slugging percentage.
Pitcher of the Year
Tough choice, but making the assumption that Bauer spends a good amount of time in the big leagues and Bradley has a small amount of first-year bumps, Skaggs will lead the way. Unless he, too, ends up in Arizona, he could vie for the organizational pitching triple crown.
Jonathan Mayo is a reporter for MLB.com and writes a blog, B3. Follow @JonathanMayoB3 on Twitter. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Hyperinflationary episodes have appeared several times over the past century — 55, to be exact — as the world's nations have experimented with fiat currencies backed by the full faith and credit of the governments that issue them.
At times, that full faith and credit has been misplaced — and holders of unstable currencies have been caught empty-handed in countries all over the world.
Often, this is can be a recurring theme among developing nations like those in Latin America during the debt crisis that struck the region in the 1980s.
Even some of the largest economies in the world today, though — like China, Germany, and France — have suffered devastating hyperinflationary episodes.
A major historical precursor of hyperinflation is war that destroys the capital stock of an economy and dramatically reduces output — but the misplaced monetary and fiscal policies that ensue are almost always part of the story.
Economists Steve Hanke and Nicholas Krus compiled data on all 56 recorded hyperinflations in a 2012 study. We summarize 9 of the worst episodes here.


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Need stuff for older Thinkpads.
I can buy for low cash (am donating), or have 3.5 SATA 160 and 320 drives, lots of DDR2 1 GB DIMMS to trade. And mountains of other stuff, DVD burners etc.
Have to be at least 512, the machines have 2x 256 at present. Some 2100 DIMMs may work, prefer 2700. Looking for 40-80 GB 2.5 IDE as they only have 20's.
Thanks! Email is best.
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Let me see what I have at work tomorrow, I run a PC donation program at the school where I teach and I have a box of DDR SODIMMS but have a feeling they are 256's...but let me check.
Do you need any ultrabay drives? I think I still have a DVD drive or 2 sitting in a box.
WingMan, many thanks for the kindness but am OK on optical drives. I just feel XP on 512 MB is cruel and unusual punishment, want to get them up a bit, also would like to give them at least 40 GB. I actually got these donated for them, but when the specs became known am a bit embarrassed to give them 512 and 20.
hey i have a 30gb available. send me a pm if u can use it.
You might be surprised. I have some Pentium M T51's that were donated that have 512MB DDR, and they are what I would call pretty bearable running WinXP and MS Office. The trick is to not install all of the Thinkpad crap, as their software has a bunch of overhead.
Not sure what models you have, but I dismantled a couple of T60's that had bad motherboards or broken frames and saved the good parts. If you need any spares and that's the model you have, let me know. Parts might also fit the R60.
I have a Fujitsu 2.5 IDE/PATA drive. It's either 40Gb or 60Gb. Can't decipher the label.
Anyway I'd be happy to ship it out to you for free. Just send me your mailing address via PM or email.


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Mattingly believes Kemp can turn things around
By Manny Randhawa / MLB.com
CINCINNATI -- Despite Matt Kemp's recent offensive struggles, manager Don Mattingly still believes he will turn things around.
Kemp went 2-for-3 with a walk and an RBI in Thursday's 4-1 loss to the Reds. He is batting .254 with five home runs and 19 RBIs on the season. In his previous 19 games, he had been hitting .206 (13-for-63) with no homers and five RBIs. Though he had a good series in Colorado (5-for-9 with two triples and three RBIs), he struggled in the first three games in Cincinnati, going 1-for-8 with five strikeouts.
Kemp was ejected by home-plate umpire Seth Buckminster in the second inning of Wednesday's contest for arguing balls and strikes.
"We've seen flashes, right?" Mattingly said. "Colorado was pretty good. He was really good, actually, in Colorado. Certain times it's just matchups. You may hit a little stretch where the guy he's facing gets the ball to the part of the plate he's not handling, or certain pitches don't match up."
Mattingly said he doesn't think Kemp has regressed permanently into the type of hitter he's been at the plate recently, even with his injury history.
"I think Matt is better than .250," Mattingly said. "I think he's gonna hit. I just know the ability's there. I know it's there. It's been there before, it's there again. He's not at an age where you say, 'It's not there anymore.' There's a possibility that age has basically caught up, but he's still pretty much in a time where body-wise, reaction-wise, he's still young and he's done it before. He can do it again.
"I think he's been able to do the things, shoulder-wise, he's been able to do in the past. The ankle may affect speed or something, but I don't think that affects your actual ability to hit."
Hanley gets cortisone shot in ailing right shoulder
CINCINNATI -- Dodgers shortstop Hanley Ramirez, who wasn't in Thursday's lineup due to right shoulder soreness, received a cortisone injection in his shoulder before the game.
Manager Don Mattingly said before Thursday's 4-1 loss to the Reds that Ramirez, who was a late scratch for Wednesday's game but pinch-hit in the seventh, felt better Thursday.
"It's kind of encouraging," Mattingly said. "Obviously, he's not in the lineup, but it's encouraging that this is going to be a day or two days. The fact that he walked in this morning feeling better, with a little bit more movement, it was encouraging."
Mattingly: Replay is key for ump accountability
CINCINNATI -- Manager Don Mattingly said Thursday that he thinks keeping track of how many calls an umpire has had overturned upon replay review during the season is important for accountability.
In the sixth inning of the Dodgers' 6-1 win on Tuesday, Andre Ethier was initially called out on a ground ball to second that was knocked down by Brandon Phillips, before the second baseman picked up the ball and threw to first. Mattingly successfully challenged the call, which was overturned after review.
"I think we're all kind of accountable," Mattingly said. "I think when people judge, they're gonna see who missed the most calls or whatever. I think you do want the best guys. … It's important that we -- obviously, you want to get the best guys and you want to help them improve, so we're going to look at players and see how they're doing, and we're going to look at managers and coaches and how they're doing."
Worth noting
• A decision on whether to activate catcher A.J. Ellis, who has been on the disabled list since spraining his right ankle during the celebration for Josh Beckett's no-hitter on May 25, will be made Friday, according to Mattingly.
"I think everybody felt like, pretty much, he was ready today," Mattingly said Thursday. "So we wanted to make sure we gave him that extra day, and we'll make a decision tomorrow."
• The Dodgers signed two more of their First-Year Player Draft selections Thursday: 10th-round selection Colin Hering (OF, Coastal Carolina) and 16th-round pick Devan Ahart (OF, University of Akron). So far, the club has signed seven of its 40 Draft picks, including four of its top 10.
Manny Randhawa is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Mass Transit; To the World Equestrian Games We Go!
September 25, 2010
Starting in late summer, the largest airlift of competition horses ever--more than 650 in all--will begin. The horses will compete in the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games (WEG) at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, and they will come from Read More


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What the casual passerby cannot see are the leaky roofs and other problems resulting from deferred maintenance; the lack of facilities for students to eat lunch; classroom space that hampers the type of instruction schools are widely adopting to adapt to the changing world; and the deteriorating — and seismically unsound — condition of the auditorium.
Ms. McLeod Grant, who chairs the community-based Yes on Measure D committee, noted in an interview that if Measure D is approved, the bond revenue raised would fund "really bare-bones projects," and private donations are being raised to pay for any "extras."
Measure D on the June 3 ballot would raise about $13.5 million for the Woodside Elementary School District in Woodside. The nonprofit Woodside School Foundation has launched a capital campaign to raise another $3.5 million for the campus modernization project, according to district Superintendent Beth Polito.
If passed, Measure D would tax district residents at a rate of $24.05 per $100,000 of their property's assessed value per year. This would be in addition to what property owners already pay annually for previously approved bonds: a total of $34.50 per $100,000 of assessed value for bonds passed in 1999 and 2005, according to Robin Wasco, the district's chief business official.
School board members Wendy Warren Roth and Rudy Driscoll, along with community members Frank York, Charline Quist Douty and Erika M. Demma, signed the ballot argument in favor of the bond measure.
Mark Hinkle, president of the Silicon Valley Taxpayers Association, wrote the ballot argument against Measure D, challenging the use of bond revenue to pay for safety projects and technology rather than using "dollars already in schools' budgets."
With enrollment at around 450 students, the cost of the bond "could exceed $29,500 per student — not counting interest and administrative expenses," he wrote.
Mr. Hinkle also signed arguments against Measure A, the Sequoia Union High School District bond measure; and Measure AA, the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District bond measure.
Ms. McLeod Grant noted the extent of work needed after years of state budget cuts that led to deferred maintenance. A school board "that has been really fiscally conservative" decided during those years to delay facilities maintenance projects so that classroom programs wouldn't suffer, she said.
What would it pay for?
If the measure passes, bond revenue would fund the repair of "critical school facilities, including sewer, lights and leaking roofs; upgrade classrooms and other facilities to meet current health and safety codes, and replace two aging portable classrooms with permanent facilities; and replace older heating and electrical systems to save on utility bills," according to the ballot argument in favor of Measure D.
The bulk of the bond revenue would be spent on rebuilding Sellman Auditorium, built in 1940, according to Ms. Wasco. Some improvements to the building were funded by previous bond measures, but they were "mostly superficial in nature," Superintendent Polito said. And if the auditorium remains in use, it would need major retrofitting to meet seismic and other building code requirements.
The facilities plan outlines a project that would replace the auditorium with an 8,560-square-foot building that would include a permanent stage and added storage. It would connect with the campus' music room, a new food-service area, and restrooms. That project is estimated to cost $7.67 million.
Bond revenue would also pay for construction of a 1,000-square-foot flexible classroom space to accommodate project-based learning and other teaching strategies that are becoming the norm for the modern classroom.
"Teaching is changing," Ms. McLeod Grant said, and school facilities that accommodate those new practices are critical if Woodside Elementary hopes to maintain its status as one of the highest-achievement schools in the state.
"As a community, I believe it is important to support our local award-winning public school," she said in an email. "It benefits our children, provides assets for community use — such as our sports fields and auditorium — and helps boost our property values. I really hope local citizens ... will come out and pass Measure D in June. All the money will be locally controlled and used for basic infrastructure repairs and upgrades."
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On playing the older wings...I don't see it as a huge problem, and definitely not an Alan Anderson problem. Right now he's stronger and does more things than Ross. That doesn't mean Ross can't take a couple of his minutes. And if Fields comes back, and you know, is worth even half his contract, PIetrus should become the 5th wing. He clearly just does have knee issues, so his legs are not there a lot of nights.
Having a guy like Alan is good. He does play hungry, as they have been saying so much lately. That is great to have in general, but especially at a position where there's competition. I don't think it matters so much if he's a vet or a young player. He might take a few too many shots, but he does generally earn his minutes so it forces Ross to do the same. Don't think it's a coincidence they've both been playing well lately, especially given they share time on the court.


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TwilightRose1 wrote:Ooh Christopher was awesome! He was the first Doctor I'd ever seen before. I'd never watched the older ones.. so it was really sad to see him go. I really liked him.. but then I got used to David and now I feel like im going to burst out crying when he leaves ~~ 0.o
Oh, I know! When I found out David isn't going to be doing the next one, I was soo disappointed. I hope they pick a good one, and I'm sure they will. I'll just... miss David.
Haha, just watched The Runaway Bride. I love the doctor. ^.^ And I love Donna, she's hilarious.


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Scandal: New White House Twitter Account 'Favorited' Some Old P. Diddy Tweets
Politico's muckrakers have filed a disturbing report on illicit Obama administration Twitter activity: whoever set up the White House's new health care account "favorited" some P. Diddy tweets, one of which mentioned vodka! How completely will this ruin Obama's presidency?
This is literally an 11-paragraph story, for which the Politico solicited (and didn't get) comment from the Department of Health and Human Services. Drudge has linked to it with the headline, "OBAMA HEALTHCARE ROLLOUT PROMOTES VODKA, P. DIDDY...," which, sadly, is Politico's headline almost to the word. This thing must have legs!
With HHS's rollout of a new web portal, HealthCare.Gov, you can investigate health insurance plans and provisions of the new health care law. And for a while, you could also learn some not so health-related information, like that HealthCare.Gov enjoys P. Diddy and Indian politicians.
Alongside the portal that went live last night, HHS launched a Twitter feed at the handle @healthcaregov, and it came with a notably odd list of "favorite tweets," ranging from pop culture icons to politicians.
Rapper P. Diddy, who tweets at @iamdiddy, dominated the favorite list, accounting for five of HHS's 14 favorite items. One Nov. 1, 2009 written at 1:28 a.m., apparently struck a chord with the federal agency: "Happy Halloween!!!!" Diddy wrote. "CIROC all night long! GO!!!!" HHS seemingly liked the 1:40 a.m. follow-up, too: "Get your Halloween right with Ciroc! The smoothest vodka in the game! Let's go people!Ciroc the official vodka of Halloween! :) boo!"
THEN: COVER-UP: "The list of 'favorite' tweets, which were live overnight on Wednesday during HealthCare.Gov's launch, were taken down Thursday morning at approximately 9:40 a.m."
We'd file an FOIA request to obtain these records, but Politico's probably on top of it.
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Dr. Gaede completed his undergraduate and graduate school work at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, received his Medical Degree at the University of South Dakota School of Medicine, and served his internship and residency program at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He is Board Certified in Family Medicine, Board Eligible for Advanced Qualifications in Sleep Medicine, and has been certified by the American Academy of HIV Medicine as an HIV Specialist.
Dr. Gaede has been an active medical educator his entire career, having served as Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of South Dakota. South Dakota State University, the University of North Dakota, and the Mayo Graduate School of Education. He was recognized as Faculty Member of the Year with the Edward J. Batt Memorial Award. Active in clinical research, Dr. Gaede received the Sandoz Award for outstanding clinic research for his contributions to the D.A.T.A. and DYNAMICS studies on high blood pressure. He is also the recipient of the Balcom Award of Medical Excellence for his work in the development of high quality systems of clinical practice. Dr. Gaede maintains a current interest in the research areas of high blood pressure, cholesterol, blood vessel lining function, and HIV treatment protocols, and has spoken throughout the United States on these subjects.
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GRAMMYs On The Road With Band Of Skulls And The Eastern Sea
The Recording Academy Texas Chapter recently played host for GRAMMYs On The Road at the Austin City Limits Music Festival, held Oct. 12–14 at Zilker Park in Austin, Texas. The Chapter conducted exclusive backstage interviews with artists performing at the festival, including British blues/rock trio Band Of Skulls and indie prog-pop band the Eastern Sea.
Band Of Skulls discussed the band's formation, their latest release, 2012's Sweet Sour, and advice for aspiring musicians, among other topics.
"Stay true to what you like to play and what you like to write, and just keep going at it," said drummer Matt Hayward. "[Music] is supposed to be an enjoyable thing."
With a sound that encompasses elements of blues and indie rock, Band Of Skulls were formed in the UK by college friends Hayward, Russell Marsden (guitar/vocals) and Emma Richardson (bass/vocals) while the trio was studying in Southampton. Originally titled Fleeing New York, Band Of Skulls released their debut album, Baby Darling Doll Face Honey, in 2009. Released in February, Sweet Sour features 10 songs co-written by Marsden and Richardson, including "You're Not Pretty But You Got It Goin' On," and peaked at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart. Band Of Skulls are currently scheduled to open for Muse on select dates in the United States and Canada in January and February.
The Eastern Sea discussed performing at the ACL Music Festival as a hometown band, the term "prog-pop" and their most recent release, Plague.
"Prog-pop is something that I came up with when I wrote our bio," said singer/songwriter Matthew Hines. "[It] describes our band as being pop in a sense that it's catchy, melodic, fun, [and] accessible music, but the prog nature is challenging. It takes the listener to a place that maybe they haven't been to before."
Based in Austin, Texas, the Eastern Sea was formed in 2005 as the solo project of Hines, who released a self-produced anthology, Further Up, Further In, which showcased his roots in folk and electronica. In 2009 the Eastern Sea released two eponymous EPs, including songs such as "The Snow" and "The Sea." In a live setting, the Eastern Sea have performed with between five and 12 musicians. Released in June, Plague explores elements of post-rock, American folk and progressive indie rock.


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Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence laid out an immigration policy for running mate Donald Trump Sunday morning that would grant some undocumented immigrants the opportunity to legally stay in the United States — after returning to their native country, NBC News reported.
"There will be no path to legalization, no path to citizenship unless people leave the country," Pence said on CNN's "State of the Union."
Despite Pence insisting that Trump's immigration positions "have been absolutely consistent," the GOP presidential nominee suggested this week he would be open to "softening" his intentions to create a "deportation force" and remove the entire undocumented immigrant population from the United States.
Pence, repeatedly asked whether a Trump administration would still deploy a "deportation force," demurred, but said Trump was only describing "a mechanism, not a policy" with the use of that term.


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MLB had to approve of Rose's participation in this. Wish I could be there.
MLB had to approve of Rose's participation in this. Wish I could be there.
Last edited by NebraskaRed; 08-30-2013 at 03:58 PM.
I'll be there on Saturday and I'm SUPER stoked about this news! This should be a fun weekend and hopefully the Reds win a few games during it too!
"I tried to play golf, but I found out I wasn't very good." -Joey Votto on his offseason hobby search
An MLB.com reporter asked what one thing Votto couldnt do. I cant skate or play hockey, Votto said. Well, I can skate ... but I cant stop.
I'm unbelievably excited about this. That is some serious baseball history gathered together one more time.
and a free t-shirt too!
2017 Reds record when I'm attending: 16-14 FINAL2017 Dragons record when I'm attending: 1-0 FINAL
"We want to be the band to dance to when the bomb drops." - Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran
HeatherC1212 (08-31-2013)
Just ordered 3 tickets for Friday Fireworks....RF seats 5 rows back.
Can't go Saturday but game vs Dodgers, watch Bruce and Puig play RF up close, great 8 appearance on field and fireworks....right at regular ticket price.
Going to Friday's game. Can't wait.
I'll be there Saturday. I can't wait!
Locals are the lucky dogs on this one. Will probably be the last time the BRM eight will ever be together in one place.
smixsell (09-03-2013)
Of course this weekend of all the weekends when I am always home and have nothing to do will instead be in Sf on a business trip watching a Giants and Diamondbacks game.
Why do the baseball Gods hate me ?????
"Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it." Cal Hubbard
If you buy a Honda from Joe Morgan Honda this weekend, you can go to a dinner with Morgan, Bench, pPerez, and Rose.
Be less stupid.
I'm not afraid to say when I see all 8 on the field I will cry.
Sure would like to see those Big Red Machine players walk into that clubhouse and give them a pep talk about what is expected to win it all. And its not playing with lack of Focus like they have alot of times this year..And maybe the Awe of those guys wakes up these bats more consistently
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Seattle, WA (SportsNetwork.com) - Yoenis Cespedes hit a tie-breaking two-run homer in the eighth inning to lift the Oakland Athletics to a 3-0 win over the Seattle Mariners in the rubber match of a three-game set at Safeco Field.
Josh Donaldson added a solo homer in the ninth for the Athletics, winners in six of their last seven.
Dan Otero (2-0) picked up the win after recording the final two outs of the seventh inning. Starter Scott Kazmir allowed just two hits and fanned nine over six scoreless frames before exiting with tightness in his triceps.
Sean Doolittle stranded a runner in the ninth to earn his first save of the season.
Charlie Furbush (0-1) was saddled with the loss after surrendering Cespedes' homer in the eighth. Mariners starter Chris Young tossed six scoreless innings, giving up four hits and three walks.
Jed Lowrie walked to open the eighth and was replaced on the bases by Daric Barton. Cespedes then crushed a hanging slider into the Oakland bullpen in left field.
Donaldson cracked a solo homer with two outs in the ninth to account for the final difference.
In the sixth, Seattle's Brad Miller crushed a potential homer to right field, but A's outfielder Josh Reddick made a leaping catch at the wall to rob him of at least an extra-base hit.
The Oakland bullpen has allowed just four runs over its last eight games (29 innings) ... Doolittle has four career saves ... Oakland finished 0-for-9 with runners in scoring position and left 10 runners on base ... The Mariners were 0-for-2 with RISP.


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Coyote Frontier
by Allen Steele
Review by Rich Lynch
Ace Books Hardcover ISBN/ITEM#: 0441013317
Date: 06 December, 2005 List Price $24.95 Amazon US / Amazon UK / Show Official Info /
It's probably a fair statement to say that Allen Steele may be the closest thing the science fiction world now has to Robert A. Heinlein. Heinlein's fiction provided not only a strong and intelligent "sense of wonder" that is characteristic of the science fiction genre, it also made sense from a socioeconomic aspect - things and events in his stories made down-to-earth sense to the reader, even if many of those things and events were not yet scientifically possible. This gave Heinlein's stories and novels a much greater sense of humanity than most other writers of his era. Allen Steele's fiction resonates with the reader in much the same way. Most notable is his extended Near Space series of stories and novels, where mankind has succeeded, amid many fits and starts, of establishing various footholds amid the inner solar system. It is a future history in every bit of the Heinlein mold, and the fiction is as compelling as Heinlein's in both a sense of wonder and a socioeconomic viewpoint.
The Near Space series succeeded in elevating Steele to one of the most respected writers in the field and led to his first Hugo Award in 1996 for the novella "The Death of Captain Future." There have not been any new stories in that series for several years, but Steele has gone on to create other series that have in their own way been equally groundbreaking. The best of these is the Coyote series, which began as an extended series of stories that resulted in two Hugo Award nominations for Steele in 2002 for the novella "Stealing Alabama" and the novelette "The Days Between." These were all collected into the first two novels of the series, Coyote and Coyote Rising.
The premise of the Coyote series is that by the year 2070, the United States had regressed into a far right-wing fascist political entity named the United Republic of America. As the series opens, earth's resources have become depleted to the point where the sustainability of civilization might eventually become questionable, so the URA is on the verge of launching an interstellar spaceship to the star system 47 Ursae Majoris, where scientists have determined a habitable world may exist. That ship, the URSS Alabama, was to bring both colonists and its political system to the new world on a trip that would last for more than two centuries, though the colonists, through cold-sleep hibernation, would experience no aging. However, these plans were upset when the captain of the Alabama led a successful conspiracy to hijack the ship, replacing the hand-picked colonists with a group of dissident intellectuals who would instead create a free society on the new world. What follows, in the first two books of the series, are the trip, and then the first steps of colonization and exploration of Coyote. By the end of the first book, the initial colony of Liberty has survived its first few years and is well-established to the point where there have been some efforts of looking outward to the rest of Coyote. But as the first book ends, there is a surprise for the colonists: another, much larger, starship from earth arrives bearing thousands of new colonists and, worse, another political system that is to be imposed on Coyote - this time a far left-wing communistic "social collectivism." The second book of the series, Coyote Rising, deals with how the original colonists attempt to liberate their world from this new and, as it turned out, equally repressive social order. As the second book ends, success has been achieved, but at a price.
And so we come to this final book of the trilogy, Coyote Frontier. The setting is about fifty earth years after the end of Coyote Rising, and the situation is that exploration of Coyote is still in progress, but the colonists have now proceeded into the development and exploitation stage. And with any rapid development comes problems associated with that development - in this case the sustainability of the available resources, the need for specialized equipment and machinery that is not readily available, conservation of indigenous life, and a growing displeasure of some of the colonists who do not want Coyote to become like the planet that the original colonists had escaped from. These new problems become especially acute when a new method of instantaneous travel between the stars involving wormholes is developed, which brings Coyote only days instead of decades from old earth and the political powers there that are turning a prospective eye toward Coyote as a place where excess population can go and from which needed resources can come.
Unlike the previous two books, Coyote Frontier (or most of it, at least) does not appear to be a "fix-up" novel that blends together the various shorter works of the series into a novel. That's good from a continuity viewpoint, but on the other hand, as in any final book of a trilogy, there are many loose ends to tie up which often results in a relentlessly hurried and forced narrative. Steele is such a good writer that this is not very noticeable in Coyote Frontier, but there still seemed to be a slight sense of "let's get this done with and move on to something new." Because of this, I don't think that Coyote Frontier is the best book of the trilogy, but there is still quite a lot to like about the novel. Plot dependencies from the previous books aside, Steele has constructed Coyote Frontier so that it can legitimately be read as a stand-alone novel. And it succeeds as such - it is a complex and well thought-out true sense-of-wonder novel, two or three books in one, with Heinleinesque who-do-you-trust political intrigues, an insurgency that could bring the wrath of old earth anew onto Coyote, and even the implications of First Contact.
From the way the book ends, it seems unlikely there will be future novels in the Coyote series even though there is certainly room for more stories, either as prequel or sequel. On the one hand, you have to hope that Steele will eventually decide to take the series further, or in some new direction. But on the other hand, one of the characteristics of a good writer is the ability to not only create such a complex and interesting universe of related stories, but to also know when it's time to move on to something else. Allen Steele is that good a writer. I, for one, can't wait to read what he writes next.
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Mount Lukens Climber's Log
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|Stone Canyon
Date Climbed: May 25, 2008
|Hiked up Mount Lukens from Wildwood via Stone Canyon Trail. Beautifully cool temperatures on a May morning. Part of a training regimen for a week-long backpacking trip in the Eastern Sierra in a few months. Great but relentless uphill battle.
|Posted May 27, 2008 12:19 am
|Stoned Sister Elsie
Date Climbed: Nov 11, 2001
|Have hiked Stone Cyn twice and the overgrown, tick-infested Sister Elsie Trail (from Haines Cyn) a couple times.
When I was 19 I ignorantly climbed straight up the mountain from the end of Dunsmore in La Crescenta. I was unable to descend until I got up to the Haines fire road. I was so relieved to find a way down that I didn't bother going the last few hundred feet to the top.
|Posted Aug 18, 2007 3:18 pm
|Cresenta View Trail and Fireroad
Date Climbed: Aug 11, 2007
|Climbed via the Cresenta View Trail and descended via fireroad and Dunsmore Canyon Spur trail. Here is my GPS route viewable in Google Earth and in GPX format.
|Posted Aug 11, 2007 4:20 pm
|Vic Hanson
|Lukins Fireroad mtn. bike ride
|It was probably 10 years ago but if I remember right it took us about 2 hours to ride up non stop from the Fire Station on Anglels Crest Highway. We came down a trail that came out a little ways up the highway.
|Posted Jul 21, 2007 3:19 pm
|David Rosenberg
|10 Times
Date Climbed: Feb 25, 2007
|Usually do via Stone Canyon. Last time did Sister Elsie Trail via Haines Canyon, definitely recommended. Need to bike this from Angeles Crest.
|Posted Mar 28, 2007 5:45 am
|Getting High in the Valley
Date Climbed: Feb 22, 2003
|Close to where I lived. Did it a couple times to train for higher peaks.
|Posted Sep 20, 2006 3:39 am
|Bob Burd
Date Climbed: Feb 19, 2006
|Fox/Condor/Iron/Lukens - snow below 5,000ft made this harder than it could have been. It was raining when we started and almost gave up. Climbed with Matthew and Glenn. Trip Report
|Posted Aug 23, 2006 3:44 am
|Stone Canyon Trail
Date Climbed: May 21, 2006
|A relentless climb, but well worth it.
|Posted May 21, 2006 11:20 pm
|Route Climbed: Crescenta View Trail
Date Climbed: Apr 2, 2006
|Second hike up Mount Lukens in last two weeks. 1st time went up Haines Canyon Fire road. This time started out at Deukmejian Park in Dunsmore Canyon. Elected to take the Crescenta view trail which switchbacks the east side of the canyon and eventually you top out on Pickens Spur where you can follow a low maintenance fire road north up to the main fire road that originates from SR2 (Popular trek for mountain bikers)Turn left and about another 1/2 mile to the summit. This trail is about 3.25 miles and you gain about 2800 feet. A good portion of the trail is on the south facing side of the mountains and therefore affords great views of the Crescenta Valley and beyond at higher altitudes. Lower trail is well covered and lush in areas. During the summer this can be extremely hot.
|Posted May 4, 2006 3:03 pm
|Augie Medina
|Route: Lukens Fireroad Date Climbed Feb. 27, 2005
Date Climbed: Feb 27, 2005
|Rode my mountain bike to Mt.Lukens via the Lukens Fireroad starting at the Angeles Crest Fire Station. This is a 14 mile roundtrip. I've biked and run this route quite a few times. This fireroad has its charms. The second way I've been up was a run along the Haines Canyon Fireroad. This was about an 11 mile roundtrip. The third route I've taken is the Dunsmore Ridge Route starting in Deukmejian Wilderness Park in Glendale (a hike). The terrain on this route is quite a bit more challenging than the fireroad routes. It is too bad that this summit is marred by metal towers.
|Posted Feb 14, 2006 9:44 pm
|Steve Larson
|Route Climbed: Stone Canyon trail Date Climbed: January 22, 2006
|Cold and windy, but great visibility. A great trail. Too bad I didn't know about it earlier. The radio towers kind of suck.
|Posted Jan 22, 2006 3:49 pm
|Route Climbed: Stone Canyon Trail Date Climbed: Various
|The SCT is a great trail. Goes up the north face, gaining about 3300' in 3 miles.
|Posted Dec 25, 2005 2:17 am
|Tom Kenney
|Route Climbed: various Date Climbed: many many times!
|Been to the summit dozens of times over the years, always by bicycle. Usual route is Haines Canyon. Have been up the two roads that start on Angeles Crest Highway, and have descended the Stone Canyon Trail. Seen snow and black ice in the winter, and 100+F temps in the summer.
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Vernon: The uniqueness of the Bible's first verse is demonstrated at the URLs
below - but, for reasons best known to himself, Pim steadfastly refuses
to examine the evidence! It therefore occurs to me that the impasse
might be broken if I adopt a slightly different approach.
It's about time. Perhaps now we can move from assertion to some scientific approach?
(6) Such details (and there are many more!) constitute powerful evidence
of intelligent design. Clearly, such an undertaking is not feasible if
we look only to natural or human agency.
You have failed to support this with any evidence. Heck you can find the evidence, why could a human agency not place it there? And where have you shown that the numerology is beyond doubt not a coincidence?
Vernon: Pim (and/or Susan B.), perhaps you can help us here. Who or what do you
suggest might be the cause of such numerical wonders occurring in a
meaningful sentence of Hebrew? And, incidentally, are you not now
beginning to see that Genesis 1:1 is undoubtedly the most remarkable
combination of words ever written?
I hoped that Vernon would make an effort to address my questions. He merely restated his unsupported assertions.


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Armed robbery at all-night eatery leaves one injured
Updated 10:06 am, Thursday, May 22, 2014
An armed robbery overnight at an all-night diner on Houston's northeast side left a deaf man injured, according to witnesses, because he couldn't communicate with the suspects.
The incident occurred at a Denny's in the 9600 block of North Sam Houston Parkway around 3 a.m., when four men, two of them armed, rushed into the eatery and began demanding cash and valuables from staff and customers.
The men fled the scene, getting away with nearly $1,000 in cash and cellphones from those inside the restaurant, including an amount of money from the restaurant's registers.
According to those at the scene, a deaf man was beaten in a struggle for his valuables after he couldn't communicate with the suspects. He was hit on the side of his face, but was not transported to a hospital.The suspects did get away with a special cellphone he carries that aids him in making calls.
"He can read lips but didn't understand what the suspects were saying to him," said Harris County Sheriff's Office spokesman Thomas Gilliland.
Witnesses described the suspects as four black males in their late teens. Three of them were wearing hoodies, and the fourth was dressed in a white T-shirt and camo-colored pants.
The suspects were not wearing gloves during the incident so there could be fingerprints at the scene for investigators to gather, according to Gilliland. Investigators are currently reviewing surveillance footage in the hopes of the hopes of getting a better look at the suspects.


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" Genre: Pop - Dance Pop / Artist: Michael Jackson / Audio CD released 2003-12-01 at Epic "
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Off the Wall saw Michael Jackson pull away from his brothers and the successes of the Jackson 5 whilst also securing him a place in music history very quickly thanks to being the first solo artist to have four top 10 US hits.
So what did Off the Wall offer?
1. Don't Stop Till You Get Enough
2. Rock With You
3. Working Day And Night
4. Get On The Floor
5. Off The Wall
6. Girlfriend
7. She's Out Of My Life
8. I Can't Help It
9. It's The Falling In Love
10. Burn This Disco Out
11. Don't Stop Till You Get Enough
12. Working Day And Night
Michael Jackson had for years been a child star with his brothers in the group the Jackson 5 but with him growing up quickly in the eye of the public his first true solo offering (through Epic records) gave a taste of some of the potential he truly had with such hits as Don't Stop Till You Get Enough, Rock With You, She's Out of My Life.
The album was hugely popular and saw Jackson belt out the dance tracks that had defined a generation but thankfully he stayed clear of moving all the way down the line and becoming just another of the disco musicians. The album offered up producing by Quincy Jones who worked things perfectly in sinc with Jackson to produce a spectacular album which amazed many and gave the foothold that allowed Jackson to move onto the next level with his follow up album in Thriller.
Overall this album is a spectacular offering which is something everyone should listen to as it gives you a top quality offering from a time when it was about the music still.
I had liked Michael Jackson's music for a while, but it was his tragic death back in 2009 that prompted me to actually buy some of his albums. I got four including this one, Off The Wall.
Off The Wall was Michael's fifth solo studio album, though his first that was not part of the Jackson 5 franchise. It was released in 1979 and mixed funk, disco-pop, soft rock and soul.
The whole album has a great disco feel that makes you want to get up and dance. Most of the first tracks have funky, danceable beats and are incredibly catchy. The standout tracks are Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough and Rock With You. Off The Wall, the title track, has a slightly slower feel.
Later in the album things slow down a little and I'm personally not a fan of the rather dull ballad She's Out Of My Life. I Can't Help It is another slightly slower song. It's The Falling In Love and Burn This Disco Out bring the album back to the dance-funk vibe but neither track really reaches the heights of the earlier songs.
Included in this special edition are a couple of demos for Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough and Workin' Day and Night, which are interesting to listen to and showcase just how good MJ's voice was. There are also interviews with Quincy Jones and Rod Temperton.
Overall this is a decent album with some really good songs on though there are some which I'm personally not a fan of. The beginning of the album is definitely the best part. Nevertheless, if you like Seventies disco-soul-funk this is an album to go for.
Track Listing
1. Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
2. Rock With You
3. Workin' Day And Night
4. Get On The Floor
5. Off The Wall
6. Girlfriend
7. She's Out Of My Life
8. I Can't Help It
9. It's The Falling In Love
10. Burn This Disco Out
11. Bonus: Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough (Original Demo From 1978)
12. Bonus: Workin' Day And Night (Original Demo From 1978)
'Off The Wall' can be considered as Michael Jackson's first solo adult album and it certainly sets the bar for the rest of his career. Released in 1979 under Epic Records and produced by legend Quincy Jones, 'Off The Wall' is perhaps Jackson's most critically acclaimed album and the sales didn't do too badly either. The main reason why I love this album is that it's written by a carefree fun-loving Jackson, not the (understandably) paranoid and angry Jackson we witness later on in his career. So let's begin...
The first track is one of his most famous, the Jackson-penned 'Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough'. A funky disco track, the song really introduces the new adult Michael Jackson with a bang where he showcases his beautiful vocal range from falsetto to a deep mature voice. In the special edition you can listen to the demo track for the song and marvel at how the song had developed into the classic it is today. You may have also heard it in the film 'Rush Hour 2' with Chris Tucker's equally as impressive version! The music video seems tame in comparison to Jackson's later feats but is delightfully 1970s. The song also acts as the first U.S. number one for Jackson as an adult.
Moving on to the second track is the Rod Temperton-composed 'Rock With You' and serves as the second U.S. number one for Jackson. A catchy ballad, the song is one I find very lush and relaxing - it is this soulful Jackson that becomes so rare as his career progress thus making this song even more precious. The accompanying music video is also delightfully 1970s disco as it consists of Jackson dancing in a silver spangled suit. Oh dear. But overall, this is a song that refuses to be constrained to the label of disco and still sounds great even today.
The third song 'Workin' Day and Night' is another scorcher composed by Jackson himself. Filled with funk and punk, the song is about the angriest Jackson gets on the album and he's only talking about how he doesn't get enough time to love his girl! Filled with all the ooohs and vocal hiccups which are trademarks of Jackson, this is a brilliant groove. The demo track for this is also available in the Special Edition.
The fourth song is composed by Jackson and legendary bass guitar player Louis Johnson and it's called 'Get on the Floor'. A husky deep voice from Jackson emerges and alongside a terrific bass, the song is disco at its best.
The fifth song, the titular 'Off The Wall' is composed by Rod Temperton and is quite possibly my favourite song on the entire album. It's so light and deliciously playful it's difficult to dislike it. Essentially a song telling us all to relax and dance, it really is a treat to listen to and Jackson's high vocals return to their soaring high quality.
Next onto the cover of Paul McCartney's 'Girlfriend'. Not much to say - it's a cute song for sure but doesn't really add much to the album. I feel that the album would have been stronger without this addition.
Song number seven is the Quincy Jones composition, 'She's Out Of My Life'. A deep and emotional song, the song talks about heartbreak and reveals some of the most beautiful vocals from Jackson that I've ever heard, even if the song is occassionally depressing (even Jackson starts to cry in the song - listen out for it in the track). The music video is very simple, like the song and so it's definitely one of the highlights of the album.
'I Can't Help It' is the eighth track and is reminiscent of Jackson's Motown grounding and it's no wonder why when you consider that it's composed by Stevie Wonder and Susaye Greene. Silky vocals from Jackson combined with some lush instrumentation mean that this song is de-stressing and lovely to listen to.
'It's the Falling In Love' written by David Foster and Carole Sager is one of the weaker tracks in my opinion but the song survives once again thanks to Jackson's vocals. A similar opinion applies to the final track, the Temperton composed 'Burn This Disco Out'.
If it weren't for a few tracks which are particularly weak but just too disco for my liking, this album for me would have even topped 'Thriller'. Still, it's startling that an album this good is a breakout album and what's even more startling is that Jackson continued to produce music of this quality. Simply amazing.
For my second review of a Michael Jackson album since his death on thursday I have decided to review the album that is widely regarded as his debut album even though he had already released solo albums before but as Part of The Jackson Five franchise. In the hours after hearing the news about Michael Jackson's death I was devastated and stayed up until 7.30 in the morning listening to every album from Off The Wall to Invincible.
**Off The Wall**
Off The Wall saw Michael Jackson's eclectic taste really come to the fore with a mix of funk, disco-pop, soul, soft rock, jazz and pop ballads. Off The Wall was recorded in Los Angeles and was released in 1979. This album is often charted in greatest albums of all time lists from music magazines and also websites. It is not hard to understand why when you listen to it. So here is Off The Wall.
1.) Don't Stop Till You Get Enough
This was a massive hit, It opens with that unmistakable bass hook which is incredibly funky, then Jackson's phenomenal falsetto comes in that is just so effortless and joyous. This track combines disco pop and Funk to superb effect and is one of the best tracks he ever recorded in the style.
2.) Rock With You
This is another brilliant track, this time combining funk and pop with a bit of soul. I love the laid back feel of this track with the smooth backing vocals. This song was written by Rod Temperton who was asked by producer Quincy Jones to write three tracks and they would choose one for the album but Jackson and Jones like all three and they stayed.
3.) Workin' Day and Night
This opens with an interesting sound which then blends into his incredible falsetto which sounds just so enjoyable. This has such a brilliant feel and is one of the best tracks both vocally and musically of his early career. This has such a brilliant feel.
4.) Get on the floor
This is a funky disco track about getting on the dance floor and just letting the music guide you. His vocals are superb again with more vocal experimentation than on his Thriller album. This is yet another fine track which is a great slice of funk and disco pop.
5.) Off the Wall
This is the title track and continues the disco pop feel, this has less funk than the previous tracks. It still features the incredible falsetto from Michael Jackson that is so prevalent on the album. You really need to hear his falsetto on this album to realise how great it is.
6.) Girlfriend
This song was written by Paul McCartney who at the time was a good friend of Michael Jackson's. He wrote the song for Michael Jackson and he really liked it so recorded it. McCartney had recorded a version with Wings. This has a more poppy feel than the previous tracks and has a much more laid back feel than the previous tracks.
7.) She's Out Of My life
This is one of the greatest ballads of all time. This was a song written by Quincy Jones three years previously that he had carried around with him. Jackson really like the sentiment of the song and recorded it for the album. This is widely regarded as one of his greatest vocal performances for the sheer beauty and believability. An awesome track.
8.) I Can't Help It
This was written by Susaye Greene and Stevie Wonder. You can really feel the Stevie Wonder influence and this is a laid back soul track which has some catchy melodies and features some great vocals from Jackson not quite up to the mesmeric standard of much of the album but still very good indeed.
9.) It's The Falling In Love
This is another poppy track which has some nice melodies. The guitar licks remind me a little of his material from the Jackson Five. This has a great feel and features some dramatic music and some great vocals. Another very good track indeed.
10.) Burn This Disco Out
This brings you back to the disco funk of the first few tracks of Off The Wall. This is a great closer than has an interesting mix of the style of Rock with you and Workin day and night. This is a very good track indeed.
This album was the start of the huge star Michael Jackson became. This album has sold well over 20m copies worldwide and without this Thriller may not have become the biggest selling album of all time. Although there are only ten tracks on the album it's fair to say that seven or eight of them are classics whereas the other couple are very good indeed. Michael Jackson will live on in his timeless music.
Although it was his fifth solo effort, "Off The Wall" was seen as the late, great Michael Jackson's solo breakthrough album as he dropped the 1979 filled with hits like never before. It's important to note that the album prior to this was a compilation from him, but found that working with the likes of Stevie Wonder, Rod Temperton and Paul McCartney he was able to recreate the success of his years as part of The Jacksons (and The Jackson 5 before).
1. "Don't Stop Til' You Get Enough"
The album begins with the song which was seen as the massive breakthrough point for him as he showed that, post-The Jacksons, he could still come with the a killer joint to get the clubs jumping and to lift spirits with the most significant tune for him as a solo artist up to this point. You can't hate on this tune, it is a classic.
**Five Stars**
2. "Rock With You"
This was another (the second) single on the record and saw that he continued the same sort of high standard when it came to the freaky, energetic material. It was like nothing else he had done up to the point as he gets into the grooves and is seen to combine watered-down Funk and Disco to come up with a massive Pop hit.
**Five Stars**
3. "Workin' Day An Night"
Coming directly off the two massive singles which brought him back heavily into the Pop world, this one finds him take a bit of a step back )not quality-wise_ but in the way that he chooses to get into a Disco track, a tune in the style of a dying musical genre. I felt that it was done successfully as he gets you moving and delivers as only he could with his own personal composition.
**Four Stars**
4. "Get On The Floor"
He is seen to continue the same through with this one as he comes with a freaky Disco joint to really liven people up as he does things in a contemporary up-tempo R&B style to show that he is well in with the times and can do things just as well as anyone when jumping on the funky and up-lifting styles.
**Four Stars**
5. "Off The Wall"
This is a Rob Temperton-composed tune and it gets the artist finding the ability to get into one of the freakiest singles form the album. Although it wasn't as significant as others, you see that with it he was able to do a lot and progress the music quite significantly, in spite of the fact that it is done in the same genre style as all other before it.
**Four Stars**
6. "Girlfriend"
There is a clear shift here as you see that Paul McCartney has a massive calming effect upon the tune and is seen to motivate Michael to do a much more gentle song, and with it he is seen to show just how well he can do things when done in such a seductive manner by using his unique voice to take a girl from her lover.
**Four Stars**
7. "She Out Of My Life"
This was the biggest ballad from the album and one of the most significant singles that he delivered here as he goes back to his early years as part of The Jackson 5 and shows that he' s just as capable of these emotive, slower songs as with the funkier material. It is a powerful song and he pulls everything out of his vocals to get his point across as he breaks ties with his partner.
**Five Stars**
8. "I Can't Help It"
He gets the legendary Stevie Wonder to assist with this, one of the biggest non-single track s on the album. It is a light groove which sees him performing in a style which was popular in this sort of period on the Motown record label and so would appeal to those fans, as he throws together some of the most seductive melodies.
**Four Stars**
9. "It's The Falling In Love"
With this one he turns things around once more as he gets into another alternative tune where the genre has shifted from one place to another and here I have to say that he took things to a place where I really wasn't too bothered as he came with a pretty unenaging love song which didn't really have any defining features whatsoever.
**Two Stars**
10. "Burn Out This Disco"
The album ends with Michael getting back to the funky groves and pulling back the quality in his music as he got down to one where Temperman takes over and chooses to include some of the most significant musical talents in the game with the likes of Wah Wah Watson, Louis Johnson and Larry Carlton coming with a freaky jam to pull out of the best of the album as it comes to a close.
**Five Stars**
It clear why this record broke the singer back into the game as he was able to show that through his teenage years he was able to maintain great vocal standards and so with this there was little that could be done to stop him, especially when he worked with some of the biggest names of the game and came with so many Disco hits to keep to what the game was about at the time.
Off The Wall was Michael Jackson's 1979 debut solo album that was not released as part of the Jackson 5 franchise. The fact that he had several years of experience in the music industry with his family as a member of the Jackson 5, and 4 previous solo albums surely served as a solid foundation for this album. Aided by Quincy Jones in the production studio, this album has a lot of raw appeal in terms of Jacko as a solo performer. It may not be the greatest album he has ever released, but it has raw talent and throughout, with even some of the weaker tracks showing positives.
Don't Stop Til You Get Enough is a great, upbeat classic track. It is a clever track to a debut album, relying heavily on the sound of the track as opposed to particular vocal performance from MJ. This style is followed on in Rock With You, where the beat and backing vocals support his lead vocals.
Safely into the album, the vocals start coming on a bit stronger, with themes firmly around letting yourself go and having fun, loosening up and dancing the night away. Romance is also a theme, and the hit ballad She's Out Of My Life certainly shows this, and showcases MJ's vocal power. It is wonderfully sung, and note perfect, for me. However, I don't like it as a song. Lyrically, it's good, vocally, it's excellent, but the song itself isn't one of my faves at all.
Indeed, the second half of the album, even with some of MJ's raw talent, just seems a bit weak compared with the first half. Once the title track Off The Wall is finished, it's almost like the effort seems to go. Burn This Disco Out has its moments, but failed to impress me, while Girlfriend really doesn't do anything new and falls short on most fronts.
However, it's rare to get a perfect album once you go it alone, and some of the raw talent was taken on from here and is visible in albums such as Bad and Thriller, where Jackson has obviously evolved as a songwriter, no matter the genre he attacks, and his music continues to impress. Off The Wall is a good insight, lyrically, into Jackson's breaking free moment from the Jackson 5, and also in his discovery of things an adult experiences. It's on the whole a very good album, just with some weaker tracks towards the end.
The track listing:
1. Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough
2. Rock with You
3. Working Day and Night
4. Get on the Floor
5. Off the Wall
6. Girlfriend
7. She's Out of my Life
8. I Can't Help It
9. It's the Falling in Love
10. Burn This Disco Out
Michael Jackson - Off the Wall (1979)
Producer: Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson
Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough
Rock with You
Working Day and Night
Get on the Floor
Off the Wall
She's Out of my Life
I Can't Help It
It's the Falling in Love
Burn This Disco Out
Off the Wall is the fifth studio album by Michael Jackson, but is largely considered to be his first solo album of any worth, as he had left The Jacksons at this point and was going to become very much his own man. While the majority of Michael's work for Motown had had its feet fixed within the genres of soul and r 'n' b, Off the Wall was decidedly more funky and is one of the best examples of disco pop from the 1970's.
Quincy Jones produces the album alongside Michael and his large body of previous work experience undeniably makes him the perfect choice. Michael had met Jones on the set of The Wiz (in which Michael had played The Scarecrow character) and after talking, Jones soon agreed to produce his next album, Off the Wall.
During the end of Michael's time in The Jacksons he had started writing songs for the band, most notably Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground). This is something which he was obviously becoming a good craftsman at as he writes three of the songs on Off the Wall and they just so happen to be three of the best songs here.
Don't Stop 'til you Get Enough is sheer disco perfection. Michael's higher vocal range truly glows and the smartly crafted guitar and bass playing is what underpins this classic. This bold statement is the best moment on the album and it is undoubtedly the point in time where Michael Jackson gave his solo career a jumpstart with style.
Rock with You is the best song to not be written by Michael on Off the Wall. A love song of sorts, Michael is in ballad mode and the subtle string arrangements help make the chorus a moving one. Michael declares, "I want to rock with you all night!" It is only a marginally slighter experience than Don't Stop, but is no less worthy of your praise.
Get on the Floor is probably the second greatest moment on the opening side of the LP. A blistering good slap bass rhythm sets the tempo, while the descending horn sections at the end of each performance of the chorus are absolute genius. In my opinion it is Michael's best vocal performance on the album.
The declaration of rallying against the norm is heavily felt on the title-track. It doesn't sound a million miles away from the world of Rock with You, but possesses a considerably more insistent groove. Michael declares, "Life ain't so bad at all if you live it off the wall!" And for a moment there I almost believed him.
But now what happens to Off the Wall is bitterly disappointing and causes me to despair. Starting from the rendition of Paul McCartney's Girlfriend all the way through to the penultimate track, Off the Wall becomes overwrought with fatigue, starts sounding tired and becomes overly-dependant on damp ballads. My biggest complaint isn't with this sudden change in direction, but more with the fact that these ballads all seem uninspired and lack any sort of class.
She's Out of My Life is one of the worst things I've ever heard in my life. Flooded by an 'emotive' string section, it is the kind of sugary piece which the winner of The X-Factor gets to perform, but it makes it so much worse that someone as tasteful as Michael Jackson is singing it. Technically, Michael sounds absolutely on fire, but it just isn't what I want to hear from Off the Wall.
The Stevie Wonder written I Can't Help It sounds as great as a Stevie Wonder song should, but loses points simply because Michael doesn't add anything remotely unique to the performance; he sounds EXACTLY like Stevie Wonder! The chorus is excellent though and the gentle horns in the background ultimately make it a worthwhile listen.
Michael gets his groove back with the closing Burn This Disco Out. It certainly matches anything from the first side of the LP and the multi-layered vocals in the chorus sound amazing. After such a return to form I find it difficult to comprehend why exactly Michael insisted on making 40% of the album so awful? He obviously had the talents to carry the funk all the way through, so why didn't he?!
Off the Wall's greatest problem is its chronic inconsistency. It produces unquestionably one of the greatest side A's in the history of popular music and then insists on ruining all it has achieved, because what follows takes a nosedive in terms of both quality and musical direction. I have nothing against ballads, in fact I love them, but here they just seem so saccharine and insincere that it makes me want to write a short lamentation declaring how life is unfair, and how side B of Off the Wall made me want to kill myself.
You may discover upon listening that my criticisms are unworthy of attention, but what I have written above is in all honesty my true take of Off the Wall. Thankfully what saves it from drifting off into obscurity is the outstanding and flawless first side, which is truly one of the greatest pieces of music ever recorded.
Daniel Kemp
Read more of my reviews at www.danielkempreviews.co.uk
'Off the Wall' was the first effort from a most gifted singer/songwriter/dancer. Arguably MJ's finest album (most critically acclaimed if not greatest selling), it rewinds us to the 80's when he was God. I bought the album after reading a review in Q magazine. I remembered 'Bad' but wanted to return to his disco classics. On first hearing I was a tad-disappointed but have since fallen in love. I now find it impossible to start the album without listening to its conclusion. Up-tempo in the main, the album catalogues Michael's greatest talents – soulful lyrics, groovy beats + production and charming vocals. The album begins with 'Don't stop till you get enough', a 6 minute downright spectacular track that sweeps us onto the dancefloor. This is best played LOUD. I doubt you can hear Don't stop.. without moving your hips and grooving like James Brown. Horns, beats and MJ and his backing group (whose balls are most definitely being squeezed!) combine to produce an unstoppable disco force. 'Rock with you' begins slowly, with soothing vocals and violins. Gradually Michael picks up the tempo and those grooves kick in. His voice swoons over the track like honey over crumpets but he shows tasteful restraint, not wishing to hurry his listeners. 'Working day and night' sounds more typically 80's disco – it would be perfect for any up-n-coming blaxtoposition movies. Simple melodies are at work; up-tempo beats underlay the track but its MJ who whoops his way to eminence. Very good but not quite great. 'Get on the floor' starts with too much echo, like a DJ Otzi 'song', but is a great track that might have you shaking that booty again. Horns blare and a samba-like throbbing lead into an MJ warble and epic crescendo. Exciting and enthralling. 'Off the Wall' brings us back down to e
arth, laying down a funky soulful rhythm from the start. "'Cus we're the party people night and day, living crazy that's the only way" is the choice line. MJ uses different vocal styles to create a part-disco, part-soul groove. A great track to listen to in the dark, but I'm not sure at all why! 'Girlfriend' is the spoiler of the album – I do not choose to listen to it. Skip this childish, effortless offering. 'She's out of my life' is a slow ballad, again very 80's, but timeless in beauty and makes you want to cry. Simple accompanying music leaves Michael to flaunt his flawless falsetto. This is rewarding and deep. 'I can't help it' is a classic track; melodic and jazzy whilst soulful and serene. The centerpiece of the album perhaps and vies with 'Rock with you' for best track. Great keyboards to note here too. 'It's the falling in love' is a weaker track that sees Michael in duet. Though up-beat and optimistic, it misses the mark slightly being somewhat repetitive and banal. 'Burn this disco out' brings the album to a close. It begins James Brown like, with brash horns and percussion, but transforms into another classic disco-soul tune. Hand clapping and body swaying will ensue – toe tapping is obligatory! A worthy finale. Michael Jackson – Off the Wall: the most complete album of its genre. Excellent sound quality and vocal clarity are displayed here, along with polished (but not absolute) production and powerful disco rhythms. An instant classic, a must in every way for everybody!
'Off the Wall' was originally released in 1979 and was his first album after leaving the Jackson 5. 'Off The Wall' sold 12 million copies and it was the first album to give five hits in the UK. It stayed over three years on the UK albums chart. Off The Wall is probably regarded as Michael Jackson's best album by many though it may not have sold as much as Thriller and certainly in my opinion. The album starts off with 'Don't Stop Til' You Get Enough', written solely by Michael Jackson. After a spoken intro the music is launched by a horn. Michael Jackson's high pitched voice has the lead part against his lower voice. They blend perfectly together. The lyrics seem to be about a force, which includes physical passion, spirittual love and the emotional dance. In my opinion this is one of the best tracks on the album. The second track 'Rock With You' was released as the third single off the album. It reached no. 1 in America and no. 7 in the UK. 'Rock With You' was written by Rod Temperton. Another highlight on the album is 'Working Day And Night', also written by Michael Jackson, which also has a dance feeling to it. The lyrics suggest that the main character can't understand why his girlfriend is so keen on making him work all the time. The title track 'Off The Wall' has once again a theme about dancing away your worries and cares. The message behind the song is a positive one that even though life is tough at time everything isn't that bad at all. He sings 'Off The Wall' a bit tougher than 'Don't Stop Til' You Get Enough' and 'Rock With You'. 'She's Out Of My Life' is the main ballad on the record. In my opinion one of Michael Jackson's best vocal performances ever. It has become best know for Michael's collapsing into tears at the end of the song. The song itself deals
with a girlfriend that has left him and now he's aching with pain. He simply doesn't know what to do. She's Out Of My Life was released as the fourth single and it reached no. 10 in the US and no. 3 in the UK. 'Get On The Floor' is a powerful, heartfelt and an energetic track that leaves you wanting more. The best part is the chant in the middle of the song. 'Burn This Disco Out' was written by Rod Temperton and it's the track that closes the album. Again the lyrics suggest about dancing your way though life. 'Girlfriend' is another of my favourite tracks on the album and is so melodic and touching it's untrue. The songs I have mentioned are in my opinion the highlights. They are simply filled with raw talent and powerful lyrics. Overall all the songs on Off The Wall are great. This is without a doubt my favourite Michael Jackson album and it's definitely a must have for a true pop music lover.
Disc #1 Tracklisting
1 Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
2 Rock With You
3 Workin' Day And Night
4 Get On The Floor
5 Off The Wall
6 Girlfriend
7 She's Out Of My Life
8 I Can't Help It
9 It's The Falling In Love
10 Burn This Disco Out
11 Voice-over (Intro Quincy Jones Interview)
12 Voice-over (Intro Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough - Original Demo From 1978)
13 Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough (Original Demo From 1978)
14 Quincy Jones Interview #2
15 Voice-over (Intro Workin' Day And Night - Original Demo From 1978)
16 Workin' Day And Night (Original Demo From 1978)
17 Quincy Jones Interview #3
18 Voice-over (Intro Rod Temperton Interview)
19 Voice-over (Intro Quincy Jones Interview #4)


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Next stop in the Honey Badger Express? The NFL Draft.
Former LSU defensive back Tyrann Mathieu announced Thursday that he will enter the 2013 NFL Draft. The decision came about four months after he was dismissed by the Tigers for failing multiple drug tests.
"I am sorry that I was not able to complete my journey at LSU, but I will always support LSU in any way I can," Mathieu said in a statement. "To my teammates, you are my brothers. You have kept me going. I will do my best to make you all proud of me."
Mathieu entered a drug rehab program following his fallout with the LSU football team, only to be arrested in October for marijuana possession. Now, Mathieu will be one of the more intriguing and contentious prospects in April's draft.
The last game that Mathieu played was the BCS national championship on Jan. 9, 2012, meaning that he'll have gone more than a year prior to the draft without competing. That, plus his off-field red flags, should be more than enough to give teams pause when considering him as a prospect.
Even without all of those issues, however, Mathieu's draft stock may have been uncertain. He won the 2011 Bednarik Award, handed out to college football's best defensive player, and was a Heisman finalist after a sophomore season in which he made huge play after huge play -- Mathieu finished the 2011 campaign with 76 tackles, 11 interceptions, six forced fumbles, two defensive touchdowns and a pair of punt return touchdowns.
During his time with the Tigers, he was unquestionably one of the most electric players in college football. However, even then there were questions about how Mathieu's game would translate to the NFL.
At 5-foot-9 and 175 pounds, Mathieu lacks the prototypical size of an elite cornerback. Any team that selects him also may have to adjust its defensive playbook -- Mathieu thrived at LSU, in part, because the coaching staff did not hesitate to use him all over the secondary. Mathieu even slid up as a linebacker to rush the quarterback at times.
That versatility could make Mathieu a home-run pick for a team willing to use him in such a way, but it could detract from those seeking a straight-up cover corner.
And as for those other factors ...
Working in Mathieu's favor may be the recent success of other players with so-called "character issues." Though the Rams had to suspend Janoris Jenkins in Week 10 for a violation of team rules, he has put together a decent rookie season, highlighted by a two-pick-6 performance last week. Last year, the Ravens rolled the dice in the first round on Jimmy Smith, despite reports that he had failed multiple drug tests and been arrested for third-degree assault. Thus far, the Ravens have had no issues with Smith, aside from some inconsistent play.
The NFL world also received an introduction to Eagles rookie running back Bryce Brown last Monday. Brown was one of the most highly-touted recruits in the 2009 class, only to leave Tennessee after one season, and then bail on Kansas State as well after a report alleged that ex-Miami booster Nevin Shapiro had provided him with improper benefits.
Rather than try to pick up the pieces of his collegiate career, Brown entered the 2012 draft. He was not invited to the NFL combine, then slid all the way to pick 229, where he was plucked by the Eagles. His 178-yard, two-touchdown performance against the Panthers suddenly made that gamble by Philadelphia look like a brilliant one.


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