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Ah, to be young again. In 1999 this geek was in the Air Force and his nice sweet aunt was so nice as to send me a copy of Diablo II for Christmas. Despite the obviously demonic appearances it arrived on what some would consider the holiest of days. I quickly installed it and began my life as a necromancer. This Blizzard title would set the stage for Hellgate: London.
See Diablo II if you haven't been living like a cave troll with a computer that dates back to 1992 or prior was a widely popular game, consisting of originally 5(later expanded to 7) character types to play as. Your play revolved around getting around 6 main quests to perform per Act and to get through those main quests you generally had to visit every square inch of terrain. The Genius of Diablo II was that 1, the game gave the illusion of randomly generated levels by rotating the map randomly everytime you started up a game. Monsters would respawn if you quit and return. the chance of equipment and treasure dropping from any given monster was completely random and only slightly less random when it came to named monsters. Combine all this with a very simply interface that anyone could figure out(left clicking moves you to where you clicked on the screen, in addition to attack or whatever you have linked to left click, and right click is generally reserved for special attacks that can be flipped between with simply hot keys.) and you've got a recipe for success. The graphics weren't incredible but they were good, the interface really sold it with it's almost keyboardless design. You could do almost everything with just the mouse. Blizzard still actively updates this game adding in extra features. The game was a blast and a great followup to Diablo.
Diablo II is still so widely played on Battle Net is has to be one of the oldest games still worth buying and playing constantly. It's a far more entertaining way to kill time than mmo's and I think it's most because of the interface makes it feel like playing slightly more intense Solitaire.
Now most of the development team for Diablo II left Blizzard and jumped over to start their own company called Flagship Studios. From their new studio they have managed to fire up my rage. Everyone who had been following the project entitled Hellgate had heard that it was going to be similar to Diablo II, random loot, demons, all that. After watching someone else destroy demons in the game I decided to see if it would run on my lame as shit 1.7ghz laptop.
Well after installing the game I ran it to see just how well it would run. Unfortunately a recurring theme here is that apparently Flagship has been taking way way way too many trips to MMO land for "creative" ideas. Sadly it's the case that almost all new PC games are more tattooed with adverts than some NASCAR vehicles are. I'm immediately greeted with Intel bong music and something telling me to buy their processors, followed immediately with an Nvidia banner glowed into view, as well as the Flagship Studios Banner flapping majestically, and finally the video intro. I wonder how on earth people still tolerate this bullshit, all it serves to do is fuel fanboyism and ensure that games will become more and more segregating when it comes to hardware specs. I thought DirectX was supposed to kill off coding specific to a manufacturer. In the past programmers used to bitch and complain that they had to code for like 15 different brands of chips, now they are using DirectX to make themselves compatible yet still coding to their favorite brand at this point. If this wasn't the case I suppose games wouldn't assist the lurching ever forward computer system specs caused by requiring their players to upgrade to the latest board that the developers specifically made their game run best on. Fuck you devs I'll run your game on my Damn Intel Integrated Graphics driver, quit telling me everytime I launch the game that I'm inadequate!
The constant annoying adverts in games is getting pretty lame, I'm just glad that most games, this game being one of them, allows for you to click past the ads. Though there are also ad posters in the game, they are less intrusive than Rainbow Six Vegas for the 360, where the game updates the posters present in the maps to sell the latest product du juor.
The video intro was compelling, much like the intro to a Blizzard title, the CGI is great, the story compelling, and in the end you are exposed to basically examples of the capabilities of the different classes of the game. No complaints with the movie other than on my shitty laptop the sound did something very strange, not only did the sound de-sync with the movie(to be expected when my system is screaming under the workload) but it also de-synced left and right, so I got a wierd echo effect where the sound would be in my left headphone, then show up to repeat itself in the right headphone 2 seconds later. Very Disorienting but irrelevant to the quality of the game.
I find it amazing that pre-rendered video can be such an issue with a not too terribly old machine, I dunno how little they optimized it but honestly they probably could've optimized it enough to not have so many problems on a 1.7 ghz machine.
I started a new character, and unlike Diablo 2 where all necromancers look like x, I'm given a traditional MMO style pallete of heads and colorization. I build a surly looking engineer as per the recommendations of my compatriots and I'm off to the races. I am given a tutorial quest, which is fairly easy, and I go to the first "station" Stations behave like cities did in Diablo II, providing you respite from the demon hordes. In fact there is a lot of Analogues to Diablo II in play here. The Personal Relocation Device(Town Portal) the Analyzers(Scroll of Identify) the Slots on Weapons, the randomly dropping loot, and the red health orb on the left and the right mana/power orb on the right. While the similarities are endearing and can compel fans of Diablo II to enjoy this new game, there are things that start eating away at the veneer as you progress further into the game.
The little nods to Diablo II are great, I dispise the fact that you cannot drop loot like you could in Diablo II, it was often nice to toss loot aside as you were rifling through items in your stash and your inventory in order to organize it better or if you needed to clear out your cube to do recipes. If they introduce a cube as there is speculation that they might, they need to allow people to more easily clean their cube without losing valuable gear in the process. Other than that the Diablo II nods set an aura letting you know "hey it's cool we made Diablo II, so this game should fit your tastes if you liked that game", unfortunately it doesn't quite meet that mark.
Let me nail the developer right between the eyes and say it right now. Your level design team, FIRE THEM, all of them, fuck them all they're a bunch of useless monkeys and have ruined your otherwise shiny game. The level design team has rendered the game to appear like their level design team was fired shortly after they built a few "primitives"(coder speak for lego like chunks of architecture) and were secretly replaced by a band of 7 year olds that were told to play virtual lego. the maps can be reduced to 7 kinds of scenery:
Now some of you might say 7 should be plenty of tilesets to work with! but keep in mind it's not just the tilesets and prefab furniture but also the placement of these and the shape of the maps that is the killer. At this point even when entering new territory for the first time once I see the map I can judge just where things are going to be located, down to the crates and shelves full of supplies for me to blow up. The level design is unimaginative and boring, and it kills the mood of the game. The biggest most evident use of this copy paste level work is in the houses that you CAN enter in Hellgate Cityscapes. Every available building is identical. there is 1 door in, there is a hole on the right hand side, and there is a set of 3 staircases that are right above each other so you have to spin around inside the house to get to the next stair. oh and the hole on the right when you enter, it's the same hole on every floor in the same location. The basements will always be full of fuel barrels and crates to grab loot in, and the building will always be 3 stories high with a basement.The carpet will also be an ash coated red color with diamond pattern. This will never change. BORING, I don't know who was in charge of making decisions like this but they need to be publically humiliated on all levels of the industry and laughed out of town. I don't think I've seen a more poorly designed level list in my life Other than a handful of MMO's and other games where you can fall through holes in the floor and end up outside of the map.
The repetitive levels are kind of bland in a way, but Diablo II wasn't much better, Diablo II was very cookie cutter with the same little huts and same looking caves. It's just more apparent when you go for a first person shooter eye candy kind of viewing camera.
Demons in this game take their cue from Doom style demons with their rush in your face to kill you mentality, very few demons actually will seek to engage from range, and when they do they still do not seek cover in most instances, this goes along with the diablo II swarm mentality so it is okay, however I wish that my pet drone did not take from that same AI. The Drone in the original build( I did not do any patching which I understand tones this down a little) will lash out and try to kill everything in sight, usually keeping all enemies focused on it, however it seems to have a large radius in which it will go out to seek trouble. Often times my drone will round a corner and anger an entire room full of baddies at an infortunate time when I'm trying to recover from clearing a room full of demons. Thanks a lot Drone you have cost me quite a few deaths with your eagerness. So from now on I traditionally kill a room, wait a bit to see if my drone has wandered off, go support the drone and hope at some point the drone stops finding enemies within it's sight range.
As Geek said, they patched the drones so they should behave better, as a Guardian player I don't have much experience with what he was saying other than watching him in frustration playing through some times, the Swarm AI tactics are definitely reminiscent of Diablo II except now it seems even harder to wade through even just 3 badguys compared to Diablo II where it seemed much easier to cleave a path.
the game feels like an FPS, an MMO, and Diablo II had a wicked threesome after drinking too much absinthe and totally lost their minds. Only to wake up and FPS and Diablo II trying to bite their arms off to get away from the abomination of the MMO they slept with. the Diablo II quest system doesn't exist here as it has been replaced with the MMO quest system, where you have a main strain of quest, and a ton of mini-quests that consist of standard MMO stupidity(collect 10 zombie heads for a potion I'm brewing, kill 8 black skulls to prove your worth, etc). the shooting of the game is like planetside, an MMOFPS, so that you still have to aim and if you're totally off you'll miss entirely, but even when you have the enemy dead in your sights, depending on your accuracy stat you might miss entirely. So there really is no skill here. Movement is handled via WSAD as opposed to Diablo II's click only interface and there's a set of hotkeys at the bottom of the screen. That hotkey bar manages to fail at something MMO's typically do well with, and that is allowing the player to make multiple hotbars filled with hotkeys, and from what I've heard from some of my magic user compatriots you can't change hotbar keys for magic users as they are pre-assigned. The loot provided is also not very compelling either as so far I have yet to get an item that is almost irreplaceable. A lot of the draw in Diablo II was getting set pieces or rares that were too good to outlevel. I remember wearing a freeze immunity belt thorughout Diablo II because immunity to freeze was a damn good feature to have. I have yet to find anything equal to that in Hellgate, every weapon I get I can usually find another better one 2 levels down the road. The skill tree isn't all that exciting either and really appears slow moving for a game with only 50 levels as it's cap. I miss diablo II's leveling and it's skills, not to mention as Diablo II got older it got skill affinities, where taking 1 skill would help another skill in the same tree, there is none of this in Hellgate. What this game screams of is vanilla experience caused by mingling too many elements and doing so in a cheap and cookie cutter fashion.
I agree that newer titles should take lessons from the older ones and take what is good from that. Hellgate: London didn't do enough of that and so some of it does indeed suffer. Plus the different GUI obviously is something that maybe Flagship didn't have enough experience with the different requirements players might have for that. So they failed in that attempt.
While Hellgate: London is a fairly decent game it is completely bland in many important places and quite often makes me reconsider clearing an entire dungeon because it feels like an exercise in tedium because the hellgates all look the same(to the point I loathe to enter them despite the rewards) and the other levels are just rebuilds of the same L shaped tunnels full of pipes, awkward T intersections, and staircases. I took the trip to Ash filled Graytown UK, and while the hopes for good loots is still present in me I have to question why the fuck I even care? the enemies aren't even as satisfying to kill! I think I'll uninstall this game and install Diablo II and have a 10x more satisfying experience from a game that is almost a decade old!
I admit playing Diablo II is definitely more satisfying, though I think Hellgate: London, if it spawns a sequel, might be the breath of fresh air the genre needs to see progress.
Hellgate: London, you are a disease, and uninstall is the cure - 4/10. Great job instilling little nods to Diablo II players and keeping some of the gameplay of Diablo II alive, but your choices in level design kill your game being a top rated golden game that will last the weathers of time. I recommend you dismantle your flagship and beg Blizzard to take you back, maybe they'll staff your level building crew with people with inspiration and healthy checks from Activision.
Hellgate: London, you are a fun game with a bland appearance, a few more tilesets and a few different prefab rooms and ingenius use of them would've made your game much more improved. I give you a 8/10 because all the groundwork is laid for an incredible sequel, as long as you get a new level design team.


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Bingley keeps coming to Longbourn, and now Mrs. Bennet begins scheming to leave him alone with Jane. She calls Kitty, then Elizabeth, out of the room. By one device and another, Bingley at last finds the opportunity to make his proposal to Jane and to ask her father for his consent. Mrs. Bennet is wild with joy: a second daughter about to be married!
Jane is radiant. She confides to Elizabeth that when Bingley left Netherfield last November, he was truly in love with her, but he had been persuaded that she did not return his love. Elizabeth silently commends Bingley for not betraying his friend's part in the matter.
NOTE: Elizabeth's state of suspense tells us that the story may still have some surprises for us.
One of these surprises now occurs: Lady Catherine de Bourgh comes to call. Elizabeth is puzzled. She brings no letter or message from Charlotte Collins. Why has she come all the way from Kent and left her personal maid in the coach waiting for her? Lady Catherine asks Elizabeth to go out in the garden with her and at once comes to the point: Elizabeth must promise not to marry Darcy!
In a scene of high comedy, Lady Catherine marshals all her arguments: that years ago she and Darcy's late mother agreed that her daughter and Darcy would marry; that Elizabeth would be scorned by all of Darcy's connections, and especially by Lady Catherine herself; that Elizabeth is an obstinate, headstrong girl who shows no gratitude for Lady Catherine's attentions to her when she was at Hunsford; and so on.
Elizabeth answers only when an answer is demanded of her. When Lady Catherine demands to know whether her nephew has proposed to Elizabeth, Elizabeth reminds her that her ladyship has already declared that to be impossible. When asked if she is engaged to Darcy, she answers truthfully that she is not. But she will make no promises. Lady Catherine demands that she promise, and says she will not leave until Elizabeth does.
She reminds Elizabeth that the Bennet family has low-class connections. Elizabeth responds that Darcy is a gentleman and she is a gentleman's daughter, and therefore they are social equals. Lady Catherine acknowledges this, but what of her mother's relatives that are "in trade"? And what of her sister's elopement, her patched-up marriage? Is the son of Darcy's father's late steward to be Darcy's brother-in-law? "Are shades of Pemberley to be thus polluted?"
At this, Elizabeth is angered at last. She tell Lady Catherine that she has now been insulted in every possible way.
Then she goes into the house, with Lady Catherine's parting threat still in her ears: "I shall now know how to act....
NOTE: Lady Catherine's threat can't be ignored entirely; we don't yet know what influence she has over Darcy.

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Creative Briefs
Jul. 11, 2018
The Secret to Subconscious Creativity
From billboards to banner ads to bathing suits, corporate logos are everywhere. They're so ubiquitous that we tune them out. They're just part of the scenery of the modern world.
But just because we stop noticing logos doesn't mean they stop affecting us. A group of researchers published a study in the Journal of Consumer Research that explored the subliminal impact that logos can have on our behavior. And what they found might surprise you.
For Skimmers:
- The setup: The researchers wanted to see whether subliminal exposure to company logos could impact behavior in areas such as creative expression. To explore this, the they gathered two groups of university students and asked them to complete a basic counting task on the computer. But while completing this task, a company logo (either Apple or IBM) was flashed on the screen. Each individual was exposed to one of the two logos 48 times for a duration of 13 milliseconds per flash (much too fast to be consciously noticed).
- The test: Both the Apple and the IBM groups were then given a standard creativity test: they were asked to brainstorm as many creative uses for a brick as they could.
- The findings: Individuals who had been secretly flashed the Apple logo performed 19% better on the creativity task than individuals who had "seen" the IBM logo. Even though their exposure to the two brands was entirely subliminal, the Apple logo managed to seriously improve individual's creative ability.
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MicTrayDebugger errors which should also be noticed
0x00000003, 0x000000DA, 0x8024200E WU_E_UH_NOTIFYFAILURE The update handler failed to send notification of the status of the install (uninstall) operation., Error 0xC1900101 – 0x2000B, 0xf0827 CBS_E_STACK_SHUTDOWN_REQUIRED servicing stack updated, aborting, 0xf081D CBS_E_CYCLE_EVALUATION Watchlist: cycle appears when planning component intended state., 0xf0814 CBS_E_INVALID_CONFIG_VALUE invalid setting configuration value, 0x8024F002 WU_E_REPORTER_EVENTNAMESPACEPARSEFAILED The XML in the event namespace descriptor could not be parsed., 0xf0803 CBS_S_STACK_SHUTDOWN_REQUIRED servicing stack updated, aborting, 0x80240032 WU_E_INVALID_CRITERIA The search criteria string was invalid., 0x00000124, 0x00000010, 0x8024002E WU_E_WU_DISABLED Access to an unmanaged server is not allowed.
Simple Steps To Delete MicTrayDebugger From Infected Windows XP
MicTrayDebugger Description
MicTrayDebugger is a deadly OS infection which can access the vulnerable OS surreptitiously via social networks, unsafe websites, free software, spam messages and other sources. It can damage your Windows XP by performing malicious activities and pose direct risk to your privacy by stealing your personal and online banking credentials. Apparently, this virus downloads various types of malicious files that contain Keyloggers, Rogues, Worms, File encoder programs, Trojans, Backdofors app, Adware and other unwanted programs that may disguise themselves behind legitimate processes of Windows applications. On the compromised Windows XP, MicTrayDebugger displays creepy commercial advertisements in the form of pop ups, banners, light boxes, flash videos, hyperlinked text and so on. Please note that it can also install other unsafe software/programs to your Windows XP. Further, your infected OS will not be able to perform tasks fastly. You can notice it while playing games or using other software.
MicTrayDebugger : How It Enters on Windows XP
Basically, fake Flash player or Java download sites install MicTrayDebugger onto your Windows using deceptive technique called software bundling. When you visit such sites, they suggest you to use customized downloaders to proceed downloading process. When you do so, the customized downloader installs malicious programs like MicTrayDebugger along with your regular installation. The may arrive also through spam emails attachments, infected USB drives, Peer to peer networks and Internet Relay Chat.
Though, to prevent MicTrayDebugger attacks, you need to pay close attention while using your OS for any work or just for fun. Especially, while installing freeware, always block optional programs installation through Custom/Advanced option. even, while checking emails, you should never double click shady links or attachments arrived from suspicious source without verifying the senders details first. Do no inject infected USBs to your OS but when you got no option rather than injecting USBs then make sure that you scan it Possible Steps For using reliable Antivirus. This way you can safeguard your Windows XP.
MicTrayDebugger : Signs of Infection in Windows XP
- MicTrayDebugger causes certain Slowdown and OS Crashes.
- Appearance of unwanted pop-ups and security warning on your Windows XP .
- Suspicious hard drive activity such as file deletion/modification.
- Due to MicTrayDebugger infection your hard drive and CPU may run out of memory.
- Unusually high network activities and slow Internet speed.
- MicTrayDebugger may be responsible for unwanted Firefox redirections and alteration of homepage and default search engine.
- Notifications regarding data corruption and ransomware demands etc.
Therefore, we strongly suggest you to Delete MicTrayDebugger from your affected Windows XP using following guideline:
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Quick Menu – Manual MicTrayDebugger Delete Guide
Method 1 – Delete MicTrayDebugger : Reboot Windows XP Into Safe Mode in Networking
Method 2 – Delete MicTrayDebugger : Show Hidden Files & Folders on Windows XP
Method 3 – Delete MicTrayDebugger From Control Panel
Method 4 – Delete MicTrayDebugger Related all Process from Windows Task Manager
Method 5 – Delete MicTrayDebugger From Registry Entries
Method 6- Delete MicTrayDebugger toolbar, add-on, plug-ins and extension from Firefox
Method 7- Delete MicTrayDebugger Reset Affected Firefox
Method 1 – Delete MicTrayDebugger : Reboot Windows XP Into Safe Mode in Networking
Delete MicTrayDebugger : Reboot Your PC Into Safe Mode on Windows 7/XP/Vista
1. Firstly, reboot Your PC and continuously pressing on F8 key.
2. Now, choose the Safe Mode with Networking Option.
3. Click on Enter option.
Delete MicTrayDebugger : Reboot Your PC Into Safe Mode on Windows 8
1.Boot your PC and hold SHIFT key, while holding it click on RESTART button.
2.Now, display a screen where appear troubleshooting option and choose enable the Safe Mode.
Delete MicTrayDebugger : Reboot Your PC Into Safe Mode on Windows 10
1.Firstly, start your PC and hold SHIFT key, while holding it click on RESTART button.
2.Choose advanced repair options.
3. Click on the Start Up settings.
4.Click on the Restart option.
5. After restart the computer, press Enable Safe Mode with Networking option.
Method 2- Delete MicTrayDebugger : Show Hidden Files & Folders on Windows XP
Delete MicTrayDebugger : Show Hidden Files & Folders on Windows 7/XP/Vista
1.Press Windows Key + E.
2.From currently appeared window click on Organize option.
3.Clicking on it will result in a drop-down list, select Folder & search options.
4.Go to the view tab and hit on "Show hidden files and folders".
5.Now, Click on Apply option then press OK button.
Delete MicTrayDebugger : Show Hidden Files & Folders on Windows 8
1.Press Windows Key+E.
2.Now, you can go to the View tab on the menu option.
3.Locate the Options icon and click on it.
4.Now, click on Show Hidden Files and Folders option and click on Apply and then OK.
Delete MicTrayDebugger : Show Hidden Files & Folders on Windows 10
1.Press together Windows Key+E.
2.Go to the menu option.
3.Locate the Options icon and press on it
4.Now, hit on Show Hidden Files and Folders option then, click on Apply option and finally press OK button.
Method 3- Delete MicTrayDebugger From Control Panel
From Windows 7/XP/Vista
1.Go to start menu and open Control Panel
2.Under Program category, hit on Uninstall a Program option.
3.From the list of all programs select the malicious program to Delete MicTrayDebugger you want to delete.
4.Finally hit on the Uninstall Tab
From Windows 8
1.Go to the right corner of screen click on search option and type Control Panel
2.Now appear Conntrol Panel Windows click on Uninstall a program.
3.Select and delete all kind of programs and MicTrayDebugger installed in your PC.
From Windows 10
1. Go to Start Menu and search Control Panel
2.Now, go to Program and features option in Control Panel
3.Choose the program you want and click on Uninstall button to Delete MicTrayDebugger.
Method 4 – Delete MicTrayDebugger Related all Process from Windows task manager
1.Press Ctrl+Alt+Del keys in order to open task manager.
2.Now, Windows Task manager display on your PC screen.
3. Hit on Process tab to see all running process in your PC.
4. Select all malicious process and Process to Delete MicTrayDebugger and click End Process option.
Method 5 – Delete MicTrayDebugger From Registry Entries
1. Firstly pressing Win + R buttons together to open Run.
2.Type regedit in Run box and click on OK option.
3. Now select all the malicious entries which is related to MicTrayDebugger and eliminate them completely.
Method 6- Delete MicTrayDebugger toolbar, add-on, plug-ins and extension from Firefox
From Chrome 54.0.2840
1. Go to Chrome 54.0.2840 browser and select menu option.
2. Select Advanced Settings options.
3. Click on Extensions.
4. To delete MicTrayDebugger extension, click on Trash icon.
5. Now, select the remove option in dialog box.
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1.To open manage add-ons on your IE browser and click on Tools button.
2. Select Toolbars and extensions make a selection of remove MicTrayDebugger.
3. Now click to reset button to remove MicTrayDebugger add-ons.
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1. Open Add-on manager tab, select Menu button and then click on Add-ons.
2. Click Extensions
3. Select Remove or Disable Button to Delete MicTrayDebugger.
Method 7- Delete MicTrayDebugger Reset Affected Firefox
Delete MicTrayDebugger : Reset Mozilla:44
1. Open Mozilla:44
2. Go to top menu and Open Help Menu then choose and select on Troubleshooting Information.
3. Hit on Refresh Firefox button to erase the effect of MicTrayDebugger.
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1. Open Chrome 54.0.2840 browser.
2. In the address bar, type this: chrome://settings/ and then hit Enter.
3. Go to the end of the page and click on Show advanced settings.
4. Go to the bottom of the page, click on Reset settings to remove all changes made by MicTrayDebugger.
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1. Open Internet Explorer 10:10.0.9200.16384
2. Go to top menu and click Tools > Internet Options.
3. On Internet Options window choose Advanced tab.
4. In order to reverse modifications caused by {Keyword}, hit on Reset button to bring back Internet Explorer's settings to their default condition.


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Beyonce Sued Over 'Lemonade' Music Video | Music News
Despite Beyonce's Lemonade going platinum on June 8, the celebrations have taken a turn for the worse.
Beyonce, Sony, Columbia and Parkwood Entertainment are being sued, over allegations made by filmmaker Matthew Fulks that the video for Lemonade uses similar shots to his own project Palinoia that he made in 2014. Fulks claims that the project's team were aware of his film before they began shooting for Lemonade.
According to Fulks, he had been offered an opportunity to work with Columbia artists and in order to secure this, he sent them his short film. Fulks was delivered a note asking him to write a video treatment (a document that defines the concept of the film) to be considered by Columbia in July 2015, and a year later, the filming for Lemonade began.
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It's been a pretty grim weekend, weatherwise – it's hardly stopped raining at all over the past two days.
Bert has been going a bit stir crazy, but I discovered some dark purple aquilegia growing wild behind the dilapidated old building in front of the camping bod, so I've been having fun photographing that.
I've had to mess around a bit with flash, because the light's so poor but I quite like these two pictures.
I think it's time to curl up with a bar of chocolate and a film, though…


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Betsy and I are at church today, this is what it looks like.
I love Sundays.
This weekend was so great.
Yesterday bettssss and I went to a silent protest against anti-gay bullying
It was so inspirational.
The kid who organized it, Jason, is a Junior in high school.
His words were really profound,
but what really struck me were the words of his best friend, a straight ally.
"Changing yourself would be a great injustice because you would be depriving the world of the only you there is."
There was so much love and support there, and Jason made it very clear that it was
"NOT an anti-Packer protest."
I appreciated his desire to keep things respectful and move forward in a positive direction.
Attending the event really made me miss my own family.
I don't get homesick, but I think last night was the first time I truly felt physical pain because
I miss them so much.
I'm not here to wine and be a baby though, I just love my familia. :)
Something I am thankful for today:
New Friends, and Old Friends.
I have made some great friends recently.
Even one who I KNOW will be a lifelong friend.
Betsy girl I love ya.
I miss my old friends too, but it means the world to know that no matter where we go, we will ALWAYS have a close friendship.
Stef girl, I miss you and love you.
(you too Arthur)
Things change and people change
and it's sometimes hard to grasp
but nothing is more comforting than knowing
there are those few beautiful people always cheering you on.


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CS Other Presentations
Department of Computer Science - University of Cyprus
Besides Colloquiums, the Department of Computer Science at the University of Cyprus also holds Other Presentations (Research Seminars, PhD Defenses, Short Term Courses, Demonstrations, etc.). These presentations are given by scientists who aim to present preliminary results of their research work and/or other technical material. Other Presentations serve as a forum for educating Computer Science students and related announcements are disseminated to the Department of Computer Science (i.e., the csall list):RSS Directions
Presentations Coordinator: Demetris Zeinalipour
Presentation: Entity Linkage for Heterogeneous and Uncertain Data, Dr. Ekaterini Ioannou (Technical University of Crete, Greece), Tuesday, June 28, 2011, 11:00-11:30 EET.
The Department of Computer Science at the University of Cyprus cordially invites you to the Presentation entitled:
Entity Linkage for Heterogeneous and Uncertain Data
Speaker: Dr. Ekaterini Ioannou
Entity linkage is central to almost every data integration and data cleaning scenario. Traditional techniques use some computed similarity among data structure to perform merges and then answer queries on the merged data. The presentation will introduce a mechanism for entity linkage with uncertainty. Instead of performing the merges based on the linkages, it stores the entity linkages alongside the data and performs only the required merges at run-time, by effectively taking into consideration the query specifications.
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The J-bird's hair was getting pretty shaggy and a little, er...mullet-y in back too, so off to the Great Clips we went.
After! I love his hair a little longer, but now that summer has finally arrived, he needed something a little cooler and more low maintenance (ever try blow drying a 3 year old's hair? Yeesh))


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Monday, April 9, 2012
Do Nothing and Rest Afterwards
I am tickled pink that I am on spring break...I so needed a break. This card pretty much sums up my plans for the week, and I couldn't be happier about it.
I stamped the adorable High Hopes Rubber Stamps image of "Sweet Dreams" onto X-Press It cardstock with Marvy black dye. I colored the image with Copic markers. I stamped the image a second time, so I could pop-dot the flower.
Patterned paper from DCWV and black cardstock form the layers of this card. The sentiment, which seems absolutely made for this image, is from Make an Impression. I added a small green ribbon and bow to the card for the finishing touches.
Suddenly, I feel a nap coming on...until next time, make it a great week.
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- Sue from Oregon said...
This is so cute. Would be a perfect Father's Day card too! Love it! Hey, How did Ohio do? Do I owe you a card?
- April 10, 2012 at 12:11 AM
- Julie- justwritedesigns said...
This is adorable! Love that greeting and the funny image. Your coloring is fabulous!
- April 12, 2012 at 11:00 AM
- Lisa Lara said...
Hi Kecia....oh how adorable. How are you? Come comment to win one of my April Digis:http://www.lisaslifelines.blogspot.com/2012/04/april-blog-candy.html
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They tell you not to be a slacktivist. They tell you to be an activist. So, I have been. I've written things about #NoDAPL. I've written about universal basic income.
A few months ago, however, I stepped even further into activist-land and helped organize a pretty decent protest. It wasn't decent because of my doing. It was definitely the other people who set it up nicely. They did a lot of hard work and should be proud of their accomplishment.
I got there and took my place in the protest. I chanted, I rallied. But even while I was doing these things, the air fell from my wings. We were on TV, yes, but would that even matter? Did any of it matter? Did I just waste Earth-killing gas traveling to a protest that wasn't even going to get us anywhere?
That was a few months ago. Since then, people are still protesting and making demands on the very issues I was protesting on. I know progress can be slow, but what if leaders just aren't listening to the people? What if they just don't care?
That's how I feel now: that elected officials, who are supposed to work for us, do not even care about the issues we protest about. If true, it's a sad state of affairs.
I have seen other protests come and go and I now have to ask whether protesting is an effective form of getting things done. I'm not proposing anything else. If this is what we have to do, so be it. I just worry that protesting isn't effective these days.
So if you have examples of effective recent protests–protests that actually accomplished what they set out to do–let me know in comments.


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Friday, September 29, 2017
"Nevada has massive first month of marijuana sales"
The title of this post is the headline of this local article reporting that "Nevada dispensaries raked in more than $27 million during the first month of recreational marijuana sales, generating more than $3.6 million in taxes, according to figures released Thursday by the Nevada Department of Taxation." Here is more:
How does that stack up against the other states with legal marijuana? It's nearly double. Colorado and Oregon each sold about $14 million in marijuana during their respective first months of sales. Washington sold $3.8 million in its first month.
"We came out of the gate like a shotgun," said Matt Morgan, CEO of Reef Dispensaries. Morgan said that, even three months into recreational sales, Reef's dispensary located behind the Fashion Show Mall has a line inside the store at nearly all times and outside about 40 percent of the time.
Nevada's market will only grow, he said. "I still don't think everyone understands that it's recreational in Nevada yet," Morgan said.
For Nevada, $2.7 million in tax revenue came from the 10 percent special excise tax on recreational marijuana, all of which is destined for the state's rainy day fund. That falls right in line with Nevada's marijuana sales estimates even though there were no state projections for July because of uncertainty about when stores would begin sales. State officials have projected that special sales tax will generate $63.5 million over the first two years of sales....
Tax Department spokeswoman Stephanie Klapstein said the state expects that excise tax to grow over the next two years as more cultivators get licensed and begin to operate. The state has also pulled in $6.5 million for marijuana license and application fees. Those revenues will be used to cover the administrative costs to regulate the industry for the Tax Department and local governments, and all remaining funds go to the state's public education fund.
Recreational sales started on July 1, and the state has issued 250 recreational marijuana licenses thus far, 53 of those to dispensaries.
I have proposed that 5% of tax collections from any new regulations or laws go into research on its effects, and on unintended consequences. No doubt, the earnings far exceed $27 million as the local economies feel a positive effect.
Posted by: David Behar | Sep 30, 2017 8:07:57 PM
cannabis has wide ranging positive effects
including with brain diseases [eg, epilepsy]
based on our endocannabinoid brain system,
together with now known brain palsticity..
this goes way beyond nice mood etc,effects..
brain science is beyond rejection by those
who simply dont know or dont want to know..
with correct doseage, cannabis can perform
what once seemed to be miracles..
sure argue the billions of $, but dont forget
cannabis actual beneficial effects..
if you didnt, want people to know, you would
classify cannabis as for heroin, strychnine etc,
ie, preventing genuine research findings..
in all drugs - doseage - is everything..
judging cannabis on overdosing is like
judging alcohol on drinking a bottle of whiskey..
research will disclose doseage rates..
thus the corrupt fear research..
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My visit to Mum yesterday coincided with lunchtime at the home. It wasn't ideal, I admit, but the faintest suggestion of sunshine had brought thousands on to the road. The staff at the home are very amenable and served Mum's lunch in the quiet sitting room. So, it was my responsibility to cajole Mum into eating. The photo says it all. Arms resolutely crossed, if Mum had her way not a morsel would cross her lips.
Some morsels did:
"Look, Mum, yum yum yum." The "yum yum yum" brought gales of laughter and worked for a while, a very short while. At about the third or fourth mouthful I offered, Mum screwed up her face:
"It's alright for you," came the response to my latest "yum", "I don't like it at all."
Occasionally she would let me load a fork and hand it to her but more often than not, she then tipped the food off the fork and quietly put it down again.
51 or so years ago, the roles were reversed and knowing Mum, she would have shown extreme degrees of patience in persuading me to eat. Perhaps my patience isn't as bountiful. Perhaps it's the idea of feeding Mum at all. Perhaps, in her words, "I don't like it at all."
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Troy Marion C. Turner McLoughlin , 87 , died Wednesday, November 10, 2004 at her nieces home on Grant Avenue in Troy after a brief illness.
Born in Troy, she was the daughter of the late Joseph Turner and Maud (Everton) Turner and wife of the late Neil J. McLoughlin.
She had resided in South Troy for many years and in the Troy area all her life.
Mrs. McLoughlin was a homemaker. She enjoyed gardening and decorating her home for all occasions.
She is survived by a sister, Jessie Moeske of Hampton Manor and several nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by two sisters, Maud Gundrum (in August) and Emma Goodman and two brothers, Joseph and Thomas Turner.
Funeral service will be held Monday, November 15, 2004 at 11:00 AM at the Bryce Funeral Home Inc. 276 Pawling Avenue Troy with Rev. Elaine Woroby, Pastor of the Loudonville Presbyterian Church, officiating. Relatives and friends may call at the funeral home Sunday from 3-5 and 7-9 PM. Interment St. Joseph's Cemetery, in Troy.
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The Elephant Has Come Home to Roost
Milton Chen's second part of his article on Carol Dweck, et. al. came out a couple days ago. I commented on the first part earlier.
Chen interviewed Dweck through email, and asked what teachers and parents could do for their children. Dweck offered several suggestions. I want to focus on what I see as the real transformational piece of information: Convince the child that their brain is not finished making connections. This information has been around for a long time, because I have always chosen to work with middle school kids because I believe it is "our last, best chance to make a positive difference in the lives of kids" is how I have put it since the late 1980s before I was in education. I worked in ministry then, and the research (though I don't know who provided the research) then stated that the brain grows the fastest and makes more neurological connections from birth to two years. The brain never again makes as many new connections as the first 3 years of life, but the years of a child's pre-adolescence present the second-best time for new connections in the brain to be made.
Our nation spends millions on pre-K, nursery school, and commercials telling parents how important it is to read to kids. We have had Pampers provide classical music CDs in their packages. But of all kids, who are the ones who receive the least attention? The middle school child. They are Jan Brady, caught in the middle of the all-important SAT high schoolers, and "let's do it for the children" elementary kids. But, the brain makes the greatest and most new connections from 0-3 years old and 11-14 years old (give or take a year or two).
The 11-14 year olds are the kids with whom no one wants to attach themselves. As a group, they are rebellious, ungrateful, and seeking independence and identity. Who wants to help this kind of kid? Not many...not enough. I look forward to reading Dweck's work to see what she offers for the kid in the middle.
Chen provides the resources:
The results of their study are being published in a Child Development article titled "Implicit Theories of Intelligence Predict Achievement Across an Adolescent Transition: A Longitudinal Study and an Intervention." Dweck also wrote a book last year called Mindset: The New Psychology of Success.
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Applying the G20 Training Strategy in Jordan (Phase 2)
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Training Workshop on: Systems of Sectoral TVET Governance
The training workshop aimed at sharing national, regional and international experiences of establishing sectoral systems of TVET governance so that stakeholders in Jordan can consider options for improving the current system in the country. The workshop also introduced key issues to be addressed when establishing Sector Skills Councils and other bodies involved in the governance of TVET at a sectoral level.
The ILO partners with the Russian Federation to support Jordan's endeavours towards improving the Technical and Vocational Education and Training system in the country.
A 2-day Skills for Trade and Economic Diversification (STED) workshop took place in Amman, Jordan under the "Applying the G20 Training Strategy: A Partnership of the ILO and the Russian Federation" (Phase 2) project. The workshop marked the commencement of Project activities in Jordan.


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Thursday, February 6, 2014
Movie Spoilers Episode 98
On Movie Spoilers Episode 98 Lehew tells a story of getting kicked out of a crappy Nicholas Sparks film, then we get into comments, a little talk about Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor, Phenomenal One talks about how the X-Men franchise is pretty awful. Then we get into blu-ray releases and trailer talk with Monuments Men. Enjoy!
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If you want to add licks to your bag, you don't have to stick with what other mandolinists play. Fiddlers, banjo pickers and guitarists have all kinds of great licks, so I don't see why I shouldn't steal from then too. Tony Rice loves this lick, he plays it at the end of his break on "Your Love Is Like A Flower" (Bluegrass Album Band), and quite a few other places too. Try playing it in a lot of different keys, I found E was good too, but here it is in G and A:
It sits nicely over any I-V-I change. You can also use the first half in many other situations, and you can vary the second part (over the V chord) to suit the song or how you feel that day.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Improvising Kit Bag 3: Steal from Other Instruments
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Pakistan Asks for $10 Billion from IMF
The Pakistaini government will ask for $10 billion from the Internaitional Monetary Fund on Monday, CNBC has learned.
My take: So, given that these guys have nukes how would you feel if they declared bankruptcy and the whole country's economy went to hell in a hand basket? Talk about a jihad nightmare! I think this is something DEFINITELY to consider when looking at each presidential candidate's position on
Conspiracy theory related thought. I find the timing of this to be VERY eerily close to the presidential elections, don't you? I mean, they know that Bush has really given them A LOT of $$$ and who is likely to give them more $$$ over the next 5-10 years, McCain or Obama?
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CIFFA Announces Changes to Professional Freight Forwarder (PFF) Designation
TORONTO April 21, 2016 - Obtaining and maintaining a professional designation is a worthy achievement and something that any individual can be proud of. Currently some 80 individuals proudly bear the Professional Freight Forwarder (PFF) designation and are recognized as 'Individual Members' of the association.
"The PFF designation is a mark of excellence in and commitment to the freight forwarding industry", says Jeff Cullen CIFFA President and President and CEO of Rodair. "Our sector is maturing and a professional designation can help establish standards and set the bar for senior positions within the industry. Employers want an easily recognizable way to distinguish an industry professional and the PFF should provide that."
Current PFFs have not only met education and work-experience requirements, they also contribute to the industry by sitting on working groups and committees, representing freight forwarders at events and trade shows and contributing to overall promotion of the global freight logistics sector. They make a point of continuing to learn throughout their careers, and are required to maintain personal and professional development through conferences, seminars and classes.
While the application process itself will be made easier and the benefits of accreditation increased, the education requirements of the program are being beefed up as part of the association's ongoing drive to enhance the industry's professionalism. To qualify for accreditation after January 1, 2017, applicants will need to have completed the association's three new management courses that are now available, and its workshops on standard trading conditions and ethical decision-making, in addition to the Certificate and Advanced Certificate programs that have always been required for accreditation. Existing PFFs (defined as PFFs who had renewed with CIFFA as of February 29, 2016) will have two years, until January 1, 2019, to complete the management courses.
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The Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association (CIFFA) represents some 250 regular member firms from the largest of global multi-national freight forwarding firms to small and medium sized Canadian companies. CIFFA member companies employ tens of thousands of highly skilled international trade and transportation specialists. As a vital component of Canada's global supply chain, CIFFA member companies facilitate the movement of goods around the world. International freight forwarders are the foremost experts in cargo transportation solutions and an essential partner in advancing the Canadian economy and the economic prosperity of Canadians.


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Kirsten and fiance Jesse Plemons attended the 2017 Guggenheim International Gala made possible by Dior held at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum on Thursday (November 16) in New York City.
Prior to the gala dinner, dancer Daniil Simkin performed an excerpt from his Works & Process at the Guggenheim–commissioned production, Falls the Shadow, featuring costume designs by Maria Grazia Chiuri, Artistic Director of Dior. Proceeds from the event support the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
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Our gallery was updated with several magazines published during 2017, specially during The Beguiled promo. Check it by following the links below:
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Erdem and H&M unveiled their collaborated collection in Los Angeles last night and all the stylish stars were at the party to celebrate the upcoming launch. Kirsten Dunst, which looked stunning in a pair of gender-neutral brown floral pajamas, was in attendence alongside names as Kate Bosworth, Kate Mara and Selma Blair.
We have some images added at the gallery, and you can expect more later.
Sofia Coppola's The Beguiled was released on digital HD last month, and last Tuesday (October 10) the movie arrived on DVD and Blu-Ray. You can find now in our gallery screen captures from the movie and from the movie's extras.
Starred by Kirsten Dunst, Nicole Kidman, Elle Fanning, Colin Farrell, Angourie Rice, Oona Laurence and more, the film is based on Thomas P. Cullinan's novel of the same name. It's the second time the book has been adapted for the big screen; Don Siegel also directed a version starring Clint Eastwood in 1971. Essentially, the movie focuses on a boarding school in the South during the Civil War where tension ensues when a wounded enemy soldier stays with the women at the school.
Go ahead to our gallery, to check the screen captures.
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Kirsten joined the Rodarte sisters on THR latest Top 20 Red Carpet Designers special issue. Digital scans plus the pretty photoshoot has been added to our gallery, and you can also see the related videos below.
Magazines from 2017 > Sep 20 | The Hollywood Reporter
As part of Woodshock promotional, Kirsten is gracing the cover of C Magazine, in its October issue. The announcement was made on their Instagram, pictures was taken by Kurt Iswarienko and it looks amazing!
C's October Issue is out featuring the inimitable @kirstendunst. Congrats to her and @rodarte's @kateandlauramulleavy on their @woodshockmovie premiere. #OctoberIssue #onstandsnow #cultureclub #cmagfashion ? . Photography by @kurtiswarienko ? Styling by @edmondalison Art Direction by @james_timmins Hair @laini_reeves ? Makeup @marywilesmakeup ? Nails @tombachik Wearing @preenbythorntonbregazzi and @repossi
The magazine is now on stands. Check in our gallery the pretty photoshoot and read below parts of the interview. Scans will be added asap!
Kirsten attended last night at the ArcLight cinemas in Hollywood the premiere of her new movie Woodshock. She was joined by directors Laura and Kate Mulleavy and was looking stunning in Rodarte. Check in our gallery the first batch of pictures added.
Kirsten attended this Thursday (14) a Woodshock special screening in New York. She was joined by Kate & Laura Mulleavy and we have some pictures added in our gallery.


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DENVER — Not too long ago we introduced you to a little cowboy from Yuma with a really big heart.
When we first met Ty Weathers, he was caring for his disabled heifer, 'Hailey'.
Hailey was paralyzed and couldn't walk, so Ty would help hoist her up 2-3 times a day to help her out.
Back then, Ty told us how important it is to care for animals and to treat them well. [Click Here to watch the original story]
On Thursday, he traveled to Denver to share that message with students at Brown International Academy.
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LIFE OF BRIAN: INTERVIEW WITH BRIAN LANDRUS and RYAN TRUESDELL
photo by Nick Bewsey
His friends call him Big B and for a low woodwind player, saxophonist Brian Landrus, life this summer seems to be supersized. When we met on July 2, he was in between gigs as a member of Esperanza Spalding's tour band – he was preparing to jet off the next day to Brussels to rejoin the group in Europe (33 gigs with Spalding had been scheduled for May, June and July in the US and abroad.) Married and living in Brooklyn, he had a few days off to spend time with his family and I had arranged through Brian's publicist to meet him along with Ryan Truesdell, a close friend and collaborator on Brian's new album,
. An exceptional jazz record,
is a musical testimony to connections, a fulfillment of ideas founded at New England Conservatory as a student and life on the road as a musician since then. Produced live in the studio, Landrus' vision is brought vividly to life through the skill of his friend, Ryan, and players on the date like drummer Rudy Royston, bassist Lonnie Plaxico and guitarist Nir Felder.
We met in the early afternoon at Joe Papp's Public Theater in the East Village prior to the band's sound check. Brian was running behind, but Ryan was ready to go, so I started by asking him about his last 12 months since he released
Centennial: Newly Discovered Works Of Gil Evans
, a project Ryan produced and conducted after gaining access to Gil's private files through the Evans family – all of it meticulously researched, assembled and recorded with 35 musicians and vocalists.
Last year was your big year, Ryan. Your album was released to great acclaim, made many top 10 music lists and was nominated for a Grammy. What was that like for you?
RT: It's hard to say! It's almost like I don't remember much of it since it was such a whirlwind…from the research, to the copying, getting the band together, to the funding through ArtistShare. I did all that by myself. Then came the gigs at the Jazz Standard, then the Umbria Jazz Festival, one of the biggest festivals in Europe, and then the Newport Jazz Festival, then the Grammys -- all of this happened within a few months. Plus, all the nice things journalists have written. It's been a lot of fun. Now I'm back on my feet and considering what's next.
It must have been very fulfilling…to hit it big right out of the gate.
RT: Well, you're making it a much bigger deal than it is! It's not like my name is up there in lights! (
) But it has been fun. You know what I love about working with Gil's music? It's not my music. It's so great by itself! It's such a thrill to present his music and put together the musicians to play it. Because when you write your own music, you're so invested in it personally; the ego is involved and that's not the case here. Gil's music is great by itself. It's great to be up there to present it. No one was playing it and then to have the opportunity to explore and perform it, to hire that great band – all anybody had was the records he made. He never had many live gigs. And so it's great to be able to turn people on to Gil's music who may have never heard it before. One of my favorite things is that I invite students to the shows to sell the CDs for me, and the first year a guy came up to me and said 'I've never heard of [bandleader] Claude Thornhill (Evans wrote arrangements for his orchestra;) I've never heard this music before and this stuff changed my life.' To hear someone say that! That alone is worth it -- to be able to turn one more person on to the music.
So how did you meet Brian?
RT: We met at NEC. I think he is officially the first person I met at orientation on the first day. (
Brian walks in
) And there he is. He approaches…almost seven feet tall! (
We pause for introductions; Brian and Ryan catch up about family and schedules. Brian tells me that his family is visiting from his childhood home in Reno, Nevada to attend the CD release party this night. Politely, Brian asks if he's interrupted our conversation and offers to come back later. Since the whole point of the interview was to speak with Brian and Ryan together, I asked him to stay and jump right in.
(Picking up how they met each other
…) yes, we met at the audition on the first day. You [Ryan] came in a suit, looking all slick, I came in looking like a bum.
RT: I remember hating it. I had a horrible audition!
BL: Yeah, you were terrified. I was terrified too. And then we talked and found out both of us were going for jazz comp.
RT: [Bob] Brookmeyer was there. I remember hearing all these people auditioning before me, all of them being put through the wringer, and when I went in, they stopped me after four minutes. Bob sat stone-faced. And Bob says, 'I got a call about you." Even though I was in, all I wanted was to go home (
BL: Mine was right after yours. After the first tune I played, I was playing a ballad – Body and Soul – and Bob gets up and walks to the other side of the room and opens a wrapped sandwich, making all sorts of noise. I was sure I bombed, but Bob turned around and said, 'I knew I wanted you here after the first three notes.'
Composer, educator and musician Bob Brookmeyer was evidently hugely influential on Brian and Ryan as they embarked on their careers. At NEC, Brookmeyer encouraged Landrus to play the baritone sax after hearing Brian play the horn, comparing his style to none other than Gerry Mulligan. After that, Landrus concentrated on all the low reed instruments. Brookmeyer passed away in 2011.
So, Brian, you're in the middle of your tour with Esperanza, while you're prepping your CD for release and getting the band together for the show tonight. And Ryan, with all your work and performing with your Centennial project, well, you both seem like very disciplined and organized individuals.
BL: Ryan is incredibly organized. This guy, he always had his shit together in school. When I got to NEC, I had already worked with the Motown bands, but Ryan was established and working with Maria [Schneider.] He has already paid his dues. And so you have to be organized to do any of this.
RT: Yes, just coordinating four people is a skill and you have to have it. I learned it throughout school and working with Bob, who was in upstate New York at times, being his ear on the ground. It basically separates out who's successful…if they have a band under their name.
With this record,
, I needed Ryan's help to keep it all together. As organized as I am with my own stuff, I knew when I was writing the music, it's hard to know what needs to be cued on the open sections and who plays next. And Ryan was right there at the studio giving instruction and direction. Actually, it was the most fun I've had recording a record.
Ryan Truesdell insists on a supporting role, deferring to Landrus's vision to incorporate strings into the mix, but the saxophonist is the first to admit that Truesdell's conducting of the string arrangements wouldn't have been the same with anyone else.
Ryan Truesdell & Brian Landrus at Joe's Pub, July, 2013 - photo by Nick Bewsey
In terms of production, was everyone there at the same time? No overdubs?
RT: Everyone was there. People were always in eyesight of one another. The drums were in a booth. It was live, strings and all.
Brian, when did the music on Mirage come together? Last year, you were in the Ryan's band playing the music on Centennial. Were you writing then, or afterwards?
BL: I started writing
four months before we went into the studio. I had the idea, but it seemed like such an undertaking. But I heard it in my head and knew that I had to record it.
I commented on how large the strings sound on Mirage; four players that have a potent collective voice and ask how that's achieved.
RT: Yes, it's part of arranging. Gil Evans did that on the Miles Davis dates. I remember getting together with Brian about a month before the recording and looking at the charts, wondering 'I don't know how this is going to work.' I had a lot of question marks on the sheet music and put my trust in Brian, but once we started playing and recording, he was right – it all works.
There are so many great songs on
. I love Don't Close Your Eyes – the strings give it a nice emphasis. (
Ryan recalls the melodic line and sings it
RT: Yeah, that one. That's another one where I wasn't sure how it was going to work but it did. I love it.
BL: The strings kicked my ass on this record. I was asked in another interview if I had any training with strings and I had to say that I didn't. Then I recalled I had one class on Beethoven's string quartets. I guess that helped! Prior to this record, I was studying some orchestral scores and I noticed there was a wideness in the writing that I liked, and I tried to put that in, where the cellos were way low and other instruments higher, just so it gets that fuller vibe to sound like more players.
RT: What I like about Brian's writing, what it reminds me of -- is what pop music is getting into now -- that retro sound, like the music of Justin Timberlake and Pharrell. And even the Motown influence. The sounds of the 60s and 70's is what Brian's writing reminds me of.
It reminds me of those old CTI records by Grover Washington, Jr. or Bob James (
Ryan voices agreement
.) The fat keyboard sound and harmonics are really cool, yet your music is utterly original.
BL: There's an influence there. I love Motown. Donny Hathaway. That's such great music. And I've been playing since I was twelve. 22 years now.
Tell me how you write your music. What's the process?
BL: Yeah, well, I write lyrics to all my tunes. That's how it starts out.
RT (surprised): You do? Have you always done that?
BL: Depends on the project, but yes. I usually don't tell people that because then they want to see them. At that point it's too personal. I won't show them to anybody. Not even my family. It taps into a deeper thing for me. There's real meaning to me than just notes and music, figuring out how to convey what I've written in words. It's very personal. I'm surprised I never told you, Ryan.
RT: You're such a deep person! I never knew this! Now I have to look at all your titles again (
Tell me about Sammy, the second track on the album.
Sammy was my cat for 22 years. He would always sit in my lap, I was writing most of my music with him right there. Writing music, transcribing music. He was with me throughout so much of my life. And I knew he was getting to the end. So I wrote that song about him after I made the call to put him down. We'd been through a lot together over the years.
Ryan, how do you practice as a composer. Is there such a thing?
RT: Well, there are two answers. One, I study a lot. Scores and orchestral pieces. And then I write. Bob Brookmeyer always pushed me to write, even going so far to call me to remind me to write. You have to get your ideas out. The other thing that Bob taught me was how to listen. I go to shows and try to really listen. He trained me to listen and if I didn't like something, to ask myself what didn't I like about this or that. That's really valuable advice to me.
BL: With writing, obviously, you have to develop a certain amount of skill. As far as
goes, I put everything into it that I've thought about since my last record. The ideas in my head, it's like a savings account that I empty onto paper and into writing. I have to get it out. I'm project oriented and I put all my effort into it. I have a timeline and, this is something Bob taught me, to set the recording date first before writing anything and work towards that.
RT: That's great. Have you written anything since
BL: I have a couple of things down, but not sure what I want to do, yet. I want to do a trio date – it's a lot easier to tour with a trio – but maybe another one of these [like
We talked about Brian connecting with Billy Hart who played drums on Brian's earlier quartet record,
(2011) and bassist Lonnie Plaxico, a current band member who played on
. How does a group like that come together? In this case, from pianist Michael Cain who knew Hart and told Brian to ask him. In jazz, reputations and friendships go far and bring unique collaborators together. It's all about connections. The impressive
session drummer, Rudy Royston, couldn't make the gig on July 2, and Billy Hart was available to sit in.
How do you manage your schedule? How do you incorporate your family life into all of this?
BL: It's so difficult. Never easy. I'm only here six days. It's been tough but necessary. Esperanza is really accommodating to me and she doesn't always do that for other band members. I get to do this release gig, then I'm flying out to Brussels tomorrow.
What is that tour like?
BL: It's a show. But it's a lot of fun. Everyone gets a chance to show off what they do and I've made a lot a lifetime friends with this group. (Leo Genovese and saxophonist Tia Fuller are members of the band)
In every city, we try to get together after hours to do jam.
In Brazil, we go to this jazz club that Leo knew about, got crazy on the native liquor and played 'til 4:30 in the morning. Until the police came and told us we were done.
photo by Nick Bewsey - Joe's Pub, July, 2013
Are there future plans for touring with Mirage? Or for your band, Kaleidoscope?
BL: Nothing's planned for now. It's such a large group to take on the road. I've gotten calls and requests to perform
in other places, but that's hard to do for one-shot dates. I'm so consumed with Esperanza's tour right now, so everything is a little up in the air.
I mention how accessible
is as a jazz project; how strong Brian's songwriting is. Ryan says that he wakes up with this music playing in his head. I mention how absorbing the title cut is, essentially agreeing that having memorable melodies is cool. Head nods all around.
We talk about the Newport Jazz Festival, a little more about Ryan's Centennial project and other musicians like Milton Nascimento (who hung out with Brian and the band on the Spalding tour.) Both musicians talk about working on their next projects. The guys pick up conversations where they left off months before; an easygoing rapport that goes back and forth.
You two seem like such good friends, along with working on each other's projects -- your connection is tight.
RT: I know! Well, we've known each other since, what, 2004?
BL: Time is flying!
Well, for people like me, and music fans and listeners, what it means is that there will be more great music with and by both of you to look forward to.
Brian sees his band showing up for the sound check and needs to attend to that, but Ryan has one other point to make.
RT: I've has a lot of conversations with people about the value of school. And how important it is. I know some questions whether or not it's better to hit the road first. But one of the things I know as I look at people I'm working with – [singer] Wendy Gilles, Brian, and others that are our peer group and people we collaborate with – these are friends that I wouldn't have met if it wasn't for school. And I wouldn't have developed that relationship otherwise. School gives you that safe place to experiment and try things out and not be judged. So many people and friend went to and have graduated from NEC. It's fun to see these connections out there and making it happen.
Yes, it's all about connections. And you both keep it happening. Thanks so much for speaking with me, Ryan and Brian.
Billy Hart
Brian Landrus
Esperanza Spalding
Ryan Truesdell


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Monday, February 23, 2009
Weekly Stock Pick
As I scan the stock charts this Monday morning, my opinion that the stock market was heading much lower happened after the upside rally to the this current bear market started the beginning of December. I still see the market heading lower, although this week I'm looking for another dead cat bounce after last week's big sell-off. With the White House and Treasury Department late Friday seeking to tone down rumors that Citibank and Bank of America are about to become totally owned subsidiaries of Uncle Sam, it shows that Wall-Street has no faith yet from what Capitol Hill is saying or doing. Early on Friday, executives at Citigroup and Bank of America both said they are not in danger of nationalization, but their statements did little to calm the markets. The worse is yet to come in my opinion.
Through this bear market I've heard a lot of analysts and pros saying there's great value and to buy stocks right now based on the fundamentals and or the technical's. When stock prices were flying high in the past, was it fundamentals and or technical's driving them? Yes and no, maybe so, who knows, and does it even matter in the end? I'm more inclined to think greed was and always has been the driver. Now prices are in a down-trend, and what are the reasons for the selling? I would say simply, fear. My best suggestion is that no matter if you're buying or short-selling in any type of market, is to always using stop-loss. It will save your account in case the market goes against you, and you can also save your breath about making statements as to why or why not the price moved the way it did. Want do you really want? Do you want to be right or do you want to make money?
My stock pick this week is a new buy position on an American company that manufactures and distributes paint products around the world. The reason why I picked this stock to buy this week and every week is that it's showing a low-risk high-reward buy trade setup on the chart. I'm not basing my analysis so much on anything the company is doing or any other fundamental reason. The chart is showing me a 3:1 plus reward risk ratio, so if I'm right I have good return, and if I'm wrong I've got a small stop-loss. It's about calculating the odds and taking a position that stacks those odds in your favor on every trade or investment. Win some lose some and in the long term get rich.
Buy Long Sherwin-Williams. Ticker SHW
Buy Entry: 45.52 to 43.98
Stop-Loss: 43.75 or lower.
Stop-Loss Note: If 43.75 give's way, look for 35 target and see about buying in there.
Take Profit Areas: 47.74, 49.11 to 50.48, 62.58 to 65.53
Sherwin-Williams Company Profile
The Sherwin-Williams Company (Sherwin-Williams) is engaged in the development, manufacture, distribution and sale of paint, coatings and related products to professional, industrial, commercial and retail customers primarily in North and South America with additional operations in the United Kingdom, Europe, India and China. The Company's operating segments comprise Paint Stores Group, Consumer Group and Global Group. In February 2008, the Company acquired Becker Powder Coatings Inc., a subsidiary of AB Wilh. Becker. In July 2008, the Company acquired the Liquid Coatings subsidiaries of Inchem Holdings of Inchem Holdings International Limited. In February 2009, the Company acquired Altax Sp. zo.o.
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Urgent message from Chocolate Paradise (I am providing no link):
Sometimes, you'll get stunned by the titanic amount of chocolate sources at hand.
Now that that is out of the way….
I went over to the llocal llama farm this morning. I actually took pictures, not that I can put them on my computer or the blog or anything, but I did take pictures. Jack was no help at all. He was terrifying the alpha male, who had never seen anything like a rambunctious three-year-old boy getting out of his stroller and exploring the barn. They actually sounded their llama alert noise, which Kathy said they usually only do for airplanes or other big scary things they don't like. But the younger llamas and the babies came over to investigate.
Kathy had many many bags of llama fiber out in the barn, and gave me one to take home. I will be teaching myself to sort out all the guard hairs and VM. There are a lot of steps in the process. This is one of them. We will see what happens next.
[My life path at this point looks like a series of stepping stones positioned haphazardly across a ragged lawn. I am hopping to what I can leap to instead of pausing to figure out how to align the stones, recast the broken ones, countersink them below grade, etc. People from my deeper past (I can't see you, but I know you're there) know what kind of person this behavior made me. I'm trying to be different now.]
Last night I watched two episodes of Remington Steele (Mildred got her new Tandy computer, hooray!, and even in its first episode it did the impossible) and decided to attempt two repeats of the IHS instead of just one. Why don't I ever listen to me? I may or may not have crossed my cables at row 6 instead of row 8. I can't know for sure unless I proceed (and tink back 7 rows if I am wrong) or tink back 6 rows (and re-knit if I was right, and tink back two more and re-knit 8 more if I was wrong).
Either way, I'm not looking forward to that. I could blame the two glasses of local wine, or the sight of 27-year-old Pierce Brosnan vaulting a 6 foot fence while wearing a suit, or just place the blame square on my own head for rushing things. I always say that's the biggest source of mistakes in hobbycraft, and now it's my behind that got bit. Ouch.
I feel like I've knit myself into a corner. The IHS is maybe stalled, the Dianne hat is definitely stalled, and I'm afraid to even look at Tyrone for fear I'll discover that I screwed that up too. So far I haven't made any mistakes on the Red Scarf, but then again that pattern is pretty bulletproof. (Maybe I should compile a booklet of knitting patterns for those afflicted with memory loss. I could call it No Lace For You.)
So that's where it all is. Feel free to send mojo, but maybe I should just take some time off from knitting.
P.S. Melanie, I *just* got the box of butternuts! Thank you!


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Fake anti-virus scamPosted: Updated:
PHOENIX - "We are seeing this over and over again," says Ken Colburn from Data Doctors, "it's the No. 1 thing causing people grief on the internet."
Colburn is talking about a fake anti-virus that looks like it's scanning your computer.
"It was on Microsoft format," Rusty Fried told us. "It looks totally legitimate!"
Fried is online all the time writing blogs and articles about aviation. It's what he loves to do. When a message popped up saying 18 infections were detected on his computer, he wanted to get it cleaned up right away.
"I decided I'll just send the $80." He explained, "They got me."
"If you send this to 10 million people and 1 percent fall for it, that's a lot of credit cards," Colburn explained when we visited his Tempe offices.
He showed us a side-by-side screen shot of a real anti-virus program and the fake one that infected Rusty's computer.
"It's very convincing," says Colburn. Not only that, the virus uses reverse psychology. If you try to close the pop up by clicking on the X, that's the trigger.
Colburn explains, "When you click on it, you're actually telling the program it's okay to install or continue on with your destruction."
Instead of clicking on the X to close the pop-up, hit control, alt and delete which takes you to the task manager where you force the scan to quit.
Also, Colburn says it's crucial that you know what kind of anti-virus software you have in the first place – so you know what to look for!
"It's a pain in the neck. It really is," says Rusty Fried, "We are all walking targets."
Why Antivirus won't stop fake security infections
I have MacAfee antivirus installed but still got infected by a fake security program that completely took over my computer. Should I be using something else for protection?
Answer by Ken Colburn, Data Doctors
In the world of computers, there is currently a 'scareware pandemic' in play that is fooling millions of users every day.
Scareware refers to rogue programs that scare folks into doing something that, in this case, actually infects their computer.
Typically, users are initially exposed to these programs when visiting a website that is laced with the instructions to pop-up a fake warning that your computer is infected. These warnings look very similar to Windows screens and cause most folks to follow the prompts to 'scan' or 'fix' the problem.
Eventually, the 'fix' asks the user for a credit card number, which is when most folks realize something 'phishy' is going on, but by that time it's too late. The second that anyone clicks on the button to 'scan' or 'fix', it instructs your computer to install the evil code in the background while making you believe that it's scanning your computer for viruses.
It's by far, the most common reason that we are seeing 'patients' in our stores throughout the country.
This class of malicious software began appearing on the Internet in 2006 and has grown at a veracious rate simply because it is an effective way of getting into your computer. As of this writing, there are over 300 variants of fake security programs with new versions appearing on a weekly basis.
There is even a fake security program that calls itself 'Data Doctor 2010' which as you can imagine causes some confusion for our customers (we are not the authors, they simply made use of our name hoping to fool users).
Once they infect you, they can steal your credit card information, infect the machine for use as a silent soldier in a 'botnet' army, or install anything else that they so desire.
The reason your MacAfee antivirus didn't protect you is that it couldn't and neither would any other companies antivirus because you clicked on a button that told Windows and your security program that you wanted to install a program.
These malicious programs are very well written and look like any other program, like a screensaver or photo management program to your operating system and security programs.
Keep in mind, while these evil programmers are cooking up these concoctions, they have the ability to test it on every major antivirus program on the market before they launch it. In other words, they can keep working with the code until they know that your antivirus program will think it is a legitimate program.
Once they accomplish that, their only task is to fool you into clicking on a button to start the process of infiltrating your computer.
This, unfortunately, is why so many people are getting infected and your antivirus program is powerless to protect you from yourself.
Most folks that get infected immediately start searching Google for a way to get rid of these programs, which exposes them to yet more scams of programs that claim they can help if you pay.
The best information for removal will be the manual registry steps to eradicate the scareware code from the core of the Windows operating system, but even those instructions can be dated in a few short months.
The authors of the malware also scan the Internet to see how folks are removing their code, then they update their code to block or evade those removal instructions, so if you are searching for help on any specific infection, make sure to refine your search to only show you results from the past week (click on the 'Show options' link above the search results in Google).
In the future, pay very close attention to warning screens. In your case, you have MacAfee installed, so if the warning is not clearly coming from the MacAfee program, cancel the warning
Read a previous Data Doctors blog about this virus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LP09QSwKE5Y&feature=youtu.be.


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These aren't a special holiday cookie, but one I spied on the back of a flour bag when making pizza dough one Friday afternoon. Peanut butter. Oats. Chocolate. It had to be a winner.
It was! Definitely eat one warm and then the rest are great dunkers.
And I promise, Henry's double chin is not a product of eating the cookies. Now back to my regularly scheduled program of kissing a chin dimple.
Robin Hood Flour's Outrageous Chocolate Chip Cookies
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup sugar
2/3 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup peanut butter
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
2 cups flour
1 cup quick cooking or old fashioned oats
2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
12 oz. semisweet chocolate chips
Heat oven to 350. Beat butter, sugars, peanut butter, vanilla and eggs until creamy and well blended. Stir in flour, oats, baking soda and salt. Stir in chocolate chips.
Drop dough by rounded tablespoons about 2 inches apart onto cookie sheet.
Bake 10-12 minutes or until golden brown (I made mine big and they took about 14 minutes). Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.


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Friday, February 10, 2006
Kenya rules over the park.
Man, am I the luckiest dog in the world or what? I'm the queen of this park, and everyone knows it. Or at least I like to think so!
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