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Name: Tegan and Sara
Progress Report: Sara Quin talks about Get Along, what's next for the band, and the Tyler, The Creator controversy that won't seem to ever go away.
Last month Tegan and Sara released Get Along — a career-spanning live album that also includes three short documentary films on the band. Not only is the album a potent reminder of just how much of a polished live act Tegan and Sara have become, it's a nice feather in the cap for a band that has been recording and touring for well over a decade. I had the chance a couple of weeks ago to talk with Sara Quin about what happens next for the band as they prepare to head back into the studio. Having interviewed the band before, I was none too surprised that this interview turned out to be both super easy and super engaging … as well as incredibly long.
STEREOGUM: How's it going?
SARA: It's going good! I'm just a few blocks from my house. I was out running errands and it feels like spring. I don't even have a jacket on.
STEREOGUM: Yes. It's weirdly nice in Brooklyn right now, but I have a feeling that winter is about to show up and punch us in the face. Thanks for taking the time out to chat with me, by the way.
SARA: Oh God, no, thank you! It's so — we weren't sure if like the DVD/live album release warranted any new press, so I'm delighted that people even wanted to talk to us about it.
STEREOGUM: It's a pretty ambitious project — a live album, a concert film, and two short documentaries. Did the same person put all three of them together?
SARA: No. We shot them at different times and we used different people for each one. Mostly because initially the project was even more ambitious, but then we were like, "Oh my God, too much!" We tend to be over-ambitious in a really delusional way. So this is like a pared-back version of the original concept. We wanted to work with three different people because we didn't want someone to get too connected to us and for it to become too personal. We really wanted someone who can just sort of be outside of it, so we used three different people and shot it at three different times.
STEREOGUM: That's interesting. The films feel pretty personal when you watch them. It also really nicely caps off the last decade of your career. Now that you can sit back and watch it, does it feel like you are somehow drawling a line in the sand? Like, this film kind of ties a nice bow around the last ten years or so and now you can move forward?
SARA: Yes, I do and it's funny because Tegan and I have been talking about this a lot. You know, we're not a traditional band. We really are two songwriters and two individuals in a project together and we are constantly changing. We obviously recognize that we have now spent thirteen years building up an audience, so we don't want to completely alienate them by putting out an polka-electro record or something, but I do feel like with the last record, Tegan and I started talking about our limitations. We felt like there was this glass ceiling that we'd kind of run into.
We're still grateful for the success of our band but there is something that came with it–It started in my late 20s and I definitely feel it now that I'm you know, happily into my 30s–like not as much hesitation about admitting that although we've always been ambitious and we've been grateful for the success we've had, that we definitely are still more ambitious and want more success. We're so happy for the success we have experienced and we really love our audience and we feel like we have a rapport with the press and with our fans, but there is still something to be explored. We are always talking about what things are holding us back and what can we enhance and what can we change. At the same time we were putting together the concept of the live album and DVD, which really kind of nailed it.
We were talking about the films sort of being an emotional way to kind of cap off a period of our life and hopefully a period of our career that we'll always look back on and feel good about. Emotionally — for me, anyways — it is like a way to let go and also not feel hesitations or nervousness about really pushing ourselves to do something bigger. I really did have like a sense of closure after we finished the DVD. Like, I just really felt good about it like "Okay, goodbye! Goodbye 2000s! Goodbye!"
STEREOGUM: It's such a complicated thing. I would assume that certain kinds of questions — the typical what do we do next sort of things — can become even more loaded when your band mate is also your sibling. Do you have a sense of what you want to do now or is this now a good time to take a break and go live life for a while?
SARA: Over the last year and a half, having a liberal amount of time off and not time off to write a record, like….I didn't write anything. I worked on a couple of collaborative things but I totally did not think about Tegan and Sara and I did not sit down and write one song. When I actually did start to sit down and write songs for the new record a couple of months ago, it was the first time I had actually written a song for Tegan and Sara in almost three years. It's that funny thing with albums, like, where by the time the last one came out those songs were over a year old … and then now add two years on top of that. We basically took a year off to watch West Wing and drink wine…but I feel like it worked for me. Even though we were touring some during that time and trying to peddle our music to the teenagers of America, I also feel like I did have some healthy time off from the band.
And I wanted some time off from Tegan in a weird way. When she started sending music for this next coming record, I wanted to be ready for it. I wanted to be able to be in a place where I could go like, "Oh yeah, I totally love being in a band with you! I'm so excited that we're here!" And I just didn't want to have a bad attitude about it. I want to really–like I didn't want to approach it like "Okay, here we go again (sigh)" or like "We've gotta create some momentum, let's create another record". I really wanted to take some time off to get excited again.
And it also allowed me to take some time to really look at things. Putting the DVD together was interesting because we talked a lot about our early years, and even now just thinking about how totally naïve and unprepared we were in the beginning, makes me feel a little nauseous. To say we were clueless is a huge fucking understatement. Looking at early footage of us–It's just like listening to us both talk non-stop. It made me both hate us but also really feel like I just want to go back in time and give myself a hug. I was so consumed by wanting to be accepted and liked and acknowledged. Those early years were really characterized, at least for me, by a real loneliness. No one else really understood what we were going through except for each other. We didn't have band members that were part of the group. We always had hired people to play with us and even though we sort of forged the family on the road, I always felt a little bit like an outsider. I think a lot of it was me and Tegan kind of isolating ourselves and feeling like we had to be on this road by ourselves.
It's funny, as I was watching the DVD I was like, I don't feel like that anymore. I feel so much happier than I did when I was younger. I feel like I maybe can stop being always so self-deprecating and relentlessly Canadian and stop with the "I'm so sorry that we're getting popular. I'm so sorry that people like us. I'm so sorry that this record is bigger than the last one"….like, fuck, I just– I hate when I hear myself sounding like that. It's like, just shut up already! You want to fucking write an anthem record, just write it! Just shut up about it. It's like a weight off my chest, like now I just want to make the best record that we could make and I want it to be undeniable and if people love it then thank God, and if they don't, we'll, we'll go back to the drawing board. And finishing the DVDs made me realize that maybe in some ways that glass ceiling and some of those limitations that we always thought of as limitations of the band…I mean maybe we need to take more responsibility for some of the things that are holding us back. So that's kind of liberating.
STEREOGUM: Yeah. Being able to take a step away from anything is always healthy. It's sort of that thing of "How can I miss you if you never leave?"
SARA: It's weird. Some of the most successful artists I've ever met — like some of the biggest people, the most successful bands ever — they have to be the most self-hating and afraid and insecure. I understand where that comes from, but it's so strange. When you're doing it on your own and you don't die and you don't starve, and few more people come to the show every time, you start to think, "You know, we're okay. We know what we're doing. This is okay." Yes, this person thinks you suck or this person thinks our records are shit or whatever, but you can't only focus on those things — you start to realize where to assign appropriate values. Like, yes, this person's opinion matters, but let's not forget about that show you played last night where the people loved you and that your mom thinks you're great. At the end of the day, maybe it's not the coolest thing in the entire world — maybe it's not the coolest guitar part you ever wrote, but fuck, everyone sang along! Yeah, you do realize that you're not shit and it' would be silly if you continue to think you are shit, you know.
STEREOGUM: Yeah, yeah. That's a good place to get to.
SARA: I'm sure there's this valley on the other end of that feeling where I can go crawl back into the self-loathing forest….
STEREOGUM: Don't worry. That will happen soon enough.
SARA: Yeah. As soon as I hang up the phone with you.
STEREOGUM: Was there anything controversial you asked to have removed from any of the documentary films for Get Along?
SARA: Well, you know I think that it's healthy to have some self-criticism. I definitely don't put the movies on and then just think, "You're cute!" Mostly it's cringing and fast-forwarding and thinking like, "God, people like us, why?" or "Really, that voice?" or "Wow, that's incredibly out of tune." It's a lot of those kinds of criticisms that I had to come to terms with. I had to watch that fucking thing so many times and at the beginning I was like "It's amazing!" And then by the end I was like, "I hate it!" And when we finally got it mastered and I got the copy in the mail, I didn't watch it. It sat on my table and I lied and said I watched it and that I approved everything. Then one night I was having some wine and I put it on. I watched the first two documentaries and I found myself really enjoying it. Maybe it was the alcohol but I felt like we had accomplished something that at least people who like us would like, you know?
I mean at the end of the day — it sounds so stupid — but you're not making the DVD for people who don't like you. You're making the DVD for people who do like you and if along the way other people decided they want to see it and like it, great. So there's a lot less pressure than like putting out a record, for example. As much confidence as I feel about what we're currently writing and what I hope will be the best record we ever make — sorry, my therapist told me to just to talk out loud about the things that I actually want to happen — anyways, I do feel like if we are truly making the best record of our lives then there's immediately that terrifying, like "Oh my God, but who will like it? Oh my God, what if they hate it? What if we alienate our fans and we never make another new one?" Like all those fears come in but with the DVD I don't feel that, like I'm just like "Whoa, worst case scenario only to people who really love our band are going to see this and think we've made something cool. I think we've achieved what we set out to achieve, which is that if you do like our band I do think that you will enjoy this. I don't think you'll hate it.
That should be the sticker. I need to get that to the record label immediately. "I don't think you'll hate it!"
STEREOGUM: "If you like us you probably won't hate this." That's funny. Well, this particular column at the Stereogum is called Progress Report, so I'm usually always talking to people about that thing that they just finished or the thing they're just starting. But do you have a sense of what the next year will be like for you guys? Will you just continue to work from here in New York?
SARA: Yes, I feel — well, I was really nervous because, like I said earlier, I hadn't written anything till about two months ago. So, I sat down and really got to work and I was terrified that it would happen slowly and that all of it would be garbage and that I would have to have a lobotomy or just go get a job or whatever. That being said, it's probably been the easiest material I've ever written … and by "easy", I don't mean truly easy, I just mean I haven't labored the way that I did with the last couple of records. I really was pressured and spent a ridiculous amount of time fine tuning things and obsessing over things last time, and this record doesn't feel so complicated.
Also, working with various DJs and electronic music people over the past couple of years has really influenced me as well. They have a totally different approach to producing and to writing records and melodies and that sort of thing. I mean, I love Chris Walla so much but he also loves us and so there's a lot of sensitivity around criticism. It's kind of like, "Oh well, I love this song but what if you did this instead but that's totally okay if you don't to do it. You don't have to do it again, let's just hug. Let's hug instead." I wanted to get folks around that would be ruthless with us. So, when get criticism you can't go to the bathroom and cry, like you've just have to fucking suck it up and go write a better melody.
I also am now allowing myself to do things I wouldn't have before. In the past, I've generally gone in the opposite direction if I thought something was too obvious or if it wasn't obvious enough or whatever, like I just started to do the opposite of whatever I think is right. And it's amazing how quickly the songs come when you stop fighting with yourself and stop trying too hard to think about what you're actually doing. I always run from the acoustic guitar because I felt like from the beginning of career, everybody made it seem like we were running around in Birkenstocks and gently strumming our guitars … and that idea made me want to kill myself. Instead of running from that, I sat down with my favorite acoustic guitar and I've been writing a lot of songs that way. I find that you can't hide with an acoustic guitar. If the songs there, it's there. If it's not there, it is very obvious that it's not there.
So, it's been really productive, which is a long winded way of saying that I think we'll probably going to end up making a record a lot sooner than we thought and it'll probably happen early in the New Year, and we're hoping to get it out in 2012.
STEREOGUM: That's very exciting.
SARA: I think so. I think it's exciting. I feel really excited. It's still in the early stages but the momentum with which the songs came made me feel like it must be the right time. I don't know. Who even know with these things?
STEREOGUM: Yeah, but when it comes to creative endeavors, things usually feel good for a reason. You know I was thinking about when I interviewed you guys the first time — which has been a couple of years ago now — for a story for The Advocate. So much of that story was about me talking to you about how you first started and the slow upward trajectory of your career. It was more a story about your perseverance as two women in the music industry than it was a story about your being gay artists. That being said, even then we talked a little bit about the ramifications of being politically outspoken. You've always wanted the focus to be on your music, not necessarily your politics. Still, your outspokenness about Tyler, The Creator has certainly garnered a lot of attention — both good and bad. Were you guys surprised by the response?
SARA: The interesting about that statement — and I really appreciate what you said and I do think that Tegan and I are, first and foremost, pop musicians. We are performers. That's what people pay us to do and I've always been very, very aware and careful of not walking too political of a line because we're not a political band, but we are political people. We have been very, very careful about what we choose to speak out about and when we choose to speak out about things. And one of the things that we are probably overly sensitive about and the thing that we really, really hate doing — and generally don't do at all — is talk about other people.
Also, I just have to say; I don't think anyone should necessarily care what I think about anyone. If on a personal level you want to know what records I listen to or who I think should be the next president, maybe that is fine, but at the end of the day it shouldn't be about that. There are people far more professional and articulate who can provide a more informed discourse and whose commentary is far better than mine. But when I see that we can do a service and we can do some good in the world, I try to speak out about things and I try to do it in a way that isn't going to reduce another person or another person's art. And in this case, I didn't feel like speaking out to the media about Tyler, the Creator was reducing his art, because it was already, as far as I was concerned, hateful and awful. I was just increasingly frustrated by the lack of discourse and the lack of criticism and I just felt compelled to say something.
That letter we posted was never written to Tyler, it was written to you. It was written to Goldenvoice and Billboard and MTV and the bookers on Letterman and every person I have had to shake hands with and grip and grin and talk to and beg for jobs and beg for gigs. You know, the people involved with all the things that I've had to do to further my career, which involves behaving a certain way and engaging in a certain level of professionalism. I just think there should be accountability and I think there should be consequences when you're hateful and awful, and I saw this situation as a terrible, terrible series of double standards and I felt like I couldn't sleep if I didn't say something. And I knew that it would garner a tremendous amount of press. I would be lying if I said I didn't think that. I was going to post it knowing that it was going to get reposted everywhere and I was grateful for the repostings. I was grateful that there were trillions of comments on everybody's sites and although some of it was hateful and horrible, I didn't care because I still think I was right and I know I'm right. And I know it's not right for people to say hateful, hateful, horrible things and not see any repercussions.
I think we should live in a world in which there are consequences for saying hateful, disgusting things. And I don't care if it's a joke. It doesn't sound funny to me. It doesn't sound funny to people who are gay and fighting for their rights. It's not funny. It's just like it wouldn't be funny if somebody were out profiting off of joking about racism or anti-Semitism. It's not funny. My position has not changed. I hope that in just placing that statement out there and then not responding to anyone, not saying anything further, I hoped that it would just keep it a very succinct message. And again, it was really meant for those in the media, those who I see are my colleagues and the people I work with and the people who I question regarding their choices in supporting and profiting off of something like this.
And Tyler is not the first and he won't be the last and I totally get that. You know the second I posted that letter I probably could have written 20,000 more about everything else that drives me crazy in the world, but I realize that it's not necessarily my position in life to call out every injustice. My position in life is to write pop songs and try to make people feel happy and give them a good show, that's really when I see my purpose in life being fulfilled. Still, I hope that in the long run it had some impact on people and I hope that we can continue to just be pop musicians and every once in awhile when we need to use our status as public figures to speak out about something, I hope that people continue to respect that because we really do it with great respect. We don't want to manipulate or abuse that position.
STEREOGUM: I do respect that. As a human being, you are free to express the way you feel…and people can react to it in any way they see fit. As a journalist and as a person who writes about music that also happens to be a gay, I appreciated your statement. It was a tricky thing for me to comment on, since I am obviously so close to the issue, but I thought it was great because it encouraged a dialogue. I don't think of myself as being particularly hypersensitive and I certainly don't think of myself as being the political correctness police, but it is interesting that often whenever the topic of homophobia comes up — particularly in regards to Odd Future — I was surprised by how often I would get this really weird response. Even from people that I don't think of as being the least bit homophobic. If I would say that, you know, maybe casually talking about gay people — and women, for that matter — in this really violent, negative way — even if it's a joke–is kind of fucked up, I'd sense this sort of casual eye-rolling from other people. The message being that I need to just get over it or that I should just lighten the fuck up.
SARA: Yeah.
STEREOGUM: And that's all fine and good, I can certainly take a joke. And if this is music being made by a bunch of kids that is clearly meant to provoke, am I missing the point by getting all bent out of shape about it? I do know that, for those of us who grew up in small towns in the Midwest — in what you might call a very Boys Don't Cry kind of scenario — those kinds of casual comments about gay people are still pretty serious. And hard to take.
SARA: As they should be. I think this is not even really about Tyler, the Creator at this point. There are so many people who I think are offensive and awful and whatever, and there's lots of people who are so fucking boring they should be punished. I have opinions about everything. I don't think it's a super, super simple issue, but I will say that as someone who is gay and a woman, I'm in a minority. I am in an underrepresented group and I don't have the same rights. I get to travel around the world and see firsthand that things are not peachy for everybody, particularly gay folks. I don't think that … you know, not putting Tyler the Creator on the bill at Coachella is going to change that. But talking about it starts a movement. There are lots of people in hateful disgusting bands who say horrible disgusting things and if people run from them and don't want to be associated with them because of the fallout, that means something.
And I think that we have to fight. We have to — even if it seems like we're being the political correctness police, we have to say, "Guys, come on, really, this? This is what you think as a visionary? This is what you think is amazing? Really, you don't feel awkward standing in the sea of white men chanting, 'Suck my dick?' That's where are we at here in 2011?" God! I mean, maybe we are all just animals, I don't know. There's a part of me sometimes that think that I just entered the wrong business. I should be like — I don't know, like braiding dove feathers — I have no idea. Maybe I'm too sensitive.
STEREOGUM: Well, it's funny, I mean you know I grew up in a very conservative place but now I live in New York City, which means I live in a constant bubble of generalized liberalness. It does make you complacent sometimes.
SARA: What's really remarkable to me is that when you are living in a bit of a liberal bubble and then when you burst the bubble for people, it really ticks them off. It's a no brainer that if somebody like Tyler, the Creator was running for office, we wouldn't vote for him. But it's okay to listen to his music, and I get that. I get that. I get that movies like Saw and other shit that drives me crazy are popular. I get it. I really, really, really do but I think that it's important — and this is why the statement from me was really aimed at the media — we have a responsibility to handle that kind of material in a way that sends a message. And I didn't like the message that was being sent by the media about the music and about that kind of topic in music because he's not the only one who uses that kind of language. And it's also not just music itself, either. Some of the most homophobic fucking people I know are in our business, in our indie-rock circles.
Tegan said something recently that really hit home with me. She said something about how we can make change and inspire people and do it without being hateful. I know that that sounds so like "mean people suck," 1990s Woodstock mumbo jumbo, but it's fucking true. I don't want to get to the end of my life and die thinking that I was a piece of shit. I want to get to the end of my life and think like, "God, I may fade into the background and people make fun over me in 10 years, 50 years, 20 years, maybe they won't remember me in the next generation but now, I want my legacy to be about goodness … and I want those things that we do an daily basis to be good and positive. And I just feel like that's what we need more of and I don't think in order to be inspiring or to be a visionary you have to be an asshole.
STEREOGUM: Yeah. I think we also need to remind ourselves that those of us in the media tend to view things like Odd Future through a veil of irony, or from a kind of informed perspective. I don't find myself particularly bothered by it because I don't take it super seriously. But I'm not a teenager living somewhere in the Midwest. We might not be interpreting the music literally, but that doesn't mean some kid downloading it in his bedroom in the middle of Kansas isn't.
SARA: Fuck yeah. I realize that most people often have a very complicated idea of what it means to be good or what it means to be offensive or whatever and that idea is not always gonna be the same as mine. I mean, most people are just wacky and you just have to sort of walk through life biting your tongue a lot. If I were to kick over every fucking mailbox I saw because I was frustrated, I would be on a perpetual rampage. So, to speak your mind and then be hit with a "Fuck you with your fucking politics and your feelings" it made me so sad because this is not a joke to me. It's something that I care so deeply about. I'm guessing you're sort of I the same bracket as me so maybe you'll relate, but when I was growing up in the '90s I didn't know what my future was going to look like. I had no way to visualize it. I had no gay icon heroes. I had no way to visualize what my life would look like with a partner. I had no rights. My family was liberal but I just … I couldn't imagine my future. I grew up in a time — in the early '90s without Internet and without gay people being on TV or being out or being proud or being cool or being representative of me and my lifestyle. When I think of the way I felt when I was 17, 16 years old, imagining nothing, no future, don't have any idea of how to imagine the future because I've never seen one. I think that I'm a leper and I'm going to have to live my life like lying or being in secrecy or whatever, that's really that's how I felt. And it's like unbelievable to have the life that I lead now and that I have the opportunity to try to show people that it's going to be OK. I can tell kids that it's still not a perfect situation but like we can stand up and fight for ourselves and we should. I actually had a very interesting conversation with Kathleen Hannah after the whole Tyler thing happened that was totally fascinating.
STEREOGUM: Really? She had a pretty specific take on it, right? Wasn't she quoted as saying that people should just ignore it? That it was boring.
SARA: She called me. She said that her comment was taken somewhat out of context, that at the time she hadn't yet read my letter but that she actually loved it. She was really encouraging. I told her that people like her are the reason why I felt compelled to speak out. I had a really insightful conversation with her, much of which was just about how — if you have the good fortune to have people's attention, then don't be afraid to use it for something good. It was a really insightful conversation I had with her. She was great.
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Playoffs continue with Magnolia-Montgomery, Tomball-Bryan
Region III-4A baseball quarterfinal
Magnolia (20-14) vs. Montgomery (17-13)
Game 1: 7:30 p.m. May 19, Magnolia High School
Game 2: 4 p.m. May 21, Montgomery High School
Game 3: 30 minutes following Game 2 (if necessary)
Next round: Winner faces Friendswood or Angleton in III-4A semifinals
Playoff results: Magnolia def. Kingwood Park (15-4, 11-1), def. Nederland (5-3, 9-4); Montgomery def. New Caney (6-5, 7-8, 6-3), def. Little Cypress-Mauriceville (8-10, 3-1, 10-6)
Notable: District 17-4A has three of its four playoff teams still alive, as champion Brenham takes on former district rival Willis in another III-4A quarterfinal. This is Magnolia's third consecutive quarterfinal appearance, first against a league rival.
The Bulldogs are undefeated in the postseason, following two double-digit victories in the bi-district round with a sweep of Nederland. Magnolia plated three runs in the sixth inning to rally for a game one win, then took control of game two with a five-run fourth inning.
Magnolia was strong in all three phases against Nederland, including the defense of center fielder Travis Lee, third baseman Colin Tornberg and shortstop Duncan Wendel. On the mound, Jarred Greene pitched into the sixth to win the opener, with Wendel pitching two scoreless frames for the save. Joe Kirkland went the distance in the finale allowing three earned runs on seven hits.
Wendel, Garrett Luna and Noah McGowan had productive series at the plate. Wendel reached base three times in game one and drove in three runs in the clincher. Luna had hits in his last five at-bats of the series and drove in three runs. McGowan delivered the go-ahead two-run single in game one and plated two more in the finale.
Magnolia finished second in 17-4A with a 10-4 record, two spots ahead of Montgomery at 8-6. The Bears overcame a 13-inning loss in game to Little Cypress-Mauriceville on Brandon Holub's complete-game victory and a seventh-inning rally capped by a two-run home run by Will Fox. Montgomery was down again in game three but turned a 5-0 deficit into a decisive win.
The Bulldogs and Bears met twice during the 17-4A season, with Magnolia winning 6-2 at home April 1 and losing 6-5 on the road April 29. Greene pitched a complete game in the win as McGowan, Wendel, Tornberg and Luna had multi-hit games. The Bears saw both Wendel and Greene in the regular season finale, overcoming a 5-2 deficit despite multi-hit games from Conner and Travis Lee.
Region II-5A softball quarterfinal
Tomball (31-4) vs. Bryan (29-14)
All games at Sam Houston State University
Game 1: 7:30 p.m. May 19
Game 2: 6 p.m. May 20
Game 3: 8 p.m. May 20 (if necessary)
Next round: Winner faces Belton or The Woodlands in II-5A final
Playoff results: Tomball def. Atascocita (6-1, 15-1), def. Austin Bowie (6-5), def. Austin (9-12, 15-3, 7-3); Bryan def. Mesquite (8-5, 4-3), def. Garland (1-0, 3-4, 12-9), def. Temple (7-4, 4-5, 9-4)
Notable: The Lady Cougars are in the regional semifinals for the eighth time in nine years, facing a Bryan team that has had its share of success in the last decade. The Lady Vikings won the state title in 2002 and were runner-up in 2003, while Tomball has been to state three times since (2004, 2005, 2010). Tomball eliminated Bryan in the area round in 2008, these teams' last playoff meeting.
The Lady Cougars' first win of the series will be Benita Dunlavy's 500th as a head coach. Tomball has already surpassed last year's win total, which ended at 30-10 in the state semifinals.
The Lady Cougars lost their first game since March 3 in the II-5A quarterfinal opener against Austin but responded with a dominant performance in game two and another strong outing in game three. Michelle Quinn won both games, including a complete game three in which she allowed six hits and two walks.
Katie Doerre doubled twice, homered, had five hits and scored five runs in the victories, while Allie Piro drilled two doubles and two home runs in the series.
Kelsey Vincent ripped two doubles and a home run in the series, while Renada Davis was 4 for 4 with two doubles and two triples in the opening game.
The Lady Cougars enter the II-5A semifinal averaging 9.7 runs in six playoff games.
Bryan is the No. 4 seed from District 12-5A and held off league foe Temple in the regional quarterfinals. Pitcher Emily Peirce won twice in the sries, while Brittney Jones started game two and closed game three.
The Lady Vikings received a huge series at the plate from Meagan Kraatz, who had a three-run home run in game one and four more extra-base hits the following day. Roxy Alvarado and Erica Russell homered in game one, Peirce and Jones both had three hits in game three.


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No party is against the Pak-China economic project, but contention exists over its route, said the ANP chief.
The government, he warned, should take concerns of ANP very seriously, otherwise its ramifications would not be pleasant.
The project route was proposed to pass through the underdeveloped areas of Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (Gwadar, Khuzdar, Quetta, Zhob, Dera Ismail Khan and Kashgar).
He said, "We will not live in Pakistan live slaves." Wali said Pak-China project route had also changed after installation of new government in Pakistan.
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Most alien planets are nothing like what we've got in the solar system. Scientists are homing in on these mysterious worlds to see what they're made of.
Of the Kepler spacecraft's impressive haul (3,538 exoplanet candidates as of November 2013), roughly three-quarters of them scale between Earth and Neptune, which is four times the size of Earth.
In other words, most transiting planets are nothing like the worlds in our own solar system.With no local representatives, it's not clear how many of these planets are super-Earths (that is, rocky) or gaseous mini-Neptunes. The only way to find out is to measure their mass, and that's hard for Kepler to do. The spacecraft spent four years detecting planets as they passed in front of their host stars, measuring the dips in starlight as they did so, but astronomers can measure only the planet's size from the shape of the blip, not its mass.
So the Kepler team took to the ground, using the Keck Observatory in Hawaii to follow up space-observed transits with good, old-fashioned radial-velocity measurements — the planet-finding technique of choice before Kepler came around. The team looked for each host star's telltale wobble as the star and its attendant planet orbit a common center of mass.At the January 2014 meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Geoff Marcy (University of California, Berkeley) announced the results of four years' worth of these ground-based observations, which followed up on 22 stars with 42 exoplanets. The team measured masses for 16 planets, and rough guesses (in technical terms, 1-2σ measurements) or upper limits for the rest.
Another team led by Yoram Lithwick (Northwestern University) took a different approach. Rather than measuring the star's wobble, Lithwick and graduate student Sam Hadden measured the planet's wobble. If two or more planets orbit the same star, the planets will gravitationally tug each other, tweaking the timing of each transit. Using this method, Lithwick and Hadden measured the masses of another 58 super-Earths. Most of these are relatively firm estimates, with only about 10 "rough guesses."Measuring the masses was hard work, but well worth it because now we know the densities of all those planets and can start to talk about what they're made of. Both Marcy and Lithwick found the same thing: up to somewhere between 1.5 to 2 Earth radii, the bigger the planet, the denser it becomes. That's about what you would expect for rocky planets.
But theory says that at a certain point, gravitational compression wins out — add more mass and it just compresses further — so rocky planets should never get any bigger than about twice Earth's size. And that's exactly what Marcy and Lithwick find: planets bigger than about twice the size of Earth actually get fluffier as they grow. These bigger-but-less-dense planets are probably adding an extended atmosphere of mostly hydrogen and helium around a rocky core.
So is there a simple dividing line between the super-Earths and the mini-Neptunes? That would be convenient for targeting exoplanet searches. And observations so far bear out the theory that no rocky planet can be bigger than two Earths.But apparently it doesn't work the other way around: in the same set of presentations, David Kipping (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) announced the discovery of KOI-314C, the first Earth-mass planet that is surprisingly nothing like Earth. Its radius is 60% larger than Earth's, so in classic mini-Neptune style, it too probably has a rocky core surrounded by gas.
"If you told an astronomer yesterday that they'd found an Earth-mass planet, they'd think it would surely be rocky," Kipping says. "[This planet] suggests we can't just draw a line in the sand."


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The Camden, N.J., soup marketer said its own research has found that one out of four meals are eaten on the go and 44% of women carry lunch to work or school.
Speaking at the Consumer Analyst Group of New York at a meeting today, Campbell CEO Doug Conant said, "We see the opportunity to shift the paradigm so that our consumers think about soup as a 'meal solution' for many new usage occasions."
He said the new products are part of an aggressive innovation program that fits into Campbell's overall strategy to revitalize its U.S. soup business. Campbell virtually owns the $1.3 billion condensed soup business with more than an 80% share, but its sales in the segment fell 4.7% to $1.1 billion in 2002. Ready-to-serve soup, which makes up far less of the company's overall profits, is up 7% to $1 billion.
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IF formula extracting data from another sheet
I have multiple sheets within one spreadsheet and I am trying to use formulas to extract data from one sheet to another based on the date of a transaction. I'm stumped in figuring out the formula needed.
My spreadsheet can be found at the following link:
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On the "Press Orders" Sheet, I am looking to import data from the "Sales Data" sheet to populate the columns based on the date that I enter in cell A4. You will note that I already entered a formula in the other date cells A12, A20, A28, and A36. The rows under each date section should be populated based on a match of the same date located in the "Sales Data" sheet under columns K and M. For example, for the date 3/2/2013, there should be 2 orders populating just two of the rows in the "Press Orders" sheet under the 3/2/2013 heading (Mila Adamova and Amanda Adams, since they have 3/2 press dates listed in column K in the "Sales Data" sheet).
So, based on the dates listed in columns K and M in the "Sales Data" sheet, I am then trying to do the same import process for the other sections (dates) on the "Press Orders" sheet (there are 5 date sections starting on rows 4, 12, 20, 28, and 36).
For each "Press Orders" sheet column, I am trying to import the data as follows. Note all this data is from the same row/transaction in the "Sales Data" sheet:
1. Name – imported from column A in the 'Sales Data' sheet
3. Inv # - imported from column C in the 'Sales Data' sheet
4. Cleanse Type - imported from column E in the 'Sales Data' sheet
5. Pack Details - imported from column F in the 'Sales Data' sheet
6. # of Bottles - imported from column H in the 'Sales Data' sheet
7. Current Order Comments - imported from column G in the 'Sales Data' sheet
8. Shipping Method - imported from column I in the 'Sales Data' sheet
9. Shipping Address - imported from column Y in the 'Sales Data' sheet
10. Phone - imported from column U in the 'Sales Data' sheet
Can someone point me in the right direction? If this doesn't make any sense, please let me know and I can try and explain it better.
Thank you!
I tried the following formula and it didn't work: =ArrayFormula(IFERROR(QUERY(
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The Clayton Hotel Manchester Airport is the ideal choice of hotel when visiting Manchester United at the Old Trafford Stadium.


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The Children's Illustrated Bible
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Dorling Kindersley, Feb 23, 2000 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 320 pages
More than 100 well-loved stories from the Old and New Testaments are featured in lively, full-color illustrations, easy-to-understand text, maps, photos, and more--designed to draw young readers to Christian scripture.
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Hopes were high that Beagle 2 would receive and respond to commands sent by Mars Express as it flew over the presumed landing site at around 12.15 GMT. Not only was Mars Express flying over Isidis Planitia at an altitude of just 220 miles (350 km), giving it an ideal listening position, but it was the first time that the primary communication link with the orbiter had been used during the Beagle 2 mission.
Speaking from the European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, the ESA Science Director, Professor David Southwood, said," I have, I'm afraid, to make a sad announcement, that today, when we were in conditions we thought were very good for getting direct communication between Mars Express - the 'mother ship' - and Beagle 2 - the 'baby' - we did not get any content of a signal, nor indeed a signal from the surface of Mars.
"This is not the end of the story. We have more shots to play ...... but I have to say this is a setback."
"There are opportunities to contact Beagle still to come, though we've established today that it is certainly not in a particular communications mode that we had expected it to be in."
Professor Colin Pillinger, Beagle 2 lead scientist, expressed his thanks to everyone at ESOC for the efforts they had put in over the last few days.
"I think all I can say to the whole team at this stage is 'play to the final whistle'. It only takes a fraction of a second to score a goal, and that's the way we will have to look at this and not give up at this time, although it is the moment when we have to start looking at the future as well."
Efforts to contact Beagle 2 and to pin down its position on the Martian surface will continue in the weeks to come.
"We have another opportunity to look tomorrow in a more sensitive mode, the canister mode on Mars Express, which is the most sensitive mode Mars Express has for detecting an RF signal," said Dr Mark Sims, Beagle 2 mission manager.
"We have two Odyssey sessions tonight, when we will be attempting to command Beagle 2 in order to have a maximum chance of seeing data with the canister mode tomorrow. Both of those Odyssey sessions coincide with CSM 1 mode, both am and pm, which will be another opportunity to rule those scenarios out."
The most favourable opportunity will be on 12 January, the last Mars Express overpass that was pre-programmed into the lander before its separation from the orbiter on 19 December. However, this window will only be available if nothing has happened to reset or alter the lander's timeline.
"If we see nothing ..., we're left with the scenario of Beagle 2 potentially operating but not being able to receive a signal, in which case we will have to wait till the last back-up mode in Beagle 2 becomes active, which is autotransmit," said Dr. Sims. "The latest date that will become active is 2 February."
"My personal view is that, if we have not received a signal within 5 to 10 days of that event, then we have to assume Beagle is lost."
Since Christmas there have been 13 attempts to communicate with Beagle 2 through Mars Odyssey, Mars Express and Jodrell Bank radio telescope. However, Beagle 2 - Mars Express is the only system tested end-to-end.
The next opportunities for Mars Express to detect a signal from Beagle 2 are as follows:
8 January, around 12:50 GMT
9 January, around 13:27 GMT
10 January, around 14:04 GMT
12 January, around 02:02 GMT
A backup has been built into the communication schedule such that if 10 scheduled sessions pass unsuccessfully then Beagle 2 will switch to an emergency mode known as 'communication search mode 1'. When the lander switches to CSM 1 it should attempt to communicate during the best daytime and best night-time orbiter pass each day.
If a further 10 communication sessions are unsuccessful, Beagle should switch to ''communication search mode 2'. This second emergency mode involves the production of a signal throughout the Martian day (power is still conserved during the night). This mode should have begun by 5 January.
The results of future communication opportunities will be posted on the Beagle 2 and PPARC Web sites.
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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
After saving Xandar from Ronan's wrath, the Guardians are now recognized as heroes. Now the team must help their leader Star Lord (Chris Pratt) uncover the truth behind his true heritage. Along the way, old foes turn to allies and betrayal is blooming. And the Guardians find that they are up against a devastating new menace who is out to rule the galaxy. Written by Blazer346
Resident Evil: Vendetta (2017)
Despicable Me 3 (2017)
After he is fired from the Anti-Villain League for failing to take down the latest bad guy to threaten humanity, Gru finds himself in the midst of a major identity crisis. But when a mysterious stranger shows up to inform Gru that he has a long-lost twin brother-a brother who desperately wishes to follow in his twin's despicable footsteps-one former super-villain will rediscover just how good it feels to be bad.
Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017)
In this fully animated, all-new take on the Smurfs, a mysterious map sets Smurfette and her best friends Brainy, Clumsy and Hefty on an exciting and thrilling race through the Forbidden Forest filled with magical creatures to find a mysterious lost village before the evil wizard Gargamel does. Embarking on a roller-coaster journey full of action and danger, the Smurfs are on a course that leads to the discovery of the biggest secret in Smurf history! Written by Sony Pictures Entertainment
Kong: Skull Island (2017)
A washed up monster chaser convinces the U.S. Government to fund a trip to an unexplored island in the South Pacific. Under the guise of geological research, the team travels to "Skull Island". Upon arrival, the group discover that their mission may be complicated by the wildlife which inhabits the island. The beautiful vistas and deadly creatures create a visually stunning experience that is sure to keep your attention. Written by Jason Burns
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017)
Cars 3 (2017)
Blindsided by a new generation of blazing-fast racers, the legendary Lightning McQueen is suddenly pushed out of the sport he loves. To get back in the game, he will need the help of an eager young race technician with her own plan to win, inspiration from the late Fabulous Hudson Hornet, and a few unexpected turns. Proving that #95 isn't through yet will test the heart of a champion on Piston Cup Racing's biggest stage! Written by Pixar
Alien: Covenant (2017)
The crew of the colony ship Covenant, bound for a remote planet on the far side of the galaxy, discovers what they think is an uncharted paradise, but is actually a dark, dangerous world. When they uncover a threat beyond their imagination, they must attempt a harrowing escape Written by Twentieth Century Fox
Okja (2017)
Untuk indah 10 tahun, muda Mija (Seo Hyun) telah menjadi pengurus dan pendamping konstan untuk Okja-binatang besar dan bahkan lebih besar teman-di rumahnya di pegunungan Korea Selatan. Tapi itu berubah ketika sebuah perusahaan milik keluarga konglomerat multinasional Mirando Corporation mengambil Okja untuk diri mereka sendiri dan membawa dia ke New York,
The Crucifixion (2017)
Seorang jurnalis, Nicole Rawlins (Sophie Cookson) menyelidiki sebuah kasus pembunuhan biarawati yang dilakukan seorang pastor. Namun dalam tahap investigasi, pastor itu menyangkal tuduhan tersebut dan mengklaim bahwa biarawati itu meninggal karena ritual eksorsisme.
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Di masa Perang dunia II, ratusan ribu tentara Sekutu dari Inggris, Belgia dan Kanada terperangkap di pesisir pantai kota Dunkirk, Perancis. Tentara Nazi yang menguasai kota Dunkirk segera mengepung kota, dan melakukan pembantaian secara besar-besaran.


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According to T.C. Swartz, president of Society Expeditions, trekking in the Galapagos Islands, officially known as the Archipelago de Colon, would be ''easy.'' ''You should have no trouble,'' he said, adding that people of all ages sign up for Project Galapagos and handle it well.
I discovered for myself that Mr. Schwartz was right. But for the cause of my concern, I refer you to the following passage from Melville, who described these islands in ''The Encantadas'':
''Take five and twenty heaps of cinders dumped here and there in an outside city lot; imagine some of them magnified into mountains, and the vacant lot the sea; and you will have a fit idea of the general aspect . . . a group rather of extinct volcanoes than of isles, looking much as the world at large might after a penal conflagration.''
I've wanted to go to the Galapagos for years - since school days, I suppose, when I got a glimpse, in geography books, of all the weird and wonderful animals and birds that dwell in this island group that straddles the equator some 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador. Yet I knew little more about it than that.
That's where Society Expeditions came in. Mr. Swartz founded the company eight years ago because, he said, ''I thought there had to be people who really wanted to learn something about the places they visited.'' So, in the main, when you sign up for one of Society's ''projects,'' you'll go to one place and study it thoroughly - its culture, its geography, its history, its geology. And before you go, you will be provided with a reading list - in the case of Project Galapagos, some 16 books - so that when you get there you will have a good idea of what you're looking for - and what you're looking at.
In the Galapagos, what you're looking at appears very much as Melville described it. It is a bleak-seeming jumble of craters, caves, and rocks.
Pam and I and the others who made up our group - the two Lindas, Carol, Kristie, Scott, Tressie, Libby, Cathy, and Paul - were following our naturalist-guide Jaap Schoorl on a tramp over Tower Island's lava landscape past frigate birds and boobies - this is the most likely island for seeing the red-footed booby, which uses its bright-red webbed feet to cling to tree branches much like a high-wire walker.
Tower was our second island stop. The Galapagos include 13 major islands, 6 minor islands, and 42 islets that have official names. Scores of smaller rocks and islets dot area waters too. Only a few thousand people live here, and they only on three or so of the islands.
All the main islands have at least two names, one Spanish, the other English. Since the Galapagos Islands belong to Ecuador (they are, in fact, an Ecuador national park), that country's government considers the Spanish names as ''official,'' even though those names are not always the ones more commonly used.
We flew into Baltra from Guayaquil, Ecuador, after doing a few days of touring on the mainland, and immediately transferred to the ship that would be our base for the next week, Galapagos Cruises' Yacht Isabela. City clothes and excess baggage were left in storage at our mainland hotel. With us were the casual shorts, jeans, T-shirts, swimsuits, and sneakers we would need here. In the South American winter season, a sweater would be good, too, and, in both seasons, a sun hat.
There are any number of boats and ships that cruise these waters, some under sail; one, a fullfledged cruise ship that takes some 100 passengers. But Isabela feels just right. At 104 feet, she is small enough to wend her way through shallow waters to reach some islands the bigger boats can't reach, yet she is large enough to give some stability even in the rough sailing months. (From December to June, when the sun is very hot, the seas are calm; from June through November, though the temperatures moderate some, the seas can be quite rough). Plus you have the added advantage of small-group shore trips.
The Isabela has sleeping accommodations for 16 in twin- and four-berth cabins and four bathrooms with showers (no private cabins or facilities). There is a dining room - the meals, which included fresh lobster one night, were basic, but good and varied - a small saloon, an afterdeck with benches and tables and some covering from the sun, and a flying bridge on the upper deck that is just right for watching sunrises or sunsets, or for letting the motion lull your senses.
While it's true that this is a cruise, the word isn't used in the same sense it would be to describe most voyages to the Caribbean or the Mediterranean. It requires somewhat more energy than does donning your long gown or tux to meet the captain.
Every day you will visit at least one island, some days two, and those visits usually entail hikes over lava talus and rocks. While you don't have to be fleet-footed, it certainly helps to be sure-footed. One rainy afternoon, on Santa Cruz Island, we slogged through three miles of ankle-deep mud to see, in their natural habitat, some of the giant land turtles for which these islands are famous.
The turtles, with heads sitting as they do atop long, wrinkled pink-beige necks, rather charmingly resemble E.T., and they, like all the other animals and birds on these islands, are fear-free enough to allow you to get quite close to them for picture taking. You can get so close, in fact, that you had better be quite watchful that you don't step on them.
With the turtles that's quite easy; they are, after all, large and easy to see (although when stationary, they might be mistaken for rocks). However, some of the land iguanas, the lava lizards, and the marine iguanas you will see on Bartolome, Fernandina, and the other islands, blend so well into the black-lava formations that you don't always realize that what you are seeing is living - until it moves.
You have to be equally careful not to step on the birds. It's not that they aren't easily seen. They are. But you are so taken by the fact that you can walk among them without spooking them that you might inadvertently leave the trail and get too close. Especially if you are here when the ground is practically covered with hatchlings. The baby boobies and frigates are fluffy and white and resemble nothing so much as a child's stuffed toy.
The Galapagos is 600 miles west of Ecuador, 800 miles from Panama, some 3,000 miles from any islands to the west of it. This isolation is what makes the Galapagos special.
The islands were formed when lava-spewing volcanoes emerged from the sea millions of years ago. Because the archipelago has never been attached to any land mass, the species of birds, animals, and plants that arrived were able to establish themselves and evolve, often uniquely, on each individual island, adapting to local conditions and forming species endemic to the area. About two-thirds of the resident birds and all reptiles except for one species of gecko are peculiar to the islands.
The most famous visitor here, Charles Darwin, who came in 1835 aboard the British survey ship H. M. S. Beagle, saw ramifications in this circumstance that resulted in the publication nearly 25 years later of his monumental ''On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life.'' His theory, based in large part on the way 13 varieties of local finches have adapted to life here, as seen from the size of their bills and the way they use them, is that life is a process of ''natural selection'' in which organisms gradually adapt to their environments or perish.
Other scientists have visited here since Darwin. Indeed, on Santa Cruz Island , one of our shore trips was to a research center, named after Darwin, which continues to study this unique ecosystem.
But you don't have to have any scientific leanings to enjoy a trip here. It is a photographer's dream and a birder's Eden, a place where you can sit almost within touching distance and watch an hour-old sea lion learn from its mother how to feed, a spot where you can swim in a sun-dappled grotto with some playful fur seals.
Your eyes (and camera) might have to be quick to catch a glimpse of the red-billed tropic bird in flight, but the flightless cormorants, the masked and blue-footed boobies, the swallow-tailed gulls, the sooty terns, the vermilion flycatchers, even a Galapagos hawk stood still and looked right back at us.
This isn't your destination if you're looking for pure, unadulterated comfort (although the crew of Yacht Isabela does better in that department than you'd expect, right down to the warm hors d'oeuvres awaiting you each evening as you ascend the steps from the pangas, the Boston whalers which carry you each day to and from your island jaunts). Come here, and you'll be tired enough after dinner to not miss the night life some other prime vacation spots offer (although we did manage to muster enough stamina to turn the afterdeck into a seagoing disco a couple of nights. Some of the music, borrowed from the Isabela's Ecuadoran crew, had a definite salsa flavor). But it won't take any imagination at all to know you're away from home, to know you're on vacation. Practical information:
For more information on Society Expeditions' Project Galapagos, check with your travel agent or write: Society Expeditions, 723 Broadway East, Seattle, Wash. 98102.
The cost for the cruise is approximately $2,350 a person in a two-berth cabin. Additional costs include airfare to and from Guayaquil and between Guayaquil and the Galapagos Islands.


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10. Angelina Jolie in "Beowulf"
Remember when all those crazy RESTRICTED "Beowulf" trailers of naked Angelina Jolie leaked to the internet, and just as everyone who never thought to type "Angelina Jolie Gia" into Google was preparing to go nuts, we soon learned that "Naked Angelina Jolie" actually meant "Naked Dragon Woman Thing From Rejected Pixar Film?" It'd be like if a movie came out billing "Pamela Anderson FINALLY gets naked!" and everyone dumb enough to be excited by it was treated to a CGI'd Pam Anderson-voiced unicorn character with rainbow-colored boobs. Which reminds me, I forgot to Netflix "Beowulf."
9. Sharon Stone in "Basic Instinct 2″
Perhaps the most necessary sequel in cinematic history (besides "The Whole Ten Yards"), "Basic Instinct 2″ is a gripping, powerful tale about the inevitability of human aging and the overwhelming nature of denial. Sharon Stone is thoroughly convincing as the never-acclaimed lead actress who foolishly equates credibility with being naked a whole bunch of times, but her doctored, leathery flesh merely symbolizes the hopeless pursuit of eternal youth. Unfortunately, I feel like the critics didn't fully appreciate this biting, cautionary tale.
8. Shawna Loyer in "Thirteen Ghosts"
When HBO whips out the "Nudity" tag in a desperate attempt to trick your inner thirteen-year-old into sitting through more than two minutes of this piece-o'-junk horror remake, they should additionally mention that the naked individual in question isn't softcore standby Shannon Elizabeth, or the acceptably attractive Embeth Davidtz, or even Tony "Whalec*ck" Shalhoub. Nope — nstead, you get to feast your libido upon naked, scraggly-haired, cut-up ghost woman! Can we make an agreement that if a naked ghost haunts someone in a future movie, they at least aren't required to look like an aborted fetus? I think the movie "Ghost" gave me an unrealistic impression about how hot ghosts are.
7. Julianne Moore in "Short Cuts"
There's nothing particularly unappealing about a bottomless Julianne Moore yelling at her husband for three minutes in this Robert Altman film, it's more or less just one of the most straightforwardly non-sexual displays of nudity in movie history. In fact, the entire idea of utilizing nudity in films to serve some sort of artistic, literary purpose is thoroughly unarousing — nude scenes should only be used to either set up some sort of wacky comic foil (usually involving spying), to indicate which humans are about to be massacred in a horror flick, or to break up the weighty, layered dialogue in Cinemax movies with "Deception" in the title.
6. Lin Shaye in "There's Something About Mary"
Yes, the withered, saggy boobs in this accidental peeping scene are props (I'm hoping, if there's any gynecologic justice in this world), but so was the third nipple on the chick from "Total Recall," and that didn't stop me from fantasizing about her non-stop, Peter Griffin style, back when I was younger*. I guess the only consolation from this quick-cut startler is that by not seeing Cameron Diaz's boobs, I can still argue my theory that her nipples are actually just shrill, laughing cartoon faces.
5. Holley Chant in "Event Horizon"
Sticking boobs in the middle of a twisted tale of hopeless, existential despair is a sadistic tease on par with, say, not sticking boobs in a movie called "National Lampoon's Presents: Wind-Gust Beach". This movie is so effed up and disturbing, even in my hormonal, "masturbate to scrambled channels that aren't even porn" days, I couldn't have care less about the nudity. Still easier to jerk off to than "Real Sex," though.
4. Sacha Baron Cohen and Ken Davitian in "Borat"
I'm not sure how Azamat's memorable quip, "Eat my asshole!" — shouted while literally shoving his ass crack towards Borat's mouth — didn't end up becoming the quote of the summer; while every khaki-clad officegoer this side of Eastern Europe was raining "Niiiiices" onto anyone within earshot of the water cooler, Sasha Cohen could've been doubling his royalties with "Eat my asshole!" hats, t-shirts, and talking childrens' dolls. Also, I don't recall seeing any part of this scene on any of the tv trailers for this film. Not sure why?
3. Theresa Wayman in "The Rules Of Attraction"
The unsexiness of Food Service Girl's cut-up corpse being pulled out of a bloody bathtub still pales in comparison to the jaw-dropping implausibility of the scene itself, which represents a sharp peak on this movie's upward-trending graph of being totally sh*tty. I suppose the suicide scene does balance the extremely sexy and even more believable party scene where completely naked college girls grind on costumed dudes, which, I don't know about you, definitely reminds me of every single party I ever went to in college. Also, I went to Eyes Wide Shut U.
2. Kathy Bates in "About Schmidt"
I thought we had a deal, Kathy Bates — we acknowledge that you're really talented and allow you to be the one successful unattractive actress in a looks-obsessed profession, and in exchange, we NEVER see you naked. Ever. In fact, we should never see you with fewer than four, maybe five layers of clothes on, preferably involving some combination of judicial robes, bulletproof vests, and/or Hazmat suits. In fact, can you please play some FBI-judge in a radiation-filled courtroom in your next movie? Who's also a beekeeper on the side? I have no doubts that you'll be awesome in this role.
1. Lia Beldam / Billie Gibson in "The Shining"
The only thing more painful than getting kicked in the crotch is having someone deliberately giving you an erection and then kicking you in the crotch. That seems to have been about the only possible motivation behind Stanley Kubrick's decision to include the "old woman in the bath" scene in "The Shining" — I realize the dude's going insane, but surely there are cinematic devices which can convey this idea without sucker-punching the vas deferens of every unsuspecting adolescent watching this movie for the first time? Or at least have the scene jump cut before she turns into the old woman to a scene of Jack outside the door saying into the camera "wow, that was gross and surprising! She turned into a melting old woman! Well I'll be!" Wouldn't that have been a fair compromise for everyone?


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A Fine and Public Place
The battle over preserving the architectural heritage of Kibbutz Kfar Giladi reflects a broader conflict between private and public ownership.
Spacious balconies, decorative fences and other additions now grace many houses in Kibbutz Kfar Giladi: After years in which facades had to conform to stringent rules, the privatization the kibbutz has undergone has enabled residents to adjust their houses to their own taste.
But another building project is also underway in Kfar Giladi, an initiative by the Society for Preservation of Israel Heritage Sites to rescue eight 90-year-old stone houses built during the kibbutz's early years. Sixty percent of the kibbutz's members approved the decision to preserve the buildings, but only after a fight that underscored the dilemmas faced by kibbutzim undergoing privatization.
Privatization has made the kibbutz general assembly much less important than it once was; often, few members even bother to attend the meetings. But dozens showed up to debate the key question that had to be resolved if the stone houses were to be preserved: Should they, too, become someone's personal property, or should they remain communal property?
The houses were built in 1922, six years after the kibbutz was founded. They are thought to be the only such group of early kibbutz houses that has remained intact.
Kfar Giladi is located in the Galilee panhandle not far from Tel Hai, the scene of a famous battle in 1920 between Arab fighters from nearby Lebanon and the Jewish pioneers. It was the battle of Tel Hai that convinced the kibbutz of the need to build permanent housing, along with other public buildings.
The homes, made from Galilee stone and materials imported from Lebanon, were set far apart: Even then residents foresaw that they might one day want to give each person their own plot of land. They ended up housing members of five families (Shohat, Giladi, Zaid, Kroll and Hurvitz ), and also hosted various famous visitors, including author Haim Nahman Bialik and Polish-Jewish educator Janusz Korczak.
"These eight stone buildings are an inseparable part of the interesting and important history of settlement in the Upper Galilee in general and Kfar Giladi in particular," said Tora Shraiber, a lawyer who is charge of preservation at the kibbutz.
But other residents argued that the kibbutz has already preserved enough buildings, and the community's growth in all directions around the original houses has left those eight "stuck like a bone in its throat," as one said. They therefore wanted the houses to be privatized and assigned as personal property, just as other kibbutz houses have been.
And of course, the issue was inevitably caught up in the broader debate over privatization, between those who see it as vital to the economic well-being of the kibbutzim and their members and those who view it as a shameful abandonment of a glorious heritage.
Amnon Levin, who is in charge of preservation for the Upper Galilee Regional Council, said privatization was "the greatest threat to preservation on the kibbutzim," and has resulted in a significant decline in the number of buildings worth preserving between 1992 and 2007, the two years in which the council conducted a comprehensive preservation survey.
But in Kfar Giladi preservation won the day, and work on refurbishing the buildings has begun. Ultimately, they are slated to house a museum of local photography, a workshop for handicrafts and a recreation center for toddlers, as well as serving various other public functions.
"There are things that can't be privatized," said one kibbutz member, Ilana Ashuach. "This is the infrastructure of our history. If we divvy them up, we will no longer be Kfar Giladi: We'll be just like any other place."
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