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After eight years in the White House, Dwight Eisenhower delivered his farewell address on January 17, 1961. The former general warned of "an immense military establishment and a large arms industry." He added that "we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex."
One way or another, a military-industrial complex now extends to much of corporate media. In the process, firms with military ties routinely advertise in news outlets. Often, media magnates and people on the boards of large media-related corporations enjoy close links—financial and social—with the military industry and Washington's foreign-policy establishment.
Sometimes a media-owning corporation is itself a significant weapons merchant. In 1991, when my colleague Martin A. Lee and I looked into the stake that one major media-invested company had in the latest war, what we found was sobering: NBC's owner General Electric designed, manufactured or supplied parts or maintenance for nearly every major weapon system used by the U.S. during the Gulf War—including the Patriot and Tomahawk Cruise missiles, the Stealth bomber, the B-52 bomber, the AWACS plane, and the NAVSTAR spy satellite system. "In other words," we wrote in Unreliable Sources, "when correspondents and paid consultants on NBC television praised the performance of U.S. weapons, they were extolling equipment made by GE, the corporation that pays their salaries."
During just one year, 1989, General Electric had received close to $2 billion in military contracts related to systems that ended up being utilized for the Gulf War. Fifteen years later, the company still had a big stake in military spending. In 2004, when the Pentagon released its list of top military contractors for the latest fiscal year, General Electric ranked eighth with $2.8 billion in contracts (Defense Daily International, 2/13/04).
Given the extent of shared sensibilities and financial synergies within what amounts to a huge military-industrial-media complex, it shouldn't be surprising that—whether in the prelude to the Gulf War of 1991 or the Iraq invasion of 2003—the U.S.'s biggest media institutions did little to illuminate how Washington and business interests had combined to strengthen and arm Saddam Hussein during many of his worst crimes.
"In the 1980s and afterward, the United States underwrote 24 American corporations so they could sell to Saddam Hussein weapons of mass destruction, which he used against Iran, at that time the prime Middle Eastern enemy of the United States," Ben Bagdikian wrote in The New Media Monopoly, the 2004 edition of his landmark book on the news business. "Hussein used U.S.-supplied poison gas" against Iranians and Kurds "while the United States looked the other way. This was the same Saddam Hussein who then, as in 2000, was a tyrant subjecting dissenters in his regime to unspeakable tortures and committing genocide against his Kurdish minorities." In corporate medialand, history could be supremely relevant when it focused on Hussein's torture and genocide, but the historic assistance he got from the U.S. government and American firms was apt to be off the subject and beside the point.
Spinning civilian deaths
By the time of the 1991 Gulf War, retired colonels, generals and admirals had become mainstays in network TV studios during wartime. Language such as "collateral damage" flowed effortlessly between journalists and military men, who shared perspectives on the occasionally mentioned and even more rarely seen civilians killed by U.S. firepower.
At the outset of the Gulf War, NBC's Tom Brokaw echoed the White House and a frequent chorus from U.S. journalists by telling viewers (1/16/91): "We must point out again and again that it is Saddam Hussein who put these innocents in harm's way." When those innocents got a mention, the U.S. government was often depicted as anxious to avoid hurting them. A couple of days into the war (1/17/91), Ted Koppel told ABC viewers that "great effort is taken, sometimes at great personal cost to American pilots, that civilian targets are not hit." Two weeks later (1/29/91), Brokaw was offering assurances that "the U.S. has fought this war at arm's length with long-range missiles, high-tech weapons . . . to keep casualties down."
With such nifty phrasing, no matter how many civilians might die as a result of American bombardment, the U.S. government—and by implication, its taxpayers—could always deny the slightest responsibility. And a frequent U.S. media message was that Saddam Hussein would use civilian casualties for propaganda purposes, as though that diminished the importance of those deaths. With the Gulf War in its fourth week (2/9/91), Bruce Morton of CBS provided this news analysis: "If Saddam Hussein can turn the world against the effort, convince the world that women and children are the targets of the air campaign, then he will have won a battle, his only one so far."
In American televisionland, when Iraqi civilians weren't being discounted or dismissed as Saddam's propaganda fodder, they were liable to be rendered nonpersons by omission. On the same day that 2,000 bombing runs occurred over Baghdad, anchor Ted Koppel reported (1/23/91): "Aside from the Scud missile that landed in Tel Aviv earlier, it's been a quiet night in the Middle East."
News coverage of the Gulf War in U.S. media was sufficiently laudatory to the war-makers in Washington that a former assistant secretary of state, Hodding Carter, remarked (C-SPAN, 2/23/91): "If I were the government, I'd be paying the press for the kind of coverage it is getting right now." A former media strategy ace for President Reagan put a finer point on the matter. "If you were going to hire a public relations firm to do the media relations for an international event," said Michael Deaver, "it couldn't be done any better than this is being done."
"Through the same lens"
When the media watch group FAIR conducted a survey of network news sources during the Gulf War's first two weeks, the most frequent repeat analyst was ABC's Anthony Cordesman. Not surprisingly, the former high-ranking official at the Defense Department and National Security Council gave the war-makers high marks for being trustworthy. "I think the Pentagon is giving it to you absolutely straight," Cordesman said (Newsday, 1/23/91).
The standard media coverage boosted the war. "Usually missing from the news was analysis from a perspective critical of U.S. policy," FAIR reported (Extra!, Winter/91). "The media's rule of thumb seemed to be that to support the war was to be objective, while to be anti-war was to carry a bias." Eased along by that media rule of thumb was the sanitized language of Pentagonspeak as mediaspeak: "Again and again, the mantra of 'surgical strikes against military targets' was repeated by journalists, even though Pentagon briefers acknowledged that they were aiming at civilian roads, bridges and public utilities vital to the survival of the civilian population."
As the Gulf War came to an end, people watching CBS saw Dan Rather close an interview with the 1st Marine Division commander by shaking his hand and exclaiming (2/27/91): "Again, general, congratulations on a job wonderfully done!"
Chris Hedges covered the Gulf War for the New York Times. More than a decade later, he wrote in a book (War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning): "The notion that the press was used in the war is incorrect. The press wanted to be used. It saw itself as part of the war effort." Truth-seeking independence was far from the media agenda. "The press was as eager to be of service to the state during the war as most everyone else. Such docility on the part of the press made it easier to do what governments do in wartime, indeed what governments do much of the time, and that is lie."
Variations in news coverage did not change the overwhelming sameness of outlook: "I boycotted the pool system, but my reports did not puncture the myth or question the grand crusade to free Kuwait. I allowed soldiers to grumble. I shed a little light on the lies spread to make the war look like a coalition, but I did not challenge in any real way the patriotism and jingoism that enthused the crowds back home. We all used the same phrases. We all looked at Iraq through the same lens."
Legitimating targets
In late April 1999, with the bombing of Yugoslavia in its fifth week, many prominent American journalists gathered at a posh Manhattan hotel for the annual awards dinner of the prestigious Overseas Press Club. They heard a very complimentary speech by Richard Holbrooke, one of the key U.S. diplomats behind recent policies in the Balkans. "The kind of coverage we're seeing from the New York Times, the Washington Post, NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN and the newsmagazines lately on Kosovo," he told the assembled media professionals (Palm Beach Post, 5/9/99), "has been extraordinary and exemplary." Holbrooke had good reasons to praise the nation's leading journalists. That spring, when the Kosovo crisis exploded into a U.S.-led air war, news organizations functioned more like a fourth branch of government than a Fourth Estate. The pattern was familiar.
Instead of challenging Orwellian techniques, media outlets did much to foist them on the public. Journalists relied on official sources—with non-stop interviews, behind-the-scenes backgrounders, televised briefings and grainy bomb-site videos. Newspeak routinely sanitized NATO's bombardment of populated areas. Correspondents went through linguistic contortions that preserved favorite fictions of Washington policymakers.
"NATO began its second month of bombing against Yugoslavia today with new strikes against military targets that disrupted civilian electrical and water supplies. . . . " The first words of the lead article on the New York Times front page the last Sunday in April 1999 (4/25/99) accepted and propagated a remarkable concept, widely promoted by U.S. officials: The bombing disrupted "civilian" electricity and water, yet the targets were "military." Never mind that such destruction of infrastructure would predictably lead to outbreaks of disease and civilian deaths.
On the newspaper's op-ed page, columnist Thomas Friedman (4/23/99) made explicit his enthusiasm for destroying civilian necessities: "It should be lights out in Belgrade: Every power grid, water pipe, bridge, road and war-related factory has to be targeted."
American TV networks didn't hesitate to show footage of U.S. bombers and missiles in flight—but rarely showed what really happened to people at the receiving end. Echoing Pentagon hype about the wondrous performances of Uncle Sam's weaponry, U.S. journalists did not often provide unflinching accounts of the results in human terms. Yet reporter Robert Fisk of London's Independent (4/24/99) managed to do so:
In the spring of 1999, as usual, selected images and skewed facts on television made it easier for Americans to accept—or even applaud—the exploding bombs funded by their tax dollars and dropped in their names. "The citizens of the NATO alliance cannot see the Serbs that their aircraft have killed," the Financial Times noted (3/31/99). On American television, the warfare appeared to be wondrous and fairly bloodless.
When the New York Times' Friedman (4/6/99) reflected on the first dozen days of what he called NATO's "surgical bombing," he engaged in easy punditry. "Let's see what 12 weeks of less than surgical bombing does," he wrote.
Sleek B-2 Stealth bombers and F-117A jets kept appearing in file footage on TV networks. Journalists talked with keen anticipation about Apache AH-64 attack helicopters on the way; military analysts told of the great things such aircraft could do. Reverence for the latest weaponry was acute.
"We got a big thumbs-up"
Mostly, the American television coverage of the Iraq invasion in spring 2003 was akin to scripted "reality TV," starting with careful screening of participants. CNN was so worried about staying within proper bounds that it cleared on-air talent with the Defense Department, as CNN executive Eason Jordan later acknowledged (CNN, 4/20/03): "I went to the Pentagon myself several times before the war started and met with important people there and said, for instance—'At CNN, here are the generals we're thinking of retaining to advise us on the air and off about the war'—and we got a big thumbs-up on all of them. That was important."
During the war that followed, the "embedding" of about 700 reporters in spring 2003 was hailed as a breakthrough. Those war correspondents stayed close to the troops invading Iraq, and news reports conveyed some vivid frontline visuals along with compelling personal immediacy. But with the context usually confined to the warriors' frame of reference, a kind of reciprocal bonding quickly set in.
"I'm with the U.S. 7th Cavalry along the northern Kuwaiti border," said CNN's embedded Walter Rodgers during a typical report (3/20/03), using the word "we" to refer interchangeably to his network, the U.S. military or both:
With American troops moving into action, CNN's Aaron Brown (3/20/03) emphasized that he and his colleagues "wish them nothing but safety." He did not express any such wish for the Iraqi people in harm's way.
Self-imposed constraints
The launch of a war is always accompanied by tremendous media excitement, especially on television. A strong adrenaline rush pervades the coverage. Even formerly reserved journalists tend to embrace the spectacle providing a proud military narrative familiar to Americans, who have seen thousands of movies and TV shows conveying such storylines. War preparations may have proceeded amid public controversy, but White House strategists are keenly aware that a powerful wave of "support our troops" sentiment will kick in for news coverage as soon as the war starts. In media debate, from the outset of war, predictable imbalances boost pro-war sentiment.
This is not a matter of government censorship or even restrictions. Serving as bookends for U.S.-led wars in the 1990s, a pair of studies by FAIR marked the more narrow discourse once the U.S. military went on the attack. Whether the year was '91 or '99, whether the country under the U.S. warplanes was Iraq or Yugoslavia, major U.S. media outlets facilitated Washington's efforts to whip up support for the new war. The constraints on mainstream news organizations were, in customary fashion, largely self-imposed.
During the first two weeks of the Gulf War, voices of domestic opposition were all but excluded from the nightly news programs on TV networks. (The few strong denunciations of the war that made it onto the air were usually from Iraqis.) In total, FAIR found, only 1.5 percent of the sources were identified as American anti-war demonstrators; out of 878 sources cited on the newscasts, just one was a leader of a U.S. peace organization (Extra!, Winter/91).
Eight years later, the pattern was similar: In the spring of 1999, FAIR studied coverage during the first two weeks of the bombing of Yugoslavia and found "a strong imbalance toward supporters of NATO air strikes." Examining the transcripts of two influential TV programs, ABC's Nightline and the PBS NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, FAIR documented that only 8 percent of the 291 sources were critics of NATO's U.S.-led bombing. Forty-five percent of sources were current or former U.S. government and military officials, NATO representatives or NATO troops. On Nightline, the study found, no U.S. sources other than Serbian-Americans were given air time to voice opposition (FAIR study, 5/5/99).
Summarizing FAIR's research over a 15-year period, sociologist Michael Dolny underscored the news media's chronic "over-reliance on official sources," and he also emphasized that "opponents of war are under-represented compared to the percentage of citizens opposed to military conflict."
"Waving the flag"
Those patterns were on display in 2003 with the Iraq invasion, when FAIR conducted a study of the 1,617 on-camera sources who appeared on the evening newscasts of six U.S. television networks during the three weeks beginning with the start of the war (Extra!, 5-6/03):
Less than 1 percent of the U.S. sources were anti-war on the CBS Evening News during the Iraq war's first three weeks. Meanwhile, as FAIR's researchers commented wryly, public television's PBS NewsHour program hosted by Jim Lehrer "also had a relatively low percentage of U.S. anti-war voices—perhaps because the show less frequently features on-the-street interviews, to which critics of the war were usually relegated." During the invasion, the major network studios were virtually off-limits to vehement American opponents of the war.
For the most part, U.S. networks sanitized their war coverage, which was wall-to-wall on cable. As usual, the enthusiasm for war was extreme on Fox News Channel. After a pre-invasion make-over, the fashion was similar for MSNBC. (In a timely manner, that cable network had canceled the nightly Donahue program three weeks before the invasion began. A leaked in-house report—AllYourTV.com, 2/25/03—said that Phil Donahue's show would present a "difficult public face for NBC in a time of war. . . . He seems to delight in presenting guests who are anti-war, anti-Bush and skeptical of the administration's motives." The danger, quickly averted, was that the show could become "a home for the liberal anti-war agenda at the same time that our competitors are waving the flag at every opportunity.")
At the other end of the narrow cable-news spectrum, CNN cranked up its own pro-war fervor. Those perspectives deserved to be heard. But on the large TV networks, such voices were so dominant that they amounted to a virtual monopoly in the "marketplace of ideas."
This article is excerpted from Norman Solomon's book, War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death (John Wiley & Sons, 2005). The first chapter of the book can be found at WarMadeEasy.com.


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Words By Chantelle Symester via TopManMagazine
- DON'T GO OTT You needn't look like you've been dragged at 50mph down the road by your jeans nor should you opt for the 'shabby chic' - read hobo look (we promise you, it doesn't look good). The great thing about Topman's latest ripped jean's range is that there are just enough slits and rips to make it look cool rather than try hard or just plain wrong.
- STAY UP ON THE TRENDS The distressed look is making a comeback this season and these subtle knee slits on these spray on style jeans will make sure you are way ahead of the curve. (Plus it'll be extra ventilation when it gets a bit hotter).
- DARK DENIM= SUBTLE Still too shy to try - work with a darker colour which will tone the look down.
- ADD SOME DETAIL TO DRESSED DOWN ATTIRE When your simple everyday attire needs a bit of a life why not throw on some ripped spray ons? It's an easy, instant update and pretty much a no-brainer.

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Eragon Shadeslayer, the Bane of the Ra'Zac, and Rider to Saphira Bjartskular, as he appears in Book 4 of the Inheritance Cycle.
Enjoy! It's my first real attempt at customizing a fig.
Hey look, I figured out how to post pictures!
Okay, in case Brickshelf goes down again...
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A thorough examination of Kenny Barron's musical accomplishments over a span of 50 years necessitates a discography of more than 200 pages. That's because in addition to a distinguished career as soloist and leader he has served as one of the most dependable sidemen in all of post-bop mainstream modern jazz. More than 40 albums have appeared under his name, and his presence on literally hundreds of recordings by other musicians paints a panoramic picture of Barron's lifelong devotion to the music.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on June 9, 1943, he took on the piano at the age of 12, with a little help from Ray Bryant's sister, known today as the mother of guitarist Kevin Eubanks. Three years later, on the recommendation of his own big brother, saxophonist Bill Barron (1927-1989), he joined Mel Melvin's rhythm & blues band. The aspiring pianist gained more experience while working with drummer Philly Joe Jones and saxophonist Jimmy Heath, as well as multi-instrumentalist Yusef Lateef in Detroit. Lateef's album The Centaur and the Phoenix (1960) was Barron's first modern jazz recording project -- not as a performer (Joe Zawinul was the pianist on this date) but as composer and arranger.
His recording debut as an improvising artist took place shortly after he moved to New York in 1961 and cut the first of many albums with his brother, who often aligned himself with two graduates of the Charles Mingus Jazz Workshop, trumpeter Ted Curson and saxophonist Booker Ervin. A session in 1962 found Barron working with trumpeter Dave Burns, onetime member of sax and flute man James Moody's exciting bop orchestra. Moody himself played an important role in Barron's career, first hiring him to perform at the Village Vanguard, then bringing him into Dizzy Gillespie's band. Barron stuck with Diz and Moody until 1966, performing at clubs and festivals on both coasts and touring through France and England.
Barron's first great year of independent recording activity was 1967. In addition to co-leading a band with trumpeter Jimmy Owens, the pianist made records with trumpeter Freddie Hubbard and saxophonists Joe Henderson, Stanley Turrentine, Tyrone Washington, Booker Ervin, and Eric Kloss. Barron seldom recorded with anyone just once. His discography is thickly woven with inspiring names that recur with the regularity of intricate and colorful patterns that invite further scrutiny. Examples of artists who made a lot of records with Barron during the '70s are sax and flute men James Moody and Yusef Lateef and bassists Ron Carter and Buster Williams, with people like Earl and Carl Grubbs, Marion Brown, and Marvin "Hannibal" Peterson expanding the range of expression beyond perceived parameters of predictability and accessibility. This healthy combination of freedom and discipline would continue to bear fruit as Barron worked regularly with saxophonists Chico and Von Freeman, John Stubblefield, Nick Brignola, and Stan Getz (with whom he toured extensively during Getz's twilight years). The stylistic range continued to widen as Barron sat in with violinists Michal Urbaniak and John Blake, drummer Elvin Jones, and singing trombonist Ray Anderson.
During the '80s, Kenny Barron composed the score for Spike Lee's film Do the Right Thing, appeared on multi-performer tribute albums honoring composers Nino Rota and Thelonious Monk, and became a founding member (with Charlie Rouse, Buster Williams, and Ben Riley) of the definitive Monk legacy band, known as Sphere. The '90s were an equally fruitful period for Barron, and found him working steadily for Verve, releasing such albums as People Time, Other Places, Wanton Spirit, and Night and the City.
By the turn of the century, Barron had established himself as both a piano virtuoso and journeyman artist who moved solo, duo, and large-ensemble recordings. In 2000, he released the Grammy-nominated Spirit Song, followed quickly by the release of Freefall, featuring violinist Regina Carter, in 2001. Barron then moved to a quintet setting for 2004's Images. Four years later, he collaborated with West African guitarist Lionel Loueke on Traveler. Vocalist Claire Martin was the next beneficiary of Barron's deft accompanist skills on her album Too Much in Love to Care, in 2012.
Barron then delivered several duo albums, pairing with bassist Dave Holland for 2014's The Art of Conversation and vibraphonist Mark Sherman for 2015's Interplay. In 2016, he returned to the trio format with Book of Intuition featuring bassist Kiyoshi Kitagawa and drummer Johnathan Blake. ~ arwulf arwulf


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What could be less news than the end of Windows XP support? Everybody on the planet has been told about it a hundred times. This article concerns the real danger you haven't been reading about.
The IT industry has been blessed with being very lightly regulated, with self-regulation that works and minimal government interference. This has meant high rates of innovation and profitability, nearly a commercial nirvana that supports millions of families' lifestyles. Even the legal community hasn't been able to mess it up, with the exception of the sloppy software patents and the resultant trolls.
IT grew up in the glass house, only entering the consumer space in the last 30 years. So its sensibilities are not highly developed when it comes to consumer attitudes and the political dangers of "bad optics." This was first made plain by Intel's floating point SNAFU of 1994, and was still plenty evident in the iPhone's death-grip antenna problem of 2010.
Let's compare this with the auto industry, which has product recalls seemingly by the week. The vendors all know they have to balance public opinion and bad press against short-term cost-avoidance. Sometimes they get it spectacularly wrong (think Ford Pinto), but most of the time they come across as doing the right thing for the customer. Of course, an automobile is a bigger investment than a PC, and its failures can cause bodily harm and property damage.
Even with all that, the auto industry doesn't shut down an old product that is somewhat risky to use. I own a 1963 Studebaker: It is still allowed on roads, I can use modern gasoline and all the current auto infrastructure. Imagine if GM were to one day declare that their cars from even 25 years ago were no longer allowed on the roads, and that anybody driving them should be considered a danger to themselves and anyone else on the highway. Imagine if they were to put out a bunch of articles telling owners "you must send your car to the crusher by April 8!"
Computation has become a required feature of modern life, at least in North America. If millions of computers fail, disruptions to power supplies, money supplies, and food supplies are not out of the question. A PC is no longer an optional luxury item, and has acquired "utility" status in most U.S. homes and businesses. So PC vendors can't act capriciously.
Microsoft supported Windows 1.0 -- a technical quagmire -- for 15 years. But when it came to XP -- the world's most popular operating system of all time, with a solid technology foundation -- support ended only three years after Microsoft stopped selling it. It's amazing there have not been more inflammatory articles and exposés.
A Ticking Tech Time Bomb
So far, Microsoft has gotten away with telling 30 percent of the world's PC owners that they must now junk their property. And they may well get the number of systems running XP down below 100,000,000 this year.
Even if that all works out for them, there's the big risk that will linger for years. That risk: Some high-profile DDoS attack that leverages those increasingly vulnerable XP systems. Information technology causes the zombie apocalypse.
The inevitable response from vendors trying to avoid legal culpability will be to blame their customers. "Customers were warned" about the dangers of using products that were top-of-the-line just a few years ago.
Blaming your customers never plays well, and if the issue goes viral, we'll have a three-alarm fire:
Politicians in the U.S. and Europe will sense the opportunity for self-aggrandizement. Hearings, hassles and draft legislation will cause laughter among IT vendors (recall Ted Stevens' "the internet is a series of tubes"). But the government does have a legitimate interest in preventing abuse.
The courts both in the U.S. and EU still have jurisdiction over Microsoft, thanks to its monopoly status. Even though the XP action is well within the bounds of the consent decrees, the breadth and visibility of XP's demise will make the courts receptive to regulators and civil cases.
Enterprising attorneys in the U.S. will sense the profit opportunity in bringing a class action suit. The plaintiff class comprises hundreds of millions of PC owners at home and in business. As always, it won't matter if the attorneys bringing the case can win in court -- they will use every bit of pressure from the press and social media to push for a quick settlement.
Microsoft's maneuver is a gamble that is putting IT's cherished freedom from regulation and frivolous lawsuits at risk. That's the alarm bell you should be hearing.
What Does This Have to Do With CRM Systems?
CRM systems are not just about making quicker sales. The whole point of these systems is improvement of customer relationships and facilitation of all customer-facing business processes. CRM systems let you identify and rectify these issues:
Where your sales prevention department is.
What your customer dissatisfaction department is up to.
What policies and processes are getting in the way of profitable and growing business relationships.
The high ground for any CRM initiative, then, is to find and facilitate your most profitable customers while measuring and improving customer satisfaction. But all the CRM investment in the world cannot counteract the impact of an anti-customer policy. All it can do is measure the depth of the crater.
David Taber is the author of the new Prentice Hall book, "Salesforce.com Secrets of Success" and is the CEO of SalesLogistix, a certified Salesforce.com consultancy focused on business process improvement through use of CRM systems. SalesLogistix clients are in North America, Europe, Israel, and India, and David has over 25 years experience in high tech, including 10 years at the VP level or above.
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ITHACA, N.Y., Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Those who choose wineglasses that are wider, who hold the glass while they pour and pick white wine will drink more, U.S. researchers say.
Laura Smarandescu of Iowa State and Brian Wansink of Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., said they recruited 73 students of legal drinking age, who drank at least one glass of wine a week.
The students were brought to several stations and were asked to pour themselves a normal serving of wine. At each of these stations, the researchers manipulated environmental cues to measure their effects such as supplying different sizes and widths of wine glasses.
To examine the visual effects of color contrast, there was either low contrast between the wine and the glass -- white wine in a clear glass -- or high contrast such as red wine in a clear glass.
The study, published in Substance Use and Misuse, found when glasses were wider, participants poured 11.9 percent more wine. They poured 12.2 percent more wine when holding their glasses, compared with pouring into glasses placed on a table. When there was low contrast between the glass and the wine such as white wine in a clear glass, participants poured 9.2 percent more wine than when there was high contrast such as red wine in a clear glass.


text: « Return to Search Mass. Eye and Ear Welcomes New Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer May 06, 2011 Contact: Public Affairs Ph.: 617-573-3341 Boston – (May 6, 2011) – CarolAnn Williams of Wakefield, Mass, has joined the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary as the new Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer. Since 1994 Williams has served Partner's HealthCare in a number of key finance positions, including most recently as Partner's Director of Business Intelligence. She brings a wide array of healthcare and hospital finance experience to Mass. Eye and Ear. Williams offers expertise in a broad range of areas, including financial planning, revenue cycle process improvement, third party payer contract management, vendor negotiations, and capital planning. She and her husband, Craig, Chief Operating Officer of Tufts Physician Organization, have three children. Founded in 1824, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary is an independent specialty hospital providing patient care for disorders of the eye, ear, nose, throat, head and neck. Mass. Eye and Ear is an international leader in Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology research and a teaching partner of Harvard Medical School. For more information, call 617-523-7900 or visit http://www.masseyeandear.org/.


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This is an unusual blog meme that was born here and there are some simple rules.
- If, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think.
- Link to this post so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme
- Optional: Proudly display the 'Thinking Blogger Award' with a link to the post that you wrote (here is an alternative silver version if gold doesn't fit your blog).
1. Dr Dork (who is passing his medical and non medical wisdom to his readers, along with his wonderful poetry)
2. Dr Sid Schwab ( who is passing his surgical wisdom to doctors and patients with wonder and with some exceptional writing skills)
3. Dr Michelle Tempest (who makes us think about the human condition with her thought- provoking daily posts)
4. Karen Ventii ( a young scientist who elucidates for her readers current and interesting scientific news which affects people's lives)
5. ipanema ( a young woman who gathers articles from all over and writes thought-provokingly about the content, mixed with her own whimsical thinking posts)
Congratulations Winners. Please pass this on to other 'deserving bloggers' . Should you choose to accept this mission or not, no matter. But in my opinion each of you deserve the Thinking Blogger Award much more than I.
unskilled in the arts of composition, I resolved to write a blog."
(The original quote by Edward Gibbon uses 'book' instead of 'blog')
Thank you Scan Man and I apologize for cannibalizing your post with my copy and paste sword in order to make mine and for pinching the quote as well. I had to take the gold version of the button whether it matches my blog or not because I always wanted a gold medal for something.


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Ole Miss landed back-to-back top-15 classes for the first time in school history dating back to the first recruiting rankings in 2002. It was a consensus top-20 class, ranked as high as No. 14 (247Sports.com).
The 27-player signing class included 14 high school and junior college All-Americans and five consensus four-star prospects, as well as offensive lineman Rod Taylor, who is listed as a 5-star prospect by 247Sports.com and a 4-star prospect by the other three major recruiting services.
After head coach Hugh Freeze's signing day press conference, I caught up with Ole Miss Athletics Director Ross Bjork to recount the day that was for Ole Miss football.
On the importance of signing day to the football program and the athletic program as whole:
"This day is really about the whole cycle of a football program, where you have fall practice, then you have the season, then you have the postseason, and then you go into signing day, and then you go into spring practice. This is another way to sell the program at the highest level. We know we have to get players, and so our coaches go out and do that.
"To me, it's part of the big cycle of college football, and it becomes another holiday mixed in with all of the things that we do to run a high-level football program. The attention and coverage is great, and it lifts the entire athletic program to see what our staff has done the last two years to recruit at the highest level."
On this year's class compared to last year's class:
"Last year was so different and so unique because of the connections we had with the number one player overall, number one offensive lineman and number one receiver. It's different, and what's great about today is we had no surprises.
"The less drama you can have on signing day, the better. We had a couple of battles at the end, but the less drama, the better. To me, today was perfect, and this is how you want it to go every year, where you're recruiting a high level but you have no surprises in a negative way. Our staff did a great job."


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Nick Knight, Daphne Guinness, Simon Foxton, Andrew Tomlinson, Isamaya Ffrench, IMMA/MESS and Younji Ku
Hell Is Empty. And All The Devils Are Here
Sep 15 2015
Sitting between the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare's birth in 2014 and the 400th anniversary of his death in 2016, 2015 saw Nick Knight re-imagine Th...
Charlie Le Mindu
Mar 11 2010
Avant-garde hairstylist and designer Charlie Le Mindu took up residence in the LiveStudio to create a headpiece. The studio space was simultaneously de...
Nick Knight, Edward Enninful and Alexia Wight
Hauteur Space
Jan 10 2013
Nick Knight looked to the timeless language of elegance expounded in the work of Erté, Aubrey Beardsley, Lillian Bassman and Irina Ionesco, amongst oth...
Nick Knight, Sam McKnight, Edward Enninful and Karlie Kloss
Haute Death
Oct 15 2012
Nick Knight and Edward Enninful straddle dark and light in this arresting couture shoot for W. The pair draw inspiration from the kind of macabre, nigh...
Penny Martin and Benjamin Seroussi
Haute Couture S/S 2007
Jan 18 2007
Sent directly from the opulent venues, taxis en route to the shows and after les defilés, SHOWstudio Editor in Chief Penny Martin captured the magic of...
Nick Knight, Ruth Hogben, Philip Treacy and Katy England
Nov 28 2012
In September 2012 Philip Treacy made an explosive return to London Fashion Week with a star-studded Swarovski-sponsored show featuring black models cla...
Ruth Hogben, Stephen Jones, Michael Howells, Oriole Cullen, Clive Booth and Antonio Silva
Hats Off
Feb 23 2009
Coinciding with the opening of the exhibition 'Hats: An Anthology by Stephen Jones' at London's Victoria and Albert museum in February 2009, SHOWstudio...
Nick Knight, Liberty Ross and Katie Grand
Hart To Heart - When Tony Hart Met John Galliano
Jul 30 2009
Who better to capture and celebrate the innocent, unbridled joy of John Galliano's Autumn/Winter 2000 collection than the late Tony Hart? Recorded on s...
Ronan Mckenzie and Georgina Evans
Hard Ears
Dec 7 2016
Launched in December 2016, HARD EARS is photographer Ronan Mckenzie's debut publication. HARD EARS' first issue is a collection of text and imagery ins...
Hywel Davies, Lou Stoppard, Central Saint Martins, Shonagh Marshall, Judith Watt and Alistair O'Neill
Jul 15 2016
Inspired by the predominance of fluff and fuzz on the runways, as well as the debates around body hair as a style or political statement, in early 2016...
H Project
H Project
Apr 15 2004
An experimental film collaboration between German fashion collaborative H Project and the film director Zaza Rusadze. Featured menswear by designers in...
Nick Knight, Leigh Bowery and Donald Urquhart
Oct 11 2004
Celebrating the extraordinary legacy of the equally extraordinary Leigh Bowery, 'Guiser' brings together previously unseen footage of Bowery during a s...
Jon Mann and Jens Laugesen
Ground_Zero.03: Faith In Chaos
Oct 2 2003
T-shirt design and GROUND_ZERO.03, Nick Knight's film of Laugesen developing his Spring/Summer 2004 collection launch simultaneously as the designer's ...
Jez Tozer
Go-sees: Jez Tozer
Jun 10 2016
Jez Tozer has been shooting castings since he first started taking pictures. In this series, 'Here I Am', he puts down his stills camera and embraces f...
Juergen Teller and Fuel
Nov 10 2000
Fuel's graphic, interactive interpretation of 'Go-Sees', Juergen Teller's photographic diary of the wannabe models who came knocking at his door. Turni...
Simon Foxton and Paul Hunwick
Aug 17 2004
Profiling the early-noughties London club night Matinée, and its conspicuously fashionable attendees - dubbed 'Glitterbugs' - through images, text and...
Stephen Jones
Glamour On A Budget
Dec 1 2010
Stellar British milliner and OBE Stephen Jones took up residency as part of the SHOWstudio Shop exhibition 'Florist' in December 2010. Amidst witty ban...
Nick Knight, Alexander McQueen and Katy England
Givenchy Couture
Dec 20 2000
Immortalising Alexander McQueen's penultimate haute couture collection for Givenchy, this fashion film showcases both McQueen's fearsome tailoring and ...
Nick Knight, Lou Stoppard, Rei Nadal, Ellie Grace Cumming, Andrew Tomlinson, Laura Dominique, Tina Outen, Ali Michael, Britt Lloyd, Chloe Orefice, Laura Falconer, Jon Emmony, Chris Hobbs, Rebecca Hains, Ana Kinsella, Ryan Lo, Younji Ku, Slim Barrett, Charlotte Lewis, Arvida Byström, Anais Caulfield, Louby Mcloughlin, Lola Chatterton, Liberty McAnena, Bertie Brandes, Morna Laing, Sarah Kathryn Cleaver and Marian Newman
Aug 27 2014
Motivated by the fluffy, sparkly bastions of girlishness on the runways recently - from Ryan Lo's tutus to Meadham Kirchhoff's minis - SHOWstudio launc...
Nick Knight, Lara Stone, Carine Roitfeld and Jonathan Bullock
Get Back, Stay Back
Mar 1 2012
'Get Back, Stay Back' is a fashion story with a difference, combining self-defence how-to with high fashion starring model Lara Stone. Trained in Krav ...
Nick Knight and Gareth Pugh
Gareth Pugh: 10 Years
Feb 13 2015
For A/W 15 Gareth Pugh returns to his roots by eschewing Paris Fashion Week in favour of a show in London. To pay tribute to Pugh's homecoming, and to ...
Ruth Hogben, Gareth Pugh, Simon Costin, Matthew Stone, Kristen McMenamy and Katie Shillingford
Gareth Pugh S/S 2011
Sep 29 2010
The second time innovative London designer Gareth Pugh eschewed the catwalk in favour of presenting his collection via film in collaboration with fashi...
Ruth Hogben, Gareth Pugh, Simon Costin, Matthew Stone and Katie Shillingford
Gareth Pugh S/S 2010
Sep 12 2009
In advance of the unveiling of his Spring/Summer 2010 collection in Paris, fashion designer Gareth Pugh collaborated once again with filmmaker Ruth Hog...
Nick Knight, Gareth Pugh, Val Garland, Sam McKnight, Younji Ku, Carson McColl, Britt Lloyd, Katie Shillingford, Roly Porter, Olivier de Sagazan, Andrew Tomlinson, Riana Casson, Rob Rusling and Marian Newman
Gareth Pugh S/S 18
Sep 16 2017
'This is not a show.' Nick Knight and Gareth Pugh offer an exclusive visual insight into Pugh's S/S 18 collection presented here as fashion film. In co...
Gareth Pugh, Ruth Hogben and Katie Shillingford
Gareth Pugh S/S 16
Sep 23 2015
London Fashion Week's move to Soho sparked a flood of ideas in Gareth Pugh. Once the home of drag queens and creativity, it has now become a developer'...
Gareth Pugh
Gareth Pugh S/S 15
Sep 24 2014
Long-term fashion film champion Gareth Pugh caused a stir for S/S 15 by eschewing his usual slot on the Paris schedule and kicking off New York Fashion...
Ruth Hogben and Gareth Pugh
Gareth Pugh S/S 12
Sep 26 2011
For Spring/Summer 2012 designer Gareth Pugh collaborated with filmmaker Ruth Hogben to create a fashion film, fusing the piece with live catwalk prese...
Ruth Hogben, Gareth Pugh and Katie Shillingford
Gareth Pugh Pitti Immagine #79 2011
Jan 13 2011
With a collection inspired by religious iconography and Florentine opulence, Gareth Pugh made his Italian fashion debut at Pitti Immagine #79. Showcasi...
Ruth Hogben, Gareth Pugh, Val Garland, Matthew Stone and Katie Shillingford
Gareth Pugh for M.A.C
Nov 27 2011
Fashion maverick Gareth Pugh collaborates with fashion film director Ruth Hogben on this film to unveil his first make-up range, created with M.A.C. A ...
Ruth Hogben, Gareth Pugh, Simon Costin, Natasa Vojnovic, Matthew Stone and Katie Shillingford
Gareth Pugh A/W 2009
Mar 4 2009
Giving his blockbuster imagination a suitably cinematic showcase, instead of a catwalk show Gareth Pugh chose to present his Autumn/Winter 2009 collect...
Nick Knight, Gareth Pugh, Carson McColl, Younji Ku, Britt Lloyd, Riana Casson and Peiman Zekavat
Gareth Pugh A/W 17
Sep 12 2017
Gareth Pugh's collection for A/W 17 presents a ferocious expression of female resistance in the form of monolithic, dexterous garments. Filmed amongst ...
Gareth Pugh and Ruth Hogben
Gareth Pugh A/W 15
Feb 27 2015
Gareth Pugh's London Fashion Week return, held at the V&A, was celebrated as a standout runway show of the season, and the perfect example of an immers...
Ruth Hogben and Gareth Pugh
Gareth Pugh A/W 13
Mar 26 2013
Autumn/Winter 2013 sees Ruth Hogben and Gareth Pugh continue their collaborative creative relationship. The fashion filmmaker and photographer captures...
John Galliano
Galliano Hommes
Oct 24 2003
Exclusive preview of Galliano's first own-brand menswear range for A/W 04. The legendary designer took questions from the set of his Arena shoot.
Txell Miras, Todd Lynn, Tillmann Lauterbach, Thomas Engel Hart, Telfar Clemens, Steve J & Yoni P, Spijkers en Spijkers, Slow and Steady Wins the Race, 6 7/8 (Six and Seven Eighths), Siv Støldal, Sinha-Stanic, Seung Hwan Jeon, Seïko Taki, Sandra Backlund, Rubecksen Yamanaka, Romy Smits, Romina Karamanea, Roland Maas, Rodarte, Rie Rasmussen, Christopher Raeburn, Rad Hourani, Pulver, PPQ, Postweiler Hauber, Pierre Hardy, Peter Bertsch, Petar Petrov, Osman Yousefzada, Olanic, Njide Ugboma, Natalia Brilli, Nasir Mazhar, Nakkna, Modernist, Mikio Sakabe, Mary Katrantzou, Mary Fellowes, Marcus Werner Hed, Malcolm Pate, Mads Perch, Lutz, Louis de Gama, Louise Amstrup, Leisa Barnett, Laitinen, Kosmetique Label, Kay Barron, Kai Kühne, Jolibe, John Bland, Jessica Trosman, Jean-Pierre Braganza, Jean-Francois Carly, Jan Taminiau, Isaac Lock, Ioannis Dimitrousis, Ian Wooldridge, Husam El Odeh, House of Flora, Henrik Vibskov, Heather Blake, Gregor Hohenberg, Giles Price, Frank Leder, Flora McLean, Finsk, Felipe Oliveira Baptista, Felder Felder, Emilio De La Morena, El Delgado Buil, Deryck Walker, Daryoush Haj-Najafi, Customers Own Property, Chris Liu, Christina Rozakis, Cecilia Sorensen, Cathy Pill, Cassette Playa, Carola Euler, Bo Van Melskens, Borba Margo, Bora Aksu, Ashish Gupta, Antoine Peters, Andreas Emenius, Alice McCall, Basso and Brooke, Peter Jensen, HALTBAR, Hall Ohara and 0044
Future Tense
Aug 6 2008
If the best way to predict the future is to invent it, the next best is to give it a helping hand. With this idea in mind, in 2008 SHOWstudio launched ...
Hussein Chalayan and Alexander Fury
From Fashion And Back
Jan 30 2009
To mark the opening of Hussein Chalayan's first UK solo exhibition 'From Fashion And Back' at London's Design Museum in January 2009, SHOWstudio showca...
Nick Knight, Ruth Hogben and Lily Donaldson
Feb 4 2009
Featuring highly-strung fashions from Giorgio Armani, Louis Vuitton, Balenciaga and Alexander McQueen springing into vibrant life, 'Fringed' animates t...
Nick Knight, Ruth Hogben, Gareth Pugh, Nicola Formichetti and Alex Box
Aug 11 2009
A blur of colour, reflection and frantic animation - with Gareth Pugh himself making more than a cameo appearance - this exclusive film edited by Ruth ...
Nick Knight, Ruth Hogben and Freja Beha Erichsen
Mar 19 2008
If clothes maketh the man and your purpose is to demonstrate the masculinity of the Spring/Summer 2008 Womens' collections, then who better to explore ...
Nick Knight and Brad Pitt
Freedom Of Love
Jun 10 2004
Nick Knight used André Breton's poem 'Freedom of Love' as the guiding text for this short film of Brad Pitt, created while shooting the actor for Vanit...
Frank Foster: Shirtmaker
Nov 7 2017
Nick Knight remembers the life and legacy of his longtime shirtmaker, Frank Foster
Kathryn Ferguson, Phoebe Frangoul, Bella Freud, Caryn Franklin, Sharmadean Reid, Jo Ratcliffe and Zaha Hadid
Mar 7 2013
Selfridges and filmmaker Kathryn Ferguson join forces to celebrate International Women's Day with a dynamic short that showcases inspirational female r...
Peter Saville, Julie Verhoeven, Helen Clifford, Penny Martin and Tom Zambaz
Apr 3 2002
Inspired by innocent Toile de Jouy - but offset with Japanese rope suspension bondage - Peter Saville and Julie Verhoeven collaborated to create intric...
Au Matt, Wan Hung Cheung and Kajetan Plis
Dec 16 2014
A pastoral scene and the sounds of a church choir combine with strobes and industrial dance music in 'Folktron', a fashion film showcasing emerging men...
Joseph Lally
Flowers of Evil
Nov 13 2015
Joseph Lally's film explores the artistic representation of murder. The work mediates on the allure of violence in the cinema and questions society's n...
Kate Moss, Nick Knight, Ruth Hogben, Roddy Lumsden and Jonathan Kaye
Flowers For Kate
Nov 15 2007
Say it with flowers: In December 2007 Nick Knight photographed a story for the March/April 2008 issue of V magazine, featuring the one and only Kate Mo...
Nick Knight, Comme Des Garçons, Andrew Tomlinson and Younji Ku
Oct 12 2015
Floriental: Re-imagining the flower. Comme des Garçons tapped Nick Knight to create a film for their new scent. Floriental is a disrupted floral fragra...
Piers Atkinson, Jessica Broas, Lizzie McQuade, Rosie Beard, Philip Dunn, Kim Howells and Jordan Weaver
Flora: Piers Atkinson
Nov 12 2012
Milliner and renowned flower fan Piers Atkinson is the second creative to join SHOWstudio for a residency as part of our 'Flora' season. 'The Language ...
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What would have happened if Simon Cowell, the inspiration and chief executioner for the wildly popular X Factor show had been around to judge the big stars of American music before they became legends. Just how many of them would have survived the gauntlet of his withering criticism? I think many would have curled up under his sarcasm like slugs deluged by salt and withered away.
Let's take a look at what would have happened had Simon Cowell initiated some of the famous voices of today into the world of commercial rock and pop music-
TINA TURNER- " Miss....Miss...! Please stop shaking your money maker for a moment! You're heating up the place with that flopping around. You are also heating up Randy. Dear, you've got to slow it down a bit. You're flinging sweat everywhere. No more coffee before auditioning. Absolutely no stimulants. You might also want to wear smaller skirts- I've learned more about the female anatomy in the last 3 minutes than I did in 3 semesters of biology. Its also making Ellen a bit randy. You're singing is fine, but your facial expressions are scaring the hell out of the musicians. Also, you shimmied so hard in the last number that your bra flew off and blinded the drummer in one eye!"
BOB DYLAN - "How can you call yourself a singer with that nasal whine? Humans are designed to sing through their mouth, not their nostrils, although I can see your predicament- it is the most predominate part of your face. Your song says 'Everybody must get stoned'- it certainly looks like you did to come up with some of these lyrics. And, something to think about, shaving between auditions might keep people from thinking you slept on a park bench last night.."
MICK JAGGER- "Wait a minute! Your supposed to be singing, not prancing around! Somehow I don't think that your singing about your lack of 'satisfaction' is going to get you anywhere. When you sang 'Please allow me to introduce myself, I'm a man of wealth and fame' who did you say you are? ...That's what I thought you said and I believe you. Could you please try to keep your big lips away from the microphone when you sing? I don't want the next person using it to come down with some sort of venereal disease."
TOM WAITS- "How did you get in here? Security!!! We are paying these guys too much if every bum off the street can get in here! Security! Get over here! Buddy, your voice sounds like someone rubbing a frog on a washboard. Go somewhere and take a bath! You're better off using your throat to wash down cheap whiskey with your chums."
DOLLY PARTON- "Honey, you're not going to make it on boobs alone. Don't lean too far forward or you might lawn dart off the stage. That high pitched whine you call a voice sounds like an old Kentucky air raid siren. When you add that deep south accent to it its enough to peel the paint off Kara's finger nails. However, big hair is good in the recording business- it cushions your head when you take a fall."
PAUL McCARTNEY- "What the hell? 'Coo-coo-ca-choo I am the Eggman Coo-coo-ca-choo'? Sergeant Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band'? Are you singing pop music or nursery rhymes?? This is reality mate, not Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds. Don't expect to ever get knighted by the Queen for this kind of stuff! The only way you're going to make it is to team up with someone who knows something about music. And you'll never get anywhere with that haircut."
LYLE LOVETT- "Didn't you star in that David Lynch cult movie 'Eraserhead'? You're so tall doesn't your head get caught up in ceiling fans? If I hear one more song about how wonderful Texas is I'm going to urp. If Texas had been around at the time of the Revolutionary War with Britain we would have let you keep it without a fight!"
MADONNA- "Excuse me, the reflected light off the glitter on your snow cone brassiere is blinding me. Could you cover them up with something please? Thank you. And thank you for more reasons than just the glare. First off, Miss, I think that if you were to wear more clothes to the audition it might take some of the chill out of your voice. Have you ever thought about having just one special image instead of so many? I'm beginning to think you might have a multiple personality disorder, although they all seem to revolve around being a slut."
JOHNNY CASH- "You just sang 'I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die'. I get the feeling they might have let you out of prison a little too early. Are you a friend of the guy we had security throw out earlier? You might want to think twice before giving up that job as a tenant farmer. If you show up here again I'll have a song for you- A Boy Named In A Suit To Sue. One more thing- if you're planning on being before the spotlights you going to have to wear something other than just black all the time!"
ROD STEWART- "Was that singing or was someone making cat gut strings out of a cat that wasn't quite dead yet? And, NO, I do not think you are sexy. You shouldn't have asked. The name of the type of singing you are trying to do on some songs is 'crooning', not 'looning' like the sound of a bird. It would help too if the hair were combed once in a while."
NEIL YOUNG- "Are you related to that Dylan fellow? I know you're both from way up north somewhere and both sound like the nasal cavities got infected from the cold. I thought you might be brothers. There are similarities- the hayseed clothing, so counter culture that you probably live under sewer grates, anti-authority except for the banks that hold your money. Have you ever thought of getting in a group with, say, three other guys who could help drown out your voice?"
BOY GEORGE- "OK Miss...what...oh, sorry. You should really put that on your name tag. Is that why you call yourself that so people will know? OK, I get it now. All right, I know you sang 'Do You Really Want To Hurt Me' and after hearing it I have to say "YES!!" emphatically. If you want to keep on in this field of music I might suggest getting an operation- the opera still needs castratos. I'm sure you'll never miss your little jewels. It will also help keep you out of the Army, although if you dress like that maybe you don't have to worry."
ELVIS- "Well, you have a strong voice, but I really have to wonder about a contestant who is romancing a 'howndowg', as you put it. I think those peanut butter, bacon and banana sandwiches you eat before coming on stage gum up your singing voice some. It would help if you would concentrate more on the lips and less on the hips. 'Back field in motion' is a move forbidden not just in football but on many TV shows too. Kara finds it very distracting and she's slobbering all over herself."
BARRY MANILOW- "That was so slick I'm surprised you didn't slide right off the stage. Could you please back up a bit? The light shining off your squeaky clean looks is blinding me. Does your mother know you are here? If you write the songs that makes the whole world sing would it be possible to please let someone else sing them? Watch out as you leave, there are truant officers lurking around!"
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN- "Do you gargle with gravel each morning to get that voice? It was nice that you brought your whole band with you but it doesn't change your singing any. I know its 'Hard To Be A Saint In The City', but you sure aren't going to be in any chorus of angels either. Did the thought of dressing up for an audition ever occur to you? Those jeans look like you wear them to every song-a-long you do. Its really a good thing that you are 'Born To Run' because the entire New Jersey Tourist Bureau is here to kneecap you for ruining their business."
ELTON JOHN- "The Bitch Is Back alright! Your certainly hit that nail on the head. It's nice that you dressed up for us today. Are you going to Mardi Gras afterwards? We had a lady named Madonna in here earlier who could have loaned you her twin traffic cones to accent your outfit. I just hope that you aren't looking at your future career through the same rose colored glasses you are wearing now. I'll use one of your own phrases for the judgment of your performance- Get Back Honky Cat!!"


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Wallpaper paste (cellulose paste) is used in bookbinding or for applying paper to large areas. In the process it can, depending on the intended use, be mixed with BOOKBINDING ADHESIVE (see, table under Bookbinding Glue (special information section)). The glue must be stirred into the prescribed amount of water and after 20 to 30 minutes thoroughly mixed again. It will then be ready for use. A brush is probably best for application purposes and the gluing work should then be completed immediately.
For papier-maché work, newspaper pages or egg cartons that have been torn into as small pieces as possible should be added to the paste and allowed to soak overnight or, even better, for 2 days and then thoroughly agitated again. This thick slurry can now be used to make small objects which have a rough looking surface (s. PAPIER-MACHE)
In order to make hollow pieces like, for example, masks, model landscapes or larger-than-life figures, the newspaper sheets should be torn into strips, dunked in the paste and applied in successive coats to the awaiting formed meshwork made from WIRE MESH, FORMETAL VARIUS or CHICKEN WIRE. About 200 ml paste per square metre will be required for this work.
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You can put on your jeans, jumper and coat; and leave the house in your casual and cool look but let me tell you something: It's all about details!
Either you prefer a minimal and classic look or a bold one, the last touch to you look can change everything. By the last touch I mean 'the accessories'. Plus your perfume of course :)
Here are the basic accessory list for men. They are now new or revolutionary but the items we pick are.
1. Backpacks
Functional and cool backpacks are life savers for men during a long and busy day. It doesn't have to be a sporty one either. In fact it shouldn't be - to be honest. Here are our favourite backpacks for 2017.
Sometimes - errr most of the time - it's all about details. A bracelet next to your watch has the power to turn your look into a more masculine one. Here are our favourite bracelets for men:
Watches are must-have accessory when it comes to men's fashion. Either it's an expensive one or a more casual cost-effective one you must wear one.
To have a complete a look belts are a must-have too. When it comes to belts make it as polished as you can. Here are the most favourite picks:
Urban, cool and trendy. When music is on life is off but your look is not. Elevate your style with the coolest headphones. Here are the most popular ones:
As we all know sunglasses are not just for summer. They are not to protect our sight from the sun, they are 'the coolest accessory' ever! Put your sunglasses on and get ready for the day. Lets do this! Here are the most popular models:
This one can be tricky. Necklaces can be very cool if they are used in an appropriate way. You don't wanna seem as a seller :) When it comes to necklace, try the minimal design or the bohem ones.


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A Californian school has expelled 11 pupils after uncovering a plot in which a private tutor allegedly directed them to change their grades on teachers' PCs by breaking into them using credential-stealing hardware keyloggers.
Grade boosting is the oldest form of corruption in the school book, but what is reported to have happened at Corona Del Mar High School in Newport Beach is brazen even if the keyloggers similar to those used in the attack can be bought perfectly legally for a few dollars on big-brand websites.
Things reportedly started to unravel in June 2013 when a teacher noticed that grades had been changed on her PC, after which a pupil implicated tutor Timothy Lai. After discovering that hardware keyloggers had been used the school decided to examine a huge swathe of the grades it had awarded for further tampering.
After carrying out forensics that detected more grade-boosting incidents, the school's management voted to expel a group of pupils claimed to have benefitted.
"While the current student discipline matters have concluded, the lingering effects of the hacking incident at Corona del Mar continue as part of an ongoing investigation," it said in a statement.
Until relatively recently, the term 'keylogger' is something that would have applied to professional cyberattacks on online bank credentials or the like, but a rash of cases have brought to the surface the long-festering issue of malware's use in small-scale chicanery.
In 2011, a former pupil at another Californian school pleaded guilty to installing spyware in order to boost grades as far back as 2008. In 2012, in a slightly more mundane case not involving keyloggers, a school assistant used her own access to school systems to do the same.
Beyond the school gates, there has been a rash of cases of 'domestic keylogging' in which family members use such devices to spy on one another. This phenomenon is not, then, particularly new but their scope does appear to be growing.They are also being better detected and punished more publically.
The fact that hardware keyloggers are legal is a contentious issue. Some argue they have legitimate uses while others see them as ripe for abuse. It remains true that one of their attractions is that they are much harder to connect to the perpetrator than might a software equivalent delivered using email.
The Corona Del Mar High School is unlikely to be the last example.


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Fables... they're just make beleive story's right? The young sherpedess Arsenaway thought so too untill she came to close to an unidentified corpse... Her world would never be the same. As An unexpected chase after one of her new lamb's leads her to accidently ressurecting a thought to be fabled hero named Takeru, and a long with him a menacing villan named Anatnas who's trying to pick up where he left off with his plans of dictatorship. With a brand new army and the Dark scorceress Ayara by his side he seems unstoppable....But there's still hope to restore things back to the way they were. with the help of two good scorceresses Amara(Ayara's twin) and Pandora the youngest of the scorceress sisters and of course the Legendary Hero himself Takeru, perhaps Arsenaway can avoid becoming the sheperdess who sent her land back to the dark ages...
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Walker rebuts Evers statement on school voucher expansion
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- Gov. Scott Walker says he disagrees with state superintendent Tony Evers' assessment that his re-election victory on Tuesday means voters disapprove of private voucher school expansion. Evers opposes Walker's plans to expand voucher schools and mentioned that position frequently during his re-election campaign against voucher backer state Rep. Don Pridemore. Evers also advocates strongly for more public school spending, which Walker has not provided under his budget. Evers said his election win showed voters were rejecting Walker's education proposals. But Walker said Wednesday that was a factor at all in the state superintendent race, which he says voters paid little attention to.Walker also notes that he's won two elections since 2010 and he is a strong voucher school proponent.
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CarleneA necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 151 diseños de 23 diseñadores freelance.
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We will provide feedback and only ask for changes to designs if we are serious about awarding the design. I have ran 4 contests and I respect all entrants' time and efforts!!!!!
We are a young, eco-friendly, Canadian-based cleaning company that provides exceptional service for busy people. We clean homes with non-toxic products and provide various other home-maintenance services, such as carpet cleaning, blinds cleaning, house-sitting, window washing, exterior power-washing, landscape maintenance and snow removal.
We are trying to reduce our eco-footprint while exceeding industry standards of service and cleanliness.
Our clients are primarily educated, married, double income families with kids and sometimes pets. Aged 30-50, Caucasian Canadians. They are busy, environmentally conscious, stylish people who are active, take great pride in their homes, and want better service than what is typical of the cleaning industry. They want consistency and value.
We need a logo that uses our full name and tagline, denotes a high-end service that is unique and stands out in an industry that is saturated with standard images.
This may lead to a private design job for a wordpress theme and a vinyl car wrap.
Our current website is http://www.TheMeticulousMaids.com and it is simply a placeholder. We do not like the look, it was just an easy template. Do NOT emulate it! The content is what we still be using, but the look is not to our liking.
See http://www.greencleansquad.ca for inspiration. They are competitors, but we love their vibe. Their logo is pretty boring though.
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Sioux Falls Skyforce Split With Red Claws
Turnovers have bedeviled the Sioux Falls Skyforce lately. On Saturday night, the Skyforce reversed the trend and topped the Maine Red Claws 101-87 in the NBA Development League before 5912 fans. Maine's inability to protect the orange was their undoing with 22 turnovers while Sioux Falls turned it over just 12 times.
Gabe Pruitt started the game for the injured Troy Hudson and hit a '3' propelling the Skyforce to a 7-0 lead and never relinquished control. The halftime margin was 50-38 and the lead never fell below double digits in the second half. Mike Davis who scored 11 points and grabbed 6 rebounds said it was an all-around better effort for the entire team. Offensively, the Skyforce did a better job of moving the ball in the half-court. Defensively, Davis also credited keeping close ties with Maine's guards as a key to the team's 8th win of the season.
Sioux Falls' Andrew Goudelock played one of his best games of the season with 24 points on 10 of 14 shooting along with 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals. Also up to the task was Demetris Nichols with 19 tallies while Hassan Whiteside got a dozen points. For Maine DaJuan Summers got another double-double with 22 points and 10 boards while NBA assignee Fab Melo got 13 points and 10 boards of his own.
The road beckons for the Skyforce (8-5) as they head to Santa Cruz to play the Warriors on New Year's Day and will not return to the Sioux Falls Arena until after the D-League Showcase. Meanwhile for their next outing, the Red Claws (9-5) will host Springfield on Monday.


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- Standing Sinks - Primarily used in the restaurant industry because of its size, however, cafes and coffee shops will have it in their back room to wash bigger dishes. For standing sinks, we only carry stainless steel.
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Made of heavy duty aluminum and stainless steel hardware, Salsbury 3700 Series USPS approved 4C custom horizontal mailboxes and fully integrated parcel lockers are available as front loading or rear loading units and are designed for indoor or outdoor use. The unit incorporates a solid closed back. Units are available in a standard powder coated finish. Salsbury 3700 Series 4C horizontal mailboxes and parcel lockers meet the specifications of USPS-STD-4C. The 4C horizontal mailboxes are required for new construction effective October 2006.
- 4C horizontal mailboxes are USPS approved
- Manufactured by Salsbury industries to USPS-STD-4C specifications
- Required for new construction and major remodels
- Constructed of heavy duty aluminum and stainless steel hardware
- Feature a durable powder coated finish
- Doors include a heavy duty cam lock with a dust/rain shield and 3 keys
- Ideal for apartments, commercial buildings and residential developments
- Outgoing mail compartment includes the USPS master lock access door (lock installed by the USPS) and cannot be used for mail distribution


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John Wood Community College Among Two Illinois Colleges to Receive Grant
Two Illinois colleges will share in a $29 million federal grant to retrain unemployed workers for high-skill jobs in transportation, distribution and logistics.
Lewis and Clark Community College in Godfrey will lead a consortium of nine colleges in eight Mississippi River states with the goal of placing people in jobs and boosting economic development.
Lewis and Clark will receive $4.9 million, while John Wood Community College in Quincy will receive $2.1 million. Other colleges receiving grant money are in Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennessee.
Lewis and Clark expects to train 300 people in welding, auto tech, logistics, truck driving and other jobs over the next three years.
John Wood will focus on jobs in the local logistics industry, including warehouse technicians, computer information specialists and supply-chain managers.


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U.S. Equal Employment
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Burger King Corporation will pay $85,000 and furnish significant non-monetary relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today. The EEOC had charged that a female employee of the Clemmons, N.C., Burger King was subjected to a sexually hostile work environment when she was 18-years-old.
The EEOC charged in its lawsuit (EEOC v. Burger King Corporation, d/b/a Burger King, Civil Action No. 1:08-cv-00703, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina) that Kathleen Joyner was subjected to unwelcome sexual harassment from approximately December 2006 to March 2007 by the general manager of the Clemmons, N.C.-based restaurant where she worked. The harassment included unwelcome touching, overt sexual advances, and frequent requests for sexual favors. The suit further asserted that Joyner complained about the harassment to her assistant managers, who failed to take appropriate action to stop the unlawful conduct.
Sexual harassment violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC filed suit after first attempting to reach a voluntary settlement. In addition to $85,000 in monetary damages, the consent decree settling the suit provides for injunctive relief preventing Burger King from discriminating against any person on the basis of sex or any other protected group under Title VII, and from retaliating against anyone who complains about such discrimination. The decree also requires Burger King to post its non-discrimination, harassment and equal employment opportunity policy in its Clemmons restaurant, where the harassment occurred, as well as each of its Winston-Salem restaurants.
Further, the consent decree requires Burger King to provide anti-harassment training to all managers and shift coordinators at the Clemmons restaurant and at the Winston-Salem Burger King -- where Joyner's general manager was transferred -- and to review its anti-sexual harassment policy with each new employee at those restaurants. Finally, Burger King agreed to provide the EEOC with semi-annual reports of all written and verbal sexual harassment complaints received from employees at its Clemmons restaurant.
"Federal law requires employers to take reasonable steps to eliminate sexual harassment once an employee complains," said Lynette A. Barnes, regional attorney for the EEOC's Charlotte District. "The EEOC will continue to be aggressive in litigating egregious harassment cases, especially where the employer's failure to stop the harassment results in harm to a teenager or young adult."
The EEOC enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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The United States' run in the 2014 World Cup came to an end with a 2-1 extra-time loss to Belgium in the Round of 16. For many fans, it's also the end of the road, but for a few Ole Miss coaches, current players and former players, their teams march on to the quarterfinals, which start Friday.
The Round of 16 match between the United States and Belgium averaged 16,491,000 viewers and a 9.8 US HH rating, making it the second most viewed men's soccer match in the United States ever, behind the 18,220,000 viewers and 9.6 US HH rating for the opening round match between the United States and Portugal.
For comparison, just two 2013 college football games -- the BCS Championship game between Florida State and Auburn (14.8) and the Rose Bowl between Stanford and Michigan State (10.2) -- outdrew those two United States soccer matches.
Ole Miss soccer head coach Matt Mott has closely followed the World Cup and looks for a bump in attendance and interest, as the Rebels kick off the 2014 season with the first-ever live event broadcast on the SEC Network when they host Georgia on Friday, August 22 at 5 p.m.
"This coming fall it will have a great effect," said Mott on Head to Head Radio, Tuesday. "It will help our attendance and help attendance throughout the country. People are excited about it. We're growing in fans all the time and growing in kids who are playing. We're so close. The World Cup will end here in the next couple of weeks, and a few weeks after that we get going. World Cup years are always great for our sport."
As for those with rooting interests whose native countries in the World Cup, former soccer player Rafaelle Souza and volleyball assistant coach Ronaldo Pacheco have represented Brazil for their respective national teams.
Souza, who now plays for the Houston Dash of the National Women's Soccer League, made her first and only appearance for Brazil in 2012. She may also figure in the mix for the 2015 Women's World Cup in Canada (June 6-July 5).
Pacheco grew up playing soccer, then briefly basketball, before the start of his volleyball playing career (1983-2001), where he played on 10 different teams, including the Brazilian National Team.
"Every single boy in Brazil wants to play soccer," Pacheco said. "I was too tall when I was 13 and I did not have enough skills to play soccer. Playing soccer in Brazil is like playing basketball here in the United States. There are too many good players. To succeed, you have to be good plus you have to be lucky. When I was younger, I played every single day. We would play in the streets or go to the park and play."
After his playing career, Pacheco served as an assistant coach for the women's national team from 2004-07 and helped Brazil to a fourth-place finish at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. It's that coaching experience he brings to the Ole Miss volleyball staff, having most recently spent the past two seasons at Tulsa as an assistant coach.
"It's really nice, before the game, to listen to your national anthem," Pacheco said. "I loved playing for the national team. I loved the pressure. It's not just go and play. You have to perform. People will say this or say that, and you have to learn to deal with all that. When I worked as an assistant coach, in 2004, it was almost like soccer because the soccer [team] wasn't doing well at that time, and volleyball had a stretch where the men's national team won three world championships in a row."
Like Souza and Pacheco, women's tennis head coach Mark Beyers grew up around soccer in his native Netherlands. His father played professional soccer, and he remembers going to AFC Ajax matches when he was younger.
"It's hard to keep up with all the clubs in Holland," Beyers said. "I try to follow them, but it's hard. With the World Cup, you get to see all the games. Even though I live in the U.S., I'm still Dutch. When you watch the national team play, that patriotism comes up. The other day, the game against Mexico, it was a mixture of English and Dutch being yelled at the TV."
A few other players and former players with ties to teams remaining in the World Cup are rising women's tennis senior Iris Verboven, also from the Netherlands, senior Marie-Pierre Bakima from France, freshman middle distance runner Julius Lembke from Germany, and former men's tennis players Marcel and Chris Thiemann from Germany, who have remained at Ole Miss while working on graduate degrees in accounting.
"In soccer, you have a lot of trash-talking and bragging rights if you do win," said Beyers, mentioning the Thiemann's with Germany. "It's a lot of fun. I'm excited that the United States is embracing it so much. The ratings are off the charts."
Related Links:
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I have found it difficult to consolidate information regarding Belt Drives. A Sgt. Joe Friday 'Just the facts' thread.
I have found it quite difficult finding anyone in a shop who wants to discuss anything in true detail that is not on the shop floor let anyone who has first hand knowledge with Mechanic ride experience. I have met no one here in SoCal who rides a belt. Even at the best shops in OC etc...
So I am going to throw out a number of questions that come to mind in hope of an objective discussion.
Besides Spot Brand and the new Norco Judan, are there other MFGs who make a Belt specific Frame? http://www.norco.com/bikes/mountain/29er/judan-belt/ http://www.spotbikes.com/
Is the "split" between the stays on these frames problematic? (loosening; stiffness)
Is belt tension different than traditional chain drives? Is there one tension(ing) system better than the other or are they all the same?
Are the belts suitable for Clyde's like me who ride a big frame and push hard and create big load climbing? Does frame flex push the belt off drive?
Is Gates the only carbon Belt MFG? http://www.carbondrivesystems.com/ And do they OEM all the Production bikes
What is the longevity?
I think I have figured out that the sprockets are designed to fit hubs and crank arms alike...and that the belt itself requires bigger rings front and rear in general.
Thanks up front here for the input.


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CHICAGO (AP) — Mayor Rahm Emanuel is taking on the minimum wage issue in Chicago.
The mayor on Tuesday said he has formed a Minimum Wage Working Group that includes community, labor and business leaders. He wants members to come up with a plan to increase the minimum wage in Chicago.
Emanuel's office says a final report is due in 45 days and should include recommended wage increases for minimum wage workers and employees who earn tips.
Supporters say raising the minimum wage would stimulate the economy by putting more cash in workers' pockets.
But opponents say hiking the minimum wage will force companies to lay off workers, adding to Illinois' already high unemployment.


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A fine powder can occur on the surface of the paint film during weathering, which can cause color fading.
Although some degree of chalking is a normal, desirable way for a paint film to wear, excessive film erosion can result in heavy chalking.
The use of a lower-quality, highly pigmented paint or an interior paint can cause the paint to erode prematurely and cause chalking.
First, remove as much of the caulk residue as possible, using a stiff bristle brush (or wire brush on masonry) and then rinse thoroughly with a garden hose; or use power washing equipment.
Check for any remaining chalk by running a hand over the surface after it dries. If noticeable chalk is still present, apply a quality oil-based or acrylic latex primer (or comparable sealer for masonry).
Repaint with a quality exterior coating. If little or no chalk remains and the old paint is sound, no priming is necessary.
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Must Miss "Band": Icona Pop
Photos via According2g's Instagram Account.
I go to a lot of concerts. Most "new" bands I go see are based on being open minded and interested to see if a 'buzz band' lives up to the hype. More often than not, I am pleasantly surprised. If you know me, you will know that I am VERY easy to please. I want to be entertained. I want the rocker to do their job and turn a complete stranger (me) into a fan after walking into the concert with little or no knowledge of their music in advance of seeing them right before my eyes. That is not too much to ask for. My track record for this formula has resulted on me falling on the 'love' side so much more than the 'dislike' side, but occasionally I make a huge error in judgment. Before you call me a hater for the sake of hating, please send me a list of the concerts you've been to in the last 5 years and if it is not more than several hundred a year like I've been to, I am discrediting your opinion. With that being said, I saw Swedish duo Icona Pop at an allegedly sold out show at New York's Music Hall of Williamsburg on September 25, 2013. There were scalpers for days outside the venue, unable to unload their tickets and inside the venue, there was ample room to move around, which is not the norm when a show is actually sold out.
Typically when I dislike a show as much as I disliked Icona Pop, I tend not to waste my time and energy by writing a shitty review. But I just feel like I need to warn you, dear readers, not to waste your money with this band. First off, calling Icona Pop a 'band' is a huge stretch. Performing to backing tracks, I was not entirely sure if they were singing live, however, hearing their voices crack several times, throughout their paltry hour long set, I am sure the microphones were at least turned on occasionally.
Aino Jawo (on the right in the above picture) pretended to play guitar (it wasn't plugged into anything) and Caroline Hjelt (on the left in the above picture) pretended to play keyboards while flashing lights did their best to distract the audience from the fact that they paid $25 (plus service fees) to hear their 2 minute mega-hit "I Love It," which was smartly and obviously the last song of the night. It looked like people tried to be into the show at first, but once the audience realized that Icona Pop have one good song (and they didn't even write it), the crowd looked bored and everyone resumed texting instead of watching the show.
The crowd got thinner and thinner as the night wore on because it became apparent early on that "I Love It" would be saved for last and their music was not good enough to satisfy the crowd. I will say that the lighting was nice and it certainly was a good distraction from focusing on how bad Icona Pop's music is, but you can see cool lighting on your computer screen and not waste your time trekking out to Brooklyn on a week night to do so! There were a few botched attempts at crowd sing-a-longs when the audience didn't appear to get the words right or in time, but it matched the numerous times Icona Pop screwed up the lyrics of their own songs too. Throughout the whole show, the crowd all but shouted out "One Hit Wonder" after each song, but for those that were left, when they finally got around to playing "I Love It," the crowd finally came alive. Unfortunately, it was too little, too late.
Sadly, I felt the merch table was the best part of the show, but I just didn't envision myself forking out $25 on a shirt that says "I Love It," when in actuality, I loathed it. When Icona
Flop Pop comes to your town, on what will possibly be the new group's farewell tour, do yourself a favor and skip it!
The setlist was:
We Got the World /In the Stars / Then We Kiss /Good for You / Girlfriend /New Song /Manners /On the Road Again /Top Rated /Weekend /All Night
Encore: Just Another Night / I Love It


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