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Favourite Hip-Hop/Rap release of 2012?
Now that we've had time to digest all the great albums and mixtapes that came out. Usually takes me longer to work out whether I like a rap album than an 'indie' or dance one. Maybe I'm biased because this was the year I finally let more rap music into my life , but I think it's been a stellar 12 months.
For my pick, I honestly couldn't choose between Schoolboy Q's 'Habits and Contradictions' and Kendrick Lamar's 'good kid, m.A.A.d city'. Both excellent releases from the Black Hippy crew. Have also been enjoying material by Action Bronson and Danny Brown.
Very curious to know what's actually had staying power with people this year?
- automatik, guntrip, ma0sm, FannyMagnetophone, and noise_annoys this'd this
^This or 'Blue Chips' by Action Bronson
I feel like it should be El-P but these two have been much better.
El-P, Killer Mike, Schoolboy Q, Kendrick Lamar, Action Bronson, Joey Bada$$, Captain Murphy and Serengeti have impressed me this year. Harry Fraud's probably my favourite producer.SCROTUM this'd this
Not heard that Serengeti one before
Have got it on now, really enjoying it! The Alchemist has definitely been my favourite producer.
I've really struggled to understand the appeal of any of the Black Hippy stuff.
But I heard that Kendrick Lamar song on the radio t'other day and I think my ambivalence might be because of my shit laptop speakers and Spotify.
El-P Cancer 4 Cure
Blah blah white suburban male predictable blah blah *yawn*
it is brilliant doe
p4k white boy safe choice ftw btwchris_81 this'd this
Play it nowiizcallum this'd this
I agree
Still gets played even now
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, Aesop Rock:
Had a lot of time for El-P too. Curren$y's 'Stoned Immaculate' was nice but samey, Death Grips ok but shouty and Killer Mike explosive but not so long lasting.
A lot of other hip hop I've loved this year didn't come out in 2012.
Aesop is getting faaar fewer mentions than I was expecting
I mean, i know it's massively dense (it might be my album of the year and I still don't really know what the back half of it sounds like) but even so, appears to have been a little forgotten
So, these...
Supreme Cuts and Haleek Maul - Chrome Lips... DOWNLOAD THIS SUCKER, it is great. Check out M00N. Gives me chills.
Haleek Maul's own solo EP, Oxyconteen, is also well worth a download. Predicting big(ger) things for the teenage MC in the next year or two - he's managed by one of the Big Pink (as I understand).
Children of the Night's mixtape is pretty indispensable too. File beside Joey Bada$$'s 1999 (with its own thread) as retro-flavoured vibes.
Massively into (still) the El-P and Killer Mike LPs. One frequently follows the other on the iPod. Angel Haze's Reservation (the one with New York on it) is all the evidence you need for her ongoing ascent. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hKP5ljDar8
Hodgy Beats' Untitled EP: fantastic. Again, a freebie, so not having it is pure stupidity. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBuEXxkIaTk
Kendrick's LP is, honestly, phenomenal... The way it all hangs together, it's got the potential to be a classic. Frank Ocean's too... I'm sure he's this century's Stevie Wonder.
Thought Skelethon ran out of steam a little myself, starts strong though! Cadence Weapon's Hope in Dirt City is 80% awesome - Conditioning is one of my standout tracks of the year. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXLrT5zbrGQ
Nas' album had its share of treats. And the Bigg Jus album is pretty ferocious... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgRPcW21QyM
Yeah, OK. That'll do. Enjoyed hip hop > any other music in 2012.
Also really enjoyed the Terry Urban Lana/Biggie mashes...
I don't believe in GUILTY pleasures. Nothing guilty about liking this.
The Mick Boogie/Beastie Boys Grand Royal mixtape is a must-have too (Google and thee shall find... features some awesome relative rarities). Features this pretty dang super remix... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LI1CwW-UN4 (which is, for some reason, sped-up on this YouTube post)
That Haleek Maul dude turns up on a few Main Attrakionz affiliat bits...
sounds alright from what I've heard, check Deniro Farrar for the really good shit there tho, he's on one. The beat on New York is insane mainly cos its pretty much this pitched down: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKhj4veZjUw
doesn't really count as..
it was put up free on bandcamp late december last year then removed and is being released jan 13 on anticon but the Young Fathers album has definitely been my most listened to and fav bit of hip hop (maybe next year as well).
other than that, i thought Why? was back on form with Mumps etc and have enjoyed Aesop Rock, Busdriver, Bluebird, Curren$y, Cadence Weapon and once you get past/used to sufjan stevens vocoder i enjoyed the s/s/s EP.
Been a great year for hip hop
Killer Mike - RAP Music
El-P - C4C
Aesop Rock - Skelethon
Joey Bada$$ - 1999 (free!)
Action Bronson & Alc - Rare Chandeliers (also free!)
JJ DOOM was... alright
And don't sleep on the amazing new Roc Marciano album - Reloaded. Minimal brilliance.shy_retirer this'd this
yep, spot on.
ive enjoyed all these
out of the things that haven't been mentioned I've
really dug Billy Woods' album History Will Absolve Me. it's a bit long overall but it's got some great songs
I also really like Kool AD - 51 and Heems - Nehru Jackets, tho ymmv depending on whether you dig their style or not
Luv NY's pretty good as well - it's got Kool Keith, Roc Marciano, and OC and AG
probably think of some other stuff later
Lil B - God's Father
If you think I'm joking then kindly go fuck yourselfJaguarPirate this'd this
really enjoyed this too
surprised there was so much drama about him because I liked him from the first time I listened to him, it wasn't like i had to work at "getting" him like some people seem to talk about
He's had a strong year - first half in particular
Also an insanely productive one, even for him.
White Flame and God's Father definitely up there with his best. #1 Bitch and Trapped in Basedworld were deranged fun. Rich After Taxes and Obama Basedgod also well worth a look in.
Riff Raff - Birth Of An Icon
rap game albert einstein
I think he's the Furby of rap
Maybe Neopet
2012 has introduced me to rap/hip-hop
Seems to me the most interesting music this year has come from this genre. I second El-P and the fantastic Kendrick Lamar album. Like Bada$$ and Killer Mike, too.
The gags might be a bit too Kiwi for foreign folk but this is well-worth a listen, too. Home Brew: http://homebrew.bandcamp.com/
Checking out the Schoolboy Q album
Menomena sample, wasn't expecting that!
so happy when that piano riff popped up
used really well as well
Shady Blaze – The Grind, Hustle & Talent / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ed4N9W1MDk
Gun Play – Bogota Rich / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHMkcnPCQ7M
Lil Ugly Mane – Mista Thug Isolation / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mcfBLoQS0A
Starlito – For My Foes / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Sc9Pk_eFSs
Future – Astronaut Status / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5--t0Vu3Ek
King Louie – The Motion Picture / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42tTnOwdfn8
100s - Ice Cold Perm / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jvVOkpeDhI
Deniro Farrar & Shady Blaze - Kill or be Killed / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGO3v5RtYuE
Chinx Drugs - Cocaine Riot 2 / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXIAxbrHaTg
Lil Durk - I'm Still a Hitta / http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChVj2XqXz2g
All free. Nothing more depressing than Action Bronson, Killer Mike, Joey Bada$$ getting plays.
You heard Futures actual album?
Cosign Gunplay, 100s and Chinx Drugs.
HOW DARE YOU ADD KILLER MIKE to that list, jimi, eat a dick etc.
O yeah King Louie one is good too.
He's the only one out of the Chi drill scene that I can get with.
He's damn good
Not sure thats even his best mixtape but it still stands tall. He's one to keep an eye on for sure. Prob one of the best around at the moment alongside Gunplay.
is it really depressing
jimi is jones'n, is all.
Those and El-p WILL be the usual suspects though.
whats that other one too...
Curen$y yeah him too, he sounds like them. Dunno if he's done owt this year tho.
lol but no
basically a carbon copy, right?
Nothing more depressing than Gunplay, IMO.
Although if I'm craving some modern day ign'ant rap, I quite like Troy Ave.
- anal_schwarzenegger this'd this
on that note, I've been plugging it everywhere but:
Friendzone's 'Collection 1' is hands down best instrumentals package of the year. so, so goodbadmanreturns and Kyle_ this'd this
Did that come out this year?
Feels like it's been out for a LONG time.
Rough Top 20 (no particular order)
Aesop Rock - Skelethon
Roc Marciano - Reloaded
Lil Ugly Mane - Mista Thug Isolation
Killa Kyleon & Mouse On Tha Track - Welcome To The Fish Fry
Nas - Life is Good
Killer Mike - RAP Music
SL Jones & Burn One - Paraphanalia
Brother Ali - Mourning in America
Haleek Maul - Oxyconteen
El-P - Cancer For Cure
Action Bronson - Blue Chips > Rare Chandeleirs
Friendzone - Collection 1
Meyhem Lauren Respect The Fly Shit
Angel Haze – Reservation
Main Attrakionz - Bossalinis & Fooliyones
Tree – Sunday School
Alchemist - Russian Roulette
Kendrick Lamar – gKMc
Ab Soul – Control System
Schoolboy Q – Habits & Contradictions
Not albums, but you're missing out if you haven't been checking Ryan Hemsworth's mixes this year, easily up there with my favourite stuff. He released all 12 as a free download the other day, but the Fact one could be my favourite:
On first listen Big Boi's album is nice enough, but there;s a bit too much Kid Kudi-esque indie baiting for my liking. Could easily grow on me, but doesn't make the cut yet.
Best said though
Of all of those only 3 are properly great IMO - Aesop Rock, Roc Marc and Kendrick.
I think I would add Sunday School to that 'great' list.
MIght just be my favorite release of the year, up there w Kendrick, way different though.
Yeah, I've only had that a few weeks
But I'm really impressed. Once I've given it more time it could be up there.
All that stuff is consistently good-excellent though imo. There's been a lot of slightly patchier mixtapes with some real gems as well.
Yeah, it's interesting to think which ones are actually 'great'
I'd agree with the three you mention, all of which were in my top 5 list I submitted to the staff list. Also, I'd add the Killer Mike record.
Yeah I immediately felt harsh on Killer Mike when I said that
I guess those 4 are what I'd call the potential 'classics', but it's hard to know what people will still be listening to when the dust settles.
Just because no one has mentioned it ...
Kanye West presents Good Music Cruel Summer
think it has some excellent songs on it (Clique, Mercy, Don't like)
Think 2012 been more about the songs than the albums for hiphop, at least for me. Agreed that Kendrick Lemar made a great album though, but I've been enjoying my hiphop mostly through playlists of individual tracks.
Earl Sweatshirt - Chum
Schoolboy Q - There he go
Mr. Muthafuckin' eXuire - The Message 1 & 2
A$AP Rocky - Fuckin' problems
Lil B - I own swag
Angel Haze - New York
House Shoes ft Danny Brown - Sweet
etc etc
Clear Soul Forces
A lot of my favourites have already been mentioned but these guys have stayed on my iPod all year.
Free album: http://clearsoulforces.bandcamp.com/album/detroit-revolution-s
Definitely one of the better boombap releases of 12.
My fav off that:
Also, on the boom-bap tip
I actually loved Apollo Brown and OC's Trophies. Despite OC's very best attempts to fuck it up.
I thought the production was what let that album down.
Apollo Brown is ok in doses but a full length w him producing is way too one note. boom bap baboomboom BAP soul vocal snippet BAP swelling strings SWELLING STRINGS bap BLARING HORNS BLARING HORNS boomboomBAP. Sometimes it sounds kinda tough but it gets old after a few songs.
These strayed from the formula enough to hold my interest:
Whats your issue with OC on this album?
You've described Apollo Brown incredibly well there.
I think OC has some terrible lyrics on this album. There's a couple of times when I actually cringe at how bad they are. (It's important to note here that I am actually a huge OC fan - I actually once rented a flat because there was a nearby graffiti piece that read 'Word... Life')
I can't provide solid examples right now, but off the top of my head there's this one lyric about avoiding spyware on your laptop... It's bad. FIX UP OMAR.
Hmm Im not a lyrics first type of guy
so I didn't really notice on the first couple listens through. Not sure that album has me caring enough to dig deeper and find out, unfortunately. I do have love for OC as well, though. I love that some of the DITC crew is still at it. Just bought the new Show and AG album last week.
Found that pretty dull, but it's been well recieved
Luv NY definitely did more for me.theShipment this'd this
The ex Def Jux and Black Hippy guys have definitely nailed it the most
Favorite out of those is Skelethon, but Good Kid... is really great too.
Haven't listened to anything like enough hip hop this year judging by this thread, but did think that everything that Lil Ugly Main put out was ace and Death Grips had a good year too (well, kinda...!)
Only other one that I really liked that no one's mentioned yet is the Triad God mixtape, NXB. Lot of people will probably dismiss it as hipster bullshit or whatever, but it's got an awesome night bus / headphones feel to it. Definitely worth checking, particularly if you liked the Dean Blunt and Inga Copeland stuff this year
hey Shipment, are you going to do a list?
that's the main reason I keep coming to this threadincandenza_ this'd this
Yeah just started throwing stuff together last week,
real heavily last weekend. That's way early for me! I usually get started after Christmas cos there tends to be good releases in December and I'm hella busy from Oct-Jan. Kyle's column request got me going early though and Ive been throwing a couple things together for that, have to finish that up today.
Not that my list will have TOO much different from some of what's itt, on the album front, anyway.
Expect some mixes like I did last year though. This was definitely a year for 'handful of good/great songs' on a release but only a few real full-length standouts. I guess the state of rap has been like that for a while though, really.
I was thinking we should get the DiS rap lovers
to band together and all vote for a partic album that gets no press that we all love to get it placed in the official DiS countdown? Would be kinda fun(ny) maybe.CHAIRMAN_LMAO this'd this
Mine would be the Roc Marciano album. Although Pitchfork did rate it quite highly.
I'm down with that one.
I think its an album we can all agree on?
Let us do this ting.Kyle_ this'd this
killer mike is probably my aoty
but the billy woods album is really really worth a listen. really enjoyed the joey bada$$ mixtape and i feel like the jj doom record isnt getting as much love as it deserves. thought it was great on first listen and better every time since.
Exquire gets verse of the year
for his guest spot on el-p's 'oh hail no'backtotheballs and chris_81 this'd this
Been holding off from posting here
because my latest column features most of my favourite rap releases of the year. Writing by me and a bunch of other DiS hip hop regulars;
http://drownedinsound.com/in_depth/4145820-champion-sound-10--feat-rolling-hip-hop%E2%80%99s-best-of-2012littlebirds and coolerthantv this'd this
this is really GOOD
yeah good job eryone
I like that it's there's quite a variety - as in songs, verses, producers, instead of a list of the same ol shite you see everywhere. yeah the selection is MUCH more diverse than the average listy thing - LOADS of stuff particularly in the free section I need to check out still
probably the best 2012 review I've seen yet tbh - tho generally much prefer genre specific ones anyway, as they actually go into reasonable depth_TheBeautifulOnes_ this'd this
Absolutely - great work Kyle and everybody
Would have really liked to contribute but to be honest didn't listen to nearly enough hip hop this year to add anything useful - it's not like you guys needed the help anyway. Will definitely be trying harder in 2013...
Also, the year end version of The Wire magazine came out yesterday and their hip hop columnists' chart is quite interesting. To be honest, haven't been as into their hip hop column in recent years, but they do always throw up a couple of records that are worth checking. This is the list is (in no particular order I don't think):
1. Chief Keef - 'Back From The Dead'
2. Future - 'Pluto'
3. Gucci Mane - 'Trap Back'
4. Gunplay - 'Bogota Rich: The Prequel'
5. Ka - 'Grief Pedigree'
6. King Louie - 'Val Venis'
7. Kendrick Lamar - 'good kid, m.A.A.d. city'
8. Starlito - 'Post Traumatic Stress'
9. Ty$ & Joe Moses - 'WHOOP!'
10. Shy Glizzy - 'Law'
Great to see 'Trap Back' in there
Gucci was really back on form this year.
Been enjoying Captain Murphy since I got the download
Was hard to digest as a video. Pretty impressive for a first go from FlyLo, kid can definitely rap. Maybe needs to inject a bit of energy, and find his own voice a little (too Tyler meets DOOM atm) but the overall sound is sick.
Captain Murphy should consider hooking up with kindred spirit Quasimoto for a record if you ask me.
Glad we got to be included, I think it helps to bring a variety of perspectives.
Thanks for all the positive comments guys
Really appreciate that. I think lists can generally be a bit corny, and I hope this side-steps that a little bit. Was great having people's contributions included as well, gives it that individual edge rather me writing 40 blurbs about my favourite stuff.
Checks will be in the post a$ap -let me just count up the profit first.
gettng on TREE now
excellent stuff, really cutup and weird
Kyle's DiS 2012 hip-hop review is up
With contributions from myself, badmanreturns, CoolerthanTV, TheShipment, vamos and veridisjoe.
All good stuff up in there.chris_81 and badmanreturns this'd this
- littlebirds and veridisjoe this'd this
I think it might be Flying Lotus
or Tyler, the Creator
kyle is a badman
really enjoyed that roundup. Anything with 100s, main attrakionz affiliates Gunplay, harry fraud, tree, lil ugly mane, flylo, future, school boy q and DMX doin roodolf the red nose rain deer has my vote each and every.
sos I couldnt fit in a responce, been to busy with job apps and life in general to get on a review eoy ting too much.
just has that over the top cartoon like intence, energetic, take no prisioners, fun as hell personality that puts him way above most MCs right now for me. I can see why it'd be an aquired taste to indie bed wetters tho ;)
Wasn't going to bother adding to this,
There's already a lot of albums above many of which I haven't heard. I am listeing to Aesop Rock right now though, and it really is an amazing album.
What am I gonna want to hear from this year
If I like Kendrick, Kanye, Nas, Biggie
Took me a while to get onto this, admittedly, but he's landed in the criminally overlooked category for a second year running. Right up there with Friendzone for the best instrumental tape of the year.
Pretty essential stuff for fans of cloud rap/MAz/friendzone and shit. He surprisingly decides to close out the record with an 8 minute New Wave track which he somehow pulls off too... Great stuff.
Wow, this is wonderful!
Title track is great, so is the cut with Main Attrakionz. I agree with you completely, right up there with Friendzone, maybe even a little better
Yeah I struggle to see how he slips so far under the radar
even in comparison to the rest of the Green Ova lot. The strength of the .L.W.H. record over Friendzone is that rather than a collection of (old) beats it's a properly arranged album.
The MAz cut is great, but somehow I think the record would have been better without any vocal tracks. Minor gripe though.


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DescriptionTaking a rather literal view of the term 'slap-stick humour', Rodland features two fairies called Tam and Rit, whose mission is to rescue their mum who's been captured and taken to a castle.
There are 40 screens to clear, all full of baddies, who are disposed of by grabbing them with a stick, and flipping them from side to side to inflict damage. The hits needn't all be inflicted at the same time, as it's possible to release them to move them out of the way.
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Consensus Report
Scientific Review of the Proposed Risk Assessment Bulletin from the Office of Management and Budget (2007)Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology
Each report is produced by a committee of experts selected by the Academy to address a particular statement of task and is subject to a rigorous, independent peer review; while the reports represent views of the committee, they also are endorsed by the Academy. Learn more on our expert consensus reports.
Risk assessments are often used by the federal government to estimate the risk the public may face from such things as exposure to a chemical or the potential failure of an engineered structure, and they underlie many regulatory decisions. Last January, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a draft bulletin for all federal agencies, which included a new definition of risk assessment and proposed standards aimed at improving federal risk assessments. This National Research Council report, written at the request of OMB, evaluates the draft bulletin and supports its overall goals of improving the quality of risk assessments. However, the report concludes that the draft bulletin is "fundamentally flawed" from a scientific and technical standpoint and should be withdrawn. Problems include an overly broad definition of risk assessment in conflict with long-established concepts and practices, and an overly narrow definition of adverse health effects -- one that considers only clinically apparent effects to be adverse, ignoring other biological changes that could lead to health effects. The report also criticizes the draft bulletin for focusing mainly on human health risk assessments while neglecting assessments of technology and engineered structures.
Key Messages
- OMB should encourage the federal agencies to describe, develop, and coordinate their own technical risk assessment guidance.
- On the basis of its review, the committee concludes that the OMB bulletin is fundamentally flawed and recommends that it be withdrawn.
- The committee concludes that OMB should limit its efforts to stating goals and general principles of risk assessment. The details should be left to the agencies or expert committees appointed by the agencies, wherein lies the depth of expertise to address the issues relevant to their specific types of risk assessments.


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Wednesday, Ag Leader Technology, Inc., a leader in the development of precision farming solutions, added dual product control for application operations to the popular EDGE display. Dual product control is the latest piece of functionality added to an already feature-packed, year-round precision farming display.
Chemical Injection
Dual product control in the EDGE display will support sprayer control of a liquid carrier and a single injection pump. Like other Ag Leader products, the EDGE display's DirectCommand system now interfaces to the Raven Sidekick chemical injection pump for complete control over chemical injection applications. The EDGE display and CAN module will replace the Sidekick Console, directly connecting to the injection pump. Automated prime and calibration routines as well as advanced sensor diagnostics are part of the new functionality. This addition can be used for herbicide, fungicide, and insecticide as well as nitrogen stabilizer injection application.
Granular Fertilizer Application
Dual product control also means two channels of granular product control in the EDGE display. Operators have the ability to apply two products simultaneously at varying rates, either manually or using a prescription. The most common applications of this feature will be in spinner spreader and strip-till operations.
"We continually strive to provide practical solutions to enhance user-experience and productivity," says Howard. "The addition of dual product application control combined with existing EDGE display functionality provides an economical solution with the tools to achieve this."
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Greenwich football defeats Ridgefield
RIDGEFIELD -- One of the Greenwich High School football team's best defensive efforts last season occurred in its season-opener against Ridgefield, shutting down the Tigers' potent offense.
Friday, the Cardinals duplicated their defensive dominance against the Tigers -- this time at fabled Tiger Hollow Stadium.
After Greenwich scored touchdowns on two of its first three possessions, it turned to its defense to take care of business the rest if the way. And the defense responded in a big way.
Consistently pressuring Ridgefield quarterback Connor Rowe, the Cardinals slowed down the Tigers' aerial attack, recording an impressive 20-7 road victory.
"Defensively, we really came up big tonight," said Greenwich coach Rich Albonizio, whose Cardinals posted a 16-3 season-opening win against the Tigers last year. "It was the same as last year when we made some key plays."
Playing without injured senior quarterback Liam O'Neil, the Cardinals reached the red zone throughout. Senior Alex McMurray opened the game running the Wildcat, but junior Jose Melo took most of the snaps from center.
Melo's 70-yard touchdown pass to tight end Joe Kelly 3:16 into the first quarter gave the Cardinals a 7-0 lead, an advantage they wouldn't relinquish. When Melo connected with Kelly, the senior found himself wide open at midfield before sprinting to the end zone.
"I was excited because I knew we were going to run that play all week in practice," said Melo, who completed 12-of-19 passes for 279 yards. "The credit goes to the offensive line, which did a great job all game and our receivers, who made plays."
McMurray's run off a sweep to the left from three yards out, followed by Jesse Adelberg's extra point, put Ridgefield in a 14-0 hole with :58.3 to go in the first quarter. The 6-foot-2 Kelly, who caught five passes for 155 yards, keyed the 47-yard scoring drive with a 41-yard reception down the left sideline.
Trailing 17-0, the Tigers got on the scoreboard on Rowe's 30-yard touchdown pass to senior Sam Gravitte with 2:24 left in the first half. That's all the Tigers would manage against Greenwich's defense. Senior defensive lineman Alex McGee stopped a Ridgefield drive by sacking Rowe on fourth down on the Cardinals 29. Greenwich senior strong safety Taylor Olmstead halted another Ridgefield scoring threat, intercepting Rowe in the end zone in the third quarter. Olmstead and Austin Longi flourished in pass coverage thoughout, while senior linebackers Dan Claroni and Mark Bernstein helped slow down Gravitte and Will Bonaparte out of the backfield. Juniors Jack Wynne (one sack) and senior Patrick Callahan, got a strong push on the defensive line throughout.
"Last year it was a defensive battle and this year it went the same way," Olmstead said.
"We worked so hard in practice because we knew this was such an important game for us. We needed this for FCIACs and states."
Rowe completed 12-of-26 passes for 221 yard and a touchdown for the Tigers. Gravitte led the receiving corps, catching five passes for 85 yards.
Ridgefield coach Kevin Callahan left the game impressed with the Cardinals' defensive effort.
"They did a good job of pressuring Connor," Callahan said.
"I thought we started out slow, then settled down and got into a rhythm offensively. We just didn't play well enough early on and it came down to us not finishing drives."
Adelberg kicked two field goals for GHS, which was led on the ground by Bernstein (13 carries, 125 yards) and McMurray (25 carries, 96 yards).
"Our offensive line did a great job," McMurray said. "They're really becoming the strength of our team. This was a big win for us. We showed the FCIAC that we're going to be a tough team to beat again this year."
Greenwich 20, Ridgefield 7
G--Joe Kelly 70 pass from Jose Melo (Jesse Adelberg kick)
G--Alex McMurray 3 run (Adelberg kick)
G--Adelberg 32 field goal
R--Connor Rowe 30 pass to Sam Gravitte (Gravitte kick)
G--Adelberg 38 field goal


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Tuesday, July 27, 2010
More Judy
Judy played the cello during high school. The focus on this photo is not great, but it does give a little bit of a look at the added on room in the Penrose house. By the way, Judy was reallly good on the cello. She even mastered vibrato.
4 comments:
- Judy said...
And Ann played the viola. And Steve played base???
- July 27, 2010 at 12:44 PM
- Elizabeth said...
The first three siblings were in the band, the last three in the orchestra. Talk about soft!
- July 27, 2010 at 7:33 PM
- Ann said...
Not soft - just smart. Who wants to march on the football field in the middle of a blowing snow storm with the temperature in the single digits. There still was District Music Festival, All State Orchestra where I was first chair Viola until the director realized I couldn't do vibrato - I had a choice, either hit the right note or do vibrato - I was a one track- minded viola player. Besides, when I played on the lower strings it made my teeth rattle. I suppose that doesn't sound very sophisticated.
However, the exposure we all got to music was so valuable. To this day I remember Mother's love for classical music and how we would listen to the hour of classical music over KODI on Saturday mornings. I learned a great appreciation for classical music from her.
- July 28, 2010 at 4:02 PM
- Louise Blood said...
And yet, there were some really nice fall days, and I have to admit that I did love the marching then, the parade down main street before the games, and marching down the field at half time and doing the formations while playing a stirring Sousa number. There was something exihilerating about it for me.
- July 30, 2010 at 5:01 PM


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Our theme this week will be various laws, rules and principles that govern the practical world about us. But I'm not talking about anything so mundane as the Law of Gravity.
We'll begin with a familiar one which, as two eminent physicists note in our quotes, may be the funndamental governing law of the Universe.
Murphy's Law – if anything can go wrong, it will
[No one is sure who "Murphy" was.]
– Stephen Hawking, A Brief History of Time
Even at the world's soon-to-be largest particle accelerator … scientists need to be mindful of one of the most fundamental laws in the universe: Murphy's Law. … a scant few months before the … collider … is slated to go online, a small but crucial part of the machine broke with a bang. "We were busy solving hard problems, and somehow an easy one slipped past us," said Jim Strait of the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) in Batavia, Illinois.
– National Geographic, DC - Apr 13, 2007
Here's what I wrote about Murphy's Law in my management manual:
"Murphy did exist and his law is a real one, although many confuse it with the spurious and unrelated "Law of Inherent Cussedness". The Law of Inherent Cussedness is that false supposition that most people hold, that things will automatically happen to create the maximum inconvenience. "Bread always falls butter side down" is just one example of this false law.
Murphy's Law was first propounded by Captain Edward A Murphy Jr. in 1947, and he made his famous statement during the testing of a rocket-powered sledge that was being used to measure deceleration. Because the instruments used to measure the forces could be fitted in two different ways, the engineer responsible had actually done just that – and had fitted all sixteen gauges back to front! Although Murphy's words were slightly different, the form the Law usually takes is "Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong".
Murphy did not say that anything will always go wrong, but that if it can, sooner or later it will. In engineering terms, Murphy said that anything capable of being fitted wrongly will, sooner or later, be fitted wrongly and it was Murphy's Law in action that caused the crash of a Skymaster in the centre of Stockport many years ago. A fuel check valve was fitted back to front, causing the engines to be starved of fuel at a critical time. Even though the direction of flow was embossed on the valve, the threads were the same at each end and so back to front fitting was possible.
To avoid these sorts of problems, Murphy suggested that components should be designed in such as way that it is physically impossible for them to be fitted wrongly and that is the philosophy adopted by most modern designers.
In an office, systems and procedures should also be designed to be "fail-safe". For example, copies of a multi-part document, no matter how well designed, will sooner or later be distributed wrongly, so make sure that your system is designed so that the error is quickly detected. A system that fails in such circumstances will be a victim of Murphy's Law.
The best way of beating the Law is to keep looking forward so as to anticipate and pre-empt problems. Keep your systems simple and straightforward , since the greater the complexity the more there is to be done wrongly. Finally, when problems do occur, make sure your organisation's climate is such that people will give you feedback in time to put things right."
I originally wrote this manual back in the last millennium and I can't now recall my source.
Richard English
Or as Scotty put it in "The Search For Spock", "The more you complicate the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drains."
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money." Samuel Johnson.
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That's exactly why all those new-fangled things on cars can be a nightmare.
Morton's Fork – the principle that "you're damned if you do, and damned if you don't"
Named for King Henry VII's tax collector, John Morton (c.1420-1500), who took the position that 1) if you're living in luxury you obviously have enough money to pay taxes, and 2) if you're living frugally, you must be saving your money, and so can afford to pay taxes.
– The Telegraph, July 8, 2006
So Labour faces a Morton's Fork. It could obey the incoming hardline leaders of unions that are still its major financial supporters, in which case it will cease to be New Labour. Or it could brush off the new union bosses, lose their financial support and face conflict, including strikes.
– The Telegraph, Aug. 23, 2002
It should make things easier to fit if they'll only fit one way. But it's possible that your concern arises from the newness of the item, not from its complexity.
Richard English
Parkinson's Law – the principle, "Work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion."
Coined by C. Northcote Parkinson (1909-93).
– New York Times, June 25, 1990
Gresham's law – the tendency of inferior products or practices to drive out superior ones
Most dictionaries give only this economic meaning: the principle that in financial markets, "bad money drives out good". That is, if two currencies are in circulation, one of them being debased, then this debased "bad money" will soon be the only one left circulating (because people will hoard the superior currency when they receive it, thus removing it from circulation).
. . .Why is the principle given this name? When Queen Elizabeth I took the throne in 1558 her financial advisor, Sir Thomas Gresham, advised her of this principle, writing "that good and bad coin cannot circulate together". (Can anyone find the text of the letter?) Three centuries later British economist H. D. Macleod called it "Gresham's Law", apparently in the mistaken belief that Gresham had been the first to recognize the law.
– Financial Times, Oct. 21, 2004
[Samuel] Johnson posits a kind of Gresham's Law for literature, in which the bad and cheap writing of the marketplace drives the good out of existence.
– Robert D. Spector, Samuel Johnson and the Essay
This is a link to Google Book Search, page 313 (letter 182), which reproduces the letter from Gresham to the Queen:
Today's principle may give you a new way of looking at the world.
80/20 rule or Pareto Principle – often, 80% of the result comes from 20% of the work or other input
Wilfredo Pareto was an Italian economist and his principal is one that cannot be completely defeated.
If you undertake a Pareto analysis (and surprisingly few companies do - unless they have had my training [advert.]) then you will identify the 80% of less productive work and will do something about it.
However, once the 80% of less profitable work has been eliminated or converted into more profitable or otherwise effective activity, then what remains is itself subject to the 80/20 rule. So you could continue until you have only one activity which will account for 100% of your profit or utilisation - and then you are in danger of failure through overspecialisation!
Having said which, a Pareto analysis would be a useful activity for most organisations (or people, since the rule applies equally to individuals) since very few realise just how much effort is spent on activities and other things that are of little worth. To start with, try a Pareto analysis on your wardrobe (closet). Most people find that they wear 20% of their clothes 80% of the time and the remaining 80% are rarely touched. A Pareto analysis might save the cost of a new wardrobe!
Richard English
I hope I'm not preempting a future post but this seems to relate to Sturgeon's Law.
(Indeed the article suggests that Sturgeon's Law is a specific example of the Pareto Principle.)
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quote: I hope I'm not preempting a future post.
Not at all, and please, never hesitate for such a reason.
I'm not familiar with Sturgeon's Law. Any personal thoughts you can add to the link?
It's maybe a specific application but no more than that. Apart from anything else, Pareto formulated his observation in the early part of the 20th century, well before Sturgeon's remark.
In any case,, Pareto never said anything about the quality of the components of the 20/80 percentages and there is no reason to assume that, just because the 80% may be the less effective, that it is rubbish (or crud, as Sturgeon suggested). That a company dervues 80% of its profit from 20% of its customers does not mean that the 80% are rubbish; they may simple be the wrong customers for that company.
Of course, Surgeon may have been making his comment in respect of American beer...
Richard English
I have encountered various statements of Sturgeon's Law. It's well known among science fiction fans. As the article said Sturgeon is reputed to have made the remark in response to literary critics who consider science fiction to be a low brow and debased form of literature with no merit.
The usual formulation that I know is
"90% of everything is crap." although I gather he said "crud".
His idea is that no matter what you are talking about there will be 10% of it that is really worthwhile and 90% that isn't. Very similar to Pareto really.
I tend to agree with him. 90% of the beer sold in the world is crap, 90% of the books written are crap, 90% of my posts are probably crap too. Judge for yourself which side of the 90/10 split this one falls.
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Today's two terms, somewhat related in meaning, are each acronyms; that is, made from initials. Neither is particularly familiar, and each, when used, is usually accompanied by an explanation of what it means.
TANSTAAFL – the principle, "There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch"
GIGO – the principle, "Garbage In, Garbage Out". In other words, if the inputs are nonsense, the results will be nonsense.
Insofar as I can tell TANSTAAFL, coined by Robert Heinlein, is not yet recognized by any general paper-and-cover dictionary. GIGO is recognized by OED.
– Motley Fool, March 9, 2006
When a computer is mistreated or given imperfect data, it suffers from GIGO as it can create garbage alone from garbage. The sense of GIGO extends beyond the computer when there are failures in human decision-making due to faulty, incomplete, or imprecise data
– The Tribune (India), July 6, 2002
Inspector Doherty shares with me," Delchamps said, "the philosophy that if you're going to use a computer, use the best one." "We are referring, Colonel, ... to the computers between our ears." ... "Computers, Colonel, are only as good as the data they contain," Doherty said. "You know what GIGO means?" Castillo nodded. "Garbage in, garbage out." "Right. So anything we put into our computers .. has to be a fact, not a supposition, not a possibility...."
– W.E.B. Griffin, The Hunters
Peter Principle – [coined by Laurence J. Peter] the principle that those in a hierarchy are promoted until they reach the level at which they are no longer competent (at which point promotion ceases). Thus each position is eventually filled by an incompetent.
– Time Magazine, July 26, 1982
Similar to TANSTAAFL is Larry Niven's tanj--a lament which means "there ain't no justice."
Myth Jellies
Cerebroplegia--the cure is within our grasp
Lawrence Peter was a university lecturer who, himself, refused promotion to an administrative level because he enjoyed class contact and didn't like pen-pushing and paper-shuffling.
However, although there is some truth in the Principle, it is too simplistic as it stands since its implication is that nobody, no matter what the situation, can be trained to competence. Everyone will eventually be faced with a task or role that he or she cannot cope with; most people eventually learn to deal with the situation. If Peter's Principle were accurate, then nobody would ever be able to deal with new tasks. And there would be no work for we trainers!
Of course, there is a kernel of truth in that people have natural preferences and aptitudes and, sometime in their lives, will be offered a promotion or other move that takes them into an area where they are not comfortable. The difficult job is to know whether the new area is one for which you are simply not suited (you are too short, too tall, not sufficiently intelligent, too intelligent or any other "unchangeable" factor) or whether it is simply a matter of upgrading your skills or knowledge to cope with the new role.
But the Principle is a good one for employers and employees alike to bear in mind when promotion is offered.
Richard English
I'd say that that's a misreading of it.
I don't think it's suggesting that
Rather it's saying that there will for everybody be some situation for which they cannot be trained to competence. I for example couldn't be trained to competence as a manager. I'm just not organised enough. My brain doesn't work that way. Writing on a single piece of paper at an otherwise empty desk I can lose the paper and the pen and sometimes the desk. As a manager I'd lose vital papers, forget vital tasks and generally make a pig's ear of it. No amount of training will fix this. In the past fifty years I've probably wasted a solid five years searching for things that should never have been lost.
I have also turned down promotions that would give me a manegerial role because I know it would be a disaster. Back when I used to work for the police I jumped before I was pushed and left because it was made clear to me that I was expected to apply for promotions to posts that I didn't want and knew I wouldn't have been able to do.*
*Actually that was only one of many reasons, but it was an important one.
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I agree with Bob on this. I know you are a trainer, Richard, so this probably goes against your grain, but I believe there are areas in everyone where no amount of training will develop competence. Bob is self perceptive, and because of that he most likely saved himself from some unhappy positions.
No. That's not what it says. It says that there are areas (as in Bob's case) which will never be our strengths. While there may be some improvement with these weaknesses after training, why focus your whole career on a relative weakness when you can excel with your strengths. I think that's what the Peter Principle is saying.
I'm a little hesitant to post this article because clearly it's a political position. But if we can ignore that part (please?), you can see where some great leaders have been promoted into positions where they've become less effective.This message has been edited. Last edited by: Kalleh,
I agree and never suggested otherwise. Check my last second and third paragraphs. Some people cannot be trained to competence in some areas simply because of their physical or mental limitations.
But see what Peter said, "...those in a hierarchy are promoted until they reach the level at which they are no longer competent (at which point promotion ceases). Thus each position is eventually filled by an incompetent....."
Peter admitted of no exceptions in his Principle - "EACH position is eventually filled by an incompenent" is what he wrote. Indeed, when I heard Peter give a panel discussion on the topic, the moderator asked, "...But surely people will eventually become familiar with the job...?" And Peter responded, "...No. In my experience, once people reach a level of incompetence they stay there, not coping with the job but not doing badly enough to get demoted..."
It's many years since I heard the discussion so my words might not be 100% accurate, but that was the gist.
The seductiveness of the Principle is great since we all of us will know or work for people who are incompetent. But we forget all those others who are competent, and in the right roles. We forget, too, that much of the incompetence we see is simply the result of failure to train or to accept training.
In my own field of public speaking training I strongly believe that the shocking presentations to which we have all been subjected are the result of untrained people being forced to speak without having been trained. The worst such are those who have spoken often enough to have lost their fear but who have not acquired the necessary skills. There are very few people who are physically or mentally incapable of speaking effectively in public, but a very large proportion of those that do are incompetent, simply because they have not been trained.
Peter's Principal is a seductive theory but one that can all too easily be used as an excuse to avoid providing or accepting training. "...He's no good as a manager, so we'll shuffle him sideways so he can't cause any damage. He's a classic example of the Peter Principle..."
Richard English
A fine example of the Peter Principal at work.
And just how much training had Gonzales had for the job? Indeed, what training do any politicians have at politics? Answer - generally none at all. That is why most politicians are incompetent, their own natural talent being that for self-advancement. What qualifications and training do George Bush and Tony Blair have for running two of the world's most powerful counties? President Mugabe has, through his single-handed incompetence, reduced one of Africa's richest countries to a state of penury in less than a generation. What are his qualifications? I don't believe anyone should be allowed to take public office without having been properly trained, tested and qualified for the office - just as are professionals in all other spheres. Politicians are probably the only group who can exercise so much power, and earn so much money, without a single qualification to their name.
If Peter had said, "...In a hierarchy without proper training and development processes, employees will rise to their level of incompetence..." then I'd have agreed with him.
Richard English
Your argument doesn't invalidate the generality of the principle. It just lengthens the process.
How do you like this?
In a heirarchy everyone will eventually rise to a post where, because of his inate skills, temperament and aptitude, he will be unable to be trained to an acceptable level of competence.
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I don't agree with that, either. That would mean that nobody could ever reach a peak of achievement. Some people might not be able to do so but they are plenty who do (Maslow's self-actualisers")
I do teach the Peter Principle in my management training but with the caveat that it is seductively easy to accept but it is certainly not always true.
Richard English
It absolutely does NOT mean that. It means that no one can stop when they reach their peak because they will be promoted again. They can reach their peak but can't stay there.
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How do you promote a prime minister; or a CEO; or a Pope? Many people keep on rising higher until they reach to top of their profession or until they choose to go no further. They do not stop because they reach their level of incompetence
Richard English
The Peter solution to THAT question is the "lateral arabesque." When one has risen to the ultimate height in one profession, the only way to become Peter-incompetent is to switch to another.
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Jeanne's Two Laws of Chocolate:
If there is no chocolate in the house, there is too little; some must be purchased. If there is chocolate in the house, there is too much; it must be consumed
Murphy's Law is a corollary of Finagle's Law of Dynamic Negatives, which Google
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Richard Schuchardt has taken the opportunity to interview Lancelot Narayan. Lancelot has been the DVD producer for Paramount'...
Richard Schuchardt has taken the opportunity to interview Lancelot Narayan. Lancelot has been the DVD producer for Paramount's new release of The Italian Job starring Michael Caine et al. Lancelot Narayan was born in London in 1968. He started out working for the Ministry of Defence and later moved on to work as a feelance journalist. His work appeared in publications such as The Times, The Daily Telegraph, Heat, Total Film and 007 Magazine. The Making Of The Italian Job was his first work as a Producer and Director. The Italian Job DVD sees him collaborate with good friend Matthew Field on the film they both love so much. With the inevitable success of The Italian Job DVD, Lancelot has also started work on extras for the upcoming DVD of Zulu. With the release of The Italian Job on DVD, we at DVDActive thought this was a good time to catch up with him and ask a few questions.
DVDActive: Why do you think The Italian Job is so popular, even thirty years after it was made?
I think The Italian Job is still so popular because after all is said and done, we, in England, have a certain sensibility running through our veins. No matter what sort of PC ideals we have been taught and taken on board, the English sense of humour and values are inherent within us. The Italian Job addresses that. I don't think it was particularly deliberate at the time. People just thought that way. Its ideology seems somewhat outdated now, but we accept it, because at the end of the day, we still think that way.
DVDActive: Is there anything you regret not doing for the upcoming release of the DVD?
I regret not getting Sir Michael Caine involved. He was just too busy. Quincy Jones invited us over to his house in Bel Air to interview him for the docco but time ran out on us. On the whole, I'm more than pleased with what's on the disc.
DVDActive: With the rumoured Hollywood remake of The Italian Job, what do you think about remakes? Is it best to leave the original version as the definitive movie?
I was at first really anti remake. What's the point? I know that Producer, Michael Deeley is very anti remake. I loved Brozza's The Thomas Crown Affair. It proved that stylish adult cinema is still possible. I also liked Ocean's 11. The remake of The Italian Job is going to be a very different movie, and although comparisons will be made, they'll be unfair, because the two films will be sooooo different.
DVDActive: The ending to The Italian Job is probably one of the most talked end scenes ever. Is it true that the ending was made with a sequel in mind?
The Italian Job was going to be the start of a series of movies, so yes, it was made with a sequel in mind. Because the movie bombed Stateside, this never happened.
DVDActive: When putting together a DVD, how do you make decisions on what to include and what not to include, how hard do you work to get the best available features and commentaries?
What to include and what not to include comes down to time and money. In order to get the best, you work with the best. The idea to create extras for the DVD came from my dear friend, Matthew Field, the author of The Making of The Italian Job book. He brought me on board and together we worked out what we wanted to do. We worked with a company based in Soho, called LipSync. They are a creative and Post-Production house. Without them, this would never have happened. Our Executive Producer, Philip Moores, worked out the budget, and told us what we could do and what we couldn't, but let us really get on with it. He trusted us. It all comes down to numbers. Matthew is the world expert on the film. He's already interviewed everybody for his book, so we just went back to them and interviewed them for the Docco. I wanted the docco to look cool and stylish, so we shot them in some of my favourite places. I designed the shots with the help of my brilliant cameraman, Johnny Hazell, from whom I learnt so much. Our editor, Simon Graham was a South African god and was really encouraging and helped me enormously. John Trumper, the editor of The Italian Job had the one deleted scene, so we borrowed it from him for the disc. I could go on. Basically, to create the best features, you need to compliment the material and heighten the DVD experience. You need to be a film nut. I've been a movie pervert since I was tiny. You grow up with people telling you you're wasting your time, what good is all this knowledge going to do you? Well this is the answer.
The hardest part to complete was the documentary. The editing took the longest. The commentary took a day to do. I know that some people like to bang on about how hard they work, but to me, if you enjoy doing something, it's no hardship at all. We all had a ball compiling the features for The Italian Job, it was a blast.
DVDActive: The movie made the mini famous throughout the world. What are your personal opinions about the choice of car for the movie?
It could only be the Mini. The film's screenwriter, Troy Kennedy Martin said that he wrote the thing with the Mini in mind. He said that it was "the car that made the Sixties the Sixties. More than Jean Shrimpton." No other car would do. It's classlessness precluded everything else.
DVDActive: What is the average length of time that a DVD takes to construct from start to finish, from the initial planning up until duplication? Which DVD that you have worked on has taken the most time up to now?
Well, The Italian Job is my first DVD. We had our first meeting with Paramount a year and a half before we started. Once we did start, from start to finish, it took about six months. But, we were working on another title at the same time.
DVDActive: What sort of work goes into the design of the packaging? Do you have some involvement or is it totally handled by an ad agency?
I didn't have anything to do with the packaging. When Matthew and I submitted the original proposal, we had some ideas. We showed Paramount some artwork done by an artist we both know. I'm a big fan of old fashioned illustration, it all adds to the desirability (if that's a word?!) of the package. Paramount's marketing department felt, and rightly so, that an instantly recognizable image should be used on the cover. The public have by now got used to the artwork for the 1999 rerelease poster. This was also used on the cover of Matthew's book, so this was the way they went. A lot of time and care goes into the packaging. It has to look right on the shelf, thought goes into how it might reflect certain lighting set-ups in supermarkets. Us DVD fans go out with the specific purpose of buying a certain title, but for the majority of the public, DVDs are an impulse buy. The Italian Job will be stocked in a veriety of locations, including Hardware stores!! So the right look has to be thought out. It's a fascinating process.
DVDActive: What is your favourite DVD and why?
You may have sussed by now that I'm an old fashioned kind of chap. My favourite DVD may not be one of the top of the range, all singing, all dancing discs, but I love it. My favourite DVD is the region one version of Thunderball. The picture is so clear, you can put your hand in it, the 5.1 mix may not be the best, but to hear that 1965 gun barrel explode like bonfire night across your TV is awesome. The extras taken from the laserdisc, and were put together, with Goldfinger, way before the rest of the DVD collection. The doccos, while not as polished as the rest of the Bonds, have a warmth that shines through. I love photograhy, and the stills gallery is well chosen and a joy to behold. It's like every other film that comes out nowadays is hailed as a "high-octane, pumping-powerhouse of a movie..." but Thunderball really is. It's so underated. Nothing that comes after, with the exception of OHMSS comes close. Supercool.
DVDActive: If you could work on the DVD release for any film, what would it be?
If I could work on any disc, it would have to be another underrated picture. State Of Grace came and went in 1990. It stars Sean Penn, Gary Oldman, Ed Harris and Robin Wright. It's a New York crime film with huge style and substance. MGM are releasing the region 1 disc later in the year. Alas, with no extras.
DVDActive: Whats next for you after the release of The Italian Job DVD?
Matthew Field, Lipsync and I have just finished work on the extras for the Zulu disc for Paramount. There are two documentaries, "Roll Of Honour" and "...And Snappeth The Spear In Sunder." There's an excellent commentary also from 2nd Unit Director, Robert Porter and film historian, Dr. Sheldon Hall. I've just got back from LA where we recorded a commentary with Malcolm McDowell for an upcoming DVD of Lindsay Anderson's "If...." It's all going on. I just hope everybody gets a kick out of it all. The reviews for The Italian Job features have so far been more than we hoped for. I hope we can keep up the standard.
[b]DVDActive: Lancelot, thanks for taking the time to answer our questions!
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Two cliff hangers in one week? (If you can even call them that.)
(Not) The Garden Center
(Not) The Garden Center, 2
By the time we made it back to the car, we actually felt pretty good. For the last ninety minutes of our trek we walked a wide trail in beautiful country. When we got home there was still plenty of afternoon left to go to the Garden Center or putter around on the balcony for awhile, but we were so exhausted, we fell asleep on the sofa in our hiking clothes. Except I didn't sleep. Mike slept and I sat there making lists in my head until I thought I might explode. Then I got up and started chores.
We had wanted to hike San Jisento this weekend, but Mike's been asked to pick up some extra shifts at work. And it's ok, because I don't think I'm ready for a ten-hour day and a thirty-pound pack. However, I am kind of excited to train this weekend. Even if it's only a six hour walk, even if it's mostly uphill, even if there are bees and sweat and stickers. I just don't want to have to use my trekking poles to hold foliage away from my face. Is that too much to ask?
I took this photo of wild flowers at least two hours before the business with the stickery waist-high weeds. There were no photos taken of the stickery weeds. Misery is not conducive to flora appreciation.


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The Power Of Intermediaries To Silence Speech Online
from the forget-big-brother,-look-out-for-the-corporations dept
While the really egregious examples of taking down content are often brought to light by people complaining, it is a reminder that you might not really control all the content you think you control. This can be true even if you think you "control" your own domain. If the content is hosted by a service provider, often it can be convinced to pull down your content. While this should lead to more companies who promise not to get involved, there really are only a few who promote themselves that way (and it often gets even more difficult with laws that require "notice and takedown" such as the DMCA in the US). While this might not be a huge problem for most people, it is worth remembering how much power these various intermediaries may have over what you consider to be "your" content.


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Ankle or Knee
Boot styles go in and out of fashion as the seasons turn. Just as it goes for other types of footwear, what's in fashion now may not be so hot next year. For some people, fashion is all. For them, they will follow the trends no matter what. For others, it's more about choosing items that suit their body shape, items that they find comfortable. There's no right or wrong way to go about it. What feels right, is right! When choosing boots, one important factor to consider has to be the material they're made from. Leather and suede can be longer lasting and more breathable, but faux leather and faux suede tend to be a lot cheaper. Another factor to consider is whether to opt for an ankle boot or a knee-high boot. While calf-length boots, over-knee boots and thigh-high boots are also an option, these are perhaps not as popular as boots that stop at the ankle or knee. Both the ankle boot and the knee-high boot have seen rises and declines in popularity, but for anyone who loves boots, it's quite to possible to love both styles equally! Both can be worn with jeans or skirts, and both can be casual or dressed up for more formal occasions. Ready to buy new boots? eBay has boots covered. Check out what's hot in colour, material, style and heel, and choose from a range of awesome brands in new and pre-owned.
Heel or Flat
Buying boots also means choosing the right type of heel. As with any type of women's shoes, the heel can make the look. Just as the height of the boot can go in and out of fashion, so can the type of heel it has. Luckily, eBay makes it super easy to search by heel type and heel height when buying boots online. Whether following fashion, or following personal taste, choosing the right type of boot is a breeze. Heel types range from block to Cuban, kitten to wedge, slim to stiletto. As for heel height, these are broken down into flat, low, medium and high. Looking for sky-high stiletto boots that will make everyone stare? Sure. Want to find comfortable flats that can last the entire day. No problem – start searching!


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Members of St. Bonaventure University's Xi Nu chapter of Kappa Delta Pi received recognition for a literacy program they developed for the Olean Child Daycare Center.
KDP is the international honors society in education with the mission of honoring the achievements of educators while promoting excellence in education. Through Literacy Alive!, KDP chapters from across the country are asked to create a literacy-focused community service program that could be submitted to a board for review.
For their program, 16 members of Xi Nu developed a two-pronged plan to help replace the books, movies and toys that had been destroyed by a flood at the OCDC and to combat early childhood literacy issues.
In the fall, KDP members held a book, CD and DVD drive on campus. Additionally, members sold tote bags to generate money for the center. KDP co-presidents Amy Jones, '12, and Elizabeth Moran, '12, presented OCDC with a check for $100, which was used to buy each child at the daycare center a book for Christmas.
For the second component, Xi Nu members held a literacy instruction workshop at OCDC in March. The children bounced between five stations, each having a different book and corresponding learning activity designed for pre-kindergarten children.
In its first ever submission to Literacy Alive!, Xi Nu earned the Premier Achievement Award, as well as a check for $300.
KDP advise Betsy Cashing said that the students who participated were, "absolutely awesome."
"They worked so hard on this project, and it was so well organized," Cashing said. "The ideas were all theirs. I just got to sit back and make sure that they had what they needed to get done what they wanted to do. They were amazing."
The projects were graded against a rubric that considered factors such as specific goals and projected outcomes, personal interaction with the community, creativity and impact.
The award came as a shock to both Jones and Moran.
"I was really surprised when I found out we won the award," Jones said. "I was also really pleased because when we set out to do this, it was really just to help out OCDC, which we were able to do. The award was like an added bonus."
"None of this would have been possible without the help of the entire KDP leadership team, and Mrs. Cashing," Moran added.
Jones said participating in Literacy Alive! helped her give back to the community while doing something she loves.
"There is nothing more rewarding than when a student is struggling and you're able to help them understand it."
Cashing said Xi Nu has until Nov. 30 to decide whether it will submit another program to Literacy Alive! A planning team is considering developing a program that connects literacy with science and math. If a project is developed, Xi Nu will use the $300 from last year to get the program off the ground.
Cashing said programs like Literacy Alive! coincide perfectly with the ideal teachers value the most - service.
"The community needs to know that teachers look beyond the four walls of a classroom," Cashing said.
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Graduation days are all about success stories, and when BRCC graduates walked across the stage Friday night, one among them received, in addition to her degree, an honor given to only a select few students nationwide.
Graduation days are all about success stories, and when Blue Ridge Community College graduates walked across the stage Friday night, one among them received, in addition to her degree, an honor given to only a select few students nationwide.
Danielle Tate-Maccaroni has been awarded the Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship for the continuance of her studies at Converse College in Spartanburg, S.C. This year the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation received 769 nominations from community colleges in 45 states and the District of Columbia. Only 73 students will receive this highly selective and prestigious award, given to those who exhibit "exceptional academic ability and achievements, financial need, persistence, leadership and desire to help others." The scholarship provides up to $30,000 a year for associate degree students to pursue their bachelor's at a four-year college or university.
Tate-Maccaroni was the only student in North Carolina to receive the award.
She enrolled at BRCC three years ago after having been a stay-at-home mother for five years. When her son, Sean, entered kindergarten, she began taking classes, with the intent, at first, of obtaining an associate's degree in science.
"I then took an English course and very quickly decided what I wanted to do," she said.
Starting college at the same time her son started school, she said, has been a "bonding experience" for both of them. "We both have to sit down and do homework," she said, adding that Sean has been able to see her study just as he has to and, at times, has seen her "stress out."
Considering the workload she has carried for the past three years, she might be forgiven for, occasionally, feeling stressed. While working toward her degree, Tate-Maccaroni also worked about 30 hours a week at Cracker Barrel and, for the past year, held a work-study job in the English department.
"The difficulty," she said, "has been learning in increments how to balance it all: how to be a good mother, a good wife, a good employee, and a good student and still maintain my sanity."
She plans to pursue a doctoral degree in English, with the ultimate goal of teaching literature at the college level. Her mother has a doctorate in chemistry and teaches at Presbyterian College near Newberry, S.C., where Tate-Maccaroni, a New Jersey native, and her husband, Gino, and Sean lived for two years before relocating to Hendersonville four years ago.
Faculty member Jennifer Parrack-Rogers, whom Tate-Maccaroni assisted in the English department, refers to her as "the kind of student teachers dream of — bright, engaged and eager to learn more." She is, Parrack-Rogers said, "capable of becoming a fine scholar."
Besides maintaining a 4.0 GPA, Tate-Maccaroni also received the Nota Bene Reynolds Scholarship for her contribution to Phi Theta Kappa's national literary anthology, Nota Bene. Two of her compositions — an essay titled "Of Pagans and Puritans: The Nuances of Anne Bradstreet" and a poem, "On Receiving the Collected Works of W.B. Yeats" — were among only 13 works selected for publication from more than 800 submissions. She is the first BRCC student ever to be published in the honors anthology.
When she starts studying at Converse College in the fall, it will be as an invited participant in the Nisbet Honors program, an honor not usually offered to transferring students. The program for academically gifted students will provide her the opportunity to do independent research with faculty mentors, to take honors courses and to learn from visiting scholars to the college.
Of her time at BRCC, Tate-Maccaroni said, "I have personally undergone so much positive change. This college has had such a wonderful, deep and meaningful impact on my life."


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A panel of U of I specialists, including Hager, provided the most current information about crop production, pest management, and economics at the 2012 U of I Corn and Soybean Classic held on Jan. 12 at the I Hotel and Conference Center in Champaign, Ill.
Hager said Illinois farmers have become well acquainted with waterhemp and the challenges caused by this species, but Palmer amaranth is perhaps the most aggressive Amaranthus species with respect to growth rate and competitive ability.
"Palmer amaranth is most common in the southern third of Illinois but, it may be expanding its range northward," Hager said. "The growth rate and competitive ability of this species exceed that of other Amaranthus species. Waterhemp can add close to one inch of new growth per day under good growing conditions, whereas Palmer amaranth can add multiple inches."
Recently, at least one population of glyphosate-resistant Palmer amaranth was confirmed in southern Illinois. Hager said this should raise awareness among Illinois farmers because this example provides additional evidence that resistance to glyphosate can occur in a summer annual weed species that is very competitive with corn and soybeans. It occurs in many fields in the southern portions of Illinois, and Palmer amaranth has dramatically changed farming practices in areas of the mid-south and southeastern United States.
"This species has managed to drastically spread across the southern United States, so what says it won't spread to northern Illinois as temperatures increase," Hager said. "This could become a huge problem, especially as glyphosate resistance is identified."
He said the first step to managing this weed is being able to recognize it. Accurate identification of weedy Amaranthus species can be difficult because many exhibit similar morphological characteristics.
The cotyledon leaves of Palmer amaranth are relatively long compared with other Amaranthus species. As the plant matures, petioles are two to three times longer than the leaf blade and a watermark may appear. It also has little to no pubescence. It is important to note that Palmer amaranth is a dioecious species, meaning plants are either male or female, which introduces a great deal of genetic diversity, Hager said.
Emergence, stress tolerance, and growth rate are factors that make Palmer amaranth particularly noxious. Hager said it tends to display a prolonged emergence pattern with higher germination rates at shallow seed depths. Palmer amaranth can tolerate high temperatures and dry soil conditions better than any other Amaranthus species. It has an excessive growth rate, which is evident in southern regions.
These factors, coupled with resistance and competitive ability, create a need for management practices.
"The most consistent management for corn and soybean involve an integrated approach that utilizes soil-applied herbicides, postemergence herbicides and mechanical cultivation," Hager said. "The management practices for Palmer amaranth are very similar to those recommended for waterhemp."
Hager said time application can have a significant impact on weed control. It is critically important to remember that Palmer amaranth can grow over one inch per day. Delaying applications of postemergence herbicides is not recommended.
Digital photos available for three months at www.aces.uiuc.edu/news/News_Photos/PA


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Fed Chair Yellen: The "Bernanke Asset Bubble" is here to stay
From Bloomberg:
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen made it clear she believes the economy still requires a strong dose of stimulus five years after the recession ended because unemployment and inflation are well short of the Fed's goals.
"A high degree of monetary accommodation remains warranted," Yellen said today in testimony to the Joint Economic Committee of Congress. "Many Americans who want a job are still unemployed," and inflation is below the central bank's 2 percent target, she said.
Yellen highlighted weaknesses in the labor market, such as the number of long-term unemployed, even as the economic outlook improves. The Treasury market yield curve steepened after her comments tempered expectations among some investors for a faster pace of interest-rate increases.
"She wants to reiterate that there are still challenges, we're not out of the woods yet, and it's too early to think about starting to remove accommodation," said Michelle Meyer, a senior U.S. economist at Bank of America Corp. in New York. "She put the labor-market recovery in historical context, which is that there are still a lot of scars left from the incredibly deep recession."
Five-year yields dropped three basis points to 1.65 percent at 3:11 p.m. in New York, based on Bloomberg Bond Trader data. The 30-year bond yield increased as much as three basis points to 3.41 percent before trading at 3.4 percent.
An increase in longer-term yields indicates investors see inflation accelerating, while shorter maturities are anchored by the Fed's policy rate.
Higher Rate
Yellen, questioned by Representative Kevin Brady, a Texas Republican who heads the committee, repeatedly declined to specify when the benchmark interest rate might rise.
"There is no mechanical formula or timetable for when that will occur," she said. She repeated the Federal Open Market Committee statement that the rate will stay near zero for a "considerable time" after the Fed ends its bond-purchase program intended to spur growth.
In March, Yellen responded to a reporter's question by saying the rate might start to rise about six months after the Fed ends its asset purchases, a timeframe she hasn't repeated.
Responding to a question from Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Minnesota Democrat, Yellen called rising disparity in both incomes and wealth "very disturbing" and said that is another reason why the Fed is promoting a stronger economy.
She declined to be drawn into issues outside the Fed's remit. Asked by Senator Bernie Sanders, a Vermont independent, whether it makes sense to give "enormous tax breaks to the families of the top 1 percent of people," she said: "It's up to the Congress to decide what's appropriate."
'Solid Growth'
Economic data show "solid growth" in the second quarter, bolstering the case for a faster expansion this year, Yellen said in her opening remarks. Gains in household wealth from rising home prices, less drag from federal and state and local budgets, and stronger growth abroad should all drive investment and consumption.
The Fed chair cited the slowdown in U.S. housing as a risk, along with "heightened geopolitical tensions" and financial stress in emerging markets.
"While conditions in the labor market have improved appreciably, they are still far from satisfactory," Yellen said. She called the unemployment rate, which stood at 6.3 percent in April, "elevated," and said the share of the labor force that has been unemployed for more than six months, as well as those working part-time who would prefer full-time work, "are at historically high levels."
"We've never really seen a situation where long-term unemployment is so large a fraction of unemployment," she said in response to a question.
Reaching for Yield
Yellen also discussed financial conditions in her opening remarks, saying she saw "reach-for-yield" behavior in lower-rated corporate debt markets. At the same time, she said stock and home values remain within "historical norms."
The Fed also "is considering whether additional measures are needed to further reduce the risks associated with large, interconnected financial institutions," Yellen said, without elaborating.
Payrolls rose last month by 288,000 in the biggest gain in two years, and the jobless rate was the lowest since September 2008, according to a May 2 Labor Department report.
The number of Americans working part-time because they couldn't find full-time jobs rose by 54,000 to 7.47 million, while the labor-force participation rate slumped to 62.8 percent, matching the lowest level since 1978. Average hourly earnings growth tumbled to 1.9 percent from a year earlier, the weakest gain since March 2013.
Job Gains
Still, signs of strength in the economy and a steady pace of job gains are allowing the Fed to gradually reduce the pace of bond purchases intended to boost growth.
Fed officials last week trimmed stimulus for the fourth consecutive meeting, saying the economy has strengthened after harsh winter weather slowed growth to a 0.1 percent annual pace in the first quarter.
Policy makers cut monthly bond purchases by $10 billion to $45 billion and are on track to halt buying in the second half of 2014. Gross domestic product will expand at a 3 percent annualized rate this quarter and next before accelerating to 3.1 percent in the final quarter of this year, according to the median of economist estimates compiled by Bloomberg.
More on the Federal Reserve:
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Gallery Tour at Wave Hill
Saturday, September 28, 2013
2:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
This event repeats every week on Tuesday and Saturday between 9/17/2013 and 9/28/2013.
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Join a curatorial fellow for a tour of Wave Hill's fall exhibition, Tandem Pursuits: Armor & Ichthyology, which celebrates the interests of former Wave Hill House resident Bashford Dean. Dean was Curator of Arms and Armor at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Curator of Fish at the American Museum of Natural History. The intersection of his interest in both fish and armor provides the opportunity to bring together a remarkable group of contemporary art that explores concepts of adaptation, pattern, and protection. The tour also includes Sunroom Project Space installations by Van Lier Visual Artist Fellows Onyedika Chuke and Francisco Donoso.
Glyndor Gallery in Wave Hill
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Free with admission to the grounds. $8 adults, $4 students and seniors, $2 children 6-18
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