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Dear Amy: I reconnected with a friend from high school after 40 years. We started a romantic, virtual courtship through phone calls, e-mails and cards over several
months. We live in different states. We became engaged in December 2012, but I have some major concerns. Apart from the long-distance relationship and my serious issues with relocating at some point in the near future, he recently told me he has run out of money and hasn't paid taxes in more than a year.
He recently bought a beautiful home for us that needs major renovations. He made a large down payment on this house and is remodeling it himself. He is 60 years old and has no savings whatsoever. He is a self-employed attorney. He recently visited me and confessed that he now has a medical condition that is causing severe joint and muscle pain.
He has lost all interest in sex, so our relationship has become purely platonic. I am a vital 59-year-old attractive woman who enjoys sex immensely. When I asked him what's going on in the bedroom, he said he doesn't feel like being sexual.
I am a successful consultant who owns my business and my own home. I have always had healthy sexual relationships. I feel isolated and lonely most weekends and am leaning toward breaking off the engagement.
Six months ago I was excited about our future. Now all I see is a relationship that could have serious implications. Am I being too unrealistic to expect my partner to be financially stable and want to have sex with me, especially when we only see each other every six to eight weeks? — Long-distance Dilemma
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Every relationship has serious implications. Marriage is the ultimate serious implication, and ideally in a marriage spouses accept the "for better and for worse" aspect of the relationship.
You have every right to want what you want, and now that you know what a challenge this man presents to you, you should break off the engagement — to spare yourself and also before he sinks even more cash and sweat equity into a future with you.
Dear Amy: Tonight when I went into my college-student daughter's room she turned away from me very quickly. When I confronted her, she finally showed me that she had received a heart-shaped diamond necklace from her boyfriend of one month.
We are very close, and I can't imagine why she hid it from me.
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I thought I would always share in her joy. She said she was embarrassed but doesn't know why. I hate this stage of parenting more than any other one — it is really painful.
What should we do? — Loving Mom
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You should broach these situations by being open and encouraging her to talk about herself and her own life without acting threatened. This will help to keep you close.
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HANG TIME HEADQUARTERS — Few men in the history of organized activity stand above the fray the way Phil Jackson does.
Love him or loathe him, Jackson has the pedigree, wisdom, accomplishments, respect and public adulation that only the greatest leaders of men have attained throughout the years. He earned his stripes first as a player, a foot soldier, if you will, before rising up the leadership ladder to five-star general status as a coach.
Somewhere around six or seven titles he moved into legendary status. By the time he walked away from the game two years ago, he had earned his place upon the coaching Mount Rushmore, nestled somewhere between Knute Rockne and John Wooden among the all-time greats.
So forgive us here at the hideout if we're having a bit of a problem understanding why Mike D'Antoni, and not Jackson, is the choice as the Los Angeles Lakers' new coach. The Lakers knew the moment Jackson exited the facility in El Segundo headed for what was supposed to be life after basketball that he had more left in his hoops tank.
He wasn't finished then and he wasn't ready for the ride to end.
Now the Lakers sit at the crossroads, hoping that D'Antoni will light the pathway to continued championship contention while Jackson is left to ponder why he wasn't the right fit to replace the fired Mike Brown, the man unlucky enough to try to replace Jackson.
History isn't on the Lakers' side so long as Kobe Bryant is on the roster. He's never made it anywhere near The Finals without Jackson as his coach. That's not a knock on Brown, Del Harris, Kurt Rambis, Rudy Tomjanovich or Frank Hamblen. It's just a fact.
Some coaches and players are just inextricably linked throughout the annals of time.
Michael Jordan had the same link to Jackson, never reaching the heights he did in the NBA with anyone else (Kevin Loughery, Stan Albeck or Doug Collins are the names here) before or after his time with Jackson.
The 67-year-old "Zen Master" has an unparalleled history of success in the NBA, holding the record for the most championships in NBA history as a player and a coach (after breaking the tie with Bill Russell when the Lakers captured the title in 2009). He also owns the highest winning percentage of any NBA coach (.704) and has championship rings for both hands and three of his toes, having earned two as a player with the New York Knicks and the other 11 as a coach of both the Chicago Bulls (six) and Lakers (five).
The Lakers, apparently, wanted a different voice this time around. Perhaps they wanted someone who came with fewer conditions for taking the job or someone who didn't demand control of all personnel decisions, a likely sticking point with a front office staff still weary from their previous dealings with Jackson.
D'Antoni's a fine coach, universally regarded as one of the very best in the business before being fired in New York last season. His familiarity with not only Bryant but Steve Nash, Pau Gasol and Dwight Howard will no doubt benefit the Lakers' bottom line this season.
Lakers have every right to be and should be excited about the offense D'Antoni could bring with him. It's worked wonders for many players over the years, the primary beneficiaries being his point guards. It started with Nash in Phoenix and ended with Jeremy Lin in New York as D'Antoni oversaw a cosmic run as the offensive Morpheus of basketball.
It should be noted, however, that D'Antoni's star-studded groups in Phoenix never could overtake the Lakers or San Antonio Spurs and reach the The Finals. He also had a talent-laden (albeit a bit flawed) roster to work with in New York and could never get them to play to their potential.
So just like Brown or Mike Dunleavy, who was also considered this time around, D'Antoni comes with lingering questions about exactly what he'll be able to do while stuck in the middle of the crucible that is the toughest coaching job in the NBA.
The same could have and would have been said about both Jerry Sloan and Nate McMillan, two unemployed coaches mentioned as potential candidates but were never spoken to, per TNT's David Aldridge, by the Lakers.
The only coach the Lakers could have hired who would have walked through the door without any of those same question marks is the one they spurned over the weekend.
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CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. -- Erik Gudbranson had to laugh Monday morning when he was informed he was tied for second in the NHL preseason scoring race (after Monday's games he was tied for third) with six points in three games.
"Don't look at that stuff," he said. "I should go and take a little photo of it and keep it in my back pocket because I don't know how long that's going to last."
For the Florida Panthers, it's all fine and dandy that Gudbranson is showing offensive prowess in the preseason, but it's not what matters.
Florida coach Kevin Dineen said he is a lot more concerned about the overall development of Gudbranson, particularly with the No. 3 pick of the 2010 NHL Draft coming off a disappointing season in 2012-13.
"Erik Gudbranson has been our top defenseman in camp and is right up there for being the top player in training camp," Dineen said after practice Monday. "Has nothing to do with the offensive spurt that he's shown, it's just his poise out there and the commitment that he put in this summer. I think we've noticed immediately that he's more comfortable in certain situations and he's really improved. Between that and his confidence level rising, he's had an excellent camp."
Dineen praised Gudbranson for the work the defenseman put in this summer.
Among other things, Gudbranson worked with skating coach Paul Vincent in Boston. He also made getting ready for the 2013-14 season his sole focus.
It was a sharp contrast from the summer of 2012, when Gudbranson couldn't do much even if he had wanted to after sustaining a serious shoulder injury in a wakeboarding accident.
The accident cost Gudbranson the start of the abbreviated 2012-13 season and he never was able to build on his strong performance in the 2012 Eastern Conference Quarterfinal playoff series against the New Jersey Devils.
"I obviously didn't get hurt, so that's a start," Gudbranson said of the differences between the past two summers. "I just worked hard and did everything that I possibly could to make myself better for this season.
"This summer was really 24/7 hockey. I really took the time in the gym to get as fast and as strong as I possibly could. Took a couple of trips down to Boston to meet with Paul Vincent and work on my skating there and that's been a huge help for me on the ice. It's definitely boosted my confidence and made me trust in my own ability. Just putting in that work and eating well and sleeping well all summer was really huge."
When Gudbranson headed to Boston for one of his skating sessions, Dineen invited him to join him at his lake house in upstate New York.
Gudbranson had dinner at Dineen's house and talked hockey.
"It was great," Gudbranson said. "It was something I really needed to do. It really gave me the perfect perspective as what to expect going into this season. I was able to work hard and work towards what he wanted and what I felt was right as well. Being on that same page coming into the season, I really appreciate that invite and that chat we had."
Gudbranson's offensive outburst in the preseason so far (he has three goals and three assists) clearly is an encouraging sign for someone who had two goals and 10 assists in 104 NHL games the past two seasons.
The Panthers, though, aren't banking on Gudbranson becoming an offensive weapon from the blue line. That's not why they made him their first draft pick after Dale Tallon took over as general manager in the spring of 2010.
But the Panthers do need Gudbranson to step up his game if they hope to contend for a playoff spot. Dineen said he wants to see the Gudbranson he saw in that playoff series against New Jersey.
"Last year was a tough year for him," Dineen said. "He got off certainly on the wrong foot and didn't have a great year by his admission and certainly from what I saw from him last year, my expectations were much higher from him. But I also don't forget how he played on a big stage in the playoffs against New Jersey. I thought he had a fabulous series. So there's a little bit of balance when you're looking at a young guy.
"My expectations are for him to keep growing. It's a little like a stock. It's not going to go through the roof. It's not a penny stock. You're hoping that this blue-chip prospect is just going to keep moving in the right direction. Obviously the work was put in this summer and he's heading in the right direction."
Gudbranson is part of a group of young players the Panthers hope can make a difference this season.
"He's got the tools," veteran defenseman Brian Campbell said. "He can skate, he can shoot. Those are important obviously. I don't know what his potential is. Obviously I feel like it's very high, but I don't want to put a name or numbers on what he could do. You've got to keep getting better every year and hopefully this is kind of a big, breakout year and he can help us on the back end, being so physical. I think he can be a shut-down guy that can definitely add in on the offense."


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With songs like "Loaded," "Come Together," and "Rocks," Primal Scream were a staple on US college radio from the late '80s up until the mid-'90s. In their native land, however, they're full-fledged pop chart regulars, having scored two dozen entries on the UK Top 100 since 1987, including this year's #5 hit, "Country Girl." It's been four years since the Scream have released a new studio album (though they put out a best-of set in Britain in 2004), so when the opportunity to speak to the band's guitarist, Andrew Innes, reared its head, Bullz-Eye was all about it. Now, mind you, the time it's taken us to transcribe the interview should in no way be interpreted as a lack of enthusiasm on our part; Andrew's a fine fellow, but his brogue requires no small amount of rewinding to make sure we've gotten every word just right. Join us now, then, for our chat with Mr. Innes, where he speaks of his least favorite Primal Scream album, the band's latest work, his love of glam rock, and his reaction to discovering that one of the regulars in the pub near their studio was the frontman for one of the biggest rock and roll bands of all time.
Bullz-Eye: Hello, Andrew, how are you?
Andrew Innes: Hello, how're ye doin'?
BE: Not bad.
AI: Yeah?
BE: Had a busy day of press, have you?
AI: Eh, no, not really. I've been out and about. It's quite sunny in London right now, so I've just been taking it easy.
BE: That answers my question, "Where are you today?"
AI: Yeah. London.
BE: Is that your current home base?
AI: Yeah. I live here, yeah. But we're having a heat wave here. It's not particularly noticeable in here, but it's about 95 degrees.
BE: Ugh. I'm familiar. I'm in Norfolk, Virginia, and we get that killer humidity here.
AI: Yeah, God. Nobody's used to it here, so people are just going nuts. We're just used to the rain.
BE: Well, it seems like forever since ya'll have had a new album. I guess the last studio album would've been (2002's) Evil Heat?
AI: Yeah, I suppose it was, yeah.
BE: What took so long for a follow-up?
AI: Well, we put out sort of a greatest-hits thing here, and we toured that, and that just took…everything takes years now instead of the months it used to take. When ye finish an LP – and we finished this last November – and Sony says it's not coming out 'til July of next year, there's nearly a whole year just waiting for the machine to get working.
BE: Now, I have not yet heard the entire album.
AI: Right.
BE: Yeah, they haven't gotten me a copy yet…but I have heard the last track, "Sometimes I Feel So Lonely."
AI: Oh, right, yeah!
BE: But I've heard that, as a whole, the album's kind of a return to form to (1994's) Give Out But Don't Give Up. Would agree with that assessment?
AI: See, I didn't even like that LP!
BE: (Laughs)
AI: That's my least favorite one. I think it's more like a return to…it's more basic rock 'n' roll, but I think it's more upbeat. It's quite fast and punky, where Give Out… was just…I don't know. We weren't going through a good time when we made that.
BE: I've heard people use both the words "bluesy" and "punky" to describe the new album.
AI: Yeah, that's probably about right.
BE: It seems like ya'll have kind flip-flopped between dance and rock. Do you flip a coin before you enter the studio, or is it just whatever you've been listening to right before you sit down to write new material?
AI: Yeah, I think ye've probably got it there. We'd just been listening to a lot of old blues records…a lot of Mississippi John Hurt, Howlin' Wolf, and stuff. I suppose that because we'd made three sort of electronic LPs beforehand, ye get bored doing that. As ye get bored with making guitar records, ye get bored with making synth records. And the songs were written on guitars and pianos, mostly, which I guess makes for more traditional music.
BE: So "Country Girl," I guess, that was the first single (in the UK)?
AI: Yeah.
BE: Were you surprised when it leapt into the top 5 as it did? Pleasantly so?
AI: I was just happy, yeah, because most of our singles the last few years have had trouble leaping into the top forty, and then they disappear. But this one…it's still hanging in there, I think. It's still at #60 or something. So it's a real hit record.
BE: And I understand Will Sergeant (guitarist for Echo and the Bunnymen) is on the record.
AI: Yeah, he plays on a song called "When the Bomb Drops," and it's sort of a…I guess ye'd call it a garage record. Like the 13th Floor Elevators, I suppose. So we thought he was the best guy to do it.
BE: How did you guys hook up with him? Had you been friends?
AI: Mani knows him, because Mani – our bass player (and former bassist for the Stone Roses) – lives in Manchester, and they all know Will from Liverpool, all that scene. They all know each other. He met him DJ'ing one night, asked him to come along, and he came down.
BE: On a side note, do you think Mani's ever going to get called in for the Stone Roses reunion that the press is always threatening?
AI: I don't seem to be...well, from what the singer was saying, I don't think the singer would do it. I think the singer said something like he'd rather stick pins in his eyes.
BE: I heard something like that, too. I just didn't know if it'd change his tune if they danced the right amount of dollar signs in front of him.
AI: Y'know, I think, because he's doing quite well in his own stuff, that I don't think he needs the dollars.
BE: That, and Mani's got a good gig.
AI: And especially not the way the group broke up, as well. There was quite a lot of unfinished business there.
BE: So is Kevin Shields hiding out anywhere on this album?
AI: No, no, he's not on it.
BE: I wouldn't have thought…well, based on the sound of what I've heard, I'd think he wouldn't necessarily have a place.
AI: Well, I don't know. He didn't really play on Evil Heat; he produced about four songs on Evil Heat. But he's fine, Kevin. But he's been producing Gemma Hayes; he's been out in L.A. producing her and just getting on with that. He's a very strange character.
BE: I kept waiting and waiting for another My Bloody Valentine album, but I'm tired, and I can't wait no more.
AI: I know. I think ye'll be waiting and waiting as well. I don't think there's one coming for a couple of years yet.
BE: What's your profile like these days in the States? I'd think that name recognition alone could get you gigs in New York and L.A., the bigger markets…
AI: Yeah, we can play the sort of main cities, but I don't think we could tour. I wouldn't like to go see a gig in Kansas; I don't think there'd be many people there. Or in Boise, Idaho.
BE: Well, at the very least, the few people who'd show up would be really, really enthusiastic.
AI: Oh, yeah, I think there'd be at least four nutcases there.
BE: As far as your profile, I remember finding Evil Heat in a record store, apparently not long after it had come out, thinking, "I didn't even know that this had come out!"
AI: Oh, I know. I'll tell ye what: when we went to promote it and played in New York, we knew we were in trouble because every record label we'd ever been on in America was there…except for the ones that were putting out Evil Heat. They couldn't show up.
BE: Yeah, that's not good.
AI: And then ye think, "I think they're gonna stiff the record." And it wasn't in the Tower Records at 4th and Broadway, which is, like, the biggest New York store. It wasn't in there, and we just thought, "Uh-oh, we're in trouble here."
BE: That's not usually a good sign.
AI: No! (Laughs)
BE: I mentioned Will Sergeant a moment ago, but I guess you guys are used to having guest appearances on your albums.
AI: Aye, we've had a few.
BE: I know Kate Moss was on "Some Velvet Morning," but is it really true that Robert Plant played some harmonica on Evil Heat?
"(Evil Heat) wasn't in the Tower Records at 4th and Broadway, which is, like, the biggest New York store. It wasn't in there, and we just thought, 'Uh-oh, we're in trouble here.'"AI: Yeah, he played on...was it "The Lord is My Shotgun"? Yeah, yeah. 'Cause we've got a studio in London, and he lives…well, one of his houses is in the same area, and ye'd just see him in the pub. And ye can't believe it. Ye're, like, "It's the Hammer of the Gods, having a pint in the pub!" But he's just a really nice guy. And he talks, once ye get him started. He loves '60s garage music. He loves Love and the 13th Floor Elevators, and once ye get him started on that, he'll talk for hours. He's brilliant. He'll just talk away about Arthur Lee. He's just a big music fan. That's why ye love him.
BE: So, now, what's your musical background, as far as what you grew up listening to?
AI: Well, I've said before, I think, when we were 9 or 10, it was glam rock. And I think this record, quite a lot of it is glam, the new record. Bolan and Bowie.
BE: I'm a fan of both.
AI: So I guess it's back to that a bit, this record. I don't know if ye know a band called Slade…
BE: Oh, absolutely. I've got a copy of "Slade in Flame" on DVD.
AI: Brilliant. (Writer's note: the manner in which Innes said this one word made it clear that his estimation of my worth as a human being had just gone up tenfold.) So that's the sort of groups that we loved when we were kids, and I suppose it sounds like that. This LP is quite Slade and quite Bowie.
BE: I hear that you can become quite a studio hermit if you're not careful. Is there any truth to that?
AI: Eh, well, ye like to get out in the air now and again, do a couple of concerts. We quite enjoy them as well.
BE: I had just heard that you enjoy going in and tweaking things.
AI: Oh, yeah. But I like playing live. We've been doing quite a few gigs lately, so it's been good fun.
BE: Now, I've read David Cavanaugh's decidedly comprehensive history of (former Primal Scream label) Creation Records…
AI: Oh, Jesus. It's massive, right? Who the heck wants a 600 page book about a record company? (Writer's note: actually, it's almost 750 pages.)
BE: I'll tell you, I…
AI: Hold on just a second. (The sound of an aircraft passing overhead can be heard on Innes's end of the line.) They're coming for me, I think…
BE: Oh, geez!
AI: Sorry, it was just a helicopter going overheard. Now, did ye read that book?
BE: Yeah, actually, it was the bane of my wife's existence, because I bought it when we were in London on honeymoon, and I had to carry it around in my backpack.
AI: Ugh. Did she divorce ye?
BE: She did not, thankfully.
AI: God. Did she at least hit ye over the head with it?
BE: That would at least be an instant end to the message.
AI: That it would!
BE: Did you have any input into that book yourself?
AI: No, I didn't. I wouldn't talk to many people. No. I haven't read it, so I don't know. I just thought…ye think that books about music should be mostly pictures. And mostly made-up stories.
BE: You know, it's over 700 pages, and I don't think there are actually any pictures.
AI: I know. No. If it's about pop music…have ye read the book by Keith Moon's butler?
BE: I have not. I've got the Moon biography by Tony Fletcher.
AI: Ye should get one…I think it's by Dougal Butler, and it's called "Moon the Loon." And it's just all the stories ye want to hear. It's just about wrecking hotels rooms and stuff. That's more like it. Ye don't want to let to get the facts get in the way of a good story.
BE: I've heard they're in talks to make a biopic of Keith Moon with Mike Myers playing the part.
AI: Right. He might get away with that.
BE: Yeah, I can kind of see that. As long as he doesn't make it too much of a caricature.
AI: Yeah. That'll be good.
BE: So you were talking about garage rock earlier. I take it you yourself are a fan of the 13th Floor Elevators, since you've mentioned them twice.
AI: Oh, yeah, of course. And anything on the Nuggets box set.
BE: Yeah, I just picked that Children of Nuggets set they put out a few months ago, and…hey, actually, Primal Scream are on that, aren't they?
AI: (Gleefully) Yeah! And so is my other band, the Revolving Paint Dream, too. That's me as well.
BE: Okay, right! So I guess that was really full circle for you, then, to actually be on one of those sets!
AI: Oh, it was great! It's an honor to be on it. But I think that first one's the best, the American one. (Writer's note: in case you have no idea what we're talking about by this point, Rhino Records has put out three box sets in their Nuggets series; the first consists predominantly of American garage bands from the '60s, the second covers the same era but with bands from other countries, and the third is filled with post-'60s garage rock revivalists.) Although they were trying to copy the British music, they did it better, for some reason. They sound more psychotic.
BE: The second one was the most educational for me, I think, because…
AI: Because ye didn't know it.
BE: Right. Because I'd gotten the various single-album collections Rhino had put out throughout the '80s, but that second set…
AI: The British stuff.
BE: Yeah, that was almost all brand-new to me.
AI: Brilliant.
BE: And there was also some international stuff on there I'd never heard. So what have you bought recently for your own personal record collection?
AI: Oh, God…
BE: I know, but it's a traditional question.
AI: Ali Farka…oh, God, how do ye say it?
BE: Oh, I know who you're talking about: (the late) Ali Farka Toure.
"I think (MySpace) is a bit like opening a can of worms. If I start, I don't know if I'd be able to stop. I don't have a PlayStation for the same reason."AI: Yeah. Because Duffy, the keyboard player, had it on the tour bus, and it's really…he's died, but it's his last LP, and it's really beautiful. That's the latest one I've just bought. And I just bought a Toots and the Maytals greatest hits. A bit of early reggae. And that's about it, recently.
BE: Any back catalog stuff you've been trying to fill in?
AI: How d'ye mean?
BE: Like, say, any older artists who you've just recently discovered?
AI: Um…I dunno. Recently, I've gotten some Elizabeth Cotton. She wrote a song called "Freight Train." It's one of your classic folk records. She died about ten years ago, but she's a phenomenal guitar player. She's pretty good. And a great voice as well.
BE: Do you find it disconcerting to realize that there's a generation of artists out there who are able to say, "Oh, yeah, I love Primal Scream, they're a big influence on me; I grew up listening to them when I was a kid"?
AI: I think it's great. It was funny, some dude wrote in and said he loved "Country Girl," and that he was 16…and I was thinking, "God, ye weren't even alive when we put the first record out!" But, yeah, it's great. Of course it's great. Especially when the young bands come up to ye and say they really like ye. Because, y'know, we used to do that to bands as well. I think it's great if ye're a musician and other musicians like ye.
BE: Are there any up and coming artists who've caught your ear?
AI: I like…well, everyone here likes the Arctic Monkeys. They're so young and they're so punky and they just mean it. And it takes away from the rotten pop music when ye hear it.
BE: Did you do the usual summer festival circuit this year?
AI: Oh, yeah. All the usual. Belgium festivals, all these places ye never want to see again, like Holland and Belgium.
BE: I've heard that a lot of the lineups at those festivals can be just totally bizarre, as far as the other artists you're playing beside.
AI: Oh, yeah, it's just bonkers.
BE: Who's the weirdest person you've ever found yourself playing with?
AI: Ah, geez. (Pauses) I can't think. I'll have to come back to that one before we finish.
BE: Okay.
AI: Actually, ye know, it's probably the Happy Mondays. We played a few shows with them last week.
BE: How are they sounding these days?
AI: They sounded great. They sound a little better than they did the last time I heard them.
BE: I did a review of a recent DVD from a 2003 concert, and it didn't appear to be any other original members in the lineup other than Shaun Ryder.
AI: Right. No, they had about four of the original lineup there, and Shaun sounded good…'cause the last time I saw them, he wasn't sounding good. He was mumblin' away. But he was on it this time. He was good.
BE: There was a special feature on this DVD called "A Pint with Shaun Ryder," and I just couldn't imagine how many pints he'd actually indulged in before the show.
AI: Ah, geez. I can't imagine. But he's a genius, though.
BE: Absolutely. But by the end of this interview, there was definitely some slurring going on.
AI: Yeah, but he's brilliant.
BE: So you guys are doing a handful of shows in the States to promote the new album…
AI: Yeah, just to start with. And, hopefully, if it gets any better, we'll come back and do a bigger tour. That's the plan, anyway.
BE: Do you have a MySpace page?
AI: I think we do. I don't really know myself.
BE: You haven't delved into it yourself?
AI: I think it's a bit like opening a can of worms. If I start, I don't know if I'd be able to stop.
BE: I think you're right. I know of what you speak.
AI: I don't have a PlayStation for the same reason…because I'll be one of these people who's still up at six in the morning, trying to get high score. So it's best just not to have it.
BE: "Andrew, come up to bed!" "I can't! Just one more game!"
AI: (Laughs) Yeah, I know. That's when you get the Creation Records story out. It's got the hard cover for her to take you down.
BE: See, I had the advantage; I had the paperback. Well, I think we're finished, then.
AI: Well, brilliant!
BE: I hope you make it to the East Coast; if so, I'd like to see you guys play.
AI: What's nearest to ye? Philadelphia?
BE: Welllllll, that's more like about eight hours.
AI: Ah, God.
BE: Washington, DC, would be closest for me.
AI: That's good fun playing there.
BE: Yeah, I guess you've played the 9:30 Club a few times.
AI: Yeah, and there was this place called the Eight by Five Club. We thought that was the size of the stage. Turned out it was the size of the club. We had to play sideways, there were so many of us.
BE: Well, if you make it down to the Norfolk area, there's a club called the Norva where they provide a hot tub for the bands.
AI: Excellent. Brilliant! Well, ta very much!


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About this designer: Konstantin Grcic
Konstantin Grcic was born in Munich, Germany in 1965. After training as a cabinet maker at Parnham College in England he studied Design at the Royal College of Art in London from 1988-1990. Since setting up his own design practice Konstantin Grcic Industrial Design in Munich in 1991 he has developed furniture, products and lighting for some of Europe's leading design companies. Grcic's most well-known designs include the Chair One for Magis and the Diana series of sheet metal side tables for ClassiCon, all of which Aram Store stock.
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Founded in 1976 in the bustling north eastern corner of Italy by a newcomer to the furniture business, Eugenio Perazza, Magis is today a giant international design laboratory that constantly puts itself to the test, seeking technological sophistication and employing a highly diversified workforce. Magis is a factory-free organization: in order to enhance the flexibility of its R&D activities, the company opted to outsource its manufacturing and relies on a local area teeming with skilled contractors. Magis uses the most advanced moulding technologies and techniques; it was the first company in the world to apply air moulding to aesthetical goods.
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Museum Director Jesse Dade Figgins and Preparator Philip
Reinheimer pose for a photo in a log cabin while out on a
specimen-collecting trip in the field likely sometime in the 1920s.
While expeditions today rely on computers and cameras, one of the
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against the wall near the head of the bed.
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Republicans went into Tuesday's election fully confident that Mitt Romney would defeat Barack Obama.
In the three months leading up to the election — and even in the dark days of the "47 percent" video leak— virtually every Republican strategist and conservative politico I spoke to was certain that Romney would pull off a victory. Arguments to the contrary were resoundingly dismissed as "a lot of Nate Silver spin."
Instead, the GOP got totally routed Tuesday, losing the White House in an electoral college landslide and squandering what was once a prime opportunity to retake control of the Senate.
It turns out that Republicans had based their projections on two misguided assumptions:
1. That Obama could never win in such a poor economy. Historically, no incumbent since FDR has ever won reelection when the unemployment rate was above 7%, or when the consumer-confidence index was below 95 (it was at 72 in October).
But history only predicts the future until it doesn't anymore. Even as polls continued to show Obama ahead or tied the issue, Republicans kept pointing to grim economic numbers as evidence Romney was going to win the race. Exit polls Tuesday found that while 77% of the electorate has a negative outlook on the economy, more than half of voters, 53%, blame the problems on former President George W. Bush, rather than on Obama.
2. There was no way Obama could mobilize the same turnout he had in 2008. Republicans operated under the assumption that low Democratic enthusiasm and disillusion with Obama would drive down turnout among Latinos, African Americans, and youth voters, the key voting blocs that made up the president's winning 2008 coalition. Romney pollsters predicted that the electorate would be older and whiter in 2012, with whites making up about 76% of the electorate, up from 74% in 2008.
As it turns out, the Romney campaign's polling model was completely wrong. The country is getting more, not less, diverse, and those shifts have been reflected in the electoral turnout for presidential races over the past 20 years. There was no real reason to indicate that 2012 would be any different.
According to exit polls, whites actually made up just 72% of the electorate this year, while Latinos and youth voters upped their share of the electorate by one percentage point each. The African American percentage of the electorate stayed the same.
Karl Rove's meltdown on Fox News Tuesday night illustrated just how shocked Republicans were by this outcome. Rove was convinced that Romney would regain the lead in Ohio with unreported rural white votes, but never anticipated the number of minority voters that would turn out for Obama in the state's urban centers. In Florida, Republicans were similarly floored by the huge Latino and African American turnout for Obama in Tampa.
The flawed assumptions underscore a more fundamental weakness in Republican campaign strategy. The predictions were based off of the vague idea that minority and first-time voters were put under Obama's charismatic spell in 2008, and would retreat from the political landscape now that the "magic" is gone. They failed to account for the Obama campaign's massive, data-driven field operation, designed to get first-time or sporadic voters to the polls, with or without the magic.
In the aftermath of Romney's loss, Republicans have fretted over how the party can appeal to other voting blocs - specifically Latinos. It's a worthwhile exercise, but useless without a mechanism to actually reach out to these voters.
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Many Federal agencies fill their jobs like private industry by allowing applicants to contact the agency directly for job information and application processing. But, while the process is similar, there are significant differences due to the many laws, executive orders, and regulations that govern Federal employment.
Many years ago, applicants who passed the civil service test were placed on standing registers of eligibles maintained by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). In addition, applicants had to complete a standard Federal employment application form, the SF-171, to apply for all jobs.
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These agencies are not subject to the appointment, pay, and classification rules in Title 5, United States Code. However, they are subject to veterans' preference. Some Federal agencies, such as the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), have only excepted service positions. Other agencies, may have some divisions or even specific jobs that may be excepted from civil service procedures. Positions may be in the excepted service by law, by executive order, or by action of OPM.
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Act Like A Thug.. Die Like One: Cop Gets Suspended After Comments About Trayvon Martin!
"The New Orleans Police Department has launched an investigation of an officer and suspended him without pay for comments he posted online in response to a WWLTV.com story. Jason Giroir is the subject of a new probe by the Public Integrity Bureau after a person who identifies himself as an NOPD employee by that name made online comments about the killing of Trayvon Martin. "A little over two hours ago I learned about internet comments attributed to Officer Jason Giroir, including in those comments was that he was a member of the NOPD, which have caused me great concern concerning his fitness for duty," said Superintendent Ronal Serpas."
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About this book"A secret to man's heart is through his stomach." my mom would tell me when I visited her after my marriage. I have kept recipes for many years in my recipe book. These are recipes I learnt from my mom over the years and my grandmother when I visited her during the holidays.
As a child I always enjoyed making variations of a dish. For some reason I never liked making a dish the same way as thousands of other people made it. I would sometimes add an ingredient or try something else to see how that would turn out. As a result my family always had to eat the not so traditional style of cooking. My husband asks when I make bisibelebaat that I have added peeled pumpkin and cantaloupe seeds in it which is highly non-traditional.
My husband has a sweet tooth so I am in the habit of making desserts. My daughter likes almost anything and everything I make (I thank God for such a lovely child) Sometimes she motivates and encourages me to make a particular dish I have skipped for a few weeks by reminding incessantly to prepare it.
The purpose of this book is to cook meals that are easy to prepare and fun at the same time. You will enjoy it even more if you cook them with a little helper (your loved one) and eat them together. If you like music, play soft music or a relaxation cassette in the boom box while making these dishes and you will heighten the joy of making it.
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'Kids Are All Right' director Lisa Cholodenko: Awards are great, but it's time to get back to work [video]
For months director Lisa Cholodenko has been talking to press, schmoozing at parties and indulging in free meals. Now that that's all coming to a close, will she go through withdrawal?
"I know I'm going to have a whole identity existential crisis," she joked Saturday at the Film Independent Spirit Awards. "I think a little R&R might be in order. It's been a long road."
A road, she said, that has largely prevented her from working on new projects. Alhough Cholodenko said she had been attempting to multitask, she admitted the promotional push for "The Kids Are All Right" had taken over the last year of her life. (The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2010.)
"You get caught up in the swirl and the events and the publicity, and it's very consuming," she said. "I've enjoyed it. It's been a fun ride and it's like a novel experience. But I'll be glad to have a little more calm and regularity going on."
The director had one of the more memorable appearances at the Spirits when she made out onstage with co-writer Stuart Blumberg after Blumberg said that "when we first started the script we were just a couple of lesbians with a hope and a dream." As for the Oscars, Cholodenko said she'd treat the ceremony as a "last hurrah." "Let's put on our fancy clothes and have a glass of champagne," she said.
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The Gentoo Release Engineering project is pleased to announce the much-delayed release of Gentoo Linux 2007.0, code named "Secret Sauce". This release met with several delays due to an abnormally high number of security vulnerabilities in large packages which had to be rebuilt using the newer, secure versions of the packages. There was also a complete resnapshot done about half-way through the release period due to the release taking so long and the packages becoming stale.
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After a 30-minute boat ride down the Amazon River from the city of Iquitos, Peru, we reached the entrance to a tributary creek that would take us the village of Centro Union Aucayo. During normal times, navigating this winding creek through the Peruvian jungle would be easy, but these were not normal times.
Rotary team member on boat ride along Amazon river to village of Aucayo
The Amazon was at its highest level in 60 years, impacting more than 200,000 people. The water had completely engulfed the natural jungle navigational markers.
It took another 45 minutes of dead ends, back-tracking, and winding through the jungle, before our long wooden boat finally arrived at the village. Three months earlier, this boat ride would have been only a 10-minute motor-bike ride on a dry creek bed.
Our six-member team from South Carolina, made up of a combination of Water Missions International representatives and Rotary Club members, along with our local Iquitos Rotarians, were greeted at the "port" of Centro Union Aucayo by some of the locals. They were excited to see us, given our mission: to kick off a project to bring safe water and sanitation to this community of 600 people.
Villagers collecting water from the creek
We were immediately taken to the local school. Class was in session and the students were surprised to have their studies interrupted by a bunch of Americans with cameras. After snapping a few photos and some poor attempts to speak Spanish, I was called to the corner of the classroom by one of the Rotarians. I was quickly reminded why we were here.
In the corner was a small plastic container with one red cup and a spigot. My first thought was that it was apple juice or some type of tea.
The author, Seth Womble, of Water Missions collects a water sample at the Aucayo school
It was water from the creek. This is the water that these children -- and the rest of this community -- drink every day. I took a sample back for analysis at our Water Missions Peru office that evening.
Testing revealed the presence of E.coli bacteria in their only drinking water. E. coli comes from contact with human or animal feces and can cause debilitating illnesses and even death.


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Cloud marketing platform BloomReach has just announced their official launch, after three years operating under the radar out of Mountain View, California. Led by CEO and co-founder Raj de Datta, the company developed a web relevance engine (WRE) that analyzes over a billion each of customer interactions and web pages daily to drive their tool suite.
BloomReach aimed to solve the problem they describe as the digital discovery divide. "Consumers go to social networks and search engines to access content on the web and are inundated with information," de Datta told us. "We want to enable great content, products, and services to help clients get found on search, social, and mobile; anywhere users access the Internet."
Of course, there are a thousand other companies out there trying to do just that. I'm always a bit skeptical of new tools and services, especially ones with lofty claims attached. However, BloomReach is one of two new options (specific to e-tailers) I've had the opportunity to check out lately that I found really and truly impressive. (The other was Monetate's Agility Suite.)
How It Works
BloomSearch, BloomLift, and BloomSocial work to get web-based content found and drive incremental revenue. They are powered by the WRE, described to us by Head of Marketing Joelle Kaufman as an "engine that semantically understands the products/services of a site, the ways consumers express interest and intention, and broader, across the web, what other products and services are in the same context."
She explained how it uses real-time data to enhance the user experience while driving revenue: "The engine dynamically determines where there is opportunity and how to adapt user experience on the website. When they are expressing intent, the right information is served. If you can meet the consumer's interest and intent, that's a consumer who's going to convert."
Using a series of widgets, BloomReach accomplishes some pretty incredible things for web businesses in need of a holistic, well-rounded approach to marketing. Users plug into the engine by connecting to their APIs. BloomReach also introduces a tracking pixel, so clients can ensure pages match the look and feel of the site.
Widgets are installed on existing pages to enhance quality of content and the structure of existing pages. One of the widgets works to ensure the deeper content of the site gets found. According to de Datta, "Based on our analytics, on average 25 percent of URLs for a given site get any at all visits in a given month. There is a huge opportunity to get more content found. After customers connect with us, their experience is that about 75 percent of their pages get traffic." Kaufman said they evaluated close to 100 major sites in that study.
BloomReach has an English language database of 12.6 million synonym pairs, 73 times more words than in Oxford dictionary. This allows their engine to understand whether products and services are described in the way in which consumers are describing them. The database is always learning and updating constantly as consumer language warps, using search and social data.
The Solutions
BloomSearch is more than an SEO tool, said de Datta, in that it's not looking at keywords and how the site may rank for them. They refer to it as a "real-time, algorithmic natural search discoverability product" that determines opportunities of unmet demand. It adapts the site to reveal products and services based on real-time customer intent and inventory data. BloomSearch also maps out how to create the minimum number of relevant pages required to attract maximum exposure in search.
BloomSocial dynamically creates experience pages based on real-time consumer behavior, social interaction and web content data, incorporating social capabilities such as Follow and Share for these new pages. New products, promotions, and other changes are communicated automatically to followers.
BloomLift creates dynamic landing pages personalized for visitors coming from paid search ads, based on available site content and known user history. It also identifies paid search terms the client should be bidding on, but is not. This service works to maximize click-to-revenue conversion by gauging user intent and routing them to the most relevant and personalized pages.
Who Will Find BloomReach Useful?
BloomReach's public launch comes after three years of "stealth mode." They operate on a 100 percent paid-for-performance model, meaning pricing depends on which product you're using. Bloom Search is PPC, so clients only pay for incremental new traffic. With Conversion Bloom Lift, they pay for incremental conversion lift.
BloomSearch is a platform large online retailers should look into. The size, scope, and constantly updating nature of their database paired with the focus on user experience and conversion is both impressive and refreshing. The UI is clean and won't leave marketers feeling bogged down in data. This is a holistic, multi-channel solution that addresses online businesses' needs for automation and scalable search marketing.
Headquartered in Mountain View, they are backed by Bain Capital Ventures and Lightspeed Ventures. Currently, their clients include Williams-Sonoma Inc., Ampush Media, and Beau-coup Inc., among others.
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You knew Adele could sing, but did you know she can wake people up from comas?
Recently, the pop singer's music was the difference between a child's recovery from a nearly fatal brain hemorrhage and having to say goodbye.
Charlotte Neve, a British 7-year-old, slipped into a coma after suffering a hemorrhage in April. Doctors told her mother Leila it was likely the girl wouldn't make it, according to MSNBC.com. But when Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" came on the radio at the hospital, Leila started singing along.
Charlotte apparently recognized the song, which she used to sing with her mother. Doctors report she smiled — the first time she'd reacted to anything during her coma. Within two days she could speak and move about.
So, what did a song about a scorned lover have to do with Charlotte's recovery? Dr. Emery Neal Brown, professor at Harvard Medical School and MIT, told MSNBC that "Rolling in the Deep" was a salient stimulus — something the girl was familiar with that held meaning for her.
Because the memory had an emotional context, it held more power there than mere words, and stimulated her brain.
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Country legend Willie Nelson is set to kick off the 2014 Greek Theatre concert season.
The legendary singer-songwriter-guitarist, known for such immortal offerings as "Crazy," "Hello Walls," "Red Headed Stranger" and "Stardust," performs April 12 at the historic Berkeley venue.
The Texan will be joined at this show by two other critically acclaimed acts — the Drive-By Truckers and Shovels and Rope. It's the only date on Nelson's spring-summer tour that will feature all three acts.
Tickets are $49.50 and go on sale at 10 a.m. Jan. 12 through www.ticketmaster.com. Presale tickets will be available Jan. 9 at www.ticketmaster.com (password is girls).
Nelson is supporting last year's popular "To All the Girls …," an album that features the country legend in duets with such acclaimed female vocalists as Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood, Dolly Parton, Norah Jones, Loretta Lynn and Sheryl Crow.
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Four Linux Games I Can't Stop Playing
The Battle for Wesnoth
The GNU/Linux operating system isn't exactly known for gaming, but that doesn't mean that there aren't any games on it that are worth playing. Recently I installed an array of different titles and, combined with some that I had already played, I've compiled a list of must-have GNU/Linux games (and a few "honorable mentions") to joyously erode your free time.
The Battle for Wesnoth is the premiere turn-based strategy game for GNU/Linux. If you're already familiar with games like Crystal Warriors or Military Madness, The Battle for Wesnoth will be very familiar. If you're new to the genre but enjoy strategy games, you'll fall in love with Wesnoth by the time the tutorials are over (see Figure 1).
The Battle for Wesnoth is not so much a game in itself as it is a framework for game campaigns. The standard distribution comes with four rather lengthy campaigns, each with interesting storylines, excellent music, and challenging and attractive maps. Each campaign has three difficulty levels, so the replayability factor is fairly high. I've been through the default campaign three times already, each time learning new strategies and tactics.
In addition to the standard campaign set, there are tons of other that you can download from within the game. I've found most of them to be buggy or non-working, and the majority of the downloadable campaigns do not have the depth and attention to detail that the standard set does.
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- 1. The Battle for Wesnoth
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Implys the opposite. The individual refered to is not crazy at all, rather cunning (like a fox). Used when one appears to be 'crazy', but is acting with a hidden motive, in a cunning way
Person 1 : "What's that guy doing? He's crazy"
Person 2 : "Yeah...Crazy like a FOX!"
Person 2 : "Yeah...Crazy like a FOX!"
by Umpa Lumpa October 15, 2003
an individual whose actions are unpredictable; they can be cunning (or at least like to think that they are) and a bit sneaky. Not to be confused with batshit crazy, though ingestion of alcohol and other narcotic substances can lead to the "fox" in question to lose the ability to disguise their craziness and indeed become a crazy freaking maniac
George: "thank you. you're welcome. thank you. you're welcome. thank you. you're welcome"
Andrew: "you're batshit crazy!"
George: "no way, man- I'm Crazy like a Fox."
Andrew: "you're batshit crazy!"
George: "no way, man- I'm Crazy like a Fox."
by antimyrmidon April 06, 2011
phrase to exaggerate craziness, often in sarcastic or half-joking form.
by maybenot September 05, 2003
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Nothing to do when cornered/stealing french fries or just plain bored, the C.l.a.F. is best used. It involces a distraction, te shouting, "Crazy... LIKE A FOX!" Then headbutting them after they turn around.
Dude, Jared just totally Crazy....LIKE A FOX 'D Rob.
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by RayRayBeaverface September 16, 2007
Simile used to describe a person or event that acts or is outside of the norm in either a sneaky or fun way. May also be used in elliptical form (parts of the phrase are implied and not actually spoken). Origin: Homer Simpson.
"Allison likes to wear shiny pants when she's drunk; she's crazy like a fox."
"Becca is 'crazy LIKE a' today because she had 3 Frappucinos for breakfast.
"Becca is 'crazy LIKE a' today because she had 3 Frappucinos for breakfast.
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Increased transparency is a consequence to the digital age. A transparent organization shares information purposely beyond the boardroom with both members and nonmembers alike. Organizational transparency encourages, honors, and engages with the public. Transparency is the degree to which an organization shares the following with its stakeholder publicly:
- Leaders are accessible and straightforward.
- Employees are accessible and can reinforce the public view of the company by providing superb customer service, when appropriate.
- Ethical behavior, fair treatment, and other values are on full display.
- It's culture. How a company does things is more important than what it does.
- Successes, failures, victories, and problems are all communicated. Results of business practices, good and bath are communicated.
- Business practices are aligned with the business strategy. Misalignment can results in disaster.
The reasons why certain organizations have productive and lively workplaces go beyond hiring efficient employees and paying competitive wages. Workplace transparency can increase employee happiness, productivity and decrease the turnover rate. The responsibility of introducing transparency into the workplace falls upon the shoulders of management by keeping employees up to date with workplace changes. Communication is key; it can be as simple as carbon copying your employees in your emails.
Thanks to the evolution of social media, transparency is no longer an option. It is in the organization's best interest to talk openly and behave ethically. Some recognized transparent organizations are Wholefoods, La-Z-boy, and PriceSmart. These organizations model openness and integrity. When organizations announce their motives to the public it allows the public to hold the company accountable.
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srichard22 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de camiseta y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
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B.O.B. (sub caption) "Bulls On the Brain"
We are looking for a T-shirt design (front & back) for our character BOB.
The concept is "Bulls On the Brain".
IMPORTANT: When we say "Bulls" we are talking about Elk.
The target audience is meant to appeal to sportsmen hunters. However, most shopping for men apparel is done by women so the graphics need to be eye catching to women as well.
Use the character image of BOB we attached in your design.
Be creative with the font but keep it bold and easy to read.
We need a front and back design for this shirt.
We like the idea of the character B.O.B. being small and on the front of the shirt but we are open to your ideas.
On the back we are looking for something like antlers or anything to convey "Bulls On the Brain" be creative.
Three colors or less would be desirable due to printing costs.
The design will be printed on black, gray, and sand color T-shirts.
We DON'T want this to look too cartoonish or like clip art, but it doesn't have to be lifelike either so somewhere between the two would be great.
We have been trying for some time to put together a design for this without any success which is why we are turning to you for your help and expertise as a graphic artist. The character Bob is a simple, yet cool guy who wants to enjoy life and live a little so please be creative and make something amazing that will woo us.
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Sword Art Online: Hollow Fragment's story will be separated into two chapters - the first chapter is a slightly modified version of the floor clearing in the previous game, Infinity Moment, while the second is the brand new 'Hollow Area' chapter. The Hollow Area will reportedly include a brand new story involving the notorious player-killing guild "Laughing Coffin" and of course the new playable character Philia!
The gameplay will remain very similar to that in Infinity Moment, but expanding with the 'Burst Gauge' which allows continuous attacks, so long as you have the available burst energy to pull them off; and you won't be pulling them off alone in Hollow Fragment as Bandai Namco have added the ability to create your own non-playable character to fight alongside you!
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If you would have told me at the begining of the season the Steelers would be playing in the Super Bowl I would've said that was wishful thinking. I'm so proud of this organization and team. The Steelers have one of the premier organizations in all of sports. I've been rooting for the Steelers since I was a little kid. I did a few videos on the great playoff run the Steelers had. There are highlights from the game against the ravens, a look at the AFC championship trophy ceremony, and highlights from the AFC Championship game.
It was hard to see them go down but I loved how they fought to get back in that game. I'm proud to be a steelers fan and love the mentality that they play with. Great season and plenty of awesome memories.
Enjoy the offseason and have a great day!
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Hi everybody! It's the Midnight Mama back again to share another tutorial with you here on the Moda Bake Shop! This one is for a contrast quilt using half square triangles (HSTs). It has endless possibilities of piecing arrangements. By making one very simple block, you can create many different designs.
You will need light fabric squares and an equal number of dark or printed fabric squares. Get your squares and let's get started!
4 charm packs of Bella Solids in cream
1 layer cake of Clermont Farms
4 1/2 yards of backing fabric
2/3 yard of binding fabric
Cut your 10″ layer cake squares into quarters. Each square will measure 5″.
~ NOTE ~ One layer cake cut into quarters = 4 charm packs. ~
On the wrong side of the fabric, draw a diagonal line from the top corner to bottom corner of each light charm square.
Put a dark or printed charm square right sides together with a light charm square. Sew 1/4″ on each side of the diagonal line.
Cut apart on the drawn diagonal line.
Now you have 2 HST sets. Press towards the dark or printed fabric.
Repeat these steps for all of the charm squares.
Now comes the hard part . . . deciding which layout to use! To pick a layout, I taped an extra piece of batting to the wall. My HSTs stick to the batting so I can arrange them in different layouts. I have a few layouts below, but you can make your own unique design. You can create "Endless Possibilities" with these HSTs! Have fun!
Piece, layer, quilt, and bind!
A 72″ x 72″ quilt with "Endless Possibilities."


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