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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Scoots boots the game away
But how frustrating was it to see Scutaro botch two very makeable plays, handing a victory to the Tigers that the Jays should have had locked up? On both plays, it looked as though Scoots offered up about a half-measure of effort, playing the ball off to the side of his body rather than getting in front of it.
Maybe it doesn't matter at this point, seeing as how the manager can't be arsed to think about sending out his strongest lineup every night. Still, it's a kick in the crotch for the handful of Jays fans left to see a tiny flame of hope for a win and maybe a 75 win season snuffed out.
Maybe it has something to do with the ball that Marco took off his noggin a few weeks back, but he hasn't been the same player over the past month. Plays in the field aren't being made, and he's posted a .614 OPS for the month of September so far.
As Lloyd/Drew tweeted last night, we need for Scutaro to pull it together to reach Type A Free Agent status if we're going to get some compensatory draft picks out of him.
For those of you holding out hope...don't.
With last night's loss, the Jays are officially eliminated from the playoffs. So...2010!!!1(?)
A Cito excuse that doesn't fly
Here's what some of the kids say in defense of Cito Gaston and his asstastic craptacular lineups: "Well, what's he supposed to do with a crappy team like this?"
You know what? Fuck that. In the end, Cito's going to have a lineup with two 30 homer 100 RBI guys...and he hasn't even considered using them in a constructive manner until next year. If Cito had three 30 homer 100 RBI guys, he'd still screw it up.
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- eyebleaf said...
Def. don't agree with the shitting upon of Scutaro. His first full season, the man is clearly running out of gas. And who can blame him? He's been everything and more at short, and at the top of the order. This is the guy who is going to break Tony Fernandez's record for reaching base safely in one season. I think we can find someone else to pick on.
Also: are two 30 HR, 100 RsBI guys supposed to make this team a playoff team? Look at all the black holes throughout the lineup. Even a third wouldn't make this team any closer.
Apologies in advance; I'm in a foul fucking mood.
- September 15, 2009 at 11:45 AM
- Tao of Stieb said...
The point is that we shouldn't be putting on the poor mouth about how crappy our team is and how powerless Cito is...
But then he bats Millar 4th, leaves Randy Ruiz (.889 OPS and 7 HRs) on the bench, bats Snider 9th, uses Jesse Carlson indiscriminately...
Come on.
- September 15, 2009 at 11:51 AM
- The Ack said...
The lineup management is fucked. I'm sorry. It hurts me to say it. Truly does.
But what the fuck with statements like "maybe next year we'll move Hill and Lind down a spot." Well, how about this year?
At least make the best with what you have. Not saying it will be a different result, but.....fuck, man.
- September 15, 2009 at 12:06 PM
- REAN said...
Any ten year old playing MLB vids would put one of their 30/100 guys in the 4 hole.
It's plain silly at this point.
RIP - 2009 Blue Jays.
Can't wait to hear what kind of plan is going to be unveiled.
- September 15, 2009 at 12:13 PM
- eyebleaf said...
Nobody can justify Cito's lineups. They're insane. Tao, you've said it, and I've said it, too: there's no excuse for not putting the best lineup out there.
At the same time, I can understand leaving Hill and Lind alone. They've worked.
But I guess moving them down now, if they're going to moved next year, would make sense too.
Fuck everything.
- September 15, 2009 at 12:27 PM
- Voodoo Matt said...
The problem with moving them down is that you have to put some black hole in the number 2 spot. I'd rather keep Scutaro, Hill and Lind back-to-back-to-back and ignore the lack of a number four hitter than stick some hump in amongst them.
The point I'm trying to make is that Millar sucks.
- September 15, 2009 at 12:40 PM
- plain_g said...
i'd love to see if ruiz can keep up the hr every 10 or 11 at-bats rate. but, you know, i guess no one else does.
- September 15, 2009 at 12:46 PM
- Darren Priest said...
So, Tao, anything else in the baseball world catch your wandering eye when it's garbage time for the Jays?
The NL West/NL Wild Card is pretty interesting.
- September 15, 2009 at 12:52 PM
- Mattt said...
So when is the official unveiling of 'The Plan'?
- September 15, 2009 at 1:47 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
See, this is the thing that is so fucking stupid. It's not the ACTUAL position in the lineup that matters as much as RELATIVE position.
So if you lead off Vernon (go with me here), have Scoots hit 2nd, Hill hit 3rd and Lind 4th, you have the three productive guys still hitting in the same relative spot in the lineup.
Unless anybody actually believes that having the actual 2nd spot in the lineup is really what has made Hill produce this year.
What a fucking mess.
- September 15, 2009 at 1:48 PM
- Ty said...
Normally I'd be a little mad about Cito refusing to move Hill and Lind down in the lineup but there are way too many things lineup-related decisions that are far worse right now.
What's his rationale for keeping Ruiz on the bench? I'm not one of those people who thinks he's the second coming or anything, but he's done nothing but rake since he's been up here and he has a decade of fantastic minor league numbers to back him up, so why not let him play? If he starts to struggle then I can understand sitting him, but for goodness sakes, shouldn't we at least be taking a real look at this guy right now while we have the chance?
And Phillips hitting in front of Snider is just ridiculous. Cito's excuse for batting Snider 9th has always been that he's a rookie and he doesn't want to put too much pressure on him, which I guess kind of might possibly make a little bit of sense, until you bat him behind a guy making his major league debut. That just defies all the logic Cito's been using to justify his use of Snider so far this year, which means he must just REALLY hate the kid for whatever reason.
- September 15, 2009 at 2:29 PM
- Bitey said...
Is Ruiz hurt?
I can't understand why he's not in the line-up tonight, based on what he did last series in New York.
- September 15, 2009 at 5:00 PM
- Jayszone93 said...
There has actually been numerous studies on the fact that the order of your lineup makes very very little impact over the course of a season.
Check out the comparison of AL East 2B on my blog! Where does Hill rank??
- September 15, 2009 at 9:20 PM
- Torgen said...
Well usually managers don't bat a pitcher cleanup, so it's hard to get a large sample size on the effect of doing it.
- September 15, 2009 at 10:26 PM


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Tinkhundla monster killed PUDEMO's Jele
The decision by Prime Minister Sibusiso Barnabas Dlamini to have an inquest into the death of Sipho Jele, the member of the since proscribed People's United Democratic Movement (PUDEMO), in the hands of police is merely playing politics because it will never achieve anything, least of all bring the dead man back to life.
As I see it the PM's public posture on the matter of the PUDEMO man's death is no different to another similar case, that of Mandlenkhosi Moses Ngubeni, famously known as 'Mathousand', who also died in the hands of the police because there never was any commitment from the government of the day to see justice done in that matter. It is purely academic that government went through the motions of being gravely concerned by 'Mathousand's' death by staging an inquest as a public relations stunt to pacify the anger it triggered from both domestic and international quarters.
The inquest into the 'Mathousand' death was damning as it found that the suspect had been 'tubed' or suffocated while under police custody. Specifically the inquest's conclusion on the death of 'Mathousand' was as follows; "From the evidence gathered I find that the deceased Mandla Mathousand Ngubeni was suffocated or 'tubed' by the police interrogating him, who in my view were acting in common purpose and were trying to extract the truth about the disappearance of the money at Fast Towing Services."
Significantly the inquest never achieved anything because no one was prosecuted as perhaps anticipated since a crime had been committed as per observations of the inquest; "It was however possible in my view to conclude that the said person (Mathousand) was subjected to some torture of sorts, possibly suffocation by the police, which I believe was an unlawful act for which the necessary action may be taken by the Director of Public Prosecution should she be satisfied in this regard."
Another significant observation of the inquest was that the police were also negligent in not being able to act promptly when it was apparent that Ngubeni was having a difficulty in the cells.
In my view an earlier intervention by them (police) taking him for medical treatment whatever the cause for his suffering would have been the most prudent step expected of one having control over other people's lives."
Additionally, to date none of the recommendations of the inquest, which among others include restraining police from using torture methods to extract evidence from suspects as well as improved treatment of suspects in the hands of the police for interrogation purposes appear to have never been implemented as attested to by the many complaints by suspects whenever they appear before the courts to the effect that they are routinely mistreated and tortured by police.
Notwithstanding the sacredness of life – any human being's life whatever their station in life - the 'Mathousand' case pales into insignificance to that of PUDEMO's Jele. Jele simply died because he subscribed to a political ideology that is diametrically opposed to the Tinkhundla system of government.
That is the significance of his arrest ostensibly because he was wearing a T-shirt of PUDEMO, a political organisation that was proscribed on as yet unproven accusations of terrorism through a piece of legislation, the Suppression of Terrorism Act of 2008, that runs counter to the spirit and the letter of the national Constitution that supposedly is the supreme law of the country.
Not only does that piece of law seeks to force the Tinkhundla philosophy down the throats of every citizen but it confers too much power on an individual, the Prime Minister Sibusiso Barnabas Dlamini, to do as he pleases.
As I see it the difference between the 'Mathousand' and Jele case is that whereas the former was arrested for a suspected criminal offence, the latter's constitutional rights were violated because of his political beliefs, namely that he did not subscribe to the Tinkhundla political philosophy but to one that was diametrically opposed to it.
In any civilized state Jele would not have died but allowed to pursue his political beliefs in cognisance of his inalienable fundamental human rights as enshrined in the national Constitution. Had the obtaining political hegemony allowed and permitted Jele to exist as a free political spirit in pursuance of what he believed in he would still be with us today.
So, who is really to blame for the life snuffed at its prime? I do not think, as many believe, that the police are to blame for this heinous crime. The police, in as far as I am concerned, are mere vessels ready and willing to fulfill the desires and machinations of their political masters.
If anything, they were acting on the mandate spelled out upon the appointment of their ultimate boss, the PM. For the police, Jele was just another casualty in the line of duty, a duty for which they took an oath to live up to, when they decided to transform into men and women in uniform to serve not the people but their political masters.
Because, unlike in democratic countries and societies, in essence the police in this Kingdom of eSwatini are not really in service of or for the people but are primarily for the political status quo.
That essentially is the supreme calling of the police for which they should be pitied because they too need to make a living given non-existent alternative job opportunities elsewhere.
To get back to the question of who is really to blame for Jele's demise, my take is that it is the Tinkhundla political monstrosity. For had the obtaining political oligarchy given space to political pluralism in a true democracy Jele would still be alive because there would never have been the need to incarcerate him simply for wearing a T-shirt belonging to a political entity that should have never been proscribed in the first place without due process.
Had the ruling class respected the national Constitution there would never have been the need for the police to invade and intimidate workers celebrating May Day, an event that has official recognition even within the confines of the small political space allowed to proponents of real democracy here, and not the self-serving so-called unique democracy being perpetuated by the obtaining political oligarchy.
As I see it, it is immaterial whether Jele might have committed suicide by hanging himself or not, which is also doubtful especially for a man who was once arrested for much more serious political crimes but did not find in himself the zeal to become a martyr by taking his own life than for wearing a T-shirt belonging to a political organisation abhorred by the ruling elite.
Even assuming the worst, that Jele took his own life for whatever reason, which in itself is an absurdity of the first order, the fact remains that it is the Tinkhundla monstrosity that led him to do that for had he not been incarcerated simply for wearing his T-shirt of choice he would still be with us today lest he was struck down by stray cattle that have taken ownership of public roads or in one of the freak kombi accidents.
If anyone is in doubt as to who killed Jele then the entry of the traditional institution, his chiefdom of Encabaneni, which we all know to be one of the footstools of the ruling class as prescribed by the national Constitution, by first attempting to disown Jele and his family and later trying to coerce a fine from the family for pursuing dissenting political views from the obtaining system is solid confirmation that the political juggernaut of the Tinkhundla was at work.
As if that was not enough, police had to barge in, I am sure acting on instructions of their political masters, to stop Jele's funeral. Talk of being persecuted even in death, the Tinkhundla political system has become a master persecutor as attested by the credentials it earned over the Mzikayise N1tshangase debacle.
Has anyone, with the exception of those salivating and feed off the obtaining Tinkhundla political system, been left in any doubt as to who is responsible for Sipho Jele's death?
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Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Merry Christmas
Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
The Orr Family- David, Laura and Berkley
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Rustic Glam Christmas Tree
Yes- that is the same name I gave my tree
last year
... and the tree looks very similar to last year's tree. If I had it my way (and an endless holiday bank account), I would change up Christmas decor every year. My husband, on the other hand, thinks that idea is ridiculous! So I am using much of what I had last year but tweaking it just a bit! So without further ado- here is our
Rustic Glam Christmas Tree!
I used my "fabric feathers" that I just loved on last year's tree and layered in silver, gold and burlap ribbons. I stuck with my gold, silver, mercury glass and rustic ornaments although I did surprise myself with a few new ornaments that I forgot I bought after Christmas last year!
I also set up our advent calendar on time this year and we have enjoyed counting down to Christmas!
In the middle of the chaos of trying to pack and move, the glow of the Christmas tree makes the house still feel festive- just ignore the all the boxes!! It just wouldn't be Christmas without the tree and I couldn't stand the thought of not setting it up!
If you're curious, here is a photo of our
Rustic Glam tree:
I'm linking up with
Honey We're Home
Thrifty Decor Chick
for their Christmas Tree Parties!
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Sunday, December 9, 2012
{Handmade Gifts} Aromatherapy Eye Pillow
Hi Everyone!! Today I have teamed up with a great group of ladies to create handmade gifts with something for all ages! If you need an idea for a few more gifts under the tree, check out these sweet handmade ideas from the ladies listed below!
DIY Felt Slippers
Wills Casa
Personalised Hand-Stamped Tea Towels
from Chibi Run
Personalised Tile Coasters
from Made 2 Style
Sock Monsters
from Ava Pot Pie
Homemade Basil Pesto
from KukuCouture Invitations
Lace Boot Cuffs
from S{Thomp}ing Ground
Aromatherapy Eye Pillow
from Markham Street Design
DIY Paint by Numbers Canvas
from Sophie at Home
Personalised Memory Matching Game
from Max & Me
These past few months have been a little stressful for my mom. Some changes at home and at work have given her a few rough days here and there. I figured what could be a better Christmas gift than some relaxation. An aromatherapy eye pillow is an easy gift to make that will pair well with a glass of wine to help her relax after a long day.
Eye pillows are filled with flax seeds and a few drops of lavender oil and are supposed to help headaches and work as an antidepressant. The pillow has the perfect weight to put enough pressure on your face to contour to it, blocking out the light.
To create the pillow, I used:
- Two 9" x 3" pieces of fabric scraps
- Sewing Machine and Thread
- Scissors
- Flax Seeds
- Lavender Oil
First, I sewed the two scraps of fabric together (pretty sides facing each other) on three sides, leaving one of the small sides open. And then turned the pillow right side out.
Next I mixed the flax seed and lavender oil. I straight guessed on amounts here. I filled the bowl with flax seed and then sprinkled the lavender oil until it smelled good. (Sorry I can't be more specific than that!!)
I then stirred and spooned the flax seeds into the pillow and sewed the last end closed. It may not be the prettiest gift under the tree but it sure does smell good!
Handmade gifts are my favorite to give and to receive!! Does anyone have some great handmade gift ideas?
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Friday, December 7, 2012
DIY Art Inspired by Lulie Wallace
Over the past couple of years, I have started a collection of canvases with every intention of making a beautiful piece of art for our home. I started one project over two years ago that involved six square canvases but half way through, changed my mind on the direction I wanted to go with art. So, in the meantime, I have six lonely white canvases that have been hanging out in my junk room.
I have
so many beautiful art pieces and
Lulie Wallace
's gorgeous flower arrangement paintings kept standing out to me. I decided to try my hand at a painting inspired by her work.
What I love so much about Lulie Wallace's paintings is they look so effortless. They have a "sketch-like" feel to the painting that I
would be simple to try and imitate. I fell in to the paint-inside-the lines-perfectly-trap and my painting started to look more like "paint by numbers" rather than the sketch-like I loved. This project definitely made me appreciate the talent it takes to create a beautiful work of art.
I went back over with metallic gold, silver and green paints to help give a more sketchy feel. I think it helped a little bit in that department but I also love how the light bounces off all those metallic accents. I love the art work I created but one day maybe I can own a
Lulie Wallace painting.
Has anyone ever dabbled in creating you own work of art? After this, I have realized my dreams of a large abstract DIY painting maybe be harder than I originally thought!
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Thursday, December 6, 2012
Simple Fresh Wreaths
In phase 2 or 3 of trying to decorate our
earlier this week, I came across four embroidery hoops I had stashed in our junk room and thought they would make great little wreaths. Seconds later, I was out in our yard (with a flash light) clipping greenery off a few bushes we had around our house.
I created four of these simple fresh wreaths all within twenty minutes- seriously easy with the exception of a few hot glue burns. Although they didn't work for my mantel, I found a new home for them hanging in front of the window behind our Christmas tree.
I put a line of hot glue around the edge of the hoop and then clipped small sections of the greenery to wrap around until the front of each loop was covered. Then I hung each hoop with some leftover silver and gold ribbon I had in my Christmas stash.
I'm glad I was able to find another home for these cute little things. They may not last all season but there is plenty more greenery where that came from out in the yard!
I'm linking up with
Centsational Girl
for her Christmas Craft link party and
The Nester for the Best Christmas DIY and Crafts Ever Party
! Head over and check out all the great inspiration for decking your halls this season!
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Metallic Mantel
Sparkle, shiny metallics and candlelight- our mantel this year is full of all three. By using what we had in our Christmas decor collection, I lined our mantel with candle sticks and votive candles mixed with shiny ornaments and our faux zinc "Peace" letters.
confetti painted vases
look great paired with the mercury glass votives and other metal candle holders. I filled the large glass pillar candle holders with silver beaded garland and used white candles throughout.
I used a frilly white frame I had and dangled a few extra ornaments to add height to the middle of the mantel.
This is like plan "d" for the mantel this year. I tried a few different ideas and finally settled on this layout (for now). Who knows what might change before Christmas!
Just in case you were wondering- here is my mantel from 2011.
I'm linking up with
The Lettered Cottage
Ten June
for their mantel parties!
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Monday, December 3, 2012
Confetti Painted Vases
I am trying to use most of what I already have for Christmas decor this year. It just doesn't make sense to go out and buy all new but, then again, I like to change it up just a bit! Last year I used lots of silvers, golds and a few rustic elements and I plan on doing the same this year. For a simple holiday craft, I created confetti painted vases using craft paint and plain clear vases I already had at home.
I pinned a
colorful version
of these vases a while back and knew that a simple metallic version would mix in great with my holiday decor.
I started with these clear Libby vases that I had left over from our wedding.(I used
trick to get out all the melted candle wax!) I had planned on confetti-ing all 7 vases that I had on hand, then decided maybe 5 would look better, then I started working and realized how much time each one took and decided 3 would be great!
I used two colors of gold and one champagne craft paint. To create the dots, I dipped the wooden end of a paint brush in to the paint and then dotted the vase. The more paint on the end of the brush creates a larger dot.
I started with the darkest color, then added the middle shade, and then the lightest color on top. In between colors, I used a hair dryer to quickly dry the dots. Also, if some of the dots got too thick, I dried them just enough before spinning the vase to keep the dot from running.
The directions then say to place in a cold oven, preheat to 350 degrees, bake for 30 minutes and then turn off the oven and cool completely while the glasses are still in. I kind of skipped this step but I'm sure I'll get around to it eventually!!
My plan for the mantel was to cluster many metallic candles together but I am running a few short since I only decided to create three confetti vases. I have a little tweaking to do to the mantel but I'll come up with something!
These are pretty with a little candle in them but will also look great with flowers for non-christmas-y occasions!
I can't believe it is Christmas time already! It seems like this year has flown by- but I'm taking in every little moment this last month here at home!
I'm linking up with
Hi Sugarplum
on Tuesday and also
The Nester for the Best Christmas DIY and Crafts Ever Party
! Come check out all the great crafts!!
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Chevron Painted Kitchen Mat
This project has been on my to-do list for a long time! I spotted this
Ziggy Mat
in the June/July issue of HGTV Magazine but I couldn't dish out $40 on a kitchen mat. I decided to take the not-so-cute foam kitchen mat that I already had and paint it to look like the Ziggy.
I planned for this project to be one of my first in my 31 Days Project and then tried to hurry and finish in time for the latest Pinterest Challenge- which neither happened in time. Now, it has sat finished for a couple of weeks before I got around to blogging about it!
To start, I took the kitchen mat we already had and added a layer of primer.
By looking at my inspiration and guestimating how wide each stripe was, I marked each line and then taped off every other one.
I then marked off each of the diagonal lines every three inches or so.
I used craft acrylic paints from Hobby Lobby in many colors. I started to match the colors to that of the original mat but ended up choosing some that I liked more.
The tape kept my vertical lines crisp and straight, but to avoid the time of taping off every other diagonal section, I free-handed those edges.
After peeling up the tape, I connected the diagonal lines to create the chevron pattern.
I taped off the edges again and then started painting the second set of stripes. I had a few touch ups to make at the end but overall the Frog Tape worked well! To finish, I added a couple of thin coats of wipe-on poly. This just protects the craft paint from any spill or dirt that may get on the mat. I have had a few spills and drips to clean up and I am happy to report they wiped off easily with a damp paper towel!
This mat adds a great pop of color to my otherwise tan kitchen! I absolutely love it!! It took quite a bit of time but I'm so glad I did it! Using the mat and paints I already had at home, I would say this mat is a steal of a deal compared to the $40 competitor!!
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Friday, November 9, 2012
{Date Night} October
Continuing on through our
date basket
, David and I went on our October date a couple of weeks ago. Our city's parks department hosts Movies in the Park and plays favorite movies each Thursday night in April and October. This year we decided to go to the annual Halloween showing of our hometown thriller- The Town That Dreaded Sundown.
In the envelope I included the info sheet describing the date and some of our favorite candies to snack on.
The Town That Dreaded Sundown
is a movie loosely based on a true story about unsolved murder mystery cases in the Texarkana area- including Spring Lake Park- back in 1946. The "Phantom Killer" murdered five people over the course of a couple of months and had the town of Texarkana in fear of who would be lurking around outside after the sun went down. The Phantom Killer was never identified and could still be out there today!! buhahaha.....
It was my first time to see the movie. I was a little scared-y cat and thought the idea of watching this movie in the same park where some of the murders occurred was just a little too much for me! But it wasn't as scary as I first thought.
sorry for the grainy iphone photo!
The annual showing is a big event and there was a great turnout this year. We sat out our lawn chairs, bundled up and enjoyed the movie.
To anyone thinking of creating a Date Basket- David and I have really enjoyed our dates! We are kind of sad that we only have two more left but hope that we can keep the dates up even after we
move to Africa
!! Has anyone come up with any fun dates of your own? I would love to hear!!
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James Frost, tenor, was born in Dallas, Texas and received his Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Frost teaches applied voice and directs the Opera Theatre at Lee University. After his professional debut as Goro in the Knoxville Civic Opera's production of Madama Butterfly, he soon was in demand to portray other character roles at various opera companies in the United States, in particular the Opera Theatre of St. Louis, the Boston Lyric Opera, the Kennedy Center's Washington Opera Company and the Central City Opera House Association in Colorado, in part because of his acting skills and clear vocal tone. During this period, he continued his vocal studies with Edward Zambara and coachings with John Wustman, accompanist for Luciano Pavarotti and other renowned singers. Not only was Frost interested in the operatic repertoire, but he was also, and still is, particularly interested in the German Lied. At this time, he and Wustman collaborated in a presentation of Franz Schubert's song-cycle Die schöne Müllerin, which he later performed with Stephen Dubberly at the University of Tennessee, Werner Seitzer in Hildesheim, Germany, and Cliff Jackson during the Central City Opera's 1997 season.In 1987, Frost received an offer to become a member of the Stadttheater Hildesheim ensemble in Hildesheim, Germany. With over 120 roles to his credit, he has also performed in other European opera houses and festivals (Oper Leipzig, Oper der Stadt Bonn, Tiroler Landestheater in Innsbruck, Berliner Kammeroper and the Edinburgh Festival, among others), singing a wide range of roles from the lyric and Spieltenor opera/operetta repertoire, ranging from Monteverdi to Wagner and into the 20th century with works by such composers as Bernstein, Britten, Floyd, Stravinsky, Hindemith and Paulus, among others. A very versatile performer, Frost is also comfortable on the musical theater stage, performing such roles as the Master of Ceremonies in Cabaret, Charlie in Brigadoon, Osgood in Sugar, and the Professor and Chagal in Roman Polanski's Dance of the Vampires, among others. On the concert stage, he has sung many works composed by Bach, Händel, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Rossini, Britten and Weill, among others.After working with such renowned directors as Colin Graham and Frank Corsaro, it was Frost's wish, while continuing to perform, to find a position at a university or conservatory of music which combines the teaching of vocal technique in the studio with the teaching of acting skills in the form of an opera workshop. In order to accomplish this goal, he enrolled as a graduate student in the Master of Music program at the University of Tennessee, where, studying voice with George Bitzas, he assisted the director of the Opera Workshop, Michael Ehrman, in the teaching of the "Fundamentals of Acting for Singers" classes and in the directing of an annual Operatic Scenes Program, where he had the opportunity to direct Ravel's one-act opera, L'enfant et les sortiléges.Since coming to Lee University, he has had the opportunity to continue performing in Germany, working with many excellent directors and adding to his performing experience, which he will in turn share with his students. In 2009-2010 he had the honor of performing the roles of Kunz Vogelgesang and David in Wagner's "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" at the Theater für Niedersachsen (formerly Stadttheater Hildesheim) in Hildesheim, Germany, in celebration of the theater's 100th birthday.
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William R. Green is the Dean of the School of Music at Lee University, where he oversees a broad program of undergraduate and graduate music degrees with dedicated study in performance, music education, church music, and music business. As a Professor of Music, he also conducts the Lee University Chorale and the Lee University Festival Choir and teaches graduate and undergraduate conducting. He earned the Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting from the University of Kentucky and the Master of Music from Georgia State University. Green performed and recorded with Robert Shaw as a member of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus and Chamber Chorus. The impact of this musical experience led Green to doctoral research on Shaw's techniques on rhythm and phrasing, specifically in relation to the works of J.S. Bach.
In addition to his work with Shaw, Green has collaborated with many of the leading conductors of our time, including John Rutter, Yoel Levi, Z. Randall Stroope, Ann Howard Jones, and Jefferson Johnson. He has led performances of many of the major works for chorus and orchestra, including Handel's Messiah, the Requiems of Mozart and Fauré, Brahms' Ein Deutches Requiem, Beethoven's Choral Fantasy and Mass in C Major, Vaughan Williams' Serenade to Music, and the works of Bach, Britten, Poulenc, Vivaldi, and Schubert, among others. Ruth Cartridge of the Chattanooga Pulse said, "Green's touch with the waves of sound in Brahms was simply lovely. There is an aura of suppressed energy in his pianissimos that would make many choral directors envious."
He is active nationally and internationally as a guest conductor, adjudicator and clinician, most recently working with choirs from Georgia, Alabama, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, and South Carolina. He has presented workshops throughout the United States, as well as in Central America and Israel.
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Forum Post: USPS - beware! - darrell may be very well armed
Posted 6 years ago on April 22, 2013, 5:55 p.m. EST by mideast
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Rep. Darrell Issa, the driving force behind the effort to recall Gov. Gray Davis, was carrying a loaded .25-caliber semiautomatic pistol, 44 bullets and a tear gas gun when he was arrested on a weapons charge in 1972, public records show.
A police report regarding Issa's arrest in Adrian, Mich., claims Issa was more heavily armed than he has said since The Chronicle first reported the incident in a story July 2.
In one recent interview, the San Diego County Republican dismissed the gun case as involving only an "unloaded . . . little teeny pistol."
The police report and an interview with the arresting officer also undercut Issa's claims that the gun in the case wasn't his.
Issa "took responsibility" for the loaded handgun and never denied he owned it, said retired Adrian police officer Don Payne, who made the arrest after a traffic stop near the campus of Siena Heights College, where Issa, then 19, was a student.
"He said he was carrying it for his protection and for the protection of his car," said Payne, who recalled the case after reviewing the report he wrote at the time.
Payne remembered Issa as "a young kid going to college and doing something stupid" who had been booked on a felony but allowed to plea bargain to a misdemeanor.
Issa, 49, is a millionaire manufacturer of car alarms who was elected to Congress in 2000 after an unsuccessful bid for the GOP U.S. Senate nomination in 1998. His youthful weapons arrests have come under scrutiny since he emerged as the key financial backer of the Davis recall drive. Issa has donated more than $1 million to the recall effort and has said he will run for governor if it qualifies for the ballot.


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An Iraq war veteran who suffered from mental health issues opened fire on fellow service members at Fort Hood on Wednesday, killing three and injuring 16 before turning the gun on himself, military officials said. The attack was the latest mass shooting at the post since a 2009 massacre that left 13 people dead.
NBC News identified the deceased gunman as 34-year-old enlisted Army soldier Ivan A. Lopez, but military officials declined to name him Wednesday night, pending notification of family members. Military officials said the gunman's rampage was stopped after he was confronted by a female military police officer, which led to the shooter turning the gun on himself.
Officials said there was no indication the shooting was terrorism-related. The gunman's motive remained unknown, officials said, although NBC News reported that the rampage may have resulted from an argument with other soldiers in the motor pool.
More than four hours after the shooting, all-clear sirens sounded as the lockdown at the post was lifted. Hundreds of cars began streaming from the giant complex, many including children who had been kept locked-down in schools since gunshots were first reported at about 4:30 p.m.
The names of the victims have not yet been released, though officials confirmed that all are military personnel. Their names will be released 24 hours after all family have been notified.
Portrait of Gunman Begins to Emerge
The gunman had served four months in Iraq in 2011 and had known mental health issues, Fort Hood's commanding general Lt. Gen. Mark Milley told reporters Wednesday evening.
There is no record that Lopez saw any combat during his deployment, a time when the U.S. was withdrawing from Iraq, military officials told NBC News.
He was under diagnosis for post-traumatic stress disorder but had not been officially diagnosed with PTSD, Lt. Gen. Milley said. He was undergoing behavioral health care for depression and anxiety, had a self-reported traumatic brain injury and was not physically injured in combat.
The gunman was armed with a single weapon, a .45-caliber Smith & Wesson handgun he had recently purchased, Milley said.
NBC News also reported that the gunman served with the Puerto Rican Army National Guard and was an E4 in the U.S. Army.
NBC 5 spoke with Lopez's neighbors in Killeen Wednesday night. They said Lopez moved into the apartment complex about three weeks ago with his wife, and young daughter.
"They seemed real sweet," said neighbor Xanderia Morris.
Morris said when Lopez's name was announced on TV news reports, his wife came out of her apartment hysterical. Morris said she comforted her until authorities arrived a short time later and escorted her away. Their daughter apparently left with relatives, Morris said.
Temple Hospital Takes Fort Hood Patients
Baylor Scott & White Hospital in Temple confirmed it had a command center in place and received nine patients from the post.
All patients were in the intensive care unit, three in critical condition and six serious.
Dr. Harry Papaconstantinou, Chief of Surgery for the hospital, told NBC 5's Jeff Smith that three patients remain in critical condition with life-threatening injuries.
The other six patients still listed at the hospital are in serious condition as of 7 a.m. Thursday, according to Papaconstantinou. Doctors are hopeful the patients will be upgraded to fair condition later today.
Baylor Scott & White Memorial Hospital's chief medical officer Glen Couchman said Wednesday evening that patients were being treated for wounds to their chest, abdomen, neck and extremities.
"This is another sad day for Central Texas," Couchman said.
Officials at Baylor Scott & White said the blood center would be open for donations from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday.
Several other patients were taken to Darnall Army Community Hospital at Fort Hood.
Female Military Police Officer Praised as "Hero"
Lt. Gen. Mark Milley, commanding officer at Fort Hood, called a female military police officer a "hero" after her confrontation with the gunman ended the shooting rampage.
According to Milley, the officer drew her weapon and confronted the suspected shooter after he "reached out under his jacket" to pull out a gun that he used to shoot himself in the head.
"What she did was heroic," Milley told reporters late Wednesday. "She did her job and she did exactly what we'd expect from U.S. Army military police."
Investigation Continues
Lopez had been assigned to the 13th Sustainment Command (Expeditionary). The suspected gunman had fired shots at individuals in the 1st Medical Brigade, Milley said Wednesday evening.
Milley said the shooter then left that building, got into a vehicle and continued firing. He then went to another building at the post, went inside and opened fire. When a military police officer confronted him, the gunman put his gun to his head and pulled the trigger, Milley said.
Nothing is being ruled out as a possible cause of the attack, Milley said. The investigation is being conducted with the support of multiple federal agencies, the Texas Rangers, The Texas Department of Public Safety, military police, Army CID, the Killeen Police Department and the Harker Heights Police Department.
During the lockdown of the base, officials with the Bell County Sheriff's Office and Texas Department of Public Safety were called in to help to secure the perimeter of the largest active duty armored post in the U.S. Armed Services.
Obama, Gov. Perry Respond
President Barack Obama addressed the shooting in brief remarks in Chicago, where he was attending a fundraiser Wednesday night.
"We're following it closely. The situation is fluid right now ... I want to just assure all of us we are going to get to the bottom of exactly what happened," he said. "We're heartbroken something like this might have happened again."
Texas Gov. Rick Perry issued a statement Wednesday as well. "Today, Fort Hood was once again stricken by tragedy," he said. "Fort Hood has proven its resilience before, and will again."
Perry was one of several politicians who tweeted messages following the news of the shooting, many of whom called for prayers for the post and Central Texas.
Mom Stuck at Fort Hood With 4-Year-Old During Shooting
Charlotte Spencer was picking up her 4-year-old son from soccer practice on the Fort Hood post when Wednesday's shooting occurred.
Spencer said her son had just climbed into the car when a woman came over a loudspeaker telling everyone to shelter in place immediately.
"The siren came over, and she was like, 'This is an emergency. Get in your homes, lock your doors, lock your windows, turn off your AC units and turn off your heaters if you have them running. Just stay in place. This is an active emergency,'" Spencer described.
Spencer said she tried to delicately explain the all-too-familiar situation to her young son.
"It Sounded Powerful"
Antonio Ortiz, 30, who lives a quarter of a mile from the east gate of Fort Hood, told NBC News he heard a commotion and went outside to hear alarms going off and announcements for people to stay inside. He went back in and turned on the TV news, then soon after heard a barrage of gunshots.
"It sounded powerful," Ortiz said, adding that while it seemed to be coming from the base, he couldn't rule out the possibility someone in the civilian neighborhood was shooting.
"I'm scared for my son. He's 7," Ortiz said. "But I do have a 12-gauge pump shotgun."
Tayra DeHart, 33, told The Associated Press she had last heard from her husband, a soldier at the post, that he was safe, but that was hours earlier.
"The last two hours have been the most nerve-wracking I've ever felt. I know God is here protecting me and all the soldiers, but I have my phone in my hand just hoping it will ring and it will be my husband," DeHart said.
Tragic History at Fort Hood
In November 2009, 13 people were killed and more than 30 others injured when Maj. Nidal Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, opened fire on dozens of people at the post. Hasan was paralyzed during an exchange of gunfire and, in late 2013, was sentenced to death. He is awaiting execution.
In February, officials at the Central Texas Army post said the site of the 2009 massacre, a processing center also known as Building 42003, had been razed.
Hasan's rampage isn't the most recent mass shooting at a U.S. military installation. Last September, a lone gunman with ties to North Texas, Aaron Alexis, killed 12 when he opened fire at the Washington Navy Yard.
Largest Active-Duty Military Base
Fort Hood covers a total of 340 square miles and supports multiple units, a corps headquarters and a robust mobilization mission. It is home to two full divisions, the 1st Cavalry Division and 4th Infantry Division (Mechanized) and 12 additional units.
Around 50,000 soldiers work at Fort Hood, and there are an additional 150,000 civilians who support the base.
The post is about 60 miles north of the capital city of Austin, 50 miles south of Waco, 160 miles south of Dallas and 150 miles north of San Antonio.


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According to the new book, Nixon's Darkest Secrets by Don Fulsom, Richard Nixon once wrapped his arm around Florida businessman Charles 'Bebe' Rebozo,"the way you'd cuddle your senior prom date."
Fulsom, a former UPI reporter and current professor at American University, promises to dump even more salacious details about Tricky Dick.
According to the Miami Herald, the book also contends
- That the future president sabotaged the 1968 peace talks for political gain
- By the time Nixon became president in 1969, he had linked to the mob for more than two decades and, as president, had a close connection with New Orleans boss Carlos Marcello, the most powerful Mafioso in the nation
- The president had a drinking problem and top aides referred to him as "Our Drunk"
- Nixon had a misogynist streak and was abusive toward first lady Pat Nixon Testimony alleging that the president had ordered the killing of White House reporter Jack Anderson
It's hard to give these a lot of credit. The pre-release evidence for the affair with the Cuban-American businessman 'Bebe' Rebozo seems pretty thin. It contains the assertions based on former FBI investigators that Richard Nixon didn't sleep in the same bed as his wife during their allegedly loveless marriage, and the say-so of two reporters. One of journos claims to have seen Nixon and Rebezo holding hands underneath a dinner table, and the other said that after a few drinks Nixon draped his arm around Rebozo in prom-date fashion.
There are no love letters, video, or audio tapes that prove anything. No diaries detailing a tryst. IN other words, just hearsay some 40 years after the fact.
Last we checked there were plenty of reasons to think Nixon was a bad president - the bombing of Cambodia, the Watergate scandal, and the casual anti-Semitism chief among them.


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In London they're making some big changes to the roads, adding
along around 25 Km of bike routes. A network of
will take cyclists along peaceful side streets so they can avoid dealing with heavy traffic. The goals including encouraging cycling and making it safer and more friendly, while reducing motor vehicles and air pollution. The scheme will also include analysing data on accidents, trials of electric bike hire schemes, integration with rail networks and even training. What an inspiration.
UP, DOWN, TURN AROUND: Project Zero is an electric tilt-rotor aircaft that takes off and lands like a helicopter, but flies like a plane. Project Zero's 2 electric powered integrated rotors lie within the wingspan of the aircraft and can be rotated more than 90 degrees. The rotors are horizontal during take off and landing but are moved to the vertical to work as propellers during flight. When on the ground the propellers can rotate freely in the breeze, working as wind turbines to help recharge the batteries. That's a cunning use of the propellers.
UP THE LINE: Many fish have a line of nerve cells that runs from head to tail. Those nerve cells detect vibrations and other data from the water and help them move around without bumping into other fish in a school. The nerves also help them determine the speed and direction of currents, hover in place and even swim upstream. A European engineering team has taken that information and applied it to an underwater robot called FILOSE, Robotic FIsh LOcomotion and SEnsing. Tiny electronic sensors monitor pressure differences in the water flowing around the robot and should make it more efficient in swimming upstream and hovering in place. Go against the flow.
WAVING TIME: Would you like your house to respond to hand waving? Spanish designers have created a prototype house where a wave of the hand will turn on the lights. The system uses a Kinect sensor and projects images on the wall or floor — for example an alarm clock, a web page or a computer game. Do we really want our houses to be monitoring our every move?
EYE ON THE BALL: The British Royal Navy's frigates are getting a powerful new radar system from BAE Systems. The Advanced Radar Target Indication Situational Awareness and Navigation, or ARTISAN, is a medium range 3D surveillance radar. It can detect an object as small as a tennis ball travelling at 3 times the speed of sound more than 25 Km away. It cuts through interference equivalent to 10,000 conflicting mobile phone signals. The system can also monitor more than 800 objects simultaneously at a range of between 200 and 200,000 metres. Don't try playing tennis with a warship.
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By Rodrigo Campos and Steven C. Johnson and Ross Kerber
NEW YORK/BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. investors hit trading floors Wednesday morning with the same president and the same problems in gridlocked Washington, and expected the same solution to a looming budget crisis that threatens the economy: punt and deal with it later.
Shares dropped sharply on fears that partisan bickering will prevent compromise. The S&P; 500 index fell below a key level for the first time in two months. Bank and defense stocks fell on a sell-off by investors who had bought those sectors in hopes Republican Mitt Romney would win.
President Barack Obama beat Romney to win a second term, but he still must contend with a Republican-controlled House of Representatives that could make it hard to forge compromise, especially on the coming "fiscal cliff."
Unless the White House and Congress reach a deal to cut the deficit, a $600 billion package of automatic tax increases and spending cuts are scheduled to begin to take effect at the end this year. Investors fear the economy will take a blow unless the fiscal cliff is averted.
Reaching some sort of compromise is expected to be the top priority of the "lame-duck" Congress that will convene soon, though few hope for anything resembling a permanent solution to the problem.
"The best thing that could have happened is what happened," said Robert Manning, chief executive of MFS Investment Management. "I don't think there will be any grand bargain at all, just small fixes that will kick the can down the road."
The markets' negative reaction was in line with the expectations of many if the election guaranteed further partisan rancor. The Dow Jones industrial average and the S&P; 500 both dropped 2.4 percent -- nearly three times the S&P;'s average day-after-election decline, according to Bespoke Investment Group.
"There's an adjustment going on today," said Marc Pado, U.S. market strategist at dowbull.com. "You're seeing some of the obvious losers such as oil and coal stocks sell off. This is largely people who bought into the idea of a Romney win and now want out. But that will only last for a day or two."
The S&P; 500 had rallied 67 percent since Obama took office - one of Wall Street's best runs ever under a single president. Phil Orlando, chief market strategist for equities at Federated Investors, said the market is asking what happens next.
"We just sent the same folks back to Washington. What did they learn in the last two years that will allow them to act differently in the last two months?"
For now, his peers predict market volatility as investors react to dueling headlines about the likelihood of a solution.
"Positive sentiment will move to worries about the fiscal cliff and the ongoing euro zone debt crisis, resulting in market choppiness over the near term," said Martin Sass, chief executive of New York money manager MD Sass.
Steven Englander, Citigroup's head of G10 foreign exchange strategy, agreed markets could panic toward year-end if it looks as though no deal is imminent to avoid the fiscal cliff.
If that happens, investors may think twice about purchasing U.S. government debt at low interest rates. This would strain the economy, widen the deficit, hurt the dollar and raise the possibility that major credit-rating agencies will cut the U.S. debt rating.
Standard & Poor's stripped the United States of its pristine triple-A rating in 2011. Moody's said Wednesday it would make a decision after the 2013 budget negotiations, though going over the fiscal cliff would not trigger an immediate downgrade.
Market strategist Jonathan Golub at UBS said officials will probably focus on avoiding the cliff, but added that trying to run from the problem will highlight the need for a "grand bargain" to fix the deficit.
Investors have had a tendency to downplay problems emanating from Washington, only to find themselves surprised when lawmakers cannot get together on critical issues.
The market reacted harshly to Washington gridlock after failed legislation to backstop the banks in 2008 and again during protracted talks to raise the U.S. debt ceiling in 2011.
"There is nothing that was decided yesterday that would change us going off the fiscal cliff. So now the market has to realistically price that in, and I think that is not quite done yet," said Doug Cote, chief market strategist at ING Investment Management.
Oppenheimer Funds strategist Lori Heinel said daily swings of 100 to 200 points in the Dow will be common through year-end. A re-elected Obama is expected to look for ways to avoid prolonging that kind of blowback.
"The president entered office with the economy in a recession. I don't think he wants to preside over a recession in his second term," said Jeff Applegate, chief investment officer at Morgan Stanley Wealth Management. "I think you have a president concerned about his legacy, and I don't think he wants to leave his presidency with a sea of red ink."
Hedge fund manager Whitney Tilson, one of the only managers in the $2 trillion industry to publicly endorse Obama's re-election, said he was optimistic a compromise was possible.
"This was a victory for moderates," he said. "I hope both parties recognize this and move toward each other - to the center - to address the pressing problems our country faces."
Like some prominent investors, billionaire restructuring specialist Wilbur Ross told Reuters he hoped for an end to "bitter partisanship" and progress on economic growth. Others were less optimistic, such as Mortimer Zuckerman, CEO of Boston Properties and publisher of the New York Daily News.
"I think you're going to have a very delicate, fragile business community," Zuckerman said. "It is not an inappropriate reaction by the business community to be cautious."
The end of the drawn-out campaign will put to rest short-term questions about regulation and monetary policy, but some investors remained on edge about taxes and economic health.
Although markets came into the night expecting Obama to win, most traders and investors supported Romney, who raised more money on Wall Street than the incumbent.
"Wall Street made its bet and lost," said Aaron Gurwitz, chief investment officer of Barclays Wealth, noting that not only did Romney lose, consumer advocate Elizabeth Warren won a Senate seat, for Massachusetts, as well, much to banks' chagrin.
One bit of clarity from Obama's win was the future of Federal Reserve policy. Romney had pledged to replace Bernanke, after the expiration of his term in January 2014, whose dovish monetary policy has helped propel gains in both U.S. bond and stock prices in recent years.
"This was kind of a vote for Ben Bernanke and his policies, since Romney was clear he disagreed with that approach," said Tom Luster, co-director of investment grade fixed income at Eaton Vance. "Clearly there's some public support for what (Bernanke) is doing."
Benchmark bond yields hit record lows despite a downgrade of the U.S. credit rating last year. Yields fell further on Wednesday after the election results became clear, shedding 11 basis points to 1.64 percent.
Cumulative returns for maturities on all U.S. Treasuries are at 14 percent since Obama took office, according to Barclays.
Under a second Obama presidency, Wall Street will have to forgo trying to repeal Dodd-Frank financial reforms and instead continue to use personal relationships in Washington to keep the law from denting profits, said Karen Shaw Petrou of Federal Financial Analytics, a Washington-based research firm. Bank shares fell sharply Wednesday on fears an Obama re-election meant no respite from the new rules.
But some welcomed the changes.
"I don't think any reasonable observer would want to go back to the risk that we had in the system before the financial crisis," said Evercore Chief Executive Ralph Schlosstein.
(Additional reporting by Tim McLaughlin and Svea Herbst-Bayliss in Boston, Atossa Abrahamian, Daniel Bases, David Henry, Rick Rothacker, Edward Krudy, Jessica Toonkel, John McCrank, Ryan Vlastelica, Sam Forgione, Nadia Damouni, Gregory Roumeliotis, Ilaina Jonas, Ashley Lau and Jennifer Ablan in New York, Writing by Ben Berkowitz; editing by David Gaffen, Lisa Von Ahn, Prudence Crowther, Andrew Hay, Leslie Gevirtz, Ciro Scotti, Kenneth Barry, David Gregorio and Leslie Adler)


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Welcome to Saturday! After a great first two days of panels, we enter the weekend with a truly incredible line-up including the much anticipated Marvel panel, Let Me In, and Paul, but before all that begins, we kick it all off with the stacked presentation from Warner Bros. which includes our first look at Zack Snyder's Sucker Punch and Martin Campbell's The Green Lantern as well as even more footage from the upcoming Harry Potter films.
Green Lantern Panel
11:54 Green Lantern up first! Let's light it up! Geoff Johns takes the stage to introduce the footage.
11:58 Short but absolutely awesome. We don't see the suit in the trailer but the powers are there for sure. Big green fist, Hector Hammond screaming, all very quick shots. Quite short compared to the other footage we've seen here at the Con, but then again the movie isn't done yet. Here are the details: The trailer opens with a ball of green light that a voice over says feeds on a person's will to glow, speaking directly to the audience. The ball gets brighter and brighter before getting to a quick montage that shows Reynolds running towards the crash of the spaceship, scientists performing an autopsy on the dead Abin Sur, and Peter Saarsgaard screaming (with a mutated head). Reynolds is then getting beaten up by a gang when we see the ring on his finger begin to glow. He picks himself up, and swings wildly at the air, but a giant fist emerges and blows everyone away. No comedy here but plenty of badass.
11:59 Greg Berlanti, Donald DeLine, Martin Campbell, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong, Blake Lively, and Ryan Reynolds take the stage
12:00 Reynolds says that the character can throw a punch, tell a joke and kiss a girl.
12:03 Sarsgaard describes his character's head as a 60 hat size
12:04 The director confirms that there is some humor in the film, largely thanks to Reynold's presence.
12:06 Campbell says that the costume isn't finished and does have black in it (but no white gloves). The idea behind it is to show something like human musculature.
12:08 Kilowog will be featured in the film!
12:11 There's still three weeks of shooting left to go in Louisiana.
12:13 Sarsgaard describes Hammond as "the kid who licked the battery"
12:16 Is this the start of a shared DC Universe? Johns says "maybe," but he can't talk about it here.
12:17 Sinestro gets a chance to "kick ass" while training Hal Jordan as a member of the Green Lantern Corps
12:23 Reynolds says Parallax will be in the film as a physical manifestation of fear and wasn't sure if he was supposed to reveal that. Oops.
12:25 Each Green Lantern has a distinguished way of flying, and they are using rigs instead CGI for the flight sequences. Reynolds says everyone gets up on the rigs at some point.
12:28 Carol and Hal are very competitive in the film, both being test pilots.
12:29 Reynolds is giving away his ring! Apparently a chair had a hidden piece of paper underneath it and that person gets the ring. Reynolds says it means they are married...in space.
Harry Potter Panel
12:30 Harry Potter time! Tom Felton takes the stage
12:39 Two trailers for the film were shown. Voldemort must be the one to kill Harry Potter, the minister of magic dies, multiple Harrys in the same scene, Ron and Harry fight, Helena Bonham Carter escapes and plenty more. Even Felton was wowed by the footage.The footage was largely a mishmash of images, but did contain some very cool shots and scenes. These include: Voldemort leaning over a sleeping Dumbledore, dragons, fire, multiple Harrys standing in a room, Hermoine with blood on her hands (uncensored basically), the trio heading to the safehouse to be protected from he who shall not be named, Helena Bonham Carter breaking out of jail, Ron and Harry fighting, and a meeting in which Voldemort says that he must be the one to kill Harry Potter. Nothing not to love here.
12:40 Apparently Daniel cried like a girl on the last day of shooting
12:42 Another give-away, but they didn't say what they were giving away.
Sucker Punch Panel
12:43 Zack Snyder on stage to introduce Sucker Punch
12:45 Bringing the girls on stage to see the footage too: Carla Gugino, Jamie Chung, Vanessa Hudgens, Jenna Malone, and Emily Browning. Roll the clip!
12:50 Stark, dark and quite beautiful. Supremely action heavy, even more so than Snyder's previous films. Featuring "When The Levees Break" by Led Zeppelin, the trailer begins with Browning's character being locked up in a mental hospital that looks like it is protected from every type of modern medical standard. Gugino's character, who speaks in a Polish accent, narrates, saying that she must open her mind and that she can control the world she has created. The action then begins with some beautifully inventive landscapes (we're talking desert with Saturn on the horizon) and plenty of hardcore action. There are dragons, robots, fire, guns and everything everyone loves.
12:51 Browning plays baby doll, step father puts her in insane asylum. Escapes through imagination. Hudgens plays Blondie who fits into the world with the girls and she gets to shoot some of the biggest guns. Malone plays Rocket, Sweet Pee's younger sister who introudces Baby Doll to the new world. Chung plays Amber and is the first to join in on Baby Doll's plan. Gugino plays a polish psychiatrist who is a S&M inspired madam in the made up world.
12:55 Each girl has individual dances. Sequence in the movie shows the day in the life of the reality that has been created. In that there is a dancing/singing aspect and each one had to do a singing/dancing montage.
12:59 Dances come from music therapy used by the doctor played by Gugino and the dances come from the reaction of each individual girl.
1:01 Chung apparently was given a crash course in piloting a helicopter. That should be interesting.
1:03 Browning says that there is no parody here: this is just strong women kicking ass
1:05 Same action choreographer on this film as 300 and Watchmen. It shows.
1:08 The movie has a chance of being rated PG-13. Possible backlash after Watchmen. Says that Peter Jackson was able to kill hordes of orcs and still have a PG-13 rating so he thinks this could be too.
1:10 Snyder says that is sexuality was called into question after 300. Gugino confirms that he loves women.
1:11 Snyder is currently working on the script for Xerxes based on the comic by Frank Miller (which is also being written).
1:12 Apparently Snyder tried to treat his own script with the same love that he treated 300 and Watchmen with. I guess he liked what he wrote.
1:15 Closing it out with the trailer again. Very cool.
1:20 It's medieval, it's futuristic, it's violent and it's sexy. In a word: awesome


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Regional Exposition to Rotate between Singapore and other areas in the region
SINGAPORE — 23 April 2014 —Recognizing the changing dynamics of the microelectronics industry in Southeast Asia, SEMI today announced the expanded scope of its industry-leading SEMICON regional exposition which will now rotate between Singapore and other locations within Southeast Asia. Building on the twenty-year history of SEMICON Singapore, the expanded event — branded SEMICON Southeast Asia — will have its inaugural event in in Penang, Malaysia in 2015. The announcement was made during SEMICON Singapore 2014 ( www.semiconsingapore.org), which is currently being held from 23-25 April at the Marina Bay Sands.
"While Singapore continues to serve as the hub of the microelectronics industry in Southeast Asia, SEMI recognizes the growth and importance of the industry across the region requires a new vision for serving our members and other customers where they do business," said Kai Fai Ng, president of SEMI Southeast Asia. "Through the rotation of SEMICON Southeast Asia between Singapore, Malaysia, and the region, we will open new business opportunities for our customers and foster stronger pan-regional engagement in our programs and other events serving the industry. On alternating years, we will continue to support the host regions through high-level executive conferences in Singapore and Malaysia."
According to Gartner, the Southeast Asia microelectronics manufacturing market accounts for more than 27 percent of the world's assembly, packaging, and test production and Malaysia alone represents over 10 percent of the global square footage, followed closely by the Philippines, Thailand and Singapore. According to the SEMI ( www.semi.org) World Fab Forecast, Southeast Asia is among the top four regions in terms of growth rate for capacity. In 2014, approximately $800 million of front end fab spending will occur in Southeast Asia.
The new SEMICON Southeast Asia will continue to focus on the key trends and technologies in semiconductor design and manufacturing, adding emphasis in serving the needs of expanding applications markets in areas including mobile devices and other connected "Internet of Things" (IoT) technologies, many of which require development of specialized materials, packaging, and test technologies, as well as new architectures and processes — technologies addressed by a growing number of companies located across Southeast Asia. SEMI will continue to maintain its regional headquarters in Singapore.
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Military history of Japan
The military history of Japan (Japanese: ミリタリー レコード Miritarii Rekodo) is characterised by a long period of feudal wars, followed by domestic stability, and then rampant Imperialism. In short, stinkin' awesome.[1]
Feudal Japan (1185-1868)[edit]
Before the Japanese knew of anyone else, the only people they had to fight was themselves. This was demonstrated in the wars between the Taira and the Minamoto. But the Japanese soon got bored, especially the Shoguns. Due to this unfathomable boredom, the Japanese soon attacked Korea, but got beaten many times or got minor negotiations. The Japanese could not really win these wars, since they were on both sides. Luckily for them, some enemies would soon appear.
- First Mongol Invasion of Japan (1274): Won. But not because of their 100% super-awesome mega-battle skills. You see, a Mongol army of about 5 million soldiers (give or take a few millions) comes to Japan and invades it. Best Japanese troops are Samurai, but the Mongols just kill them as they try to set up for the perfect strike. The Japanese had lots of pikemen with impenetrable armour, but a pointy straw hat for head protection. Not so smart. Anyway, the Mongols see a Typhoon coming. So for some retarded reason, they order all their troops back onto the ships. The ships sink and all the Mongols die. The Japanese celebrated this obscene matter by dancing on the dead Mongolian corpses with their breakable farm tools, drinking sake, and having lots of sex with big brested Japanese girls in the most scandalous kimonos.
- Second Mongol Invasion of Japan (1281): Won, but only because of their best friends in the whole wide world: the Chinese. It started when the Mongols sent a diplomat to Japan. All that came back to Mongolia was a severed head; the Japanese had made the rest of him into Sushi. In the ye ol' folk legend called "Legenderu offu Japaruu," it is said that the sushi was very, very delicious. The Japanese are expecting an invasion, so they build a massive wall about three times as tall as the average Japanese person (in other words, 10 feet) along the coast. Anyway, the Chinese are forced to build ships for their Mongol overlords. Since the Chinese hate the Mongols even more than they hate the Japanese (yes, it's hard to believe) they build shitty ships on purpose. So, half the Mongol fleet sinks in the sea of Japan. Any Mongols that arrived in Japan battle a bit, then go home and get sunk by a typhoon. Suckers.
- Sengoku Period (several hundred years): Won. However any faction's victory will result in victory for the Japanese as every single faction was Japanese. The badass factions were: Oda, Imagawa, Hojo, Date, Takeda, Shimazu, Uesugi, Mori, Hattori, and well, the winning faction, the Tokugawa. Some people think that the Minamoto and the Taira was still fighting at this time, but it was UNTRUE. All the factions were ruled by fucking leaders called Daimyos, and due to lack of samurai (samurai were the most awesome troops at the time) at the time, it continued for several hundred years.
- Boshin Conflict (1866-1868): Won. The Japanese soon found out that the Tokugawa regime was actually descended from people that lived on the Northern island of Ezo (now Hokkaido), so under their great great majesty, the Meiji Emperor (明治天皇), they rebelled against the Ezo-Tokugawa government. They first captured the city of Osaka using poops, then Kyoto using yaris (spear) with stinky fruits on the tips, then Mikawa by flooding it using peep, and later the capital of Japan at the time, Edo by throwing grues into it. Some Tokugawa people under the friend of shogun Yoshinobu, a guy called Etomo, escaped to their home island, Ezo and established the Ezo Republic. They later surrendered after been messed up by poop bombs during the battle of Hakodate Bay, but then rebellions occured in parts of Japan. Meiji crushed the rebellions by pooping on their leaders. The war marked the beginning of Imperial Japan, which used poop warfare in all the wars they fought.
Modern Period (1868-1945)[edit]
- Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905): Won. By a long shot. The Russians thought they were so cool, with one of the largest empires on Earth. Then, the Japanese begin to piss them off a bit by shakin' their booties. And with their awful Russian-Cossack-some-other-stuff temper, they intend to destroy those tempura-eating bastards. The Russians sent their entire army over to East Asia to fight the Japanese. Only problem was, they can't get across the sea of Japan, since most of them can't swim. The Russians lived on the ice for so long that they forgot what it was like to swim with the polar bears. So, they sent their entire navy to Japan. Since it took 9 months, the Japanese had plenty of time to prepare by drinking sake and committing seppuku in front of their propaganda bonafide lovin' Emperor. The Russian fleet was completely destroyed. The Japanese then invade Russian territory, and mow down the helpless Russian soldiers while they're all drunk.
- World War I (1904-1905): Yes, the Japanese participated in World War I. And they won. That's not too hard, is it?
- World War II (1939-1945): HA HA! THEY FINALLY LOST! Japan bombed Pearl Harbour, trying to destroy the American Pacific fleet with their superior, cocky sake-drinking attitude... but they just pissed the Americans off so much, that they got a major war against them! The Japanese, however, were very hard to beat. The main tactic used to destroy enemy forces was to run at them shouting "Banzai", translated as "WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE". Surprised at the jolliness of the Japanese troops, the enemy forces quickly surrendered. The Japanese summoned lots of their Tsunami and rotting sashimi. So, after about 4 years, the Americans simply got bored of fighting and took the easy way out: they nuked Hiroshima, killing thousands of Japanese civilians. But did Japan quit? No! The Americans had to nuke Nagasaki as well, killing even more civilians before the Emperor would finally surrender!
However, historians now agree that the battle was not evenly matched. Many say that America and allied forces(Britain, France, Russia, some stuff) really pussied out. They could have taken the other option - invade Japan, killing about 50 million people in the process-Well, the plan of territory dividing for each Allied countries has been proposed. Anyhow, after whining about the Soviet nogoodniks, the USA got to take over Japan, and in 1952 it became the 53rd state in the Union. Not that any Japanese would actually admit to this, though. But they did somehow write all over their textbooks that they were white and that other nations -especially Korea- should wither away and die in their evil palms.
Historians agree that one of the main causes that the japanese lost is because they started to go crazy from not reading their favorite weekly hentai "uncle fuji rapes his 15 virgin daughters" in more than a day since the americans bombed the hentai factory in tokyo, having not seen a pussy in minutes and nothing to jackoff too they got really bored and started wondering what it would feel like having a dick up their ass. They decided to try shoving their rifle barrels up their asses, unfortunately in the intensity of the rifle fucking they got too excited and fired their guns in the hope that it would intensify the pleasure, however it instead killed them. The stupid allies thought that it was just ritual suicide but in reality it was just an orgy gone wrong. Even the kamikazes were caused by the dildoing when in the air the japanese pilots actualy shoved the joystick up their ass and felt intense pleasure by it but the price they paid was no control over their plane, so instead of dodging and bombing, and whatever regular pilots do they just crashed into the ship cause they were to busy. Over 80% of japanese casualties are caused by this and only the 20% of japanese army survived. Thus with severly reduced numbers the japanese fell to the awsome american might.
Historians now agree that the battle was not evenly matched. Many say that America and allied forces(Britain, France, Russia, some stuff) really pussied out. They could have taken the other option - invade Japan, killing about 50 million people in the process-Well, the plan of territory dividing for each Allied countries has been proposed. Anyhow, after whining about the Soviet nogoodniks, the USA got to take over Japan, and in 1952 it became the 53rd state in the Union. Not that any Japanese would actually admit to this, though. But they did somehow write all over their textbooks that they were white and that other nations -especially Korea- should wither away and die in their evil palms.
Anyways, in the end, the Japanese to this day, still whines and bitches about how they got bombed by the Americans down below. They still don't like how this big, bloated, whale-shaped country could thrust their nukes against their long-but-tight tiny island and create more damages inside. The Japanese people still honorably bitch about how they 'secretly' hate all Koreans, the indigenous Japanese, and other nations and all the wrong, shameful incidents they've done to these poor saps but the Japanese don't mention it because it could damage their reputation as the most 'peaceful, loving, no more nukes country' and also their dismal kawaii businesses. The rest is history.
After the fall of Hideki Tojo and the dropping of the atomic turd bomb, the Japanese found themselves floating on four islands of neukeular waste. This prompted the first Japanese invasion of the Chinese Republic of Dim-sum. During this short lived conflict, the Japanese attempted a full scale coastal invasion. Little did the Japanese know, the Chinese had thousands machine guns that fired metal-tipped chopsticks. After getting the shit kicked out of them, the bloodied and defeated Japanese returned to their canoes and sailed towards a small island off of China (now modern day Taiwan). After the remaining Japanese population did much fucking, they were soon back to their full numbers. The new Japanese government which consisted of a council of old pedophiles elders, then sent diplomatic envoys to Poland for a military alliance. The Poles agreed to this, and sent over what remained of their Jewish population to fight in the Second Japanese Invasion of China. Why use precious Polish lives when you had the Jews to fight your wars for you? The Japanese-Pole army then took secret ships to Russia, where they landed, and marched right up to the border between Russia and China. The Japanese then set up camp and whored their women out to Russian population in return for Vodka, firearm, armor, and military supplies. What resulted from the excessive amount of whoring was a new Samurai-Cossack hybrid that became the backbone of the already swelling ranks of the Japanese army. After 30 years of this, the Japanese-Polish-Samurai-Cossack army marched south, capturing various settlements along the way. When they reached the gates of Bejing, the army embarked on a 50 year siege of the city. After finally breaking down the gates, the japanese realized that the Chinese had long since dug a hole to Hawaii, which explains why there are so many asians there now.
- ↑ Yeah, it really stinks.
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Bruce has 'exceeded all expectations' at Hull
Hull City's owners claim manager Steve Bruce has "exceeded all expectations this season" as the club prepare for their first FA Cup final.
With three games left, Hull are five points clear of the Premier League relegation zone and looking forward to another campaign in England's top flight.
The Yorkshire club, who finished second in the Championship last term to gain promotion to the Premier League, will play in their maiden FA Cup final next month against Arsenal, and will aim for their first major trophy.
Owners Assem and Ehab Allam have led the tributes to Bruce, who took over in June 2012.
"Steve has done a great job," Ehab, the acting chief executive, told the Hull Daily Mail.
"He has proved to be a very good manager this season. We brought him here because of that, and he has lived up to his reputation.
"He has exceeded all our expectations this season.
"To be promoted in his first year in charge exceeded our expectations. To be in an FA Cup final and look like we are on course for survival has also exceeded all our expectations.
"But then we have also exceeded our expectations by spending what we have."
Hull have spent over £20million since clinching promotion, including mid-season purchases Shane Long and Nikica Jelavic, and the club's CEO is thrilled with how Bruce has utilised the talent at his disposal.
"Under Steve's leadership he has got the team working the way he wants it," said Ehab.
"Things are working well in general and all the cogs are working together.
"It has very much been a good team effort."
Ehab's father Assem added that if Bruce had failed it would have reflected badly on the owners.
"Steve has built a team the whole community can be proud of," the majority shareholder said.
"Football is like business, you stand or fall by your decisions. If he had failed, we would have failed."


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