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Sometimes little is said about how the emotion of electronic music can be portrayed properly. With the landscape nowadays littered with popular, house-hungry beats from the likes of Skrillex, Disclosure and other four-to-the-floor torchbearers, those with a more introspective view seem to have become less and less in evidence.
The Burials of this world hide behind their emotive sonic landscapes but find kinship in unlikely places. Jason Chung, under the alias of Nosaj Thing, found similar fandom with his own brand of downtempo, near hip-hop style instrumentals with debut album Drift. It stands up to this day as a magnificent example of a dying artform in a continuously more superficial electronic world. And with Home, that stirred heart still beats, albeit with an occasionally unwelcome arrythmia.
The template hasn't changed much, and to some extent this is no bad thing. 'Distance' could easily find a home alongside the stronger turns on Drift, with its Boards of Canada-baiting high hooks and mutating bass lines dancing over its parental broken beat. 'Snap', similarly, swaggers through the dark spaces it creates itself, bouncing around a tight compound of ever building synths, whilst 'Safe' echoes Apparat's Berliner techno in a downtrodden fashion that it's only right to feel some kind of loving sympathy for.
Such moments stand out to the Nosaj-trained ear already, but it's in the newer sounds where Chung's musical contestations now lie. His music may be well accustomed to the basements and clubs of the beard-stroking masses, but none of his music has ever truly crossed over to a more traditional dance set, vocals and all - until now. Home's lead single, 'Eclipse/Blue' – a track suitably accompanied by a perfectly suiting, stargazing visual – sees his first turn with vocals as Blonde Redhead's Kazu Makino breathes an ethereal and joyous life into Chung's heart-wrenching musical mosaic. Unfortunately, Makino's confidence doesn't seem to apply to Chaz Bundick aka Toro Y Moi's inclusion on 'Try' – a track that stands out in its unfortunate limpness, his vocal proving to be a kind of unwelcome hitchhiker to the ride.
It's in these experimentations where Home does tend to fall short of the heights of Drift. 'Glue' plods where others thrive, upping the tempo to little effect in accompaniment of a pre-IDM synth wobble – a mesh of stylings that, on paper, could blend perfectly, but in this reality fall flat. 'Phase III' attempts a similar upbest approach, but melodies remain unperturbed and flat around the percussions new skittishness. These may be minor slights, but they, unfortunately, stand out against Home's wider backdrop of deft, empathetic touches.
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Recipe Review: One Bowl Mascarpone Brownies
Mascarpone brownies are our go to dessert for a great deal of our spring and summer parties and events. They are easy to pick up and carry around while socializing and best of all, they're always all gone when it's time to go home! On that note, we advise making a second pan if you wish leftovers!
This recipe can be put over the top by using higher quality ingredients. This is time that better chocolate, eggs and butter will in fact make a noticeable difference, but they are tasty with lesser or "regular" ingredients if that's what you have on hand. Either way, they are sure to be a crowd pleaser and will make people think you slaved away for hours when in reality, they only take 20 minutes to prepare. Here's how…
Mascarpone Brownies
(adapted from Food Network Canada)
1 cup unsalted butter
3 ounces best-quality semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
1 cup white sugar
1/2 cup cocoa powder (sifted)
1/2 cup mascarpone cheese
3 large eggs, at room-temperature
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
6 ounces best-quality semisweet chocolate, finely chopped
6 tablespoons whipping cream
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
Preheat oven to 325F and grease or parchment paper a 8×8 pan. Set aside.
In glass mixing bowl melt butter in microwave on full power. Stir in chocolate and mix until combined (a few additional seconds in the microwave may be needed). Note: This may be done over a double boiler, but we've never seen why you should bother with the hassle!
Add sugar to chocolate/butter mixture until combined. Heat for an additional 30 seconds on high, remove and stir until it looks shiny. It will still look a bit grainy.
Add marscapone, vanilla, eggs and mixing until smooth.
Sift flour, salt and cocoa into mixture with a sieve and stir just until combined, making sure to scrape all sides of the bowl. (Mixture will be rather light in texture, instead of dense and heavy like many brownie batters)
Pour batter into prepared pan and smooth top to ensure even baking. Bake for 40-50 minutes (ours is usually done around 47 minutes) until tester comes out clean. Use the flat end of a potato masher to lightly tamp down the surface of the brownies while they are still warm. Do not squish, merely flatten any parts that might have raised more than others (typically the edges). This will help the ganache coat evenly. Leave in pan and set on wire rack to cool.
While brownies are cooling, make your ganache to pour over the top (which you will want to do while your brownies are still warm). To do so, simply heat butter and cream on medium power (taking care not to boil) in the microwave and add chocolate. Stir until all lumps disappear. Immediately pour over brownies. Let cool completely (we find placing them in the fridge helps up stay out of the pan until they the ganache is set 100%). Once chilled a knife will cut through them cleanly, make sure to clean your blade for each cut for a more polished look.
The mascarpone keeps things moist and dense without the same thin, underdone taste of a normal fudgy brownie. It also allows the chocolate to shine through without feeling a sugar coma after eating one (although we make no promises that you can eat just one).
(PS, the last picture above is what happens when you leave your husband unattended during your photoshoot!)
Related: An Honorary Mention: Mascarpone
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These Ridiculous Shibe GIFs Will Confuse and Amuse You
The Shibe/doge is one of our favorite completely weird memes. It has complicated beginnings, but it is so absurd that we get lost very easily once we dive into this world. The Tumblr Shiba Confessions is probably the best source for weird Shiba stuff, but there are also several subreddits dedicated to the dog.
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Pulling at heartstrings is the obsidian stained mark on the calendar; approaching fast is Halloween. For some, it is just another festive evening with children in masquerade and sweets to be passed out. Though, for others it is a grim splatter of black paint across the polished mahogany of their imaginations.
As always, The Ego Co. team brings us two great events which will be spectacular. The Ego Co will help us travel for a month! The first one is "The Costume Ball" event. This event will begin on the 24th of October to the 1st of November 2012. For the moment I do not know a lot but I can give you a hint on the theme: "dark, but with class.". I feel that it will be magnificent and classy.
For further details, here is the link to the official website of the events: The Ego Co.
And the second event, "Around the World", which begins November 8th, 2012 – Ends November 28th, 2012. I found this idea really good , especially with what is going on right now. It is amazing, although in general we all speak English and that all articles, RP , Ads are in English, we are forgetting that on Second Life™ we are thousands to come from different parts of of the globe. For example, I am French, but until I say it, nobody knows (or so people notice it when I talk lol).
And as so well our planners said:
More than just an event, it is a milestone of celebrating equality in Second Life and culture in a virtual world.
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Thursday's Road1 Class
We had another Road1 class on Thursday for Tulsa Public School PE teachers. Local bicycle shop employees attended also. The photo is one of the students performing the quick turn drill. That's Gary Parker watching her turn. Gary was our lead instructor for the day.
I remember Bob Chapelle, the LCI who taught our introductory Road1 class, remarking that teaching a group of experienced cyclists was so different from teaching novices. At the time, I thought he was exaggerating. But he was right. It is easier to teach experienced riders. For the most part, they're unafraid of attempting the maneuvers, though even a long-time cyclist may be intimidated by countersteering.
More on this later. I'm taking a vacation day today, and I have much to do.


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But nobody would be able to try the 1,000 beers because the trip is scheduled during a fasting period! :'(
Good points Ebor! It will not be fasting season for those on the Old Calendar and I expect there will be non-Orthodox there as well.
Must avoid making cheap shot at Anglicanism...must avoid making cheap shot at anglicanism...
Beer is not banned by some groups of Orthodox during fasting seasons--in many locals beer was the only thing people had to drink that was safe!
We don't need to get into a scrupulosity battle. (Though those of you who've tasted the water around here might agree that it is an excellent argument for drinking beer year-'round.)
My priest (carpo-Rusyn) told me that it's not an application of economia, it's just something that is not banned in the Rusyn homeland during fasting seasons, a local tradition, shall we say.
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The stock opened the day at 55.88 and traded between a low of $52.25 and a high of $56.23. The stock finished the day down $2.98 per share. Western Digital Corp. has an average daily volume of 3.56 million and a total float of 231.72 million shares. The 50-day SMA for Western Digital Corp. is $62.05 and its 200-day SMA is $79.00. The high for the stock over the last 52 weeks is $112.57 and the low is $54.79.
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Baltimore's Fire Department is overhauling its rescue teams and converting its Locust Point station into a new command center — moves designed to increase the availability of firefighters trained to work in deep water, collapsed buildings and other dangerous locations.
Fire Chief James S. Clack said the changes — which come after a December accident that shut down the dive team — are needed to address shortcomings in the agency. Baltimore, he said, has fallen "a little behind" other big cities since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, when rescue units nationwide were re-evaluated.
"We want to make sure that we have a quicker response to special operations calls," he said. "They aren't that common; they're much less common than EMS or fire calls. But when they happen, generally there are severe consequences if we don't get there quickly with people who are qualified to handle the event."
New training has begun, but the full program will likely take two years to implement, Clack said. An exact cost for the overhaul has not been determined, but training costs will likely run in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, and costs of "several thousand dollars per year per firefighter" to maintain training and equipment are also expected.
Largely because of those expenses, the plans have drawn criticism from some department members and union leaders.
Rick Hoffman, president of the firefighters union, called the plan a waste of money at a time when neighborhood fire companies are being closed because of budget restrictions. Two closed in July, and a third is set to close Monday.
Hoffman, who estimated that special operations account for fewer than 3 percent of all department responses, said department leaders are "throwing more money, in my opinion, down the drain."
Michael Campbell, president of the Baltimore fire officers union, agreed. "If we don't have funding to keep fire companies open, then I think some things should be put on hold until we find the money."
Clack said he is "sympathetic" to concerns about the closed companies. But the cost of the new Special Operations Command program will be "much less than the cost of keeping even one fire company in service," which is about $2.2 million per year, he said.
A review of special operations began early this year, after a December accident in which a department diver found himself at the bottom of a reservoir without an oxygen supply, officials said.
The diver, whose air supply line became pinched under water, performed a rapid ascent to the surface that caused him to experience decompression sickness and forced him to spend time in a hyperbaric chamber. Though he was cleared to return to diving two weeks later, officials shut down the dive team — it hasn't functioned since — and launched an investigation into what went wrong.
The investigation uncovered problems with how dive equipment was stored — the oxygen line had been kept against manufacturer recommendations in a barrel, giving it a shape "memory" that caused it to pinch — and with how team members performed predive checks, said Paul Moore, deputy chief of training.
Ryan O'Doherty, a spokesman for Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, said it is "fiscally prudent" to improve the efficiency of special operations teams and noted that federal Homeland Security funding is covering part of the bill.
"It's the Fire Department's job to plan for the worst and protect the lives of everyone in every part of the city, including our port," O'Doherty said in an email, recalling the 2004 capsizing of the Lady D water taxi, in which five people died and rescue divers spent 10 days recovering bodies.
"Anyone who lived in Baltimore when we had the water taxi tragedy understands the importance of having a state-of-the-art dive and special rescue operations team," he said. "They risk their lives to rescue people in very dangerous conditions, and I don't know why anyone would suggest that they don't need the best training, equipment and a seamless management structure."
As the new program rolls out, about 50 additional firefighters (more than double the number in the city's old rescue setup) will be trained in technical rescues, rescue diving and other emergency operations, officials said. That will allow the department to move away from its current "pager-style" system, in which specially trained members must be paged to come to work if they are needed while off duty, said Jeffrey Segal, assistant chief of operations.
Rescue operations in Baltimore County are covered by a mix of career and volunteer firefighters, but at least 10 career members trained in special operations are on duty around the clock at the Texas station, said Michael Robinson, the county's chief of special operations. Anne Arundel County maintains on-duty special operations personnel around the clock out of multiple stations, said Chief Michael Cox, a Fire Department spokesman.
The Howard County Department of Fire and Rescue Services stations special operations members throughout the department, and several are generally on duty on any given day, said Julia Lynch, a department spokeswoman. The county's dive team uses a pager system, she said.
Pager systems make sense for smaller jurisdictions like Howard, Segal said. But the city has enough special operations demand — and will have more under Rawlings-Blake's initiatives to attract more people to downtown events such as the Grand Prix — that it "should not be calling people back in from home from West Baltimore or Harford County or Carroll County" in emergency situations, he said.
"If we see a gap in our coverage, we should cover it, and that's what we're trying to do," Segal said.
In addition to its special operations duties, the Locust Point station will retain its truck and medic units and continue to fight fires in its coverage area, said Moore, who oversees the department's training academy. The station's engine will be upgraded to a squad unit, which can handle vehicle extractions.
While the dive team remains out of service for the time being, Jeff Dickinson, a firefighter/paramedic and a member of the team for about 20 years, said members are happy that department leaders took the December incident seriously and are providing new resources.
"It's unprecedented what we're going for here," Dickinson said, noting $20,000 in grant funding has been slated for new dive equipment. "We're raising the bar on ourselves."
The first round of training got under way in early September, and all those stationed at Locust Point have been told they will have to train to become part of the Special Operations Command or find a new station to call home.
Among the current Locust Point members, Moore said that "everybody doesn't want to hang off a rope, and everybody definitely doesn't want to dive in the harbor." But there will be other jobs to be filled in the command, he said.
Hoffman and Campbell questioned the selection of the Locust Point station as the new command center. The station is one of the city's least busy, is in a nice neighborhood, is just one level with no stairs and being stationed there has been a pre-retirement reward for older members, Hoffman said.
"A guy in [Special Operations] is a guy that's in shape, is able to run — I want to say is able to leap tall buildings in a single bound — and you have very few of that down in the Locust Point station," Hoffman said. "I'll be honest, the guys are still able to do a good job, they're still good firemen, but they have some years under their belts."
Moore said when he was looking for a station for the new command center, Locust Point stood out for a number of reasons. He wanted a station that wasn't very busy and could be better used. He also wanted a station close to water to facilitate coordination with fire boats, and close to downtown to ease coverage during big events at the Inner Harbor.
Segal said the transition will be difficult for some members but worth it for the department. The "mile-high picture" of the program, he said, can't just be about the Fire Department and its members.
"We've really got to think about the end result," he said. "What's best for the community?"


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Man Tries to Set Fire to Historic Music Venue
A man was arrested on Aug. 27 for trying to set fire to the Ryman Auditorium, one of Nashville and music's most historic venue.
According to WTVF-TV in Nashville, Jeffrey Parsley allegedly admitted to attempting to light newspapers to burn the back door of the country-music landmark. The 52-year-old suspect apparently lives one block behind the Ryman.
Parsley tried to burn down the storied music venue -- which has hosted everything from the 88-year-old Grand Ole Opry and country-music icons to comedians and classic rockers like ZZ Top -- on Aug. 18.
He was caught on surveillance cameras and arrested this past week. His bond is set at $20,000. There were no injuries reported, and so far the extent of the damage has not been revealed.
The next event on the Ryman schedule is a sold-out performance by indie rockers the National on Sept. 8. In addition to ZZ Top, Gov't Mule, Blondie and John Mellencamp's 'Ghost Brothers of Darkland County' are scheduled to play there within the next few months.


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William F. Buckley Jr.'s death yesterday marks the passing of a champion of liberty. By founding his magazine "The National Review," Buckley was able to provide the country's first widely read platform for articles promoting free-market economic ideas, love of freedom and opposition to big government solutions.
Buckley, along with Michigan author Russell Kirk, rose to prominence in the hazy moment of history following Lionel Trilling's 1950 pronouncement:
"In the United States at this time, liberalism is not only the dominant but even the sole intellectual tradition. For the plain fact that nowadays there are no conservative or reactionary ideas in general circulation…. [The] conservative impulse and the reactionary impulse do not, with some isolated and some ecclesiastical exceptions, express themselves in ideas but only in action or in irritable mental gestures which seek to resemble ideas."
In the wake of Trilling's statement, government began to grow exponentially. New programs funded by taxpayer dollars were added on what seemed a daily basis. By the 1960s, the Johnson administration initiated the Great Society programs that put the big government New Deal programs of the Great Depression to shame. Those programs continued to expand under subsequent administrations, regardless of party affiliation.
Buckley was among the first to plead the case for smaller government. Armed with the philosophical ideas captured in Kirk's "The Conservative Mind," Buckley defined conservatism as one who "stands athwart history, yelling Stop, at a time when no one is inclined to do so, or to have much patience with those who so urge it."
In the first issue of "The National Review," published in 1955, Buckley wrote:
"National Review" is out of place, in the sense that the United Nations and the League of Women Voters and the New York Times and Henry Steele Commager are in place. It is out of place because, in its maturity, literate America rejected conservatism in favor of radical social experimentation. Instead of covetously consolidating its premises, the United States seems tormented by its tradition of fixed postulates having to do with the meaning of existence, with the relationship of the state to the individual, of the individual to his neighbor, so clearly enunciated in the enabling documents of our Republic."
Henceforth, Buckley's magazine became the go-to publication for readers parched for intellectual nourishment in the anabasis of failed ideas marching toward oblivion. In its pages, one could read Milton Friedman, Thomas Sowell and, for its first 25 years, Kirk's "From the Academy" column. The magazine also managed to embrace culture, featuring as it did for many years the sometimes truculent film criticism of John Simon. Miraculously, many of these views took hold. Buckley himself became a cultural institution, appearing on his "Firing Line" television program and even making appearances on "Laugh-In."
"He was the person who could make free-market ideas understandable," said Annette Kirk in a telephone interview yesterday afternoon from the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in Mecosta, Mich.
Mrs. Kirk, a member of the Mackinac Center's Board of Scholars as was her late husband, also said Buckley was able to explain why free markets are important and why readers should care.
"He made the case for published writers who could make the case in his magazine," she said. "For Russell and Buckley, economic freedom is the hallmark of the conservative movement."
Mrs. Kirk added that Buckley "also shared with Russell the idea that a free market should always be bound up within a moral context. He was a tireless champion of ordered freedom."
To the last, Buckley was an independent thinker who would take gutsy stands or change his mind once he became convinced such stands were wrong, as he did with his eventual disavowal of the rationales given for the Iraq War. Whether one agreed with either his initial or eventual position, one can at least admire the principled manner by which he expressed himself in both instances.
Buckley died working at his desk yesterday morning, more than likely composing another highly literate piece that would send millions scrambling for their Webster's. Mrs. Kirk remembers him as "not only personally kind, but as an enormous influence. All lovers of freedom and liberty should grieve his passing."
Bruce Edward Walker is communications manager for the Property Rights Network at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, a research and educational institute headquartered in Midland, Mich. Permission to reprint in whole or in part is hereby granted, provided that the author and the Center are properly cited.
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A phenomenon of massive individual conversions either to a different religion or to new forms of the same religion has been taking place in many unexpected quarters. Religions which attract new believers are those that disconnect themselves, more or less explicitly, from given cultures, either by exporting themselves or by distancing themselves from a surrounding culture perceived more as pagan than just profane. In this sense we are not witnessing a "return" of traditional religions: the contemporary religious movements are dissociating themselves from past religious traditions and are a by-product of the process of secularization.
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There have "previously been incidents at the home of Mr. Oscar Pistorius," said police spokeswoman Brigadier Denise Beukes. Police in South Africa do not name suspects in crimes until they have appeared in court but Beukes said that the 26-year-old Pistorius was at his home at the time of the death of Steenkamp and "there is no other suspect involved."
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Salaam aleikum, Davenell bhai
It has been many years since we first toured with Australia together, back in 1979, when you played so well against India. The wheel has turned almost full circle, just lacking the final shift across the line so artfully drawn by Sir Cyril Radcliffe.
The news of your (eventual) appointment has reached the shores of your former adopted homeland, and I must say I am quite pleased that your name plate will adorn the door of Room 3 at the National Cricket Academy admin block in Lahore. I note that contract negotiations were convoluted, complex and ambivalent, so all seems normal at the PCB.
Hopefully they have cleaned out my cupboards and those back issues of Optometry News, Playboy for Seniors and Golf Digest have been consigned to the garbage, or at least sent over to the player accommodation.
I am sure the PCB liaison man, Zakir Khan, will have let you know about the security arrangements. I recall clearly his words to me when I discussed my possible engagement as the national coach after the untimely demise of Bob Woolmer: "Yes, Geoff, there will be plenty of security, you just won't see them." Comforting indeed, but my biggest fears when living in Lahore did not include IEDs or rogue terror cells but anopheles mosquitoes and dengue fever (which I contracted leaving Pakistan in 1982 and wouldn't wish on my worst enemy).
I hope you get out to the regional centres like Multan, Faisalabad, Sialkot and Sheikhupura to see some of the local cricket. Some of the grounds are very poor and some very good. I would rate the stadium in Multan as one of the best in Asia - it's certainly a far cry from the old ground on top of the hill in the middle of town where we played in 1980 and 1982.
You will find that, contrary to widespread belief outside of Pakistan, there are some quicker pitches that certainly favour seam bowling. If you look at the figures for the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy it is usually the pace bowlers who dominate. Occasionally there will be a slow turner; the National Stadium, Karachi, can be either good to bat on or a real haven for the slow bowlers. Generally, up north they produce the stronger, bigger physiques and therefore the faster bowlers.
I was pleasantly surprised by the standards of the better QEA teams. I thought the competition had quality and was robust. It is good when national team-mates go hard at each other in first-class games.
Make sure you have some input into the Pentangular Shield teams' selection. That competition, between five provinces, is the equivalent of the Sheffield Shield. After the 24 or so first-class and corporate teams play their tournament, the national selectors pick five teams to represent Punjab, Sind (the two big boys, whose players come mostly from Lahore and Karachi), North West Frontier Province (now called Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Baluchistan, and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), which include Rawalpindi and Islamabad. They only play each other once in four-day games, but those matches are hard-fought and of an excellent standard.
The guys who do well here are just about ready for the next step, and you never know in Pakistan when some young genius will pop out of the woodwork. Like Mohammad Amir, who has just arrived back in Lahore from detention in England. You should take the 20-minute drive over to Defence Housing and have a chat with him sooner rather than later, to see what his mental state is. I reckon he would benefit from getting straight back into cricket of some kind, if only at club level.
Also, Dav, be careful in the traffic. I know the roads are mostly crammed with bicycles, motorbikes, rickshaws and camel carts that move like treacle through a sieve, but those six lanes leading onto the Liberty Market roundabout remind me of Talladega Nights with Will Ferrell sans beard and driving license. Your experience in Colombo traffic will stand you in good stead, but try to get a driver who speaks passable English and isn't a former auto-rickshaw operator. I wouldn't bother getting behind the wheel myself, based on my driving experiences. I was perfect - three drives, three accidents. None were my fault, of course, as I was using the imperial driving code - which among many details mentions something about driving on the left-hand side of the road where possible - not the South Asian one, where the horn is compulsory and "give way" loosely translates as "go as fast as possible to beat the next guy into the gap that would maybe fit a dinky toy while avoiding the over-laden donkey dray".
I must confess that when I moved into Room 3 at the NCA, most of Bob's stuff, from cricket books to DVDs, rindless-marmalade jars and tea caddy were still there. I did find it a little disconcerting that the personal items of the much loved and respected coach had not been packed and despatched. I'm sure Ijaz Butt will have cleaned out my detritus immediately, given his statements regarding my usefulness to Pakistan cricket after his brother-in-law anointed him chairman of the board after the 2008 general election. Sad days for all.
With your vast experience in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and India, the language barrier should be at ankle height. Most of the guys speak English, falling into a range from "better than Australians" to "you get the drift". Cricket is the universal language, in any case. An outswinger is still gripped the same and a cover drive still gets hit through cover. Urdu and Hindi have many common words, although if they get to speaking Punjabi or Pashto, call for the gardener to translate. He used to run a video shop in the SWAT Valley until the Taliban arrived and issued an edict that no one should have fun.
A huge bonus for you will be that Misbah-ul Haq has taken over the captaincy. He is a bright, well-educated man, who understands the game exceptionally well. When in doubt, ask Misbah who should be in the team and he will give you players who aren't someone's second cousin's brother's uncle but rather are the most skilled for that position. He is a winner and plays no favourites, and will be an excellent sounding board for whatever strategy you feel will work best with the team. He sets a perfect example in work ethic and discipline, and it does make a difference when the senior players are doing all the right things, especially in their culture of age and respect going hand in hand.
Dav, I must issue a note of warning about dealing with the media in Pakistan, especially if you play against India and finish second - although that might never happen in the near future, given the political machinations at the highest level. Speak to Immie on this point: the Lion of Lahore may be the only person in Pakistan who can make it happen; now if only we could get Sachin to stand for the Lok Sabha, we could create cricket detente.
If the local journos want to be disrespectful and force their pre-conceived agendas on you, go right ahead and let them, unless you want several thousand views on Youtube. My son has installed the clip of me walking out of a press conference as my screen saver, so if I want to remind myself of how not to suck up to reporters I just hit Control F6 and amuse myself for three minutes.
But have no fear, Dav, of the man in the street. The press may have their private or provincial agendas, but I found the common man to be most friendly and hospitable. Even when we lost the occasional match, their approach to me was civil and respectful. Not an effigy in sight, burning or whole. They appreciated that a foreigner was in their country to help, to do his best and, win, lose or draw, to show respect for the nation and the culture.
I learned a bit of the lingo and stayed off the booze. I recommend doing at least one of those.
Stay away from politicians, public meetings, police stations or military establishments. If taking the team to the Army School of Physical Training in Abbottabad, stay clear of buildings with just a few too many antennae sticking out of the chimney, and keep your head down if you hear helicopters approaching.
That's about it, mate. These guys can play some wonderful cricket, and I'm sure they will listen and learn and benefit from your enormous knowledge of the game. I look forward to visiting you at Gaddafi Stadium when Australia return to play a Test there. When that happens, cricket really will be the winner.
All the best
Sahib Henry
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Although fire is used as a traditional tool for clearing and managing forest and agricultural land, lately the incidence of deliberate fires has imposed a serious threat to biodiversity and ecosystems. Annually for the three hot months of the summer season the corridor faces devastating loss from forest fire. Realizing the importance of this corridor, in April 2012 the Hariyo Ban Program provided a seven-day intensive training as well as firefighting tools and equipment to twenty-five local youths to contain and control forest fire. After the training, the youths were able to control fire in sixty different places in Barandabhar this summer. While in the past most locals did not report fires, this year they have become alert through awareness campaigns initiated around Tikauli Buffer Zone Community Forest (BZCF). They now report fire occurrences to this trained firefighting group by cellphone. Furthermore, in order to make this initiative functional Tikauli BZCF has established an endowment fund of fifty thousand Nepali rupees. This is used as needed for transportation, communication and patrolling by the firefighting group.
The District Forest Office and the National Park have appreciated the work of the firefighting group and have stressed the importance of replicating this in other vulnerable areas.
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A 48-year-old pilot has died in a helicopter crash in central-west NSW.
The man was thought to be spraying weeds in a remote area 25km south of Mudgee when the aircraft crashed at about 11am (AEDT) on Sunday.
The wreckage of the Robin44 helicopter was found in steep and rugged bushland at Grattai. The pilot, a local man, was pronounced dead at the scene.
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The eight game win streak is the longest since the Bucs won their first eight in 2005. ETSU is now 22-19 on the season and 9-12 in league play. The Panthers fall to 17-22 overall and 9-9 in conference play.
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DETROIT -- Five times this season the Royals derailed Detroit's Justin Verlander. Consider the big right-hander back on track.
Verlander, as in days or yore, prevailed in his sixth 2013 matchup with Kansas City as the first-place Tigers put a crimp in the Royals' playoff aspirations, 6-3, on a cool Friday night with a sellout crowd of 40,389 at Comerica Park.View Full Game Coverage
DETROIT -- Five times this season the Royals derailed Detroit's Justin Verlander. Consider the big right-hander back on track.
Verlander, as in days or yore, prevailed in his sixth 2013 matchup with Kansas City as the first-place Tigers put a crimp in the Royals' playoff aspirations, 6-3, on a cool Friday night with a sellout crowd of 40,389 at Comerica Park.View Full Game Coverage
Not that Verlander was perfect, but he was good enough in his 6 2/3 innings to improve his record to 13-11 and move the Tigers back to eight games ahead of the Royals in the American League Central.
The Royals also fell 3 1/2 games behind Tampa Bay in the race for the second AL Wild Card spot. Three of the four teams ahead of them -- Tampa Bay, Baltimore and Cleveland -- all won on Friday night. Only New York lost.
"It only hurts if we let it hurt us," losing pitcher Bruce Chen said. "We're going to try to do everything we can to come back tomorrow and get a win."
Verlander gave up three runs on nine hits -- two each by Salvador Perez and Billy Butler -- and no walks with seven strikeouts. He was 15-2 against the Royals in previous years, but before this victory he was 0-3 and the Tigers had lost all five games he started. However, it should be noted that the Royals pounded him harshly just once.
"Same old Verlander, he competes, he comes at you, he mixed well," the Royals' Alex Gordon said. "But today he threw a lot of fastballs and came right at us, and we just didn't do enough to support Bruce. We've seen him plenty of times, we know what to expect."
On this 57-degree evening, Verlander zipped through the first three innings with just a Butler single interrupting him. The Royals got one run in the fourth inning when Perez's single to the left-field wall scored Eric Hosmer.
The Tigers scored one run in the first inning against Chen. Austin Jackson reached third on a leadoff double to left field and an error charged to Gordon, his first this season. It was a tough error, given his running attempt to snag the ball as it rolled toward the wall failed.
"I was trying to make a play to keep him at first and it was just out of my reach. I was just trying to make a good play and it got by me," Gordon said. "A fast guy like Jackson, I could've just tried to keep him at second and played it off the wall."
Jackson scored as the next batter, Torii Hunter, grounded out. Gordon had not had an error since Sept. 27, 2012, also at Detroit.
After the Royals tied the score, the one-two punch of Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder assaulted Chen in the bottom of the fourth. Cabrera got a double that right fielder David Lough, after a long run toward center field, came close to catching.
"He went a long way for it and it would've been a nice play, but I still think that's a play that he can make," Royals manager Ned Yost said.
Fielder followed by driving a 2-0 pitch over the right-field gate near the 330-foot mark, well above a leaping Lough.
"I threw a changeup, it was an 0-2 count and I was trying to make a good pitch," Chen said. "I left it out over the plate and he's strong, and he'll hit it hard."
By the next inning, the Tigers had upped their lead to 6-1 and disposed of Chen. Their fifth began with a walk to Alex Avila and, after an out, Jackson hit a ground-rule double. Hunter also doubled, scoring two runs, and Cabrera was intentionally walked.
At that point, Hunter gallivanted off to third base, causing catcher Perez to point in that direction and Chen to hurry off a throw. There was a bit of confusion, but the umpires huddled and decided that Chen had balked to advance both runners. Fielder followed with an RBI single to right and Chen was pulled from the game. Another left-hander, Francisley Bueno, took over and got the final two outs.
It was a stellar night for the Royals' bullpen. Bueno followed with a perfect sixth and Louis Coleman and Donnie Joseph each added a 1-2-3 inning. So the relievers combined to retire all 11 batters they faced with seven strikeouts. Joseph struck out the side in the eighth.
The Royals stirred again in the sixth and picked up two runs after Gordon's leadoff single, two outs and a Verlander balk. Gordon scored on Butler's single, making him 30-for-68 (.441) in his career against Verlander.
"I've found some holes," Butler said.
Perez doubled deep enough to right field that Butler scored from first for a 6-3 score. That gave Perez two RBIs in the game and a big league-best 22 since Aug. 23. He's also batted .394 (26-for-66) in that span.
After that there was nothing. Verlander left after two outs in the seventh. He gave up three runs on nine hits, but walked no one and struck out seven.
The Tigers effectively negated the Royals' speed game. Catcher Avila threw out Emilio Bonifacio stealing in the fourth inning. After Jarrod Dyson got a bunt single in the fifth, with third baseman Cabrera snatching at the ball as it rolled down the foul line, Verlander picked him off first base.
"It was one of those situations where a guy bunts his way on with two outs, on a ball that was just borderline fair or foul," Verlander said. "He was kind of toying with me at first base, and I caught him. Obviously that was uplifting."
The Royals' last chance came in the eighth when they filled the bases with two walks and a hit batter but failed to score.
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"Shameless" Must Be Noam Bramson's Middle Name
Do you want to start your day by falling off your chair? Here is a quote from New Rochelle's Mayor Bramson in The Journal News on 1/24/13 in trying to criticize County Executive Astorino:
"We need a coherent strategy for economic development and job creation, and it's painfully apparent that the administration does not have any clear plans for achieving those goals."
This has to be a joke...right? Noam cannot possibly be serious? He has been a councilman and mayor since 1996 (17 years), and it is fair to say the New Rochelle has been in a continued downward spiral since then when it comes to "job creation" and "economic development." It is fair to say that during Bramson's political career he was part of a serious of horrible decisions, in particular massive tax breaks for developers and corporate welfare that has crushed New Rochelle's homeowners, which has done tremendous damage to New Rochelle's downtown and long term damage to this city's future. It is fair to say that Noam Bramson has been an utter disaster when it comes to economic development and job creation here in New Rochelle. It really is clear that Noam will say just about anything to get elected County Executive and the level of shamelessness and fraud in his quote is breathtaking.
Noam, to quote the great Republican Abe Lincoln: "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time."
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Bramson has no shame
I was very happy to see this post and glad to see the NR GOP still has a pulse. When Bramson announced, I also though it was incredible that he thinks he has earned a promotion. Why would anyone vote for Bramson for county exec? New Rochelle gets worse by the year and he may be the worst mayor we have ever had. No new development and ever increasing taxes. I'm with Astorino all the way.
He's only here because of the Hasidic support from the North End and because the last election lacked a viable candidate.
Lou Trangucci - please run (or anyone else that does not have skeletons in their closet)
The only worse thing that we can get is, if Commissioner Patrick Carroll runs for Mayor.
Bramson's Candidacy for WCE is the Numbers!
The fact is that Noam Bramson does NOT represent New Rochelle. Let's put his last mayoral election "victory" into perspective. Although he won the election over Richard St. Paul by "79% of the vote," only 8,000 out of 48,000 or 17%! of registered voters came out to vote. Ergo, Noam's 5,600 votes represents less than 12% of registered New Rochelle voters and just 7.2% of all New Rochelle residents!
Job CREATION???
Job CREATION and Noam Bramson are NOT synonymous! We are speaking about a man who twice sent termination notices to New Rochelle Firefighters. Bramson twice proposed "competition for services" which was a veiled attempt at privatizing city DPW services. Not to mention that in the current budget, Noam Bramson was the ONLY councilmember to vote against maintain the current New Rochelle Fire Department staffing levels. Bramson supported allowing manpower to fall to dangerously low levels that would require shutting down a firehouse and or removing a hook and ladder from service.
Bramson was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and is attempting to use his ability to raise campaign funds to intimidate Ken Jenkins and win the democratic nomination at the convention. Bramson has become a ghost in City Hall choosing instead to hit the campaign trail and scour through Greenburg for delegate support. Bramson has also made sure supporters filled every New Rochelle delegate position.
Bramson has stacked the deck with handpicked supporters for the Citizens Budget Committee, the Iona Dorm Committee, the Zoning Board of Appeals and the Planning Board. In short, Bramson is a control freak.
Here's a tip for Jenkins, review Bramson's record on how minorities have been treated during Bramson's tenure. Two lawsuits over redistricting for disenfranchising African Americans and I seem to remember an incident where African American Leaders marched to protest hiring practices of minorities. I believe the late great Councilwoman Rhoda Quash marched.
Be prepared, should Bramson bully his way in, he will surely target CSEA; not to contribute to their health insurance but to participate in countywide "competition for services". Bramson's ultimate goal will be to destroy the union and privatize county services. New Rochelle residents wouldn't allow this and Westchester County residents shouldn't either.
Beware of the Wolf in Sheep's clothing!
Bramson and google
Whe refering to the mayor it is best to use his full title "Mayor Noam Bramson" reason being is anybody wanting to know more about him in the upcoming election, all these comment will show up on google. So remeber full title "Mayor Noam Bramson".
Let the rest of westchester see what we are dealing with.
Very good point!
and one I had never considered when calling him Idoni II.
The You Tube with Mayor Noam Bramson aka Idoni II melting down is especially funny.
Maybe Bramson New Rochelle development "miracle" is PhD material
In light of the New Rochelle mayor's coruscating criticism of the Westchester county executive, will "hizzoner" enlighten us troglodytes on the "Shining Path" to smart local development?
In order to facilitate his addressing this challenge (since he and the other members of city hall are so unaccustomed to the sharp queries of an active and local conventional press corps), let us re-shape the question into a form more be-fitting his pedagogic background. Let's make believe he has submitted a doctoral dissertation to a leading academic institution and is now being questioned about specific claims within the document. So,
"In completing this assignment, the office seeker should cite specific examples from the public record of his service as councilman and mayor of the legislative, financial or engineering prowess which he now claims as proof of his expertise in affairs fiscal and planning.
Points will be awarded for identification of actual legislation and specific data points; such as revenue figures for sales tax and property tax receipts. Applicant may utilize pie graphs, charts, photographs, line drawings and other graphic tools typically utilized in industry and government to make a presentation most comprehensible and clear to the reader.
Applicant should attempt to answer the question on his own without aid of a full-time executive assistant, publicist, another councilman serving as flunky in the guise of "stalking-horse" or straw man, or other resources human and inanimate not ordinarily enjoyed by mortals, non-professional politicians, etc. Good luck!
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|2007-04-08, 15:28
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Wow, I loved everyminute of this show.
So far Ive watched it through twice.
I don't know if its the cuteness and novelty of the kansai ben, or the one-piece style low budget art that has me hooked, but I'm really enjoying it either way.
Hehe, I really want to see that mismatched height pair kiss. That would be soo cute.
|2007-04-08, 17:56
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The Invincible Dawn
Join Date: Apr 2003
The Lovely Complex Jdrama was a so so movie if it was not for Teppei Koike who saved it from becoming a totally lame show.
This anime is a welcome bonus this year.
If W-juliet will also be animated, that'll be a treat.
So for now, W-juliet dramaCd will suffice.
|2007-04-08, 21:00
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Being Felt Up My Skirt
|2007-04-10, 11:28
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High on Jin
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Wammy House, Drovers Run
i heard there's a group, but it needs a translator. perhaps one that is familiar with Kansaiben.
edit: also, does anyone think the show is going too fast? it seemed like the first ep covered a lot of chapters (possibly skipped some scenes too)...
|2007-04-10, 11:50
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Location: Between a rock and a hard place.
Age: 33
I haven't actually seen any of the anime yet. I just finished reading the manga in last month's (??) Bessatsu Margaret issue. Are there any raws out?
Edit: What's up with the Koizumi's " sister" ? Why did they decide to change that, anyway? Although it did give me a few laughs..
|2007-04-11, 20:23
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as for Emma who played Koizumi, she was adorable! but didn't you think that she was rather..... emo and teary? i guess that's the fault of the script and not the actress...
and as for the "sister" shizu-chan (and the "boyfriend' yama-chan) are i think some kind of popular manzai together. i noticed with the movie they stuck in as much owarai as possible (including the real all hanshin koshin) might be a bit overkill
their roles were rather pointless and time-consuming and i would have rather seen more of otani and risa scenes
|2007-04-11, 23:36
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Speaking of the Kansai-ben being off, did anyone else get that sort of vibe from a lot of the characters in the anime? Obviously, since I'm not a native speaker, I don't have much credibility...but I felt it was an unnatural sounding Osaka-ben compared to Abenobashi Mahou Shotengai.
|2007-04-12, 00:26
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yeah, with respects to the live-action, i didnt think that teppei saved it; i thought ema fujisawa, and 4-5 absolutely hilarious scenes saved what was in totality, a pretty crappy movie.
otani is a difficult character to play live-action if you want to follow it exactly like the manga. ema did a very good job as risa though, but i felt sometimes she had too exaggerated body actions.
as for the anime, it appears to be a compressed version of the manga, so there's a feeling of being rushed through content. however thats only after watching 1 episode so that might not be a true statement; we'll see when the series is complete.
im a big fan of the manga, and i am really hoping that the anime will not disappoint. watching it RAW its hard for me to keep up with the kansai-ben so i hope someone picks it up to sub soon!
|2007-04-13, 08:23
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Never watched the drama or read the manga, but this was fun as poppy light-hearted shoujo fluff. That really isn't my sort of thing most of the time, but it was done in a confident manner and the first episode didn't feel like it faltered even during the still-shot moments. Somehow the low-budget feel of it didn't bother me so much (it's like I've gotten used to that with Toei).
The voiceacting was extremely fun though. I can't say about whether it soudned authentic or what, but what I do know was that it was a helluva fun ride hearing it all! I was hooked to it - Risa's seiyuu Akemi Okamura was top-notch to me, no doubt about it. Who cares if everyone sounded totally on crack and overdoing everything? It was fun, and they were having fun too, I could feel it. It made me really smile for a moment there, and I might just watch it for that alone.
|2007-04-13, 18:12
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Ontario, Canada
I can't wait till subs come out. I heard about this anime and immediately decided to watch it. I love these high school love stories and it looks funny and the storyline is great. I hope the music is good too Never read the manga either so everything's a surprise for me, yay!
|2007-04-13, 18:46
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Join Date: Apr 2007
Age: 32
I am really looking forward to this series. Hopefully a group's subbing this and isn't announcing it till they release episode 1. I've read the first few volumes of the manga and have seen the live-action and like both very much. I've been checking this site and Tokyotosho often to see if a fansub comes out so I hope one appears very soon! ^^
|2007-04-14, 10:00
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Finally got around to watching the first 2 eps awesome stuff and quite funny. The main two are pretty good combo in many ways. Sort of gives off that KareKano vibe minus the emotional baggage at least not yet never read the manga so I wouldn't know. I haven't had that much fun since Ouran so this is a definite keeper.
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|2007-04-14, 14:39
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Give that man a cigar! Seeing that this stuff remains unsubbed while even stuff like ...(*) and ... has been adopted by a group and ... even by ... different groups makes me feel sad.
(*) Since it's pointless to bitch about other people's tastes I leave the names to your imagination.
|2007-04-15, 17:35
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Age: 30
Does this also airs in wide-screen format?
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Or is this a case of Toyota learning from the struggles their competitors have gone through in ramping up production of electric vehicles.
Whatever the reason, Toyota has decided to cool off its once ambitious plans for developing electric cars. In fact, the company announced in Tokyo that it is scaling back plans for selling its all-electric minicar, the eQ. Even more telling is Toyota also saying that it no longer plans to develop a second electric vehicle.


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Jose Villarreal scored the only goal as the U.S. Under-20's defeated Costa Rica 1-0 to win Group A at the CONCACAF U-20 Championships.
The match was an evenly played affair until the LA Galaxy forward broke the deadlock in the 63rd minute by nodding home a cross from Luis Gil past the Central American goalkeeper. The U.S. had already earned a berth in the quarterfinals, but will now face Canada, who defeated Nicaragua 5-1 on Friday.
The winner of that quarterfinal match up will qualify for the U-20 World Cup in Turkey later this year.