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by Daniel J. Weiss and Jackie Weidman
The American Petroleum Institute — the lobbying arm of big oil and gas companies — yesterday announced its "Vote 4 Energy" campaign that will promote its policy agenda in key electoral states including Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia. This campaign will more loudly promote the Big Oil agenda of more drilling, fewer safe guards, and retention of Big Oil tax breaks.
API's members, including the five largest public oil companies which could earn record profits in 2011, will likely provide major funds this program. These funds come from profits that are due to record high oil prices, which led American families to pay the highest average annual gasoline price ever.
These high prices pose real economic harm to Americans. According to the Associated Press:
"The typical American household will have spent $4,155 filling up this year, a record. That is 8.4 percent of what the median family takes in, the highest share since 1981."
Adding insult to injury, American taxpayers provide $4 billion in annual tax breaks to Big Oil companies, half of which go the big five.
The bottom line: Americans are subsidizing big oil's campaign that is designed to convince them to support policies that will ultimately increase oil company profits — at the public's expense.High oil and gasoline prices and oil profits go hand-in-hand. In 2011, "real" oil prices averaged $103 per barrel — the highest since 1864 back when Abraham Lincoln was president. The annual average real gasoline prices were the highest since 1949, the first year of Department of Energy data. These record prices explain why the world's five largest public oil companies — BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, and Royal Dutch Shell — made over $100 billion in the first three quarters of 2011. To make matters worse, instead of investing in clean energy, companies like Exxon spent up to half of their profits each quarter repurchasing their own stock to enrich board members and investors. They could exceed $130 billion in profits for the entire 2011 when the fourth quarter profit numbers are released later this month.
Although API won't reveal its ad campaign cost, API President and CEO Jack Gerard said on Wednesday that the group is spending "a significant amount" to ensure that oil and gas drilling is the main issue of the 2012 campaign. API intends to litter swing states with advertisements designed to promote its "drill, baby, drill" message, along with the approval of the Keystone XL pipeline for tar sands oil. Gerard explicitly threatened the president on the latter issue, noting that if he does not approve the Keystone XL pipeline, he will face "huge political consequences."
Another major component of Big Oil's multi-million dollar pressure campaign will likely include attempts to convince Americans that health protection and environmental safeguards stymie U.S. oil production. Gerard falsely accuses an unidentified "some" for supporting such rules.
"Some seem to be opposed to any oil and natural gas development."
"We see it in the onslaught of regulations from a host of federal agencies that threatens to impose unnecessary costs on businesses struggling to survive."
These nameless false attacks are really aimed at the Obama administration, but Gerard lacks the courage to say so. This baseless assault ignores the evidence that shows crude oil production has been on the rise since Obama took office at the same time new pollution reductions were adopted.
For the first time in over a decade, the U.S. produces more than half of its oil — imports are below 50 percent. Last year, API reported that the number of new drilling rigs increased by 28 percent. The Wall Street Journal reported in late August a staggering jump in total U.S. drill rigs since Obama took office. They noted a "huge surge in U.S. oil drilling, up nearly 60% in the past year and the highest total since at least 1987, when oil services company Baker Hughes Inc. began keeping track."
API also released a study today falsely claiming that the temporary post-BP disaster deep water drilling moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico cost 90,000 jobs. In fact, a Republican witness at an October 2011 House Natural Resources Committee hearing testified that the moratorium lead to only 11,500 fewer temporary jobs over two years. While job losses are unfortunate, the actual reduction is nearly 90 percent less than API claims.
[Editor's note: The 90,000 jobs statistic is all jobs (direct + indirect + induced), whereas the 11,500 jobs statistic from the cited HNRC testimony is for direct jobs only. The Quest study from Wednesday found 22,000 direct jobs were lost in 2011 as a result of the moratorium.]
Actually, over the past five years, the big five oil companies have shed U.S. employees even while they made gigantic profits. House Natural Resources Committee Democrats determined that:
"Despite generating $546 billion in profits between 2005 and 2010, ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell, and BP combined to reduce their U.S. workforce by 11,200 employees over that time."
API also ignores the economic hardship for people make their living on or near the water if there were another catastrophic oil blow out. After the BP disaster, overall tourism and consumer spending in the Gulf states' coastal economies fell by 40 percent in June 2010. The temporary moratorium — since lifted — was designed to prevent another such economic calamity.
When asked about whether API is satisfied where the administration is heading, Gerard expressed disappointment in the number of current projects:
"The lease sales as part of the current administration's five-year plan put forward by the administration limits the activity to the Western and Central Gulf. The areas where we have been producing for 65 years… the places we need to look are places we haven't been in the past."
Despite Big Oil's repeated complaints about the reduction in offshore oil drilling due to the Obama administration, the Associated Press determined that "by early 2012, the Gulf will have more rigs designed to drill in its 'deep water'… than before the spill."
At yesterday's press event, Gerard dodged a question on how the U.S. became a net exporter of oil and gas in what the API claims is an "overly regulated political environment." In fact, the U.S. exported 848 million barrels of oil worth $73.4 billion, and only imported 750 million barrels through October 2011, according to the Wall Street Journal.
While hitting families hard in their pocket books, the oil industry does little to develop the cleaner fuels of the future. Gerard purported to support oil industry innovation and creativity, noting:
"We believe what the American voters are saying is give us leadership. Give us leaders who share our vision of a strong and prosperous nation, which can be built on creativity and innovation specifically in the energy sector."
Yet the Natural Resources Defense Council found that in the past five years the oil industry has spent a meager $4 billion on renewable fuel investments, compared to the $2.1 trillion in capital expenditures to find and produce more oil. For every dollar the oil industry spent on oil exploration and production, less than half a penny was spent on the clean renewable fuels of the future.
The Vote 4 Energy ads that will run alongside CNN election coverage claim to be testimonials from American citizens that support the oil industry's agenda. In fact, participants were fed lines and "any deviation from [API's] script was refused."
Gerard's most laughable claim is that the " 'Vote 4 Energy' is not about a political party — it's not even about the candidates." In fact, Big Oil heavily favors Republicans over Democrats. Opensecrets.org determined that during the last election cycle, Big Oil spending favored Republicans by nearly 4 to 1. The 2011–12 big oil contributions are even more tilted to the Republicans, by nearly 10 to 1. It's easy to imagine that the "Vote 4 Energy" campaign will reflect Big Oil's partisan leanings.
API's "Vote 4 Energy" pressure campaign simply promotes the expansion of our oil-dependent status quo policies despite their national security, economic and environmental costs. This agenda would fuel even greater profits for Big Oil companies, while removing even more cash from our wallet — the same wallets feeding the enormous profits that will pay for this campaign. API's "new" 2012 campaign won't be new at all; rather, it will be more of the same — gouging American families at the pump while lining the coffers of some of the wealthiest corporations in the world.
— Daniel J. Weiss is a senior fellow with the Center for American Progress Action Fund; Jackie Weidman is a special assistant for energy policy at the Center for American Progress.


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Wake County sheriff's deputies say Joanna Roberta Madonna was charged with murder early Monday.
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Enve Composites didn't show any new products at Interbike but the Utah-based company has often made a habit of showcasing boutique machines from supportive manufacturers in its booth, and this year was no different. BikeRadar spotted a few stunners from Parlee Cycles and New Ultimate.
Parlee introduces Z-Zero and disc brake option
Parlee Cycles was perhaps the star of the space, with its new disc brake-equipped Z-Zero carbon road racing flagship.
Unlike the current Z1, with its lugged joints, round tubing, straight 1 1/8in front end and two-piece machined titanium dropouts, the Z-Zero sports smoother-looking, wrapped tube-to-tube construction, and Di2/EPS-compatible molded carbon fiber dropouts with a replaceable hanger.
It also features tapered and ovalized bladder molded tubing, a tapered 1 1/8in to 1 1/4in steerer, and a bottom bracket shell that's co-molded with the seat tube for extra rigidity. Other optional features include rear disc brake mounts (coupled with 135mm hub spacing and a custom Enve fork) and an integrated seatmast.
Seamless tube-to-tube joints on the new Z-Zero
According to Tom Rodi of Parlee, the real draw of the Z-Zero is its modularity and greater tunability relative to the company's current offerings.
"Motivation for the Z-Zero was to use some of the advances we have made in our stock bikes [Z5 range] to our custom bikes, especially bladder molded shaped tubes, 1 1/4in tapered forks, shaped stays, etcetera, in a modular design that could accommodate true custom geometry and layup as well as be a design to take future changes," he told BikeRadar.
"The Z1 design has had that type of modular construction, and is one of the reasons it still sells for us. We now see changes coming – disc brakes, electronics – that are not really going to be compatible with the Z1/2/3 family, so it was time to do something new. There are nearly no limits with this type of construction. The joints are only made of carbon – no paste epoxy, no filler. The frames are essentially monocoques when cured."
As a result, Parlee says the Z-Zero frame drops about 70g from the Z1 – claimed weights start as low as 750g – and has a boosted stiffness-to-weight ratio.
Rim brake versions will begin shipping later this month, while the disc versions won't be delivered until the first quarter of 2013. Retail price is US$8,200 for a fully custom frameset (frame, Enve 1.0 fork, headset, Parlee's own carbon fiber front derailleur clamp, and custom paint) or US$7,200 for standard geometry. Either way, Rodi says every Z-Zero will include custom tube selections and lug layups.
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This year at Interbike, Enve displayed Woznick's personal carbon fiber 29er hardtail, built around a New Ultimate Warp frame said to weigh around 1,100g (2.43lb).
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Woznick has dressed his new machine with Shimano XTR 2x10 derailleurs, Recon twist shifters, KCNC's machined aluminum disc brakes and prototype 11-38T titanium cassette, a THM carbon fiber crankset, a Cannondale Lefty fork, a Tune carbon fiber saddle, and custom wheels built with Enve Composites rims and Tune hubs.
Since the show, however, Woznick has replaced the Recon shifters with XTR pods, and the KCNC brakes with Tune's new Kill Hill stoppers. He says the complete weight without pedals is "right at 17lb [7.71kg] with durable parts that I consider race worthy".


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Give the Gift of PDX Music this Holiday!
11:23PM on Thursday December 07, 2006
Just a suggestion for those with some Christmas shopping left to do: the PDX Pop Now! 2006 music compilation and PDX Popped! – a DVD of nine electrifying performances from the 2005 festival – make the perfect (and cheap!) stocking stuffers for the music lovers on your list.
But don't take our word for it. Here's what Luciana Lopez, music editor for the Oregonian, has to say about the comp, one of her top picks in the recent "Wired Gift Guide" from the Oregonian A&E:
"The notes to this double disc [comp], celebrating the annual music festival, read like a Who's Who of Portland music. Colin Meloy of Decembersists fame does his version of folk ballad "Barbara Allen," while The Blow chip in the spare electro-pop "Babay (Eat a Critter, Feel Its Wrath)." Hip-hop is well represented, with Vursatyl of the Lifesavas, Ms. Su'ad and Cool Nutz. Though the wide range of contributors means the discs don't have much of a unifying aesthetic, what is consistent is the quality throughout."
Produced by local DIY filmmakers Skratch Films, PDX Popped! captures Viva Voce, Nice Nice, The Blow, Talkdemonic, and five other acts tearing up the Loveland's stage at the Second Annual PDX Pop Now! Music Festival and makes an ideal companion gift to the compilation.
PDX Pop Now! 2006 retails for a mere $7, while PDX Popped! goes for $8-$9. Both are available at local independent record stores and select retail outlets including:
Everyday Music (Downtown, Eastside, and Beaverton)
Music Millenium (Northwest and Eastside)
Jackpot Records (Downtown and Hawthorne)
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Pardon Our Dust
05:17PM on Friday September 29, 2006
So, with the invaluable help of our tech guru Chris Anderson and David Gibbons, the admin over at our generous hosting sponsor, Planet Argon, we've finally managed to get this here website back up and running.
There are still plenty of broken things around, so watch your step, but we're doing our best to get things back to where they were.
We're also just starting up our efforts for 2007, so keep an eye on this space to find out about all the exciting things we've got planned and to find out how you can get involved!
Stream or Download PDX Pop Now! 2006:
Day 1!
05:17PM on Friday September 29, 2006
Thanks to our good friends at Tables Turned, an incredible Portland-based podcasting/digital broadcasting company, you can now relive (or maybe live for the first time) the amazing first day of our third annual music fest by streaming or downloading podcasts of the performances. Sets by Stars of Track and Field and Horse Feathers, sadly, are unavailable, but we can offer you choice appearances by the likes of Viva Voce, Old Time Relijun, Siren's Echo, Small Sails, and the other stellar bands who kicked off this year's festival.
PDX Pop Now! Day 1: Stream
PDX Pop Now! Day 1: Podcasts
Stay tuned for music from Day 2 and Day 3, as well as video clips from all three days of the festival.
The Festival, Blogged
05:17PM on Friday September 29, 2006
As mentioned below, we totally blogged the sh*t out of this weekend's festival. Here, all in one place, is a guide to all of our posts. If you missed even a single moment, you can catch up on it here. And, if you were there, come on and share your thoughts about all this great music in the comments. Enjoy!
- Officially underway!
- Horsefeathers and Small Sails
- First Upstairs set a hot sweaty success
- Whoa!
- Old Time Relijun and Viva Voce bring Friday night to a close
- Bagels and The Upsidedown
- Picking Up Kegs for the After-Party
- Super Rock Block
- Alela Diane and. . .
- Upstairs pt2: Thanksgiving and Parenthetical Girls
- Nice Nice ..worms
- Decadence: Stength, Guau Guau, and Reverse Dotty and the Candy Cane Shivs
- Dykeritz, Shaky Hands, Dahlia, 50 Foot Wave and the end of Saturday
- Sleepyhead, Y.A.C.H.T., and I Can Lick Any Son of a Bitch in the House
- PRA Mural
- Quiet Countries, Garland Ray Project, and lunch
- Treva Jackson, Tea for Julie, and Alan Singley and Pants Machine
- Old Growth, White Rainbow, Evolutionary Jass Band
- Wilding and Merch Booth Duty
- Wet Confetti at PDX Pop Now by Mike Fuchs
- Cool Nutz, Strategy, Copy, and Ohmega Watts bring the festival to a close with a giant dance party!
Thank You, Artists and Attendees of
PDX Pop Now! 2006!
05:17PM on Friday September 29, 2006
What a weekend! And it's one that wouldn't have been possible without the 48 Portland acts which generously donated their time and talents to the festival and the hundreds of music lovers – and the musically curious – who turned out to see them.
Want to know what you missed, you who weren't fortunate enough to make it to this year's fest? Check out the play-by-play action from Greg Borenstein, the PDX Pop Now! organizer who "blogged the shit out of" the event for Urban Honking. Also peep the Oregonian review, and Willamette Week's Local Cut recap.
You'll see that it was an almost overwhelming exhibition of PDX music, where for many of us the 30 minutes given each artist felt like too little from too many of them. But we still want to deeply thank all the artists for those 1/2 hours. Thank you for leaving us wanting more. Thank you for playing even though you had to work that day, for swapping shifts so you could play, and for even taking the day off altogether so you could play our festival. We appreciate it.
We also appreciate all the fans who turned out to lend their ears and hearts to some of the best and brightest in Portland music. We sincerely hope you had a wonderful time. We hope you danced, picked up some albums, made some new musical discoveries, and made a mental commitment to check out some of these bands again at the next available opportunity. Thank you for coming, and we were delighted to have you.
Stay tuned for updates on PDX Pop Now! 2007.
The Final Day! + Stream Online!
05:17PM on Friday September 29, 2006
We're now on Day 3, the last leg of the musical marathon that is PDX Pop Now! 2006, and what a thrilling home stretch it is. We'll be closing things down with one helluva dance party, courtesy of Ohmega Watts, Copy, Strategy, and Cool Nutz; but before then, catch Evolutionary Jass Band, White Rainbow, Alan Singley & Pants Machine, and the dozen other awesome Portland artists lined up just for you.
ALSO! We probably (OK, definitely) should have told you this on Friday, but PRA Radio, KPSU, and Tables Turned have been bringing you a real-time stream of the festival all weekend, and will continue to do so today. You can stream the festival LIVE right here. Pretty amazing, right? Many thanks to our radio friends for providing this awesome service.
Now, on with the show!
Schedule: Sunday, July 30
12:00-12:30: Sleepyhead
12:40-1:10: Yacht
1:20-1:50: I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch in the House
2:05-2:35: Quiet Countries
2:45-3:15: Garland Ray Project
3:25-3:55: The Whips and Whales
4:10-4:40: Treva Jackson
4:50-5:20: Tea for Julie
5:30-6:00: Alan Singley & Pants Machine
6:15-6:45: Old Growth
6:55-7:25: White Rainbow
7:35-8:05: Evolutionary Jass Band
8:20-8:50: The Swallows
9:00-9:30: Wilding
9:40-10:10: Wet Confetti
10:25-10:55: Cool Nutz
11:05-11:35: Strategy
11:45-12:15: Copy
12:25-12:55: Ohmega Watts
See you there, and remember, wear your dancing shoes.
In the Thick of It!
05:17PM on Friday September 29, 2006
We're now on to Day 2 of PDX Pop Now! 2006, sort of the boisterous middle child of the festival. Look forward to awesome sets from 50 Foot Wave, Dahlia, Fleshtone, Nice Nice, ...worms, Parenthetical Girls, Alela Diane, and a dozen more of Portland's finest musical artists.
Schedule: Saturday, July 29
12:00-12:30: Jr. Private Detective
12:40-1:10: The Upsidedown
1:20-1:50: Boy Eats Drum Machine
2:05-2:35: The Conductor
2:45-3:15: Holcombe Waller
3:25-3:55: The Dimes
4:10-4:40: Alela Diane
4:50-5:20: Thanksgiving
5:30-6:00: Parenthetical Girls
6:15-6:45: Nice Nice
6:55-7:25: ...worms
7:35-8:05: Strength
8:20-8:50: Guau Guau
9:00-9:30: Reverse Dotty and the Candy Cane Shivs
9:40-10:10: Dykeritz
10:25-10:55: The Shaky Hands
11:05-11:35: Fleshtone
11:45-12:15: Dahlia
12:25-12:55: 50 Foot Wave
AFTERPARTY: Click here for the flyer!
And check our schedule page to see what's in store for Sunday, the final day of the festival.
Let the Pop Begin!
05:17PM on Friday September 29, 2006
PDX Pop Now! 2006 begins tonight, 6:30 p.m., at Loveland. And what does Day 1 hold in store? Just Viva Voce, Old Time Relijun, Siren's Echo, Please Step Out of the Vehicle, and six other amazing PDX acts, that's all.
Schedule: Friday, July 28
6:30-7:00: Stars of Track and Field
7:10-7:40: Horse Feathers
7:50-8:20: Small Sails
8:35-9:05: Dramady
9:15-9:45: We're From Japan!
9:55-10:25: Sexton Blake
10:40-11:10: Please Step Out of the Vehicle
11:20-11:50: Siren's Echo
12:00-12:30: Old Time Relijun
12:40-1:10: Viva Voce
Don't forget to check our schedule page to see what Saturday and Sunday will bring, and we'll see you at Loveland!
One More Day!
05:17PM on Friday September 29, 2006
Just one day more to go, then we kick off PDX Pop Now! 2006, the city's premier festival of Portland music. Remember: it's FREE; it's ALL-AGES; and it's absolutely the best chance you'll have all year to catch in one spot and over one mind-blowing weekend an insane volume of some of the best music in town. Visit the schedule page to view the complete lineup.
To give you a small taste of what you're in for, check out this video footage of some awesome performances from last year's festival (taken from PDX Popped! – a DVD by Skratch Films of 9 musical highlights from PDX Pop Now! 2005, which will also be available for a mere $8 at this year's fest):
The Blow – Knowing the Things that I Know
Viva Voce – Alive with Pleasure
And while you're waiting this last day, go pick up PDX Pop Now! 2006, our new double-disc compilation of Portland music, which features exclusive tracks from Stephen Malkmus, The Thermals, Viva Voce, Menomena, Talkdemonic, Tara Jane O'Neil, and Copy. It's now in stores, and it's still only $7.
PDX Popped! DVD Screening - July 26@
Holocene; CD Compilation Now in Stores
05:17PM on Friday September 29, 2006
Want to relive some of the incredible, sweat-drenched moments from last year's festival? Soon you'll be able to with the release of PDX Popped!, a DVD of 9 musical highlights from PDX Pop Now! 2005, including performances by Talkdemonic, Viva Voce, Nice Nice, and The Blow. Say thanks to on-the-spot DIY filmmaking crew Skratch Films for producing this awesome visual record.
Holocene will host a special screening of the DVD, which will be available for a mere $8 at this year's festival.
Wednesday, July 26
1001 SE Morrison St.
8:30 p.m. doors | 9 p.m. screening
$4 | 21+
Following the screening comes a great show wth:
The Tasteful Nudes
(Only the screening is a PDX Pop Now! event)
PDX Popped!
1. Blitzen Trapper – Lux & Royal Shopper
2. Viva Voce – Alive with Pleasure
3. The Blow – Knowing the Things that I Know
4. Norfolk & Western – Porch Destruction
5. Nice Nice – One Hit
6. Wow & Flutter – Bringin' Down the Hizzouse
7. Science of Yabra – The Voice is the Tax
8. The Planet The – Dreams of Your Co-Workers
9. Talkdemonic – Indian Angel
Oh, and another thing: PDX Pop Now! 2006, our new compilation – featuring exclusive tracks from Stephen Malkmus, The Thermals, Viva Voce, Menomena, Talkdemonic, Tara Jane O'Neil, and Copy – is now in stores, and it's still only $7. Go pick up your copy.
50 Foot Wave, Viva Voce, Ohmega Watts Lead Festival Lineup
05:17PM on Friday September 29, 2006
Except for the man who burst in to my work over the weekend demanding to know who'll be playing the festival (true story), you've all been incredibly patient waiting for this year's lineup. And you shall wait no more.
Led by 50 Foot Wave (fronted by recent transplant Kristin Hersh), the ridiculously awesome duo Viva Voce, and young hip hop lion Ohmega Watts, the bill features a handful of returning favorites and whole lot of exciting talents making their first PDX Pop Now! appearances. Check out the 40+ acts we've lined up so far here.
PDX Pop Now! & Portland City Hall Team on Outdoor Show
05:17PM on Friday September 29, 2006
PDX Pop Now! and Portland City Hall team up to bring local rock dowtown – right in front of City Hall itself. This special, early-evening show – which Mayor Tom Potter will kick off with welcoming comments – features three of the Rose City's brightest indie stars: beloved P-Town all-stars Quasi, The Minders, who leave the next day for a national tour behind their awesome new album, and the ever-rad Pseudosix. The event also serves as a sort of an early launch for our 3rd Annual PDX Pop Now! Portland Music Festival (July 28-30, at Loveland).
PDX Pop Now! and Portland City Hall Present:
Quasi – The Minders – Pseudosix
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Outdoors in front of Portland City Hall
1221 SW Fourth Ave.
5:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Hope to see you there.
Compilation Available Only at Release Party, General Release Delayed
05:17PM on Friday September 29, 2006
Due to an unfortunate error on the part of PDX Pop Now! the fantastic track "Aftershocks + Afterthoughts" by Small Sails was omitted from the first pressing of PDX Pop Now! 2006, our third compilation. CDs from this first pressing will be available this week at our July 13 compilation release party (8 p.m., Berbati's Pan)—and only at our release party, not in stores as we had hoped.
Those people who attend this event ($5, a copy of the comp included) will be the only ones with access to the album until the corrected version arrives in stores the week of the festival. Those who purchase the album at the party and wish to exchange it for a corrected copy will be able to do so at the festival. Our humblest apologies to Small Sails and to everyone awaiting the compilation.
In the meantime, please enjoy:
Small Sails – Aftershocks + Afterthoughts
Compilation Release Party - July 13 - Berbati's Pan
05:17PM on Friday September 29, 2006
Come help us celebrate as we unleash our third PDX Pop Now! compilation on the world. We've got a great evening planned: incredible pop music of the electro- (The Snuggle Ups), symphonic- (Antlerand), and folk- (Per Se) varieties; some Class of '79 punk likely from alum Dave Allen (Gang of Four), who'll be spinning between sets; and your chance to win some awesome prizes in our raffle.
PDX Pop Now! 2006 Compilation Release Party
Thursday, July 13, 2006
Berbati's Pan
231 SW Ankeny St.
(503) 248-4579
8 p.m.
$5 (compilation included with admission)
Music by:
The Snuggles Ups
Per Se
DJ Dave Allen
Hope to see you there.
PDX Pop Now! 2006 Listening Party - July 6 - Adidas in the Pearl
05:17PM on Friday September 29, 2006
Want to be the first on your block to hear the new PDX Pop Now! compilation, the one with brand-spanking-new music from Stephen Malkmus, The Thermals, Menomena, Vursatyl (from Lifesavas), Viva Voce, Talkdemonic, and other Portland favorites? Come check out the world premier of our 2006 comp when Adidas in the Pearl hosts a pre-release listening party this coming First Thursday. PDX hip hop heavyweight Ohmega Watts will be DJing the event.
PDX Pop Now! 2006 Listening Party
Thursday, July 6, 2006
Adidas Originals Portland
1039 NW Couch
(503) 223-3109
6-9 p.m.
Tracklist play begins at 7 p.m.
Beats by DJ Ohmega Watts
Beer by Kona
Look for PDX Pop Now! 2006 in stores July 11, and check back for details on the official CD release party.
Volunteer Meeting: June 22, Powell's
05:17PM on Friday September 29, 2006
People of Portland, ask not what PDX Pop Now! can do for you, but … but you can probably guess the remainder. It's not too late for you to get involved and help us put on our third festival (July 28-30, at Loveland). All kinds of volunteer opportunites await, and here's your chance to find out what they are:
PDX Pop Now! Volunteer Meeting
Thursday, June 22. 6:00pm
World Cup Coffee And Tea (Inside Powell's Bookstore)
1005 W. Burnside
If you have any questions, or perhaps can't make this event but would still like to help out, please contact us.
PDX Pop Now! 2006 Compilation
05:17PM on Friday September 29, 2006
We're pleased to announce the tracklisting for the PDX Pop Now! 2006 compilation. I'm not going to, you know, actually include it here, so those of you who can't wait, please, go ahead, check it out.
For those of you still with me: we'd like to warmly thank the more than 350 artists who submitted their music for consideration this year. Please continue visiting and we'll keep you updated on the compilation's release and the cd release party. Now, go check out the tracklisting.
Requests Closed
05:17PM on Friday September 29, 2006
Requests are now closed for the 2006 festival. In the past month we received almost 8000 requests for more than 900 bands. Wow, is there a lot of music in Portland!
Thanks to everyone who took the time to tell us about the music they want to see. We'll be working with all our might to get as much of it as possible booked for this year's festival, which, in case you've forgotten, will be held July 28-30th, only 50 days from now.
Man, that's soon. We better get to work…
June 6: Last Day to Make Festival Requests
05:17PM on Friday September 29, 2006
You have but one more week to tell us which bands you'd like to see play the 2006 PDX Pop Now! Festival (July 28-30 at Loveland). We'll stop taking requests after June 6, so don't procrastinate, head on over to our requests page and make your picks from our ballooning list of PDX artists or write in your favorites and tell us what kind of music they perform. Should you have any questions about the requests process, please visit our handy FAQ
Also, don't forget to check out our awesome PDX Pop Now! music player, featuring nearly all of the tracks submitted for this year's compilation. Happy listening, and thank you all for your requests.
We're Now Taking Requests for 2006 Festival
05:17PM on Thursday May 04, 2006
We have a festival to put on, and now's the time for you, our fellow Portland music fans, to pitch in. Tell us who you would like to see perform at the Third Annual PDX Pop Now! Festival, to be held July 28-30 at The Loveland. That's three days—and a lot of slots to fill—so help us do some of the legwork; hey, we'll be the first to admit we don't know everything that's happening musically around town.
Visit our new requests page and browse the list of acts already up for consideration. Make some additions of your own. Share with us your dreams of seeing the city's biggest marquis names participate or clue us in to less-recognized bands to whom we ought to pay some attention. You can even tell us what kind of music they play and help us schedule a diverse lineup. You can also hear musical samples from many of the acts on our list and perhaps make some musical discoveries of your own.
No guarantees that we'll be able to get all of your favorites, but every request does help us learn more about what's going on with PDX music these days. So yes, every request counts. Make yours now.
Festival Dates and Venue Announced
09:21PM on Tuesday May 02, 2006
We are proud to announce that the Third Annual PDX Pop Now! festival of Portland music will be held July 28-30th at The Loveland! This will be the third consecutive year in which The Loveland has been home to the festival. So, mark it on your schedules and start getting ready!
In other news, submissions for this year's Compilation are still open through the end of the month, so be sure to get your track in on time (see February 2nd's announcement below for details).
And we want to send out a big thank you to all the great new volunteers who came to last night's open meeting. We'll be getting in touch soon. If you couldn't make the meeting, but are interested in helping out with this year's festival, send us an email at email@example.com. Anyone and everyone are welcome.
Submissions Now Open for the 2006 Compilation CD
02:02AM on Tuesday May 02, 2006
To give all of you procrastination-prone musicians in Portland another shot at getting your music considered for the 2006 PDX Pop Now! compilation CD, we've decided to extend the submission deadline another two weeks. So, quit twiddling your thumbs and submit your music. Send a CD-quality original track along with a filled-out copy of our Submission Form to:
PDX Pop Now!
PO Box 14773
Portland OR 97293
And tell all your music-playing friends to do the same. Be sure to get those submissions in by April 14th. We won't be extending the deadline again. Good luck!


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Thursday October 25, 2012
Former Radio 1 breakfast DJ Chris Moyles bowed out of his slot after he suffered the lowest ratings he had had in years.
It has been revealed that the comedic presenter left the show after he reached out to a lower audience than he had six years ago.
This meant that the star lost 200,000 listeners a quarter, reaching 6.73 million listeners on its final push.
Radio 4's Today programme, however, accrued 200,000 listeners a quarter.
The show ended up achieving 6.94 million listers aged over 15 over during the year.
Radio 2's Chris Evans may have suffered a 400,000 listener plunge in the summer, but still manages to top the breakfast charts with a staggering 8.55 million listeners.
Nick Grimshaw has now taken the coveted Radio 1 slot in a hope to reach out to a younger audience.
Chris, however, is still signed to the station but there are no plans for the DJ to take a new slot. He will not be paid by the BBC whilst he is not on air.
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Richard C. Sarafian, a Hollywood director best known for the speed-addled saga of squealing brakes and existential angst chronicled in the 1971 cult film "Vanishing Point," died Wednesday. He was 83.
Sarafian was recovering from a broken back when he contracted pneumonia, family members said.
He directed numerous films and, earlier in his career, TV shows that included episodes of "Gunsmoke," "The Twilight Zone" and "Batman." He also acted, appearing as hitman Vinnie in the Warren Beatty satire "Bulworth" and gangster Jack Dragna in Beatty's "Bugsy."
In "Dr. Doolittle 2," he did a comic turn as the voice of the God Beaver, a don of the dam who ran the forest like a Corleone with buck teeth.
But it was "Vanishing Point," the story of a tough guy named Kowalski and his frenzied road trip from Denver to San Francisco, that proved to be Sarafian's most enduring work.
"I had absolutely no idea that this thing would survive all these years," he told the website movieweb.com in 2009. "We worked hard in the hot sun and we partied at night. You just hope, like everything, that you blow the audience a few kisses and try to fulfill your vision of what it's about … freedom, an endless road, and let the cards fall where they may."
In Quentin Tarantino's "Death Proof," the director gave Sarafian a "special thanks" credit, a bow to the influence of "Vanishing Point."
Its impact has also been felt outside the industry. In 1997, Scottish rock band Primal Scream paid tribute to Sarafian by naming an album "Vanishing Point": "It's always been a favorite of the band," leader Bobby Gillespie explained. "We love the air of paranoia and speed-freak righteousness."
In the film, ex-cop, ex-racer and Vietnam vet Kowalski, played by Barry Newman, bets his drug dealer he can deliver a supercharged 1970 Dodge Challenger to California in 15 hours. The reasons for the wager are unclear, but it triggers 90 minutes worth of screaming police cruisers and an excited, crash-by-crash radio narration from Super Soul, a blind disc jockey played by Cleavon Little. Kowalski also encounters desert hippies, a rattlesnake wrangler and an alluring, naked blonde woman on a motorcycle.
Over the years, critics have been puzzled. "Kowalski would be a contemporary Lone Ranger but for one thing," wrote Danny Peary. "He forgets to do anything heroic."
Sarafian was undeterred. "The beauty of 'Vanishing Point' was that I met the challenge to physicalize speed," he told Turner Classic Movies.
Born April 28, 1930, in New York City, Richard Caspar Sarafian was the son of Armenian immigrants. He attended New York University but "was a rotten student, drinking and carousing," he told the Armenian Reporter in 2008. "To make life easier, I took a two-point course in writing and directing pictures. I got an A!"
Serving during the Korean War as a reporter for an Army news service, he was stationed for a time in Kansas City, Mo., where he met future Hollywood director Robert Altman.
The two became pals and worked together making industrial films. When Altman directed a local play, Sarafian acted in it. The director's sister came bounding backstage after he appeared, her arms opened wide.
"Richard, Richard!" she exclaimed. "You were adequate!"
They married and had five children. Helen Joan Altman died two years ago, after divorcing Sarafian and later remarrying him.
Sarafian got his start in TV as Altman's assistant but quickly established himself.
The 1963 "Twilight Zone" "Living Doll" episode was one of his more famous efforts.
After watching the story of the murderous Talky Tina doll, Sarafian's son Deran sought comfort from his parents.
"That was the most horrible thing I've ever seen," he told them.
His mother sympathized.
"By the way," she told him, "your father directed it."
Sarafian also directed "Man in the Wilderness," "The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing," "Run Wild, Run Free" and other movies. His first feature film, "Andy," was the story of a developmentally disabled man scraping by in New York City.
In addition to Deran Sarafian, he is survived by sons Damon, Richard Jr. and Tedi; and daughter Catherine. All work in the film industry.


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The deadliest martial arts move on the face of the planet. It occurs when the testes of a man are clenched (clamped) within the fist of another man whilst two fingers are simultaneously forcefully inserted into the anal cavity. This causes extreme discomfort and excruciating pain, including intense purpling of the face and the crossing of eyes. Contrary to popular belief, it is not gay.
1) "Man did you see Ruw get clamped? Did you see his testes get clenched and his face get purpled, causing extreme discomfort and excruciating pain?"
2) The clamp isn't gay, shut up.
2) The clamp isn't gay, shut up.
by peterlee01 May 09, 2008
What one would call going to the gynocologist and having a papsmear done.
The other day I went to the gyno and got the clamp.
by Kelly Huckaby January 22, 2006
A sexual manoeuvre preformed by inserting four fingers in a lady's arsehole and the thumb in her vagina and preceding to "clamp" the rectovaginal septum in the hand.
Gaz tried fisting his bird the other night but he couldn't fit his thumb in so he popped it in her clunge and gave her the clamp.
I was clamping a slag once and I got so excited my thumb broke through into her arse.
I was clamping a slag once and I got so excited my thumb broke through into her arse.
by Eddy the Hero April 25, 2011
A sexual manuever in which you grab both the penis and the ball sack and sqeeze it as hard as you can, while pushing it up.
by iwasatbiblecamp September 20, 2009
When performing "finger sex" on a woman, The Clamp aids with balance from the "finger sex" giver. This comes in handy most often when intoxicated, falling off the bed, or both.
"Yo Berms, I was wasted about to fall off the bed while finger-sexing that mamma, until I used The Clamped to save my fall."
by Tom Lumley August 30, 2007


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New Paintings & Sculptures by Alben
Photos by G. All art by Alben.
I had seen images of French artist Alben's work online, but had never seen them in person. When I attended the gala opening of Alben's latest exhibit "New Paintings & Sculptures," at gallery nine5 in New York on October 14, 2010, I don't think I was prepared for how cool his works are. He marries the worlds of street art, graffiti, pop iconography, irony and humor in all of his paintings and sculptures. As I toured gallery nine5, I found myself discovering more and more symbols in each piece and the more I uncovered, the more I fell in love.
In addition to wonderful paintings, there were equally awesome sculptural pieces filled with common objects from toys to silverware (as you can see above). I spoke with the artist and I attempted to gush over how much I love his work. He told me that his English was not very good, so it was hard for him to converse, so I pointed around the room and put my hand on my heart. Alben cracked a big smile. If you are not in New York, you can see an online catalog of Alben's work at this link. If you are in New York, do not miss "New Paintings & Sculptures" which runs until October 29, 2010 at gallery nine5 and is located at 24 Spring Street. Thanks to Alben for being a nice guy and creating wonderful art and also thanks to Rebecca at gallery nine5 for always being so welcoming and telling me the backstories on so many of the works.
See 2 more images from Alben as well as the artist himself, after the jump.


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Filed under: Milwaukee area, update | Tags: agamben, anarchy, barbarians, bleu marin, carl schmitt, CCC, civil war, clastres, communism, critical animal studies, critical theory, Deleuze and Guattari, derrida, discussion, negativity, nihilism, theory, tiqqun, violence, war
Weaving two seemingly divergent themes together through various conceptions of sovereignty, October will focus on the relationship and subsequent separation between humans and animals through the lens of domestication and civilization, while November will focus on questions of conflict – both as the fabric that maintains the present and the force that may tear it asunder.
1pm on Saturdays at the CCC (732 E Clarke St.)
October: Critical Animal Studies
2nd 'The Snake' by D.H. Lawrence (plain text)
9th 'The Animal That Therefore I Am' by Jacques Derrida (book)
16th 'The Open' by Giorgio Agamben (book)
23rd 'On Behalf of the Barbarians' by Bleu Marin (zine)
November: War, Violence and Enmity
6th 'Theory of the Partisan' by Carl Schmitt (zine)
13th 'Introduction to Civil War' by Tiqqun (book) zine version
20th 'Nomadology: The War-Machine' By D & G (zine)
27th 'Archeology of Violence' by Pierre Clastres (book)
This series is perhaps considerably less introductory than previous anarchist oriented and theory discussion series that we've attempted, though anyone who is interested is certainly welcome to participate. Most of the texts will be available for free to pick up beforehand from the CCC or can be found online to download (and linked to from this post and if made into zines will be added to the zine archive).
Many of the texts can be found here


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Common Cancers in Pets
Last Reviewed: September 17, 2012
What are common types of cancer in pets?
Erika Krick, VMD, DACVIM Veterinary Medical Oncologist, University of Pennsylvania, responds:
Lymphoma is common in both dogs and cats. Other common cancers in dogs include mast cell tumors, bone cancer, hemangiosarcoma, and mammary tumors, and other common cancers in cats include squamous cell carcinoma and fibro sarcomas.
Learn more about cancer in pets.
This question and answer was part of the OncoLink Brown Bag Chat Series. View the entire transcript from When a Beloved Pet has Cancer.


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Looking for a Valentine's Toast? Think Pink
If you're looking for a bottle of bubbly to toast Valentine's Day, you may want to think pink – as in a rose sparkler. Charles Passy samples Moet & Chandon's signature rose on the News Hub.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Red Wings come up short after Filppula injuryby Corey Masisak
CHICAGO -- Mike Babcock has a phrase he likes about the early part of a hockey game -- he wants his team to "start on time."
The Detroit Red Wings started on time against the Chicago Blackhawks in Game 7 of the Western Conference Semifinals, but an injury to forward Valtteri Filppula early in the first period Wednesday night left them scrambling. Detroit was eliminated in a 2-1 overtime loss.
Filppula finished a shift and went to the bench, but Blackhawks forward Andrew Shaw was there near the door. Shaw had already engaged with one of Filppula's teammates on the ice and at least one sitting on the bench before he turned and knocked Filppula to the ice at 3:43 of the first period.
The replay showed Shaw kicked Filppula's leg out from under him, or "slew-footed" him. Babcock's response to a question about the scrum was only, "You can see the video. You decide."
A team spokesman said Filppula has a high ankle sprain. Babcock said, "He's hurt. He'll be ready for camp."
"I was disappointed we lost [Filppula] early," Babcock said. "I thought we could have been a lot more dynamic. He's one of top-four forwards. I thought our guys hung in there and they battled hard just like they have all year long."
Filppula played only two shifts and 1:28 of ice time. He began the postseason as the team's No. 2 center, and shifted to wing alongside Henrik Zetterberg and Daniel Cleary for Game 7 of the opening round against the Anaheim Ducks and for this round against the Blackhawks.
He's earned a reputation for being a guy who plays well in this exact situation. Filppula had six points (one goal) in the first five Game 7s of his career before Wednesday. He had two points in the team's Game 7 win against the Ducks.
"He has been really good for us throughout the whole playoffs," defenseman Jonathan Ericsson said. "To miss a player like that and to have to go short after that line had been playing so well we had to make adjustments, but that's part of the game."
After Filppula was lost, Babcock had to juggle 11 forwards for 12 spots. He kept the top line and the fourth lines mostly intact, and then players took turns either on the second line with Zetterberg and Cleary or on the third line with Gustav Nyquist pushed up to the second unit.
Nyquist made a beautiful pass to Zetterberg for the team's only goal. Filppula finished the postseason with two goals and six points in 14 games, and he can become an unrestricted free agent in July.
"Yeah, losing [Filppula] didn't help us, but I thought we found a way," Cleary said. "We had different guys moving up with me and [Zetterberg] obviously, with [Nyquist] making the play to tie the game. We played well."


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Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt: Christmas in Namibia!
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt do some Christmas shopping at a mall on Thursday (December 23) in Windhoek, Namibia.
The 35-year-old actress left the store with Brad, 47, while pushing a cart full of toys.
Last week, Angie said the couple planned to "travel with the kids and go to a random part in the world." Now we know where exactly they went!
Namibia is a special place for the Jolie-Pitts. Daughter Shiloh was born in the African country four years ago in the seaside town of Swakopmund.
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Team due to surge, slip | Ultimate pro | Knicks or Nets?
A month 'til All-Star: Pick a contender due for a surge. Who's due to slip?
Steve Aschburner, NBA.com: Trick question, right, since there are such a limited number of legit contenders this season? This is a matter of short-term schedules, in my view. I like Golden State's chances of surging, what with 12 of their next 17 games at home. And with the Clippers beginning a seven-game trip Friday, and Chris Paul replaced by Cliff Paul for the time being, I think they're going to be stepping back before stepping up.
Fran Blinebury, NBA.com: The Clippers and Thunder already stumbled a bit in the immediate aftermath of losing Chris Paul and Russell Westbrook. Based on the schedule and their upcoming five-game road trip, I'd guess the Pacers will trip a time or two and next week you'll be asking if the sky is falling in Indianapolis.
Jeff Caplan, NBA.com: The Rockets have been a maddening team at times this season, very inconsistent, lose big leads, look disinterested at times. But, Patrick Beverley is nearing a return and that will help with the Rockets' perimeter defense and allow, I assume, Jeremy Lin to come off the bench again, where I think he was a pretty effective player. I look for the Rockets to make strong push into the All-Star break. As for a downturn, as much as I love the Blazers, I think we could see them flatten out a bit. They've already started to a bit, and they've had some really close calls. They've just been such an efficient offensive machine that it's hard to see that not drop off a tick or two.
Scott Howard-Cooper, NBA.com: The Spurs could slip from the top spot in the West now that they are down two of their best defenders, Danny Green and Tiago Splitter. And won't San Antonio just be so panicked to miss out on the championship of February. No one will yawn more than the Spurs if it does happen, but this will be an interesting time ahead, good or bad. I'll go with the Pacers for the surge. Or the continuation of the surge that started in October. Pretty favorable schedule ahead, with a few challenges but mostly games Indiana should win. The same could be said for the Heat, though. Two Eastern leaders cruising along.
John Schuhmann, NBA.com: Golden State should continue to move up the standings. They're 20-4 with both Stephen Curry and Andre Iguodala in the lineup, have a top-five defense, and have played the toughest schedule among West contenders. Ten of their 14 games between now and the break are at home, with only two back-to-backs. Portland, meanwhile, should continue to slide. Their bottom-10 defense has been catching up with them, they play 10 of their 16 games between now and the break on the road, with five back-to-backs. The Warriors, when healthy, are the better of the two teams and I could see them ahead of the Blazers come Feb. 14, even though they're four games behind right now.
Sekou Smith, NBA.com: If home counts for anything, the Golden State Warriors are on the cusp of a robust slate of home dates that will make my preseason pick to win it all (yes, the Western Conference and everything) look really good as they continue to climb the ranks in the Western Conference playoff race. The Warriors play 10 of their 15 games between now and All-Star Weekend at Oracle Arena. That gives them a chance to pad that 15-5 home record this season and make some serious noise before the break. The Heat are in slippage mode as we speak, which might not be the worst thing in the world for the two-time defending champs. I actually think the Heat have earned the right take a deep breath and not press the way they would normally. It's not like they have to worry about anyone else in the Eastern Conference passing them up in the standings. Let the Pacers press on in their pursuit of that No. 1 overall seed in the East, let them expend the energy it takes to get on the Heat's level. After that 27-game win streak zapped so much of their energy last season I think the Heat have learned their lesson. A measured approach to the marathon that is the NBA season (the regular and post) would be prudent at this juncture.
Lang Whitaker, NBA.com All Ball blog: I can't help but watch the Miami Heat and think they have another level they're just waiting to stumble upon. Like last season, when the Heat were kind of piddling along and then, boom, they reeled off 27 straight wins. They've got the eye of the tiger in there somewhere, if only they can find it. As for a team due for a slip, maybe Portland? I suggest them only because they haven't really had a slip all season. But to be honest, at this point I think they are who we think they are (shoutout to Denny Green), and as long as they keep playing with energy and knocking down jumpers, the Blazers are for real.
Akshay Manwani, NBA India: I don't know if you can count even better play from the best team in the league, the Indiana Pacers, as a surge, but I don't see them losing too many between now and All-Star 2014. The Pacers play nine of their next 16 games at home, where they have been an enviable 19-1 record this season. Alternately, I see the OKC Thunder, without Russell Westbrook, continuing to slip as they take on Houston, Golden State, Portland, San Antonio, Miami and Brooklyn before the break.
Philipp Dornhegge, NBA Deutschland: The Warriors have been playing great lately and I think this might continue with Curry, Iguodala and Bogut all healthy. OKC might slip a little. The Thunder have had to heavily rely on KD in hopes of compensating for the missing Westbrook. Sooner or later this will come back to haunt them.
Simon Legg, NBA Australia: After not having the best start to 2014, I can see the Heat having a surge between now and the All Star break. They're too good to continue losing so don't be surprised if they go on a streak. LeBron James is shooting 59 percent from the field but is only attempting 16 shots a game, four down from his career average. I can see him getting up more shots in the future so look out. And as well as they've played so far, there have been some little signs that Portland may be due for a little slip. I don't see it being a catastrophic slide, but they may begin to lose a few more games as we near the All-Star break and potentially losing their second seed in the West.


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Lionel Messi has stood at the podium to accept the Ballon d'Or for the past four years while Cristiano Ronaldo was forced to look on from his seat in the audience. Since the start of this season, it seems that the tide has taken a turn.
Ronaldo has started the season as an untouchable opponent by racking up five goals in two Champions League matches and six goals in seven matches in La Liga for Real Madrid.
This seems to have been also matched by Messi's start until the off-season changes are taken into account. When Mesut Ozil left for Arsenal, everyone was shocked that Real Madrid would let the German playmaker leave for any cost. Ozil has continued his outstanding play at Arsenal, but the move brought questions, and raised concerns of how Madrid would continue to be a European power.
Ronaldo has always been and imposing player, both physically and through talent, that has been compared to Lionel Messi over the past years and this is his opportunity to take his place at the podium for the 2013 season.
If roles were reversed, would Messi be the same player without the likes of Xavi or Andres Iniesta at Barcelona? A case could be made that he would still have the same dominance over the competition, but we are viewing Ronaldo overcome additional obstacles and the adversity of losing his top playmaker.
It's still early in the season, but Ronaldo shows no signs of slowing down whether it be domestically, internationally, or in Europe. This seems to be the year that he will finally surpass Messi, as his level of play increases with each year.
Ronaldo seems to be ready to take his place at the podium for the next Ballon d'Or.
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Joan Rivers presided over the nuptials of celeb wedding planner Preston Bailey and musician Theo Bleckmann on Valentine's Day, with as much wisecracking as pomp. The couple tied the knot at the Empire State Building at midnight, where Rivers quipped, "I wouldn't want to marry anyone else, except maybe Britney Spears, so I could watch her lip-sync her vows." Reem Acra created a 15-foot gown out of 400 yards of tulle and 1,000 flowers. It took 20 people 200 hours to make. But neither groom wore it: Bailey instead emerged from underneath it as the ceremony began. Guests included "Real Housewife" NeNe Leakes (who's remarrying her ex Greg Leakes at a ceremony designed by Bailey this year), Melissa Rivers and Harriette Rose Katz.
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|2012-05-05, 22:17
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So the first Magus the Magus Killer murdered was his own father, huh? Somehow, that makes way too much sense.
Really great work from Kajiura this week, perfectly contributing to the whole tropical island atmosphere, as well as the foreboding sense of an ensuing tragedy. And the special Kalafina ED was quite fitting, even the lyrics, especially this line, which aptly describes what "Kerry" went through in this episode: "A beautiful dream is enough to tear you to pieces."
Being confronted with the fact that he could've prevented the tragedy had he been able to sacrifice just one person (who happened to be the person he loved most), Kiritsugu wasn't going to let it happen a second time. As fate would have it, the one person needed to sacrifice this time was his own father. But his father wasn't the only thing he killed on that day. His core, his dream of becoming a hero that could save everyone, was also shot to pieces, leaving him with, as he himself put it, "Nothing at all". Thus we witness the death of the innocent and idealistic boy, and the birth of the cynical and pragmatic Magus Killer who will kill hundreds to save hundreds more. Did Kiritsugu's childish dream and ideal fade away completely though? Or can traces of it still be found in the man we see partake in the 4th Holy Grail War? We shall see, I suppose.
One thing is certain, the moment his transformation into the aforementioned man took place carried as much weight as I was hoping it would, and capped off the episode perfectly. I must admit though, I didn't expect it would still take another episode to cover this backstory. In retrospect, I believe these episodes might have been more adequately placed after episode 16 rather than episode 17. It would tie in quite well with Kiritsugu's speech on his current philosophy and Saber's accurate reading of him having once wanted to be a hero, before being slapped in the face by reality, and it wouldn't make the wait for the final phase of the war, with the now known impending threat of Kirei and Gilgamesh's alliance, as painful as it is now.
Still a very powerful and effective backstory though, which doesn't detract from the overall quality of the series at all, and which I'm sure will make the pathos of the end of Kiritsugu's spiritual journey all the more heartfelt.
|2012-05-05, 23:43
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A pretty good episode in giving Kiritsugu some background and delving into what molded him into what he is now. I really was wondering about everything that was driving Kiritsugu when he decided to kill his father. In part can believe it was trying not to make the same mistake of not being able to sacrifice something no matter how important. Though to be fair it doesn't seem like he liked his father that much in the first place...Part of it might have been simple revenge. His experiments and research killed Shirley, even if he didn't hand the stuff to her. On top of that his father had an "well things happen" kind of response which probably only fueled Kiritisugu's decision to finish him off. Also maybe part of it was Kiritsugu trying to atone for his mistake. If he had been able to kill Shirley as she asked this situation wouldn't have turned into such a nightmare. Regardless he got the job done and the impact of killing his father and what he saw was clear. There really wasn't anything for him to take. The girl he loved was gone and his dreams at the very least hit hard by reality.
Really is terrible to see how everything went down. Though in this series I'm guessing at almost no happy tales to be told. One day a simple village and then the next a total disaster zone. Sad that the Church was in part right. Sadly Shirley knew enough to have a peak at the possibilities, but not enough to realize what the research was capable of. Sad to see how she ended up and the disaster that was brought. Do wonder about Shirley's fate. Easy enough to suspect she was just killed offscreen by one of the dozens of people wiping out the island. Of course would have thought her 'death' would be more prominent. But maybe all that was needed was seeing Kiritsugu unable to kill her.
Well sorry to see you go out like that Shirley. But was reckless to take that medicine. No matter how much you respect the research don't touch it. Of course entirely possible that Kirtsugu's father would have asked her to take it down the road anyways as a test. So maybe she had little hope of surviving.
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Heh, seems like Kiritsugu's life is nothing but a tragedy except for the way he dies, how ironic. As for the episode, I didn't exactly expect zombies after the first half, what an abrupt switch.
On another note, Shirley is one of the cuter-drawn girls I've seen in anime.
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I'm not a novel reader, and my knowledge comes from the events the anime had already covered (I am reading the translated portions, but I haven't gotten to this part yet) so I didn't know exactly what was the ratio between chapter-to-episode was.
When you list it as that, I can see now why you might call the second part of the series as being poor for an adaptation.
However, I would say that there are two things to consider here
1)This anime is directed towards not only Type-Moon fans, but also non fans as well. Director Aoki Ei explained that he made the anime with the mind set of ''If I (someone who doesn't really the setting that well) can get it, the audience should be able to as well''. At the end of the day, this show should feel good as a stand alone anime that anyone without any prior knowledge of Type-Moon could pick up and watch first, and events flowing naturally during the episodes second. Being a faithful adaptation, IMO, isn't as important as being a good adaptation that works without the watcher having to go back to the novels to fill in the holes.
2)While the chapter count in the past episode might be higher than this one, or this one elaborating on a single chapter, I think what matters here is to see exactly what is the events they adapted, and how well of a job did they do rather than how many chapters they got into the episode. Last episode was 4 chapters, but these 4 chapters might have been better to be compressed into a single episode rather than have them being dragged down over more episodes, to make the impact of the finale scene in the past episode stronger.
Furthermore, there are going to be extended scenes in the BD releases that fill in the stuff that were cut out do to the time constraints and the nature of the TV episodes, so it's not like they wont include everything in anycase.
I think where I'm coming from is that I felt that this episode did a lot of good for the show, and that what matters here is that things don't feel out of place, not how much content is being covered.
Damn it, why does it have to be the cute one
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So Kiritsugu was actually called Kerry in the past? He was just a regular kid back then, but the villagers didn't like his father one bit. Of course, they turned into Dead Apostles (reminds me too much of HotD and Biohazard). Then we got the Church and Mage's Association killing all Dead Apostles. Finally, we got Natalia who is just hired to kill them. Kiritsugu knew his father would've continued his research anyway and chose to kill him. His personality seems to drift slowly towards that of Natalia anyway.
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A decision from the basis of wanting to made up for the past mistake, which leads to a bigger mistake. It's a downward spiral for Kiritsugu, let's see if what happens in the next episode fuels or stops that spiral.
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This was a surprisingly good rendition of one of my least favorite parts of the novels.
Honestly, I always felt that this interlude was sort of half-hearted as it was written; it just didn't seem to have much passion to it, and as a result, felt a bit by the numbers.
The staging of the adaptation (along with the extra material) really tied this episode into the themes of the rest of the series. I particularly liked the editing with Shirley asking him (in flashback) what kind of man he wants to grow up to be, as he's chambering the bullet in the gun. It feels obvious to write it, but it was effective as animated.
Additionally, I liked the parallels to Kirei's place in the last eps. Now, both have killed their own fathers...
I don't really like Kiritsugu any more than I did in the first place, but I thought this episode was a surprisingly strong adaptation of a relatively weak part of the books. I'll be interested if they'll use the entire next episode to finish off the novel's Interlude, or just half of it. It could certainly fit a whole episode, but that does seem kind of a long time to spend in an extended flashback, even though I really love Natalia.
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I understand Kerry's motives - kill 1 to save 100, but he just killed his father in cold blood with nearly no hesitation.
His mindset had to be completely changed within few hours make such decision - not very believable.
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I personally have no problem with this adaptation: frankly, this is again the very same situation than Rin's little adventure episode (albeit, except ep18 is far more important.
Basically speaking, there is no way for them to cram kiritsugu's past in a single episode (be it content and pacing), so expanding it to put more emphasis on Kiritsugu's downfall is actually relevant and important considering one of the major conflict in F/Z is regarding Saber and Kiritsugu's perspective.
Likewise, Epsiode 17 "rush" style was exactly similar to the kings' banquet episode: they could potentially strech it, but in the TV format, it is not a good idea: they add to encompass every major events that surround Kotomine so that we have the turning point in the series (aka the unholy contract between him and gilgamesh), and splitting their talk and Tokiomi's death + the contract would be a huge break of momentum (the same could be said for the kings' banquet, then splitting it from Rider's ionioi hetairoi, confirmed with an interview).
It is exactly the same problem: if they shrunk Rin's portion, the banquet and Iskandar showtime would be in a very awkward setup. Likewise, if episode 17 events were stretched, not only we would have Tokiomi's death rolling in the plain start of ep18, but pulling Kiritsugu's past right afterwards wouldn't make any sense, -and- displayed as incomplete and not flowing well, storywise.
They have to be mindful regarding the format of a TV series: surely, they have to make the screenplay fitting 26 episodes, but each tidbits must have a certain flow and pacing -within- each episode. You just can't make a continuous animation and cut it into 26 parts each 22 minutes, that would be terrible, especially those who didn't read the original material.
Therefore, each episode has to fulfill a certain content and narrative in order to appeal and satisfy the public -each week-.
The parts they've cut in S1 and reintroduced in the BD version are a testimony of that: they did prepare the adaptation as faithful as possible, but they had to make sure episodes flow well on their own, and thus had to make sure all of them can stand on their own, and not simply shuffling the order of events whatsoever.
-A completely hellish scenery that was originally due to his father research
-The whole island turning into ghouls because he didn't kill Shirley when he had the chance to
-His crush transformed in a Dead Apostle right before his eyes, displaying a very blunt anguish
-His father, to the very end, giving absolutely no consideration to humans and what aftermath his research lead to.
-His father missing completely the meaning of Kiritsugu's question: his negative answer was regarding that "being a rogue dead apostle" is a flat out no, despite what you would expect from a parent is they would never toy with their own child life (which means that if he had confidence with a new theory, he wouldn't hesitate to test it on Kiritsugu, should he can have a controllable Dead Apostle this way). That portion is the turning point between Kiritsugu and his father.
-The research were solely in order to reach the root, hardly anything that Kiritsugu and Shirley were thinking of.
Generally speaking, this kind of revelations are traumatic enough to lead to drastic change of personality or even post traumatic stress disorder (such like those that are characteristic to guerilla children and the likes). Hell, the last point definitely drew the abyssmal gap between Noritaka and Kiritsugu.
It is also why I liked the little change Ufotable made here: Kiritsugu stabbing his father with Shriley's knife, putting more emphasis to what he should have done, but didn't in the first place, "correcting" his mistake in this end.
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National Youth Athletics Minutes
Executive Board Meeting
Jacksonville, FL
November 30, 2005
Our Youth Chair Linda Phelps called the meeting to order at 8:00 a.m. In
attendance were Dorothy Dawson, Lionel Leach, Larry & Nancy Seifert, John
Wisner (for Harold "Lefty" Martin) Lance Turley, Erika Baxter, Bob
Flint, Mary Elizabeth Aude, Norine Richardson, Liz Turner Suscha.
Linda welcomed the Committee and Visitors. The visitors were asked to sign in
for our records.
Nancy asked for an approval of the minutes from our phone conferences and our
October meeting. They were approved as read.
Additions to the agenda were given:
Issues Discussed:
Linda reported that 32 athletes went to Morocco for World Youth. She then
introduced our new Manager of Grass Roots, Liz Turner Suscha. She also mentioned
that Andy Martin is Director of Grass Roots and Mona Mascher is Youth Program
At the Annual Meeting, Mona will be handing out information booklets for the
Executive Committee. Agendas will be available for everyone the entire week.
Linda would like to see these booklets made up for the entire Committee next
Liz reported that we are looking forward to the CC Meet. She commented on the
LOC From Morgan State, Greensboro and Spokane for 2006. They have been in
discussion with them to move the events forward. Work in Baltimore is
progressing. Completion should be on March 31, 2006. It has been decided by the
Youth Ex. Committee that if a facility is not complete that the site committee
will not consider it for a bid. Bob feels that it should be stated in the bid
document. National Office is trying to get a definite time for bid contracts
going out and coming in. Liz explained how the event calendar on the web site
works and how helpful it is. Information from the Youth Chairs and Regional
Coordinators has to get to National Office in a timely manner.
Linda went over the agenda for the Youth Committee Meetings at the Annual
Meeting. She feels we need to attend the General Competition Division Meeting to
find out about what they are proposing. Nancy mentioned that all 2006 and 2007
bidders have been told we will be using a 6-day schedule. John asked about the
field schedule. Linda will make sure that the field referees will be involved in
the scheduling.
The World Youth 2007 will be Ostrava Czech Republic July 18-22. Linda has
asked Erika to check on cultural events. Larry & Lefty are reviewing the
World Youth application.
NARTB will be getting a Grievance decision to us by Wednesday 12-7-05.
Bid applications will be on the web by 2-1-06. The team will be Linda, Nancy,
Norine, and Liz. They will go over them to make sure they are okay.
The indoor Zonal Meets will be: East 2-26-06 at New York Armory. South at LSU
indoor facility on 2-18-06. Midwest at Aida Ohio on 2-18-06. West at Reno
University on 2-11-06. The funds look good for the Zonal Meets.
Spring Executive Committee Meeting will be in Baltimore on April 7-8-9.
Linda would like us to recommend what we need to discuss regarding L&L to
the Youth Committee. Lionel will meet with Norine, and Ken to go over the items.
Regulations were pulled by Linda and she did housekeeping and submitted to
L&L. We asked to have page 17 removed.
Bob Flint is concerned about the background checks and why they aren't in
place yet. Linda will present to the Board of Directors and find out what the
hold up is.
Linda thanked our visitors for coming and asked them to leave for an
Executive Closed Session.
Meeting adjourned at 11:30 a.m.
Respectfully submitted by,
Nancy Seifert
Youth National Secretary


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Cindy Shin
|Flower Mound, TX
|High School:
2006-07: Played in all eight tournaments for the Bulldogs and finished in the top ten in seven of those events... Finished the season with a round average of 77.9, the best on the team... Captured second place, her best finish of the year, at the Georgetown Invitational... Placed fourth at the Ivy League Championship, earning All-Ivy honors for the fourth consecutive year. 2005-06: Had a season-low round of 72 at the Notre Dame Invitational in the fall where she finished in eighth ... Finished in second place at the Ivy Championships with 118 over 1.5 rounds to earn All-Ivy for the third straight time... Will succeed January Romero as next year's team captain. 2004-05: Became the first Yalie in five years to capture the Ivy League individual championship ... Fired a four-over 76 in the final round to finish 14 over and hold off Princeton's Meg Nakamura, who finished just one shot behind her ... Helped Bulldogs to a second-place finish in the event ... All-Ivy for the second time... Finished with a season round average of 78.6, the lowest on the team. 2003-04: Had a stellar debut season, capped by a second-place finish at the Ivy Championship (232) to earn All-Ivy recognition ... Was Yale's top finisher in that tournament and five others, including a first-place finish at the Yale Invitational with a 148 ... Cumulative average of 76.7 was the lowest on the Bulldogs. Personal: A graduate of Coppell High, Shin is in Berkeley College.