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Joined: 29 Jan 2006
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Location: Sydney Australia
Posted: Thu 13 May 2010, 05:40
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Google the Silent Assassin
Please explain:
why Google wants your Wi-Fi data
" Google Australia will today be sent a "please explain" letter from
two local privacy organisations demanding to know why the company
has been collecting personal Wi-Fi network data from Australian homes alongside the images it takes with its Street View cameras. "
And some people use Google Desktop in Windows.
I'm sure they'd never be hacked by this out of control
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Joined: 24 Jan 2009
Posts: 317
Posted: Thu 13 May 2010, 06:12
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So google are legally War Driving.
Little is known about Google's collection of this data. Although the company argues the information is public and therefore not in breach of any laws, it conceded last week that it could have been better publicised.
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Posts: 1438
Location: England
Posted: Thu 13 May 2010, 12:19
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I think this is great. I hope I will be able to use this for knowing where I can get Wi-Fi as well as it being able to find where I am.
If you don't want people accessing/knowing about your Wi-Fi then can't you change your settings?
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Posts: 357
Posted: Thu 13 May 2010, 13:10
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Google claims the Wi-Fi data is only being used to help pinpoint the location of mobile devices on Google Maps and other location services much like a GPS signal, and that no details it collects about the network are published online.
And just why does Google need to
the location of my
device ?
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Posted: Fri 21 May 2010, 05:10
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Mandatory E911 service. (intended purpose: Distress call geolocation)
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Posted: Fri 21 May 2010, 08:53
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Really? I feel so much better knowing that
will be handling the 911 distress call from my mobile phone! When was a mandate issued to Google for E911 service?
What's next? Are they going to try to take over my TV too? Wait a sec.. that's already in the works. They're gonna have a hard time doing that! The dummies. Ha ha ha. All TVs would have to be able to read digital transmissions for that to work! Oops... darn, that was done last year wasn't it.
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Posted: Fri 21 May 2010, 17:01
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Well I don't like the big-brotherish potentials of the system,
but continuing to play sheeple, there are more reasons
google will be involved:
1.Newer phones do a lot more than make "Cellular" calls,
which may cost more than VOIP/wi-fi stuff like Skype.
2.Some people Twitter all day instead of Talk on their phone,
and that is also a service owned by or associated with google.
3.Google has already scanned the whole earth in fine detail
and made google maps which are or have been or will be used
in GPS gadgets, (which actually have been hacked to reveal a
linux or WinCE environment, and then after installing an AV player,
be used like an i-pod, since the screen and voice speaker can also
play videos). Many of the online maps (and GPS gadgets) can
also already be queried to show the nearest fuel stations, hotels,
places to eat, hospitals, etc.
"Stolen" wireless devices have in the past been located by turning
on the cameras, but that feature has been outrageously abused
and now its location can be more effectively and less intrusively
known by where it is connecting to the networks. Unfortunately,
the devices don't automatically determine when they are "stolen"
so the "recovery features" can be used at any time for unrelated
reasons. Likewise, an emergency panic button in some cars that
has a speakerphone and GPS has been used to locate "stolen"
vehicles and disable them in unexpected ways and situations.
The objectionable issues arise when malicious parties gain
access and control to these functions and use them in harmful
ways, and they cannot be turned off by the obviously rightful
owners and innocent victims in such a situation, most of which
believed the intended feature was a good safe idea when they
bought the wireless communicator, laptop, or vehicle. Automatic
updates can be turned into Malware, and for that reason I always
want to know what's being "fixed" and why, especially if its not
obviously broken, and always tends to slow down as more
active software is added.
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Joined: 24 May 2005
Posts: 785
Location: Connecticut USA
Posted: Wed 09 Jun 2010, 19:41
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Subject description: State of Connecticut may prosecute Google
The state of Connecticut Attorney General has sent Google a letter notifying of possible violations of the state's privacy laws and requesting an explanation of their actions. He is also running for the Senate, so it is a good way to get on the local TV. It may help.
Enjoy life, Just Greg
Live Well, Laugh Often, Love Much
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Posts: 292
Posted: Thu 10 Jun 2010, 01:38
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I have also heard that the German government is investigating Google re their wifi data collection. Google has been requested to keep all such data until the investigation concludes.
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Location: Paradox Realm
Posted: Thu 10 Jun 2010, 02:05
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Until intellipedia becomes part of wikipedia . . .
. . . we have to develop Open Source Intelligence
Spooks are as stupid as everyone else
politicians for example
- wouldn't they hate for you to know that?
Now you do
I spy with my little I
YinYana AI Buddhism
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Posts: 283
Location: Pennsylvania, USA
Posted: Thu 10 Jun 2010, 14:26
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The new world order and big brother doesn't seem so far fetched now does it?
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Posts: 292
Posted: Sat 12 Jun 2010, 00:26
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To answer the original question --
>>>>> "Please explain: why Google wants your Wi-Fi data"
I think the answer is that Google understands the value of data and wants ALL your data. Not just search histories but to scan your email and rip off your songs (Youtube) and rip off your books (Google book project), etc, etc.
This is a company built on selling the intellectual content and personal data of others.
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Affordable Care was hammered out over many months with wide input (and backing) from physicians, hospital administrators, insurers and associations concerned with public health, like the Kaiser Family Fund and the Commonwealth Fund and the American Medical Association. Affordable Care was duly voted into law by Congress after protracted discussion, media attention and public debate. (Tragically, the debate was quickly fouled by the misinformation of detractors and never effectively refuted the Obama administration.)
By contrast, it is unclear exactly who was consulted in the sketch that is Mitt Romney's plan. Media can still barely discern what the plan entails, which leaves the public clueless and unable to comment. Ironically, the last health care reform Mr. Romney was associated with was the Massachusetts plan while he was governor, on which much of the Affordable Care Act was modeled. Yet he has vowed to repeal Affordable Care, if elected president.
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The Affordable Care Act sought to obtain nearly universal coverage, adding some 30 million people to the ranks of the "insured." (The great exception is illegal immigrants, who are not covered by the A.C.A. and would remain uninsured.) The reform law endeavored to solve a real problem: millions of uninsured families, including chronically ill adults and children, Americans too sick for insurers to cover at a price these families could afford. The uninsured also included many young, healthy, working Americans who took a risk in not paying for insurance, even though many could afford it. Part of the goal was to include them among the insured as well, to enlarge the insurance pool in order to keep premiums down for everyone.
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television series Sesame Street in 1969. After graduating from high
school that year, Vandross attended Western Michigan University, but
dropped out after a year and returned home. He spent the next few years
working at odd jobs while trying to break into the music business.In
1973, Vandross got two of his compositions, "In This Lovely Hour" and
"Who's Gonna Make It Easier for Me," recorded by Delores Hall on her
album Hall-Mark, singing the latter song with her as a duet. In 1974,
though uncredited, he sang background vocals on Maggie Bell's Queen of
the Night, and in August of the same year Carlos Alomar, who had become
David Bowie's guitarist, invited him to attend a Bowie recording session
at Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia. He quickly became more than an
observer, singing background vocals, serving as a vocal arranger, and
co-writing the song "Fascination" with Bowie. The session resulted in
the album Young Americans, released in March 1975, and Vandross also
went on tour with Bowie in September 1974 as both backup singer and
opening act. Meanwhile, Vandross' 1972 composition "Everybody Rejoice (A
Brand New Day)" was featured in the Broadway musical The Wiz, which
opened a run of 1,672 performances on January 5, 1975. (It was later
made into a 1978 film.) The show starred Stephanie Mills, who used
Vandross as a background singer on her 1975 album Movin' in the Right
Direction. (He also sang, uncredited, on Gary Glitter's self-titled 1975
album.)Through Bowie, Vandross met Bette Midler, who hired him to
arrange vocals for her Broadway revue Bette Midler's Clams on the Half
Shell, which played ten weeks at the Minskoff Theater starting on April
14, 1975. Midler also introduced him to her record producer, Arif
Mardin, at Atlantic Records, and Vandross began to get steady work as a
background singer and vocal arranger. In 1976, he appeared on albums by
Midler (Songs for the New Depression), the Brecker Brothers Band (Back
to Back), Roy Buchanan (A Street Called Straight), Andy Pratt
(Resolution), and Judy Collins (Bread and Roses). He also put together a
vocal quintet called Luther, consisting of himself, former Shades of
Jade members Anthony Hinton and Diane Sumler, Theresa V. Reed, and
Christine Wiltshire, which signed to Atlantic's Cotillion Records
subsidiary. Their self-titled debut album was released in June 1976. It
did not sell well enough to reach the charts, but the tracks "It's Good
for the Soul," "Funky Music (Is a Part of Me)," and "The Second Time
Around" reached the R&B Top 40. Reed and Wiltshire dropped out, and
the remaining trio made a second Luther album, This Close to You (April
1977), with Vandross given top billing, while Hinton and Sumler were
credited as featured soloists. The title song reached the R&B
charts, but that wasn't enough to keep Cotillion from dropping the
group, which then broke up. (Vandross acquired the rights to the Luther
recordings and saw to it that they remained out of print.)Meanwhile,
Vandross continued doing sessions. In 1977, he appeared on albums by
Nils Lofgren (I Came to Dance), Geils (aka the J. Geils Band; Monkey
Island), the Average White Band and Ben E. King (Benny and Us), Andy
Pratt (Shiver in the Night), Ringo Starr (Ringo the 4th), and Chic
(Chic). He also entered the lucrative world of writing and singing
commercial jingles, and before long was the musical voice of everything
from telephones, fast food, and beverages to various branches of the
U.S. military on radio and television. And the recording sessions
continued. In 1978, he appeared on albums by Garland Jeffreys (One Eyed
Jack), Carly Simon (Boys in the Trees), Roy Buchanan (You're Not Alone),
Quincy Jones (Sounds...and Stuff Like That!!), Norma Jean (Norma Jean),
T. Life (That's Life), Roberta Flack (Roberta Flack), Odyssey
(Hollywood Party Tonight), the soundtrack to the movie version of The
Wiz, Chic (C'est Chic), Cat Stevens (Back to Earth), David Spinozza
(Spinozza), Carole Bayer Sager (Too), Sean Delaney (Highway), the Good
Vibrations (I Get Around), and Lemon (Lemon). And he was the uncredited
lead singer on the song "Get on Up (Get on Down)," by Roundtree, an
R&B chart entry that fall.Vandross began to gain greater attention
in 1979. During the year, he appeared on albums by Sister Sledge (We Are
Family), the Average White Band (Feel No Fret), Chic (Risqué), Bette
Midler (Thighs and Whispers), Jay Hoggard (Days Like These), Revelation
(Get in Touch), John Tropea (To Touch You Again), the Charlie Calello
Orchestra (Calello Serenade), Charme (Let It In), Cher (Prisoner),
Roberta Flack (Featuring Donny Hathaway), Delores Hall (Delores Hall,
Evelyn "Champagne" King (Music Box), Ben Sidran (The Cat and the Hat),
and Soirée (Soirée), and on the soundtracks to the films Sunnyside and
The Warriors. Especially on the jazz and disco recordings, he was just
as likely to be a featured vocalist as a background singer. And he got a
prominent credit when he arranged the background vocals for Barbra
Streisand and Donna Summer's duet "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough),"
which became a number one pop hit in November 1979. He gained even more
recognition in 1980, a year in which he appeared on studio albums by
Chaka Khan (Naughty), Melba Moore (Closer), Mtume (In Search of the
Rainbow Seekers), Dave Valentin (Land of the Third Eye), the Brecker
Brothers (Detente), Terumasa Hino (Daydream), Cissy Houston (Step Aside
for a Lady), Jimmy Maelen (Beats Workin'), the Jess Roden Band
(Stonechaser), and the Michael Zager Band (Zager), as well as live
albums by Bette Midler (Divine Madness) and the duo of Roberta Flack and
Peabo Bryson (Live & More), and on the soundtrack to the film Fame.
But the most important credit for him that year was his work as lead
vocalist of the studio group Change. He sang on the band's tracks
"Searching," a Top 40 R&B hit, and "The Glow of Love," which also
reached the R&B charts, and his name was listed prominently on the
discs. This increased his profile even more, and he began circulating a
demo tape to recording companies, seeking a solo deal that would allow
him to write and produce his own records. On April 21, 1981, he signed
with the Epic Records subsidiary of the major label CBS Records.Vandross
immediately began work on his debut album, cutting down on sideman
sessions, although during 1981 he appeared on albums by Bob James (All
Around the Town), Bernard Wright ('Nard), Change (Miracles), the J.
Geils Band (Freeze Frame), Hi Gloss (You'll Never Know), the Brooklyn,
Bronx & Queens Band (The Brooklyn, Bronx & Queens Band),
Stephanie Mills (Stephanie), and the Spinners (Can't Shake This
Feelin'), and in June 1981 his composition "You Stopped Loving Me" was
sung by Roberta Flack, with him arranging and singing background vocals,
on the soundtrack to the film Bustin' Loose and became a Top 40 R&B
hit for her. (Damaris revived the song for an R&B chart entry in
1984.) Vandross' own version was included on his debut solo album, Never
Too Much, released in August. The LP was a tour de force for him; he
produced it and wrote six of its seven songs, the exception being a
cover of Burt Bacharach and Hal David's Dionne Warwick hit "A House Is
Not a Home." Vandross expressed his musical vision on Never Too Much,
and that vision was of a smooth neo-soul style that recalled the
pop/R&B of his youth, particularly the music of such predecessors as
Warwick, Aretha Franklin, the softer Motown artists, like Smokey
Robinson, and some of the girl groups of the early '60s, such as the
Shirelles. To those influences, Vandross added some contemporary
elements of jazz and disco. But his approach was steeped in tradition;
he was a stylist, harking back to the past, yet pointing to a possible
post-disco future for R&B music. And R&B fans responded warmly.
The title song, "Never Too Much," topped the R&B charts; second
single "Don't You Know That?" reached the R&B Top Ten; and third
single "Sugar and Spice (I Found Me a Girl)" also charted R&B. The
album hit number one R&B in November and was certified gold in
December. (It went platinum five years later and double platinum in
1997.) But Vandross encountered more resistance in the pop realm, where
the album reached only the Top 20 and the single "Never Too Much" only
made the Top 40. Artistically and commercially, these results set a
pattern for Vandross' career. Appearing regularly, his albums showed
great consistency in style and content, even to the point of featuring a
cover of a classic pop/R&B song on each disc. And while they also
sold consistently to the R&B audience, they rarely received equal
support from pop fans.Having successfully launched his solo career,
Vandross might have been expected to abandon session work; certainly, he
had less time for it. But he still enjoyed working as a background
singer, so he still did it selectively. In 1982, for example, he
appeared on albums by Irene Cara (Anyone Can See), Michael Franks
(Objects of Desire), Kleeer (Taste the Music), Bob James (Hands Down),
Linda Clifford (I'll Keep on Loving You, and Ullanda McCullough
(Watching Me, Watching You). At the same time, Vandross' demonstrated
abilities as songwriter, producer, and vocal arranger opened up to him
the opportunity to work in these capacities with some of the artists he
had grown up idolizing, as well as his contemporaries. He first turned
his attention to Cheryl Lynn, producing her R&B Top Ten album
Instant Love (June 1982); writing the title song, which became a Top 20
R&B hit; and singing a duet with her on a revival of the 1968 Marvin
Gaye and Tammi Terrell hit "If This World Were Mine," which reached the
R&B Top Five. ("Look Before You Leap," from the album, also made
the R&B charts.) Next, he turned to Aretha Franklin, producing her
July 1982 LP Jump to It, and writing or co-writing four of its eight
songs, including the title track, an R&B number one; "Love Me
Right," which went Top 40 R&B; and "This Is for Real," an R&B
chart entry. Topping the R&B chart, it was her first gold album in
six years. He also sang on Diana Ross' October 1982 LP Silk Electric.
Somehow, he found time to make his second solo album, Forever, for
Always, for Love, released in September, again serving as his own
producer and writing or co-writing all the tracks except for covers of
Smokey Robinson's 1965 hit for the Temptations "Since I Lost My Baby"
and, in a medley with his own "Bad Boy," Sam Cooke's "Having a Party."
Vandross' co-writers on some of the songs were bassist Marcus Miller and
keyboard player Nat Adderley, Jr. (a former member of Listen, My
Brother), musical associates who would work with him throughout his
career. A musical complement to Never Too Much, Forever, for Always, for
Love was another R&B chart-topper for Vandross, throwing off three
singles, the Top Five "Bad Boy/Having a Party," the Top 20 "Since I Lost
My Baby," and the chart entry "Promise Me." That, of course, was as far
as the R&B charts were concerned. On the pop side, the album went
Top 20 and only "Bad Boy/Having a Party" charted. Nevertheless, the LP
was certified gold in two months and platinum in six.Vandross' multiple
career tracks continued apace in 1983. He sang on albums by David
Sanborn (Backstreet), James Ingram (It's Your Night), former Shades of
Jade member Fonzi Thornton (The Leader), Linda Lewis (A Tear and a
Smile), Stephanie Mills (Merciless), and Betty Wright (Back at You). He
produced Aretha Franklin's next album, Get It Right, composing the title
song, which hit number one R&B, with Marcus Miller, and its
follow-up, "Every Girl (Wants My Guy)," a Top Ten R&B hit. Then, he
turned to another idol of his youth, Dionne Warwick, producing her album
How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye. He and Warwick sang the title song
as a duet that became her first R&B Top Ten hit in eight years; it
also made the pop Top 40. "Got a Date," the Vandross/Miller composition
released as a second single from the album, also made the R&B
charts. And, although it took until December, Vandross managed to come
up with his third solo album, the aptly titled Busy Body. On this album,
he co-produced several of the tracks with Miller, also writing most of
the material with Miller and Nat Adderley, Jr., the exceptions being
"How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye" and a medley of the Leon
Russell/Bonnie Bramlett standard "Superstar" with Stevie Wonder's "Until
You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)." As usual, there were
three singles: "I'll Let You Slide" and "Superstar/Until You Come Back
to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)" made the R&B Top Ten, and "Make Me
a Believer" was a chart entry (of the three, only the medley scraped
into the pop chart); as usual, the album hit number one R&B, but
only the Top 40 of the pop chart; and as usual, sales certifications
poured in, the album going gold in two months and platinum in January
1985.Vandross finally eased off on his recording schedule during 1984,
if only because he was now a major concert attraction and toured in both
North America and Europe. His only credit for the year was his
composing (with Marcus Miller), arranging, producing, and singing
background vocals on the song "You're My Choice Tonight (Choose Me)" for
Teddy Pendergrass, a Top 20 R&B hit. Vandross thus was able to
lavish more time on his fourth album, The Night I Fell in Love, released
in March 1985. Overall producer credit again went to him, with three of
the eight tracks co-produced by Miller. Six of the songs were written
by Vandross alone or co-written with Miller or Nat Adderley, Jr., the
exceptions being covers of Brenda Russell's "If Only for One Night" and
Stevie Wonder's "Creepin'." The album spawned four R&B single hits:
"'Til My Baby Comes Home" (Top Ten and a Top 40 pop hit); "It's Over
Now" (Top Five); "Wait for Love" (Top 20); and "If Only for One Night."
The album spent seven weeks atop Billboard's R&B LP list, going gold
and platinum simultaneously as soon as it was eligible for
certification in May and double platinum in 1990. It also reached number
14 in the pop charts, Vandross' best showing yet. With his own album
out of the way, he made some selected appearances on other albums during
1985, contributing a song, "She's So Good to Me," to the soundtrack of
the film The Goonies and singing on albums by Carly Simon (Spoiled
Girl), Patti Austin (Gettin' Away with Murder), and Wonder (In Square
Circle). He also sang background vocals on the Temptations' "Do You
Really Love Your Baby," a song he co-wrote with Miller that peaked in
the R&B Top 20 in early 1986.Vandross spent much of 1986 working on
his own material, only pausing to contribute background vocals on David
Bowie's soundtrack to the film Labyrinth. The results of his efforts
were first heard in June when "Give Me the Reason" was included on the
soundtrack to the film Ruthless People and released as a single that
went Top Five R&B and reached the pop chart. Vandross' fifth album,
also titled Give Me the Reason, followed in September. His fifth
consecutive R&B chart-topper, it included additional singles "Stop
to Love" (number one R&B and his first Top 20 pop hit); the duet
with Gregory Hines "There's Nothing Better Than Love," co-written with
John "Skip" Anderson, a synthesizer player in Vandross' band (also
number one R&B and a pop chart entry); "I Really Didn't Mean It"
(Top Ten R&B); and "So Amazing" (an R&B chart entry of a
Vandross song previously recorded by Dionne Warwick, whose Burt
Bacharach/Hal David hit "Anyone Who Had a Heart" was revived on the LP).
Simultaneous gold and platinum certifications in December were followed
by a double-platinum award in 1990.In 1987, Vandross contributed a
song, "It's Hard for Me to Say," which he co-wrote with John "Skip"
Anderson and co-produced, to Diana Ross' album Red Hot Rhythm &
Blues, and worked as a background singer and arranger on Ava Cherry's
Picture Me and Cheryl Lynn's Start Over. He also appeared on Irene
Cara's Carasmatic, Nick Kamen's self-titled album, and Doc Powell's Love
Is Where It's At. Meanwhile, Gerald Albright covered "So Amazing" and
took it into the R&B Top 20. In 1988, Vandross sang background
vocals on Patti Austin's The Real Me and Barbra Streisand's Till I Loved
You, and he wrote "The Girl Wants to Dance with You," which became a
Top Ten R&B hit for Gregory Hines. The song appeared on Hines'
self-titled album, which Vandross produced. Otherwise, he spent the
two-year interval between his fifth and sixth albums doing shows and
working on that sixth album, Any Love, which appeared in October 1988
and was supported by a three-month U.S. tour. By now, Marcus Miller had
been promoted to full co-producer, and other co-writers had joined the
team, but the approach was still the same. And so was the success. Any
Love topped the R&B charts and gave Vandross his first Top Ten pop
album, with the usual simultaneous gold and platinum certifications two
months after release. The title song topped the R&B list and
penetrated the pop chart; second single "She Won't Talk to Me" went Top
Five R&B and made the pop Top 40; and "For You to Love" was another
Top Five R&B hit.Vandross had by now become an international
success, and a record-breaking ten-night stand at London's Wembley Arena
in March 1989 was commemorated with a home video, Live at Wembley. At
the close of an enormously successful decade, Vandross and Epic
determined to sum things up, and in October 1989 issued the two-LP
greatest-hits compilation The Best of Luther Vandross: The Best of Love,
which included two new tracks, "Here and Now" and "Treat You Right."
With those additions, the collection didn't just summarize Vandross'
career, it finally gave him his long-sought major crossover hit, as
"Here and Now," a song co-written by Dionne Warwick's son David L.
Elliott with Terry Steele, not only topped the R&B chart but also
hit the pop Top Ten, going gold in the process. It also won Vandross his
first Grammy Award, for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male. "Treat
You Right" went Top Five R&B, and the set was a million seller by
March 1990. (By 1997, it was triple platinum.) Between the release of
the hits album and his next regular studio album, Power of Love, which
appeared in April 1991, Vandross as usual lent his talents to other
artists' recordings. He sang background vocals for Quincy Jones (Back on
the Block), Paul Jackson, Jr. (Out of the Shadows), and David Lasley
(Soldiers on the Moon). He contributed a song, "There's Only You," to
the soundtrack of the 1990 film Made in Heaven. He wrote and produced
the song "Who Do You Love" for Whitney Houston's album I'm Your Baby
Tonight. And he served as an arranger, producer, and background vocalist
on Lisa Fischer's So Intense, released the same day as Power of Love.
Vandross' seventh album, Power of Love suggested that the pop
breakthrough he had achieved with "Here and Now" would be sustained. The
advance single, a medley of Vandross and Marcus Miller's song "Power of
Love" with the Sandpebbles' 1967 hit "Love Power," not only topped the
R&B charts, but also went Top Five pop, and the LP, Vandross'
seventh R&B number one, was his second to penetrate the pop Top Ten.
A million seller by June 1991, it went double platinum two years later
in the wake of the further singles "Don't Want to Be a Fool" (Top Five
R&B, Top Ten pop), "The Rush" (Top Ten R&B and a pop chart
entry), and "Sometimes It's Only Love" (Top Ten R&B). Vandross'
national tour to support the album began in September 1991 and included
four sold-out nights at Madison Square Garden in October as it ran
through January 1992. "Power of Love/Love Power" was named Best R&B
Song at the 1991 Grammys, and the Power of Love album won Vandross
another trophy for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Male.One might have
supposed that all was well in the world of Luther Vandross, but on
January 2, 1992, he filed suit in Los Angeles Superior Court against
Sony Music Entertainment (which had acquired CBS Records), citing
California Labor Code Section 2855, which limits personal service
contracts to seven years. By then, he had been with CBS/Sony for nearly
11 years, fulfilling a ten-album contract that still had three albums to
go. Vandross was not the first or the last recording artist to file
such a suit, and whether he really wanted to void his contract,
believing that Epic still hadn't done enough to sell his records to the
pop audience, or simply intended to use the suit to induce the record
company to renegotiate his deal on more favorable terms, is unclear. Not
for the first or last time, the record company in question settled
quietly, not wishing to test the law. The terms of the settlement were
not reported, but thereafter, Vandross had his own vanity label, his
records going out under the Epic/LV imprint.As usual, following the
release of Power of Love, Vandross found the time to work with other
artists. He appeared on 1991 albums by BeBe & CeCe Winans (Different
Lifestyles), Patti LaBelle (Burnin'), Richard Marx (Rush Street), and
Kevin Owens (That Time Again), and he co-wrote and produced the song
"Doctor's Orders" on Aretha Franklin's What You See Is What You Sweat.
In 1992, without a new album out, he kept his name before the public
with special appearances, starting with the soundtrack to the film Mo'
Money, released in June, which featured a song called "The Best Things
in Life Are Free" (not the 1927 standard by Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown,
and Ray Henderson, but a newly written composition) that he performed
with Janet Jackson, Bell Biv DeVoe, and Ralph Tresvant (which is to say,
four of the five members of New Edition). It hit number one on the
R&B chart and went Top Ten pop. Next, Vandross wrote and performed
the theme song "Heart of a Hero" for the soundtrack of the movie Hero,
released in October 1992, and the same month he contributed a
performance of "The Christmas Song" to the seasonal charity album A Very
Special Christmas, Vol. 2. He made more modest contributions to two
albums released in the first quarter of 1993, Dionne Warwick's Friends
Can Be Lovers and Eddie Murphy's Love's Alright.Never Let Me Go,
Vandross' eighth album, was released on June 1, 1993, prefaced by the
single "Little Miracles (Happen Every Day)." Maybe the promotional staff
at Epic Records was demoralized by the recent lawsuit, or perhaps
changing musical styles, notably the rise of hip-hop, were affecting
matters, but the commercial response to Vandross' new music was slightly
disappointing. The single reached the R&B Top Ten but was only a
minor pop chart entry, and Never Let Me Go, despite marking a new pop
chart peak for Vandross at number six, stayed in that chart less than
half the tenure enjoyed by Power of Love; on the R&B chart, it
crested at number three, Vandross' first new album not to reach number
one. Three further singles charted -- "Heaven Knows," a cover of the Bee
Gees' "How Deep Is Your Love," and "Never Let Me Go" -- but none was a
substantial hit. The falloff in sales was actually minor; the album took
one month longer to go platinum than Vandross albums usually did. But
for the first time, the singer's momentum was slowing. Despite this, he
continued his usual round of activities, initially touring Europe to
promote the album; appearing in the small part of a hitman in the film
The Meteor Man in August; launching a U.S. arena tour that began in
September and ran through November; and, in November, singing a duet
with Frank Sinatra of Rodgers & Hart's "The Lady Is a Tramp" as the
leadoff track on Sinatra's celebrated Duets album. Then it was back to
Europe for another round of dates.Vandross also paid visits to his
friends in recording studios, resulting in appearances on the 1994
albums Paid Vacation by Richard Marx, Restless by Bob James, and World
Tour by Jason Miles. But he clearly knew something had to be done to
revitalize his own recording career. An idea came from Sony president
Tommy Mottola and his then-wife, superstar Mariah Carey. Vandross had
put at least one oldie on every one of his albums: why not do an
all-covers album? For most other artists, this would have seemed like a
typically clichéd record company concept, commercial but artistically
stifling. For Vandross, who was steeped in pop music history and who had
done some of his best work reimagining the music of others, it was a
natural. He even agreed to give up the production reins to a Sony
stalwart, the commercially savvy Walter Afanasieff, whose recent clients
included Carey, Michael Bolton, and Celine Dion. The result was the
modestly titled Songs, released September 27, 1994. The album was
prefaced by a cover of the 1981 Lionel Richie/Diana Ross hit "Endless
Love," on which Vandross sang a duet with Carey. The single peaked at
number two on the pop charts, a new high for Vandross, even outpacing
its number seven showing on the R&B charts. The album went to number
two R&B and number five pop, another crossover high for the singer.
With follow-up singles in revivals of Heatwave's 1978 hit "Always and
Forever" (Top 20 R&B and a pop chart entry) and the double-sided
"Going in Circles"/"Love the One You're With" (the former previously a
hit for both the Friends of Distinction and the Gap Band; the latter the
Stephen Stills hit), which went Top 40 R&B and was another pop
chart entry, the album was an immediate million-seller and went double
platinum within 18 months.His commercial status restored, Vandross
undertook his usual pursuits, singing background vocals on the
occasional album (Cindy Mizelle's Cindy Mizelle [1994], Naomi Campbell's
Babywoman, Yvonne Lewis' No Strangers in Paradise [both 1995]) and
undertaking a tour that began on May 31, 1995, in San Diego, CA. For his
next album, he tried another favorite record company concept, the
holiday collection. This Is Christmas, which contained seven originals
along with only three traditional Christmas songs and restored the
production team of Vandross, Nat Adderley, Jr., and Marcus Miller, was
released October 24, 1995. It went Top Five R&B (with the track
"Every Year, Every Christmas" making the R&B Top 40) and peaked at
number 28 in the pop charts. An immediately certified gold album, it
became a perennial seller and went platinum in 2002. Also in the 1995
holiday season, Vandross contributed a track, "The Thrill I'm In," to
the soundtrack of the film Money Train.Vandross did some touring during
the summer of 1996, and he contributed a cover of the Peter, Paul &
Mary hit "If I Had a Hammer" to the benefit album For Our Children Too,
released in September, but he spent most of the year working on Your
Secret Love, the album that would complete his Epic Records contract. It
was released on October 1, following the title song, which came out as
an advance single that made the R&B Top Five and was a pop chart
entry. (The track went on to win Vandross another Grammy for Best
R&B Vocal Performance, Male.) The album itself spent a week at
number two in the R&B charts and made the pop Top Ten, as second
single "I Can Make It Better" hit the R&B Top 20, also making the
pop chart, and third single "Love Don't Love You Anymore" became a minor
R&B hit. Simultaneous gold and platinum certifications arrived in
December.Vandross spent much of 1997 touring, beginning with an
appearance at Superbowl XXXI on January 26 to sing the national anthem.
He did take time out to sing background vocals on Richard Marx's April
release, Flesh & Bone, however. On September 30, Epic/LV released
his valedictory collection, One Night with You: The Best of Love, Vol.
2, which began with four new recordings, none of them written or
produced by him, but instead contributed by such usually reliable
hitmakers as Diane Warren, R. Kelly, and the team of Jimmy Jam &
Terry Lewis. Understandably, Epic didn't do much of a promotional job on
this contractual obligation release, which nevertheless reached the
R&B Top 40 and the pop Top 50, spawning a Top 40 R&B hit in R.
Kelly's "When You Call on Me/Baby That's When I Come Runnin'" and an
R&B chart entry in Jam & Lewis' "I Won't Let You Do That to Me,"
with a gold-disc certification in December.While weighing offers from
different record companies, Vandross made some guest appearances,
turning up on BeBe Winans' self-titled album in October 1997, on Jimmy
Reid's Forever Loved in March 1998, and on his associate Marcus Miller's
Suddenly in June. On April 8, he performed at a Burt Bacharach tribute
concert at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York, singing "Windows of the
World" and "What the World Needs Now." The show was filmed for
television and taped, resulting in a soundtrack album, One Amazing
Night, released in November. Vandross also paid tribute to Patti LaBelle
at the same venue on June 2 for a PBS special. Deciding on Virgin
Records, a subsidiary of the major label EMI, he presented a new album, I
Know, on August 11. He had already begun to introduce contemporary
elements of rap and hip-hop on Your Secret Love, and I Know continued
this trend, but it was a commercial disappointment, only going gold and
generating just one Top 40 R&B hit in "Nights in Harlem." As a
result, he left Virgin after only this one release.During 1999 and 2000,
Vandross kept his hand in with soundtrack and session work. He co-wrote
and co-produced "When You're a Woman" for Lisa Fischer and Masters at
Work, featured on the soundtrack of the film 24 Hour Woman, released in
March 1999; contributed background vocals to Natalie Cole's Snowfall on
the Sahara in June 1999; sang and arranged for Dave Koz's The Dance in
September 1999; and sang background vocals and did vocal arrangements on
BeBe Winans' Love & Freedom in August 2000. That same month, he
ended his search for a new record company affiliation, becoming the
first act signed to veteran record executive Clive Davis' new startup
label, J Records. He made his label debut with the track "If I Was the
One," included on the soundtrack of Dr. Doolittle 2 on June 5, 2001. The
song also appeared on Luther Vandross, which was released two weeks
later. Vandross and Davis served as co-album producers, with individual
tracks produced by others, and new songwriters were brought in to give
Vandross a new, current sound. The makeover was largely successful.
Leadoff single "Take You Out" became a Top Ten R&B and Top 40 pop
hit, followed by the R&B chart entry "Can Heaven Wait" and the
R&B Top 40 and pop chart entry "I'd Rather," as the album made the
pop Top Ten and just missed topping the R&B chart, reaching platinum
status by November.His career revitalized once again, Vandross toured
in early 2002, then began work on a second album for J, taking time out
to sing Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" on Doc Powell's album 97th and
Columbus and to contribute background vocals to "Load Is Lifted" on
Suzanne Couch's In the Rhythm (not released until 2005). He co-wrote the
title song for his new album, "Dance with My Father," with Richard
Marx, and they combined for a heartfelt tribute to Vandross' father. The
album was finished by the spring of 2003, and Vandross was preparing
for a round of publicity work when he collapsed in his New York
apartment on April 16, 2003, the victim of a serious stroke, apparently
brought on by his diabetes and the physical strain of his lifelong
struggles with his weight. Despite his illness, J released "Dance with
My Father," which became an R&B and pop Top 40 hit and a gold
record, introducing the album, which hit number one on both charts, a
first for him. Over the next year, "Smooth Love," "Think About You,"
"Buy Me a Rose," and "The Closer I Get to You" (a duet with Beyoncé
Knowles re-creating the original version by Roberta Flack and Donny
Hathaway) figured in the pop, R&B, and/or adult contemporary (AC)
charts, as the album sold over two million copies. Vandross was a
sentimental favorite at the 2003 Grammy Awards, and his career total of
trophies doubled from four to eight as he won Song of the Year and Best
R&B Vocal Performance, Male, for "Dance with My Father," Best
R&B Album, and Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with
Vocals for "The Closer I Get to You." He made an appearance via
videotape to accept his awards and promised to return to action
soon.Meanwhile, J Records had kept his name before the public by
releasing the concert collection Live Radio City Music Hall 2003,
recorded in February 2003, on October 14, 2003; it reached number six in
the R&B charts and number 22 in the pop charts. By all reports,
Vandross continued his recovery during 2004 and into 2005; he even
appeared on Oprah Winfrey's television show in May 2005. But on July 1,
2005, it was announced that he had died, having "never really recovered"
from his stroke.During his lifetime, Luther Vandross' albums were
certified for sales of 23-and-a-half-million copies in the U.S.;
estimates of his total worldwide record sales were as high as 40
million. Sales, of course, tell only part of the story, but it is
notable that, in the precarious world of popular music, and in
particular of the notoriously fickle genre of R&B and the difficult
category of crossover pop, Vandross sold records in the millions
consistently for over two decades. It is even more notable that,
although he certainly molded his music to a certain extent to meet the
marketplace, he also imposed his own direction on R&B. Prior to him,
the popular music of African-Americans tended to jump from one style to
another with nary a look backward. But Vandross, coming along in the
wake of disco and while rap/hip-hop was in its infancy, insisted on
reverence for the soul music of the recent past and deliberately
reformulated it in an "old-school" approach that came to be known as the
black AC radio format "quiet storm." Even as rap dominated the charts
in the early years of the 21st century, he maintained his passion for
romantic, melodic music, and he drew listeners along with him. His early
death at the age of 54 robbed American popular music of one of its more
consistent and compelling voices, and it is only a partial comfort that
he left behind a substantial body of work.
Album: Luther (1976)
01. Funky Music (Is A Part Of Me)
02. The 2Nd Time Around
03. I'll Get Along Fine
04. Everybody Rejoice
05. Emotion Eyes
06. This Strange Feeling
07. It's Good For The Soul (Part I And Ii)
Album: This Close To You (1977)
01. This Is For Real
02. A Lovers Change
03. Don't Take The Time
04. The Jealousy In Me
05. I'm Not Satisfied
06. This Close To You
07. Don't Wanna Be A Fool
08. Come Back To Love
09. Follow My Love
Album: Never Too Much (1981)
01. Never Too Much
02. Sugar And Spice
03. Don't You Know That
04. I've Been Working
05. She's A Super Lady
06. You Stopped Loving Me
07. A House Is Not A Home
Album: Forever, For Always, For Love (1982)
01. Bad Boy Having A Party
02. You're The Sweetest One
03. Since I Lost My Baby
04. Forever For Always For Love
05. Better Love
06. Promise Me
07. She Loves Me Back
08. Once You Know How
Album: Busy Body (1983)
01. I Wanted Your Love
02. Busy Body
03. I'll Let You Slide
04. Make Me A Believer
05. For The Sweetness Of Your Love
06. How Many Times Can We Say Good
07. Superstar-Until You Come To Me
Album: The Night I Fell In Love (1985)
01 'Til My Baby Comes Home
02. The Night I Fell In In Love
03. If Only For One Night
04. Creepin'
05. It's Over Now
06. Wait For Love
07. My Sensitivy
08. Other Side Of The World
Album: Give Me The Reason (1986)
01. Stop To Love
02. See Me
03. I Gave It Up
04. So Amazing
05. Give Me The Reason
06. There's Nothing Better Than Love
07. I Really Didn't Mean It
08. Because It's Really Love
09. Anyone Who Had A Heart
Album: Any Love (1988)
01. I Wonder
02. She Won't Talk To Me
03. I Know You Won't To
04. Come Back
05. Any Love
06. Love Won't Let Me Wait
07. Are You Gonna Love Me
08. For You To Love
09. The Second Time Around
Album: Best Of Luther Vandross (1989)
01. Searching
02. The Glow Of Love
03. Never Too Much
04. If This World Were Mine
05. A House Is Not A Home
06. Bad Boy Having A Party
07. Since I Lost My Baby
08. Promise Me
09. 'Til My Baby Comes Home
10. If Only For One Night (Creep Creep)
01. Superstar-Until You Come To Me
02. Stop To Love
03. So Amazing
04. There's Nothing Better Than Love
05. Give Me The Reason
06. Any Love
07. I Really Didn't Mean It
08. Love Won't Let Me Wait
09. Treat You Right
10. Here And Now
Album: Power Of Love (1991)
01. She Doesn't Mind
02. Power Of Love Love Power
03. I'm Gonna Start Today
04. The Rush
05. I Want To Stay Tonight
06. Don't Want To Be A Fool
07. Can I Tell You That
08. Sometimes It's Only Love
09. Emotional Love
10. I Who Have Nothing
Album: Never Let Me Go (1993)
01. Little Miracles Happen Everyday
02. Heaven Knows
03. Love Me Again
04. Can't Be Doin' That Know
05. Too Far Down
06. Love Is On The Way
07. Hustle
08. Emotion Eyes
09. Lady Lady
10. How Deep Is Your Love Love Don't Love Nobody
11. Never Let Me Go
Album: Songs (1994)
01. Love The One You're With
02. Killing Me Softly
03. Endless Love (With Mariah Carey)
04. Evergreen
05. Reflections
06. Hello
07. Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
08. Always And Forever
09. Going In Circles
10. Since You've Been Gone
11. All The Woman I Need
12. What The World Needs Now Is Love
13. The Impossible Dream
Album: Your Secret Love (1996)
01. Your Secret Love
02. Love Don't Love You Anymore
03. It's Hard For Me To Say
04. Crazy Love
05. Can I Make It Better
06. Too Proud To Beg
07. I Can't Wait No Longer
08. Nobody To Love
09. Whether Or Not The World Gets Better
10. This Time I'm Right
11. Knocks Me Off My Feet
12. Goin' Out Of My Head
Album: I Know (1998)
01. Keepin My Faith In You
02. Isn't There Someone
03. Religion
04. Get It Right
05. I Know
06. I'm Only Human
07. Nights In Harlem
08. Dream Lover
09. When I Need You
10. Are You Using Me
11. Are You Mad At Me
12. Now That I Have You
13. Nights In Harlem Remix
Album: Luther Vandross (2001)
01. Take You Out
02. Grown Things
03. Bring Your Heart to Mine
04. Can Heaven Wait
05. Say It Now
06. Hearts Get Broken All the Time (But the Problem Is, This Time It's Mine)
07. I'd Rather
08. How Do I Tell Her
09. Any Day Now
10. If I Was the One
11. Let's Make Tonight the Night
12. Like I'm Invisible
13. Are You There (With Another Guy)
14. Love Forgot
Album: Dance With My Father (2003)
01. If I Didn't Know Better
02. Think About You
03. If It Ain't One Thing (Featuring Foxy Brown)
04. Buy Me A Rose
05. The Closer I Get To You (Duet With Beyoncé Knowles)
06. Lovely Day (Featuring Busta Rhymes)
07. Dance With My Father
08. She Saw You
09. Apologize
10. Hit It Again (Featuring Queen Latifah)
11. Right In The Middle
12. Once Were Lovers
13. Lovely Day [Part Ii] (Featuring Busta Rhymes)
14. They Said You Needed Me
Album: Live At Radio City Music Hall (2003)
01. Never Too Much
02. Here And Now
03. Take You Out
04. Love Won't Let Me Wait
05. Superstar
06. Stop To Love
07. If Only For One Night
08. Creepin'
09. I'd Rather
10. A House Is Not A Home
11. Glow Of Love
Album: The Ultimate Luther Vandross (2006)
01. Never Too Much
02. Take You Out
03. Superstar/Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
04. Here And Now
05. Dance With My Father
06. A House Is Not A Home
07. Give Me The Reason
08. I'd Rather
09. Any Love
10. Power Of Love/Love Power
11. Think About You
12. Wait For Love
13. Your Secret Love
14. The Closer I Get To You
15. Buy Me A Rose
16. Endless Love (Duet With Mariah Carey)
17. Shine
18. Got You Home
Album: Love Luther (2007)
01. Ready For Love
02. If You Can't Dance
03. Meet Luther Vandross
04. The Glow Of Love
05. Never Too Much
06. Don't You Know That
07. A House Is Not A Home
08. Bad Boy Having A Party
09. Since I Lost My Baby
10. She Loves Me Back
11. Who's Gonna Make It Easier For Me
12. If This World Were Mine
13. How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye
14. SuperstarUntil You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
01. If Only For One Night
02. Creepin'
03. Wait For Love
04. 'Til My Baby Comes Home
05. It's Over Now
06. The Night I Fell In Love
07. There's Only You
08. Anyone Who Had A Heart
09. So Amazing (Intimate Mix)
10. Give Me The Reason
11. Stop To Love
12. There's Nothing Better Than Love
13. So Amazing
14. For You To Love
15. Here And Now
01. Love The One You're With
02. Funky Music (Is A Part Of Me)
03. Georgy Porgy
04. Power Of Love Love Power
05. Don't Want To Be A Fool
06. I Want The Night To Stay
07. Endless Love (Duet with Mariah Carey)
08. Any Love
09. Knocks Me Off My Feet
10. Your Secret Love
11. Never Let Me Go
12. Can Heaven Wait
13. The Closer I Get To You (Duet With Beyonce Knowles)
01. Isn't There Someone
02. Dance With My Father (Album Version and Radio Version)
03. Take You Out (Radio Edit & Album Version)
04. I'd Rather
05. Buy Me A Rose
06. Shine (Main)
07. Got You Home (Main)
08. Jump To It (Original 12 Mix)
9. Hot Butterfly (Disco Remix)
10. Searching (Live)
11. Always And Forever (Live)
12. Windows Of The World What the World Needs Now (Live)
13. The Lady Is A Tramp
14. A House Is Not A Home
Album: Love Songs (2009)
01. Never Too Much
02. Give Me The Reason
03. Your Secret Love
04. Dance With My Father
05. Take You Out
06. Got You Home
07. Power Of Love/Love Power
08. So Amazing
09. Buy Me A Rose
10. Love The One You're With
11. Any Love
12. Always And Forever
13. Endless Love (Ft. Mariah Carey)
14. Love Is On The Way (Real Love)
15. Heaven Knows
16. Here And Now
17. House Is Not A Home
Album: The Amazing Collection (2010)
01. Never Too Much
02. The Night I Fell In Love
03. Always & Forever
04. Give Me The Reason
05. Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
06. Any Love
07. Heaven Knows
08. Your Secret Love
09. Killing Me Softly
10. Lady, Lady
11. What The World Needs Now
12. Love Is On The Way (Real Love)
13. Here & Now
14. So Amazing
15. Wait For Love
16. Emotional Love
Album: Hidden Gems (2012)
01. When You Call On Me (Baby That's When I Come Runnin')
02. Once You Know How
03. I Know You Want To
04. Once Were Lovers
05. You Stopped Loving Me
06. The Impossible Dream
07. Are You Using Me
08. Goin' Out Of My Head
09. The Thrill I'm In (Radio Mix)
10. Heart Of A Hero
11. Buy Me A Rose
12. I (Who Have Nothing) Feat. Martha Wash
13. I'd Rather
14. Like I'm Invisible
15. You Really Started Something
Saturday, October 25, 2014
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The Horror Issue
- Events guide: Haunted attractions 2012
- Creature creator Miriam Writer spills her DIY Halloween secrets
- Scary tips and stories from casual sadist the Amazing Johnathan
- Chatting with Travel Channel's Zak Bagans while he investigates the paranormal
- Beating Fright Dome's freak-outs with basketball skills
- Horror and more at the third annual PollyGrind Film Festival
The Las Vegas Serial Killer (1986) Notorious schlock filmmaker Ray Dennis Steckler (The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies) wrote and directed this sequel to his 1979 The Hollywood Strangler Meets the Skid Row Slasher, with a serial killer set loose on Vegas. "Films this bad should be used as punishment, perhaps in prisons," said DVD Talk critic Scott Weinberg.
Leprechaun 3 (1995) The mischievous and murderous Irish imp played by Warwick Davis traveled to Vegas before he went to space or to the 'hood, always obsessed with tracking down "me gold" and punishing those who stole it. This time, it's employees of the fictional Lucky Shamrock casino, a perfect killing ground for the green menace.
Vegas Vampires (2003) Blaxploitation legend Fred Williamson directed, co-wrote and starred in this direct-to-video cheapie about Vegas cops on the hunt for a vampire king, which also features appearances from Richard Roundtree, Daniel Baldwin and Tiny Lister, all of whom probably wish they'd stayed home. Cumulative IMDb user rating: 2.4 out of 10.
Resident Evil: Extinction (2007) The third movie in the video game-based series was promoted with images of the Welcome to Las Vegas sign peeking out from underneath a mountain of sand, and a big part of its story finds Milla Jovovich's Alice fighting zombies in a post-apocalyptic Vegas (which was, of course, actually shot in Mexico).
Hostel: Part III (2011) Produced without involvement from series creator (and Goretorium proprietor) Eli Roth, this direct-to-video sequel moved the dismemberment action from Eastern Europe to Las Vegas and turned from a charged personal statement into a generic slasher movie.


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ovarian cysts/ovarian cancer
I had a pelvic ultrasound which showed an ovarian cyst. In 4 weeks i will have another follow up ultrasound. What is the difference between ovarian cysts and ovarian cancer? Are they the same or two different topics?
In a woman of reproductive age who hasn't gone through menopause, ovarian cysts are a normal, natural, monthly occurrence. Every month the ovary develops an egg to release for fertilization. This egg develops into a cyst that reaches its maximum size in the middle of the cycle (about 14 days prior to menses in a normal 28 day cycle) that ruptures and releases the egg. For the next 14 days before the menses, the ruptured cyst can continue as a cyst that produces the hormones needed if pregnancy follows. If pregnancy doesn't happen, then the cyst resolves. So, you can see that an ovarian cyst can be normal. Abnormal cysts are those that are large (greater than 6-8 centimeters), persist for months, or have an abnormal shape and form. Despite that, the vast majority of abnormal cysts are not cancerous. So, ovarian cancer can present as cysts but not all ovarian cysts are cancerous; in fact, the vast majority are not.
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Go to the Gynecology health topic.


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Chopper City On Getting Shot In Chicago After Goon Creeped Up On Him Friday!
"The past few days have been scary for "Making the Band 2" star Chopper City, but after being shot Friday, the New Orleans MC is out of the hospital and on the mend. The rapper, who dropped a group album (Too Hot for TV) with Da Band on Bad Boy in 2003, was driving through Michigan on his way to a show when he got lost after his phone battery died and his GPS app failed. Chopper then noticed that a car was following him and pulled the Lamborghini he was driving into a gas station to try to shake his tail." - MTV
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By Michele Langlo Jun 01, 2012 0
Small Gifts
You may have read my column some time ago, about how one of Cody's favorite pastimes is going antique shopping. We had not gotten a chance to do that for a while but over the holiday weekend we were afforded that opportunity. And this time Cody surprised me.
The morning started out pretty much status quo. I went to wake Cody up. I said, "Cody, would you like to go antiquing or should we just stay home?" I felt this tremendous rush of air then all of the sudden, he was no longer in horizontal mode, but sitting at the kitchen table asking for his coffee. When I gave it to him, he chugged it down, inhaled his breakfast, and then hurried to the bathroom to brush his teeth and get dressed. Finally, we laced up the power shopping shoes and we were off.
One of our favorite places to go is a mid-sized town about an hour away where antique shops are everywhere. When we go there it is safe to say that we will be there for the duration of the day and sometimes into the evening.
We arrived at our first store. Cody was giggly and dancing with excitement. We entered the building and within no more than a few short minutes our first bargain was found. Then we were all giggly and dancing with excitement.
While Bill and I shopped, Cody did his normal routine of pacing up and down the aisles, checking everything out and grinning from ear to ear. Seldom does he ever touch anything. Sometimes he will stop and look at things—poring over them like a mad archeologist who just discovered some new piece of history from a time long past. But rarely does he ever ask to buy anything. Well, today he did!
He spotted a small puzzle that was made somewhat on the same principle as a Rubik's Cube. When configured properly, a picture of Batman appeared. This is what Cody wanted to buy. He was adamant about it. But he didn't want to buy it for himself. He wanted to give it to his Occupational Tech, Stephen. He knows Stephen loves to collect Batman memorabilia.
This action was somewhat of an epiphany to me. It dawned on me that while my son has always had a loving soul, he also has the ability to think of others. What they might like. Even someone like Stephen, who has only been a part of Cody's life for a few short months.
Stephen and Bill had discussed Stephen's passion for collecting Batman comic books about a week earlier. Cody was present at the time but did not participate in the conversation and made no mention of it later. So when he made his desire to buy this item for Stephen known to us, it was clear how much he is aware of the world around him—that he isn't just oblivious to events that take place in spite of how it may appear to others. He really pays attention to things that others may consider insignificant at the time.
The very fact that he collected and stored this information for use at a later date is very telling of his level of awareness and how much his thought processes can and do work like that of a loving, caring neurotypical peer who will put another before himself. I hesitate to say all other peers, because there is so much evidence that suggests many young people around the same age as my son have a much more selfish mentality. Needless to say, I consider myself most blessed that Cody isn't like that. And I am extremely proud of him!
Cody gave Stephen the puzzle yesterday. Stephen was also in awe of Cody's display of thoughtfulness. He didn't care about the fact the puzzle cost all of a quarter. He was delighted that he was thought of outside of the realms of his job and that it all came from a two-minute conversation that Cody simply overheard over a week ago.
Cody has taught us all a lesson over these last few days. Simply because a person lacks what is perceived by society as the so-called normal social behaviors it doesn't mean that person lacks the ability to love and think of what might warm the heart of another. Yet so often this misguided judgment is passed upon them. Perhaps this quote (commonly credited to Albert Einstein) applies here:
"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid."


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In the rush to find new sources of energy and reduce our dependency on fossil fuels, offshore wind farms are increasingly seen as an attractive solution, but their potential impact on marine biodiversity should not be overlooked.
Greening blue energy, written in collaboration with E.ON and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, is the most comprehensive guide to date for assessing the impact of offshore wind energy installations on marine ecosystems and biodiversity. It gives governments, policy makers and industry the tools to enhance the environmental performance of offshore renewable energy.
"Moving away from oil, gas and coal is vital to avoid the worse impacts of climate change, in this context on marine ecosystems," says Dan Wilhelmsson, Scientific Coordinator at IUCN's Global Marine Programme and first author of the report. "At the same time, we need to make sure that what we call blue energy, which includes the offshore renewable sources, is also green and doesn't exacerbate existing stresses on the marine environment."
Offshore wind energy development in the European Union is accelerating and could potentially supply between 12 and 16 percent of the EU's electricity by 2030, the equivalent of 25,000 wind turbines. Other countries and regions, such as the US, Japan, India and Eastern Africa are also exploring the possibility of adding offshore renewable energy to their energy mix.
Electricity produced from wind farms helps combat climate change by avoiding greenhouse gas emissions and toxic pollutants associated with fossil fuels. Offshore wind farms can also provide advantages for local wildlife through the establishment of 'no fishing zones' and the creation of artificial reefs where marine species can thrive.
But if not properly planned and managed, the installations can adversely affect marine biodiversity. The report highlights issues such as habitat loss for birds and sea creatures, potential collisions with wind turbines, deviation of the migratory routes of birds and whales, noise and electromagnetic disturbance and navigational hazards for ships.
The report reviewed over a thousand scientific sources to provide the most up-to-date knowledge on the possible impacts of offshore wind farms on the marine environment and animals, from the planning phase through to the construction, operation and decommissioning of the farm.
Avoiding sensitive sites, integrating the development of wind farms in marine management decisions, using clever designs and offsetting residual impacts will minimize adverse impacts and maximize the benefits for biodiversity, the report says. It will also help reduce the time spent on consenting processes for wind farm development, which currently takes around five years.
"Continued careful monitoring of offshore wind energy developments and their actual impacts on marine wildlife will be vital to generate reliable data and help ensure that offshore wind energy fulfils its sustainable potential", says Nadine McCormick, IUCN's Energy Network Coordinator.
Download the report at http://data.iucn.org/dbtw-wpd/edocs/2010-014.pdf
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Listen up, people, Miley Cyrus does not have an eating disorder. Sweet niblets! According to a recent tweet from the 19-year-old starlet, she's not starving herself to be skinny:
"For everyone calling me anorexic I have a gluten and lactose allergy. It's not about weight it's about health. Gluten is crapppp anyway!"
She even tweeted a photo of herself with a bag of fast food, inhaling deeply:
"I can't eat it, so I'm just gonna smell the s--- out of it! My mouth is LITERALLY watering."
Okay, I have a little bit of experience with this topic. When I was around Miley's age (hmm, weird coincidence), I was also diagnosed with a "gluten and lactose allergy," which required me to follow the same strict dietary guidelines. And guess what I figured out, fast?
You get pretty damn skinny when you cut all foods containing wheat, barley, rye, and dairy out of your diet. (That's including, but not limited to: most breads, cakes, pies, candies, cereals, cookies, crackers, pastas, sauces [including soy sauce] seasoned snack foods like potato and tortilla chips, pizza, ice cream, yogurt, cheese, and butter.)
Basically, if it's not an apple or doesn't have a label on it that says "gluten-free," you can't eat it. Of course you're going to lose weight -- there are about five foods left that are safe to consume!
Here's the thing: Celiac disease (which causes gluten intolerance) and dairy allergies are absolutely real. But the fact is, lots of girls are using the gluten-free thing as a way to hide eating disorders -- and why not? It's the perfect cover for an anorexic:
"Why don't you ever order anything besides salad?"
"Oh, it's just this crazy gluten-free diet the doctor put me on. Believe me, I'd love to get the rigatoni."
"Whoa, you look like you lost a little too much weight."
"I know, I just can't keep any weight on because of this crazy gluten-free diet."
I'm not saying this is definitely what Miley Cyrus is doing, but I am kind of concerned about how her announcement will validate the disordered eating of young, impressionable fans.
Do you or did you ever know someone with an eating disorder? What kinds of excuses did they give for their behavior?


text: On Apr 3, 2009, at 2:42 AM, Kostya wrote: > On Wed, Apr 01, 2009 at 02:44:13PM -0400, David Conrad wrote: >> >> The loop filter is identical to the VC1 spec and the one in the >> reference implementation. >> The file I have that uses the loop filter is bitexact to the binary >> codec for I and P frames, but not B frames. >> Of the files I have that do not use the loop filter, three are >> bitexact and one is not bitexact for any frame. >> The two files that aren't bitexact are from HDDVD rips, so I'll >> create >> a roundup ticket since there's probably some weird feature or >> something being used. > > That may be caused by the fact spec requires 16-bit processing > (well, 10-bit) because of transform and filtering (loop, overlap) and > my code uses 8-bit everywhere. > > Now I'm a bit far from my computers so I probably look at it in two > weeks. Roundup ticket will be a good reminder. I was looking through the code, and it seems that qpel isn't done for forward MVs, nor is the rounding flag taken into account (vc1_interp_mc() line 1911-1919 of vc1.c). I haven't read the spec to see if this is actually correct, but I'll look into this more tomorrow unless Kostya beats me to it.


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Marketplace for Wednesday, January 30, 2013
January 30, 2013
The economy shrunk for the first time since 2009, but the decline isn't causing too much panic. JCPenney has decided to bring back sales and discounts. The president's two-year-old council on job creation closes up shop this week -- we look back at what they accomplished. Harvard University will study the link between football and concussions over the next decade. There's a smog cloud over Eastern China that's three times the size of California. Immigration reform could mean rising wages, and that could affect small businesess. And in the latest BURN story, Alex Chadwick reports on the innovation to build the fastest car in the world.


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|Parse a date string, assuming a default timezone if the date string does not specify one. The date formats understood are those of showIsoDateTime and date_time
|Return the local timezone offset from UTC in seconds
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English expressions for intervals of time,
|Durations in English that begin with the word "last", E.g. "last 4 months" is treated as the duration between 4 months ago and now
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Ava Cipriani's ongoing battle with childhood cancer.
The art and vinyl communities have rallied to help Ava
through donations of original art, toy customs and more
to ease the cost of her mounting medical costs.
The helping hand kicks into a new gear with the opening of
the Wishing Well benefit show at Monkeyhouse Toys last
Saturday, January 20th and runs through January 31st.
The show features custom art toys, paintings, limited edition prints,
handmade plush, sketches, signed celebrity memorabilia from
a wide range of artists. After the show closes, remaining pieces will
then be auctioned on eBay starting on February 1st for ten days.


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|Fort Worth, Texas
|High School:
|Trinity Valley College Prep
|Previous College:
|Stanford (B.A. '92, M.A. '95)
|Joel E. Smilow '54 Head Coach of Football
Tom Williams, a defensive assistant for the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars who also has 11 seasons of college coaching experience, has been named the Joel E. Smilow '54 Head Coach of Football at Yale. Williams becomes the 33rd coach in the illustrious history of Yale Football. "I am thrilled for this tremendous opportunity to be the head football coach at such a historic and fabled institution. I would like to thank President Levin, Tom Beckett and all of the people involved in this process for their time and efforts. I am dedicated to bringing an exciting brand of football that the Yale players and fan base will both embrace and enjoy," said Williams, who will be only the third Yale head coach in the last 44 years. Williams, 39, takes over a Yale program that was the first in all of the sport to win 800 games. The Bulldogs currently have 853 victories, which ranks second among Division I schools. He replaces Jack Siedlecki, who retired in late November after 12 seasons and a 70-49 record as head coach. Williams recently completed his first season as defensive assistant and second season with the Jaguars. He joined the team in 2007 as assistant special teams coach after spending the previous 11 seasons as an assistant coach on the collegiate level. Williams served as co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at San Jose State for the 2005 and 2006 seasons. He engineered a Spartans defense that decreased its points allowed by 21.8 from 2004 to 2006. Three of his linebackers finished among the WAC's top-10 tacklers in 2005, while SJSU won nine games in 2006, including a victory in the New Mexico Bowl. Williams spent three seasons as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Stanford (2002-04). He coached linebackers, served as the co-defensive coordinator in 2002 and 2003 and was the associate head coach in 2004. He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Stanford in 1993 under Pro Football Hall of Famer Bill Walsh while earning a master's in university administration (1995). "This is the start of an exciting era for the Yale Football Program," said Tom Beckett, Yale's Director of Athletics, who was an associate AD at Stanford when Williams was a student. "Tom impressed me as a student-athlete at Stanford and has made a lasting impression on many collegiate and pro players since then. He is a great fit for this job." In addition, Williams spent three (1996-98) seasons at Hawaii, including one as defensive coordinator. He also served as linebackers coach at the University of Washington from 1999-2001 and helped the Huskies to three consecutive bowl games, including a 2001 Rose Bowl win. That capped an 11-1 season and earned the team a No. 3 national ranking. "Tom has extensive experience as a coordinator on the college level, and that along with the knowledge he gained in the NFL will serve him well as a head coach. He has shown strong leadership qualities and is a very good communicator. I'm happy for Tom; this is a great opportunity for him. I wish Tom and the Yale team great success," said Jack Del Rio, the head coach of the Jaguars. Williams, who has been involved in six different Bowl Games, graduated from Stanford in 1992 with honors as a history major and as a Rhodes Scholar candidate. As a junior and senior, Williams started 15 games at linebacker for the Cardinal. In his final season (1992), he was a team captain on a Stanford club that went 10-3, won a share of the Pac-10 championship, beat Penn State in the Blockbuster Bowl and finished No. 9 in the national polls. He was a District 8 Academic All-American and first team Academic All-Pac 10 after his junior and senior seasons and was an honorable mention All Pac-10 selection as a senior. Williams, who was on the San Francisco 49ers practice squad in 1993 before getting into coaching, attended Trinity Valley College Prep in Forth Worth, Texas, where he earned all-state honors in football, basketball and baseball. He is the first African American Yale head football coach and the second ever in the Ivy League. Williams and his wife, Tonya, have four children, Grace, Tre, Ana and Lauren.
Full Name: Tom Williams
Date of Birth: December 22, 1969
Hometown: Fort Worth, Texas
High School: Trinity Valley College Prep
College: Stanford, 1992 (B.A., History)
Graduate Degree: Stanford, 1995 (M.A., University Administration)
Wife: Tonya
Children: Grace, Tre, Ana, Lauren
Playing Experience: ILB, Stanford, 1989-92; LB San Francisco 49ers, 1993
Head Coaches Played For: Jack Elway, Dennis Green, Bill Walsh
Head Coaches Worked Under: Bill Walsh (Stanford), Tyrone Willingham (Stanford), Fred vonAppen (Hawaii), Rick Neuheisel (Washington), Buddy Teevens (Stanford), Dick Tomey (San Jose State), Jack Del Rio (Jacksonville)
1989-92 Attended Stanford - a 1992 team captain, Honorable Mention All-Pac10 Linebacker
1993Signed Free Agent Contract With SF 49ers
1993-94Graduate Assistant at Stanford
1995Fujitsu, Japan (Defensive Coordinator)
1996-98Assistant at Hawaii (Linebackers, Defensive Coordinator)
1999-01Assistant at Washington (Inside Linebackers) - 3 Bowl appearances, including 2000 Rose Bowl win
2002-03Assistant at Stanford (Co-Defensive Coordinator, Linebackers)
2004Associate Head Coach at Stanford
2005-06Assistant at San Jose State (Co-Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers) - 2006 New Mexico Bowl win
2007-08Assistant with Jacksonville Jaguars (Defense, Special Teams)


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Although perhaps most famous to the general public for her poem First Fig, this poem (obviously, no?) speaks to me.
I read it often a couple of years ago.
Things are so much better now.
I Know The Face Of Falsehood And Her Tongue
I know the face of Falsehood and her Tongue
Honeyed with unction, Plausible with guile,
Are dear to men, whom count me not among,
That owe their daily credit to her smile;
Such have been succoured out of great distress
By her contriving, if accounts be true:
Their deference now above the board, I guess,
Dishcharges what beneath the board is due.
As for myself, I'd liefer lack her aid
Than eat her presence; let this building fall:
But let me never lift my latch, afraid
To hear her simpering accents in the hall,
Nor force an entrance past mephitic airs
Of stale patchoulie hanging on my stairs
How are thing with you?


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Upcoming Workshop
Chemical Sciences Roundtable: Mesoscale ChemistryBoard on Chemical Sciences and Technology
House of Sweden
2900 K St. NW Washington DC 20007
The Chemical Sciences Roundtable is hosting a public workshop on November 6-7, 2014 in Washington, DC. This 1.5 day workshop will center on the research on chemical phenomena with a particular focus on the collective and emergent behaviors at the mesoscale. Mesoscale chemistry can be loosely defined as the scale between the microscopic (molecular) and macroscopic (bulk) worlds, where interesting ensemble effects exist that present opportunities for developing new functionality of materials and understanding of biological and interfacial systems, as well as challenges for analysis and description. Participants will be invited to actively participate in discussions and respond to panels of speakers, which will help identify opportunities and challenges in chemical and chemical engineering research at the mesoscale.
Participant registration, please click here.
Speaker registration, please click here.
The workshop will consist of 4 different sessions (listed below)
1. Catalysis
2. Membrane behavior/Microchemical Systems
3. Biomineralization/Geochemical
4. Computational approaches to mesoscale chemistry/Self-assembly
Confirmed Speakers include:
Dr. Andrew Borovik, University of California, Irvine
Dr. Klaus Schulten, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Jim DeYoreo, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Dr. Gregory Voth, University of Chicago
Dr. Sharon Glotzer, University of Michigan


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|Wading River, N.Y.
|High School:
|Shoreham Wading River
Club Team: Long Island Yellow Jackets Blue Team
Before Yale: Under Armour All-America North team selection ... Won Long Island gold medal with New York Empire ... School Girls National Team ... All-Galaxy ... All-County ... All-league ... Unsung Hero ... New York State Individual Good Sportsmanship Award ... Captained lacrosse team ... Won state championships from 2007 to 2009, Long Island championships from 2006 to 2009 and county championships from 2005 to 2009 ... Played varsity soccer for five years and was team captain senior year ... Won county championship with soccer team ... Also played basketball ... Ran track as a senior and was named all-county ... Ran at Indoor Nationals in the 4xMile relay.
Notes: Member of National Society of High School Scholars ... Vice President of National Honor Society ... Two-time Academic All-American in lacrosse ... All-county academic in soccer and track ... Principal's Honor List ... Honor Roll ... AP Scholar with distinction ... AP Literature and Composition Award ... Played against Yale teammate Whitney Quackenbush in 2008 Long Island County Championship ... Played with Yale teammates Adrianna Amendola and Devon Rhodes on Long Island Yellow Jackets Blue Team in 2009 ... High school rivals with Adrianna Amendola ... Danced for eight years ... Volunteered at local hospital with recovering cancer patients ... Family owns the oldest running sod farm company in the country.
Why Yale? "I chose Yale because it is a perfect fit for me both academically and athletically. There's nothing like being able to study at one of the most prestigious universities in the world while simultaneously having the privilege of representing the school on the lacrosse field."


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Bike & Wine Tour - Colorado Sept. 17th-20th!
Join me for a fun, delicious bike & wine tour of Colorado this September 17-20th. 4 days of beautiful cycling, starting in Vail and riding thru Palisade to Paonia to Carbondale and back to Vail.Most days we'll ride 70+ miles. Each night, we will delight in fantastic multi-course wine dinners at local restaurants and inns. Check it out! http://vailsymposium.org/calendar/icalrepeat.detail/2012/09/17/1267/-/ZGI0NTM3YzY2YTFiOTE0ZmJhNWQ2MTFhYjBmODFhZ


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I see that you are reusing a lot of your previous code from Sorcery PC.In fact, it looks like you are instead attempting to revamp your old code rather than start from scratch.Btw, you forgot to put the fonts from previous game in Gateway.
I like the idea so far and I definitively notice the inspiration from SoU. The graphics look cool together by the way.
I like so far. My suggestion would be to add a character animation when he walks around ^^
This looks cool. I lol'ed at the Stop Dying text tho XDI'm glad this is still being worked on
I liked when you got hit by an enemy and bounced off very fast. You should also add special moves where you dash into a certain direction ^^
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