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Limitless (US - BD RA)
Gabe starts a pile of late arrivals with this stronger than expected sci-fi thriller...
Failed author Eddie Morra's (Bradley Cooper) mundane life is in tatters when his girlfriend Lindy (Abbie Cornish) refuses his proposal of marriage, and dumps him for his lack of focus. Soon after, while aimlessly wandering New York streets, Eddie runs into his ex-wife's brother, Vernon (Johnny Whitworth), who takes pity on his former in-law and offers him a sample of a new nootropic drug called NZT-48. Eddie takes the pill, and finds utter clarity, along with the ability to access all of his brain's abilities. Finally able to break through his writer's block, Eddie goes back to Vernon for more NZT-48, and finds him dead, and his apartment trashed. Fortunately for him, the attackers didn't find the stash, and he now has enough super-brain drugs to last him a very long time.
High concept motion pictures usually have a stunningly negative effect on my sense of assumption. Usually high concept becomes an excuse for low plotting, and so many good ideas (vampires that journey to Alaska to take advantage of the night, an excess of snakes are released on a passenger plane, an average couple is mistaken for drug dealers after stealing a reservation at a fancy restaurant) are laid to waste through boring, messy and/or predictable movies ( 30 Days of Night, Snakes on a Plane, Date Night). The high concept, single sentence plot synopsis quality of Limitless kept me away during the film's relatively lucrative theatrical run, but this 'forced' viewing for review has proved my instincts slightly off base. The basic story is a bit of a disappointment, yes, and goes unsurprising places most of us could've guessed based on the lackluster trailers (which give away way too much), but the storytelling remains well structured, and the dialogue relatively snappy. Some of the one-liners and Eddie's narration elicit a groan, but relatively speaking, Limitless is pretty well put together. This is especially shocking given a glance at screenwriter Leslie Dixon's imdb page, which is slathered in lowest common denominator filth. The quality of the story may just be the effect of the strength of Alan Glynn's original novel The Dark Fields, which I haven't read, but nonetheless the adaptation is strong, despite the scope and scale of the story getting away from Dixon on a few occasions – it feels a little long, like it might have made a better one or two season TV series, and certain plot threads are not completed.
Assuming you aren't bothered by the sudden influx of hackneyed 'how did I get here' narration (definitely a strike against the screenplay I just finished praising), you'll likely find yourself immediately struck by director Neil Burger's aggressive David Fincher meets Sidney Lumet visual style. The open credits take us on a CG enhanced, Fight Club-inspired trip down a building and through a series of vehicle windows, and into the human brain (kind of a reverse Fight Club). From here the Fincher Fight Clubisms compound into a series of surprisingly well done sequences and images. The post-drug state of the film explores a vibrancy Fincher likely won't be touching anytime soon, similar to visuals explored by Danny Boyle for Slumdog Millionaire or Fernando Meirelles for City of God, but the influence looms heavy. Burger still doesn't quite have a voice of his own at this point, but between this and The Illusionist he's certainly developing an incredible ability to sing other's songs. He's moved from one of the best bar bands you'd ever hear, onto the road as the best cover band you'll ever hear, and is hopefully on his way to being a genuinely great artist all his own. I'm making mental notes to continue following his career closely, and hoping he gets something truly wonderful to work with in the future.
I continue to sit on the fence concerning the talents of Bradley Cooper, despite his obvious charms (he was pretty great in The A-Team). This is a great vehicle for him, one he reportedly snatched from under Shia LeBeouf, who would've been too damn young for the part anyway. The true value of Cooper's performance is in his choice of not playing Eddie as a total prick. The character's flux of smarts and power obviously turns him cocky, but I was still willing to root for him to win out in the end, and since the entire film is built so aggressively around his character, a lesser performance could've sunk even Burger's tasty visuals in minutes. I'm still not entirely sold on the guy (apparently I'm a jerk?), but he's well cast, and weathers the weight of the role quite well. The rest of the cast is more or less exclusively supportive (we're talking a textbook example here), so it's hard to single anyone out as worthy of praise or criticism. Robert DeNiro continues his run of generally useless secondary characters that could be played by any actor under the sun (the trailers imply that he's more integral to the film, and give away the climax). It's a little sad to see him not pushing himself anymore, but he's not embarrassing himself.
Visually speaking Limitless is a sort of cousin of JJ Abrams' Star Trek, Fight Club, and Fernando Meirelles' City of God. It's shot on 35mm with high contrast, intense colours, and a dirty lens that picks up flairs and grain with purpose. Things begin desaturated and blue, but as soon as the drug starts its effect on Eddie the palette is incredibly expanded, and the brightness blooms rather than crusting with gritty grain. The vibrancy of the hues shoots this 1080p transfer well beyond the abilities of standard definition. Overall there is a yellowish tint to the transfer, with a strong blue and red influence, highlighted with clean whites and consistent blacks. This primary palette also allows for a rush of glorious greens, which then usually feed into the more subdued, comedown look. When Eddie is unfocused minor details like textures are sharper, and overall grain is much thicker, when he's 'smart' foreground details are sharpened, while backgrounds are softened and smoothed over. The separation of elements in these fuzzier backgrounds is clearly sacrificed, but the gradations are smooth, and the foreground colours swell without bleeding or blocking (Cooper's blue eyes are supernaturally blue). The overall sharpness does create some minor edge enhancement in cases, but for the most part only the grain is any sort of issue, and since it's an intended look, I can't really count this against the transfer.
Neil Burger's hyper-stylized world runs on the logically hyper-stylized sound design. The sharpness of the focus clearly has a basis in the story, and Burger and his sound designers are smart to makes the sound largely subjective, and different depending on Eddie's state of mind (or the state of mind of anyone else on the drug). When his mind is muddled sounds are smoothed over and messy, and when he's smart everything he focuses on creates almost ridiculous levels of volume. The memory skipping sequences are the most incredible moments for the mix, especially a rush of sound that comes during the characters loss of 18 hours featuring a mix of muted abstractions, skipping noises, and blaring reality. Chase scenes and shoot-outs also allow for plenty of more obvious aural pleasures (there's a cool bit where a villain shoots into a piano, creating musical gunshots), and there's also plenty of basic ambience to fill out the channels, and give us a sense of movement.
Though I suppose the presence of the unrated version of the film (which features some boobs that would've gotten the film an R-rating), the extras really begin with an audio commentary featuring director Neil Burger. Burger kicks things off strongly, giving us a brief background on the production, his reason for taking on the project, and simple, but not stupid, technical jargon. He has a slight issue with narrating on-screen action, or stating the insanely obvious subtext of a sequence, but the bigger issue is his difficulty maintaining momentum. This track is most valuable for people that don't obsessively focus on the language of filmmaking, and might want to understand how Burger and his crew produced such a tangibly effective motion picture. Still, I noticed most of this stuff the first time around, and would personally have preferred a little more behind the scenes information and anecdotes.
'A Man Without Limits' (4:30, HD) is a behind the scenes EPK that focuses mostly on the look of Eddie, and includes interviews with Cooper, Burger, producer Scott Kroopf, writer/producer Leslie Dixon, costume designer Jenny Gering, and actress Abbie Cornish. 'Taking it to the Limit: The Making of Limitless' (11:30, HD) is a more general EPK featuring the same interviewees, along with actor Johnny Whitworth, location manager Staci Hagenbaugh, fight coordinator Ben Bray, stunt coordinator Jeffery Lee Gibson, camera operators David Thompson and Glenn Kaplan, cinematographer Jo Willems, VFX supervisor Christopher Scoolard, and production designer Patrizia Von Brandenstein. This featurette covers inception, hiring and working with Burger, shooting on location, stunts, fight choreography, Cooper doing his own stunts, cinematographic choices, and visual effects work. The extras are completed with an alternate ending (kind of the same ending, but a little better), and the original theatrical trailer.
Limitless isn't some transcendent masterpiece I'll be looking to watch again anytime soon, but it was a surprise given my low expectations, and general disinterest in the subject matter. Neil Burger continues slowly on the road to being a director of real note, and Bradley Cooper continues to make me second-guess my continuing blasé feelings towards his skills. I strongly suggest the other doubters out there move the film somewhere onto their rental queue for future viewing, but do not recommend a blind purchase. The disc looks great, and makes great use of the film's dueling colour palettes, while the DTS-HD soundtrack and extras remain solid, if not notable.
*Note: The images on this page are not representative of the Blu-ray image quality.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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If you haven't read the book, I highly recommend it. It has some slight and some major differences to the movie and I believe the original book ending is much better than that of the movie, which is completely different.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 19th July 2011
Discs: 2
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: Yes
Audio: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 English, Dolby Digital 5.1 French
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish
Extras: Director Commentary, A Man Without Limits, Taking it to the Limit, Alternate Ending, Trailers, Digital Copy
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Neil Burger
Cast: Bradley Cooper, Anna Friel, Abbie Cornish, Robert De Niro, Andrew Howard
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi and Thriller
Length: 105 minutes
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KINGSTON — Roughly 75 people, including politicians and a single national celebrity opposed to hydrofracking, gathered to give Gov. Andrew Cuomo a message in the Ulster County Legislature chambers Tuesday morning.
KINGSTON — Roughly 75 people, including politicians and a single national celebrity opposed to hydrofracking, gathered to give Gov. Andrew Cuomo a message in the Ulster County Legislature chambers Tuesday morning.
As several speakers said, the message was simple:
"What's the rush, governor?"
Opponents want to pressure the governor to delay any decision that would allow fracking until the results of an Environmental Protection Agency study are available in late 2014.
The man who landed the $10 million appropriation for that study in 2010, former Rep. Maurice Hinchey, was the keynote speaker and liberal hero of the hour.
Clearly relishing the spotlight, Hinchey wasn't waiting for the study's results to be released.
"These critical circumstances need to be straightened out — they need to be prevented," he said.
Speakers from such groups as Hudson River Sloop Clearwater and Riverkeeper, along with state and county elected officials, echoed Hinchey's call for action and praised him for being a pioneer environmentalist.
If Cuomo was the ostensible target of the group's attention, he was a soft target. He was praised for abiding by an existing moratorium on fracking; nevertheless, those who gathered in Kingston want the state Senate to follow the Assembly's lead and pass a two-year moratorium.
Hinchey wasn't the only environmental hero whose name was invoked. Clearwater's executive director, Jeff Rumpf, said Pete Seeger had written a letter to Cuomo praising the governor's and Cuomo's father's environmental record while warning that "a wrong decision will forever taint the Cuomo name."
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Singer-songwriter Natalie Merchant explained her presence at the event and concern about fracking by declaring her lifelong love of rural New York.
She said she grew up in Chautauqua County and has spent the past 25 years in the mid-Hudson region.
"It frightens me that we might see the end of a way of life if they industrialize New York," Merchant said.

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At Camp Bow Wow® South Windsor's Overnight Camp, a premier dog boarding service, Overnight Campers enjoy all-day play and are tucked away each night in their individual cozy cabins where they sleep on cots with fleece padding. As the sun sets, each Camper unwinds by enjoying a delicious Campfire TreatTM.
We'll do everything we can to ensure your dog is happy and healthy during Overnight Camp and you can feel confident knowing your dog will be well-cared for during their stay in our safe and secure environment:
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What is doggy day care?
Doggy day care is an environment where dogs are dropped off for the day to play with other dogs in a fun, safe, well-supervised and clean environment. Day Camp at Camp Bow Wow has many benefits including:
What do the dogs do all day?
The dogs are placed in indoor / outdoor play areas where they can socialize and play with other dogs. They are separated by size, temperament, and activity level. If a dog is tired, they can take a nap in one of our spacious Cabins. Overnight Campers spend an hour and a half in their Cabins for morning and evening meals in addition to taking a short nap in the middle of the day.
Do you walk the dogs?
Camp Bow Wow provides all-day play, so taking a walk will be the last thought on your Camper's mind. Romping around with their friends all day provides them all the exercise they need for the day.
Do you provide outdoor play areas?
Yes. Most all of our locations have both indoor and outdoor play areas.
What makes you different than a traditional kennel?
Camp Bow Wow provides all-day play with other dogs so your dog has lots of fun and gets a lot of exercise during the day. Many "traditional" kennels typically leave the dogs in a cage most of the day, or they may be let out briefly or placed in an outdoor run a couple of times a day. The dogs at traditional kennels usually do not interact with other dogs. Our dog behavior experts designed a thorough interview process to ensure dogs can play safely in a group setting and not have to be stuck in a kennel.
How do you justify your prices?
Camp Bow Wow provides a fun, social environment for our dogs, and safety is our main priority. We have a stringent dog-to-staff member policy that ensures the safety of the dogs. Day Camp is included in the price of all of our boarding rates, and our pricing is all-inclusive. We will administer medication and provide nighttime treats at no added costs. And, of course, access to our web cams is also included, so you can always watch your pup play while you are away!
Is there a discount for multiple dogs?
Most of our locations offer multiple dog discounts if the dogs are able to share a Cabin. Check the "pricing" page of any location to determine their rates for multiple dogs.
Do you offer a discount for extended stays?
Some of our locations may offer a discount for extended stays, although some do not. Check each location's "pricing" page, or call your closest Camp Bow Wow for more information. Whether it is day 1 or day 20 for your dog, they will get the same love and attention from our staff.
Can you provide my dog his/her medications? Is there a charge?
We will provide your dog's medications at no extra charge. For your pet's safety, medication must be in the original bottle and the prescription must be current.
Can I take a tour?
Absolutely! In fact, we encourage it. Stop by your local Camp Bow Wow anytime during business hours and ask for a tour. No appointment is needed to tour our facilities.
Can any dog come in for dog day care or boarding?
Camp Bow Wow has an all-day play environment, so dogs must be able to play safely in a large group. Every dog must first complete an interview process so we can see how they interact with other dogs. They must be over four months old, be spayed or neutered if they are over 6 months old, and be current on their Rabies, Bordetella (for canine cough), and Distemper vaccinations. Additional vaccinations may be required based upon regional location. They must be in good health, flea/tick free, friendly to all dogs, and generally love to play. Some locations have weight requirements. Check with your Camp location for specific requirements.
What is the Camper Evaluation?
We built our business and our foundation on improving the lives of our furry friends worldwide. When creating policies for our Camps, we first and foremost consider the safety, health and happiness of our Campers, second, the wishes of our human clients, and third, the welfare of our well-respected and highly regarded brand. Our Camps have an incredible safety record and we hold our franchises to the highest standards in caring for our Campers. Our strict policies are a key reason customers are so loyal to our brand.
We have a very stringent application and interview process for our Campers – all dogs must pass this before entering our group play environments. Our Camp Counselors go through extensive training in dog behavior, play yard monitoring techniques and evaluating dogs based on capabilities to adapt and enjoy our open-play environments. We work with several experts in dog behavior to create policies designed to evaluate each dog on an individual basis. Our Camp Counselors are continuously educated and recertified to learn the best techniques on evaluating and monitoring dogs at Camp. They are certified to evaluate dogs using some of the following techniques:
Please note - as each Camp is individually owned and operated, they have the ability to make the decision on accepting dogs as Campers based on their own Camp-specific policies. There may be issues with City Ordinances or Insurance Policies that affect their decision. Please discuss any questions or concerns around Camp policies with the individual Camp owner.
What happens during a Camper Interview & Evaluation?
We like the interviews to last at least three hours to give us time to get to know your dog and to give your dog time to play in a group environment and see if they enjoy it. At Camp Bow Wow, the initial interview day is always free. The interview consists of us starting off by checking your dog over to ensure they are comfortable being handled. This is a time for the Camp Counselors to get to spend a little time getting to know your dog and making sure they aren't nervous of people. They will also look your dog over for any possible issues such as fleas and ticks and for any existing injuries that may worsen when playing with other dogs.
Other dogs will be introduced into the interview area one at a time to see how your dog interacts with other dogs. After our Counselors are confident that your dog feels secure in the environment, your pup - along with their new friends - will be introduced into the appropriate play area based on their size, temperament, and activity level.
Why do you require an interview?
Since Camp Bow Wow is a play environment where they will be in a large social group with other dogs, we want to ensure they are able to handle it. This ensures your dog's safety, and also the safety of all of our Campers. In our social environment, it is extremely important that our Campers can play with all dogs so we can keep the play yards safe and fun. The interview process also allows us to introduce your dog into the general play areas slowly so that we do not over stimulate your dog. We like the interview to be at least three hours so we have time to get to know your dog and to give your dog time to realize you have left and – most importantly – to be excited to see you when you come to pick them up. At Camp Bow Wow, the initial interview day is always free.
Do you turn away dogs based on their breed?
Camp Bow Wow® welcomes all dogs based on their behavior and ability to handle the rigors of Camp. It is not corporate policy to turn away a dog based on breed. City Ordinances or Insurance Policies may not allow certain Camp locations to accept a particular breed. Please discuss any questions or concerns around Camp policies with the individual Camp owner.
How old do the dogs have to be?
We require that dogs be at least four months old because the dogs will be fully vaccinated by that age.
What vaccinations are required?
2. All dogs must be current on Rabies, Bordetella and Distemper. Oral Bordetella accepted if given within last 6 months. Injectable or intra-nasal accepted if given within last 12 months. Please check with the Camp staff as certain additional vaccinations may be required based on the regional location.
Do dogs ever get hurt?
Although we do our best to minimize any injury to your dog, during normal play a dog may get small scratches, nicks, and lose small patches of fur. Although rare, it is possible for more serious injuries to occur.
What do you do in case of illness or injury?
All of our Camp Counselors are certified in pet first aid and CPR and we will take excellent care of your dog. In case of illness or injury, we quickly assess the situation to determine what plan of action to take. Our concern is always what is best for our canine Camper. Depending on the situation, we will either rush the Camper to the closest vet or, in non-emergency situations, we will make the effort to take them to their own vet.
What is Scout's Camp Corral?
Scout's Camp CorralTM is the area of Camp where your Camper can snooze in their comfy Cabin, enjoy his or her Campfire TreatTM, or play all day in the indoor/outdoor play yards. Whether your Camper is here for Day Camp to play with fur-iends or for boarding to Play All Day and Snooze the Night Away®, he or she is sure to enjoy Scout's Camp CorralTM!
Will my dog like this environment?
Every dog is different, but our interview process is designed to assess whether your dog enjoys this environment. At the end of the interview day, we provide a report card and are there to talk to you about how your dog interacted with the other dogs and if they enjoyed their time with us. You can also watch the live web cameras to see how much fun they are having. We want your dog to be happy as much as you do and promise to be honest with you if we feel this isn't the best possible environment for your dog.
I have an older dog. Will they enjoy this environment?
This will depend on your dog. We have many older Campers who love the interaction with other dogs. The interview process will also help us, and you, determine if our environment is right for your dog. Our Camp Counselors are constantly evaluating each Camper's behavior, and if they view your dog as overwhelmed or tired they will place your dog in one of our spacious Cabins for a short nap.
This is an environment that has both large and small dogs, is it safe for my smaller dogs to be there?
For the safety of the little dogs, we separate dogs into our play areas based on size, temperament, and activity level. Some locations have weight requirements. Check with your Camp location for specific requirements.
Why is my dog tired when he/she comes home?
This is one of the great benefits of Day Camp! Your dog gets to play all day so, naturally, they are tired at the end of the day. Often, when you take your Camper home, they will curl up and go to sleep. Rest assured if your dog becomes overly tired during the day, we will take them to a cabin for a short nap. We will not force a dog to get up from a nap if they are still sleeping. Many of our Campers who stay for extended periods of time choose to take longer naps.
Are there nap times?
For our Overnight Campers, we require a mid-day nap. Many of our Day Campers enjoy a mid-day nap as well, but it is not required. Please discuss your Camper's needs with your local Camp owner. We are not closed during nap time on weekdays.
Why is my dog thirsty when he/she comes home?
Water is available at all times in all of our play areas and Cabins. Playing hard all day is just as strenuous as working out. Even though water is available, after a car ride home, it will probably be time for your Camper to drink some more water to help re-hydrate after a hard day of play.
Does someone stay with the dogs overnight?
All of our Camps have monitored security, fire, and temperature control alarms and the employees located closest to Camp are notified if there are any issues and they can get there quickly. Studies show that the dogs sleep better at night without a human present. In our environment, where the dogs are active all day, getting a good night's rest is important. Also be aware that in traditional kennels that do have a human on site, that person is not interacting with the dogs and the dogs are not let out to use the bathroom. In kennels with indoor / outdoor dog runs, the outdoor section is closed off at night for security purposes. If your dog requires overnight monitoring, the best options to look at are in-home pet care or medical boarding (provided by most veterinary hospitals). Please check our website to see if there is a Home Buddies location near you and learn about our various pet sitting options.
Should I bring anything for my dog's stay? Do I need to bring my own dog food?
We strongly recommend bringing your dog's food from home to keep their stomach from getting sick during their stay. Sudden changes in diet can result in gastrointestinal reactions (like vomiting and diarrhea). Maintaining a consistent diet will help your pup feel their best to romp and play all day. We will provide Campfire Treats, a comfy cot and cozy fleece. If you wish to bring toys, bedding, or anything else that will help make your dog feel more at home, we can certainly accommodate this.
Do I need to make a reservation?
For overnight boarding, we need a reservation, and it would be best to make a reservation as soon as you know you will need one. Some Camps require reservations for Day Camp as well – please check with your local Camp. Depending on the time of year, we can often accommodate short notice or same day notice (if your dog has previously completed the interview process). Please be aware that holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas book several months in advance and other holidays book several weeks in advance. During the summer months, many of our locations fill up early for weekends. Many Camp locations require a deposit to hold a boarding reservation.
How do I make a reservation?
You can call your local Camp Bow Wow during Camp hours, or request a reservation online through your local Camp's website, or through our iPhone or Android app. A Camp Counselor will reach out to you to confirm your online or app reservation request.
What is your cancellation policy?
Please check with each location for their cancellation policy.
Should I feed my dog before going to Camp?
It is best to have your dog eat a minimum of 1.5 hours prior to coming to Camp to prevent bloat. Bloat can be caused from playing too soon after eating, and it can be deadly. If your dog ate less than 1.5 hours before coming to Camp, please let one of the Camp Counselors know for the safety and well-being of your pet.
Is there a specific kind of collar my dog must wear to come to Camp?
Yes, Camp Bow Wow requires that all dogs wear a quick release collar with an ID tag including your name and phone number.
My dog's paws are very sensitive after his/her stay with Camp Bow Wow, did something happen to my dog's feet?
It is very common that your dog's pads will be sore after playing at Camp, especially when they first start coming. Most dog's paws are not used to playing all day, but rest assured it is only temporary and they will build stronger pads the more they visit Camp.
Do you offer baths and grooming services?
All of our locations offer baths and nail trims so you can pick up a clean and fresh smelling pup after their stay at Camp. Many locations offer additional grooming services – please contact your local Camp for details.
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Natalie Grant - NATALIE GRANT NOMINATED FOR 2012 GRAMMY AWARD
December 5th, 2011 – Powerhouse vocalist, social activist & and four-time GMA Female Vocalist of the Year, Natalie Grant, was nominated for a 54th Annual Grammy Award for Best Gospel/Contemporary Christian Music Performance, for her stellar presentation of "Alive" (Mary Magdalene), from: Music Inspired By The Story [WOW Joint Venture/EMI CMG/Curb].
For the fourth year, nominations for the annual GRAMMY Awards were announced on primetime television as part of "The GRAMMY® Nominations Concert Live!! — Countdown To Music's Biggest Night®," a one-hour special broadcast live on CBS from Nokia Theatre at L.A. LIVE.
"What a dream to be nominated for a Grammy," says Grant. "But the sweetest part is that it's for the performance of the song "Alive," which my husband co-wrote and co-produced, so this is extra special for me."
Throughout the world, Natalie Grant is known for her breathtaking vocal abilities, her heart-gripping lyrics, stirring performances and her fearless work to help victims of human trafficking.
Over her career, Grant has gained prominence as a major contemporary Christian singer and songwriter, breaking out in an unprecedented way with chart-topping songs and hit records, headlining multiple nationwide tours, appearing at major women's events and has been positioned continually as Christian music's top female artist. She was awarded the Gospel Music Association's Female Vocalist of the Year four times and remains one of the most loved and recognized and respected voices in the industry.


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Tantum tamen opes Latinorum creverant - maxime victis Etruscis - ut ne morte quidem Aeneae nec deinde inter regnum muliebre et Ascanii pueritiam aut Etrusci aut ulli alii finitimi arma movere ausi sint. Pax ita convenerat ut Etruscis Latinisque fluvius Albula, quem nunc Tiberim vocant, finis esset.
I'm a little confused by 'inter regnum' - I'm taking it that it means 'during the reign'...see translation below.
Nevertheless such was the growth of the wealth of the Latini - mostly with the defeat of the Etruscans - that neither with the death of Aeneas nor afterwards during the feminine reign and the youth of Ascanius neither the Etruscans nor any other inhabitants of the border areas would dare wage war. Peace was achieved in such a way that the river Albula could be the border between the Etruscans and the Latini.


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To no one's surprise, Senators took advantage of the opportunity to wag their fingers at Apple's Chief Executive Tim Cook on Tuesday, criticizing the company's efforts to drastically cut tax obligations on its overseas profits.
"Isn't it obvious that you're not bearing the same tax burden as (you would) in the United States, which then gives you some advantage over companies that are smaller and strictly located in the United States?" asked Senator John McCain (R-Arizona).
The practice is unquestionably egregious, helping the technology powerhouse to avoid U.S. taxes on some $30 billion in the last four years. But it also appears perfectly legal.
So let's be clear: The people who have failed this nation on the issue of corporate taxes were on the wrong side of the inquisitors table this morning.
Apple was taking advantage of the very loopholes Congress wrote into the tax code, if only a little more creatively and brazenly than its peers. If Congress wanted to act on its issue, it's had all the information needed to enact thoughtful reforms for years.
But that would take actual backbone, standing up to lobbyists, party leaders and anti-tax groups. Why do that, when you merely play tough on TV, grilling powerful figures while the news cameras roll?
Senator Carl Levin (D-Michigan), chairman of the Senate subcommittee holding the hearing, got in on the act too. He repeatedly pressed Cook and Phillip Bullock, Apple's head of tax operations, on where certain overseas subsidiaries have tax residency, knowing full well by this point that the answer was nowhere. He interrupted Bullock several times, accusing him of not answering questions he had asked and of not giving straight answers.
He later got testy with Cook: "Of course you can bring (your overseas profits) home, if you pay the taxes on them. Of course you can bring them home."
Congress was only prompted to take another look at this issue thanks to reporting by the New York Times last April on Apple's tax practices. It detailed an avoidance strategy known as the "double Irish with a Dutch sandwich."
It's convoluted and confusing, requiring the Times to produce an accompanying three-column chart with arrows running through two Irish subsidiaries, the Netherlands and the Caribbean.
But it basically boils down to this: Apple's overseas corporate taxes are largely beyond the reach of the Internal Revenue Service because the main entity overseeing those operations is physically set up in Cork, Ireland. Meanwhile, that subsidiary was outside the reach of Irish tax collectors because it was effectively managed and operated from outside Ireland, that is to say, from within the U.S.
But as Apple stressed during the testimony, that entity is a holding company that manages money produced by other overseas subsidiaries that have already paid local taxes in the areas in which they operate. Cook also pointed out that company paid $6 billion in U.S. taxes for its domestic operations last year, adding that Apple has become the largest taxpayer in America as far as they know.
"We pay the taxes we owe," he said. "We not only comply with the laws, we comply with the spirit of the laws, we don't use tax gimmicks."
Should Apple be a better corporate citizen? Yes, of course, and on all sorts of levels.
But to expect them to do so on their own, when billions of dollars are at stake, is to ignore the long obvious undisputed history of how businesses operate.
Corporations maximize profits — and will step right up to the edge of the law in their efforts to do so. They can't be relied upon to do the right thing, they have to be forced to.
This is why we have to have a tax code, environmental regulations and a Securities and Exchange Commission.
It's abundantly clear that the U.S. tax code is horribly flawed and out of date. The principle problem when it comes to overseas profits is that companies face a huge tax bill if they bring home — or repatriate — money made overseas, generally 35 percent. As a practical matter, it means companies simply park their money offshore, using it to fund stores, products or manufacturing outside the United States.
Some companies, including Apple, have called for another tax holiday, briefly cutting that rate radically to encourage businesses to bring home the vast amount of money now stuck outside the United States. But clearly a longer term fix is required.
It could include a permanently lower rate more in line with what our companies' overseas competitors pay, or other means of removing these incentives to play tax shell games. It also needs to be part of a broader overhaul that streamlines and simplifies the tax code, eliminating other obvious and unfair loopholes in the process.
But none of this is news. And none of this requires hauling Apple or any other companies before Congress, and staging a part public shaming, part shameless reelection campaign. It simply requires our legislators to do their actual jobs.


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The Chicago Fire Soccer Club, in conjunction with MLS and CAA Sports, announced today that the Chicago Fire will take on Manchester United at Soldier Field on Saturday, July 23 at 7:00 p.m. CT as part of the World Football Challenge. Complete details regarding the World Football Challenge including all participating teams, schedule, format and event sponsors will be announced in the coming weeks.
The Chicago Fire v. Manchester United match is included in the Fire's Full Season Ticket Holder plan as Bonus Game Two. Supporters can immediately purchase a ticket for the Chicago Fire-Manchester United match by purchasing full Chicago Fire Season Tickets by calling 1-888-MLS-FIRE (657-3473) or by heading to the club's official website at Chicago-Fire.com. Fire Season Ticket Holders will receive an in-kind number of seats at Soldier Field and be given the opportunity to upgrade and/or purchase additional tickets. Details regarding group tickets, single game tickets and public on-sale will be announced at a later date.
"We are excited to host Manchester United, one of the world's finest clubs, at home in Chicago, in front of our supporters," said Chicago Fire owner Andrew Hauptman. "Bringing United to Chicago helps the Fire continue to expand our reach in one of North America's premier soccer markets. Our participation in the World Football Challenge gives our players an opportunity to take on one of the most talented clubs on the planet, while galvanizing Chicago's vast soccer community."
Led by Sir Alex Ferguson, Manchester United is one of the most recognized clubs in the world, lifting a total of 18 English Premier League titles, four Carling cups, three European Cups and a record 11 FA Cups. In 1999, United were the first team to win the Treble (English Premier League, FA Cup and UEFA Champions League) in one season. Founded in 1878, the Red Devils have competed in the top division of English soccer since 1938, with the exception of the 1974-1975 season. United currently sit atop the Barclay's English Premier League table with 63 points through 30 games.
Manchester United returns to Chicago for a second consecutive year. The storied English side utilized Chicago and TOYOTA PARK as a base, training at the Fire's soccer-specific home before embarking on its four-stop North American tour in 2010.
Manchester United and the New England Revolution will kick-off the World Football Challenge on Wednesday, July 13 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, MA. The Fire will then host the Red Devils on Saturday, July 23 at Soldier Field. United concludes their participation in the World Football Challenge on Saturday, July 30 against FC Barcelona at FedEx Field in Landover, MD. These matches mark the Revolution and Fire's only matches in the World Football Challenge. Manchester United will also return as the AT&T MLS All-Star Game opponent at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, NJ on Wednesday, July 27 (ESPN2, Galavision and TSN) starting at 7:30 p.m. CT.
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Daniel Mendoza, a Sephardi Jew, was champion boxer of England for most years from 1788 until 1795. Mendoza was a hugely popular character who introduced a new 'scientific' style of boxing, and was famed throughout the country as a skilled and courageous fighter.
This Staffordshire pottery jug dates from around 1800 and depicts a famous fight between Mendoza and Richard Humphreys in 1788.
Mendoza's success encouraged other Jews into the boxing ring, the most famous being Samuel Elias, known as 'Dutch Sam'. Mendoza set up a school of boxing in 1787, and the many Jewish boys he trained helped to encourage a lasting connection between Jews and boxing in England.
The museum holds many depictions of Daniel Mendoza and other 18th and 19th century Jewish boxers in its extensive collections of prints and drawings.


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forbes.com: Nintendo's Wii U may not have the most impressive tech specs at first blush, but comparing clock speeds makes little sense.
Very interested in seeing this silly tit for tat amongst these writers who've helped push the crap-storm of Wii U hate/misinformation to the pinnacle, and wind people back up the staircase to reality. That reality that shows that whatever the raw numbers may say, the Wii U is a more capable machine than the older HD consoles. It would be absurd for it not to be. It's even more absurd to hope it to be otherwise, and find personal enjoyment in fantasizing that it's 'weak'.
'Oh noes! Nintendo and the Wii U might get a nasty lead over the next console that I've already decided I want even though I know next to nothing about it! I have to talk crap and dissuade people from buying it so that when my choice comes out and surmounts that lead I can talk even more crap!'
The Wii U at launch, easily ports PS360 games, has more modern graphics technique capability built in and available at low resource cost and shows it when developers use its more modern textures and lighting techniques.
The hard Ugly truth here is this:
People who never planned on buying the Wii U, in addition to wanting its 'lead' to be small, are worried that the fact that the Wii U isn't a huge jump forward graphically is indicative of what's in store for us from Sony and MS. They don't believe it. But they worry. And it makes them upset.
At the same time though, people don't want to spend $450+ on a new console and $70+ for games, so what's truly needed amongst us is some acceptance of reality.
If you TRULY want the best in graphics, build yourself a gaming PC.
If you TRULY care about specific game series', and gameplay, then buy the consoles that provide them, and quit pretending that the graphics capability of Wii U on up isn't satisfactory.
/mini rant
I'm a strong believer in games speaking for themselves as oppose to raw numbers (numbers which to me should apply more to PCs than to consoles).
So far we've yet to see any games really take advantage of this hardware. Mostly just third party ports that were thrown together in about half a year. I think the only game built from the ground up for the Wii U so far is Nintendo Land and that's just a compilation of small games. I still want to see how Retro Studios' game will look as well as Nintendo's HD Zelda.
Do I think it will EXCEPTIONALLY new and different looking? No, not really. But I do think this platform is capable of having some really fun as well as good looking games.
To be fair, on all this Nintendo Cpu business. I think people usually get Nintendo products because of the software you can get on it not what it's running on.
Wii U having a slower clock speed is a great thing! It gives us more time to play the games, right?
I've owned a 360 since launch and also a ps3 when they released the 80 gig model, and I can honestly say I'm excited to buy a WIIU.
For me this gen as dragged on and on to the point it's become boring. (mY PS3 breaking didn't help)
hopefully the WiiU will help me enjoy playing games again, if not there's always next gen.


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The merger between compiz and Beryl now has a name: Compiz Fusion. "Our previous attempts to select a project name have not gone well. We tried a poll but the names in the poll were not pre-qualified to determine if they were usable and the 'winning' name was also a strongly disliked name. Kristian and I each proposed a plan to select a name, but that effort got sidetracked by a massive flame war on the mailing list. While our community has some democratic features, ultimately it is a meritocracy and the people who contribute the most value have the most say. So in the end a decision was made by the majority of the people who have contributed the most."


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Just like it happened so often before, Greek settlers longing for a new hope at distant shores landed and in northern Libya they founded the city of Kyrene, a name soon to be well known in Africa. At first having good relationships with the Libyan indigenous population, the Greeks soon violated them, expelled them from their lands with superior weapons. Further expeditions were started and finally the Libyans managed to stir up the mighty Pharaoh for a fight against the expanding city state, but even he lost.\nHowever, no one is invincible and the citizens had to pay a terrible price for that lesson when thousands of their sons never returned from yet another expedition against the Libyans. Now they concentrate on economical strength, but that power can be easily translated into military power...
The excellent economical basis of the state ensured rich and effective equipment for the typical Greek hoplites also let into battle by the Kings of Kyrene. Adapting, they chose to use even Egyptian techniques for their arms and armor. Also Egyptian influence is reflecting in their lifestyle, especially the religion seeing the absorption of the oracle god Amun as Zeus Ammon. Still trade is the best source of income since Kyrene holds the iron monopoly on the mysterious Silphion-plant.
The King of Kyrene has three different choices if he wants to expand further. In the south there are the ferocious Libyans with their poor land, in the east the mighty Pharaoh was more than ready to crush Kyrene, but there is another option, a naval expedition.


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ProfessorLead necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 118 diseños de 30 diseñadores freelance.
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Professor Lead is a blog that teaches small business owners how to generate leads from their website. We'll be teaching the best ways to use social media and networking, Google organic SEO, AdWords and Analytics, and other tools.
This is a re branding of something I'm currently working on, and we desperately need an update that is more creative - which is where you come in!
Target audience is small business owners that are fairly tech savvy.
I know that I'm asking for a bit more than a logo, but the quality in this section is much better (you guys are great!). I think I'm starting at a fair price, but if needed I'll extend the contest + increase prize.
I have attached a quick 'mock-up' I came up with using stock images. As you can see, I'm well versed in using stock photos so I'd appreciate something that is your own :)
Basically I'm looking for a Mad Scientist/Professor character (more Crazy/Funny than Crazy/Creepy) in front of a chalkboard with the name of the blog written on it- Professor Lead. In the background I'll leave it up to you, but would like something simple that resembles a mad scientist's lab.
I also need 6 social media icons that look like lab beakers (see mock-up). Needed are RSS feed, Twitter, Digg, Stumble Upon, del.icio.us, and Technorati. I've included an icon set image (attached) that has the look I'm going for, but with glasses as opposed to beakers. I know that this isn't the Icon section of 99designs, but I find the quality in the Logo section much better so I really appreciate you going out of the box a bit.
Thank you for giving my contest a shot. I think this is a great way to express some of your creativity, I'm definitely not looking for boring! I appreciate all of your time and hard work. If you have any questions please let me know.
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In comments reported in The Post and Courier on June 6, Sheriff Al Cannon ignores the ACLU's findings of racial disparity in arrests in Charleston County (where blacks are 3.2 times more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession than whites) and claims the report is based on "biased research."
In fact, the real "bias" lies in the tremendously disproportionate impact on African-Americans of the so-called War on Marijuana.
It's disappointing that one of our top local elected officials would dismiss out of hand a well-documented, thoroughly researched, 185-page national ACLU report demonstrating the scope of racial bias in arrests for marijuana possession in our county.
In 2010, there were over 889,000 marijuana arrests nationwide — 300,000 more than arrests for all violent crimes combined that year. This means one marijuana arrest every 37 seconds in 2010.
Over 780,000 of those arrests were for possession. Nationwide, a black person was over 3.7 times more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession than a white person, despite comparable usage rates.
In Charleston County in 2010, there were 1,394 arrests per 100,000 African-Americans; there were 435 arrests per 100,000 whites.
Charleston County was among those nationwide with the highest percentage increase in marijuana possession arrest rates from 2001-2010, with a 123.9 percent increase.
Statewide, blacks make up about 28.2 percent of the population but accounted for 53.3 percent of marijuana possession arrests in 2010.
The ACLU report relies on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Reporting Program ("FBI/UCR Program"), which is an annual data collection that is reported by local police agencies directly to the FBI. It also relies on the United States Census annual county population estimates by age, sex, race, and ethnicity.
Additional data on marijuana use by race is drawn from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
The FBI/UCR Program reports on all persons processed by arrest, criminal citation, or summons for committing an offense in its jurisdiction, including those persons arrested and released without a formal charge being placed against them, and juveniles taken into custody or arrested but merely warned and released without being charged.
We hope that Sheriff Cannon and his law enforcement colleagues, as well as civilian officials who are entrusted with public safety and welfare, will study these findings and ask whether a closer review of local law enforcement policies and practices is in order.
We urge local lawmakers and law enforcement to reform policing practices, including ending racial profiling as well as unconstitutional stops, frisks,and searches, and also to reform state and federal funding streams that incentivize police to make low-level drug arrests.
If decriminalizing marijuana is not possible in South Carolina at this time, in an era of budget shortfalls and cuts in services, we should at the very least take a hard look at the millions of dollars — $49 million in South Carolina in 2010 — still being spent on enforcement. That money could be better invested in public schools and community and public health programs, including drug treatment.
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Monday, February 27, 2017
Historical cycle theories are silly...or are they?
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You were on the right track with silly.ReplyDelete
Thousands of years of Chinese history certainly experiences pseudo-periodic cycles: unification and harmony, complacency and decay, corruption and upheaval, then total breakdown and complete chaos.ReplyDelete
Are modern western societies that much different? After all, US has only fewer than 300 years of history. Western world seems to be experiencing build up of corruption and discontent right now. Hard to see how the decaying can be reversed.
I find it extremely hard to believe that these immutable social forces driving these supposed cycles are the same in the Internet age as they were in eg the 1700's or ancient Greece. Information flows are totally different.ReplyDelete
More historically persistent: Any grandiose social theory that puts us on the cusp of a period creative renewal is likely to appeal to fanciful narcissists.
I find the institutional decay model persuasive. Even the media is starting to talk in terms of institutional collapse. According to Howe, we are due for a "crisis". My problem in the past has been expecting a war as a crisis. That may not be necessary. It is the generations' reaction to whatever events are stressing the culture that trigger a crisis atmosphere. From the inside, a crisis looks way different from what our great-grandchildren will study in history class.ReplyDelete
The thing I have watched as an example of a completely unforeseen (by me) institutional failure is public education. I would never have thought that "choice" would advance to the point where public education is not considered the default option. While this educational crisis may be manufactured, it is getting traction and becoming "real"
I watch for a backlash against the chaos that is coming to a head with Trump, School Choice, etc. It should resemble the 1950's in all its glory and smothering conformity. I should like just long enough to know it is true. If it does not arrive, I will burn my copies of Generations and The Fourth Turning! :)
I really don't think there's much to see in the observation that "eras of stability tend to lead to crises eventually". Forgive me for pointing out that that is purely a tautology. Go flip a coin over and over, and you'll notice: any unbroken sequence of heads eventually ends with a tails.ReplyDelete
PS. Also, this is a minor point, but unlike the Nazis, I don't think the Confederacy were a cosmic evil -- in that they're not very cosmic. The Nazis tried to take over basically all of Europe, especially Russia, and probably would have gone on to try to take over almost the whole world; while the Confederates never had a serious ambition to leave their own backyard. So they're really just a provincial evil.
[The Soviet Union, on the other hand... cosmic evil. Absolutely cosmic evil. And the United States is cosmic... um, neutral? Good simply by virtue of defeating the clear evils? Hard to say.]
All cyclical historical theories must mention Ibn Khaldun of which the above observations are just modern version of his basic theories of society, culture, and institutions. His most famous observation was exactly that institutions during the height of a specific culture enter a decline and are disrupted by outside forces that are by definition barbarians as they are either external actors or exist on the periphery of a civilization. Those barbarians succeed because they have a strong sense of social cohesion (Asabiyyah is also translated as tribalism or nationalism). The new barbarian rulers either adopt or are absorbed into the culture they come to rule and thus there is a degradation in their social cohesion which leaves them open for disruption by a new outside group.ReplyDelete


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Now in its third season on Hulu, "The LXD" dance series is an original, telling the story of good vs. evil in an usual way: through dance. It's the brainchild of Jon M. Chu, the same guy who brought us "Step Up 2: The Streets," "Step Up 3D," and Justin Bieber's movie, "Never Say Never." (He's also reportedly working on a sequel to the G.I. Joe movie.) The dance troupe has been making the rounds lately—they've toured with the cast of "Glee" for two summers now, and have performed at the Emmys and at the TED conference. Most recently, they made their second appearance on "So You Think You Can Dance," where the LXD's Christopher Scott also served as a guest choreographer for several weeks this season. We spoke to Scott about the new season of The LXD a day before the group's "SYTYCD" performance.
Don't miss our interviews with The LXD's Jon Chu and Harry Shum, Jr. ("Glee"), in our archives.
Hulu: So, Chris, tell us about the "So You Think You Can Dance" performance.
Christopher Scott: The performance on "So You Think You Can Dance" is kind of, in a way, a continuation of the last piece that we did on the show. We start off with Galen and I on stage. We choreographed it together. We brought in an element of snow to set the season and tone. We like to engage with a place when we dance, to provide a place for the audience to experience a cinematic feel. We kind of add on routines until we have everyone on stage this time — last time we had people come and go throughout the routing. This time, we added a couple elements like flexers, who we showcase. And we have Pandora with her cutting. There are two ballerinas on pointe. It was contemporary the first time; this performance is more contemporary ballet.
We really wanted to show individual styles. That's always a mission for The LXD: that street styles are as beautiful as your typical ballet. This one was very much an LXD ballet. Their story is more in the relationship that people have. It's very subtle in the way that it represents society and where people belong, and where do you fit in. People get pulled into different molds … at the end, we all come together. Ultimately there shouldn't be any rules.
I think you really got everyone's attention when you choreographed "Misty Blue" for "SYTYCD" finalist Sasha and Season 4 All-Star Twitch. What's the story behind that routine?
Originally, the only thing I knew going into the week was that I was going to get Twitch. Twitch has so much power, soul, and passion when he dances. When I listened to the song, it just sounded like Twitch would make this special. Then I found out it was going to be with Sasha, and I knew she'd be great. She's not a hip-hop dancer, but rather a contemporary dancer. She has so much soul and passion, too. I knew the song was going to be perfect.
Listening to this song, it's about a woman who was torn. She shouldn't be with this guy. She misses him, but she shouldn't be with him. It has this whole blues thing. I did a routine earlier in the season, "Ain't No Sushine," and in that one, I had it so that the girl was gone, away most of the routine.
One line in that song, "It's been such a long, long time," made me think about any couple who had been together such a long time. You know, they've been with each other for so long, but one night, they get the babysitter and go back to how it was. They go have fun, have a glass of wine, get freaky. I decided to just go with it from there. It's a '70s song, so I wanted to set it at the time the song came out. I pictured "The Wonder Years" and how they always had dinner on that show. I had it at dinner at first. But for some reason, it was so much more fun if it was breakfast. You know, it's like she's so much more important than work. Everyone wants that in a relationship, that feeling of being special. "Forget work, forget reading my newspaper, my relationship is more."
Who's your pick to win this season?
I haven't gotten a chance to work with everyone on the show, so I'm a little biased. Sasha is just amazing. She is so easy to work with. She puts everything she has into it.
All of these dancers are good kids. They're so hungry, so talented. Any one of them can win the show. When you work with them, it's different than watching at home. You can't pick your favorites.
Now, The LXD. What can we expect from Season 3?
Epic-ness for sure. We like epic, always. Season 1 was contained. It focused on meeting the characters. Season 2 introduced the bad guys and setting up the idea of good vs. evil. In Season 3, we're going to see the impact of the fight. It will be good versus evil. You'll get a taste of where this all began.
You've obviously been busy lately. How do you juggle the series and side projects — after all, you guys toured with "Glee" this summer?
This season was a little tougher. There has been so much opportunity from The LXD, where I started as a choreographer. Now I'm getting recognition and opportunity. It's getting harder to be available. The same is happening for Harry [Shum, Jr.]. His role on "Glee" has gotten bigger since we started the show. But we've been able to build a bigger team and expand. We brought on more choreographers Galen Hooks and Mike Song, a great up-and-coming choreographer.
We got to see some of the series regulars get involved behind the scenes, too. Luigi and David had asked before about bringing some choreography to the series, and this season has been a great opportunity for these B-boys. Madd Chadd — the robot — wanted to jump into the choreography, and it was amazing to see what he could bring.
What's next for you?
I've been hired to be a choreographer on "Step Up 4," in fact I'm on the set right now. I met Jon on "Step Up," I came on in "Step Up 3D." I went to Hollywood High School for performing arts. I started in theater, even though I was a hip-hop kid. My CD case was full of Tupac, "Ragtime," and "Les Mis." From there, I attended the Theater Academy and then Second City for improv school. I studied dance, but I never found myself dancing. I always thought "I like to dance, but I love acting," but as I let it all happen, it just took over. I'd just be in an elevator with my mom and sister, tap-dancing the whole time.
What have been some of your all-time favorite performances?
The first time we did "So You Think You Can Dance." This was the first time we established what we were gonna do in live shows. Harry and I had no idea what we were gonna do. We had all this crazy stuff. But then we just looked at each other and said we should do a B-boy ballet. We see hip-hop as beautiful like ballet. That's when it all started.
TEDTalks was pretty amazing: just to be invited, to have 18 minutes on that stage. We had original music. Live musicians were coming to rehearsals and we'd freestyle.
But "Robot Lovestory" is definitely my favorite of the series, for the style of Madd Chadd and to work with him. He's so precise, and the concept is so cool. I don't know if anyone out there really got the concept, but we had extensions of Madd Chadd — we called them his energies, these dancers — these extensions were coming off his body and going all over the room. It was fun. It felt like choreographing a superhero.
"Mark of the Ox" was another. Just being there. It was freestyle. We had Frantick there with the powder. It was so music. He'd never done it before, but he just came out of his hood. It was silent, even the music was in a quiet section. Everyone was just laughing at him, because the stuff he was doing with this powder was off the top of his head. It brought his mom to tears. For a lot of these guys, they're street dancers, and to be filmed like this, this is why we do this.
Catch new episodes of "The LXD" every Thursday on Hulu.


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June 12. 2014 10:30AM
Manchester man dies in Virginia highway crash
A Manchester man died Wednesday morning when the tractor-trailer he was operating rear-ended another rig on Interstate 81 South in Staunton, Va.
Bryan P. Ingalls, 55, died at the scene, according to Virginia State Police.
Ingalls, who was transporting paper, was traveling south in the right lane behind another tractor-trailer that was carrying drums of liquid chocolate. The first truck slowed for traffic and, according to a preliminary police report, Ingalls failed to slow down and rear-ended it.
The impact caused Ingalls' truck to jackknife and he died in the crash. The other driver was not injured. Both were using seat belts, according to police.
The crash caused the first tractor-trailer to spill its contents and rupture the drums of liquid chocolate.
Police shut down all southbound lanes, diverting traffic, for seven hours while the crash was investigated and the scene cleared.
The Virginia State Accident Reconstruction Team and Motor Carrier Unit was assisting Trooper M.C. Brill with the crash which remains under investigation.


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They came with a string band.
We were all standing at Dilworth Plaza wondering when the press conference to officially introduce Philadelphia Union would start. Then, all of a sudden, a few hundred Sons of Ben came marching out from City Hall, belting out "I'm Looking Over a Four-Leaf Clover" at the top of their lungs as the Polish American String Band played the tune.
I've followed Major League Soccer for a long time, including a few years spent covering the league before I moved to Philadelphia. I've never seen anything quite like that.
Yet it was so classically Philly. For a sport that defines itself as being the most global of games, this was the ultimate local spin on the kind of passion for which soccer fans are so well-known.
They came witth a sense of humor, too. MLS Commissioner Don Garber got the perfect reaction from the crowd when he said that while they might applaud him now, they won't be when he suspends a Union player for the first time.
He got booed, of course, but there was plenty of laughter first.
And they came with a spirit of inclusion. From the top of the front office on down, team officials talked about how they wanted to draw not only the youth soccer players and Europhiles, but also the Mexican population in South Philadelphia and the West African community that plays pickup games in University City's Clark Park.
You can hear from Garber and Union president Tom Veit in the audio player below.
If it all comes together, the atmosphere in Chester could genuinely be unlike anything this city has seen in quite a while. Yes, that may sound like hyperbole, but from what I've seen, soccer fans in this country are a bit of a different breed from fans of other sports I've covered.
The biggest question left now is whether and how all those fans that Union wants to attract will go to the stadium every weekend. It will be answered in due time.
For now, though, I'll reiterate something I've said before: if I'm still blogging on here come the summer, I intend for soccer to be a significant part of what I write about. I know that a number of Sons of Ben read this blog and I've certainly noticed the spikes in traffic on here when I write about the sport.
So I ask you: are you interested in this team? How do you think it will fit into the local sports landscape?
And can we please get a string band playing at the games?


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I wrote this poll to see how many people here are IT pros or programmers and how many are just enthusiasts. Sometimes I wonder if I am one of the few without a computer science degree or a job in computers. I am going to be a sophomore in college in the fall and am not comp sci or anything similar.
I joined this forum since I like free alternatives to Windows and Mac and the expensive software that goes with it. I used Linux Mint to start out with but its parent, Ubuntu, consistently releases unstable versions of its OS and Mint inherits that. Therefore I looked and found OpenBSD and saw it was widely regarded as the most secure operating system in the world and very stable and clean. I even like the songs and artwork that go with the releases, even though it's a bit cheesy.
Since it was command line by default, it took a while to figure out. I bought the CDs for 4.7 and after playing around with it, Googling, and posting on this forum, I just this morning finally got the full GNOME GUI working on the box. I was very excited. I'm thankful that the gnome-session package has a good readme that tells me what other packages I need.
Anyway, I'd like to see if there are many others that use BSD as a desktop and aren't specifically trained in computer science, programming and related fields.
I have no formal training, I simply enjoy science and technology as a hobby.. and Unix-like operating systems (..especially OpenBSD) really peak my interest.
Learn at your own pace for your own reasons, you can spend all the money in the world on a "proper" education, but you'll retain none of it if you're not passionate or interested.
"The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education." - Albert Einstein.
It's a hobby that I thoroughly enjoy.
Just an addiction for me too. Maybe 2 or 3 courses (long forgotten) in high skewl and as an undergrad, all told.
I'm not sure which option to choose; my degree is in Mechanical Engineering, but I've been in IT full-time for nearly eleven years now. During this time, I've taken classes on a handful of occasions, received a few certifications, but nothing close to a degree in the field. If my life circumstances were to change, I might consider getting a computer science degree.
That's nothing a couple o' pints wouldn't fix.
I reckon hobby, since "Just a lifeless geek" isn't on the list :-P.
No education what so ever, in fact most of my schooling stopped at long division, and I'm not even sure if I remember that :-o. However I had a PC to play with since I was a child and eventually found myself intellectually interested in computer science, software engineering, and computer systems in general . Spent a lot of time teaching myself about it, and very much enjoy designing things and solving problems.
The major drag is having no one to share it with, since everyone for miles and miles around is barely computer literate.
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Thou shalt check the array bounds of all strings (indeed, all arrays), for surely where thou typest ``foo'' someone someday shall type ``supercalifragilisticexpialidocious''.
How long ago did they discover electricity? Last week?
I answered Just A Hobby, since I started programming at 10 (I'm 41 now) after being sent to computer camp by my mom where all we did was learn to use the computer - the TRS CoCo - and play games. I have a degree in Electrical Engineering that I have never used and for the last 12 years I have been a programmer in a Windows IT shop currently programming in C# and Python. But all my *BSD stuff is for me as that is what I use at home on my desktop and servers I run. I have been able to apply some stuff to my job - like switching our web server to Apache from IIS and using Python for batch jobs.
If it wasn't for find FreeBSD I would have become bored long ago with computers and probably would have no use for them and stayed a drummer in a punk band.
"The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words." -Philip K. Dick
I bought my first computer when I was 10 years old for 25 Dutch guilder on some junk market.
It came with MS-DOS.
It stopped booting in 4 days, was in pieces in 7 days, and was completely dead in 14 days.
I never stopped tinkering since. Although I have become a bit better at it
UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because that would also stop you from doing clever things.
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Thou shalt check the array bounds of all strings (indeed, all arrays), for surely where thou typest ``foo'' someone someday shall type ``supercalifragilisticexpialidocious''.
"The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words." -Philip K. Dick
I didn't answer the poll, since training and degrees can be very different things. Formally, I have had one two-unit course in FORTRAN (on punched cards!) as University-based computer training. That's it.
However, in graduate school my lab group put together an intense one-year seminar on numerical methods, primarily finite difference, finite element, orthogonal collocation and the like. BSD was everywhere (this was Berkeley in the late 1970s/early 1980s, after all) and everyone was using it and teaching each other. A friend in the department wrote drivers in assembly for a leading S100 company at the time, so I picked up some assembly from him. I picked up three or four new languages, teaching myself. None of this was for credit.
So is it a hobby for me? Well, I do support all of the hardware, software, networking and web sites for my little company. So I do get paid (indirectly) for that effort. All of it is self-taught.
There are lots of ways of learning that are not necessarily for college credit.
I have a long history with computers. My first one was back in the early 80's starting with the TRS-80 Color, where I was playing games and teaching myself basic programming which I remember very little of. After that in 1987 my old man had a 286 that I was never allowed to touch unless it broke or he needed the main menu that he had created to make it easier for him to use DOS changed. When he took it in to get upgraded the store was so busy the owner asked if i could do it so it was the first system I ever built and have been building my own since. It was an on again off again relationship until I was introduced by a friend deeper into the world of the command line and what it held. I took over for him as System Administrator at the dealership I once worked at and held the position for 7 years. After being released, and being unable to get work, I had to go back to school to get certifications. I am currently still in school and looking to get back into the IT field when I am done in Sept.
I have an undergrad degree in CS...but I was coding some 20 years before I started on my degree. I answered "undergrad" in the poll, but if I'd been asked the same question 2 years ago I'd have answered differently heh.
My experience dates back to the ZX81 and and some odd CP/M machines at the same time, something Fortran, lots of Pascal (including Turbo Pascal), some Siemens Sinix, SGI Irix in the 90s etc. It's a mixture of formal education and hobby.
use UNIX or die :-)
mostly a hobby for me. I've been "good at" computers since I was a kid. I got into Linux/BSD stuff about eight years ago, and it taught me a lot about the concepts behind how computers and operating systems work: disk partitioning, hardware, a little bit of networking, etc.
I had a job doing Windows sysadmin for about a year and a half, and that taught me a little bit more, but mostly just taught me how to do things on Windows. but it was a good job, and at this point I kind of wish I still had it :/.
Well since you asked...almost 20 years old recorded before our first gig on boom box!
"The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words." -Philip K. Dick
If I had a cell phone, that would probably be my ring tone.
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There is no doubt that working in any type of oilfield or oil rigs situation can be a dangerous proposition, even for an experienced employee who keeps safety top of mind. Unfortunately, employers and contractors also have a responsibility to ensure that safe machinery is being used. There are many different causes of oilfield accidents in Odessa, TX and these can compromise the health and wellness of a variety of employees as well as members of the public living in the surrounding area.
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I had gestational diabetes for the first time with my last pregnancy, which was #6. I didn't start having issue until 30 weeks or so and was able to keep it managed very well with dietary measures. Even with my worst meals monitoring, my blood sugar never went over 199. It was usually around 150ish if I ate something that I did really bad with, like bread.
I had my first prenatal today. I am just over 12 weeks. My blood sugar was 160. I'm still very much in the grazing stage, so I'm eating all. the. time. I had a chicken salad for lunch and then snacked on dried mangos, had a protein drink, some Doritos, and ate about 8-10 oz of fresh blueberries on the drive over. So, I'd been grazing for several hours before my appt. The number was pulled from my blood. My urine looked fine.
I've gotten pretty sick in past pregnancies, so my diet is at its absolute worst during this point in my pregnancy. I normally don't eat a lot of crap, but when I'm fighting nausea, I eat whatever I can. (Like Doritos. :P)
What does this mean? What can I expect with such bad sugar numbers this early? Anyone else had similar experiences? I have pretty average weight for how many kids I have. My starting weight was about 165-170, size 10/12.
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To me it sounds like the beginning of GD, how is your blood sugar when not pregnant? Have you ever monitored? My family has a history of diabetes so I have always been super aware of how I eat. The two things you ate before the draw that most likely did it was the Doritos and the protein drink (usually they have sugar). My blood sugar is 60-70 resting and 80-90 one hour after eating. If you are really serious about getting in balance then here are a few of my tricks that I just do on a daily basis,
- no white flour: eat sprouted bread only or gluten free products
- no refined sugar or corn syrup: only honey or coconut sugar or fruit sugars
- minimize processed foods to maybe once every other day if at all. (that means Doritos but that being said my first trimester I could not get enough Pringles!)
I know it is super hard in the beginning of pregnancy, so many foods make us sick that it can be difficult to find anything to eat at all. However, getting under control is important. I would see if someone you know has a blood sugar monitor and check yourself for four days in a row (fasting and one hour after two meals but change up which meals). See what your numbers look like and bring them to your OB or midwife. That's what I did instead of the typical GD test.
Good luck mama! Keep us posted
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