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Jordan Dreyer of La Dispute defined his scene for years to come when he declared his band part of "The New Wave of Post-Hardcore". He was also joking, but then again, post-hardcore isn't known for its sense of humor. Despite his claims that he was making a tongue-in-cheek statement, this so-called new wave of friends and scene compatriots were some of the most exciting bands going; Touché Amoré, La Dispute, Defeater, Pianos Become the Teeth, and Make Do and Mend were considered the core, and the already-elastic boundaries stretched to include classicist alt-rock acts like Balance and Composure, melodic punk such as Title Fight and even Into It. Over It., a decidedly non-hardcore singer-songwriter vehicle.
Fans (and writers) ran with the TNOWPH tag, naturally. When "the Wave" became a topic of discussion, we were on the cusp of marking the 10-year anniversaries of genre-defining works such as Thursday's War All the Time, Glassjaw's Worship and Tribute and Thrice's The Artist in the Ambulance. A decade ago, there was a vast chasm between what each of these respective bands conveyed: Geoff Rickly's hyper-literate emoting and Daryl Palumbo's macho posturing and Dustin Kensrue's earnestness-- yet there was peership between them and what they were holding together. Looking at the last year (and change) it's easy to spot the similarities amid the elite bands of TNOWPH, and how their output will likely inspire similar reverence in the future.
The major commonality, beyond boundary-pushing, is that all these bands have rejected hardcore (and post-hardcore's) blinkered perspective. They all acknowledge a world outside of hardcore and a showing a willingness to interact with it. Defeater made another uncompromising concept record about a family being destroyed by post-war torment and alcoholism, but took a slot on 2014's Greatest Generation Tour with the Wonder Years, Modern Baseball, Real Friends and Citizen - the first of the three are widely considered at the forefront of classicist pop-punk, as are Fireworks, the band that replaced Defeater when Derek Archambault's hip problems finally required surgery and a cancellation of their dates.
Months earlier, in September 2013, Touché Amoré raised the stakes for their peers by releasing the galvanizing Is Survived By, a record that capably shouldered the burdens and pressure of being the great hardcore hope. Since 2011's Parting the Sea Between Brightness and Me, their label Deathwish, Inc. had become 2013's hottest hardcore imprint, due in large part to the return of Modern Life is War--a band whose influence most clearly manifested in Touché Amoré --and Deafheaven's Sunbather, an album whose iconic cover art was the handiwork of TA guitarist/graphic designer Nick Steinhardt. Is Survived By was instantly revered an example of a really good band becoming great, and that carried on into 2014. They toured relentlessly with bands ranging from stadium goth-punk act AFI to mewithoutYou to Tigers Jaw to Rise Against. And by playing UK festivals but not the Warped Tour and commemorating the death of Westboro Baptist Church leader Fred Phelps with a T-shirt whose proceeds went to the Human Rights Campaign, they maintained their status as one of post-hardcore's keener ethical barometers.
This had the unintended effect of putting the focus right back on the original author of TNWOPH when La Dispute returned in March of this year with Rooms of the House their first release since 2011's Widlife. It would be disingenuous to call Rooms "underrated." Those who did rate it were unsparing in their praise. As for it being "overlooked," that is par for the course in post-hardcore; TNWOPH is something of a inverse genre, a means of describing not so much what a band is, as what they aren't, i.e., too studied and serious for punk, not melodic enough for pop-punk, not soft enough for emo, not prog enough to be metalcore. Post-hardcore bands aren't subject to the ridicule those genres often receive, but there's no discernible scene or aesthetic code either that makes for devotees. You'd be hard-pressed to find "Defend Post-Hardcore" t-shirts or "Post-Hardcore" DJ nights.
Rooms of the House, likewise, had few overt markings of a crossover breakthrough. It wasn't a major artistic shift for La Dispute, just a more well-written and better produced version of what came before. And La Dispute's storytelling hardcore is a genre of one, to call it "novellacore" or "mosh-lit" or something else that would be unconscionably embarrassing. At its (soft)core, Rooms of the House is a personal concept album where a man experiences a catastrophic breakup and is left to figure out what went wrong, tormented and trying to find meaning in the remnants of the past. Dreyer's lyrics are rife with prose and poesy: it's set in a number of small Midwestern cities, and weaves in historical events (such as the I-35 collapse in Minnesota) and a number of generational shifts into it's vast personal drama.
Everything about La Dispute suggests stone sobriety and seriousness often at odds with current trends - when La Dispute are quiet, they sound somewhere in between Fugazi and Dismemberment Plan, and when Dreyer hits his higher register, they evoke Zack De La Rocha fronting Cursive (not exactly au courant). La Dispute also deal in fiction within a genre that valorizes keeping it real - as detailed and rich as Dreyer's lyrics are here, he puts you in a position of having to empathize and relate to people who don't exist.
Rooms of the House is rendered stunningly lifelike throughout, however. The couple at the center of the story go to family gatherings ("there's a dinner thing, Thanksgiving"), discuss interior decoration, try to find work, boil coffee on the stove, argue about each other's drinking ("I guess I was never cut out for the coke scene" being one of the more darkly humorous lines), and take trips to places like Terre Haute. "For Mayor in Splitsville" peaks with Dreyer repeating, "but I guess in the end, we just moved furniture around"; it's a shrugging, understated way of implicating every happy Midwestern home as a potential Titanic.
For a Serious Breakup Album, Rooms of the House is hardly cathartic; it's funny and wry and a little too real and raw. "For Mayor in Splitsville" revels in preferring your own sense of humor to suffering another person's glib jokes ever again. Rooms of the House can also be heartbreakingly romantic - though "Woman (reading)" got the artfully shot, interpretive dance video, "Woman (in mirror)" proved to be one of the year's most touching, gorgeously written love songs--the narrator watches his wife get dressed and pledges, "there are moments here/only yours and mine/tiny dots on an endless timeline" - all the more devastating upon knowing its inevitable end. It was a banner year for records weaving interconnected character studies and Rooms of the House deserves to be mentioned alongside Benji and My Krazy Life for its sheer comprehensiveness and depth.
While Rooms of the House seems like the kind of milestone release whose reputation will only increase in the coming years, in the short term, their triumph did ease the way for an even more dramatic shift from Pianos Become the Teeth, who were likely the toughest sell of all the Wave. For all intents and purposes, Pianos Become the Teeth could be described as "screamo", the subgenre whose name is most inversely proportional to the music therein in terms of hilarity. And with the exception of Envy, they were the one screamo band it was OK to like. Stress the "was" - leading up to Keep You, they did everything possible to encourage antiquated ideas of them "selling out." Kyle Durfey stopped actually screaming, they discovered melody and production (courtesy of Will Yip, who also manned Rooms of the House) and signed to Epitaph.
Keep You was a true post-hardcore document in that it removed just about any stylistic tie besides the intensity - Durfey reckoned with death and familial dissolution, David Haik's pugilistic drumming was toned down to sniper precision, and the lush guitars provided a tactile, overcast atmosphere that made their native Baltimore sound like a Scottish burg. Even though the Twilight Sad and We Were Promised Jetpacks were grandfathered into emo and somehow became peers of Pianos Become the Teeth, the latter somehow made the best Glasgow album of 2014.
With Make Do and Mend set to release their next album in February, the Wave has to ebb for most of 2015. Touché Amoré announced a break for "mental and physical health sake", and La Dispute and Pianos Become the Teeth will likely require breathers. The question, then...who's next?
If you've spent any time mulling that over, one of the best post-hardcore albums of 2014 was also one that provided the least amount of hope for the future. Fitting it should come from Geoff Rickly, given his access to perspective; the guy's endured about 12 or so years of hardcore bands making weak attempts at ripping off Full Collapse as their "mature phase" and he's been a staunch advocate for electronic music as being the one place where the deconstructive ideals of punk can still thrive. As such, United Nations' album/multimedia project The Next Four Years proved to be an elaborate joke at the expense of punk rock, the punchline being that hardcore has actually lived up to its name and ossified into a stone tablet of unbreakable rules; a mode that once seemed dedicated to unlimited expression has absolutely nothing new to say.
That doesn't mean it has lost its potency--The Next Four Years showed Rickly might still save us yet, with self-reflexive and hilarious rants about white privilege, artistic commodification and the same topics that hardcore has struggled with for years (or, uh, decades). There were certainly a number of promising purist acts, My Fictions, Xerxes, Frameworks, to name a few. Ultimately, they may prove Rickly right in the meantime--post-hardcore has slowly narrowed and stressed the latter part of the hyphenate and often appears closed off to influences from outside.
In light of this, Code Orange's I Am King felt like the most forward-thinking post-hardcore record of 2014. The Pittsburgh band's coed vocals and incorporation of electronics made their auspicious 2012 Deathwish debut Love is Love/Return to Dust an intriguing rarity at the least. They concurrently dropped "kids" from their original name and called their new record I Am King, instantly announcing their second LP as a statement. There wasn't much else out there as disorienting as I Am King's opening title track - in less than three minutes, Code Orange toggle between black-metal growls and menacing mutters, electronic blast beats and punctuating silences, hardcore and hip-hop. It wants to be awesome in at least six different genres and succeeds at nearly all of them.
I Am King doesn't settle much after that, you get lengthy spans of exhaust-sucking shoegaze, metalcore noise terrorism, just about anything except a chance to figure out what exactly Code Orange are really about. Does it make a lick of sense? Absolutely not, and the fact that several members of Code Orange play in the fizzy alt-rock band Adventures makes the commitment and rigor of I Am King even more impressive and confounding. But it sure as hell is exciting and while the Wave's bands were committed to realization and cohesion, Code Orange were an uncontrolled hurricane of ideas and information, all crashing on your head at once.
When I Am King dropped a few months ago, I recalled how Code Orange opened for Fucked Up during their 2013 tour and how jarring the sight was; the kids in the audience were barely out of their teens. The destroy-and-rebuild cycle of punk rock was the subject of Fucked Up's Glass Boys, the June 2014 release from a band who have been post-hardcore's de facto pacesetter for most of the past decade. On previous LPs Hidden World, The Chemistry of Common Life and David Comes to Life, Fucked Up righteously defied hardcore ideals with their rock-opera conceptual gambits, convoluted song structures and extravagant studio tinkering. But by Glass Boys, all of that classic rock playacting turned out to be a portend for Fucked Up themselves becoming a predictable, staid classic rock band; songs like "Echo Boomer" and "Paper the House" found them all but admitting to their status as elders waiting to be deposed. Much like how the searing, volatile early works of La Dispute and Touché Amoré could be heard as responses to Fucked Up's immaculate prog-hadcore, Code Orange sound radical and maybe even a little absurd compared to the more assured and accomplished TNWOPH. As they should--as exciting as the crest has been, the trough is inevitable and hopefully, more bands will take after I Am King and have the audacity to call themselves the new New Wave.


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I am new to TDE and VMware, so my question may seem very basic to you but I need help:
I am taking TD University Course "45142 - Create and Reuse Standardized Mapping Documentation using Teradata Mapping Manager".
I already installed TMM and also have downloaded and unzipped the "TD Express 14.0 VMware player" and now have the folder
"C:\software downloads\TDE for VMware\TDExpress14.0_Sles10_1TB"
The course materials refer me to the following docs but they don't cover what to do after downloading and unzipping the TD Express file:
1. "Introduction to Teradata Express for VMware Player"
2. "Teradata Express 14.0 for VMware User Guide"
I don't see an install file after unzipping the download file so I don't know what is the next step. The two documents listed above assume that I have VMware Server/Player and Choice of VM installed.
What do I do next?
Doing my own networking I found out that the VMware intro and User Guide don't cover the step I needed, which was to download the VMPLAYER from the VMWARE Vendor website :-). So I resolved my problem. Since the Teradata Mapping Manager tool doesn't require students to have knowledge of VMware, perhaps this posting may help other TMM students:
"Google "VMware Player", then select a download website, preferably a site from VMWARE and download it. Then install it (it has an executable that you just double click to start it). Once installed, start the player and you can follow the procedure on the VMWARE Intro document that the TMM guide links to."

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Art by Rol Enriquez
Lastikman Komiks ran weekly for 14 issues from September 28 to December 28, 1995. A typical issue featured a 15-page Lastikman story and three 5-page back-up strips: 2 of these were Turbogirl and Lastikdog (yes, there was a Lastikdog), while the remaining spot was occupied by the alternating strips Amazing Amazons and The Raptors. Sonny Trinidad served as regular cover artist.
Artist: Ariel Rey D. Padilla
Lastikman faces the mad toymaker Professor Gilmor. Abused as a child, the brilliant but twisted genius came to believe that grown-ups are the root of all evil in the world, and aims to exterminate all adults with his murderous high-tech toys.
A recurring villain, Professor Gilmor menaced Lastikman anew in issue #9.
Issue #4: Gold
October 19, 1995
Wrier: Ron Mendoza
Artist: Toti Cerda
A chunk of gold recovered from the planet There ("So what planet did you get it from?" "There." "Where?" "THERE." "Can you be a little more specific?") turns out to be a shape-shifting alien lifeform. Though not necessarily hostile (unless provoked), it nonetheless causes a panic when it wanders into the city.
It turns out that all the lonely gilded visitor wanted was a little love, which it finally finds in the arms of a bronze statue. Aaaawww...
October 26, 1995
Writer: Mike Tan
Artist: Rol Enriquez
In my opinion, Mike Tan (co-creator of such series as Trigger 2000 and Kampeon) has to be one of the best komiks writers of the 1990's, and it shows in his interpretation of Lastikman. While most of the other writers depicted him as a traditional bland do-gooder type, Tan imbued him with more of a personality and a sense of humor. It's just too bad that this was his only Lastikman story.
After a botched chemical plant heist, one of the frustrated thieves throws a chemical canister into a boggy creek. Sometime later, a man falls into the contaminated water and emerges transformed into a massive mud-encrusted monster...
... with heat vision!
By coincidence (yeah, sure), the man behind the mud happened to be secretly in love with Dr. Manuel De Lastico/Lastikman's girlfriend Cecile. Sure enough, the lovesick lump of loam cuts in on his rubbery rival for the fair damsel's affections.
November 2, 1995
Writer: Rey N. Mamangun
Artist: Rod Manuel
Dr. De Lastico finds an injured young woman on his doorstep. He nurses her back to health for over a week, after which the recovered girl abruptly decides to leave his care. Soon after, industrial plants are being attacked by a flame-powered villainess named Pyrona.
Obviously, Pyrona and the mysterious girl Dr. De Lastico treated earlier are one and the same. And eventually, Pyrona herself realizes that her opponent Lastikman is none other than the kind doctor who helped her.
Anyway, Pyrona reveals that her actions were not altogether malicious. She's actually a fugitive from another planet who crashed to Earth while trying to escape her world's authorities. A rebel leader opposed to the modernization of her homeworld at the expense of its environment, she sees the Earth treading a similar destructive path and decided to take drastic action, as misguided as her method may be.
November 9, 1995
Writer: Ron Mendoza
Artist: Zer Catorce Hipolito
An evil dwarf named Gummo awakens from a 100-year sleep. Enraged to see towering skyscrapers in place of his beloved forest home, he causes a devastating earthquake that lays waste to an entire city, and threatens to do the same to every city in the nation.
November 16, 1995
Writer: Almel de Guzman
Artist: Mhel R. Almeda
As the story opens, we learn that Lastikman does not age. His girlfriend Cecile decides to break up with him, concerned that she would someday look old enough to be his mother while he stays forever young. The heartbroken hero then takes his frustrations out on the bad guys.
Meanwhile, a crippled orphan named Bobet is befriended by a giant sea monster (is there any other kind?), which he names Creatura. But although friendly, the continued pollution of its water habitat eventually drives Creatura to go on a destructive rampage.
Of course, the creature isn't the real villain of the story, but rather the unscrupulous chemical plant owner responsible for the pollution.
November 30, 1995
Wrier: Rey N. Mamangun
Artist: Arnel Coronel
Lastikman battles the dark forces of Dzuteh, a Tibetan sorcerer who seeks an ancient book containing the secret of eternal life.
Interestingly, Dzuteh does succeed in finding the lost book. But the big twist in the story is what that book turns out to be...
December 7, 1995
Writer: Almel de Guzman
Artist: Rol Enriquez
Lastikman's powers are mysteriously fading. To find out what the problem is, he examines himself in the laboratory of his secluded spaceship deep in the mountains of Sierra Madre.
Meanwhile, a "cosmic spirit" comes to Earth and inhabits the body of a female mountaineer, becoming Thundra, the Lightning Woman. Swearing vengeance against Cosmo, the Space Gladiator who destroyed her previous body, she drains all the electricity in the vicinity, causing a massive blackout that affects even the power supply of Lastikman's ship.
Unable to restore his powers, Lastikman gets so depressed that HE ACTUALLY CONSIDERS KILLING HIMSELF.
Fortunately, it never comes to that. His ship's emergency energy reserves kick in, and he discovers that his body is low on the "foreign matters" (whatever the heck those are) that give him his shape-shifting abilities. Once a special machine on his ship replenishes those foreign matters in his body, Lastikman is finally able to take on the lethal Lightning Lady.
December 21, 1995
Writer: Ron Mendoza
Artist: Mhel Almeda
Spektro, the self-proclaimed God of Mirrors, has been kidnapping beautiful young women, sucking them through the looking glass and into his mirror dimension. Among the victims are movie star Minona Roder (!) and supermodel Isabella Mosollini (!!).
Lastikman manages to prevent the abduction of another victim by disguising himself as her bedsheet (ooh, clever and kinky).
I'm wondering what freaked out the girl more; that she almost got sucked into a mirror or that she was laying on top of a shape-shifting pervert the whole time.
Issue #14: Versus
December 28, 1995
Writer: Glady E. Gimena
Artist: Rey R. Santiago
The final issue featured 2 Lastikman stories. The first one introduced Versus, a criminal from Lastikman's native planet Zorak who was imprisoned in a mirror and sent adrift into outer space (HIGHLY-ORIGINAL CONCEPT!). Entering the Earth's orbit, shockwaves from the French nuclear tests cause the mirror to shatter, releasing the alien prisoner.
Versus eventually discovers that he posseses shape-shifting abilities on Earth. And just as any extra-terrestrial supervillain would do, he decides to use his powers to take over the world. This naturally brings him into conflict with Lastikman who, wouldn't you know it, just happens to be the son of Versus' jailer.
Following his book's cancellation, Lastikman went back to the pages of Aliwan Komiks, running for 2 more years from 1996 to 1997.
Cover Art by Lui Antonio
Lastikman would be absent from the comics scene for about 8 years, but would remain in the public consciousness thanks to 2 movie adaptations (the silly but entertaining 2002 film starring Vic Sotto and the AWFUL 2004 version with Mark Bautista), followed by the 2007-08 TV series starring Vhong Navarro. In 2005, Lastikman returned to the comic book pages in a one-shot written by Gerry Alanguilan and drawn by Arnold Arre, published by Mango Comics.
For the moment, Lastikman's comic book career is once more dormant. But the character remains familiar and popular even to the current generation, so it is perhaps only a matter of time until he comes back for another stretch.
Fan Art by Aris B. Panganiban


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On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 10:42:51AM -0300, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: > On Sun, 31 Aug 2003, Dan Jacobson wrote: > > Bdale> ... I announced a group subscription to lwn.net for Debian > > Bdale> developers, sponsored by HP... > > > > Debian may be seen as supporting non-disclosure conditions / > > protected proprietary information / trade secrets / etc. whatever. > > You should be killfiled for life for that one if you are being serious. Damn, and people say *I'm* harsh. :) I sometimes think that I, as an atheist, take the concept of redemption more seriously than many Christians I've met. If we don't expect Mr. Jacobson to improve, he has less incentive to do so. -- G. Branden Robinson | Debian GNU/Linux | Ignorantia judicis est calamitas firstname.lastname@example.com | innocentis. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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Early returns from the four counties in the sprawling 30th Assembly district left no doubt about the front-runner, San Benito County Supervisor Robert Rivas. He will likely face first-time Republican candidate Neil Kitchens in a November runoff, as fellow Democrat and Gilroy City Councilman Peter Leroe-Muñoz trailed late Tuesday.
With 54 percent of partial returns from mostly rural precincts at 11:15pm, the California Secretary of State reported Rivas leading balloting with 44 percent, with Kitchens at 32 percent and Leroe-Muñoz at just 11 percent.
"I'm elated, and I'm grateful to the voters of Assembly District 30," Rivas said election night. "I'm ready to continue in November, to talk about the issues important to the voters in this district and California."
The Rivas campaign, accompanied by mariachi music, food, drinks and a generally festive mood, exuded confidence in the early results.
With the Democratic vote split, Kitchens, a national delegate for the Republican National Committee, emerged as the likely foe for Rivas on the runoff ballot. Kitchens has listed his jobs as a professional forester, rancher, lawyer, criminologist, real estate investor and residential property manager.
District 30 includes San Benito County and parts of Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and Monterey counties, including the cities of Morgan Hill, Gilroy and Hollister, with about a half million residents.
The district is currently represented by Anna Caballero, who is running for state senate in the 12th District.
Leroe-Muñoz, is a former San Benito County deputy district attorney who works in San Jose for the tech industry's Silicon Valley Leadership Group, and ran on a public safety and economic development platform.
Two-term Supervisor Rivas was a leader in the successful anti-fracking measure in San Benito County who ran a primary campaign emphasizing diversity and his rural roots, which has been heavy on endorsements, including Caballero, civil rights leader Dolores Huerta, and the political arms of the state teachers, nurses and public employee unions.


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I don't think I have ADHD, I would never pawn my inability to get anything done on something as scientific and medically treatable as ADHD, but let it be know that I am easily distracted.
I chalk this up to being a creative with lots of ideas and not nearly enough time in the day. Let it be said however that if I had a device that allowed me to stop time for a few hours every day so I could get stuff done, I would spend those ill-gotten hours searching for drawings of Sebastian Michaelis in awe of a cat.
I bring this up because I realize that distracted me is a large part of who I am, and when I get focused, like completing this post or writing stories or remind some twit why Kubrick's The Shining has no place anywhere near a respectable Stephen King movie collection, I'm an unstoppable force of determination, research and cutting wit.
True story.
Now if you'll excuse me, I think I hear someone crinkling tin foil.
(This post is proving to myself that I don't need an over-reaching, deeply dramatic, metaphoric sampling of my life to fill space on my own damn blog.)


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Universal Pictures International Crosses $3.73 Billion at International Box Office, Setting New Industry Record
on August 24, 2015
Universal's official Press Release
UNIVERSAL CITY, CA, August 24, 2015—Universal Pictures International (UPI) today announced that with last week's box office receipts, UPI has grossed $3.78 billion to set a new industry record for the highest-grossing year ever at the international box office. UPI overtakes the record previously set by 20th Century Fox's 2014 year-end international grosses of $3.73 billion by more than four months. The announcement was made by Duncan Clark, President Distribution, UPI.
"2015 continues to be an outstanding year for Universal, and we are very proud of the overwhelming success we have had at the international box office," said Clark. "There are countless people who contribute to this level of success. First and foremost our studio executive ranks, led by Jeff Shell and Donna Langley, then of course our filmmakers and talent. This record-breaking milestone is also a testament to the tireless work of those invaluable team members at our head offices in Los Angeles and London as well as those in our operating companies, joint ventures and local distributors around the world. With nine titles on our main slate still awaiting release, we are excited at what the remainder of the year has to offer."
Some 2015 international highlights to date include:
· The studio has had four of the top five highest-grossing films of the year: No. 1 Fast & Furious 7 ($1.162 billion), No. 2 Jurassic World ($983.5 million), No. 4 Minions($670.2 million) and No. 5 Fifty Shades of Grey ($404.1 million);
· Universal has had four No. 1 worldwide openings, and has been No. 1 at the international box office for 10 weeks, more than any other studio.
· Universal Pictures has set records for the fastest a studio has ever reached $2 billion and $3 billion at the international box office.
· Jurassic World had the biggest opening weekend of all time internationally, domestically and worldwide, opening No. 1 in 69 territories where the film was released. It was the fastest film to reach $1 billion worldwide after only 13 days of release and is currently the third-highest-grossing film worldwide ever, behind only Avatar and Titanic.
· Fast & Furious 7 is the highest-grossing film ever in China ($391.2 million) and became the third film in history to cross $1 billion at the international box office, making Universal only the second studio ever to achieve this milestone. It is also the fifth-highest-grossing film worldwide ever. Fast & Furious 7 opened No.1 in 66 territories.
· Illumination Entertainment's Minions has opened No. 1 in 56 territories—and counting—and is the highest-grossing animated film of the year; the highest grossing animated film of all-time in Latin America; the fourth-highest-grossing animated film internationally and third-highest-grossing animated film worldwide.
Universal continues to charge ahead with an outstanding 2015 slate, including Straight Outta Compton, which opened in Slovenia and Norway last week, the astonishing story of the meteoric rise and fall of N.W.A, which is directed by F. Gary Gray; The Visit, the original new thriller from writer/director/producer M. Night Shyamalan in which he returns to the genre that launched his career; Everest, an epic adventure from Universal, Working Title, Cross Creek and Walden Media, inspired by the incredible events surrounding an attempt to reach the summit of the world's highest mountain that is directed by Baltasar Kormákur; Steve Jobs, the drama from Oscar®-winning director Danny Boyle and Oscar®-winning writer Aaron Sorkin; Crimson Peak, the gothic romance from Legendary directed by Guillermo del Toro; By the Sea, the new drama from writer/director/producer Angelina Jolie Pitt, starring Brad Pitt and Jolie Pitt; andKrampus, the horror-comedy from Legendary.


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Preview the new Team Discussions REST API
Today, we released the REST API that allows you to read and manage team discussions programmatically, and we'll be announcing GraphQL support soon. You can access the REST API during the preview period by providing a custom media type in the
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During the preview period, we may change aspects of the API based on developer feedback. If we do, we will not provide any advance notice of the changes, but we will announce them here on the developer blog.
We are really excited to see what integrations you develop around this API! If you have any questions or feedback, please let us know.
New REST API endpoints
- List discussions
- Get a single discussion
- Create a discussion
- Edit a discussion
- Delete a discussion
- List comments
- Get a single comment
- Create a comment
- Edit a comment
- Delete a comment
Updates to the Teams API documentation
We've also updated the location of our Teams REST API documentation. You'll now find the Teams API at the top level in the v3 documentation sidebar (no longer nested under Organizations). The team members, team discussions, and team discussion comments APIs are in the Teams section.


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Those arrested on $5,000 bail.
Mayor and police chief Charles Beck declared it a "success"
1400 police officers. 200 arrested with what they call
Officers wearing bio-hazard suites. Concerned about health, due to virus and infections.
What did it cost to evict the protestors? Probably hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Some protestors are on a corner now waiting and vowing to occupy another park and possibly the park at City Hall.
Another group at a church nearby.
Are you searching the internet for solutions to view and edit Adobe Acrobat PDF forms on your iOS device, like the iPhone and iPad?
Well there are a few solutions worth noting.
1. Lifeforms – does exactly what you want. You can fill out a form, print, email it or save it. Sign the form, add notes, draw or handwrite notes. It also saves every word you enter in a word list to use on the next form. It is a great app.
Cost: $9.99
2. Note Taker HD app does the trick. Great app to fill-out pdf's, get signatures on forms, etc. I am a Financial Planner and have my clients sign docs via Note Taker HD on my iPad.
3. PDF Reader Pro Edition – If you need an app that can handle PDF forms you can check PDF Reader Pro Edition for iPad, the latest update that was released today works with PDF forms. This is the direct link:
4. PDF Epxert for iPad
PDF Forms (even caclucations)
-two-way dropbox sync
-amazing UI
-annotation tools
-management tools
cost: $9.99
5. FORM TOOLS PDF – Will let you add text boxes, check boxes, images, and draw free hand on a PDF.
However, it's greatest feature is the ability to create a form that can be filled out over and over again. Look for it in the app store. a must have if you want to work with PDF's on the iPad.
cost: $4.99
6. Goodreader – to do this all the time. Works great. I think Goodreader is the best app in the App store. Goodreader, allows you to annotate your PDFs. The other is Forms Tools. This allows you to create a template over an existing PDF and create field. If it had pull down box or radio button optins, it would be better, but so far seems to be the best.
cost: $4.99
7. DocAS Lite (free version) – allows you to annotate, type within the PDF form to fill it out, record a speaker note and play it back, slide pannel to rest your palm; add notes like post or sticky note to the document. I find it basic but cool and most of all free! I don't need to print a form just filled in the required info, signed and send it back to the requestor. Save trees!
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Summary: Of all the apps that are available, which one will work for you depends on your needs.
McAuley Labels
Steven McAuley's father has been in the label business for about 30 years and has shared a lot of knowledge with me about the industry.
He was working with him in Texas for a few years, then moved out to Seattle with his wife a few months back and has been starting everything from the ground up again.
His website is from a place he advertises,
Right now all he is doing is printing labels, but plans to expand into reselling other products such as printers, ribbon, etc…
Steven McAuley
8820 39th Ave SW
Seattle, WA 98136
email: [email protected]
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Sunday, December 4, 2011
10AM to 5PM
A Holiday Open Studio Event
Over 300 original paintings will be on display for your viewing enjoyment.
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Less tents at the camp on the steps of city hall.
Hundreds of police officers in riot gear at midnight at 12:01am pushing protestors.
Will there be a raid?
Randy Smith message was to send out a message, not a place to live, telling the protestors
Police are still on scene in large presence.
Jose Perez is assesing the situation of the encampment.
They will take it from there. When is the question?
The police hope they don't have to see a mass eviction.
So far 4 have been arrested in LA
Barney Frank to Retirement
Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., will announce his retirement Monday at an afternoon press conference in Newton, Mass.
The 16-term Representative, who was part of the banking reform law that passed Congress last year.
Rumored to be ready for retirement last year.
Occupy Los Angeles Protestors Being Vacated Today Hours Away
The OccupyLA movement is about to take a turn, we don't know the outcome of the vacating orders, and wether protestors will go without incident. With 55 days of the occupation of the lawn at Los Angeles City Hall, city officials want to re-claim the park space back and restore it back to what it was before the occupy movement took it over and the city did nothing to interfere. Now the city is about to interfere.
The Occupy movement will move but there is no confirmation on where it will be moving.
Electric Vehicle EV Charging in Pasadena, CA, Leaf, Volt
Are you searching for charging stations in Pasadena, CA?
If you have a LEAF or Volt there are several locations.
You will be pleased to learn that there are at least four locations where you can charge. I have listed them in order of use and cost, first one is CalStart where you can charge for FREE. The only one in Pasadena that currently does not charge. Thank you CalStart.
1. CalStart
48 S. Chester Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91106
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At the CalSTART on Chester, you have to drive behind the building and will find two Blinks and two Clipper Creek chargers. As well as a paddle charger and 120v outlets.
It appears that they are get used, but that the Blink and Clipper Creeks at least on a Saturday night nobody was using them.
To use the Clipper Creek, just open your port and plug in, and it starts to work, no charge, at least for now.
To use the Blink, apparently you need a card. But it appears to work.
Located between Colorado Blvd & Green St., 2 blocks west of Hill.
Note: Not sure what restrictions there are for parking here during business hours or off hours, but there are plenty of signs about towing.
1570 East Colorado Blvd
Pasadena, California, 91106
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Lot 1 – East Side of lot, drive into the lot off Hill and enter the lot and look to the right along the campus side.
You will see 2 Chargepointe chargers Level 2.
Note: Not sure if you can park here without paying for parking or if parking is included.
3. Caltech
Parking Lot
Holliston Lot
Chargepoint – not sure if it is operational
Note: will drive by this charger again and see if it is now working.
4. Old Town Pasadena
Parking Structure at
The School House parking lot has 3 legacy charging units but also has two double NEMA 5-20, 120v outlets (one pair on a timer). There are two EV parking spots there. You need to go two levels down then back up to the first level to get to them (Northwest corner). First 90 minutes parking is free, after that $2 per hour with a $6 maximum. Late night entry is a flat fee.
Info: https://www.oldpasadena.org/info.asp
EVSE in the One Colorado parking structure on floor B2, east end (AVCON).
213 S De Lacey Ave Pasadena, California, 91105
(3 blocks south of Colorado Boulevard) https://carstations.com/9802
There is one ChargePoint J1772 EVSE in each of the 2 underground garages located at an apartment (condo) complex. Does not seem to be a fee to park. Posted fee for using the EVSEs is $3/hour. They are operated by Carcharging Inc.
1) Enter on West side of De Lacey Street just North of Del Mar. Turn right at bottom of the ramp. Continue to the right.
2) Enter on South side of Valley Street mid block (between De Lacey & South Pasadena Ave). Turn left at the bottom of the ramp then right to the far corner.
We are sure there will be more coming in the months ahead.
Update: Sign on Pasadena window says – First Service Sunday Dec 4th 11am. We also hear that there could be a soft opening on Tuesday Nov 29, 2011.
Congregation Ale House Pasadena Coming Soon.
Here's a picture taken recently.
300 S Raymond Ave
Pasadena, CA 91105
website: Congregation Ale House
Located near Old Pasadena, Congregation Ale House is coming to Pasadena from its other locations in Azusa and Long Beach, replacing Crown City Brewery at the formerly known "China Factory Mall" at Del Mar and Raymond
619 N. Azusa Ave.
Azusa, CA 91702
300 S. Raymond Ave
Pasadena, CA 91105
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GM Chevy VOLT Batteries Catching Fire?
We are learning of an investigation into Chevy VOLT batteries catching fire. The investigation is ongoing, and we should be learning more as things develop.
Small business stores have certain advantages but they may not
11% less business for small businesses as larger business start to take over the space of smaller businesses.
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According to the Small Business Saturday Consumer Spend Survey 2011, 61% of consumers plan to shop at locally-owned clothing and accessories stores on November 26. Are you one of them? What will you buy on Small Business Saturday?
You can take part by shopping with our local small businesses on Saturday, November 26th. Looking for a place to eat? Try one of our many local restaurants. If you need a list of local stores, restaurants and services, you can find it here.
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Apparently the players and the NBA have come to an agreement to end the lockout. At games will resume on Dec 25, 2011.
There are other matters that need to be worked out like drug testing of players, and the fact that the players are on strike and have started play in other countries with national teams.
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Last night around 3am I could hear the screeching tires of what sounded like a truck or car, but this went on for at least 10-15 minutes. It sounded like it was less than a mile away. But this hasn't been the first time I've heard this.
Drivers in Pasadena need to slow down and the police need to be more vigilant about stopping this sort of nonsense behavior from drivers.
It was most likely someone who had too much to drink and thought they would show off their "skills".


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B&W Styles
I've write a french tuto for the Black and White Tool. With a french friend, we would translate my post in english :-).
In this post there are many Style…
B&W Filter
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Phrases That Kill Resumes
Over my career I have come into contact with thousands of people who perform miracles at work every day. But you would never know it if you looked at their resumes. More than 90% of the resumes I see overuse personal attributes to describe the person's candidacy.
While personal attributes are factored into the hiring decision, what needs to be communicated on the resume is your value proposition and proof of past successes that demonstrate that these attributes are core to your brand and personal pitch. The words themselves are meaningless unless they are backed up with facts. Here are a few word choices that I frequently see on resumes that unfortunately tell me nothing about you.
-- Find out what your next job will pay.
Dynamic: If you were so dynamic, you wouldn't be using the word dynamic to describe yourself. Instead you would be showcasing an accomplishment that proves this quality. For example, maybe you have been able to woo difficult to land clients or you deliver engaging presentations to standing room only crowds.
Trustworthy: What does this mean exactly? That you won't share proprietary information or you won't steal post-its from the company's supply closet? If you chose to put that word on your resume, there must have been a reason you selected it. Think about the success stories that prove why being trustworthy is important for the work you do and write about that instead.
Team Player: This one really makes me cringe. It's so stale it leads me to believe that you haven't thought about your resume since 1987. Tell me how you collaborate with others, mentor staff, recommend initiatives that make teams more cohesive...anything, but please don't just tell me you are a team player.
Strong Communication Skills: Right. You are such a great communicator that the words alone make it true. Where's the communications piece in this equation? Please communicate to me what you have done that proves this skill. That's what a strong communicator does.
Stop selling yourself short by relying on these phrases that kill resumes. Instead focus on the accomplishment-based examples of your work that make you a star.
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Education: Graduate of an Accredited Nurse Practitioner program.
Licensure,certification, and/or registration: Current Virginia State Licensed Nurse Practitioner (NP) and DEA license required, or must be eligible to obtain. AHA BLS-HCP certification required. Advanced Life Support certification preferred. PMHNP certification required.
Other Minimum Qualifications: Eligible for prescriptive authority in accordance with State regulations and as authorized by the Virginia Boards of Medicine. Capable of meeting credentialing or job function requirements as needed based on the requirements of the practice and of managed care payors and insurers. Qualifies for malpractice insurance and is accepted by Carilion Clinic's malpractice insurance carrier. Able to work collaboratively with physicians and other health care providers. Demonstrates good written and oral communication skills. Computer literacy required for automated computer systems, including electronic medical records.
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Equal Opportunity Employer: Minorities/Females/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation /Gender Identity.
Carilion Health System is a $1 billion healthcare company serving approximately 1 million people in Western Virginia. Carilion is a comprehensive, integrated system employing nearly 10,000 people at 10 not-for-profit hospitals, 61 physician practices and primary care centers and a managed care division. As part of its mission to improve the health of the communities it serves, Carilion operates the region's only level 1 trauma center, air ambulance and neo-natal intensive care program, along with a full service cancer center and regional heart center.


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I had a very exciting week last week going for lots of little brunch's. For my University project I have to create a news feature about anything we want, so I am writing one about the health benefits of veganism. This is an interesting topic for me, as I believe that one day (when I can afford really nice food) I will be a vegan. I am currently giving up meat for lent and am really enjoying it. I don't even miss eating any type of meat as there are so many other options. I am giving myself a day off on my birthday, just so I can treat myself on my 21st!!
This restaurant Ellie, Katie and I went to is a new vegan place that has opened up in Bournemouth. I have never eaten there before so we went for a cute brunch, which ended up being quite posh. I would definitely say we had a light lunch as all of us were still hungry after but I definitely enjoyed what I ate and would recommend giving them a visit.
I am extremely interested in my health and fitness at the moment. I have thrown myself into the gym and have been eating extremely well (for a Universtiy student.) This week I have no motivation to do anything productive because I am so excited for the weekend. I am turning 21 and am celebrating with all of my friends!! Keep updated with everything on my Instagram – @emilymaythorne.


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I have been wanting to see My Sister's Keeper since it came out in the theater and I finally got the chance last night. What an amazing and heartbreaking movie. I think Cameron Diaz did a phenomenal job in her role as a mother trying to save her daughter and do right by her other kids in a horrible situation. Has anyone else seen it? Did you have a favorite part? I loved the part at the beach when the family came together and you could just feel the love between them. I am definitely going to watch it again.
I have done a lot of work with families who have lost children and it made me think of all of them. So many mother's going through this today. I encourage everyone to check out St. Jude Children's Hospital and think about becoming a partner in hope, every penny counts. Something else that is really important is organ donation. I am sure moms with healthy children don't think much about it, but when your child is hanging on to their life waiting for a life saving organ it becomes a very different story. Hug your children an extra time today. They are so precious and I know sometimes I take that for granted when we should always treasure every single day.


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China-Africa trade set to keep on booming in 2011
It has been a bumper year for commerce between China and Africa.
The Asian giant is hungry for resources to fuel its expanding economy - and many African nations are determined to feed it in order to trade their way to prosperity.
The boom in Sino-African trade has caused concern in some circles - but 2011 is expected to see business between the two hit record levels.
It is probably the biggest factor we have most noticed on our travels around the continent for Africa Business Report.
Ethiopia is a good place to see the impact of Chinese investment.
The capital Addis Ababa is a crowded, busy place - not surprising when you consider that Ethiopia is the second most highly populated country in Africa, home to an estimated 88 million people.
The city is alive with construction - everywhere you go you will come across building sites and cranes.
And much of that construction is being done by the Chinese.
Big potential
Despite the fact that Ethiopia is still a poor country, it is seen as having huge potential, which is why there is such strong investment coming in from China.
The new headquarters of the African Union - a prestige project - is being built by the Chinese - as are roads, bridges and other major projects around the country.
So far, so uncontroversial.
But when you look at another natural resource attracting attention from China - you get a bit more of a fuss.
Sore point
China - and others - are buying up vast tracts of land to grow food that is sent straight back home.
That has been fuelling resentment amongst Ethiopian farmers.
Agriculture is also proving a sore point elsewhere.
Zambian poultry producers complain that what started out as Chinese investment in the sector has now turned into direct - and unfair - competition.
"These Chinese, they came here as investors," complains one man. "But they are vendors."
The Chinese deny they have any unfair advantage and say they are helping to keep the Zambian poultry market healthy.
Investment questions
But it's not just the chicken farmers who are up in arms. There is growing anger about the growing presence of small-scale Chinese operators in the retail sector.
Andrew Chipwende, the head of the Zambian Development Agency, says action will be taken.
"What we'll be doing is developing some sector cords which are going to regulate which sectors are reserved for local businesses," he explains.
"So you'll find that what are described as 'survival' businesses, such as serving at the market, running a hair salon or running a taxi, those are bound to be reserved for Zambians."
Questions persist about the wisdom - and ethics - of the deals being done.
It is suggested by some critics that many Chinese companies bring in their own workers yet pay their wages to banks in China, thus limiting the actual flow of cash into Africa.
They also suggest that their skills are not being passed on to African workers and that workers' rights are not properly observed.
Yet some observers say they are detecting a new willingness from China to observe international standards on environmental and labour law practices.
Another bumper year
China expects trade with Africa to exceed $110bn (£71bn) in 2011 and technology could be the new frontier.
One who thinks that will be so is Edward George, who specialises in African affairs at the Economist Intelligence Unit.
"That's probably one of the biggest potential growth areas in Africa," he says.
"We've seen explosive growth in mobile communications in the last ten years. Africa has just had a brand new fibreoptic backbone installed across the continent. So this means development of 3G services, internet over the mobile phone.
"Chinese firms could clearly lead this effort across Africa. But they're going to have to look over their shoulder as you've had the Brazilians and the Indians who've made large investments".
Africa is determined to continue its quest for development - and China is equally determined to fuel its surging economy.
This relationship can only grow in importance.


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A mere handful of seafloor mud may contain as many species as are found in a square meter of tropical rainforest. The fantastic assemblage seen above was gathered from a single scoop of mud, about 2 inches deep and 5 inches across.
"It's easy, when you get away from the coast, to think of the oceans as a homogeneous blue. It's a lot more complex than that," said biologist Craig McClain of the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center.
McClain and colleagues collected the mud while surveying distributions of seafloor organisms, the lives of which are shaped by "marine snow" — a slow, steady, shower of organic particles that drift down from high in the water column.
Like terrestrial snow, the deep-sea-life-sustaining version doesn't collect uniformly but gathers in drifts and eddies. In a paper published last year in Marine Ecology, McClain and others showed that, depending on snowfall, seafloor communities could vary wildly in the space of a few feet. In terrestrial terms, it was a bit like finding deserts and swamps separated by footsteps.
In a December Proceedings of the Royal Society B paper, the researchers again looked at seafloor distributions — but this time, rather than surveying one small seabed plot, they took samples from across the Atlantic Ocean.
They found large-scale, trans-Atlantic patterns, somewhat reminiscent of the vast and elegant patterns seen in blooming plankton, but not measured before on seafloors.
"The oceans are not as uniform as we have a tendency to think of them," said McClain. "When you actually look at the ocean, you find that it's a mosaic."


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Possible Duplicate:
Counting subsets containing three consecutive elements (previously Summation over large values of nCr)
Suppose there are n houses and I want to calculate the number of ways of selecting any number of houses given a condition that I have to select atleast three consecutive houses. for eg.if the total number of houses is 4,so the no of ways to do the job will be 3. No of houses(n)=4 no of ways = {1,2,3},{2,3,4},{1,2,3,4}
(note:I am can only select in increasing order of the number,so {1,3,2},etc are invalid)
I was able to find that total no of ways to do the above job follows a series
Sum=1+2+5+12+28+...(n-2) terms
so when n=4,then no of ways = 1+2=3 .When n=5,then no of ways=1+2+5=8 and so on.
Now,i am looking for the formula in terms of n to calculate the sum of this series.


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David McAlvany : As you say, things are not evenly distributed. The misery index has, over the 5-year period from here going back to about 2007, gone from 7½ to 9½ . We have had, as you said, median household income decline from just shy of $55,000 to $50,000. People's primary asset, the median existing home, has declined. When we look at consumer confidence, this is where we see something of a divergence. Where do you see this divergence between the S&P and consumer confidence taking us?
Marc Faber : In principle, it is possible that as a result of rising
stock prices and recovering real estate prices, confidence will increase
somewhat, but I have to go back to what life is for the typical
household, and what life is for the holders of capital, in other words,
the 1%, or ½% of the population. For the typical middle class, the
standard of living is not going up because the insurance costs are going
up, healthcare costs are going up, taxes are going up. Everything is
going up in price, but employment has improved.
But then, if we decompose the improvement in employment, and we
analyze what kind of jobs people get, then the jobs that are being
created are mostly low-paying jobs, and the jobs that were lost were
high-paying jobs, so I don't think we should just look at the number of
In the meantime, I also need to mention that the government debt
since 2007 has increased by more than 6 trillion dollars, and we have
deficits of around 1 trillion dollars. Having these deficits will
become, one day, a problem. They may not seem a problem now because the
Fed basically finances the deficit through the purchases of assets, but
will they be able to do it forever? That is the big question mark.
- in a recent interview with McAlvany
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The basics of the diary
What is itThe diary, linked to each class, will let you:
- add annotations
- add resources (files,audio,images, video, etc)
- add icons
- bump your lessons forward/back or n-days
- copy your lessons to other classes
- show/add/edit calendar events
- send by e-mail annotation&resources of a single day to all your student
- create reports in PDF or TXT
The week view: configuring which days to show
The 'simple week configuration' will let you enable a specific combination of days. All your weeks will be the same.
The more elaborated configuration that 'depends on the calendar' will look for the configuration of each week in your calendar.
The single day view
The time line viewThis view is available in full-size mode and it will look like this
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Dentistry for Children: Effective Tips to Keeping Teeth Healthy!
Toothaches and bad oral conditions don't need an age, they happen to anyone who takes their teeth for granted. However, children are more prone to damaging their oral hygiene than an adult on an average. This is because children don't tend to comprehend why they shouldn't eat that full bag of chocolates or sleep without brushing their teeth.
Here are some unique and effective tips to ensure that your children are safe from those excruciating toothaches.
Don't Make It Race
A lot of children consider brushing their teeth like a race that they need to win. They just want to get it over with. This defeats the purpose of brushing teeth in the first place. It leads children to the doors of their family dentists with a decaying tooth. To ensure that your kids don't go through the pain, we recommend they brush their teeth thoroughly.
The Tongue Isn't an Outcast
It is astonishing how many kids don't clean their tongues while brushing their teeth. It is among the key areas when it comes to dentistry for children. The plaque that destroys your teeth is quite likely to develop on your tongue as well. In fact, this is a major reason why children often have bad breath. In other words, brushing the tongue is as important as brushing the teeth.
Dentists Aren't Enemies
When it comes to dentistry for children, one thing is for sure: children are afraid of visiting dentists. But then again, they don't know better. It is of grave importance that you get your children a routine checkup with your family dentist, one visit every three months. This will not only make sure their oral hygiene is on point but also keep your children safe from several other diseases.
Toothbrushes Aren't Life Partners
This cannot be emphasized enough. Your children need to change their toothbrushes every two months at least, to ensure proper health and hygiene. This, in fact, applies to everybody from children to adults. Keeping a single toothbrush for several months wears it off. The brush stops reaching parts of the teeth that need to be cleaned, allowing more germs to build up and eventually, decay the tooth.
Simultaneous Solutions
You cannot just rely on brushes to keep the teeth of your children clean. Get them a mouthwash! They are extremely important to keep oral hygiene in balance. This is even more important for the children since they are less likely to brush or floss properly. A mouthwash takes care of things like that, ensuring better oral hygiene for children.
Keep Diet in Check
Children aren't often concerned about calorie intake or if something can harm their oral hygiene in the long run. This means they will probably eat whatever they feel like. Instead of letting them eat whatever they want, offer them a healthy diet. Keeping away from junk food will itself keep the child's oral health intact.
If you're too late and your child already has a decaying tooth, there is nothing to worry about. Norwood Dental has got you covered. They offer a wide range of dental services. Simply dial (952) 467-3518, and book an appointment.
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Episode 16. "Hard Times in New York Town" and Dylan's Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech. June 15, 2017. The Apartment. Rainier's.
To open (1:45), Kelly and I discuss the song. We listened to three versions – on from The Bootleg Series, Vol. 1-3, one from The Bootleg Series, Vol. 9: The Witmark Demos 1962-1964, and one from Folksinger's Choice recorded in early 1962 with Cynthia Gooding. Daniel waxes poetic (3:00) about the chances, o the chances (or the desire for our brains to have order and meaning, especially after the black hole of Dylan & The Dead) that the attendant's at the Tower of Song would pair one of Dylan's earliest songs — from Bonnie Beecher's apartment during the holidays in 1961 — with his Nobel Prize in Literature speech delivered on June 4, 2017.
Kelly (4:40) loved the song and found herself singing it throughout the week. It's simple, its short, the musicality prevails through the strong finger-picking. We try to determine (5:00) if we could hear the noted progression from his pre-New York self, his post-Columbia contract self, and his post-Bob Dylan self. Each version was unique in its own way — but none more proficient than another. (Once we flesh out this period, give The Minnesota Hotel Tapes a proper listen, and maybe raise some money to get that dang Karen Wallace tape, we'll speak more on the subject.) Kelly's favorite was the slower Witmark version, which had an extra verse (7:35):
The weak and the strong and the rich and the poor
Gathered there together, ain't room for no more
Crowded up above and crowded down below
When someone disappears, you never even know.
In David Pitacshe's book, Song of the North Country: A Midwest Framework to the Songs of Bob Dylan, he notes (8:00) that New York is a town of "the kickers and the kicked." "Dylan links the the kicked poor with the country — while wealthy urbanites like 'Mr. Rockefeller' and 'Mr. Empire' sit silently on their comfortable perches" (pg. 28). Not to disparage lovely Iowa, but I compare the excising of the above line with the omission of,
There was a big high wall there that tried to stop me. The sign was painted, said 'Private Property.' But on the backside, it didn't say nothing. This land was made for you and me
One bright sunny morning in the shadow of the steeple, by the relief office I saw my people. As they stood hungry, I stood there wondering if God Blessed America for me
from "This Land Is Your Land" (and is similar to what Dylan would encounter in a few months with "Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues"). Coca-Cola conceptions of America juxtaposed with a radical conception of freedom, liberty, private property. Why did Dylan keep "country" in on of the versions he sang? (He'd swap it with "city" in another.) Kelly felt it was "country" in the macro sense, hard times in America, while Daniel kept in the Midwest and imagined "New York Town" as somewhere the author was trying to conceptualize to fit into his ever-changing sense of scope. It's the push and pull of being woke and contending with where you came from.
In the end, what always gave this song oomph was its finale — When I leave New York, I'll be standing on my feet. It just feels good to sing, good to dream on. So far, that and Dylan singing, Don't ask me nothin about nothin / I just might tell you the truth in "Outlaw Blues" are two of Kelly's favorite Dylan moments.
History of New York (11:30): "that was a big theme this week, go figure." Daniel wants the beginnings of New York. "What was once New York, er, is now New Amsterdam, or the other way around." Henry Hudson, in 1609, "found" the island of Manhattan, also known as Manna-hatta that was occupied by Algonquins. Hudson went to the Dutch king guy and said there's some cool stuff in Manhattan and the Dutch king, Schure, creates West India Trading Company — for beaver. In 1624, 30 Dutch families roll into Manhattan. In 1626, Dutch buy Manhattan. Urban legend of $24 is wrote. They paid (with the help of Mr. Minuit, in Dutch money (not shekels, gilders!) equivalent to about $1,000. We own Manhattan and the Lenape ain't happy but they're sellin their beaver, we're sellin our beaver. There's windmills. There's 36 bars. Priorities. This guy Jonas Bronck shows up and buys some land. Wilhelm Kiff, becomes leader of New Amsterdam, he builds a wall to keep out the "savages" — this becomes Wall Street. Peter Stuyvesant was peg-legged. People liked him: "Everything is cool. He's not obsessed with building walls. Everything is going great. We're drinkin, we're smokin…" Hold up!," Stuyvesant shouts from the back. He wanted to keep people out of New Amsterdam — not just drunks and criminals, but also Jews and Quakers… Everyone: "Guess what, while you weren't paying attention over the last 40 years, people here aren't really Dutch anymore. We're kinda from everywhere." Enter: King Charles II. III? II. One of the Charles's sends a fleet and is, like, "Hey!" Not a single shot is fired as the English take control of New Amsterdam. Charles' brother was the Duke of York. Yeah, you're piecing this together!
19:00 – Bio of Cynthia Gooding! Kelly loved her voice and just wanted to know everything. She was born in Minnesota — "where Bob Dylan was born, see, I remembered!" — and moved to New York City — "see, it's all relevant!" Elekra Records president found her a "folk party" (let that sink in) in Greenwich Village. She sings in Spanish, Italian and Turkish. She recorded "La Bamba" years before Ricky Vallance did. Folksinger's Choice on WBAI in NYC. First interview with Bob Dylan. We listened to the final song of the program. She moved to Spain to record flamenco music. Worked for the National Endowment of the Humanities. Died in 1988 in NJ. We talk about her in relation to Alan Lomax. And excerpt her talking with Dylan at the end where she asks if he'll wear the hat when he's rich and famous. He says he'll never rich and famous. Can't ask for a better segue into the present.
The Nobel Prize (23:45): It's a lot to wrap your head around, especially if you haven't been around for the entire ride. It was nice to hear more about his life (see The Supplemental Series 001: No Direction Home for more), especially with the piano underneath. The connection of American songwriting with him — through Buddy Holly (who transferred his powers to him) onto Leadbelly and forward. From The New Yorker
"What he is saying is that he learned his consummate literary technique—how to wield metaphor and make simile sing, how to sew his songs with rhyme and spin a whole uncanny scene from a perfectly worded image—from the great vernacular tradition of American songwriting, a vast library stored not on shelves but in minds and chord-picking fingers."
Dylan rhapsodizing (27:45) was one of the highlights for Daniel. Then… the book report (29:30)! Moby-Dick, All Quiet on the Western Front, and The Odyssey. Heylin notes, Dylan "saw himself as part of this process — as an interpreter of a hoary ol' tradition of self-expression, not as an originator of new forms of song" (Bob Dylan: The Recording Sessions 1961-1994, pg.2). While we aren't under any kind of microscope that Dylan is under, we are all products of our time and culture and the myth of Dylan's original sin is something that we also carry around as distraction from the truth that the love we project, the words we write, the proclamations we attest to are just sirens of our shared history writ large. Better to own that than try to explain your originality.
So what about all this plagiarizing? (32:00) Noisey's headline: TFW the book report is due tomorrow morning and it's midnight already. Importantly, they note: "Dylan began (and will likely end) his career recording covers before he decided to toss Biblical archetypes and pop-culture references together and set them to electric folk-rock, so he's a synthesist by nature." Slate was out for blood but their interviews with academics was gold:
Longtime Dylan fan and George Washington University English professor Dan Moshenberg told me no alarm bells went off for him while reviewing the passages. Gwynn Dujardin, an English professor from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, had more issues with Dylan's approach, noting the irony that "Dylan is cribbing [from] a contemporary publication that is under copyright instead of from Moby-Dick itself, which is in the public domain." A final reviewer, Juan Martinez, a literature professor at Northwestern University, said, "If Dylan was in my class and he submitted an essay with these plagiarized bits, I'd fail him.
As The New Yorker put it, after Dylan claims to have read Don Quixote and A Tale of Two Cities in grammar school, "Welcome to Dylan Self-Mythologizing 101." To close with Dylan's speech (34:00):
That's what songs are too. Our songs are alive in the land of the living. But songs are unlike literature. They're meant to be sung, not read. The words in Shakespeare's plays were meant to be acted on the stage. Just as lyrics in songs are meant to be sung, not read on a page. And I hope some of you get the chance to listen to these lyrics the way they were intended to be heard: in concert or on record or however people are listening to songs these days. I return once again to Homer, who says, "Sing in me, oh Muse, and through me tell the story.
Dylan will die one day but these songs will live on. Who hasn't gone for lists of Nobel, Man Booker, National Book Award, Pulitzer Prize winners to pick the next book, play, poem? Dylan will be unique on this hypothetical list for some hypothetical kid discovering him a hundred years from now. Hopefully he isn't asking, "What's music?" or lamenting that guitars don't work well under water, but if there is a world then, that person will be stumbling upon a treasure trove of people — like us, in our so-far small way — who devote time and resources to this artist.
All of that and Kelly kept replaying the ending to Battletar Galactica. Typical! Then Daniel got all personal and macro about life beyond the podcast… though Kelly got stoked about a future space episode! (38:00)
Recommendations: Kelly (41:20). DMX. Wu-Tang. Not Smashing Pumpkins (though she thinks she invented the phrase "Chicago grunge") and the podcast Throwing Shade.
Daniel (43:20): our Spotify playlist, Spotify's Summer Rewind, and Titus Andronicus' 2010 album, The Monitor (and an easter egg on the episode's excerpt of "The Battle of Hampton Roads").
Closings (46:00): I surprised Kelly with two drawings from random.org (who should just sponsor us at this point). First, we pick 3 numbers, 1 through 98, for Dylan's Theme Time Radio Hour, our next in The Supplemental Series. Kelly selected three incorrect numbers but chose "Dreams."
Then, our OG list (49:30). 1 out of 527. Kelly guessed 493. It was 356. Could have been "You're Gonna Quit Me" but is "Ring Them Bells," one of Daniel's personal favorites.


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A lack of an in-apartment washer and dryer can make life a bit of a drag. Earlier this year I was wondering why our building's washers/dryers don't have internet monitoring. I did some research and found a number of companies were offering internet monitored washers/dryers but they mainly seemed to be in use at college campuses. Makes sense.
I brought it up to my landlord and it turned out that the company that sold him the system in the building had them available and was willing to do an upgrade for him. There was, however, the small problem of cost. They wanted over $200 a machine to upgrade the "readers" as well as an ongoing monthly fee of around $100 for the service. He and I concluded that people weren't willing to pay $5 per load of laundry and that we'd all just have to keep using our microwave timers / iphones to keep track of our laundry.
It was around this time that I ran across a project on Kickstarter that I thought might help. I'm a big fan of Kickstarter and have funded a variety of things on there including Double Fine Adventure , Mail Pilot, and my personal favorite The Travoltas who I will be traveling to see in Houston this February. But, the Kickstarter I'm talking about in this case is this one called Twine.
It looked interesting since it was a simple sensor system with built-in wireless. It included temperature and vibration sensors and since I had this washer/dryer thing stuck in my head I figured I should check it out. The project had already been fully funded but I went ahead and pre-ordered one and then promptly forgot about it. That is until about a month ago when I got an email saying that my Twine was ready for shipping. The email also said that things had turned out a little more expensive than they expected so the cost of the Twine with full sensor package was $199 instead of the $174 when I pre-ordered.
My Twine arrived within a couple days and I have to admit as far as packaging goes it was amazing. The guys at SuperMechanical certainly know how to put together a cardboard package.
The Twine itself as well as all the add-on sensors are sleek looking and well made.
After pulling everything out of the box I was pretty excited to start playing with my new toy. Unfortunately this is where the excitement ended and the disappointment began to set in.
I installed the batteries in the Twine and fired up my laptop. A new wireless network appeared and after connecting my laptop to it, a browser popped up asking me to select my local network and password so it could jump on my wireless. I had a moment of trepidation here as I'm not big on putting passwords on devices that I don't have the source code to but I moved ahead.
After that I had to create an account on SuperMechanical so that my Twine could start sending data to their web site. This was all a relatively painless process and within a few minutes I could see that the Twine knew what orientation it was sitting in and that it was sending the temperature of my apartment. Immediately I noticed that the Twine thought my apartment was anywhere from 78-80 degrees which is pretty much about 10 degrees too high. Oh well no biggy, next I thought I'd check out the vibration sensor. "Currently not supported". Huh what? That's why I bought the thing. Nope, I was out of luck.
I moved on to play with the other sensors, moisture, magnetic switch, and break out. They all worked as expected.
The Twine is easy to take apart and if you look at the main board it's pretty clean with a 32 bit ARM based MCU, a Gainspan low power wifi module, and some Flash memory. The board has a Micro-USB port but that is only for power, not communication. The 4 pin sensor adapter plug is wired with the following : 3.3V,GND, Input, 1 Wire. The Input is the input voltage from a sensor and the 1 wire is used to identify that sensor. Each of the sensor boards has a 64 bit Unique ID chip with 1 wire interface. I'm pretty sure the people who are planning to plug their sensors in using a Y cable are going to be in for a surprise.
After playing around with the website for a while what I really wanted was to get the data directly from the device to one of my local computers. Why make me round trip from the Twine to the SuperMechanical web site back down to my local computer. I understand the "hey you can see it anywhere on the internet this way", but "hey maybe I only want to see it locally".
I posted a message asking about the local network support in the software developer section but didn't receive any kind of acknowledgement from the powers that be. A couple of other Twine users responded they'd like to see the same support. My guess is the SM guys are probably a bit overwhelmed right now. (I sent them a copy of this to see if they had any comments back on December 19th and never heard a word.)
At one point I considered throwing a proxy in the middle to see what the device is actually sending to the SM servers, but I decided I wasn't going to invest that much time in it since I was probably going to shelve it for now anyway.
The Twine sends its updates to the server at a couple of different rates. One is about every 45 seconds, the other is in a continuous fast update mode. It will switch back to the slower mode on its own if you don't click a button on the website stopping it. This was another reason I wanted to access it locally instead of the whole crazy round trip it was doing to be able to monitor it from 3 feet away.
Although the actual hardware of the Twine seems to be well thought out and well designed (maybe even over-designed a bit) the software side is quite lacking. As it stands today if you want to sense temperature and a single input of one other type, send that info to a server somewhere, then have it email you, tweet, or post to an http url using very simple rules then this is the device for you. If your use doesn't match that exacting criteria then $200 seems a little high when you can buy an Arduino or a Raspberry PI for less than 1/5th the price.
I hope they open source the system or at least open up the interface to the local network. This would allow alternate uses for the hardware to grow. Without that I think the Twine is in for a rough road. I wish them luck as they seem like good guys who really know how to do physical product design. Right now there's better value for your money if you have any DIY skills at all.


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and Sisley tended to scour the countryside searching for a suitable view or composition, Pissarro generally chose systematically to record the landscape that surrounded his home. He appears to have depicted almost every aspect of the area, and to such an extent that his representations of Pontoise are rather like the concentric circles made by a stone when it hits the water's surface. Nevertheless, his pictures were not always without social comment.The countryside around Pontoise was littered with large houses and chateaux belonging to the haute bourgeoisie whom Pissarro held in complete contempt. Although he painted the grounds and surrounding landscape, he took great pains not to depict the buildings themselves.
The bridge in this painting stood in the grounds of the Chateau de Marcouville. By calling it simply The Little Bridge, Pissarro has chosen to avoid any suggestion of the grandeur associated with the chateau. It seems logical to ask why he should have depicted a scene which made it necessary for him to venture into the social territory he abhorred. It is possible, and indeed probable, that he was experimenting on a theme established by
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, 1865 Courbet has similarly depicted water running through the dense undergrowth of a dark forest. In his own painting, some ten years later, Pissarro recreates a very similar setting and feel also using a palette of subdued greens and browns, applied in typical Courbet style with a knife rather than a brush.
It appears therefore that Pissarro's choice of subject could be dictated by the availability of a suitable site. It is possible that in the generally open and agricultural land around Pontoise this wooded area in the Marcouville grounds was the only spot where he could recreate the essential elements of
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So..we begin this week with actual Halloween, and end it with Election Day, which, seems somewhat appropriate in these very strange times. We've a good variety of music available to help us through the week from adventurous jazz to Cajun, soul music, or good ol' rock n' roll. Whatever your mood, you can let the music wash over you or you can dance. After all, Music Lifts Your Spirit!
Wednesday, October 31
NIU Jazztet @ The Black Dog, Saint Paul. 8pm (Tip Jar) This six-piece group from Northern Illinois University has performed at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola in NYC, as well as at festivals in Iowa City, Lima Peru, NYC, and Bogota, Columbia, among others. Stop in to see the latest edition of the group.
Thursday, November 1
Paula Cole @ The Dakota, Minneapolis. ($40, $45) It is twenty-one years since vocalist Paula Cole released her breakthrough album This Fire, which contained two Billboard-charting singles, and was nominated for seven Grammys, resulting in Cole's win as Best New Artist of the Year. Since then she has sold over three million albums, and has worked with a wide variety of artists, from Peter Gabriel and Dolly Parton to Herbie Hancock and Burt Bacharach.
Friday, November 2
Mike Wolter Trio @ Dayblock Brewing, Minneapolis. 7pm (No Cover) Since guitarist Wolter relocated here from Chicago in 2016, he's collaborated and performed with a number of the area's musicians, including Josh Granowski, Brandon Wozniak, George Marich, and Nathan Hanson. Tonight he performs original works with his trio featuring bassist Cody McKinney and drummer Cory Healey. Note:This is definitely not a listening room.
Jake Baldwin Trio @ The Lexington's Williamsburg Room, Saint Paul.7:30pm – 10pm (No Cover) I don't know who he has with him, but trumpeter Jake Baldwin is worth hearing in his own right. Just be sure to sit close enough to hear him over the room's conversations.
Merciless Ghost @ Jazz Central, Minneapolis. 8:30pm ($10) Adventuresome music from George Cartwright, leader & sax; Noah Ophoven-Baldwin, cornet; Josh Granowski, bass; and Davu Seru, percussion.
Saturday, November 3
Saturday Night Jazz @ The Black Dog, Saint Paul. 7pm (Tip Jar) 7pm: The Carlton College Jazz Chamber Group, which studies with pianist Laura Caviani and features: Dan Clipper, tenor sax; Amelia Papajohn, voice; Marco Bommarito, piano; Joey Castaneda, electric bass; Jorge Banuelos, drums; and Russell Star-Lack, guitar. At 8:30pm, their teacher takes the stage with her own group: The Laura Caviani Quartet – Caviani, piano; Dave Milne, saxophones; Chris Bates, bass; Dave Schmalenberger, drums.
Jay Young & Lyric Factory @ Vieux Carré, Saint Paul. 9pm ($12) I don't know what Jay Young and his Lyric Factory will be playing, though he's done shows on Stevie Wonder, Earth, Wind, & Fire, Herbie Hancock, and others, bringing jazz arrangements to pop songs and new arrangements to jazz standards. Though his group's membership is somewhat fluid, past versions of the Lyric Factory have included Jay on piccolo bass; his son Ian on regular bass; Kevin Washington, on drums, and Thom West on keys. Various and sundry singers take over the vocal duties.
Sunday, November 4
Cameron Graves Trio @ The Dakota, Minneapolis. 7pm ($25, $30, $35) Pianist Cameron Graves met saxophonist and current "big thing" in jazz and spiritual jazz Kamasai Washingtonwhen both were in high school in Los Angeles. They've played together in many configurations since then, notably on Washington's 2015 opus The Epic. Graves recently released his own album, Planetary Prince, which has been described as an "almost unbelievable combination of modal jazz, romantic era European classical music, and mathematical death metal," by Washington. I'll let you read the tea leaves in that quote.
Adam Meckler Orchestra @ Crooners Lounge and Supper Club, Fridley. 7:30pm ($15) Since its formation in 2011, the Adam Meckler Orchestra (AMO) has steadily increased their repertoire and fan bass. Their 2014 album, When The Clouds Look Like This was released to to critical acclaim and was listed by iTunes as one of the best jazz releases of that year. Meckler has since become one of the leading voices in trumpet, big band, and arranging in the Twin Cities. Tonight the AMO will perform some of the new compositions from their upcoming album, and will feature a number of special guests.
Tuesday, Wednesday, November 6, 7
Davell Crawford & Charmaine Neville @ The Dakota, Minneapolis. 7pm ($35, $40, $45) It's two nights of New Orleans music royalty, as pianist/vocalist Davell Crawford's grandfather was guitarist Sugar Boy Crawford, the first artist to record Jock-A-Mo(aka Iko Iko), and he is the godson of Roberta Flack. Vocalist Charmaine Neville is a daughter of one of the Neville Brothers. Lots of jazz and R&B will undoubtedly be on tap.
For more listings, KBEM provides a calendar of jazz and roots music.
Blues, Roots, Other…
Wednesday, October 31
Big Sandy & His Fly-Rite Boys @ Lee's Liquor Lounge, Minneapolis. 9pm ($12, $15) Guitarist/singer Big Sandy is a Los Angeles – based rockabilly/roots singer who often adds a bit of Western Swing and L.A. doo-wop into his energetic repertoire. The roomy dance floor will undoubtedly be filled.
Miss Myra and The Moonshiners @ Vieux Carré, Saint Paul. 8pm ($10) Miss Myra and her band serve up a bracing helping of barrelhouse blues and hot jazz for a Halloween evening.
Orgone @ The Turf Club, Saint Paul. 8pm ($17 Advance, $20 Door) California soul from an octet that pulls and pushes you onto the dance floor with their insistent rhythms and dirty funk. McNasty Brass Bandopens.
Thursday, November 1
The Banjo Hour with Captain Gravitone & the String Theory Orchestra @ The Hook & Ladder, Minneapolis. 7:30pm ($12 advance/$15 Door) This is a two hour, vaudeville-style music variety show, with music, magic and comedy, hosted by magician/comedian Michael Callahan, featuring the music of Captain Gravitone & the String Theory Orchestra, Phil Nussbaum, banjo maker Tom Nechville, and special guest Steve Kaul.
Friday, November 2
Erik Brandt & The Urban Hillbilly Quartet @The Underground Music Cafe, Falcon Heights. 7pm (Tip Jar) Highly diverse Americana from this long-lived group that seems to be guided by the same musical impulses as the Jayhawks, the Flying Burrito Brothers, and other eclectic acts.
King Kustom & The Cruisers @ Dusty's Bar, NE Minneapolis. 9:30pm (Tip Jar) High octane 50s rock n' roll, as done by the Batson brothers of the Hypsterz and the Mighty Mofos.
Vicky Emerson & Mother Banjo Double Release Party @ The Hook & Ladder, Minneapolis. 7pm ($12 Advance, $20 Door) Americana singer/songwriter Vicky Emerson will release Steady Heart as a much anticipated follow up to her triumphant 2016 effort, Wake Me When the Wind Dies Down, which reached #58 on the US Americana Charts and soared to #5 on the European Americana Chart. Mother Banjo is releasing Eyes to the Sky, the follow-up to her highly successful gospel album The Devil Hasn't Won. The new album features both solo tracks by Ellen Stanley (aka Mother Banjo), as well as tracks with the Mother Banjo band. Hayley Rydell, of the Lowland Lakers, opens.
Saturday, November 3
Love TKO II @ The Dakota, Minneapolis. 7pm ($20, $25) Vocalist Johnnie Brown did so well with his first version of a tribute to Teddy Pendergrass that he's back for a second time, for another evening of soaring vocals and seductive ballads.,
New Riverside Ramblers CD Release @ The Eagles Club #34, Minneapolis. 7:30pm ($10, Admission and download – $20) After 25 years together, the Ramblers continue to create high-energy, Cajun dance music. In fact, they've earned a couple of Prix Dehors awards from the Cajun French Music Association, given for the best Cajun recording by a band from outside Louisiana. Now they have a new recording, Lache pas la Patate (Don't Drop the Potato) and will be celebrating by filling the fine dance floor at the Eagles club. Happily, Papa John Kolstad & the Perfect Phittsopen.
Dos Santos @ La Doña Cerveceria, 241 Fremont Ave N, Minneapolis. 7pm ($12, $15) Dos Santos is a Chicago quintet somehow manages to include Cumbia, jazz, punk, and Latinx influences in their sound. They're being presented as part of the brewery's multi-day Dia de los Muertoscelebration.
For a more comprehensive listing of blues (and some roots) events, see the MN Blues Society calendar. For a comprehensive listing of Cajun and Zydeco events, see the Krewe de Walleye calendar.