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Aquarium Maintenance is very important if you want your tropical fish to live happy healthy lives. Many factors including stress, bacteria, fungus, parasites, chemicals, and poor water conditions can cause disease that can kill your fish. By doing simple daily, weekly and monthly maintenance, you can dramatically reduce the risk of disease.
Daily maintenance is pretty simple and straight forward. Check all the mechanical equipment such as the filter. Make sure the water is flowing smoothly. Check to make sure the filter tubes are clogged or the filter cartridge is clogged. If they are clogged, either replace the cartridge or just rinse them under water until they are clean. The motor could be wearing down and needs to be replaced. Sometimes you can tell something is wrong by just listening. Just the sound of the filter can give you a warning that something is wrong. If it doesn't sound like it normally does, maybe there's a problem.
Check your air pumps to make sure they are in working condition. Check for air leaks and make sure the pump isn't overheating. Look into your aquarium to see if the bubbles are flowing.
Keep an eye on the water temperature. It only takes a second. Any fluctuation by 2 degrees can cause serious problems for your fish. Check the temperature the same time everyday. One common cause of overheating is to much artificial light. I use a timer to turn the light on in the morning and off at night. If your tank gets to much sunlight you might have to move your tank to a different location.
When you get up in the morning, take a quick inventory of your fish. If any fish have died remove them immediately. Dead fish can cause serious biological problems. If any fish seem sick or diseased, remove them and put them in a hospital tank and begin treatment. Watch your fish to see if they are swimming normally or are hiding in the corner of your tank. This is a sign that they might be getting sick. Look over their bodies to see if anything is different . This is easy tropical fish care.
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It's a good idea to change about 15 percent of your water each week. Some filter systems claim that you never had to do this but I believe it's a good idea to change your water to keep your water in tip top condition. Check your ph and nitrate levels with a test kit and make sure they are in the proper range. If they are not within range, you can add chemicals to keep the proper ph range. The proper range should be kept within 2.0 or the proper Ph. Also make sure you add dechlorinator when adding water from your tap. I also like to leave water standing overnight. This helps get rid of the chlorine that's in your tap water.
Some hobbyist claim that you should siphon all the waste from your gravel for proper aquarium maintenance. I do this every other week instead. I've never had a problem when I do this every other week rather than once a week. You can buy a simple gravel cleaner at the pet store to clean your gravel that's not very expensive.
Fasting often happens in the wild and it helps clean out your fish's digestive system and guards against constipation problems. Just remember to fast your fish the same day of the week. This is very important in aquarium maintenance.
Try to do your monthly aquarium maintenance the same day each month. Replace all filter mediums that contain carbon. Carbon loses it's effectiveness after a period of time. If your filter doesn't have carbon, rinse the medium under water. Clean all the algae that grows on the side of your tank with an algae brush.
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Risen was a honeymoon baby. I can still vividly remember our conversation with our OB.
OB: Congratulations! You are 6 weeks pregnant.
Mico and Bryan: **Gives a very meaningful stare to each other**
Mico to OB: MMMMmmmmmm....Doc... pano po mangyayari yun? 4 weeks pa lang po kaming kasal.
OB: Haha ganun talaga counting nun. The count is from the last day of your last menstruation. O, wag kayong mag-away ah...The count does not begin on your contact but on your menstrual cycle...
Mico and Bryan: aaahhhh....ganun pala yun..
That talk was really awkward yet very informative.
Actually, even before we had a pregnancy test, Bryan was already convinced I was pregnant. I, on the other side, was not. This was because an OB in the past told me that the different position of my uterus will make it very hard for me to be pregnant. With this, I leaned on the idea of having a childless marriage.
The famous "What if we do not get pregant?" was one of the questions we sincerely
talked about during our engagement. However, obviously, God has a better plan.
During the very moment that we were waiting for a line or lines to appear in a USB liked shaped pregnancy test kit, I busily threw away the packaging and cleaned up the little mess I made in the restroom. I was not really interested because I was positive that it would be negative. On the other hand, Bryan, stared at the kit without blinking. When the two lines appeared, my first reaction was "Hala, bakit dalawa?" Bryan was like "Oo nga, dalawa"...Then the lines "Buntis ako, just came out of my mouth as I also teared-up". Bryan just hugged me while my two hands remained stiffly on my side. I was in complete disbelief. I was not sad, nor happy, nor excited nor surprised. I was just like..."what did just happen? There is a baby inside me...."
I remember spending the rest of the day in bed. I was still in awe and I did not know how to react. I also remember demanding from Bryan that we see an OB asap to confirm my pregnancy. I told him I would only be convinced with this, but after the check-up, I told him I still I need to have an ultra sound because, again, I need another "yes". After three the yes-es (kit, OB, ultrasound), finally, I gave in. We started telling our parents and announcing to closest friends. That was the only time it sunk to my heart and head. May reaction na ko!! hahaha
Then during our celebration, the Lord reminded me of His sovereignty.
Truly, doctors are knowledgeable but God is the creator of them all, therefore,
He has still the last say.

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The nest is, as a rule, placed in a babool or other thorny tree, close up against the trunk.
Soon the feathery lace work of bamboos beneath which they sat were whispering to the night-wind that had roused at the dropping of the huge ball of fire in the west, and the soft radiance of a gentle moon was gilding with silver the gaunt black arms of a babool.
It must not, however, be supposed that the Natives neglect their teeth; they are the most particular people living in this respect, as they never eat or drink without washing their mouths before and after meals; and as a substitute for our tooth-brush, they make a new one every day from the tender branch of a tree or shrub, -- as the pomegranate, the neem, [16] babool, [17] &c.
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On the 2nd December, 1877, I found a nest with three slightly-incubated eggs in a small babool bush which stood in a 'sone' grass-field.
It consisted of a neat little cup composed of dry grass smeared all over exteriorly with cobwebs, and fixed in a fork of one of the outer branches of a large babool-tree about 10 feet from the ground.
All nests that I have found have, with the exception of one, been placed in low babool bushes; once only I found a nest near Delhi in the fork of a low bough of a mango-tree, this was on the 31st July.
The nest is always placed in trees, generally in a fork, near the top of good large ones; babool and mango are very commonly chosen in the
July in the Lucknow Division, making a massive nest in babool trees, generally in solitary ones on open plains.
-- I found two nests on this date, one in the fork of a babool tree, the other on the stump of a broken-off branch of a tree between the stump and the trunk of the tree.
I once found, like your correspondent Mr. Blewitt, four nests in a small babool tree, and only one of them occupied.


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There are many advantages to owning a metal storage cabinet, with the main advantage being protecting your items from exposure to weather or from people who may want to steal them, since many cabinets come with locking mechanisms, which you can use to keep your items safe. Aside from this, metal storage cabinets offer a great way to organize your materials and getting rid of clutter around your home, such as in your garage or in your laundry room. Laundry room cabinets are a great place to store all of your household items such as your detergents, unused water hoses, ironing boards, and other things you don't need except for certain times in the day.
Cabinets that are assembled still need their locking handles assembled post delivery, due to concerns with damage during transport. Remember that even though unassembled storage cabinets are cheaper in price, they also have a lower load capacity per shelf and will typically take 30 to 45 minutes to assemble. If time is more important than money, we would definitely stay away from unassembled unless you have a staff to help.
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I was listening to the news on my way to work one day and heard a story about bird flu and how the authorities were managing the outbreak. One announcer used the term "depopulate" to describe the actions taken. It totally startled me out of my mood, you know the one, you're driving, attending to the road and only a part of your brain listens to the music or news. Well, this definitely made me start thinking of the power of words. The local news shifted to national and oddly enough, the same story was followed by the national press. This time, the word used to describe the situation was that the authorities planned to "cull" the flock that was infected to prevent a larger outbreak.
While both words were accurate in describing the actions taken, I vastly preferred the word cull. To me, it was more accurate, more succinct and definitely more powerful. While the first story definitely pulled my attention to the situation, the word depopulate somehow struck me as vague and too politically correct.
Which brings me to the focus of my blog today. How writers find the right words to use in their books and what happens when a word isn't the perfect word to describe a situation. I suspect the same thing happens to a reader that happened to me. It jars them away from the situation. But in this case, the situation would be the world we create as writers.
I love words, it's one of the reasons I love to write. I love the sound of words, the way the play upon the tongue as you utter them. I love to read them, hearing them in my mind while at the same time watching the scene they describe unfold in my brain. But when I read a jarring, misspelled or grammatically incorrect word, I'm pulled from the scene and examine the word or the sentence itself. Often, when I'm editing my own work.
So, in closing, I hope I use the best, most descriptive and most succinct words possible in my next releases. And I hope I don't jar a reader from the carefully constructed world I've built just by using a careless phrase or term.
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Business Plan Cash-Flow Statement: Changes in Cash Flow
As you assemble the cash-flow statement for your business plan, you'll probably notice that many of the entries are based on numbers from your income statement and your balance sheet. That's because your company's cash flow is tied closely to your revenues and costs, as well as to the assets you own and the debts you've taken on.
But you may discover even more by using a form like the one in the figure to assemble a cash-flow statement from scratch. If you've been in business longer than that, you can expand the form to look back even further in time simply by creating additional columns for more years.
Cash-flow statement: Net change in cash position
Your net change in cash position is the difference between the total amount of money your company brought in and the total amount that it expended over the reporting period. To find out the net change in your cash position over a certain period, subtract all the funds that left the company from all the funds that came in to the company.
Net change = Funds that came into the company – Funds that left the company
Cash-flow statement: Changes in liquid assets
The bottom half of the cash-flow statement monitors where the money goes while it's inside your company:
Cash: This entry tracks the total change in your cash reserves over the course of the statement period.
Investment portfolio: This entry tracks changes in the value of your investment portfolio over the period.
Notice that the cash-flow statement only tracks the flow of cash. It doesn't reflect changes in the value of other company assets unless those changes delivered cash that was expended or invested.
Cash-flow statement: Net change in cash position
Because the top and the bottom halves of the cash-flow statement must balance, the total changes in liquid assets should be identical to the net change in cash position. In other words, you can determine a net change in cash position by subtracting money going out from money coming in or by monitoring changes to the accounts where the money is coming and going from.


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Yesterday, ABC Breakfast host Fran Kelly berated Climate Change Minister Greg Combet for not accepting the ridiculous complaint by business that Australia's carbon price is somehow "too high". This is the fossil fuel lobby's latest excuse, an argument they have been making for months now. Credit where it's due: I am pleased to say Labor has shown uncharacteristic resolve in standing up to them on this issue, despite having previously caved in to countless other demands, such as compensation for "energy security" and "carbon leakage".
The lobbyists like to compare Australia's carbon price of AU$23/tonne, set to begin in July, with lower international carbon prices – the EU price is currently at a record low of €6.04/tonne (AU$7.76/tonne) – and boldly conclude Australia is leading the world in climate action. But this analysis is far too simplistic. When you consider all the things many countries are doing instead of, or complementary to carbon pricing, it is obvious Australia is really a long way behind the leaders. European countries have a variety of climate policies, including feed-in tariffs to support renewables; energy efficiency policies; transport policies; and so on. These measures are probably achieving more than the EU emissions trading scheme (ETS), and help build momentum to lift the EU's overall ambition. The UK recently introduced a floor price. Even in the US, where the government is failing to do anything, environmental campaigners have succeeded in closing 106 coal power plants. China is expected to cap coal consumption from 2015. The Maldives is planning to be carbon-neutral by 2020.
One reason why the EU market carbon price is so low is because the aforementioned policies take much of the load off the emissions trading scheme. Also, the European carbon price has crashed because the economic recession has cut emissions, so the ETS isn't driving any significant cuts beyond what would have happened anyway. The EU ETS (like Australia's) has a number of important design flaws that are undermining its effectiveness. European politicians are currently debating whether to increase their emissions target and/or cancel surplus emissions permits, but so far any such move has been blocked by Poland. Just because their ETS is badly designed is no reason for us to follow their example. Australia should encourage the EU to fix its scheme, rather than use it as an excuse to further water down our own.
But comparing Australia's policies to those of other countries is missing the point. With the exception of the Maldives, there may be no country on Earth who is doing enough. The true cost of emitting a tonne of CO2 is probably far higher than €6.04 or AU$23; indeed it could be up to US$893 (AU$861). In other words, there is a significant risk the damage is so high that practically any measures to move to a zero-carbon economy are worth taking.
We need urgent and radical change to the global economy. The extent of climate impacts centuries and millennia from now will be determined by policy decisions taken in the near future. The Government's own Climate Commission has identified the 2010s as the "Critical Decade" for climate change mitigation. To avoid passing tipping points for dangerous climate change, humanity must return the Earth to energy balance, which means reducing atmospheric CO2 to ~350 ppm. Because of the long lifetime of CO2 in the atmosphere, to reduce its concentration everybody needs to cut fossil fuel emissions to zero or near-zero within a couple of decades. We cannot afford to burn most of the world's fossil fuel reserves. The central solution is to switch to 100% renewable energy as rapidly as possible.
Australian action should not be conditional on international action. If everyone followed the "you go first" argument, then nobody would ever do anything. Unilateral action is required to get a momentum for global action. Rich countries like Australia have the means and obligation to act first, while developing countries need (and arguably deserve) assistance from us to follow in our footsteps. If anyone has an imperative to take a leadership position, it is wealthy, sunburned, fossil-fuel-intensive Australia.
Australia's emissions are in the top 20 out of 200-odd countries, and our per capita emissions are in the top 10. Our historical emissions mean we bear considerable responsibility for the carbon already in the atmosphere. We still get about 70% of our electricity from coal. We have the world's fourth largest proven coal reserves, 9% of the global total. Australia is the fourth largest coal producer and largest coal exporter. This cannot be ignored, because many of the countries importing our coal are not subject to binding emissions targets. Our exports are helping to fuel the growth of emerging economies like China. Within a decade, the impact of our fossil fuel exports could quadruple to 9% of today's global fossil fuel emissions. Australia can make a very real difference.
Australia is a rich nation relatively unaffected by the global financial crisis. We have an abundance of sunlight to harness. The Zero Carbon Australia 2020 Stationary Energy Plan has shown Australia can achieve 100% renewable energy in ten years, by rapidly scaling up existing technologies. What is lacking is not feasibility, but political will and financial investment
The fossil fuel industry's central argument against climate action is that it supposedly will damage Australia's competiveness, but this argument can be turned back on them. Environmentally unsustainable investments are ultimately also economically unsustainable. The fact that most fossil fuels are unburnable means the market contains a "carbon bubble" of high-carbon investment. It is inevitable the carbon bubble will burst sooner or later, and this is likely to occur abruptly and within years. When the bubble bursts, more than $20 trillion worth of reserves will become stranded assets and the value of fossil fuel companies will plummet.
Therefore shifting investment from fossil fuels to renewable energy is not only the right thing to do: it is also in Australia's long-term financial interests. Those countries least reliant on fossil fuels will be most competitive. Regardless of current international action, Australia should take a real lead and aim for 100% renewable energy as soon as possible, campaign for other rich countries to join us, and help poor countries to follow us.


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This meal pairs nicely with a red table wine. Coppola Vineyards makes a really nice table red called Rosso. The blend changes every year, but we find it is always very well balanced. Plus, it is very affordable (under $10 at most places).
What you'll need:
-6 manicotti tubular pasta
-olive oil
-1/3 lb. ground chicken
-2/3 cup small curd cottage cheese (it makes the meal a little creamier than the traditional ricotta cheese)
-1/4 cup grated parmesan-reggiano
-3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 white onion, diced
-3 big handfuls of uncooked spinach (about 3 cups uncooked)
-2 tsp. pepper
-1 tsp. salt
-3 sprigs fresh oregano, minced
-1/2 bottle of your favorite tomato basil pasta sauce (about 4 oz.) --
-1 tsp. dried parsley
What to do:
Preheat oven to 375ºF.
Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add a splash of olive oil now to prevent the pasta from sticking later. Boil the pasta for about 8 minutes -- it should be slightly uncooked since the pasta will continue to cook in the oven.
In a frying pan heat enough olive oil to thinly cover the bottom. Add the chicken and cook over medium heat until crumbled. Dab excess fat off cooked meat with a paper towel.
Coast a second frying pan with olive oil. Add the garlic and onion and cook over medium heat until the onion starts to turn translucent (about 4 min). Turn the heat to low, add the spinach and cover to allow the spinach to steam. Stir after 1 minute and continue to cover and stir every 30 seconds or so until the spinach has completely wilted.
Mix the cottage cheese, parmesan-reggiano, salt, pepper, oregano, chicken and spinach mixture in a medium bowl. Stuff the pasta with the filling mixture.
After spreading a thin layer of tomato sauce to the bottom of a 5' x 9' loaf pan, line up the stuffed manicotti. Cover with remaining sauce. Sprinkle the mozzarella and parsley on top. Bake for at least 25 minutes, or until cheese on top is bubbly and browning.


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Last year Dining in DC started a Thanksgiving tradition to support Food & Friends and the thousands of children and adults battling life-challenging illnesses in the DC community by participating in "Slice of Life".
In 2009, a team of fellow food bloggers and friends made up a dynamic sales team, "Food Bloggers for a Cause" and together raised over $1300.00 for this very special cause.
Just think about the impact that we could have on thousands of individuals in the DC area facing life-challenging illnesses if we join together and help. SLICE OF LIFE is the only area pie sale allowing Washingtonians to purchase Thanksgiving pies while impacting the lives of those in need in the DC community. I have committed to being a Sales Captain for Slice of Life again this year and need YOUR help to ensure that it is a success. Please consider joining our sales team! If you have friends and neighbors then you'd be a great asset to our team! It's easy and Food and Friends provides all of the tools that we need.
Each pie that is sold will provide one full day of meals for a neighbor in need. In 2009, nearly 5,000 pies were sold. This year, with your help, we can sell even more!
Food & Friends is selling Harvest Apple Crumb, Picture Perfect Pumpkin, Southern Pecan, and Oh So Sweet Potato for $25 each, and Creamy Chocolate Cheesecake for $40 each. Each pie sold will directly impact the lives of children and adults facing HIV/AIDS, cancer and other life-challenging illnesses. Unfortunately, this is becoming more and more common in our daily lives. There are 22 pick up locations throughout the MD, DC, VA area.
Last year, Brooke Smith, DC's Mansion Mogul joined the sales team and said, "I like the idea that we could be helping our neighbors, the people who make our city a special place to live. My hope is that our community be a place where people care for each other, and it's up to all of us to support organizations that work hard every day to make that happen."
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Around 800 pages of the world's oldest surviving bible have been made available online - with the 1,600 year old Codex Sinaiticus being made available for all.
The pages – which can be viewed at www.codexsinaiticus.org – date back to the 4th Century and are being made available after a joint project between UK, German, Egyptian and Russian institutions.
The British Library will be staging an exhibition to mark the online launch, running until September 7.
Written treasure
"The Codex Sinaiticus is one of the world's greatest written treasures", said Dr Scot McKendrick of the British Library.
"This 1,600-year-old manuscript offers a window into the development of early Christianity and first-hand evidence of how the text of the Bible was transmitted from generation to generation."
"The availability of the virtual manuscript for study by scholars around the world creates opportunities for collaborative research that would not have been possible just a few years ago."
The Arts and Humanities Research Council, The Stavros Niarchos Foundation, The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and The Leventis Foundation have supported the project.
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At a time when recruiting and retaining the best talent is more competitive than ever, corporate culture can be a strategic competitive advantage that will set your organization apart. CPMA is pleased to work with Waterstone Human Capital to offer our members the opportunity to participate in the corporate culture exercise. The Waterstone Culture Dashboard™ is an employee survey that helps define your corporate culture and benchmarks it against the behaviours that drive high-performing cultures – specifically those of the Canada's Most Admired Corporate Culture™ award winners.
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Data visualization & Business Intelligence dissects doping in the Tour de France
Former team Festina coach, Antoine Vayer, has caused a storm in the cycling world since he controversially postulated that utilizing the power of statistics could catch out dopers. Chris Froome's dominance throughout the Tour de France's centenary year will continue to fuel the debate on doping's place in professional cycling.
Vayer's formula is essentially a conventional power-to-weight comparison, factoring in other variables such as air resistance, gravity and air density. From this, he has developed critical benchmarks where an output of 410 watts is deemed "suspicious", 430 watts "miraculous" and at 450 watts classified as "mutant".
In theory, using power-to-weight ratios to measure athletes' performance is a sound technique for identifying performance outliers. However, the benchmarks that Vayer has set, which are supposedly capable of identifying dopers, are by no means proven – nor are they calculated using independently vetted data and data collection methodologies.
Despite his hot form being carefully scrutinized, Froome has recently surrendered his data output for independent analysis, which was found to be consistent with clean riding.
Given more accurate figures, the potential for data analysis to be used to flag suspect riders is worthy of further inspection. Besides, in a climate where every significant feat is overshadowed by suspicion, who wouldn't be in favor of further analysis to return the event to its rightful perch at the top of the sporting world?
After all, the Tour remains a sporting event of true iconic proportions, steeped in history, held among sprawling countryside and across the romanticized cobblestones of idyllic French hamlets. It's an event that, in most ways, remains worthy of our attention, admiration, and of course, our analysis.
So let's turn to data visualization and Business Intelligence to delve into Tour de France 2013, and explore how the hopefully human efforts of Froome compare.
2013 Tour de France
The 2013 Tour de France marks the landmark event's centenary year. For the first time since 2003, the tour will be held completely on French soil, avoiding bordering countries. Covering a total of 3,403 kilometers, the 2013 Tour has been dubbed one of the most physically challenging in recent memory, with the final hill stages set to separate the contenders from the rest of the peloton.
Chris Froome has proven to be the most rounded cyclist over the first two weeks of the Tour, establishing a five-minute lead and defending it vigorously. Impressive Colombian youngster Nairo Quintana closed the gap with a final mountain assault on stage 18 of the Tour. Froome showed his first signs of weakness in stage 18 as he was dragged up the mountain by teammate Ritchie Porte. This image was starkly different from Froome's dominant display at AX-3 Domaines – an effort that saw him claim top spot in the general classifications.
Top 20 times for AX-3 Domaines
The AX-3 Domaines is a ski sports resort located in the famous Pyrenees. Since the climb to the ski station was introduced in 2001, the peak has been used as a stage in the Tour de France five times. In 2013, the eighth stage of the tour de France took place at the resort, during which Chris Froome asserted himself as the dominant rider on the Tour. Eight seconds off the pace going into the stage, Froome managed to turn the deficit into a 51 second lead – a feat that all but secured the Kenyan-born Britain the Yellow Jersey. But just how impressive was this performance?
The 20 best times for the AX-3 Domaines climb show that Chris Froome's assent was the third best for the mountain. Controversially, the top 13 times are comprised of riders who've now been identified as dopers or who competed at a time when cycling was notorious for being a 'dirty' sport.
Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador are the only times to be officially made void, after it was determined they took banned substances during the actual race. Other instances are not as clear-cut, with many being banned in later years for doping, or implicated in subsequent doping investigations.
Though very tricky to compare – given differences in weather, previous stages of the tour, accompanying riders and many other factors – Froome's time sits among the best in an era marred by doping and doping allegations. To legitimately be placed amongst cyclists who were known to artificially enhance their performance speaks tremendously about Froome's pedigree.
Winning margins
Over the past 20 years, the Tour has endured some captivating battles that make for great viewing. Despite losing almost 10 years to doping controversies, recent tours have been as enthralling as ever. If the final winning margins are anything to go by, the Tour is becoming a closer, more engaging spectacle.
As shown in the above figure, the 1990s and early 2000s that tarnished the Tour's reputation produced the biggest winning margins in comparison to the modern 'clean' era. The largest winning margin from the last 20 years came in 1997, where Jans Ullrich put 9minutes and 9seconds between himself and second placed Richard Virenque. The closest race in over that same period was produced in 2007. A margin of 23 seconds was all that separated the Yellow Jersey winner, Alberto Contador, from second place getter, Cadel Evans.
The races we have seen over the past few years are said to be lackluster in comparison to the doping days of the late 1990s and early 2000s. The rationale? Riders, competing as mere humans, may be to exhausted to mount as many challenges, respond to a breakaways and launch attacks. Instead, they must conserve energy for critical stages. So whilst finishing times may be getting closer as the Tour gets cleaner, this doesn't necessarily mean that its becoming a more enthralling spectacle. Or that its becoming slower. Or does it?
Winning times last 20 years
The Tour de France is a constantly evolving race. The course, riders and technologies are continually changing, creating a unique experience every year. However, the dynamic nature of the Tour makes it particularly troublesome to compare the caliber of riders from different eras, the difficulty of various tours years apart, and the effects of new rules and regulations. In order to better compare year-to-year, we will narrow our scope, comparing winning margins over only the past 20 years.
Over this time, the tour has reduced in length, subsequently lessening the amount of time taken to complete the race. Peaking at 103.6 hours in 1994 (in an event almost 4,00km long), the 2013 event is just 3,403km. Now, we're not implying that recent tours have been a proverbial walk in the park. In fact, the final climbs of the 2013 campaign are said to make this year's tour one of the most grueling weeks in history. With a repeat of the Alpe – D'Huez, followed by two Hors catégorie (beyond categorization) climbs, tours are indeed becoming more challenging.
The shortest tour in recent memory was completed in 2002. Lance Armstrong, 2002's 'winner', finished the 3,282km course in 82.1 hours. Armstrong was later stripped of the title following a USADA investigation.
Future of le Tour de France
Being an elite rider has been exceptional difficult following the ousting of household names, such as Lance Armstrong. Having to constantly defend every performance, instead of celebrating a victory, must agitate professionals – such as Froome – who have dedicated their lives to the sport. How much time will have to pass before we can accept an exceptional feat of human endurance at the Tour de France without questioning its validity?
Statistics are by no means a definitive way of catching dopers, rather an indication of where we should be looking.
But who knows. The power of data analysis may be the key to shortening the gap between skepticism and admiration.


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Holy Moly...what a busy week! I have over committed myself this week, and by the time school starts, I think I'll need a vacation. Anyone else feel that way?? I am linking up with Doodle Bugs Teaching to share the highlights of the week, blogging news, a few favorite pins, and get ready for it...three... yes you read that correctly...three giveaways!
Finally, I want to encourage a little Teachers Pay Teachers shopping, and I am joining up with my friend Jennie at JD's Rockin' Readers for a quick gift card giveaway. This one ends on Sunday along with the Blogger Product Swap Giveaway, so enter both (2 for 1 deal...Who would love that??)
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Though we already have a relatively simple overview HERE on the general use of tags, I thought it might be helpful to go over how you create a link to call out to only those articles with similar tags. This is a good way to use one news tool to populate multiple categories for your site.
Once you have your desired tags set up, and you have tagged your news articles, blogs, or announcements accordingly, you can then set up links in the navigation that will pull out only those articles you have marked with certain tags.
Anyone can create a URL that calls out to a certain tag from a list tool by following this structure:
Step One: Tag the article.
Open the article > Go to the 'Tags' tab > Highlight the desired tag > Click "Add to selected tags" > Click Save.
Step Two: Verify That your articles are tagged.
As of a recent update, we have made it so that list tools, such as the news tool, will display what items are tagged with off to the right of the list item.
Step Three: Create your link tool to add to your site's navigation.
From the New Site Manager view > Click to highlight where you want to the link to go in the list of tools (For the purpose of this demo, I am adding it to the Features section) > Click Actions > Add a link.
Step Four: Set up and your link.
Fill in the desire navigation title and the URL > In this case, I used http://www.sitemason.com/about/news/?xtags=development to pull any articles from our news tool that are tagged as "development" > Check "Include in site navigation.
Anyone can create a URL that calls out to a certain tag from a list tool by following this structure:
Note: If your tag has a space in it, such as "developer tips" up top, you would use a dash to-fill-the-spaces in the URL version.
Step Five: Admire your work.
You may have to clear your site's cache to push the updated navigation out to the web. But once that is done, you have yourself a brand new link in your site's nav that pools only those items marked with a desired tag!
Good luck! And as always, feel free to contact us or post below with your questions and comments!


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GONZALES – State Senator Troy Brown pleaded not guilty to a domestic abuse battery charge on Tuesday and the judge presiding over the case announced that she will recuse herself.
Brown did not appear in court on Tuesday, however his attorney, Travis Turner, entered a not guilty plea on Brown's behalf. Brown was arrested in July for biting his wife's arm during a domestic dispute at his home in Geismar. Brown was released after posting his $50,000 bond.
Judge Marilyn Lambert of the Ascension Parish Court stated that she had a conflict and will recuse herself from the case, however she did not state why she will be doing so. Lambert said that she will send a letter to the Louisiana Supreme Court regarding the recusal and the court will then appoint another judge. Brown's attorney said the Judge is married to State Senator Eddie Lambert of Prairieville. Lambert happens to be one of Brown's colleagues.
Last month, Brown plead no contest to another domestic violence charge after he punched his long time girlfriend. It happened at the Hyatt Hotel in New Orleans last year after the Bayou Classic.
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We took the scenic route, steep roads, scary drop-offs, little valley and trees everywhere. I love that each house has an enormous woodpile. This is a beautiful area, the villages have loads of wooden beamed houses, narrow streets and its just gorgeous. The drive took a lot longer than I anticipated. Rosita being stout of heart but slow of engine. Nonetheless the drive was amazing, we arrived horribly late at our hosts home. But they were the soul of hospitality.
We had a wonderful BBQ sitting on the deck as the sun went down. These people are my tribe, people who know what it is to reach out to strangers and make them feel at home. I loved chatting to them, comparing our respective lives. What makes people able to reach out when the whole world, all of our media says..'be afraid'..stay home...watch more TV.
Anyway, enough amateur philosophising, they also gave us a bed for the night and while rosita is comfy a real bed is luxury and I am in their house now using their interwebs...which is why there are a lot of posts!!
I am so jealous of their home though, it is gorgeous, all co-ordinated and sophisticated and so tidy: My house looks like a battle at a fete and will never look grown-up. But c'est la vie...(my 20 years old french actually improved and was adequate in France, its amazing how far pointing and shrugging will get you!)
Later today we push on towards switzerland, schauffesen (sp??) and the rhine falls direction, I am not sure how far south we will get, but definitely Zurich on Friday to meet up with another wonderful person for a cuppa.
So my lovelies that is all for now (do I hear the peanut gallery saying 'its about bloody time too!') No idea when I will get online again, but I daresay there will be lots more words when I do


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Submission Malmö Arab Film Festival 2019
Terms and conditions
- The festival lasts in October and the films will be mainly shown in Malmo but also in other cities in the region in parallel with the festival days (maximum 4 showings).
- Films that may participate in the festival are selected by the festival's judging committee.
- Applicants for participation in the festival have no guarantee that the film will be shown during the festival.
- There is no fee for applying. No compensation will be paid by the festival to showcase the film.
- Notification of approved films sent to participants a 2 month before the festival's start date.
- Films that are selected to participate in the festival may not be withdrawn.
- Submitted films should be produced in 2018-2019. No contributions that have been produced before the year 2018 will be accepted.
- Submitted films will not be accepted if they have been screened in Sweden before.
- Malmo Arab Film Festival has the right to manage the use of film clips and photographs from submitted films selected for the festival for all its image or print ads in all pages on the Internet utmost to promote the festival.
NOTE: Private individuals, companies, copyright owners, film producers, and film production companies have the opportunity to participate in the Festival if they meet all requirements.
Malmo Arab Film Festival presents competition selections for feature fiction, documentaries, and short fiction. The following awards are presented for each selection.
Short Competition
Best Short Film (Fiction and Non-Fiction)
This award recognizes the film's director
Long Documentary Competition
Best Documentary
This award recognizes the film's director
Feature Competition
Best Feature
This award recognizes the film's director
Best Director
Best Script
Best Actor
Best Actress
The City of Malmö´s Audience Award at MAFF
This award recognizes the film's director
Audience Award to Best Feature and Documentary


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J. S. Cullinan Family Collection
Manuscript Collection: MC013
Scope and Content Note
Correspondence, printed materials, and a lithograph (1834-1860) comprise this collection of Texana accumulated by the J. S. Cullinan family and donated to the San Jacinto Museum of History in February of 1939.
A calendar of the J. S. Cullinan Family Texana Collection is available in the Herzstein Library.
Restrictions on Access
Terms Governing Use
Open for research by appointment.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the San Jacinto Museum of History. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Library Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the San Jacinto Museum of History as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Administrative Information
[Identification of Item], J. S. Cullinan Family Collection, MC013, San Jacinto Museum of History, Houston, Texas.
Gift of the J. S. Cullinan Family, 1939.
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Canadian Webcast Series Part 3: ICS Defense: It�s Not a �Copy-Paste� From an IT Playbook & Importance of Intrusion Detection in a Compromised Prone World
- Thursday, March 8th, 2018 at 3:30 PM EST (20:30:00 UTC)
- Dean Parsons and Nik Alleyne
You can now attend the webcast using your mobile device!
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Dean Parsons Presenting: ICS Defense: It's Not a "Copy-Paste" From an IT Playbook
Defending an ICS (Industrial Control System) requires additional considerations beyond the approach of traditional IT Security. Dean will touch on 5 discovered ICS targeted malware and how to get the most out of the ICS Active Cyber Defense Cycle. The ACDC is key to detecting and neutralizing the adversary while continuing to maintain the safety and reliability of ICS operations. Also discussed, are tips to smooth IT and OT convergence that promotes an effective ICS security program for reliable data acquisition and ICS incident response.
Nik Alleyne Presenting: Importance of Intrusion Detection in a Compromised Prone World
What is meant by intrusion detection in a comprise prone world?�
According to dark reading there were 4.2 billion records exposed in 2016.�
According to risk based security, for the period Jan 1, 2017 to September 30, 2017 there were over 3,833 incidents resulting in over 7 billion+ records being exposed.�
Considering the above, intrusion detection and specifically SANS SEC503: Intrusion Detection In-Depth training, makes detecting these breaches much easier.
Speaker Bios
Dean Parsons
Dean Parsons is an active member of the cybersecurity community, dedicated to educating others while also helping companies address contemporary risks to business operations that stem from ever-changing threats. He is a consultant, security practitioner and often speaks at high-profile cybersecurity events. Dean holds a Bachelor Major Computer Science degree from the Memorial University of Newfoundland, and accredited designations to include: CISSP, GSLC, GCIA, GRID. He is a SANS instructor for ICS515: ICS Active Defense and Incident Response and is also a member of the SANS/GIAC advisory board. It's common to find Dean working at both a packet and policy level.
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Nik has over 18 years in IT, with the last 9 being more focused on Security.�
He is currently employed as a Senior Manager, Cyber Security for a Managed Security Services Provider, where he is responsible for leading 3 teams supporting various security technologies including IDS/IPS, AntiMalware tools, proxies, firewals, SIEM, etc.�
He is also a SANS Instructor, teaching both the SEC503: Intrusion Detection In-Depth and SEC504: Hacker Tools, Techniques, Exploits, and Incident Handling while also making the time to actively write on his blog at http://securitynik.blogspot.com
His academic credentials include a MSc Cyber Security Forensics, BSc Computer Science, along with PG Cert (Hons) specialization in VoIP and Wireless Broadband. He currently holds (and or held) various industry certifications such as CISSP, GCIA, GCIH, CCNP Security and R&S, CCMSE +VSX, SFCA, SFCE, SWSE, MCSE, MCITP/EA, BCCPA,IBM Certified Deployment Professional - Security QRadar SIEM V7.1, ITIL, ISO9001 Internal Auditor, Splunk Admin/Knowledge Manager, etc.
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Today the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee continued its efforts to craft energy legislation that can gain bipartisan support in the Senate by hearing testimony on key green building and efficiency legislation.
The panel heard from leading private sector and government witnesses regarding S. 963, the "Reducing Federal Energy Dollars (RFED) Act of 2011," which Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) announced at USGBC's annual Government Summit. RFED, which is supported by USGBC and many others in the building community, ensures that federal buildings and future federal leases go through commissioning, or "tune-ups," on essential building systems to maximize performance. In testimony before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee earlier this year, USGBC highlighted commissioning as one of the most cost-effective strategies for reducing utility costs in buildings and encouraged its use toward greening the federal buildings stock. The bill also makes it easier for federal agencies to use private financing tools to pay for energy-efficient building upgrades, increases clarity of agency energy use, and allows for building design updates.
The committee also heard from the witnesses on S. 1000, the "Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act." The measure from Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) includes many similar proposals advanced in the "American Clean Energy and Leadership Act of 2009" or (ACELA). The broad-based bill increases efficiency standards for appliances and building energy codes. It creates new loan programs and expands existing ones to encourage efficiency upgrades, as well as boosts energy conservation within the federal government.
At the hearing, Senate Energy Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and Ranking Member Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) did not indicate when the committee might begin the process of considering these bills to move them along to the Senate floor for full consideration. However, as energy prices continue to rise there will be continued pressure to address both the demand side of energy use as well as production.
Read the USGBC support letter on S. 963 »
Read the industry support letter of S. 963 circulated by the National Institute of Buildings Sciences »
Read the USGBC letter on S. 1000 »


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Everything he said is wrong. As inanimate objects go, there's nothing more evil and destructive than high-capacity magazines. Lanza would have had to change magazines 15 times instead of only 5. Loughner killed someone with the 13th round. Nevertheless, lying gun-rights fanatics insist the magazine size makes no difference. And now we know for sure which side Gov. Christie is on.
Saturday, July 5, 2014
Christie Vetoes the Magazine Limitation Law
Everything he said is wrong. As inanimate objects go, there's nothing more evil and destructive than high-capacity magazines. Lanza would have had to change magazines 15 times instead of only 5. Loughner killed someone with the 13th round. Nevertheless, lying gun-rights fanatics insist the magazine size makes no difference. And now we know for sure which side Gov. Christie is on.
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Christie can only call himself a Republican because he's being graded on a curve. Last year, this was his record,ReplyDelete
"Overall, the Legislature has sent 15 gun-related bills to the governor's desk, with the governor signing a total of 11 into law. "
Sort of like California's governor,
"In all, Brown signed 10 new gun control bills and vetoed seven."
I personally think that both are doing the politician thing and throwing a minor bone to gun rights voters in hopes of gleaning a vote or two. Maybe they are well though out, as in those easiest to explain. Overall though a net win for gun control advocates.
His vetoes of a couple of bills aren't going to make his attempt to run for president a successful one.
The Newtown shooter reloaded more than five times. Some of the magazines he dropped with half the rounds still in. So why would someone determined to get the biggest body count do something which you claim saves lives?ReplyDeleteReplies
Your stubbornness and bias are second to none. If Lanza had had only 10-round mags, lives would have been saved. Same in Tucson. But something in you refuses to allow those obvious conclusions.Delete
Don't forget that he also had multiple guns with him. He was never empty.Delete
Why do you think he chose to reload more often than needed?
- AnonymousJuly 6, 2014 at 2:49 AM
You obviously missed the ABC interview with one of the kids from Columbine. He said he and five other children were just going to be shot when the shooter had to stop and reload. That allowed all 6 kids to run before he reloaded and shot again. They are all alive to day because the shooter had to stop and reload.Delete
Smaller capacity magazines save lives.
Post a link and we'll talk about it.Delete
- AnonymousJuly 7, 2014 at 7:12 PM
No, you do your own homework, then get back.Delete
To put yourself up as knowledgeable about this issue then claim you have never heard this before (this is not the only eyewitness story about getting away from a shooter while the shooter reloaded) is disingenuous and I'm not going to waste my time on GC like tactics.
I don't play gotcha, but you have just proven you don't know what you are talking about.
"No, you do your own homework, then get back. "Delete
Anon, if you make an assertion that a particular event took place, it isn't unreasonable for someone to ask for a cite to prove it. Perhaps Mike can give his opinion since with him owning the blog, he is much more knowledgeable on such etiquette.
You have often asked me for such cites.
- AnonymousJuly 8, 2014 at 1:43 AM
TS is making a claim that smaller clips would save nothing. He's making the claim and obviously doesn't know what he is talking about. Just pointing out that TS has no clue what he is talking about.
And I'm tired of the GC debate tactics.
Are you aware of the MANY eyewitness statements proving lives were saved because a shooter had to stop and reload?
Etiquette presumes one knows what they are talking about when they make a claim. Asking questions, is different. TS is not asking, he's telling. He is wrong.
Site: ABC, interview with Columbine survivors.
Geez, all I did was ask which interview you're talking about so we can discuss it. Believe it or not, but there are a lot of hits when searching for "Newtown Survivor interview".Delete
I don't think we need another interview to more clearly state the position. It's been made clear enough and I find it unbelievable that gun rights fanatics refuse to agree. I suppose they're afraid of the slippery slope, a fear which dictates much of their argument - as opposed to honesty, for example.Delete
Apparently you think this is some kind of a gotcha question.Delete
"Why do you think he chose to reload more often than needed?"
Why don't you just explain it to us?
And won't the criminals just drive over to PA to get magazines? That's the excuse you make anytime I point to evidence that state level gun control doesn't work. So this ban is only for good citizens then. Also NJ already has a magazine ban in place. Why don't you guys try lying in the bed you make for once, and stop constantly changing your mind and validate gun owner's concerns over the slippery slop?ReplyDeleteReplies
True, some would, but not all. You good citizens are the source of almost all the shooting equipment used by criminals, so obviously if you good citizens were limited to 10-round mags, that's what many of the criminals would be using in the future. Lives would be saved, but to you that's secondary to the protection of your so-called rights.Delete
The the so-called "right" to not be imprisoned for possession of a box with a spring in it, is pretty important. It's frivolous criminalization.Delete
Gunsuck ammosexuals are paranoid losers. If its not this, it's dust mites, ants or something else to make them decide that the world is against them. A bunch of pansy losers, A to Z.Delete
Since when is saving lives frivolous criminalization? And have you come up with an example yet of someone going to jail for an oversize magazine?Delete


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Has Ryan completely lost his baseball skills? His .150 BA is simply inexcusable for a player of his caliber
This is the time in the baseball season when you don't want to go on extended losing streaks (you kind of never do, but losing streaks are a part of the season) but that is exactly what the Phillies have done now in the past three weeks of the 2016 season.
The Phils are at 29-33 and 9.0 games back now in 4th place in the NL East. It seemed at a time, they were going to be challenging New York for the second place spot just about a month ago. Now, the wins are very scarce.
Does this Phillies team have a leader? That's something I've been asking for some time now. The answer is probably not, every night there is a different lineup as Pete Mackanin seems like he's trying to play magician with getting the right combination on the field.
Luckily the Phils haven't slipped further being that they haven't been scoring many runs, and now their starting pitching took a hit with Vincent Velasquez on the DL and Adam Morgan not really pitching all too well. Morgan is 1-5 on the year with a lofty 6.70 ERA before his start later today in Washington against one of the best teams in baseball.
Ryan Howard has been sitting out regularly now that Pete Mackanin prefers to have a look at Tommy Joseph's offensive skills. Ryan has only started in 10 games now since May 14th Howard can't really blame Mackanin, his batting average is at .150, but he does have 9 HR and that is something that the Phillies need more of. This team is lacking in power so badly, the offense is near or at the bottom of all the offensive batting catagories of all 30 teams in the MLB.
It's unfortunate but this team just doesn't not have the ingredients to make it a really good team. No amount of juggling or switching the lineup on a nightly basis will compensate for this. It's a work in progress, but this team still has a long way to go before it can obtain a winning identity.
The Phils wrap up the series in DC later today, the team had been playing the Nationals pretty tough prior to the start of this series. The Phils had been enjoying a 4-2 advantage in the season series against the Nats but that has been evened up with the Phils two losses so far in this series.


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Meredith Corporation and our employees partner with Rebuilding Together on projects that help preserve home ownership for low-income individuals and community non-profits across the country. More than 300 homes and more than 40 non-profits have been positively impacted by our work since this partnership began in 2002, including the neighborhood of Gerritsen Beach in Brooklyn, NY, which was devastated by Hurricane Sandy. Mell Meredith, Chairman of the Meredith Corporation Foundation, serves on the national Rebuilding Together board.
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Meredith Corporation is a major contributor to United Way each year. Highlights include:
- Over the last 15 years, we have increased our giving to United Way of Central Iowa from $250,000 to $775,000 in 2017
- Chairman and CEO Steve Lacy chaired the community-wide United Way campaign in 2011, achieving record donations of approximately $25 million
- In addition to giving, Meredith provides ancillary services to United Way, printing United Way marketing and campaign materials.
- Meredith won the United Way's Spirit of Central Iowa Award, its highest honor, in 2012
- In 2013, we won its Advocacy Award for our Wellness Programs, and we won Give Awards in 2016 and 2017 for our employee campaign
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Welcome to the Patronis Elementary PTO Website
We are tremendously excited in 2017 and hope you'll join in that excitement by assisting us in our efforts to bring our students, parents, school and teachers together to do great things! You can use our website to purchase tickets for events, become a sponsor, and keep up-to-date with everything Patronis Elementary and PTO!
Our largest focus is to make sure that parents, teachers, staff, and students all have the opportunity to get— and stay involved! If you are interested in finding out how you can help, visit our Contact page and let us know! There is something for everyone at Patronis Elementary!
We hope that you join PTO and our endeavors this year. After all, it is all about School, Parents, and Teachers working together for our kids!
Here's some of our continuing goals for School Year 2017—
- Promote open discussion and communication with parents and teachers via social media and electronic communication
- Encourage families to get involved with our school through volunteerism during the school day and at special events
- Reward and celebrate outstanding achievers in academic programs such as Accelerated Reader
- Supply support for teachers and students before, during and after the Florida Student Assessments
- Bring our community and school together through Panther Partners
- Our current goal now is the new playground. This is a 3 year goal!
- Our student population has outgrown the capacity for our current playground structure. This has caused limitations on student use of the playground. We would like to give the school with a new play structure in addition to the current one to raise the capacity limit. Enabling more students to have an outlet for expending excess energy during the school day will aid in students being more focused making classroom instruction time more efficient.


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Published: 2004-06-10
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It's been said that the gap between reality and dementia is but a thimbleful. With this in mind, I welcome thee to the domain of the Arcade Fire, a wacko sextet out of Montreal that has been piloting a slowburn of underground praise the old fashioned way: one skull at a time.
Renown for their chaotic performances that typically feature enough orchestration to choke a tween, the band recently inked a deal with Merge Records—the Chapel Hill powerhouse run by the members of indie rawk stalwarts Superchunk.
"I was in the merchant marines with Spott, the manager at Merge, in the late 1990's," says Win Butler, mouthpiece and founder of the Arcade Fire. "I tell you, military service creates unbreakable bonds… like boarding school."
Butler, an American expat originally hailing from Texas, formed the Arcade Fire in 2002 after meeting his wife and current bandmate Regine Chassagne at an art exhibition. The duo soon began holding hands, writing songs and fleshing out an ensemble for the stage show. With Butler's brother Will, Tim Kingsbury, Richard Parry and Howard Bilerman in tow, the band is in the midst of a three-week US tour.
"This is our first proper tour," confirms Butler. "We had played a few disastrous shows in NYC and Boston, and a few really good ones too, and they keep getting better. I suggest that fledgling bands play a ton in their hometown and write music that people in other towns will want to hear repeated times. It took us three or four trips to Toronto for people to really warm up to us there, and now it's one of our favourite places to play. People are just scared to outwardly express that they're excited about something unless they've heard it a bunch of times or have someone from outside telling them to like it."
Indeed, simply hearing the Arcade Fire up until to this point has been a chore. With a mere self-produced EP (released eponymously in 2003) as the extent of the band's discography, the band has instead opted to cut its teeth on stage. The music of the Arcade Fire has drawn stiff comparisons to the dreamy soundscapes of Mercury Rev and Broken Social Scene but the cacophony of the band's instrumental empiricism truly sets them apart. Accordions are provoked and compressed, tambourines are slammed against upright drumsets, electric guitars gurgle and then die without warning. It's a spectacle that Butler feels the band has captured with their upcoming full-length Funeral, currently slated for an autumn release.
"I think our new recording captures pretty nicely how we sound live. At times, we may have dug ourselves into a hole with over-the-top instrumentation that will be hard to replicate but our live show is definitely a different beast from the EP that is currently available. The thing is, we're such a young band. Everyone expects you to do something groundbreaking all the time but it often takes years for an artist's recorded material to catch up with the spark you can see live. Just look at Bruce Springsteen or Tom Waits… or Natalie Imbruglia!"
With Funeral already receiving advanced hype on both sides of the border, it should be a blistering summer for the men and women of the Arcade Fire. Just don't expect Butler and company to buy in just yet. "There are things that are surprising to me about the way the record sounds, but who knows what people expect? There are some songs that people would probably be excited to hear in a club but then they might be sad or confused or uncomfortable if they really hear what the lyrics are saying. Of course, only 1,000 people in the world have heard of us so I actually don't think anybody is expecting anything really."
The Arcade Fire play Lee's Palace in Toronto on June 23rd. For more information, visit their official website at www.arcadefire.com
Writer: Cameron Gordon
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The first ten minutes of the British horror film The Awakening have been made available online and the clip (above) does a good job of establishing the film's intriguing (and unnerving) premise.
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Cathcart is interesting because, while she undoubtedly wishes she could bring her back her dead fiancé, she knows it's not possible. When she investigates a real haunting, though, she's forced to reconsider her position. Granted, it's not the most original territory, but that kind of emotional drama is essential for telling a good ghost story and it looks like The Awakening might well be a good one.
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