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The L.A. Chargers make their long-awaited debut at the StubHub Center after their move from San Diego. I never was a fan of the Chargers moving here and still don't like it. The Chargers will be playing in a 27,000 stadium, which will remind you a little more of a small town college pad, rather than an NFL stadium. Maybe the Chargers should have tried to stay in San Diego before they had appropriate accommodations to play in? This is just a temporary place for the Chargers before the new home of the Rams and Chargers is completed. The new stadium will be impressive, and the most expensive ever built at 2.6 billion.
Are the Rams and Chargers going to have a competitive team to field in their new digs? The Rams haven't found a quarterback yet, they hope that Jared Goff is the answer but we don't know that at the moment. 2017 is going to be a year where they hopefully get some answers in that regard. For the Chargers, they have a definite starter in Philip Rivers. However, he is 35 and they will probably be seeing a new starter shortly. Rivers will lead the Chargers into the 2017 season, where he and Antonio Gates will look to get something done before the curtain closes on their careers.
The Chargers acquired former Ohio State Buckeye and Bill, Cardale Jones. Jones didn't get much of a chance in Buffalo, and didn't have an offense around him, so we'll see what he's got in California. The Bills spent a fourth-rounder on him and they had enough after just one year. His only chance in a regular season game resulted in 6-for-11 passing with an interception. Jones will be competing for the backup job against Kellen Clemens through the preseason.
Rivers lost his main target early in the 2016 season after Keenan Allen went down and out for the entire year. There haven't been any issues for him through camp, even taking care of a cornerback in a training camp fight. It's imperative that Allen stays healthy for the Chargers. They finished 14th with 356.8 yards per game in 2016. Add Allen and I'm sure that bumps them up to the top 10 in offense. They were limited without a legitimate vertical game. The Seahawks will meet the Chargers tonight for the first game of the preseason. After a few days of preseason football, I must say, I am ready for the regular season.
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Pathetic effort by everybody involved from an offensive point of view last night between the Titans and Jets. Alex Tanney just about sealed his fate with an embarrassing performance. Apparently Matt Cassel injured his thumb and did not play a snap, so the show was all Tanney's. He was bad early on and bad late against the defensive scrubs. Cassel isn't the best, but I at least believe he would have gotten the Titans at least one touchdown. We handicapped that Hackenberg would be bad correctly; however, it didn't matter because of how bad the Titan offense was.
I am sure we will see a better effort tonight in LA from both sides. The Seahawks will go into the regular season as a top team to win the Super Bowl. They are currently 10-1, 3rd best to win the Super Bowl. From hearing others talk, though, it certainly doesn't feel like they are 3rd best. I hear a lot of Packers, Raiders Steelers, and of course Patriots talk, but the Seahawks have some doubters. Russell Wilson will be the clear starter on opening day for Seattle, but beyond that it gets dicey.
Trevone Boykin needs to stop getting in trouble off the field and garner some positive results on the field. Boykin has an August 22nd court appearance for a marijuana possession and public intoxication charge. Austin Davis will give him a run for the backup position. The Seahawks looked to beef their running game up in the offseason, as they added Eddie Lacy to the fold. Lacy dealt with weight issues the vast majority of his career, so the Seahawks gave him a paid incentive to keep it off. He already made one weight in, good for an extra $55,000. Lacy will not participate today for the Seahawks, nor will Tyler Lockett.
While you can't exactly make a strong angle on motivation in a preseason game, I suspect that the Chargers are going to want to get a win in their first ever real game in LA. At the end of the day, this is a preseason game, but I think there's some added intrigue given this is their first game at the StubHub Center in Los Angeles. I am looking for Cardale Jones to show us something on Sunday. Small play on the Chargers.


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In addition to the electronic theses found in the ASU Digital Repository, ASU Theses and Dissertations can be found in the ASU Library Catalog.
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- Mobile Crowd Sensing in Edge Computing Environment
- The Effect of Disability on Subjective Well-Being across the Adult Lifespan: The Moderating Roles of Age at Disability Onset and Disability Type
- Mechanically Active Heterogeneous Polymer Matrix Composites
- Attribute-Based Encryption for Fine-Grained Access Control over Sensitive Data
- 并购背景下教育行业品牌价值研究
Biofuel from microbial biomass is a viable alternative to current energy production practices that could mitigate greenhouse gas levels and reduce dependency on fossil fuels. Sustainable production of microbial biomass requires efficient utilization of nutrients like phosphorus (P). P is a limited resource which is vital for global food security. This paper seeks to understand the fate of P through biofuel production and proposes a proof-of-concept process to recover P from microbial biomass. The photosynthetic cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 is found to contain 1.4% P by dry weight. After the crude lipids are extracted for biofuel processing, 92% of …
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November 22nd, 2013 is a very big day for many gamers. It is the launch of the Xbox One, and on such a significant launch day – there are plenty of games at the ready to put the Xbox One's graphics and processing system to the test. One of the first games at launch is Forza Motorsport 5. If you love cars, and I mean REALLY love cars, then Forza Motorsport 5 is going to be the game for you. Car racing almost takes a back seat to the lush visuals and nearly cinematic quality of this game. As a matter of fact, the score sweeps you away as you enter an epic tale of automobile racing on some of the most prestigious courses around the world.
So if you want to see what the Xbox One is capable of – then Forza Motorsport 5 is certainly a good game title to get started with, especially considering it is the 5th installment of Microsoft's racing series. From foreign to domestic vehicles, you will have the pick of the litter to race. Cut screens are long and detailed too, depicting beautiful landscapes of scenic views you would probably only witness on the Travel Channel. Overall, turn 10 Studios has done an exceptional job trying to really immerse the player behind the wheel. Furthermore, the new and improved Xbox One controller allows you to feel every turn, bump, and acceleration in the palm of your hands. The thumb sticks also allow you to easily glide into a turn, or steer away from an obstacle.
For gear heads, they will love how Top Gear is involved once again. Long cut scenes with wide angle shots that pan majestic raceways, backed-up with dialog from Jeremy Clarkson, adds a whole new layer to the experience. Talking about new experiences, Forza Motorsport 5 keeps the game going, even when you are off to sleep. That is because Forza takes advantage of Xbox One's cloud technology with the new Drivatar experience. To that effect, Forza will get a sense of how good or bad you drive, and it sends that data up to the cloud, from there your Drivatar will race alongside other drivers when you are offline. However, the same is true when you are playing the game in realtime because you are not playing alongside computer A.I.'s, but real people who have played the game at one time or another, and now you're racing against their Drivatar. So how good or bad you perform on the raceway is up to you, even after you have put the controller down. Your Drivatar will earn you tokens and upgrades while you are away from the action too.
The Multiplayer action can get surreal when racing against friends or strangers. You can join live races and show off your chops to others, and smack talk your way around the racetrack. Fortunately, Forza doesn't take competition too seriously, and you aren't pressured to be the first to cross the finish line.
Overall, Forza Motorsport 5 for Xbox One is a very detailed and rich game that puts you behind the wheel of some amazing cars on some amazing race tracks around the world. There is no story telling here though, just pure adrenaline driving. You can however customize your ride and earn a collection of cars that are at your disposal at any time. The detailing of the cars and camera angles are insane and honestly everything we would expect from this new console. The driving experience is so smooth and lifelike, it's hard to tell what is real and what isn't. Loading screens can be a bit lengthy and unfortunately they can't be skipped. The in-game voice-overs are so beautiful and silky, that we almost needed a tissue for our eyes. In the end, Forza Motorsport 5 is a great way to kick-off the Xbox One debut. It should appeal to both casual race car gamers as well as racing enthusiasts. Forza Motorsport 5 retails for $59.95 and is available for pre-order.


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City Guard is what passes for law and order in the day-to-day lives of the residents of Vizima and the Outskirts.
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Viziman guard appears also in polish graphic novelization of short story the Witcher illustrated by Boguslaw Polch.
The Witcher
In The Witcher, city guards are stationed at all gates and also roam the streets. They also help Geralt fight salamanders and other monsters if they happen to be nearby. Their default behaviour is to help the witcher. They are based out of the city dungeon. The captain of the City Guard is Vincent Meis.
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Geralt can attack some members of the city guard, but only those who have a blue base (circle on the ground). Those with green bases can not be attacked.
If Geralt accidentally angers a city guard (with a blue base), say by attacking them, their attitude toward Geralt becomes hostile and their base and labels turn red as will those of any affiliated NPCs in the area. This means that the fight is on. Not all NPCs will suddenly attack, only those NPCs which can attack Geralt will do so, but commoners will simply cower in fear.
If Geralt kills one of the city guards, a warrant with royal gold will be sent. This action will summon a relentless headhunter (or more accurately, a relentless and unending series of headhunters). Geralt can choose to engage a headhunter in battle or pay 1000 . However, it is extremely difficult to kill a headhunter and since killing one only summons another, the best solution is to run away before killing any guards (eventually they do revert to their non-hostile state) or pay up.
City guards
- Treska
- Vincent Meis, captain
- Jethro, the jailer
- Mikul, one of the gate guards in the Outskirts.
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Two policemen have been killed in northern Turkey in an attack targeting officers manning a security road block.
The attack occurred in the town of Macka, near the Black Sea.
Five other police officers and a civilian were wounded in the attack, Governor Yucel Yavuz said.
The private Dogan news agency said the assailants fired shots and hurled hand grenades at the officers.
Gov Yavuz described the assault as a "terror attack".
It was not immediately clear if Kurdish rebels, who have been targeting police in the past year, were responsible.
The so-called 'Islamic State' group has also carried out a series of attacks in Turkey.
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John Egenes has been a musician, a saddlemaker, a dog catcher, a university lecturer, and a hobo, and many other things. His life is a highway that he views through a windshield full of squashed bugs.
1. When did you realize that you wanted to be an author?
Not sure I ever really wanted to be an "author", although I've always enjoyed writing. The word "author" implies a profession, and I'm still wondering whether or not I fit into that mold. So, while I've never had specific aspirations to become a published author, I'm enjoying being one right now, and hope to keep on being one.
2. How long does it take for you to write one of your books?
It took me 40 years to get around to writing my book, which is a memoir. It's not as if I had to sit around and think up a storyline and a plot [laughs]. Once I get started on a writing project, I'm reasonably quick with getting things down. Start to finish, probably a matter of months rather than years for a book. Though certainly not a matter of days or weeks, though.
3. How do you balance your work schedule when you're busy writing?
Easy. I write in the middle of the night. Most of my writing is done between the hours of 11 PM and 3:30 AM. Sleep is highly overrated. Coffee makes the world go 'round.
4. What would you say is your interesting writing quirk?
I'll leave that up to others to answer. To me, everything I do seems normal. To others, not so much…
5. How do you come up with ideas for your books?
I'm working on my 2nd book, a novel, so the plural "books" doesn't really apply to me just yet. But I do write a lot of papers, journal articles, conference presentations, and of course as a songwriter, I write a lot of songs. So I have to come up with ideas. There's no formula for me, but they do all share one thing in common: I'm a curious sort. I always have my antennae up, looking and listening for things. I study the world around me—especially people—and try to connect things that aren't normally associated. It keeps things interesting.
6. When did you write your first book?
"Man & Horse" was published in 2017. I have written chapters for other books, but those are compilations and not solely my own work.
7. What are your hobbies when you're not writing?
Music is both a vocation and an avocation. It's always been a huge part of my entire life. I like to tinker with string instruments especially, but mess around with all sorts of instrumental gadgetry, from electronic Theremin to musical saw. I'm a horse person, though don't have any these days. I made saddles for many years and still do a bit of leatherwork. I'm an astronomy nut. I love to flyfish. Oh, and reading tops my list.
8. What does your family and close friends think of your writing?
Family and friends will always tell you how great you are, bless 'em. So, they all love it. But of course, as a writer you shouldn't be getting your honest feedback from them. It should come from strangers. That said, it's nice to get a pat on the back from friends and family now and then.
9. What was one of the most interesting things that you learned about yourself when you published your first book?
The subject matter itself—an experience I shared with a horse many years ago—was re-experienced. It allowed me to digest it all in an different way, and to see how it changed the course of my life. Looking back through several decades of one's life allows the luxury of hindsight, to savour and taste the feelings of the past while looking forward into the future.
10. How many books have you written? Which one is your favorite?
Just the one, so I guess it has to suffice. But still, I do think it's a pretty good book.
11. What do you think makes a good story?
A good story will touch the person reading it. It is not about the teller (author), it is about the reader. A good story, and a good song, will allow the reader or listener to identify with it. Even though it's not about their own life, it will have universal elements that allow them to connect with parts of it in various ways. They can be the story itself (plot), or one of the characters, or the setting, or simply the style of writing the author uses.
12. Where do you like to kick back and write your books?
I don't kick back. I write notes in notebooks (hand written) and then write on a computer. My desk is awash in guitar gadgetry, computer parts, piles of books and papers, cables and cords of all sorts, packs of mandolin strings, and stacks of handwritten notes to myself that I forget about and will never read. I work in a mess, plain and simple. Cluttered is who I am, I'm afraid.
FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/johnandgizmo
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/jegenes
BOOK WEBSITE: http://johnandgizmo.com
JOHN'S MUSIC: http://johnegenes.bandcamp.com


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Following the news on Friday 13 December that AT&T has launched 5G services to consumers in the US, All four nationwide operators in the US now offer 5G services to consumers, but these are still early days, and the service is primarily attractive to consumers who enjoy adopting the latest technolog
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There is a possibility that we are beginning an era when the use of artificial intelligence (AI) by SMEs might soon start as a result of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups' discussions with two leading AI research centers during a recent trade mission in Europe. Minister of SMEs and Startups, Par
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At Ninety Rock, service is about more than providing exceptional hospitality to our guests, it's about making a difference in our communities. We are proud sponsors of local events, fundraisers, and non-profit organizations supporting a wide variety of causes in and around the neighborhoods we serve. We are especially devoted to the Tim Horton Children's Foundation, which provides meaningful camp experiences to build lifelong skills and brighten the lives of thousands of children each year.
Michelle has over 20 years of experience in the restaurant industry as an operations leader. Prior to joining Ninety Rock in 2016, Michelle led teams in Central California and Western New York as a Director of Operations for Olive Garden. She has a passion for service and building a guest-centric culture, along with developing talent and engaging leadership teams.
Suzi joined Ninety Rock in 2016 as coordinator of the training program. She quickly transitioned into a role as the office manager, leveraging her many years of restaurant experience. Suzi first joined the brand when she started with Tim Hortons in 2014 as a Manager of Operations Standards. Hospitality has always been Suzi's focus, whether serving the guest or supporting the Ninety Rock team. Suzi received her Bachelors of Science in Accounting from St. John Fisher College in Rochester, NY.
Mary joined Ninety Rock on 2017 as part of our accounting team. She quickly settled into her role with the financials and inventory. With her experience in cash-management, she ensures financial obligations are met, allowing the team to drive operations. Mary received her Bachelor of science in accounting from Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, NY.


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Vandals Trash Nationally Acclaimed School Nature Center
When Hillside Intermediate began their butterfly garden back in 1997 they probably had no idea that one day it would grow to 7 acres worth of carefully reconstructed wildlife habitat devoted to biodiversity that would earn awards from institutions like the Jane Goodall Institute and National Wildlife Federation. And no one could have predicted the enormous damage inflicted by vandals intent on destroying their hard work, even plugging up the entry to a bluebird box with golf balls and killing the chicks inside.
Of course, there's often a brighter side when caring, decent human beings work together. And the outpouring of support shows just how much impact a community effort like this one in Bridgewater can have on an entire town.
As Katrina Macht, a teacher at Hillside Intermediate and the leader of the nature project behind the school put it, "The outpouring of kindness after the vandalism from the community was remarkable."
National Organizations Lend Hand to New Jersey School
After the worst of it, in June, about 100 volunteers turned out to repair the damage. The Humane Society posted a $2,500 reward, because of the five baby bluebirds that were killed and Crime Stoppers put up $500, which they added another $1,000 this week when vandals returned and did more damage to the school.
And community members can't wait to get their hands on the vandals who've turned their nationally recognized effort upside down.
Perhaps a TreeHugger out there in New Jersey who has an inkling of who might be behind this and can offer a tip that can help put these folks where they belong?
via: NJ, MyCentralJersey
More On Nature Programs for Kids
Kids Have Fun Exploring Trees Inside and Out
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NLRB Precedential Changes On The Horizon
Over the past few years, private sector union membership rates have hit an all-time low. Since its primary objective is to oversee the interaction between unions and employers under federal labor law, the National Labor Relations Board has attempted to remain relevant in this climate, seeking "creative" ways to extend its reach to both unionized and non-unionized work forces by arguing novel theories of federal labor law. Consequently, both unionized and nonunionized employers are faced with a board that is changing years of precedent at a rapid-fire pace.
The board's expansive view of its mission will no doubt continue into 2013. Among the items to watch for include the board's attempt to implement its "quickie election" process, despite being struck down earlier this year by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on technical grounds.
In addition, the board likely will move forward with its requirement that all employers (whether or not unionized) display a poster notifying employees of their right to join and form a union, an effort that was previously enjoined by the same court that rejected the board's "quickie election" process. These steps and others yet unknown are likely to be taken by a board that views itself as an agency whose goal is to increase the number of unionized workplaces in the U.S.
This article appeared on October 17, 2012 on Employment Law360.


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The time was 2.30 AM. Palani was visibly very upset. Peering into the black Scorpio that was parked on the road parallel to Santhome Beach in Chennai, he asked us why we would not go fishing with him. We told him that we we were waiting for Vinoth, another fisherman from the same area, who had already agreed to take us out into the sea. Palani wasn't convinced and stood around for 10 more minutes complaining before leaving to man his boat, but not before exacting a promise from us to travel with him on our next foray into the Bay of Bengal. While promising him, I was wondering if there would be another night like this, and whether I would enjoy this outing, despite the fact that I was looking forward to it. It was my first time on a boat in the sea, and adding to the anxiety was the absence of a life jacket.
Santhome Beach is a minor hub of piscean trade in Chennai. Our car was parked right in front of the lighthouse, and all along the road, on a normal morning, when the sea is not rough, you can expect scores of fisherwomen in the process of haggling prices, calling out to potential customers, and cutting and cleaning fish (when they are not extolling the virtues of what they sell or when they're not cursing). Nirmal, a colleague of mine, and Harry Benhur, an architect working with us, had been camping in Chennai for the last few months on a company assignment. What connects the three of us is a love for fish - so much volumes and varieties of it, that it would send shivers down the bone, shells, and squigglies of any edible aqua life-form in the vicinity. In a matter of a few weeks, Harry and Nirmal had earned a reputation among the fisherwomen of the area as big-ticket spenders who know their fish - a reputation buttressed in some small measure by a couple of visits that I too made. From just being friends of sellers of fish, our contact list grew to add a few fishermen in the area. So, it was no accident that a desire to go out into the sea on a minor fishing escapade came up. There were quite a good number of them willing to take us out, but just because of his presence the previous day while we bought fish, it ended up being Vinoth.
On that day, Vinoth came in a bit late, but by around 3 AM in the morning, we were all ready to go. He filled the tank of the boat's engine with diesel from a 2 liter Pepsi bottle. The boat is rather shallow, so when you sit on the edge, you feel, well, a bit edgy. Dozens of other boats raced away from us roughly to the same fishing grounds. It's gripping to watch them launch into the sea, the motor power helping them cleave their way through incoming waves at rip-roaring speed. This was our boat:
We zoomed further into the sea for around 40 minutes and then stalled. We had covered about ten odd kilometers. The lighthouse beams and the lights from Chennai harbor were still very much visible on an otherwise cloudy night. The lights acted as some sort of reassurance that we were not that far as indicated by the 10 kilometer count horizontally, or the depth of about 10 meters vertically. As we slowed, we found time to shoot some pics. The boat was still rocking from side to side and it required multiple takes to get a picture one can recognize. That's Nirmal and Harry!
This is Vinoth, our captain, carefully handling the rudder. Truth be told, the dazed look on his face is just exhaustion. I could have taken a better picture with him in the center of the frame, but the effort would have found myself in the water, due to balancing issues associated with a rocking boat.
Soon the time came for lowering the fishing nets in to the water. We had two of them. I thought this process would end soon.
The conversation became personal at some level at that point with Vinoth's dad expressing his misgivings/disappointments in life. He was too old to be doing this, I told myself. And looking at the dark sea which lolled around us I was tempted to think about the sea within. The sea was just too beautiful in its scale, like the mountains up north. I blocked out the music and the chatter and could actually hear the ripples mildly hitting the boat. 10 minutes into that reverie, Vinoth yelled out to me asking if I wanted to puke. I was like, WHAT? He said he felt so coz I had that look (of a man who is about to puke) for a long time. Hmmm.
I found a nice space of my own. Nice backdrop of the harbor lights!
Here's them drawing the lines up. You could see the fish trapped in the net.
The day was breaking, and we could take clearer pictures. Here's the engine that made it all possible. The award for the best supporting actor goes to:
In the pic below, you can see Vinoth's dad wearing a jersey with his son's name on it. You can also see the fish entrapped. The choicest of them (Lady Fish) were plucked from the net and put aside in a blue container.
What blue container? This container:
In the middle of all this, I learned the art of getting them off the net. Now, I'm not gonna put that in my resume, but it's a neat skill to have nonetheless!
And then it happened. We caught hold of a big squid that was still alive. He (or going by the mood, She) threatened to turn everything blue. To avoid a gender bias, let's call the squid "it". It shot off blue ink in every direction it sensed a threat. Harry tried to move it in a sensible manner by prodding it with a long spoon, and it thanked him by showering his legs with ink.
We caught them lady fishes, eels, a bunch of loner crabs, a big tiger prawn, that squid, a lot of minor nameless edible pisceans, and a few poisonous items. Toward the end of it, we were more interested in pulling the net in and making a dash for the shore. In our elaborate rituals, we had forgotten everything about the competition that prowled the same shipping grounds, who may have had already reached the markets with their catch. And our man kicked the race off.
We raced to the shore (I have videos to prove it) and ended with a thud on the sandy beach.
Here's Vinoth's elder bro with the catch.
I walked around the shore comparing hauls. Surprise, surprise, everyone was selling Lady Fish!
I must have been odd figure around there, because a lot of them (strangers) kept asking me if I had a good time at sea. I mean, total strangers, asking you, how I felt on a boat. And I was like, ok, wondering how they knew.
While sipping coffee at a stall, 20 minutes later, I realized it. I was sipping hot coffee inside a shack where they sell fish. It was a privilege. The lady whose usual skill-set includes a lot of cribbing, was egging me on to finish the contents of my Styrofoam glass, fill it, and have another swig. I felt like one of them! I'm sure she felt comfortable enough to push me to refill that glass.
Next time, I would not worry about a life jacket. I would not worry about someone asking me if I felt pukish. I would not worry if we caught enough fish (from an ROI perspective). I would just worry that I still do not know something - swimming. But then again, I would not worry, coz I have friends, like Palani, so to speak! Palani was pissed. aah, but that's another story.
Here's a story from 2009. The original Finding Meeno.


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Man of Letters, continued
he kept tinkering. He tried a 14-by-14 grid, a 15-by-15, a 16-by-16, a
17-by-17. He placed the starthe starting point for the gamein the
upper left-hand corner. He placed it in the center. He placed it five
columns in and five rows down. He put a quadruple-word-score square in
the lower right-hand corner. He tried four triple-word-score squares.
He tried six. He increased and decreased the number of double- and triple-letter-score
squares. He changed the colors of these squares. He tweaked the letter
distribution. He included a blank. He tried two.
Sept/Oct Contents | Gazette Home
from Word Freak by Stefan Fatsis
by permission of Houghton Mifflin Company. Copyright©2001 by Stefan Fatsis.
All rights reserved.


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Yes Virginia, there is such a thing as Too Much Fun. And I have the swollen, sore knee to prove it!
Friday after work I made Hubs go with me to the Burlington Coat Factory near us. It's too dang cold here and I needed me some warmer gloves/mittens for my commute. Plus I had gift cards! Luckily I found some cozy, mittens – the kind with the flip-top over the fingers. They're lined with a soft fabric and are knit in a variegated yarn in shades of gray, black, red, white, gold, and even some light brown. It sounds strange but they're way funky cool! (Yes "funky cool" is too a thing!)
After that find I went on the hunt for a new hat. My old slouchy Land's End hat is comfy but the rolled brim style doesn't work with my new winter coat's collar so I needed something that didn't have a brim all the way 'round. Nailed it again! I LOVE the cute new hat I found – it has one of those mock visors in front with a knit flower attached to one side. And the best part? It pulls down over my ears (mostly) so they stay warmer!
Deed done, I started looking for ankle weights but there were none to be found at Burlington and after checking out when Hubs suggested we step into the mall and see whether there was a sporting goods store I agreed. We found a directory and the Sports Authority didn't look all that far away. Um, don't trust those lying store directories! Just sayin'. (But I did find my ankle weights, so it worked out.) And that was only Friday.
Saturday we got off to a slow start, thankfully. We were due in Factoria to have an early dinner with the Fam for Mom's 83rd birthday but that was hours away so I took my time getting ready. I love having the time to take my time, you know?
And dinner with everyone was nice: no tension which was sooo welcome. Mom wanted to eat at Goldberg's Famous Delicatessen so the family converged on Factoria from all over. Goldberg's has well-deserved excellent reviews and if you like deli fare you should definitely experience it if you get out this way. I'd stay away from the take-home stuff though. While it's yummy personified it can get pricey!
After the food and visiting and birthday cake (and holding the grandbaby) we all said our goodbyes and made our way home. Hubs and I stopped over at daughter K's to watch Looper with her before going home ourselves. It's an involved storyline that requires you to pay close attention so it took me awhile to really get into it but I loved it, though I wasn't entirely happy with the ending. 😦 No spoilers! But if you like adventure stories or time travel or even SciFi you'll probably enjoy this. It's one I'll watch again and again I think.
On Sunday we lazed around the house for hours before finally packing up the dogs and the vacuum cleaner and heading to Puyallup. Several years ago we bought an Oreck Ultra 21 XL or XL 21 or something. It was guaranteed for 21 years y'all! The only condition is that we have it tuned up every year for free! Okay, the tune-up itself is free; any needed parts we have to pay for (except the belt which they replace as part of the tune-up). The only thing we've ever had to pay for is the roller bar and I think we've replaced that a total of twice in seven years (this being the second time). Oh and we have to buy replacement bags when we run out. It's a sweet deal and even with all the dog hair, horse hair, cat hair, farm dirt, dust, etc. the vacuum has never failed me!
After the Oreck's tune-up we searched via our Garmin for a nearby park where we could walk the dogs. Less than a mile away we found Bradley Lake Park – WOW! Just WOW! I almost wished we lived in Puyallup so we could walk the dogs there every day! Even with leftover snow on the ground the park was amazing! The small lake is open for people-powered boats and there's a .8 mile paved path all around the lake and through the woods on the opposite side from where we were. I'm planning to tackle that path the next warm weekend we have! As it was the dogs loved going right down to the edge of the lake where the water was frozen. Climbing down the bank and then back up was probably what finally did my knee in though. Even so, I can't wait till we can go back there.
And hey y'all, I brought you back a souvenir! Check this out – taken with the new Smart phone my daughter gave me for Christmas!
Definitely too much fun. My knee was so swollen and sore I opted to stay home from work Monday and spent much of the day with it elevated and under the ice pack. It's a bit better today and it was SO worth it!


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I can't believe it has been a whole year!
One year ago today we began our journey to celebrate and bring attention to middle-grade books. And it's certainly been a busy year here at From the Mixed-Up Files. We've interviewed 30 authors, illustrators, agents, editors, and other industry professionals. We've hosted our 32-book Summer Giveaways, our 75-book Great Library Giveaway, our current 20-author Mixed-Up Middle-Grade Skype Tour giveaway, and countless other book giveaways donated by us or other middle-grade authors and publishers. We've highlighted hundreds of middle-grade titles, old and new. We've dabbled in technology by creating YouTube videos for the 2010 holiday season and our Skype Tour. And we've sat back in awe as nearly 100,000 visitors and over 550,000 page views have been logged in the last twelve months. It's been a truly remarkable year.
The middle-grade book industry has been busy, too. We've shared 90 news snippets in our OhMG News! column this year, and I'm certain we missed some along the way. We'd like to think we've had something to do with the increased attention to middle-grade books and their authors, though I suspect it has more to do with the legions of middle-grade readers clamoring for new titles than with our efforts.
But I do applaud all past and present Mixed-Up Authors for the hard work they have put into this site. They've managed to write new posts every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday (and most Tuesdays and Thursdays, too) while maintaining their assigned sections of the site and working behind the scenes to plan new ways to get middle-grade books into the hands of our readers. And in the process, they've launched 15 of their own middle-grade books into the world, contracted at least a dozen new titles, and have kept up with their other work and family life. I'm not sure how they did it all, but I am amazed at their willingness to make my vision a reality. I am honored to call them my friends.
I also want to thank you, our dear readers. Without you we would not be where we are today. We've read every single comment (all 3,975 of them!) and each private email we've received, and have appreciated the outpouring of support from parents, teachers, librarians, writers, industry professionals, and those that matter most–the kids themselves. We've also pondered each suggestion and have tried our best to make this site useful and informative. Thank you for taking the time to read, comment and share our site with others. We truly appreciate it.
And last, but certainly not least, I'd like to thank E.L. Konigsburg, who hasn't yet called to tell us to stop making references to her Newbery-award-winning book, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. Thanks, Ms. Konigsburg, for the inspiration your book has given all of us.
In honor of her, we here at From the Mixed-Up Files would like to celebrate our first anniversary by giving one of our readers a gift basket full of E.L. Konigsburg-inspired paraphernalia. It includes three titles written by Ms. Konigsburg:
The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World (hardcover)
The View from Saturday (paperback)
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (paperback)
The rest are items to keep you busy if, like Claudia and her younger brother Jamie in From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, you decide to run away to the Metropolitan Museum of Art (though I suppose any museum would do). The items we've included are:
- Blank journal
- Sketch pad
- Water colors
- Colored pencils
- Package of pens
- pencils
- pencil erasers
- Flashlight
- Bookmarks
- Deck of cards
- Jelly Belly candies
- Hershey Almond bars
- Crayons
- Colored index cards
- Mini pad and pen
- Fashion notebook (tiny)
- The Everything Brain Strain Book (puzzles, riddles, mind-benders)
Please leave a comment below letting us know what you've enjoyed most from us this past year, or a suggestion for future posts or giveaways, and you'll be entered to win. You can earn extra entries by linking to this post on Twitter, Facebook, or your blog, or by clicking the "follow this blog" button on the right. Don't forget to mention each link in a separate comment so our random generator will properly add your extra entries. The winner will be chosen and announced on Tuesday, June 14, 2011. Sorry, but we can only ship this to US/CAN residents.
Happy Anniversary, and here's to another year of Mixed-Up fun!


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A recent computer building adventure
A seemingly innocent decision on my part, to buy a new graphics card, resulted in much more work than I could've imagined.
Last summer, at least I'm pretty sure it was last summer, I decided that instead of buying a new pre-built computer to replace my ageing ticking bomb of a Compaq-system, I was going to try and build one myself. With (almost) enough money saved and all parts I deemed necessary, the work began. With the help of a friend my new system was up and running after an evening. It has worked well since then, but recently I decided that I maybe wanted to get back into PC-gaming. If the most serious offender behind this train of thought was TERA Online, which recently entered a closed beta I paid to enter, I will not say. Anyway, since the graphics card in my old build, a rather cute GeForce 210 with passive cooling, was something I just bought because I felt I needed some sort of graphics card, so that I could use multiple screens, watch youtube in HD and play the occasional older game – it performed poorly. Although I was impressed that I could actually play the Crysis demo on the lowest settings, since my old computer couldn't even start it. :p
Anyway, so I went and hunted down a card. Then, it turned out, it was bigger than I thought it would be and the only place it would fit inside the case was near the bottom, making it overheat thanks to a lack of cold air being sucked in.
Because of that, I decided to buy a better, for the purpose more optimized case – on a budget. Cases can easily get expensive. So, I picked up the Corsair Carbide 300R and quickly transferred all the stuff to my new case, just to run into another problem. One that I probably caused myself.
The graphics card was now behaving (still not running as cold as the tests I've read – but I don't know what witchcraft they use) but my CPU started to reach heat levels very close to overheating under the slightest load. So, seeing as the CPU cooler probably might've come a bit loose with me moving the motherboard and stuff around, I decided that, as I would have clean out and replace the cooling paste anyway, I should take this opportunity and install a new cooler as well.
And that I did, and I ran into some trouble but things thankfully got solved. Turns out this particular cooler wasn't made to be installed with the motherboard still in the case :p Anyway, it's up and running, it works and while there are some loose ends I think I've learned a lot of things during all of this.


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All savvy employers should know by now that providing equal opportunities to people with disabilities simply makes good business sense in the 21st century global economy. This is especially true in a competitive U.S. labor market.
Unfortunately, not every company has gotten the message.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law by President George H.W. Bush on July 26, 1990. This sweeping statute has opened the doors of inclusion and gainful employment to millions of citizens with disabilities nationwide, which has helped to boost business productivity.
Continue reading Why Disability Employment is Good Business: USA Observes ADA Anniversary – By David B. Grinberg


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Next Microsoft operating system will be radical change from XP
Windows XP has been on the market for a year now, so naturally everyone is clamoring for details on the next version of the world's most popular operating system -- or so Microsoft Corp. hopes.
Details are dribbling out, but Microsoft won't say a word on the record, declining to comment for this story. Analysts and software developers haven't been briefed, either.
But here's what has leaked out so far.
The next version of the world's most popular desktop operating system, code-named "Longhorn," is due out in test form next year and in final form in 2004. It will have a new look and feel, very different from Windows XP's. Its guts will also be radically different from Windows XP's, because they're based on XML -- extensible markup language, the emerging lingua franca of the Internet. And it will be the first version that won't function fully without new hardware.
"With the possible exception of Windows NT, which was a change from the ground up, this could be the biggest change ever" to Windows, said Giga analyst Rob Enderle.
Observers believe that Longhorn will:
Enderle said the new file system will also function efficiently with hard drives holding at least one terabyte of data. That's 1,000 gigabytes, or well over 1,000 compressed movies, or more than 700,000 novels the size of "War and Peace." Such drives are expected to hit the market by 2004.
Creating such a file system is an extraordinarily difficult task, one that has been attempted for years by database companies, including Microsoft, but that has never reached fruition.
The guts of the new file system are being engineered mainly in conjunction with "Yukon," Microsoft's code name for the next version of its SQL Server relational database management system.
But a beta version of Yukon isn't due out until mid-2003, which makes some onlookers wonder how the file-systems team in the Windows division can get started on adapting that technology for more general-purpose use.
"Evidence they're making some progress would be a professional developers' conference explaining it, so developers can know what they need to know to use it," said Michael Cherry, an analyst with Directions on Microsoft in Kirkland. "I don't even see a date scheduled for one."
Even if such a file system can be achieved, it would have to be thoroughly tested before use, as converting data to the new system would be necessary -- but could destroy the data.
Obviously this means a thorough overhaul of not just Windows but also the Office software suite, Chief Executive Steve Ballmer has confirmed in published computer-industry reports
However attractive and effective such a new interface might be, the company may be overestimating users' willingness to change their habits, some analysts say.
Once it's understood where certain tasks must be performed, many users are content to go there, even if the set-up is -- as computer geeks would say -- sub-optimal. Whether users will be willing to learn a new way of using their computers just because it's "better" is open to question.
Not to mention the expense of installing new software, says Cherry.
"There will have to be compelling reasons" to install the new operating system, because "it costs corporations a fortune to roll it out," he said.
"Neither Linux nor Unix ties the operating system to hardware," he said.
"This could bring a higher level of security than anything we've ever seen. It will almost completely prevent the platform from being compromised."
To those "facts" about Longhorn, add the hopes of other analysts. Ideally, Longhorn will "fundamentally integrate" audio, video and images in a "visually stunning" manner, much like the Mac's OS X, said Tim Bajarin, president of the Campbell, Calif., research firm Creative Strategies Inc.
It should also be able to synchronize the multiple PCs, personal digital assistants and computer-equipped cell phones -- Microsoft calls them SmartPhones -- many people will own, Bajarin said.
But getting Longhorn out the door at Microsoft could be a challenge. The company is struggling to get .Net Server -- the first server version of Windows XP -- shipped. It also has service packs for Windows 2000 and Windows XP to produce on an ongoing basis. And a new operating system takes at least 20 months, sometimes 40 months, Cherry said.
"I'd like to see Microsoft act like the operating-system leader it is, not promising scores of new features or letting rumors fly but stepping forward and saying, 'We will have X, Y and Z features and not A, B and C,' " he said.
"That would be leadership, especially when so many people are dependent on you."


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Street Food in KL
In my hands I have sweet pork from the streets in Chinatown within Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
In my hands I have sweet pork from the streets in Chinatown within Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
In my hands I hold an entry ticket into The Forbidden City in Beijing, China.
"Do you guys want Gelato?!" I asked my family as we embarked the ferry and stepped foot onto Manly Wharf in Sydney, Australia.
I feel like every person who comes to Australia on a working holiday tend to have the same expectation when they come here, but end up having a whole different experience. You're torn… Continue reading
In response to The Daily Post's writing Prompt: "Danger." It's only danger, if it's fear that follows. When I look into the ocean all I see is danger. I have this huge fear… Continue reading
Stumbling upon a door in The Forbidden City. -Beijing, China.
"Jeffery, do you think I should pick a flower? Well I'm going to anyway," as we walked to the hostel from the IGA. -Perth, Australia
"Let's go to the beach and watch the sunset," I said as I looked at my friend with my camera in my hand. –Cottesloe Beach: Perth, Australia.
The time I had a matcha shake in my hands while I was bargaining in Beijing, China.


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"He wakes up every day and his entire being is an expression of what he is as an artist." Ryan Keeling meets one of extreme music's most extreme characters.
"Yeah, obviously."
"I think today should be great."
"It will be if you ask me some interesting questions. If not, it's going to be shit."
I first met Russell Haswell on a bright afternoon in October 2014, in the main square of Kraków, Poland. We were scheduled to talk in front of an audience for a live edition of RA's Exchange at that year's Unsound festival. Haswell was running a little late, and he was in a bad mood. Oscar Powell, who'd recently released an album from Haswell on his label, Diagonal, mentioned something about an incident at their hotel. Once we were inside the Goethe-Institut, Haswell seemed to perk up at the sight of the audience. He cracked a joke, and took his seat.
"I'm not going to hold it," he said, gesturing towards the microphone. A card on the table in front of him had a synopsis of the talk printed on it: "Russell Haswell is a multidisciplinary artist known primarily for his music, including a series of albums for Editions Mego and collaborations with the likes of Aphex Twin, Pan Sonic, White House Yasunao Tone, Masami Akita and Florian Hecker."
"'White House' should be one word," he said.
Haswell told the audience that he has mixed emotions about playing festivals. He mostly doesn't see himself in the same light as the artists he's booked alongside, but this tension stirs his creativity. "I have issues going to festivals because I don't like 99% of the artists who are there," he explained. "My work is based on attacking their work, and their adhesion to genre and style and fashion. I'm anti all of these things. I'm only interested in the advancement and development and critique of what already exists."
Later that night, Haswell took the stage at Hotel Forum for a live set based on 37 Minute Workout, the record he'd released earlier that year on Diagonal. The album was notable for its use of beats, something Haswell had been resisting for years. In the past, friends and former collaborators of his like Aphex Twin and Autechre had apparently told him to "just stick a fucking beat on it, Russ," but 37 Minute Workout was the first time he'd properly done so. (He agreed to the project on the condition that Powell got him a drum machine.) On the record, beats were used less to mark rhythm and more to create chaos—one of Haswell's favourite words. His set was even further from the techno deconstructions the album was supposedly based on; by its climax, sheets of distortion rained down on the room. Haswell, periodically swearing at the crowd, faked the end of his set a few times, a sort of twisted encore, before retaking the stage and emitting a belligerent belch of noise from his machines.
When it comes to music, Haswell believes in spontaneity, provocation, emotional expressions and a loss of control. 37 Minute Workout, for example, took him two hours to make. Using a simple modular rig, he created a scenario where the record "made itself," which is a blunt way of saying that he worked out what the modules might produce and then influenced the results. "I like to straddle the illusion of producing something that somebody doesn't know whether it took five minutes or five years," he said. Another key ingredient is a feeling. "Some records may be aspirational, some of them are about longing and hoping, and wishing and dreaming," he later told me. "Projecting into the future, but often they're about the here and now."
If, in simple terms, artistic expressions are an attempt to translate something of one's self into a chosen medium, then Haswell has been achieving this aim spectacularly for 20 years. He is straight-talking, bloody-minded and sometimes salty—he's also smart, funny, culturally engaged and happy to share the knowledge he's amassed over his long career. He's lived in the UK, the US, Japan, Sweden and Finland, and although he's most readily associated with sound, he's worked extensively in visual arts and curation, which helps explain why he's as comfortable performing in a pub as he is in an art gallery. Whatever he's doing or wherever he's performing—and whether he's pleasing people or pissing them off—Haswell's art feels as close to a direct extension of himself as it's possible to get.
Haswell grew up in the '80s in Coventry, a gritty and grey city in the middle of England that's known for its automotive industry and brutalist architecture. He studied fine art at Coventry School Of Art, and got part of his musical education in local clubs and concert spaces. To illustrate the roots of his diverse influences, he likes to explain a typical night for him in the late '80s. He'd start the evening in Birmingham, seeing metal bands at Edwards Number Eight, a respected rock venue, and then take the last train back to Coventry, where he'd end up at Eclipse, one of the first UK clubs with an all-night licence. (As Haswell explained at Unsound, he'd stay completely sober back then and just soak everything in.) The club booked early UK dance figures like Carl Cox, LFO, Forgemasters and A Guy Called Gerald; Haswell always much preferred the live acts to the DJs (which is still the case), and he was drawn to the ritualistic experience of going to clubs. In Haswell's mind, he "could combine the speed, the thrash, the extreme of metal with club culture."
He eventually left Coventry for London and became immersed in the city's art scene. Haswell, who was unemployed at the time, would attend as many exhibition openings as possible, drinking the free beer and getting to know people in the scene. He became friends with artists like Jake and Dinos Chapman, Tracey Emin and Sarah Lucas, and did work for Gilbert & George. By the mid-'90s, he was exhibiting art works—a poster from '96 for an exhibition called Some Drawings: From London, co-curated by Hans-Ulrich Obrist, shows Haswell's name next to Damian Hirst's. In a 2010 interview with Vice, he talked about his cockroach painting, one of his more talked-about works.
"I was quite cynical, and it just seemed like an interesting idea to use cockroaches, as they can survive in any kind of environment, whether it's a nuclear-bombed area or whatever. The idea that you could kill them with Chanel nail varnish was this strange contradiction. And there was also the fact that I'd have to go through this physical, structural, materialist process of actually killing these things myself, which was more gruesome than I ever expected. They tried to escape the whole time."
In the late '90s, Haswell was headhunted by Alanna Heiss, the then director of PS1, which was about to merge with MoMA, and he moved to New York to be a curator. The compromises that came with the job became profoundly frustrating, and he hated working with artists he didn't believe in. "If my heart isn't in something I just want to get out of it," he said. "If I feel somebody is using me, I want to get out of it. If I feel somebody is just taking the piss, I want to get out of it." The depression this caused eventually led to him leaving the US.
"I have my own emotional problems, and I get hurt like anyone else," he said. "I had a hard upbringing, you know, I've had a lot of confrontation from people for what I do. Generally I'm a lot cheerier nowadays, but usually these depressions come from frustrations. My depression comes from people's inability to communicate with me. Sometimes from loneliness. I'm not that lonely, I've got loads of friends and I'm quite sociable. But if I am lonely, if I do spend too much time on my own, I can dig myself into a hole."
Arriving back in the UK from New York, Haswell decided he was done with the country, and managed to secure an international artist's residence in Stockholm, where he spent a year. Around this time, he decided to refocus on his own works and released his first album, Live Salvage 1997→2000, a collection of gig recordings from across the globe. The album, which received the Prix Ars Electronica's Honourable Mention for Digital Music, helped establish Haswell as a key figure in extreme electronic music and sound art. In one particularly affecting piece, recorded at the Klangturm tower in St Pölten, Austria, Haswell moved in sections, scattering static across the sound field, producing what sounds like a star collapsing, and then settling into a gradually unspooling bit that evokes lava flow. The session culminated in scalpel-sharp bursts of noise. My personal listening experience with this piece oscillates between a straightforward physical rejection—please turn this off—and a deeply satisfying meditation on my relationship with sound itself.
"The gigs that were documented on the first Live Salvage were done using other people's laptops," Haswell told RBMA last year. "It was all on borrowed equipment and it all had to be improvised. It had to be worked out on the day." This sort of haphazard, off-the-cuff approach has been a constant for Haswell. In the same piece, he explained how Satanstornade, a wild four-track collaboration with Masami Akita that came out on Warp in 2002, was all improvised and recorded in the same amount of time it appears on the CD; the process was in part dictated by the gear he could get his hands on. The story behind 2014's Electroacoustic Sludge Dither Transformation Smear Grind Decomposition nO!se File Exchange Mega Edit, a double-CD collaboration with the Japanese noise artist Pain Jerk, straddles ten years, a remote exchange of ideas and the editing of five hours' worth of material.
One of Haswell's most famous collaborations was with the Austrian artist Florian Hecker. The pair were given access to the UPIC, a graphical input system (a user draws waveforms and compositions onto a tablet) devised by the late avant-garde composer Iannis Xenakis. The sessions led to two albums, Blackest Ever Black and Kanal GENDYN , an EP, UPIC Warp Tracks, and a series of live shows that were bathed in lasers and utilised surround sound.
Haswell is also credited with helping revive the career of Peter Zinovieff, who was the founder of EMS, the company behind the legendary VCS3 synthesizer, a favourite of Kraftwerk, Aphex Twin and David Bowie. As a curator for Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary in Vienna, in 2010 Haswell commissioned Zinovieff (by finding his address and knocking on his door) to compose a piece for a project called The Morning Line, a pavilion that had five surround sound zones. Zinovieff later described the project as the starting place for a new career as a composer, after years spent away from electronic music.
These projects—cross-discipline, conceptual, sometimes academic—are one side of the creative coin for Haswell. The thrill, uncertainty and immediacy of performing live in a music venue is also what drives him. In an ideal scenario, his sets will provoke, challenge and divide an audience. "I think it's good that some people don't like what you're doing, and I think it's great when you get a split audience," said. "Because then it turns into a debate. If everyone thinks you're fucking brilliant, it just fades out and the next thing comes. If they all think you're shit, it all fades out and you disappear again. But if you get a kind of 50/50 scenario going on, the dialogue starts and it seems to keep it alive for a lot longer than just everyone thinking it's great really."
Haswell mentioned his performance at 2015's Sonar festival as a particularly rewarding recent gig. "It came really naturally. I think it helped that I was a little bit inebriated, I had my champagne supplied, I was drinking it during the gig, I had people chanting, "Cov! Cov! Cov!" before I went on the stage. I had a guy, who I think was on acid, who kept climbing the stage, and tried to nick my champagne while I was playing. All these things really inspired me. A bit of heckling goes a long way with me. If it's a dumbstruck, quiet audience I kind of invert. I almost can't function; I don't know what to do!"
Late last year I saw Haswell play two such gigs at the Victoria pub in East London, although the audience's mousiness didn't disrupt his flow. There was something perverse about seeing him on a Sunday evening in the backroom of a pub, and on both occasions the simplicity of the setup—a very dark room and a soundsystem—placed the audience's attention squarely on the sounds. Haswell's performances, untethered to any traditional notions of musicality, deal only in what's immediate and visceral, and pose a very simple question: "Is this racket moving me?" For me, most of the time, the answer is yes; the response of people I'm with is usually split in the way Haswell aims for. It's rare anyone sits on the fence.
These gigs were part of a series called Different Circles, which was organised by the experimental grime artists Mumdance and Logos. Since he moved back to London last year from rural Suffolk, Haswell has been part of a loose community connected to the events. Ten to 15 years his junior, some of the artists seem to see Haswell as a sort of mentor figure, something that's especially true for Powell. "Russell is an amazing human being, and I could bang on about it forever," he told me last year. "But ultimately, he's an artist, and he believes in his art. Before meeting him, I wasn't really exposed to that kind of raw, all encompassing mentality that he has, where he wakes up every day and his entire being is an expression of what he is as an artist."
"He has an encyclopaedic knowledge of music and sound," Mumdance told me over email. "Over the past year and a half, especially around the Different Circles events, we've spent many evenings staying up till the crack of dawn listening to and discussing all sorts of weird music, which has definitely had a big influence on me as an artist and the way I think about sound in general."
Diagonal, which Powell runs with Jamie Williams, is now one of Haswell's main labels. They released his most recent album, As Sure As Night Follows Day, which Haswell described to me as a regression. "Because I'm getting older and I'm starting to feel old, I'm trying to make myself feel like I'm 16 again," he said. "So as a consequence, I'm looking back at the music from my youth, from my teenage years and into my early 20s. So it's a kind of amalgam of techno from the early '90s with noise, and influences from grindcore and death metal and all those kinds of things that we know I'm interested in."
"The easiest way to give yourself a headache," TechJ88 commented on Ian Maleney's RA review. "Torture room on repeat music forsure."
As Sure As Night Follows Day is an extreme record by anyone's standards. It has a ferocity that transcends most of the early '90s techno Haswell is referencing, and it was composed across a few days in a blur of improvisation. But, as Haswell said himself, it's possibly the "least radical" record he's written. If you squinted, there are tracks, such as "Gas Attack" and "Hardwax Flashback," you could imagine techno DJs playing. A remix EP that featured Autechre, Powell and DJ Stringray made these links clearer. This isn't entirely new ground for Haswell. Following a so-shambolic-it-was-great live show at Corsica Studios in 2012, he released an EP on PAN with Regis as Concrete Fence, a record in which menacing sound design was subdued by measured, club-ready drums. Haswell keeps clubbing and club music at arm's length, but he enjoys coming close enough to challenge its conventions.
20 years into his "non-career," Haswell is beginning to think pragmatically about his place in the world. "I'm probably at a sort of limit of success for the kind of stuff I do," he said. "I mean, I hope it's going to get better, because I wanna survive and I wanna keep doing it. I don't wanna do anything else. I'm kind of beyond employment now, where I don't know who'd have me. I mean, they probably wouldn't even let me stack shelves in Tesco."
But after all of this time there is no lack of clarity over who he is and what fuels his work. As he told me at Unsound: "I'm a voyeur, I'm a pervert, and that's where my interests are: in excess and consumption, extremity and nihilism—all of the exciting things in life."


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Organism for Poetic Research/Pelt event at Observatory this Friday!
By Wythe on May 24, 2012
The future of poetry, philosophy, publishing, and collaboration come together in DIY para-academic groups such as the Organism for Poetic Research/Pelt. I have only found out about these dedicated word-scientists recently, and I'm proud to be hosting them at Observatory on Friday. If you have any interest in the intersection of poetry, philosophy, and political […]
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"Scooter, Newtown Creek" on Underwater New York
By Wythe on May 22, 2012
I have a new short-short story on Underwater New York about an object that fell into a favorite NYC waterway (Newtown Creek). Check it out >> This is the image of wonderful muck that inspired the story. Image copyright Nate Dorr, who is awesome at photography and also has these bangin images of the Gowanus. Big ups, […]
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Elsewhen: The Hollow Earth Society at Elsewhere
By Wythe on May 11, 2012
—being a report of our work for Elsewhen at the Elsewhere Collaborative in Greensboro, NC. As part of this unusual residency, we've generated stories, videos, classes, happenings, and even a new para-academic conference: The Longest Story Ever Told – Saturday, April 21, 2012/ongoing – Almost as soon as we arrived in the Greensboro of 2012, we helped […]
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Elsewhen: The Story of the Living Library
By Wythe on May 7, 2012
As part of the Hollow Earth Society's time here at Elsewhere—inhabiting a library, workshopping the notion of library/museum/site of education—we've developed an Elsewhen Tumblr to showcase our fictions and other responses to the books in the Living Library. Read our stories; share them; write your own! We will be posting titles periodically that still need […]
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Class at Genspace! Genetically Modified Storytelling
By Wythe on February 21, 2012
Genetically Modified Storytelling: Can Science Fiction Prognosticate Our Biotech Future? Classes will be held Tuesdays at 7:30pm, March 6, 13, 20. Never before attempted! Genspace will cross a literature course on science fiction with an intro to biotech. Get ready. It's hands on. Sci-fi writers write our future. Jules Verne gives us Captain Nemo and […]
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Imaginary Reading List: Archimboldi
By Wythe on September 29, 2011
Kindlifresser, an unfinished novella by Benno Von Archimboldi about the legendary "Child-Eater of Bern." Given up by the great author after page fifty due to a "geometrical uncertainty," according to Archimboldi's own faint marginalia. What the "uncertainty" was and why it prevented the completion of this compellingly horrifying fairy tale remain mysteries. [The plot seems to […]
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Distant Bridges
It is the turn of the century in a sleepy North country market town. Two young boys Arthur and Wilfred, dream of adventure - of going to war to fight for King and Country. Though still at school and under age for Kitchener's army, this does not stop them enlisting. As they board the troop train for the war front in their newly pressed army uniforms all family feuds are forgotten. Yet nothing could have prepared them for the hell that waited in the trenches, in the mud, on the barbed wire, in the squalor of shattered limbs that once were brave men.
On recuperative leave home, Arthur falls deeply in love with Amy his girlfriend - and makes every hour count. However, back at the front, Arthur and Will are no longer boys but men grown old beyond their time - scarred by the slaughter of life. Into this hopelessness comes brief news of happiness - Arthur is to be a father. Now the real battle is on to stay alive for at last there is hope.
But sadly fate has a different course to run, for Arthur is riddled with machine gun fire while attempting to save the life of a wounded soldier. For Will this is a dreadful end to a wonderful friendship - for the generals just another statistic of the Great World War. But life must go on...and Will on returning home sees the future in the eyes of Arthur's child - the hopes, the dreams of a new generation.
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- 1998
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- Features
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- 95 mins
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- Super 16mm Fuji
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- Dusty Rhodes
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- Richard Rhodes, John West
- Director of Photography
- Tony Serpini
- Principal Cast
- Richard Harbutt, Laura Patch, David East, Rebecca Ray-Palmer, David Harrison, Mark Bint and Helen Stanley
- Executive Screen Writer
- Dusty Rhodes
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Moon Mood – Stargazing
November 15, 2015 in Singles
After last night's 'nothing but house' selection, a more eclectic reviews line-up for you tonight, starting in the nu-disco arena with this latest offering from the mighty Nang and Russian producer Alexey Vorobyov, AKA Moon Mood.
In its Original form, Stargazing is fairly archetypal Nang material, all shimmering synths and lazily strollin' beats. It's accompanied by two remixes: the Pharoah Black Magic Breathless Remix takes us into slightly housier, more floor-oriented territory, while Irregular Disco Workers supply a stripped back n' dubby take with a strong cosmic/Italo influence. That's my personal fave rub of the title cut, but even better is bonus cut The Cove, which looks to early 80s boogie for inspiration with its syndrums and squelchy analogue synth-bass. Hypernova, another 'typically Nang' affair but pacier than Stargazing, completes a strong package.
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St. Michael's & All Angels Free Soup Kitchen
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All Angels Free Soup Cafe, corner First Ave West & Third St. in Eureka is serving delicious soups and fresh hot bread every Wednesday from 11-1. We are here to feed the hungry. Please join us...St Michael's Wood Bank Ministry is also available to help with supplemental firewood needs. 882-4498.


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Coming soon: Saka Maka Cafe
The old restaurant improved its offer a year or so ago, but its brand was too tarnished and it never pulled in the punters. Its successor is opening soon and its online menu looks considerably nicer than its website.
The concept seems to be an Indian cafe that blends classic Indian dishes with coffees and juices to pull in the daytime punters.


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There are some songs that stay with you, not just for the week that they might be on high rotation on the radio, but for a lifetime. Songs are highly emotive creatures. They plug into us for all kinds of reasons.
I was very young when I first heard this song and yet it's stayed with me through the years.
I was reminded of the song and of the writer, Greg Quill, when I read this article about a new tribute album recorded in his honour – Some Lonesome Picker.
If you know Gypsy Queen you'll know why it's such a special song. If not this quote from the article might help.
Gypsy Queen is a song of the road no less than the poem Walt Whitman wrote a century earlier. It was a song about going on an adventure where your horizons would be expanded, and you'd live a larger life because of it.
But for me it has extraordinary significance. Why? This is the song that caused the demise of my band.
If you've read Sex, Drugs & Meditation you'll know how devastated I was when my band broke up. The story behind the story is that we'd been playing together for years, touring and releasing CDs but we'd never really cut through. I had the idea of recording a cover version of this song, it was perfect for us with our line up and stunning harmonies. We'd never released a song written by anyone else – all originals up until that point – but I thought this song was worth it. It was such a brilliant idea that one member of the band quit. Why? Because she knew it would work, that we'd get airplay with it and therefore success and she didn't want us to succeed. She wanted out. She wanted to pursue a solo career. And thus our band became an ex-band.
Ironically a few years later Adam Harvey recorded a cover version of this song and had a hit with it but by that time I was well ensconced in the world of radio and being a music director I got to decide what got played on radio and what didn't.
When it comes down to it I'm grateful. If the band hadn't broken up I never would have got into radio, I might never have started writing books instead of songs and I definitely wouldn't have the superannuation that enabled me to retire early and have the freedom I now have – to write more books and to pick up my guitar whenever I feel like it.
And all these years later, I still love this song.
"I'm singing for the dark and lonely highway, I'm singing for the rivers and the trees, I'm singing for the country roads and byways, And I wonder as I go, Is there anyone I know, Who'll sing for me."


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Here are some video clips from our recent concerts. If you would like to hear more then come and see us live! Click on here to find details of our upcoming events.
Christmas concert - 1st December 2018
Slaughter on 10th Avenue by Richard Rodgers arr. Sandy Smith, - clarinet solo by Diana Howlett
Fate of the Gods by Steven Reineke
Winter Dances by Fergal Carroll
Polar Express by Glen Ballard/Alan Silvestri arr. Paul Murtha/Audrey Snyder - featuring the Silverhill School Choir
Bass in the Ballroom by Roy Newsome, Soloist: Alan Edden. Performed at Chipping Sodbury Town Hall, March 2017
Philip Sparke Clarinet Concerto. Performed at Staple Hill Methodist Church, December 2016
Prelude - The Spitfire by William Walton. Performed at the Spring Concert 2016
Alfie Performed at the Spring Concert 2016
Entry March of the Boyars by Johan Halvorsen. Performed at the Christmas Extravaganza, December 2015.
Benny Goodman: The King of Swing, arr. by Paul Murtha. Performed at the AWBA charity concert, May 2015.


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Attending A Top Level Political-Economic Event? Beware The Cyber-Spies Targeting Your Mobile
To overcome this, many sensitive conversations now take place over mobile devices using secure applications and end-to-end encryption with almost no metadata or where metadata is basically impersonal.
• Always use a VPN connection to connect to the Internet. This helps to ensure that your network traffic cannot easily be intercepted and reduces its susceptibility to malware that can be been injected directly into a legitimate application being downloaded from the Internet.
• Do NOT Jailbreak your device, especially if you're not sure how it will impact your device.
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