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Source: Resident Advisor
RA's readers pick the top live acts of the year.
40.Kollektiv Turmstrasse
39.Headless Horseman
An anonymous techno artist in a veiled hoodie who speaks in the third person. How to stop that from being silly? Make the music totally badass, which is precisely what Headless Horseman does.
37.Marc Houle
36.Tin Man
35.Fatima Yamaha
34.Point G
Premiesku play live without computers, and they're constantly adding new equipment to their arsenal to keep themselves challenged. It's what keeps their minimalist house fresh, and what makes them one of Romania's best exports.32.Gaiser
31.Rodriguez Jr.
30.Max Cooper
29.Planetary Assault
27.The Chemical Brothers
It may only be Tom Rowlands onstage these days, but 2015 was proof that the Chemical Brothers put on as show-stopping a performance today as they ever have.
25.Mr. G
24.Jon Hopkins
23.Agents Of Time
21.Todd Terje
In 2015, Todd Terje's already great live show got better. With a back catalogue loaded with hits, the Norwegian artist showcased his tropical sound with the help of a band and dancers.
Gavin Lynch's techno has global appeal. The Dubliner clocked up more air miles than most pilots in 2015, taking his brand of direct, catchy club music to Colombia, Luxembourg and Georgia to name a few. But there was more to Matador's year than just a busy tour schedule: he also released an EP on Minus, remixed Disclosure and became a fixture at Jamie Jones's Paradise parties. He's versatile without compromising his sound, which might be why he's made our top 20 for the fourth year running.19.Floating Points
At the time of writing, Floating Points has played live less than ten times, but anyone could have guessed his new show would quickly make a splash. It was an 11-piece ensemble with Sam Shepherd at the helm, using racks of keyboards and a Buchla synth to unspool wispy strands of his debut album, Elaenia. From the opening night at Dimensions festival to his recent dates in Europe and New York, his live act proved to be just like his records: bold, imaginative and utterly lovely.18.Paranoid London
« If you like your music melodic, deep, well-made & produced, jog on, » reads the press release for Paranoid London's debut album. That should give you an idea of the no-fucks-given attitude driving the enigmatic UK outfit, and the kind of rugged acid tracks that form the core of their live show. This year, they hit the road harder than ever before, topping off appearances at Sónar, The Bunker and fabric with a debut entry on the RA poll.17.Vril
This may be the Giegling and Dystopian artist's first showing on this poll, but his sets—heavy, dubby, dark—have long been pitch-perfect. What changed in 2015? It never hurts to begin your year with a Delsin LP. And with a couple of key swings through North America and more gigs outside his native Germany than ever before, Vril simply gave more brave souls the chance to plunge into the void.16.Nicolas Jaar
In 2015 we saw Nicolas Jaar the producer. We saw Nicolas Jaar the film scorer. Then there was Nicolas Jaar the label boss, and Nicolas Jaar the DJ. But Nicolas Jaar the live act? Well, he was teasingly scarce. But with DARKSIDE dissolved, Jaar embarked on a string of shows in Mexico where he introduced a new band. Footage of these gigs revealed a fresh live configuration for a performer who has always been willing to take risks—a quality that made him our top live act of 2011, 2012 and 2013. Hopefully we'll see more of him in 2016.15.Bob Moses
A lot of people saw Bob Moses play this year, which might be a result of their two-pronged appeal. Their long-awaited debut album painted them as a rock band with a drum machine, but hear them live and those pounding rhythms steal the show. They're a rare act who truly exist in between scenes, and no matter what kind of venue they were playing in there was usually a sold-out crowd to greet them.
Recording a hugely popular (and Grammy-nominated) album is one thing; taking it on the road is another. That's precisely the challenge Caribou embraced in 2015. The four-piece outfit powered through a punishing world tour that took them through Australia, Asia, North America and Europe. Dan Snaith and co. cleverly retooled songs from Our Love (and its predecessor, Swim) for a show that had arms aloft at Coachella, Glastonbury, Sydney Opera House, and, well, pretty much everywhere they played in 2015.
13.Nils Frahm
A classically trained pianist with a love of synthesizers and drum machines, Nils Frahm is as gifted as he is unusual. Live performance has always been central to his art—Spaces, his breakthrough 2013 album, was a collection of concert recordings—so it's no surprise he woos his crowds so easily. There are many transcendent experiences to be had in electronic music these days, but few match the thrall of Frahm's celestial arpeggios.
12.Stephan Bodzin
Stephan Bodzin is a veteran German artist with a distinct sense of melody. It's been there in his music since the '90s, and in the current landscape, with melodically-minded labels like Innervisions and Life & Death ruling the roost, his first appearance on this list makes total sense. In « Singularity » he recorded one of Life & Death's biggest tracks of 2015, but it was in front of a Moog synthesiser and a large audience where Bodzin really shined.
11.Voices From The Lake
It's pretty hard to stroke your chin when your face has melted off. So although Voices From The Lake make extremely smart music drawing on a deep knowledge of their machines, they're among the most visceral acts making techno in 2015. Be it a one-hour festival slot or the sort of five-hour epic they wrought at their spiritual home The Labyrinth this year, Donato Dozzy and Neel's live sets shifted consciousness as only these masters can.
What's not to like about Guti? The guy's a workhorse, with a touring schedule that'd be full-on for most DJs, let alone a live performer. And his sound, a perfect blend of house uplift and jazzy nous, is a hit wherever his itinerary takes him. Following the release of a jazz record in 2014, Guti focused his energy on touring this year, giving the US, Australia and his native Argentina a dose of his good vibes.
9.Octave One
Techno acts don't get much more live than Octave One. Bouncing their shoulders, furrowing their brows, wringing their steely sounds from heaving racks of gear, the Burden brothers always work up a sweat, for both themselves and the crowd. Then again, it would be hard not to when you're drawing from their catalog. Whether they're showcasing new ones like « The Forgotten » or rinsing classics like « Black Water, » the pressure never lets up while these two are on stage.
The modular synth has recently become Surgeon's main squeeze—he even brings it with him when he's DJing. As you might expect, he's good with it, too. He casually patches classic-sounding Surgeon jams from scratch, as his RA Session this year showed. His vibe hasn't changed dramatically, but there's a new and inspired energy that has brought this techno lifer to the live act poll in 2015.
7.Henrik Schwarz
Henrik Schwarz is a musician with a capital M. Early in his career, the German producer helped shape the inimitable sound of Innervisions. Today, he's as comfortable smashing it out for seas of people at festivals like Awakenings as he is jamming with modern jazz musicians like Dan Berglund and Bugge Wesseltoft. This year he did plenty of both, dazzling crowds around the world with the depth and variety of his talent.
6.Mathew Jonson
Mathew Jonson has jumped eight places in this year's poll, and what a 12 months he's had. His hands-on, hardware-heavy setup and boundless energy behind the mixing desk make him one of the most unique live performers on the circuit, and he has a sound that does as much damage on the terraces of Ibiza as it does in Berghain. For those who couldn't catch the Canadian on the dance floor, there was the wonderful fabric 84, one of the long-running series' most timeless mixes.
No matter your feelings on Pariah and Blawan's live techno project, you'll absolutely know if you've seen them. These two UK artists produce and perform music that demands attention. They do this by rigging up a modular system with drum machines and sequencers and letting it rip. The sound they create is harsh, mechanistic and unforgiving—and when it's going well, as it often was in 2015, it's also nuanced, expressive and electrifying.
4.David August
David August has become an exemplary live performer: he's constantly making new stuff to test out on the road, and he has a way of working with unexpected source material, whether that's Alfred Hitchcock voice snippets or edits of Madonna and Pink Floyd. His sets have become both more adventurous and more affecting over the years, which might explain how August held strong in the #4 spot for a second year.
3.Âme We're used to seeing Âme in both the live act and DJ polls. In 2015 Frank Wiedemann has gone one better: he's in the live poll twice, both as Âme (Kristian Beyer handles DJing) and as half of Howling alongside Ry X. And while Howling allows Wiedemann to flesh out his pop side, his Âme sets continue to pamper Innervisions fans with the kind of soaring deep house that forms the core of the label's sound.
2.Recondite In his recent Exchange, Lorenz Brunner said he makes sure to leave time in his hectic touring schedule for at least six hours of sleep. That's obviously good for his own health, but he's not just snoozing for his own sake—his Ableton-driven live set, one of the tightest and most finely calibrated in the business, is the product of a clear mind that's laser-focused on the dance floor. We really couldn't be in better hands.
Strahil Velchev loves it, doesn't he? Just look at him go. He can barely suppress a grin as he plays his basslines and furiously taps rhythms. When he drops the kick drum, his upper body seems to thrust involuntarily. He has the air of someone who's been practicing in his bedroom for years, and is itching to show you what he's got. Even when he's not out on the road performing, he's back at home performing: Velchev regularly tapes himself improvising on different setups and uploads the footage to YouTube. And check the image on his RA artist page—it's as if he can't get close enough to his machines. Velchev is very clearly a man who's infatuated with his craft.
Why has he hit #1 in 2015? Well, it feels like word has finally reached everyone. Although he's appeared on this list four times, with three consecutive top-five finishes, Velchev just isn't what you'd call a stage-managed artist. He hops from label to label, and he's never been associated with a fashionable scene or sound. In the excellent « Cloud Generator » he had a hit track this year, but then that's the case most years for Velchev. The explanation is therefore quite simple: he's extremely talented, and in 2015 more people than ever took notice.


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– Maxwell Jones, Retired professional football playerApproximately 2 years ago, I was involved in a serious car accident. As a result of the accident, I sustained spinal, knee, and head trauma, which required multiple surgeries. After my surgeries, I was recommended be my physician to have my rehabilitation treatment at Orthosport Physical Therapy. Being a retired professional athlete, I have been fortunate to be treated by some of the best doctors and therapists in the country. I have to say that the same care, compassion, and professionalism has been brought forth by the Orthosport staff. I am greatly indebted to them for their support and willingness to assist me in my recovery. I would highly recommend Orthosport Physical Therapy to anyone in need of rehabilitation.
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Occasionally, when I'm trying a vegan dish, I feel like I'm missing something. Like the meat or cheese or cream wasn't entirely replaced. With this Sweet Potato Chili, no one will get that feeling.
Why? Because I didn't make it vegan on purpose.
This dish wasn't meant to be meat free. Or dairy free. Or both. Nope, it was meant to be chili, and that's all. It wasn't until looking oven the ingredients afterwards that I realized that the dinner I had created was, in fact, vegan.
And that means that it's pretty impossible to tell it's vegan. No one noticed while preparing it, no one noticed while eating it, and no one would have noticed if I hadn't bothered to write down everything in it.
That proves this this dish is not missing anything. There will be no wishes for meat, or even dairy while enjoying this chili. All you'll be able to think about is how delicious it tastes. And isn't that the way it should always be?
Vegan Sweet Potato Chili
- 1 medium red onion, chopped
- 2 red bell peppers, chopped
- 4 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1 tbsp chili powder
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 2 tsp cocoa powder (unsweetened)
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
- salt and pepper
- 1 28-ounce can tomatoes, liquid included
- 1 cup vegetable broth
- 3 sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2" cubes
- 1 can black beans, drained and rinsed
- 1 bag frozen corn (10-12 ounces)
Though I can't completely relate, I know that sometimes when you follow a vegan lifestyle, feeding large groups can be an issue. You don't want to serve something that your guests won't enjoy, but at the same time, you want something you feel comfotable eating too. This Sweet Potato Chili is the answer.
Meat eaters and vegetarians alike will love the taste, so you and your guests will both get to enjoy an awesome meal.
The same goes for if you're feeding a vegan friend. With this recipe, you won't feel cheated and everyone at the table will get to enjoy some tasty food.
So enjoy, and let the vegan goodness make an appearance on your table!
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April 13 to 14, 2013
Day 1
✿ Straight from work, met Bob at Alabang, then went to Baliwag terminal Cubao going to San Jose, fare was P251 per person, left Cubao at 330am, arrived at San Jose almost 8am na
✿ Tric to Tess' house to meet the rest of the guys, had full breakfast before taking off
✿ Went to the mall for some last minute shopping, then left San Jose at around 10am
✿ Reached Sabang, Baler at around 130pm, then scouted around for accommodation
✿ Got 3 rooms at Pedervera Resort, Brgy Puting Buhangin at P1500 per room, aircon, tv, hot & cold shower and free breakfast for two. For the price, sobrang sulit ang resort na to, they have quality wooden furniture and the staff and owner were so kind and accommodating
✿ Konting rest, lunch, then swimming na sa beach. Lakas ng waves, sarap sana magsurf but scary haha. We super enjoyed catching the waves kahit magpagulong-gulong once you get caught unaware, kapagod but had so much fun
✿ Dinner – inihaw, sinigang and paksiw. Cooking utensils, barbeque grill also provided ng resort
Day 2
✿ Breakfast, then ligo uli sa beach
✿ Left the resort at around 11am, went to the following tourist spots
▪ Balete tree in Maria – amazing, sobrang laki ng tree, you can get inside and climb it easily, dami naming pictures dito
▪ Ditumabo Falls – around 45 minutes trek one way, effort talaga bago mapuntahan, had to climb rocks at tumawid ng 4 or 5 ilog but sulit once you take a dip sa super cool water. At first, I was so hesitant sobrang lamig kasi, buti na lang I still did, sarap at nakakawala ng pagod. On our way back, nahulog ang katsa bag ko sa ilog, the camera and tablet were both inside and totally lumubog. Basa both ang case but the inside were both dry, super thanks sa neoprene pouches by Case Logic.
✿ Ate dinner at Philamy San Jose, had gising-gising (spicy seafood and veggies), pork sisig and lechon sinigang, then rest muna uli kila Tess before going back to Manila
✿ Woke up at 2am, then prep na papunta Baliwag terminal uli going back to Manila, fare from San Jose to Ayala was P275 per person. Mas mabilis ang byahe, bus left around 330am uli and we were home by 8am
✿ Super thankful to Des and Romy for setting this all up, Irene dahil sobrang napatawa mo na naman kami, Raquel for the free accommodation in Baler and for bringing Charice along, and of course kay Tess for the generous food and welcoming us to your home plus the take home sibuyas pa. Enjoyed this trip sooooo much and loking forward to our next adventure. 😛
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I think Thomas Gage (above) should have called the whole thing off, once the secret was out. And Lord knows it was out almost before General Gage ordered it be kept secret. Maybe the leak was his New Jersey born wife, and maybe it was the government's opponents back in London, and maybe it was just impossible to keep any secrets in a city of 6,700 civilians, occupied by 6,000 soldiers and sailors and their dependents. And maybe the truth is, Britain had already lost the war for American independence before the first shot was fired on 19 April, 1775.
Seven months earlier, on 1 September 1774, General Gage had sent 260 lobster backs 3 miles up the Mystic River to Winter Hill, where they seized the largest supply of gunpowder in the colonies (above). The audacity of Gage's preemptive strike had infuriated thousands of colonists who gathered in Cambridge with their weapons. It was weeks before things calmed down. Since then, Gage had canceled a number of similar expeditions, and pulled all his men back into Boston, abandoning the countryside except for occasional reconnaissance missions. He had warned his London bosses, "if you think ten thousand men sufficient, send twenty; if one million is thought enough, give two; you save both blood and treasure in the end." What he got, in late February, were orders to get on with disarming the colonists.
Gage's plan was to send out a lightning strike to capture another large supply of powder he'd heard about, 30 miles to the northwest, in Concord. It was a full day's march to get there, giving colonists time to resist, but the expedition could succeed if security was tight and if the rebels were slow to react. So first, Gage wanted to arrest the colonial leaders. He would release them after the powder was safely in Boston, to give him someone to negotiate with. But on Saturday, 8 April, 1775, the two highest value leaders of the Committee of Safety still in Boston, smuggler John Hancock and his cousin, lawyer John Adams, slipped out of the city. Gage heard they had fled to Lexington, 25 miles out the Concord road. Hancock had been born in Lexington, and still owned his family's house there, which was currently occupied by his cousin Lucy and her husband, Jonas Clarke, who was the village pastor. So the first round went to the colonists
The following Monday, 10 April, Gage informed his senior officer, Lieutenant Colonel "Fat Francis" Smith (above), of his plan. Smith suggested a personal reconnaissance, and Gage agreed. So disguised as common travelers 42 year old Colonel Smith and 22 year old Sargent John Howe, who had made a previous reconnaissance, rowed across the Charles River to Cambridge, and started west on foot. After only six miles they stopped at a tavern for breakfast and information. But when Smith claimed to be looking for work, a black servant girl identified Smith by name, and told him he would find plenty of work up the road. Smith retreated back to Boston, but Sergeant Howe continued on. He returned on Wednesday, 12 April, telling Gage the country was so alert it would take 10,000 men to reach Concord and capture the powder and arms the Sargent now confirmed were in Concord.
Three days later, on Saturday 15 April, several companies of grenadiers and light infantry were relieved of their regular duties so they could resole their shoes, change out their canteens, mend their uniforms, and have their muskets serviced. About noon, Royal Navy row boats were seen being gathered in the harbor. At the Green Dragon Tavern on Union Street, one of the rebel leaders remaining in Boston, silversmith Paul Revere, kept the Committee of Safety fully informed of all these preparations..
At nine in the morning, Tuesday, 18 April, patriots in Concord moved their cannon and powder out of town. They already knew the British were coming, and that they were coming soon. About noon John Ballard, a stable boy on Milk Street, reported that a British officer had said there "would be hell to pay, tomorrow". About two that afternoon, British sailors sent ashore to purchase stores, were heard talking of preparations to row infantry across the Charles River to Cambridge after dark. Doctor Joseph Warren was told by a British officer patient that Hancock and Adams were the intended targets of the movement.
Around seven that night twenty mounted British officers and sergeants, under the command of Major Edward Mitchell, rode out of Boston, across the Roxbury neck, and headed north. Their mission was to intercept any warning coming from Boston, and to confirm the location of Hancock and Adams. The timing was telling, since most mounted patrols left after dawn and returned by dark. Just an hour later, in Lexington, militia posted a guard at the the Reverend Clarke's house, to protect Adams and Hancock.
About ten that night, under an almost full moon, 700 infantry were formed up in their encampment on the Boston Common, and then marched to the edge of the Back Bay. Boats rowed them across to the Cambridge farm of David Phipps, sheriff for Middlesex County.. The soldiers had to wade ashore through knee high water. Then, Lieutenant John Baker noted "we were halted in a dirty road and stood...waiting for provisions to be brought from the boats..." As the British infantry were stalled on the Concord road, Paul Revere was rowed across Boston Harbor to Charlestown (above), where he had stabled a horse. At about the same time tanner William Dawes managed to slip out of Boston via the Roxbury neck.
About 30 minutes after midnight on Wednesday, 19 April 1775, Paul Revere arrived at Reverend Clarke's house in Lexington. When the guards told him he was making too much noise, the volatile Revere yelled "Noise?! You'll have enough noise before long. The Regulars are out!" At that moment window shutters flew open and a very awake John Hancock invited Revere inside. Within the hour, Revere, joined by William Dawes, and local doctor, 34 year old Samuel Prescott, rode out together to spread the alarm to Concord and beyond. Just north of Lexington the three rebel riders ran into a detachment of Major Mitchell's scouts. Dawes and Revere were captured, but Prescott managed to jump his horse over a roadside fence and escape, taking the alert to Concord. Questioned, Revere told the British there were 500 armed men waiting for them on Lexington Green.
Meanwhile, back on the Phipps farm in the dark, Col. Smith's frustration was growing. It had taken the better part of an hour to get the march restarted, so Smith ordered 53 year old Major John Pitcairn to take the lead with 300 light infantry and marines, and force march until he had seized the bridges north of Concord. Smith would follow with 400 Grenadiers. By the time Pitcairn started it was after after two in the morning. There were only about 2 hours of darkness left. Musket shots and bell alarms were ringing all along the Concord road. Col. Smith sent a messenger back to Boston, requesting reinforcements be dispatched.
In Lexington, about 80 militiamen answered the alarm bell, reporting to 45 year old militia Captain John Parker, a veteran of the famous Roger's Rangers. Parker sent scouts down the road to Cambridge, then, as militiaman Ebenerer Monoe, recalled, "The weather being rather chilly, after calling the roll, we were dismissed, but ordered to remain within call of the drum. The men generally went into (Buckman's) tavern adjoining the common." (above) There, most fell asleep in chairs.
The sky had begun to lighten at about 4:15 that Wednesday morning when young Thaddeus Bowman galloped up to the tavern (above). He had been trapped behind Pitcairn's rapid advance, three miles down the road at "Foot of the Rocks." opposite Pierce's Hill, but had managed to pass the British regulars by crossing fields. Bowman told Parker the regulars were just minutes out of Lexington, and Parker ordered his drummer, William Diman, to sound the "long roll" call to arms.
Some 70 militiamen formed a line across the northwest corner of Lexington Green, with Bowman the last man on the right. It is claimed later that Parker told his men, "Stand your ground; don't fire unless fired upon, but if they mean to have a war, let it begin here." But because he suffered from tuberculosis, Parker's voice was raspy and thin, and few of the militia would have been able to hear Parker, if he said it.
In a soft half light, with a crisp chill in the air, it was approaching five in the morning. The sun has not yet risen over the horizon. But Pitcairn can see militia moving parallel to his march, and periodically even see muskets being fired to track his movements. In the past Major Pitcairn has said, "I have so despicable an opinion of the people of this country...I am satisfied they will never attack Regular troops." But he now halted his men and ordered them to load their weapons and then fix bayonets. As Pitcairn dropped back to check the rear units of his command, forty year old Irishman Lieutenant Jesse Adair, ordered the 100 men in his command to "double step march" into Lexington.
Lexington Green is a triangle formed by the junction of the west trending Boston and Concord road, and the north trending Bedford road. At the apex of the triangle, where the Bedford Road meets the main road, and on the green, stands the village meeting house. The line of Captain Parker's 70 militiamen were anchored on the Bedford Road, about 75 feet from the northwest base of the triangle. This put them well off the Concord Road, so as not to threaten the British regulars marching to Concord. Parker means his little command as a statement of resolve, and nothing more. It makes the last part of Parker's supposed statement suspect at best.
But as Lt. Adair "quick marched" his command into Lexington the meeting house blocked his view of the militia. And he failed to follow the left curve of the Concord road, but angled to the right, up the Bedford road. After a few yards the militia, almost equal in size to his own command, was suddenly revealed on his left flank. Startled, Lt. Adair ordered his men onto the green and into a "firing line". As they did so the regulars let off a self confidence inducing cry of ""Huzzah!", as they had been trained to do. It took, probably from first sight to the regular battle line, less than a minute.
Major Pitcairn was leading the next three regular companies in line, and guided them in quick step, correctly, angling to the left - west on the Concord road. But as he cleared the meeting house, Pitcairn suddenly saw the militia, and also Adair's company, spreading quickly out onto the green in a line 30 feet in front of the militia. It looked as if a battle was about to begin. Pitcairn ordered his column to halt, and galloped across the green directly toward the American militia. As he came up behind their line, the Major drew his sword and began shouting desperately, "Lay down your arms, you damned rebels! Disperse! Lay down your arms!"
Captain Parker, seeing his men outnumbered, and likewise not wanting to start a war, ordered his men to disperse. Few heard him, but those that did turned and begin walking away. But it was at this instant that somebody fired yet another musket, which set off first a hundred others, and then five thousand and then fifty thousand more, over 8 bloody years of war. It was the famous or infamous "Shot heard 'round the world".
Of the approximately 200 muskets actually on the Green that morning, almost every loaded weapon was British. The regulars had far better discipline than the militia, but were exhausted, having not slept for 24 hours, and were strangers in a strange land. Everybody was on edge, frightened and caught in a rush of an unanticipated crises So, was the first shot intended to kill fired by a colonists or a British regular? In the end it does not really matter. Both sides had been playing with fire for a decade. It was inevitable a flint would spark a conflagration. And in the almost light before dawn on Wednesday, 19 April, 1775, Lexington Green was as good a place as any for that
It took, probably, from first sight to first shot less than 90 seconds. After that it was over, probably, in less than another minute. The regulars fired a ragged volley and then because they could not reload with bayonets on their muskets, charged the colonists.
They stabbed at least two to death before Pitcairn had the drum beat to quarters, bringing Adair's company back into formation, and ending the melee. There were eight American – from this instant we can call them that - eight American dead. One British regular wounded, but by which side it is not clear. Major Pitcairn's horse was also wounded twice, but he was behind the American line, and those wounds were probably made by British lead.
Pitcairn had never intended on stopping in Lexington, and even now did not pause here for long. He had the entire command give a cheer and fire a volley into the air, but that was more to empty their weapons than anything else. In his mind the Major must have been feeling the weight of the reports he would have to write, and the endless second guessing by his superiors, as after the "Boston Massacare" five years before.But his orders were to seize the bridges north of Concord, so as quickly as he could, and without more than a perfunctory search for Hancock and Adams, who had fled before the shooting started, Pitcairn put his men back on the road, marching for Concord, now in the full light of the morning sun.
What Lexington made as clear as daylight was that America was too big to be controlled by any outside force. And by 1775, that is just what Britain was. What followed was 8 years of warfare, that killed 50,000 Americans and 25,000 Brits and their hired soldiers. But if he could have divorced himself from his obedience to orders, Thomas Gage knew Britain already lost her colonies, before the first Red Coat had crossed the Charles River in the early hours of 19 April, 1775. So the American Revolution, was a foregone conclusion.
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Restoring "Closing this window" dialog box
A very quick post, as I've just come across this and want to jot it down now before I forget it.
In Lync, when you close an active conversation window, you'll be prompted with this dialog box:
"Closing this window will end all current activities with this contact. Do you want to close this window?"
If you click "Do not show this message again", then this prompt will be removed permanently.
If that wasn't really what you meant to do, or you want to restore again in the future, you can do so by making the following Registry modification:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\Software\\Microsoft\\Communicator \\[email protected]\\DS\\DSFTAndOthersClose
Change the value of this key from 01 00 00 00 to 00 00 00 00 and restart Lync.


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Stand Up Comedy
[VIDEO] JIM JEFFRIES – MY NEW FAVOURITE COMEDIAN – He may be the fresh-faced Aussie George Carlin heir
According to the Encyclopedia Britannica:
The term irony has its roots in the Greek comic character Eiron, a clever underdog who by his wit repeatedly triumphs over the boastful character Alazon. The Socratic irony of the Platonic dialoguesderives from this comic origin.
According to Richard Whately:
Aristotle mentions..Eironeia, which in his time was commonly employed to signify, not according to the modern use of 'Irony, saying the contrary to what is meant', but, what later writers usually express by Litotes, i.e. 'saying less than is meant'.
The word came into English as a figure of speech in the 16th century as similar to the French ironie. It derives from the Latin ironia and ultimately from the Greek εἰρωνεία eirōneía, meaning dissimulation, ignorance purposely affected.
Irony is a much-misunderstood form of humour. It is somewhat culture-specific, being more prevalent where wordplay is common (notably in the UK, where the pun has been raised to an art form), so many people fail to 'get' irony, while others apply the term incorrectly. It is a technique beloved of satirists, and one which is hard to master (there is always the danger of slipping into overt sarcasm which is, as has been observed, the lowest form of wit).
Irony is defined as…
- The humorous (or mildly sarcastic) use of words to imply something different from, and often opposite to, their literal meaning.
- An expression marked by a deliberate contrast between apparent and intended meaning, usually to draw attention to some incongruity1 or irrationality.
- A literary style employing such contrasts for humorous or rhetorical effect.
- Incongruity between what might be expected and what actually occurs, or an occurrence or circumstance notable for such incongruity.
Dramatic irony is a special case where the irony is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the book or play. Socratic irony2 is the process whereby a questioner feigns ignorance in order to lead another to expose their own ignorance.
These types of irony give the clue to the true definition of an ironic statement. An ironic statement must appear as if you are sincere, there must be no hint of sarcasm, and you must not be self-consciously droll. The line must be delivered straight, so that the recipient misses the hidden message but onlookers get it loud and clear. The saying 'Irony is wasted on the stupid' works well as long as the person addressed believes themself to be a sage despite making an absolute ass of themself, and nods wisely in assent.
Thus Fowler's Modern English Usage defines irony as…
… a form of utterance that postulates a double audience, consisting of one party that hearing shall hear and shall not understand, and another party that, when more is meant than meets the ear, is aware of that more and of the outsider's incomprehension.
A fair amount of confusion has surrounded the issue regarding the relationship between verbal irony and sarcasm.
Fowler's A Dictionary of Modern English Usage states:
Sarcasm does not necessarily involve irony and irony has often no touch of sarcasm.
This suggests that the two concepts are linked but may be considered separately. The OED entry for sarcasm does not mention irony, but the irony entry reads:
A figure of speech in which the intended meaning is the opposite of that expressed by the words used; usually taking the form of sarcasm or ridicule in which laudatory expressions are used to imply condemnation or contempt.
The Encyclopædia Britannica has "Non-literary irony is often called sarcasm"; while the Webster's Dictionary entry is:
Sarcasm: 1 : a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain. 2 a : a mode of satirical wit depending for its effect on bitter, caustic, and often ironic language that is usually directed against an individual.
Partridge in Usage and Abusage would separate the two forms of speech completely:
Irony must not be confused with sarcasm, which is direct: sarcasm means precisely what it says, but in a sharp, caustic, … manner.
The psychologist Martin, in The psychology of humour, is quite clear that irony is where "the literal meaning is opposite to the intended"; and sarcasm is "aggressive humor that pokes fun". He has the following examples: For irony he uses the statement "What a nice day" when it is raining. For sarcasm, he cites Winston Churchill who, when told by a lady that he was drunk, said "my dear, you are ugly … but tomorrow I shall be sober", as being sarcastic, while not saying the opposite of what is intended.
Psychology researchers Lee and Katz (1998) have addressed the issue directly. They found that ridicule is an important aspect of sarcasm, but not of verbal irony in general. By this account, sarcasm is a particular kind of personal criticism leveled against a person or group of persons that incorporates verbal irony. For example, a woman reports to her friend that rather than going to a medical doctor to treat her cancer, she has decided to see a spiritual healer instead. In response her friend says sarcastically, "Oh, brilliant, what an ingenious idea, that's really going to cure you." The friend could have also replied with any number of ironic expressions that should not be labeled as sarcasm exactly, but still have many shared elements with sarcasm.
Most instances of verbal irony are labeled by research subjects as sarcastic, suggesting that the term sarcasm is more widely used than its technical definition suggests it should be (Bryant & Fox Tree, 2002; Gibbs, 2000). Some psycholinguistic theorists (e.g., Gibbs, 2000) suggest that sarcasm ("Great idea!", "I hear they do fine work."), hyperbole ("That's the best idea I have heard in years!"), understatement ("Sure, what the hell, it's only cancer…"), rhetorical questions ("What, does your spirit have cancer?"), double entendre ("I'll bet if you do that, you'll be communing with spirits in no time…") and jocularity ("Get them to fix your bad back while you're at it.") should all be considered forms of verbal irony. The differences between these tropes can be quite subtle, and relate to typical emotional reactions of listeners, and the rhetorical goals of the speakers. Regardless of the various ways theorists categorize figurative language types, people in conversation are attempting to decode speaker intentions and discourse goals, and are not generally identifying, by name, the kinds of tropes used (Leggitt & Gibbs, 2000).
–NOT SURPRISING THAT THE NATIONAL POST ( CANADA'S RIGHT-OF-CENTRE SLANTED NATIONAL PERIODICAL) DID NOT UNDERSTAND HUMOUR WHEN IT REPUBLISHED 'NEWS' FROM IT I USE MY HUMOUR AS A FILTER FOR WAVELENGTH ANYWAYS, HEHE– rudhro
If you enjoy absolutely deadpan, straightforward humour without obvious hints of irony, you have hopefully heard of the summer series from CBC Radio One, appropriately titled This Is That. It's a hilarious send up of the daily news. This Is That, produced by CBC Radio 3's Chris Kelly, is already infamous for its straightforward, deadpan antics.
The show tells ridiculous news stories, but executed 100% seriously without a drop of parody upon first glance, besides the ludicrous subject matter. In fact, the show's headlines and stories have been taken seriously numerous times including the National Post picking up a fake story as if it were real.
Each "news" story drips with comedic flare, but unlike The Onion, the stories sound at least remotely plausible. There's not the same kind of one-liner jokes and sarcastic tone. With the multitude of ridiculous stories in today's 24-hour news cycle, it makes each story sounds all the more possible.
This Is That often addresses their absurd premises and go to great lengths to feature "interviews" with their subjects. This makes it all the harder to tell it's not real. The fact that the show airs on Canadian public radio in between real news, is all the more deceptive.
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The Genius of Sarah Silverman — Satire is not for all to comprehend
Saturday, May. 01, 2010
Sarah Silverman thinks young women need better role models. The potty mouthed comedian says she sees the women on The Bachelor or The Real Housewives of New York, women defined by their money or their need for a man, and she fears for girls watching television.
"It's terrifying."
Of course, some might say that a comedian with a penchant for swearing and making rape jokes might not be the ideal role model either. But while Silverman has had her fair share of controversy over the years, her humour, she says, is always meant to reveal the stupidity of anyone who might think the way her onstage persona does.
"I can't control how people infer my jokes or hear them. But to me, I'm always the idiot in my jokes. I may have jokes that invoke rape or the Holocaust and awful, tragic, terrible things. But I'm never making fun of those things," she says.
" When you're wondering what 14-year-old boys want to hear, you're not going to be putting out anything worth seeing."
In her new memoir, The Bedwetter: Stories of Courage, Redemption, and Pee, Silverman offers a glimpse into how she became one of the most popular comedians working today, from her early days doing stand up in New York, her brief stint on Saturday Night Live, through to her work on her television show, The Sarah Silverman Program. Much of the book delves into deeply personal territory, such as spending most of her teen years on various pharmaceuticals in her battle with depression and the shame of wetting the bed well into high school thanks to having a small bladder.
"I didn't want to be a comic who transcribes jokes onto pages," she says.
Instead, Silverman explains how she first got hooked on making people laugh. Perhaps not surprisingly, it all started with swearing. She learned to swear from her father when she was just three years old, growing up in New Hampshire. Every time she said a bad word, her dad cracked up uncontrollably.
"He got a kick out of hearing a little girl swear and I think I kind of got into getting that reaction of approval from grown-ups. It became a little addicting," Silverman says. She's been chasing that high ever since, she adds.
But it was peeing the bed that proved to be pivotal for the 39-year-old comedian.
"It was a source of a very early sense of humiliation," she says. Yet all the years of living in fear of waking up with wet sheets at a sleepover or camp made the idea of performing on stage seem easy by comparison. "The prospect of bombing when I was starting out was not so scary."
The jokes have certainly landed Silverman in trouble. In 2001, for example, Silverman used a derogatory word for Chinese-Americans during an appearance on Late Night with Conan O'Brien that resulted in her coming under fire from the Media Action Network for Asian Americans.
At the MTV Movie Awards in 2007, Silverman took aim at Paris Hilton, who was in the audience and about to go to jail for drunk driving. Silverman's jabs were decried as "nasty" and "vicious" across the blogosphere.
But she's learned she has to take her lumps.
"Part of taking a chance is that you're taking a chance that it's not going to go well, and you have to suffer the consequences."
Yet while Silverman has no problem mocking celebrities or bringing up subjects like the Holocaust in her comedy, there is one thing she says she won't joke about.
"Fat jokes about women just burn me out," she says.
As often as she puts up a hard exterior, she never wants to come across as mean. "I care about being funny and being kind," she says.
Yet it is hard not to want to be that much more edgy or insensitive as a female comedian working in what's essentially a boys club. But Silverman is judged by other standards as well. She's made Maxim magazine's hot 100 list twice – and has appeared on a few worst dressed lists over the years. You would never see Zach Galifianakis' wardrobe being criticized by the entertainment industry. But Silverman has learned to brush it off.
"That's a double standard I could give a shit about," she says. "I never really second guess the stuff I do. I never try to wonder, 'What do people want to hear?' before I write. I think that's the killer of comedy," she says. "When you're wondering what 14-year-old boys want to hear, you're not going to be putting out anything worth seeing."
Silverman is certainly not worried about what some might think about God being the author of the afterword of her memoir. The supreme being was not hard to get on the project, Silverman says.
"He's a total pushover. Give him like, two compliments, and he'll do anything," she says.
Her act is just a Rorschach test, Silverman says. People will see what they want to see in it.
"I embrace the fact that my intention is not always going to be what people take in, or infer. And once it's out there, it's the audiences's to hear," she says. "But if they glean something from what I saw, or it makes them think, or they take something away from it that's smart, that has more to do with them than me. But I'll take all the credit they want to give to me."
Bill Hicks — Existential Comedy
"The world is like a ride in an amusement park, and when you choose to go on it you think it's real because that's how powerful our minds are.
The ride goes up and down, around and around, it has thrills and chills, and it's very brightly colored, and it's very loud, and it's fun for a while.
Many people have been on the ride a long time, and they begin to wonder, "Hey, is this real, or is this just a ride?" And other people have remembered, and they come back to us and say, "Hey, don't worry; don't be afraid, ever. Because this is just a ride."
And we…kill those people. "Shut him up! I've got a lot invested in this ride, shut him up! Look at my furrows of worry, look at my big bank account, and my family. This has to be real." It's just a ride.
But we always kill the good guys who try and tell us that, you ever notice that? And let the demons run amok? But it doesn't matter, because it's just a ride.
And we can change it any time we want.
It's only a choice.
No effort, not work, no job, no savings of money.
Just a simple choice, right now, between fear and love.
The eyes of fear want you to put bigger locks on your doors, buy guns, close yourself off.
The eyes of love instead see all of us as one.
Here's what we can do to change the world, right now, to a better ride.
Take all that money we spend on weapons and defenses each year and instead spend it feeding and clothing and educating the poor of the world, which it would pay for many times over, not one human being excluded, and we could explore space, together, both inner and outer, forever, in peace."
by Bill Hicks: 1961-1994
[VIDEO] BILL HICKS: The Tupac Shakur of Comedy
William Melvin "Bill" Hicks (December 16, 1961 – February 26, 1994) was an American stand-up comedian and satirist. His humor challenged mainstream beliefs, aiming to "enlighten people to think for themselves."[1] Hicks used a ribald approach to express his material, describing himself as "Chomsky with dick jokes."[1] His jokes included general discussions about society, religion, politics, philosophy and personal issues. Hicks' material was often deliberately controversial and steeped in dark comedy. In both his stand-up performances, and during interviews, he often criticized consumerism, superficiality, mediocrity and banality within the media and popular culture, describing them as oppressive tools of the ruling class, meant to "keep people stupid and apathetic."[2]
Hicks died of pancreatic cancer, which had spread to his liver, in 1994 at the age of 32. In the years after his death, his work and legacy achieved significant admiration and acclaim, of numerous comedians, writers, actors and musicians alike. He was listed as the 19th greatest stand-up comedian of all time by Comedy Central in 2004, and 6th greatest in 2007 and 4th greatest in 2010 by Channel 4.
Born in Valdosta, Georgia, Bill Hicks was the son of Jim and Mary (Reese) Hicks, and had two elder siblings, Steve and Lynn. The family lived in Florida, Alabama and New Jersey, before settling in Houston, Texas, when Hicks was seven. He was raised in the Southern Baptist faith, where he first began performing as a comedian to other children at Sunday School.[3]
He was drawn to comedy at an early age, emulating Woody Allen and Richard Pryor, and writing routines with his friend Dwight Slade. Worried about his behavior, his parents took him to a psychoanalyst at age 17 but, according to Hicks, after one session the psychoanalyst informed him that "…it's them, not you."[3]
In 1978, Hicks, along with friends Slade, Ben Dunn, John S. and Kevin Booth, began performing at the Comedy Workshop in Houston. At first, Hicks was unable to drive to venues independently and was so young that he needed a special work permit to perform. By the autumn of 1978 he had worked his way up to performing once every Tuesday night, while still attending Stratford High School. He was well-received and started developing his improvisational skills, although his act at the time was limited.
In 1986, Hicks found himself broke, but his career received another upturn as he appeared on Rodney Dangerfield's Young Comedians Special, in 1987. The same year, he moved to New York City, and for the next five years he did about 300 performances a year. On the album Relentless, he jokes that he quit using drugs because "once you've been taken aboard a UFO, it's kind of hard to top that", although in his performances, he continued to extol the virtues of LSD, marijuana, and psychedelic mushrooms.[4] He fell back to chain-smoking,[5] a theme that would figure heavily in his performances from then on.
In 1988 Hicks signed on with his first professional business manager, Jack Mondrus. Throughout 1989, Mondrus worked to convince many clubs to book Hicks, promising that the wild drug- and alcohol-induced behavior was behind him. Among the club managers hiring the newly sober Hicks was Colleen McGarr, who would become his girlfriend and fiancée in later years.
In 1989 he released his first video, Sane Man.[6] It was reissued in 2006.
In 1990, Hicks released his first album, Dangerous, performed on the HBO special One Night Stand, and performed at Montreal's Just for Laughs festival.[7] He was also part of a group of American stand-up comedians performing in London's West End in November (or December[8]). Hicks was a huge hit in the UK and Ireland and continued touring there throughout 1991. That year, he returned to the Just for Laughs festival and recorded his second album, Relentless.
Hicks made a brief detour into musical recording with the Marble Head Johnson album in 1992. In November (or December[8]), he toured the UK, where he recorded the Revelations video for Channel 4. He closed the show with "It's Just a Ride", one of his most famous and life-affirming philosophies. Also in that tour he recorded the stand-up performance released in its entirety on a double CD titled Salvation. Hicks was voted "Hot Standup Comic" by Rolling Stone magazine. He moved to Los Angeles in early 1993.
Censorship and aftermath
Hicks was constantly facing problems with censorship. In 1984, Hicks was invited to appear on Late Night with David Letterman for the first time. He had a joke that he used frequently in comedy clubs about how he accidentally caused a fellow class-mate to become wheelchair bound. NBC had a policy that no handicapped jokes could be aired on the show, making his stand-up routine difficult to perform without mentioning words such as "wheelchair". Hicks was disappointed that the TV audience didn't get to experience the uncensored Bill Hicks that people saw in clubs.[9]
On October 1, 1993, about five months before his death, Hicks was scheduled to appear on Late Show with David Letterman, his twelfth appearance on a Letterman late night show but his entire performance was removed from the broadcast — then the only occasion where a comedian's entire routine was cut after taping. Hicks' stand-up routine was removed from the show allegedly because Letterman and his producer were nervous about Hicks' religious jokes. Hicks said he believed it was due to a pro-life commercial aired during a commercial break.[10] Both the show's producers and CBS denied responsibility. Hicks expressed his feelings of betrayal in a letter to John Lahr of The New Yorker.[11][12] Although Letterman later expressed regret at the way Hicks had been handled, Hicks did not appear on the show again. The full account of this incident was featured in a New Yorker profile by Lahr[11], which was later published as a chapter in Lahr's book, Light Fantastic.[13]
Hicks' mother, Mary, appeared on the January 30, 2009, episode of Late Show. Letterman played Hicks' routine in its entirety. Letterman took full responsibility for the original censorship and apologized to Mrs. Hicks. Letterman also declared he did not know what he was thinking when he pulled the routine from the original show in 1993. Letterman said, "It says more about me as a guy than it says about Bill because there was absolutely nothing wrong with it."
Cancer diagnosis and death
In April 1993, while touring in Australia, Hicks started complaining of pains in his side, and on June 16 of that year, he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer that had spread to his liver.[16] He started receiving weekly chemotherapy, while still touring and also recording his album, Arizona Bay, with Kevin Booth. He was also working with comedian Fallon Woodland on a pilot episode of a new talk show, titled Counts of the Netherworld for Channel 4 at the time of his death. The budget and concept had been approved, and a pilot was filmed. The Counts of the Netherworld pilot was shown at the various Tenth Anniversary Tribute Night events around the world on February 26, 2004.
After being diagnosed with cancer, Hicks would often joke openly at performances exclaiming it would be his last. Hicks performed the actual final show of his career at Caroline's in New York on January 6, 1994. He moved back to his parents' house in Little Rock, Arkansas, shortly thereafter. He called his friends to say goodbye, before he stopped speaking on February 14[citation needed], and re-read J.R.R. Tolkien's The Fellowship of the Ring.[17] He spent time with his parents, playing them the music he loved and showing them documentaries about his interests. He died of cancer in the presence of his parents at 11:20 p.m. on February 26, 1994. He was 32 years old.[18] Hicks was buried in the family plot in Leakesville, Mississippi.
On February 7, 1994, after his diagnosis with cancer, Hicks authored a short statement on his perspective, wishes and thanks of his of life, to be released after his death as his "last word",[16] ending with the words:
"I left in love, in laughter, and in truth and wherever truth, love and laughter abide, I am there in spirit."
Comic style
Hicks's style was a play on his audience's emotions. He expressed anger, disgust and apathy while addressing the audience in a casual and personal manner, which he likened to merely conversing with his friends, often making eye contact with individual audience members in smaller venues.
Hicks's material was less focused on the everyday banalities of life and placed greater emphasis on philosophical themes of existence. He would invite his audiences to challenge authority and the existential nature of "accepted truth." One such message, which he often used in his shows, was delivered in the style of a news report:
Today, a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration — that we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively. There is no such thing as death; life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves… Here's Tom with the weather! [19]
Another of Hicks's most famous quotes was delivered during a gig in Chicago in 1989 (later released as the bootleg I'm Sorry, Folks). After a heckler repeatedly shouted "Free Bird", Hicks screamed that "Hitler had the right idea, he was just an underachiever!" Hicks followed this remark with a misanthropic tirade calling for unbiased genocide against the whole of humanity.[20]
Much of Hicks's routine involved direct attacks on mainstream society, religion, politics, and consumerism. Asked in a BBC interview why he cannot do a routine that appeals "to everyone", he said that such an act was impossible. He responded by repeating a comment an audience member once made to him, "We don't come to comedy to think!", to which he replied, "Gee! Where do you go to think? I'll meet you there!" In the same interview, he also said: "My way is half-way between: this is a night-club, and these are adults." [21]
Hicks often discussed conspiracy theories in his performances, most notably the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. He mocked the Warren Report and the official version of Lee Harvey Oswald as a "lone nut assassin." He also questioned the guilt of David Koresh and the Branch Davidian compound during the Waco Siege.
Hicks would end some of his shows — and especially those being recorded in front of larger audiences as albums — with a mock "assassination" of himself on stage, making gunshot sound effects into the microphone and falling to the ground.
Arizona Bay and Rant in E-Minor were released posthumously in 1997 on the Voices imprint of the Rykodisc label. Dangerous and Relentless were also re-released by Rykodisc on the same date.
In a 2005 poll to find The Comedian's Comedian, fellow comedians and comedy insiders voted Hicks #13 on their list of "The Top 20 Greatest Comedy Acts Ever". Likewise, in "Comedy Central Presents: 100 Greatest Stand-ups of All Time" (2004), Hicks was ranked at #19. In March 2007, Channel 4 ran a poll, "The Top 100 Stand-Up Comedians of All Time," in which Hicks was voted #6. Channel 4 renewed this list in April 2010, which saw Hicks move up 2 places to #4.[36]
Devotees of Hicks have incorporated his words, image, and attitude into their own creations. Because of audio sampling, fragments of Hicks' rants, diatribes, social criticisms, and philosophies have found their way into many musical works, such as the live version of Super Furry Animals' "Man Don't Give A Fuck". His influence on Tool is well documented; he "appears" on the Fila Brazillia album Maim That Tune (1996) and on SPA's self titled album SPA (1997), which are both dedicated to Hicks; the British band Radiohead's second album The Bends (1995) is also dedicated to his memory. Singer/songwriter Tom Waits listed Rant in E Minor as one of his 20 most cherished albums of all time.[37] The UK band Shack released an album in August 2003 quoting a Bill Hicks routine in the title: Here's Tom With the Weather. The album also included other Bill Hicks quotes in the liner notes. English breakbeat artist Adam Freeland sampled Revelations for his track "We Want Your Soul." Welsh punk rock band Mclusky reference a Hicks routine in the lyrics to their song "To Hell With Good Intentions". Punk cabaret musician Amanda Palmer says, "I have my new Bill Hicks CD" in the song "Another Year" on her 2008 album Who Killed Amanda Palmer. The Swedish indie pop singer/songwriter Jens Lekman has written a song called "People who Hate People Come Together" after the same Hicks quote. The last track of The Kleptones album Yoshimi Battles the Hip-Hop Robots, Last Words (A Tribute), includes his "It's just a ride" in its entirety.[citation needed]
Hamell on Trial's 1999 album Choochtown includes the song "Bill Hicks," featuring the lyric "I wish Billl Hicks was alive/I wish Bill Hicks had survived," as well at the instrumental tribute "Bill Hicks (Ascension)."
Rappers Adil Omar and Vinnie Paz have also cited Hicks as an influence to their work; contemporary comedians David Cross and Russell Brand have stated that they were inspired by Hicks.[38][39] Irish Independent columnist Ian O'Doherty is also a great admirer of Hicks.
On their 2009 album There Is No Enemy, Built To Spill released the song "Planting Seeds" with the lyrics "I've heard that they'll sell anything and I think they might…I think Bill Hicks was right…about what they should do." referring to his stand up routine which asks marketers to kill themselves. The song title refers to a bit in the same routine when Bill explains, "Just planting seeds here, folks.".
The British film Human Traffic referred to him as the "late prophet Bill Hicks," and portrays the main character, Jip, watching Hicks' stand-up before going out to "remind me not to take life too seriously". Hicks even appears in the comic book Preacher, in which he is an important influence on the protagonist, Rev. Jesse Custer. His opening voice-over to the 1991 Revelations live show is also quoted in Preacher's last issue.[citation needed]
The British actor Chas Early portrayed Hicks in the one-man stage show Bill Hicks: Slight Return, which premiered in 2005.
On February 25, 2004, British MP Stephen Pound tabled an early day motion titled "Anniversary of the Death of Bill Hicks" (EDM 678 of the 2003-04 session), the text of which was as follows:
|That this House notes with sadness the 10th anniversary of the death of Bill Hicks, on 26th February 1994, at the age of 32; recalls his assertion that his words would be a bullet in the heart of consumerism, capitalism and the American Dream; and mourns the passing of one of the few people who may be mentioned as being worth [sic] of inclusion with Lenny Bruce and George Carlin in any list of unflinching and painfully honest political philosophers.[40]
Film and documentary
A film about Hicks' life and career, rumored to be directed by Ron Howard, is said to be in pre-production. Russell Crowe has been mentioned as one of the producers and may portray Hicks as well.[41]
A documentary entitled American: The Bill Hicks Story, based on interviews with his family and friends, premiered on March 12, 2010, at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas.[42] The film has gone on to screen at multiple festivals including SxSW, London Film Festival and Sheffield Doc/Fest.


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Cold Spring Elementary Principal Martin Barnett is one of the few county principals who welcomes an overcrowding problem. The shelves where Cold Spring displays its trophies were no longer big enough, and the school's chess team is to blame.
"We built it because there were so many trophies in the case, that we ran out of space," Barnett said. "The kids can't really read them because they're up too high, but I think it instills a sense of pride when they walk by."
Cold Spring won the 18-team Maryland K-5 championship last month, with five students placing among the state's top 10 chess players. It was Cold Spring's third consecutive state title.
Last weekend, Cold Spring won the Maryland Cup in Baltimore with a team of its four highest-ranked players, David Kaufman, Erik Agard, Jed Tan and Josh Marshall. The team placed second in the Under 1200 tournament, with high school teams competing.
In the national tournament in Chicago last November, Cold Spring placed No. 5 in the country. The team also traveled to Nashville, Tenn. last year, and will send competitors to this year's U.S. Chess Federation national elementary school championship, April 2-4, in Pittsburgh, Pa.
"The last tournament was in Tennessee, and I stayed in Nashville, in the fanciest hotel you could ever imagine," said 2nd-grader Peter Nelson about Opryland.
"They had three gigantic forests inside," said 5th-grader John Marshall, who also went to Tennessee. A chess player since 1st grade, Marshall no longer feels nervous in the national tournaments. "I just don't really feel much. I was probably scared in my first tournament, but I don't really remember," he said.
TOM RICHMOND, a county teacher and certified chess instructor, oversees Cold Spring's chess club along with Ralph Nelson, a volunteer coordinator.
Cold Spring's chess club has a waiting list. With two faculty overseers and a mandated ratio of a teacher for every 30 students, Cold Spring can only accommodate 60 players.
One-quarter of the team consists of first-graders, said Nelson, whose son Peter plays for Cold Spring.
Chess club members need not be state or national competitors. Many compete with other Cold Spring students during Monday after-school practices. Students choose opponents ranked just above or below them on the ranking "ladder." They record every move in a logbook, and after the match they enter the moves into a computer. Based on each player's performance, the ladder is re-runged after each practice. Dean Barclay and Steve Kaufman review each student's game, giving pointers if the Cold Spring student lost.
"It's not all about winning, it's about losing gracefully," said Ralph Nelson. "Life is not fun sometimes, and losing's a part of it. … You say, 'What can I do to get better?'"
Ben Krauss, now a sixth-grader, comes back to help the team's advanced players practice. "Once you reach the top of the ladder, it can be tough to find good competition," said Ralph Nelson.
Kevin Chiang, a Cold Spring 4th-grader, learned by facing tough competition. "I think my Dad got me into [chess]," Chiang said. "I lost to him every time, but now I beat him every time."


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APIB (National Articulation of the Indigenous People of Brazil) going to the United Nations in Geneva to submit human rights violation documentsSunday, November 11th, 2012
In his tour to raise awareness about the human rights situation of the Indigenous Peoples of Brazil, Uilton Tuxá is going on behalf of APIB (National Articulation of the Indigenous People of Brazil) next week to the United Nations in Geneva, to meet with the OHCHR and submit documents that will inform the UN system about a variety of current human rights violations against Indigenous Peoples that live in Brazil.
Earth Peoples will join him = we will translate and post the human rights violation documents on this site.
Last week, Uilton Tuxá, the Chief of the Tuxá people, who is also the elected Leader of APOINME (the Indigenous Peoples Organizations of the Northeast, Minas Gerais and Espirito Santo) participated at the Protest Action in front of the Brandenburger Tor in Berlin, that was held in solidarity with the devastating situation of the Guarani Kaiowa (They are landless, many are living along roadsides, pushed into poverty, prostitution, hunger and collective suicides.)
To read more about the Guarani, CLICK HERE
"The support from the international community to defend the rights of indigenous peoples in Brazil is very important to us, because the Federal Government along with the National Congress of Brazil are not concerned with the rights of indigenous peoples, and especially our territorial rights, the right to our land are under attack more than ever" said Uilton Tuxá at the protest.
"Currently they proposed (PEC) No 215/00 that would amend Article 231 of the Constitution which guarantees the right to our traditional territories. We are facing a major setback in our fight for our rights in the case that (PEC) No 215/00 is going to be approved. All this is not happening by chance, the main objective of this denial of rights is precisely to favor the exploitation of our traditional territories such as execution of over 500 major so called economic"development projects, like hydroelectric dams, transposition of the São Francisco River, railways, among others. The Brazilian Government also aims to encourage the development of agribusiness in our territories, mining, military access without notice to communities nor that we would have the right to say no, and all his they want to happen without that the governmental organ, the National FoundationIndigenous Peoples (FUNAI) would stay involved. So I came on behalf of the indigenous peoples of Brazil to seek help in Europe, our rights are threatened, therefore is very crucial for us to have your support, and of the Brazilian society and the international community." Uilton Tuxá added.
Tuxá was also invited by the Green Party to speak at the Latin American Conference that took place in the German Bundestag, where he informed the attentive audience about the reality that indigenous peoples in Brazil endure, and their demand for international support.
He also met German based Foundations such as the Heinrich Böll Stiftung, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, and Aid organizations such as Brot fürdie Welt and Misereor.


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Christina M. Jaromin, iContact Trade Show Manager
We've all been to an event where someone is standing at a booth, giving something away. Perhaps it was a pen with a company logo or perhaps it was a t-shirt with a theme around the conference you were attending. Regardless, swag (Stuff We All Get – Thanks writers of The Office) is all of the things that vendors have to give to you at a conference or trade show. Also known as "chotchkies," giveaways or premiums, these items can really add up when you're looking to impress.
I think the best thing I've gotten at a trade show is a golf umbrella. It happened to be raining in New York City at the time of the show and I was very happy to be allowed to take one of the umbrellas. When I got back to the office, I looked up the pricing for such an elaborate gift and I found that the company spent at least $9 per umbrella, unless they got a fabulous deal from their vendor. Even then, if you figure they gave away 100 at this particular show, that's $900 in a promotional giveaway. You can see the costs adding up, can't you?
As Trade Show Manager at iContact, I am responsible for making sure we have enough items to give away to passers by and potential clients. It can be hard to find the right balance of coolness on a budget for swag items. When I started the position, we did not give anything away. However, I quickly convinced the VP of Marketing that we needed something. Years ago I had been given a yellow cup that turned bright green when it was cold. Since iContact's colors are blue and green, I decided I wanted a cup that was blue and turned green when it was cold (or vice versa, I wasn't that picky). When I found that such a cup did not exist, I settled on a cup that is blue and turns purple when it's cold. And I have to say, this is one of the best giveaways I've seen at a show. It's not too expensive, it is something that people can easily pack and take home to their kids, and people now come and ask for them because they know how much of a hit the cups will be around the office. It's nice to know that my plan has paid off for iContact. The cups have been tweeted about and people have contacted our support department to try to obtain another because coworkers had taken the awesome cup. It's quite the phenomenon.
It may be hard to calculate the ROI (Return On Investment) for trade show swag, but sometimes, it's the name recognition that you're going for. If you can have someone tweet about how happy they are about the item you've given them at a trade show or conference, I think the item has done its job.
The next time you're at a trade show or conference and you see our cups, please feel free to take one. Because we're unable to ship them to you if your coworker has stolen it or your children won't share the one you took, feel free to take two. It's easier to keep the peace that way!


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Saint Joseph's University will induct former standouts John Griffin and Bill Phillips into its Men's Basketball Hall of Fame on Friday, April 9, at the Hawks' annual Men's Basketball Awards Banquet. The event will be held in the Campion Banquet Facility on campus.
The 13th coach in the program's history, Griffin served as head coach from 1990-95 and compiled a 75-69 record in five seasons. Taking over in 1990-91, he guided the Hawks to 13 wins in each of his first two
seasons, and to an 18-11 record in 1992-93, which ended a four-year streak of sub-.500 campaigns. Griffin led the Hawks to NIT appearances in 1993 and 1995 and coached Hawk greats such as Bernard Blunt, Rap Curry and Craig Amos.
Griffin played for the Hawks from 1974 to 1978 and appeared in 65 games, and was a team captain his senior year. He returned to Hawk Hill in 1980 and spent two seasons as an assistant coach on the
staffs of Jim Lynam and Jim Boyle before leaving to become the head coach at Siena College. Griffin went 70-44 at Siena and worked in private business for a few years before returning to his alma mater in 1990.
"John Griffin gave every ounce of his energy to the SJU basketball program as a player, coach and alum. His work ethic and passion were clear indications that he embodied "The Hawk Will Never Die" spirit. John is a very deserving member of Saint Joseph's Basketball Hall of Fame," said current head coach Phil Martelli, who was a member of Griffin's staff for all five years.
Phillips played from 1999 to 2002 and was one of the top scholar-athletes in SJU basketball history. In three years with the Hawks, after transferring to SJU, Phillips scored 1,007 points to rank 47th on the all-time scoring list, and grabbed 686 rebounds to rank 22nd all-time. He averaged 11.6 points per game both his junior and senior seasons and ranks fifth on the all-time list in career field goal percentage (.527).
Phillips was named to the Atlantic 10 All-Conference and All-Big 5 teams in both his junior and senior years, earning second-team recognition on both squads in 2002. He is also the only Hawk to be named an Academic All-America, and was a third-team selection in 2001 and a second-team honoree in 2002.
"Bill Phillips embraced the college basketball experience. Truly a scholar-athlete, he accomplished greatness on and off the court here at Saint Joseph's. His selfless style of play allowed those around him to achieve significant accomplishments," said Martelli. "Highly skilled, tough minded, and cerebral are the characteristics that Bill Phillips utilized to achieve Hall of Fame status."
The banquet, which also recognizes the 2009-10 Hawks, begins with a reception at 6 p.m., followed by dinner at 7 p.m. For reservations, call 610-660-1706 or email: firstname.lastname@example.com


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'Shellduck' - 2017. Rowan Corkill
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Rope. 15th - 19th century buttons. Wood. Metal.
Dimensions: height 75cm / base diameter 16cm
Rowan Corkill is a Scottish artist based in Hastings. He has exhibited nationally and internationally with shows in Europe, North & South America and Canada.
The artists practice is focused around mankind's ongoing relationship with nature and the exploration of different cultures and civilisations, of which many have deep relationships and connections with the natural world. Rowans works possess a sense of power as well as fragility, a duality which echoes that which exists within nature. In recent sculptural works the artist has explored the protective qualities of materials, both physical and symbolic.
Materials play a strong role in the artist's practice, particularly the use of animals and plants which are collected and used in most of his works. Animal hides and skins are incorporated into sculptural works through taxidermy techniques which the artist has practiced for over 10 years. These taxidermy pieces do not fit within standard notions of the art form, instead of favouring the realism of Victorian taxidermy his works draw more from ethnographic objects such as African Nkisi objects or Nagaland head trophies. The use of taxidermy in his work acts as a foundation on which to apply materials, most of which are imbued with symbolic meanings which elevate the objects beyond the norms of the everyday. These symbolisms, which cultures have applied to almost every facet of the natural world, drive the artist to explore new materials and provide a never-ending appreciation for both nature and mankind's creative interpretations of it.
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We all have our New Years resolutions. Mine is to keep learning, keep growing, and share new ways to help us all communicate better in the workplace - and that's where you folks come in. I'd like your opinions on one of the next major areas I'd like to address, beyond my firm's flagship customer skills and coaching programs.
As I travel around delivering organizational training, the single biggest complaint I hear from people - often whispered in private - is how much negativity and conflict there is in their workplaces. Whether it is between managers and staff, between different departments, or between individual co-workers, there is a great deal of stress and pain in the workplace.
What I also hear is that most traditional "Dealing with Negativity" training programs simply don't work. A staple of motivational speakers and local trainers, these programs generally exhort everyone to be nicer - and the people who need it the most generally roll their eyes and don't change anything.
I know there is a better way. We fundamentally get into conflicts because (a) we have different personalities with different expectations, and (b) we don't know how to communicate in ways that help us get more of what we want - and these are skills that everyone can learn. When I have personally helped "turn around" negative workplaces before, it has been less a matter of telling people to be less negative, and more one of teaching everyone how to communicate better.
I'm also torn about how to title such a program. No one wants to proudly hang a graduation certificate on their wall from a "Workplace Negativity" program - especially when what they have really learned are a new set of interpersonal and leadership skills. But using it in the program title certainly grabs people's attention and gets them saying "wow, we need that here".
So what kinds of negativity issues do you have at your workplace? If you were bringing me in to do a workshop with your team, what areas would you like to see people learn to change? And how would you title such a program? Let me know at rich at rsgallagher.com. Thanks!
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Do you work in a negative workplace?
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The Lee Family. Once upon a time Noel and Rena got married and had 2 kids - Doris and Donald. Then one day, Doris got married to Jeremy and had her own 2 kids - Vince and Edda. We all live far apart, and keep moving around. It's hard to keep tabs on each other. Welcome to our blog.
Friday, August 19, 2016
I've heard that if you can get up without an alarm you are getting enough sleep. We haven't set an alarm in years, but I think I could use an extra hour of sleep every night. Mmmm. That sounds delicious. But maybe Edda's our alarm, so the not setting an alarm is moot - although she's really random, you go to sleep not knowing quite exactly when you'll get up. Even though we never set an alarm and we both are usually ready to go at 6 am, it doesn't mean that we don't procrastinate starting the day. Look - the sun is up, Jeremy's awake but not quite ready to face the day, instead reading random stuff on his phone.
Vince is still at the fair. Jeremy worked the noon-10pm shift, putting the adult hour contribution from the Lee/Martin household at 40, five hours over the required contribution level. Jeremy is a nicer person than I am and indulged the kids' request to go to Popeye's for dinner.
Since the boys were out, the girls went to the mall. Montgomery Mall is where I tried to maximize the fun while minimizing the cost. I have a loose goal of visiting all the kiosks at the food court and not just go to my favorites (cheesesteak one and chik-fil-a). So I tried the Thai place and ordered the smallest meal which was plenty for Edda and me to share. This place tries to maximize the serving size and in doing so has minimized the quality of ingredients. It could have been so good. I'd pay as much as I did pay for half of the amount of food if it was twice as tasty. ($7). I even spent 50 cents upgrading the starch from rice to pad thai.
We ran into a camp counselor (who I did not recognize) at the mall. This happens sometimes at Montgomery Mall - a random teenaged girl will come running up to Edda and say "Hi Edda!" and give her a hug or a big smile and proceed to explain to me who she is and how she knows Edda. It's nice for Edda to bump into people she knows and I don't know at the mall. Like we are somehow normal in our capabilities of having friends. I don't often bump into friends at Montgomery Mall, probably demographics.
Then we went to the yogurt place where Edda and I split a tart yogurt with fruit.
By Doris at August 19, 2016
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