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Who can register to vote?
Any United States citizen, who is a resident of the State of Arizona and Pima County who will be 18 years of age on
or before the next state general election can register to vote. The "state general election" is the election
that occurs in November of an even numbered year.
How do I determine if I am a "resident" of the State of Arizona or of Pima County?
Arizona statute defines a "resident" as a person who is physically present in the location with the intent to remain.
So if you are physically present in Arizona or Pima County and you intend to remain here, you meet the "resident" requirement.
I am 17 years old now but will be 18 before the next state general election.
Can I complete a voter registration form now and will I then be able to sign petitions?
You may complete the voter registration form now, but you may not sign any petition or vote in any election until you reach your 18th birthday.
By completing the voter registration form now, you are in essence "pre-registering" but you do not become an eligible voter
until you have reached your 18th birthday. Only eligible voters may sign petitions or vote in an election.
I am a college student from out of state and I want to establish my residency here
in order to qualify for in-state tuition. Can I do that by registering to vote?
If you meet the residency definition above, you may register to vote. There is no separate residency requirement applied
to college students for determining eligibility to vote. Whether or not that qualifies you for in-state tuition rates is
a determination that only the University or College can make. Please note that if you are attending school here using
a scholarship or grant from your home state, you should check with that scholarship authority before you register to vote here
as the act of registering here could adversely affect your scholarship.
How long do I need to be a "resident" of Arizona before I can register to vote?
You can register immediately upon becoming a resident. There is no waiting period for completing a registration form.
However, to be eligible to vote you must be a resident for at least 29 days prior to the election.
What do I need to do in order to become a registered voter?
You need to complete the voter registration form and mail or deliver that completed form to the Recorder's Office.
The same registration form is used throughout Arizona. If you are registering for the first time in this county,
you will also need to establish your United States' citizenship at the time you submit the State voter registration form.
Is there more than one form to register to vote in Arizona and are there differences between the forms?
Yes. Arizona law defines a state voter registration form that is accepted in every county in the state.
The United States Elections Assistance Commission has also issued a national voter registration form that is accepted
in every state in the country including Arizona. The instructions for the Arizona voter registration form
includes the requirement of providing proof of United States Citizenship with the registration form and if you do not provide that proof,
the form is rejected. The national voter registration form does not include any instructions for Arizona's proof of citizenship requirement.
If you submit the national form without providing proof of citizenship, you will be registered to vote,
but you will only be eligible to vote for candidates for federal office (U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate and Presidential Electors).
You will not be eligible to vote in any state or local matter. If you submit the national form without providing proof of citizenship,
you may submit that proof at a later date but must do so no later than the 29th day prior to the next election
in order to vote on any state or local issue on that ballot.
Where can I get a Voter Registration form?
In Pima County, we have distributed registration forms throughout the county. The forms are available at the Recorder's Offices,
Motor Vehicle Division offices, all libraries, post office branches, city and town halls, political party headquarters
and in other government buildings. Forms are also available at all public assistance offices.
For a list of locations Click Here.
You can also print out a registration form from Here.
We have provided both the state and national forms at all locations.
Can I register to vote online?
Yes. Arizona is one of only a handful of states in the country that allow online voter registration.
You can register online at the Motor Vehicle Division website, servicearizona.com.
In order to use that site, you must have an Arizona driver's license or MVD issued identification card that was issued after October 1, 1996.
A person on the street asked me to sign a petition and offered to help me register to vote.
Is that valid?
Yes, but the Recorder's Office does not recommend that you register to vote in that manner.
Under Arizona law, the petition gathering process is unregulated and does not fall under the authority of the Recorder's Office.
In completing a voter registration form you are providing very sensitive information about your identity to this stranger
and then hoping that the person sends the form to the Recorder's Office. With the high incidence of identity theft in Arizona,
the safest practice is for you to complete the form and send it to the Recorder's Office yourself or to register online at the MVD website.
There are several websites that offer online voter registration.
Can I use one of those sites to complete a registration form?
The Recorder's Office does not recommend any website other than the Motor Vehicle Division website,
servicearizona.com. No other website offers truly online registration.
What the other sites do is have you "complete" a form without your signature.
The site then mails that completed form to you for your signature and you must then mail it in to the Recorder's office.
You are not registered to vote until you sign the form. With the MVD website, you complete the information online
and the MVD attaches the signature from your driver's license to the registration form.
The MVD then sends the form to our office the next business day.
Can I register to vote here using a voter registration form from another state?
No. You must register using the Arizona registration form or the national voter registration form distributed
by the United States government. Forms from other states are not valid in Arizona.
Am I required to select a political party in order to complete the registration form?
No. You can choose to select a political party affiliation if you wish, or you can decide to not be affiliated with any political party.
The choice is yours to make and does not impact the validity of your registration form. If you leave the party affiliation choice blank,
you will be entered into the registration roll with a notation of "party not designated" or PND.
How do I establish my United State's citizenship?
Arizona law is very specific on what can be accepted to establish citizenship for voter registration purposes.
If you have an Arizona driver's license or MVD issued identification card that was issued after October 1, 1996,
the number from that license or identification card is all you need. Include that information in box 9 on your voter registration form.
You may also provide a photocopy of your birth certificate, your United States passport, or your Certificate of Naturalization.
If you are a naturalized citizen, you can provide the alien registration number from your certificate of naturalization.
You can also present these documents in person at the Recorder's office.
If you are Native American, you can provide your Bureau of Indian Affairs card number, tribal enrollment number
or tribal treaty card number. The following documents are not acceptable to establish citizenship:
A voter registration card from anywhere and a driver's license issued by any state other than Arizona.
Do I need to complete the entire registration form or are some parts optional?
It is preferable that you complete the entire registration form, particularly if you have a fairly common name
or if you are a twin with a similar name to your sibling. Under Arizona law, you must provide your name,
residence address, date of birth, check the boxes on the form indicating that you are a citizen and at least 18 years of age
and sign the form. If you are registering for the first time in Pima County, you must also provide
proof of citizenship as set forth above. The remaining portions of the form are optional.
Why do you request optional items on the voter registration form?
The form is defined in Arizona statute. However, the optional information is often necessary to distinguish
between two voters with similar names or to confirm your identity when we are speaking with you on the phone.
Is the voter registration record a public record?
Yes and no. Portions of the voter registration form are public record while other portions are deemed confidential by statute.
The portion that is public record is your name, residence address, mailing address, phone number, year of birth,
occupation and party affiliation. However, Arizona law restricts this public information by prohibiting its use for any commercial purpose.
This information may only be used for election or political activity.
I have an unlisted phone number. Do I have to provide that information on the voter registration form?
No. The Recorder's Office would prefer to have a phone number in order to contact you if there are issues
concerning your registration or your ballot by mail. If you have an unlisted phone number and you are willing
to provide that number to the Recorder's Office for our internal use, simply write the word "unlisted"
next to the phone number and we will not disclose that number to anyone else.
I have received several unwanted phone calls from candidates and organizations supporting ballot measures.
How can I prevent them from getting my phone number?
Under Arizona law, the phone number on a voter registration form is a matter of public record unless you notify us
that it should be treated the same as an unlisted phone number. If you are completing a new voter registration form,
simply make note that the phone number is unlisted and it will not be provided to anyone.
If you have already completed a voter registration form and do not want your phone number provided to anyone,
please call our office (724-4330) and inform one of our operators that you want access to your phone number restricted.
The Recorder's Office will then remove the phone number from the public portion of our records.
Please note that we are mandated by law to provide the political parties with a copy of our database at least 4 times each year.
If you have already provided your phone number to us, there is a good chance that it has already been provided to the political parties
and they will not be notified of the removal of the phone until the next listing is given to them.
If I register to vote does that mean that I can be called for jury duty?
Yes. However, in Arizona only half of the prospective jurors are pulled from the voter registration database.
The other half are pulled from the Motor Vehicle Division database. So if you have an Arizona driver's license
or identification card, you are already in the prospective jury pool.
A person gathering petition signatures told me that even though I am not yet a United States citizen,
I can complete the voter registration form now so that I will be registered automatically upon getting my citizenship.
Is this correct?
No. Some people gathering petition signatures are volunteers and some are paid.
Those that are paid are generally getting paid per signature or completed voter registration form.
These people do not work for the Recorder's Office or any government entity and are not subject to regulation.
It is therefore not uncommon for them to be less than honest in getting people to register to vote.
If you have not yet obtained your citizenship, you may NOT complete a voter registration form.
Completing the form prior to obtaining citizenship is a criminal offense that can lead to your prosecution
and may significantly impact your ability to obtain citizenship. It is therefore imperative that you wait
until after you have fully completed the naturalization process to complete a voter registration form.
Please remember that the Recorder's Office does not recommend that you register to vote by giving a stranger your voter registration form.
Once you have received your citizenship you should register directly with the Recorder's Office or through the MVD website.
Staff of the Recorder's Office is usually present after every Naturalization Ceremony that occurs in Tucson to assist new citizens in registering to vote.
Where can I obtain bulk quantities of voter registration forms in order to conduct a voter registration drive?
Quantities of voter registration forms are only available from the Recorder's Office main office location at 240 N Stone Ave.
You will be required to complete an identification form in order to obtain a quantity of forms.
I have a friend who is disabled and unable to complete a voter registration form.
Can I assist them in completing the form?
Yes. Anyone can assist anyone else in completing the form. The voter must sign the form unless they cannot sign
or make a mark due to a disability. If that applies, the person assisting must sign the form where indicated in box 24
and you should provide the voter's phone number so that we can confirm their information.
You should also clearly indicate on the registration form that the voter is not able to sign the form due to a disability.
Why is the voter registration form in both English and Spanish?
Federal law mandates that jurisdictions with a sufficiently large population of persons speaking a language
other than English must provide voter and election information in those other languages.
Under that federal law, all Arizona election materials including voter registration forms must be provided in English and Spanish.
Several counties in Arizona are also required to provide voter and election information in one or more other languages,
including various Native American languages. Pima County is required to provide information
in both the Tohono O'odham language and the Pascua Yaqui language.
The voter registration form is in two pages and the instructions state
that I should send in only the first page. What do I do with the second page?
The second page is your receipt showing that you completed the registration form.
You should keep that receipt as proof that you have completed your registration form
until you receive confirmation of registration from the Recorder's office.
How do I know that the Recorder's Office received my voter registration form?
Under Arizona law, the Recorder's Office is required to send you a confirmation of voter registration
within 30 days of the receipt of your form. In Pima County, the confirmation is in the form of a voter identification card.
Once you receive the card, please review it to make certain there are no errors in the spelling of your name,
your address or your political party affiliation. If you do not receive that confirmation card within that time period,
you should contact the Recorder's Office at 724-4330 to check the status of your registration.
Will I be notified if there is a problem with my registration form?
Yes. If the form you submit is missing information that prevents your registration,
you will be notified by a letter sent to the address on the registration form.
That letter is sent within ten days or less from our receipt of your form.
The letter will specify what the problem with your registration form is and will include a new registration form
or other instructions on how to correct the situation.
Once I register to vote am I required to submit a new registration form for each election?
No. Once you have submitted a valid registration form, you are only required to submit a new registration form
if you change your residence address, change your name or wish to change your political party affiliation.
Can my voter registration be cancelled?
Yes. You can submit a written request to cancel your registration at any time.
If you are convicted of a felony or are found by the superior court to be mentally incapacitated,
your registration will be cancelled. If you move your residence and do not update your voter registration
through two federal election cycles, your registration will also be cancelled. If you are summoned to jury duty
and notify the court that you cannot serve because you are a convicted felon or not a citizen,
your voter registration will be cancelled, even if you are only lying just to get out of jury duty.
I am registered to vote in another Arizona county and I provided my proof of citizenship there.
If I register in Pima County do I need to establish citizenship again?
Yes. Whenever you change your registration from one county to another,
you must re-establish your citizenship at the time of registering in the new county.
If you were previously registered in Pima County but your registration was cancelled here for any reason,
you must re-establish citizenship when registering in Pima County again.
Do I have to establish citizenship every time I submit a voter registration form in Pima County?
No. After you have established citizenship in this county once,
you are not required to establish it again unless your registration was cancelled for any reason.
You may submit a registration form to change your name, address or political party affiliation without again establishing citizenship.
I do not have any documentation to establish my citizenship. Can I register to vote anyway?
Yes and No. While Arizona is one of only a few states that mandate proof of citizenship at the time of registration,
that mandate has been upheld by the courts. The mandate was created by a citizen's initiative that appeared on the 2004 General Election ballot.
The state therefore has no authority to waive the citizenship requirement for any voter.
The documents that may be used to establish citizenship were specified in the initiative and
therefore we have no authority to allow any other documentation to establish citizenship.
If you use the state voter registration form, you must comply with the proof of citizenship requirements at the time you register to vote.
If you use the national voter registration form and do not provide proof of citizenship,
you will be registered but you will only be eligible to vote in elections for candidates for federal offices
(U.S. House of Representatives, U.S. Senate and Presidential Electors).
Is there a deadline for registering to vote?
You can submit a voter registration form at any time. In order to be eligible to vote in an election,
you must have completed and submitted that voter registration form by midnight on the 29th day prior to election day.
That deadline always falls on a Monday.
I am a registered voter. Am I eligible to vote in every election?
No. Many elections that occur in Pima County are for specific jurisdictions such as school districts and cities and towns.
For these elections your eligibility to vote is determined by your residence address.
If your residence address is within the territorial limits of the jurisdiction, you will be eligible to vote.
If it is outside the territorial boundaries of the jurisdiction, you will not be eligible.
Please note that whether or not you are eligible is NOT determined based on the post office designator for your address.
In other words, although many addresses in Pima County list "Tucson" as the postal city designator,
the addresses are outside the jurisdictional boundaries of the City of Tucson.
You may therefore not be eligible to vote in City of Tucson elections.
Are there only two elections (a Primary and General Election) every two years?
No, there are four election cycles every calendar year.
There may or may not be an election held during each of the election cycles in Pima County.
The standard election dates are the second Tuesday in March, the third Tuesday in May,
the tenth Tuesday before the first Tuesday following a Monday in November (usually late August);
and the first Tuesday following a Monday in November.
The statewide elections occur in August and November of even numbered years.
Most city and town elections for council and/or mayor will occur as part of the statewide elections.
Elections for City of Tucson council and/or mayor occur in the August and November election cycles in odd numbered years.
In the same year as a Presidential Election a fifth election will occur for the Presidential Preference Election.
That election typically occurs in February of that year but the date is subject to change.
I own property in Pima County but I live in Phoenix. Am I eligible to vote in Pima County elections?
Generally no. In order to vote in a county, you must be a resident of that county and ownership of the property
is not determinative of residency. The exception to this rule is for certain special taxing district
(water district, health district, etc) bond elections. If you live in one of those districts,
you may be eligible to vote on a bond matter.
When I register to vote will you notify me of my polling place?
No. The Recorder's Office does not determine the polling place for any election.
Those assignments are made by the Pima County Elections Department which is a separate department from the Recorder's Office.
The polling places are not assigned until just prior to an election and are often determined by the jurisdiction involved in the election.
Pima County does not own any polling place. Therefore your polling place can change from election to election.
Prior to every election you should receive a sample ballot from the Elections Department
and that should list your polling place for the election. If you do not receive a sample ballot,
you can contact the Pima County Recorder's Office at 724-4330 or Click Here
to find the polling place and the districts for your residential address.
I have heard rumors that there are thousands of non-citizens registered to vote in Pima County. Is this true?
No. The Pima County Voter Registration database links to the Arizona statewide voter registration database,
the Motor Vehicle Division database and the Social Security Administration database.
Voter information is frequently exchanged between these databases to confirm citizenship as well as address other identification information.
Since 2005 every new voter has been required to submit proof of citizenship at the time of registering to vote.
If no proof is provided, the voter registration form is rejected. Through all these checks,
not one non-citizen had been located in the Pima County voter database.
One of my relatives died. What information can I provide to have their registration cancelled?
If you are reporting the death of another voter, we need some sort of official documentation of that death.
A copy of the death certificate or a letter signed by the court appointed personal representative of the estate are sufficient.
For security reasons, we will not accept a phone call or simple letter.
I have received mail for someone who no longer lives at my address.
What should I do with the mail and why is it being sent to me?
State law requires that we test each voter's address at least once every two years.
It is the policy of the Pima County Recorder's Office to test the addresses more often.
Once every four years every voter in Pima County will be mailed a new identification card.
Twice each year our database will be compared to the Postal Service National Change of Address database.
Under federal law, we are required to send correspondence to a person to determine if they have moved.
If that correspondence is returned, we are required to make a separate second mailing to confirm that they have moved.
If you receive mail from our office addressed to someone who has moved, please make note of that on the envelope
and return it to our office. This is one of the main ways that we are able to keep the registration roll up to date.
If you simply throw out the mail, we are not able to remove that voter from the roll.
I have received a request from your office to update my signature.
I have not moved or made any other changes in my registration. Why was this letter sent?
Most election activities require a comparison of a signature to the signature on a voter registration form.
If you sign a petition, vote early or vote by provisional ballot,
we are required to verify your identity by comparing the signature with the signature on your voter registration form.
Although you may not realize it, it is very common for a person's signature to change over time.
If we had difficulty in making the signature comparison or if the signature we have on file for you is more than 10 years old,
we will send you a letter asking you to update your signature.
This ensures that we have a more current signature on file to make the comparison against.
If I register to vote without designating one of the major political parties, can I vote in the primary election?
Yes. In general, Arizona primary elections are "open" primaries.
That means that you do not have to be a member of that political party in order to vote in the election.
There are limitations. If you register as a member of one party with ballot status,
you may not vote in a different party's primary election. As a non-affiliated voter,
you must pick only one party ballot to vote in the primary. In other words,
you cannot vote the Democratic party primary ballot for Governor and the Republican Party primary ballot for Secretary of State.
You must designate which one party ballot you wish to vote and once you make that selection,
you cannot change your mind for that one election. The Presidential Preference Election is a closed election.
You must be registered as a member of a political party participating in the PPE in order to vote in that election.
How do I change my political party affiliation?
In order to change your party affiliation, you must complete a new voter registration form.
Is there a limitation on when I can change my political party affiliation?
You can change your political party affiliation at any time.
However, if you complete a voter registration form less than 29 days prior to a primary election,
that party change will not go into effect until after the election is over. In other words,
you must change your affiliation prior to the voter registration cutoff date or the change will not be effective for the next election.
I receive all of my mail at my business office. Can I use that office to register to vote?
You may use that address as a mailing address in box 7 of the voter registration form,
but you may not use it as a residence address unless you actually reside at the office location.
In order to validly register to vote, you must list your actual residence address on the form.
You can have your mail sent to any mailing address you wish, but you must list your actual residence address.
I do not have a residence address. Can I still register to vote?
Yes. Several people may fall into this category. Under Arizona law, if you do not have a regular residence address,
you can register to vote by providing a physical description of the place where you regularly sleep
(you can use the map portion of the voter registration form), you can use the physical address of a homeless shelter
where you regularly stay, you may use General Delivery with the zip code of the location where you regularly pick up your mail,
or you may use the court house address of 240 N Stone Ave. If you use any of these alternative address locations,
you must also provide a mailing address where you can actually receive mail.
A significant portion of the Tohono O'odham Nation in Pima County does not have street names or addresses.
If you reside in these areas, you should write the village and district names as your residence address.
I need to update my voter registration residence address.
Can I call the Recorder's Office to make that change?
We are prohibited from making a residence address change over the phone.
Your residence address is one of the key factors to determine your voter eligibility.
The candidates that represent you are determined by your residence address.
Due to the significant impact a residence address change has on your voter registration,
a change to that address can only be made in writing accompanied by your signature.
We will compare the signature on the change request with the signature we have on your prior voter registration record
to confirm your identity before we enter the change in the computer system. In order to change your residential address,
you can send a letter to the Recorder's Office requesting the change, complete a postal service notice of change of address card,
sign it and mail it to the Recorder's Office or complete a new voter registration form.
Please note that if your family has moved and you are submitting a letter or the post office notice of change of address card,
all voters who have moved from the address must sign the card.
I used to receive my mail at a post office box, but I no longer have that PO Box.
Can I call the Recorder's Office to remove the mailing address from my voter registration record?
Yes. When you contact our office, the staff member will ask you a few questions to make sure you are the voter
prior to removing your post office box number as your mailing address. If you acquired a new post office box number,
you will have to complete a new voter registration form with this new number.
Please note, if other members of your household were using this post office number they will have to follow this procedure.
Under federal and state law, the Recorder's Office is required to test a voter's mailing address at least once every two years.
The mailing address is the key method that is used to determine if a voter has moved.
I received my voter notification card and the information on the card is incorrect.
How can I get this corrected?
If the information on your voter notification card is incorrect, please call the voter registration office at 724-4330.
A staff member will be able to review your voter registration form to determine the cause of the error.
If the error was a data entry error, it will be corrected immediately and a new card will be sent to you with the next mailing.
If the information was properly entered from the voter registration form, but the form was filled out incorrectly,
you may be required to complete a new voter registration form.


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Thanks to Spenser Susser, grief groups might just start playing Metallica, Megadeth or Slayer to help deal with the loss of a loved one. Susser is the director of the movie, "Hesher," which breaks new ground in the "good" predator theme in movies.
Thanks to Spenser Susser, grief groups might just start playing Metallica, Megadeth or Slayer to help deal with the loss of a loved one. Susser is the director of the movie, "Hesher," which breaks new ground in the "good" predator theme in movies. Hesher is Susser's feature film debut, and co-wrote the script with David Michod. The story was conceived by Brian Charles Frank. It's the kind of movie that Hollywood typically loves to make - where the viewer tries to find an ounce of feeling or humanity in the character. The plot follows a boy, T.J. (Devin Brochu) who lost his mother in a tragic automobile accident. The father (Rainn Wilson) is severely depressed about the loss of his wife, and lies on the sofa, detached from his son. TJ deals with his grief by tracking down the family's wrecked automobile at a junk yard and befriending a cashier (Natalie Portman) at a local grocery store. He doesn't so much befriend Hesher as he is forced to endure him. TJ breaks some windows at a construction site, thus wakening the Hesher "monster" from his illegal temporary den. Hesher tracks TJ down and thereafter sticks to him like glue, making his life in some respects unlivable. Oddly enough, after meeting Hesher, TJ has to deal with two bullies: a neighborhood bully at school and the junk yard, and Hesher. It's hard to decide which is worse; both are cruel to him in their own way.
Susser admits that the Hesher character was based on the short life of the former bass player for Metallica, Cliff Burton, who died at 24 years of age. Hesher doesn't look up to many people - but he looks up to Cliff Burton, Susser says in one interview. He says Hesher loves Metallica, loves metal (music). Burton was famous as a singularly talented bass player with his own style. But, according to Susser, he was also known as his own person. He wore bell bottoms when they were out of style, Susser says. Burton also must have had a way with words. After he joined Metallica 1982, the group cut their first album, titled, "Kill 'Em All." But it was their second choice after the music censors did not like the first, which was Metal Up Your Ass. When the band members learned of the restriction, Burton said, "Kill 'em all, man." Thus the album's title. Burton's refrain is common among heavy metal band lyricists, as the band names Megadeath and Slayer suggest.
Susser also admits of being enamored with Metallica. He says he wrote a letter to the Metallica band members and they agreed to let him use some of the music in the movie. "It was so cool to hear - It felt really good, like we kind of did that. That was supercool," he says. The problem, of course, is that most people watching the movie probably don't know or care, since Metallica is not mentioned in the movie.
And that seems to be one of the significant problems with the movie. It's one thing to write and direct a movie, and another to have a love fest with a dead member of a rock band. It's also hard to make sense of comments and descriptions of the movie by Susser and the main actors. Susser says he wrote about "something that is very honest - the films essentially about dealing with loss. "I think it's something that we all go through at some stage in our lives," he said.
People do deal with loss. It's just fortunate that most people don't have to deal with someone invading their home at most stages of their lives. Susser says he introduced Hesher to the plot to make the movie more entertaining. "He's sort of the wind that changes everything - maybe he represents death - here's this scary thing, . . . who moves into their house." "Once they learn how to function with him there, he goes away in a sense," Susser said. "He shakes these people up and snaps them out of it."
Portman also has trouble finding words to describe the movie. She says Hesher is a character who doesn't care what anyone thinks about him, and says exactly what's on his mind, and has a propensity to be vulgar and violent and rude. That is accurate. "He's sort of an embodiment of all the things TJs going through."
In a circular sort of thinking, this is actually true. He is going through many of his trials because of Hesher. Other actors only add to the confusion. Joseph Gordon-Levitt compares Hesher to Mary Poppins. In character with his shirt off, Gordon-Levitt has a man blowing his brains out drawn on front, and a giant middle finger on his back. Both are drawn crudely, as though by a drunken tattoo artist, or someone like Hesher. Rain Wilson says Hesher is someone giving someone, or a group of people the finger, referring to Gordon-Levitt's makeup tatoo. "He's like the 'fuck you' tattooed on his back; he's the ultimate bad-ass." "A crazy character who does absolutely whatever he wants," he said.
Perhaps Wilson is referring to the censored Metallica album title: Metal Up Your Ass.
Yes, people like Hesher do whatever they want - often senseless things, until they are caught by police and land in jail. There they usually do what they want in a confined cell or exercise yard. Wilson does a favorable job playing the father. But his character has fallen into a depressive state that most viewers probably could not relate to - to the point of not noticing Hesher sitting on his sofa or at the dinner table eating his food. Most parents would wonder why a headbanger in his twenties would befriend their eight-year-old son. Or when confronted with an unwanted guest, they would usually ask them to leave or call the police.
The movie reviews also don't seem to jive with the movie. Movie promoters typically headline the best reviews. In this case some of the review quotes seem strangely macabre, like they were created as companions to the movie by demented promoter: "Refreshingly original," "Hilarious" and "Raw destruction and aggro comedy punctuates with a blast of crunching metal." "If there is a fault to Hesher's evaluations, it's that they lead to some moments are simply too devoid of humor, but this is an original, hilarious movie," reads another. Devoid of humor, yet hilarious. Seems like a revelation.
One trailer says succintly, "TJ IS SAD - HESHER CAN HELP - MAYBE." Unfortunately, Hesher doesn't help TJ much at all, unless you count teaching a young, impressionable boy how to be a felon. Susser has fans with his backward approach to grief. One of the interviewers for Movieweb told him he was a fan of the movie as the interview began. "I've been describing it to my friends as . . . ," he says.
Hint to reviewer: "If you are a fan of the movie, then don't do the interview - or at least don't tell us that you are."
There seems to be a hypnotic element for criminals or people who belong in jail for Hollywood types like Susser and Portman, who financed the project. It's not as though we haven't seen people act without remorse in movies before. We have, in movies like "Natural Born Killers" and "The Sopranos."
The director and actors certainly would not like to have someone like Hesher visit them at their homes, but they get credit for pretending that a criminal out of jail visits someone in a movie, making their life a living hell. It's like any anti-Jimmy Stewart "It's a Wonderful Life" neurosis. They could have called the movie "TJ's Hellish Life." Instead of a nice angel like Clarence visiting you, you get a felon. This, in their thinking, is better than a grief counselor or healing; someone who helps by adding more grief. It's ironic that Burton died in a tragic, senseless road accident when the band's tour bus turned over in Sweden, on Sept. 27, 1986. Or perhaps for the band it was another opportunity to celebrate with some fateful lyrics, like those from Megadeth - "Killing is My Business and My Business is Good," or Slayer's, "Kill and Kill Again." Maybe "Die and Die An Accidental Death Again," would have been more appropriate.
The chorus to the Slayer song:
No apparent motive
Just kill and kill again
Survive my brutal thrashing
I'll hunt you till the end
My life's constant battle
The rage of many men
Homicidal manic . . .
© 2011 Larry Ingram
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File Timestamps
So Hendrik, to follow on to my post on another topic, it makes me a little uneasy that beaTunes re-creates the music file when it performs an update, such as adding a BPM tag. I have other programs that simply update the "modified" timestamp of a file when a tag is added or updated. beaTunes updates both the "modified" and "created" timestamps when it does this.
Probably most of your users wouldn't care about file timestamps. I find the file creation date has some value and I don't know that I want to let beaTunes change all my file creation dates en masse. With over 350,000 music files on my system stored locally (about 2.5 TB), I try to be really careful about how they get modified, especially in batch. I've been itching for awhile now to turn beaTunes loose on my library to add its value to it, but I'm cautious (probably to a fault).
I am curious about your thoughts on this. Is there any chance that a future beaTunes release might change the footprint of how it updates existing music files? (I have a folder-based library and most of my tracks are mp3.)
Hey Richard,
just to make sure we are on the same page.
- Which version of beaTunes are you using? Are you sure this is still an issue (i.e. can you reproduce it)?
- Which file formats have you observed new created timestamps for?
The background here is that beaTunes is using a library called JAudioTagger to read and write metadata tags. I have contributed to said library in the past (see e.g. https://bitbucket.org/ijabz/jaudiotagger/pull-requests/41/support-f...) to work towards a solution you should like. The current version of beaTunes contains those fixes.
- Which version of beaTunes are you using? Are you sure this is still an issue (i.e. can you reproduce it)?
I should add, that the code for mp3 and other file formats in JAudioTagger is completely different. So what's true for mp3 may not be true for FLAC or AAC.
1. I'm on beaTunes 5.1.5. I just did this 2 days ago, so I'd say it's still an issue. :) I'll work on narrowing down which update has what effect on the files. When I did the update, I was letting the analyzer perform several different updates.2. 99% of my music library is mp3. These files are mp3.
I specified a new library with 1 album in it. I analyzed each of these items separately for 1 song: BPM, key, color, mood, danceability, fingerprint, in that order. In other words, I selected 1 song and ran the analysis six times, selecting a different item each time. In every case, the modified timestamp was updated but not the file created timestamp (which is good).
Then I ran Analyze All Songs on the same library, specifying to not overwrite values, again running the analysis for just one aspect at a time. Remember that 1 song had already been analyzed. Again, each time, the Modified timestamp was updated and the Created timestamp was left alone (still good).
Then I specified another new library folder with 1 album in it. This time I ran Analyze All Songs on the same 6 parameters as before. This time the Modified AND Created timestamps were updated. Not good. So, maybe if an analysis has been run before, the Created timestamp doesn't change, but on a "virgin" library, it does?
I hope this helps you to continue to evaluate this situation.
From: hendrik <[email blocked]>
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Hey Richard,
just FYI: id3 v2 tagging works by embedding tags at the beginning of an audio file. Since there isn't always enough space there to add meta information without overwriting audio information, sometimes space has to be made by making the file longer and shifting audio information towards the back. In this process JAudioTagger used to create a new file, because it's simpler.
I just did some digging in the JAudioTagger code and adjustPadding() apparently still creates new files. I'll try to get this fixed. I wasn't aware of it.
I think the biggest "news" that I found was that in one case, new files were not created, and in a different case they were... for essentially the same type of update. The only difference that jumped out at me was in one case, when I selected Analyze All Files, one file has already been analyzed and updated. In the other case, no files had been previously analyzed. Granted, they were different file sets, so there might be something significantly different about the two sets of files themselves. I'll look into that.
From: hendrik <[email blocked]>
To: [email blocked]
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2018 9:31 AM
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I've spent a little more time on this issue. See https://bitbucket.org/ijabz/jaudiotagger/pull-requests/58/support-i... Hopefully the JAudioTagger maintainer accepts the fix. It should then be included in the next beaTunes update.
Please try the new version 5.1.6. Can you still reproduce the problem with it?
Hey Richard,
I was just wondering whether you had a chance to try out the latest release (5.1.6)?
Is this issue resolved?
Thank you very much, Hendrik. I repeated the analysis on the same file set and am happy to report that the file identities ("create date") were unchanged. I will continue to play with the release as time permits, but the initial result looks very good. Thank you for addressing this so quickly.
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Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2018 11:47 AM
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Thanks for making me aware of the issue in the first place.
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Tips for Decorating Your Home for the Holidays
Monday November 23, 2015
With the holidays drawing near, now is the time to start decorating your home to bring some holiday cheer. Everyone has their own decorating technique, but the following tips will help you ring in the holiday season with undeniable style.
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Set the holiday mood by putting holiday fragrances around your home. Scents like pumpkin spice, warm apple pie, peppermint and Frasier fir are sure to get you and your guests in the mood for the holidays. And, you don't have to be constantly baking to keep your home smelling holiday fresh; you can easily incorporate those familiar scents into your home with candles, air fresheners or plug-ins.
- Bring the outdoors inside
Bring the winter vibe from the outdoors into your home by using tall, berry-covered branches as centerpieces. These make a great, simple accessory for the table especially if you're hosting the family dinners this season. Holly or tree trimmings are another great way to use nature to your advantage during the holidays by wrapping them around your home's indoor and outdoor architectural features and stair railings.
- Mix up color
Don't use the same color scheme year after year. Change things up by mixing colors such as red and gold, blue and silver or purple and green. Whatever your style or favorite color combination is, show it through your decorations.
- Ornament clusters
Ornaments are perfect for adding just the right touch of fun and color to any holiday décor theme. Cluster extra ornaments together and put them on the center of a wreath or fill up clear plastic vases for a colorful centerpiece or coffee table decoration.
These are just a few tips and tricks to use when decorating your home for the holidays, and Pinterest is also a great place to look for more ideas when it comes to figuring out the perfect décor. Whether you're decorating the inside or the outside (or both!) of your home, always remember to tell a story with your decorations!
If you can't wait to start putting these tips to use but are still looking for a new home for the holidays, let Boone Homes help. We've got two move-in ready homes in our Tarrington on the James communities in Richmond that will make the perfect settings for all your holiday décor. For more information on these spacious, beautifully appointed homes call 804-363-7770 or visit www.boonehomes.net.


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Bed & Breakfast Rye Guests Lounge
Call 01424 814916 or 07941 911378 or submit the Customer Enquiry
Guests Lounge at Stream House Bed and Breakfast Rye – relax and unwind. Enjoy breakfast in our sunny dining room.
Stream House Bed & Breakfast Rye provides 5-star luxury accommodation in the Rye and Hastings area.
Complimentary tea will be served in the lounge or garden upon arrival at Stream House Bed and Breakfast Rye.
Relax by the inglenook fireplace with log fires in winter where you can completely unwind.
Sit back and enjoy the delights of Stream House Bed and Breakfast Rye with all its charm and character.
Enjoy breakfast in our sunny dining room overlooking the stream.
In addition to a generous cooked breakfast you can enjoy a choice of cereals, muesli or granola. Also, fresh locally grown fruits in season, local dairy yogurts, fresh bread and a selection of preserves.
We also offer a delicious vegetarian option.
Stream House Bed and Breakfast Rye is ideal for romantic breaks!
"We had a lovely time staying with you, it was the perfect start to our honeymoon".
Following their wedding in Hastings, Natalie and John had this photo taken during their stay at Stream House.
Short Breaks, Midweek and Weekend Breaks or longer at our B and B Rye.
Visitor Comments:-
"Sandra and Steve are perfect hosts. Sandra's attention to detail is to be admired. Her knowledge of local facilities is excellent. She identified several pubs within easy drive for our evening meals and all offered good quality food and atmosphere. Nothing was too much trouble for her. We run our own small, award-winning accommodation business in Tasmania and inevitably run a fine eye over places we stay at. Against this yardstick we have no qualms in absolutely recommending Stream House to all who want the perfect retreat and haven whilst travelling".
Stayed October 2016, travelled as a couple.
Stream House Bed & Breakfast Rye accommodation
a better place to stay in Rye and Hastings area!
Click HERE to see what visitors have to say about their stay at Stream House B&B.


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Yesterday, DEVONtechnologies announced DEVONthink to Go v2. We have been waiting for this release for quite some time and from a first glance view I would say it's been worth it. It was the lack of a robust mobile app for DEVONthink that caused me to move to Evernote. I never really wanted to as I had learned DEVONthink and it did what I needed it to do. Being a nice fit into the GTD model but the earlier mobile app lacked often leaving me without the information that I needed and maybe had just downloaded. Since the earlier version required a sync before leaving, I often found myself without the most important information.
v2 Corrects this problem in that it Can be Cloud Based
Whether you've sync'd before you've left for a meeting or not, your information can be right up to date as you can do a cloud sync remotely. This has become standard fashion for sync and it ensures you're working with your most current information.
Will be Putting it to the Test
Over the next while, I'll be putting the app to the test but what I've seen so far I like. If it works out the way I think it will, this app will provide me the most recent data I've recorded to the DB. Of course, if I haven't recorded it the data won't be there. But, if I have, it will be and this alone will make DEVONthink a well deserved app to take a spot on my system again.
Truth be known, I've missed the power of DEVONthink that I simply have not been able to replicate in a product such as Evernote. Evernote is a good product and will likely suit some people better but for my purposes DEVONthink meets my requirements spot on.
The mobile version, DEVONthink to go 2, sounds as if it will compliment the desktop well. If my tests go as I think they will I'll be taking a resounding step forward with my productivity.


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Two of the greatest horses of all time faced off in an epic moment of racing. They were head and head most of the race, but in the home stretch, Seabiscuit shined!
It's been almost 70 years since this race and I'm still on the edge of my seat! Share this on Facebook if you think both of these horses are AMAZING!


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You not the only one buddy. I waited 40mins on the line and still never answer. After my frustration I cut the call as I have better things to do. As a new customer to Telkom I am disgusted. My account has been debited, and its been 1 week now that I am still waiting for feedback and a reply.
The funny things is, I have been told that these Agents at the call centre put you on hold on purpose to get more talk time out of you as they are monitored by their KPI's. Also noticed while being on hold, I can hear someone breathing on the mic. Im not sure how true this is, but waiting 40min+.....
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Last week I baked my biggest batch of cupcakes to date. Remember I'm still a novice baker so 24 cupcakes was a lot! They were actually for work, as our team takes it in turns to chair the weekly team meetings and it was my turn last week. The chairperson usually provides some snacks and nibbles {we're all obsessed with food!} so I decided to make some cupcakes instead. I made 3 different types...vanilla, chocolate and banana cupcakes. I was very happy that they were all eaten and I didn't have to take any home!
|This is half of what I baked!
So this week I wanted to try something a bit different. A flick through my cupcake recipe book brought me to Lemon Cupcakes. Then I remembered that I'd seen a recipe for these on the lovely blog of Holly at Recipes from a Normal Mum {she's the lovely lady who was runner up in The Great British Bake Off and I love her blog!} I adapted the recipe slightly {don't I always!} so I used traditional buttercream instead of the Italian meringue buttercream used in Holly's recipe.
Zingy Lemon Cupcakes
Makes 9
Preparation time 25 minutes
Cooking time 15-20 minutes
2 large eggs weighed in their shells
The same weight of Stork margarine {I used butter instead}
The same weight of plain flour
The same weight of caster sugar
Zest of one lemon
2 tablespoons whole milk
{E.g. my 2 eggs weighed 130g so I used 130g of butter,plain flour and caster sugar}
Juice of one lemon weighed
Same weight of caster sugar
150g unsalted butter, softened
250g icing sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 teaspoons hot water
Preheat the oven to Gas 4 180C (350F). Put the rack in the centre of the oven.
Line your bun tray with paper cake cases. Put the butter, caster sugar, eggs, lemon zest, milk and flour in a bowl and beat with a hand-held electric whisk for about a minute until light and creamy. Divide between the paper cases and level with your finger.
Pop in the oven. After 15 minutes if the cakes look very light brown and 'done' then open the door and check for bounce-back. If the sponge does bounce back when gently pushed with a finger then remove them from the oven straight away. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
While the cakes are baking make the drizzle. Heat the lemon juice and sugar in a small pan on a low heat until the sugar dissolves. Once your cupcakes have cooled for 5 minutes, pierce them all over with a toothpick and spoon 2 teaspoons of the lemony drizzle over the top. Do this carefully and slowly so that it has time to soak through. Leave the cakes to cool completely. You will probably have some lemony drizzle left over but please resist the temptation to pour the lot over the cakes.
Put the unsalted butter and icing sugar in a bowl and beat well with a wooden spoon or hand-held electric whisk until smooth and creamy. Add the vanilla extract and hot water and beat again until smooth.
Pipe or spread the buttercream over the cupcakes and top with sprinkles of your choice. I spread the buttercream with a pallet knife and went for some little white chocolate flowers which I bought from Sainsbury's!


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Welcome to the Glenelg Shire Council
A touch of Hollywood will return to the Glenelg Libraries this February as part of a special series of author events with Rosalie Ham, author of the modern Australian classic turned major feature film The Dressmaker.
Ham will present at both the Portland and Casterton Libraries on 13 February as a part of the Glenelg Libraries Summer Read List program.
Ham will discuss her latest novel, The Year of the Farmer, which is currently featured as one of ten Australian novels on the Libraries' the popular summer reading campaign. A darkly satirical novel, The Year of the Farmer explores the dynamics of a small country town battling drought and each other.
Ham, who has also produced titles such as Summer at Mount Hope and There Should Be More Dancing, is best recognised for her debut novel The Dressmaker, which was adapted into a Hollywood feature film starring Kate Winslet, Judy Davis and Liam Hemsworth in 2015.
Library and Information Services Manager Yvette Parker anticipated both author events would "book out" following the success of Ham's previous visit in 2016.
"We are delighted to once again welcome back Rosalie Ham to the Glenelg Libraries. Her visits in 2016 were incredibly well received, with community members travelling from all corners of the shire to hear from the prominent and well-loved author," she said.
"Ham will present at both the Casterton Library from 1.00pm and the Portland Library from 5:30pm on Wednesday 13 February. Our Portland author event will take place as an 'evening with' type event, with host Susie Lyons guiding conversation.
"Bookings are essential for both events, so I advise any interested community members to contact the Casterton or Portland Library to secure their place for their preferred author event location."
For further information on the Rosalie Ham author events please contact the Glenelg Libraries via the contact details listed below.
Author Events:
• Rosalie Ham, Year of the FarmerWednesday 13 February 2019Casterton Library1.00pm - 2.00pmFree event, bookings required. Please phone Casterton Library on 5554 2444
• In Conversation with Rosalie Ham, Hosted by Susie LyonsWednesday 13 February 2019Portland Library5.30pm - 7.00pmFree event, bookings required. Please phone Portland Library on 5522 2265


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Because we have gravity, we have a need for foundations. Whether you put a stool on the ground, or build a treehouse high in the treetops, where these objects meet the surface of the earth, you get a foundation. In the previous two cases, these would be the legs of said stool, and the tree and root system your structure is attached to, respectively.
We really like building things, and, most of the time, we really like it when those built things remain where we originally constructed them. Foundations do their best to fight gravity and weathering forces to keep a building in place. As humans, we realized the need for foundations shortly after figuring out the most basic of shelter. When rain softens the ground and your small twig lean-to sinks and falls over, it doesn't take long to look back to the cave you used to inhabit, and try to mimic those properties elsewhere.
The easiest building blocks surrounding our ancestors were plants, most often trees, resulting in simple wooden structures often resting directly on the ground. As the dynamic world around these structures kept moving, so did these early wooden creations. Slowly realization set in that anchoring more of the wood into the earth would give you added stability. Simple post foundations were born, but were limited by how far down one could dig, as well as how sturdy the wood being used was. We still build this way a lot today; a short walk down your street would find at least one fence erected in this fashion.
So stone was a natural next step, and one that we've kept using right up to present day. Most stone foundations are what would be called a shallow foundation, often resulting in stones laid directly on the surface of the earth, or buried a minimal distance, like the posts above. Offering greater longevity and a reduced amount of movement in changing (hot/cold/wet/dry) environments, stone became widely adopted around the world.
We learned how to apply these techniques in a variety of situations, adapting them both to location and to the desired structure. Posts could let you build above swamps and water. A deeper foundation fared better in environments with frost, and if you made them large enough, could serve as storage. Cluttered basements were born. We also learned how to use and make other materials fulfill these needs; clay and concrete in all their forms. This worked, and still works, incredibly well for small to medium sized buildings in a majority of locales where one wants to place a building. But as conditions became more extreme, and builders ambitions grew, other solutions were sought after.
Some very large buildings can be made with these primitive shallow foundation techniques. Even the Eiffel Tower sits on a stone foundation, one that is only 7-8 feet deep! (It is actually a very light structure for how visually impressive it is, part of Gustav's ingenuity) Look at medieval castles, ancient temples, churches and places of worship around the globe; the pyramids are huge. But as we sought even denser buildings to place into what were becoming growing communities that would become villages and cities, we needed a better solution.
Deep foundations were the answer, evolving from the simpler wooden structures anchored with timber going into the earth. It was realized that the further down the pole was driven, the more rigid it became. These wooden timbers would now be referred to as piles, and grouping them together can provide support to vast structures, or supply a surprisingly solid foundation in locations with less than ideal soil conditions.
The piles rely on friction between the length of the pile and the earth surrounding it. This surface friction is incredibly strong, even against very smooth surfaces. To try at home, find a tall, non-tapered, glass, fill it with rice, and then plunge a long knife into the rice. Pulling back up on the handle will find the glass held in place by nothing but friction. This is important since early piles were smoothed down logs driven down using brute force. Reducing surface defects allowed for easier driving, and the friction was still strong enough to keep the structure from moving.
Deep foundations have grown in scale and complexity to cope with ever growing demands placed, quite literally, on top of them. We've employed steel and concrete, we've adjust shapes and sizes, and we've gone deeper and at innovative new angles, all in the name of building bigger structures in places that would otherwise see them topple. One hundred and ninety two piles, each five feet wide and one hundred and fifty feet long seems pretty extreme. But when you realize that supports a structure stick half a mile into the sky, on ground that is nothing but sand, foundations seem pretty impressive.