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And this is what I call lighting a pumpkin. Screw those little candles, here is an HID lighted Pumpkin. A little bright, huh? You can see it shining through the left side. When I took the picture, the entire pumpkin was glowing from the light. For the best interest of trick-or-treater's eyes, I took it out and replaced it with a night-light.
Now go get some candy. I hear it is great powerfood and carboloading for some snowy and cold race this weekend! BTW, 36 degrees high SAT in TC!

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Nothing brings us more joy than to report on instances of partnerships where the east and west come together to create global entertainment experiences that can be cherished by people all over the world (read other similar articles here and here). No one can doubt the fact that media and popular culture influences perceptions to a great extent and that instances of celebrities from different parts of the world working together promotes global harmony and appreciation for one another.
An excellent embodiment of this thought is Madame Tussauds and in particular its home location in London. Madame Tussauds (MT) is one of the very few places in the world where dozens of the greatest, wealthiest and most influential people of our times stand together under one roof, although in wax form. Some of the famous wax sculptures here include Lady Gaga, Mel Gibson, Salman Khan, Nicole Kidman, Sachin Tendulkar, Boris Becker, The Beatles, Indira Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and many more.
Located at the Sherlock Holmes district at Baker Street, Madame Tussauds London is frequently visited by celebrities from around the world whenever their wax statutes are inaugurated. It is normally very crowded specially on weekends and during the holiday season when it is visited by tourists from around the world.
If you haven't had a chance to visit this paradise lined up with celebrities from around the world, then checkout the slideshow above for a mini virtual tour


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Graduation bliss
Phui, what a weekend! What a year. What a master's course!
I'm officially graduated! As a proud holder of a Master's degree in Responsible Tourism Management I traveled to Leeds for Graduation day July 26th to wear the gown & silly hat, reunite with co-students from the course as well as our teachers – in order to celebrate this fine event.
As I had to go straight from and to work I flew in to London on Thursday, took the train to Leeds on Friday and trained over to Manchester the very same night to catch a plane back to Norway. Flight tickets were horrendously expensive this weekend so this route was my best option.
But: I missed the plane on my way back. Due to my never ending fashion of gambling on last possible transports to an airport and trusting the options being on time. This time it wasn't, so I arrived to the check in desk too late.
I had to go back to Leeds (1,5 h) and drown my sorrows (the new flight ticket I had to purchase cost 300 pounds) there together with an already cheerful crew of graduates. Not the worst of options, but oh my, do I regret my 'fashion'!?
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At a recent school sports carnival the teacher in charge selected only fathers to do the time keeping. When a mother brought this is his attention he seemed genuinely shocked, as if it was just a coincidence.
The next day when there weren't enough fathers present for time-keeping duties, the teacher permitted mothers to time keep but he asked the few fathers on hand to double-check the mothers' results.
The reason? Apparently he was concerned that the mothers might fudge their own child's results. He had no such qualms about the fathers' abilities to objectively judge their own children.
Some mothers pointed out the obvious sexism at the assumption that men are trustworthy and objective, while women are so mired in their own subjective emotional states that they require the kind of supervision usually reserved for children.
But other people felt the need to excuse the teacher's behaviour. "He didn't mean to cause offense; he just doesn't get it," was a common refrain.


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This is not a commercial
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working on. All old portions of this website that feature stuff for sale is outdated and
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all about me - Achim Engels - and the Fokker-Team-Schordorf. My family and I devoted
ourselves to discover and preserve the knowledge about German aircraft development and use
up to 1920.
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aircraft of the mentioned field and to also make the results of my work available to
anybody who is interested in. To reach this goal I go several ways. I develop construction
drawings for full sized parts and complete
reconstruction aircraft. I also do publish my findings in form of booklets and
books. Furthermore my plan also is to collect original data documents such as works
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"The Australian Vintage Aviation Society" in short TAVAS did
extraordinary work on completing and finishing up my Fokker E.III. The aeroplane in the
meantime has made its maiden flight and entered the registration process
In opposite to the wide spread opinion that the flying charackteristics of the
aeroplane have been pretty poor, the initial test flights prooved this to be wrong. Andrew
Carter, who did the test flying was quite impressed by the aeroplane.It apears to be quite
stable while still sensitive to the controls. Wing warping gave it good manouverability
which was true for all axis. The gyroscopic effect of the rotary engine was neglectible.
The only shortage was the low effectiveness of the rudder he wrote. This draws a different
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- well the enemy might never have been allowed to have good weapons - and what has been
told about other reproductions of heavier construction with none authentic airfoil
sections, stationary engines, ailerons and overweight.
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skies until 2030 under Andrew Carter and TAVAS. In 2030 the aeroplane will be returned
home to Germany with its engine and under Australian registration fully airworthy so that
it - if the gods grant it - will be shown and flown before the German public. So at least
are the baselines of the agreement.
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Inference: The Next Step in GPU-Accelerated Deep Learning
At 45 images/s/W, Jetson TX1 is super efficient at deep learning inference. Read the whitepaper. Deep learning is revolutionizing many areas of machine perception, with the potential to impact the everyday experience of people everywhere. On a high level, working with deep neural networks is a two-stage process: First, a neural network is trained: its parameters are determined using labeled examples of inputs and desired output. Then, the network is deployed to run inference, using its previously trained parameters to classify, recognize and process unknown inputs.Figure 1: Deep learning training compared to inference. In training, many inputs, often in large batches, are used to train a deep neural network. In inference, the trained network is used to discover information within new inputs that are fed through the network in smaller…
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What is a Video Play?
Silk Road Rising first coined the term "video play" in 2011 with the release of Jamil Khoury's both/and.
While the definition of the term continues to evolve for us, it is important to note that a video play is neither a filmed play nor a feature film, but rather a marriage of genres; a hybrid of theatrical language and design aesthetics enacted on a theatrical stage, conveyed through a cinematic lens, and engaged on a computer, tablet or smartphone screen, or at public screenings.
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The National Endowment for the Arts identifies the internet as America's fastest growing medium for arts engagement.
As we are often reminded, there exists a hunger for the work that we do, and it extends well beyond the boundaries of Chicago. The National Endowment for the Arts identifies the internet as America's fastest growing medium for arts engagement.
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Figures released today by Lloyds Bank have detailed how the cost of moving house in the UK rose by 5% last year. In 2014, moving house cost a total of £8,689, rising to £23,000 in London – the most expensive it has been since 2007.
Lloyds state a 7% increase in estate agent fees, along with the continued rise in house prices, are the main driving factors behind the escalating cost of moving. Although recent amendments in Stamp Duty Tax may have gone a small way towards reducing the cost for some, it seems we are still forking out substantial amounts to our estate agents, whose fees account for an incredible 45% of the total cost of moving. If each house sold in 2014 had done so through an online agent with a small fixed fee such as Emoov.co.uk, it would have saved UK sellers £2.9 billion in estate agent fees.
Founder and CEO of Emoov.co.uk, Russell Quirk, commented:
"I don't think there is a person in the land that will be surprised estate agents account for the majority of the cost involved in moving house. Even before the UK property market escalated at such an alarming rate, the high street sector were still raking in large amounts of sellers hard earned cash, for what is essentially very little work.
With around £4,000 paid in fees on the average UK house, research we released in 2014 found that estate agents make around £870 an hour to sell a property, that's more than a private doctor.
It's simply ludicrous that as house prices rise so do agents' fees, yet the rise is the result of a buoyant market, and the work agents do remains minimal! It must be time for change, percentage fees are draconian, unfair, and outdated.
This greed and selfishness in the industry was a motivating factor behind the creation of Emoov, so sellers had an alternative route to sell without forfeiting large sums of cash from the resulting sale."


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A new type of health prevention is in our future
On August 13, 2015, some first and second-year medical students at Wayne State University, along with members of Plant Based Nutrition Support Group, held the first of a series of 10 "Lunch and Learns" to educate future doctors on the benefits of a plant-based diet. Thirty interested medical students heard about how nutrition plays a vital role in promoting health. PBNSG hopes that these soon-to-be doctors will ask their patients, "What do you eat?" as the first line of defense before prescribing pills and procedures.
Each attendee received a plant-based meal deliciously prepared by Amber Poupore, owner of both The Clean Plate and Cacao Tree restaurants. While enjoying their lunch, PBNSG members Shannon Farrell, Jeremy Glogower, and Paul Chatlin shared their stories of success when they switched to a plant-based diet. After 45 minutes of Q&A, this amazing event of hope concluded. Thanks go out to both Amanda Martin and Brittany Vanhouten, Wayne State University Medical 2nd and 3rd year students and PBNSG members for coordinating this new beginning for the future of health care.


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This 1 Weird Symptom Can Be a Sign of Breast Cancer
A close-up of a woman's breast has gone viral on Facebook because of its incredibly important message. U.K.-based mother of two Claire Warner posted the photo of her left breast along with the message, "Please read and, more importantly, look! This is a picture of my left boob. The small purplish bruise is where I had a biopsy taken," Warner explains in the post. "The minuscule dimple up and to the left of it is a rare and little-known symptom of breast cancer. Blink and you'd miss it. I only spotted it thanks to another post shared by an amazing friend."
Warner says she caught her breast cancer "exceptionally early" and "while it's a nasty bugger, it is one small, contained lump and after surgery, chemo, and radiotherapy, I've every hope of being cured." She also noted, "I can't feel the lump, even now that I know it's there. I'm not ill. My only symptom is this dimple." You can check out her full post, which has been shared over 25,000 times, below:
According to the American Cancer Society, the most common symptom of breast cancer is a new lump or mass. However, the organization lists "skin irritation or dimpling" among the other possible signs. Brian Czerniecki, M.D., Ph.D., chair of the Moffitt Cancer Center department of breast oncology, agrees, telling SELF that it's not common for breast dimpling to be the only sign of breast cancer, but it happens. "A lot of times, someone will have a mass or something will show up on a mammogram, too," he says. "Then, if you look closely at the surface of the skin, you may see dimpling."
Leif W. Ellisen, M.D., Ph.D., program director of Breast Medical Oncology at Massachusetts General Hospital, explains why dimpling can happen: If a cancerous growth or tumor forms near the skin, it can essentially pull the skin in. "Breast dimpling, or indeed any subtle distortion of the breast, can be an early sign of an abnormal growth in the breast even before a lump can be felt," he tells SELF. "This happens because cancers in the breast adhere to surrounding tissues, which causes pulling and distortion." Because breast tissue is normally lumpy, it can be difficult to feel an abnormal lump, Ellisen says. That's why women may notice dimpling or skin changes before anything else seems off.
But dimpling can be hard to detect, which is why Homayoon Sanati, M.D., medical oncologist and medical director of the MemorialCare Breast Center at Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center, recommends doing a thorough breast examination in front of the mirror. "The first part of every breast exam is a visual inspection of the breast," Sanati tells SELF. "You want to look for dimpling and any unusual skin rashes, since a tumor can invade the skin and cause unusual redness that may not go away after a certain time." Dimpling that resembles the surface of an orange can also be a sign of inflammatory breast cancer, he says.
Therese B. Bevers, M.D., professor of Clinical Cancer Prevention and the medical director of the Cancer Prevention Center and prevention outreach programs at MD Anderson Cancer Center, tells SELF that dimpling may be more noticeable when you raise your arms up or roll your shoulders forward. She also points out that it can look less like a dimple and more like a flattened area on the breast.
If you spot dimpling or other skin changes on your breast, call your doctor. They should order a mammogram, but even if the results are negative, Czerniecki recommends seeing a breast specialist just to be safe. Since breast dimpling can be an early sign of breast cancer, "it could be something subtle that the mammogram is not seeing, but an MRI will detect," he says. If you're under the age of 30, Bevers says an ultrasound may also be more helpful than a mammogram.
And if you do notice something unusual going on with your breasts, do your best not to freak out, even though it's scary. Skin dimpling can be a sign of something benign, Czerniecki points out. "Sometimes it's just that there is scar tissue," he says. Either way, seeing a medical professional is the first step in figuring out what's going on.
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The majority of Web site owners have fewer than 10 incoming links to their sites. The search engines view incoming links as verification that your site has quality content. The more related links your site has from other sites (with the underlined clickable text that includes your targeted keywords), the higher your ranking in the search engines will be.
Here is a step-by-step overview of this entire SEO process and the steps to optimizing your website:
1. Select your keywords.
Use tools such as the Google Keyword Tool and other keyword suggestion tools to determine which related keywords or key phrases it would be best to optimize your site for. Once you have a list of potential keywords, go to Google and type in those keywords. Then see how many incoming links the top few sites have. You can determine this number by typing in "link:http://www.competitordomain.com." Take a look at whether the first few sites have the targeted keyword in the domain name or in the title, or whether they appear often on their page. Use this information to estimate what it would take to get your site above the current sites in the rankings.
2. Ensure that your site has those keywords on it.
Make sure that the keywords you are targeting are on your home page at least five times. Having a 5 percent to 15 percent keyword density for your targeted search term on your home page is optimal. Also ensure that your title tag and image alt tags contain your targeted keyword. Add your targeted term to an H1 header tag for added prominence.
3. Build good-quality content on your site.
I call this phase the "content campaign." Either write articles yourself for the site or go through the search engines to find related content. If you find an article on another site that you'd like to publish on your site, send an e-mail to the author, site owner, and/or publisher to request permission to syndicate the article on your site. Present it as a win/win quid pro quo in which you receive good-quality content and the author/publisher receives free exposure and a link to his or her Web site in the byline of the article. I'd suggest having at least 25 quality articles on your site before going forward. Optimize your home page for the two or three most competitive target terms. Optimize your in-site pages for the more unique and less competitive terms. You can also outsource the creation of this content to copywriters, using a service such as elance.com, for about $30 per 400-word article.
4. Build links to your Web site.
Without incoming links to your site, it will never have a chance at being at the top of the search engines for competitive terms. Use the research you did earlier on the number of links the sites at the top of the listings have or your targeted keywords to set a goal for how many related incoming links you want to build to your own site.
To obtain links, go through the search engines and find related Web sites, then contact the owners of those sites and offer to exchange links. Add their links to your Web site and e-mail them to let them know that you've linked to their sites and would appreciate a reciprocal link.
I'd suggest contacting them first via e-mail and then via phone if necessary. In your initial e-mail to site owners, include the URL and description of your site, as well as the location of where their links are and which sites of theirs you are referring to. I'd suggest creating a resources section on your site and placing your link partners in the appropriate category within.
You can also build links naturally through press releases or by having great content, a useful tool, a viral video, or an interesting blog. If you have more money than time, you can also get help in getting quality links to your site (the important thing here is "quality"). Ensure that whatever links you build to your Web site have your target key phrase in the anchor text, the words that are clickable and underlined. Finally, text links are much more valuable than image links, as the search engines can follow text links and associate the link text with your Web site, but they cannot do this for image links.
5. Continue building your site's reputation.
Once you have built a few related incoming links, the search engines will find and index your site. If your site is new, it can take up to nine months for Google to allow it to show up for competitive search terms. During this time, continue building good-quality related content and work to build as many incoming links from related Web sites as you can.
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We've been asking our young audience members at The Princess Without Pots to come with some alternate poster art for the show, which will be featured here and on social media.
Today's design is by Sterling Schingoethe, 8, of Hazel Crest.
The Princess Without Pots is an empowering fairy tale about the importance of never underestimating your opponent or the power of a delicious baked good. In it, Princess Cristina's parents have decided it's time for their daughter to marry, so all the princes from all the lands come hoping to marry her. But, to win this princess's heart, a prince first needs to win a battle against the fiercest warrior the age had ever seen – Princess Cristina. Learn more on the show page.
If your budding artist has a design for us, remember you can always scan it in and email it to us at maria(at)ghostlightensemble.com.


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The Rees Project Committee, the group behind the efforts to move towards the renovation and repurpose of the theater announced the 1.5MM goal to secure the $300,000 Regional Cities matching grant was met. The community has shown their continuing support, there were still donations being taken at the Marshall County Museum as of 4:00 Wednesday.
The first stage milestone has been met, it took eight months to reach the goal which puts us closer to the start of the renovation and the anticipated goal of a grand reopening in 2020, which will be the Theater's 80th Anniversary. Organizers hope to have all work completed by spring or summer 2020. Fundraising will continue through the end of 2018 and 2019 to raise the balance of 3.64 million which includes an Endowment fund.
The committee would like to thank the community again for their continuing vision in what The REES Theatre can be again!


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High School Sports
Parker stars for Barons at BE track event
Wilson Hall's boys and girls track and field teams both finished in the Top 10 at the Father Kelly Classic at Bishop England on Saturday.
The Barons boys rang up 38.5 points, good for eighth place, while the girls finished ninth with 29.5 points.
The individual star was senior distance ace Trey Parker, who earned a silver medal for a second-place finish in the 1600 meters (4:28.19) and a bronze for a third-place effort in the 3200 (10:09.79).
Parker's scoring support came from Chris Sharp (4th, high jump), Josh Jennings (4th, 800; 8th, 1600), Ricky Crum (5th, 110 hurdles; 8th 400 hurdles) and Cotton Carruth (6th, shot put).
Scoring depth was the key for the Wilson Hall girls. Mollie Kinney was the lone Barsons female medallist – finishing third in the 400 hurdles, The rest of the individual points came from AnnDavis Shaw (5th, 800), Ansley Ard (6th, 200; 7th, 100) AnnaCrew Kinney (6th, 100 hurdles; 8th 400 hurdles) and Cori Stroebel (7th, high jump).
All three WH girls relay teams scored.


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From Conservapedia
The locus is the place on a chromosome where a specific gene is located, a kind of address for the gene. The plural is "loci," not "locuses."
Put another way, a locus is any site that has been defined genetically. It may be a gene, or a part of a gene, or a DNA sequence that plays a regulatory role. A locus may be occupied by different sequence forms or alleles.


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Could a Crocodile Play Basketball? provides a fun and informative introduction to the life of a crocodile. Saltwater crocodiles are the largest crocodiles in the world. They have HUGE jaws and lots of teeth. They live in rivers by the jungle, and in the sea. Imagine if a crocodile came to stay. What would he do? By imagining animals in everyday scenarios, readers can learn about their size, diet and other features. Featuring superb illustrations and an engaging question and answer format, this title is extremely engaging and enjoyable.
Camilla de le Bedoyere was a teacher for 10 years before she became a full-time nonfiction author. She has written more than 250 books for children. Camilla is currently Editor of the Children's Page of a British national newspaper.
Aleksei Bitskoff always loved to draw as a child, covering his exercise books in doodles. His illustration for the AOI's Transport For London competition was exhibited in the summer and his story Me and You gained 3rd place in the Macmillan Prize. He has also been highly commended in the England's Cheltenham Illustration Award.


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**Dr. G Beyond Young Beads Beads Foam Cleanser (travel size) - 5/5
Nice cleanser. I will talk more on this in my Sep Favourites. Check on this blog and wait for that post!
Shiseido Benefiance Daytime Protective Emulsion SPF15 (sample) - 1/5
Too perfumed! Nice and moisturising but nothing too special.
Joseristine A1870 (sample) - 4/5
**Dr. Hauschka Special Facial Tonic - 4/5
Very nice but not convenient to purchase and handle. Comes with a beautiful sturdy glass container. This is very good to calm troubled skin or irritated skin. Soothing smell and light but moisturising mist. The dispenser is okay, not the best, but sprays out evenly.
Neutrogena Ultra Sheer (anti-dullness, purple) - 0/5
Hate! Too irritating for my eyes, even when I don't apply to my eye area! The mauve-y lilac colour works okay for my skin as brightening though. This formulation just doesn't work for me.
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Lancome hydra zen yeux neurocalm (eye contour gel cream), sample size - 2/5
It claims to reduce puffiness and fatique, which i don't see too obviously achieved, but nevertheless a light gel with just enough moisture, not going to repurchase though
Shu uemura white recovery ex+ brightening cleansing oil (blue bottle, travel size 50ml) - 1/5
I will NEVER pay so much for a bottle of mineral oil. full stop. a good make up remover, but mineral oil? i'd be totally satisfied with my pond's veg oil remover.
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Alex Yates, an English photo-aficionado and photographer, recently started Pinholista.com as a resource for all things pinhole. My thanks to Alex for running a piece on me - you can read it here.
John Cage was not a photographer
Kai Behrmann, a photographer based in Hamburg, runs a cool online photo mag called Top Photography Films. I was happy when Kai decided to run a piece about me on his site - you can read it here. With a small shoutout to ONDU.
Why pinhole?
Back in 1997, I was lucky enough to be in school. The photo critic A.D. Coleman came by and gave a talk: he said something to the effect that "in ten years the only ones using film will be willful dinosaurs." Willful dinosaurs. I thought it was a good phrase. I didn't really mind being one. Back then, I was wandering the streets of Philadelphia with a 2x3 press camera and a really old lens, attempting some version of Atget. Pretty much a willful dinosaur. A couple years later, I found my way to pinhole through thinking about camera design. I was looking at panoramic photos taken by Josef Sudek, and I wanted to try that. Not having an eighty-year-old Kodak, I figured designing my own camera might let me come close to what I was looking for.
Still using that old baby view camera, I started a new project in the summer of 2000. I took my first 120 pinhole camera along almost as a lark - but once I was back home, the pinhole images interested me more than the lens-made ones. I decided maybe I didn't need lenses anymore.
Skip ahead a dozen years: I recently heard, second hand, someone's reaction to my making pinhole cameras: "Why go back to the stone age?" I could make almost the same photographs using a digital camera and some not terribly complicated post processing in photoshop. Why not do that?
As long ago as 1872, Edweard Muybridge used photography to show things that happened too fast to be seen any other way. Today we don't lack for technologies that can expose otherwise invisible things. But they aren't all complicated. Pinhole photographs still reveal a different reality, one that we don't usually take the time to see. It's a bit much anymore to think that photographs show truth, but I still like the direct connection to a specific time and place that is recorded on the emulsion when I use film.


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All tigers are carnivorous, and their diet consists mostly of animals weighing about 45 pounds or more. It is estimated that tigers kill about 50 deer-sized animals a year, or about one a week. Because they may not make another kill for days, tigers can eat up to 40 pounds of meat in one sitting.
Female tigers tend to stay in their own territory when hunting, while males may encroach upon the territory of other tigers. Tigers are solitary creatures and usually prefer to hunt alone. They are native to Asia and are mostly found in the swamps, grasslands and rain forests of Southeast Asia, China, Korea and Russia. The Bengal, Siberian, Sumatran, Malayan, Indochinese, South China tigers are the last six living species of tiger out of the previous nine living species of tiger. The diet of these six living species depends greatly on where they live and what foods are available. If food is scarce, tigers may resort to eating rodents, small birds or insects. Tigers more commonly eat sambar, chital, sika deer, nilgai, buffalo, gaur, monkeys, civets, porcupines, fish, frogs, crabs, monitor lizards and snakes. A tiger may attack a baby rhino or elephant if it happens to be vulnerable. They may also eat berries, grasses or different types of fruits when food is not available or to aid their digestion, though vegetation is not a normal part of their diet.


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Saturday, July 30, 2011
Blues BBQ
Inside Blues BBQ and a peek at their pressure smoker.
According to what I've read, Blues BBQ is the best bbq in Charleston. But read through the reviews and the comments and a bit of a controversy erupts. Evidently, Blues BBQ pressure cooks their ribs. To bbq purists this is akin to an uncircumsized Semite running through 1942 Berlin wearing a pig meat outfit.
Putting that controversy to the side, I decided to check out Blues - especially since one of the commenters assured that Blues was not pressure cooking their ribs. As for myself, I'm a firm believer in wood smoked bbq but I certainly can appreciate the virtues of boiled ribs (looking at you The Corner Stable in Cockeysville, MD) - though stating that might be grounds for the KCBS to revoke my BBQ Judge status.
Samples of their Williamsburg and Blues style pulled pork.
Located in a simple building on Jefferson Road outside of South Charleston, it's easy to drive past Blues without noticing but once inside, it's true bbq style. Inside, Blues is old and a bit worn and rundown. Formica booths and old posters share the patina of wear that's reassuring in a bbq joint. There's even a large ice cream dipping cabinet sitting in the middle of the seating area. Odd and disjointed, it's kind of what bbq joints are all about. Fancy dining this place ain't.
The lady with the black hair is friendly and takes me on a tasting tour of the two types of pulled pork they offer. There's the original Blues pulled pork that's sweeter with hints of molasses, then there's the Williamsburg style that's acidic and vinegary with some spice. There's also two choices of cole slaw - a sweeter one with mayo and a spicy, vinegar based without mayo. While I like the Williamsburg style better on its own, I decide on the Blues style to balance out the vinegary spice of the non-mayo cole slaw for the pulled pork sandwich.
The pulled pork sandwich with baked beans and spicy cole slaw.
BBQ purists desire to shame all those who disagree (or merely have different) with their viewpoints and preferences. So rabid these purists can be that I'm surprised they aren't protesting outside Blues door. Inside, the very nice lady is more than happy and proud about how they cook their bbq: it's pressure smoked and she's happy to point out the pressure smoker that's in plain sight from the front counter.
A little Internet research showed that a small box of wood chips is placed in the bottom of the pressure chamber, then the meat is hung inside the chamber before being sealed and cooked under pressure. It's kind of weird to think about but I'm open to different as long as its good. The lady is proud of her cooker but it looks small to me and I wonder how many ribs they can cook. Four at a time and it takes just over an hour to cook.
Inside the pulled pork sandwich.
I think back to my summer making commercial bbq and four at a time seems like lunacy. You'd kill yourself trying to produce enough ribs when you can only do four at a time. Of course, it only takes about an hour and in the time that it would take me to smoke ribs the traditional way, you could run 16-20 racks in the pressure smoker.
The people at Blues BBQ are so friendly that it's no wonder they've been in business for ten years and have gone through three pressure smokers. I depart with a large bag stuffed with ribs, pulled pork, cole slaw, baked beans and fries for a late afternoon meal at the hotel.
A rack of ribs with dinner rolls.
I find the pulled pork to be very tasty. Deep, dark and lusty, I note spices, hints of dark chocolate and sweet molasses that's contrasted brilliantly by the spicy cole slaw. The sesame seed bun is soft and chewy. The baked beans are more of the same. Deep, smoky and molasses sweet. I like.
My brother is a big fan of the boiled style of ribs. Tender and falling off the bone is his style of ribs and he would be a big fan of the Blues rib. Fork tender and falling off the bone, you could easily suck the meat down Extremely tender and bathed in a sweet bbq sauce, I found the ribs to be a bit lacking.
Closeup with the pressure smoked ribs.
As much as I may try, I guess deep down inside, I'm a wood smoked rib lover. My palate is searching for that deep luster of wood flavor but can't find it. Visually, I'd like to see that reddish smoke ring but instead find an even color of pork grey under the sauce. The pressure smoker may add smoke but even under pressure, with such a short exposure time, it seems that the meat doesn't have enough time to meld its flavors with the smoke.
Where I would hope to find depth and complexity, the ribs come up short. I'm hoping for complex ribs but they're a bit one dimensional. I wonder if bathing the ribs in bbq sauce then charring them on the grill would develop greater complexity and that sugary Maillard reaction that might give these ribs that extra ooomph.
Of course, Blues has been around ten years and is very popular with the locals. The staff is very friendly and welcoming and the pulled pork is certainly worth the effort.
Blues BBQ
1109 Jefferson Road
South Charleston, WV 25309-9780
(304) 744-8335
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Bridge Road Bistro
Sesame Fried Calamari - tossed in spicy sesame garlic sauce.
The difficult part of visiting any city is finding someplace good to eat. Truth be told, I'm really just like everyone else - I'm scared of finding something bad. This is the same mentality that drives the masses to eat at Applebee's, Cheesecake Factory, Panera Bread and Burger King, no matter where they are in the world.
With the advent of the Internet, we now have resources like Yelp!, Urbanspoon and the like to help guide us. The biggest problem of these sites and their reviews is the same as following any critic - it takes awhile to learn if your tastes are in line with those of the reviewer. And the real threat with Urbanspoon and Yelp is that they could be populated by people with more, say pedestrian aka "normal", tastes.
Classic Caesar - hearts of romaine, garlic crostini, aged parmesan, oven roasted tomatoes.
Because of this, it's difficult to accurately gauge which place is great and which isn't. Even in my own hometown of Baltimore the top ten listings aren't the typical places I find on my regular dining retinue. But we have to try.
Pluses and minuses, I decided to give Bridge Road Bistro a try. A peek at their website suggests that farm-to-table kind of mentality and their Urbanspoon writeups run sporadic. Situated in what seems to be the "nicer" part of Charleston: South Hills, the bistro is known for okay food and high prices. In retrospect, I'm starting to wonder what possessed me to try the place.
The bistro is located in a relatively non-descript building in the heart of the Bridge Road shopping district. Reading about the area, I expected some sort of expansive shopping road, probably at least a half-mile long bustling with shops and activity. The reality is that it's about 200 yards of shops in a relatively sleepy, suburban setting.
Fried Green Tomato BLT - apple smoked bacon, lettuce, roasted garlic mayo, toasted sourdough.
We arrived around 11:30 in the morning and the place was almost empty. It's a Saturday and they're offering a breakfast buffet. And it's nearly empty. Maybe that should tell us something.
So much of the hoopla online about the bistro talks about how expensive it is, how fine dining they're trying to be, giving me the impression that this is going to be some fancy place where I might feel a little out of place wearing shorts and a t-shirt (it is a Ralph Lauren Polo t-shirt though). Not in the least. The bistro strikes me as a fancy clad Denny's. Rows of booth seating clad in wood with muted color schemes make it slightly upscale but it still feels very much like a diner, with lovely wood tabletops.
And how truly lovely those tabletops are. Solid wood tables in a deep, thick lacquer really were my favorite decor detail. Otherwise, the bar is about the only section in the place that kind of lives up to the hype with it's wood chairs and tables. Had they done the entire restaurant like that it would have truly given the place an upscale edge.
Inside with the fried green tomatoes.
I have to admit, I was a bit off put by the decor. I was expecting something thought out, not a nicer version of Denny's. Then there was the menu. Decent, if uninspired offerings. I usually don't do this, but I ended up quizzing our very nice server about some details. Is the calamari fresh or frozen? Delivered every other day. Are the fries battered? No, they're made here.
To my eye, the only interesting item on the menu was the Fried Green Tomato BLT. Something probably locally sourced, fresh and light. We decided on the calamari, caesar salad and the BLT.
I really want to rave about the places I visit. I really do. But this time, I just can't. The food was typical and perfunctory. The calamari was thickly battered and covered in a sticky sweet sauce with a hint of spice. The caesar salad was on the bland side and just average. So far, the best part of the meal was our servers friendliness and the iced tea.
The Other Half.
I was holding out hope for the BLT. When it arrived it looked promising. Nicely toasted sourdough bread, a cup of cole slaw, a wedge of pickle and some fries. The pickle was soft and lacked crisp. The cole slaw could have been really good but lacked the acid to punch it up and salt to pronounce its flavor. Then there was the fries.
I certainly hope that our server was simply mistaken that the fries were made in-house because homemade fries these were not. Frozen, commercial with skins - yes. Freshly made? No way. In fact, with a little time I could probably find the Simplot product number.
As for the BLT, it was pretty good. Definitely the highlight of the meal. Crispy bacon piled high with slightly greasy fried green tomatoes and lettuce. Quite enjoyable. Add the chewy interior texture and crusty crust of the bread and it was darn good. The biggest problem was the other half. A nearly empty restaurant and the bacon and tomatoes are lopsided onto one half of the sandwich? Obviously the kitchen is not paying attention to the details.
I wish I could rave about Bridge Road Bistro, but I can't. Sadly, they're not really trying to give a reason to rave, they're just going by the numbers, and maybe that's good enough for The South Hills, but it's a darn shame.
Bridge Road Bistro
915 Bridge Road
Charleston, WV 25314
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Arlington voters evenly split on Rangers ballpark proposal, poll shows
ARLINGTON Despite warnings from city officials that the Texas Rangers could leave town unless the team's owners get help to build a new ballpark, Arlington voters are evenly split on spending taxpayer dollars to subsidize construction of a $1 billion, retractable-roof stadium, according to an exclusive WFAA/Star-Telegram poll.
With only about three weeks until Election Day, 42 percent support and 42 percent oppose a proposition that would allow the city to share up to half the cost of a new facility next door to the existing Globe Life Park. Of those polled, 16 percent said they were uncertain.
Slightly more than half of the poll respondents said they don't believe the Rangers would leave Arlington if the city does not help build a new stadium. and 57 percent said they simply don't see the need to replace the 22-year-old stadium in the heart of the city's entertainment district.
Early voting begins in one week. The WFAA/Star-Telegram poll, which was conducted from Oct. 11-13, has a margin of error of 4.5 percentage points.
"We're three weeks from the election. We will continue to work hard to earn the support of Arlington voters over the next three weeks," said Rob Matwick, executive vice president of business operations for the Texas Rangers.
Warren Norred, spokesman for Citizens for a Better Arlington, the main opponent of publicly funding the stadium, laughed as he heard that the survey produced an even split.
"That's cool. That's completely what I expected," said Norred, an Arlington attorney. "What that means is we have no idea what's going to happen."
Supporters of building a new stadium discounted the results. The Vote Yes! Keep the Rangers campaign released its own poll Sunday showing that 56 percent of voters plan to vote "yes" for a new stadium while 37 percent said they plan to vote "no" on the Nov. 8 ballot.
Arlington Mayor Jeff Williams, chairman of Vote Yes!, said the WFAA/Star-Telegran poll doesn't reflect enthusiasm that he and campaign workers are finding in the field.
"We've had tremendous support and we're continuing to gain momentum," Williams said.
Keeping the Rangers important
Under the proposed deal, the city would fund as much as 50 percent of the facility's cost under a 30-year lease extension, with the city's participation capped at $500 million. To pay for it, the city would extend and redirect part of its half-cent sales tax, 2 percent hotel tax and 5 percent car-rental tax. The sales tax now is being used to pay off AT&T Stadium debt.
While the Rangers argue that a climate-controlled facility will help fans enjoy the game, 56 percent of those surveyed said they would attend the same number of games even with air conditioning. Thirty-three percent said they would attend more games and 6 percent said they would go less often.
Also, 51 percent of those questioned don't believe the baseball team — which has played in Arlington for more than 40 years — would pack up and move away if the new stadium isn't built, while 33 percent believe they would and 16 percent were not sure.
Still, the poll shows that 70 percent think it is very or at least somewhat important to keep the team in Arlington. Almost a third believe it is not very important or at all important, with 2 percent saying they are not sure.
The ballot measure is backed by men and opposed by women, the poll shows, with voters ages 35 to 49 supporting it while younger and older voters are against it.
SurveyUSA interviewed 700 adults in the city of Arlington. Of those respondents, 606 were registered to vote and 504 said they were likely voters. Seventy-four percent were interviewed on their home phones by a recorded message. The remaining 26 percent responded to a questionnaire on their smartphone or tablet.
Fears of losing the team
Concerns about losing the Rangers clearly scare Arlington officials.
In 2014, as the ballpark celebrated its 20th anniversary and fans sweated in the sun, rumors heated up about building a climate-controlled, retractable-roof stadium to provide some relief from the heat. That same year, the team paid for a study that looked at installing a shade structure on Globe Life Park. But the idea was rejected not only because of the cost, but because of the complicated logistics of installing it.
At the same time, the team held on-and-off meetings with Dallas representatives for a couple of years to explore the idea of moving east. Rangers officials said those talks were part of a broad effort to study alternatives for building a new stadium.
The Rangers are sensitive about being portrayed as pitting other cities against Arlington.
But Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings told the Star-Telegram that those talks, while serious, were conceptual and "exploratory at best." He said a stadium would have been a tough sell to Dallas voters so many years before the current Rangers lease at Globe Life Park expires in 2023.
Williams and others said they pushed to make a deal with the Rangers to avoid a bidding war that could have pushed the price higher. As the debate about the franchise's future intensified, the city and the team also entered into negotiations about other projects next door to the existing stadium including Texas Live!.
The WFAA/Star-Telegram poll shows that 74 percent support keeping the existing ballpark for some kind of development.
'Blow to the stomach'
Stadium supporters dismissed the Star-Telegram poll, instead touting the results of two recent surveys it commissioned on behalf of Vote Yes!. The first, conducted in late September, showed them with a 14-point lead, which grew to 19 points in a second poll conducted Friday and Saturday.
Brian Mayes, campaign manager for Vote Yes!, challenged the methodology of the Star-Telegram poll, citing its reliance on auto-dialed recorded questions, while saying their poll used "professionally trained live callers."
"The methodology we used in our survey is considered to be one of the most accurate and reliable," Mayes said, adding that the second poll showing an expanded lead more closely tracks the reaction to the PAC's door-to-door campaigning.
Mayes said the campaign will put up its 6,000th yard sign on Sunday.
"And we've got more volunteers than we've ever had," he said.
In late September, Citizens for a Better Arlington released its own poll showing the opponents with the upper hand — 46.5 percent to 38.9 percent, a 7.6-point advantage. Their poll used a form of robo-calling that Vote Yes! officials quickly denounced as unreliable.
The group, whose opposition campaign is called Save Our Stadium, questioned whether any poll can carve out a very representative sample because people don't have home phones anymore
"There are things beyond our control," Norred added, "and all we can do is go forward as hard as we can and as fast as we can."
Allan Saxe, a political science professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, said the WFAA/Star-Telegram poll shows that citizens simply don't believe the team will leave if the deal falls through.
One factor fueling the "no vote" may be the idea of any city or state getting involved in a financial deal that appears to be making "already wealthy people wealthy," Saxe said.
"I think that cuts through a lot of this," Saxe said.
But losing the Rangers would be a "serious financial and psychological blow to the stomach," Saxe said. "I still think it deserves a 'yes' vote and I'm very surprised it is this close."
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There are studio bands, those that take advantage of all the bells and whistles of mixing and overlaying sounds and funky effects and grooming their music to perfection. And then there are live bands, those that prefer an audience, a jam and a chance to fly by the seats of their pants.
For Ohio band The Werks, nothing beats a live show.
"It's important because we're heavy on the jam and improv side of the coin," said Rob Chafin, drummer and lead singer. "Most of our songs we play have long, extended improv instrumentation. We play off of the crowd and the energy of the room or the festival. The more people giving us more positive energy, the better we play.
"Nothing's better than a sold-out room. We get the same energy from a sold-out three20south as a big festival."
Though The Werks are known for their extensive jam sessions, which will be in full effect at their show today at three20south, Chafin said it's their willingness to go outside the box that sets them apart from other "jam bands."
"We're willing to bring back that experimental, psychedelic vibe," he said. "We don't know what's going to happen, where that song's going to go. We never play the same song twice. Adding that ability to add the electronic jam side sets us apart."
Chafin said that electronic element of the band's music allows it to jump from festivals such as Camp Bisco and Electric Forest to Dark Star Jubilee and beyond.
"We can play these electronic bills, and at the same side, we can play jam festivals," he said. "In my mind, for the style of music we play, there's three types: jam-funk-rock, bluegrass or electronic, and we kind of have a little of all three."
The Werks have crisscrossed the country the past year, even taking a jaunt down to Costa Rica for a couple of shows in February, but Chafin said the band is excited to be back in Summit County.
"Nice people, great town, great music scene, weed's legal," Chafin said with a laugh. "We love Colorado, we love three20south, and we love Rocko."
The Werks owe Rocko, aka Matt Karukin, of three20south, a debt of gratitude from a past visit to the Summit.
"We were stranded in a flash blizzard after one of our shows, and he helped us get off the mountain," Chafin said. "He saved our butts. We were supposed to be in Aspen at the Belly Up, and our tour bus stopped working on the mountain in Breckenridge, right before we were supposed to leave.
"He found us a diesel repairman in the mountains on a Saturday. We made it with 10 minutes to spare at the Belly Up, and we rocked it. … So we owe Rocko a lot. This is the rock out for Rocko end of the season closer; it's gonna be great."
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I've always been of the opinion that Big K.R.I.T. should be so much bigger than he is.
And really, from the more people I've talked to, that's not an uncommon opinion: Big K.R.I.T. seemed like the guy destined to propel his career to the stars, driven off of mixtapes that could often been perceived as dynamic and potent records in their own right. Huge hooks, sharp writing that drew upon Southern hip-hop traditions without ever feeling like a gimmick or old-fashioned, and he produced the majority of it himself with enough flash and polish to court the radio, Big K.R.I.T. showed incredible versatility and promise, and when he got signed by Def Jam, everyone thought it would be his ticket to the top...
And that didn't happen. In fact, if I were to look at utterly tragic missteps in hip-hop management, it would be that Big K.R.I.T. never took off in the mid 2010s the way he should - and yes, you could make the argument that those major label projects were not as good as the mixtapes - in that they were decent to really good but never quite great - but I've covered entirely too much mediocre music that's impacted the Hot 100, whoever was promoting or managing him screwed this up big time. So it was no surprise when Big K.R.I.T. and Def Jam parted ways in 2016, keeping the mixtapes steady as he prepared a double album of material for independent release. Now to some extent I was a little concerned about this - to me double albums are always a risky proposition, especially if it becomes clear it could have been cut down. And the truth is that between the albums and mixtapes Big K.R.I.T. has put out a lot of solid material that has nevertheless done plenty to fill and nearly saturate his lane, and there was a part of me that felt for this to really stand out and resonate it had to be a home run for him, a swing for the fences, really elevate his sound to his best. So did we get it?
So here's the funny thing – I was gearing up for this review to be pretty lengthy, as you'd expect for anyone covering a comeback double album where Big K.R.I.T. was aiming bigger than ever… and yet with every listen to 4eva Is A Mighty Long Time I'm left feeling that this record doesn't so much surprise the audience but reflects a refinement of style. It also gives me the impression that if Def Jam didn't think this was marketable and was leaning on him to water things down they screwed up royally, because not only is this album among Big K.R.I.T.'s best, it also shows itself as plenty accessible in its own right, with terrific melodic hooks, a breadth of lavish production that spans multiple genres, and content that would likely play just fine to Big K.R.I.T.'s audience.
And like always, the key words with Big K.R.I.T. are tied to versatility: this is a rapper who can play in moody, introspective territory while bringing massive bangers indebted to southern hip-hop, and it never feels inconsistent with who he is as an MC – mostly because he's only growing more expressive and layered as a performer. As a rapper I've always liked this guy: an aggressive rasp that backs bars that are flush with the detail to never feel interchangeable, along with charismatic and diverse flows that show he's plenty capable of riding damn near anything and doing it better – but what really impressed me was the expansion of his emotive delivery. I don't think he's an exceptional singer – although a song like 'Keep the devil Off' he's pretty damn credible - but he is naturally expressive and even songs that require him to play in tougher territory like 'Drinking Sessions' are delivered exceptionally well – hell, as much as it feels reminiscent of Kendrick's 'u', I think I might actually like this better! Hell, I'd certainly take him over that lisping mess that Lloyd delivers on '1999', which is easily the worst track on the entire double album.
Granted, it helps that the tones and guest singers – aside from Lloyd - he's drawing on are more than capable of supporting him, from Cee-Lo Green dropping an uncharacteristic but decent rap verse on the flat-out excellent 'Get Up 2 Come Down' opposite some great melodic touches with the trumpet, all the way to Bilal, Jill Scott, and especially Joi belting their tracks on the second disc against some of the lushest soul instrumentals I've heard all year, most of which Big K.R.I.T. produced himself. And this ties into the second reason why I'd argue Def Jam was utterly crazy to not give this guy full creative freedom, because not only does this record sound expensive and clean in a way that belies his more braggadocious songs, but it's nearly always anchored in real melody to back up his hooks, be it coming from liquid guitars, horns, or a lush watery sample that you can tell could easily be traced to the greats of southern hip-hop – I might not be wild about the hook on 'Ride Wit Me', but if there's a guy who can sample the late Pimp C and call up Bun B to sound completely convincing, it's Big K.R.I.T.. He gets T.I. on 'Big Bank' and it's a natural pairing on a banger, but I think I might be more impressed by the slick cascades behind the gorgeous 'Aux Cord', or the oily, organ-infused funk of 'Keep the devil Off' or the choppy tone behind 'Mixed Messages' against a trap drum line that is far more complex than your average radio banger. Granted, the second disc of this project is aiming for more ambitious material, drawing on gospel and showing a greater breadth of instrumentation like the guitars and pianos on 'Miss Georgia Fornia' to the melancholic blend of piano and horns on 'Drinking Sessions' to the stunningly rich take on jazz that fills 'The Light'… but I'm not going to lie, for his fourth track in the sub series 'Subenstein' might be one of my favourites just for the melodic interplay in the tuba with the distant keys, guitars, scratching, electric crackling, and a trunk-knocking beat that even sustains a remarkable beat switch. And it's that diversity that helps so many of these tracks actually stand out – for a twenty-two song double album, even if I will say the record can drag a bit at the end of each disc, it goes down remarkably easy.
Now granted, this does take us to the content, and the one criticism of Big K.R.I.T. that I've always been mixed on: his content, especially at this point in his career, can feel a tad predictable. His flexing is smarter and more layered, but it's still flexing, so there have been those who have argued that he could afford to go deeper or surprise the audience and chooses not to. And I'm not sure I can agree with that, at least not entirely – yeah, especially on the first disc the content might play in an accessible lane, but the presentation more than makes up for conventionality – and even then, I'd argue there's less of it than you might think. For one, Big K.R.I.T. on average tends to be wittier and can take southern tropes in fun directions – hell, that 'Classic Interlude' might be one of the best skits I've heard on a rap album in years! But even beyond that – and his obvious love for the south and its music, illustrated with fantastic detail on 'Aux Cord' – where the content picks up that considerable depth is on the second disc, where you might be able to call some of the details of Big K.R.I.T.'s sensitivity, but there's more to it. Hell, it's early on where we get 'Mixed Messages', a track where he even directly addresses his versatility as a performer and the demands from all sides, and he's very much aware of the contradictions it presents. Or for as much as he loves his home state of Mississippi on 'Miss Georgia Fornia', he knows he'll likely have to leave it behind in order to pursue his passion, and it plays out like a southern gothic romance in the best way possible. It helps that for the most part, Big K.R.I.T. is not putting on airs of violence beyond what is absolutely necessary – he's the protagonist of his story, and is plenty self-reflective when he messes up, which plays out in heartbreaking detail on 'Drinking Sessions', where his grief at his grandmother's death mingles with socially charged anger, resolving with his own awkward self-consciousness at knowing he's exposed something of himself. And the fact that this can still feel credible coming after an entire disc of bangers and a fair few songs that play for easy cool, that's humanizing in a powerful way, especially as you can tell there's a part of him heartbroken by the ascendency in fame and success and the loneliness it brings.
Now is any of this profoundly deep or something you haven't heard before in hip-hop? Eh, not really, and if I were to criticize the content I do wish he had taken that step and tied more of this into a thematically sound whole – if you're going for a double album, you've got the time to do it. But really, that's nitpicking an otherwise pretty great collection of songs, with consistently high quality production and bars that for the most absolutely succeed in what this record sets out to do. Easily the best of his official albums and rivaling his best mixtapes, Big K.R.I.T. made a Southern record that embraces the best of his heritage while still feeling modern, accessible, and frequently fun as hell, so for me it's a solid 8/10 and one of the easiest recommendations I can make. Folks, this is just damn great Southern hip-hop with real class, soul, and well-framed introspection and with no shortage of bangers, it gives you pretty much everything you could want out of Big K.R.I.T. – and if that's not an endorsement, I don't know what is, check this out!


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If you are an artist and you're trying to make money you have to at least understand copyright. You don't necessarily have to do anything about it but you should know it.
I'm a photographer so I'm only going to say my opinions on copyright as it pertains to photography and social media. I could go on for days about this subject as it's a complicated one but I'll try to keep it to one post (albiet a long one). Pull up a chair, grab a glass of water, and be prepared for my opinion.
First off, we live in different times. The internet has changed everything. Before it exploded, the internet was thought to be a flash in the pan. I remember listening to Andrew Rosenthal, editorial page editor for The New York Times, state that when the Times first published its paper online in 1996 (for free, mind you) everyone thought it would be over and fail fairly quickly. In everyones eyes the interwebs (as my dad calls it) wasn't supposed to last so why charge for anything. This set a president. Since everything in the beginning was free people thought it should be free forever (wether you like it or not isn't the point, this is just how it is). In my opinion, this is what brought on Napster, bit torent, and many other "sharing" sites. Keep this in mind as you continue reading.
Nowadays there is a lot of commotion regarding copyright with sites like Facebook, Google+, Twitpic, Pinterest, Tumblr, and yadda yadda yadda. The biggest thing I don't like, and many artists would agree with me, is the rights grab you agree to when you sign up for these services. What do I mean by "rights grab?" When you sign up many of them they say in the fine print that you agree to give them the full rights to use your content (in this case photos) for any reason they desire (like making money) till the end of time throughout the known universe...seriously. So anything you upload to Facebook can be used by them in any way they see fit and you won't make a dime. Not cool, right?
So how do you get around this? You can either join and not post anything (which is pointless) or take the risk and hope they don't use your content, relying on good faith. I have posted many of my professional photos to my Facebook fan page (or whatever they call it now). I do this because the likelihood of Facebook taking my photos is slim and the reward of being on Facebook is high. This goes for all of the social media sites. If I was a big time photographer and didn't need these services to market myself I probably wouldn't be on them.
Now that we have lightly covered copyright & social media let's move onto the idea of sharing. My mother always taught me to share and hopefully your mother did too. (My dad did as well but it just sounds better when you say your mom taught you, sorry dad). Before the internet people used to sit around the dining room table with their family photo albums spread open, sharing those beautifully toned prints made from negatives shot inside cameras suffering from light leaks (no kids, not Instagram). I remember when people would go to the store to get 4x6 prints made and they'd order duplicates to give to all the family. This is sharing and it should bring a warm and fuzzy feeling to your heart. Today, this is done through social media. It's a lot more convenient (if you know how to operate a computer...ZING at you old people! I kid.) and wastes a lot less. The downfall is stated in the above paragraph. I like to share my work. It's one of the biggest reasons I do it. If people want to share my work I am all for it (especially when they give me credit). In my opinion it only benefits me. The more eyes that see my work the more work I get. The more work I get the less I am at home yelling to my wife, "WHERE DID I PUT MY KEYS!" which makes her happy. It's a win win for everyone.
Now my mother also taught me not to steal (my dad actually taught me to steal so I can't co-credit him for this one). For me stealing is when you take my image and intend to make money off it (like putting it on a products packaging, using it to sell an item, etc.). Thankfully we live in a place where I can track you down and serve you some papers (so watch yo back fool!). Some people would say, "Well smarty pants, if someone runs a blog and makes money off their blog through advertising isn't that stealing?" To that I would say, "First off I prefer Mr. Smarty Pants, and no, I don't believe it is stealing. The job of many blogs is to spread information. If you have enough readers that you have paid advertisers then I see it as a good thing. There are more eyes on my images, thus driving more work to me." I say this with the assumption that the blogger has clearly credited me and asked for my permission. I could see how someone could argue against my opinion and I get their point but I just see it differently (which is fine, we can disagree, let's not get all crazy rabid about this stuff. Who knows, I may change my opinion in the future).
Going back to what I said earlier (because I am running out of stuff to say), we live in different times. If you don't want to change with the times and see that things are different you'll probably end up like the dinosaurs (no, not the cool TV show from the mid 90s). Remember, back when the printing press was coming around people were freaking out about that too.
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Up until recently I didn't really give much thought about where my beauty ingredients come from - it takes time and a whole lot of googling to decode a product label. It's a bit of a minefield. But unknowingly to me, three skincare products that I'm currently besotted with, are actually vegan. Meaning these lotions and potions do not contain any animal extracts, or animal by-products. I'm not particularly snobby with my skincare ingredients, if I see results I'm sweet. But it seems upping my ethics and being more conscious of what goes into my skincare products is worth my time and money as these products have been a god send.
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Bodnant Gardens
Part of the National Trust, this is one of the most well-known and visited gardens in Wales. Its true splendour is in spring and early summer, it is a garden packed with Acers, Azaleas and Rhododendrons of every colour you can think of. Its crowning glory is the famous laburnum arch which is a sight to behold when in full flower.
Approximately 20 minute drive
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Again a national trust property
Hidden Gardens – Plas Cadnant
A new garden located between Menai Bridge and Beaumaris on the Isle of Anglesey. It has been under restoration since 1996 and part of the estate's 10 acres. Described as one of North Wales best kept secrets. Plas Cadnant has a little traditional tea room with home-made cakes and fresh pots of tea and coffee.