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MARIETTA, Ga. - What if I told you the ace of the Fort Bend Texans 2015 has a long ponytail that sits past the number on the back of the jersey? What if I told you the name of this left-handed hurler is Sarah Hudek? And we're not talking softball.
That's right, the star pitcher that took the mound yesterday was a girl, but she proved she belonged right on the mound of the diamond, the baseball diamond, that is. You might be thinking, 'this scenario sounds a lot like the plot of Bad News Bears where coach Buttermaker brings in a girl to anchor the staff. They have similarities.
Sarah Hudek's stat line from yesterday's 2013 16u WWBA National Championship matchup between the Fort Bend Texans and the Howell Hawks Gold 16u was absolutely astonishing, even if a boy had put up those numbers.
Hudek threw six innings without giving up an earned run to the Hawks. She gave up just three hits and collected five strikeouts, showing great command of the strike zone. The lefty threw 80 pitches, 55 of which were strikes, and she didn't walk a single batter.
"I really wanted to complete the game," said Sarah. "I was feeling really good today."
Yes, she does throw overhand. In fact, her fastball velocity was tops between the three pitchers who threw in the game. Hudek hit 77 mph with her fastball, threw a changeup that sat around 67-68, and a hard-breaking curveball that ranged anywhere between 57-61. She said her curveball is her favorite two-strike pitch to throw.
"My changeup is probably my most consistent pitch," Sarah said. "I'm able to locate my fastball well, so it helps me set up for that."
The daughter of former Major League pitcher, John Hudek, Sarah has had the privilege to learn the game from some of the best. In fact, her dad mentioned she and Mike Hampton, a sixteen-year MLB veteran and runner-up for the 1999 Cy Young Award, have been working on a cutter. Her dad says she needs to be able to command several different pitches if she wants to go to the next level.
"What I've really pushed from her was to make sure that she had command to move the ball in and out, up and down, and keep the hitters off-balance because she's not gonna be a pitcher that's gonna be out there throwing 92-93 mph," her father said.
She's faced with a lot of tougher challenges than learning how to throw an arsenal of off-speed pitches to get by.
"The biggest thing that she has to overcome is that she does not fail," John said. "I told her freshman year, 'If you go out there and you struggle and you have a bad outing, they're gonna say it's because you're a girl. They're gonna find every excuse to say why you should not play with the boys.'"
She's taken that word of advice to heart and not only gotten by on the baseball field, she's excelled.
"I had expected the stares and looks and all that, but it's become more of a motivation," Sarah said. "All the criticism and remarks I hear, I just use it to show that I can compete and hang with 'em."
This year, pitching for her Junior Varsity team at George Ranch high School in Sugar land, Texas, Sarah put up numbers worthy of a big-league promotion. Her father gave the statistical rundown:
24 IP, 9 H, 6 BB, 27 K, 1 R, and 17 pickoffs
Hudek continues to prove the naysayers wrong by putting up outings that will make you want to give the numbers a second glance and ask, 'a GIRL can pitch THAT well?'
"It's been something I've never seen before, where a young lady can come out and compete like that," Fort Bend Texans coach Dennis Carter said.
Carter isn't concerned with what people might think when they see he's throwing a girl on the mound in a male-dominant sport.
"I have parents ask me, 'why do you let this girl play with the boys?' and then I say, 'because she can pitch.," Carter said. "Wherever we go, people see it and you see people stop and they all look like, 'no, I can't believe my eyes,' but the reality of it is she can pitch."
Raised around the game, John Hudek said Sarah was holding a baseball before she could walk. John started a facility called 'Hudek Baseball Academy', in which he and Carter gave kids lessons on pitching and hitting. Carter recalls Sarah always being there growing up, working to improve her game.
"She would mimic the pitcher that I was working with and I was talking she would be over doing everything that I was telling that pitcher to work on," John said.
Her father believes her mental strength and knowledge of the game are what keep her so competitive on the mound.
"Every time she goes out and performs she gets that much stronger mentally," said her father. "I tell her, 'you go out there, you pitch your game, (and) you do everything you can to your strengths. You may not have stuff one day, but you still find a way to win.'"
"I'm just grateful that I have the Major League experience to help me," Sarah said. "I've learned the mental aspect of the game very well from past Major League players."
When asked if Sarah had ever given softball a try, John chuckled a little bit before answering.
"It's slow for her, it's not exciting. She wants to be on the mound in the center of attention. It's faster and she just wants to compete."
"I tried softball once when I was 10, but I didn't like it that much," said Sarah. "I love the mound. I can go there everyday and pitch."
Many people wonder what her future plans are on the baseball diamond, or if there is even a future in baseball at all.
"My goal is to get to somewhere in college, anywhere," Sarah said. "I just wanna be out there playing the game I love."
"I know how tough it's gonna be for her to go to the next level, but every time that we go to a level and play she's showing something that impresses me enough to say, 'stick with it,'" said John. "She sticks to her guns that she wants to go to the next level."
John Hudek's fellow Major League friends recognize how good Sarah is on the mound, especially Paul Byrd, whose DeMarini Roadrunners faced Sarah just last year. Byrd recommended Hudek go to Cary, North Carolina to try out for the U.S. women's baseball team., so they did.
"She was selected with the one girl from Florida who threw the knuckleball that Joe Niekro taught," John said. "Now they're talking about the possibility of qualifying for the Pan-Am Games."
The Pan-American Games is a major international multi-sport event in which 41 countries from North and South America are expected to participate in. Women's baseball will be making its debut.
"I've always said, 'you will always have this opportunity to play for the U.S. in the Pan-Am Games. That's something your dad did not get to do and to wear 'USA' on your chest is unbelievable,'" said John.
Sarah Hudek is determined to make her future a baseball future on the mound with the boys. She works hard to make that goal happen and her dad praises her desire and work ethic.
"This summer I'm doing Dynamic Sports Training in Houston, Sarah said. "It's a really good workout and I'm just trying to get stronger and faster to help gain velocity so that I can have a better chance of playing at the next level."
Those who know her and have seen what she can do with a baseball know that her dream of playing baseball past the high school age is a very realistic possibility.
"It amazes me every time I see her go out there and take the mound," said Carter. "That takes a lot of guts, character, and courage to go out there and perform like that as a girl."
"It's a beautiful thing."


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Born and raised in NYC, Dan Kluger grew up in a family where cooking always played a major role. Kluger attended Syracuse University where he majored in Nutrition and Hospitality Management. He spent his externship in the dining room of Danny Meyer's Union Square Cafe and after graduation returned to work in the front of house until he was offered his first kitchen position as a prep cook. It was USC that opened his eyes to the wonders of seasonal cooking and he spent the next two and a half years working his way through every station.
In 1999 Kluger was asked to be a part of the opening team of Tabla Restaurant and spent the next seven years working his way up, becoming Tabla's first Chef de Cuisine. Under Chef Floyd Cardoz's direction, Dan was able to fine-tune his cooking techniques, the balance of flavors and textures in his dishes, and the use of Indian spices.
Upon leaving Tabla, Kluger was hired by Tom Colicchio as the Executive Chef for a project he was consulting on called The Core Club. Dan spent the next four years as the clubs culinary leader transforming the way a "members only" dining room was experienced.
Kluger joined the Jean-Georges team in late 2008 where he helped open restaurants in Arizona, Utah, DC and New York. In 2010, Kluger opened ABC Kitchen as the Executive Chef. While there, he won multiple awards, including the 2011 James Beard Award for Best New Restaurant, as well as being honored as Food & Wine Best New Chef of 2012.
In 2013, Kluger added another ABC restaurant to his resume, ABC Cocina, leading both Kitchen and Cocina as the Executive Chef. Most recently Dan was nominated for the 2014 James Beard Award for Best Chef New York City. When Dan isn't cooking, he spends his time with his wife and two daughters. In December 2016, Kluger opened his first solo project Loring Place, a seasonal American restaurant located in Greenwich Village.
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Grandma and Grandpa met at the Livermore Rodeo in 1936 when Grandpa was an exciting rodeo performer and Grandma was a 16-year-old rodeo queen. They were married on March 26, 1938, in Reno, Nevada. They didn't live in Reno, but it seemed to be the fashion in those days for many Northern California couples to trek over the Sierra Nevada mountains to get hitched. Not only did my grandparents get married in Reno, but so did my parents and a couple of sets of aunts and uncles.
They raised four children together: Clinton James (Jim), Brenda Rae, Rebecca Elizabeth (Becky - my mom) and Clay John. From all accounts, they were a lively couple. Grandpa was a handful (to put it mildly!), and Grandma did her best to wrangle him and the four kids. They lived around the Tri-Valley area (Livermore, Dublin, Pleasanton).
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Seems Taschen has undertaken putting into book form the A&A Magazine issues involving the Case Study Houses. Release is planned for Spring '08. These are great references for seeing influential houses that inspired (still inspire) architects.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Faith and leadership converged Monday morning at Jacksonville's annual Interfaith Breakfast at the Prime Osborn Convention Center.
Channel 4 News Anchor Mary Baer emceeed the event. In addition to Mayor Alvin Brown, internationally recognized pastor Bishop T.D. Jakes gave the keynote address, inspiring those in attendance with talk of faith, family and friends.
Jakes and Brown focused on the importance of reaching out to young people and launched some initiatives to help do that through mentoring and crime prevention. Brown said a faith-based approach is an ideal way to do it.
"These young people live around the church. They go to church," he said. "The church is where most of the people are, and we have a lot of people who are un-churched. So working with the faith-based community to reach out to our community, united, everyone together is part of the strategy."
Jakes pastors a church in Dallas and his sermons are broadcast across the world. He joined well-known pastors in the Jacksonville area in Monday's event, which they hope will help the community move forward.
"The great message is the power of unity, that we should not isolate ourselves nor polarize ourselves but united together against the challenges that we all have in common," Jakes said.
Bishop Rudolph McKissick Sr., of Bethel Baptist Institutional Church, said he'd been looking forward to hearing Jakes' message.
"He is a man of God and is well-received because he is well-respected, and he is well prepared," McKissick said.
The goal of the breakfast was to bring the faith community together to address the community's challenges and develop the next generation of leaders. McKissick said their unity will send a strong message.
"When you come together and the community sees this togetherness in the religious level it has an impact upon your attitude," McKissick said.
The main topics of the breakfast were mentoring, education, crime prevention and intervention. After the breakfast, community leaders attended two free workshops to discuss those topics, including a panel of national, state and local experts talking about helping ex-offenders from re-offending. McKissick believes the workshops and breakfast will make a lasting impact.
"I just believe that we are going to leave here with a determination sort of like a mind to work toward the goal of family and faith and friends," McKissick said.


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Fox's Kirsten Powers' Hypocritical Outrage
The Fox News campaign to defend Mitt Romney's debate dishonesty reached its logical extreme as contributor Kirsten Powers criticized Obama's camp for crossing an imaginary line forbidding campaigns from accusing their opponents of lying. Never mind that it's a line Mitt Romney himself crossed before he had any evidence to support it.
Romney has been criticized for numerous dishonest and misleading claims he made during the October 3 presidential debate. His statements earned several "false" and "mostly false" ratings from PolitiFact. After the debate, Romney adviser Eric Fehrnstrom even admitted that people with pre-existing conditions may be unable to find health insurance coverage under Romney's plan, contrary to what the presidential aspirant said during the debate.
Yet when Powers appeared on Fox's America Live to discuss the aftermath of the debate, she criticized the Obama campaign for focusing on Romney's actual dishonesty, claiming: "There are a few lines in politics that usually aren't crossed, and one of them is people usually actually don't call other people liars."
So how does Powers account for Romney's statements leading up to the debate essentially warning that Obama would use the forum to lie?
In contrast to the Obama campaign, which has identified actual false claims made by the GOP nominee, Romney weighed in weeks before a single word was uttered at the debate to suggest that Obama would be dishonest:
"The challenge that I'll have in the debate is that the president tends to, how shall I say it, to say things that aren't true," Romney told ABC News recently. "I've looked at prior debates. And in that kind of case, it's difficult to say, 'Well, am I going to spend my time correcting things that aren't quite accurate? Or am I going to spend my time talking about the things I want to talk about?' "
During the very debate Powers discussed, Romney compared the president to a dishonest child:
ROMNEY: I will not reduce the share paid by high-income individuals. I know that you and your running mate keep saying that and I know it's a popular thing to say with a lot of people, but it's just not the case. Look, I've got five boys. I'm used to people saying something that's not always true, but just keep on repeating it and ultimately hoping I'll believe it. But that -- that is not the case. All right? I will not reduce the taxes paid by high-income Americans.
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Apologies to Tony Danza, but the new season of "The Office" might as well be called "Who's the Boss?"
As sad as we were to see Steve Carell leave after seven years of watching his Michael Scott evolve from an infuriating, clueless bumbler to a sweet bumbler who finally found a clue in love, there's a certain excitement in the uncertainty surrounding Thursday's season premiere.
All we know for sure is that James Spader's maddeningly inscrutable Robert California is taking over as CEO of Dunder Mifflin Sabre, whose employees' nerves no doubt have worn as thin as the paper they sell. But the identity of Scott's replacement as regional manager remains a mystery.
That mystery offers all kinds of comic possibilities, perhaps to an even greater extent than last season's long goodbye to Carell/Scott. Still, the stakes for the characters – as well as for the show – are higher: Can "The Office" go on successfully without Michael Scott?
The general sense of insecurity looms as a reflection of the real workplace in tough times, even more so than during the benign vagaries of the Scott era. The reality is that no one – not even Michael Scott or Steve Carell – is irreplaceable.
The Scott character proved an exaggerated, if ultimately endearing, portrait of a classic middle manager, who can please no one, above or below him on the corporate food chain. Spader's strangely named California is a recognizable upper brass type whose stock in trade rests in keeping employees off balance, via his arrogant swagger, withering see-through-you stares and bizarre pronouncements ("Look at my eyes. Do I look like someone who would waste my own time?").
"He creeps me out," the usually unflappable office drone Jim Halpert noted in last season's finale. "But I think he might be a genius."
Genius is a rare commodity in any office, but California's unpredictability and ability to foster anxiety appear to be the keys to quick his rise to CEO (along with the great Kathy Bates' departure because of her commitment to "Harry's Law"). California also doesn't seem to care if he's liked, a stark difference from Michael Scott's childlike constant search for approval from his office "family."
The big challenge this season is to move the show forward within this new dynamic without losing the core of the program's appeal. "MASH" and "Cheers" are among the few classic sitcoms that made successful transitions after the departure of major characters. Those shows, like "The Office," relied on top-notch ensemble casts and consistently strong writing.
As much as we liked enjoyed some of the stunt casting last season – Will Ferrell, Ricky Gervais, Ray Romano, Jim Carrey, Will Arnett – that can't be a crutch this year. That Spader's California made a deep impression in the season finale is a promising sign. It's also a good bet the scramble for the manager's job will bring out the worst in the familiar set of officemates – hopefully bringing out the best in one of TV's most enduring current comedies.
It's hard to imagine any of the cast of characters – not even Jim – in the manager's role for the long term. Which is why we're not surprised to learn that another new cast member is slated to join the show at some point. Perhaps Gervais' fellow Brit Catherine Tate (of "Dr. Who" fame), who was among the eccentric interviewees in the season finale, will get a shot.
No word, though, on whether Tony Danza will apply for the job.
In the meantime, check out this preview of Robert California trying to show his new employees who's the boss – at least for now.
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.


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Neil Postman, as a philosopher, is deceptively simple. His writing is so easy that by this point it took me seconds to read a page. McLuhan's name also appear, so it's obvious he's not providing new paradigms of thought. He continues McLuhan's critical examination of technology, not taking it for granted by asking what it means. If the medium is the message, then this is book expands on news as a medium.
Before I talk about this book, I must make the theory clear. When McLuhan uses it, he means any kind of technology. For him, the newspaper and the text are two different medias. Postman takes a saner, more intiuiative approach to his theory and uses the tradition of medium as a tool for transmitting content. He examines what kind of content works better with medium according to its traits. Although it's a different modus operandi of analysis, it's still an extremely useful one. Actually, it's necessary for us to understand any kind of communication.
Postman and Powers talk a lot about the importance of advertising. No one should be surprised by this. Ads are everywhere. Just go outside. An activity as innocent as waiting for the bus will involve advertising, in the station and on the bus itself. The chapters about media-as-business don't reveal too much since, in my experience, people already perceive the TV networks as a business anyway.
The interesting and important parts are when the authors discuss what news is. It's the type of discussion we don't have enough. When you criticize the news, or TV, for being stupid people will reply with, 'oh, it's business, of course they will do what makes money'. Living in a strictly Neoliberal mindset, this makes sense. Adopting a less dogmatic mindset means asking yourself what kind of product you're consuming. Without asking yourself this, you can't tell the difference between a snack and a meal.
It's this crucial distinction that makes all the figures about adverts alarming. News isn't exactly entertainment. Things that happen in it are supposed to real. News show stand in contrast to other shows in that they're meant to provide information. That's why you're angrier when Trump says 'grab them by the pussy' then when the Joker abuses Harley Quinn. Clearly, news are a different product than other shows, like RealiTV or cartoons.
Since news deliver information, the authors always view news by that prism. If these parts seem worrying, it's only because they force you to ask whether you're actually learning anything by the news. Their examination of the visual image is fantastic. It's not an attack on the image itself. Rather, they examine what kind of information an image delivers, and what ideas work better in images.
News aren't documentaries (A subject they sadly didn't touch). News consists of incomplete stories framed as complete with pictures. Yet the story is so much more than a picture. A picture isn't actually worth a thousand words since these words can contradict each other. They also point out how images express more than tell, show something concrete but don't include context. It's not that images are bad, but news information demands context, order, and meaning. Images aren't enough to deliver those.
The print media also contains pictures, but then they analyze its structure. It's another thing that's easy to miss. The newspaper is a mosaic of images, where there is less hierarchy and more control for the reader. Although the editor decides which items will be on the paper and how much they will stick out, they can't control the order of reading. Choosing to watch one story before the other in TV news is quite hard work. Why put all this effort into rewinding and fast-forwarding?
It's sad that the authors didn't emphasis the viewers' ability to be selective on the media they consume. Although they're not totally deterministic, Powers' final conclusion, when discussing new technology leans towards gatekeeping. What he misses is that gatekeepers won't necessarily care or know the well-being of the viewer. A gatekeeper by definition puts less power in the viewer's hand. The power of selection is what we need to teach.
Some optimistic researchers will say we're all naturally selective. I don't think so, and the high amount of TV watching and viral content is more evidence of that. Selectivity means people will have a guideline of their own that makes them choose the content. They will not scroll the popular YouTube videos to see what's happening, but rather search for specific topics. The internet actually does increase selectivity, mostly because you have to with all this information.
What they miss about information glut is that it demands being selective, unlike the TV. The TV, as a medium, is a regression in terms of intelligence and ability to convey information. Postman keeps proving this here. The authors missed that technology changes and can amplify parts of ourselves. Their pessimism misses the internet's nature of information glut which forces people to be selective in some way. That said, selectivity demands critical thinking and that demands a lot of effort and our education system don't really support it.
An interesting chapter focuses on the televising of trials. It's one of the highlights, since it illustrates more clearly than any chapter how TV works. When a trial is televised, everyone knows that one person is tried. We're judges by nature, and by putting someone on TV you put the person in front of millions of judges. Beyond that, the nature of summary of TV means our judgment will be quicker and less informed. Many of us will not even know what the final decision was. We'll know someone's been tried, assume he's guilty or not and move on.
I agree with the authors that TV should stay out of court. They spread disinformation, not information. A person witnessing a trial is seeing it as it is, all the information with no edited highlights. On the news, you can't show the whole trial but have to edit the highlights.
This book is directly related to Amusing Ourselves to Death. That book laid down the nature of TV and Postman's demand for a boundary between information and entertainment. It is a discussion for a different book, but keep in mind these are some of the assumptions Postman and Powers bring. Information and entertainment must not go together. They don't view TV as bad in and of itself, at least not in this book but merely as horrible at providing information. Although they expose their bias of technological pessimism a little later, they still lean towards being critical instead of dogmatic. After all, they provide some tools of analyzing language and these tools can be used against them. The point of the book is anyway not to make you agree with Postman so much as provide you with tools to be more critical, more on-guard.
It's a good book on communication and media studies. It should be read by everyone since everyone is affected by the news. That said, it's on a small scale. It doesn't provide a theory but apply it. We need such books since sometimes theories can exist so much time in the abstract they lose any foundation in reality. Anyone expecting a series of revelation might be disappointed that this is not as ambitious as Amusing Ourselves to Death. It does provide a nice extension of the argument and is more accessible to layman, since it's more of a toolbox than a theory. Postman's books do sell, but they should sell more. Here is a philosopher who deals directly with life, cares deeply for being human and isn't hard to understand at all.
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Switzerland Overview
Switzerlandswĭt´sərlənd [key], Fr. Suisse, Ger. Schweiz, Ital. Svizzera, officially Swiss Confederation, federal republic (2015 est. pop. 8,320,000), 15,941 sq mi (41,287 sq km), central Europe. It borders on France in the west and southwest, with the Jura Mts. and the Lake of Geneva (traversed by the Rhône River) forming the frontier; in the north it is separated from Germany by the Rhine River and Lake Constance; its eastern neighbors are Austria and Liechtenstein; in the southeast and south it is divided from Italy by the Alpine crests, the Lake of Lugano, and Lago Maggiore. The federal capital is Bern, and the largest city is Zürich.
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More than 2,300 subscribers have joined Boston's bike sharing program called The Hubway combining for 36,600+ station-to-station trips in its first month according to an article in the Sunday Boston Globe.
Analysts say that within 3 months, the system could see 100,000+ station-to-station trips making it one of the most successful bike sharing programs in the country. By contrast similar programs of similar size in Denver and Minneapolis took 7.5 and 6 months respectively to reach the 100,000 trips milestone.
I will admit that its hard for me to go anywhere without seeing a number of people on these bicycles in the downtown neighborhoods. I hope that its popularity continues to grow, because I think its a fantastic concept. If they open a few more bike stations near my apartment I may opt to get rid of my aging bike and join the Hubway as well.
If you find yourself coming to Boston for a visit or a day trip, you may want to consider leveraging the Hubway as a less stressful and certainly more economical choice for getting around. With daily rates for $5 and 3-day memberships for $12 you are hard pressed to find a cheaper / better alternative.


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Tabular is the new SSAS modeling experience and DAX is the new language to use to create BI solution with Tabular. How does it compare with MDX and Multidimensional? In this session, which is mostly based on demos, we will build a complex BI solution from scratch, starting from simple analysis and moving through complex scenarios, showing how you will leverage the tremendous speed of DAX to create complex solution on simple data models, focusing on the differences in building the same solution in MDX or DAX.
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Greendogo wrote: Vality7 just released some world map mods that alter how the world map works and there is some interesting information in his thread on how the vanilla engine deals with the world map.
In case there's anything there that might give someone an idea, here's the thread:
http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/t ... ry17418073
I think the code that deals with the world map could be started once the terrain stuff is done. Something to think about for 0.12. The dialog that contains the world map could then be started (right?).
Adding support for altering the appearance of the world map (akin to what Vality7 is doing for the vanilla engine) is also something to take into account later maybe.
Zini wrote: I haven't given the world map any thought yet. In theory we could do it in 0.12.0 (assuming the terrain implementation in 0.11.0 works out).
If there will be somebody interested in implementing it, is a different question. On my priority list the global map is pretty low (the implementation of no other feature depends on the global map being implemented first). I am not planning to add it to the 0.12.0 roadmap, unless somebody explicitly asks for this tasks.
Greendogo wrote: Yeah, it isn't very important since it's progress doesn't hold anything back.


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The Ultimate Vegan Lip Balm Recipe
The following guest post is by Tracy Perkins of StrawberryHedgehog.com. She makes specialty handmade vegan bath & body products, and she has a special vegan lip balm recipe to share with you all!
I make many a product over at StrawberryHedgehog.com. From organic oils soaps to whipped body creme, I have my hands full with my current product line. Over the years I've had to streamline and eliminate some products so I can handle things best and give 110% to what I am doing. On that list of products once loved and eventually nixed was my fabulous vegan lip balm. I tend to use my unrefined shea butter now, or straight mango butter, but a good tube of lip balm can't be beat, especially if it is tinted!
In comes my buddy, Mary, vegan mineral makeup extraordinaire and fellow crafty-guru behind GothCupcake.Etsy.com! She mixed up a couple of beautiful lip-safe mineral pigment blends, I had all the goods for the balms and we made a fun filled night of it!
Ratio: (given so you can play with the recipe and make smaller batches – try tbsp instead of cups for a smaller qty)
- 3 parts butters
- 2 parts wax
- 4 parts oil
Tinted Vegan Lip Balm
makes 2 1/4 cups, i.e 18oz, i.e. lots of lip balm!
- 1/4 cup unrefined shea butter
- 1/2 cup fair trade cocoa butter
- 1/4 cup candelilla wax
- 1/4 cup carnuba wax
- 1 cup jojoba oil
- 1/2 tsp vitamin e oil (soy)
- * 90-180 drops essential oil or organic flavor oil
- * 3/4 tsp mineral pigment
Your measurements should be of the melted material so use a heat resistant measuring cup to measure and heat. Many recipes call for a double boiler but because I like to use the same container for heating and measuring I use the microwave in 30 second bursts and remove when there are no solid pieces remaining. I like to melt my waxes first, then my butters and then add my oil. When you add your oil it may cause it to solidify a bit so just pop it back in the micro for a few more rounds of 30 seconds. Test the consistency on your hand (this is crazy hot! Don't burn yourself, I stir with a chopstick then let it cool a bit on the end and put a dab on the back of my hand to see if the consistency is what I am going for).
If it is too thick/waxy, add more oil, too thin, add more butter. Play around with the oils and butters you use – cocoa is harder than shea, jojoba is a liquid wax so provides a more shelf-stable product and is great for your lips. Castor oil would have a wonderful consistency that might lead to longer wear while apricot kernel or sweet almond would be light and readily absorbed. Once you have the consistency you like start adding your organic flavor oils and essential oils.
We split our batch into two at this point so we could have two colors/flavors. Be sure you are using high quality oils! Never ever ever use a "essence" "perfume" "fragrance" or anything of the like. Organic extracts are great for scents that can't be obtained as essential oils. If you are using extracts be sure they are in an oil base rather than alcohol as alcohol will not mix with your lip balm, it will just bead up and be yucky. Be careful with citrus, mints, anise, cinnamon, and clove as these are wonderful but powerful oils. Test as you go to see if it is too warming or cooling and play around. Also, if you wouldn't eat it from your garden or spice cabinet do not use the essential oil in something that goes on your lips – i.e. no mugwort lip balm!
Our oil combos:
Tropical Bliss:
- 90 tangerine essential oil
- 30 coconut organic extract
Peppermint Kiss:
- 60 peppermint essential oil
- 60 spearmint essential oil
- 60 vanilla organic extract
You can add in some mineral pigment as long as you know it is safe for lips. Just because it is a mineral doesn't mean you can use it without caution. Lead is a mineral, my dearies, you don't want that on your lips! :c) Micas and iron oxides are your best bet. Mary mixed up two beautiful mica blends for our use! A coppery, sun-kissed blend and a shimmery wine tint, both beautiful. Just stir them in gently until the color is distributed throughout. If things start to solidify put them back in the micro for 30 seconds but use a lid once the essential oils are in to avoid them volatilizing too much.
Now you can pour! Tubes and a little pouring tray can be found online and are very helpful to do many at once but you can just as easily use empty candy tins, small jars, etc. For the trays and tubes just pop them in securely and begin pouring. Don't worry about getting it on the tray or even spilling over (as long as you are working on a very clean surface, of course!) as you can just scrape off the cooled excess, remelt, and pour again. Once cooled thoroughly scrape off the top, wiggle and twist to get the lip balm out (I find this is easier in the thin tubes), wipe off or scrape off the top for an even and clean surface and put on the lid! You've just made magical home made vegan lip balm. :c) Any excess can be poured into a Tupperware and kept for your next batch.
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I tried this for the first time last night and somehow managed to get more of a lip butter than a balm. I don't know what I did wrong, I'm going to keep some as it is because it feels great on then re-melt the rest and add more butters. Fingers crossed the next batch will be more solid. Thank you for sharing your recipe with us.
Thank you for being so generous with your information! I was just about to use my Cherry extract from Baktoflavor, because it is all natural! But it is not oil based, dang it! Thank you, because I would have has an yucky mess.
LOVE this! Thank you ladies for sharing. I have subscribed to this blog, and have "liked" you on FB.
I can't wait to try this out! 🙂
Love your article! I've tried a few different organic/vegan lip balm recipes and have had trouble with stability. Any suggestions on how to keep it from turning grainy or melting in normal temps? Thanks.
Is this lipbalm liquid or solid?
I love a good DIY beauty recipe! This recipe looks easy – I love colored balms. I tend to get lazy about making balms with color though since I don't have mineral pigment available without ordering it online. Great recipe! 😉


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First Posted : September 11, 2012
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|Condition or disease
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This will be a single blind randomised controlled trial with two arms. 70 subjects post primary total hip replacement will be randomised either to a functional; exercise group (n=35) or to a control group following usual care (n=35).
Blinded outcome assessments will be carried out on all subjects by the principal investigator using the Western Ontario and Mc Master arthritis index on day 5 , week 12 aand week 18.
Secondary outcomes measurements will also be collated at week 12 and week 18 including SF 12, 6 min walk test, Dynamometry, and a blinded radiologist will also measure glut med cross sectional area using real time ultrasound at week 12 and week 18.
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|Actual Enrollment :
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Experimental: Functional exercise class
Functional exercise class 45 mins twice weekly from week 12 to week 18
Procedure: Functional exercise class
Functional exercise class running twice weekly for six weeks from week 12 to week 18
Placebo Comparator: Usual Care Group
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Procedure: usual care group
Usual care group adhere to post operative instructions given on discharge from hospital
- WOMAC Western Ontario and Mc Master osteoarthritis index questionaire [ Time Frame: 3 YEARS ]Multi dimensional self administered health status instrument used to measure changes in the dimensions of pain stiffness and function.
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Inclusion Criteria:
- 12 weeks post primary THR for osteoarthritis
- Age 50 years and above
- Able to read and understand and instructions in English
- Willing to attend classes twice weekly for 8 weeks
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01683201
|Principal Investigator:
|Brenda M Monaghan, BSc, MSc
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Contrary to popular belief, not every team is thinking about Mats Sundin at the moment.
This is the worst time of the year for hockey fans. Besides waiting for a few stars to decide their futures, there's nothing going on as far as the NHL goes. (Unless you count the KHL, and lets be serious, who does?) Yet, for all thirty teams, there's something to think about in regards to the upcoming season.
Anaheim Ducks - Why are we affiliated with a team named the Chops?
"We wanted to give Iowa a team that they feel is their own," said the 29-year-old Schlegel, who also owns the Texas Tornado of the NAHL and the Tacoma Rainiers (Seattle Mariners AAA affiliate) of the Pacific Coast League. "When we really thought about it, one of the things that Iowa is very proud of is they are the No. 1 exporter in the country of pork."
The Chops
Well it's certainly unique, but it's a good thing that a team like Tampa Bay didn't use the Chops' logic. Otherwise, we may be looking at the 2004 Stanley Cup champions, the Tampa Bay Citrus Fruits.Calgary Flames - Will Todd Bertuzzi continue to prove he's worthless?
Avalanche fans still haven't forgotten what Todd Bertuzzi did to Steve Moore and it's nice to see that Bertuzzi has become irrelevant in the NHL these days.
After regisitering 71 points during the season after the lockout, Bertuzzi was traded to Florida where he played just seven games before being shipped off to Detroit. After playing just eight games with the Wings, Bertuzzi continued solidifying his journeyman status by signing in Anaheim last season. After a 40 point performance in the regular season, Bertuzzi had just two assists in a first round loss to Dallas.
Now, Bertuzzi has signed in Calgary, a team that will be counting on him to perform. (Not likely, Flames fans.)
Chicago Blackhawks - Will this be the most disappointing season ever?
Having not made the playoffs since 2002, the Blackhawks have reason to be excited for the first time in over half a decade. Led by youngsters Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane, Chicago made a huge splash this summer by signing Brian Campbell and Christobel Huet.
In addition, this will be the first season ever that fans will be able to watch all 82 games on TV. Chicago's attendance numbers are expected to go way up this season as well. Oh, and did I mention,
Representatives from the National Hockey League, the Chicago Cubs, the Chicago Blackhawks, the Detroit Red Wings and the National Hockey Players' Association gathered this morning atop the third-base dugout of Wrigley Field, the'09 Winter Classic
Cubs' historic home, to talk about the upcoming NHL Winter Classic 2009.
Anything less than a playoff berth will be disaster for this team and could set them back a long way. Chicago, a city which has to be getting used to losers, needs a team besides the Cubs and Bears to lean on.
Colorado Avalanche - Will Joe Sakic Retire?
If you're reading this blog, you're undoubtedly a hockey fan and that means you know that Joe Sakic is considering retirement.
Actually, I take that back.
This guy didn't.
I could use this space to reference numerous opinions around the hockey world, but lets face it, no one really knows what's going on. (No matter how many "E" sources they may have.)
My gut says that he's coming back, but if he's not, Avalanche fans may be in for a long season.
Columbus Blue Jackets - Who will watch us play?
Ranked 28th in attendance last year , the Blue Jackets remained the only team in the NHL to have never made the playoffs. This season doesn't look much better as the Jackets will probably be relying on newcomer R.J. Umberger to center their top line. Umberger was solid last year as a third-line player, (50 points in 74 games) but he's not the guy whose going to get the most out of Columbus's only star, Rick Nash.
However, this writer seems to strongly disagree,
But I like the roster shakeup that they have done in Columbus and this could be a great year for them. But the West is tough and they have their work cut out for them. I pick them second in the division though.That being said, expect attendance to stay near the bottom and for the Jackets to be in the running for John Tavares.
Dallas Stars - What tricks does Sean Avery have up his sleeve?
Every NHL fan has seen Sean Avery's antics in last year's playoffs. Avery turned his back to the play and screened Martin Brodeur, which ultimately lead to a goal. Now, just a few months later, Avery has signed in Dallas where he'll bring his pesky style to the West. The question is, what will he do next?
Here are two of my guesses:
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Detroit Red Wings - Will we repeat?
The question could have been can we repeat, but I figure that the Wings are alread past that. Returning with practically the same roster, the Wings added superstar Marian Hossa in the offseason. If Chris Osgood and Ty Conklin can provide consistent goaltender, the Wings should be considered the favorites to win the Stanley Cup.
Edmonton Oilers - Burke or Lowe?
I doubt I'm the only one expecting an one-on-one death match featuring Ducks' GM Brian Burke and Oilers' GM Kevin Lowe. Lowe and Burke haven't been on good terms since that ridiculous offer sheet to Dustin Penner a few summers ago, and recently, Kevin Lowe has fired back at Burke.
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"He won a Stanley Cup? Great. I've won six Stanley Cups, you want to count rings? Who cares? It's just a little pathetic that he carries on."
Los Angeles Kings - Who is our goalie?
The following players are listed under "Goaltender" on the Kings' website:
Jonathan Bernier
Erik Ersberg
Jason LaBarbera
Jonathan Quick
Daniel Taylor
Jeff Zatkoff
While LaBarbera and Bernier have the best shots at sticking around, but Inside the Kings has this to say,
The goalies spent the past week up in Vancouver, working with goalie coach Bill Ranford. I don't know the exact number of goalies up there, but last I heard, LaBarbera, Bernier, Zatkoff, Quick and Taylor were all headed up there. Ersberg too, most likely, since he's now under contract.Either way, it has to be one of theb igest question marks around the league at this point.
Minnesota Wild - Why is Martin Skoula on our roster?
Not sound harsh or anything, but Skoula was a -16 in the regular season last year and hasn't had more than 16 points since 2002-2003.
Sure, there are other questions that could be asked here. But every time I watch a Wild game, I chuckle when this guy is on the ice.
Nashville Predators - What's the KHL?
After Nashville's rising star Alexander Radulov signed in the newly formed Kontinental Hockey League, Nashville fans and even some regular NHL fans went into a panic.
What was this new league? Why were they taking our players? What the heck is an OMSK?
But really, all the KHL should be considered is a place where aging superstars (Jaromir Jagr) and overrated snipers (Ladislav Nagy) can find pilgrimage. Nevertheless, assuming Radulov doesn't suddenly come back to Nashville, Predator fans will be asking themselves this question all season long.
Phoenix Coyotoes - Did GM Don Maloney doom us?
His response: "To me this is a playoff team. We expect to make it this year. And that's not just a wish or a dream. We've addressed our two biggest needs - acquiring a No. 1 center (Olli Jokinen) and adding more toughness (Todd Fedoruk and Brian McGrattan) - and we're ready to go."First of all, while I applaud the trade for Olli Jokinen, I have to say that I never thought I would see the day when concussion-king Todd Fedoruk would be considered a "key to making the playoffs." And even if he was, Maloney probably doomed them to the lottery anyway.
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It's not that Phoenix has a bad team, it's just that hockey people are supposed to be very aware of jinxes.
Patrick Roy used to avoid the blueline and talk to his goal posts.
Chris Chelios used to be the last one to put his uniform on before games.
Heck, Stephane Quintal used to never speak to anyone once it was 1:30.
So why would Maloney actually say his team was probably going to make the postseason. You don't see Ken Holland saying it. Pierre Lacroix never said it.
I hope he knocked on wood.
San Jose Sharks - Is Joe Thornton the "Peyton Manning of hockey?"
The San Jose Sharks have been the trendy pick over the past couple of years to win the Stanley Cup. And with stars Joe Thornton, Patrick Marleau, Jonathon Cheechoo, and Evgeni Nabokov, it didn't seem that farfetched. But now, after three straight years of losing in the Conference Semifinals (always 4-2, by the way), the Sharks are no longer everyone's #1 bandwagon to jump on.
With new coach Todd McLellan behind the bench, the pressure will be directly on Joe Thornton's shoulders to lead this team to the Stanley Cup. He'll be making over 7.2 million this season and as San Jose's best player, needs to earn his money.
The biggest criticism of Thornton in Boston was that he couldn't get them to a Stanley Cup. Sadly, that appears to be the case in San Jose.
However, if Thornton is the "Peyton Manning of hockey," perhaps a Stanley Cup isn't too far off.
St. Louis Blues -Why does The Hockey News hate us?
THN's annual yearbook has finally been published and in its predictions section, The Hockey News is predicting the St. Louis Blues to finish dead last in the Western Conference. (Puck Daddy)
Ouch. Doesn't this team still have some talent?
Erik Johnson, Barret Jackman, and Eric Brewer lead a decent defensive group while Paul Kariya and Brad Boyes lead the forwards. In goal, Manny Legace and Chris Mason aren't spectacular, but should be considered a decent 1-2 combo.
If the Blues can get secondary scoring by David Perron, David Backes, Andy McDonald, and Lee Stempniak, they are certainly capable of finishing higher than deadlast.
Oh, who did THN to finish in 14th?
The Colorado Avalanche. Figures.
Vancouver Canucks - Can we get rid of our new nickname - the Vancouver CaSUCKS?"
Some members of Colorado's official forum have taken to calling Vancouver the "Casucks" for this upcoming season.
It's very witty. See, "Casucks" rhymes with "Canucks" and also describes a probably 5th place division finish for Vancouver this year.
For everyone out there who is rolling their eyes and saying that Vancouver will prove all the doubters wrong, remember, Mats Sundin isn't going to sign with Vancouver. Get over it.
In that case, who is going to score for this team? Daniel and Henrik Sedin? Pavol Demitra?
Maybe Kyle Wellwood will have a nifty 10-goal season!
Either way, it's the question Canuck, or should I say Casuck fans will be asking themselves all season long.
Bad humor, lots of links, and a harsh criticism of a division rival - isn't that what everyone loves in a blog post?
Look for Part 2 later this week.


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I'm very new to the quest of learning Mandarin and i've been looking around for a suitable language pack to use so please forgive me for my, im sure very basic questions
I've already downloaded Earworms rapid chinese vol.1 for my ipod and have been listening to that to get a feel for the language, however looking at some reviews and some sample material from several software programs ive noticed something strange, its probably my inexperience just making me confused but in my rapid earworms audio track the phrase "Dui bu QI" is presented as meaning sorry, but in an sample from a pimslur audio track its said to mean excuse me, additionally, my earworm track says that "lou tcha" means excuse me, not dui bu Qi so its left me a little confused, when listening to people speak chinese, i cant distinguish between the 4 tones at all, all the words seems to be at the same tone :-/
Can anyone explain this?
Thanks in advance
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NVIDIA Debuts Project Shield Handheld Gaming System at CES 2013 (Updated)
NVIDIA Debuts Project Shield Handheld Gaming System at CES 2013
Update (May 15, 2013): NVIDIA has just announced the availability of Shield, its Android-powered handheld gaming console. It is priced at US$349 and the company is accepting pre-orders from 20th May for customers in United States and Canada only. These residents are also able to place their orders with NVIDIA's retail partners.
Originally reported on 7 Jan 2013
NVIDIA made a couple of major announcements today at CES 2013. Apart from announcing their new Tegra 4 processor, they have also lifted the curtains off of their all-new handheld gaming console, codenamed Project Shield.
As you'd expect, powering it is the new Tegra 4 processor and it will allow the Project Shield handheld console to play console-quality games and also push 4K resolution video content over HDMI to external displays. The console will also have advanced sound processing circuitry that NVIDIA claims will rival Beats Audio-equipped notebooks and also a 38Wh battery that can provide five to ten hours of playtime or up to 24 hours of HD video playback.
As for display, NVIDIA is fitting the unit with a 5-inch, 720p Retinal multitouch display with 294ppi pixel density. There's also a slot for microSD memory cards. Finally, the console will run pure Android - no skins - which means users will be able to access the hundreds of thousands of apps on the Google Play Store and without any overheads.
One of the coolest thing about Project Shield is that apart from being able to play all the Android games from the Google Play Store and Tegra Zone, users can also stream games from a Windows equipped PC, thus letting Project Shield users access their collection of PC Games (including Steam games).
There's no word yet on pricing, but NVIDIA says gamers can expect Project Shield to be available in the second quarter of this year. For now, we leave you with this mini video presentation of what Shield is made up of:-
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Lava has begun to ooze out of Washington state's Mount St. Helens, building up the lava crust in the volcano's crater, government scientists said Wednesday.
SEATTLE Lava has begun to ooze out of Washington state's Mount St. Helens, building up the lava crust in the volcano's crater, government scientists said Wednesday.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) kept its warning level at the agency's second-highest setting of "heightened activity" but said there was still a chance that Mount St. Helens could erupt, as magma continues to build up underneath the lava dome created after the volcano's violent eruption in 1980.
Scientists don't expect a repeat of the catastrophic eruption that blew off the top of the mountain in southwestern Washington state, killing 57 people and destroying more than 200 homes.
Instead, the lava will continue to add mass to the lava dome, accompanied by small steam and ash eruptions, similar to a dome-building period that lasted until 1986, said Tina Neal, a USGS geologist.
"The volcano remains restless," Neal said.
Some areas of the hot rock were observed to be up to 1,270 degrees Fahrenheit and could be seen glowing at night, Neal said. During the day, the rock is mainly gray in color.
So far, the dome has risen at least 250 feet, or the size of a 30-story building, since Mount St. Helens woke from its slumber nearly three weeks ago, with small eruptions spewing steam and ash.
The U.S. Forest Service kept closed the Johnston Ridge Observatory, the nearest lookout point five miles from the crater. Tourists and media have flocked to the Coldwater Ridge Visitor Center north of the mountain.
The 1980 eruption reduced the summit of the volcano to 8,364 feet from 9,677 feet, devastating hundreds of square miles of surrounding evergreen spruce forest.
Ash from that eruption billowed across much of the United States, and the explosion was heard as far away as Canada.
The biggest concern in the event of an eruption is the impact of ash on air traffic, as Mount St. Helens is 50 miles north of a busy airport near Portland, Oregon.
Aircraft, particularly jet aircraft, are vulnerable to volcanic ash, since it can stall engines.
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Bona-fide Torrance-based, non-profit groups may submit events to be included in the Torrance citywide calendar pending approval. The City of Torrance Citywide Calendar System Administrator (Office of Cable and Community Relations) is responsible for determining which events are appropriate for posting and then approving a calendar entry. The administrator also has the capability to submit the event to other calendars so that your event may be posted on more than one calendar if appropriate. Events must occur within Torrance city limits to be considered for inclusion and submitted within the categories already identified within the calendar. Upon submission, the following information should be included: How To Submit
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Hya Tara Leonardo and Her Disney Princess I Dare to Dream Adventure
Hya Tara Leonardo, who is fondly known as Hya, is the eldest of six contestants of Lea Salonga's Disney Princess: I Dare to Dream concert happening on Wednesday, March 22, 2017, to be held at the SM Mall of Asia Arena. The other five contestants Sirach Catipay, Stephanie Jordan, Jaden Narvios, Liana San Diego, and Alexi Tan.
Hya, who is 16 years of age, is the breadwinner of her family; she stopped schooling to financially support her grandmonther and special-needs brother. To do that, Hya sings and dances at clubs, private parties, weddings and such to make ends meet. Her mother abandoned them while her father passed away.
She was even the day's winner in the Tawag Ng Tanghalan Kids competition last year In February 24, 2016.
Hya wants to be a Broadway actress and singer, just like her idol Lea Salonga. She says, "I want to be rich like people who have iPhones." Hya has always dreamt of performing in front of a large audience. On March 22nd, one of her dreams will come true.
Globe Live is presenting this musical celebration of Disney Princess movies with the competition of the six young girls mentioned above, all vying for a chance to be featured in Disney's online video series: Disney Princess: I Dare to Dream. The main celebrity coach and peformer for this concert is Lea Salonga, with performances coming from Aicelle Santos, Christian Bautista, Erik Santos, Janina Vela, Julie Anne San Jose, KC Concepcion, Morissette, Sam Concepcion and Tippy Dos Santos.
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The Promo Code is available starting today until concert time on March 22, 2017, courtesy of the partnership between Globe Telecom and the Philippine Bloggers Network (PBNet).
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|Mon 28 Jan 2013, 12:00pm
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This summer, Big Day Out will play host to the only Australian shows by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. These will be their first Australian festival shows since their record setting headline performances in 2000. Big Day Out is also welcoming back festival heavyweights The Killers who return with a new album under their belts.
Big Day Out also welcomes 30 first-timers to the tour in 2013 including Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Vampire Weekend, Band of Horses, Animal Collective, Against Me!, 360, Foals, B.o.b, Sleigh Bells, Jeff the Brotherhood, Off!, Jagwar Ma, Delta Spirit, Every Time I Die and House Vs Hurricane.
We are proud to present for the first time on Australian shores the Alabama Shakes, Childish Gambino, Logo, Death Grips, Adventure Club and Gary Clark Jr.
Australia's original dance music festival within a festival, The Boiler Room will return to it's ground breaking roots, bringing you performances from the future so you can dance in the now. Dance-punk headliners The Bloody Beetroots will perform the world premier of their new live show along with full production sets from Kaskade, Crystal Castles, Pretty Lights, Nicky Romero, Morgan Page and Sampology with his AV / DJ show.
Lineup 2013:
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- The Killers
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
- Vampire Weekend
- Band of Horses
- The Bloody Beetroots Live
- Kaskade
- Animal Collective
- B.o.b
- Sleigh Bells
- Foals
- Alabama Shakes
- 360
- Crystal Castles
- Pretty Lights
- Off!
- Grinspoon
- Against Me!
- Gary Clark Jr
- Nicky Romero
- Morgan Page
- Logo
- Every Time I Die
- Delta Spirit
- Childish Gambino
- Me
- Hunting Grounds
- Jeff the Brotherhood
- Death Grips
- Adventure Club
- Jagwar Ma
- House Vs Hurricane
- Avalanche City
- Toucan
- Helena
- Nina Las Vegas
- Sampology
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