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Rock Hall of Fame: Who should get inducted in 2014
Nirvana will get in. Everybody knows that.
But who will join them when the class of 2014 is inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? There's certainly no shortage of worthy candidates.
The Rock Hall recently announced its latest batch of nominees, and the 16 acts include Nirvana, Kiss, N.W.A., Yes, LL Cool J, Linda Ronstadt and the Replacements.
Now, it's the job of the Hall's 600 voters to determine which of the acts deserve to be enshrined. The winners will be announced in December, with the induction ceremony to follow in April in New York City.
Not all of the 16 will make it, of course. Last year, the Hall inducted six performers - including Rush, Public Enemy and Donna Summer – and two producers. (In order to be eligible, an act must have released its first single or album 25 years before nomination.) Here are the six performance acts that should make it in 2014:
Nirvana: The single most significant rock band of the last 25 years is an absolute lock for induction. Indeed, I'd call it the safest bet since R.E.M. was nominated in 2006. It would be a ridiculous shocker, one that the Hall simply couldn't recover from, if Nirvana's name isn't called in its first year of eligibility.
N.W.A.: The band should have been inducted at the 2013 ceremony, which was held in N.W.A.'s old stomping ground of Los Angeles. Its influence on hip-hop and popular culture, as well as the work its core members would go on to do as solo artists, demands that N.W.A. be inducted in 2014.
Kiss: How much longer can the Hall deny admission to these costumed characters? They are as much a part of rock history as Led Zeppelin, the Rolling Stones and Metallica. (Granted, Kiss hasn't produced the quality of work that those others have - but those Kiss lunchboxes sure rocked!) The wait stops here, to the delight of the always passionate Kiss army.
Linda Ronstadt: She's been overlooked for years, but it seems like the time is right to recognize Ronstadt for her longevity, influence and smash records from the '70s and early '80s. Plus, it's high time that the Hall add more women to its ranks.
Chic: The disco-dance band is bound to get into the Hall one of these years - for its incredible collection of hit singles in the '70s as well as for Nile Rodgers' genius production work. Hopefully, voters will want to add some disco to an inductee mix that is already likely strong with rock and rap.
Link Wray: The sixth spot is a bit of a crap shoot. Yet I think the 2014 inductees will be heavy on big names like Kiss and Nirvana, which will open the door for a true innovator and pioneer like the late guitarist whose 1958 instrumental hit "Rumble" inspired many a rock ax slinger.
ALSO IN THE RUNNING: Here's a breakdown of the other 10 nominated acts:
Deep Purple: Despite the band's impressive stats, there's little chance we'll be hearing an all-star jam on "Smoke on the Water" at the induction ceremony.
Paul Butterfield Blues Band: Could take Link Wray's spot.
Peter Gabriel: It's just a matter of time before he joins the ranks of two-time inductees. (Gabriel was inducted as part of Genesis in 2010.)
Hall and Oates: I can't go for that. No can do.
LL Cool J: It seems doubtful that the Hall will honor two hip-hop acts in the same year - and N.W.A. definitely deserves to go in before LL.
The Meters: Mardi Gras will eventually be celebrated at the Rock Hall, just not in 2014.
The Replacements: The Rock Hall has not been kind to '80s alt-rock pioneers.
Cat Stevens: I'd be OK with his selection, as long as organizers don't tap Natalie Merchant to sing "Peace Train" at the ceremony.
Yes: Rush got inducted in 2013, but I can't imagine that the Hall will honor prog-rock in back-to-back years.
The Zombies: It's not (yet) their "Time of the Season."
MY VOTE GOES TO: Here are six eligible acts I'd dearly like to see get inducted one of these years:
Roxy Music: There is no better band in rock 'n' roll history.
Joy Division: The post-punk equivalent of Nirvana, only with better songs.
Dead Kennedys: The West Coast equivalent of the Sex Pistols, only with better songs.
Throwing Muses: More original and daring, as well as just plain better, than the Pixies, Husker Du, Dinosaur Jr. and the other more heavily championed alt-rock pioneers.
Phish: One of the two best jam bands of all time - and I shouldn't have to tell you the other one.
Devo: Unfortunately, the plastic red hats, the bright yellow jumpsuits and other gimmicks overshadow the band's incredible body of work.

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Robotics is an integral part of modern medicine and it is a recent phenomenon as compared to developments that have taken place in other industries. Medical robotics is helpful in training future medical professionals and providing comfort and care to elderly patients. The other benefits of medical robotics are the high precision, reduced hospital stay and smaller incisions. Moreover, it gives a real-life experience to future doctors since this technology involves robots mimicking a patient's feelings. Although it is gaining popularity in the medical sector, the initial set-up cost is high, and it takes considerable time to get the necessary regulatory approvals. These are the factors hampering the growth of the medical robotics market.
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Ageing population in developed countries like the U.S. is one of the important factors driving the demand for medical products. The other factors driving the growth of the medical robotics market are the improving economic environment and the increasing demand for assistive, telemedicine-based surgical robots. The global market for medical robotics was estimated to be USD 792 million in 2011 and is expected to reach USD 1.3 billion by 2016, growing at a CAGR of 10.47% from 2011 to 2016.
The U.S. is the largest market worldwide in medical robotics and the growing demand for invasive surgery is the major factor driving this market. However, Asia Pacific is expected to experience fastest growth worldwide in the future, growing at a CAGR of 12% from 2011 to 2016.
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The major geographies covered in this report are North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and ROW.
Some of the major players in the medical robotics market are Epson Robots, Mazor Surgical Robotics Ltd., Accuray, Inc., Hansen Medical, Tmsuk, Inc., Inc., Robotic Systems and Technologies, Inc., MAKO Surgical Corp., Intuitive Surgical, Inc., Health Robotics S.r.l., Robosoft, Titan Medical, Inc., among
This market research report analyzes important market segments, and major geographies. This report is a complete study of current trends in the market, industry growth drivers, and restraints. It provides market projections for the coming years. It includes analysis of recent developments in technology, Porter's five force model analysis and detailed profiles of top industry players. The report also includes a review of micro and macro factors essential for the existing market players and new entrants along with detailed value chain analysis.
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In search of a story that will "make you believe in God?"
It's a heavy undertaking. Kind of like trying to adapt that story to film, as screenwriter David Magee and director Ang Lee did brilliantly in Life of Pi, which opens nationwide today.
The film, adapted from Yann Martel's moving book, takes on massive questions — who is God, how do we find God, and why do bad things happen to us — as we follow Pi, a zookeeper's son shipwrecked on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger.
"I think we're humble filmmakers — I don't think we can answer why bad things happen to people," Magee told Sojourners Tuesday. "But I do think it puts into perspective the fact that within every ordeal there is a lesson.
"This is very much a story about storytelling," Magee added. "It's very much a story about how those different narratives help us get through. It can't promise to answer why we go through the things we do, but it can say what we take away from them."
Along his journey, Pi's story moves from one that parallels Biblical Noah — as he attempts to bring along some of the zoo animals on his lifeboat — to one that looks more like Job — as he slowly loses everything, save a tiger, a constant threat to his life.
"He reaches a point on his journey when he says, essentially, 'God, why hast thou forsaken me?' … and gradually he comes to learn that the tiger is the one thing that is keeping him safe on the journey," Magee said.
The tiger, which in a bit of levity to the story is named Richard Parker, keeps Pi alert and sane while he struggles to survive.
One of the more interesting pieces in the book, which translates beautifully onscreen, is the overarching view of God across religious traditions and aspects of faith.
From Martel's book:
Hindus, in their capacity for love, are indeed hairless Christians, just as Muslims, in the way they see God in everything, are bearded Hindus, and Christians, in their devotion to God, are hat wearing Muslims.
Pi dabbles in each, and sees truth in all.
"We don't want to say that you should believe in all things and nothing all at once. All of these narratives, all of these stories that we rely on are grasping toward the same thing," Magee said. " … They're all trying to put some sort of order on the chaos and the despair that we confront in our lives, and if you listen to those stories, you can hear the common theme along the journey."
Life of Pi explores each of these heavy themes as told through the way a boy interacts with a tiger after he's lost everything. They're told through his eyes, as every sense is amplified, and culminates in a beautifully crafted, visually stunning story.
The film opens everywhere today. Grab your family and watch it this Thanksgiving weekend.
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Cubs rally from 4-run deficit, top Reds 5-4 in 10
Alfonso Soriano hit a tying two-run homer in the eighth inning and Welington Castillo had a go-ahead double in the 10th, helping the Chicago Cubs rally from a four-run deficit in a 5-4 win over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday that stopped a season-high, six-game losing streak.
Soriano singled in the seventh and scored Chicago's first run off Johnny Cueto on Luis Valbuena's two-out single.
Anthony Rizzo hit an RBI double against Logan Ondrusek in the eighth - his third double in two games - and Soriano followed with his fifth homer of the season and first since May 13, a 394-foot drive to left-center.
J.J. Hoover (0-4) walked Scott Hairston with two outs in the 10th, and Castillo followed with his double into the left-field corner.
Kevin Gregg (1-0) pitched 1 1-3 hitless innings, stopping the Reds' five-game winning streak.
Matt Garza, making his second start of the season after coming off the disabled list, allowed four runs in the fourth.
Jay Bruce hit a solo homer, his seventh of the season and sixth in his last 22 games.
Ryan Hanigan hit a fly ball to deep straightaway center field with two on, and David DeJesus almost made a spectacular diving catch with his back to the plate. The runners held waiting to see what happened, and Hanigan wound up with a long RBI single.
Zack Cozart added a two-run double.
Garza allowed four hits and four walks, threw a wild pitch and hit a batter; Cueto gave up one run and four hits in seven innings.


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Cape, Mariner bands need our support
The Mariner High School Silver Magic Marching Band and the Cape Coral High School Marching Seahawks have been nominated to take part in the 2014 National Memorial Day Parade in Washington, D.C., a major, nationally televised event.
The nominations, made by Congressman Trey Radel and a first for both schools, are quite an honor and we congratulate the bands and their directors.
Also commendable is the fact that instead of competing for funds to make the trip, these two schools have joined forces to raise the $70,000 to $85,000 needed to pay application fees, deposits, down payments and general transportation and food and lodging costs for a pretty large group of kids.
We believe community – residents and businesses alike – should get behind this endeavor.
We cannot state it better than did Silver Magic Marching Band Director James Samz in an interview with Breeze Associate Editor Tiffany Repecki this week: "This is a fantastic opportunity for the Cape to gain some national exposure, positive exposure," he said.
We agree. And after making national news three months in a row as the top-hotspot for foreclosures – again – and coming in No. 3 this week in terms of hungry children and families, it's time to promote the many, many things that are good in our community.
That includes student success stories and, if initiative is any indication, these kids are that kind of a story in the making.
With the help of Mike Greenwell's Bat-A-Ball and Family Fun Park, band members held their first fundraiser on Sept. 7. The community-minded business sponsored a $12 wristband special and donated 50 percent of the proceeds to the bands.
They raised about $1,200 toward their first expense, the application fees. Mainly due to bad weather band members fell about $300 shy of their goal, though, so their financial need is immediate with lots also planned between now and parade day, May 27.
In the queue are some small fundraisers and a couple of big ones including a 5K run and joint performance early next year.
If you would like to help it's not too early to reach out.
For more information on the Mariner High School Silver Magic Marching Band and its upcoming performances and fundraisers, visit the band's Web site online at: www.silvermagicband.org.
For the Cape Coral High School Marching Seahawks, visit: www.capeseahawkmusic.org.
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England 2018 have today announced the Candidate Host Cities to be included in their final submission to FIFA in May 2010. The following will now become Candidate Host Cities for the England 2018 World Cup Bid: Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Milton Keynes, Newcastle/Gateshead, Nottingham, Plymouth, Sheffield and Sunderland.
Between them, the Candidate Host Cities have made over £300m worth of financial guarantees towards a World Cup in England if the country is successful at the FIFA vote in December 2010. There has also been a commitment of over £100m towards legacy and urban regeneration projects. This funding is in addition to the £300m worth of FIFA required guarantees signed-off by the government on 15th December 2009.
The process has seen a variety of stakeholders work together including RDAs, local councils, sports governing bodies, school boards, FAPL and FL clubs, non-league and grassroots football. Each of the Candidate Host Cities has also run its own 'Back the Bid' campaign which has demonstrated a groundswell of public support and involved a range of celebrities including Sting, Noel Gallagher, Lennox Lewis and Andrew Flintoff.
The decision was reached by a technical panel chaired by Brian Mawhinney and including England 2018 Chief Executive, Andy Anson, and Chief Operating Officer, Simon Johnson. Each of the cities involved in the Applicant Host City process made a final presentation to the panel at the QE2 building in London from Monday 14th December.
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"This is a tremendous day for the England 2018 World Cup Bid. The whole of football has worked in partnership throughout this process and it is significant that 8 Premier League clubs and 6 Football League clubs` stadiums will be named in our Bid book to FIFA. Additionally, many other clubs are under consideration as training venues.
"We are committed to producing a technical bid that exceeds FIFA's requirements and we believe the outstanding work of the Candidate Host Cities we will now be putting forward gives us the best chance to do this and be successful at the vote in December 2010.
"Our Candidate Host Cities provide an exciting mix of iconic venues, stadiums that can be extended and brand new builds. Importantly this process ensures our cities are 100% compliant with FIFA's technical criteria and that crucial guarantees have been signed ahead of our submission to FIFA on 14th May 2010. We look forward to the hard work ahead with our new Candidate Host Cities in finalising a technical bid this country can be proud of."
England 2018 Technical Director, Ian Riley, who was previously Technical Director for the South Africa 2010 World Cup Bid commented:
"We've been delighted by the response of the cities to this process over the past 6 months. The technical team, including more than 30 industry-leading experts, has been able to build up extremely productive working relationships with the cities involved to ensure we deliver the best technical bid possible."
England 2018 Chief Executive Andy Anson added:
"We thank all of the cities involved for their commitment, professionalism and enthusiasm. The passion for World Cup football demonstrated by the public during the Applicant Host City process has been staggering.
"It is also clear, that the whole of English football has been united behind the bid to help develop our technical submission, with support coming from the Premier League and Football League clubs through to the grassroots game. This makes everyone involved even more determined to produce the best bid possible and we are thrilled to have these Candidate Host Cities on board."
A final decision on the hosts of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups will be made by FIFA in December 2010.
Should England be successful, FIFA will make the final decision over Host Cities and Stadiums by 2013.
Read the full article on Vital England this link – England 2018 Announce Candidate Host Cities.
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My eggless pancakes really do taste like the real thing, I had my first anaphylactic shock from pancakes when I was 14 and it took me a long time to even try an eggless version, now I can't stop eating them! To me these are proper English pancakes…thin and crispy and are perfect for Shrove Tuesday!
Cooking time: 1 minute per pancake (approx 30 seconds each side)
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Makes 4 pancakes
The Ingredients:
- 4oz Plain flour
- 1 tsp sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 9floz whole Milk (or dairy free alternative such as oat or almond milk)
- 2 tbsp water
- 2 tbsp oil
- oil for cooking
The Method:
- Sift the flour in to a bowl
- Add the sugar and baking powder
- Mix the water and oil with the milk
- Add the milk mixture to the bowl and mix with a whisk or folk until it looks like a batter, don't over mix though (it shouldn't have bubbles)
- Add approx 2tsp of oil to a non stick frying pan, you may need more if your pan is bigger, make sure you move the oil around the pan as it heats until oil has touched the whole bottom of the pan (this will prevent it from sticking), continue to heat the frying pan until it's smoking hot (be careful though, it's very hot)
- Add one ladle of the pancake mixture to the frying pan and move it quickly around the pan until it's covered the bottom
- Lift the edge of the pancake and when it looks a little brown, flip it to cook the other side
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LOS ANGELES, CA - May 22, 2012 - Actor Jason Gedrick has joined the cast of SHOWTIME's Emmy(R) nominated drama series DEXTER(TM) for Season 7. Gedrick, who will appear in a multi-episode arc, will play the manager of a Miami-area gentlemen's club that becomes linked to a high-profile murder case. Production on DEXTER begins in May in Los Angeles and will premiere on SHOWTIME Sunday, September 30th at 9:00 PM ET/PT.
Jason Gedrick has had leading roles in several films including Iron Eagle, Stacking, and Heavenly Kid. He also co-starred with Meg Ryan and Kiefer Sutherland in Promised Land and in Ron Howard's Backdraft, as well as starring in Crossing the Bridge. His stage work includes starring in the Broadway production of Our Town with Don Ameche and Helen Hunt, as well as recently appearing in the production of Wrongturn at Lungfish, directed by Gary Marshall. He most recently starred in the television series Luck. His other television credits include Murder One, EZ Streets, Falcone, Boomtown, Ally McBeal and Desperate Housewives.
One of the most acclaimed series on television, DEXTER stars Michael C. Hall (Golden Globe(R) and SAG Award winner) as a complicated and conflicted blood-spatter expert for the Miami police department who moonlights as a serial killer. The show has received both multiple Emmy(R) and Golden Globe(R) nomination for best television drama series as well as a prestigious Peabody Award in 2008 and was twice named one of AFI's top ten television series. The show also stars Jennifer Carpenter, Desmond Harrington, C.S. Lee, Lauren Vélez, David Zayas, and James Remar.


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ECO:nomics: Bipartisan Approach to Climate Change
Thomas Steyer, co-founding director of the Center for the Next Generation, says he believes American capitalism can be the answer to the environmental crisis as long as Republicans are willing to accept the scientific facts.
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When I graduated from college, everyone described it as the worst year of unemployment in decades.
They told me: "No one is hiring. You'll never get a job."
I was no better qualified than any of my classmates for an entry-level job. My writing skills were wobbly at best. My understanding of how the real world worked was doubtful.
But when it came to finding my first job, I had one great thing going for me: It didn't dawn on me not to make a pest of myself.
I had heard that Bob Wilson might have an opening, so I called him Monday and left a message with his secretary. He didn't call back.
I called Bob Wilson on Thursday and left a second message with his secretary. He didn't call back.
I wrote and mailed him a letter the next Monday — this was before e-mail, even before voice mail and faxes. I followed up by phone Wednesday and left another message.
This went on for weeks.
Bob Wilson called me back June 28 and invited me to his office for an interview.
When he hired me two weeks later, he said it wasn't because of my experience. Except for an internship, writing for the college paper and yearbook and other extracurricular activities, I didn't have any.
He said he hired me because I wouldn't give up.
That fearlessness that showed up as persistence and determination was just what the job called for. He could teach me the rest.
And he did.
But things are different today, you say. Yes they are. Now you have more vehicles by which to be a nice pest: e-mail, LinkedIn and Twitter. And don't forget the telephone and U.S. mail.
What's a nice pest? Someone who finds ways to connect and at regular intervals:
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• Reinforce what you purport to be — enthusiastic and excited about the industry you want to get into or the job you say you want.
The very act of keeping in contact demonstrates this. But nice pests also find ways to share new experiences that show you're learning or fine-tuning your skills.
A nice pest does all that in language and attitude that's always professional and kind and considers the employer's point of view.
Yes, some fools won't acknowledge your existence even if you were the best worker bee on the planet. But others will appreciate what your persistence says about you.
And eventually the effort can pay off.
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But the person gives up. He or she doesn't write back to say, "Thank you. I'd also like to keep in touch," or "Please do keep me in mind for other openings." Nothing.
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The one person who did follow up demonstrated all of that.
Guess whose resume the employer is keeping for the future?
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It was around six years ago now that I found myself on the streets, an alcoholic. But this story has only a part of me in it. It's about the other people out there, the quiet ones. Those aren't monsters under the bed. These are the ghosts…
"If I don't write, I'll drink. So I have to force myself. Because if I'm drunk, I can't write."
The story of how I became a ghost is surprisingly ordinary: I died. My actual passing was like that moment when you fall asleep every night: You don't remember it. The next day, you'll remember being awake before you slept; you know you've been sleeping and you may recall dreams. But you won't remember the transit from wakefulness to slumber. So dying was just like that, for me at least.
It didn't take long to realise I was dead because people just stopped talking to me. I could still walk around but no-one could see or hear me. A couple of times, people just walked straight through me, as though I wasn't there. I wasn't but I was.
When someone walks through you when you're a ghost, you get to know a lot more about them on the inside. I don't mean how their internal organs look (just like in a hospital documentary or horror film) but a feeling of their inner self. It's surprising how many people you thought you knew turn out to be complete twunts.
Even though I was invisible and inaudible, I felt vulnerable in this brave new world. I'm used to being looked at. I like it. I dress provocatively. But here, no-one was looking at me, which made me anxious. I felt invisible. I was invisible. That's how I ended up sleeping under George's bed.
So kids: It's not a monster under the bed, it's a ghost.
It was while I was under there that I decided to write this story.
I'd suddenly found myself homeless. I had no personal belongings, nowhere to go and nothing to do. But like any child's bed, George's had cardboard boxes underneath it. I wouldn't pry into something which might be private, but like most children's beds, George's sat above a wasteland of discarded ephemera: a little-used word but for the purposes of this story, it was the right one. It's a collective noun, for things that exist or are used or enjoyed for only a short time. Or collectable items that were originally expected to have only short-term usefulness or popularity. Ephemera also has a certain supernatural aura about it (Ephemeral, an adjective meaning lasting for a very short time), so to a ghost and a writer, it suits the story very well.
As a ghostwriter, I could be anyone I wanted. I could do that in cardboard city but I had less to worry about under the bed.
It wasn't me writing the story; I was employing someone else. When a man writes something, he is judged on his words. When a woman writes, it is she who is judged. Being a ghost was perfect. Because if a ghost writes the story, then they control it. If a ghost tells this story, it doesn't hurt as much.
Among the discarded stationery, I found a note: "If you don't finish that story, I will personally punch you in the face. Cool?" I had no idea who'd written it, nor the circumstances surrounding it. I assumed it was a note given to George. Or it might have been one he'd planned to give to someone else and thought better of it. It could just as easily have been addressed to me. Whatever, and if nothing else, it was a kick start. Sometimes that's what we need.
It wasn't a physical kick (There was no room under the bed) but it was a mental jolt, like the friend who places an arm around your shoulder and tells you they believe in you. That's a very brave thing for them to do, because the kind of person who says that kind of thing is going to end up stuck with you.
I needed something to sustain me while I wrote, but I was under George's bed. I had no idea how the rest of the house was laid out, so I wouldn't know where to find the food. It occurred to me that even if I found any food, I was ill-equipped to cook it. One revelation leads to another: Ghosts don't eat. Do they?
Eventually, I'd gathered enough odd paper to make a useful pad. All I could find to write with was a crayon. A fucking green crayon. So then I began to write, in green crayon.
Should I really have been denied drugs, when it was that which drove me, once I learned to control it? Should those who thought they knew better have removed my lifeline? If I'd allowed them to do so, I'd surely have died from the withdrawal. At least that's what I was afraid of. So I kept going. I kept shooting up. Then I ran away. I was 16.
Once you're 18, the law says you can leave home without your parents' or guardians' permission. Strictly speaking, if you're 16 or 17 and you want to leave home, you need your parents' consent. But if you leave home without it, you're unlikely to be made to go back unless you're in danger. You are extremely unlikely to be obliged to return home if that's where the danger lies.
It didn't matter to me that I had nothing. Just as long as I could get a fix, I had all I needed. Even personal safety and well being become passengers when the heroin is driving.
There's a dark magic within you. A frightful thing I cling to.
But as a ghost I couldn't score, just as I couldn't eat.
So I had nothing to do but write. It would be romantic to write that the flow of ink from my pen replaced the alchemy running through my veins, but I was writing with a green crayon.
The writing was a distraction, but it couldn't mask the withdrawal symptoms. It turns out that even being dead can't do that. So I was faced with the prospect of cold turkey, a cruel joke as I was hungry and couldn't eat.
How could I write but not be able to eat? Actually I couldn't. I wasn't sure if it was delirium tremens brought on by my withdrawal, or the limitations of my new body, but I had no fine motor skills. I could rummage through things and pick them up, but I couldn't do something like thread a needle if anyone had asked. I probably wouldn't have been able to put a needle in a vein if I was alive, and I certainly couldn't make my hands write. My fine motor skills were like those of a toddler. So I simply did what many authors do: They have an idea, some thoughts, a plot, and they'll employ someone else to write their story for them: A ghostwriter. I was both a writer and a ghost. So I just thought my story; I willed it, in the hope that someone else might write it one day, now that I couldn't.
I needed to haunt George.
I've read a lot and learned through self-teaching. I could have been so many things if it wasn't for chasing the dragon. But that dragon must be chased, just as a puppy must be played with. So I'd read up on ghosts and the various types of haunting.
The "Crisis Apparition" is normally a one-time event for those experiencing it. It's when a ghost is seen at the time of it's predecessor's passing, as a way of saying farewell to family and friends. It would be like going about your daily business, then suddenly seeing your mum outside of normal contexts. Minutes later, you receive a call to tell you that she's passed away. With practice, the deceased may be able to visit you more than once, to reassure you. If they do that, you might have a guardian angel. In my case, a fallen one with broken wings.
"The reluctant dead" are ghosts who are unaware they're deceased. They go about their lives as if they were still living, oblivious to their passing. This innocence (or denial), can be so severe that the ghost can't see the living, but can nonetheless feel their presence: A kind of role reversal. This can be stressful, for both the haunter and the haunted. In films, it's usually someone moving into the home of a recently deceased person. Perhaps they lived and died alone in their twilight years. To them, the living might be invaders. These are not ghosts which need to be exorcised: Simply talking to them about their death can help them to cross over and leave your home.
Then there are ghosts who are trapped or lost: They know they're dead but for one reason or another, they can't cross over yet. Cross over into what? Some may fear moving on because of the person they were in life, or they might fear leaving what's familiar to them.
There are ghosts with "unfinished business" broadly split into two categories: A father might return to make sure his children are okay. Or a lover might hang around, making sure their partner finds happiness and moves on. But there's also the "vengeful ghost"; perhaps a murder victim, back to haunt their killer.
"Residual ghosts" usually live out their final hours over and over again. They often show no intelligence or self-awareness, and will walk straight by (or through) you. Many think that these types of ghosts left an imprint or a recording of themselves in our space time.
Finally, the "intelligent ghost": Where the entity interacts with the living and shows a form of intelligence. I certainly wanted to communicate with George. In fact, to lesser and greater extents, I fitted parts of the descriptions of all types of ghosts. I'd not long been dead and already I had a multiple personality disorder.
All I could see of George when he first came into the room was his feet: Black elasticated plimsolls and white socks, like I used to wear for PE. I couldn't say what size his feet were but I imagined them having a boy of about ten years old attached to them. I guessed George was quite a hefty lad by the way the sky fell slightly as he climbed onto the bed above me.
I laid still, because even though I myself was inaudible, my developing motor skills would betray me if I dropped the crayon or kicked anything. I could hear pages being turned and I was aware of movement above me. It could be that George was writing; doing homework perhaps. I didn't want to entertain an alternative. I hoped he was writing.
No matter what we do in this life, we may eventually be forgotten. It's a comfort I gain from writing, knowing that whatever's published is recorded, and will be out there long after I've gone. The democratisation of publishing and reporting has meant many good and bad things, but for as long as the conversation is global, we need to keep it going. There may be voices with whom we disagree, but through writing, we can posit an alternative opinion and seed a debate. Beyond all that is happening in our constantly evolving universe is a simple fact: What is right will win. What is right can emerge from the anarchic democracy which is the internet, but only if there are enough voices. There will always be sides and factions but with everyone involved, those who engage the most because they are passionate enough will prevail. We don't need to shout louder than the other side; we simply need to educate the ignorant. Evolution will tell the story of whether we became a liberal race and prospered, or if we destroyed ourselves because we were unable to evolve. Either way, history will record it. If we destroy ourselves, eventually our history will be lost in the vastness of space and time, and it may be as though we never existed. From the quiet above, I gathered George was quite a deep thinker.
There's only one race on this planet and that's the one we all belong to: The human race. Where death may scare most people, it doesn't trouble me. I'm seeing evidence that the human consciousness exists independently from the body and continues to live after our bodies give up or we destroy them. What does scare me is even more existential: Being forgotten, as though I never existed. The human race faces an existential threat: That of ignorance. Simply by talking, we can make a difference. Listen to the previous generations, for they are our history. Talk to the next generation and don't patronise them: They're intelligent beings. They are the human race and the future. Maybe George would be heard one day.
After a while, the sky fell further and the lights went out. George had retired for the night.
Ghosts can see in the dark. As soon as George had been quiet long enough for me to be sure he was asleep, I was getting restless. I moved around and stretched a bit. I'd managed to keep the shakes under control, but now George was asleep, the withdrawal was becoming quite uncomfortable. Despite my anxiety and a developing agoraphobia, I was tempted to just get out and run around; to do something to distract myself. I decided against it. I'd be like a child who'd just learned to walk. I would bump into things and knock things over. I didn't want George to have a poltergeist: They're bad. I'm not bad and I didn't want to be the victim of an exorcism, made homeless all over again.
I thought I'd try my night vision out and have another go at writing. I managed to draw a crude stick man, a house with a smoking chimney and a space rocket with flames coming out of the bottom. He was a green man, who lived in a green house (so shouldn't throw stones) and he had a green rocket which burned copper sulphate fuel (copper sulphate produces a green flame). I wasn't evolved enough to write.
I fought an internal flame: One which was a danger I wanted to flee but at the same time, a beckoning warmth. I didn't know what time of day it was, and I had no idea how long George slept for. He might be one of those kids who was in and out of the bathroom all night, or he might be near enough to adolescence that he hibernated. Either way, or anywhere in between, I couldn't keep still for even a minute.
The shakes were more like tremors now: Delirium tremens: a psychotic condition typical of withdrawal in chronic alcoholics, involving tremors, hallucinations, anxiety, and disorientation. Heroin withdrawal on its own does not produce seizures, heart attacks, strokes, or delirium tremens. The DTs were the manifestation of my other addiction, which I'd used heroin to cover up. It was somehow less shameful to be an addict of an illegal substance and hence a victim, than it was a legal drug which most people can consume with no ill effects. As an alcoholic, I was less of a victim. I was a sadomasochist.
As soon as you tell people you're an alcoholic, if they don't recoil, they just assume you're always drunk. Or they presume that you must never touch a drop. Both are true in some alcoholics but there's the "functioning alcoholic", who still drinks far more than anyone should but who doesn't get drunk. They can get drunk, but most functioning alcoholics simply drink throughout the day (a kind of grazing), to keep the delirium tremens and other dangerous side effects of alcohol cessation at bay. It's called Alcohol Dependence Syndrome but most people saw it as a cop out. I couldn't educate the ignorant, or get them to listen long enough for me to explain. So I started taking drugs. I got so tired of trying to explain alcoholism to people, educating their ignorance, that I gave up. You get much more sympathy as a drug addict. Yeah, right!
So as in life, this once functioning alcoholic is now a ghost.
For the brief period that I was on the road in the last life, one saying; one sentiment, was always to be heard in the homeless community: "Be safe". Those two words convey much more than their brevity would suggest. But when you're homeless, relationships and lives are fragile. It's quicker and less sentimental to say "Be safe" to someone you may never see again than "I love you".
Even if I was restless, I felt safe under George's bed. To keep busy, I broke a promise and looked in the cardboard boxes. I placed the green crayon in my mouth, like a green cigarette. I sucked on it like a joint and the taste of wax was actually quite pleasant. It helped just a little as a distraction from the shakes.
The first box was a complete mixture: Sheets of paper, smaller boxes and random other stuff; like a model car, some Lego and, well, just all sorts. I gathered the papers first.
Some of George's notes were apparently to himself: They were in a handwriting different to the first note I saw, so I couldn't be entirely sure, but one such note read, "You came close a few times but you backed off. You didn't want to be one of those boys who made her cry. That's the only reason you did it." If they were intended for someone else, he'd not delivered them.
There were unopened presents, and gifts addressed to others, but George hadn't delivered them. Some things were wrapped, while others weren't, but they were clearly intended for someone else as they had notes attached. A packet of 20 Marlborough Lights: "Should really have got two tens, then I could have given mum and dad one each. Like that's going to stop them."
I'd not seen or heard the parents. Without knowing even what day of the week it was, there could be many scenarios. In one, George's parents argued a lot but they were very much in love. Perhaps they were frustrated and united against a common foe. With my parents, that was me. Whatever it was, I imagined something bonding them and keeping them together. That could have been George I suppose.
I wondered at what point in human evolution it might have been, that we started analysing things and where we started to over-analyse. Marriage guidance, or relationship management; fucking counselling, from professionals and the plastic police alike: We all have someone. We all love someone. They care about us and vice versa. But over time, something's not right, so we take the lid off and start poking around in that jar. We keep chipping away, feeling more free to say things in an environment, which we might not in another. And eventually we say something irreversible. Something that's niggling us deep inside and which doesn't affect us until it's dug up. And from there, the relationship breaks down further and ever more of the undead join the feast.
Rather than encourage engagement, that kind of situation can invoke the fight or flight reflex in the previous life; the past. And whether fleed or not, the past is history.
So we arrive in the next life with so much unsaid. We want to say it but we have to learn all over again, how to speak. And I suppose that's why we want to haunt people.
George woke up. A light was switched on and the sky above me moved. I waited for the feet from above but there were none. There was movement like before, and the sound of paper. George must have been writing. Or drawing. After what I guessed to be around 20 minutes, he stopped, the light went out and the sky moved again. I was trembling quite violently by then, so I bit down on the crayon between my teeth and returned my attention to the boxes.
I don't know what's worse: to not know what you are and be happy, or to become what you've always wanted to be, and feel alone.
Do the first one: Get to know yourself and be happy with what you are. Then do the second: Those who loved you first time around will be the ones who are still there. So you're not lonely.
Life, packaged.
The human body is merely a temporary host.
Put like that, we simply inhabit a body for a period of time, like a possession; In "life" we are already ghosts possessing bodies which give us physical form. That organic structure will age and eventually die, but our consciousness is separate from what we look at as a living body and it goes on living, long after the host gives up. Life, as we know it, is merely one part of an ongoing existence, the greatness of which we don't yet understand. Knowledge comes with death's release. You may well have lived in another body in a previous life: Deja vu tells us that; that feeling that you've been somewhere before. George had deep dreams.
The trembling had reached my head. There was more than one person in there, and the dialogue was two-way. I wasn't talking to myself; I was talking to another person.
I began to realise that perhaps George and I were somehow connected. I always subscribed to pre-determinism in principle. A part of me knew that the Big Bang carried an imprint equal to its original noise; that everything was mapped out in that pre-spacetime manifestation of knowledge and understanding. I was drawn to believe that our futures were mapped out long ago, but that they were as inaccessible as our pasts: We had no control over either. Great swathes of George were alien to me. But why wouldn't I explore, if George was my destiny? Or it could be the withdrawal, and I may have been withdrawing to a comfort zone. I couldn't do that to George. What had this kid done to deserve me, inside him?
Life had been very much a game of give and take: If George had taken something, then he was indebted to someone else. If he received something and it wasn't in recognition of anything he'd done, he was in someone else's debt. When he gave something, he expected nothing back. It was simply an accepted fact that life gave back far less than was put in. No-one understood him, least of all himself. Did I? Could I?
His life revolved around visits to toy fairs with his father. They couldn't afford the mint-and-boxed or the ready-made, so dad would just look around and George would use pocket money to buy spacecraft parts.
Broken and incomplete model kits were fuel for George's shipyard in a cardboard box under the bed. When weekends were over, the shipyard had to remain where it was. When George was at his dad's to build his craft, he didn't. Because time was too valuable. So we were at George's father's house and it was the weekend.
When he wasn't constructing, he was thinking. And he made more notes. He made the normal in my life fantastical, by explaining how science fiction writers were just one small step ahead of the real world. George knew I was there, or at least that it was possible for me to physically be there.
There were clippings from newspapers and magazines in the next box, including an obituary: Jemma Redmond was a biotechnologist who died aged 38 in 2016, like so many others in that awful year. The passing of her life was overshadowed by many more well-known figures in the public eye. But like George, she worked quietly, tirelessly and passionately. And she achieved some incredible things. She developed a means of using human tissue cells as "ink" in a 3D printer. She also helped in the design of 3D printers which reduced the cost of their manufacture. Jemma Redmond made it possible to "print" human organs for transplant into patients, and she reduced the cost so that the technique could be applied in the developing world. This is not science fiction. This is science fact, just a few years from now. Most people wouldn't have known, unless it was brought to their attention and they then had the attention span to listen. But if anyone were to Google her name, her work is recorded in modern history.
There was a printout of a scientific paper about NASA's EMdrive. The Electro Magnetic drive is a fuel-free means of propulsion, which could replace rocket fuel and all its limitations of bulk and speed. The EMdrive could take a spacecraft to Mars in 70 days. At present, it's a two year trip, with a lot of psychological and physiological risks to any humans making the journey. Many of those problems would be overcome with the EMdrive. It's due for testing soon and with development and improvement, could make other stars in the galaxy viable destinations for exploration and research. This is not science fiction. He had articles about solar sail arrays, the size of Colorado, taking tiny scout ships out to explore the cosmos ahead of humans. All of this could be possible within George's lifetime.
But very few people know about these things because all of the bad news in the world shouts louder. If more people knew about the technological and scientific thresholds we're at, they might talk about them. Others would then learn and eventually there might be a chorus of voices so loud that mankind has to listen and consider another way forward for the species.
George thought what a wonderful world ours could be if we concentrated on this stuff, rather than religion, conflict and capitalism. Of course, George was young and naïve in the eyes of most. He'd never be taken seriously if he proposed an alternative plan for humankind. So he kept and curated records, and he wrote about them. Like so many other people, he was recording his thoughts in the hope that someone might discover them later, or when he was older and might be taken more seriously. He was aware that he was documenting the present and the contemporary, and that it could become either history or the future.
My trembling had almost taken control of my limbs by now. Where it was first shaky fingers, then hands, now my arms and legs ached as though they needed to spasm.
The light went on again and the sky moved. There was more rustling of papers and scribbling with a pen or pencil. I started singing a song in my head, as I wondered something: I knew I didn't need to eat, but would I need to get my hair cut out here? It was a song by the Crash Test Dummies: God shuffled his feet. If crash test dummies were to have nervous systems, I knew how one might feel by now. The light went off and the little big man upstairs settled back down. I needed coffee: lots of cream, lots of sugar.
My coffee used to come from a jug on a hotplate. George was planning a replicator. He explained in his notes how a replicator was just one step further on from a 3D printer. Scientists could already print human body parts after all. To print a cup, then some coffee to fill it, was actually quite simple. George was keen to point out in his notes that one should always print the cup before the coffee.
Like the quiet voices of mankind, George could only imagine. He could only wonder at the sky, or lie in bed and dream of what was beyond the ceiling. Humans travelling to other stars was one lifetime away. It was only a matter of generations before the dream could be anyone's reality. George wanted to be anyone.
George escaped in his sleep. And he explained in his notes how it was possible to travel all over the universe. Not only was it possible, but everyone does it, every night. Everyone has dreams and George wrote his down. The spacecraft and all of its missions were in the same cardboard box; a microcosm universe beneath George's bed. He explained how time travel could be possible:
It's a simple matter of thinking of space and time as the same thing: Spacetime. Once you do that, it's easier to visualise the fourth dimension: I am lying beneath a bed and I'm occupying a space in three dimensions (X,Y and Z); my height (or length), width and depth. Trembling limbs aside, I will occupy the same space five minutes from now. So the first three dimensions have remained constant, but the fourth (time) has changed. But also, I did occupy that same space five minutes previously. That, and every moment in between is recorded in the fabric of space time: I am still there, five minutes ago. I know the past. I don't know if I'll still be here five minutes hence: I can't predict the future, even though it may be pre-planned from the start of all time as we understand it.
Of course, there is what's known as The Grandfather Paradox: This states that if I were to travel back in time and kill my granddad, I would cease to exist. But if we assume that in George's new world order, various ethics committees exist in the future, then time travel to the past could be undertaken in a governed, regulated and ethical manor. It might be a little like the First Directive imagined in many science fiction works, where it's forbidden to interfere in any way in a species' development, even if that means remaining invisible whilst watching them destroy themselves. This in itself is a paradox because no-one is qualified to say that it hasn't already happened, conspiracy theorists aside.
When you're despairing late at night and you just wish someone was there, but you don't really want anyone around. When you're confused, perhaps by internal conflict. That's when you need a guardian angel. If someone would just phone you at that time, that would be perfect, because you're not bothering them. You've not caused them any trouble. Guardian angels need a sixth sense and the ability to travel back in time.
George estimated his brave new world to be around 200-250 years from now; perhaps ten generations. There was a long way to go and a lot to do, and George would most likely not see any of it. Or so he thought. He was young and he had much to learn, then he needed to learn how to deal with it. The things which George wanted to do were the things I regretted not doing.
All things considered, I thought it might be better to not let George know that one of his prophesies does come true. It was too soon. He wasn't ready. I couldn't let him know that it was possible to send letters from the future, or that people from the past could be visited. It was a one-way street, a bit like going to see grandma because she can't get to you. The departed are still around, we just can't normally see them. Often they're just watching over us. Sometimes they might want to speak to us but we need to be receptive.
By now, my arms and legs were in full spasm and I could feel my torso waiting to convulse. I cleared everything from around me as quietly as I could, so as not to interrupt whatever dream was unfolding above me.
The human body has an internal mechanism which shuts it down when stimuli get too much. An inconsolable baby will cry itself to sleep, and if a pain becomes truly unbearable at any age, we will pass out. I hadn't tried to sleep since I'd been dead, but it looked like I was about to be shown how to.
I don't know how far I travelled in the fourth dimension but I was woken by a voice:
"Georgie?" It was a man's voice. Dad was home.
"In here dad." George calling to his dad was the first time I'd heard him speak.
"I got you your magazines." Dad was now in the room, quieter but closer. He had big feet.
"Thanks dad." George's voice had changed. Now that he was speaking at a lower volume, his voice was deeper: Young George's voice was breaking.
"Writing, the science one, and paper craft. Is that right?"
"That's the ones. Thanks."
"What's all this?"
"Notes. I'm writing a story. Here."
There was a long period of quiet. George was shifting about on the bed and his dad was pacing around the room. There was that same distinct sound of pages being turned that I'd grown used to.
"Jemma Redmond. I read about her. Amazing woman. Deserves a posthumous Nobel.
"The EMdrive, eh? That's exciting. I think we'll use that for the interstellar stuff, and the solar sail ships for the wider galactic vanguard missions."
"There's some pretty deep stuff in here Georgie. Did you do this all yourself?"
"Well, I kind of had some help."
"From whom? I'd like to meet them."
"You can't dad."
"Why not?"
"Promise you won't laugh?"
"Can I smile?"
"You may smile". There was a pause. "So, I had a dream."
"We all have those. What about?"
"Nothing specific. Just a load of dreams mixed into one I suppose."
"So you wrote about it. It's good to write down your dreams."
"But not all of that writing is mine. See, there was this girl."
"A girl? In your dream?"
"Yes. A small girl, with blonde fizzy hair. And green teeth."
"Green teeth? Was she a witch? Is she under the bed?"
"No. Well, she was kind of a witch. A dark witch but a good one. She was just wandering around, like she was showing me things. She might have been lost. I want to see her again."
"I imagine you do. At least your witch has somewhere to live now."
George left at the end of that weekend but it wasn't the end of the story. He visits every weekend and he continues to record things for historians of the future. Eventually, he may realise that he was part of the machinery which kept the conversation going. He didn't know this yet but he was encouraged in his chosen vocations.
I was there, under the bed. If I'd been able to write, I'd have just added a note for George:
Do what you enjoy. If you enjoy it, you'll be good at it and people might notice you. If not now, then in the future. Don't put off till tomorrow that which you can do today. Because if you do it today and you like it, you can do it again tomorrow.
Your life is not empty and meaningless, regardless of who is in it or absent from it. Your life is what you make it, for yourself and for future generations. Don't give up.
Hopefully George will continue this story, now history, but in the hope that it might be read in the future. Perhaps he'll find the notes I left him.
Dust to Funky. Be safe George.
To this day, Dad has never gone through George's things under the bed. I'd have noticed.
© Steve Laker, 2017.


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This module corresponds to sections 4.1 (Basic Listener and Source Attributes) and 4.2 (Listener Object) of the OpenAL Specification and Reference (version 1.1).
The listener object defines various properties that affect processing of the sound for the actual output. The listener is unique for an OpenAL Context, and has no name. By controlling the listener, the application controls the way the user experiences the virtual world, as the listener defines the sampling/pickup point and orientation, and other parameters that affect the output stream.
It is entirely up to the driver and hardware configuration, i.e. the installation of OpenAL as part of the operating system and hardware setup, whether the output stream is generated for headphones or 2 speakers, 4.1 speakers, or other arrangements, whether (and which) HRTFs are applied, etc...
- listenerPosition :: StateVar (Vertex3 ALfloat)
- listenerVelocity :: StateVar (Vector3 ALfloat)
- type Gain = ALfloat
- listenerGain :: StateVar Gain
- orientation :: StateVar (Vector3 ALfloat, Vector3 ALfloat)
listenerPosition :: StateVar (Vertex3 ALfloat)Source
listenerPosition contains the current location of the listener in the
world coordinate system. Any 3-tuple of valid float values is allowed.
Implementation behavior on encountering NaN and infinity is not defined. The
initial position is (
Vertex3 0 0 0).
listenerVelocity :: StateVar (Vector3 ALfloat)Source
listenerVelocity contains current velocity (speed and direction) of the
listener in the world coordinate system. Any 3-tuple of valid float
values is allowed, and the initial velocity is (
Vector3 0 0 0).
listenerVelocity does not affect
listenerPosition. OpenAL does not
calculate the velocity from subsequent position updates, nor does it
adjust the position over time based on the specified velocity. Any
such calculation is left to the application. For the purposes of sound
processing, position and velocity are independent parameters affecting
different aspects of the sounds.
listenerVelocity is taken into account by the driver to synthesize the
Doppler effect perceived by the listener for each source, based on the
velocity of both source and listener, and the Doppler related parameters.
listenerGain :: StateVar GainSource
listenerGain contains a scalar amplitude multiplier, which is effectively
applied to all sources in the current context. The initial value 1 means
that the sound is unattenuated. A
listenerGain value of 0.5 is equivalent
to an attenuation of 6dB. The value zero equals silence (no output). Driver
implementations are free to optimize this case and skip mixing and processing
stages where applicable. The implementation is in charge of ensuring
artifact-free (click-free) changes of gain values and is free to defer actual
modification of the sound samples, within the limits of acceptable latencies.
listenerGain larger than 1 (amplification) is permitted. However, the
implementation is free to clamp the total gain (effective gain per source
times listener gain) to 1 to prevent overflow.
orientation :: StateVar (Vector3 ALfloat, Vector3 ALfloat)Source
orientation contains an "at" vector and an "up" vector, where the
"at" vector represents the "forward" direction of the listener and the
orthogonal projection of the "up" vector into the subspace perpendicular to
the "at" vector represents the "up" direction for the listener. OpenAL
expects two vectors that are linearly independent. These vectors are not
expected to be normalized. If the two vectors are linearly dependent,
behavior is undefined. The initial orientation is (
Vector3 0 0 (-1),
Vector3 0 1 0), i.e. looking down the Z axis with the Y axis pointing


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Bellator Fighting Championships kicks off its season-four featherweight tournament at Bellator 37.
MMAjunkie.com (www.mmajunkie.com) today confirmed with sources close to the promotion that Patricio "Pitbull" Freire vs. Georgi Karakhanyan, Zac George vs. Wilson Reis, Kenny Foster vs. Eric Larkin and Nazareno Malegarie vs. Daniel Straus will comprise the promotion's four featherweight quarterfinal bouts.
All four take place at the March 19 event, which is scheduled for the Lucky Star Casino in Concho, Okla.
The matchups were first reported by Sherdog.com.
Freire (14-1 MMA, 2-1 BFC) suffered his first career loss in the finale of the season-two
tourney, when he dropped a close split decision to current champ Joe
Prior to the Warren loss, Freire opened his career with a 14-0 mark,
which included Bellator tourney wins over William Romero and Reis.
Karakhanyan (14-2-1 MMA, 2-1 BFC) first fought in the season-two tourney, where he scored one of
Bellator's top highlights with a knee-strike KO of Bao Quach in the
opening round. However, he then suffered a decision loss to eventual tourney winner and current champ Warren in the semifinals.
George (20-3 MMA, 0-0 BFC) makes his Bellator debut on the heels of a six-fight win streak
that includes five stoppage victories. In fact, 17 of the seven-year
vet's 20 victories have come via stoppage. Most recently, he submitted
Bellator vet Bryan Goldsby at an October 2009 C3 Fights show.
The first and only EliteXC bantamweight champion, Reis (11-2 MMA, 3-2 BFC) reached the
semifinals in Bellator's first and second seasons, though he was ousted
via decision each time. Bellator CEO Bjorn Rebney said the decision to
give Reis a third shot was an easy one.
Foster (8-2 MMA, 1-0 BFC) made his Bellator debut this past October in a non-tournament
decision win over Lester Caslow. The Team BombSquad fighter is 7-1 in
his past eight fights and own four career victories via stoppage.
Larkin (3-0 MMA, 1-0 BFC) made his Bellator debut this past September with a first-round
submission over Marcus Andrusia in a non-tournament bout. A former
Division I wrestling champion at Arizona State University, Larkin has
earned three-straight wins to open his MMA career. All three have come
via first-round stoppage.
Malegarie (19-0 MMA, 0-0 BFC) has fought professionally since 2007 and has opened his career
with an astounding 19-straight victories. The 24-year-old Ataque Duplo
product, who counts 17 stoppage wins in his 19 career fights, has
trained in Brazilian jiu-jitsu since age 12.
Straus (14-3 MMA, 1-0 BFC) turned pro just two years ago and already has racked up 17
professional fights. In 2009 alone he fought 11 times and went 8-3. His
2010 season resulted in an undefeated 6-0 record, which included a
Bellator 23 win over Chad Hinton (and regional wins over UFC vet Gideon
Ray and former WEC fighter Karen Darabedyan).
For more on Bellator 37, stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of MMAjunkie.com.
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The St. Jude Research Hospital Radiothon
Our sister station XL Country 100.7 is running a radiothon Thursday and Friday to support the St. Jude Research Hospital. We've got dozens of people running around the office in the next few days volunteering, and while things might be a little hectic, it's definitely a great cause worth checking out.
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital treats all their patients free of charge, and they share freely their cancer research and discoveries with hospitals and doctors all over the world. They are working hard to drive the overall survival rate for childhood cancer to 90 percent by 2020.
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Intersection signs, warning lights installed at Hwy. 37N / NW1030
- Details
- Category: News
- Published on 11 July 2013
- Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
The Texas Department of Transportation's Tim Dorner, John Kisic, Eric Morris, and Daniel Hart completed the installation of intersection signs and flashing caution lights on Hwy. 37 approaching CR 1030 last week. The signage and lights represent
a $6,500 investment for material by TxDOT. The installation of the signs was a result of both public organizations and private contacts with the TxDOT offices. See the July 11 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald for more information.


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(what don't do I do DIY hehe)
I am willing to still make these shirts, just email me or contact me via my Etsy shop. Due to the change of season I'm making them in long sleeves now!
Now please excuse me if I disappear here and there over the next few weeks. This lil project I'm working on has turned me into a nauseated narcoleptic. It's a troublesome two-some and has me in bed most days, or wherever my head lands.
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Density and Multi-Family
"How Prevalent is Multifamily Throughout the Charlotte Region?" 12-14-15
"In Charlotte Housing Debate, Let's Look at Underlying Factors" 2-2-16
"The Deception of Density" 10-26-16
"The 'Missing Middle' Affordable Housing Solution" 1-13-17
"What's Right for the Site: Analyzing the Missing Middle" 10-9-17
"Housing Market Trends: 2017 Year in Review, 2018 Outlook" 12-19-17
"Density's Next Frontier: The Suburbs" 2-1-18
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"In No State Can Minimum-Wage Workers Afford a Two-Bedroom Rental" 6-13-18
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"Strength Test #7: Does Your Town Have Real Housing Options?" 3-16-17
"Buying in America: Zillow Report in 2017"
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"How Can We Keep Housing Affordable?" 8-23-17
"Affordable Housing Seems Like an Intractable Problem. Can These New Strategies Help?" 9-14-17
"New Denver Affordable Housing Plan Faces Questions About How City Will Help Residents Being Pushed Out" 9-29-17
"Why Cities Must Become Affordable for the Middle Class" 10-24-17
"Officials Describe Wake County as Affordable Housing Desert, Crisis" 11-14-17
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"The Rise of the Single-Family Rental" 1-4-18
"Downsizing baby boomers face a key decision: Is it better to rent or to buy?" 1-21-18
"The Rent Is Getting Too Damn High" 1-25-18
"Single-Family Rentals Outpace Apartment Rentals in 22 of 30 Largest US Cities" 4-11-18, Lauren Shanesy, Multifamily Executive
"Big Jump in Americans Saying Renting Is Cheaper Than Owning" 10-16-18
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"What Does A Walkable Street Look Like?" Blog Post 1-24-18
"Why Walkable Streets are More Economically Productive" 1-18-18
"What Does a Walkable Street Look Like?"1-24-18
"How to Make Scooters in Cities Safer" 9-6-18
"Electric Bicycles Race Ahead of City and State Rules" 8-30-18
Transportation Networks
" Electric Vehicles: You Can't Plan for Transportation's Future by Looking Backward" 2-14-17
"Everyone Knows We Have a Traffic Problem" 3-16-17
"Dallas Gives Green Light to New Transportation Management System" 2-6-18
"How Texas Cities Plan to Deal with Disruptive Bike-Shares" 3-12-18
Autonomous or Driverless Vehicles
"Connected Cars Are Coming (and soon). Is Your City Ready For Them?" 6-10-16
"Considerable Uncertainty Surrounds the Future of Driverless Vehicles" 9-12-17
"Autonomous Vehicles: Zoning, Land Use, and Infrastructure Issues to Consider Right Now" 10-23-17
"Opinion: There Are Bigger Changes on the Way for Cities Than Self-Driving Cars" 2-7-18
"Growth in Electric Car Ownership Presents Challenges to the Grid" 3-12-18
TOPIC: Placemaking
Development Issues
"Growing Small: How Smaller, Infill Urban Developments Are Making a Big Difference" 2-16-16
"Selling Smart Growth" blogpost by Todd Litman 5-10-16
"As metro Atlanta grows, development creeps into existing subdivisions" The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, posted 5-26-17
"Is Wall Street Upending Nashville Neighborhoods? These Professors Want to Know" on USA Today Network -- Tennessee, by Mike Reicher, published 10-13-17
"The Quiet Revolution Happening in the Suburbs" 12-17
"Raleigh, N.C., Considers Public-Private Partnerships for Improving Infrastructure" 1-17-18
Urban Design
"Young couples and retirees ditch the city for a new kind of suburb" 7-6-18
"A Defense of the Suburbs" 6-6-18
"Municipal Placemaking Mistakes" Series 2012
"Porches, Walkability, and Sustainability" blogpost 2013
"How to Design Our Neighborhoods for Happiness" 7-26-13
"Concord Riverwalk, West Concord, Mass." 9-5-14
" Walk Appeal", "Walk Appeal Impact", and "Walk Appeal Immeasurables" 2015
"Sprawl Recovery – A 12-Step Program" 2015
"Better Streets: Whatchu Whatchu Whatchu Want?" 4-6-15
"Walkability: It's Not About the Buildings, or Even the Streets. It's About the Experience" 9-14-15
"Woonerf: Inclusive and Livable Dutch Street" 12-7-15
"Why Urban Parks Are Essential Infrastructure" 1-24-17
"The American suburbs are the next fertile ground for architectural and urban experimentation" editorial 2-2-17
"Indianapolis Green Space Design Features a Highway View" 5-25-17
"How Cities Get 'Granny Flats' Wrong" 11-22-17
"Do Green Buildings Really Matter? (Hint: Far More Than You Might Think)" 2-8-18
"Fostering Social Interaction for All Ages" blogpost 2-12-18
"Should Mecklenburg Farms Get More Protection? Here's How That Could Happen" 2-12-18
"Eleven Principles For Creating Great Community Places" undated, Project for Public Spaces
The "New" Industrial Uses
"Economic Opportunity and Small-Scale Manufacturing" 6-23-14
"Small-Scale Manufacturers: Creating Good Jobs, Great Products, and Vibrant Neighborhoods" 11-21-16
TOPIC: What's Coming Soon
"Why aren't millennials buying houses?" 6-11-18
"Mayors get a crash course on what resonates with millennials" 6-11-18
"5 facts about Millennial households" 9-6-17
"Younger Residents Driving Development Decisions" 6-5-14
"Young Americans: Yearning for the Suburbs, Stuck in the City" 1-27-15
"Millennials Overtake Baby Boomers as America's Largest Generation" 4-25-16
"Millennials Look to the Suburbs, Not Cities, For First Homes" 6-21-16
"Peak Millennial? Cities Can't Assume a Continued Boost From the Young" 1-23-17
"When It Comes to Moving, Millennials Are Stuck in the Mud" 2-14-17
"Inclusionary Housing Policies Attract Millennials" 2-22-17
"Older Millennials are Leaving the City for a New Kind of Suburb" 8-7-17
"The Under-studied Reason why Millennial Couples are Clustering in Supercities" 6-13-18
"The housing crisis isn't just about affordability—it's about economic mobility, too" 4-24-18
"The Millennial Economy 2018"
Wireless Technology
"Power Up Anywhere with Solar Charging Stations" 7-15-15
"Will Property Rights Control the Future of Telecommunications Infrastructure?" 3-21-17
"Solar phone charging station added to Downtown Newton" 6-22-17
"Smart Billboards as a Natural Next Step for Public Advertisers" 9-26-17
"Building Upon a Decade of Deploying Small-Cell Solutions to Improve Connectivity" 1-21-18
TOPIC: Economic Development
"The (Non-traditional) Plaza Midwood Coworking Space You Probably Haven't Heard Of" 8-17-16
"How to Encourage Entrepreneurship in Your Town" 12-7-16
"10 Things Small Businesses Need to Thrive" 10-12-17
"Low-Cost Pop-Up Shops Create Big Value in Muskegon Michigan" 2-20-18


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Pineshoot Beetle
Male and Female Common Pine Shoot Beetles
Photo by: Hoebeke, E. Richard, Cornell University, www.forestryimages.org
- What is the Common Pine Shoot Beetle?
The Common Pine Shoot Beetle is a serious foreign pest of pines, which attacks new shoots of pine trees, stunting the growth of the trees. The Pine Shoot Beetle also might attack stressed pine trees by breeding under the bark at the base of the trees. The beetles can cause a severe decline in the health of the trees, and possibly kill the trees when high populations exist.
Beetles Boring in Pine Shoot
Photo by: Hoebeke, E. Richard, Cornell University, www.forestryimages.org
- New Jersey Response to Common Pine Shoot Beetle
The beetles, first found in Cleveland, Ohio, and believed to have entered the country in ships carrying infested dunnage, were found recently in some counties in the northern part of the state. The Division of Plant Industry is reviewing the options for handling this situation under USDA protocols.
Press Releases
October 14, 2005
Pine Shoot Beetle Discovered in Northern New Jersey
- Links
United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
Pest Alert: New Introduction - Common Pine Shoot Beetle
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Pine Shoot Beetle Information
Tree Damage
Photo by: Passoa, Steve, USDA, APHIS, PPQ, www.forestryimages.org


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