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Still, I don't think that Aizen was talking about SS when speaking of Heaven.
And when you lok at his "ascension" at the end of SS arc, you'll maybe understand why I believe he meant something else then.
|2009-04-03, 12:56
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I have this theory that the remaining Kurosaki family is one of the four great noble families of Soul Society, the only other two known being the Shihouin family and the Kuchiki family. The fact that Ichigo has his (human?) mother's hair and the family name, Kurosaki, probably being his mother's or a made up one by his father. There are a few flaws, since the four noble families seem to be interacting alot (Byakuya and Yuruichi's friendship for instance) and Rukia has seem both Ichigo's father and black haired sister, but yeah. I think its pretty probable that Ichigo comes from some renowned family atleast, if not the king's.
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So I have a question. If Isshin is from SS then how did a dead man produce children? Do we believe the gigai have the ability to produce offspring when inhabited by a soul?? I don't believe that.
So I now propose that Isshin is human and one of the humans which Ukitake referred to when he gave Ichigo the Combat Badge.
So what about the shihatso? We don't know how he got that. He could have gotten shimigami powers from a captain back in the day, similar to how Ichigo got power from Rukia. If he got powers from a captain maybe a form of captains robes appeared on him when he transformed to soul form.
Also I think Kurosaki is actually his wife's last name
|2009-04-04, 05:34
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|2009-04-04, 12:05
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Yammamoto may know about Ichgo, but that's unlikely since Ichigo had to have been born in the human world. Yammamoto has probaly never been in the human world much and with Isshin's non-existant powers(until he got them back) being surpressed in the Gigai he probaly had on since getting to the human world, he still wouldn't have been noticed by Yammmamoto, even if Yammamoto had actually seen the king before and knew his reiatsu.
This all supports the reasoning Isshin is the King.
The questions that may be asked to fully know the situation is:
1. If Ichigo has powers and Isshin has powers, does Ichigo's sisters have hidden Shinigami powers like Ichigo and if their mother was a quincy or shinigami(not likely since she could've destroyed the hollow when it was attacking Ichigo instead of dying to save him.), do they have quincy powers too?
2. If Isshin is the king, why did he lose his powers and how?
3. What happened to make Isshin come to the human world?
|2009-04-04, 12:44
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Ichigo's sisters undoubtly also have latent powers, but I doubt we'll see any of it in the series. There is also absolutely nothing but the dislike between Isshin and Ishida's father that suggests that Ichigo's mother was a quincy, and I consider it ridiculous.
|2009-04-04, 12:52
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his mother may not have been a Quincy herself, but she could very well be related to them. This brings fourth the possibility of a Romeo and Juliet relationship between Isshin and Ishida. In fact if might be very possible that Ichigo's mother is actually Ishida's sister. [pure speculation based on little or no evidence] This can explain why Isshin and Ishida know each other and why Ichigo has or had a blue aura.
I also don't see why we wouldn't see Ichigo's sisters and/or his friends displaying some sort of power in the series. the whole thing about them fighting Hollows and developing the ability to see spirits is kind of pointless otherwise.
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he had a captain haori over his shoulder so at least it narrows it down to him being one of the captains at least 20 years ago. That rules out yamamoto, unohana, kyoraku, joushiro, soi fon (yourichi was before her), 3rd division (rose then gin), 5th division (shinji then aizen), 6th division (ginrei then byakuya), 7th division (love then komamura), 9th division (kensei then tosen), 11th division (last one was killed and isshin is alive), 12th division (kirio hikifune promoted, then urahara, then mayuri), and kido corps (tessai).
The only one left is Hitsuguya's 10th division and i think its probably that since it fits into the timeframe and the 'captain' thing.
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|2009-04-05, 13:36
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Ok lets be honest here and put the vague pieces of puzzle together...or at least try to fit 'em. 1. you can get married is ss as shown by byakuya. 2. if you can get married then obviously there's going to be some intimacy. 3. as hinted by mayuri you can blow your wad (i would think he was putting his 'life force' in nemu (i mean c'mon, if it couldn't be aired what else could it possibly be???).....soooooo in conclusion i think those are hints enough (for me anyways) to let one know you can have kids.
and yes i agree with Uncreativex...i've never come across anywhere where it says the king favors the noble family and people accept them. Since adopting rukia was breaking the rules...the opposite view of that would be.....you can't adopt (except in certain circumstances) which leads one to believe that if you can't adopt you have to bang (for the lack of a better word at the moment) and conceive.
ps- oh my god....im painting this new quote on my car like the cop do their 'to serve and protect 'cept mines is gonna read 'to bang and conceive'.
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just as Wrenchan said:
I still think Isshin is a substitute. like father like son.
|2009-04-05, 17:32
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yea i meant sex...ok but seriously you can't expect me to believe someone will get married and won't have sex. secondly...mayuri's idea of what and what is not 'airable' might differ from most people...but i get what you are saying though and of course you're right about what nemu is and how she functions.
'wad' was added for entertainment purposes...by yours truly....but man how funny would it be if he did say it??...phoo
Isshin had a captain's haori so i don't think they would have allowed a substitute to do that. Of course we can't be sure of anything at this point so everything is pure speculation. Knowing mister Tite anyone could be right at this point...especially considering what has happened recently. Isshin could also be a special situation person...guess we'll just wait and find out ^[o_o]^ <-------- thats supposed to be something raising its hands and saying 'banzaaaaiiiii' or something...not flicking off....i didn't know how else i could do it...just to be sure....alrighty then
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Wikitravel talk:Using discussion pages
So, talk pages can really benefit from having the table of contents going, especially for long and disparate arguments.
I'd like to suggest using a section header:
==These are two cities== These are actually two cities. --Somebody No they're not. --SomebodyElse Yes they are. --Somebody
to separate this stuff out, instead of the four-dash horizontal rules. This is also how the "Post a comment" feature works, so it'd be nice to be synched up. Any objections? --Evan 14:35, 21 Dec 2003 (PST)
I am a newer to wikitravel. I like the style of WikiTravel. I know that Wiki is a part of so-called web 2.0. Therefore, I am not sure that whether I can read any new item in wikiTravel through RSS viewer. If yes, what is RSS URL for wikiTravel. Thanks!
A Free Overnight Option From Tokyo to Sapporo for Japan Rail Pass Holders
sorry I am new too. I read wiki about Sapporo and need to know this free overnight option because I plan to visit Sapporo in July. Would somebody explain to me how to get there "free overnight" from Tokyo to Sapporo in detail by using Japan Rail Pass? I got the timetable from Iko's place website, two express trains only run until midnight. Thaks for your help.
avatars/userpics for easier scanning?
I wonder why we haven't implement placing avatars (small pictures) next to user's comment in talk pages--similar to Livejournal's comments page: [1], or http://wow(dot)ya(dot)ru: http://anatolix(dot)ya(dot)ru/replies.xml?item_no=2072&parent_id=2101&with_parent=1#reply-Anatolix-2101. I believe it can make pages read much easier. Personally it takes extra effort to distinguish which phrase belong to which person, and where one comment ends and another starts.
It could look something like this: (assuming there's photos or user-chosen avatars instead of these pics--and of course we should allow only square, equal-sized images)
Docent for Russia and Moscow where I live now, and for Altai where I was born and lived until age of 17. I can also help a bit on St. Petersburg as have many friends there, and being there myself several times. --User1
I think we can implement it with a template call like {{user|DenisYurkin}} which can be invoked as a default signature. --DenisYurkin 04:23, 25 October 2008 (EDT)


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Bumgarner can't contain Padres' Rivera in loss
SAN FRANCISCO -- As April draws to a close, the Giants know which glaring issues they must address in May.
Their 6-4 loss Monday night to the San Diego Padres was an unsettling experience, given the lingering problems endured by Madison Bumgarner, Pablo Sandoval and Brandon Belt.View Full Game Coverage
SAN FRANCISCO -- As April draws to a close, the Giants know which glaring issues they must address in May.
Their 6-4 loss Monday night to the San Diego Padres was an unsettling experience, given the lingering problems endured by Madison Bumgarner, Pablo Sandoval and Brandon Belt.View Full Game Coverage
Bumgarner, San Francisco's Opening Night starter, has not fit the profile of an ace. Rene Rivera drove in all of San Diego's runs in a two-inning span off Bumgarner (2-3), whose ERA climbed to 3.74. The All-Star left-hander's effectiveness hasn't completely deserted him, as his 37 strikeouts in 33 2/3 innings illustrate. But he also has surrendered 45 hits while looking much more vulnerable than dominant.
Moreover, Bumgarner hasn't benefited from AT&T Park's pitcher-friendly traits. He's 1-3 with a 6.20 ERA in four home starts.
"I was a little off," Bumgarner said. "I have to figure out what it was and work on it, get it fixed before my next start. My command obviously wasn't very good."
Giants manager Bruce Bochy remained respectful toward Bumgarner by saying, "We're pretty spoiled with Madison." Yet Bochy refrained from making any excuses for him.
"I think it's fair to say that he made a few more mistakes than we're accustomed to," Bochy said.
An ample number of those mistakes were seized upon by Rivera, who established a personal best for RBIs. He drilled a two-run double in the fourth inning, added a three-run homer in the fifth and became the 11th catcher in Padres history to record five or more RBIs in a game.
"We had a pretty good game plan going in today, I think," Bumgarner said. "I just wasn't able to make pitches. I left a lot of balls out over the middle."
The Padres capitalized on enough of those lapses, despite being the National League's lowest-scoring team.
"He was in and out of the zone early in the game and our guys did a good job of laying off some borderline pitches," Padres manager Bud Black said. "We fouled some balls off, we took balls and for the most part swung at strikes."
Especially Rivera, who achieved the highest RBI total by any Padre in a game at AT&T Park.
"We needed a game like that from one of our guys," Black said. "It's been a long time coming for us. We've had some difficulty scoring runs."
Rivera's homer erased a 3-2 Giants lead that they grabbed in the fourth inning against San Diego starter Tyson Ross (3-3), whose 12-inning scoreless streak against the Giants ended. Angel Pagan singled and scored on Hunter Pence's triple. After Belt walked and advanced on a wild pitch, Michael Morse singled home both runners.
Brandon Hicks led off the Giants' fifth inning against Ross with his second homer in two days to trim San Diego's lead to one run. After Javier Lopez allowed a ninth-inning run to cap San Diego's scoring, Huston Street pitched a 1-2-3 inning to improve to 10-for-10 in converting saves.
San Francisco's offense remained imbalanced. Morse collected a season-high three hits and hiked his team-high RBI total to 19. Buster Posey added two hits, including a sixth-inning double that would have been a homer with just another few feet of altitude.
Belt improved upon Sunday's four-strikeout performance by putting the ball in play twice, but struck out once. Sandoval went 0-for-4 after a promising two-hit afternoon Sunday as his batting average dropped to .172.
"It's a work in progress," Bochy said, referring to Belt and Sandoval. "Our corner guys are going to have to get going for us to have success and put runs on the board."
Chris Haft is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Haft-Baked Ideas, and follow him on Twitter at @sfgiantsbeat.


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I do a lot of posts on racism and its affects on the black community. I usually try to keep them focused on racism which affects education, housing, health care and employment. But I have been doing some shopping lately and noticing that racism can be very simple. This simple racism is found in our very lives daily from commercials for products to the products themselves.
I am sure that people are doing the big sigh right now wondering why I and people like me just don't let it go. I am wondering why when I go to the book store to buy books for my child ALL the books that look like fun, interesting or not revolved around race are about and featuring a white character. The books featuring black characters are about being accepted, Kwanzaa or something else that deals with racial, ethnic or religious issues. Where are all the children books like the book "Where the wild things are," or any Dr. Seuss book that has actual people which features black characters?
I would just like to go to the store one time and buy some Band Aides that say flesh colored and they aren't pink or close to it. These are the small things that you go through life putting up with yet nobody thinks how these small acts of racism can show you that you nor people like you are important enough for my company to take you into account when making products. How many times has a white person walked into a Toys R Us and looked at little people ride on fire engine that have firemen driving and ALL the firemen are black? Not a chance! The two I looked at only one of them had one black character and the other everyone on the fire engine was white.
I am sure this does not seem to be a big deal except that what if it were your child that you could not find any toys to reflect who they are. You wouldn't feel that it was OK that you child only had another race of people to look at, imagining themselves as while playing or admiring. Everyone wants to be able to instill a sense of self love, respect and worth. Yet if the only thing my child has to play with all have white characters on it he will inevitably begin to see, think and believe that people that look like these people are the ones who matter in life. Not people like himself and thus he will see himself as less than.
No one thinks that maybe the lack of interest, self esteem and success in the black community could be from all these small but racist messages of you don't count that is why nothing you see looks like you. I don't know if you have seen the experiment they did with the black children and the dolls. They gave a bunch of black children the choice between a black or white doll and they all chose the white doll. Because through television commercials and store displays among other things, this shows children which of the two dolls is more desirable. And thus telling the children which people in the world are most desirable and worthy of being respected and loved.
This is a seriously underhanded Machiavellian type of sinister little deed when you look at it. If I can destroy your self esteem, self love and love of your community before you ever reach puberty then I pretty much have ruined your chances of a normal happy life. These children are now in a chase for assimilation and to become as generically non black as possible. Barbie and other dolls as well as movies, television and advertising are teaching our young black girls that they are not good enough. To be considered normal they need to have hair as straight hanging to her waste as a black Barbie. Only look to your Beyonce's, Tyra Banks and any other popular black artist. Our black men are being sold on the fact that this is what they need to find attractive in a woman. Since this is all they see that their black role models in movies are paired up with, if the woman is black at all. In most instances these black male movie stars are paired with Hispanic or bi-racial women of some mixture or another.
I am sure that a lot of people will guffaw at this so called truth and say that it is coincidental at best. Yet it is never coincidental that you don't accidentally have anything such as this happening in the opposite direction. I have never seen commercials for Barbie or some other doll that utilizes blacks in the forefront or shows a black doll that isn't a clone of the white doll just chocolate brown. Yet somehow I should be content with shoveling all the white dominant propaganda into my child and somehow expect that they grow up with a sense of self. Shut up and be happy to be an American, when we are being told at every turn that American is white. So how can I be happy to be something I am not nor can ever be? And yet we still want to deny the damage done to black children and adults from this totally Machiavellian type of simple racism.


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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – David Frost has the lead and Fred Couples draws the biggest crowds.
They'll lead the pack into the final round of the Regions Tradition with an early start and a sizable contingent of contenders.
Frost birdied the 16th and 17th holes Saturday en route to a 6-under 66 and a one-stroke lead over Couples after the third round of the major championship at Shoal Creek.
"It will be a great final day,'' said Couples, whose gallery as usual has been by far the largest for each round. "There's a lot of guys. It's the kind of course where someone can shoot 7 under and go from 7 or 8 under to 14 under.
"But I think someone that's 10 -, 11-under par will have a good round and probably win, and I'm going to do everything I can to put pressure on the guys on the leaderboard and see what happens.''
Frost, the South African who won the Toshiba Classic in March for his fourth Champions Tour title, had four birdies on the final eight holes to move to 12-under 205 in the major championship.
He said being able to sleep with the lead isn't the biggest thing about his situation.
"It's more just being comfortable with your game,'' Frost said. "Getting into position like this makes you become a little more at ease the more you get there, but my game's been good this year.
"So I'm quite excited about (Sunday).''
The final round will have a two-tee morning start because of expected rain.
Couples, the Presidents Cup captain and World Golf Hall of Famer, shot a bogey-free 68.
"I played the par 5s even, which is unusual for me,'' he said. "I played them very poorly actually, made a couple of good up-and-downs to save pars. Then the other 14 holes, I played really well. I'd like to say I wasn't in too much trouble, basically because when I drove it in the rough, I judged my second shots pretty well out of the rough.
"(Sunday), I'm going to have to hit more fairways and play a little bit better from tee to green. When I did hit a good shot, it was a really good one and I made birdies.
He managed to save par on No. 6 when his drive went right into the creek.
"I can't sit here and kick myself,'' Couples said. "I'm one behind Frosty. I'm in good shape.''
Sixty-one-year-old Morris Hatalsky, third-round leader Duffy Waldorf and Michael Allen were two strokes back. Hatalsky had a 67, Waldorf shot 71 and Allen bogeyed the final hole for a 69.
Two-time defending champion Tom Lehman was five strokes back after a 69.
Frost hit a sand wedge from 80 yards to about 2 feet for birdie on No. 1. He missed a 6-foot birdie putt on No. 18.
Frost said he had an issue with mud on the ball only on No. 6 after rain forced a long delay Friday.
"But luckily I didn't have to go for the green there,'' he said. "That mud made up my mind for me, and I laid it up and made a birdie from there.''
Hatalsky, who had his second straight 68, is a month removed from an opening 89 en route to a 23-over finish at the Insperity Championship. He said he switched irons and his driver this week.
"You just never know about this game,'' said Hatalsky, who finished with a 12-foot birdie putt. "You go through the ups and downs. As a professional, you have to keep working at it and keep believing that what you're doing is the right direction. It's just a new week, and I'm enjoying it.''
After second-round leader Jeff Sluman and Waldorf each bogeyed on No. 4, there were 18 players within two strokes of the lead. Sluman's 72 left him four shots off the lead.
Corey Pavin delivered one highlight with a hole-in-one on the 173-yard eighth hole. He shot a 68 to finish at 6 under. It was his first ace since 2008 in the second round of the AT&T National.
"I've got the video in my head,'' Pavin said. "I got up there and just hit a 6-iron right at it actually. I hit a really good shot and actually when it was in the air I said, `Go in!' and it landed on the front fringe or right on the fringe on the green and just trickled and rolled in like a putt.''
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Valentine's Day is almost here!
What will you be doing to make it a special day for the ones you love?
I am hosting a Valentine's Day Cookie Party.
I'm inviting all of my mommy friends over next week. We will enjoy lunch together and decorate cookies to share with our kids after school. Some of my friends will bring cookies... some will bring frosting and decorations. It is sure to be a fun afternoon! I'm sure I'll see more of your great Valentine's Day ideas at this week's party. I can't wait!
Thanks for all the awesome links last week!!! Another great party!
Here are some of my favorites....
Seriously, there were TOO many great ideas to narrow it down much this week.
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Norquist holds fire on Boehner offer
Anti-tax activist Grover Norquist has rarely held his fire — until now.
In an interview with POLITICO, the head of Americans for Tax Reform refused to render a judgment on House Speaker John Boehner's proposal to raise tax rates next year on those earning more than $1 million.
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"It's a piece of the puzzle and we're only seeing one piece," he said. "I refuse to get excited one way or the other."
Norquist has built a power base in Washington over the years by persuading lawmakers — virtually all of them Republicans — to sign a pledge binding them to oppose tax rate increases or efforts to kill deductions or credits without a corresponding decline in tax rates.
But the politics of tax policy have shifted rapidly following President Barack Obama's reelection last month, with Republican lawmakers including Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia and Oklahoma Rep. Tom Cole openly entertaining tax increases that would have been unthinkable in GOP circles just a few months ago.
Norquist is far from embracing Boehner's proposal, which was delivered to the White House on Friday and came along with calls for major spending cuts.
He's just holding back until the exact details of the proposal are clear.
Still, his refusal to lambaste Boehner's proposal — which the White House has thus far rejected — could give some political cover to Republicans who might reluctantly break with decades of party orthodoxy and back a deal that includes a tax rate increase. It's also sure to embolden Democrats who say they hold the winning cards in the budget talks.
Norquist criticized how the fiscal cliff negotiations have played out — behind closed doors at the White House and over telephone conversations. And he said that the secretive dynamic isn't helping Boehner address confusion about what exactly the speaker is proposing.
"This is why I think everything should be on C-SPAN so we don't have one side or the other leaking a proposal," he said. "Boehner would be well served if this was happening in front of C-SPAN cameras so his proposals wouldn't be interpreted by Harry Reid."
Norquist maintains that Republicans have significant leverage as the negotiations play out. He said that Democrats are more worried than the GOP about the potential effects of allowing sequestration to take place. He also said that Republicans are better positioned in talks to raise the debt ceiling early next year and any measure that would keep the government funded through March.
"This is a play in three parts," Norquist said. "Those are the three points where Obama has to come to the table and talk to Republicans."
He indicated the GOP's hand is perhaps strongest when it comes to the debt ceiling increase, which Boehner has told Obama could be included in a fiscal cliff package as long as it's paired with deep cuts or reforms entitlement programs and spending.
"Giving up or delaying the debt ceiling is a big deal for which one would have to be paid a large sum of money," he said.
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I am a 52 year old single mother of a 16 year old daughter. Her father passed away 7 years ago. Her grandfather passed away 6 1/2 months ago. She is very angry with me. I was the one that was supposed to always be here for her. She has already packed up and moved into a friends house. She said she can't watch me be sick. After hearing what the first Oncologist had to say, she thinks she will be an orphan by 18. The world is so hard for teenagers already, she shouldn't have to deal with this now. I want her to have as much of a normal life as she can. I don't want her stuck being my caregiver.
September 8, 2014 was the worst night of my life. The Pulmonary Doctor called at 5 pm and let me know that I had small-cell carcinoma. He sent me to an Oncologist on 9/10. On 9/11 I had a PET scan. (9/12-15) I had chemotherapy. On 9/16 I had a shot to raise my white blood cells. Then back to the doctor on 9/18. I could have handled it better if it wasn't for the doctors bedside manor. I asked how long and he said 10-12 months. This was at a large teaching hospital. I went to my local hospital for a second opinion and to start therapy out here. What a difference a doctor makes! My Oncologist here feels I am young, healthy and have a positive attitude. He said this will help me go far. I just finished 10 days of radiation today and started another round of chemo on top of that. Two more days of chemo to go then a shot. Doesn't that sound fun!
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Governor Herbert vetoes HB76
March 22, 2013
On Friday, Utah Governor Gary R. Herbert took action on bills recently passed by the 2013 Utah State Legislature. According to a press release from the Governor's Office, he signed several bills into law and vetoed HB76S1, the Concealed Weapon Carry Amendments.
"The right to bear arms is a fundamental right which must be jealously protected," wrote the Governor in his letter to House Speaker Rebecca Lockhart and Senate President Wayne Niederhauser, where he stated his reasons for vetoing the bill. "HB 76S1 does not, however, impose a restriction on the right to bear arms. Rather, it removes an existing provision of Utah law that those who carry a concealed weapon obtain a permit. Utah's permitting system has been in place for decades, and in its current form for more than 15 years. In that time, it has become a national model."
"As a gun owner and concealed firearm permit holder, I understand the value of the permit, both to firearm owners and to the public at large," Governor Herbert wrote. "As a State, we must exercise extreme care that we not impose undue burdens on the right to bear arms, but I have yet to receive any credible evidence that Utah's current permit process constitutes a hardship."
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Reaper's Favorite Albums of 2011
Here it is, y'all. The highly-anticipated annual list of my favorite albums of the year. 2011 was an interesting year in music. There wasn't a single album that I personally rated 9/10. No great albums. But there were a ton of albums that I rated 8.5/10 to 7.5/10. Lots and lots and lots of really good albums. I struggled with the ordering of these albums; it seemed arbitrary at times. So that's why in lieu of doing honorable mentions this year I'm just going to do an ordered top 50. That's right, these are my favorite 50 albums of the year.
As always, this isn't meaning to be an objective list of best albums of the year. While I listen to over 300 new albums each year, I still don't listen to enough to feel comfortable making objective claims about quality. Do you think I snubbed some really great dubstep album? Did I miss out on a perfect bluegrass album? It's very likely that I did, but this is a list of my personal favorites. That's why you're going to see lots of metal albums on the list. It's also why you're going to see as many, if not more, hip-hop albums on this list. 2011 was a stupendous year for rap music.
Anyway, I'm going to be rolling these out over the next couple of days or so as I write up little paragraphs for each album in-between working on other stuff.
50.) Tune-Yards - w h o k i l l
49.) White Willow - Terminal Twilight
48.) Blut Aus Nord - 777 Sects
47.) Blut Aus Nord - 777 The Desanctification
46.) La Dispute - Wildlife
45.) Childish Gambino - Camp
44.) Wolves in the Throne Room - Celestial Lineage
43.) Boris - New Album
42.) Antediluvian - Through the Cervix of Hawaah
41.) Fen - Epoch
40.) Kendrick Lamar - Section.80
39.) M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
38.) Florence + the Machine - Ceremonials
37.) Wild Flag - Wild Flag
36.) Opeth - Heritage
35.) The Roots - Undun
34.) Vektor - Outer Isolation
33.) Rudra - Brahmavidya: Immortal I
32.) Tech N9ne - All 6s & 7s
31.) Lady GaGa - Born This Way
30.) Death Grips - ExMilitary
29.) Leprous - Bilateral
28.) Mr. Mother****in eXquire - Lost in Translation
27.) ASAP Rocky - LiveLoveA$ap
26.) Hades Archer - For the Diabolical Ages
25.) Cities Aviv - Digital Lows
24.) Big KRIT - Return of 4Eva
23.) Absu - Abzu
22.) Disma - Towards the Megalith
21.) Cunninglynguists - Oneirology
20.) Bon Iver - Bon Iver
19.) Trap Them - Darker Handcraft
18.) Das Racist - Relax
17.) Steven Wilson - Grace for Drowning
16.) Necros Christos - Doom of the Occult
15.) Ulcerate - The Destroyers of All
14.) Cormorant - Dwellings
13.) Symphony X - Iconoclast
12.) Danny Brown - XXX
11.) St. Vincent - Strange Mercy
10.) Hell - Human Remains
09.) Wolverine - Communication Lost
08.) G-Side - Island
07.) Dessa - Castor, the Twin
06.) TV on the Radio - Nine Types of Light
05.) Unexpect - Fables of the Sleepless Empire
04.) Sims - Bad Time Zoo
03.) Doomtree - No Kings
02.) G-Side - The One... Cohesive
01.) Astronautalis - This Is Our Science
Thanks for reading and listening. Please put up your own lists in this thread if you'd like, or talk about other year-end lists, etc. Just like you guys have done for the past few years that I've done this.
Per QuikSsurfer's request, here are links to previous year's list threads: http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=238651 (2010); http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=219784 (2009) (I would change the order of the top 15 around if I were to re-do this one); http://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=202037 (2008).
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9.) Wolverine – Communication Lost
This is a progressive rock album that everybody is sleeping on. Who has even heard of this album? You should probably listen to it, though. I'd say that fans of harder prog rock like Tool or Oceansize or Riverside would like this, even though Wolverine doesn't actually have all that much in common with them. I guess they might be as much metal as they are rock. Whatever. The melodies are deliberate and frequently gorgeous. The songs have an organic pacing to them and there is a complete lack of ornate instrumentation thrown in for no reason (as is the downfall of many prog albums). My favorite part of this album are the vocal harmonies and how they are complimented and lifted by the lead guitars. I guess I'm most reminded of Green Carnation when I listen to this album, which is probably why I love it so much. Tracks like "Your Favorite War" are sweeping and emotional like the best Broadway show closing songs, without being one bit cheesy. Please listen to the linked track, "Communication Lost." It's one of the most uplifting, feel-good rock songs of the year to me. The album builds up the whole time to that song and its climax, and the release that you get for getting to that point is something that is only possible in the rarest of progressive albums. It's a HUGE moment, and it totally destroys the forced hugeness of pop albums like M83's and Florence + the Machine 2011 albums (and I really, really like those albums; they place #39 and #38 respectively in my list). This album may actually rise in esteem for me over the years.
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8.) G-Side - Island
When I moved to Alabama, one of the first things I did was look into the hip-hop scene in the state. Most everything out of Birmingham was derivative of the Atlanta scene, but I found some stunning originality in Huntsville. The standout act was G-Side, whose two albums prior to 2011 (Starshipz & Rocketz, and Huntsville International) featured some of the most lush production I've heard in all of hip-hop. G-Side is a duo made up of ST 2 Lettaz (aka Crooked Letter T) – a more East Coast influenced MC who can really rap circles around southern rappers not named Big Boi or Three Stacks – and Yung Clova – a more swagged-out southern rapper who married a chill delivery with deeper-than-you-think lyricism. In 2011, G-Side released two albums and they are getting all kinds of buzz from SPIN, Pitchfork, etc.
Island is their second album of the year, and it is a Goddamned tour-de-force of rap music. Let me bring up Block Beattaz, the resident producers on Slow Motion Soundz. Mali Boy, CP, and assorted underlings/apprentices make up for perhaps the best and most forward-thinking production team in ALL of rap music right now. They make sample-based beats that are more inventive, more fresh, than anything else I've heard from anyone. They'll sample from indie rock or new age or world music. They pioneered the use of trance samples in rap music. Their work from 2008 is still ahead of its time. Their work from 2011? All you have to do is listen to "Cinematic" off of this album to understand how moving the combination of Block Beattas, Yung Clova, and ST are.
Island has numerous standout tracks that rank with the very best in all of hip-hop this year. For me, there's a middle period on this album where the songs are about celebrating how far they've come that falls a bit flat. Part of G-Side's charm is the working man's struggle that is reflected in their lyrics. It's what makes their art so valuable. But all of a sudden they can make songs about buying things for girls and about how many international shows they're booked for and how much Gucci they can buy and along the way their originality gets lost a bit. This is a minor criticism, as the album is still obviously in my top 10 for the year. But I wonder if it isn't a harbinger of some greater shift in their work. Still, songs like "Recognize" or "16 Shots" are as energetic and thrilling as rap can get. The best part of this album might just be Yung Clova. In G-Side's previous material, ST often shines brightest. On Island, Clova steps up to the plate and turns in his best performance yet. G-Side are the new face of southern rap. Don't sleep.
Recognize: Alabama vs. LSU--The Rematch from Be Xo on Vimeo.
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7.) Dessa – Castor, the Twin
Dessa's first full-length, A Badly Broken Code, placed #2 last year in my 2010 list of favorite albums. In case you don't know, Dessa is the best female rapper on the planet. She can spit battle-rap style or she can weave complex, intricate, literary lyrics in and around torch-singing melodies that she herself sings. She has a wonderful ability seamlessly transition from rapping to singing and back, mid-line. She also writes creative nonfiction (as well as some fiction and poetry), so there's that.
Castor, the Twin is an album of rearrangements of older material of hers. The songs are rearranged or reinterpreted to fit in the context of a live jazz band. The emphasis on this album is the interplay of Dessa's own singing with fantastic backup singer Aby Wolf, as well as the thunderous upright bass and live drums. The entire album was recorded not instrument-by-instrument but as a whole band, at once. Old old Dessa tracks like "551" and "Kites" benefit greatly from the saturating bass sound and enhanced melodic approach, while the live guitar adds a new, rockier tension to 2010 songs like "The Crow" and "Mineshaft II." The highlights are the two least-known songs on the album: "Palace" was originally a track on DJ Paper Tiger's solo album; this reinterpretation takes away all the electronic sounds and reveals the underlying song to be so emotionally rich. "The Beekeeper" is the only new song on the album, and I'll let the YouTube link speak for itself. While nearly every song on this album is originally a rap song through and through, this album comes off much more as a jazz-pop album to rival the best that the likes of Norah Jones have ever put out. This album is incredible because the songs are incredible. The only reason that this new release doesn't place #1 on my list is because it is 99% rearrangements of songs that she's already released, and because it isn't all that "new" I don't think it is fair to rate it any higher than I already do. I contemplated leaving it off the list entirely for that reason, but it is just too damn good to do that.
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6.) TV on the Radio – Nine Types of Light
This album wouldn't be this high if this were a best-albums list. The sequencing on this album is… strange, to say the least. When TV on the Radio released a short film consisting of a music video for each track on this album, the order of the songs was different than the album order. The weird thing is that that order wasn't necessarily and improvement. It's almost as if these songs are interchangeable. And I haven't figured out an aesthetic reason for that because I'm too busy enjoying the meticulous songcraft present on these rock songs. If TVotR's previous masterpiece, Dear Science, was ahead of its time then Nine Types of Light is exactly at the time it should be. It isn't particularly forward-thinking, just damn good.
"Second Song" (which does work quite well in its spot as an album opener) features slangy rock guitars over thick, bassy synths and gentle piano while Tunde Adebimpe goes into an infectious falsetto croon over the chorus and slowly prog keys and trumpet blasts and new guitar lines get added to the song until we're left with a triumphant array of sounds that all work together in joyous ways. "Will Do" uses a driving bass line to prop up an otherwise melancholic electro-pop song, and of course it wouldn't be TVotR if there wasn't an uplifting and well-crafted shift going into the last act of the song, with new tempos and orchestral strings popping up. This band is just so good. I'm hard pressed to think of many rock bands in this country that are better at writing accessible, interesting songs. Or are just better, period. Again, the sequencing is off and the album misses a dark & heavy song such as "Wolf Like Me" or " DLZ." But in a down year for albums, a par-for-the-course offering from TV on the Radio is plenty good.
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5.) Unexpect – Fables of the Sleepless Empire
Oh, Unexpect. You are what you say you are: unexpected. Well, on one hand I knew what I was getting into. I've been waiting so long for this band's follow up to the remarkable In A Flesh Aquarium (a top 3 album for me in 2006). And it delivered what all Unexpect fans are looking for: songs that take puzzling, baffling twists and turns, songs that are really, truly ****ing crazy, songs that somehow feel natural and organic in spite of the insanity. Unexpect have a male vocalist that talk-sings and a male vocalist that just does harsh vocals and (best yet) a female vocalist that sings all the most interesting of melodies. The drummer and guitarist are talented in classical and jazz stylings, and their sheer versatility shows. The lynchpin of the whole band is the 9-string bass that the bassist uses.
Things get really complex, really quickly. It's very difficult to describe, so I'm mostly going to let the YouTube links speak for themselves. This is the inner-monologue of the schizophrenic. This album frequently sounds like circus music, but maybe a space circus. Like a more progressive, more technically sound, more insane version of, say, Diablo Swing Orchestra. SO MANY INSTRUMENTS. So many surprising shifts in tone or time signature or atmosphere. It's a very challenging album, despite being more straight-forward and heavier than their previous album. If you like your metal albums incredibly complex to the point where you are being rewarded over five full listens in (and I am one of those people) then you're going to love this album.
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4.) Sims – Bad Time Zoo
Sims is the second member of Doomtree (along with Dessa) to place solo albums in my top 10. Bad Time Zoo is a loosely Ray Bradbury-influenced account on living a modern life in a modern city; check out the Bradbury short story The Veldt, which is also the name of a song on this album. It's very lyrically tight, and Sims has an easy-going-though-wordy flow throughout the album that charismatically emphasizes through keen delivery the themes inherent in the lyrics. Sims doesn't just ride these beats, he embodies them.
And, oh, these beats. Let's talk about these beats. Bad Time Zoo is entirely produced by Lazerbeak (who is one of my absolute favorite producers in hip-hop), so there's so much horn and soul sampling being layered on top of heavy-ass drums that is 'Beak's signature. The beats are pretty dynamic and they range from doom-jazz like on "Burn It Down" and "Too Much" to familiar Doomtree rap beats like on "Radio Opaque" to the ethereal, indie-rock inspired "When It Rolls In" and "Sink or Synchopate." And as much as the Cecil Otter-produced beats on Doomtree's group album, No Kings, are ahead of their time (see #3 on my list), the secret track that appears a couple of minutes after the last track ostensibly ends goes even further beyond anything on No Kings. This song, appearing after "Hey You," is linked above. It's an autobiographical account of the fear Sims felt as his girlfriend was going in for an emergency organ transplant and the subsequent organ rejection that happened. The lyrics and delivery and powerful and frightening, but the beat behind them – loopy, distant synths and wave after wave after wave of symbol crashes – brings the whole thing to panic-attack-inducing levels. It's perhaps the single most striking and original rap song of the year. People have really slept on this album and I don't really understand why. It's remarkable in so many ways.
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3.) Doomtree – No Kings
Is there any album better positioned for the time of Occupy Wall Street than Doomtree's fantastic No Kings? As an album, the consistent message is that we have no kings above us; a message of equality. This is played out in so many ways throughout the album, in lyrics so packed with meaning that it'd take you dozens of listens to situate everything. That's one thing you know you're getting with Doomtree: literary lyrics that matter, from the social consciousness of Sims and P.O.S. to the personal memoir content of Dessa and Cecil Otter, to the language poetry of Mike Mictlan (that is so good that I'm pretty sure I could just send off his verses to literary journals under an assumed name and get them published). The whole group is on-point here, and the cool thing is that they each understand the role of their voices and flows in the context of a group album. So while Sims is very wordy and mid-paced on his solo album, on Ni Kings he strictly uses his slow flow so as not to overlap with P.O.S.' range. Mictlan brings the high energy, Cecil Otter calms things down, and Dessa fills out the melodies.
But more impressive than the verses are the beats. Even the beat making was a true crew affair. Doomtree has two full-time producers, Lazerbeak and Paper Tiger, who each have their own unique sound. But P.O.S. and Cecil Otter make beats too. And all four lend ideas to every single song (though you can tell if you're familiar with each producer who is taking the lead on which song). The beats are ever shifting and surprising as a result. Take the track "Own Yours" for instance. It's an exhilarating listen because you truly can't guess where the beat is going to go next; you're forced to submit and go along for the wild ride. The most forward-thinking beats on the album are spearheaded by Cecil Otter, who has become fond of old, old synthesizers that make noises like you'd hear on an old episode of PBS' Nova or something. "The Grand Experiment" and "Beacon" feature this sound, and these tracks are so, so different from anything Doomtree has done before. Other tracks surprise in their own ways: "Bolt Cutter" uses honest-to-God dubstep in a rap beat, while "Little Mercy" and "Team The Best Team" feel like classic Doomtree in key spots in the album. Perhaps the only reason I'm not putting this astounding album #1 is because of the song "Gimmie the Go" which is not only the weakest song on the album by far but is sequenced in a spot where it undoes all the momentum that "Team The Best Team" creates going into the finale of the album. "Own Yours" recaptures the momentum, but it'd be perfect if "Gimmie the Go" were cut from the album. The final track, "Fresh New Trash," makes me so happy. When I was officially voted in as the new Nonfiction Editor for Black Warrior Review, this was the song I wanted to play first. This track is a celebration for Doomtree of all they've been through as a crew and where they've gotten to. Dessa's verse is among my favorite in all of rap music this year, and Mictlan delivers an anthemic closing note to what is, except for one weak track, an incredible album and collaborative effort.
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2.) G-Side – The One… Cohesive
I might be biased. I mean, I've met G-Side. I've been to their shows. We follow each other on Twitter. I have a stake here. But still, G-Side's first of 2 albums in 2011 is ****ing amazing. This album doesn't lag at any point. The only weakness is that nearly each track has a feature, and they often aren't anything better than average. That's the only weakness. Well, the first two tracks do sound out of place with the rest of the album. Otherwise, this is the most forward-thinking, spaced-out, original rap album of the year. These Block Beattaz beats just keep surprising me. I mean, listen to ASAP Rocky's excellent song, "Demons." NOW listen to G-Side's "Pictures." Both use the same Clams Casino beat. But Block Beattaz add all sorts of musical flourishes to that base beat (which itself is already intricate) and the G-Side song is over-the-top good as a result. Perhaps my favorite musical moment of the whole year is the way the beat on "Y U Mad?" builds and explodes to its full potential right after the Kristmas verse and going on into the 2nd chorus. This album is a journey and an artistic experience that could only come from. There's so much going on. To describe it would be to spoil the delight you'll have listening to the album.
Go see these guys live, too. G-Side absolutely destroys their live shows like almost no other act I hip-hop can. If you want to be ahead of the curve, get on these guys before they blow up. Even if you think you don't like southern rap, scratch that – especially if --, you must listen to this album. It is as it says it is – a cohesive listening experience. It's uplifting, soaring, motivating hip-hop music.
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1.) Astronautalis – This Is Our Science
This album came, well, not quite "out of nowhere," but I certainly wasn't expecting this. Astronaultalis' previous album, 2008's Pomegranate was an enjoyable, ambitions, but uneven & flawed blend of rap & indie-rock, with interesting historical fiction lyrical content. Between albums, this Seattle rapper moved to the best rap town in America, Minneapolis, and the Minneapolis influence shines bright on this album.
This might be the first significant post-Doomtree album; or better put, the first album to wear a Doomtree influence on its sleeve. Those aggressive, rattly, punky drums holding up swelling, soulful samples that was the hallmark of the Doomtree sound for the past five years is present on this album. Add plenty of piano – sometimes supplementary, sometimes the driving force of the beat – and you've got all the makings for a nice Minnesota hip-hop record. But Astronautalis is not interested in pure hip-hop. This album is arguable as much an indie-rock album as it is a rap album, with plenty of guitars and especially electronic flourishes. Astronautalis sings in a unique, almost gravelly voice as much as he raps on this album. In a way, Astronautalis is like a masculine counterpart to Dessa. They both have similar base sounds and very intricate, literary lyricism. Where Dessa has influences of torch singing and smoky jazz complicating her music, Astronautalis has indie-rock and Beck-influenced electronic music to individuate him from other rappers. Hell, Astronautalis (in what has to be an homage), on the track "Dimitri Mendeleev," says a line – "Look what the cat dragged in" – in the same exact cadence and inflection as Dessa says that line on an old Doomtree track. Doomtree's Sims and P.O.S. have guest appearances on this album. So the connection is there.
This is a true album. Lyrics from early on in the album inform lyrics on the last track. The piano provides a consistent musical tether as the album moves from rap verses to songs without any rapping at all, from slow, seething tracks, to beats that sound lost and wandering amidst love and loss. I can type out descriptions all day, but listening to the album would be the best justice done. I've linked to three songs that I think are a pretty representative sample, but the album is more varied (yet always coherent) than these three songs. It remains rewarding with each listen, and it is an album that I keep returning to. In a year without any great albums, this was the most surprising album I heard.
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Excellent metal choices as expected.
Admittedly, I listened to a lot of rap in the 90's, but due to finite resources, I have fallen way out of touch. I really don't have/make enough time to listen to all the metal I would like. I'll try to listen to those I'm not familiar with throughout the week.
My top 20 list of favorites is below. Obviously, my metal leanings don't posses too much variance:
1. Ulcerate The Destroyers Of All
2. Krisiun The Great Execution
3. Vektor Outer Isolation
4. Midnight Satanic Royalty
5. Gigan Quasi-Hallucinogenic Sonic Landscapes
6. Rotten Sound Cursed
7. Gorgasm Orgy Of Murder
8. Sectu Inundate
9. 40 Watt Sun The Inside Room
10. The Gates Of Slumber The Wretch
11. Exmortus Beyond The Fall Of Time
12. Brutal Truth End Time
13. Pentagram Last Rites
14. Disma Towards The Megalith
15. Blood Freak Mindscraper
16. Maruta Forward Into Regression
17. Illogicist The Unconsciousness Of Living
18. Deceased Surreal Overdose
19. Exhumed All Guts, No Glory
20. Ghoul Transmission Zero
Sarpanitum Fidelium
Mithras Time Never Lasts
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Bummed that you metal heads didn't give any love to Rwake's "Rest."
Of course, Mastodon didn't make either list, either.
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Check out Puscifer's Conditions Of My Parole. It is a very good side project.
Maynard has almost turned that "band" into a creepy simple bluegrass thing with smooth as silk vocals.
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Curious about your methodology:
Do you take notes throughout the year on the albums to go back and look at? I think that if I did a list like this, I would have a bad tendency to really weigh albums that I'm buzzing on toward the end of the year (like the Oscars), and I'd forget a bunch of the albums I liked from earlier in the year.
The TVOTR album, for instance, was awesome. It would be high on my list for sure. That being said, I haven't listened to it in probably 5 months. On the other hand, right now I can't get enough of WU LYF, but that's because I've been listening to them nonstop for the last 48 hours. Who knows if they'd make my list in six months... but right now.. they'd be toward the top.
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Sensational Babylon Westminster News: On Feb. 12, a 19th century oil painting by J. M. Tracy depicting two of the most celebrated Pointers ever – Sensation and Bang Bang will be a highlight of the annual Dogs In Show & Field Auction at Bonhams Madison Avenue galleries. Both Pointers stayed at the Westminster Kennel Club (WKC) property in Babylon Village on the west side of Southards Pond. In fact, Sensation, immortalized as the WKC logo, was buried there under the flagpole in 1887. The painting is expected to sell for $100,000 to $150,000.
At least two Tracy paintings were in Babylon during Westminster's tenure from 1880 to 1904. This painting titled "Haunt of the woodcock: Sensation and Bang Bang" by John Martin Tracy (1843-1893) shows the famous Pointer pair during a hunt in a woods. It has local significance to Babylonians. Recently I found an old journal article that strongly suggests this canvas hung in the Babylon Westminster clubhouse.
Below is vivid praise from the March 13, 1886 "The American Field" as author Jacob Pentz describes the furnishings in the WKC clubhouse in Babylon after a visit. James Mortimer, WKC show superintendent and kennel manager who lived in the house that now stands at 358 Livingston, picked Pentz up at Babylon station in a carriage:
"...Oil paintings, etchings and old engravings ornament the walls. Of these the most interesting are the paintings by the artist Tracy. By far the best of these is the one of those celebrated canine cracks, Sensation and Bang Bang. They are represented as being upon a woodcock point. The dogs are painted in the artist's most happy manner, while the landscape is the best by far of any of the artist's pictures that I have seen. His love of the dog is such, that I fancy he sometimes sacrifices the accessories of his work to the finish of the main idea. As I recall the painting Bang Bang is in the foreground up-headed and erect; Sensation standing to the left, is in more lengthy position with neck and body extended to its greatest length. The scene is a heavily wooded dell in early Autumn, when the leaves are strongly tinted and the very air shimmers with ruddy color. In the middle ground a pool of water receives the glowing rays of light, but returns them in subdued tone as befits the shade in which it lies. A heavy growth of lowlying bushes and vines, with here and there a stone showing through, makes the foreground. The whole is treated in a more masterly manner, and with greater regard to detail and finish, than anything I have yet seen from the artist's brush."
Tracy belonged to WKC from 1885 until his death, and contributed artwork to his club. I own an 1889 WKC award of commendation certificate signed by Mortimer decorated with the Tracy heads of Sensation and Bang Bang taken from "Haunt of the woodcock."
Prized Pointers: In 1876 George DeForest Grant, member of the newly formed WKC sporting club, went to England looking for the perfect Pointer as a stud dog. He found "Don," a two-year-old 70-pound lemon and white dog with an impressive show record and said to have "the best head of any Pointer in America, and probably in England." Once stateside, "Don" was re-christened "Sensation." He did well in the ring and the field, but the Pointer's real dual role was to breed more champions and to represent WKC which he did so well. Sensation's image has remained ubiquitous at the WKC Dog Show for 138 years. Meanwhile, Grant was a participant in the pigeon shoots held on WKC Babylon grounds.
In 1883 Grant went back abroad and purchased Bang Bang, also two years old, already with a fine record yet smaller in stature than Sensation because Pointers were shown in two sizes then. Bang Bang became Sensation's successor and additional foundation for Pointers in America. Early WKC catalogues contain Mortimer's ads from WKC Babylon offering both dogs at stud for $50. Like all celebrities these dogs were not without their critics. The most scathing was James Watson (quill name- "Porcupine") a dog journalist who in 1885 disputed Sensation's eligibility in a certain show, and later penned that Bang Bang's tail was "faked," saying a bald spot had been covered, suggesting he had mange. Such jealousy!
The Artist: J. M. Tracy, a descendant of Mayflower passengers, was renowned in his lifetime as a painter of dogs, horses and sporting scenes, but most of his work was so revered that it stayed within the families that had commissioned it. His father was an abolitionist killed in an anti-slavery uprising. Tracy enlisted in the Union army in 1861. He became an artist after the Civil War, studying in France and San Francisco. He married the sister of a wellknown French sculptor. After much travel he purchased an old farmhouse in Greenwich, CT and filled it with Revolutionary War relics. He became immensely popular painting dog sporting scenes and portraits. He did a huge painting of Mr. and Mrs. August Belmont Jr. (more Babylonians) strolling in a field with their Pointers and Collie. Tracy died in 1893 at the age of 49 which is another reason why his paintings are rare.
Tracing the Tracy: Last September, Nick Waters, a canine art historian and writer living in England, reached out to my friend Karen Blasche in Oregon (historian of the American Pointer Club) about Sensation and Bang Bang because he was writing about the upcoming auction. It seems that the "Haunt of the woodcock" had belonged to someone in England. Since the search for Sensation's grave has been my obsession for years, Karen and I shared our research and fact-checked Nick's drafts.
How did the painting get overseas? According to Mr. Stifel's book: The Dog Show: 125 Years of Westminster, WKC left Babylon in 1904 when NYS outlawed pigeon shoots and opened a clubhouse in Tenafly, NJ. Soon after NJ passed similar legislation so the WKC closed clubhouses forever. In Dec. 1904 the WKC auctioned off 70 pieces of art to members. Was this Tracy painting one of the 70?
Without divulging the name on the back of the painting, we possibly traced its lineage to a contemporary of the WKC charter members, an officer who taught at West Point, but we could find no direct links to the WKC or Britain.
We can all dream. I truly wish there were an anonymous donor or room in the Babylon Town Historical Museum budget so the "Haunt of the woodcock" could find its way back home.


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Mineta San Jose International Airport officials are urging the city to approve construction of an $82 million facility that would house jets flown by Google executives.
The proposed 29-acre facility would sit on the airport's west side and accommodate Google's and other clients' jets. It would be developed and managed by Signature Flight Support.
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Winger Alex Belzile scored the game's only goal, and his first of the season, at 10:10 of third period, in the Hamilton Bulldogs 1-0 victory over the Eastern Conference leading Syracuse Crunch in AHL action Friday.
Dustin Tokarski made 40 saves for his sixth shutout of the season, and third with Hamilton (25-31-6).
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Riku Helenius made 25 saves for the Crunch.
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At a time when journalism suffers government attacks such as factual reports being dismissed as "fake news" and accusations that the press is somehow part of a "war on Christmas," it's comforting to return to the following piece by newspaperman Heywood Broun.
At a time when journalism suffers government attacks such as factual reports being dismissed as "fake news" and accusations that the press is somehow part of a "war on Christmas," it's comforting to return to the following piece by newspaperman Heywood Broun. One of the country's top columnists in the 1920s and '30s – when Broun also founded The Newspaper Guild labor union, risking his career to help reporters paid much less that he earned – Broun wrote about sports and books as well as current events and social-justice issues. However, for years one of his most popular themes was Christmas, the subject of this sentimental essay from some 90 years ago, blending nostalgia for traditional journalism and appreciation for the holiday:
"When we first came into the newsroom it looked like a dreary Christmas afternoon. To us there is something mournful in the sight of a scantily staffed city room. Just two men were at work typing away at stories of small moment. The telegraphic instruments appeared to be meditating. One continued to chatter along, but there was nobody to set down what it said.
"Its shrill, staccato insistence seemed momentous. But telegraph instruments are always like that. Their tone is just as excited whether the message tells of mighty tremors in the Earth or baby parades at Asbury Park. Probably a job in a newspaper office is rather unhealthy for a telegraph instrument. The contrivance is too emotional and excitable to live calmly under the strain. Even an old instrument seldom learns enough about news values to pick and choose suitable moments in which to grow panicky. As soon as a story begins to move along a wire, the little key screams and dances. It is devoid of reticence. Every whisper which comes to it must be rattled out at top voice and at once. Words are its very blood stream and for all the telegraph instrument knows, one word is just as good and just as important as another.
"And so the one restless key in the telegraph room shrieked, and whined, and implored listeners. We tried to help by coming close and paying strict attention, but we could not get even the gist of the message. It seemed to us as if the key were trying to say, with clicking tumult, that some great one, a King perhaps, was dead or dying. Or, maybe, it was a war and each dash and dot stood for some contending soldier moving forward under heavy fire. And again, it might be that a volcano has stirred and spit. Or great waves had swept a coast. And we thought of sinking steamers and trains up-ended.
"Certainly, it was an affair of great moment. Even though we discounted the passion and vehemence of the machine, there was something almost awe-inspiring in its sincerity and insistence. After a time, it seemed to us as if this was in fact no long-running narrative, but one announcement repeated over and over again. And suddenly we wondered why we had assumed from the beginning that only catastrophes were important and epoch-making. By now we realized that though the tongue was alien, we did recognize the color of its clamor. These dots and dashes were seeking to convey something of triumph. That was not to be doubted.
"And in a flash we knew what the machine said. It was nothing more than, 'A child is born.'
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BEVERLY, Mass. – Endicott College held MIT to just 107 yards of total offense as the Gulls took down the Engineers, 27-15, in a New England Football Conference Boyd Division game on Saturday evening in Beverly, Mass. The Gulls, who celebrated their annual Senior Night tradition on Saturday, close out the season at 5-5 overall (3-4 Boyd), while MIT ends its campaign at 1-8 (1-6 Boyd).
MIT's DeRon Brown, who entered the game as nation's leading rusher with 1,360 yards, was knocked out of the game in the Engineers' fourth series and never returned. He finished the night with nine carries for just three yards.
After a scoreless first quarter Endicott got on the board early on in the second as Tyler Felix took a one-yard plunge on the goal line to put the Gulls ahead, 6-0. Carlos O'Donnell's PAT was good to give the Blue and Green a 7-0 lead. The Endicott defense struck just 2:07 later as Tom Sieminski stripped MIT quarterback Kyle Johnson five-yards deep into the Engineers' backfield. Kevin Eagan scooped-up the loose football and rumbled 44 yards to the end zone to give the Gulls a 14-0 advantage heading into halftime.
Endicott opened the second half with an 11 play, 77 yard drive captained by senior quarterback Dan Leary. Leary called his own number on back-to-back plays, the first an 11-yard rush to set-up first and goal and the second an eight yard touchdown keeper. O'Donnell's PAT was blocked by MIT's Aaron Fittery to make it 20-0 Gulls.
The score would remain that way until Leary once again led the Gulls to another scoring drive. The senior connected with classmate Tim Viall on a six-yard TD strike, capping off just a two play drive after the Gulls' defense forced a turnover, putting the Blue and Green ahead, 27-0.
On the ensuing kick-off MIT finally got on the board as Brian Doyle was the beneficiary of a fake-reverse, allowing the junior an open lane in which he streaked 85 yards to pay dirt. Corey Garvey tacked on the extra point to make it 27-7.
The Engineers rounded out the scoring with a nine play, 55 yard drive late in the fourth quarter. Kyle Johnson found Cameron Brown with a short check down completion; however Brown turned it into a big play by slipping down the sideline for a 14-yard Engineer touchdown. A botched snap on the PAT was improvised by Doyle who tossed to a wide-open Stephen Yablonski for a successful two-point conversion.
Endicott was led offensively by Mike Lane and his 133 yards rushing on 22 carries. Dan Leary went 6-of-9 for 33 yards with a touchdown pass. Leary also added 31 yards rushing with a score on the ground for the Gulls. Tim Viall had four catches for 34 yards with a TD while Colby Hawkins came just four rushing yards shy of 100.
Yablonski, who shouldered the load after Brown went down, finished the night with 15 carries for 66 yards.
Endicott's defense was paced by Nick Scozzaro's eight total tackles - three for a loss – to go along with a forced fumble. Jeff Scola also had eight tackles while Kevin Eagan finished with six tackles, an assisted sack and a defensive touchdown. Mike Dillon had 2.5 sacks for a loss of 19 yards in the win.
MIT's Kristopher Weaver and Peter Gilliland each had 16 tackles apiece for the Engineers. Marcel Sanchez finished with nine tackles in the loss.
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Finally got around to playing this game and I do love it. But there are parts of it that I don't quite understand. Am I supposed to keep getting killed by the God King? He's killed me twice so far and I can't figure out if that was supposed to happen or if I screwed up by fighting him too quickly.
What is the advantage to dying and starting a new bloodline? Is there one?
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Rava ladoo is a traditional Maharashtrian sweet. This is a popular ladoo prepared almost in every household for all the festivals. Rava ladoo is a simple and easy recipe but still exotic. Rava ladoo is made with roasted rava (sooji), coconut, ghee, sugar and nuts.
Will make 14 ladoos
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 20 minutes
- 1 cup sooji coarse, rava or semolina
- 1/3 cup coconut powder
- 1/4 cup clarified butter or ghee
- 3/4 cup fine sugar
- 2 tablespoons cashews crushed
- 1 tablespoon raisins
- 1/4 teaspoon cardamom crushed
- Approx. 1/4 cup milk boiling hot
- Heat one tablespoon of clarified butter in a small pan over medium low heat; roast the cashews for about 2 minutes until light golden brown. Add raisins and roast for another minute, raisins will be puffed. Turn off the heat and transfer them in a bowl. Set aside.
- Heat the remaining clarified butter in a frying pan over low medium heat; add rava and roast until it changes the color lightly this should take 6-7 minutes. It is important to stir continuously making sure rava roast evenly.
- Add coconut and roast stirring continually for about 2 more minutes. Add nuts, cardamom, and sugar stir until everything mix well. Turn off the heat.
- Add about 2 tablespoons of hot milk, mix it well mix should be moist add more milk as needed.
- Allow the mixture to cool slightly. Make about 14 ladoos little smaller then golf ball, pressing about 1-1/2 tablespoon mixture between your palms. Add little more milk if you are enable to hold the mixture.
- Serve them after at least one hour. Ladoos can be stored in air tight container for about 10 days.
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Point and Call is a Windows Phone 8 app that uses your camera to read and dial phone numbers. Point and Call can come in handy for scanning numbers off business cards, print advertisements, or even computer screens.
Numbers that are scanned can be dialed from within the app or saved to your contacts. It's a nifty concept to make dialing and saving all the phone numbers you run across.
Point and Call is fairly easy to use. Just line up the printed number in between the focus brackets, focus the camera (either by tapping the screen or half-press the shutter button) and hold your Windows Phone steady.
In a few seconds, Point and Call will read the number and send it to the text box in the upper right corner of the screen. You can dial the number by tapping the "call" button, tap the "text" symbol to send an SMS or save it to your contacts with the "save" button.
Settings cover your Country code, turning on/off the camera light, and other settings to enhance the camera scan. You do have a slider to offset the background threshold of the image to make the number easier to read.
In just tinkering with Point and Call for a short time, it performed rather nicely. Numbers on printed paper scanned rather quickly but numbers on the computer screen took a little longer.
There is a free trial version for Point and Call that has some limitations. The full version is currently running $.99 and you can find it here in the Windows Phone Store.


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UK government attacks copyright laws
Edmond Terakopian reports in his blog that the UK government has passed an Act that will allow the unauthorized use and free use of any work that is considered "orphaned". The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act means that any digital work that does not have metadata or watermarking showing ownership can be used without payment. Whilst it is incumbent on anybody using an image to show that they have diligently attempted to contact the creator, many websites, social networking sites and press agents actually strip out an image's metadata, making it easy to claim that this search was difficult or impossible.
It is also important to underline that this affects both amateur and professional photographers, and the Act will apply to all images on the internet, regardless of where they originate. So an image created by a photographer from outside the UK would be treated in the same way. Quite how this will be implemented is not yet understood and it is likely that there will be challenges in the courts.
If you do not already do so, the addition of watermarks on all your images including those used on social networking sites, has become of vital importance if you plan to derive income from them.


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NWSB insider and resident hoops blogger Steve Lee is back once again to give us his personal touch on the Pac-12 Tournament final. On Saturday its the Bruins vs. the Ducks for all the marbles. With multiple story lines present on Saturday night, the PAC12 Championship game has the makings of a great evening of hoops, one that will hopefully kick start putting the conference back on the NCAA basketball map.
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Jonathan Lucroy added a two-run double and Juan Francisco also homered for Milwaukee, which has defeated Chicago 19 of the last 21 times at home -- including nine in a row. "We lost nine straight?" Chicagos Anthony Rizzo asked. "(I had) no idea. I dont know if anyone in this clubhouse knows that." Kyle Lohse (3-6) gave up eight hits and three earned runs in seven innings. He struck out three and did not walk a batter. Chicagos Edwin Jackson (3-10) allowed six earned runs and six hits in 4 2-3 innings to fall to 0-3 against Milwaukee this season. "From the get-go, he didnt have much of a fastball," Cubs manager Dale Sveum said. "He averaged 92 mph. It is going to be tough for him to pitch with that velocity." Cubs shortstop Starlin Castro, mired in a 13-for-98 (.133) slump, had his streak of appearing in 269 consecutive games come to an end. It was the longest active streak in the National League. 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MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – Former prisoner of war Jessica Lynch calls it good news for the U.S. military that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says women can serve in combat roles.
The West Virginia resident says women have long been integral to victories in the fight for freedom.
Lynch was 19 when she was captured after her Army unit took a wrong turn and came under attack in Iraq in 2003. She was rescued after nine days in captivity.
Lynch urges Americans to support military men and women, and to push U.S. officials to ensure they have proper training and equipment.
Panetta says allowing women to fill combat roles will strengthen the U.S. military's ability to win wars.
But military leaders must decide which, if any, jobs will still be open only to men.
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The annual Grand Island Father's Day Lawn Mower Races, Classic Car Show and 5K Kevin Doring Memorial Walk are taking registrations for the kind of competitive but mostly fun day, Sunday, June 16, on West River Parkway between Long Road and Sunset Drive. Proceeds benefit the Grand Island Relay For Life/American Cancer Society.
New to the day is a 5K walk in memory of Kevin Doring, son of race organizers Floyd and Chie Doring. Kevin passed away from cancer during the spring of this year. Registration for the walk begins at 8 a.m., with the race starting at 10.
Each year, the race committee emphasizes the family nature of the event with sportsmanship and courtesy to be the hallmark of the day. No alcohol may be consumed by any driver on the day of the event. Every driver must wear a U.S. Department of Transportation-approved helmet in order to compete, and long pants, enclosed shoes and shirts are required on the track. A race steward will oversee all machines, contestants and races for adherence to rules.
Categories for the lawn mowers are expanded each year and include a kids' class (ages 8-12), a stock and super stock class, a modified class and supermodified. Further information on the mowers and walk/race information is detailed on www.gilawnmowerraces.webs.com.
Race registration is from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m., and there is a drivers meeting at 11:30 a.m. Races begin at noon and end at 3:30 p.m. Awards will follow at 4 p.m., and the best-decorated lawn mowers will win prizes. Music for the day is by the U.S.A. Band.


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|General Information
|Southern Gondor, southwest of Minas Tirith
Reunited Kingdom
Lossarnach was a region and fiefdom in southern Gondor.
Known as the "Vale of flowers", it was a fertile region lying south of eastern end of the White Mountains. It was the region closest to Minas Tirith,[1] which depended on the fruit cultivated in the orchards of Lossarnach. Residents of Minas Tirith were also known to make expeditions to the region to behold its renowned flowers and trees (which surely included the valley Imloth Melui).[2]
At the end of the Third Age, its lord was the old Forlong the Fat, who led two hundred men to the aide of Minas Tirith.[3] Forlong was killed in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields,[4] but many of his men survived and accompanied Aragorn Elessar on his way to the Black Gate, even though most of them were farmers.
Lossarnach was populated by many refugees from Ithilien and Osgiliath. During the War of the Ring, most women and children from Minas Tirith were sent there.[3]
Famous people from the region included the wise-woman Ioreth who served in the Houses of Healing of Minas Tirith,[5] and Morwen Steelsheen, wife of King Thengel of Rohan.[6]
Lossarnach is glossed as "flowery Arnach".[7] While Tolkien seemed to be convinced that the second element, Arnach, was a Pre-Númenórean word, the first element caused more problems: since loss means "snow" in Sindarin it is unclear why it "was prefixed to Arnach", although it likely derived from likeness between loss and Sindarin loth ("flower").[2][7]
Writing in a letter about an impending trip in 1955, Tolkien identified Lossarnach as Assisi.[8]
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "Map of Rohan, Gondor, and Mordor"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Rivers and Beacon-hills of Gondor" (edited by Carl F. Hostetter), in Vinyar Tengwar, Number 42, July 2001, p. 18
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "Minas Tirith"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Battle of the Pelennor Fields"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, "The Houses of Healing"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The House of Eorl", "The Kings of the Mark"
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, pp. 513-4 (citing from the Unfinished index)
- ↑ Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (2006), The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide: I. Chronology, p. 462