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Tomato Dijon Tart
Serves 6
Homemade pastry containing grated Parmesan cheese and finely chopped fresh basil gives the best effect in this pie from Caroline Bretherton's new book, Pies: Sweet and Savoury (DK Publishing, $27). But you can substitute a ready-made frozen pie shell, adding ¼ cup grated cheese all over the bottom of the partially-baked crust before adding the filling. This is a fine, good-looking book from an English writer, TV cook and former caterer, now living in North Carolina. It's an international collection of more than 230 recipes. The dessert tarts are just as appealing as the main course ones, and directions for all are clear and include a helpful section on pastry making.
1 9-inch (23 cm) unbaked pie shell, thawed if frozen
3 to 4 medium ripe tomatoes, preferably of similar size, thinly sliced (about 4 cups)
1 tablespoon flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
2/3 cup cream
2/3 cup crème fraîche, or Greek yogurt
2 large eggs, beaten together
1 heaping tablespoon Dijon mustard
Salt and freshly ground pepper
¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
Preheat oven at 400 degrees F (200C). Prick the bottom of the pie shell, line with wax paper and dried beans (to help keep its shape), and bake in preheated oven for 15 minutes. Remove beans and paper and bake another five minutes or until crisp. Cool.
Arrange tomato slices in an overlapping circle around the edge of the tart. Fill the centre with a smaller circle of tomato slices. Scatter the parsley over the tomatoes.
In a bowl, whisk together the cream, crème fraîche, eggs, mustard, salt and pepper. Place the tart on a baking sheet and carefully pour the cream mixture over the tomatoes. Scatter the grated cheese on top.
Bake tart in preheated oven for 35 minutes, or until golden on top and the filling has just set. Set aside to cool for 30 minutes before eating warm or cold.


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Congo Square (gate at St. Peter & N. Rampart St)
New Orleans, LA 70116
Due to some not-so-friendly-looking weather, we've moved our event to our rain date, Saturday May 18th!
Please join us as we Hike the Lafitte Corridor (and future Lafitte Greenway) on Saturday, May 18, 2013 starting at 10 am at Louis Armstrong Park's Congo Square! The Hike is FREE and open to the public with a suggested donation to help us to continue this annual event. A $20+ donation gets you a FOLC Hike 2013 t-shirt.
Saturday May 18:
9:00 AM: Bike Easy will host a FREE bicycle safety workshop in Congo Square at Louis Armstrong Park! Please pre-register for this workshop by selecting the FOLC Hiker & Biker ticket type.
9:30 AM: Meet at Congo Square to complete registration.
10:00 AM: Hear from speakers and start the hike! The hike will be guided by FOLC Greenway Ambassadors, who will lead groups and share the history of the Corridor area and future of the Greenway.
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM (approximate): Lunch stop! Parkway Bakery & Tavern will provide po-boys for participants and we'll have music by Warren Easton.
1:00-1:30 PM: Finish at Bud's Broiler at City Park Avenue across from Delgado! We will have a shuttle bus to bring folks back down to Congo Square -- or you can walk/bike back to the Bayou for some Bayou Boogaloo fun!
Please register in advance by selecting one of the above ticket types: the regular HIKER ticket, or the HIKER & BIKER ticket if you would like to register for the Bike Easy bicycle safety workshop. As in previous years we will offer free bike valet. It is also possible to walk your bike the length of the hike.
The annual hike is roughly 3 miles long, and parts of the path are overgrown and weedy. Please dress accordingly (i.e. no flip-flops!) and bring sunscreen. Water will be available throughout the hike.
Questions? E-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or call 504-373-9191.
FOLC's Hike the Lafitte Corridor event has been made possible thanks to our generous Community Sponsors:
Plus many thanks to Massey's, Coca-Cola, People United for Armstrong Park, Bike Easy, and Urban Conservancy for their support!
Friends of Lafitte Corridor (FOLC) is a grassroots organization, organized in 2006 after Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans to give special priority in rethinking the New Orleans landscape. The organization was granted 501(c)3 status by the IRS beginning January 1st, 2008. Friends of Lafitte Corridor seeks to revitalize the Lafitte Corridor by working to build, program and promote the Lafitte Greenway as a great public space. For more information, please visit: http://folc-nola.org.
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Congo Square (gate at St. Peter & N. Rampart St)
New Orleans, LA 70116

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Dearest Blog,
You have been so much fun and a great place to come to to post about work, design, and life! I enjoyed the time we spent, but it's time to move on…there are things coming…really good things coming!
For one thing, I felt it was time to clear things up and simplify life. My freelance design company is Kori Clark Designs, which owns Paper & Pigtails. Kori Clark Designs works with a few select corporations on a regular basis, where as Paper & Pigtails is a stationary side of the business that creates party designs. This said, Kori Clark Designs simply doesn't have the need for a blog to showcase my corporate work as those are a case by case basis, but Paper & Pigtails does need a blog to showcase designs and new products, so I have developed a new blog…that eventually will grow into a portfolio as well, so everything will be in one place. This will still be mainly a product blog, though I do like to share personal things from time to time. You can also still find all posts here on the new blog as well!
I made the choice to leave you now sweet blog, as there are A LOT of good things coming with the new year and I wanted to be prepared! I have new party designs lining up to get added to the shop, new photos to share, and a whole new product line to announce very soon!
Check out my new blog, www.paperandpigtailsparty.com and let me know what you think!! If you are subscribed to this blog, your subscription will be valid on the new blog. If you aren't yet, you should be!!


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"What Recovery?" According to Davidowitz, "The US consumer is struggling." And keep in mind that what you measure in terms of sales matters. If sales are up .2% over a disastrous last year in terms of dollars, since the value of a dollar is DOWN approximately 15%, what does that tell you about what retail sales are really doing? In effect, people bought 15% FEWER goods and paid the same amount for them! Oooo, I've been fooled! Not.
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Howard Davidowitz latest thoughts on the Consumer and Shopping Season…
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Baseball's first great star, Cap Anson led the Chicago Cubs to five National League pennants while serving as the team's player-manager. In the process, Anson established himself as arguably the 19th century's finest hitter. However, the Hall of Fame first baseman's legacy is diminished greatly by the fact that he was also an outspoken supporter of excluding blacks from professional baseball.
Adrian Constantine Anson was born on April 17, 1852 in Marshalltown, Iowa, a town founded by his father. Anson was a boisterous youth who displayed little interest in schoolwork. Knowing he wanted to be a ballplayer at an early age, Anson served as the second baseman for his hometown team, the Marshalltown Stars, by the time he turned 15. With his father playing third base, and his older brother Sturgis in center field, the club won the Iowa state championship in 1868.
Two years later, the Forest City team of Rockford, Illinois, a well-known minor-league club in the National Association, came to Marshalltown for a two-game matchup against the local nine. Though the visitors won both contests, Adrian Anson impressed the opposition enough to prompt Forest City to offer him a contract.
Anson opened the 1871 campaign with his new club, at a salary of $65 per month. The 19-year-old hit .325 that year, before signing on with the Philadelphia Athletics, another National Association team, at season's end.
Anson spent the next four seasons with Philadelphia, splitting his time mostly between first and third base, while establishing himself as one of the team's best hitters. In 1874, manager Harry Wright of the National Association's Boston Red Stockings led his club and the Athletics on a mid-season trip to England that featured a series of exhibition games between the two teams. During the three-week tour, Anson formed a friendship with Boston's star pitcher Albert Spalding that ended up impacting the remainder of his career.
Anson headed west in 1876 to play for the Chicago White Stockings of the National League, a new circuit in its first season. He hit .356, while his friend Albert Spalding served as both manager and pitcher for the club, which won the National League's inaugural pennant.
Anson enjoyed another fine season in 1877, hitting .337 while playing both third base and catcher. He hit .341 the following year, striking out only once in 261 at-bats after moving to the outfield. After Anson was named the club's captain and manager in 1879, the nickname "Cap" was born. As one of his first decisions, Anson made himself Chicago's regular first baseman.
Although Anson was a big man for his time, standing 6′ 0″ and weighing 227 pounds, he did not possess a great deal of power at the plate. Line-drive singles were his trademark, and he was highly skilled at hitting the ball to specific areas of the field. He remained exceedingly difficult to strike out: in 9,104 big-league at-bats, he fanned only 294 times, an average of just once in every 31 trips to the plate.
The White Stockings won the National League pennant in 1880, beginning a run of five championships in seven years. As manager, Anson ran the club with an iron hand. He imposed strict training rules, and he disciplined players for drinking, missing curfews, and being overweight. A man with a volatile temper, he intimidated umpires and could be a merciless bench jockey to opponents.
Yet Anson was also a shrewd and innovative manager. In 1880, he became one of the first field generals to alternate pitchers from one game to the next, creating an early version of the "starting rotation." He developed the practices of using a third-base coach, having fielders back up one another, and flashing signals to hitters. During the first half of the 1880s, he introduced an aggressive base-stealing strategy that pressured opponents into making errors, and he pioneered new hit-and-run plays. Anson devised a training routine that included swinging Indian clubs, skipping rope, punching a heavy bag, and playing handball. He and Albert Spalding are also credited with the idea of sending a team to a warmer southern climate for pre-season workouts. In 1885, the White Stockings made the first such "spring training" trip.
In 1881, Anson guided the Chicago club to its second consecutive championship. He had perhaps his greatest season as a hitter, winning his first batting title with an average of .399, and leading the National League in hits (137), total bases (175), and RBIs (82). The league played a far more limited schedule in this early era: Anson did not appear in as many as 100 games until 1884, when he was 32 years old. His highest total of games played in a season, 146, occurred in 1892, at age 40.
The White Stockings won the pennant again in 1882, with Anson leading the National League in RBIs for the third consecutive season. The combination of baseball's growth in popularity and Anson's outstanding playing ability and handsome physical appearance made the Chicago first baseman the sport's first national celebrity.
Unfortunately, though, Anson shared the widespread racial prejudice of his day. In 1883, he threatened to cancel an exhibition game between the White Stockings and the minor-league Toledo Blue Stockings because Toledo's catcher, Moses Fleetwood Walker, was African-American. Anson backed down only when the Toledo club's manager informed him that the White Stockings would forfeit the gate receipts if they refused to play. In 1887, Anson objected to facing the Newark Little Giants in an exhibition game when he discovered the opposing team planned to start African-American George Stovey on the mound. When the Newark club finally agreed to substitute a white player for Stovey, Anson allowed his team to take the field. Since Anson was an extremely influential man throughout his playing career, his intolerant attitude regrettably went a long way towards creating the unspoken ban against black players that existed in baseball for the next six decades.
In 1885 and 1886, the White Stockings won the final two pennants of Anson's tenure as manager. Anson's play continued to thrive, as he batted .371 during the 1886 campaign, while also driving in a league-leading 147 runs in 125 games.
When the 1888 season concluded, White Stockings president Albert Spalding took his team and a collection of star players from other National League clubs on a ballplaying tour around the world. During the six-month trip, the two squads played exhibition games in Egypt, Ceylon, New Zealand, Australia, and Europe. The tour proved to be the high-point of Anson's life, with his account of the journey taking up nearly half of the autobiography he later wrote.
By 1889, Anson owned a considerable amount of stock in his club, holding a 13% ownership interest. One of the few National League stars who didn't sign with the Players League in 1890, he bitterly criticized those players who did as "traitors." When many White Stockings veterans jumped to the upstart circuit that year, the team replaced them with younger players. In tribute to its youth movement, the club subsequently earned the nickname "the Chicago Colts."
Anson hit .291 in 1891, the first time in his 16 National League seasons that he failed to hit .300. Nevertheless, he led the league in RBIs for the eighth and final time of his career, with a total of 120. At 39 years of age, though, his range in the field had become limited.
Fielding gloves were common in the National League by the mid-1880s, but Anson had stubbornly resisted wearing one, remaining the last bare-handed first baseman in the majors. He finally began using a glove in 1892, at age 40. Though he still holds the career record for errors by a first baseman, his high total is largely attributable to the great length of his career, the poorer infield conditions of early baseball, and the fact that he played bare-handed for his first 16 years in the major leagues. In fact, he led National League first basemen in fielding percentage five times.
Despite his advancing years, Anson hit remarkably well in 1894, batting .388 at the age of 42 and driving in 100 runs in only 84 games. He had also mellowed enough to become a fatherly figure to his teammates, often being called "Pop" by many of them.
Still, Anson was the oldest player in the National League, leading to a gradual decline in his offensive production over the course of the next several years. The Colts, who hadn't won a pennant since 1886, continued to struggle. Anson, a longtime advocate of sobriety, had an increasingly difficult time relating to the hard-drinking players he managed, who began to resent his inflexible command. After hitting .331 in 1896 at age 44, Anson slipped to .285 in 1897, with Chicago finishing in ninth place.
On October 3, 1897, the Colts wrapped up the season with a doubleheader against St. Louis. On what turned out to be Anson's last day as a major-league player, he hit two home runs in the first game. He remains the oldest player (at 44) ever to hit .300, and the oldest man (45) to homer twice in a game.
At season's end, Albert Spalding, who held controlling ownership in the Colts, and Jim Hart, the club's president, declined to renew Anson's contract. Spalding offered to hold a testimonial benefit for his old friend, in the hope that he might raise $50,000 as a going-away tribute to the man who had given so much to his team. But Anson refused the gift, saying that it smacked of charity, and suggesting that accepting it would "stultify my manhood."
In June of the following season, New York Giants president Andrew Freedman hired Anson to manage his club, promising him full control of the team. But Freedman continually interfered in personnel and management issues, prompting Anson's stint as manager to end just one month later, with a record of 9-13.
In his 22 seasons in the National League, Anson batted over .300 on 19 separate occasions, posting a career batting average of .331 in the process. When he retired, he held the major-league records for hits, runs (1,722), doubles, (529), and RBIs (1,880). More than 100 years after he played his last game for the Chicago club that later became the Cubs, he still holds the franchise records for career RBIs, runs, hits, singles, doubles, and putouts.
Although Anson is credited with being the first major league player to compile 3,000 hits, a considerable amount of controversy has arisen over the years as to the exact number of hits he actually accumulated during his career. When the first edition of Macmillan's Baseball Encyclopedia was published in 1969, it disregarded a rule in place only for the 1887 season that counted walks as hits and times at-bat. Anson's 60 walks were removed from his 1887 hits total, resulting in a career mark of 2,995. However, later additions of the Encyclopedia credited him with five additional safeties, placing Anson's total at an even 3,000.
The other controversy over Anson's hits total involved the five years he played in the National Association. Neither the Macmillan Encyclopedia editions nor Major League Baseball itself at that time recognized the NA as being a true major league. Only recently has Major League Baseball accepted the NA as a de facto major league; the MLB.com website now includes the NA years in Anson's record, placing his major league hits total at 3,418.
Other sources credit Anson with a different number of hits, largely because scoring and record keeping remained haphazard in baseball until well into the 20th century. Beginning with the publication of the Baseball Encyclopedia, statisticians have continually found errors and have adjusted career totals accordingly. According to the Sporting News baseball record book, which does not take National Association statistics into account, Anson amassed 3,012 hits over the course of his career. On the other hand, the National Baseball Hall of Fame (which uses statistics verified by the Elias Sports Bureau) credits Anson with 3,081 hits. This figure disregards any games he played in the National Association, but includes the walks he earned during the 1887 campaign as hits.
Anson's managerial career was similarly impressive. His 1,288 victories and five pennants exceeded any other 19th century manager.
After leaving baseball, Anson experienced his fair share of struggles, although he initially fared rather well. In 1899, he opened a bowling and billiards emporium in downtown Chicago. The business proved successful. With the help of ghostwriter Richard Cary, Jr., he wrote his memoir, "A Ball Player's Career." Published in 1900, the book is considered the first baseball autobiography.
However, Anson later embarked on a number of other business ventures that proved far less successful, including opening a handball arena and producing a bottled ginger beer that ended up exploding on store shelves. In 1905, he was elected City Clerk of Chicago. But later that year a need for cash prompted him to sell his remaining stock in the Chicago ballclub, ending his 29-year association with the team.
After serving one term as City Clerk, Anson lost a 1907 Democratic primary bid to become sheriff of Cook County. That same year, he acquired a semi-pro baseball team in the Chicago City League that he named "Anson's Colts", and for whom he subsequently built a ballpark on the city's South Side. But the team didn't draw well in his three years as owner, and he ended up losing quite a bit of money. However, it is noteworthy that the club played many games against the Chicago Leland Giants, the leading African-American team of the era, with no apparent objection from Anson.
After declaring bankruptcy in 1910, Anson rejected the National League's offer to assist him by providing him with a pension. For a number of years, he supported himself by acting in vaudeville, finally retiring from the stage in 1921. Anson died the following year, on April 14, 1922, just three days shy of his 70th birthday, after suffering from a glandular ailment. He was interred at Oak Woods Cemetery in Chicago.
On June 12, 1939, Anson and his former friend Albert Spalding were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee. Anson's Hall of Fame plaque states: "Greatest hitter and greatest National League player-manager of 19th century."
Charles Comiskey, whose 44-year career as a major-league player, manager, and club owner extended from the National League's first decade until 1931, said of Anson, "He was the greatest batter that ever walked up to hit at a baseball thrown by a pitcher. I have seen them all from his day to this. I played against him and I know."


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The next time you're roaring up Interstate 75 north of Tampa, take a few giant steps backward in time and detour to Dade City. The town was named (as was Dade County) for an Army officer, Maj. Francis Langhorne Dade, a Virginian who was in command of the 110-man detachment ambushed by Seminole Indians three days after Christmas 1835, while en route from Fort Brooke (Tampa) to relieve Fort King (Ocala).
The downtown historic district, especially the area around the newly restored 1909 County Courthouse, is home to a fine variety of antique and gift shops in lovingly restored early 20th century cottages and frame homes. They sport monikers like Country Charm, Fort Dade Antique Mall, Heart's Desire, Tickle Your Fancy and Remember When, and are flanked by an inviting inventory of restaurants and cafes.
A longtime favorite of mine is Seventh Street's Lunch On Limoges, run by Phil Williams and Skip Mize, who serve magnificent muffins and pecan-crusted grouper along with special desserts in an elegant corner of a modernized general store that has been in Williams' family since 1908.
Two blocks away is the newer Kafe Kokopelli, built into a former garage and featuring Southwestern specialties. And in the former City Hall, jail and fire department is Jeter's Olde City Hall cybercafe where you can get online while sipping your drink and diving into deli sandwiches.
Al's Place, a couple of storefronts from Lunch On Limoges, is the place for ice cream sodas and banana splits, and two doors away you can rely on the Cuban sandwiches at A Matter of Taste.
Dade City shopping and snacking is only a few minutes from the perfect base camp, the Azalea House, at the gateway to downtown. Built in l906 of heart pine and other sturdy woods harvested in the area when timber fueled the local economy, the historic home was given its second life five years ago when it opened as a bed-and-breakfast.
Responsible for the rebirth was a mother-daughter team from Miami, where Grace Bryant had a successful career as an interior designer. Her daughter Nancy, a court reporter in Miami, makes the trip to Dade City whenever possible.
The house was not exactly derelict when the two took over, but it definitely needed some major work -- $65,000 to be exact -- for its transformation into a class country inn. Each of the three guest rooms was individually stylized, starting with the smallest, the Rose Room on the ground floor. Upstairs are the Green and Blue rooms, the latter known as the romantic retreat with a Victorian bath and adjoining "sleep porch" with twin beds. Each of the rooms has a private bath, ceiling paddle fan, TV and king-size bed.
The main-floor public space -- parlor, well-stocked library and television room -- reflects the talents of the decorator-innkeeper, as does the dining room, where complimentary continental breakfast is served. Fresh fruits and juices are prepared for the guests along with muffins, various cereals, freshly brewed coffee and tea. It's all served in the handsome dining room or out on the veranda, which is a popular place to partake of the late afternoon complimentary chilled wine.
A good time to visit Pasco County, known as "the southernmost star of Florida's Nature Coast," is Labor Day weekend. There's a Pioneer Florida Museum Gospel Sing on Sept. 5 and Pioneer Florida Day on Sept. 6, featuring a Florida Cracker cow camp complete with chuck wagon and re-enactment groups, displays of antique cars and tractors, and a variety of arts and crafts demonstrations.
The museum, situated a mile and a half from downtown, presents Pioneer Craft Day the second Sunday of each month. That's when local artisans conduct hands-on demonstrations of quilting, weaving, basket and hook-rug making.
On Nov. 14, the Pasco County Fairgrounds in Dade City will be home to the 11th annual Florida Bug Jam, when some 400 Volkswagens will be on view and there will be live entertainment and a memorabilia auction.
Best-known of Pasco County's annual fairs are the Nov. 6 Air & Car Show with a fine collection of antique wheels and wings along with exhibitions of daredevil aerobatics and sky-diving, at the Zephyrhills Municipal Airport; and the Rattlesnake Festival, now in its 33rd year, in downtown San Antonio.


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Basic Modding Supplies
Each of the modifications discussed here require the following:
• Soldering iron
• 60/40 rosin-core solder (don't buy lead-free)
• Solder sucker (not mandatory, but very helpful)
• Desoldering braid
• Small side cuts/wire cutters
• Felt-tip marker
If you've ever owned an Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer or a Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive, you've probably noticed two things: You like the way they sound, but they could also really use a little something more. We've come up with some custom modifications that we feel give these pedals that "something more"—and the best part is that you can do the mods on your own! All you need to be able to do is follow instructions and know how to solder and desolder. (If you haven't soldered before—or if you are a bit rusty and need a refresher—go to YouTube and watch CuriousInventor.com's video "How and WHY to Solder Correctly," and ExpertVillage.com's "How to Solder: Removing Solder.")
Modifying pedals can be an intensely rewarding experience—it's like creating an entirely new pedal that feels and breathes differently than before. Sometimes it's a battle, a game of wits, with you pitted against a mechanism that you so bravely took apart with the intentions of creating something more wonderful and awe inspiring. Sometimes it can be an emotional rollercoaster, especially if you are somewhat attached to the pedals that you are modifying. It's very frustrating to be pumped up to play through your newly modded pedal and have it not work. That's why it's so crucial to follow all of the instructions outlined in this article. No one wants to break a perfectly good pedal while trying to "improve" it. Fortunately, if you follow the instructions outlined here, you'll have an awesome-sounding pedal for you and the rest of the world to enjoy for the rest of your musical days—and that is where the fun lies.
Okay, let's get started!
The Stages
There are generally five stages to pedal modding, depending on how successful you are with replacing and/or adding parts the first time around. Read them carefully and remember to flip back and reference them at any point during the mod process to make sure you're on the right track. One very important warning before moving on to the stages:
Avoid the temptation to try to work on two mods simultaneously. For example, don't try to do the true-bypass mod while doing the variable mid-control mod. Working on different mods simultaneously usually makes the troubleshooting process a nightmare. Complete one modification starting at stage 1 and going through stage 5. Once that mod is finished, start over at stage 1 with the next mod.
Stage 1: Assess Mod Difficulty
This first stage is important because it's when you decide whether to attempt a specific modification. The steps include:
1. Read all of the instructions.
2. Make a supply list (if one is not provided).
3. Determine the overall difficulty of the modification.
4. Decide whether or not you can pull off the mod without adversely affecting your pedal.
This last step is very important. If you don't feel comfortable with the mod, don't do it! Start with something easier and work your way up to build confidence and skill. Some of the modifications we're talking about here are pretty tricky, and they will be much more difficult (though not impossible) for beginners. Note: Neither I nor anyone at my company, Wampler Pedals, can provide technical support for these modifications or assume responsibility for pedals damaged while performing these mods. If these modifications are too difficult for you, we may be able to perform them on your pedal, depending on our workload at the time. Visit wamplerpedals.com and click the Contact link for more details.
Stage 2: Prep for the Mod
If, in stage 1, you decided the mod isn't a good idea at the moment, this stage includes boxing up your pedal and sending it in to us. If you are doing the mod, the steps include:
1. Turn on your soldering iron. I do this first so that it will be up
to temperature by the time I am done with the rest of the steps.
2. Gather parts, wire, and tools as described in your supply list.
3. If you use a sponge to clean your iron's tip, wet it now.
4. Take a deep breath.
Stage 3: Mod Time!
This is the stage where it all happens. The steps include:
1. Remove the pedal's back panel and take pictures of how the
circuit board and other internal parts are oriented before making
any changes.
2. Take the circuit board out of the pedal's enclosure. Note: Some circuit boards—including those in Boss and Ibanez units—cannot be removed all the way due to the way they are wired. In those cases, you can make it easier to move the circuit board around while it's still attached to the case by loosening the potentiometers and/or the 1/4" jacks—but be careful not to break the wires.
3. Use a felt-tip marker to mark the leads of the components that need to be removed from the circuit on the solder side of the circuit board. Note: If you accidentally mark the wrong component, you can either just leave the mark on there as it will not affect the sound, or you can lightly heat the joint with your iron to remove the mark.
4. Remove the first component and replace it with the new one using the desoldering and soldering techniques learned in the videos mentioned at the beginning of this article.
5. Test the pedal to make sure it still works after the new component is in the circuit. Testing after each component change can save you a lot of time and frustration in the troubleshooting process, because you will know the exact point at which the circuit failed. You don't have to put the circuit board back in the case—just make sure the 1/4" jacks are still connected to the case to ensure proper grounding.
6. Continue replacing or adding parts, one at a time—and testing the pedal after each addition or replacement—until the mod is complete.
Stage 4: Troubleshooting
If stage 3 went well and your stompbox works properly, skip this step. If not:
1. Relax! It's fairly common for a pedal not to work right after
modding due to some easy-to-make mistakes.
2. Check to see if everything that is supposed to be grounded is grounded, and that everything that shouldn't be grounded isn't. Look for places where the input or output jack may be touching the case where it shouldn't be. Also, check that the solder side of the circuit board is not in direct contact with the case. In the case of the true-bypass mod, check to make sure the lugs of the footswitch are not touching the case. Double-check all the solder joints. Note: It often helps to use a multimeter here. For a great video on how to use them, go to YouTube and search for AfroTechMods' "THE BEST Multimeter Tutorial (HD)."
3. If you're still having problems, watch Chromesphere.com's YouTube video called "DIY Guitar Pedal Tutorial 9: Fault Diagnosing" to see several things you can check first-hand.
Stage 5: Final Testing
This is the most exciting stage—it's where all your hard work pays off with an awesome, unique, and fresh-sounding pedal. The steps include:
1. After testing the pedal with the modification completed,
carefully put the pedal back together, making sure to tighten
everything down snug—but leave the back plate off.
2. Test the pedal one last time.
3. If it still works properly, install the back plate.
Now that you know all the stages, let's get on to the fun stuff! All of the following mods are separate projects. You can do one of them, all of them, or maybe pick and choose two or three. No matter what mods you choose to do, your pedal will sound great when you're done. However, if you decide to do the true-bypass mod, I suggest doing it first because you're going to remove a couple of FETs, diodes, resistors, and capacitors, which will change the tone of your pedal a bit—and you don't want to get the tone you want dialed in with these other mods only to have it changed by making it true-bypass. Just keep in mind that in the pictures shown here, I did my true-bypass mod last so there wasn't a big hole in the unit for all of the pictures.


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Cold War Deterrent Poses New World Safety Concerns
by Kane Farabaugh August 07, 2014
When the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan on August 6, 1945, it marked the beginning of the age of nuclear weapons. Although the development and deployment of these weapons peaked during the Cold War, large arsenals still exist in the United States and Russia - and are on a a heightened state of alert. Recent scandals involving those responsible for handling nuclear weapons in the U.S. military have renewed debate about the risk, and the need, for such weapons.
Below the surface of the Oscar Zero launch facility outside Cooperstown, North Dakota, the fate of millions hinged on a simple decision to turn a nuclear missile launch key.
Once that key activated a nuclear tipped Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, or ICBM, there would have been no turning back - and no limit to the death and destruction it would cause.
"The people that had these jobs, these missileers, took their jobs very seriously,' said Gwen Hinman.
Hinman is the site supervisor at the Oscar Zero complex, now a kind of Cold War museum. Decommissioned in 1998 in compliance with the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty 2, or START 2, Hinman says this facility gives visitors a unique look into the lives of those who served and continue to serve in some of the most isolated conditions.
"This bank of machinery behind me is something that is still currently being used,' he said.
Used in an operational facility just a few hundred kilometers away, says Hinman. Lax security in such facilities in other states, a cheating scandal among some currently serving as missileers, and an overall lack of mission focus since the end of the Cold War has drawn attention to an almost forgotten part of the U.S. military.
"These are complex systems, and they are run by humans who make errors,' said Kennette Benedict.
Benedict is the executive director of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a publication established by those who created the first atomic bomb in the 1940s as a way to warn the public about the consequences of using nuclear weapons.
The Bulletin also manages the Doomsday Clock, a graphic representation of how close the world is to a nuclear catastrophe. The closer the clock gets to midnight, the greater the danger. The clock currently stands at five minutes to midnight, not solely because of the danger of war says Benedict, but by the danger posed by mishandling a nuclear weapon.
"Over the course of these last 60 or 70 years, at least in our arsenal, there have been more than 1200 accidents,' she said.
Earlier this year, the U.S. Air Force removed 50 nuclear missiles from their silos, bringing the total number of launch ready land-based ICBM's to about 400, the lowest level since the Cold War. Benedict says there should be a stand down of all the missiles.
"The thing we've been asking this president and many presidents to do is to just take them off of a high launch readiness. There's no reason that these weapons need to be ready to be launched within 10 minutes of an order. Nobody does this except for the United States and Russia,' she said.
The current agreement between the United States and Russia limits the number of deployed strategic nuclear missiles to 700 for each country.
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HomeAdditionPlus.com is preparing to release a new HouseSight service. The service is an online auction for connecting contractors with homeowners that are soliciting home remodeling contractor bids. There is no cost to contractors for signing up for the HouseSight contractor directly list. In addition, there are no lead referral fees. The only cost to contractors is a bid fee, and an additional commission fee for the winner of the project.
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Enjoy the sun! Connect with neighbors!
It's warm outside, and that means time for summer community events, summer concerts, and street fairs. It's the time of year when we see more of our neighbors and get to soak up all of the great things that make Portland fantastic in the summer.
When you're out and about, I hope you'll stop by and chat with BPS staff at one of these upcoming great outdoor events. We'll be sharing tools and resources, answering your questions about recycling, composting and reuse, and mapping out neighborhood treasures as part of the Comprehensive Plan update.
Come map with us! Look for the Comprehensive Plan Update table at Good in the Hood, Sunday Parkways and National Night Out, among others. Then show us on a map the special places in your neighborhood, how you like to get around, and where you would most like to see more or new businesses or parks. For the young and the young at heart, we've also got a travel postcard you draw on to provide an image of your favorite Portland place. Share your drawing with us, and we'll share it via our Facebook page and website.
Hope to see you this summer at the following community events!
• June 23 Northeast Sunday Parkways
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Footprints: The Fall of Mucky Foot
The Escapist's Post-Mortem issue is live. I contributed a piece about Mucky foot, describing the birth and descent of the makers of Urban Chaos and Startopia. It's quite the story. This does the VH1 Behind the Music approach, talking to the four primaries and them recalling all the inspired and foolish decisions they made, with the benefit of hindsight. It also includes details on games which you probably won't be aware of (Their Punisher? ER Tycoon?). There's a mass of other material specific to Urban Chaos and Startopia which I'll spin into Making Ofs down the line, but this sad and human story's enough to be getting on with, yeah?
And while you're there, Nick Pirocanac's examination on the incredibly resilient Allegiance community is well worth a read and Erin "EASpouse" Hoffman's tale about Black9's cancellation is so enormous that I may have to write about it later. People occasionally ask me why I don't go into development. The idea of spending years of my life on something then this happening is Reason No 1.


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Thank you Paula Benz. Its so inspiring to the combined mother-daughter efforts for this truly beautiful table. The colors, varying candy container heights, different shapes and textures of the confections are true a visual sweet treat! Thanks so much for sharing your special bridal shower with us! Marlene
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Well, I give the bulls credit for at least halting the bears momentum, however that was a pathetic counter offensive launched today and all they really managed to do was give the bears time to catch up their supply lines (work off oversold).
I'll admit to being as unsure as the next guy as to the EW count. I do think I have the important trenchlines roughly outlined and the bears are still in firm control. I am going to look to lighten up and take troops home or hedge slightly long around 800 where I indicated the bulls might try to mount a last ditch defense if we get more sell off. At some point the bulls are going to mount a serious offensive challenging the entire move that started yesterday. Always best to be cautious and book little gains during each step along the way. You can always redeploy the troops later. Right now the new yellow down channel I have as the 3 of 5 of C is my new major guide post. As long as the bears maintain that momentum I feel comfortable having my troops on their side.
On the daily chart I'm going to go ahead and make my first prediction. We have another St. Patricks day bottom exactly one year to the day after the BSC bottom on March 17 around 675. There's still a lot of fighting to do between now and then, but that's where the important trenchlines are pointing right now.
So find me an evening star (the 3 candle pattern of the previous three days; big green, indecision, bigger red –) that isn't followed by a spinner and then continuation. Even the XLF morning start formation off the July low had a spinner the next day and then continuation. I've found 20 plus of these scanning a bunch of charts and they all have spinners and continuation or in the rare case immediate continuation with no pause. I can't really find examples of this pattern failing just surfing charts.
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The 50 Greatest NYC hip-hop artists: Guest list
You've seen the list, now hear what Big Daddy Kane, De La Soul, Peter Rosenberg and more have to say.
The biggest names in New York hip-hop reveal who they think is the greatest NYC hip-hop artist. In other words, your favorite rapper's favorite rappers dish on their favorite rapper. You heard right.
Talib Kweli
Black Star MC and solo pioneer, No. 31 on our list of 50 greatest NYC hip-hop artists
"Rakim was the artist who successfully moved hip-hop from the party and the streets to the intellectual side. But he did it without moving a step. As a lyricist, Rakim is the father of my style—he's the father of Nas, he's the father of anyone who is considered to be a good lyricist. He was talking about esoteric stuff, he was talking about Five Percent philosophy [Nation of Islam], he was talking about the state of the community—but he still wore Dapper Dan suits. He was still able to kick street knowledge.
"So, Rakim encompasses all the great things about New York hip-hop. The grittiness, the griminess, the intelligence, the lyricism, but also being fly and making party records, you know? I think that 'Follow the Leader' is the best-written hip-hop song of all time. So I would have to give it to Rakim. He's the cornerstone of anybody that takes hip-hop seriously."
Peter Rosenberg
"I am often asked about who my favorite MCs or groups of all time are, and it is always impossible to answer. There is so much I love about so many artists. However, if forced to choose one great that you can point to as amazing at the drop of a dime, I would sayGhostface. Though A Tribe Called Quest is my favorite group of all time, the reality is that their brilliance was cut short because of inner turmoil.
"Ghostface, however, just continues to be amazing. He is an incredible MC with a voice and style as unique as his personality. Even his slept-on albums (Pretty Toney, FishScaleand Ghostdini) are amazing. Twenty years into the game, and he still sounds like he fits. On top of all of that—he made a golden eagle and wore it like a huge wristwatch."
Noah Callahan-Bever
"I mean, it may sound generic or obvious, but there's only one No. 1: Notorious B.I.G.Biggie was the total package: incredible voice, infectious rhythms in his flow, clever lyrics, a sense of humor, a 360-degree vision of his projects' scope, impeccable beat selection and (probably in part thanks to Puff) the ability to inject juuuuuust enough pop to make his otherwise gangster rap palatable to mainstream sensibilities. It's un-believe-abllllle."
De La Soul's Maseo
"I would have to say KRS-One is my favorite hip-hop NYC artist. The first time I heard KRS-One it was a record called 'P is [Still] Free' and 'Stop the Violence,' and I believe the other song was 'Word from Our Sponsor.' I heard these songs well before they were on that album from Red Alert's radio show and P-Fine's show. I had the single of 'P is [Still] Free' with D-Nice beat-boxing, and a completely different and more melodic version of 'Stop the Violence.'
"KRS-One, in my opinion, exuded hard-core lyrics with an intense level of consciousness that supported minds and helped the growth of the unfortunate and underprivileged. But at the same time, he would crush an MC's career if they attacked him in any way. I believe that comes with understanding and being aware of your environment as well as the people and animals within.
"His influence on me was, I began to feel that it was okay to be from the streets and present intelligence, consciousness and self-worth. What do I mean by self-worth? The man made a record called 'I'm Still #1.' Need I say more?
"His influence on hip-hop makes him an icon. Every rapper from Jay-Z to 50 Cent—Jeezy, Snoop—epitomizes the entire blueprint of Criminal Minded, and I say that with the utmost respect for their work, as well.
"KRS-One is the greatest because in this modern-day era, or error, of hip-hop, he can still make great records. New rappers are scared, or at least skeptical, in wanting to battle him, and with just a DJ he can really rock a live show for two hours plus, and the energy in the room will be extremely high. No one wants to perform after him—in hip-hop he is the ultimate headliner!"
De La Soul's Posdnuos
"Run-D.M.C.. I remember being in the car [as a kid] and the radio started spitting out 'Sucker MCs'—I thought it was crazy. It was just a beat with claps, which made it stand out due to how minimal it was. I remember how ill I thought it was for the first MC to rhyme three times and then the last MC comes on at the end of the record for a few bars and kills it.
"Before Run-D.M.C., a lot of hip-hop artists dressed very new wave or funkish, like Parliament. They dressed like their stage name was an alter ego. But Run-D.M.C. dressed the way the average person in the neighborhood dressed: Lees and Adidas. That gave me more incentive to take a stab at rhyming. The fact [that] they were from Queens, which was neighbors of Long Island [where De La Soul originated], made me feel more confident about being from the suburbs but having a story to tell.
"Their influence spilled way outside of hip-hop/black music into rock & roll and pop culture—so it showed you could use all genres of music to paint pictures about your way of life, which became the DNA of De La Soul.
"Run-D.M.C. became a group that could speak to and for everyone. Kids loved them, but someone older could find themselves appreciating their music. The same could be said about how they were embraced by all races. Even now, their music is timeless. Not old-school—but timeless."
Big Daddy Kane
"My favorite would have to be KRS-One. He's a great lyricist with a great stage show, and he's one of the few artists that never really strayed away from in-the-park hip-hop. You know, you have artists like myself who have made a lot of hip-hop songs that had an R&B twist to it. Rakim made a lot of hip-hop songs that had jazz twists to it. Kool G Rap made a lot of gangsta hip-hop songs. But KRS, for his whole career, has always been basically what you heard from the origin of hip-hop. You know, just an MC, getting on the mike, spittin', over boom-bat beats.
"The first time I heard KRS-One was when Red Alert played [his songs] on [KISS FM in the] South Bronx in '86. I was just graduating from high school and going on the road doing shows with Biz [Markie], you know, coming out in the middle of his set.
"I thought it was dope the way he took Shan's style [MC Shan] and flipped it again some. He said a lot of dope stuff. It was like, 'I came with Scott La Rock to express one thing / I am a teacher and others are kings / If that's a title they earn…' He just worded it in a real slick way. I just thought he was a great lyricist.
"He hits you with the hits back-to-back [live], and his energy is crazy. For someone that doesn't dance or do a lot of running onstage, he just has a lot of energy. You know, the way he sticks his hand out and makes eye contact with everybody in the audience. And the way that his show was structured—even when he does his freestyles—I remember seeing him doing a rhyme in, like, a little slick style over classical strings playing. That was like, 'Yeah. [Laughs] This a real hip-hop dude here.' My favorite KRS song is 'Word from Our Sponsor.' "
Time Out New York: It's nice to imagine you, as a young man, being inspired in that way, and then fast-forward to Jay-Z's opening night at Barclays last year, with him rapping your lyrics and remembering listening to you at that same age. How do you feel to be that person for him?
Big Daddy Kane: I think that's cool, because I'm a student of the generation before me. I like to see that the next generation learned from the ones that they come after and try to improve on what they did. Because, you know, I was a student of Grandmaster Caz, and I saw the things he did, and I was like, "All right, well, I would do it this way." Jay and Biggie were students of mine. They improved on things I did and said, "You know, I'm going to do it this way." For him to show love, I think that's a beautiful thing, because it basically teaches hip-hop history to a younger generation.
Time Out New York: When Jay and Biggie were coming up, did you know that they were going to get to where they were going to get to?
Big Daddy Kane: Well, yeah. When I met Jay, I met him through a mutual friend. I was doing a mixtape with Jaz-O, and he asked me, could his friend rhyme on the tape? This friend being Jay-Z. After we finished the tape, the mutual friend we had, he told me that Jaz was looking for a deal. He wasn't with EMI anymore, and could I help him get a deal? And I said, "Well, to be honest with you, I like the little light-skinned dude better. [Chuckles] So I'd rather work with him." That's how me and Jay ended up becoming friends, and I used to take him to the studio and record songs on him and, you know, try to get him a deal. Shopped his stuff to a lot of different labels—Def Jam, Warner Bros., Giant. I went to a lot of different labels trying to get him a deal, and in the process, I would have him in the studio and, you know, teach him how to put his stuff in song formation as opposed to just spittin'. Putting it into song formation and teaching him how to execute sarcasm, a lot of sarcasm in rhyme; but at the same time, he was teaching me. Because, you know, he had that real rapid-fire, fast flow that him and Jaz was doing. He taught that to me. So, we both learned from each other.
Time Out New York: How does it make you feel when you see how enormous hip-hop has become?
Big Daddy Kane: I always felt that hip-hop was a form of music that was here to stay. I always felt like that. But, with me, I'm more excited by the fans. That's what really motivates me: their response to real hip-hop and the passion they have for it, for keeping it alive.
Time Out New York: Do you still get a lot of joy from dancing?
Big Daddy Kane: No. I mean, I'm 44 years old. [Laughs] No, it doesn't give me no joy now! Like I said, that's why I love the fans. That's what gives me joy.
Brian "B.Dot" Miller
"I became a Jay-Z fan on September 29, 1998. That was the release date of his third album, Hard Knock Life Vol. 2. The lead single was like nothing I've ever heard, and nearly every song sounded like a hit.
"Since then, most of his albums [have] had that effect on me. There's a joke among fans that there's a Jay-Z line for every situation. I like to believe that. When he releases music, his rhymes become conversation pieces, status updates—hell, even tattoos. Georgetown University even offered a course based on his lyrics.
"I also admire how Jay refinanced his hustle. His name is so respected in hip-hop that it allowed him to successfully develop brands outside of music. I mean, what more can I say?"
"I honestly don't remember the first time I heard Run-D.M.C., but it was right around the time 'Sucker MCs' dropped. Immediately I knew this was the best music I'd ever heard. To this day they still affect me: the sparse, hard drum kits; the sampled stabs; the booming of D.M.C.'s voice; Run's attitude… These guys were tough without having to say they were gonna kill you, and they dressed like regular New Yorkers (sort of). To me they were like NYC superheroes—these larger-than-life dudes yelling into the mike. Nothing was harder or more fun.
"Without Run-D.M.C., hip-hop music simply wouldn't exist the way it does now. Anyone who raps owes them. They brought rap music to the world, and they did it as the people, not the industry. They made the world bend to New York and influenced every single major rap group since."


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Saturday, March 31, 2012
Scotty McCreery makes Taste of Country's Top Tweets of March 2012
March is a good launching pad into new music and summer concert season. Artists were tweeting regularly from the studio all month long. Some even shared a few tracks early. However, the top tweets from March lean toward the random. It's Dierks Bentley's interesting find in Australia and Rascal Flatts' Kodak moment in Phoenix that lead our picks.
Scotty McCreery, Blake Shelton and Hank Williams Jr. all have tweets to add to the list as well. Scroll through by clicking the big orange button below. At the end, let us know which artist you love to follow on Twitter. Heck, even Carrie Underwood and Trace Adkins have jumped on board the social networking tool, tweeting fun tidbits from their own official accounts. Next up — Kenny Chesney?
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Sacred Citadel Review
Sacred Citadel is quite a pleasant surprise for beat-em-up fans. Out of basically nowhere, the folks at Southend Interactive have delivered a fantasy-themed game that sticks to the Golden Axe formula, but tweaks it enough to make it not only seem different, but also engaging from beginning to end. While playing as one of a band of four warriors, you'll go through nearly 20 stages (not counting the optional day-one pay DLC) killing hundreds of enemies and many bosses along the way. The plot isn't very compelling, but does feature some cutscenes with some amusing banter between a mother monster and her many sons who have all been slaughtered by your group.
The core gameplay is like Golden Axe, but with far more depth and some platforming thrown in. You'll traverse large areas, beat enemies, grab potions and gold, while also snagging new weapons and armor to better your offensive and defensive strength without having to spend a ton of money at the in-town shops. There's a fairly robust combo system at play using different combinations of X and Y in concert, while using B to set off a huge special move when a three-tiered bar gets filled by either potions or more ass-kicking. The former is a lot faster, while the latter is more fun and satisfying.
Combos lead to point multipliers, which in turn lead to massive scores – including an amusing bit where you'll earn an achievement/trophy for getting more than 9,000 in one shot ala Dragon Ball Z. The depth in the system lets you do things like stun an enemy, or set of enemies as the game progresses, then repeat your stun>attack chain until they topple. Beyond enemies, you'll also have to dodge things like mine carts and falling rocks and the like, and the only way to safely avoid those things is to flick the right stick and roll away.
You can roll in any non-diagonal direction very quickly, and the responsiveness is key because you'll often have to roll to avoid boss attacks, and those can easily overwhelm you if you don't make proper use of the roll. There, you've got the giant boss, whatever their attacks are, and a horde of minions to contend with. If you aren't careful, you'll die and have to restart the boss battle over – so be sure to keep a steady supply of potions handy and feel free to use them a tad early since damage can build up really quickly if you're not paying attention.
With four characters to choose from, there's something for everyone. If you want brute strength, go with the warrior, while rangers (who sadly aren't mighty or morphin, can be quite powerful) offer up more speed. Unlike a lot of games of this type, the big lug actually has some speed, so it doesn't feel like you've got cement shoes on. The mage is a lot like the ranger, but much faster and with more emphasis on magic, while the shaman is the strongest with magic, and fairly weak with attacks. She does have an awesome roll animation though – instead of rolling, she just kind of slides around like she on ice skates. It's bizarre, and yet quite awesome. The usage of optional animals to hop onto ala Golden Axe is great and helps mix things up further, as does the GIANT TANK you can control. Why are there giant tanks in a fantasy world? I have no idea, but they're really fun to use and do a lot of damage fairly quickly.
Whether playing solo or with friends, the game is a lot of fun. You can also only have three players online, which seems a tad off since there are four characters to choose from. Online, it's a bit of a mixed bag with latency being a problem and folks just outright leaving games. Local multi-player is quite fun though, and basically gives you all of the good of the online without any of the bad. One downside to the game using a leveling system is, like with Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, no one really wants to use an under-powered character, which means you can either grind them up to a decent level before a play session, or just use your fully loaded character and help your friends avoid death as much as possible.
Visually, Sacred Citadel is stunning more often than not. The in-game graphics are lush, full of color and life, and animations are quite smooth. Each level looks very distinct, and they're all heavily bathed in certain colors that really pop off the screen – especially the deep purple and green stages. Environmental details are impressive in the desert-esque area, and really shine in the pirate ship stage where you've got a lot going on in the foreground and backgrounds. The cutscenes are even more amazing, and use limited animation and a blue and black color scheme to effectively convey the storyline. It's a shame that subtitles can't be turned off though, as they obscure some really nice artwork.
Sacred Citadel's audio is a bit less fulfilling than any other aspect. It's far from bad, but just isn't as good as other major parts of the game. The music has brief glimpses of greatness, but then becomes generic music that varies in genre, but never sticks with you. The voice work is quite good – things are largely played with a light-hearted tone, and given the kind of bizarre scenarios in the game, it works. The sound effects are fine, but like the music, rarely special. Every enemy sounds pretty much the same unless they're a major one, and then they sound a bit more menacing. The regular work-a-day grunts all sound the same, and you'll be hearing them a lot whether you want to or not.
It's got some flaws, but Sacred Citadel is a very good game as a whole. It isn't quite a must-buy at $15 given that it's also got day-one pay DLC though. If the base game was $10, that would be an easier pill to swallow, but at $15, it costs a bit too much to get the full experience. It's still well worth playing, though, and most will probably be satisfied by picking up the main game and waiting for a sale on the DLC down the line. Sacred Citadel offers up a lot of fun for beat-em-up fans, with a surprisingly high amount of depth in its gameplay making replaying stages with each character type something you'll come to enjoy instead of dread like it many other beat-em-ups.
Reviewed By: Jeremy Peeples
Publisher: Deep Silver
Rating: 80%
This review is based on a digital copy of Sacred Citadel for Xbox Live Arcade provided by Deep Silver.


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6/8 Heroic, Recruiting for Spine, Madness, Pandaria and beyond (submitted by Durn at 08:07am UTC)
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With our vacation over, and Holly and Ben back home safely, we are back to our normal (and I use that term loosely! lol) routine.
Only our routine is about to disrupted in a pretty big way: we are renovating our kitchen.
We have hired a kitchen designer to oversee things and we have been busy this past week or so deciding where everything should go to suit me best, meeting with cabinet guys, and heating guys, and tile guys... lol It's been a flurry of excitement for the past few days!
I have already lost track of all of the names and who will do what!
Yesterday they put giant holes in my kitchen! Looks pretty ugly, I have to say. But as the kitchen had a drop-down/soffitt/bulkhead thing over the upper cabinets, they had to look inside them to see what they were dealing with. So, you know. Pound away!
The good news is there is nothing up there to contend with.
Late last week I met with Amy to look at granite and tiles. I chose a few granites I liked and got samples to bring home. I also made a tentative decision on how the backsplash behind the stove should look and what tiles to put around the kitchen.
Then we went again with Rich on the weekend to finalize our decision, as Rich wasn't fussy on the samples I brought home (they are too small to get the idea). Thankfully, we found a couple of slabs that we are both in love with! YAY!
And double YAY! Rich likes the tiles I chose, so we don't have to think about that any more either.
Last night the cabinet guy came to show us preliminary drawings and talk with us about how we really want to use the kitchen. I thought it was pretty cut and dried till we started- then we had all these options that were a little overwhelming. We did make some decisions, but we still need to think about a couple of things.
I have kind of a tight deadline in mind, which is the reason we have been so busy in such a short time. I want everything completed by the end of September. Amy assures me it can be done, and personally, I think the more time Rich and I have to think about and decide on things, the more times we will change our minds. I like making a decision and sticking with it- I don't want to keep adding things to the mix.
Besides choosing things to go IN the kitchen, I now need to be thinking about planning meals that I can manage without a stove for a time. No problem! I thrive on challenge!


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As I wrote earlier this morning, Rep. Becky Carney deserves a big raspberry for her inexplicable and accidental vote to pass the fracking veto override last night. Progressivees are slapping their foreheads all over the state at the gaffe.
But here's the thing, it should never have been an issue. Votes in the General Assembly are changed literally dozens of times per day after the fact by lawmakers who were not paying attention during votes and/ or, truth be told, by people who change their minds after the fact.
That Speaker Thom Tillis employed a kind of "gotcha" tactic to seize upon Carney's error and deny her the chance to change her vote because it would "change the outcome of the vote" — even when she called his attention to it almost immediately — is but the latest example of his ongoing effort to bring the mean-spirited, cutthroat politics of Congress to North Carolina. He simply did not have to do it and could have allowed her to make the change.
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Those AAA rated subprime loans certainly didn't help, and now comes fresh evidence that investors are increasingly ignoring rating actions at the 'big three' in favor of their own analysis.
The latest response to the Moody's Investors Service downgrade of the biggest Nordic banks was rising bond and share prices, according to Bloomberg, the exact opposite of what should happen when a seismic event of this magnitude occurs.
"The reaction is the latest sign that investors are paying less attention to the views of rating companies and relying more on their own analysis to determine whether to buy or sell," the news service says.
"We can see for ourselves just how strong the Swedish banks are so we don't place much weight on what rating agencies tell us," Nicklas Granath, a partner at the Stockholm-based asset manager Norron who helps manage about $200 million, said in an interview with Bloomberg. "More and more the market is likely to take the same approach."
Bloomberg says "Investors are showing greater willingness to ignore Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Fitch Ratings" as European pokicymakers try to reduce the raters' influence. "Denmark, which holds the European Union presidency, said this month it won backing in the 27-member bloc to curtail the influence of the raters. Danish banks have started firing Moody's, while Swedbank AB, one of Sweden's four biggest lenders, has said the views published by rating companies are 'backward looking.'"
Moody's last week lowered Sweden's Nordea Bank and Svenska Handelsbanken to Aa3, and Norway's DNB Bank to A1, all single-level downgrades. Credit grades of SEB (SEBA) and Swedbank were affirmed while Landshypotek was cut two steps to Baa2. All ratings carry stable outlooks, Moody's said.
And the reaction, according to Bloomberg?
"Handelsbanken's shares rose on the day after the May 24 downgrade. Nordea was up as much as 1.4% and DNB climbed as much as 1.6%, before erasing gains that day. Nordea shares advanced as much as 1.3% and were trading lower by 0.3% to 54.45 kronor. Handelsbanken increased 0.8% , topping the 0.9% loss of the Bloomberg Europe Banks and Financial Services Index.
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A similar response has also been seen in the sovereign debt markets, the news service concludes, where U.S. Treasuries last year rose after S&P stripped the world's largest economy of its top grade. The Bank of England said in March there was "little market reaction" to Moody's decision to cut the outlook on its rating to negative.


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Brad Pitt's new film Fury is set to close the 2014 London Film Festival.
The 50-year-old Oscar-winner, who plays a battle-hardened army sergeant in the World War II drama, will walk up the red carpet at the European premiere at the Odeon Leicester Square on October 19, along with the film's director David Ayer.
David, who also wrote the film, described the news as "a great honour", saying: "It's a true pleasure to be returning to England, where we shot the film.
"The fields of Oxfordshire and Bovingdon Airfield in Hertfordshire were our home for 12 weeks last year, so it's something of a homecoming for us to present the movie at its European premiere. I'm thrilled that festival audiences will be among the first in Europe to see it."
Set in 1945, Fury - which will be released nationwide on October 24 - also stars Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael Pena and Jon Bernthal as an American crew embarking on a deadly mission behind enemy lines.
The festival's director Clare Stewart said: "Fury is a resounding cinematic achievement. Rarely is a film so successful at balancing the human drama of war with such thrilling action sequences. We look forward to welcoming LFF alumni David Ayer and Brad Pitt to London as we draw the 58th BFI London Film Festival to a monumental close."
The 58th BFI London Film Festival, in partnership with American Express, runs from October 8 to October 19. The festival's full line-up will be announced on September 3.


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An Orland Park man was sentenced to two consecutive 20-year prison sentences Wednesday for attempting to murder his ex-wife when he stabbed her 4 times in a public park in Rochelle.
Jamil Saleh, 42, showed no reaction when Ogle County Judge Mike Mallon read the sentences following the hour-long sentencing hearing. Saleh's sister, one of 4 family members present at the hearing, wept quietly following Mallon's decision.
"I am pleased with the sentence that the court imposed," said assistant state's attorney Mike Rock. "It's an appropriate sentence for the crime that was committed and the fact that the defendant showed no remorse."
On Oct. 16, an Ogle County jury found Saleh guilty of the Class X offense of attempted murder and seven other felonies including armed violence, aggravated domestic battery, aggravated battery with a deadly weapon, and aggravated battery in a public place.
Mallon sentenced Saleh to 20 years on the attempted murder charge and 20 years on the armed violence charge.
During the trial, Saleh's ex-wife Maha Bergeron, 37, testified that Saleh stabbed her 4 times—twice in the chest—during a meeting with her and their 3 children at Cooper Park in Rochelle on Aug. 13, 2009.
She said she divorced Saleh in April 2009 after 16 years of marriage while he was in Palestine for several months. She said she married Jason Bergeron, a Rochelle police officer, in July 2009.
During the attack, she suffered stab wounds to her chest, hand, and knee and was treated at Rochelle Community Hospital and then transported by helicopter to OSF Medical Center in Rockford. She remained in the intensive care unit for several days.
Several witnesses, including Maha's husband, witnessed the attack and testified at the trial for the prosecution.
Saleh testified at the trial that the divorce and Maha's subsequent remarriage to a police officer had "caught him by surprise" and that he "went berserk" because he had lost his family and kids.
He denied planning the attack, claimed he just wanted to see his kids, and was angry because he had no visitation rights. As a native of Palestine and a Muslim, he testified that he did not want a "white man" raising his children who "hated" his race, religion, and country.
He said he "blanked out" during the incident, but remembered stabbing her once.
On Wednesday, Rock argued that Saleh had shown a "complete lack of remorse" for the attack and was not a good candidate for rehabilitation.
"He still feels he did nothing wrong," said Rock, who asked for 30 year sentences on the attempted murder charge and armed violence charge.
Saleh's attorney, public defender Dennis Riley, who declined comment after the sentencing, asked for the minimum 16-year sentence arguing that Saleh was upset and clinically depressed over the divorce.
"This was a unique circumstance and not a circumstance that was likely to reoccur," Riley said. "He had never behaved like this before."
Saleh read a 7-minute statement during the sentencing hearing, reiterating his trial testimony that he was visiting Palestine when Maha divorced him and that he was "heart broken" over losing custody of his children.
He also characterized prosecutors as "malicious" and "compulsive liars" and called judges in the jurisdiction "corrupt" and "inadequate".
"That man has no dignity," Saleh said, referring to the judge that proceeded over his divorce proceedings. "I was told before going to trial that I would face a judge that was heartless and I knew I would be sentenced on race and religion so it would not be useful for remorse or to ask for leniency."
Mallon said he had considered all factors in the case before reaching his decision.
"Your comment on race and religion struck a cord with me," Mallon said. "For the record, I have some pretty good friends from Palestine I don't think any sentence I render here today would be based on race or religion. It is based on the facts and circumstances of the case."
Saleh has been held in the Ogle County Jail under $5 million bond since his arrest in 2009. Court records indicate numerous defense delays during that time.
The Ogle County Sheriff's Department handled the investigation of the incident at the request of the Rochelle Police Department due to Rochelle officers being witnesses to the incident.


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I love almost all forms of live theatre - and think almost anything is worth seeing. Sometimes, things are only worth seeing once and sometimes, I have seen something that I am glad I didn't pay full price for (or pay for at all!)
I find the modern "packaged" musicals (ie: Phantom of the Opera, Mamma Mia, Les Miz) to be much less "organic" (so to speak) than the more traditional musicals and/or the smaller, less mass-produced ones. I do love spectacle, but not at the expense of the show.
The thing I love most about live theatre is that it is (or it should be!) different in each venue and in each incarnation. (And also - anything can happen! It's LIVE!) The huge productions mentioned above - you will see exactly the same show in London, NYC, wherever. It might as well be a film it is so exactly reproduced. (This is not to say I don't enjoy them - I do...as I said, I love almost all forms of live theatre!)
Live theatre should touch you in a way that a film or a recording never can. That is one of the reasons I love little, out of the way productions and enjoy going to community theatre or shows that no one has heard of. It's fun to see something different and real.
This thread is for discussion of live theatre - any live theatre, whether it be a tiny little community production, an avante-garde interactive experimental play, a Shakespearean play or a pull-out-all-the stops Broadway musical.
If you've seen something incredible, if you've seen something horrible, if you've seen something that made you go "wow!" or made you go "yuck!" then this is the thread where you can share and discuss!


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