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Ian, nice review. The PMG is not finished. Pat has confirmed a new album is being released in 2013 with a tour to follow in 2014.
Hi CJ,
Thanks for your comment and the good news. I was hoping PMG would prove me wrong! It'll be very interesting to see where the band is musically in 2013.
All the best
Here in France, the new Metheny Unity Band cd is promoted (not that it needs promotion) as a kind of unusual collaboration between Metheny and a sax player - his first since 80/81. They ask the question "Why doesn't Metheny play more often with sax players?"
On my I-pod at the moment I do not even have one metheny recording that isn't a "FULL METHENY SAX Collaboration":
Metheny/Ornette Coleman(Song X)
Roy Haynes (Te Vou!)
Joshua Redman (Wish)
David Liebman (Water)
Gary Thomas (Till We Have Faces)
Kenny Garrett (Pursuance)
...and yes, those Brecker albums:
Michael Brecker (MB)
Michael Brecker (Tales from the Hudson)
Michael Brecker (Time is the Essence)
Michael Brecker (The Nearness of You)
Michael Brecker (Pilgrimage)
Tony Williams (Wilderness)
There may be more I'm sure.
I'm now hoping Mr Metheny collaborate with a trombone, tuba, bassoon, or a french horn.
Happy Listenings. Best, Noddy.
I think Mr Metheny should do the honorable gesture of calling the PMG "The Lyle Mays Band". Not that Mr Metheny does not have his considerable input in the PMG but I just think it would be honorable considering Lyle Mays' equal input, commitment, comparative famelessness and a bizarre confusing solo career. (though I have enjoyed excerpts from all of his albums)
Noddy Zekrya.
Hi Noddy,
Thanks for your interesting comments. I think the promotion drive, like my review, emphasizes that this is the first Metheny record as leader in many years where he employs a sax player. I would also like to see Metheny use other instruments in his projects. Tuba? Why not? I'd love to see Metheny slug it out with Chris Lo from Norwegian trio PELbO.
Your point about Lyle Mayes is well made. You have to feel sorry for the guy, who is left on the sidelines during the long (and increasingly longer) pauses between PMG activity.
What do you think of the Unity Band recording, by the way?
After what Pat said about Kenny G on a blog I find myself in the situation (I am a rebel))To act , Since Pat will be here in Arzina in Sept. Then he would take my challenge to duel with me on guitars, But knowing Pat he won't. He downgraded Kenny G and Pat will always be foolish for talking about other Artist
Why would Pat, in the middle of a busy tour where he is going from one place to the next with little time beyond playing, take the time for a "guitar duel" with anyone? At this point in his career he has little to prove, and while his attack on Kenny G may not have been in the best taste, that was quite a few years ago...and he speaks, far, far more often, tremendously highly of the musicians he encounters.
So, one mistake and you are ready to go mano-a-mano? Surely, Eddie, you have made mistakes in your life? :)
Besides, what would it prove? If you are challenging him to a duel, then it would seem that you are trying to prove you are better than he is. How, exactly, do you judge who is a better guitarist than another? Speed? Harmonic sophistication? Time? Ability to leap tall buildings with a single bend? :)
Hi Eddie,
I thought you might be interested to read "Jazz Icons: Heroes, Myths and the Jazz Tradition" by Tony Whyton. He has an interesting take on the old Metheny/Kenny G business. I think it might appeal to you. It's also one of the most insightful and thought-provoking books written about jazz that I've ever come across. It's published by Cambridge University Press. Amazon have it. Highly recommended.
All the best
I'd not consider Lyle Mays overlooked or under-done. Lyle has, in interview, been very clear that his choices have been his choices. In PMG's early days, they would literally tour 300 days a year (mostly traveling in a van - this is the late '70s and into the 80s, though the touring grew as their gear did :)). When the group had two months off, Pat did projects like Rejoicing, with Haden and Higgins. Lyle did his own projects, but ultimately had to decide whether he wanted to devote the kind of time necessary to put his own projects on the scale of PMG, or be happy as part of PMG and use the other time to work on other things (like architecture, a big passion for him).
Lyle's lack of a regular, visible solo career is by his own design.
Sure, he could put together a piano trio like Fictionary and hit the road....but after working in the advanced production context of PMG, it's clearly not what he wants to do. But he has been a regular shower in Reader and Critics polls in Downbeat, for example, (though not recently, but he's been pretty out of sight since TWU.
While I'd not say his contribution to PMG is equal to Metheny's (for one, he doesn't co-write everything, but rarely are tunes written solely by him featured on PMG records - with a couple of exceptions, including on Letter From Home) - maybe 40%. At the end of the day PMG is Pat Metheny - his primary vision, his responsibility. But Lyle is certainly the closest thing to an equal partner, and he gets plenty of profile when PMG records and tours - and if they're coming back next year, he'll be back in the spotlight, no doubt about it.
Hello Ian, (writer of original article)
Excuse my late response and ooooooops, I had almost forgotten that this page was indeed about the "Unity Band" album!
I must admit that when I read your review I had not actually heard the album. (Though virtually whilst reading your greatly written article!).
Back in the Spring of 2011 I had a little chat here in Paris with Chris Potter (Underground Band) who gave me a vague clue that he and Metheny were gonna do something together. In anticipation of this possible recording I gathered the above mentioned list of Metheny Sax recordings. There was so much great music to take in again that it delayed the rush for me to buy the new one - unusual for me!!
Finally I got to hear it and am loving it. Another fine record from a true master.
All the fine ingredients are present including the new twists, subtle surprises and the further pushing of territory. I paid a lot of attention to bassist Ben Williams whom I was least familiar with apart from his work with saxophonist Markus Strickland. I found him to be youthful, yet prestigious and solid. Antonio Sanchez defines the band's sound (as drummers usually do) making the album to my ears an extension of the "Day Trip" band.
Chris Potter's bass clarinet very welcome. Above all, I get a very very big thrill when Mr Metheny solos. I really love hundreds of great guitarists but Mr Metheny is amongst the handful that really really does the bepop jazz thing so very well. I'd enthusiastically buy a good few more albums from this Unity Band but equally look forward to....well, actually in fact, no, I fully trust Mr Metheny for keeping us enthused. (Hey Ian, your idea for Metheny to "slug it out with Chris Lo from Norwegian trio PELbO" was indeed quite funny but I ended up taking it seriously!!)
For those who love Mr Metheny's soloing, I'd equally recommend the list I put up earlier of his other sax collaborations on other people's albums. To my ears Mr Metheny sounds slightly more natural on other people's recordings. As if he himself is freed from his own concepts for musical reinvention which was felt even in "zero tolerance for silence". This is not a critiscism as I love it all.
So, in a nutshell, The Unity Band - a great album, sparse melodies, amazing musicianship as expected, easy but rewarding to listen to, demands repeated listenings. I also like the way the two large photos on the inside are of the rhythm section. Would buy more of this band especially if they added a flute, flugelhorn + trombone for "added decorative arrangements" - (Like what Scofield did with "Quiet" + "This Meets That" or Herbie with "Speak like a Child") - Whatever.......!!!!!
Hi John,
What Lyle Mays clearly wants to do is not clear to me but I wish him health and fulfilment.
He is a big talent who could at least sit in on some more sessions as a sideman once in a while to keep the playing alive and his creativity recorded.
His contribution to Steve Swallow's ECM cd (Home) had made a big impression on me . Pity we can't hear more.
Though I understand that Brad Mehldau is truly an enormous talent, I could never understand why Mr Metheny could not have taken that direction with Lyle.
If Lyle's passion for architecture, art and M.C. Escher forever increases he may lose his job to Gil Goldstein whom I believe he replaced in the forming stages of the PMG !!!!, no? And that Gil was very upset? Whatever......!!
We'll wait and see.....but I must admit that "The Way Up" is the Metheny recording I least listen to despite being a fan of all the musicians involved. Could it be that it's ahead of its time? I had no problems when I heard "On the Corner" as a 9 year old in 1972 ! Ooops, off on a tangent again. Gotta go John. Have just recently become a Dad ! Better late than never ! Oh incidently, Mr Metheny and I have one thing in common. We both have French Wives of North African origin !! Ooooops, gotta go - real tangent there !!!!
Hi Noddy,
If you check out the We Live Here Live DVD, Mays speaks to the issue of a solo career briefly (plus it's a great concert DVD!).
I agree with you that he is a singular talent, but I do get the sense that the choice to be less visible is his, and not anyone else's.
Home is, however a wonderful disc; his contribution to Eberhard Weber's Later That Evening is also wonderful, if you've not heard it.
Congrats on becoming a Dad, and keep on visiting AAJ!
Yes John, I'll check that We Live Here Live DVD when I get the opportunity (I liked the album). But I do take your word for it! Moreover, I understand there are many valid reasons in making the choice not to fully "go for it" musically.
Later That Evening Bill Frisell leapt over a building with a single bend.
Great review... Caught Unity Bnd last night at the Town Hall in NYC. Awesome! I've been watching Pat live since 1981 and his sound still brings goose bumps and, yes, tears of joy! While I'm a bigger fan of the PMG material, this straight ahead stuff is equally inspirational. He brought The Town Hall down last night, played three encores and took an additional curtain call wit the crowd still wanting more! Can't wait for till the new album next year and a tour in 2014!!!
Fantastic review and also it is very well written!
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The Tigers softball team traveled to John Tyler Tuesday night to continue their district season. The Tigers defeated John Tyler,17-5, giving them a 5-2 record in District 16-4A.
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▶ A contingent of North Country notables will make a pilgrimage to Omaha, Neb., in January to try to entice the United States Air Force to bring a new B-2 bomber force to Plattsburgh Air Force Base. Success could ensure PAFB's role as a leader in the Strategic Air Command and the US defense system in general well into the 21st century.
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After legendary GWAR guitarist Cory Smoot – aka Flattus Maximus – was sadly taken from us last year (read his bandmates' tribute to him here), the legendary mutant metallers vowed to continue on in his honor. While they have been touring as a four-piece band, they have also been actively seeking a worthy successor, and it was finally announced today that Flattus's cousin, Pustulus Maximus, would join GWAR's mighty ranks, in time for their upcoming "Fate or Chaos" tour.
Never passing up an opportunity to hog the microphone, GWAR overlord Oderus Urungus offered some backstory on the new recruit. "What people didn't know about Flattus was that was is part of a huge tribe of brutish warriors, The Maximus Clan. Many of the tribe had fought and even played in bands with Flattus, and we began to get messages from across the stars. Soon the War-Barges of Maximus tribe members began to appear in Earth's orbit... and land outside our great temple! Bubonis, Infectitcus, Fartacus, and many more-all have participated in the creation of the songs that shall be on our new album, which will be out sometime next year. But it was not until the hulking form of Pustulus appeared at the studio door, bloody guitar in hand, that we knew we had our new member. If anyone can replace our beloved comrade, it is this foul creature. Because he can fucking shred."
A creature of far fewer words (preferring that his guitar "speak for itself"), Pustulus nevertheless chimed in, declaring "I am blood-sworn to honor the legacy of the great Flattus and indeed the whole Maximus tribe. I didn't come here to fuck around. HAIL FLATTUS!"
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Jackie Zinn, who has lived on Mill Pond Road for seven years, was cleaning up her front lawn's battered shrubbery among strewn vehicle parts earlier this afternoon. She said at 1:07 a.m., she heard what "sounded like an explosion." When she looked out her window to see a silver pickup truck swerving of the road and speeding away back out of the development. The driver also hit the transformer between Zinn's yard and her neighbors, knocking out power all along the street.
"Duke responded within 30 minutes," she said, explaining they used a crane to remove the broken old box and to replace it with a new one.
Zinn said she and other neighbors saw a silver pickup.
"We know it's a Toyota from all the parts they left behind," she said.
Cpl. Brian Benfield with South Caroline Highway patrol responded and said there was significant property damage.
"At this time we have an unknown vehicle that went of the road and struck mailboxes and bushes," he said. "It's still under investigation."
Zinn said she's grateful for the neighbord's Facebook page.
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white middle-class definition of patriarchy. Feminism has taught us that
identities and power relations are not rooted solely in gender and that there is
no single definition of womanhood.
does not pin personal blame on fathers. She sees them as having been battered by
forces that left them emotionally "crippled," mute, incapable of
ushering their sons into "manhood." Having been abandoned by their
fathers, sons are left with no moral compass, no sense of responsibility,
forever in search of paternal figures elsewhere, usually to no avail.
their fathers in World War II, soldiers in Vietnam, according to Faludi, did not
benefit from being in a brotherhood of men headed by paternal officers who would
give rough but loving guidance. Instead, the military of the 1960s adopted a
corporate style of management that treated soldiers like replaceable cogs, did
not inspire discipline or respect, and was mostly incompetent. The worst
officers were – you guessed it – fatherless, or nearly so, thus lacking those
all important roots in a sturdy masculinity that would enable them to properly
"father" their young recruits. "Symbolically speaking," says
Faludi, "what the fathers really passed on to their sons was not the GI
ethic but the GI Joe `action figure,' a twelve-inch shrunken-man doll whose main
feature was his ability to accessorize."
can certainly turn a phrase. Her writing is witty and clever, and sometimes
penetrating. But just as it can be hard to "establish a foothold on the
shiny flat surface of a commercial culture," so can it be difficult to
wrestle with some of Faludi's slippery concepts. What exactly was the G.I. ethic
of the previous fathers? Did it somehow net us fairer wars? And what's so bad
about accessorizing anyway? A lot of men do it. Gay men flaunt it. But then
again, they're not real men. So what is a real man? I still don 't know. Again,
Faludi misses an opportunity to critique the entire notion of masculinity, and
instead almost appears nostalgic for the old fashioned kind.
one of the most moving but ultimately disappointing sections of the book, Faludi
tells the story of the My Lai massacre through the eyes of Michael Bernhardt – a
witness of, but not a participant in, the massacre. While the rest of his
company speared babies and slaughtered children as they knelt in prayer,
Bernhardt ran around screaming, "This is wrong!" Why did Bernhardt
have the backbone to protest his fellow soldiers' actions? And where did he get
the courage to later come forward and publicly expose their terrible crimes?
Faludi offers a range of insight, but it comes down to the fact that Bernhardt
had a loving and present father who taught him that "being a man is about
responsibility, it's about taking care of people." Lieutenant Calley, the
officer immediately in command of Charlie Company, came from an
"emotionally cold family," with a father who drank too much and
"didn't really listen." Juxtaposing these two men in this context
implies that My Lai might not have happened if the officer in charge had had a
stronger relationship with his father. Indeed, it is possible that another
officer might not have ordered his men to kill in that particular instance. But
"My Lai" would have happened anyway, as it did, over and over again in
Vietnam. Villages were strafed; children were napalmed; the country was laid to
waste; and untold civilians were murdered in a fundamentally corrupt, illegal,
immoral war.
men are oppressed. In wildly different ways. Black men have a significant chance
of being imprisoned or dead before they reach middle age. Gay men are repeatedly
punished in a variety of ways for their sexuality. Working class boys will get
funneled into high schools that specialize in auto mechanics while their upper
class counterparts will go into liberal arts programs that teach the skills of
decisionmaking and control. Some working men spend their adult lives
manufacturing useless gadgets and barbaric weaponry, performing dangerous and
boring labor, or providing service with a smile to the privileged. Immigrant men
pick pesticide laden food at substandard wages. Upper class men, well, they have
a hard time expressing their feelings and they draw huge salaries from
corporations that pay them to maintain meaningless hierarchies. Poor things.
an eloquent passage, Michael Bernhardt, the My Lai massacre witness, wonders
about the definition of man. "All these years I was trying to be all these
stereotypes. And what was the use? It's a variable thing. You can't score it.
I'm beginning to think now of not even defining it anymore. I'm beginning to
think now just in terms of people." Faludi applauds Bernhardt's rejection
of the masculine yardstick, and she echoes his sentiment in her conclusion. But
deciding to think of everyone as "people" doesn't work either. That
means not having to address the way power can fall along gender lines, with the
guys usually coming out on top, even if they get stiffed along the way. In other
words, we still need to understand how society constructs a damaging
"masculinity," at the expense of everyone, and we need to envision the
plethora of liberating ways it could be reconstructed.


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Christmas Cookie and Sweet Goods Sale
When: 1 p.m. Sunday
Where: The Pentecostals of Troy, 8965 Route 162, Troy
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Holiday Baking Bites
What: Kids Cooking Class for ages 5-12
When: 1-3 p.m. Dec. 14 and Dec. 15
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Cost: $15 (Parent free.)
Reservations: Required to 233-0513
Features: Join the culinary staff to make a variety of goodies, including Holly Jolly Bites, Taste of Christmas Pancakes, Santa's Sweet Treat and Dipped Candy Canes with Hot Cocoa. Students will bring home a sweet holiday treat.
Amazing Appetizers
What: Lunch and Learn class
When: Noon to 1 p.m. Dec. 18
Where: Eckert's Country Store, 951 S. Greenmount Road, Belleville
Cost: $20
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Features: Learn some creative shortcuts to getting filling appetizers on the holiday table in no time. This class offers a tasty way to spend lunch with a friend. This is an encore class from 2013 with new recipes.
Pasteurized eggs now sold in metro-east
Home cooks and bakers can now buy pasteurized whole-shell eggs locally.
Safest Choice Eggs provide a healthy option for all consumers, including children, pregnant women, and others who need be especially concerned about possible salmonella contamination when eating raw eggs. That means that for the holidays, you can make eggnog without concerns about food safety. Soft-cooked eggs, silk desserts, ice cream and especially this time of year, eating raw cookie dough are no longer a concern.
Safest Choice eggs are locally sold at Dierbergs and Schnucks.
And, no worries about confusing them with eggs you might buy that aren't pasteurized: Each Safest Choice Egg is stamped with a red circle "P" on the shell.
Wonder how they do it without cooking the egg? The company says pasteurization is an all-natural process, that it involves only heat (not chemicals or irradiation). Safest Choice eggs go through a series of warm-water baths to eliminate bacteria.
Cost is $3.50 per dozen. Go to safeeggs.com for more information and to get a 75-cent coupon.
Shut the door on trying to save thawed food
Q: I found the door of my deep freezer open on a Monday morning. I hadn't gone into it since Friday night. All the food was completely defrosted, but still felt cool. Could I cook and refreeze the food to save it?
A: That heartbreaking question came in while I was at a seminar with several other food writers. No one at the table hesitated in the answer: No.
If food is partially thawed -- if it still has ice crystals in it -- it can be refrozen. But if it is completely defrosted, even if it is still cool, it must be discarded. There's no way to know how long the food was outside the safe-temperature zone, which is below 40 or above 140 degrees.
Many refrigerators and freezers now come with a door alarm that will let you know if the door has completely closed. You know why if you've ever had to throw away everything in a deep freezer. It's worth checking with your home insurance provider to find out if the contents of your deep freezer are covered.
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Anna Page has to wait at least 18 years for her ultimate goal.
You have to be 35 to run for president, and her first shot would be in 2032.
The 17-year-old is student representative on the Poway Unified School District's Board of Trustees.
Anna also is involved in the Rancho Penasquitos Town Council and the California YMCA Youth & Government Board of Directors.
She ran for youth governor of California and though she didn't win the position she said she learned a lot.
She's also reaching for the stars.
"I learned valuable lessons in campaigning, conveying a message, self-portrayal and being resilient after a setback," she said. "I will use these lessons to accomplish my future goals of running for Congress and eventually president of the United States."
Anna said she's inspired by any woman who has contributed to the "progress of America without compromising her values."
Advice for young people:
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---- — Frances "Frank" Clupny, 89 of Centerville, passed away Friday, June 21, 2013 at Mercy Medical Center in Centerville.
According to family wishes, Frank has been cremated and there will be no services at this time.
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OSKALOOSA — Ice fishing and other winter activities draw people near water and there are several safety topics people need to review before they head outside.
Ice fishing is a popular sport that lasts all winter.
"Once the ice gets to 4 to 5 inches of good, clear ice, it lasts until the ice starts to deteriorate," Mahaska County Conservation Board Director Dave Sedivec said. When ice deteriorates, "it will have a dark, cloudy color," he added.
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources ice thickness guidelines are: If ice is 2 inches or less, stay off; if ice is 4 inches thick, it is safe for ice fishing or other activities on foot; 5 inches is good for snowmobiles or ATVs; 8 inches to 12 inches can support a car or small pickup truck; and 12 to 15 inches can support a medium truck.
A determining factor for ice thickness is if the water is a pond vs a river.
"Moving water doesn't freeze as hard," Sedivec said. "If there is a spring coming up in a pond, the spring will make the ice weaker."
Snow cover also determines ice thickness.
"If ice forms and you get a layer of snow on it, the snow will act as an insulator and the ice will form more slowly," Sedivec said.
Ice thickness can vary on a body of water too.
A beaver or muskrat run will cause the ice to be thinner, Sedivec said. Also, geese that live at Lake Keomah can make the ice thinner where they naturally gather, he added.
"Ice can be thinner closer to shore," Sedivec said. Things like trees, poles sticking out of the water or the shore absorbs the sun's heat and causes ice to be thinner, he added.
Sedivec advises people to not go out on ice alone. Also, they should carry some basic gear to help themselves if they fall through ice.


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It's a pretty slow genealogy news day, and I'm tuckered out from transcribing wills and deeds for most of the day, so...you get more curious, strange and humorous names from the posts on the BlackSheep mailing list:
* Fathergone Dinley -- I guess Mom named this baby!
* Watching Mather -- this baby must have had big wide open eyes
* Repent Savage -- hmmm, this could have lots of meanings
* Pleasance Jolly -- I'll bet he never spoke badly of any person
* Constant Clapp -- it's not the baby's fault!
* Preserved Clapp -- Clapp used to be an honorable surname
* Brightberry Brown Gardner -- different!
* Ima Dymple -- this seems too good to be true. Wonder who she married?
* Icy Ann Frost -- a cool name for a little girl
* Possom Sisson -- unbelievable, eh?
Then there were whole families with interesting children's names:
* Jordan family -- children Dominicus, Rishworth, Neafpon, Lonxy, Fowlke, Keziah, Tristram, Clement, Styleman, Shuah, Mehitable, Melatiah, Sylvanus, Israel and Lemuel.
* Johnson family -- children named Commodore Perry, Andrew Jackson, Zachariah Taylor, Capotle, Pheuba Jane and Noble.
* Holcomb family -- children named Mary Safronia, Ettie Any, Jappie Jay, Aral Tee, Jimmy Dee, Nettie Anner, Tone, Billie Dee, Vonnie B. and Oral.
God bless each one of them - at least the boys weren't named Sue.
What were their parents thinking???


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EARNEST LEE PORTER, age 77, of Cuba, Alabama, passed April 6, 2009 in Marion, Mississippi at the Infinity Hospice Care Facility.
Funeral services will be Monday, April 13, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. from Mt. Olive Baptist Church, Cuba. Rev. C. L. Walk, pastor will deliver the eulogy. Interment to follow in Morning Star Cemetery. Mr. Porter will lie in repose one hour prior to funeral time. Visitation for family and friends is scheduled Sunday afternoon (April 12th) from 2-5:00 p.m. from the WEATHERLY FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL at York. On Monday morning, the processional will leave from the residence of his niece, Demeta Porter, located 100 F.N. Nixon Circle #31 at 10:40 a.m.
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Don't Kid Yourself. You Are Expendable.
Anyone here like Office Space?
Dumb question.
Anyway, there's a part in the movie that has always rang true to me more than any other, although most of it is biting. It's the conversation Michael Bolton and Samir have with Peter. And it goes something like this:
Lumbergh's gonna have me work on Saturday, I can tell already. And I'm gonna do it because I'm a big pussy. Which is why I work at Initech to begin with.
Uh, I work at Initech and I don't consider myself a pussy, ok?
Yes, I am also not a pussy.
And they're gonna find out the hard way that I'm not a pussy if they don't start treating us software people better.
That's right.
They don't understand. I could come up with a program that could rip that place off big time…big time.
Later in the movie Michael and Samir get shitcanned. No warning. Just dumped. And all that fuck you bravado went straight out the window.
That boasting and self-assurance is something I have heard throughout my entire advertising career. A bunch of fevered egos strutting around thinking they're untouchable. They're rock stars. They kill it. They basically do everything important, do nothing wrong, and if you don't agree you can go fuck yourself.
They bitch about how poorly they're treated. They whine and complain about the long hours, the crappy pay, the shit benefits, the awful clients, the dogshit briefs, the lousy account managers, the rotten creatives and the fact that the agency is going down the crapper. But they are the oasis in this desert of mediocrity. They shine. And without them, the whole damned company would be nothing.
I guarantee, you will hear this raving braggadocio conversations in your agency sometime this week. Probably sometime today if you tee up a conversation with "how are things going?" or "what's going on with client X?"
You may even, dare I say it, be one of the people who believes they are, in fact, the most important cog in the machine.
Think about it.
Do you think "this place would be fucked without me" at least once a week? Do you wonder how half the people around you get a paycheck? Do you have to bite your fist to stop yourself saying "how the fuck are you still employed?" to your boss?
Well, this is your wake-up call.
I don't care if you're the boy who gets the mail, the blonde bombshell account exec, the award-winning writer or art director, or the shit-hot creative director.
When push comes to shove, and other suitable clichés, you are not bulletproof. The sad fact is, there are meetings happening all the time about the state of the business. If you're part of a large corporation, there's a meeting like that happening right now.
They talk about profit margins. Trimming the dead wood. Streamlining. Hiring a younger team. Bringing in new experience. Fresh blood. Or just "that smartass who never stops complaining."
If you're a crack creative team with 20 years' experience, that means you (hopefully) do fabulous work. It also means you get paid more than most, and have the attitude that goes with it. There are younger, better looking, hungrier teams out there willing to do your job for half the price. And they won't spend all day bitching about the shitty clients and awful briefs, they'll just be happy to be in work. They're in, you're out.
That's when you sit up one morning, and realize you didn't have it so fucking bad after all. And shit, where do I go from here?
I know people like this. It sucks for them, and it's scary for me because I come close to being that arrogant, whiny little bitch on a daily basis. Sometimes, I fit into the role like it was made just for me.
When you find yourself thinking you are unbeatable, unfireable (it's not a word, but it works) and irreplaceable, remember you are none of the above. You may be great, perhaps even the best at what you do, but it doesn't give you immunity form the axe. All it takes is for one big client to leave, one important person to hate your guts, or one stinking bad attitude, and you're out on your ear.
And as I finish this, I should also add…spending time doing something other than what you're paid to do is also something that can put you on the hot list.
But shit, at least I look busy to passersby.
Felix is a site contributor, ranter and curmudgeon for The Denver Egotist. He's been in the ad game a long time, but he's still young enough to know he doesn't know everything. If he uses the f-bomb from time-to-time, forgive him. Sometimes, when you're ranting, no other word will do. In his spare time, he does not torture small animals. He's been known, on occasion, to drink alcohol by the gallon. Do as he says, not as he does.
Ah man, I read this headline and was expecting to disagree with this editorial but you are totally right. I carried this attitude with me for way too long and it infected the people around me at work and also at home. It cost me friends and caused me to lose out on too many opportunities. It's my greatest regret and after starting my own company and being on the flipside of trying to earn business and work directly with clients it was immediately apparent that you cannot have this outlook and succeed. People can smell it. They can hear it in your voice and feel it when you walk in the room.
I don't know so much if 'people' are expendable but 'attitudes' are definitely expendable. I think what you are highlighting is attitude. From personal experience I adopted this attitude as a defense mechanism and I would hazard a guess that's why a lot of creatives do it. It's a business of fragile egos. You have to 'defend' your ideas and it's tough to literally be 'on the defense' when you pour your heart into what you do.
Deep down I think everyone knows they are expendable but it becomes a question of attitude. Do you keep being the kind of person you are pointing out or do you change your attitude. The way out I found was to decide to be grateful first. When you begin to feel those 'yeah these bastards are lucky to have me' thoughts creeping in that's when you flip immediately to thinking of what you are grateful for. It moves that attitude out of the way before it can take over. If you start your thinking or attitude off with 'I am lucky to be here, I am grateful for this opportunity, I am grateful to have these talents, I am grateful to be able to be creative for a living, etc.' it changes the direction of the mind. It's hard to be defensive, negative and bitter when you are feeling grateful. Almost impossible really.
It's an exercise you have to remind yourself to do every day. When those thoughts start creeping in you have to cut them off right away. You can feed your ego with all kinds of thoughts and decisions but nothing feeds the ego faster than negativity. I fed my ego that diet for a long time and it was like a cancer that ate up my soul.
Be grateful. Happiness isn't something that you ascertain, it's a choice. You have to decide if you are going to 'be' or 'not be'. Be thankful you work in this industry. Be thankful you earn a living. Be thankful you've been given a chance to do the job you have. Start from there. And do it right when you get out of bed by being thankful you have the money to pay for a comfy bed. That's the advice I have to give as a reformed 'fragile creative'.
I have a much less eloquent response. I'm an egotistical arsehole. Trying to stop. Losing the fight.
The one thing you left out was this isn't a bad thing. Those who recognize their expendability stay hungry, continue their education, and push for more out of themselves.
In my time in the agency world, I've seen this all too much.
it's called humility. it goes a long way in this industry.
agree with everything felix and christopher wrote. my friends say i'm not nearly the asshole i used to be, but i still have my moments. it's a good reminder to keep things in perspective.
Yes and no.
While any one of us could be dropped at any given minute just like Michael Bolton and Samir Na..Nainn...Na' gonna work here, you have to put your best energy into everything you work on and try to make yourself invaluable. Nobody is fireproof, but you will be out of a job much faster if you aren't trying to be the most valuable member on any given account.
I think carrying around that kind of attitude wastes a lot of energy which could otherwise be spent on something creative. However, most people don't wine and complain for absolutely no reason, which leads me believe that they feel undervalued. A well timed thank you can go a lot further to calm a flaring ego than your proverbial bitch slap...not that I didn't enjoy it.
all of what you say is true but there's no denying theres a ton of fuckyberg managers who dont do anything but yet always manage to keep their jobs when the lay offs come. lets be real


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Robinson wins 7th supreme honor in llamas
Kelsee Robinson has been a member of the Boone County 4-H Llama/Alpaca Project for seven years. And she's won seven supreme show awards — five supreme champions and two reserve supreme champions.Robinson added that fifth supreme champion award Tuesday.Continued ...
Poultry show hits new record
The Boone County 4-H Poultry Show was bigger than ever Tuesday, said project leader Doug Akers. The record number of birds entered had been 270; this year 300 birds were entered.But at the same time, the number of members has only increased by four.Continued ...
Lebanon man could face more sex crime charges
Police may file more sex crime charges against a Lebanon man once they have analyzed computer and other records.Continued ...
Boys & Girls Club needs $60,000 to finish year
The Lebanon Area Boys & Girls Club needs $60,000 to finish this year, board president Krista Hunter said Tuesday.Continued ...
Queen milks auction with cheese basket
This year's Miss Boone County, Rachel Miller, decided to take her queen cake in a different direction. Miller put together a cheese basket equipped with all of her favorite cheeses to be auctioned at the annual Boone County Extension Homemakers Open Show Fresh Baked Foods Auction Tuesday evening.Continued ...
Easter's Holstein wins top dairy show titles
Bryce Easter has been in the Boone County 4-H Dairy Show before, but Tuesday night was his first time in the winner's circle.Continued ...
Cat show overcomes challenges
Dog Project leader Sharon Simone took on a new job Sunday — judge of the Boone County 4-H Cat Show.Simone donned her green Boone County 4-H Dog Project T-shirt while judging the cats Sunday at the fairgrounds' Witham Pavilion.Continued ...
Extension office celebrates 100 years
The Boone County Extension Office joined the centennial celebration last Saturday of the federal act that established extension services.Curt Emanuel, Boone County Extension educator for agricultural and natural resources, said there was just one proContinued ...
Ford Road bridge to close about Aug. 1
Construction of a detour is nearly complete, and the Ford Road bridge over Eagle Creek will be closed on or about Aug. 1, Boone County Highway Superintendent Rick Carney told the Boone County Commissioners Monday.Continued ...
Debard wins 4-H Fair talent show
Lucas Debard warned everyone before he performed during the Boone County 4-H Fair Talent Contest that he didn't agree with the song he was about to sing.Continued ...
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"Dear Mr. [guy who blames Republicans for everything]:How wonderful it must be right now to be you. Most of us, if not all of us, go through life with some misery and pain, and we do not have an exact entity in which to blame all the world's troubles on. You, however, have managed to find this paradise, and for this I am extremely jealous.How nice it must be to have found your own personal Satan, and name it the Republican party.It seems to me that you are forgetting one of the most universal truths in all of mankind when you rail about the GOP. That truth is balance. You cannot have light without dark, good without bad, and Ben without Jerry. Suppose you get your wish and everyone votes for the Dems (because they are not Reps) and suddenly there were no more Republicans? Ever?Oh, I imagine you would dance and cheer and clap and for a short, brief, time have a grand party. But then it would slowly dawn on you. All of the items you railed about against the GOP...are still...there.There would still be unjust war. There would still be corrupt politicians. There would still be government agencies that are inept to levels beyond comprehension. People will still lie, people will still cheat, and peoplewill still steal.
The value in tossing the bums lies in reminding them that they can be tossed. If you think that the "culture of corruption" will go away if only we'd elect the Right People, then you lost the plot long ago. they were never serious about getting rid of the corruption...they just wanted a piece of it. Until you change the underlying incentives, the story will stay the same
Oh, and by the way, I do expect to be proven right that our new divided government will govern better than our old monopoly government.
So Cap, I assume this means you'll support the GOP in the Presidential race, not wanting a monopoly govt. and all.
(John McCain, despite all of them lame things he'll be doing between now and 2008, still a basically honest man.)
But when you try to change the underlying incentives, angry conservatives will hate you for the rest of your life for "trampling on the first amendment",
The underlying incentives have to do with wielding governmental power. Lessen the power of government, you'll lessen the temptation to lobby those within it.
Somehow, this would have come across as more sincere if written instead to Republicans, in 1998, 2000, 2002, or 2004.
Just please, not Jeb.
Just please, not Jeb
I believe the vast amounts of money sloshing through politics are a symptom, rather than a cause of the bad incentives and structural problems.
Agreed. People don't enter politics (at least initially) for the monetary rewards. They enter for power.
I always thought they entered politics to try and make the world, or at least the country, a better place.
Agreed. People don't enter politics (at least initially) for the monetary rewards. They enter for power. I always thought they entered politics to try and make the world, or at least the country, a better place.
Agreed. People don't enter politics (at least initially) for the monetary rewards. They enter for power.
Of all tyrannies a tyranny exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It may be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
That may be one of the most naieve things I have ever heard,
So you're kind of right.......
It's the same thing. As has been said before, the worst tyrant is a do-gooder. People who want to 'change the world' in government are necessarily looking for power.
So the Democrats get power for two years - BFD. If Pelosi/Reid/Rangel/Kennedy/Conyers let it go to their heads and impeach Bush and raise taxes, then 2008 goes the other way and maybe the Republicans govern with a little integrity for 4 or 5 years. What's so bad about that?
If we did away with political science departments
Then we move to federal power, if you eliminate federal power, you necessarily increase local power, and we are all aware of the abuses and corruption endemic to local power, often far worse than anything the fed has done.
It's a big deal to our troops in Iraq, who (I'm told by friends serving there who have emailed me) figure they've just been betrayed.
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Kathryn Wieber has been preparing for the role of Lucia for more than a decade, and next week the Conard High School senior will have the chance as Emanuel Lutheran Church in Hartford celebrates the commencement of the Christmas season with the annual St. Lucia Festival.
"Kathryn has been in the Lucia Festival every year since she was 3 or 4. It's a big thing and she is truly honored to be Lucia," said Claudia Wieber of West Hartford, Kathryn's mom.
Many criticize the commercialization of the holidays, but the celebration of St. Lucia is anything but commercial. This is the 99th year that Emanuel Lutheran has held the festival, and it is replete with the same traditions, and the same songs sung in Swedish, by candlelight, as it was nearly a century ago.
Emanuel Lutheran dates back to 1889, and it is still known as "the Swedish church" despite today's diverse congregation. St. Lucia Day (pronounced, Santa Lou-see-ah) is an important element of the church's ritual.
There are many stories and folklore traditions surrounding Lucia, but a quick summary is that Lucia was an Italian princess who became a Christian and used her dowry to go out under the darkness of night to deliver clothing and food to other Christians who were forced into hiding. The Vikings, traveling to Italy for trade purposes, brought Lucia's story back to Scandinavia. St. Lucia Day, also known as the Festival of Light, is still celebrated in Sweden on Dec. 13. The oldest girl in the family has the honor of being Lucia and dresses up in a white robe with a red sash, wears a wreath of lingonberry leaves adorned with seven candles on her head, and serves her family members Lusselkatter, a Swedish bun.
At Emanuel Lutheran, the children of the congregation, ranging from kindergartners through high school seniors, dress in Scandanavian costumes to perform a traditional St. Lucia Pageant, singing holiday songs in Swedish by candlelight. This year there are 31 kids in the pageant, and 11 of them are from West Hartford.
Kathryn started off as a Tomtar (Swedish "elves," who may be either helpful or mischievous, and are said to live in the floorboards of homes), and progressed to a Swedish child and then a Lucia attendant before learning last year that she would be the next Lucia.
Boys in the festival also begin as Tomtar, and then move on to roles as Baker Boys (symbolizing food), and Star Boys/Lantern Boys (symbolizing the triumph of light through darkness). Toby Holleretz, a Conard sophomore, is this year's Star Boy.
Other West Hartford participants include Lindsay Hopper (Lucia Attendant), Maria Flanders (Lucia Attendant), Lily Holleretz (Lucia Attendant), Molly Swanson (Lucia Attendant), Brynn Murphy (Swedish Girl), Megan Murphy (Swedish Girl), Mary Holleretz (Swedish Girl), Brendan Murphy (Tomtar), and Matt Kloss (Baker Boy).
"It's sort of like a hierarchy. Lucia is the one thing all the girls are trying to get to," Kathryn said of the lead role, which is typically filled by a high school senior. Some years there are two Lucias and they split the shows, but this year she is the only one.
Since all of the songs are sung in Swedish, Kathryn has had to spend considerable time preparing for the festival, practicing an hour or two each Sunday after church since early September.
"Once you get to high school you know the songs pretty well, but it takes lots of practice – especially the Swedish pronunciation," she said.
She's had some help from someone who speaks Swedish, to be sure she gets it right, since correct pronunciation is very important to the native Swedish speakers in the congregation.
Some of the songs are traditional Christmas carols such as "O Holy Night" and "Silent Night," sung in Swedish, but others are unfamiliar.
This year's Lucia Festival has the involvement of another Wieber. Kristin, Claudia and Ken Wieber's oldest daughter who is a senior at UConn, is director. Kristin was Lucia when she was a high school senior, and Claudia said she loved the show so much that she decided to come back and direct it.
Kathryn said it's been "very fun" working with her sister, and even though they occasionally get on each other's nerves, the overall experience has been great.
The St. Lucia Festival will be held next Friday, Dec. 7, at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Swedish inspired crafts and refreshments are available after each performance.
For the cast members, the time in between the performances is another tradition – the cast dinner where the current Lucia reads aloud a letter written to her from by the previous year's Lucia.
"It's a really cool tradition. The cast becomes very close and it has a special place in everyone's heart," said Kathryn.
"It's a really nice, non-commercial way to start the Christmas season," Claudia said.
Performances will be held at Emanuel Lutheran Church in Hartford (311 Capitol Avenue, www.emanuelhartford.org). Tickets can be purchased at the door: $5 for adults and $2 for children. A portion of the ticket sales will be donated to Hands on Hartford 's MANNA food pantry program.
Free parking is available behind the church via Hungerford Street and in the large state lot a half-block to the east on the corner of Capitol and Oak Streets, across from the Legislative Office Building.


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The Bayfront Marin House, a waterfront bed and breakfast in St. Augustine, Florida, will celebrate the Fourth of July with a patriotic menu for their daily happy hour.
St. Augustine, Florida (PRWEB) July 02, 2014
The cooks at the Bayfront Marin House, a waterfront bed and breakfast in St. Augustine, Florida, have put together a patriotic menu for the Fourth of July that will have their guests celebrating the nation's history, while enjoying delicious treats for hapy hour.
"We thought it would be fun to feature historic recipes that were enjoyed earlier in our nation's history," says bed and breakfast owner Mike Wieber. All the recipes for the inn's two-hour happy hour on July 4 will be taken from the White House Cookbook of 1887.
"There were plenty of recipes that we didn't have any interest in replicating," says Wieber. "But there were plenty that looked quite good, as well. We ultimately came up with four recipes that we thought would be wonderful heritage treats for Independence Day."
Menu items for July 4 include ham salad on toast, crab salad (a nod to Wiebers' Maryland home), cayenne cheese twists and homemade pickles. In addition, the bed and breakfast staff will make a cherry pie for dessert.
"We know that the story of George Washington cutting down a cherry tree is a myth," says Wieber, "but we found a recipe that promised a 'most good pie', and we thought that would be an appropriate way to end Independence Day 2014."
The Bayfront Marin House is located in St. Augustine's historic district, and is just a short walk to everything that downtown has to offer travelers--great dining, museums, art galleries, as well as the Fireworks over the Matanzas. In fact, the fireworks can be seen from the inn's front lawn.
"There's no better place to celebrate the birth of our nation than St. Augustine, the oldest city in the country," says Wieber. "Visitors who want to celebrate with us should call us at (904) 824-4301, or go online to http://www.bayfrontmarinhouse.com."
About the Bayfront Marin House
The Bayfront Marin House is a waterfront bed and breakfast located in the historic district of St. Augustine, Florida. With 15 luxurious rooms, the inn has been recognized for its hot southern breakfasts, two-hour happy hour, and concierge-level service. Reservations can be made online at http://www.bayfrontmarinhouse.com, or by calling (904) 824-4301.
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The Family Fund is an annual giving campaign that offers USC Upstate faculty, staff, and retirees the opportunity to make personal gifts to the University that will have a direct impact on the campus, our students and employees. Gifts can be made by using our pledge form or by donating online.
These gifts strengthen our future by funding scholarships, making capital improvements and supporting the mission of the University, which is teaching, research and service. Every contribution, no matter what size, adds value and strength to the USC Upstate campus and enables us to better serve our students!
This year's theme: "Battle of the Buildings" will offer weekly prizes: Exxon Gas Gift cards, four NASCAR tickets, Sodexo Holiday Package, Dinner at the Piedmont Club with Chancellor and Mrs. Moore, Golf Package at Willow Creek, and a weekend getaway to Folly Beach. Drawings will be held every Friday beginning August 23 through Friday, September 27 and announced on Mondays in the weekly Newsroom email. The 2013-2014 Family Fund Campaign begins on August 1, 2013 and continues through June 30, 2014. We are focusing on the six-week period between August 23 and September 27 to focus on the participation rate, but gifts are accepted throughout the year.
Gifts and pledges of any amounts are welcome and appreciated. Be sure to check The Newsroom for dates and information.Weekly Drawings:August 23- Golf Package at Willow Creek August 30- $150 Exxon Gas Cards September 6- (4) NASCAR tickets September 13- Sodexo Holiday Package September 20- Dinner at the Piedmont Club with Chancellor and Mrs. Moore September 27- Weekend Getaway at Folly BeachUSC Upstate has 23 buildings/groups including The George, UCG and our Retirees participating in this year's campaign. Each building/group has identified "Team Captains" to help encourage their colleagues to support the Family Fund. Any building/group that reaches 100% participation will receive a special luncheon- so make your gift TODAY!Building on the success of last year's campaign, our goal this year is to raise $100,000 with a 65% participation rate. With your help we can do it!
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By Nathan Harter
Daily News
---- — After years of sunlight streaming into the house, we now live in Virginia, where the trees grow taller, in part to keep houses cool in the sweltering heat. Little did we expect to miss the light so much.
Now, by five o'clock, it feels as though the day has come to an end. The neighborhood has already grown dark. We have had the experience of driving to the store at seven or eight and remarked that the sun is still up over there. Who knew?
Back in Indiana, the sun lifted our spirits during the day. We could see the weather coming, especially the turbulence, but more importantly we could watch sunsets. For the best of these, we might pop up and go outside for a several minutes just to glory in the colors. I would turn to my wife and in a hollow gesture say, "I give this to you, my sweet."
In summer, as the evening lingered late, I could step out the back door and revel in extended day, sometimes lapsing into silent gratitude. Most of us remember going back outdoors after dinner for a couple of extra hours to play "spud" or catch lightning bugs. My family knows that once the sunlight struck the northern face of the house, I would cheer up, because it meant summer break.
Though my ancestors dwelt in the Black Forest hunting deer, I find myself mildly depressed in the prolonged shadows. Our house here has air conditioning, so I don't need all the shade. Not to mention that in hurricanes, trees fall readily. Who needs that?
So out in my studio, facing the woods in back, I find myself stopping to catch the sunlight that penetrates the foliage. I look for excuses to leave the house, maybe drive to the river's edge, just so I can catch the end of the day and maybe discover that, hey, look at that sunset!
It might be a weird analogy, but having reached 50 years of age, I meditate on the end of my days, the last decade or two in the sunlight. I should want the sunlight beaming on me right up to the end and not settle in among the shadows prematurely, misled into believing the day is done.
Even the cloudiest days can end with a flourish of color and light. Who knows whether tonight the horizon will burst into radiant pink and orange, in swirling textures and bold designs? I don't want to miss it.
Pondering old age and death when there are hours left to play seems needlessly sad. Living amid the trees, I forget what it was like. I should go back out after dinner, as in days of yore, dancing like a pagan and chasing my wife and finally standing shoulder-to-shoulder facing the west with a satisfied salute as the sun finally goes in. Good-bye, friend, and thank you.
Then, having lived life fully before my death, I can retire for the night in faith that there will be another dawn, an awakening, and an enduring summer's day when we are all as children let loose to play on the warm grasses, forever.
Nathan Harter writes a weeky lifestyle column for The Daily News. You can catch more of his musings online at www.greensburgdailynews.com


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Tennis Gardens wins USTA honor
Date: September 2, 2009
by: Robin Hartill | Community Editor
The Tennis Gardens at the Longboat Key Club and Resort is one of 12 winners of the 28th annual United States Tennis Association Outstanding Facility Awards Program, the USTA announced Tuesday, Sept. 1.
The awards recognize excellence and/or renovation of tennis facilities throughout the country. The Tennis Gardens is the only private facility in the state that will be honored in the 2009 USTA Outstanding Facility Awards Program.
The Tennis Gardens will be honored with other recipients at an awards ceremony at the USTA semi-annual meeting Sunday, Sept. 6, at the Grand Hyatt, in New York City.
The Key Club unveiled the $4.5 million Tennis Gardens facility in March. The complex has 20 Har-Tru courts with a state-of-the-art HydroGrid irrigation system, five lighted courts for night play, a tennis concierge to arrange matches and organize group events, Court 21 Café and Lounge, a pro shop and more. The Tennis Gardens stadium seats 500 people, but seats can be added to an adjacent court to seat up to 2,500 people.
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- The Key Club earned this honor. What a fantastic facility! Proof that the Longboat Key Club can enhance the island's beauty. I wonder if IPOC will dispute this award as they have with the rest of the LBKC's plans?
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Commissioner Lynn Larson's three grandchildren, Zander, 9, Zora, 8, and Zoe Ramsey, 5, got a close-up look at what Longboat Key police and firefighters do to keep residents safe earlier this month, during a tour of the police and north fire stations.
Mar Vista dollars to benefit local teen
Mar Vista Dockside Restaurant & Pub's walls and ceiling are covered with dollar bills, signed and decorated by patrons. Every few years the restaurant removes the bills for a good cause.
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Thousands turned out for Cullman's inaugural Farm Y'all festival Saturday to celebrate the county's agricultural heritage with local grown produce, gourmet cooking demonstrations, giant pumpkins and games.
Downtown was taken over by families and farmers out enjoying the warm weather and bluegrass music as vendors sold everything from refreshing cold lemonade to mouthwatering barbecue sandwiches. Trent Boyd of Cullman took home the prize for largest pumpkin —tipping the scales at 903 pounds — while Frank Mudd of Flaherty, Ky. claimed the biggest watermelon at 276 pounds.
"It took a lot of fertilizer and water and good luck, good weather and good seeds," Boyd said his behemoth pumpkin that kids took turns crawling on for pictures.
The event drew people from as far away as California to explore Cullman's vast agriculture and learn how to turn locally produced fruit, vegetables and meats into world-class meals.
"We've really enjoyed ourselves. It's been a lot of fun," said Irma Hatcher who drove up from south Georgia with her husband, Louis, to visit their Cullman relatives, Fred and Sherry Brown.
"My favorite has been the ice cream," Sherry Brown said.
Dozens packed the tent to watch renowned Birmingham chefs Dyron Powell from Dyron's Lowcountry, Frank Stitt from Highlands Bar and Grill, Chris Hastings from the Hot and Hot Fish Club and Clif Holt with Little Savannah prepare items straight off their respective restaurant menus.
"I started in 1995, and I fell in love with using food that's in season," said Hastings. "It's all about celebrating those moments. Our menus are written daily with whatever fresh items we have. It's all about honoring the farmers and fisherman that produce this food."
At the Cullman County Museum, festival goers watched a screening of the documentary film, "Eating Alabama", directed by Alabama native and independent filmmaker, Andrew Beck Grace and received tips on how to make your own baby food and other food preparation and preservation techniques. Meanwhile across the street at Festhalle, local growers proudly displayed their fresh foods, canned items, baked goods and arts and crafts.
Horse shoes, tractors and cows took over Depot Park where kids took part in three-legged and potato sack races and watermelon seed spitting contests. Even Mayor Max Townson tested his seed spitting prowess with local kids.
"This is fantastic for the city of Cullman and Cullman County," Townson said as he relaxed in a chair in one of the many tents. "We're showcasing Cullman and how it is the number one place to live, work, play and worship."
"This is the first year we've done this, and from what I can see, I'd say it was a huge success. We've had people come from all the way in California to folks from Birmingham to Blount and Morgan counties."
A combined effort of the Alabama Cooperative System, the Cullman Area Chamber of Commerce, the Farm City Committee, and the Cullman County Master Gardener's Association and sponsored by Trigreen Equipment, Farm Y'all festival's mission was to bring awareness of local farmers and how they impact our community and our world.
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Emanuel McGirt, a 6-foot-5, 271-pound offensive tackle at Durham Hillside, ended what was becoming one of the most contested recruiting battles in the Southeastern United States on Tuesday when he tweeted, "I'm officially committed to the University of North Carolina!" #TarHeels.
"His recruitment really didn't take off this spring like I thought it would, but for the last two months he has been one of the hottest players around," said Michael Clark, a recruiting specialist for Scout.com.
"Florida, Georgia, LSU, Tennessee, Kentucky, Vanderbilt and South Carolina all were involved. And they all really wanted him. It came down to Carolina, N.C. State and Georgia, I think, and UNC did a great job to get him."
Clark said McGirt has tremendous potential.
"He is an exceptional athlete who moves very well," Clark said. "He is a guy who will be able to carry 320, 330 pounds with no problem. He is an extremely high character guy that plays in a program with a history of developing players. Hillside's Antonio King is one of the best coaches in the state. When players leave his program, they are ready."
More recruiting: The Triangle has some of the most highly recruited high school football players in the country but only Wake Forest runner Bryce Love (5-foot-10, 184) has cracked the Rivals top 100 list. Love is ranked No. 98.
North Carolina is well represented on Rivals' top list with No. 47 defensive end Jalen Dalton of West Forsyth (6-foot-6, 220), No. 60 defensive tackle Shy Tuttle of North Davidson (6-foot-2, 308), No. 79 defensive end Darian Roseboro of Lincolnton (6-foot-4, 283) and Love.
Scout.com has those four players rated as four-star prospects along with Princeton runner Johnny Frasier (5-foot-11, 205), who Scout ranks the No. 1 prospect in the state and the No. 3 running back prospect in the country.
Scout also gave four stars to Matthews Butler quarterback Anthony Ratliff (6-foot-2, 185), who is committed to North Carolina; Cleveland defensive tackle Sterling Johnson (6-foot-5, 270, Clemson); Cornelius Hough cornerback Mark Fields (5-foot-11, 180, South Carolina); Garner runner Nyheim Hines (5-foot-9, 180); Hough safety Van Smith (6-foot-0, 185, Clemson) and Northern Guilford cornerback Mook Reynolds (6-foot-0, 170, Virginia Tech).
247 recruiting has Tuttle (No. 29), Dalton (57) and Frasier (85) in its composite top 100. They are followed in the North Carolina rankings by Fields, Roseboro, Hines, Love and Johnson.
More on the way: Clark said the Triangle has an exceptional group of football seniors, but that the junior class is just as impressive.
He believes Wake Forest tackle Dexter Lawrence (6-foot-5, 290) will be one of the top prospects in the country next year. Apex's versatile Ian Boyd (6-foot-3, 200), Millbrook quarterback Reid Herring (6-foot-3, 174), Southern Durham runner Jordan Brown (5-foot-10, 180) and Southeast Raleigh quarterback Dylan Parham (6-foot-4, 190) also get high marks.
"You look at the seniors and think there is no way the junior class can be as strong, but it is," Clark said.
Track relays: Cary High girls, running as Imp nation, had three top-five relays in the New Balance Nationals track and field championships in Greensboro last weekend.
Freshman Susie Ngwe and juniors Desirae Rowell, Lakeisha Warner and Layla White were fourth in the 4x100 and 4x200 and fifth in the Swedish 1,000 relays.
Wakefield High girls, running with the Junior Striders Track club, had three top-10 finishes. Senior Ama-Selina Tchume, juniors JeMay Ward and Tia Robinson and sophomore Breanne Bygrave were third in the 4x200, fourth in the 4x400 and ninth in the Swedish relay.
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- Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2
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- Sub Genre:
- Horror
- Release Date (US):
- February 25th, 2014
- Release Date (UK):
- February 27th, 2014
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- Developers:
- Mercury Steam
- Publisher:
- Konami
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- RP [Rating Pending]
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- 0 of 1166 Games
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- Platforms TBA.
About Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2
The sequel to Castlevania: Lords of Shadow sees the return of Gabriel Belmont. More details are due to be announced shortly, so stay tuned.
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A content-crammed, entertaining action adventure with a brilliant combat system, LOTS 2 is a fitting tribute to what may be MercurySteam's Castlevania curtain-call.
We like
- So much gameplay variation that it feels like an epic adventure
- Intuitive and in-depth combat system
- Rewarding open-world arena that begs to be explored
We dislike
- Dated-looking, slightly complicated skills menu could have been simplified and made to look more modern
- Some repetitive stealth play
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Picking up where MercurySteam's content-crammed action adventure left off, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 steps things up a notch with a darker, more thought-provoking chapter in the series which focuses on cult blood-sucker Dracula as he battles against Satan's acolytes and The Brotherhood Of Light across two very different settings: a modern city and his own Gothic castle. For those who played the first ...
- Posted Feb 25th 2014
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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 gets blood-sucking launch trailer
Konami has exhumed the blood-curdling launch trailer for upcoming vamp-'em-up, Casltevania: Lords of Shadow 2. Check it out below, and when you're done, be sure to sink your teeth into our full Lords of Shadow 2 review here. ...
- Posted Feb 25th 2014
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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 dev explains lack of PS4, Xbox One version
Speaking during an interview with GamingBolt, Konami's Dave Cox explained the reasoning behind keeping Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 on current-generation formats as opposed to the soon-to-launch PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Asked why the blood-sucking sequel remains on PlayStation 3 and Xb...
- Posted Oct 18th 2013
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Castelvania: Lords of Shadow Collection launches November, includes Lords of Shadow 2 demo
Konami has confirmed that the Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Collection will be released on November 8, 2013 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The collection includes the original Castlevania: Lords of Shadow, Castlevania: Lords of Shadow – Mirror of Fate HD and an exclusive demo of Castlevania: L...
- Posted Oct 9th 2013
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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 release date confirmed
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 will launch on February 28, 2014 for PlayStation 3, PC and Xbox 360, Konami has revealed. Developed by MercurySteam, Lords of Shadow 2 takes place in a modern-day setting, with players assuming control of Dracula – aka Gabriel Belmont, now undead and loving it...
- Posted Aug 21st 2013
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Konami bringing Castlevania, PES 2014 to Gamescom
Konami heavyweights Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 and Pro Evolution Soccer 2014 will be strutting their stuff at Gamescom next month, the company has revealed. Both games will be playable at the Cologne-based games convention, and fresh announcements pertaining to each title will be made at the ...
- Posted Jul 22nd 2013
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Dracula out for blood in Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2 E3 trailer
Konami has released the official E3 trailer for upcoming blood-sucking sequel Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2. The trailer gives us confirmation that Lords of Shadow 2 will be with us 'this winter,' which doesn't necessarily mean it'll be released this year – it could...
- Posted Jun 7th 2013
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Fresh Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 details surface
The latest issue of Official PlayStation Magazine has spilled the beans on some of the new features included in the follow-up to Castlevania: Lords of Shadow. Vampire protagonist Gabriel will have access to a new weapon in the form of the 'Blood Whip,' which is a ranged weapon similar to pr...
- Posted May 13th 2013
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Castlevania: Lords of Shadows 2 trailer
Since E3 2012, details have been sparse about Castlevania: Lords of Shadows 2, until last weekend's Spike Video Game Awards 2012. A brand new trailer premiered showcasing gameplay footage, stunning cinematic s and the return of Dracula. Gabriel Belmont returns in the sequel to the critically a...
- Posted Dec 10th 2012
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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 screens
Konami has unleashed a fresh batch of Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 screenshots for your consumption. The images follow hot on the heels of a new trailer for the game which debuted at the VGAs over the weekend. Lords of Shadow 2 sees hero Gabriel returning as Dracula as he attempts to regain...
- Posted Dec 10th 2012
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