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Martin had the physical attributes and intelligence to function well in college. But in the pros his physical attributes are average or worse given the way he gets manhandled routinely. One can make up for less than dominant physical gifts by intensity in training and practice, aggressiveness and will to win in contact, by mental toughness - but those attitudinal strengths are not part of Martin's skill set (even though they are part of Incognitos). Martin is a boy among men attitudinally. Not cut out for the NFL. Now he has found a way to whine his way into millions with the only expense being maligning his teammates - an expense he has no concern with - and he will never succeed in the NFL for exactly that reason, lack of character.
Agent: Jonathan Martin had issues with several Dolphins
Richie Incognito wasn't the only Dolphins player offensive tackle Jonathan Martin had issues with, his agent told ESPN's Mark Schwarz on Thursday.
Agent Rick Smith told ESPN that Martin, who walked out on the team last week, is doing very well but wouldn't say when his client would return to the team.
It's the latest volley between Martin's advisers, Dolphins players and media reports.
MMQB: An insider's look at Incognito and Martin
On Thursday, Fox Sports 1′s Alex Marvez reported Incognito was expected to file a grievance with the Dolphins after the team suspended him indefinitely following the release of voice mails that included a racial slur, expletives and threats against Martin and his family.
On Wednesday, ProFootballTalk.com cited multiple league sources in reporting Smith called Dolphins general manager Jeff Ireland before his client left the team Oct. 28 and complained about the manner in which the second-year player was being treated by Incognito.
In response, Ireland suggested Martin respond to Incognito physically and specifically mentioned that he should "punch" the veteran guard, the sources told ProFootballTalk.com.
Incognito and some of his teammates have denied that he bullied Martin, a second-year offensive lineman.
On Tuesday, in Incognito's most recent comments about the scandal, he said, "I'm just trying to weather the storm right now. This will pass."
Martin reportedly checked himself into a hospital for treatment immediately after leaving the team's headquarters.
At some point very, very, very soon expect Richie Incognito to file grievance vs @MiamiDolphins for losing his weekly $235,294.12 salary—
Alex Marvez (@alexmarvez) November 07, 2013
Martin have issues with Martin!
Let's take this issue from a different prospective. Martin was a high draft pick so he is under a lot of pressure to perform. He isn't doing as well as expected and it's noticeable.Yes, Incognito sent questionable text to Martin, 7 months ago!? I would think if other players heard racist statements being said to anyone they would have stepped up and taken issue with it, there are other 350lb players in that locker room full of testosterone!! So my point is if Martin felt he couldn't handle it and wanted out, but didn't want to lose his money, mommy and daddy being Harvard schooled lawyers found the ingredients. Just a thought.
Let's face it, defense's figured out how to blow by him. Just talk stake about his family, he will just break down. Wow really!
http://psychologyofsports.com/2013/11/08/martin-incognito-and-the-miami-dolphins-all-are-at-fault/ Incognito has a long history of issues and he clearly misread Martin's reactions if he thought things were well between them. As for Martin he too has issues. You do not leave your team and check into a hospital or hire a lawyer if you do not.
I don't think anyone is denying that Incognito went too far in trying to toughen up Martin. So who is the locker room backing,,, its not Martin so far. The gay lobby and the politically correct are sharpening their moral argument that somehow this testosterone filled locker room is the problem. Maybe we should just change football to a kind of chess battle where the players get together and talk about their issues and we will declare a winner when five or more players are in tears. Sports is now mirroring politics and social issues. No more tackling, we will just give butt pats to clear the way for our running backs. Social justice demands we have lesbian quarterbacks, transgender running backs. We will all vote liberal and San Francisco will win the Superbowl.
The Dolphins were pegged this year as a sleeper team in the league and possibly even a contender to dethrone the Patriots in the AFC East. They do have plenty of talent on both sides of the ball. Yet they're 4-4 and seemingly on their way to another mediocre-at-best season. So tell me how a locker room culture like theirs could possibly be good for a team.
Tannehill really comes off like a d-bag in this situation. he won't even stick up for the guy that protects his blind side. glad to see where your head is at tannehill.
So what if Martin punches Incognito in the mouth.
Is Incognito above suing another player for monetary reasons? He seems to think Rookies should buy jet skis for veterans and pay 30,000 dollar dinners. NFL Players are not immune to being arrested and charged with battery on another person. Same as every day work, if you get into an argument with a co-workers, you and the other person are called into HR and reprimanded. Should you hit a fellow co-worker, you get fired, if the person for whom you hit decides to press charges, you get arrested, you get charged and it goes to court, you get convicted of assault and battery. You get a felony charge or you get it reduced to a misdemeanor. You have a problem going back into your choosen profession if you are charged with a felony and you have problems finding another job if a future employer ask why you got fired?
So, anyone questioning Martin for not standing up to himself and fighting Incognito? I ask you this, would you do the same in your 9-5 job?
Martin is a f**kin stanford grad for crying out loud, hes not an idiot. if your being harassed by an a--hole and probably pouncey who has a rap sheet like most criminals. he did what any civilized man would do. he complained to the gm who said to just confront incognito physically. we are only really scratching the surface on this one. Martin was probably the smartest guy in that locker room by a landslide.
Martin walks into the team cafeteria, his offensive line teammates waive for him to sit down, he sits down, they stand up. That's it? That's what this 320 pound nfl player is crying about? That's why he felt the need to "tell the teacher"? A harmless high school prank that frankly the public should not have even known about. Martin is a rookie, it is acknowledged that rookies are to be treated like rookies in their first year. This type of "hazing" goes on in NFL locker rooms every single day, its simply part of the ropes, and its implemted primarily to develop mental toughness. The only difference is there isn't a hyper sensitive kid, who has been pampered with a velvet glove his entire life in every NFL locker room.
You know who's loving all of this? Mike Pouncey is. Dude got hit with a subpoena two weeks ago in connection with the Hernandez case, with possible involvement in an illegal gun running operation from state to state, which is a federal crime, and that story got swept under a rock.
Dolphins should just release Martin. You can never trust a rat.
What's even more sad are those fans who say, he's a 300 lb man, this is "the way it is" in professional football. What's the bigger problem? Blind acceptance of the status quo? Don't "rock the boat"?
He's a man who doesn't accept the status quo. He's there to play football and support his family, NOT the lifestyle of some deranged bully who has a different agenda.
Look at Incognito's "body of work". Suspensions everywhere he's been, college and pro, sexual harassment charges, crazy phone messages, with shocking threats.
And Martin is the problem? Ge your heads out of the sand and SEE this for what it really is folks!
If anything good comes out of this is if the Dolphins fire Philbin and Ireland, they are both awful.
I'm sorry but if you listen to the Lydon Murtha story plus what all the teammates are saying you would come to the conclusion that Martin was just too damn sensitive to be in the NFL, yes Incognito is an a-hole and probably didn't consider that his words were damaging Martin, Incognito probably talks to everyone that way and everybody just goes along with it and accepts it, obviously Martin was that one person who could not deal with it. There is a reason why the whole voice mail wasn't released by Martin's lawyer from what I understand is that Incognito was joking with Martin even though he did use the "N" word, but Incognito has used that word with other teammates (Mike Pouncey) but I guess in the locker room that word is not so discriminating as it would be if used in the corporate world. I know I use it with my brother and I'm not even black "hey was sup my ni..." but I guess is just the culture you grow up in.
Time to clean the house. Ireland and Philbin have to go. Your boss can´t say resolve the problem punching another co-worker. That´s well below professionalism in any way. BTW The Dolphins play against the winless Buccs next Monday on national TV.
Once again, the NFL "good ole boy network" goes into overdrive.This says a lot about the state of professional athletics, when a "high school" mentality of "cliques and bullying" takes priority over doing what's best for the team. It is apparent that this "boorish", knuckle-dragging Neanderthal isthe "cancer" on this team, and the reality is there isn't enough strength of character to fight it.Hats off to Martin for "standing up". It takes more "courage" to do what Martin did, than what it took for the team members who called him a "coward" have done, cowering in the shadows and supporting the kinds of behaviors that stand for everything WRONG in our society!Have always been a Dolphins fan. Those days are done! There's no integrity nor backbone in this organization.
Especially if you are doing your job well and not letting defenses run through you like the wind. Lets face it, the guy should of been benched, but the GM got rid of Jake Long and was reaching to replace him. This is on Ireland a total du__bag. He let this go too far. The team culture reflects the MANAGEMENT.
@Mech It sounds as though you are denying that Incognito went too far.
@mattdolloff So they should all be like Martin ? Glad to hear you pegged the problem.
@CamNY Tannehill spoke the truth as he observed it. He saw big guys bantering as guys do and did not see anything unusual in it. I might not that it was not unusual in locker rooms I was in. Both Incognito and Martin protect Tannehill. In any case I do not expect Tannehill to say anything other than the truth as he understood it.
That has been the problem, Tannehill has been on his back because of this tough mentally stable left gaurd, if he was doing his job, this would not have gone this far! Wake up.
@JeffWilliams the nfL isn't like every other day at work. Try to open your mind up a bit and see things from the other players point of view.
@JeffWilliams In the real world you make sense. However, this is not real life. People need to stop equating pro sports with real like. It is pro football. Bottom line - Martin should have said "no" and backed it up, exactly as countless rookies have done before him. Do you think that this is the first rookie that has been badgered, beaten, called names, had his manhood questioned? Obviously, no. But Martin is the first one to walk out and all of a sudden, football players are mean and horrible people?
@CamNY Did he complain to the GM? My understanding is that his agent spoke to the GM not Martin and did so as Martin was leaving basically. If he was going to complain, the first step would be to say something to Incognito. Depending on how that goes you escalate or not. I expect Incognito would have been shame faced and backed off.
@HayeemRudy How about telling him over and over that they were going to "train his sister"? They were going to gang bang her? That was just part of it. This is nothing more than sophomoric BS. Time for the childish behavior to be over with.
@HayeemRudy Moron, that is the only way to describe what you just wrote, you must and have to be an utter Moron. I can't possibly read another one of your quotes in fear that it could rub off on me and I would lose some sense of proper grammer and insight. Priceless.
@HayeemRudy Geez...you write a lot about something you apparently know absolutely nothing about. 1) Martin is not a rookie 2) There were threatening phone calls 3) He was being pressured to pay money for things he wasn't participating in and those are just the allegations I know of and I don't even follow the story closely. I've read explanations for all of it but not Martin's side really. So before you post, read a little more.
@HayeemRudy your dumb to think that this entire situation is just completely based on one incident.
@PatrickBatemanVP I agree - subject to the proviso that their lawyers need input to reduce the liability. There will probably be a cash payout involved. Martin is in a position where he can extort the cash by threatening continuing bad publicity and future lawsuits.
@PatrickBatemanVP Don't be ridiculous, nobody deserves the kind of treatment Martin's getting from his teammates. And like most bullying situations handling the problem in-house probably wouldn't have solved anything. You can't possibly believe this stuff happens to the same extent in the locker rooms of winning franchises. The fact that Richie Incognito goes around doing this and gets the support from his teammates is indicative of the problem itself, not anything wrong with Martin. The fact that nobody is supporting Martin in the locker room tells me that entire room is messed up, not him.
@PatrickBatemanVP You're an idiot
@PittmanRonald Included in Incognito's body of work is a recent Pro Bowl and actually doing his job this year while Martin got demoted and has never been very good as a tackle.
@alex13amaya MURTHA AND MARTIN WERE NOT EVEN ON THE TEAM AT THE SAME TIME!!! Do the math - Murtha's stats and NFL.com show the last time he played was the 2010 season. He even admits to having "retired" (forcibly - he was cut), the summer of 2012. On the other hand, he was a teammate and friend of Incognito at Nebraska. He was certainly not on the team during the 2013 Vegas trip. Who wrote that or fed it to him? More simple math = Incognito. I'd say it was Incognito's PR people, but it was so sloppily done, it looks like Incognito wrote it himself.
@alex13amaya It's weird how everything is always a joke and the guy who can't take it is just too sensitive right?
@PittmanRonald how can Incognito be the cancer of the team when his team mates stand up for him in the face of such withering media criticism? It takes no courage to quit, it takes courage to stand up for yourself. You sound like a real wuss.
@PittmanRonald Not going to pull the "have you ever played football" question here, because it really doesn't matter. You have strong opinions I respect. With that - - "knuckle-dragging Neanderthal is the "cancer" on this team?" This guy is exactly the kind of guy GM's want on their team. If equal in capability, zero GM's would take Martin over Incognito. He's brave because he refused to stand-up for himself? This is not - again - real-life. Not a kid on a playground or in a classroom. If his personality is such that he cannot cope with being a pro football player, then he should not be a pro football player.
@Observerofbs If your player is not performing up to expectations, you bench him, you cut him, or you try and work with him to find a way to get him to improve. You don't immaturely take out your own frustrations as a coach out on him, or cowardly encourage his own teammates to bully him. That is a self-indulgence that shows an utter lack of regard for the well-being of the people who are under your responsibility. If it weren't for sandusky it would be hard to find a more vile human being than Incognito, but even so, the person who most disgusts me in this entire saga is the coach. If there's a poisonous locker-room culture, it's up to him to find solutions. If Joe Paterno had to be held accountable for the crimes conducted within his organization, so should the coach and management of the Miami Dolphins.
@Jim Stewart @Mech If Mech was not than I will. I deny Incognito went too far. Incognito made a mistake trying to fit into ghetto culture and language when the reality is that with a politically correct media, no caucasian can - even if he believes he is accepted by the black players, as he was. Not smart. But in terms of his relationship with Martin, the banter and kidding - I hate to tell you but athletes banter and kid and get angry and insult each other all the time. Welcome to the arena. If you are looking for politically correct milquetoast people you should probably go to a chess locker room.
@Mech I'm not saying they need to turn the locker room into a big therapy session like you're suggesting. Some level of mental toughness is required to play in the NFL. But I seriously doubt this stuff goes on to the same extent right now in the Denver, New England, Kansas City, Seattle, or Indianapolis locker rooms. The fact that nobody is backing Martin in this situation is indicative of the problem itself, not that there's something wrong with Martin. The fact that Richie Incognito endears himself to his teammates is itself the problem here. Just because the guy has good chemistry with other teammates doesn't mean he has good character or that it's good for the team.
@nygiants56 @JeffWilliams I sincerely doubt if an exception for pro football was written into the state and federal labor laws.
Your dumb to think you know the facts. The is plenty of blame. If a well adjusted warrior gels with his constituents, they typically work out situations, however, this guy really did not want to play in the first place. He did not know how to quit without looking like a Puss***.
@mattdolloff @PatrickBatemanVP the fact that the entire room is backing Incognito is exactly why you should question Martin. If his actions were so bad why do black team mates back him? This isn't the office and unless you've been in an NFL locker room day in and day out you have no idea what you are talking about. I bet you are a libtard too.
@Voiceover310 @PatrickBatemanVP Idiot isn't strong enough Moronic Village Idiot, I believe works for this guy.
@Tom52 @PittmanRonald Actually I admire the Dolphins team for speaking the truth as they see it in supporting Incognito even though it would be easy to throw him to the politically correct wolves of the media.
@nygiants56 @PittmanRonald Most teams don't want Incognito exactly because of this kind of stuff. Just because you think it will happen doens't mean it has to happen or condoned. People can be tough, respectful and professional. They aren't mutually exclusive. If you're going to pay grown men millions of dollars to play a boy's game then at least demand they behave like grown men and not little boys.
@nygiants56 @PittmanRonald Except of course for the actual GM/coaches who have said they had a "Do Not Draft" tag on Incognito. See Bill polian and Tony Dungy.
Fact: Incognito was kicked off the University of Nebraska team.
Fact: Incognito was kicked off the University of Oregon team.
Fact: Incognito was kicked off the St. Louis Rams team.
@GrizzlyStats @Observerofbs As I understand it, the coaches did not "take out their frustrations" by encouraging other players to bully him. You are accusing them of things they did not do.
It is not at all clear that the locker room atmosphere was "poisonous". The other players seem to get along well with one another and with Incognito. The issue was that the tender Martin, failing publicly for the first time in his life, being demoted, was unhappy being in such a demanding environment and found a way he could make more money than he would ever make as a failing Tackle by maligning his teammates and suing the Dolphins. This is not a stupid choice but it is not an admirable one either.
@mattdolloff @Mech so Incognito gets along with every other player on the Dolphins and Martin is known as a loner but the problem is with Incognito? I think you need a dose of common sense.
@Observerofbs First of all. its clear you don't know s**t so technically your the dumb one. a football player is not a warrior. if you look at the facts presented to incognito who has a history of bad behavior versus martin who hasn't had a problem until now, its plausible to think incognito maybe more at fault here at least in my opinion. you don't know him so it would be impossible to assume he didn't want to play in the first place. for the benefit of everyone, do us all a favor and think before you speak.
P.S. your a F**kin idiot
@Tom52 @mattdolloff @PatrickBatemanVP Exactly. The whole idea that Incognito was being a racist and a bully is totally contradicted by the fact that his overwhelmingly black teammates support him.
@Tom52 @mattdolloff @PatrickBatemanVP Sounds like the entire locker room is filledj with a bunch of cowards.


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Alexandra Mazharian1*, Ying-Jie Wang1*, Jun Mori1, Danai Bem1, Brenda Finney1, Silke Heising1, Paul Gissen2, James G. White3, Michael C. Berndt4, Elizabeth E. Gardiner5, Bernhard Nieswandt6, Michael R. Douglas7,8, Robert D. Campbell9, Steve P. Watson1, and Yotis A. Senis1
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Abstract: Platelets are highly reactive cell fragments that adhere to exposed extracellular matrix (ECM) and prevent excessive blood loss by forming clots. Paradoxically, megakaryocytes, which produce platelets in the bone marrow, remain relatively refractory to the ECM-rich environment of the bone marrow despite having the same repertoire of receptors as platelets. These include the ITAM (immunoreceptor tyrosine–based activation motif)–containing collagen receptor complex, which consists of glycoprotein VI (GPVI) and the Fc receptor -chain, and the ITIM (immunoreceptor tyrosine–based inhibition motif)–containing receptor G6b-B. We showed that mice lacking G6b-B exhibited macrothrombocytopenia (reduced platelet numbers and the presence of enlarged platelets) and a susceptibility to bleeding as a result of aberrant platelet production and function. Platelet numbers were markedly reduced in G6b-B–deficient mice compared to those in wild-type mice because of increased platelet turnover. Furthermore, megakaryocytes in G6b-B–deficient mice showed enhanced metalloproteinase production, which led to increased shedding of cell-surface receptors, including GPVI and GPIbα. In addition, G6b-B–deficient megakaryocytes exhibited reduced integrin-mediated functions and defective formation of proplatelets, the long filamentous projections from which platelets bud off. Together, these findings establish G6b-B as a major inhibitory receptor regulating megakaryocyte activation, function, and platelet production.
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Marina and the Diamonds
|Marina and the Diamonds
Diamandis performing in 2009
|Background information
|Birth name
|Marina Lambrini Diamandis
4 October 1985
Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales
|Indie pop, new wave, synthpop, dance-pop
|Singer-songwriter, musician
|Vocals, piano, keyboards, glockenspiel, casio VL-tone, organ, baby pink ukulele
|Years active
|Neon Gold, 679, Atlantic, Chop Shop, Elektra
Marina Lambrini Diamandis (born 10 October 1985), better known by her stage name Marina and the Diamonds, is a Welsh singer-songwriter and musician.[1][2] She rose to fame after reaching number two on the BBC Sound of 2010 poll list, coming second to Ellie Goulding. After releasing one private EP, Diamandis released her second extended play, The Crown Jewels EP, with help from Neon Gold Records, in 2009.[3] Now signed to 679 Recordings, she released her debut full length studio album, The Family Jewels, followed by her third extended play, The American Jewels EP, in 2010. In 2011, Diamandis announced that she was working on her second album, Electra Heart, which was released in April 2012 and topped the charts in the UK and Ireland.
Diamandis' musical style ranges from keyboard-based ballads to more up-tempo new wave-style songs with full band backing.[2] She has cited a wide range of influences such as Daniel Johnston, Blondie, Kylie Minogue, The Distillers, Patti Smith, Tom Waits, Garbage, Nirvana, PJ Harvey, Kate Bush, Britney Spears, Yann Tiersen, Elliott Smith, Dolly Parton, Fiona Apple, Shakira, and Madonna.[4][5][6] Her stage name consists of Diamandis' first name and the translation of her surname, which means "Diamonds" in Greek. "The Diamonds" are not her backing band,[7] but a reference to her fans.[8]
- 1 Background
- 2 Musical career
- 3 Artistry
- 4 Discography
- 5 Tours
- 6 Awards and nominations
- 7 References
- 8 External links
Diamandis was born Marina Lambrini Diamandis (Greek: Μαρίνα-Λαμπρινή Διαμάντη, pronounced [ðʝaˈmadi])[9][10] in Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, Wales. Her father is Greek and her mother is Welsh,[11] and she was brought up in the village of Pandy with her parents and her older sister, Lafina.[12] She attended Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls, of which she said "I sort of found my talent there... I was the one who always skived off choir, but I had an incredible music teacher who managed to convince me I could do anything."[13] When her parents separated, Diamandis moved to Greece when she was sixteen to live with her father, and attended St. Catherine's British Embassy School, in Athens but returned to Wales two years later.[12]
Diamandis moved to London at eighteen where she attended dance school for two months.[7] Following this, in 2005 she took a one year singing course at Tech Music Schools.[citation needed] Diamandis enrolled in a music degree at the University of East London, transferring in her second year of studies to Middlesex University, but later dropped out.[14] She went for many auditions including the West End musical, The Lion King.[15] Diamandis admitted that she auditioned for a reggae boy band, held by Virgin Records, in 2005 to try to make it into the music business. She said she was "delusional with drive" and ultimately decided to dress up in male attire to try to amuse the record label to sign her, but she was unsuccessful. However, she was called back by the record label a week later.[16][17]
Diamandis has a synaesthetic condition that involves seeing musical notes and days of the week in different colours.[18]
Musical career[edit]
2005–08: Early career[edit]
In 2005, Diamandis created the name "Marina and the Diamonds".[19] When describing the origin of the name, she said:
I never envisaged a character, pop project, band or solo artist. I saw a simple group made up of many people who had the same hearts. A space for people with similar ideals who could not fit in to life's pre-made mould. I was terribly awkward for a long time! I really craved to be part of one thing because I never felt too connected to anybody and now I feel I have that all around me.—Marina Diamandis, [19]
Early demos of Marina and the Diamonds' songs were self-composed and produced on the Apple software application GarageBand.[15] Through Gumtree she found someone to produce a few tracks, for which she paid £500.[20] These demo tracks are on her self-released debut EP Mermaid vs. Sailor which was released on 23 November 2007. The record was created on hand-made CD-Rs by Diamandis and sold through her MySpace page. An estimated seventy copies were sold overall.[21]
In January 2008, Diamandis was first discovered by music scouter Derek Davies of Neon Gold Records. Davies booked Diamandis to open for Belgian-Australian singer Gotye later that year where Warner Music Group first saw her and ended up signing her in October 2008 to 679 Recordings.[20]
Diamandis' debut single was a double A-side consisting of "Obsessions" and "Mowgli's Road" which was issued on Neon Gold Records in the United States on 19 November 2008, followed by her second extended play The Crown Jewels EP on 1 June 2009 featuring her second single "I Am Not a Robot".[22] Her first major label single, a re-recording of "Mowgli's Road", was released on 13 November 2009 under 679 Recordings in the UK and through Atlantic Records in the USA. On 7 December 2009 she was listed on the longlist for the BBC Sound of 2010 poll,[23] and on 7 January 2010 it was announced that she had taken second place.[24]
2009–10: The Family Jewels[edit]
"Mowgli's Road" was re-released as Marina and the Diamonds' debut album's lead single in November 2009.[25] However, the song "Hollywood" was released as the first major single from the album in February 2010.[26] The song performed relatively well, peaking at number twelve in the United Kingdom and charting in the top 20 in Europe. Diamandis' debut album, The Family Jewels, was released on 15 February 2010. It peaked at number five on the UK Albums Chart, selling over 27,500 copies in its first week, and was certified silver in the United Kingdom days before its release.[27] Diamandis embarked on her first headlining tour on 14 February 2010 to coincide with the album release, which consisted of seventy dates around the United Kingdom, Ireland, mainland Europe, the United States and Canada.[28] A re-release of "I Am Not a Robot" in April 2010 became the album's third single; Diamandis said she decided to re-release the song because "people seem to empathize and relate with the song, regardless of gender or age."[29] The song peaked at number twenty-six on the UK Singles Chart.[30] "Oh No!" was released as the album's fourth single on 2 August 2010,[31] and the song peaked at number thirty-eight in the United Kingdom.[32] Shampain was released as the album's fifth and final single in the UK and Ireland. The song was an underperformance, peaking at only number 141 in the UK.[33]
In March 2010, Atlantic Records signed Marina and the Diamonds to Chop Shop Records in the United States.[34][35] Before the album's American release in May 2010,[36] Diamandis released her third extended play, The American Jewels EP, digitally and exclusively for the United States in March 2010.[34][35] Diamandis made her North American debut on 14 March 2010 through a series of performances.[37] The Family Jewels peaked at number 138 on the Billboard 200.
Marina and the Diamonds was nominated for Critics' Choice at the 2010 BRIT Awards[38] and came fifth in SHREDnews' "Ten Artists To Watch in 2010" list in March 2010.[39] She also won the award for Best UK & Ireland Act at the 2010 MTV Europe Music Awards.[40]
2011–13: Electra Heart and international breakthrough[edit]
"Electra Heart is the antithesis of everything that I stand for. And the point of introducing her and building a whole concept around her is that she stands for the corrupt side of American ideology, and basically that's the corruption of yourself. My worst fear—that's anyone's worst fear—is losing myself and becoming a vacuous person. And that happens a lot when you're very ambitious."
For her second album, Diamandis recorded material with producers Cirkut, Guy Sigsworth, Labrinth, Greg Kurstin, Diplo, Dr. Luke, Stargate and Liam Howe. A promotional single, "Radioactive" produced by Stargate, was released in October 2011. The song reached number twenty-five in the UK.[42] Diamandis posted a demo of the song "Starring Role" on YouTube in November,[43] and a video titled ♡ PART 3: "THE ARCHETYPES" ♡ in December in which she introduced the Electra Heart character and the female archetypes she symbolises.[44]
Electra Heart was released on 27 April 2012. The concept album made its debut at number one in both the United Kingdom and Ireland, making it her first album to do so.[45] In the United Kingdom, the album sold over 21,000 copies in its first week. Electra Heart also charted in Europe and Australia, and it became her highest-charting album in the US, peaking at number thirty.[46] The album was preceded by the single "Primadonna" produced by Dr Luke and Cirkut. "Primadonna" became Diamandis' highest-peaking single in the UK to date, peaking at number eleven, and also became her most successful single internationally, being certified platinum in Ireland for sales exceeding 15,000 units and reaching number four on the New Zealand chart, as well as platinum status. Diamandis embarked on her Lonely Hearts Club Tour in May 2012, which consisted of 108 shows and lasted for over a year.[47] "Power & Control" served as the second single from the album in the United
Kingdom,[48] whilst "How to Be a Heartbreaker"[49] (which features on the US edition of the album) was released as the second international single and the third UK single. The latter was covered on the US TV show Glee in the episode "Feud".
On Christmas Day 2012, the singer performed a cover version of the famous Christmas single "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas".[50] On 14 February 2013, a video titled ♡ PART 8: "EVOL" ♡ was uploaded to Marina's YouTube account, featuring the new song "E.V.O.L", that was released for free download via SoundCloud hours later as a Valentine's Day gift from Diamandis to her fans.[51][52] On 2 March 2013, Diamandis released a music video for the song "The State of Dreaming" from Electra Heart on her YouTube account.[53]
On 17 April 2013, Diamandis tweeted "08.08.13" [54] which led fans to believe that would be the date that would mark the death of the character Electra Heart as the music video for "Fear And Loathing", which represented the birth of Electra,[55] was published on 8 August 2011, exactly 2 years before the date mentioned in the tweet. Her Lonely Hearts Club Tour ended on 29 May 2013. On 1 May 2013, Diamandis released the song "Just Desserts" with Charli XCX and premiered it on her YouTube channel. The music video for the song "Lies" from Electra Heart was released in July 2013. On 8 August 2013, a video titled ♡ PART 11: "Electra Heart" ♡ was uploaded to her YouTube account, featuring the album's title track. This video was the final part of her series "The Archetypes" and saw the death of the fictional character Electra Heart, officially ending the Electra Heart era.
2013–present: Third studio album[edit]
|This section is outdated.
On 22 February 2013, Diamandis revealed to Billboard that she had begun writing songs for her third album while in New York City for a month-long stint.[56] In January 2014 music producers Dan Dare and Alex Kaines stated to Twitter Inc. about diamandis's new music "New stuff is sounding really great...". - Kaines, "One word to describe Marina's forthcoming album 'Eclectic' - Dare.
Music style and influences[edit]
Marina and the Diamonds has been influenced by a wide range of musicians from PJ Harvey to Britney Spears.[4] Diamandis has also noted Daniel Johnston as one of her major influences saying:
He really opened me up to a whole new world of music and a whole new perception of what an artist is. For me, he really encouraged me because if you think of someone who has been spoon-fed pop, up until twenty-one years old, and you hear someone like Daniel Johnston you're like "God, this is terrible, but I love it." It sounds like a child has made it, like, the production is so all over the place. He's obviously got something very captivating here yet he doesn't fit the normal mould and people still love him. I thought "if he can do it then [so can I]," that's when I started to produce things myself and play live, even though I wasn't even great on the piano. It's all about emotion and if you have heart, people connect to that.[57]
Diamandis calls herself a "DIY musician"[57] and describes her sound as an alternative to mainstream pop music.[4] In an interview with ClashMusic Diamandis said that she does not come from a musical background and explained "I probably have a bit of a different sound because I don't really know what I'm doing".[58] Lyrically, she says her music analyzes people and that if she wasn't a musician, she would be a psychologist.[59]
Critics usually catalogue Marina and the Diamonds as a new wave pop artist. In an interview with The Guardian she said, "I suppose I'm an indie artist with pop goals".[5] Although Diamandis has asserted that she never tries to sound like any other artist or copy a genre of music, she has been compared to a variety of artists such as Kate Bush[58] and most commonly Florence and the Machine.[60] PopMatters commented on her vocal delivery and attitude saying it "has a tendency to overshadow the music, which is often melodically inventive, but we are rarely given the chance to realise this."[61] The Guardian's Paul Lester wrote that "her songs are hard to fathom. They veer between simple keyboards-based ballads and more upbeat and catchy, quirky new wave-inflected numbers enhanced by percussion, guitar and drums."[2]
Public image[edit]
As well as her music, Marina and the Diamonds is also notable for her unique attire.[62] When asked in an interview to describe her fashion style in three words, Diamandis said "vintage, cheerleader and cartoon".[63] You can see an element of this style in the video for 'Oh No!' which was released in June 2010. She has praised model/DJ Leigh Lezark's fashion style and called Gwen Stefani her definitive style icon describing her image as "cartoonized but in a very fresh way".[63] Diamandis has mentioned that she sometimes makes her own outfits with clothes she buys from charity shops.[64] She also collects vintage cheer jackets.[63] She has often been seen wearing clothes by Jean-Charles de Castelbajac,[65] Laura Mackness,[66] Beyond Retro,[67] Motel Rocks,[68] Jervoise Jackets[69] amongst others. Diamandis has admitted that she would "like to do something in fashion, not designing, not one of those skanky celebrity lines, but being involved behind the scenes".[12]
As part of Selfridges' "Sound of Music", Diamandis designed her own window display for the London Oxford Street branch in May 2010.[70] She also appeared as a "live mannequin" for the display.[71] Diamandis was featured on Vogue UK's official website throughout November 2010 for a popular sartorial section called "Today I'm Wearing", where she blogged her daily style choices for the fashion website.[72] In December 2010, Diamandis announced on her Twitter that she would be the new face of the Max Factor make-up range Max Colour Effects.
- The Family Jewels (2010)
- Electra Heart (2012)
In 2009, Marina and the Diamonds played at BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend in Swindon early in May 2009,[1] Glastonbury Festival in June 2009,[73] and the Reading and Leeds Festivals in August 2009.[74]
In promotion for her album and "Hollywood", Diamandis performed at Brand New: 10 for 10 at London's Dingwalls,[75] had an eleven minute 4Music special – 4Play: Marina and the Diamonds – on Channel 4,[76] performed at T4's Outside-In Festival,[77] New to Q Sessions[78] in January 2010, was a musical guest on GMTV, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, The Review Show in February 2010[79] and Later... with Jools Holland and T4's Frock Me! in April 2010. She performed at the Isle of Wight Festival 2010 and Glastonbury Festival 2010 in June 2010 and is planned to appear at other music festivals across the United Kingdom, mainland Europe and North America.
Diamandis had already sold out the first leg of her first headlining tour, The Family Jewels Tour before the release of her debut album. Her entire tour currently consists of seventy dates across six legs around the United Kingdom, North America, Ireland and mainland Europe.[28][80][81] Diamandis was accompanied by support acts Clock Opera and Alan Pownall for the first leg of her tour and Spark on The Gem Tour.[82]
- NME Tours (Autumn 2009 NME Radar Tour)
- The Family Jewels Tour (2010–2011)
- The Lonely Hearts Club Tour (2012–13)
- Supporting
- California Dreams Tour – Supporting Katy Perry (2011)
- Mylo Xyloto Tour – Supporting Coldplay (2011–2012)
Awards and nominations[edit]
|Nominated work
|BBC Sound of 2010
|Marina and the Diamonds
|Sound of 2010
|Second place
|2010 BRIT Awards
|Marina and the Diamonds
|Critics' Choice
|Marina and the Diamonds
|Ten Artists To Watch in 2010
|Fifth place
|2010 NME Awards
|Marina and the Diamonds
|Hottest Woman
|2010 BT Digital Music Awards
|Marina and the Diamonds
|Breakthrough Artist of the Year
|MTV Europe Music Awards
|Marina and the Diamonds
|Best UK & Irish Act
|Marina and the Diamonds
|Best European Act
|UK Festival Awards 2010
|Marina and the Diamonds
|Best Breakthrough Act
|4Music Video Honours
|Marina and the Diamonds
|Hottest Girl of 2010
|Eighth place
|Marina and the Diamonds
|Box Biggest Breakthrough of 2010
|Tenth place
|Best Video of 2010
|Virgin Media Music Awards
|Marina and the Diamonds
|Best Newcomer
|Glamour Women of the Year Awards
|Marina and the Diamonds
|Best Band
|NME Awards
|Marina Diamandis
|Hottest Female
|Popjustice £20 Music Prize
|Power & Control
|Second place
|Attitude Magazine Awards
|Marina and the Diamonds
|Best Music Award
|4Music Video Honours
|Best Video of 2012
|PopCrush Battle of the Brits
|Marina and the Diamonds
|Best Singer/Songwriter
|Best British Artist[84]
|TM Top Music
|Marina and the Diamonds
|Best Voice[85]
- ^ a b "Introducing Marina and the Diamonds". BBC.
- ^ a b c Paul Lester (23 September 2008). "New band of the day – No 395: Marina and the Diamonds". The Guardian (London).
- ^ "Marina and the Diamonds – Biography". Retrieved 13 May 2012.
- ^ a b c BBC – Marina and The Diamonds in the BBC Introducing hotseat BBC – Tuesday, 9 June 2009. Retrieved 3 April 2010
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- ^ "Marina and the Diamonds' Shakira post – BuzzJack Music Forum". Buzzjack.com. Retrieved 6 April 2013.
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Margot Fonteyn
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Meredith Daneman - Author
"Gripping and insightful...a fascinatingly thorough look at one of the most spectacular ballerinas to grace the stage." Time Out New York
The legend of Margot Fonteyn has touched every ballerina who has come after her, and her genius endures in the memory of anyone who saw her dance. Yet until now, the complete story of her life has remained untold. Meredith Daneman, a novelist and former dancer, reveals the story of the little girl from suburban England who grew up to become a Dame of the British Empire and the most famous ballerina in the world. More than ten years of interviews and research, including exclusive access to Fonteyns and her mothers diaries and letters, come together to create this definitive work. From the rumored affair and successful partnership between Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev to her final years in Panama, Daneman has created a compelling account that balletomanes and lovers of biography will cherish.
Margot dancing: I must start with that. But how to put something so visual, so potent with theatrical moment that even film cannot capture it, into plain words? How to explain why it is that when, to a particular strain of music, an ordinary mortal steps forward on to one leg, raises the other behind her and lifts her arms above her head, the angels hold their breath? It fell to Margot Fonteyn to become what little girls dream of being: the most famous ballerina in the world. And the legend that grew up around this neat-limbed, olive-skinned, dark-haired, grave-eyed girl was inherent from the beginning. 'She had,' said her first partner, Robert Helpmann, 'the curious quality of making you want to cry.' Her soft, unshowy lyricism and limpid purity of line have entered the poetic imagery of our age. 'It's hard on the dancers who have followed her,' said Maude Lloyd, wife and writing partner of the critic Alexander Bland. 'When I watch them dancing, all I can see is Margot.'
And Margot is what I must call her, despite the beauty and resonance of her half-invented surname, which tells a cooler and more formal truth about her. I must forgo 'Fonteyn' reluctantly, along with my own sense of propriety at doing so, and adopt the intimacy of her Christian name, which was also not hers to begin with, but into which she grew with her simple and instinctive grace. Margot it must be because of the insistent way that people who have told me about her have used it - possessively, proprietorially, in clipped English, in drawn-out American, in the sweet rolling tones of Panamanian Spanish: 'Margot was like that,' or 'That was Margot'; dwelling on their pleasure in repeating it, conjuring her in two syllables, revelling in their right to drop the 'Dame'. It would be dishonest for me to call her anything else, accustomed as I have become to bandying her name about — that arrangement of six letters which has been such a potent trigger to her friends; repeating it back to them incessantly and shamelessly in my effort to touch the nerve of their experience of her, this one and only woman who was also a great dancer.
The fans, of course, even in the early days, when she was still plain Miss Fonteyn, would never have dared call her Margot to her face. And she herself was quite strict about these niceties; she had a way of walking straight past admirers whom she considered to be impertinent. But 'Margot' was what they whispered, what they waited for, as they clustered outside the stage door. They felt that they knew her. And you could hardly blame them, because when she came on to the stage there was, beyond the mystery and glamour that ballet famously engenders, an ordinary familiarity about her. Even if you had never seen her dance before, at some deep level you recognized her; she was like something you'd already imagined, coming true. Great performers tend to possess this quality, this ability to take you with them, to get you automatically on their side. Certainly, for a fellow dancer, watching her from the stage or the wings, every step she took, every gesture she made, however impossibly beyond you technically, terrified and rewarded you in some personal way, as though you were doing it yourself.
She didn't take the stage by storm. She took it reticently, modestly, in deference to the great difficulty of what she was attempting. Perhaps because, in her teens, she had been promoted so fast, always a little ahead of her proficiency - which caught up, let's face it, quickly enough — there always seemed a sense of awe about her finding herself centre-stage, a naive excitement tempered by an overwhelming gravity of spirit. Physically she was beautiful enough, although not in the plasticine way of modern ballerinas, whose backs bend in half and whose legs fly over their heads and back again; the angles which Margot's limbs formed with her torso were geometrically limited, but the artistry lay in that very limitation, as artistry so often does. Her drop-shouldered, low-armed, relatively low-legged arabesque, with the unforced line of her jaw following in perfect accord above it, and her eyes, with their quiet, dark-pupilled gaze projecting the line forward and upward, beyond the physical confines of her body, was a thing of incomparable integrity which, desperately as every dancer in the land tried to reproduce it, remains completely distinctive to her. The word most often used about her is 'proportion'. She was perfectly proportioned. Her measurements from shoulder to elbow to wrist, from neck to waist to hip to knee to ankle, had been worked out by the gods at their most mathematically meticulous, with the setting of her head upon her neck being the most immaculate touch of all. I have deliberately left out her feet, as they were the most criticized part of her, being less expressively arched than the divine Pavlova's, and not particularly strong in recompense. 'I think we may be just in time to save the child's feet,' pronounced Ninette de Valois when the fourteen-year-old arrived at the Sadler's Wells School, and Frederick Ashton always referred to them as 'Margot's pats of butter'. But, in fact, visually they were all of a piece with the rest of her in their soft, unexaggerated elegance; and steely enough, in the end, to support the cruel contortions through which she was to put her body for so long.
But even in an art as visual as ballet, appearances can only go so far. The outer reflects the inner, and Margot's unity of physique was served by a deeply unifying mental approach to her work, an obedience and submission to the letter of each step which somehow imbued the smallest movement with an orderliness and unclutteredness that made it speak. And what it spoke, of course, was the music.
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Napa Cabbage and Grape Slaw
I could extole the virtues of this recipe. I could sing its praises from atop a crest, with the sunrise behind me, and doves and squirrels dance about as I take a spoonful of this salad.
I think that would be overselling it a tad. After all, it's only slaw.
Don't get me wrong, it's a good slaw, with a nice Asian inspired dressing that gives it a sweet and savory base. As a side dish, it is worth the effort to put it on your menu.
But I think I've come to realized my own writing limitations…poetry and slaw do not mix.
- 2 Tbsp. soy sauce
- 2 Tbsp. lemon juice
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon grated ginger
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
- 2 teaspoons hot water
- 1 lb. Napa Cabbage, finely shredded
- 1 red onion, sliced
- 1 carrot, shredded
- 2 cups seedless green grapes, halved
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In a medium glass mixing bowl, whisk together the soy sauce, lemon juice, olive oil, sesame oils, ginger, sugar, pepper and water. Cover with saran wrap and place in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes.
In a large glass bowl, mix together the cabbage, onion, carrot, and grapes. Pour over the soy sauce mixture and toss.
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Thursday, December 26, 2013
Football and Christmas are truly seasonal bedfellows – even if Norwich City have not always been able to make the most of enjoying it.
But what Chris Hughton's men are presented with this afternoon when Fulham visit for a Boxing Day (3pm) treat is the perfect chance to set the tone for how their 2013 festive period – and more – will pan out.
David Moyes' Manchester United transition arriving in Norfolk on Saturday is currently irrelevant. Likewise that traditional New Year's Day jaunt to Selhurst Park. It is solely about the Cottagers – the second side to label a game against the Canaries as "must win" in successive matches.
City have a tendency to be awkward opponents when they get things right – like that now famous 10-game unbeaten run last year. And they are showing encouraging similarities to that run now. In fact, they are threatening to answer Hughton's summer request for a more consistent approach across the season – rather than a condensed season-saving run.
Taking in comparative fixtures, City have two more wins and four more points than last season. There have been significant lows – but arguably, also a far greater potential for what awaits.
"At one stage this season we were in the bottom three and the first priority had to be to get us out and make sure we didn't drop back in," said Hughton. "Slowly but surely we've crept into a more comfortable, better position. But in this division, a few bad results can very quickly get you back in there and we've got to make sure that's not the case for us.
"Last season's unbeaten run was a wonderful achievement but it's very difficult to do – and if anything, this season perhaps even more difficult.
"What has shown this season is that if you're in a momentum, sometimes that can carry you through. That doesn't mean you will always get the results you want, but I think you're hopeful it will give you more opportunities to get the results you want.
"We've reacted very well from the big defeats we've had. That's what we've asked of the players. There is some consistency now in the team and I think the clean sheets we've had in the last two trips away from home have given us a lot of confidence too."
Having had to make his own mid-season transition from assistant to manager in the past, Hughton is well aware of what Rene Meulensteen is going through as he bids to save Fulham's Premier League status.
"He'll be enjoying the challenge," said Hughton. "It's been a difficult period for them and they've changed their manager. But they've got some very good players – that's something that hasn't changed.
"Their level of performance in the last few games has been very good. They've had a change in formation and I suppose it's a manager trying to put his own stamp on a team.
"So we must be guarded – but it's very much about us. We're playing at home and we'll do everything we can to get a result."
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@TK - "We need to be at the top of our game and that includes the crowd so lets all make plenty of noise." Very well said and I shall be there lending my support to the boys in yellow and green. Let's hope we can 'kick on' and pick up several points before we face Fulham in the cup.
Thursday, December 26, 2013
I am not sure that having just 4 strikers in the squad makes us strong, especially considering first Hooper was out for some time and the Elmander. Neither of the other two strikers have ever looked like emulating Holt that is for sure. However, we have our two main strikers fit now so lets go out today and win well as long as CH is not too afraid to attack. Today is the important game as I doubt we will be able to turn Man Utd over two years on the trot. OTBC
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Too much Christmas pud, that should have read RVW who has been out for far too long due to an injury. However, he now appears to be back fully fit so I hope to see him get some game time today whereby he can show us what he is really capable of. We need to be at the top of our game and that includes the crowd so lets all make plenty of noise.
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Diss, indeed you are right and Lawro has us down to win 2-1 today. Lets hope for once he is correct with the result. Personally I would like to see City make a bit of a statement here and give Fulham a good roasting. I'll take a 2-1 win against Man Utd after that ! OTBC
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Interesting reading an article by Mark Lawrenson in which he states that Norwich probably have more attacking firepower at their disposal than the club has ever had before. He goes on to say he is surprised that they haven't been tearing defences to shrewds. You have to believe that we do in fact have a very good squad of players, let us hope that from this point forward they will start to gel and play as a team and put a decent run of form together. All the ingredients are there - we just have to deliver on the day ! OTBC
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Dubai, a correction? the article is Dan O'Hagen's the MOTD commentator, not Lawrenson's. Go to the top of the page?
Thursday, December 26, 2013
FER,makes so many mistakes,please drop him
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Diss, indeed you are right and Lawro has us down to win 2-1 today. Lets hope for once he is correct with the result. Personally I would like to see City make a bit of a statement here and give Fulham a good roasting. I'll take a 2-1 win against Man Utd after that ! OTBC
Thursday, December 26, 2013
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2013 10 gram Colorized Silver Year of the Snake 5 Bar Set
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This beautiful colorized snake bar set comes from China and was minted exclusively to be sold in the Asian Market. Each set contains five 10 gram bars minted from .999 fine Silver, each featuring a different colorized snake.
The total Silver weight for the set is 50 grams. Each bar comes in a plastic capsule and includes a display stand. The entire set comes in a red presentation box and red gift bag with a numbered certificate of authenticity.
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