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THURSDAY, Dec. 27
Reverend Horton Heat, Hank III, Nashville Pussy at the Wiltern
As every holiday-music expert knows, nothing says the day after the day after Christmas like a triple bill of redneck cowpunk. Reverend Horton Heat mastermind Jim Heath has an album coming out in January by his new side project, Reverend Organdrum, on which he tries his capable hand at old-school Hammond B-3based soul-funk. Dont be surprised if he throws in a tune or two from it tonight, but expect him to spend the majority of his set concentrating on his signature rockabilly rave-ups (requestBales of Cocaine), as well as stuff from We Three Kings, his spirited 2005 Yuletide set. Backstage at the Gibson before a tribute to Hank Williams Jr. a few weeks back, Shooter Jennings told me that Hank Jr.s son Hank III probably wouldnt be caught dead at a fete for his father. Sad, but true? Nashville Pussy are actually from Atlanta, which isnt to say the handles inaccurate. (Mikael Wood)
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The many different genres and subgenres that arrive during any given period of time whether it be punk, fusion, drum & bass or bebop tend to run their course and then vanish, to be sorted out later. L.A.-based Build an Ark exists outside this rat race of hits and misses, flavors and varietals, and the proof is Dawn, the 28-piece collectives 2007 full-length. Moving from gentle piano compositions that recall the underrated South African pianist Abdullah Ibrahim to the percussive expansiveness of Alice Coltranes mind-blowing free-jazz work, Build an Arks 10 compositions unroll like silken rugs, and, as the whole reveals itself in all its colorful glory, little patterns start to emerge, be it Joshua Spiegelmans luxurious flute, Miguel Atwood-Fergusons viola, Dwight Tribles vocals or Carlos Niños unobtrusive production. If youd like to experience true spirit this season, Build an Ark will provide it. (Randall Roberts)
Kevin Shields at the Smell
Not the My Bloody Valentine guitarist although with the prospect of a new MBV album, a name change may be in order Kevin Shields tonight kicks off the Smells 10th-anniversary series, which stretches into January. Not a stretch: to say that Kevin Shields, a.k.a. Eva Aguila, is quite simply one of the most polymorphously creative women working in the Los Angeles music scene today. Not only does she tirelessly uphold the fine spazzy DIY standards of the Deathbomb Arc aesthetic on her latest CD,Death of Patience, she also knits and crochets CD and cassette cases for her label, Hate State. Her instrument is a table festooned with effects processors creating a hail of noise blossoming forth like the scent of new sex in the shower, mingling with the miasma of melody that splits the noise perplexingly in half and elevates the experience to another plane entirely. Also: Argumentix, Budweiser Sprite, I.E., Kyle H. Mabson, Teenage Zsa Zsa, Toxic Loincloth. (David Cotner)
Also playing Thursday:
CHRIS VALENTI, BRIAN TRAVIS BAND, THE DIRGES at Mollly Malones.
FRIDAY, Dec. 28
The Electric Prunes at the Knitting Factory
In the shimmering realm of mid-60s psychedelic-garage rock, few songs have assumed such gravitas or stood the test of the time better than the Electric Prunes I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night). With that songs mixture of haunted imagery, taut musical dynamism and more hallucinogenic atmosphere than you could drop onto a jumbo-size sugar cube, the Prunes won an underworld immortality; while the bands promise was ultimately squandered (on a couple of weirdly opaque Capitol albums that they hardly played on), their prowess was stunning get an earful of the superlative Live in Stockholm 67 set. And this here, kiddies, is the genuine article Electric Prunes, not some gaggle of creeps with the original bassist, but the entire classic-at-their-prime lineup, still bending heads with a perfectly executed bandstand purity that is far more rebel celebration than nostalgia-hobbled re-creation. Dont miss it. (Jonny Whiteside)
SATURDAY, Dec. 29
Bavab Bavab, +dog+, Hop-Frog Kollectiv at Il Corral
Its the final show at Il Corral, a place that has for three tumultuous years presented some of the most aggressively interesting and occasionally just plain aggressive new music in 21st century Los Angeles. Since January of 2005, all manner of noise has sandblasted the performance space, not to mention the rowdy neighbors, area muggings, assaults by key Satanists and the sweaty limitations of a confined venue. Itll reincarnate in 2008, moving to a new space, Zero-Point, in SoDo (South Downtown). So enjoy the shrieking cacophonous bilge of +dog+; the minimalist noise pop of Bavab Bavab (the duo of Il Corral proprietress Christie Scott and Il Corral soundman Stane Hubert); and the mystical rhythms of postmodern primitives Hop-Frog Kollectiv. They wave goodbye as if in reply to Col. Troutmans Its over, Johnny! by channeling the spirit of John Rambo: Nothing is over! (David Cotner)
Supersuckers at the Viper Room
If the bubonic grunge from Seattle wreaked havoc on bands everywhere, theres one group of shitkickers that had immunity. Originally from Tucson, the Supersuckers even found success in Seattle and on Sub Pop, no less. Maybe its because Eddie Spaghetti and company take their cues from rockabilly, garage-punk and boogie; styles that cant be smothered by the weight of flannel. Though they were embraced by the grunge movement (Eddie Vedder in particular), its people like Steve Earle and Willie Nelson that they really dig, and their move into country had them fitting in perfectly at this years Farm Aid. With a new album due in early 2008, the Supersuckers come to the Viper room for three nights starting tonight with a rock show, tomorrow night with a country show, and a mixed show on New Years Eve, where you just may walk away believing theyre the Greatest Rock n Roll Band in the World. (Daniel Siwek)
SUNDAY, Dec. 30
The Psychedelic Furs at the Key Club
Theres nothing remotely furry or particularly psychedelic about 80s college radio faves the Psychedelic Furs. In fact, despite John Ashtons meteorite showers of effected guitar and some downright perky keys, these much-covered (by everyone from Korn to the Polyphonic Spree) Brits are among the most sonically lonesome of the mainstream post-punk pack. Bowie-indebted singer Richard Butler remains an all-eyes-on-me, shapes-pulling icon with a peerless nicotine timbre that has listeners clearing their throats, while his bro Tim long ago cornered the market in no-note-wasted bass functionality. Though best known for their 1986 rerecording of 1981s Pretty in Pink (for the soundtrack of the John Hughes movie inspired by their original), that radio-friendly flirtation cost them: Donning leather pants and matching pink guitars, they briefly became an embarrassing subDuran Duran. Their core trio intact, the Furs are most effective when at their most desperate: Only You and I and Sister Europe can still stain the brain for hours. (Paul Rogers)
Lil Mama at Gibson Amphitheatre
Dont front: The cool kids usually come from New York. And barring some essential pockets (Southern and Californian), so do the best rappers. Hip-hop demands contributions from people who grew up walking around the city, picking up the cadences and rhythms of borough-based vernaculars. Niatia Kirkland, a.k.a. Lil Mama, is a teenage product of NYC, and her giant hit Lip Gloss is a shivery bit of spit that suggests a relevant new player anthemic and juvenile, sharp and spare, all pounded-out beats and unusually clever lyrics. Likewise, her remix for Girlfriend handily humiliates the undertalented Avril Lavigne. With her creative confidence and precocious sense of absurdity, Lil Mama may be the brightest hope for women in hip-hop (that non-heads will listen to). The force is strong in this one and not hypersexualized, tacky or obvious. (Kate Carraway)
Jake Shimabukuro at the Knitting Factory
When all is seemingly lost, the sound of the itsy-bitsy ukulele can make everything somewhat bearable in Jake Shimabukuros nimble hands, that is. The young uke virtuoso brings a dazzling, jazzy modernity to the tiny four-stringed instrument, often calling to mind the fleet-fingered jazz-rock ax greats in his superwide harmonic palette and daring melodic invention. Hes got a new EP out called My Life, on which he interprets and actually improves upon several songs he grew up with, by the Beatles, Cyndi Lauper, Sarah McLachlan and Led Zep a staggeringly beautiful take on Goin to California. (Really.) Onstage, Shimabukuro is also known for ripping out one of the most heartrendingly hairy versions of While My Guitar Gently Weeps. His playing is just extraordinarily smart and sensitive, and hes single-handedly (okay, he uses both hands) relaunching an instrument long consigned to the dustbin of sandy-beach tourist kitsch. (John Payne)
Melvins at the Echoplex
The Melvins are awesome. Their stories write themselves. So says my pal Chris, a music editor/committed metalhead, when Im hit with a temporary, hangover-induced creative block. Truly, theres a lot to say about a band whose (barely recognized) significance in rock music Pacific Northwest grunge in particular cant be overstated. Led by the notoriously crotchety Buzz Osborne, the Melvins are both an established rock band doing the thick metal with raging punk streaks that theyve done really well since the 80s, and an inventive and open-minded outfit that indulges in extramusical efforts on the regular. Last year they hooked up with the two members of Big Business and put out (A) Senile Animal, a butchy, rigorous exercise in thoughtful metal, on home-base label Ipecac. Ultimately the Melvins now are as worthwhile as the Melvins then. Which is as rare a sentiment as the band that deserves it. (Kate Carraway)
MONDAY, Dec. 31
Bloc Party, Talib Kweli at the Hollywood Roosevelt
Just when you were going to give unconscious rappers another chance, your New Years resolution is annihilated by the higher counsel of conscious rapper Talib Kweli. This year, Kweli launched his record label, Blacksmith; partnered with Mos Def to buy the oldest black-owned bookstore in Brooklyn and reshape it into the Nkiru Center for Education and Culture; and put out an album, Eardrum, that made last summer that much sunnier for its existence (especially the affectionate and lusty jam Hot Thing). Also in 07, Essex, U.K., quartet Bloc Party unleashed the ass-shaking codex of their sophomore album, A Weekend in the City. If you missed the stellar, shimmering video for the single Flux, find it on MySpace it features giant Japanese monsters in love and battling for each others affections, even while they battle squid-monster hybrids. Just like life! (David Cotner)
Belinda Carlisle, Rufus Wainwright at Disney Hall
Belinda Carlisle used to be in the Go-Gos, and tonight she and Rufus Wainwright will ring in 2008 with two sets of French-cabaret-inspired singing-dancing-and-more. Ergo: Paris à Go-Go: New Years Eve in Paris. Clever (and cute), right? Wainwright you know can handle the material: Hes been dropping bits of French chanson into his act for years as a sort of tribute to his folky-utopian upbringing in Montreal; plus, as his new Rufus-as-Judy live album demonstrates, dudes as much an actor as a singer (even if he was born to play himself). Surprisingly, though, Carlisle is actually Wainwrights equal when it comes to putting across stuff from the baguette-and-brie book. On Voilà, her recent all-French CD, she affects an appealing (and appropriate) mix of sly and sexy without sacrificing the spunk that once enabled her to convince us she had the beat. At 7 and 10:30 p.m. (Mikael Wood)
TUESDAY, Jan. 1
Playing Tuesday:
HAPPY NEW YEAR! You're on your own.
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 2
Playing Wednesday:
JIMMY GNECCO, APRIL BAUER, STATIC at the Hotel Cafe
THURSDAY, Jan 3
Babyland, Captain Ahab, The Mae Shi at the Smell
The Smells Ten Year Anniversary Series barrels into 2008 like a truckload of dead rats in a tampon factory with the stomach-bashing pulsebeat of Los Angeles electro elite. Babyland, edging into their second decade of danceable punk junk funk, roll out their oil drums and computers to create the kind of musical voice that power lines would have if they could be shocked themselves. On the other hook, Captain Ahab created tracks for the soundtrack to the impressively violent Wrong Turn 2, starring Henry Rollins, delivering their filthy disco with a beat that urges even Templar bankers to shake their moneymakers. Longtime Smell stalwarts the Mae Shi play tonight before going on tour with the Germs and Adolescents, unveiling tracks from their upcoming HLLLYH LP, early samples of which promise a triumphal, advanced level of hi-hatted body-moving. Also: Electrocute, Dommm, Lucky Dragons. (David Cotner)
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We Need to Take a Deeper Look at Bullying by Teachers: How Do We Determine the Worth of a Child?
After writing this post on my blog yesterday, our family received a huge outpouring of support from the blogging community. So many people have reached out to say they have been there, or they're walking in our shoes and looking for answers. Collectively, I hope we find some.
Before my son started elementary school in 2007, I met with the principal of the school we hoped he would attend; a small, private, Catholic school where his older sister was a successful student and where we knew almost every family and child. And, therefore, they knew us and our challenges.
We couldn't think of a better place for our son. We knew that the Christian values, their stance on bullying, the backing of our priest, and the supportive community was just what any special needs child deserves. Here was a kid who had barely survived his first few years, who didn't speak until he was four, who had to be spoon-fed by me until he started kindergarten; we knew he needed to be in a place where kindness and compassion were paramount.
So I helped the school form a fundraising committee so kids like mine could attend. It was to pay for tools, aides, education and anything else these children needed. I stood up in front of our entire parish and asked for money and they gave it. Lots of it. Now, I feel like a fraud. I am so sorry.
There were times over his five years there that were really good and there were teachers who understood him completely. The students were great with my son and the other parents were just what we'd always hoped for; supportive, happy to educate their children, and never shunning us. Not once.
But, somehow, last year everything fell apart. He was sent home nearly every day for behavioral reasons, he was made to sit out of the Mardi Gras celebration (a religious holiday, no less), and he wasn't allowed to go on a field trip to the Newport Aquarium even though my husband took a day off work to be his sole chaperone. Never considering that maybe seeing him with his father would give them insight into applying discipline that worked, they simply told us he wasn't allowed to go.
Here was a child whose life had been full of some pretty awful situations and they didn't give him the opportunity to be included in fun life experiences. I don't know if I can ever forget that.
I took him to the Newport Aquarium last week while he was on spring break so he could finally have the experience. He behaved perfectly and we had so much fun.
Was my son well-behaved? No. Was he disruptive? Yes. He has autism. He made strange noises in the classroom, he had to be given some tests orally because he got anxious otherwise, he tore library stickers off of books, wouldn't tuck in his uniform shirt (GASP), he cut up papers, didn't do his homework, and when the teachers would look for his papers, they would find them in the recycling bin. Sometimes he talked back or wouldn't talk at all.
BUT, he was also learning and he had friends who played with him at recess. He was involved in sports and went to sleepovers. He had the kindness and compassion that we were hoping for, just not from some of his teachers.
These are excerpts from a letter that one of them (not even HIS teacher, but another one in the building) wrote about him:
"...I gathered he did a number of things that...were belligerent attempts to gain attention..."
"I made several statements to him, ending with 'do you understand?' He refused to answer. I told him to say Yes or No. He refused to answer. I suggested maybe he return to kindergarten if he does not understand opposites."
"Based on my interactions with him today (and in the past) as well as the challenges faced by many adults in the building, as a result of his behaviors, today alone, any outside observer might wonder why we have decided that (we) can manage this child's needs. He does not have respect for authority, or a proper concern for acceptable social behavior."
"I'm not sure he thinks in the long term, anyway. I do believe that (he) fails to see a bigger picture for his own future, but instead travels through each day based on his own assessment of one interaction after another. His decisions are impromptu, so to speak, and the very idea of building up rapport with peers and adults, of long term maintenance of good behavior, are not part of his thoughts."
Would you leave your child in a building with someone who thought of him like that? Does that sound like someone who had been educated on dealing with autistic children? There was much, much more to the letter. Three full pages of it, in fact. Him not being allowed to go on the field trip was the deciding factor in us pulling him from the school—this letter that we received a few weeks later, was proof that we made the right decision.
But now he is in a school with no typical peers. He is hit, cussed at, and screamed at by other students every single day. Yesterday, he came home in tears and said he doesn't want to go back. Where do we go from here?
And, suddenly I'm wondering if removing the kids from these situations is the only solution. Maybe we need to remove the teachers. Certainly, if a classroom of 10-year-olds can show compassion to a child with autism, an adult should be able to. Right? Especially a person who is trusted with the lives and education of our kids.
Maybe we need to take a deeper look at bullying by teachers, at special needs education and how we integrate children into typical classrooms. Maybe when a teacher wants to just give up on A CHILD (whether a 10-year-old, medically fragile child with autism or a typical one), we should evaluate the situation to see if the child has more worth than that.
I'm pretty sure that every, single time we're going to think the child does.
When she isn't posting to social media for the BlogHer Community of 92 million, Diane can be found blogging at Momo Fali, where she writes about her sports-fanatic husband, teen daughter and her special-needs son.
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Developed by inventor Richard Haberkern, who is using Kickstarter to try get the product on the market, the Soundlazser speaker uses 39 piezo ultrasonic transducers to focus audio like a laser beam.
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Unfortunately, the technology needs refining somewhat considering that listening to the speakers at close range for longer than 10 minutes can actually damage the ear due the sound pressure, Haberkern suggests bouncing the sound off a wall if your in a small space.
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LULING - The theft of a $12,000 Polaris Ranger at a home on River Road in Luling was caught by a video surveillance camera set up at the victims residence.
On November 1 at 3:00 am, the unknown person in the above photos was caught on tape at the time of the incident, according to Sheriff Greg Champagne.
He is suspected of stealing the green off-road vehicle, which was parked under the carport of the victims home when it was stolen. This person was caught on camera walking toward the carport the night it disappeared.
Public Information Officer Capt. Pat Yoes is asking anyone who thinks they can identify this person to view the actual video footage on the the department web site at: www.stcharlessheriff.org.
The pictures are dark, and dont show facial features, but Yoes is hoping that someone will recognize this person by his stride and his shape.
If you click on the Polaris link on our site it shows him walking across the screen, said Yoes.
This incident is actively being investigated. Anyone with any information should contact Detective Pertuis at 985-783-1135 or 985-783-6807or call Crime Stoppers at 1-877-903-STOP. Citizens do not have to give their name nor testify and could receive up to $2,500.
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A day after European authorities grounded Boeing's 787 Dreamliner, a team of experts from US aviation agencies and Boeing arrived in Japan on Friday (18 January) to inspect the passenger jet that made an emergency landing on a domestic All Nippon Airways flight earlier this week.
The incident prompted regulators around the world to halt flights of the 50 Dreamliners already in service, including two in the European Union that are operated by LOT Polish Airlines.
Battery-related problems are being investigated after warning lights indicated a battery fault on the ANA flight on Wednesday.
European Aviation Safety Agency officials said on Wednesday they were monitoring international investigations of the Dreamliner after ANA and Japan Airlines (JAL) grounded their fleets following several scares.
EU safety body orders Dreamliners grounding
The EU safety body on Thursday followed the US decision to suspend flights of the aircraft pending a safety review.
The only EU airline to so far use 787s on regular flights is LOT Polish Airlines. One of its two Dreamliners was grounded in Chicago after its first overseas flight on Wednesday (16 January).
A LOT spokesman told EURACTIV just hours before departure that the company "conducted, preventively, a series of reviews of all systems in both Boeing 787s we have in our fleet. All the tests were completed positively – the systems are efficient and work well."
The five representatives from the US National Transportation Safety Board, Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing are helping Japanese authorities in the investigation of the aircraft, which remains parked at the side of Takamatsu airport in western Japan.
The Japan Transport Safety Board aims to end its initial checks this weekend, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters.
"The Boeing 787 is an absolutely wonderful aircraft and we will spare no effort to help it get back in the air safely as soon as possible," said ANA spokesman Hideya Oishi.
GS Yuasa Corp, the Japanese company that makes batteries for the Dreamliner, said it also sent three engineers to Takamatsu to help the investigation.
Battery fire in Boston
Troubles began on 7 January when a battery caught fire in the auxiliary power unit (APU) of a JAL 787 parked at Boston Logan International Airport.
The US investigation into that incident is focused for now on the Japanese-made batteries, with no indication the APU – built by United Technologies Corp's Pratt & Whitney – was involved, said a person familiar with the government probe, who was not authorised to speak publicly.
Laura Brown, a spokeswoman for the FAA in Washington, said she could not comment as the issue was part of the investigation.
Regulators in Japan said it was unclear when the Dreamliner could be back in the air. Japan is the biggest market so far for the 787, with ANA and JAL operating 24 of the 290-seat wide-bodied planes, which have a list price of $207 million.
Orders for the Dreamliner last year helped Boeing overtake rival Airbus as the world's largest manufacturer of passenger jets.
The 787 represents a leap in aircraft design, but the project has been plagued by cost overruns and years of delays.
The 787, a lightweight, mainly carbon-composite aircraft, has been plagued by mishaps in recent days, raising concerns over its use of lithium-ion batteries, which pack more energy and are faster to recharge but which are potentially more volatile.
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- European Aviation Safety Agency: 787 Dreamliner Battery System
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The return of the baby bug
It came back. Only momentarily, as I'm well aware of the futility of spending time thinking about things I can't control or that are far in the future. But the baby bug made a brief return appearance. There's an explanation … Continue reading
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Hey! What're you kicking me for? You want me to ask? All right, I'll ask! Ma'am, where do the high school girls hang out in this town?
I've actually watched every episode of The Boiling Point so far. It is also one of my guilty pleasures. Ha. I'm waiting for the eventual school lockdown, which had been advertised. I've seen pretty much every episode of the last 9 seasons. I thought I was strange for watching it and I'm 28, so I checked out the demographics at some of the forums and boards dedicated to the show. You'd be surprised how many adults even post on them. Ha.
I am curious: for those of you who watch both Dexter and Breaking Bad
which show do you like more.
I have watched the first three seasons of Dexter and the first season and a half of Breaking Bad. I like them both a lot, both great, great acting by the leads
I think I like Dexter slightly more. Plots are better?. Although Breaking Bad's ironic humor is tough to beat.
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I have watched all episodes of Dexter while with Breaking Bad, I only finished episode 4 in season 2.
I like both shows...both of the main characters have a "dark passenger" in a sense...however for me Dexter edges out Breaking Bad in the end. There is still a lot of episodes for me to watch on Breaking Bad, but I'm having difficulties justifying the actions the main character is doing considering just how annoying his family is to me. Its like they don't deserve it.
With Dexter, there are great supporting casts/etc, however that show will rise and fall with Dexter. With Dexter, I have no problem watching all episodes one after another, however with Breaking Bad...I just feel the need to take a break from it. Maybe cause it feels a bit more intense...
Finally watched the pilot of Rubicon, and it's already got me seeing conspiracies.
The protagonist's name is Will Travers. The man who commits suicide at the beginning is played by the same actor who played Quintin Travers on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, starting in the third season. All of a sudden, Hicks' avatar is the cover to the dvd box set for the third season of, you guessed it, Buffy.
Hicks is one of them.
Now, I know I'm not long for this world after finding this revelation. And yes, after disposing of me, Hicks will delete this message. But anyone who reads this beforehand, get out now.
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And here I thought I'd been accused of just about anything I was going to ever be accused of on PD....
Btw, Travers showed up in Season 2 (Halloween episode with the costumes, remember?)
I think you're thinking of Ethan Rayne, I'm talking about the head of the council.
Uh, I mean, Aack! Get away from me! You're not hitting me with a train!
I should say, I never figured you for working for a think tank. Cudos on being a big bad who's not a PMC, though. I appreciate that.
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Just saw episode two of Rubicon. Will be watching more.
Breaking Bad is better than Dexter, especially now that Rita is...
Just finished season #2 of Breaking Bad . What a great show. Once again it proves how much better a show can be when it takes its time developing its characters and storylines over many episodes. I'm glad cable is still doing these type of shows even though ABC, NBC, Fox and CBS have almost completely stopped. Although I blame the viewers
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Mad Men.
Best drama on television.
I'm 2 episodes behind now, wife and I watch together and she didn't see last weeks so we couldn't watch tonight, will catch up on On Demand sometime this week.
Oh, and the product placement in tonight's Entourage was annoying as ****.
which product placement? im guessing you mean all of it...no?
I have been going back over the sci fi shows I passed on during the 90's. So far I have watched all of the Stargate shows, Babylon 5 and farscape.
I am now beginning my journey into Andromeda. Anyone ever watch it?
I did. The first season was pretty good, but soon thereafter the creator was pushed out and it rapidly went downhill. By the end I'd stopped watching because it pretty much became Hercules in Space. Lexa Doig is hot as all hell, though.
You watch Earth: Final Conflict?
[edit] I just went and read the Wiki on Andromeda. I forgot it went 5 seasons. I stopped watching after season 3, it sounds truly abysmal after that. The creator left halfway through the second season, and it's as I remembered, it seems he was forced out by a Kevin Sorbo ego trip. I stopped watching because Tyr left, but I really can't recommend watching past season 2.
[edit2] Forget my audience. I should have mentioned the creator in question is Robert Hewitt Wolfe, previously of DS9.
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Also if you are interested in RHW works right now he is doing the tv show "The Gates" which has been very entertaining summer fair so far.
As to Earth: final conflict? Nope, I never watched and in fact I forgot all about it. That will be next on my list. Thanks for reminding me.
E:FC was never as good as Andromeda, but it was never as bad, either.
[edit] Another show Wolfe worked on was The 4400, which I would highly recommend.
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Do you know if Ira Steven Behr is doing anything?
IMDB says he produced Crash on Showtime, but nothing since.
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Unfortunately it was Reba on the lifetime network. Wife has the remote tonight and I get the kids for some time with daddy evening.
Rubicon -- holding off until I can see more than one episode per week. When there'a full season, yeah, definitely. I watched the first 15 minutes of the first episode and it seemed very promising, but I have no patience in this Hulu, bittorrent era, with weekly installments.
Veronica Mars -- Not a show I would ever have watched without Pig Nash's endorsement in this thread. Most excellent. Clever writing, and I was introduced to some music I didn't know, as well. Watched all the seasons, and of course am totally honked that it just stops in the middle of a crisis. Such is TV.
Breaking Bad -- Another one I wouldn't have watched without the endorsements in this thread...but what an excellent series. Better than The Wire, as far as I'm concerned. Just now finished Season 3, and now have to wait for July 2011 for Season 4. Oof.
[~]) ... Cheers! Go Pacers!
Season 1 was fantastic, I thought Seasons 2 and 3 were much better than average TV, but you could see where they were getting pushed to make it more episodic and commercial. Season 4 looked like it might turn into a completely different, significantly less likable show.


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Firefighters said that as a powercut affected parts of Darwen, a man at the property had decided to leave a candle burning.
After the sleeping housholder was roused by his smoke alarm in the bathroom he evacuated himself and his dog just before 2am today.
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Firefighter Peter Turner said: "The householder had suffered a power cut and decided to leave a candle burning in the bathroom in case he got up in the middle of the night.
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AUSTRALIA'S domestic aviation market is awash with flights, benefiting passengers rather than airlines, according to the head of Qantas' local business.
''There's a lot of capacity sloshing round the Australian marketplace overall,'' Lyell Strambi, chief executive of Qantas Domestic, said at a media briefing at Sydney airport on Sunday. ''Ultimately the winners are the customers.''
Flight capacity in the domestic market in the December half is running about 12 per cent above last year's level, whittling profitability for carriers aiming to match the supply of seats to demand, says Russell Shaw, an analyst at Macquarie Group. Business-class ticket prices had fallen 40 per cent in the past year to two-decade lows as Virgin Australia Holdings stepped up competition with Qantas.
There had been ''some adjustments in capacity'' in the past few months without any significant reduction in growth, John Borghetti, Virgin's chief executive officer, said last week. ''Competition is certainly very aggressive now and will always be aggressive,'' he said.
The price war has helped drive Qantas' share price to near-historic lows, making the company vulnerable to renewed attempts by a group of investors, including former chief executive Geoff Dixon and adman John Singleton, to secure a cornerstone stake of as much as 20 per cent in the airline. It is believed they have already taken a stake of between 1 per cent and 2 per cent.
Qantas announced on Sunday it would switch all services between Perth and Sydney and Melbourne to Airbus A330s from May.
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Mr Strambi said Qantas would move its replaced Boeing 767s to the busier east-coast network.
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Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie played the first date on their 2017 tour in Atlanta last night.
Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie played the first date on their 2017 tour in Atlanta last night.
Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham played live with Fleetwood Mac for first time on May 15, 1975.
The extraordinarily ill-advised decision to cut away from the Grammy Awards' all-star closing number -- featuring Lindsey Buckingham, Dave Grohl, Trent Reznor and Queens of the Stone Age -- has led to an apology from the telecast's executive producer.
Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham joined two modern day rock bands for an abbreviated appearance at the 2014 Grammys.
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It's a little weird and unseemly, given how long ago it all went down, but the behind-the-scenes breakups that plagued (and perhaps fueled) Fleetwood Mac's classic 'Rumours' album remain a topic of intense fascination for many -- which is why Stevie Nicks delved once more into the end of her affair with Lindsey Buckingham during a recent sit-down with Oprah Winfrey.
Graham Parker and the Rumour played the Roxy in Los Angeles for the first time in 30 years on Wednesday night (Dec. 12), headlining a three-act 'This is 40' soundtrack release party. After shorter sets by Ryan Adams and Lindsey Buckingham, Parker's band began a 22-song set that included songs from 'Howlin' Wind (1976)' through 'Three Chords Good' (2012).
Over the last 30 years or so, Fleetwood Mac fans have grown accustomed to long waits between studio albums -- but if recent statements made by Lindsey Buckingham are accurate, the band could end its nearly 10-year recording drought in the not-too-distant future.
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Many marketers will be in Chicago for this week's catalog show. Attendance should be up, too, especially since it won't be competing with DMDays New York. Despite the Direct Marketing Association's contention that the two don't have much of an overlap in attendees and exhibitors, I know of several people who would disagree. Too bad we won't know how many actually show up because the DMA refuses to release those figures, nor does it have its shows audited by a third party.
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For the third year in a row Apprentice Entertainment has participated in the Redwood Boys and Girls Club fundraiser, Bowl For Kid's Sake. And this year, for the second year in a row, Apprentice Entertainment won the most enthusiastic team! We had a blast, and all the while doing it for the good of Humboldt county youth. This event takes place at Harbor Lanes in Eureka with tons of organizations all bowling at the same time. Each person who bowls is required to raise fifty dollars, so with a group of ten you've already raised five hundred dollars for the Boys and Girls Club. Apprentice Entertainment raised a whole $450 for the club! Get more information about they are doing Humboldt county here: http://bgcredwoods.org/
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2013 NFL Draft picks: 1 – OT Oday Aboushi (5th round, New York Jets)
The past four years, Virginia has churned out just four NFL Draft picks, but that has been enough to extend one of the longest active streaks in the ACC. The Cavaliers football program has produced at least one draft pick each season dating back to 1984 and Oday Aboushi kept the streak alive for another year when he was chosen in the fifth round of the 2013 NFL Draft. That active streak is longer than Virginia Tech and Clemson and matches Florida State for second-best among current ACC teams (behind Miami). Will it continue another year? Probably, with senior offensive tackle Morgan Moses leading the way.
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1. OT Morgan Moses (6-6, 330, 5.48)
A native of Richmond, Va., Moses found the field early in his career and earned regular playing time, starting 30 games at right tackle the past three seasons. But with Aboushi now in the NFL, Moses transitions to the left side as a senior, a move that NFL scouts will watch closely. Moses is a large human being and one of the better 330-plus-pound athletes on the planet; very few blockers his size can get out in front of his running back and demolish defenders 30 yards downfield like he can. Moses has a wide base, broad shoulders and uses angles well to shield defenders with strong hands to latch and drive. He tends to underestimate speed off the edge and lacks the recovery quickness to regain positioning, struggling with consistent focus at times. Moses lunges and bends at the waist too much, but his size and length combination usually allows him to get away with it. If he can hold up at left tackle, Moses will only bolster his already strong pro resume and projects as a better NFL prospect than his former teammate Aboushi.
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Ranked as the top high school recruit out of the state of Virginia three years ago, Nicholson became the first true freshman to start a season-opening game for the Cavaliers at cornerback since 1986. He started every game as a freshman in 2011 and last year as a sophomore (25 straight starts) and has totaled 25 passes defended over his two-year UVA career. Nicholson lacks an ideal frame for the position with a thin, wiry body type and very average height, but he play much bigger and isn't afraid to attack the run with veracity. He is a fluid, quick-footed athlete with natural flexibility to stay low in his stance and burst from a stationary position. After two pick-offs as a freshman, Nicholson didn't record an interception last season, but teams also stayed away from his side of the field and he'll likely see more of the same treatment in 2013. A dedicated, mature individual, Nicholson is a resilient leader who pushes himself on and off the field to get every ounce of talent out of his ability. While his size will ding him in the minds of some evaluators, one AFC scout has already dubbed him the "next Joe Haden." Time will tell if Nicholson can live up to those high expectations, but he's off to the right start.
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After starting last season as the second or third tight end on the depth chart with zero career catches, McGee emerged as one of Virginia's more reliable targets in 2012, recording 28 catches for 374 yards and a team-best five touchdowns. He committed to Richmond out of high school to play quarterback, but followed former Spiders head coach Mike London to Virginia when he accepted the Cavaliers head job. McGee moved to tight end shortly after he arrived at Virginia but was relatively unknown until his breakout season last year. A tall, smooth athlete, McGee is able to create mismatches from the slot with the speed to beat linebackers down the seam and the body control and power to win in contested situations against defensive backs. He plays with the passion and confidence that coaches wish they could instill in all their players, showing the competitive drive to reach his full potential. While the current quarterback situation in Charlottesville is unsettled, McGee is already being dubbed the best tight end at Virginia since former first round pick Heath Miller.
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RB Kevin Parks (5-8, 200, 4.52)*
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Bhopal, Mar 29 (UNI) After receiving drubbing at the hands of the BJP in the biennial elections to fill up three seats to the Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh, Congress-supported independent candidate Vivek Tankha today said his determination to work for the welfare of people had been strengthened.
Mr Tankha told UNI here today that he contested as an independent candidate but did not get support from those legislators from whom he had expected. Still, he was thankful to everyone.
Observing that this was not new in electoral politics, he said everyone was aware of the factors behind these incidents in a democratic system.
The former state Advocate General said the positive side of a defeat was that it inspired people to move ahead. He had taken his defeat in the same spirit.
On whether he would join the Congress in future, Mr Tankha said nothing could be said at this point of time. It was true that he found himself close to the Party UNI SD-PS GT VC2015


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Local coin dealers watched gold bullion disappear from their cases on the heels of the silver dry-up.
Hardly an ounce of gold bullion remains at local coin dealers, riding the trend of no availability after people sought tangible alternatives in which to invest hard cash as consumer confidence shook from the Wall Street crisis.
"I bet I've had five people just this week looking to spend $10,000-plus buying gold," said Don Taylor, owner of the Century Coin Shoppe in Palisade, where one collector gold coin remained Friday morning. "It's just not available in this town. I've had to give people phone numbers to big exchange houses back East. There's just nothing in the valley. Everybody's just hanging on to it."
Silver became scarce in the late summer in the Grand Valley and was altogether unattainable one week ago. Gold soon followed.
Both locally and nationwide, retail investors who didn't want the high risk of trading in the futures markets reportedly increased their holdings of gold coins.
And last week, the U.S. Mint announced a temporary suspension of selling American Buffalo gold, 1-ounce, bullion coins after demand depleted inventory.
They also halted sales of the American Eagle 1-ounce, gold coins in August.
"I have one gold coin in the shop, and it's a collectors coin, and it's a 1926 ten-dollar coin that's been graded and encapsulated," Taylor said. "It's $1,800, according to gold value, and there's probably only $450 worth of gold in that coin. The collector type coins are quite a bit different than gold bullion. This one has gold, but also collector value. They don't move quite as fast. I think they're a lot more solid investments. In 10 minutes, gold can drop 100 bucks, and that gold piece is not going to move that fast."
Gold, just like stocks, can turn in a heartbeat.
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"Take the money you know you may have to spend in six to nine months and put it into bank accounts and money markets. The money you have to keep your hands off of, put into bonds and stocks and mutual funds. Maybe a little bit of gold, 5 to 10 percent into gold or gold mutual funds. ... At times like this, liquidity to move money from one place to another is crucial, in my book."


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Will intune work if windows firewall is set to block all incoming connections including those in the list of allowed programs? If file and print sharing is turned off?
On laptops, I set the public network location (location aware firewall on win7) such that all incoming connections are blocked. Will windows intune still work on this location aware setting? What if I disable file and printer sharing? I also like to do this on laptop computers.
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I was just now successfully able to push Skype out to a test computer only after I completely disabled my firewall - including Private firewall; mind you I'm on a domain. I believe if you write an exception rule to allow Intune to pass-through you should be good.
File and Print share shouldn't have a baring on how or if Intune works, as they're used to address local network files. That's the magic of the cloud :p
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Setting "Block all incoming connections" only blocks unsolicited traffic. Traffic that is requested by your system (from Windows Intune for example) will work just fine.
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Bears derail Engineers, 2-1
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.?The SUNY Potsdam men's soccer team (5-2) rallied from a 1-0 deficit to defeat Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (4-2) 2-1 in the second round of the Liberty League-SUNYAC Challenge at Skidmore on Saturday afternoon. The dynamic duo of Tom Benedetto and Eduardo Figueroa each scored in the Bears first ever win over the Engineers in five tries.
Potsdam held the edge in play in low scoring first half. Things were going according to plan until an RPI shot glanced off a Bears defender's hand in the box. The Engineers were awarded a penalty kick at 42:28 and Matt Koziol made the most of it. RPI led 1-0 at the break.
The play was even tighter in the second half as Potsdam fought to even the score. In the 50th minute, an Engineer fell on the ball in the box and Benedetto was awarded a penalty kick. He converted to tie the score. The Bears kept battling and Benedetto was awarded another penalty kick at 69:35. This time RPI goalkeeper Rob Dewald made the stop to keep the score knotted. Just 10 minutes later, Figueroa beat two Engineer defenders and buried the game-winner inside the left post. RPI had a final chance 55 seconds later, but Potsdam freshman goalie Nick Davies handled it. The Bears didn't allow another shot on goal over the final nine minutes.
RPI outshot Potsdam 15-13, but the Bears had four corner kicks to the Engineers' one. Davies made five stops to earn his fifth win, while Dewald made three saves in the loss.
After coming up short despite a strong effort on Friday, Potsdam Head Coach Adam Parker was very pleased with this afternoon's result.
"It was tough to play as well as we did in the first half and still be behind," said Parker. "And we missed a penalty kick, so it was good to see that we didn't quit. We overcame injuries this weekend and everyone executed and played their role. That's what makes this win so satisfying."
The Bears 5-2 start matches the program's best since 2003. Potsdam's best start ever was a 6-0 stretch to begin the 2002 season.
The Bears are back in action when they travel to Canton to face 20th-ranked St. Lawrence University at 4 p.m. on Friday.
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