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Investment magazine
Rowley has written about institutional investment in the UK and Australia for 14 years. Prior to joining Investment Magazine, he spent five years with Pensions Week in London, where he also regularly contributed to the Financial Times' weekly fund management section. He joined Investment Magazine in March 2013. In his role he is also in charge of creating the agenda for the biannual Fiduciary Investors Symposium, and annual the Fixed Income Forum, the Absolute Returns Conference.
Dan Purves worked as the head of news, sport and journalistic programming operations at Demon Media winning two national awards. Prior to this the stories he broke regularly made the front page of both The Patriot (USA) and The Demon (UK). He has also worked for the independent documentary company GRACE Productions.
With $115 million in seed funding from US manager that
an offshore equity partner, Sydney-based Shearwater Capital has begun targeting
illiquid credit and special situations investment opportunities in the domestic
corporate and real estate sectors. In June 2008, the manager, whose four
co-founders have experience in both funds management and investment banking,
was seeded by the US$3 billion Reservoir Capital Group, a
invests stakes in new private equity and hedge fund managers, in addition to
running its own portfolios.
US manager that
Shearwater focuses primarily on the Australian
corporate and real estate markets, aiming to capitalise on liquidity stress by
investing in a wide assortment of illiquid debt instruments, such as performing
and non-performing debt portfolios, distressed debt and mezzanine debt. "We're
agnostic on industry, and we're prepared to look through the capital structure,
debt and equity," Gary Stead, a co-founder, said.
Shearwater will invest in
out-offavour assets that have become illiquid or are undergoing fundamental
change, and well-performing companies experiencing some form of liquidity
stress, for periods of between two and four years. It will not seek controlling
stakes in order to avoid any board disputes or litigation that might arise. "The
best protection in credit and equity is being associated with good businesses.
You can invest in a company and not lumber them with a massive coupon." This Australia,
type of strategy is a "welltrodden path" in the
Europe and Asia, but Shearwater was the first such manager established in
Stead claimed. The manager saw the bursting of the debt bubble and consequent
draining of liquidity from the global financial system as a structural change
in the economy.
"We don't see this as a blip. We've had around 17 years of a
lot of credit that was underpinning a certain growth rate. Going forward, we
won't get access to this credit," Stead said. "It's not a window of opportunity
but more of a fundamental change in [economic] growth and access to credit." The
careers of three of the cofounders overlapped at Merrill Lynch during the Asian
financial crisis. "The Asian crisis hit distressed companies, but this time
good companies are finding it hard to access capital," Welch said.
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there were pockets of liquidity, which flowed out of the
US, Middle East and
and into opportunistic trades in
Asia. This
time, however, surges of foreign capital into stressed markets have not come. "Investors
and banks are focusing on their own markets," Stead said. Shearwater's
relationship with Reservoir, which holds a minority equity stake in the
manager, could give it access to other managers seeded by the
potential co-investment deals.
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London - A British woman who let her 4-year-old son starve to death was sentenced to 15 years in jail, a court in northern England ruled Friday.
Amanda Hutton, 43, was convicted of manslaughter and of failing to allow the burial of the child, the Crown Court in Bradford said.
The mummified body of the boy was found in September 2011, almost two years after he apparently starved to death. The mother of eight was reported to be an alcoholic.
Judge Roger Thomas said: "You placed your own selfish addiction to drink well before your responsibilities to your many children."
Thomas said Hutton posed "a real danger" to children, and that "the squalor in which your surviving children were found in September 2011 was breathtakingly awful."
The body was discovered after a rookie police officer visited the house after complaints from a neighbour about soiled nappies being thrown into her yard.
Hutton admitted during the trial to neglecting five of her other children, aged 5 to 13.


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Ronald Breslow to receive 2006 Othmer Gold Medal
Ground-breaking researcher, prolific author to be honored for a half century of leadershipThe Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF) today announced that Ronald Breslow, ground-breaking researcher, inspiring teacher, tireless leader, prolific author, and energetic spokesperson for the world of chemistry, has been selected to receive the 2006 Othmer Gold Medal. The award ceremony and the annual Othmer Gold Medal Luncheon will be the first event in the fifth annual Heritage Day on Thursday, May 18, 2006.
"An individual of multifaceted talents and great achievements, Ron Breslow combines a brilliance in research with a motivation to tell the story of chemical achievement to all who will listen," said Arnold Thackray, President. "He is the central architect of two major areas of research: biomimetic systems and nonbenzenoid aromatic chemistry. His work offers promise of important breakthroughs in the fight against cancer, by modulating gene transcription in cancer cells."
Breslow is celebrating his fiftieth anniversary on the faculty of Columbia University, which he joined after undergraduate and graduate training at Harvard. He played a key role in the decision to merge Barnard College with Columbia, and has been active on many levels in the National Academy of Sciences and the American Chemical Society (ACS President 1996; Priestley Medalist 1999). In addition to numerous honors and awards, he also holds the National Medal of Science. "Ronald Breslow is one of the most brilliant chemists in the world," said Madeleine Jacobs, Executive Director and CEO, American Chemical Society, "what really amazes Ron's colleagues and makes him so worthy of the Othmer Gold Medal is the astonishing range of important chemical fields that he's pioneered and continues to tackle."
Ron Breslow is the author of about 400 publications, including a widely acclaimed 1996 book "Chemistry Today and Tomorrow: The Central, Useful, and Creative Science." He holds the National Medal of Science, and has been named one of the top 75 contributors to the chemical enterprise in the past 75 years. He is an accomplished pianist whose public repertoire extends from popular songs to improvisational jazz. Colleagues continue to marvel at the breadth and depth of his intellect, and of his passion and enthusiasm for chemistry. "He has an uncommon capacity for engaging all sorts of people in conversation; he is not only a gifted scientist but a great spokesperson for the public image and relevance of chemistry," says CHF Board member Paul Anderson, himself a Perkin and Priestley Medalist.
About the Chemical Heritage Foundation
The Chemical Heritage Foundation (CHF) serves the community of the chemical and molecular sciences, and the wider public, by treasuring the past, educating the present, and inspiring the future. CHF maintains a world-class collection of materials that document the history and heritage of the chemical and molecular sciences, technologies, and industries; encourages research in CHF collections; carries out a program of outreach and interpretation in order to advance an understanding of the role of the chemical and molecular sciences, technologies, and industries in shaping society.
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Pirate fans looking for splashy win vs. Hokies
Posted September 13, 2013
There'll be no problem with prodigal halftime tailgaters at ECU's Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium on Saturday. There'll be very few – if any – empty seats even for a noon kickoff that'll be on television. The noise level will be off the charts. When it comes to game-day energy, the Pirates put on the best 50,000-seat show in the business.
"ECU people love it. They really do," Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer said.
There's no question of the passion that Pirate fans will bring. The overriding question in Greenville is whether fourth-year coach Ruffin McNeill can exit "The Big Fick" with his second signature win by stopping Beamer and his traditional ACC front-running Hokies?
Through 40 games at his alma mater, McNeill is 21-19 overall and 17-8 in Conference USA games (counting last week's 31-13 win over new league member Florida Atlantic).
The former star defensive back for the Pirates has struggled to develop a competitive defense and hasn't been able to reach the championship game in a league where ECU clearly should be the crown jewel.
On the whole, however, McNeill has done enough.
In early June, the school rewarded an 8-5 (7-1 conference) record in 2012 by extending his contract through the 2017 season at an annual guarantee of at least $1.15 million.
In its entire football history, ECU has had four coaches who have been totally committed to the school and its football mission.
Clarence Stasavich (50-27-1 from 1962-69) was the first. McNeill is the latest. The other two – former Pirate player Ed Emory (26-29 in 1980-84) and Steve Logan (69-58 in 1992-02) – were fired.
And starting with Stasavich's 20-10 win over Wake Forest in the 1963 stadium dedication game, Pirate fans always have placed unusually high emphasis on wins over ACC opponents and/or national powers.
No one was better on that front than Logan, whose first four wins were over Virginia Tech, South Carolina, Cincinnati and Pitt. Even Logan's last win – 31-28 over TCU in November of 2002 – was a nationally significant upset over a Horned Frog team that finished 10-2 with a Liberty Bowl win and No. 22 in the final coaches poll.
Entering this game against Virginia Tech (1-1 with the loss to No. 1 Alabama), McNeill's most dramatic game days hit during his first season. That 2010 team opened with a miraculous 51-49 win over Tulsa in Ficklen and then staged a near replay in a 44-43 win over Southern Miss.
But it was a 33-27 overtime win over N.C. State and Russell Wilson on Oct. 16 in Greenville that still rates as McNeill's landmark achievement. That came shortly after losses to Virginia Tech and UNC and left the Pirates at 5-2 with what seemed to be a clear path to the Conference USA title game.
Then the defense collapsed, resulting in a 6-7 final record and a brutal 51-20 bowl loss to Maryland.
Since that win over the Wolfpack, McNeill's teams have scored a ton of points and played in as many photo-finish games as any team around. There's hardly been a dull moment, straight through a touchy 52-38 win over Old Dominion two weeks ago in the season opener.
After the Hokies, who are favored by eight points, the Pirates will have only three remaining home games and six on the road, including trips to UNC (Sept. 28) and State (Nov. 23).
McNeill needs a second big-splash win, and this may be his best opportunity for a while.
If McNeill could use a lift Saturday, Texas' Mack Brown faces as much of a must-win situation as any coach out there.
After last week's 40-21 loss at Brigham Young (which lost to Virginia in its opener), Brown got the always uncomfortable vote of support from his athletic director. The mood was so ugly back in Austin that Longhorn AD DeLoss Dodds had to make a statement that there would be no coaching change.
Well, make that no head coaching change. Brown, the former UNC head coach, immediately fired defensive coordinator Manny Diaz, the former N.C. State assistant, after the game at Provo. Against Ole Miss (2-0) Saturday (8 p.m.), Greg Anderson will be in charge of the defense.
"I thought Manny would do great ... I didn't think this was going to happen,'' Brown said.
Closer to home, Wake Forest coaching fixture Jim Grobe hardly needs to take a hit from Louisiana-Monroe (1-1) on Saturday (12:30 p.m.) in Winston-Salem.
Into his 13th season with the Deacons, Grobe is again below .500 overall (74-75 after last week's ugly loss at Boston College) and obviously groping for offensive answers.
After winning the ACC title in 2006 and going 28-12 during a three-year period, Grobe hasn't finished a season with a winning record since 2009.
Although no one expected this Wake team to challenge for another league title, or even the Atlantic Division top spot, Grobe was the first to say much success over last season's 5-7 record was a must. A loss Saturday may make that plan impossible.


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Sometimes it takes shock and awe to really get the message across that drunk driving can kill. More than 1,000 Florida State University students got an unvarnished look at what happens during a drunk driving crash or when you fail to buckle up. The images are too graphic for WCTV to air, but a program called "Street Smart" is hoping by showing the accidents through the eyes of paramedics, drivers will make wiser choices. Justen Calvacca, an FSU student and Panhellenic Vice President, which sponsored the event said, "It is graphic, somewhat controversial, but you don't get much out of being subtle. So this presentation kind of shocks everyone. You can't take your eyes off the screen, instead people really pay attention to the feature and presentation."
Last year, there were more than 1,000 drunk driving arrests in Leon County, many through joint efforts of area law enforcement. FSU Police will be holding a DUI checkpoint on Tuesday in memory of FSU student Matthew Beard. He was killed by a drunk driver in December, on his way to a dive at Delray Beach to study coral reefs.


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Did Gustav or deserting TV anchors hobble the RNC?
"Fate, it seems, is not without a sense of irony."
--- Larry Fishburne's Morpheus from the first Matrix movie.
Conservative media conspiracy theorists may rail about liberal bias, but it became obvious Sunday that the approaching Hurricane Gustav was not going to allow Republicans the same 15,000-journalist bath of publicity the Democrats got last week.
Beginning at noon Sunday, I started getting e-mails indicating the big network anchors would be headed to New Orleans and the Gulf Coast to see whether Gustav would bring a reprise of Hurricane Katrina nearly three years to the day after the Republican-led federal government's disastrous response shocked the world.
That Gustav has pulled the tablecloth from under the GOP convention on this sad anniversary is a bit of karma way too eerie to contemplate. Gulf Coast residents can at least console themselves with the knowledge that every Republican politician in the country has a vested interest in making sure the response to Gustav wipes the memory of Katrina from our collective consciousness.
CBS was first to announce that Katie Couric would be headed to the Gulf Coast for her evening newscast, e-mailing journalists at about 12:30 p.m. Sunday. ABC and NBC followed a few hours later, announcing that Charlie Gibson and Brian Williams would be headed to New Orleans as well.
By 4 p.m. Sunday, John McCain was announcing that Monday's GOP convention activities would essentially be canceled, to avoid juxtaposing the infomercial of a modern political convention with scenes of storm-swept damage in the wake of Gustav. Even convention diehard Jim Lehrer threw in the towel at that point, choosing to helm PBS's Gustav coverage from Washington D.C. today.
Each network has their political journalism stars back in St. Paul: George Stephanopoulos for ABC, Bob Schieffer for CBS and Tom Brokaw for NBC. But increasingly, it seems the world's attention will fall on the other side of the country, as we all hold our breath and hope, improbably, that all the local, state and national officials who screwed up the first time will handle this emergency better the second time around.
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JUDY WOODRUFF: Every year, thousands of children in this country are expelled from school before they reach kindergarten. In fact, studies show that preschool children are expelled at significantly rates than those in kindergarten through 12th grade.
MOLLY KNIGHT RASKIN: In many ways, Desiree Kazee, is a typical 5-year-old girl. She's bubbly, bright and affectionate. Her favorite color is pink. And she enjoys drawing and dancing.
But, two years ago, when Desiree began preschool at a Head Start program near her home in Liberty, Missouri, she didn't seem to enjoy much of anything.
RENEE SILVER, School Therapist: She was a very angry child. She would tantrum, she would scream, she would whine, she would complain of things bothering her that might not normally bother a child.
MOLLY KNIGHT RASKIN: Renee Silver is a school therapist who worked individually with Desiree.
RENEE SILVER: She wouldn't take no for an answer. She would want to do things when she wanted to do them. She did everything she could to try and gain control.
MOLLY KNIGHT RASKIN: In most classrooms, Desiree's behavior would be met with harsh discipline, but in this Head Start school, the teachers don't punish kids for acting out. That's because all these children, including Desiree, have experienced at least one traumatic event in their short lifetimes.
JANINE HRON, CEO, Crittenton Children's Center: This would be separation from parents. This would be incarcerated parents, substance abuse or untreated mental illness in the home, witnessing violent interactions, being abused themselves.
MOLLY KNIGHT RASKIN: Janine Hron is the CEO of Crittenton Children's Center, a psychiatrist hospital in Kansas City. In 2008, Hron and her team developed Head Start Trauma Smart, an innovative program that evidence-based trauma therapy into Head Start classrooms.
The program was created in response to the pervasiveness of trauma in the Kansas City area. Of the 4,000 kids in Head Start, 50 percent have experienced more than three traumatic events.
JANINE HRON: This is not a one-and-done kind of a bad experience. This happens over and over and over, and it becomes rather a lifestyle of trauma.
MOLLY KNIGHT RASKIN: Studies show that one in four preschool-age children experience a traumatic event by the start of kindergarten. Because so many of these children respond to traumatic stress by acting out, they prove a challenge to teachers and caregivers, who find that traditional methods of, like scolding them or putting them in a time-out, don't work. In fact, these methods often makes things worse, leading to suspension or expulsion.
Avis Smith, a licensed social work at Crittenton, explains why.
AVIS SMITH, Crittenton Children's Center: Their behaviors are so extreme, that the adults don't know how to keep everybody safe.
MOLLY KNIGHT RASKIN: In Head Start Trauma Smart, safety comes first. Molly Marx has been teaching in the program for five years.
MOLLY MARX, Teacher, Head Start: The first thing you have to do is make them feel safe. And if you're not making them feel safe, they are not going to learn or improve. So, most of how we teach starts with complete social-emotional. I am here. I will keep you safe. Help me keep it that way.
WOMAN: This is where I would like you to sit today to make sure your body is safe.
MOLLY KNIGHT RASKIN: In training programs held year-round, Head Start Trauma Smart teachers learn to validate extreme emotions referred to as (INAUDIBLE) feelings using calm and quiet voices. They are also armed with practical and cognitive tools to help kids soothe themselves.
MOLLY MARX: In our room, the safe spot is in a really quiet corner, and it's filled with kind of pillows and blankets. And then we have a calm down box. There are several sensory things that they can play with. We have squishy balls. We have sunglasses.
MOLLY KNIGHT RASKIN: All of the methods are aimed at quieting a tidal wave of emotions that often overwhelms these kids. Neuroscientists have found that trauma causes arrested development in children's brains. This leaves them vulnerable to triggers that adults around them often don't see.
AVIS SMITH: It might be a smell. It might be a touch. It might be a sound that that child experienced during that traumatic event that is a reminder for that child of what happened.
MOLLY KNIGHT RASKIN: This is the case for Desiree, who suffered traumatic events, including the incarceration of her mother and the death of a close family member. Desiree was also the victim of abuse.
The incident was so traumatizing that her father, Derek Kazee, said he saw a total shift in her personality.
DEREK KAZEE: Before everything, like, she just — she was a people person. She loved being around people. After the experience happened, she tended to turn off. She didn't really want to be around adults. She didn't want to be around kids. She just wanted to be at home, her safe spot.
MOLLY KNIGHT RASKIN: Derek Kazee says it wasn't until she began the trauma program that Desiree finally felt safe enough to go to school and to share her experience with the adults there. One of them was therapist Renee Silver, who works with kids individually to reinforce the self-regulating techniques of Head Start Trauma Smart.
In one activity, Silver applies lotion to Desiree's hands.
RENEE SILVER: I'm going to get your pinkie and your ringy and your middle.
How often do kids get that nurturing, where each finger is individualized and pointed out, and they're getting that focused attention, where nothing else matters? And so it really helps the kids. They — it's almost like they melt.
MOLLY KNIGHT RASKIN: And it's not just teachers and therapists who practice these techniques.
AVIS SMITH: Bus drivers, cooks, everyone who is in the life of that child.
Derek Kazee says he often works with Desiree at home, where they both use calm down stuff like counting and deep breathing.
DEREK KAZEE: Go ahead.
She tends to just walk away and calm herself down. And usually, like, before the program, she would just, you know, have a tantrum. Now she's more in control of her feelings and her emotions. As a parent, it makes me completely happy.
MOLLY KNIGHT RASKIN: Head Start Trauma Smart is still in its early stages, but it's already showing promising results; 100 percent of the children enrolled have moved on to kindergarten. It's this kind of success that Hron says she hopes will boosts the program's growth nationwide.
JANINE HRON: If we can pull this off across the country, the dividends will be phenomenal.
MOLLY KNIGHT RASKIN: Some of the Head Start Trauma Smart results are harder to measure. But to those who care for these children, they are impossible to miss.
DEREK KAZEE: All right.


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Hope for the Best (part 1)
And so it begins – Aely and Arrens' adventures in the far reaches of the Galaxy. It's really good to be writing fic with Arrens again (to be fair, he wrote most of this, I'll take most of the next part – Shared writing duties are awesome.)
Master Sideth looked at them both from the far end of the table sternly. "Arrens, Aely, I'm afraid you leave the Council little choice in the matter. While several on this Council would have you removed from the Order completely, your records are exemplary, your histories within the Order equally so…with the exception of this blatant violation." He rubbed his fingers on his temples and looked weary.
The two Jedi stood silently, hands folded before them.
"What would you do were the roles reversed?" he asked.
Arrens spoke first. "Master, I'm afraid I cannot answer such a question without bias. Know that I have never before felt the Force flow through me with such strength and clear-minded purpose than when I have been with Aely. I will continue to maintain the tenets of the Order and hold no one person above another. But my feelings for her will not subside. As such, I will abide by the rulings of the Council, whatever they decide."
"You walk a dangerous path, Arrens. It is fraught with temptation by the Dark Side – temptation, I fear, you have not felt in all your years within the Order." Sideth looked to Aely. "And you? What would you have me do?"
Aely sighed. She looked at her hands for a moment, and then directly back at the Council. "I do not know. I know only that every Jedi has struggles to remain on the side of the Light, and it seems this will be mine. I will not abandon the Order over this, nor will I abandon the strength of my own knowledge in the Force. That strength led me here, I can only trust it will lead me forward."
Sideth looked around the chamber at the other ruling members of the Jedi Council, who all nodded as one. "Then it is decided. We will not remove you from the Order. Not as yet. You are, however, to be removed from your posts within the Temple. You may have no interactions with Padawans without approval from myself and the other members of the Council. So that we may ensure your path down the Dark Side does not continue, you are to report to us regularly regarding your whereabouts and your dealings with others. I would encourage you to assist the Republic in its dealings with the Empire; they have much need for the healing arts in some of the galaxy's more remote outposts. See where the Senate needs you most on Coruscant and proceed from there. But effective immediately, you are to pack your things and leave the Temple. Leave no word to your students, Arrens. Nor you to your patients, Aely. We will find suitable replacements for you both."
The members of the Council stood together as Master Sideth delivered his final words.
"May the Force be with you both."
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"Tommy Moose is a cuddly moose in a read sweater designed to be given to children in distress by emergency police and fire personnel," said Maggie LaBash, secretary/treasurer of the Moose Lodge. "The idea was conceived by our organization Moose International, a family fraternity, to ease the physical and emotional pain suffered by children in emergency situations."
Among the agencies to receive the seven dozen toys distributed were the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff's Station, SCV Highway Patrol office and area fire stations.
Among those who assisted in the distribution of the toys were Moose members and officers, Governor Frank Price, Senior Regent Ann Azevedo and Prelate Butch LaBash who was accompanied by his grandson Travis LaBash.


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Dr. Seuss's Oh, the Thinks You Can Think
Children's book review by Steve Barancik
Ages 4-8
A book about imagination and thinking
What is a single unit of imagination? Well, according to Dr. Seuss, it's a think.
Sticklers might argue that it's a thought, but hey, this is a Beginner Book and it's a lot easier to sound out Think than Thought. Besides, Think rhymes with Rink-Rinker-Fink and How much water can fifty-five elephants drink?
"Thought" doesn't. Besides, having already turned a verb into a noun the previous year in Great Day for Up, Seuss was in a rhythm!
This book is often described as an ode to the wonders of imagination and keeping it alive. Oh, the Thinks You Can Think is certainly that, but I would maintain that the message is still more expansive, that it urges readers simply to keep using their noggins.
And why is it
so many things
go to the Right?
You can think about THAT
until Saturday night.
Seuss's fantastic illustrations have never seemed more on point than here, when he's talking about the landscape of the mind. Rather than serving merely as settings, the pictures are examples of what things can look like when you simply close your eyes and bother to imagine.
In an age when thinking seems to have gone out of style (replaced by passive entertainment and simply echoing what others think), Oh, the Thinks You Can Think can urge your children onto a more thoughtful and imaginative path.
Complete Dr. Seuss book list.
Read more of Steve's reviews.
Best Children's Books - Find, Read or Write home page.


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Luke Doucet
In this episode, we spent the afternoon with Luke Doucet of Whitehorse and found out about his passion for long distance running
Brendan Canning
Broken Social Scene co-founder and solo artist gives us insight into his love of soccer.
Tanya Tagaq
Inuk throat singer from Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, gives us insight into her passion for food.
Murray Lightburn
The Dears founder and lead singer and solo artist shares with us his love of vintage cameras and analogue photography.
Girls Rock Camp – Toronto
We spoke to the organizers of Girls Rock Camp – Toronto, as well as, some of the talented volunteers who act as band coaches and workshop presenters and several of the campers and two successful Girls Rock Camp graduates.
Art Bergmann
We sat down with Art Bergmann, Canada's very own punk-poet legend, and talked about reading and revolution.
We talked to members of Zeus at Ill Eagle, their Toronto, ON based recording studio and rehearsal space about their love of recording and mixing.
Jay Malinowski
Earlier this year, we travelled to Vancouver and spoke with Jay Malinowski (The Deadcoast, Bedouin Soundclash) about his love of painting.
Jill Barber
During our sojourn in Vancouver we met with Jill Barber at her friend's workshop and learned about the art of millinery.
Greg Millson
We were fortunate to visit with Greg Millson (Great Lake Swimmers, Gentleman Reg) at his cool Toronto vintage drum shop.
In this episode, we sat down with three talented musicians – Janine Stoll (The Donefors), Lisa Winn and Melissa McClelland (Whitehorse) – and spoke to them about their charity, Ladybird Animal Sanctuary.
Public Animal
For the final entry of our 2014 Echos series, we offer a rare glimpse at the origins of our concept with a special presentation of the original pilot videos for our project. Sadly, due to the ravages of time, we now only have 2nd generation VHS tape copies, so please forgive the quality of these scarcely seen gems.


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I'd love to have a tatoo... if it wasn't
Haircut and colour give you some room for change and experimentation. And a guy can also have some fun with his beard too, and try new patterns now and then. The greatest part of all that being: when I don't like it anymore, I can get rid of it within a few days.


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Book 1 COMPLETE(Finished) Plz REAd/vote/comment and become a fan :) <3
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Liddle-Vampire Feb 20, 2012
Im sorry but Justine Bieber can and will NEVER be a vampire.
RebeccaLynn Jul 09, 2011
@EvelyneWinters ya true im glad you "like" my story? but my names rebecca i didnt intend for someone to think i ment rebecca black.....
EvelyneWinters Jul 09, 2011
Grammar mistakes, but well overall. The name -- Rebecca-- sorta pissed me off because of Rebecca Black. Justin + Rebecca = UGH! But good...I guess....


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With a stay at Hotel Bonalba Alicante in Mutxamel, you'll be next to a golf course and close to Campello Beach. This 4-star aparthotel is within the vicinity of Ble and Hospital Universitari Sant Joan D'Alacant.
Make yourself at home in one of the 252 individually decorated guestrooms, featuring refrigerators and LCD televisions.
Rooms have private balconies. Complimentary wired and wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and satellite programming provides entertainment. Private bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature complimentary toiletries and hair dryers.
Relax at the full-service spa, where you can enjoy massages, body treatments, and facials. If you're looking for recreational opportunities, you'll find an outdoor pool, an indoor pool, and a spa tub. Additional amenities at this aparthotel include complimentary wireless Internet access, babysitting/childcare (surcharge), and an arcade/game room.
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IPL 2013: Bangalore defeat Mumbai Indians by 2 runs in a last-ball thriller
Every man, woman and child in the almost-packed stadium seemed to have a red Bangalore flag, and they were waved in abundance for Gayle. They were eventually found celebrating the entire team.
A jinx-breaking last-ball win, a hitherto unknown bowler who shone on the big stage, and a surreal moment when Test cricket's highest wicket-taker bowled an over to Test cricket's two highest run-getters, were all put in the shade by a man who hobbled on one foot during yet another match-winning innings that reiterated his status as the supreme batsman of the Twenty20 format.
Jasprit Bumrah bowled with a quirky action and struck gold, Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting walked out side-by-side and took on Muttiah Muralitharan, but Chris Gayle's 92 not out off 58 balls ensured that Royal Challengers Bangalore beat Mumbai Indians for the first time at M Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore on Thursday (April 4), gasping to the post by just two runs in a tense finish that saw Dinesh Karthik's fantastic 60 off 37 balls go in vain. (Watch: NDTV's analysis of the match)
Every man, woman and child in the almost-packed stadium seemed to have a red Bangalore flag, and they were waved in abundance for Gayle, and with equal warmth for Tendulkar. In the end, the audience that would have gladly cheered a Tendulkar special in a Bangalore victory went home satisfied. (See and read: Match in pics and Stats from the match)
Put in to bat on a greenish pitch, Bangalore's innings began with Mitchell Johnson getting prodigious seam movement and cleaning up Tillakaratne Dilshan in his second over. Bumrah had an unforgettable initiation in what was his first outing on such a big stage, being carted for three boundaries in his first four balls and then trapping Virat Kohli lbw with his fifth. Bumrah, 19, let out a primeval roar, and the wicket seemed to galvanise him. He was to finish with 3 for 32, adding the scalps of Mayank Agarwal and Karun Nair, vindicating the team management's decision to include him in the starting XI ahead of more pedigreed bowlers. He had been the Man of the Match when Gujarat won the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2012-13 less than a week ago, and this performance, in just his tenth T20 match, promised of more to come.
Gayle, who stayed though the initial fall of wickets, didn't find his range at the start. That changed when he was in a collision with Harbhajan Singh at the end of the tenth over and hurt his leg. Clearly in pain for the rest of the innings, Gayle just about hobbled between the wickets. The downside for Mumbai was that the injury gave Gayle the incentive to score exclusively in boundaries. On 23 from 22 balls at the time, Gayle scored 69 from 36 balls in the final ten overs of the innings.
When Mumbai batted, Ponting and Tendulkar made light of the fact that T20 was supposed to be a young man's game, pulling out vintage shots, including Tendulkar's straight hit past the bowler and Ponting's front-foot pull. But when they both fell shortly after a half-century stand, Bangalore were back in the game.
However, they hadn't reckoned with Karthik's batting skills. Karthik was particularly severe on Daniel Christian, who has developed an unhealthy habit of conceding big runs in match-turning overs. He very nearly did it again, going for 24 runs in the 17th over, but with ten runs required off the final over, Vinay Kumar got both Karthik and Ambati Rayudu. Kieron Pollard brought nerves to fraying point when hit a straight boundary with eight needed off two balls, but he could only manage a single off the final ball, acknowledged by the sound of a stadium erupting in joy.
Bangalore have broken the jinx, and though Mumbai might have had the stronger team on paper, one man's presence in the red Bangalore jersey ensured a fine victory.


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Russell Brand arrested after airport scuffle
British comedian-turned Hollywood star Russell Brand was arrested after allegedly attacking a photographer at Los Angeles airport, police said.
Brand was arriving with his fiancee singer Katy Perry when the altercation erupted, amid a scrum of photographers and cameramen jostling to take pictures of the star couple.
The photographer who was allegedly struck made a citizen's arrest of the star, before airport police arrived and detained him.
"About 1:50pm today, Los Angeles Airport Police responded to Terminal 5 to a report of a battery involving a celebrity and a commercial photographer," said a statement by the airport police force.
"The victim involved placed the suspect under private person's arrest. Airport police took the suspect into custody for Penal Code Section 242 - battery," it added.
He was taken to a nearby police station to be booked, the statement added.
Video footage of the incident on the TMZ celebrity news agency website showed Brand and Perry being surrounded by a scrum of photographers and cameramen.
Brand - wearing a black T-shirt saying "God, come on give me a break" - pushed one of them away and later has a verbal altercation with the same photographer.
The hirsute star achieved infamy in Britain when he and fellow celebrity DJ Jonathan Ross were sanctioned by the BBC after making a lurid prank on-air phone call to a veteran actor, Andrew Sachs.
While Ross was suspended, Brand resigned and has since made a growing name for himself in Hollywood, in films including Forgetting Sarah Marshall and Get Him to the Greek.
Long a notorious womaniser, he surprised many by proposing marriage last year to LA-based pop singer Perry, famous for hits including I Kissed a Girl and more recently California Gurls.
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Paul di Resta put in a fantastic performance today in qualifying for the 2012 F1 Italian Grand Prix.
The Brit had been third quickest in final practice this morning and he showed that was no one-off with a strong run throughout qualifying, setting the fifth best time in Q1, the third best time in Q2 and the fourth best time in Q3. Sadly, however, while it was his best ever performance in qualifying, he won't get to start from the second-row alongside Felipe Massa, as a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change will drop him back to ninth.
Speaking after the session though, the Sahara Force India driver wasn't too disappointed and he is now focusing on making sure he scores as many points as possible in tomorrow's race.
"The car has been working well all weekend so I knew we were in good shape going into qualifying. We were in the top five of free practice and the car has got better and better with each run as the track evolved," said di Resta.
"I'm very happy with my Q3 lap, which was my quickest lap so far - so we maximised it when it mattered. I think the entire team has done an excellent job to get us in this position - we've trusted our instincts and just worked away at dialling the car into the track.
"I knew I was going to have a grid penalty for the gearbox change, which is frustrating, but at least I will start inside the top ten.
"The challenge now is to make sure we have the race pace and use the strategy to come away with points."
Team-mate Nico Hulkenberg meanwhile had a frustrating afternoon, with a fuel pressure issue putting him out right at the start of Q1 and stopping him from setting a time. He is now expected to line-up 24th and last.
"I was about to start my first timed lap in Q1 when I suddenly lost drive," he explained. "I pulled over at the first chicane and the team told me to switch off the car. It's a shame this happened on a day when the car looks so competitive, but that's racing. Starting so far back tomorrow will be tough, but I will try and push through so that we can hopefully come away with something from the race."
"We had a very competitive car today and Paul delivered an excellent performance to set the fourth fastest time in Q3 - it was his quickest lap of the weekend and his best ever qualifying performance," summarised team boss, Dr Vijay Mallya. "It's just unfortunate that he will take a five-place penalty for the gearbox change. Even so, he will be in the mix tomorrow and will be strong in the race.
"The big disappointment of the session was the technical fault on Nico's car, which we believe to be related to fuel pressure. Without this issue I'm confident we would have had both cars well inside the top ten.
"The task now is to come away from here with points to strengthen our position in the championship."


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Flirting Is All About Mixed Signals
The Daily Mail is at it again, this time with research from Indiana University that examines the way men and women understand social signals, specifically in relation to flirting. As it turns out, men were less likely to pick up on the typical social cues than women. The article explains:
When shown images of women making advances, men tended to misread the sexual cues as friendliness. At the same time they mistook photos of women merely being friendly for sexual interest.
Following suit, research showed that women tend to assume men pick up on body language far more than they actually do, leading women to incorrectly think that a guy isn't into her when in reality, he's just not getting the message. What I found most interesting about this is that sending mixed signals is not always a conscious choice, but more often than not, a simple issue of miscommunication. Do you agree? Do you think the problems and anxiety around dating might be a matter of inadvertent mixed signals?


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Sanjay Dutt to be released on February 27 - HMTv
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Actor Sanjay Dutt will be released from Yerrawada jail in Pune on February 27. The Maharashtra Government has given him a clean chit over his realising his mistake and his good behaviour in jail. Dutt's release is three and half months earlier than scheduled. He had been convicted by the Supreme Court for possession of illegal arms in 1993 Mumbai blasts. The news has cheered up Sanjay's fans.


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Bush not ruling out military action against Iran
US President Bush on Monday did not rule out using military force in Iran, saying all options remain on the table. But, addressing widespread concerns in Europe that Iran is the next U.S. target after Iraq, Bush said: "Iran is ... different from Iraq. We're in the early stages of diplomacy."
Bush said the United States was working with European allies Britain, France and Germany on a diplomatic solution to end Iran's nuclear program. According to The AP, his administration, however, has been skeptical of the Europeans' approach to offer Iran economic and political incentives not to develop nuclear arms.
"The results of this approach now depend largely on Iran," Bush said. "The time has arrived for the Iranian regime to listen to the Iranian people and respect their rights and join in the movement toward liberty that is taking place all around them."


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- 31 January: Chinese New Year Begins and First Social Security Check Issued – Anniversary.
- 1 February: Black History Month begins, Library Lovers' Month begins, Spunky Old Broads Month begins, Clark Gable birthday, Data Backup Day, First car insurance issued, GI Joe Introduced, Greensboro Sit In Anniversary, Late Night with David Letterman premieres, National Freedom Day, National Wear Red Day, and Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster.
- 2 February: Candlemas, Groundhog Day, and New Amsterdam (NYC) incorporated.
- 3 February: 15th Amendment Day, Elizabeth Blackwell birthday, Income Tax – Anniversary, Super Bowl Sunday , The Day The Music Died – 55th Anniversary.
- 4 February: Facebook's Birthday, Rosa Parks' Birthday – Anniversary, USO Day and World Cancer Day..
- 5 February: Weatherman's Day and World Nutella Day.
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The new season of "The Vampire Diaries" is all about the new: new places, new faces, new experiences, new friends, new enemies.
May's game-changing finale set up new world orders for many of the characters: Elena, Caroline, Bonnie, and Matt graduated from high school; Bonnie died, and Jeremy came back to life; Matt left with Rebekah on a grand European tour; Katherine became a human again; Stefan was locked in a box at the bottom of a river; Silas began posing as Stefan; and Elena and Damon finally got together.
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With summer over, they're all trying to figure out their new lives, whether it's at college or still in Mystic Falls. Here are a dozen things to expect from Season 5 of "The Vampire Diaries":
1. Damon and Elena are blissfully in love …
The fifth-season premiere is titled "I Know What You Did Last Summer," and when it comes to Damon and Elena, it was sex — "hot lovin' sex," as executive producer Julie Plec tells Entertainment Weekly.
2. … but they fight like any other couple.
Plec promises that any problems will be "little things that any normal couple would fight about and then hopefully make up over." Their relationship faces a test when it becomes long-distance after Elena departs for college. Oh, and the fact that Katherine is shacking up at the Salvatore mansion doesn't make her doppelganger very happy.
[Related: Paul Wesley Is Dating Former 'Vampire Diaries' Co-star Phoebe Tonkin!]
3. Stefan is still six feet under (water).
Over the summer, while Delena were having the aforementioned sex, Stefan was chilling inside a box at the bottom of the river while Silas took his identity in Mystic Falls. But while his friends and brother don't immediately figure out that "Stefan" isn't actually Stefan, Plec says the secret won't remain buried (or should we say drowned) for too long. "The unveiling of the Silas secret identity treachery will happen quickly, because we tend not to drag that stuff out too long on 'The Vampire Diaries,'" she told Hollywood Crush.
Paul Wesley on Silas's humor:
4. Speaking of Silas, he won't be the season's only bad guy.
There's no lounging by the pool or road-tripping to the beach for the immortal being over the summer. Silas is up to no good as he continues to search for a way to cross over to the other side to be with his love. But while he might be a problem for Damon, Elena, and friends, he's by no means the only one. "He's causing the most trouble at the beginning of the season, for sure," Plec tells TV Guide, "but by no means is he the biggest villain."
[Video: Behind the Scenes of 'The Vampire Diaries' Season 4: Location, Location, Location]
5. College calls!
Elena and Caroline leave Mystic Falls for the beautiful, venerable campus of Whitmore College, where they'll go to class, pull all-nighters in the library, make new friends — you know, like any other regular students. "They're really committed to enjoying life and enjoying college and being college freshmen," Plec explains to Hollywood Crush. Except for the fact that they're vampires. She adds, "Of course things will go instantly, terribly wrong."
It starts with the death of a fellow student on campus, which leads Elena and Caroline to meet some new people (good and bad).
Candice Accola recalls her favorite moments:
6. Caroline and Tyler are together, but not together.
At the end of last season, Klaus magnanimously dropped his vendetta against Tyler, for Caroline's sake. But the werewolf-vampire hybrid is nowhere to be found.
"Tyler's MIA in the beginning, which is a surprise because he should be there because she got him his freedom," Plec tells Wetpaint. "So where the f--k is he? Excuse my language."
[Related: On the Set With 'Vampire Diaries' Star Candice Accola: Things Have Changed For Caroline and Tyler]
7. Absence makes the heart open for new love interests.
With both Elena and Caroline's boyfriends away, the door is open for new guys. The charming, handsome Jesse (Kendrick Sampson) takes an instant liking to Caroline, though she treats him as a friend.
Meanwhile, after the campus death, Elena bonds with Aaron (Shaun Sipos) over their tragic pasts.
[Related: Nina Dobrev, Derek Hough Dating: How They Met!]
8. The "Other Side" will be explored.
In Mystic Falls, just because you're no longer among the living doesn't mean you can't still hang around. Bonnie is "still very much part of the show, and I think this is like a really cool psychological chapter for her," executive producer Caroline Dries tells Wetpaint. "And she kind of accepts the fact that she's dead, and that's just her reality. So it's not an easy thing for her to swallow."
We'll also get to see glimpses of Bonnie's "life" on the other side. "That's something new for the fans," Bonnie's portrayer Kat Graham explains to the Hollywood Reporter. "They'll be able to see that side that hasn't been explored yet," she says.
9. Jeremy's all grown up!
Elena's kid brother is a kid no longer. With his sister off to college, Jeremy is on his own. Oh, and his friends at school are kind of wondering about the fact that he died and they held a memorial for him.
"He has to deal with the awkward social situation that he's about to walk into, and he actually takes on a very man kind of role," Dries says. "He really grows up between last season and this season. He takes on a protagonist type of action role."
[Related: 'TVD' Star Previews an 'Explosive' Jeremy in Season 5]
Along with his new maturity, Jeremy grows even closer with Bonnie because he can see dead people and she's a ghost. "It creates an intimacy relying on one person as your connection to the one thing that matters the most to you," Graham notes.
10. Matt and Rebekah's crazy European adventure gets even crazier.
One word: threesome. Yes, small-town good guy Matt is really experiencing the world, thanks to Rebekah. And that includes an interlude sexy, mysterious woman named Nadia (Olga Fonda). After Rebekah departs for New Orleans — she'll be part of the spinoff "The Originals" — Nadia "will find her way to Mystic Falls under mysterious circumstances and with a mysterious agenda," Plec teases.
Zach Roerig previews what's in store for Matt:
[Related: 'Vampire Diaries' Star Reveals His Secret Child During Custody Battle]
11. A flashback explores a new decade.
The season's third episode features yet another flashback to Damon's and Stefan's pasts. This time, "it is a decade we haven't seen before," Dries reveals to TV Line. "It's going to be very good."
The flashback will introduce a new vampire named Tessa (former "True Blood" star Janina Gavankar), who is Stefan's ex-girlfriend.
12. A hot professor becomes a new foe.
On "The Vampire Diaries," handsome teachers are not to be trusted. The newest one is Dr. Wes Maxfield (Rick Cosnett), a professor at Whitmore College who Elena and Caroline suspect is hiding "a dark and dangerous secret."
Watch a preview of the new season:
"The Vampire Diaries" Season 5 premieres Thursday, Oct. 3 at 8 p.m. on The CW.


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Man found dead in Snowmass home
September 8, 2014
A 37-year-old man was found dead in his Snowmass Village home on Monday.
A friend went to Shelton Yocum's residence and found him unresponsive, calling 911 at approximately 7:30 p.m., said Snowmass Village Police Chief Brian Olson. Police and medics responded to the scene but were unable to resuscitate Yocum.
The Pitkin County Coroner's Office will perform an autopsy to determine the cause and manner of death. Until they see those results, officers don't have any reason to suspect foul play, Olson said.
Yocum worked for Aspen Skiing Co. at Sam's Smokehouse last winter, said Skico spokesman Jeff Hanle. Hanle said he didn't know where he worked before that.


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I'm sorry for your stress. Five weeks is still a little on the early side so just give it more time. Try to stay calm and go about your normal activities. As the patient it's very difficult for you because you are waking up every morning and seeing your face multiple times per day. Try to keep yourself busy and stay in close contact with your surgeon. Changing your nose and your chin may permanently change your smile but not necessarily in a negative way. You'll be very surprised at what you look like after six months.
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ST KILDA midfielder Nick Dal Santo is caught in an emotional tug-of-war between his long-time football love and the alluring rival suitor.
North Melbourne yesterday reaffirmed to St Kilda its interest in Dal Santo, but stopped short of making an offer for him.
The Saints believe the Kangaroos are stalling so early in the three-weeks trade period hoping to pick up the classy left-footer as a free agent, with his current club still yet to finalise what's a complicated final year option of his contract.
"We met with North Melbourne and they reaffirmed their interest, but to this point have not presented a trade position to us, preferring to take him as a free agent only should that be possible. Hence, we didn't talk much further," St Kilda head of football Chris Pelchen said.
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"I think all parties are in a difficult position. Nick and ourselves are both conscious that the best option might be to stay at St Kilda while North Melbourne clearly see him as a player of need."
North Melbourne coach Brad Scott said discussions with Dal Santo "have been really positive", but he said the Saint was conscious of trying to get the best deal for the club he has served for 260 games and 12 seasons.
"It's very much up to St Kilda now to talk to Nick and for both parties to decide what they want to do. We've held up our end of the bargain there, so we'll just wait and see," Scott said.
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"There are a lot of other potential deals that could be tied in. Whether it's together or separate, we're not sure yet. I think the first thing that's got to happen is St Kilda and Nick have got to come to terms as to what they want to do."
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Authenticity and MTV: Grunge Fights Back
While Nirvana and other grunge bands claimed the moral high ground regarding MTV and its role in their successes, the musicians still kept putting out videos, thus participating in the corporate machine. As a matter of fact, for all Kurt Cobain's mockery of MTV, once telling a reporter at the 1993 MTV Video Music Awards that he kept his past trophies in the toilet, the band participated in the channel's program MTV Unplugged to pump up sales of In Utero (1993), which had been successful, but had not generally lived up to the record company's expectations following Nevermind.
There is more than a little hypocrisy in Nirvana's public stance. For example, Dave Grohl, mocking the cable channel in the same interview, claimed MTV's real motto was not "Choose or Lose", but rather "Schmooze or Lose." His band mates felt that if they did not perform at the awards show, MTV would no longer play their videos. With scorn, bassist Krist Novaselic exclaimed, "Then our careers would be over."
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Nirvana and other grunge bands that rode the MTV wave to stardom soon had enough power to speak publicly about their disdain for the music channel. In October 1993, Pearl Jam won four MTV Video Music Awards for "Jeremy". At the show, lead singer Eddie Vedder admitted "If it weren't for music, I think I would have shot myself in the front of the classroom." Yet, a month later a long profile in Rolling Stone by superfan Cameron Crowe revealed that Vedder refused to do a video for its song "Black" and that he did not even have MTV. "Ten years from now", bassist Jeff Ament said, "I don't want people to remember our songs as videos." Yet, here we are 20 years later, and it is hard to imagine anyone who does not link the group and that haunting clip of teenage suicide.
By early 1994, several months before he committed suicide, Cobain spoke disparagingly about "Smells Like Teen Spirit" in an interview with Rolling Stone's David Fricke. The link between the band's popularity, Cobain's disillusionment with fame, and the role MTV played in blurring the line between authentic and sell-out converged. The singer explained, "Everyone has focused on that song so much. The reason it gets a big reaction is people have seen it on MTV a million times. It's been pounded into their brains. But there are so many other songs that I've written that are as good, if not better."
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MTV's central role in delivering grunge to a national audience in the early 1990s demonstrates the network's power as a creator and definer of culture. From a broader perspective, MTV's influence makes sense for those who grew up in that era of mixed messages, from AIDS and "Just Say No" to the residual conservative strains of the Ronald Reagan/George H.W. Bush presidencies. For that generation of young people vacillating between the sugary-sweet message of Jermaine Stewart's 1986 hit "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" and the safe, MTV-promoted sexuality of Madonna, Prince, and bands like Duran Duran, grunge gave voice to audiences searching for social consciousness and intentional defiance of what was considered hip, popular, and cool.
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• The BaptistWay lesson for July 20 focuses on Luke 11:1-13; 18:1-8.
I almost hesitate to comment on the discipline of prayer. So much has been written that turns it into something it is not.
Seven years ago, a book called The Prayer of Jabez hit Christian book stores and sold millions. It promised if a person prayed an obscure prayer in the Old Testament tied to a specific context and not repeated anywhere else in Scripture, God would have to respond favorably to whomever prayed it.
Derek Webb, then a member of the band Caedmon's Call, tells a story about an appearance he had to make along with the band at a convention that Christian bookstore suppliers attended to preview upcoming products. Bruce Wilkinson, the author of the bestselling book, stood on stage and pitched the book to potential buyers. Following his pitch, he had an altar call where he encouraged everyone to take the "Jabez Challenge" and pray the prayer he outlined for 30 days. He promised at the end of those 30 days their stores already would be on their way to being more profitable than they were in the previous year.
This is a tempting promise, but it is not a biblical one. When Jesus speaks about prayer in this week's Scriptures, the certainty of material gain never is mentioned. And in my opinion, Jesus makes a far superior authority and example for our prayer lives than Jabez.
God before us
Perhaps the most prominent takeaway from Luke's short and simple version of the Lord's Prayer in 11:2-4 is simply that our concern for and about God should come before ourselves. This idea not only defies the formula outlined in The Prayer of Jabez, but also the way many of us pray during Bible studies, small groups and prayer meetings.
Most churches have some kind of prayer list. It might be utilized on Wednesday nights, printed on the bulletin or mailed out in the newsletter. Almost always, without fail, the items mentioned on that list will have to do with sick people. While there is nothing wrong with praying for the sick—we are commanded to do so in the book of James—this is only one small aspect of how we are to engage God in prayer. During Bible studies it is common to ask the question, "Are there any prayer requests?" Again, while this is a perfectly acceptable question, when considered in isolation, it communicates that our needs, wants and wishes take precedence over God.
To keep yourself from praying in this lopsided manner, you may want to begin your prayer time with Scripture. Many have found the revised common lectionary (type this phrase into an Internet search engine if you are not familiar with it) to be a helpful tool in guiding devotional times around selected Scriptures. When you begin first by reading and meditating on God's word and then transition into prayer time, chances are greater your prayer will start with God instead of yourself.
Us before stuff
At the same time, God cares immensely about our needs and concerns. I would dare say he also cares about what we want, but not nearly as much as about what we need and what he wants for us. "Give us each day our daily bread" (11:3) from the Lord's Prayer is a familiar reminder of how Jesus modeled this aspect of prayer.
I recently preached about praying in the midst of both sickness and health. As I was preparing, I sent out an email asking for testimonials from the congregation about how health had affected their prayer life.
One man who had just turned 50 admitted: "I remember in my younger years being amused about why older folks would sit around discussing their health. … Now I do the same thing 25-30 years later. Our health (especially when bad or declining) makes us focus on ourselves more and more. But we are supposed to focus on God's kingdom, living in Christ and ministering to other saints. Maybe God allows aches, pains and serious health problems so we stay dependent on him. I struggle to give God praise and glory when my back hurts or my knee aches and limits my mobility. But I am encouraged by the Spirit 'to be satisfied in all circumstances and situations.' This is our temporary home, and this body will pass away."
His honest words and sentiments poignantly capture the temptation we all have to make prayer so narrowly focused it lacks a sense of divine vision. Daily provision, forgiveness and holy living are given priority over our wants and desires in the Lord's prayer.
Persistence before formality
This does not mean asking with boldness is not appropriate. On the contrary, the imagery Jesus provides in 11:9-13 and 18:1-6 suggests God delights in us continually approaching him and in giving us what we need.
In Prayer: Does it Make any Difference, Philip Yancey asserts: "Prayer remains a struggle for me. On the other hand, so does forgiving someone who has wronged me. So does loving my neighbor. So does caring for the needy. I persist because I am fulfilling God's command, and also because I believe I am doing what is best for me whether or not I feel like it at the time. Moreover, I believe that my perseverance, in some unfathomable way, brings pleasure to God. We should always pray and not give up, Jesus taught."
Don't be concerned if your prayer life also is a struggle. Be concerned if you have stopped struggling in prayer.
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"Void's originality and accessibility, coupled with its new risk-versus-reward system, make it the best installment in the series yet"
The advent of digital distribution has been a true blessing to this industry, as without it, we wouldn't have gotten the opportunity to revisit favorites or classics from gaming's past, or experience games from small independent developers that might not have otherwise seen the light of day on consoles.
The Bit.Trip series for the Wii, for example, takes us back to a time when games were rendered in 8-bit graphics, and were simple, yet immensely challenging feats that took much skill to overcome. This trip into gaming's past continues in Bit.Trip Void, the third installment in the six part series, with its most original and accessible installment yet.
This time around you're controlling a black ball called the Void, which you have full control of instead of the limited control of its predecessors. Your task is to guide the Void toward black pixels called "beats" that enter the playing field from all directions while avoiding their hazardous white counterparts. This is, for the most part, easy to do. The beats typically move in at a somewhat slow pace -- which makes it easy to grab them -- but the game likes to throw a large number of both types of beats into the mix, making it difficult to proceed through the jungle of pixels safely.
This is made even more challenging by the Void's continuous growth spurts that occur with each beat obtained. This not only increases its size to gargantuan levels, but also severely hinders its movement speed considerably. These hindrances can be easily remedied by shrinking the Void down to its original size; however, the void must grow as much as possible before it is shrunk if you wish to obtain a high score, as every time it's shrunken, the points acquired up to that point are added into the overall total. This adds a risk-versus-reward element to the game, which adds a whole other level of challenge to the already challenging series.
Though the challenge is somewhat lessened by the addition of checkpoints -- a first for the series. Each level contains three checkpoints, and provides only one continue, though more can be obtained by doing exceptionally well throughout the level. The checkpoints don't lower the difficulty level too much, though, as there is still plenty trial-and-error involved, but they do make finishing the levels a less daunting task. I, for example, was able to get through each of the games three levels in a few tries, as opposed to its predecessors which took me many, many tries to do. So it's definitely an easier game in comparison to its predecessors.
And like its predecessors, the game still suffers from the same problem as they did: The lack of leaderboards. While it's somewhat fitting given the games retro-style, the continued lack of leaderboards is still a disappointment, especially given the score-based nature of the game.
Also making another appearance is the retro, and somewhat psychedelic aesthetic that the series is known for, albeit in a toned down form. Rather than utilize the three-dimensional journeys through various environments of its predecessors, Void opts for a simple plain colored background with a grid placed upon it. It's not much at first, but if you perform well throughout the level, the background will start to react to the music in various ways, such as having bits of the grid move toward and further from the screen, or having them become darker then brighter. All that, along with other things like collecting beats, really add a lot to the experience by making it feel as though you're playing a key role in the playing of the music.
The music itself consists of a few catchy pieces of chiptune music (which is a bunch of beeps, bloops, and other similar noises, for those who don't know) that fit the retro aesthetic nicely, blends well with the on-screen action, and, of course, sounds great. The game features three songs in all, which are all very lengthy clocking in at around 12 or 15 minutes, which is also about the same amount of time it takes to finish each level individually.
Overall, this step on the trip into gaming's past is the best one yet. It's interesting take on the bullet-hell sub-genre of shooters coupled with its risk-versus-reward system, make it a more challenging, and fun and addictive game than its predecessors. And the addition of checkpoints make it a more accessible game, opening it up to just about anyone looking for an interesting challenge on the Wii. Though its continued lack of leaderboards is disheartening, that shouldn't stop you from getting sucked into the void of Bit.Trip.
Reviewer's Rating: 4.5 - Outstanding
Originally Posted: 12/07/09
Game Release: Bit.Trip Void (US, 11/23/09)
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A Maple Grove city employee was honored with a recognition award during the Monday, Dec. 3, Maple Grove City Council meeting.
The council also discussed the city's bond rating and the refinancing of a bond.
A separate story on the 2013 budget hearing can be found in this paper.
Here are some of the meeting's highlights.
Public Works Utilities Supervisor Jim Sadler was recognized with the 2012 American Water Works Association- Minnesota Section's Leonard N. Thompson Award. This award is presented annually to an American Water Works Association member for their distinguished service to the water supply field in commemoration of Leonard Thompson, past general manager of the St. Paul Water Utility for 34 years.
Sadler has actively represented the city on numerous committees of the American Water Works Association for more than 20 years. He has also served as the Water/Wastewater Advisory Council Chair, which is appointed by the Secretary of State.
He is 36-year employee in the city and has served as the Utility Supervisor since 1998. He also served as a Maple Grove Firefighter from 1977 to 1992.
Public Works Director/City Engineer Ken Ashfeld said, "Staff is pleased to have the opportunity to bring this item to you."
Carol Blommel Johnson, Past Section Chair, was in attendance at the meeting to present Sadler with his award. She said, "The Thompson Award Committee felt Jim Sadler's performance typifies [the award traits]."
Councilor Leann Sargent thanked Sadler for all the work he does.
Sadler said to the council, "I really appreciate all your support."
The council also was informed by City Administrator Al Madsen the city's AAA bond rating was reaffirmed by Standard and Poor's.
"I want to thank every member of the council here for there do-diligence," Madsen said. "I want to thank everyone in our finance department staff, Finance Director Jim Knutson, all of our dedicated employees. We continue to be a AAA city."
The city also refinanced G.O. Improvement Refunding Bonds and CIP Plan Refunding Bonds. This refinancing will save the city $3.1 million over the life of the bonds.
"Thanks again to our staff," said Mayor Mark Steffenson.
In other action, the council:
APPROVED a planned unit development concept amendment and development stage plan for the HighGrove 3rd Addition. This development would be located south of Weaver Lake Road, east of Main Street and west of Forestview Lane N.
ACCEPTED a change order of a decrease of $27,835 of an increase of $22,316 to the Public Works Facility Expansion Project for miscellaneous contract modifications and a change order.