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I cover box office punditry, marketing analysis and film criticism.
Under normal circumstances, even the biggest would-be tent pole is only financially important so much as it earns or loses money for its respective studio and/or tests the bankability of those in front or or behind the camera. But there are two large-scale tent poles dropping this year that frankly mean much more to their respective studios than merely whether or not money is made or franchises continue. In their own skewed way, the future of their respective studios rests on their respective successes.
Man of Steel, which opens on June 14, is arguably Warner Bros' last chance to prove that they can make the DC Comics stable into their next big franchise. Watchmen cost too much, Catwoman was a bad joke, Jonah Hex was a disaster, and Superman Returns cost way too much ($270 million) to justify its mostly action-free angst fest. As the Harry Potter series was ending two years ago, Warner Bros. presumed that they'd merely fill the blockbuster gap with various DC Comics films, but Green Lantern was not only an artistic disappointment, it was also a near-record flop (it earned $219 million worldwide on a $200 million+ budget). Meanwhile, Marvel Comics– once a joke in the comic book movie department — racked up hit after hit climaxing with the astonishingly successful The Avengers ($1.5 billion worldwide) last summer.
Man of Steel is Warner Bros' second chance, and arguably their last chance. Produced by Christopher Nolan, directed by Zack Snyder, and starring a cast that wouldn't be out of place in an Oscar bait drama (Russell Crowe, Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, etc.), the film is Warner Bros' best hope at establishing that they can do more with the DC Comics properties than merely turn out Batman films. If it hits big, they suddenly have options aside from just rebooting Batman. Do Justice League now? Develop films based on The Flash and/or Wonder Woman? (I have my thoughts on that.) For the moment the future of Warner Bros' would-be next golden goose franchise is resting on Superman's weary shoulders. If it fails, Warner Bros. will basically have to start from scratch in terms of what to do to fill that Harry Potter-sized gap in their schedule.
Marvel is in a relatively good place right now. Their Phase One films were mostly big hits and The Avengers was everything they promised five years ago, both artistically and commercially. Now they have to see how they can deliver with Phase Two. Iron Man 3 is first up, and its global blockbuster status is guaranteed. Thor: The Dark World, opening November 8, 2013, is less of a sure thing. Thor was a popular film, earning $181 million in America and $449 million worldwide, but it was not an out-of-this-world blockbuster. Coming into its second run, it's the true test of how big Marvel films can be post-Avengers. It doesn't have a marquee villain played by a marquee actor (Thor faces off against Malekith the Accursed and Dark Elves of Svartalfheim, played by Christopher Eccleston and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, respectively) nor so far any marketing hook beyond "more of the same, only bigger this time." That concept worked out fine for Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (which had Moriarty but cast character actor Jared Harris over a big star) and its eventual $543 million global gross, but the Guy Ritchie Sherlock Holmes films are much cheaper to produce (part II cost $120 million vs part I's $90 million). Kenneth Branagh's Thor cost $150 million and The Dark World (helmed by long-time television director Alan Taylor) is costing far more this time around (think $200 million). With no major villain and no major new stars and lacking even a somewhat marquee director (the original choice, Patty Jenkins, would have at least bought the film plenty of free press in the "a woman helms a major superhero film!" variety), Thor: The Dark World will live or die purely by how much audiences like Thor and his respective universe. It will be a test for how big Marvel franchises that weren't already mega-blockbusters can go in the wake of The Avengers as Marvel unleashes 'Phase Two' and readies Phase Three after The Avengers 2 in 2015.
There are other big films that have token outside importance. Disney's The Lone Ranger will be a big test as to whether or not Disney can still create franchise in-house as opposed to banking on Marvel and Lucasfilm for the near future, as most of their post-Pirates of the Caribbean/National Treasure efforts have stalled financially. Pixar arguably hopes that Monsters University can restore some of their lost luster, having taken critical licks for Cars 2 and Brave, but they'll be fine in the long run. The Sandra Bullock/Melissa McCarthy cop-comedy The Heat (June 29th from 20th Century Fox Fox) has a chance to prove that female-driven genre fare can be just as successful as the proverbial 'boy films', and it's looking like it will be one of June's biggest hits. And with the box office failures of Beautiful Creatures and The Host, The Moral Instruments: City of Bones (August 23rd) unfairly bears the burden of proving that female-friendly young-adult literary adaptations can in fact succeed aside from The Hunger Games and Twilight. But otherwise, the success and failure of a given movie mostly determines the fate of those directly involved. Star Trek Into Darkness will merely continue the Star Trek franchise, little more. But the two films above hold more than just the success of their respective franchises in their hands, but truly the fate of the studios that produce them. Superman truly has to save Warner Bros. this summer while Thor merely needs to prove that the Marvel brand is super-powered on its own no matter which hero is wearing the cape. No easy tasks, but we'll see…
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"…Thor: The Dark World will live or die purely by how much audiences like Thor and his respective universe."
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Don't discount Cris Eccleston's draw to Thor. Many a Doctor Who fan will be seeing the movie simply because he is in it. He is the actor who brought the Doctor back to us in 2005 and that carries a lot of weight even if he isn't their favorite in general. Superman on the other hand has the epic failure that was Superman Returns working against it. That and the fact that many of us are getting sick and tired of reboots. The first Thor may not have fared as well but after Avengers there may be those who watched it just to get his back story and will now have an even greater interest in the second one. These are things you should take into account when considering how Thor might do when it's released.
I would think that because Christopher Eccleston is a former Dr. Who, there lies the global interest in making Thor 2 successful. Sometimes we put huge emphasis on the American market and who appears in any movie when the market the Marvel franchise is interested in is bigger than just Americans viewing.
I agree. David Tennant would be a much bigger Doctor Who pull than Eccleston, although he wouldn't be a good fit for this role. As a big Doctor Who fan, having Eccleston in Thor 2 will not help me decide to see the movie or not.
As you seem to intimate, most of this film trash is about who has got the biggest tent pole. I liked The Terminator, but if you have ever seen Arnold's tent pole in his earlier Pumping Iron film, its not too big. Which makes him more human and likable.
I hated GI Joe: ROC but it was a financial success, if not a fan or critical one. You have to ask yourself if he is a bigger draw than you think.
I think Thor: The Dark World will be very successful. I asked my friends who their favorite Avenger is, and the majority of them said Thor. The reason the first Thor wasn't an "out-of-this-world blockbuster" was because Thor wasn't as widely known as Iron Man or Batman pre-Avengers. But now, with the Avengers, practically everyone knows who Thor is. At worst, I think Thor: The Dark World will make around $700 million worldwide. But we'll have to wait and see.
there is a slight concern on my behalf that it will deliver Game Of Thrones in the Marvel universe, which… is unlikely to draw audiences for obvious reasons. And there is a thin line between Lord Of The Rings and Game of Thrones lol
"But there are two large-scale tent poles dropping this year that frankly mean much more to their respective studios then merely whether or not money is made or franchises continue." "Then"? Come on, Mendelson!
Thanks for the correction. My inner grammar Nazi is now at peace.
I love it when you guys make typo's, gives us "writer-wanna-bees" hope for the future!
" It is arguably Warner Bros' last chance to prove that they can make the DC Comics stable into their next big franchise" . . . . . .Batman, Dark Knight and Dark Knight Rises did OK
Never like Eccleson as the Doctor…he was just mean and seemed lost …Tennant and Smith much better suited for the role…but as a bad guy Eccleson has it made …he plays the villan well and wish him luck even though he has made an ass out of himself by insulting the entire Doctor Who nation with his constant hatred for the role and his comments that have been proved untrue about the production. He seems like a spoilsport ….I hope he knows he could have said Look folks I don't get the role but instead made up some bull to get out of his contract
The Sandra Bullock/Melissa McCarthy cop-comedy is actually called "The Heat," and I'm really looking forward to that comedy pairing. Hope it does well.
From the Superman Trailer this movie looks like the movie to defeat this year. But you never know their has been a lot of flops lately and I think the biggest surprise movie about comics is going to be The Wolverine. I believe this because the origins movie really really suck. And like everyone says Iron Man and Thor are going to be successful because people want to see the end credits to see where the story to The Avengers 2 is going. As with Superman people want to see if there is going to be end credits like in Marvels movies that will leave to Justice League. But will see their are 4 movies I am seen every week this May. Starting with Iron Man, then Star Trek, Then Fast and Furious, then After Earth, or Hangover part 3. Not too sure on the last two M Night Shymalan has not deliver but he has will smith which he is the million dollar man. And hang over because their has been so many movies like this already but its the last oe so we will see. I let a coin flip decide
I'm extremely excited to see Man of Steel in IMAX 3D on opening night! Before the teaser trailer came out, I thought "A Superman reboot? Why didn't WB just keep the 2006 version going?" But when I went to see TDKR they showed the teaser to the Man of Steel. It wasn't much, but it had me, and the whole audience cheering! I looked more into it and found out Christopher Nolan is Producing it! I knew that WB and DC comics are really preparing to bring the Justice League out. I have a feeling that this one will be the highest grossing film of 2013. June 14th!
I'm extremely excited to see Man of Steel in IMAX 3D on opening night! Before the teaser trailer came out, I thought "A Superman reboot? Why didn't WB just keep the 2006 version going?" But when I went to see TDKR they showed the teaser to the Man of Steel. It wasn't much, but it had me, and the whole audience cheering! I looked more into it and found out Christopher Nolan is Producing it! I knew that WB and DC comics are really preparing to bring the Justice League out. I have a feeling that this one will be the highest grossing film of 2013. June 14th!
First Thor movie was terrible, the second has a lot to prove
Warner Bros. should take a gamble on Wonder Woman & the Flash!~ I think these two are the most anticipated films. Warner Bros. must have more faith these days. They still have a great chance with the Justice League. Just need to make the right choices!!.
The first Thor movie was really disappointing. I'll wait for the reviews before I shell out money for the second. In my opinion, the only Marvel films that were really well done were Spiderman II and Iron Man I. These should be the models for superhero movies. Great writing, acting and special effects.
As a fan of Jonah Hex in comic book form, I have to say it takes a special type of talent to screw up what shouldn't be that hard to do right: a gritty western about a mean, disfigured bounty hunter and a mysterious Southern gentlemen with a vendetta against the bounty hunter- a movie which pays homage to classics starring the likes of Clint Eastwood and John Wayne.
Of course, it never hurts to have a director and writer(s) who are actually invested in a film project insofar as creating something of quality that respects the source material (Nolan's Dark Knight Trilogy did this, even if the setting was a bit more grounded and realistic and certain changes to characters had to be made). When someone on the creative side is just there for a paycheck the results range from bland and formulaic to just downright ugly…
I'm not really into comic books, but Watchmen was amazing and i'm sure man of steel is going to be epic too.
I would have thought"The Hobbit" would have filled the Harry Potter gap very well for Warner Brothers. It did hit the magic 1 billion mark worldwide.


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Gas Cubby gets a new interface, iPhone 5 and Launch Center Pro support
Gas Cubby, our favorite mileage tracker, fuel, and maintenance tracker for iPhone, has been updated to version 2.5 and brings a refreshed interface to the app, along with support for the 16:9 iPhone 5, and Launch Center Pro.
Spearheaded by App Cubby's David Barnard, who's also the driving mind behind Launch Center Pro, Gas Cubby lets you track all the important data about your car, sync it online, visualize it with charts, set reminders, and generate charts.
If you're already a Gas Cubby user, head on over to the App Store to get the update. If you haven't, and you need to keep track of what you do with your car, either for business or just to make sure you don't forget routine service, check out Gas Cubby now.
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One question: will the mileage tracker allow you to use GPS/location services? I want to just start the tracking when I leave the house for the day and turn it off when I return with the total miles I've driven all day (all the driving is work-related etc.). I DO NOT want to manually type in odometer readings all day!
No, it doesn't. Not sure how well it would work though, you'd have to have it running all the time, draining your battery.
That's not a problem because I use a ProClip in the car that charges the whole time I'm driving etc. But thanks for the info--another fail from app makers who don't seem to really use their apps.
I love this app for its existing functionality, but this was NOT a huge update like App Cubby built it out to be. The new skin for the UI is nice, but let's get it straight, this is NOT a new UI; just a new skin over the same old UI.
Total cost per mile still doesn't offer the option of including the original purchase price of the vehicle or the cost of maintenance items as well. This has to be figured up separately , by the user. The graphs that show aren't able to be tapped on for additional detail (IE: what maintenance did I spend $700 for on 10/21/11).
When I emailed App Cubby in June 2012 to express concern that the app hadn't been updated at all since November 2011, they assured me that they had a "significant" update they were working on. Fast forward to October, Apple releases new iPhone 5 with different screen resolutions, which delays the app release (understandable). Mid-November rolls around and still no release of the new update. I ask App Cubby when they'll be releasing something they mentioned six months ago; all they say is that it's been delayed due to the different screen size. Many developers managed to adjust and push out their apps within days/weeks of this. App Cubby took two months to release a resized app with no additional functionality, and a new skin on top of the old UI. Color me not impressed.

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On the Museum's second floor, permanent and temporary exhibits help learners discover the history of coffee in Brazil.
In early 2008, the Museum held an exhibit honoring the Centennial of the Japanese Immigration in Brazil. The official start of Japanese immigration in Brazil can be dated practically down to the minute, as the ship Kasato Maru docked in Santos at about 5pm on June 18, 1908, bringing the first 781 immigrants who signed up for the Japan-Brazil immigration program and 12 independent travelers. Today, Brazil has the largest Nikkei (Japanese and descendants) community outside Japan, with about 1,500,000 people.
According to the Coffee Museum, 2,122,273 immigrants – 935,222 of whom were Italian - arrived in São Paulo State to work on coffee plantations between 1875 and 1930.


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Luna Café & Ristorante at 32 Main St. in Millburn is a little café that roars.
Located at the busy intersection of Main and Essex streets, this restaurant offers familiar dishes tweaked with non-traditional ingredients. The café, which is just over a year old, is a small neighborhood restaurant with a warm, welcoming feel.
The restaurant is located in what used to house a Cold Stone Creamery. It has 10 tables in the main dining area – but the bar area is where the real action takes place. Though the café doesn't serve alcohol, patrons can sit and eat at the bar stools.
People seated there seemed to know each other and each time the door opened, they looked to see if they could recognize each new visitor.
Our waitress brought us two menus – one featuring the night's specials, the other the regular daily menu. A quick glance of the menu revealed an ample variety of choices – including rabbit, shellfish, chicken, lamb and beef, each fully named in Italian and described in English. Any additional questions about the menu, the waitress was fully knowledgeable about preparation and substance.
Because the night was so cold, I wanted a soup as my appetizer. My friend ordered minestrone soup and I chose the pasta e fagoli. It's important to note, the soups are not listed on the menu. Had the waitress not mentioned them to us, we would never have known they were available.
The ladies in our group ordered salads – a salad of mixed greens, carmelized pears and walnuts with goat cheese ($8.95) and a special salad of mixed greens, arugula and canolini beans topped with grilled shrimp ($10.95).
The soups arrived first, steaming hot with a fragrant aroma. The bowl of pasta e fagoli featured plenty of white beans and pasta with a thick broth. The minestrone arrived in an onion soup crock and featured plenty of vegetables beneath a thin tasty broth. The wait staff offered both shaved parmesan and fresh ground pepper, but we felt neither was necessary as the soups were perfectly seasoned. Both soups were shared by everyone at the table.
The salads were both beautifully prepared and the presented. One of our guests wondered if the salad would have been better if the walnuts were carmelized rather than the pears, but overall was very pleased with her choice. Both salads were fresh, crispy and refreshing.
For our entrées, our dining companion quickly decided on a lamb osso bucco ($25.95) with papparadelle. While osso bucco is traditionally prepared with veal, this is one of the many examples of how Café Luna is different from the crowd.
It should be noted all of our entrées that evening were served with cubed, pan-fried white potatoes and broccoli rabe.
One thing a dining companion noticed is the dishes are not heavily sauced. Rather, the chef focuses on the true flavors and components of each ingredient and marries the dish together, which can often be a difficult task to do.
For my entrée, I chose the chicken breast medallions ($15.95) sauteéd with artichokes and sun-dried tomatoes. The dish featured five plump medium-sized chicken medallions. I found the portion size just right and the chicken well-seasoned and tasty.
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Our last dining companion ordered the grilled sirloin steak marinated in garlic and fresh rosemary, served with arugula salad ($18.95). Since she had arugula with her salad, the waitress graciously offered her potatoes and broccoli rabe instead.
She ordered the steak medium rare and was pleased the steak arrived at the table how she requested. She felt the steak needed a bit more salt, but otherwise was very pleased with her selection.
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The chef personally came to our table to find out if everything was to our liking and requested we come again.
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A new overpass in Seattle's SoDo district aims to prevent congestion near the Port of Seattle's busiest freight terminals.
The South Atlantic Street overpass gives truck drivers a way around the rail line that often stops traffic for 20 minutes at a time. That bottleneck forces backups throughout the area near the stadiums and sometimes can be felt all the way to Interstate 5 and Interstate 90.
"Freight no longer has to sit there for 20 minutes at a time, stacking up to the freeway and plugging up the ramps," says Matt Preedy, deputy administrator of WSDOT's Alaskan Way Viaduct Replacement Program.
The north leg of the overpass will open to the public after the tunnel opens and will eventually link traffic to a newly rebuilt Alaskan Way and Seattle waterfront.
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English breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 8 AM and 9 AM.
Onsite dining venue - This pub serves light fare only.
Ardwick House Hotel Policies & Fees
- Check-in
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Check-in time ends at 10 PM
- Check-out
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Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- No onsite parking is available.
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Suffering from a case of shopper's guilt? Well here's an eco-friendly solution for you. Now you can treat yourself to a new pair of Gucci's biodegradable plastic flats without having to cringe at the full effect of the impact it'll have on your wallet. Who knew that shopping could be so "green?" [Refinery29]
Jean Paul Gaultier will spice up the runway this summer by taking a non-traditional approach to his Fall 2012 couture presentation. The French designer will be combining his menswear and women's couture collections at the Paris show on July 4. Vive la nouveauté! [Fashionologie]
The launch of the new 2013 Resort Collections have us ready to start planning our winter vacations. We love the electric colors, bold prints, and glitzy metallics we're seeing at Marc Jacobs, Michael Kors, and Herve Leger. [The Cut]


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Re: Give a description of your zombie trailer!!!xX--AyRtOn--Xx May 3, 2012 4:16 AM (in response to SKiLLSHoTz_HD)
I would like to hear Samantha talking and saying something like: All this time in that machine.... Having control.... It was like an addiction.... Or something like that But really they should begin the new trailer in a few secs after the earth was blown up, so everything is clear. You know, a perfect transition from Moon to Black Ops 2 Zombies...
Re: Give a description of your zombie trailer!!!nukeman2 May 3, 2012 4:27 AM (in response to xX--AyRtOn--Xx)
Yes but Richtofen controls the zombies now he swiched souls with Samantha
Re: Give a description of your zombie trailer!!!press_rt May 3, 2012 2:26 PM (in response to SKiLLSHoTz_HD)
first trailer a teaser small kinda short.
black you hear the never changing sound of zombie demise the zombie call we all know it well
screen is black and slowly you see a crawler coming twords the screen it gets shot in the head
zooms out you see a large hoard of zombies running at the gang and takeo fiddling with the pack a puch machine saying its not working! while the rest of them unload into the hoard tank dempsey complaining about low ammo and then fade to black sound of a zombie hourd goes and then the release date comes up.
Re: Give a description of your zombie trailer!!!ZOMBIESL8ERKILROYTYANDEM May 3, 2012 2:40 PM (in response to SKiLLSHoTz_HD)
you see darkness and hear the voice of dempsey and takeo in the background along with bullet sounds bursting out of firing weapons.
About 10 seconds into this sequence, the scene then switches to an overview of the map. seeing the flashes of gunfire towards the back of the map.
You then see dempsey firing his m249 saw at some zombags. A zombie comes up behind him. Then the zombie is shot in the neck from behind. A few seconds later revealing Takeo is the one that sniped him with the xm8 prototype mg.
After the 30 second mark, you see Nikolai running towards dempsey with a massive pack of zombies which causes dempsey to retreat with nikolai while spraying bullets into the zombie horde with his weapon.
The pack eventually reaches Takeo, but then takeo pulls out a weapon which you do not see and it completely kills of all the zombies, according to the evidence given off by the zombies' shadows on the floor of the map.
fixed to future guns
Then it goes to blackout and you hear a familiar jingle. It then reveals the Random Box being spun which then reveals a PPSH-41 appearing in the box and it blacks out into the title of the game showing the release date.
can i have a Like?
Your ideas?
Re: Give a description of your zombie trailer!!!infernogamerz May 4, 2012 2:34 AM (in response to ZOMBIESL8ERKILROYTYANDEM)
richtofen should became the new enemy or something
Re: Give a description of your zombie trailer!!!HypeerCrazy May 4, 2012 3:12 AM (in response to SKiLLSHoTz_HD)
that reminds me of der riese trailer


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Wrap-up on mercury project
I spent a bunch of time in 2011 talking to people about mercury issues in Oak Ridge (past, present and future), and that ultimately resulted in a three-day series of articles. Some folks have asked for help in locating those articles online, and so I'm going to try to put together a series of links here to make it easier to read those articles. Also, I acquired a lot of information that didn't get used in the series and will probably be including that in future posts.
Anyway, here are some links to the articles already published:
-- Cold War component remains messy, potentially dangerous and hugely expensive
-- Secret Cold War project results in largest U.S. environmental cleanup
-- Mercury veteran: Contaminated or not, glad to help my country
-- Despite repeated efforts, Y-12 building site still contaminated with mercury
-- Y-12 looks forward to day when it can clear huge mercury stockpile
-- Sen. Lamar Alexander: Feds have 'moral responsibility' to clean up Y-12 mercury
-- Mercury's menace: a timeline
-- Thanks, in part, to mercury, East Fork is Tennessee's most studied creek
-- Y-12's needs create topsy-turvy existence for little Oak Ridge creek
-- DOE chafes under state efforts to leverage mercury cleanup through discharge permit
-- ORNL research could advance understanding of mercury, Y-12 impacts
-- Mercury's health effects on workers, Oak Ridge public still under scrutiny


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Django 1.5 driver for firebird ready for testing (based on the new fdb driver)
Hi everyone,
I've some news about development of django-firebird:
First, the current django-firebird at google code repository was updated (in trunk) with support for django 1.4. This version is still with kinterbasdb support.
There is a new version of django-firebird at https://github.com/maxirobaina/django-firebird.
This version is under development and uses the new fdb python-firebird driver in replacement of kinterbasdb. Also it's tested with django 1.5 master branch, so that is possible what this can fail with django 1.4.
Given that this is still in alpha stage, so we need that you try it and give us some feedback.
For the moment, I'll try to maintain both, but in the future, all efforts will target fdb with firebird 2.x and later.
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248 Hamilton Ave, Hasbrouck Heights, NJ 07604
The Hasbrouck Police Department is housed in the Public Safety Building located on Hamilton Avenue one block east of…More the Boulevard across from the senior housing development.
The Public Safety Building is also home to the borough's Volunteer Fire Department and EMS.
The police department is currently 29 members strong.
Michael J. Colaneri is Chief of Police.
320 Boulevard, Hasbrouck Heights, NJ 07604
The borough of Hasbrouck Heights, which was incorporated in 1894, is home to more than 11,000 residents.…More The borough is governed by an elected mayor and six council members. The municipal complex is home to the municipal offices, library and senior center. The building was officially dedicated Dec. 14, 2003. Originally the borough offices, along with police and fire departments, were located on Hamilton Avenue. That building was destroyed in a fire in 1999, which was said to have been caused by an electrical problem.
The Mayor and Council meet on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month in the council chambers.
Boulevard & Central Ave, Hasbrouck Heights, NJ 07604
The newest park and playground area in the borough is located on the corner of Central Avenue and the Boulevard just…More across from Borough Hall. The monument, which faces the Boulevard, honors the late members of the Hasbrouck Heights Police Department. Behind it sits a free parking lot with access from Central Avenue. There is a small gated playground at the back end of the park which includes a small picnic area, swings and a slide.
Boulevard & Passaic Ave, Hasbrouck Heights, NJ 07604
On the southwest corner of the Boulevard at the circle at Passaic Avenue sits a small park featuring a Sept. 11…More memorial. The park was dedicated on the one-year anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks. The Firemen's Memorial Park was founded in memory of the firefighters, police and emergency services who lost their lives. The park also features a memorial to the volunteer firefighters who have served the borough. This memorial was dedicated by the Hasbrouck Heights Volunteer Fire Department on July 4, 1951.
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As the name of the company may suggest, Mid-Atlantic Surety is a surety and insurance agency. The firm aims to…More design customized insurance polices for contractors, offer license and permit bonds, site improvements bonds, performance bonds and much more. The firm caters to a variety of clients, and for their convenience it has a number of forms on its website to help expedite the process.


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How does a business truly make an impact in the community they serve? For Dearborn Federal Credit Union, the answer comes with a 10 year, $100,000 partnership with the Dearborn Education Foundation.
A decade ago, the DFCU leadership team decided to make a strong commitment to education in the Dearborn community. A milestone in that commitment was realized this month when Theresa Fox, Caryn Solferino and the rest of the DFCU team presented DEF Executive Director Eddie Fakhoury with their annual $10,000 check placing them at the $100,000 level of giving.
The ceremony took place during the foundation's 8th annual Mardi Gras event on Feb. 12. The announcement was just one of many outstanding good news items shared at the event and reflected the great interest in the City of Dearborn by its residents, businesses, and corporate stakeholders.
"It is our hope that others in the community will take notice of our confidence in this school district and that it will spark more of this type of investment with the Dearborn Education Foundation," said Caryn Solferino, chairperson of the Mardi Gras event and DFCU Financial Branch Manager.
The foundation was identified as DFCU's premier partner because they wanted to ensure that their investment went directly to impact teachers and students. Over the years the partnership has help to fund projects and materials needed to enhance student learning. DFCU Financial has not only invested funds, but also provides volunteers and its members serve on the Education Foundation Board.
The Dearborn Education Foundation understands the value of partnerships and is always open to discussing the possibilities of partnering. If individuals or businesses are interested to discuss the opportunities available, please contact the Foundation office to schedule a meeting by calling 313-827-8270, or email firstname.lastname@example.com.
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August 2011 Recess Action
This August we'll challenge politicians who want more budget cuts to say how the proposed cuts create jobs--and explain why they don't support making the super-rich and corporations pay their fair share instead.
We'll spend August showing up at town halls, political fundraisers, festivals—anywhere to demand politicians give us straight answers on what they're doing to create jobs. When we can't find them, we'll get creative and organize events and actions at their offices and other public spaces to make sure they hear our message.


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Memorial service for Richard A. McLaren, 81, of Hunter, Okla., will be 10 a.m. Monday, June 24, 2013, at United Methodist Church, Hunter, Okla., with Rev. Linda Pope officiating. Burial will be in Covington Cemetery at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of Ladusau-Evans Funeral Home. His request was to be cremated. Viewing will be 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday.
Richard was born Jan. 21, 1932, near Covington, Okla., to Amos and Susan (Perrin) McLaren and passed away at Integris Bass Baptist Health Center on Thursday, June 20, 2013, after a brief illness.
Richard grew up and attended Covington schools.
He entered the U.S. Army and served during the Korean conflict. He was honorably discharged.
Richard married Lavina Staples June 15, 1952, in Covington, Okla.
He moved to Illinois, where he worked as a safety inspector at Laclede Steel Company for 27 years, retiring in 1982. He moved back to Oklahoma in 2010.
He was a member of United Methodist Church in Hunter.
Richard is survived by his wife, Lavina, of the home; daughters, Sue Ann Shores of South Roxana, IL., and Linda Davis of Hunter; five grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; sister, JoAnn Kimmell of Ponca City, OK; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a daughter, Diana Skaggs; two brothers; and a sister.
Richard loved to walk and pick up things to beautify the countryside.
Condolences may be made at www.ladusauevans.com.
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Green Oak Township residents are funding about $4 million in work on county roads this summer, including repairs to a bumpy north-south thoroughfare adjacent to U.S. 23.
The townships 15-year road millage funds projects that would otherwise be funded by gas taxes and registration fees through the Livingston County Road Commission.
An overhaul of Fieldcrest Road parallel to U.S. 23 will perhaps be most welcomed by local motorists and those seeking an alternate north-south route south of Brighton.
Fieldcrest for years has been a sketchy ride to reach homes, the township Police Department, a restaurant and a Methodist church.
The project, expected to begin after the holiday weekend and take up to 10 weeks, will repair existing pavement on Fieldcrest north and south of Silver Lake Road.
On Fieldcrest north of Silver Lake, crews will repair about 13,000 feet of pavement and include a pedestrian path over the Huron River. The township has applied for a state Department of Environmental Quality grant for the bridge, which is intended for nonmotorized traffic.
The work on Fieldcrest south of Silver Lake will involve about 8,000 feet of pavement repairs starting at the Nine Mile Road on-ramp to U.S. 23.
The Fieldcrest work is expected to cause intermittent lane closures.
The millage also will fund pavement repairs to Nine Mile Road from Marshall Road to just east of the Stilsonburg Station subdivision, and Winans Lake Road from the Hamburg Township line to Rickett Road.
The Nine Mile work is underway.
Winans Lake Road will be closed to traffic in that work zone.
Thats going to be a detour. Thats going to be a closure, Township Supervisor Mark St. Charles said. There is no way around that.
The section of Winans Lake Road from Rickett to Whitmore Lake roads wont be repaved this year due to ongoing construction at the Legacy Center recreation complex off Winans Lake Road.
The Winans Lake Road project will be done in conjunction with neighboring Hamburg Townships project to improve the road from the Winans Lake Road roundabout in Hamburg to the Green Oak line.
Pavement repairs have been delayed for a year on a rough patch of Rushton Road from Doane Road to the north intersection of Silver Lake Road.
The work will require extensive replacement of utilities to allow for the project, St. Charles said.
He said the hope is to complete utility relocation this year, then put the construction project out for bids in January or February.
Its going to put us well into next year for the construction of the road, he said.
The township is in its second year of a 1.66-mill, 15-year road millage to repair crumbling county roads in the community.
About 13 major road projects were completed under the millage last construction season. The owner of a Green Oak home with a market value of $200,000 pays up to $166 per year for the road millage.
Under state law, road agencies have full jurisdiction of townships roads.
Townships have no obligation to fund their own roadwork, but they have begun to seek millages while the Legislature ponders funding solutions.
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Expedition to the Demonweb PitsBy Wolfgang Baur and Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel
The Demonweb Pits have a deep-rooted history within the game, and now you can join others at the gaming table to revisit several classic adventures in Expedition to the Demonweb Pits. This adventure puts a different spin on the classics, though, so even if you did play through the classics mentioned in the Introduction (below), you'll still have a few surprises in store.
As we did with past adventures, we're providing the some of the excerpts for Expedition to the Demonweb Pits in downloadable, zipped PDF files so that you can better see what you're getting in this adventure. Take a look at the Introduction, some other introductory excerpts, and a few encounters and a monster, which you can download. (You will need Acrobat Reader to view the PDF documents.)
Sigil, City of Doors
The most famous planar metropolis in all existence is the city of Sigil. Located at the center of the Outer Planes and built on the inner surface of an enormous ring, Sigil claims to be the true crossroads of the multiverse. The city is ruled by the dreaded Lady of Pain, a mystery credited with enormous power -- including the ability to bar divine beings from her realm.
Bards call Sigil the City of Doors due to its large number of portals, but the locals aren't that poetic. They just call it the Cage, a name suited to a city that's tough to get into and tough to leave. Not just physically -- though unless you know a little something about portals, even that's a challenge -- but emotionally. After all, what could you ever need that you couldn't find in Sigil? The place has everything and then some. It's a filthy, noisy place, with smoke-choked alleyways and crowded streets, but Sigil is alive in a way that no other city could ever hope to be.
As befits its paradoxical nature, Sigil is located in the center of an infinite plane (the Concordant Domain of the Outlands), floating above an infinitely tall spire and built inside a gigantic hollow ring of unknown material. The place has no sun or moon (see Illumination, below) and no real "horizon," and only naïve visitors wonder aloud about what's on the other side of the ground.
The only way in or out of the Cage is through its interplanar portals. Locals claim that you can get anywhere from Sigil if you know the right portal. While that might be an exaggeration, it isn't far from the truth. See Entering and Exiting Sigil, below, for more on the portals that give the city its reputation as the gateway to everywhere.
Traveler's Tip: Of all the planar cities, Sigil is the least inimical to travelers, no matter how extreme their philosophies. If you can reach Sigil, it can serve as the launching pad for further explorations, or as an end in itself; Sigil is known for its strange inhabitants, services, and distractions.
Newcomers should hire a guide (a tout, in local parlance). As with any large city, Sigil has its bad areas, and wandering without guidance could lead into dark alleys -- or worse. A tout can help travelers find fair-priced inns, places to buy essential materials, and contacts who can provide needed information . . . all for a fair fee, of course.
Sigil (Metropolis): Nonstandard; AL LN; 200,000 gp limit; Assets 250,000,000 gp; Population: 250,000 (37% human, 20% planetouched [aasimars, mephlings, neraphim, tieflings, and the like], 10% elves, 10% halflings, 3% dwarves, 20% other).
Authority Figures: The Lady of Pain (LN female, unknown race); Arwyl Swan's Son, leader of the Sons of Mercy (LG male human paladin 12); Rhys, member of the Sigil Advisory Council (N female tiefling fighter 2/wizard 15); Shemeshka the Marauder a.k.a. King of the Cross-Trade, information broker (NE female arcanaloth).


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ROCHESTER — It was warm Sunday, apparently warm enough to break out the motorcycles.
It may not have been too cold, but two motorcyclists were going way too fast, according to New Hampshire State Police.
Two Barrington men face multiple charges after they were stopped on the Spaulding Turnpike, driving well above the posted speed limit, police said.
William Emerson, 22, was allegedly traveling at 125 mph. His companion, 24-year-old Dennis Pinson was clocked going 118 mph, according to police. Trooper Craig Gagne arrested the two at 11:20 a.m. Sunday, with the help of another trooper. The two men were clocked by laser, police said.
Pinson faces charges of reckless driving, driving after suspension and misuse of plates.
Emerson is charged with reckless driving.
Pinson and Emerson are scheduled to be arraigned in Rochester District Court on March 6.
The N.H. State Police Special Enforcement Unit regularly patrols the state during commuter traffic periods and holiday travel times.
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Streaks are a big part of sports lore.
Joe DiMaggio hitting in 56 straight in 1941; the UCLA basketball team winning 88 in a row over three years in the 1970s; Oklahoma football winning 47 consecutive games in the mid-1950s.
Politics, compared quite often to sports in many respects, has streaks of its own.
And the one that all South Carolinians know about, irrespective of which candidate they are backing, is the Palmetto State's streak of selecting every Republican nominee since 1980. Reagan, Bush, Dole, Bush and McCain all won here en route to the nomination.
This election season, the only refrain heard from presidential candidates more than the has been the recognition of South Carolina's long-standing importance in the primary process.
That importance is tied directly to the streak. And just about everyone agrees that the streak is in jeopardy this time around.
Part of the reason the streak could come to an end is the fluidity of the race, thus far. Candidates have risen and fallen within the space of weeks. A fact Sen. Lindsey Graham reiterated while.
"I've never seen so much uncertainty this late in the race," Graham said.
But another reason that the streak could be broken is one that some GOP veterans are reluctant to talk about publicly. And that is that former Massachusetts Gov. .
A scenario exists that Romney could finish in the top two or three in Iowa and then score a convincing victory in New Hampshire, where he is polling at 20 points above the nearest competitor.
He would then come to South Carolina looking to seal the proverbial deal only to be knocked off by , or .
The race would conceivably then be thrown into chaos, but Romney would still be in a good enough position to win in Florida and Nevada and secure the nomination. In short, the only candidate that .
Admitting Romney is the frontrunner is also an admission that neither Cain nor Gingrich nor Perry -- all of whom are perceived as flawed candidates -- are electable at the national level, which would, for the first time since 1976, raise the specter that South Carolina is outside the mainstream of the Republican Party.
"The streak is critical to South Carolina's presence as a player on the national stage," said Kyle Kondik of the University of Virginia Center for Politics.
This election South Carolina saw its status as the "first in the South" . Were it to lose the perception that it's a kingmaker, it's likely that Florida (or some other state) would step up its attempt to move past South Carolina on the primary calendar.
Spending by candidates in this cycle is already . Getting bumped down the schedule would almost certainly have a negative impact to the state's economy.
Danielle Vinson, political science chair at Furman University, thinks it's possible the popularity of the Tea Party in South Carolina could hurt the state's influence nationally.
"The Tea Party has shown they don't really like being told what to do," Vinson said. "And that isn't really conducive to continuing a streak."
Spartanburg County Tea Party leader Karen Martin is indeed none too concerned about the streak.
"We're sick to our stomachs that we went along, with the 'next in line' tradition and it is part of our fight in the same way dumping Obama is part of our fight," Martin said.
But she allows that she is "still not sure where the path to the nomination lies, since this is the most in flux primary cycle ever."
While it might be easier to take if the streak was broken as a result of the volatile electorate or weak candidates, political consultant Taft Matney thinks the streak's end could be an act of self-destruction.
"The culture of uncertainty surrounding the participation of primary created the perception that there is disarray," Matney said. "If those counties don't participate, the results will likely be skewed and not accurately reflect those of South Carolina's Republican voters."
South Carolina will likely again find itself in a position to rubber-stamp the frontrunner.
Whether or not it chooses to exercise that option will be an indicator of how much damage it is willing to do to itself, either as a result of the Tea Party's influence or because of legal action threatening the funding of the primary.
And it will also let the state now how it is positioned nationally.
Not that that will necessarily matter to voters on Jan. 21.


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Bring Dragon Quest 7 3DS to USA
This petition is made to show that Dragon Quest has a viable USA fanbase and to convince them to release the Dragon Quest 7 3DS remake to the US. Also Terry's Wonderland 3D.
David Munroe
I am an avid fan of Dragon Quest games. I will buy any main series games that are released in the USA. Dragon Quest 7 looks to be my potential favorite and I would be very saddened if it is not released.
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The body of Anisa Swearingen,18, was located in a storage unit in Portland after she had been missing for several days before the manager of Money Saver Mini Storage called to report a "foul odor" coming from one of the units. The unit ended up being the resting place of the remains of the missing 18-year-old woman. She was identified by the tattoos of musical notes and the name "Shiloh" on her body. What brought on the disappearance and demise of the young woman?
This source says that the cause of death is so far unknown, but that Anisa Swearingen was decomposing in the mini storage unit in which she was found. She was known for struggling with drug addictions and was even facing charges of meth possession. She was also facing charges of unlawful possession of a firearm as well as tampering with evidence. The indication of her criminal lifestyle may make it difficult to investigate what happened to her. Police aren't necessarily referring to her death as one related to foul play, but it doesn't seem likely that she put herself in the mini storage unit.
Hopefully more information comes out about this tragic case and whoever is responsible is brought to justice. While it's easy to turn a blind eye to the downfall of individuals who live lifestyles of crime and drug addiction, victims of homicide should always see justice, even if it's after their deaths.
Crime analyst and profiler Chelsea Hoffman can be found on The Huffington Post, Chelsea Hoffman: Case to Case and many other outlets. Follow @TheRealChelseaH on Twitter or click here to contact Chelsea directly.


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On behalf of the women who are less fortunate and need a wardrobe to re-enter the workplace, thank you and the Bluefield Daily Telegraph for the help with advertising the Steel Magnolias benefit on May 2 for WISE Women's Center. Your efforts are invaluable to our program and we are fortunate to have you on our team.
WISE distributes clothing to provide a wardrobe for our referrals as they strive to go to an interview or start a new job. Our program, Success in Image, works with low-income women who are interviewing or getting ready to enter the workforce.If through your contacts in the community you meet a woman who is in need of assistance from WISE, please feel free to contact us. We will be happy to help you in any way possible. Again, thank you for the generosity, and thank you for opening your heart so local women may have job opportunities and success.
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Best of 2012 - Songs, EPs and LPs not to be forgotten
Here's a compilation of songs and no-songs (call them tracks) that made my year (wrapped in a self-made cover sleeve with pictures by Claudia Böhm). With various styles, less sludgy doom than previous years I must admit. Maybe I'm getting old and soft (jelly some would say). This is the reason I splitted this compilation in 2, in order to be more easy to listen to it. Of course Brian Wilson, Kim Fowley and Dr John are old glories and no more at their creative peak, but the fact is they have made each some of the songs I loved the most this year. And for a new generation you got Emily Wells and JFG, 2 of the greatest composers of the last years so far. Doom Tree is a complete hip hop coup-de-coeur (long time I did not have in this genre) and Grass Is Green my noisy coup-de-foudre, one of the greatest album I listened to this year and this song is marvellous (but I could have picked 2 or 3 others in this masterpiece). The tracks are 5 of the most devastating (for Black Skies, Rabbits and Witchstone) or powerful (for Rotting Hills and Sonance) of the year. You can find all these bands on Forgotten Songs (until July, when mf shelved my account) or Dim Damn Doom. Below, the list of my 10 fave albums of the year. Some of course have songs in the compilation but not all. Yes I know you may think I give too much credit to the young Emily Wells. But her album totally blowed me away and was the soundtrack of several important moments during my year. Her music talks to me the way the Unthanks' one talked to me last year. Grass Is Green, Rabbits, Bezoar, Uzala, Huata, Single Mothers and Black Skies have given to this year its "lettres de noblesse", and they were not many to create something new and exciting. When I look at the other Best of lists from other blogs, I sometimes wonder if really they are in search of some evolution in music. But nevermind, maybe I'm too old, too weird, old and stupid. Hope the 13th year of the XXIst century will offer some greatness too. Enjoy it here.
My best albums of the year (preference order, from 1 to 10)
Television Personalities - A Decade Of Singles & EPs (1989-99)
This is surely the best Xmas present I could offer to my visitors. A compilation of all the singles and EPs (I only removed the covers released because they seem quite irrevelant here) released on various labels by Dan Treacy under Television Personalities name, mostly a duo with Jowe Head during this period. Of course I posted all these singles and EPs separately over this year, but I know many of you will appreciate to have them all gathered in chronological order. The individual posts will be there for hard-on fans (like me) who love to have the songs in their original release context (moreover with the cover sleeve). Talking about the cover sleeve, I must say I'm very proud of the one I did for this compilation. Based on a picture from this great and important American photographer called Lewis Hine, who did so much for the child's work to be forbidden in the USA, I can't imagine a more fitting wrapping for these songs that seem to be written by a child's mind-in-man's body with an incredible ability to express intimate suffering and lost feeling. With Morrissey (but Morrissey is totally adult and childhood seems to have deserted him), I think Dan Treacy provided one of the most moving lyrical universe in rock music. This 41 song collection shows how public and critics have been blinded during the 90's, omitting to treat this genius how he would have deserved it, letting him progressively drown in dope and despair. So, I dedicate these last days of the year to him, who gave me so much work on this blog, but also so much emotions. Enjoy it here (part 1) and there (part 2). I don't post any streaming, all the songs can be heard on the individual posts.
Jack Bruce Band - How's Tricks (1977)
Of course, nothing Jack Bruce recorded after Out of the Storm would reach the peaks of his 3 first solo LPs (minus the jazz rock one with McLaughlin) but it would be too easy to forget that he composed and played great songs too afterwards. I posted the 1978 refused album Jet Set Jewel here, its predecessor was released, with the same band, and even if there are some weak moments, there are also enough good to great songs to make it a "not to be forgotten" album. The sound is not too much polluted by the production climate of the year 1976 (the album was recorded in the autumn of 1976, one of the worst period in music history, punk was only burgeoning). Songs were mostly written by Jack Bruce for the music and Pete Brown for the lyrics, a long enduring partnership that guaranteed a sort of continuity for a musician changing styles sometimes too often. Of course, this album is not hard to find so I'm not totally authorized to post it here but these songs are forgotten, even by those who know Bruce career (not fans of course). So I think it was a good idea to offer it for memories. PS. I posted the CD version with 2 bonus tracks. The booklet is in the rar file. Don't remember where I caught this album. Not my rip (only 192 kb).
Str... - Live In London (2001-04)
This live set is totally acoustic and has been recorded during the last decade, it's the only thing I can write with assurance since for the rest it's a complete mystery. Released by Carinco, a label who doesn't care to wrap his releases in ugly cover sleeves and to not provide any information to the "cochon de payant" (French expression that means "pig customer" i.e. treating the customer as a pig). See what they did with Melanie's back catalogue and tell me whether it's not what we all despise from a "label". So, I decided to post it here with a better cover sleeve (with amusing pictures ddkated to feet fetichists, from a photographer called Fraser James, see his deviantArt gallery here). What I think is that this concert was recorded between 2001 and 2004 with Brian Willoughby on guitar and before Chas Cronk rejoined the band since there's no bass sound and the setlist is more adequate with the ones they played at their acoustic sets in their beginnings (I mean the beginnings of their new acoustic career). So, I decided to credit Willoughby instead of Cronk but nothing's sure. Whatever, the setlist is a pure dream, without any weak track. If, like me, you love Baroque and Roll and Painted Sky albums, you'll find here another reason to reach paradise cos' these versions are wonderfully delicate (and melancholic), without the mandatory happy songs that they sometimes feel the need to intercede in their repertoire. So here it is, my Xmas gift. Hope we got some day more info about this live concert.
Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel - Star Truckin' 75 Live at Leiden (1975)
Thanx to Derek from Paris (same town but don't know him) who sent me recently this bootleg relatively well known by the Steve Harley aficionados, judging by what I found on the net, but that I didn't know. So here it is. It must be noted that even if the setlist consists mainly in songs from Human Menagerie and Psychomodo, this is not the original line-up who plays them (except the greater than great Stuart Elliott on drums) but the Mk II line-up, the one who would record The Best Years Of Our Lives (2 songs from it on this live recording). I never found this second line-up was the real Cockney Rebel and the way they play songs from Pyschomodo are sometimes not far from a complete slaughter. To the so singular musical approach of the previous formation, they substitute a sort of strange and unconsistent mix of style that could be a sort of british Steely Dan if they could be a little more concise and focus. Sometimes they are a sort of sad version of SAHB. On "Sebastian" and "Death Trip", things work a little better. The strongest thing here are Steve Harley's vocals. He really lives each word he sings and makes me shivers today (I'm no more a teenager and this band was supposed to be for teenagers) than at the time. Listen to his "Sebastian" dodobatabata impro to see what an English Artaud he could have been if only he had stayed this crazy (but he became very wise some years later). All in all, an interesting document of a band mutating in something else. They would reach other summits 1 year later with Love's A Prima Donna so I won't be too severe. Enjoy it here. This concert was recorded in Netherland (in Leiden) during a collective tour with Wishbone Ash, Caravan, Mahavishnu Orchestra and The Climax Blues Band (what a strange team). The sound is rather good. You know that I don't post here this sort of shitty document you can't even listen to one time without having your ears bleeding ichor. Below a document of "Sebastian" played by the same formation (actually no, I think there is another guitarist backwards) some months before (April) at the Hammersmith Odeon.
Mott The Hoople - Live At Fairfield Halls (1970)
This repost to announce that I reup-ed all the Live Mott The Hoople of the blogs, all had disappeared when my mf account was shelved. A visitor asked me for reup this one yesterday, so I did it for all, surely many who had missed them will be happy to get them on FS. More to come.
Another Mott The Hoople "album that could have been". Actually, failing to find in studio the intensity and excitation of their live sets, they imagined releasing a live album. This opportunity was provided by their opening shows for Free, who were recording their concerts for a future live LP. Fairfield Halls will actually provide some tracks of the official Free Live album. Unfortunately, the Mott set triggered such an excitation than part of the audience climbed on stage and produced some technical problems that were considered annoying enough to withdraw this Live album project. Not very clear where are the problems actually when you listen to this top quality recorded set. But the fact is that the songs would remain in the void until the Mott Box Set ("Ohio" being on it) and then the CD issue by Angel Air. Would this live LP changed the destiny of the band if released in December 1970? Not sure actually cause honestly, it' s often a little too much sound chaos and tracks are rather too long to maintain interest when listened to on records. And the slow ballads (specially "When My Mind's Gone", so wonderful in studio) are a little out of place in this playlist. However, this is a fascinating testimony of a dead-born album and this provides the pleasure to imagine listening to an album that only failed to exist. Enjoy it here. PS. I took the cover sleeves from the Wildlife's inner one (surely shot during this tour).
Another Mott The Hoople "album that could have been". Actually, failing to find in studio the intensity and excitation of their live sets, they imagined releasing a live album. This opportunity was provided by their opening shows for Free, who were recording their concerts for a future live LP. Fairfield Halls will actually provide some tracks of the official Free Live album. Unfortunately, the Mott set triggered such an excitation than part of the audience climbed on stage and produced some technical problems that were considered annoying enough to withdraw this Live album project. Not very clear where are the problems actually when you listen to this top quality recorded set. But the fact is that the songs would remain in the void until the Mott Box Set ("Ohio" being on it) and then the CD issue by Angel Air. Would this live LP changed the destiny of the band if released in December 1970? Not sure actually cause honestly, it' s often a little too much sound chaos and tracks are rather too long to maintain interest when listened to on records. And the slow ballads (specially "When My Mind's Gone", so wonderful in studio) are a little out of place in this playlist. However, this is a fascinating testimony of a dead-born album and this provides the pleasure to imagine listening to an album that only failed to exist. Enjoy it here. PS. I took the cover sleeves from the Wildlife's inner one (surely shot during this tour).
Dave Cousins - Plays Strawbs Demos (1972 - 77)
Another compilation I'm very proud of. Demos by Dave Cousins playing songs he would try with Strawbs between 1972 and 1977 (actually, only the "Rip It Off Blues" made me included 1972 in the time frame since most of these demos were for the period from Hero & Heroine to Deadlines). Of course there are surely much more demos to be released in future reissues but there's enough to propose a first compilation. Cos' I don't believe that these demos are only for historical purposes. On the contrary, Dave Cousins' playing and singing are so strong, and his songs so much appropriate to an alone-acoustic format that this fake LP can be listened to as to a real solo album. And moreover, some songs (such as "Lemon Pie" and most of the Deadlines ones), are here in much better versions than once played by the band and (most importantly) (badly)produced. What's incredible is to realize that during his so-called progressive period, Dave Cousins was composing songs that could have been played 5 or 6 years earlier when Strawbs were an all trad. folk acoustic band (just listen to "So Shall Our Love Die", here in a totally sublime version). And even the Deadlines demos show that he had lost none of his previous talent and was still writing classic Strawbs songs. Of course there's "Deadly Nightshade", one of his best, here played to the bone and still better than with the band's skin. If ever the production and the instrumental choices (linked to this awful 1975-77 period) had not destroyed the songs, we could have appreciated it much more when they had been released on the official albums. So, I don't hesitate to say that this compilation is one of the best thing ever recorded during the seventies. Hope future reissues (of Deep Cuts and Burning For You) will give us some more of these acoustic demo gems. For the cover sleeve, I used a nice picture of a strawberry tattooe, but I don't remember where I found it so I can't credit either the photographer or the skin owner. Sorry. Hope this will provide some beauty to those coming here to get something to hear. Catch this great Xmas offer here.
Kathleen Ferrier - Songs for Dead Children (1949)
I don't think I need to explain why I update this post today. One visitor left a comment that says it all. The recent killing is a sum of sufferings, from the killer (his childhood was surely a hell to do such a thing at 20) to (of course) the killed. The dramatic illustration that something's going wrong in our societies. We got a similar event in France last May, and Norway got their own massacre the previous year, so throwing the stone to US like many French and Europeans will do is misleading (although there's surely a problem with access to any sort of guns). Why some of us are drowning in such a misanthropic and destructive path, is a crucial point. I know what it's like for having taken it (without the act) in my life and for still, from time to time, feeling disgust and hate for my contempories. But I must say that never children are concerned by this inner feeling and that such a hate really questions our ability of understanding (sorry for this poor way to formulate things but as you know my English is quite uncertain). So, provinding a free link here to what I consider the strongest songs about children death in music, is the only contribution I can make to this awful event.
If someone'd asked which songs I considered the doomest of the 20th century, I would not say "Gloomy Sunday", or "Avec le Temps", or "Black Sabbath" or even anyone by a Doom band, but the Kindertotenlieder (songs for dead children) composed by Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) between 1902 and 1904 from 5 poems he chosed in the 428 ones that the poet Friedrich Rückert (1788-1866) had written after the death of 2 of his children. Strangely, few years later, Mahler would lost his daughter. In the poems that Mahler had selected, children seem to be out of home and not coming back. Maybe it's a metaphor for death (a far away travel from where they'll never be back) but since it is the main fear of every parent today (children kidnapped, raped and killed while away), this makes these songs still more moving. This is the reason I chose for the sleeve a picture by Wynn Bullock (1902-75), who had begun as a tenor singer and whose picture of this child (her daughter) in the wood is quite disturbing. For the back of the sleeve I took an other disturbing and doomer than doom picture by Peter Hujar (1934-87) that he shot in the catacombs of Palerma in 1963. Kathleen Ferrier had also a doomed life since her career began late (at 30) and finished prematurely in 1953 (she had 41) from leukemia. She is considered as one of the greatest vocalist of the century and to have interpreted the best version of these lieders. I will not have the irony to write enjoy it here, but at least, cry with it here. Lyrics (in German and with the English translation) are in the rar file.
In Diesem Wetter, In Diesem Braus. In diesem Wetter, in diesem Braus, Nie hätt' ich gesendet die Kinder hinaus; Man hat sie getragen hinaus,Ich durfte nichts dazu sagen! In diesem Wetter, in diesem Saus,Nie hätt' ich gelassen die Kinder hinaus,Ich fürchtete sie erkranken; Das sind nun eitle Gedanken.In diesem Wetter, in diesem Graus, Nie hätt' ich gelassen die Kinder hinaus; Ich sorgte, sie stürben morgen, Das ist nun nicht zu besorgen. In diesem Wetter, in diesem Graus! Nie hätt' ich Gesendet die Kinder hinaus!Man hat sie hinaus getragen,ich durfte nichts dazu sagen! In diesem Wetter, in diesem Saus, in diesem Braus,Sie ruh'n als wie in der Mutter Haus,Von keinem Sturm erschrecket,Von Gottes Hand bedecket.
In this weather, in the windy storm. In this weather, in this windy storm, I would never have sent the children out.They have been carried off,I wasn't able to warn them! In this weather, in this gale, I would never have let the children out. I feared they sickened: those thoughts are now in vain. In this weather, in this storm, I would never have let the children out, I was anxious they might die the next day: now anxiety is pointless. In this weather, in this windy storm, I would never have sent the children out. They have been carried off, I wasn't able to warn them! In this weather, in this gale, in this windy storm, they rest as if in their mother's house: frightened by no storm, sheltered by the Hand of God.
Kathleen Ferrier
Kathleen Ferrier and Bruno Walter
Gustav Mahler
Friedrich Rückert
Elvis Costello - Live Salle Victoire Montpellier (1984)
Almost a month I didn't post anything, and I don't really come back but post a live recording made by my blogther Rough Mix in 1984. If you're Costello addicts, you'll be infinitely happy to listen to this live set in a rather better quality than the bootleg of it you can find on the net (for example here). Rough is currently transforming stuff from tapes to MP3 and I promise some unusual things later on. Meanwhile, I let the keyboard to my ole time friend. dk
This time, a rather particular recording... This Elvis Costello's show and his Attractions, which I attended myself, was recorded with a K7 device on February 1984 in Montpellier (France),and the result is more than adequate in my opinion. In this debut of year 1984 Costello began an European tour and decided to grind some new songs from a forthcoming album. Recently arrived in this provincial town which musical history is more anchored around Mediterrannean latin culture than in smoked pubs along banks of the Thames,this was one of the best concert I've seen here, an oasis in this desert music programming. Since the beginning of the 80s, Elvis Costello was digging in his musical Jazz and Pop roots ,such as in Imperial Bedroom, to improve his repertoire. Trust and Almost blue had been bitter failures for him and his faithful pal Steve Nieve .The memory of this event persisted again few months later ,when I bought in June, his new album Goodbye Cruel World. Because what surprised me was when I discovered the picture on the sleeve (see below), showing two trees on a small mound, with Costello's gang perched on it. These trees are famous here, they are called the Saint Aunes twin cypress, which can be seen along the A9 motorway, few miles before Montpellier city, as well as on the first images of the Agnes Varda's film Sans toi, ni loi. It should be noted that the concert took place at the Victory Hall and not at the Palais des Sports (which does not exist elsewhere). Enjoy it here. The setlist can be found here. Rough Mix
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Hurricane Sandy may or may not grace us with her presences this coming week however, let's PLAN and be prepared:
- A couple extra cans of dog or cat food
- Can opener – manual not electric
- Buy a gallon of water
- Super yummy treats and a favorite toy
- Medications- ( may be worth getting the prescription filled if running low )
- Collar with ID tags – animals name and phone number and your contact info
- Crate or a carrier – incase you must evacuate
- Flashlight and extra batteries
- Wee Wee pads and some cleaning supplies
- Pet First Aid kit
Plan on indoor playtime! If you have a dog and cat that tend not to get along or a cat that is typically an outdoor cat…well your house may have a little extra energy this week. Please remember this is not the norm for your pets, they may be nervous, tired and or anxious please have a little extra patience with them.
Bring in your outdoor pets…ALL cats must come in!
- If you have bunnies, try bringing their cage into your garage for a few days
- If you have a barn, prep it and have extra food available incase you are unable to get outside to check on your animals
If you need to evacuate please remember:
- Most hotels will allow you to bring your pet "in case of an emergency" but please call to confirm first.
- If you are going to a family or friend's home, This is all new to your pet too, understand your animal's behavior may not be his normal self.
- If you are being placed in a shelter please confirm they allow pets. A RED CROSS SHELTER WILL NOT ALLOW ANY ANIMAL INTO THEIR SHELTERS. Please request a town or FEMA sponsored shelter as they care and realize your pet is your family ~ ALL are welcomed
Tracey is the owner of Wiggles & Jiggles Pet Care of North Andover and may be contacted at 978-697-6571 or www.wigglewalk.webs.com on facebook at www.facebook.com/wigglesjigglespetcare


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Local bicycle co-op receives university support
The Boone Bicycle Initiative has been awarded $1,819 through Appalachian State University's Greek Week Mini-Grant program.
BBI was selected to be one of four local agencies receiving funds raised during the 2012 Greek Week event.
This generous award will help to strengthen the program by covering general operating expenses, while also providing the resources for the BBI to expand and offer more services, according to initiative officials.
Originally started as a project of Appalachian State University students, BBI has since relocated to an off-campus position and has expanded its reach into the community.
With the Greek Week Grant, BBI officials hope to continue with expanding their services, such as hosting maintenance workshops and creating an Earn-A-Bike program, while continuing to improve upon their primary mission of renting bicycles at a low cost to community members and students.
BBI is located on Depot Street in downtown Boone. Its hours are 6 to 9 p.m. on Sundays and Thursdays. For more information, contact (firstname.lastname@example.com)


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U.S. Dept. of Ed. uses SWAT to bust down door, collect student loan
According to the Department of Education's Office of the Inspector General, the case can't be discussed publicly until it is closed, but a spokesperson did confirm that the department did issue the search warrant at Wright's home. -- More. (Via walls of the city)
Also, Donald Sensing: The Blackshirts could not have done it better.
UPDATE: The media outlet covering this story has updated its report with comments from the Department of Education:
-"U.S. Department of Education spokesman Justin Hamilton said the agents that served the search warrant were with the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), not local S.W.A.T."
-"An official with the U.S. Department of Education returned phone calls to News 10 Wednesday morning, saying the search warrant is part of a criminal investigation and not because of unpaid student financial aid loans."