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Italy - Denise Cumella's TEDx talk: we are free to think of the future we want
In this TEDxMatera talk ebbf member Denise Cumella highlights the unique opportunity we enjoy to think, dream and make happen the future we want. The gift of this freedom and how we can use it to make, influence and design the future we want to see happen, as individuals and as a society.
She started by offering herself as an example, the example of a normal person and how she was able to influence. Going back to the dreams she had as a child and then taking the audience on a journey of possibilities into the future she is creating for her daughter and family.
See her TEDxMatera Video Talk
UK - Jelena Hercberga her impact at work helped by attending ebbf event
In the run up to the #ebbfJustice ebbf annual event we interviewed Jelena Hercberga, a participant invited by a colleague to attend her first ebbf event and who will now be offering a learnshop at the next ebbf international event.
Jelena, what was your reaction after attending your first ebbf learning event?
Being part of the last ebbf international event impacted me personally and professionally; meeting inspiring people with different ways of pursuing my same goal of impacting this world in a positive way. I am fortunate to work with wonderful people at The Loop, with them we try every day to change companies' mindsets; helping them break the bubble of their personal awareness and connect with what happens outside, making them aware about their role in the society and how they could be more engaged. As we like to say "We enable organisations to realise their purpose".
During the conference I realized that there are lots of people from different cultures and backgrounds that believe in the same values and have a unifying vision: this is simply amazing and gives you a lot of courage and energy. I once read a concept that sounds more or less like "If you are alone, you are one warrior, you need to be an army to fight a battle".
Why should someone participate in an ebbf conference?
ebbf has this ability to create a great environment where you can interact with people and enjoy each conversation, getting a new insight, discussing it and coming up with a new fresh mindset.
In one same event you can have different conversations on different topics of interest to you and new ones you had never thought, each time enjoying the interaction with different people from very different backgrounds and experiences: this is inspiring.
It's so much more than just reading an article or watching a TED talk. Through these interactions you can get more, exploring, deepening and getting information and new ideas in a different way.
And last, but not least, this is a good opportunity to build or increase a wonderful network, opening new contact that could be very useful both in your personal and professional life.
Extract of interview by Giuseppina Cuccurullo
USA - Nishat Ruiter presenting collaboration and trust to Fortune 500 lawyers event
Nishat Ruiter presented to over 200 lawyers, some of Fortune 500 companies at the Argyle Forum in New York on the topic of Bridging the Gap: Using WIki Technology for a Non-legal Audience. The audience heard about consultation, creative ways to educate their clients, how truly listening to clients and becoming partners allows the greatest impact. Ultimately these steps allow us to move from the current silos adversarial mentality of legal vs. business to a more collaborative approach.
"All solutions start with communication. This is even more important for in house lawyers who work with clients and need to assess the legal risks from a business perspective, not only legal. Consultation is key in this in collaborating on solutions to help both sides make a difference."
Italy - Andreas Vatsellas researching Life Cycle Sustainability ideas
My research at the University of Bologna this last year was focused on the cultural concepts of development and sustainable production and of "Life Cycle Thinking" approach.
This research program was concerned with the life cycle management of products aimed at designing and realising eco-compatible productions. It was intended to support the business decisions, both in the evaluation of investment projects and in the medium term projection of the choices taken for the analysis of the degree of effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability of eco-innovations of products and processes.
ebbf recommends this TBLI Nordic event, gathering of influential ideas and people in the area of responsible finance
Robert Rubinstein has been sharing his insights on responsible finance at a number of ebbf events over the years. He launched his first Triple Bottom Line event over 20 years ago and his TBLI events have grown in size and influence to become real reference points for individuals wishing to explore new trends, make useful connections and find new ways to implement responsible, sustainable investing.
We therefore warmly encourage you to join Robert and the other participants at this very relevant event:


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Tracking stimulus dollars gets tricky
By Angie Drobnic Holan
Published on Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 at 5:47 p.m.
The Obama administration has promoted its Web site Recovery.gov as a bold new step in government transparency and a convenient way for voters to see that the economic stimulus program is working. Some Republicans say the site is a bunch of unreliable propaganda.
Florida Republican Rep. Jeff Miller ridiculed the site in a newsletter Nov. 19, writing about how he looked on the Web site and found jobs created in Florida's 34th, 53rd, 86th, and "00th" districts.
"The problem is, these congressional districts do not exist," Miller wrote. "Florida only has TWENTY-FIVE congressional districts."
"We know that the Administration is pulling a 'jobs created or saved' number out of thin air despite the fact that the unemployment rate remains high," Miller wrote. "The people of Florida know. We know that although Democrats represent only 10 of Florida's 25 districts, their districts received 60% of the stimulus funds. These numbers reek of partisanship and potential corruption."
We checked of two of Miller's statements. He's right that Recovery.gov listed nonexistent congressional districts ; we rated that Mostly True. But the data has other problems, too. His statement that Democrats received 60 percent of stimulus funds is Barely True. Read our complete items for the full report.
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SE Louisiana rolls past Incarnate Word, 35-3.
HAMMOND, La. (AP) Bryan Bennett ran for a touchdown and passed for two more to lead Southeast Louisiana to a non-conference win over Incarnate Word, 35-3 Saturday.
Bennett took the Lions 66 yards for a touchdown on the opening possession of the game, finding Marquis Hayes with a 41-yard touchdown pass two minutes into the game, then found Jeff Smiley with a 17-yard strike to cap the scoring midway through the fourth quarter.
Marice Sutton picked off a Trent Brittain pass and returned it for a touchdown to put the Lions ahead, 21-3 at halftime.


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"If you don't include at least one geometric design in your home, shame on you!"
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With a growing population preferring to stay in urban areas, rather than purchase homes in the suburbs, designer and architects are faced with the problem of maintaining the element of community in every day life.
We discussed this in our Dwell on Design recap, reviewing Micro Living and sociological shifts. With much of the population choosing to live in the city, without a car, minimal modern furniture and less stuff for storage, high rise living is in-demand.
C.F. Møller Architects, Brut Architecture and Urban Design are closing the gap between urban high-rise living and suburb community living. They're currently developing a 24-story building in Belgium that will be grouped into mini-communities. Apartments will be clustered together with open balcony spaces depending on your style of living, for example families versus students. There will also be a shared courtyard and dining space as well as a roof terrace.
Now, you can live in the city and still have a sense of community... But for now, you'll have to live Belgium to find this fantastic architecture and urban living style.
There is no scheduled completion date, but they estimate that it will open sometime in 2017.
We can't wait!
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Do you ever scroll through design sites on the internet, like Pinterest and feel like you can never achieve that look in your home with your budget? Well, you should never feel this way. When it comes to design, there's always a way!
The key is to grasp the overall look of the room you're coveting. What makes it so great? Which is your favorite element... Is it the modern dining table, the chrome dining chairs or the decor?. Maybe let yourself spend a little more on your favorite piece and scale down from there. Or, you just stick with a smaller budget all-around...
We've decided to use this high-end dining room above as an example. We've rounded up some of our favorite Euro Style Lighting Furnishings to help you get this look and to show you that any design style is achievable!
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Did you ever wonder why the brick road was yellow in The Wizard of Oz?... Because yellow is bright and happy and therefore must lead to somewhere great.
For this reason, we've rounded up a few of our favorite yellow home decor from Euro Style Lighting, inspired by this amazing architecture.
If you're trying to sparkle a little color in to your home, it doesn't take much... You can try a patterned lamp shade that features lots of colors, or maybe just some modern lighting designed in a fun color. Here's some great ideas for a little pop of yellow:
1. Thumprints Yellow Table Lamp
2. Color + Plus Sunshine Wall Mirror
3. Jonathan Adler Yellow Glass Wall Sconce
4. Anahita Saffron Fabric Side Chair
5. Lemon Retro Throw Pillow
6. Stacy Garcia Stripe Lamp Shade
7. Jonathan Adler Capri Yellow Table Lamp
8. Yellow Twitter Bird Accent Lamp
9. Yellow Stripe Square Pouf
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There's a fine line between trash and art, at least in New York. Consistent with a popular philosophy behind the purpose of art, this installation teaches us something.... It exposes just how much trash is produced in New York City.
This cloud-style structure, called "Head in the Clouds" was created on Governor's Island in New York last Summer and made from 52,780 used plastic bottles. Designer Jason Klimoski points out that this is the number of plastic bottles thrown away in NYC in just one hour.
Our answer to the title of this post.... BOTH.
Jason Klimoski and the design team from Studio KCA are looking for a place to install this Summer so if you're interested contact them here.
Want to shop art that you can put in your own home, head over to Euro Style Lighting's art department!
Have a great weekend everyone!
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This year's 14th Venice Architecture Biennale saw an exhibition used LED lighting to replicate daylight.
Perhaps the most successful approximation to natural light yet created, this CoeLux optical system (developed by Italian physicist Paolo Di Trapani) uses LEDs and light-scattering nanoparticles to mimic the appearance of the sun moving across a daytime sky.
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The potential applications of this technology are enormous. Subways, offices, hospital rooms, homes--every room suddenly with a view. And most impressive of all, the system boasts the ability to replicate the color temperatures from Nordic, Mediterranean and tropical suns.
You may remember our guide to lumens and color temperature as it applies to LED lighting? Daylight color temperatures can reach up to 10,000K and beyond, making them much warmer than the type of modern lighting used in the home today.
Koncept Gen 3 Z-Bar Silver Slim Daylight LED Wall Lamp, Koncept Gen 3 Z-Bar Slim Silver Daylight Modern Desk Lamp
Regardless, there are a handful of daylight-mimicking products currently on the market. Take Koncept Lighting's Gen 3 series of LED lamps. They mimic daylight at an interior-friendly 4,250K-4,750K color temperature, giving you all the brightness of daylight you'll ever need indoors!
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FAQs for Debit Card
Why is the Department issuing debit cards for unemployment insurance benefits?
In accordance with Alaska Statute 37.25.050, unemployment insurance benefits will be made by electronic funds transfer or electronic payment to an account.
Will everyone filing for UI benefits receive a debit card?
Beginning April 30, 2009 individuals filing a new claim will have the option of receiving their benefits either through Direct Deposit or Debit Card.
Is there another way to receive my benefits?
If you do not wish to have a debit card and you have a checking or savings account, you may change the payment method to direct deposit.
To sign up for direct deposit, login to https://myalaska.state.ak.us/home/app , click on "Unemployment Insurance Benefits" to sign up for direct deposit. You may also use the VICTOR automated phone filing system to enroll (select option 3 from the main menu).
Can I still receive my UI benefits by check?
Checks are only available to individuals who live in areas without an Allpoint ATM. To find out if an Allpoint ATM is available in your area, go to www.allpointnetwork.com and enter your zip code.
How do I sign up for a debit card?
If you want to sign up for a debit card, logon to https://myalaska.state.ak.us/home/app , click on "Unemployment Insurance Benefits" and choose debit card. You should receive your card and welcome packet from JPMorgan Chase within seven days. Funds will be added to your card on your next filing cycle.
When will I receive my debit card?
If you are eligible to qualify for UI benefits, you should receive your debit card by mail within a week from filing. The card is issued directly from JPMorgan Chase Bank. With your card, you will receive a welcome package which includes instructions on how to use the card.
What if I am signed up for direct deposit?
You will not be enrolled or receive a debit card if you are signed up for direct deposit. However, if you wish to change your direct deposit to debit card, logon to https://myalaska.state.ak.us/home/app , click on "Unemployment Insurance Benefits" and click on "Debit Card Enrollment."
How do I activate my debit card so I can begin using it?
You must contact JPMorgan Chase Bank to activate your card at the toll-free number they will provide. Once your card is activated, you can access your account information online at www.myaccount.chase.com.
When will my UI payments be available on my debit card?
Eligible UI payments will be added to your debit card account each time you file your biweekly claim certification.
Who do I contact if I have questions regarding my debit card?
You should contact JPMorgan's customer service center at 1-866-711-1860. You can also view your balance online at www.myaccount.chase.com
What if I have problems with the My Account Web site or other Web site-related issues?
You should contact JPMorgan's Cardholder Web Site Support Helpline at 1-866-352-5878.
Are there fees associated with my debit card?
You can make up to two free cash withdrawals per month from any Chase or Allpoint ATM's. There will be a surcharge fee on other ATM's. The amount will depend on the bank that owns the ATM. The ATM will notify you of the surcharge fee and allow you to cancel the transaction prior to being charged the fee.
Is there a fee for using my debit card to purchase goods at a store?
No. There is no fee for using your debit card at retail locations.
Can I get cash back when using my debit card at retail locations?
Yes. You can choose to get cash back with no fees when you use your debit card for retail purchases if available at the retail location. When you make a purchase at a retail location, the merchant or terminal may ask if you want "cash back". At that time, you can specify the amount of cash you want by telling the merchant or entering the amount into the terminal.
Does my debit card expire?
Your debit card is active for three years from the date it was issued. This means that if you should file and qualify for another new UI claim after your current benefit year ends, payments will continue to be deposited into your debit card account. If you file for benefits after the three year period, you will receive another card within 30 days of the previous card's expiration date. You should keep your card until the expiration date, even if you do not plan on filing immediately for additional benefits.
What if I lose my debit card?
You will need to contact JPMorgan Chase Bank Customer Service immediately at 1-866-711-1860 to have a new card sent to you.
What if I forget my Pin number?
You will need to contact JPMorgan Chase Bank Customer Service immediately at 1-866-711-1860. The Department does not know your Pin number and cannot reset it for you.
Where can I find ATM's where I can get two free withdrawals per month?
Phone 1-866-711-1860 or go to www.allpointnetwork.com to locate the nearest ATM using your zip code.
Can State agencies view or track my transactions?
For privacy reasons, JPMorgan Chase does not share card account numbers or transaction details. However, for reconciliation purposes, the Department does have access to the amount and date of deposits to individual accounts. The Department cannot track transactions made using your debit card.
How can I check my balance?
You can check online free at www.myaccount.chase.com. You can also call customer service at 1-866-711-1860; however, there will be a $.35 charge fee after the 4th call made during a one month period.
Can I add funds to my debit card?
No. This is a not a credit card and you cannot add funds to it. Your card is a pre-paid debit card. That means you can only spend the funds that have been added by the Department.
Can I request a second debit card for another individual such as a family member?
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Thorne is 'Pro-business and proud of it'
Original post made by Jeb Bing on May 19, 2013
With those words not heard from a Pleasanton mayor since Ken Mercer in the 1980s, Mayor Jerry Thorne spelled out his views and governing strategy to loud applause at a meeting last Friday of local Realtors and real estate-related professionals.
In fact, Thorne credited Mercer, who is Pleasanton's longest-serving mayor, for much of the development that continues to fuel the city's diversified tax base that includes Stoneridge Shopping Center, Hacienda Business Park and a number of successful housing developments that brought families, business professionals and quality schools to Pleasanton. That growth momentum stalled when no-growth to slow-growth mayors followed, with Thorne now renewing efforts to keep the city fiscally strong and a continued destination for business in an increasingly competitive environment.
Thorne was born and raised in the western Tennessee city of Union City and earned his engineering degree at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. A chemical engineer by training, he linked up with Hewlett-Packard after military service as an Army artillery officer, moving with the company to California in 1968 and to Pleasanton in 1974. Later, when H-P wanted him to transfer him to Boston, he said no, telling H-P, "I've found paradise." It's here that he and his wife Sandy raised their daughter Keri. Next month, they'll travel to Ireland for Keri's wedding on June 29.
Thorne worked for H-P for 28 years and two more years for Agilent Technologies. He started out as an environmental engineer, working his way up to top management posts with multiple responsibilities, including handling H-P's real estate. That pleased the Realtors who now eye the Pleasanton mayor as "one of our own."
Besides his H-P property duties, Thorne held other key management responsibilities that he believes prepared him for the multitude of tasks needed to govern a city. He's working with City Manager Nelson Fialho to develop performance standards that they and the public can use to measure department managers' success. These include a streamlined process for handling permit requests from large apartment complexes now being planned to faster action on an individual's request to make some remodeling changes on a house. Still, Thorne told Realtors that he's found that government by its structure works more methodically and slower than private enterprise. Building codes, inspections, public hearings -- all are part of good government and at times tend to slow the process down.
A key objective in this arena, Thorne said, is significantly reducing the burden placed on developers by the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA, a good bill signed into law by then-Governor Ronald Reagan but one that "has become an absolute nightmare for business." Fortunately, Thorne has found support from Gov. Jerry Brown and relief may be on the way.
Asked how Pleasanton fares compared to other cities, Thorne is convinced that its good government and a dedicated, highly professional management team in City Hall that makes our city better. He's checked around and finds that many cities are operating "hand-to-mouth" when it comes to municipal revenue and spending, whereas Pleasanton has more than $25 million in a rainy-day reserve fund for use if needed. Last week, the city took money from other reserves to pay off some $20 million in golf course construction bonds, leaving the city virtually debt-free aside from outstanding employee pension obligations.
"I wouldn't trade my experience in public service for anything in the world," Thorne told the Realtors. "Community involvement carries with it a very high level of satisfaction when you see public projects that benefit our community succeed. If you have the ability to bring people together to get things done, you ought to consider coming on board. We can use your help."
on May 19, 2013 at 3:11 pm
Thank you to Jerry Thorne for this positive outlook and thank you Jeb for sharing it.
I look forward to a vibrant Main Street full of happy, prosperous, and tax-paying shopowners. I would like to see fewer empty shopfronts.
on May 19, 2013 at 3:26 pm
Promises from those newly elected may not matter much. Keep me posted.
on May 19, 2013 at 3:28 pm
The true test for this mayor will be whether he can effectively stanch the swelling tide of public workers' unsustainable salaries and pensions. For in case anyone doesn't know, we're drowning in debt and the increasing retirements will only raise the waters up to flood level. As the flood-tidaled crisis at Calpers and Calstrs - now as clear as rain - continues to build,, so Pleasanton will feel the same kind of pains as has Stockton, and Athens. Because they're the same. Tsunami-like waves are destined to come crashing upon all of us unless citizens take back what was stolen from them by the unions. We can't afford to pay teachers more than we pay highly trained cashiers at our respected merchandize centers; we can't afford to bow down to the outrageous demands placed upon the city by corrupt, self-interested union leaders. Who is going to help build a wall against the inevitable tsunami? We can begin by disbanding all public unions, as has been done in China, for example, which is experiencing a much higher growth rate than is Pleasanton. Next, an across the board pay reduction - approx. 40% - for all city workers, and a temporary moratorium on pension pay-outs. If you care about your great great grandchildren, you and I will face the onrush of tidal waters together.


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A Blue Island man accused of sexually assaulting a 4-year-old girl in Calumet Park was ordered held without bond on Wednesday. Police found him smoking a cigarette in a closet after the alleged crime.
State's Attorney's Office spokeswoman Tandra Simonton said Demetrio Campbell, 27, tried to lure the victim and her older sister away from their home while they were playing outside on Sunday. The girls refused, ran inside and locked the doors.
Witnesses said they saw Campbell cross the street and kick the door in, after failed attempts to get the girls to let him in. Prosecutors said the suspect demanded one of the two older people in the house to leave the bedroom – that person was the one who called the cops.
Campbell allegedly raped the 4-year-old girl on the bed. Police found him smoking in a closet when they arrived. Judge Edward Bowden ordered Campbell ordered the suspect to undergo psychiatric evaluation at the Markham courthouse on Wednesday.
Campbell has also been convicted of felony burglary and aggravated robbery in the past.
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The setting of the annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival may be beautiful, but it offers more than its share of challenges to the audio team producing the event.
In the past few years, there's been a growing interest in bluegrass and roots music, with films like the Coen Brother's 2000 release, O Brother, Where Art Thou? and younger artists like Gillian Welch and Allison Krauss drawing increased attention to this sublime music. And while there are hundreds of folk music festivals held year-round throughout the country, credit should be given to a festival that has become something of an institution in the bluegrass community.
The Telluride Bluegrass Festival is set in a beautiful boxed canyon that can pose problems for the technical staff.
Held every June at Telluride Town Park in a lovely box canyon in the Rocky Mountains, the Telluride Bluegrass Festival (TBF) is one of this country's treasures. Located close to 9,000 feet above sea level, the event provides a real breath of fresh air for audiences who travel from around the world to gather and enjoy the music. Organized by Craig Ferguson of Planet Bluegrass of Lyons, Colo., the festival is truly a cooperative labor of love between the performers, the fans and the technical staff.
This year, twenty-eight acts took to the stage over the course of four days, with several notable musicians including Sam Bush, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Del McCoury, David Grisman, Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Lucinda Williams and the venerable Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys. The organizers' eclectic blend also included the likes of Sacramento's Cake as well as Bay Area local Ben Harper. Sold out weeks in advance, an audience that peaked around 12,000 enjoyed the festival from the late morning 'til the midnight hour.
Preparing the Audio System
To provide both the sound and lighting systems for the festival, Skip Kent, stage manager for TBF, contracted Audio-Visual Headquarters Show Solutions (AVHQ) of Los Angeles, Calif.. Known primarily for handling large corporate events nationwide, AVHQ also does sound system design, lighting and video production for large-scale special events and concerts. AVHQ's system engineer Mitch Hodge, who has more than a decade of experience working at TBF, used JBL's award-winning VerTec line array for this year's festival.
AVHQ recently made the purchase of a VerTec line array to include in their inventory. As more corporate clients and touring acts had been requesting line arrays, it was a logical step to make the investment. With the assistance of Raul Gonzalez, JBL's touring products manager, Hodge created specifications for a system that would be powerful enough to handle the requirements of the festival and meet with the approval of Skip Kent and the Planet Bluegrass family.
In the weeks leading up to the festival, Hodge and Gonzalez worked closely together developing scenarios for the working system. Hodge created AutoCAD models that were aided by Gonzalez's VerTec-specific line array calculator in Microsoft Excel. With basic measurements of field size, distance from stage to delay to tower, height of scaffold, etc., they were able to simulate and predict what the response would be like. After reviewing options, Hodge opted for two articulated, twelve-box deep arrays of JBL VT4889s per side for the mains, with eight JBL VT 4880s per side for subwoofers.
"It's a pretty wide stage," says Hodge, "so we had to put the arrays about 86 feet apart."
While having the arrays so far apart helped in providing plenty of gain before feedback, proper coverage in the front could have been an issue. Hodge brought in eight Apogee Sound AE2s for frontfills just to make sure the premium VIP area would be taken care of.
"Actually the line arrays covered the insides nicely all the way down close," says Hodge. "We tilted them just a touch onstage, and then I filled the offstage area with the horn-coupled Meyer Sound MSL-4s [which are 40° boxes horizontally] and they worked very well."
Given that winds of up to 70 mph have been known to come out of nowhere in the boxed canyon, the job of rigging the system was a critical one. While Whitehouse Staging out of Phoenix, Ariz., supplied the material for the scaffold towers, John Setser was brought in as chief rigger to make sure safety issues were covered. Each of the VT4889s weighed about 160lbs., including the rigging system on the boxes. With the rigging on the box, no additional straps or other mechanisms were needed to articulate the array and the weight was kept down. Each array weighed in at around 2000lbs., with two, one-ton chain motors used to perform the 42-foot hang. Once they were in place, straps were employed to secure to clusters so they wouldn't sway in the wind.
The end of the field at Town Park is around 400 feet, so at about 240 feet from the stage there was a delay ring of four Genie T225 towers, each with three JBL VT4889s. As a precaution, Setser fixed waterbarrels and ballast supports to each delay tower since they were susceptible to twisting in high winds.
Fine Tuning in High Country
Collaborating with Gonzalez, Hodge time-aligned and equalized the PA and all the delay towers, and compared FFT data from both Meyer Sound's SIM II and JBL's SMAART systems. Six Brüel and Kjaer 4007 microphones placed throughout the audience to gather data permitted Hodge and fellow system engineer Mark Miceli to make judgment calls on how to change the system EQ during the twelve-hour period.
"One of the interesting challenges at Telluride is the environment being at 9,000 ft.," says Miceli, a research scientist specializing in acoustics at the University of Arizona. "The altitude density changes the physical response of sound — especially how the low-end of the system performs. It creates what I'd call a real 'swimmy' condition."
The other challenge was that the environmental conditions would change radically. Between the hours of 5 and 7 p.m., the temperature could plummet from 80°F to 30°F within fifteen minutes.
"What made it interesting to us was the thermal stratification," continues Miceli. "A warm layer of air above the audience would have a much colder air pushing down on top of it. This would end up causing a 'lens effect' for the high-end frequency, similar to how a mirage works optically. Sound is trying to pass through a non-homogenous area. With different temperature layers in the air, the propagation rate varies as sound travels through the thermal layers. In effect, this causes the sound to bend."
The 40-foot wide proscenium of Fred Shellman Memorial Stage. The main VerTec arrays hung about 86 feet apart with Apogee Sound AE2s providing frontfill for the VIP section.
With the temperature quickly dropping, the sound system would start to re-aim itself. "Even the untrained ear could hear the phase shifting," says Miceli. "It sounded as if someone had a huge pan pot sweeping the system left and right."
Using benchmark curves established and saved to computer during the initial FFT measurements, Hodge and Miceli steered the system through the transitional time as front-of-house engineer Kevin Hartman mixed the show. "The higher frequencies didn't change very much but the low-mids between 160Hz and 300Hz would exhibit a shift," says Hodge. "There's typically a peak of energy in that range and that peak would get lower as the temperature dropped. We've been using SIM II since 1994 to track the changes in the system as they occur, and we simply adjust the center frequency of the specific filter to follow this anomaly."
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At several TBFs, Miceli has done a lot of work on the stage acoustics. The Fred Shellman Memorial Stage is about 20 to 30 feet deep, with a 40-foot proscenium opening — and it used to resonate horrendously. Doing test measurements to get the signature of the space, Miceli identified the resonant nodes of the stage and custom designed some QRT diffuser panels using Dr. Peter D'Antonio's flutter-free molding. These he used to break up reflections coming off the side and rear walls.
Since there was a hard, plywood deck for the ceiling, he hung 50 two-by-four-foot Sonex-type foam baffles. To help prevent bad reflections, he worked with the carpenters to minimize parallel surfaces and had them slightly angle the back wall when they put the stage together. Miceli also had flooring put down on top of the stage — Net Well's dB Mat, a barium-impregnated vinyl with a 1/8-inch backing on it that carpet was rolled on top of. As a final touch, spaces underneath the front of the stage were also filled with bass traps as well as bales of hay.
With 31 acts and no sound check to speak of, being the mixer for the front of the house wasn't an enviable position. Even with Skip Kent providing the mixer rider information for many of the large, established acts, a lot of the acts formed for Telluride. "Those requirements we often didn't get 'til the day of show, sometimes minutes before the set," says Kevin Hartman. "This year, AVHQ provided an intranet setup where a stage laptop talked to my laptop. As soon as the info was ready, I could look at the input list and see what the next act was going to require, and print it out."
Since set changes were so quick, any time-saving device helped to streamline the work — such as multi-pin, quick-connect snakes for the drum riser so the next kit could mic up offstage.
Also, artist riders were reviewed so that a consistent group of microphones could be assembled. This helped make the transition to each act as smooth as possible, since several channel strips would remain similar from set to set. Of course, they'd swap out to accommodate specific artists who brought along their favorite microphones.
"Del McCoury used two large-diaphragm condensers onstage and they'd stand around the microphones and play like they're on the porch," says Hodge. "It was a great sound and I love that style." Several condensers also are used to capture mandolin, guitar and fiddle, too. "Grisman likes his Neumann KM184s, so we'd put those up for him," adds Hartman. "My preference would be to make it an all-Neumann festival."
Located 105 feet away from the stage, Hartman mixed performances on a 52-input Yamaha PM4000 with outboard rack including BSS, Eventide, Klark-Teknik, Roland, TC Electronic and Yamaha processors. As for monitoring, mixing duties were divided between Jeff Wetherby and Glenn Utter. Similar to the front of the house, a 52-input Yamaha PM4000 console was used, with 18 Meyer UM-1 for the wedges and three Meyer Sound MSL-3 for sidefill. If artists preferred in-ear monitors, there was a breakout box stage left so they could get power and feed the monitor console.
Telluride Bluegrass Festival is not only a reunion for thousands of fans, but also for a very dedicated technical and operational staff. All people interviewed for this piece commented on the bond shared by the technical team that keeps returning year after year. "It's the same guys for as long as I've been there," says Miceli. "The festival's staff are really the closest thing to family — we all stop what we're doing to go to Telluride."
Stage manager Skip Kent clearly respects the group that travels from all over the country to work with him at Telluride. "I was kind of thrust upon the crew and some folks weren't too happy about it. But ultimately everybody was happy to be part of a great team… and they are a great team."
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text: French Style Inspiration Our 11 French Style Icons — and Why We Love Them by Brittney Stephens 9/25/12 6 Reactions 48 Shares Print 18 7 23 0 0 With their laid-back polish and effortless panache, it's no wonder why the world is mystified by the fashion habits of French women past and present. Though we're definitely inspired by classic Parisiennes like Brigitte Bardot and Jane Birkin, there are a crop of contemporary style setters who provide us with the utmost in sophisticated French dressing. Since today marks the first day of Paris Fashion Week, we're highlighting 11 of our favorite French fashion icons. Click through to see examples of their enviable style, plus find out why we love them so much. Photos courtesy of Vogue Italia, Marie Claire, Vogue Paris, and Tatler Julia Restoin-Roitfeld What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Who she is: The daughter of supercool former Vogue Paris editor in chief Carine Roitfeld, Julia is an art director and model based in NYC. She consults for labels like Zac Posen, Jean Paul Gaultier, and Miu Miu and has designed a lingerie collection for Kiki de Montparnasse. Why we love her: Julia, like her mom, is almost always clad in black and never fails to look cool and modern — she's like the mysterious, impeccably dressed girl at the party that you're kind of afraid to talk to but ends up being your new best friend. She's never one to balk at a sheer blouse, sexy cutouts, or a sky-high heel, and her fearless French-girl style keeps us captivated every time. We can't wait to see how her edgy aesthetic translates now that she's a mom to baby daughter Romy. Source: Getty 1 / 11 Clémence Poésy What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Who she is: A French model and actress, Clémence is known for her role in the Harry Potter series, as well as on Gossip Girl. She's been the face of Chloé's fragrance and G-Star Raw, and she pops up at the runway shows of brands like Chanel, Burberry, and Balenciaga. Why we love her: With her laid-back elegance and perfectly tousled hair, Clémence has a distinctly Parisian energy and is a pro at mixing masculine and feminine pieces for a look that's all her own. She can be dressed to the nines one day, in a sequined or feathered gown, then look equally chic in skinny jeans, a slouchy tee, and a rocker-cool leather jacket. Source: Getty 2 / 11 Charlotte Gainsbourg What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Who she is: An actress and singer in her own right, Charlotte is the daughter of French superstars Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg. She's also the longtime muse of Balenciaga designer Nicolas Ghesquière and has served as the brand's face for years. Why we love her: It's safe to say that Charlotte was born cool; whether she's hitting the red carpet to promote one of her many films or just strolling the streets in Paris with her family, she never fails to look trendy, confident, and totally at ease. Not only is she stunning and stylish, but she also has the added bonus of possessing both amazing genes and high-profile fashion-industry friends. Source: Getty 3 / 11 Carla Bruni-Sarkozy What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Who she is: A singer-songwriter, model, and, most notably, the wife of former French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Though born in Italy, Carla grew up in France, attending college and starting her modeling career in Paris. Her résumé reads like a who's-who of fashion royalty; she's worked for Christian Dior, Givenchy, Sonia Rykiel, Karl Lagerfeld, John Galliano, Yves Saint Laurent, Versace, and more. Why we love her: As the former first lady of France, Carla has a certain responsibility to look sophisticated and refined, and her stately style often reminds people of Jackie Kennedy. She opts for no-fuss sheath dresses (mostly by Dior), cropped coats, and low-heeled pumps for daytime, and she often turns up the heat for evening by choosing long, lean gowns in bold jewel tones. Since giving birth to baby girl Guilia in 2011, her style has become more relaxed — we've seen her in jeans, chunky sweaters, and A-line tunics — but her Parisian elegance hasn't waned. Source: Getty 4 / 11 Vanessa Paradis What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Who she is: A French actress and singer, Vanessa rose to fame when she was just 14 years old. She's modeled for Chanel and Miu Miu and has two children with Johnny Depp. Why we love her: With her famous gap-toothed smile and rocker-cool sensibility, Vanessa tends to opt for French bohemian style rather than more trendy, of-the-moment pieces. As one of Karl Lagerfeld's favorite girls, Vanessa has no shortage of sleek Chanel pieces to sport — she's often seen teaming the brand's signature tweed jackets and gorgeous gowns with down-to-earth details like vintage jewelry, biker boots, and boyfriend jeans. Source: Getty 6 / 11 Eva Green What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Who she is: Eva isn't just a French actress — she's a Bond girl! She starred in 2006's Casino Royale and was awarded the BAFTA Rising Star Award for her performance. She has modeled for Emporio Armani, Lancôme, and Dior's Midnight Poison fragrance. Why we love her: Eva plays the femme fatale perfectly, on and off screen. She favors classy '30s- and '40s-inspired silhouettes like high waists and structured shoulders and is rarely seen without her signature smoky eyes and ruby-red lips. Her red-carpet style can be summed up in two words: pure drama. Source: WireImage 6 / 11 Marion Cotillard What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Who she is: An actress and singer, Marion captured the attention of American audiences with her Oscar-winning turn as Édith Piaf in La Vie en Rose. She has since gained recognition for her roles in Nine and Midnight in Paris. She is the face of Lady Dior handbags. Why we love her: Marion is obviously drop-dead gorgeous, and her stunning red-carpet style brings us to our knees every time. Even when she's trying out an offbeat, eclectic look, she still manages to look flawlessly put-together. She's often seen sporting the likes of Christian Dior, Bottega Veneta, and Balenciaga on the red carpet, and her gutsy French fashion sense is not only inspiring but also incredibly refreshing. Source: Getty 7 / 11 Audrey Tautou What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Who she is: Audrey charmed audiences with her kooky Parisian allure in Amelie and showcased her classic style and remarkable acting chops as Coco Chanel in Coco Before Chanel. Why we love her: Audrey has mastered the French coquette vibe; her quirky, boy-meets-girl style harkens back to the days of another fashionable Audrey, and she always looks cute yet polished. We're especially smitten with her sleek ballet flats, tailored trousers, and flirty tea-length dresses. Source: Getty 8 / 11 Lou Doillon What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Who she is: A model and actress, Lou got her first role playing mom Jane Birkin's daughter in 1987's Kung-Fu Master. She has posed for Gap and serves as a muse for Givenchy, Burberry, and Vanessa Bruno. She also modeled for the Pirelli calendar in 2007. Rumor has it that her mom toted her around in an Hermès Birkin bag as a baby. Why we love her: Like her older half-sister Charlotte Gainsbourg, Lou was born with Parisian cool in her genes (being the daughter of Jane Birkin comes with a certain je ne sais quoi). Her style is decidedly hipster-cool, what with her penchant for vintage band t-shirts, leather leggings, and wide-brimmed hats. She has a unique, unconventional natural beauty and seems to carry herself with a confident, relaxed edge — marching to the beat of your own drum has never looked so cool. Source: Getty 9 / 11 Elisa Sednaoui What's Your Reaction? 0 0 0 0 0 0 Who she is: A model, actress, director, and true Fashion Week fixture. She's the "spiritual goddaughter" of shoe magnate Christian Louboutin. Elisa can be seen at shows from Chanel to Proenza Schouler to Jason Wu and back again. A campaign darling, she's starred in fashion ads for Chanel Eyewear, Giorgio Armani, and Roberto Cavalli. Why we love her: Elisa is elegant and low-key with an overt bohemian vibe. 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PEKIN, Ill. -- One day after 15-year-old Rachel Meyers was hit at a Pekin crosswalk near the high school, cars continue to blow through the red light.
You would never know Rachel was hit by a car, until she pulls back her hair and shows you the big bump on her head.
Her mother Nicole says she doesn't blame the driver, but the lack of awareness about that type of crosswalk signal.
After reading Facebook comments and talking to other people she realized how many people don't understand the rules of the five sequence light.
Nicole says the focus shouldn't be on placing blame but rather educating people on exactly how it works.
"They can't put anymore cops there than they already do, people run it even with the cops there," she said. "It's got to be public awareness, it has to be people understanding the rules, and that's both drivers and the students -- everyday citizens who use that crosswalk need to understand the procedure of how it works."
Nicole says she hopes the accident will bring awareness to other potentially problematic areas of town students use to walk home.
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HERMITAGE, Tenn. (WRCB) -- The Tennessee Schools Secondary Athletic Association Legislative Council denied a proposal Wednesday to unify all public and private schools during the regular season and separate them for the playoffs.
The move means the multiplier rule will stay in effect. In the current system, private schools that do not provide financial aid can still compete in Division I, but their enrollments must be multiplied by 1.8 for classification purposes.
The proposed change would have brought local Division II programs Baylor and McCallie back into the same division/districts as public schools during the regular season, only to place them and other local Division I private schools, such as Boyd-Buchanan and Notre Dame, in separate tournament brackets during the postseason.
TSSAA executive director Bernard Childress told The Tennessean the proposal would have helped travel and scheduling for many programs during the regular season, but it also presented issues of having to start their classification process over again from scratch.
Georgia is in its first year of a public-private postseason split in its smallest classification.
Local schools Gordon Lee, Trion and Darlington played the regular season regions mixed with both public and private schools, but were split into 16-team Class A Public and Class A Private tournament brackets for the postseason.
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A firefighter suffered a cut to his face while battling a house fire Sunday night in Hamilton.
The fire occurred in the 300 block of South 5th Street.
While en route to the scene, units from headquarters were blocked by a north bound train, and had to re-route around the tracks via High Street.
Upon arrival, dense black smoke was found issuing from all sides of the structure. The abandoned structure was boarded up and the boards had to be removed. As the structure was opened, attack teams found a moderate volume of fire in the structures main room. Tires, paints, solvent and paper items were found to be burning and were quickly extinguished.
Property records indicate that the structure is owned by the City of Hamilton.A fire investigator was called to the scene, but a cause has not yet been released.
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The New York Times describes ETHEL as an "amplified new-music string quartet" and they are acclaimed as "one of the most exciting quartets around" by Strad Magazine. Their Denison concert features Grace. In every sense of the word, "Grace" provides effortless beauty and charm, goodwill, a favor, and a reprieve. This program is a journey to redemption through music.
Founded in 1998 and based in New York City, ETHEL is comprised of Ralph Farris (viola), Dorothy Lawson (cello), Kip Jones (violin) and Tema Watstein (violin). The New York Times describes ETHEL as an "amplified new-music string quartet".
Acclaimed as "indefatigable and eclectic" (The New York Times), "vital and brilliant" (The New Yorker), and "one of the most exciting quartets around" (Strad Magazine), ETHEL invigorates the contemporary music scene with exuberance, intensity, imaginative programming, and exceptional artistry.
Their Vail Series performance will be Grace, an introspective program featuring ETHEL's arrangements of music by Ennio Morricone and Jeff Buckley. ETHEL's program "Grace" features a suite from "The Mission" soundtrack by Ennio Morricone, special music honoring the 20th anniversary release of Jeff Buckley's Grace, and quartets by Phil Kline, Mary Ellen Childs, and other contemporary composers. In every sense of the word, "Grace" provides effortless beauty and charm, goodwill, a favor, and a reprieve. This program is a journey to redemption through music. In complex, stressful times and in a world overwhelmed by seemingly irreconcilable differences and unsustainable challenges, music provides both an immediate tonic of relief and a medium for real long-term healing and understanding. ETHEL has pursued this aspect of their art in many ways over the years, both in their own creative output, and in opening their hearts and skills to close collaboration with master artists from diverse cultures across the globe.
The centerpiece of this astonishing program is ETHEL's own adaptation of Ennio Morricone's moving score to the 1986 film, The Mission. Morricone's score was nominated for an Academy Award in 1986 and won the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. The film deals with cross-cultural complexities fueled by the quest for redemption against the backdrop of the jungles of South America. Also featured on the concert are special quartet treatments honoring the 20th anniversary of the release of Jeff Buckley's Grace – his glorious, and tragically, only, completed studio album. Favorite ETHEL composers and collaborators Mary Ellen Childs (USA), Marcelo Zarvos (Brazil), and Carlo Mombelli (South Africa) along with original music by members of ETHEL, fill out the program with works both searching and deeply joyful.
At the heart of ETHEL is a collaborative ethos – a quest for a common creative expression that is forged in the celebration of community. As cultural and musical "pollinators," the quartet brings its collaborative discoveries to audiences through multi-dimensional musical repertoire and community engagement. ETHEL has initiated innovative collaborations with an extraordinary community of international artists including David Byrne, Bang on a Can, Todd Rundgren, Carlo Mombelli, Ursula Oppens, Juana Molina, Tom Verlaine, STEW, Ensemble Modern, Jill Sobule, Dean Osborne, Howard Levy, Simone Sou, Andrew Bird, Iva Bittová, Colin Currie, Thomas Dolby, Jeff Peterson, Oleg Fateev, Stephen Gosling, Jake Shimabukuro, Polygraph Lounge and Vijay Iyer.
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Liberty global's upc deploys jungo panorama to enable remote management of horizon platform
Jungo's Panorama to enable management of the entire connected home including both STB's and gateways, resulting in lower support costs and high end-user satisfaction
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS – BBWF, 16-18 September 2012 – Jungo, now part of Cisco, a leading provider of gateway and remote management solutions for home broadband service offerings, today announced that its Panorama remote management system has been successfully deployed by UPC in the Netherlands, a subsidiary of Liberty Global, the leading international cable operator, with the launch of the Horizon platform.
- Jungo's Panorama is a TR-069 remote management system and customer support representative application that will enable UPC to manage the digital home in its entirety.
- Panorama provides service providers with the tools they need to control gateways, set-top boxes, "second screens" and other CPE as well as broadband voice data and video services. The result is better customer service and operational excellence, reducing costs and churn and extending the service providers' visibility into the subscriber experience.
- Panorama presents customer support representatives with meaningful data in a friendly user interface, negating the need to browse through device data models with hundreds of parameters. It aids them in identifying and resolving problems, based on real-life experience. Panorama offers an intuitive top-down view, comprehensive information on the user environment, root cause analysis and a customizable interface.
- Together with NDS' MediaHighway® middleware, the functionality of Panorama extends beyond the standard TR-069 data model, enabling better and faster fault discovery, analysis and resolution through the Horizon multimedia home gateway.
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"Jungo's Panorama has shown to be a fantastic addition to the Horizon platform, enabling us to effectively manage the Horizon Gateway." He continued "Panorama enables our customer support teams to identify real-life user issues in real time, and with the simplicity and effectiveness of the user interface resolve their issues in a faster and more effective way."
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"Panorama is a unique solution designed to manage the entire digital home. Liberty Global is a strategic partner for us and its selection of Jungo demonstrates that we are able to scale our solution to offer a whole home management to any operator, regardless of size or market."
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Jungo, now part of Cisco, is a leading provider of software products and solutions that power residential broadband service offerings and connectivity solutions. Our residential broadband products enable 40 million of the world's residential gateways. Our connected home, application framework and remote management solutions let service providers easily launch value-added broadband services and manage and monitor their delivery. Jungo's unique home broadband offerings enable service providers to accelerate the introduction of a variety of innovative, revenue generating digital home services, while enhancing their competitive edge and reducing operational costs.
Jungo's connectivity solutions division offers extensive connectivity software solutions for USB and PCI, including WinDriver™, a driver development toolkit that enables developers to quickly create custom device drivers that can run on a multitude of operating systems without modification, and USBware™, a complete, high-quality embedded USB software protocol stack, allowing device manufacturers to easily incorporate standard USB OTG/Host/Device connectivity in their designs.
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I purchased Annihilator's cd "Double Live Annihilation" about 9 months ago but didn't actually play it until 5 months ago. Although a huge Annihilator fan (I own all their albums) I generally don't like live albums much prefering studio versions of songs. I put disc 1 in the player with trepidation and was amazed at the excellent sound quality and frenetic vibe of the concert – the energy that Annihilator maintain from start to finish is sensational! Now I almost always have one or both discs in the car or one of the home cd players. The track selection is very well chosen, although I would have loved to have "Second To None" there also (instead of "Striker" perhaps).Disc 2 starts with "Set The World On Fire" and the crowd participation is great here, everyone yelling "hey" in unison! If we must talk highlights, then "Murder" gets proceedings off to a roaring start, also "King Of The Kill", the aforementioned "Set The World On Fire", "Never Neverland" and "Phantasmagoria" – which thrashes like mad!I own all the live albums by Kiss, Judas Priest and Dokken but this is the first live cd that I have constantly returned to. I think a double cd was a smart move – it's like having two separate 45 minute sets instead of one continuous 75 minute set which can be a bit draining.Thank you Jeff Waters and co. – please tour Melbourne, Australia!
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Double Live is one of these phenomenal live albums that manage to capture the essence of the band. This album is doing for Annihilator what 'Live After Death' did for Iron Maiden, 'Exit stage Left, for Rush, 'Live Evil' for Black Sabbath, 'Priest Live' for Judas Priest to name a few…It take you on a tour of their best work in the most explosive way possible. If you are a metal head of any kind you will enjoy a 19 song set that will make you keep the CD in the CD player for a long time. Somewhere between vintage songs such as 'Phantasmagoria' ,'Alice in Hell' and 'I am in command' to the new ones like 'Denied', 'Lunatic Asylum' and through 'King of the Kill' and 'The box' you wonder why they are not more mainstream thrash/metal as they are some of the fastest clever gifted musicians out there. Joe Comeau is a great vocal weapon which helps Waters deliver the powerful frontal assault of machine gun guitar lines backed by a tight monster of a rhythm section. The bonus video is unfortunately the closest most of us will ever get to a real live show…and the graphics and screen saver are very cool. I think that this is one of the top 10 live albums and I recommend this CD to every metal thrash fan out there…..so buy it , stick it in your CD player and get ready for attack!!!
Admittedly, Annihilator is buried in several cheesy 80's metal cliches (corny lyrics, not so great singers, album covers w/horns devils) but the musicianship of Annihilator is superior to many "popular" bands today. "I Am In Command" shows the metal-ness of this band along with the superior track "Refresh the Demon" (the drummer is amazing). "Crystal Ann" and "Alison Hell" shows just how dynamic this band can sound. I'm also amazed at the sound quality and the tightness of them live. Highly recommended!
Annihilator are the relentless dandelion band out of the 80s trash scene in Canada. A great band that emerged just at the wrong time, during the ascendancy of grunge. Sort of like Dream Theater hitting just a little late. Not to say that Annihilator is as progressive as DT, but they do have their moments. Check out the highly proggy and very DT-like "Lunatic Asylum". "Phantasmagoria" is a classic of epic proportions that stands shoulder-to-shoulder with Trapped Under Ice and Creeping Death. Overall, Annihilator are heavier than Metallica, with Slayer, Testament, Megadeth, Onslaught, Pantera and even Disturbed "colors" noticeable too. They can even get into a Rush ("Bliss"), Judas Priest ("Striker") or AC/DC groove ("Shallow Grave"). But high-octane, wall-of-Marshalls pedal-tone CRUNCH ("Refresh the Demon","King of the Kill","The Blackest Day","I Am in Command") dominates — all great classic 80s style trash/speed-metal). If you are playing this in your car, please WATCH your SPEEDO! I'll go out on a limb here and say that the best track is the more mid-tempo "Torn" which blends their influences into a synergy that is irreducible to them and therefore sound ORIGINAL. "Alison Hell" and "Never, Neverland" are others one that have that DISTINCT "Annihilator" sound. Lyrically, some of this material reminds me, again, of Dream Theater. Compare "Never, Neverland" with DT's "Strange Deja Vu" from Scenes from a Memory or "Space Dye Vest" from Awake.
This live 2-CD set covers their entire career and gives a nice representative sampling of their styles. The production values are also OUTSTANDING. This really captures the mood of intensity, power, aggression and the raw energy of a good metal concert. Sometimes the crowd mix is a bit obtrusive, but otherwise if you like this style of music, it's really hard to find flaws. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
If you're a fan of Metallica or Megadeth,and you've never heard of Annihilator.You've been missing out on some world class thrash! If you have heard of 'em you already know what a great guitar player band founder Jeff Waters is and the heads up metal he's been releasing for over 10 years.Huge in Japan,Annihilator never really broke big in the US like their counterparts mentioned above.Blame it on poor label support or the birth of grunge,but Annihilator seemed to slip through the cracks for awhile there.But that's all been turned around with the last 2 studio albums,Carnival Diabolos & Waking the Fury, and this monumental live package.A big reason for that is the steady vocal work of Joe Comeau,former bassist turned lead vocalist of Overkill.Not always having the right man at the microphone has been one weak point in the past for Jeff.Which is what makes this live recording so extra special,you're finally getting a full collection of killer versions of Annihilator's best songs.A 2CD set that covers their whole career.And this is a great package with artwork & photos.But that's not why you're gonna buy this.You're gonna buy it 'cause it kicks serious …! Playing the type of metal bands like Metallica, and at times even Megadeth had long since turned their backs on.Annihilator forges ahead to give us heavy metal that still has its teeth.My favorite trax on this bad boy are,Set the World On Fire,Alison Hell,Denied,The Blackest Day & of course King of the Kill.The sound quality is excellent for a live recording.Very powerful performances and shredding guitar works from Mr. Waters make this one of the better double live metal sets out there.On par with Megadeth's Rude Awakening this is a tasty little morsil for any true headbangers collection.Now order it & await you thrashing.


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EXCLUSIVE: Over the weekend EPIX premiered a brand new Kevin Smith special, "Jay and Silent Bob Go Down Under." Chronicling a small smattering of the Australian leg of their "Jay and Silent Bob Get Old" live show, the engaging one hour program features Smith and his "Clerks" costar Jason Mewes doing what they do best, which talking about nearly every topic under the sun. Last week, we got a chance to catch up with Kevin Smith ourselves, and he generously answered our wide range of questions.
So we've split the conversation up into a couple of more easily digestable pieces and today, you can read about his plans to turn his previously planned two film hockey project "Hit Somebody" into a single movie, and why he liked "The Avengers" more than "Dark Knight Rises." We'll have more tomorrow. "Jay And Silent Bob Go Down Under" is now playing on EPIX.
As fans of the filmmaker know, Smith has been talking up "Hit Somebody" for a while. While making the press rounds for his horror flick "Red State," he said would be coming nextm, and plans called for an R-rated epic, a story that would span three decades over two films, tenatively titled "Hit Somebody: Home" and "Hit Somebody: Away." But in today's climate, getting one non-tentpole movie financed is hard enough, not to mention a sports drama covering two pictures. And in order to help get it off the ground, Smith is scaling his ambitions.
"The problem with 'Hit Somebody' is that I wanted to do it as two movies. It's tough to get one hockey movie made, let alone two. So I've switched back to one movie. I had one-and-a-half scripts that I had to get down to one. I want to get it down to a 150-page script and I know that's longer than the average script length but I figure I give myself a two-and-a-half hour length on paper knowing that I'm really ruthless in editorial and I can get it down to 2, 2:05, because this is a movie that takes place over 30 years," he explained. "So at the end of the day if I can get the script down to 150 pages then I can pull the trigger and we're off and running. And right now I'm at page 240. So I've still got to page 90 pages out. It's a lot of material that I'm just paring down," he explained.
But, as always, Smith's very busy schedule and variety of projects means that "Hit Somebody" could still be a while off just yet. "I've been occupying myself with 'Spoilers' [his film criticism show] or the 'Jay And Silent Bob' tour from which the EPIX special comes, I wrote the book, and there's other TV stuff coming down the pike that's kind of exciting. I've been keeping myself busy," Smith said. "People are like 'What's with that last movie?' And it's like, well, it is my last movie so I'm going to do it right and do it on my own timetable. I feel no need to rush into production. I still want to do it for as little money as possible. You're talking about a movie that takes place between 1950 and 1980 – period piece. It's going to be expensive, in a way that none of my other conversation pieces have been expensive, because those were pretty much set in the present. You're talking about not only dressing motherfuckers through 30 years of period, but all the equipment, cars, so it's going to cost a little bit of money. I'm going to try and keep it low. When I say a little bit of money I'm talking about $20 – 30 million."
jdigitalseven | December 24, 2012 9:40 AM
I saw the Avengers with low expectations and it blew me away . I ended up seeing it 7 times and got the same thrill each time. There was too much dialogue in all of the nolan Batmans and very little action, especially in the last one. Bane was probably the most boring enemy ever and barely could tell what he was saying. Tdnr felt like it was 10 hours long, yet the Avengers felt like it was only an hour. Nolan's Batmans are so over rated. They are more drama because of the very little action. For a batman movie, he was barely in it. Just because you shoot things in the dark doesn't make it more "bad" .
Chris138 | December 4, 2012 3:04 PM
The Avengers is pretty forgettable. But I guess Smith is a big comic book guy so it makes some sense that he would enjoy it so much. Nonetheless, even with its flaws, I still think TDKR is leagues ahead of The Avengers.
Shirley | December 4, 2012 11:39 AM
The dark knigh rises was a better movie to me. I cared about the people in the world of Gotham more.
tristan eldritch | December 3, 2012 12:46 PM
Avengers looks like shit compared to Pfister's work on Dark Knight Rises, but it's far more intelligently written. Whedon writes deft comedy and characterization, and the Nolan bros write clunky exposition and endless "This is what I am a symbol of..." speeches.
cirkusfolk | December 3, 2012 12:22 PM
He also said The Avengers was like a blowjob when The Dark Knight Rises was like actual sex. Way to flip flop. But he's right regardless. Avengers way better than Dark Knight Rises.
Yosef | December 3, 2012 12:01 PM
This is non-news. Kevin Smith said back in January that Hit Somebody was one film. You guys even reported it then, big snafu.