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Reviews by gpogo:
2.88/5 rDev -17%
A- Hazed brownish amber body with a cream colored head that dissipates almost immediately.
A- Light floral notes, fruits, and spice. Kindof earthy.
T- Sweet malt with an instant spicy hit. Sweet caramel bread flavor. Not as full flavored as I would expect.
M- Medium body. Highly carbonated, but falls flat rather quickly.
D- I'm a bit disappointed, the aroma and flavor were lighter than I would have liked. The bottle I had says batch 3. I hope that did not affect it poorly.
01-19-2012 06:45:45 | More by gpogo
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3.78/5 rDev +8.9%
Obtained in trade from monsterfat (thanks!). Batch #2. Poured from a 750mL bottle into my Troubadour tulip.
Raw sienna body with copper highlights. A cream-tipped ivory head recedes to a half finger of lightly whipped cream - far milkier than most traditional Belgian styles - leaving tiny yet ornate patterns of lacing on the sides of the glass, as the uniform sheet of bubbles is cut apart by thin waves of legs. Starts clear but grows murkier with subsequent pours as you introduce more tendrils of yeast into the glass.
Banana, vanilla soft-serve, and malt ball aromatics (very faint milk chocolate?), along with a touch of white pepper.
Hops contribute a low grassy note, though this is joined by a muddy element. Mild buttermilk, peppercorn, and an herbal component which brings to mind chives show up mid-palate. Light citrus throughout, though not as much as I'd expect. The finish is quite flavorful and pleasing, but could be dryer. All in all, a little rough, but unique.
Medium-bodied, creamy, and adequately carbonated, though it lacks effervescence. Alcohol is fairly low, so this is just about sessionable - unfortunately it lacks the vitality, tartness, or strength to maximize interest and quenchability.
The shortcoming of many domestic saisons I find to be their lightness and lack of character - this beer has something of the opposite problem as it is a bit dark and plodding for the style. Overall, I still enjoyed it and am always happy to try another Saison.
12-20-2009 22:55:22 | More by augustgarage
3.25/5 rDev -6.3%
07-25-2013 02:34:29 | More by Gonzoillini
3.53/5 rDev +1.7%
Took a flyer on this at Macadoodles in Jane, MO...
Opens with a loud pop! Batch#3 pours a supereffervescent caramel & a pinky of fast-falling cream colored head. Hazes a as the bottle is drained, above average head retention & some lacing
S: Earthy notes, apple peels
T: Follows the nose plus some cinnamon, candi-sugar & caramel up front. Apple peel dominates as this warms, some pear & slight citric hop flavor & dryness are there as well, flavors pick as this warms up. Finishes fruitty (pears apples & figs), dry, grapefruitty & slightly doughy
MF: Medium bodied with lively carbonation, thins out as it warms, pretty good balance
Drinks easy, but doesn't really nail the style true. Seems a tad muted/watered down, nice effort that falls a bit short
10-27-2010 05:18:35 | More by russpowell
3.63/5 rDev +4.6%
Batch no. 8
Clear amber pour, hazy offwhite foam. Lasting head retention.
Floral spices, sawdust, earthy topsoil, baked apples. Caramel and pie crust pastry as it warms.
Malty and yeasty with a mildly tart astringency. Light earthy spice and apple flavors, dry and mild bitter aftertaste. Clean effervescent carbonation, medium bodied. Lightly fruity, pear and apple notes from the yeast. It definitely has a rustic quality about it that's hard to put a finger on. Overall pretty enjoyable, nice to try something from this rural Missouri brewery.
10-30-2011 01:35:38 | More by emerge077
3.25/5 rDev -6.3%
01-11-2014 19:51:33 | More by jlee185
3.98/5 rDev +14.7%
It has a dark bronze amber body a little bit of an off white head and great lace. It smells fruity and sweet. It has kind of a melon and other fruit flavors. It has a nice malty sweet aftertaste. For a 6.5 ABV it has some heavy alcohol tones in the taste and in the mouthfeel. Medium bodied and light on the carbonation.
11-22-2008 00:37:50 | More by MTNboy
2.55/5 rDev -26.5%
Poured this 750 mL brown bottle into a Duvel glass. Batch 3. The body was a somewhat hazy golden with reddish highlights. The head was large and cream colored. Fine bubbles left light lacing.
Smell was vegetal. Reminded me of cutting a butternut squash? Unique.
Taste was yeasty. Dirt/earth. Stale fruitiness. A little tart and overall rather bland. Underwhelming. Maybe this one needs more aging?
Mouthfeel was medium in body. A little too light in carbonation, some slickness.
03-12-2010 13:46:46 | More by Cresant
4/5 rDev +15.3%
A bottle from Batch No. 1.
Poured from the bottle a cloudy brownish-gold like fresh apple cider with a thin wet white cap. Left sticky lacing all around the glass.
Aroma of ripe red fruit, caramel, toffee, apple cider, butterscotch, and Belgian yeast.
The taste is fruity with ripe red fruit and apple cider along with caramel, brown sugar, raisins, lemon, and Belgian yeast. I didn't notice any funkiness you find with some other saisons. Finishes with a nice bite of caramel apple.
Medium bodied and sticky with a light carbonation.
I'm pretty impressed with the quality of this local Saison. Hopefully, more people will get the opportunity to try it.
03-17-2009 02:23:09 | More by Monkeyknife
3.2/5 rDev -7.8%
750 mL bottle poured into a tulip.
Batch No. 4.
Pours a turbid auburn color, quite distinctive, capped by a fizzy white head that diminishes quickly, leaving a thin film.
Very fruity on the nose, with pears, cider-ish apples, prunes, and brown bananas, alongside a generic spice character. A subtle note of peppery yeast hints at saison; otherwise I'd be lost as to the style.
Palate follows the nose, though the fruitiness is more blended. Pear note still dominates. A bit peppery, a bit spicy, a bit yeasty. Altogether underwhelming. I can appreciate a subtle beer, but this isn't subtle--it's just sort of mild and bland. Tastes fine, there just isn't much to really like.
Medium bodied, halfway between soft and firm. Tiny, light, almost prickly bubbles of carbonation. Not particularly quenching or restorative, as a good farmhouse ale should be.
07-11-2010 19:17:44 | More by wnh
3.75/5 rDev +8.1%
Batch #5.
A: Pours a hazy dark amber color with a big fluffy head that fades slowly to lots of lacing.
S: Aroma of fruit, spice, bit of malt sweetness and citrus.
T: Taste of fruit, bit of caramel sweetness and earthy grit. There is some fruity tart and a dry finish.
F: Medium body, crisp and smooth. Nice balance. More fruit flavors emerge as it warms.
O: Very nice drinker, much better than I expected.
01-01-2012 14:42:50 | More by soju6
3.75/5 rDev +8.1%
Pours a cloudy, copper/orange color. 1/4 inch head of an off-white color. Good retention and decent lacing. Smells of yeast, apple, plum, tart malt, and slight alcohol. Fits the style of a Saison / Farmhouse Ale. Mouth feel is smooth and crisp with an average to low carbonation level. Tastes of tart malt, sweet malt, slight hops, and citrus (plum/pear). Overall, a pretty decent beer that is well blended, with good body, and good drinkability.
06-30-2009 07:28:30 | More by Tone
3.83/5 rDev +10.4%
750 ml corked and cages bottle, Batch #3 hand numbered. From a light pour a tall three fingers of head jumps up. The head drops down slightly slower than it went up and settles as a cap about the size of a quarter in the center and an edge around the glass. Color is a warm toasted amber with a hint of orange hues.
Up until now, I had thought I knew what saison "horse-blanket" aroma is. I was wrong. With this saison I can smell the earth, the hay, the fertilizer. It has a dark healthy loam of rich soil. And there is also a dry fruit sweetness like a baked apple. The taste has more of the grain, stone ground whole grain bread. Bread so fresh you can still feel the yest rising. There is also some clove and ginger spices that tingle in the finish.
Mouthfeel has a dry and gritty texture with a mild body underneath. This is a very filling beer, whereas many saisons are very light and crisp. Different and very nice.
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08-18-2009 03:34:28 | More by bort11
3.94/5 rDev +13.5%
750mL (batch 10) into a tulip. Pours a nice deep amber w/ a 1-finger white head, leaving behind some lace.
Aroma is bready and spicy, gently floral, balanced.
Taste is a blend of sweet caramel and lighter malts, Belgian yeast, and spice. A nicy citrusy hoppiness too. Smooth and drinkable.
Mouthfeel is medium bodied, again very drinkable.
Overall a slightly darker, hoppier take on a saison but it's tasty and refreshing.
04-17-2013 23:33:57 | More by draheim
3.75/5 rDev +8.1%
06-15-2013 02:34:27 | More by elec
3.58/5 rDev +3.2%
Had several different batches.
A - Poured out a slightly cloudy, orange color with copper highlights. It had a rocky, two-finger head of khaki colored foam that lasted fairly long and left some nice lacing.
S - It smelled of spices, yeast and some caramel sweetness.
T - Fairly spicy and yeasty like a saison should be. It had a good caramel backbone. A couple times I've picked up an odd sour fruitiness.
M - It was crisp, sharp and smooth. A medium bodied ale with a dry finish.
D - From batch to batch it lacks consistency. There have been times it's really good and other times that it needed work.
10-16-2010 15:25:18 | More by zeff80
3/5 rDev -13.5%
This one came back home on my box of DLD 09 trades, obviously as an extra from a kind BA, but not sure who it was. Possibly brewczar, thanks.
Not sure about bottling date, but considering it states batch 1, it has to be at least as old as the first review here (November 2008, therefore 7 months old).
It starts quite difficult, as it took well over 5 minutes to pop the cork from this large bottle. Ultimately, I had to break the top of the cork, and use a wine bottle opener. Not much pop then.
Nearly brown in color, some golden highlights, but very little of a white head.
Aroma is peculiar, lots of citric notes, grass, earth, piney hops, spices. NO funkiness, and despite the complexity, the aromas do not blend all that well.
The short (?) aging presumably took a hit on this one, as the lively carbonation reported on the previous review is not here. Medium bodied, average to low carbonation.
Flavor, just like the aroma, is full of different nuances, but it again does not blend well. Citric, orange peel dominate, followed by spices, predominantly pepper, grassy hops, earth. There is at least one more astringent like taste I cannot identify.
A nice effort, but needs some fine tuning.
05-21-2009 22:51:42 | More by brdc
2/5 rDev -42.4%
06-12-2014 18:20:09 | More by halfbarrelbrew
3.6/5 rDev +3.7%
Presentation: Brown 750ml bottle, corked and caged...nice label, hand-numbered (Batch #2)...nicely packaged
Appearance: Dark gold, mildly hazy beer...nice white cap with decent retention with nice lace
Smell: Sweet/tart fruit, Belgian candy sugar, maybe light bubblegum...simple but nice
Taste: Tart fruit (banana, predominately) and other fruit flavors...touch of yeast; simple and fairly tasty...medium hop bitterness on the finish...slight pilsener-like crispness
Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied; not quite as refreshing as it could be
Drinkability: Medium/high
Conclusion: Nice saison...nothing fancy but pretty tasty local brew
07-24-2009 03:53:57 | More by BedetheVenerable
4/5 rDev +15.3%
Poured into a Chimay goblet from Batch # 5.
A - Pours a very nice hazy amber color with a nice .25 inch head that is quite dense and off-white. Recedes quickly though.
S - Delicious spices up front with nice sweet malt aromas. Good sweet fruitiness as well. Nice mild hop citrus character that is present and surprising. Nice fruit and spice overall aromas.
T - Nice spice up front that is very delicious and also has a good clove and sweet malt flavor. Good cloves and pepper and some coriander in there as well. Delicious Saison. Nice dry and crisp hop finish that isn't too strong but brings a great balance to the brew.
M & D - Great fluffy and crisp mouthfeel with great flavor and nice aroma. As it warms everything opens up even more. Extremely drinkable.
07-28-2010 21:45:59 | More by JoEBoBpr
2.68/5 rDev -22.8%
Darker than I expected - more like an amber ale. A tan fluffy, feathery head dies down to leave lace behind.
Citrus, horsey, and some malts beneath. Disappointed there's not more on the nose.
Grapefruit, farmhouse, and some notes of peach, but it ends a bit musty. Underwhelming when more is expected.
Carbonation is sparkling, with bitterness gripping the tongue. It ends dry and closes quickly.
Not terrible, but when there are so many better saison choices out there, opt elsewhere.
02-01-2011 04:30:34 | More by mdcrouser
4.05/5 rDev +16.7%
Appearance: Augusta Saison pours a very hazy dark caramel color with straw colored highlights. About a finger of eggshell white head reduces down to slight lacing. Seems a little dark colored for a saison.
Smell: Bananas, cloves, a lot of esters, and citrus. They blend nicely for a very aromatic scent. 4.5
Taste: Just a bit of malt at first, followed by bananas and citrus, followed by esters at the end. 4
Mouthfeel/Drinkability: Fairly light bodied and smooth drinking. Nice fine carbonation. Great flavor results in a beer that is very drinkable and satisfying.
12-08-2010 15:58:57 | More by zhanson88
4/5 rDev +15.3%
01-20-2012 15:41:51 | More by greg6494
2.93/5 rDev -15.6%
750ml corked bottle, Batch #1. Served in a Duvel tulip. Bottle conditioned. Cork was a mother to get out. Poured a hazy copper with a finger of off white head. Spicy aroma from the yeast was promising, but it all went down hill from there. This was way to sweet for me, seemed under attenuated. Lots of dark sugar in the flavor. Decent mouthfeel with some spritzy carbonation. This one needs a little work.
04-05-2009 03:21:17 | More by homebrewhawk
4.15/5 rDev +19.6%
Poured into Duvel tulip...
Batch 5
A: pours a hazy amber color with a frothy off white head. has good retention and is leaving thick lacing
S: first thing i notice is a woodsy, white grapes, peppery, dustiness, and noble hops, along with some sweet, syrupy malt.
T: follows right along with the nose: woodsy, white grape flavors up front, then dusty barnyard hay, and spicy, peppery, bitter noble hops. finishes very bitter with flavors of green persimmons, black pepper, and cedar.
M: medium body with a vibrant and slightly foamy carbonation. finishes very dry, slight alcoholic warmth, and slightly resinous
Overall, a great example of a saison. I'd like to imagine this is close to what traditional saison were like. The woodsy flavor gives it a "cellar-aged" characteristic that i really like. I would most likely buy this one again.
10-20-2010 01:00:24 | More by OlRasputin989
Augusta Saison from Augusta Brewing Company
80 out of 100 based on 26 ratings.


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As promised, here's my review of JACK THE RIPPER; AMERICAN HERO, Jacob Corbett. N.P., 2012.
Lets start with a discussion of the relative merits of the book itself and then go to the arguments that the author puts forth.
Its a well-made paperback of 224 pages. The text is easy to read, but it lacks four things that I think are important in a book: a title page, a copyright page, sources or footnotes, and an index. The book was done via that wonderful and helpful invention for modern writers: desktop page design and print on demand publishing. However, there was obviously no editorial review, just the writers own once-over. There are around 16 pages where the text is highlighted; the date of the assassination was given as April 14, 1864, and he refers to Boston Corbett by saying He had taken down the man who kid {sic, should be "killed"} Abe Lincoln.
The book is 98% transcription of the inquests for the ripper victims, which is pretty helpful if you want to find out about the killings, but of no use whatsoever if you want to find out about Boston Corbett.
Jacob Corbett, a transplanted Virginian who is now living in Maryland, doesnt claim any family connection to the hero sergeant, but he tells how kids would tease him by calling him Boston when he was young. He read about the Lincoln Assassination, and other crime stories, including the Whitechapel murders in London. He came to believe that there was a connection between the 1888 escape of Boston Corbett from the Kansas State Insane Asylum and the Jack the Ripper murders committed three months later.
From his reading, he says, he became convinced that B.C. had murdered people. He cites Booth, for instance, who he said was at the point surrender when Corbett gunned him down without cause and mercy. He also cites the example of the 1875 incident at the reunion in Ohio when Corbett threatened several people with a gun. (He apparently missed the fact that Corbett was rushed by several guys who were arguing with him about whether Booth was dead and that Bos drew iron to prevent himself from being harmed. Once the spirit of the mob was broken, and they realized that Corbett was not a man to be trifled with the cowards took to their heels and fled. Before this incident, Corbett was the hero of the event and 10,000 vets had stood in line to shake his hand and thank him for his service.) Author Corbett, not one to let facts stand in his way, says in conclusion, Corbett spent his life killing, first in the war, then killing Booth and saying God told him to do it.
The most important element about the story for Writer Corbett is the fact that B.C. was a man who hated himself and hated his penis. He makes the astonishing claim that when he was only 26, Corbett became obsessed with both religion and sex and this battle inside him led him to castrate himself with a pair of scissors. He says that Corbett removed his own penis with sheers because of temptation by streetwalkers. In his conclusion, Writer Corbett says Jack the Ripper removed the genitalia of many of his victims. This would not make sense unless the killer was trying to right a wrong. Prostitutes were the reason why Boston lost his own sex organs (in his mind) and hed be the reason these women lost theirs.
Hold on just a minute: Thomas H. /he-who-would-become Boston Corbett did indeed mutilate himself with a pair of scissors and was treated in the Massachusetts General Hospital for it. From the record, available in Dr. John Lattimers book, it is clear that he only opened the scrotum and snipped off his testicles. His, um, member was not touched.
There is NO, I repeat the word N-O, evidence that the causal force behind this had anything to do with temptation by hookers. The record says that he was reading the Bible and found the passage in the book of Matthew where Jesus was talking about making yourself a eunuch for the kingdom of heavens sake. (Matthew 19; 10-12). When I discussed the life of Corbett at the Surratt Society assassination conference, I even stated that I believe he may have done so in order to remain holy to the memory of his dead wife, Susan Rebecca. In other words, it was a supreme and extreme act of eternal love.
The three strongest pieces of evidence for Jacob Corbett are these: Boston Corbetts escape and the murders by Jack the Ripper both took place in 1888; Boston Corbett was originally from London; and, we do not know where Boston Corbett was during the time of the murders. From these things he has reverse engineered his conclusion that Bos went to London and continued his killing spree by offing streetwalkers in London.
Lets look at the record: Boston Corbetts last verifiable whereabouts were in Neodesha, KS, on June 1, 1888. If Author Corbett is to be believed, Boston Corbett a sickly, 55-year old man, who had only the clothes in which he escaped on his back, and less than $10 in his pocket was able to make it to the nearest port 600 to 800 miles away. He was able to board a ship in Houston, Galveston or New Orleans to take him to London. In his physical and impoverished condition he was able to reach that city, which he had left at age 7, nearly half a century before, and where he had no known family or friends. He was able to support himself for weeks, blend in to the populace and commit a startling series of killings without calling attention to himself to either the police or a panicked citizenry.
The writer presents absolutely no evidence to suggest that B.C. did this: there are no sightings of him in London, there is nothing in the inquest transcripts pointing to anyone who looked like Bos, no paper trail of his travels from America, nothing hinting that he ever set foot in England again, no eyewitnesses who said he was there, and NO PROOF whatsoever to connect Boston Corbett to the killings.
The strongest leap of logic that Writer Corbett makes concerns the supposed connection between Bos and one of the victims. Heres his astonishing claim from page 148:
Another clue that points to Corbett as the killer is that (Catherine) Eddowes had told her lodging house keeper that she knew the Rippers identity. He warned her to be careful and right after that she was found dead I believe that Eddowes and Corbett knew each other and that (sic) what attracted Corbett to her were the initials of her husband, Thomas Connelly, but crazed Corbett would only see his original name. The name when he found God and his mission of murder.
Right above that he states that the killer supposedly drew a V on the wall near where Eddowes was killed and that this was an upside down ^, like the chevrons on a Union soldiers uniform.
And whats his source for this story? Only his Belief That It Must Have Happened. Not one shred of evidence just a conviction that it happened.
In conclusion, Jacob Corbett says: Of all the ripper suspects weve seen in the past 100+ years, none of them come as close as Boston Corbett does in fitting all the facts. After all, how many ex-soldiers who hated their own penis and had a history of homicidal mania and insanity could have been walking around London in 1888?
He cant actually place Corbett in London, his conclusions about why B.C. might have done the crimes are wrong, and he offers no credible evidence for naming Corbett as the killer. I can make a stronger case that John Wilkes Booth was the Ripper than he did for naming Boston Corbett.
I parted with $14.50 and shipping for this book. Do yourself a favor and go have a nice meal instead.
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ARGGH!!! Not DJM-P!!! Didn't I hear that the institute was being moved to Waldorf instead of Qunicy?
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Great review Steve! Sounds like another one of those "the Duke of Clarence" did it theories. This one with even less credibility. The Ripper case has always fascinated me. I don't suppose they will ever find out who he was. One thing is certain, he definitely wasn't the Boz!
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I'm waiting for the movie.
The more you know, the more you think the less you know, because you know that you don't know. The less you know the more you think the more you know, because you don't know that you don't know.
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Just for the fun of it, last night I googled "Jack the Ripper: American Hero", to see if there were another comments or reviews about it. This took me to the Jack the Ripper casebook site and found that there were a handful of posts about it. All of them were negative and one of them mentioned that someone had reviewed the book. I got excited and clicked on the link without looking to see what the reviewer wrote. I had to laugh when the browser took me to - - my review of the the durned book on Lincoln-assassination.com!! I had hoped to get a "second opinion" on it, not my own. (But, surprisingly, I agreed with nearly everything that the reviewer -- that is to say, I -- wrote.)
Here's the link . . . to the link to this forum and postings:
Confused? Me, too.
One thing that I learned from the casebook posts: the author Jacob Corbett, apparently didn't even do the inquest transcriptions himself, but just copied them from files that had been posted on the casebook forum. Wow! That's bold!! It true, that's piracy on the level that Capt. Kidd would have admired.
It wasn't an original idea; Dale Walker had suggested it before. His inquest transcription was lifted from an online site, and the "Bio" of Bos' was paper thin, wrong about the key points (the nature of Corbett's self-surgery and the reasons for it) and he presents zero evidence to substantiate his claims.
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My, my, my, here we go again!
Another pair of writers think they've figured out who Jack the Ripper was. Authors Christer Holmgren and Edward Stow have decided that the infamous Ripper was Charles Cross, a cart driver who discovered the body of Mary Ann "Polly" Nichols and who lived within walking distance of the other four victims. "The police at the time were looking for some sort of special individual," Stow said. "But most crimes turn out to be someone quite ordinary." Cross was never considered a suspect at the time, despite his presence at the first murder scene or the fact that he lied to police officers when they questioned him. [Source]
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Dance music
- This article is about music for dancing in general. For electronic genres, see electronic dance music and its subgenre dance-pop.
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Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement. In terms of performance, the major categories are live dance music and recorded dance music.
- 1 Origins
- 2 Historical dance music
- 3 Popular dance music
- 4 Radio formats
- 5 Dance clubs
- 6 See also
Folk dance music is music accompanying traditional dance and may be contrasted with historical/classical, and popular/commercial dance music. An example of folk dance music in the United States is the old-time music played at square dances and contra dances.
Historical dance music[edit]
While there exist attestations of the combination of dance and music in ancient times (for example Ancient Greek vases sometimes show dancers accompanied by musicians), the earliest Western dance music that we can still reproduce with a degree of certainty are the surviving medieval dances such as carols and the Estampie. The earliest of these surviving dances are almost as old as Western staff-based music notation.
By period[edit]
The Renaissance dance music was written for instruments such as the lute, viol, tabor, pipe, and the sackbut.
In the Baroque period, the major dance styles were noble court dances (see Baroque dance). Examples of dances include the French courante, sarabande, minuet and gigue. Collections of dances were often collected together as dance suites.
In the classical music era, the minuet was frequently used as a third movement in four-movement non-vocal works such as sonatas, string quartets, and symphonies, although in this context it would not accompany any dancing. The waltz also arose later in the classical era, as the minuet evolved into the scherzo (literally, "joke"; a faster-paced minuet).
Both remained part of the romantic music period, which also saw the rise of various other nationalistic dance forms like the barcarolle, mazurka and polonaise. Also in the romantic music era, the growth and development of ballet extended the composition of dance music to a new height. Frequently, dance music was a part of opera.
Popular dance music[edit]
Modern popular dance music initially emerged from late 19th century's Western ballroom and social dance music.
By genre[edit]
Dance music works often bear the name of the corresponding dance, e.g. waltzes, the tango, the bolero, the can-can, minuets, salsa, various kinds of jigs and the breakdown. Other dance forms include contradance, the merengue (Dominican Republic), and the cha-cha-cha. Often it is difficult to know whether the name of the music came first or the name of the dance.
Ballads are commonly chosen for slow-dance routines. However ballads have been commonly deemed as the opposite of dance music in terms of their tempo. Originally, the ballad was a type of dance as well (hence the name "ballad", from the same root as "ballroom" and "ballet"). Ballads are still danced on the Faeroe Islands.
"Dansband" ("Dance band's") is a term in Swedish for bands who play a kind of popular music, "dansbandsmusik" ("Dance band music"), to partner dance to. These terms came into use around 1970, and before that, many of the bands were classified as "pop groups". This type of music is mostly popular in the Nordic countries.
By 1981, a new form of dance music was developing. This music, made using electronics, is a style of popular music commonly played in dance music nightclubs, radio stations, shows and raves. During its gradual decline in the late 1970s, disco became influenced by computerization (the first notable fully synthesized disco hit was "I Feel Love" by Donna Summer). Looping, sampling and segueing as found in disco continued to be used as creative techniques within trance music, techno music and especially house music.
Electronic dance music experienced a boom after the proliferation of personal computers in the 1980s, manifest in the dance element of Tony Wilson's Haçienda scene (in Manchester) and London clubs like Delirium, The Trip, and Shoom. The ongoing influence of Shoom can be seen in its 25th anniversary party, held at Cable Nightclub on 8 December 2012, which sold out in four days. The scene rapidly expanded to the Summer Of Love in Ibiza, which became the European capital of house and trance. Clubs like Sundissential and Manumission became household names with British, German and Italian tourists.
Many music genres that made use of electronic instruments developed into contemporary styles mainly due to the MIDI protocol, which enabled computers, synthesizers, sound cards, samplers, and drum machines to interact with each other and achieve the full synchronization of sounds. Electronic dance music is typically composed using computers and synthesizers, and rarely has any physical instruments. Instead, this is replaced by digital or electronic sounds, with a 4/4 beat. Many producers of this kind of music however, such as Darren Tate and MJ Cole, were trained in classical music before they moved into the electronic medium.
Associated with dance music are usually commercial tracks that may not easily be categorized, such as "The Power" by Snap!, "No Limit" by 2 Unlimited, "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" by C+C Music Factory, and the Beatmasters' "Rok Da House" but the term "dance music" is applied to many forms of electronic music, both commercial and non-commercial.
Some of the most popular upbeat genres include house, techno, drum & bass, jungle, hardcore, electronica, industrial, breakbeat, trance, psychedelic trance, UK garage and electro. There are also much slower styles, such as downtempo, chillout and nu jazz.
Many sub-genres of electronic dance music have evolved. Sub-genres of house include acid house, electro house, hard house, funky house, deep house, tribal house, hip house, tech house and US garage. Sub-genres of drum & bass include techstep, hardstep, jump-up, intelligent D&B/atmospheric D&B, liquid funk, sambass, drumfunk, neurofunk and ragga jungle. Sub-genres of other styles include progressive breaks, rave breaks, booty bass, goa trance, hard trance, hardstyle, minimal techno, gabber techno, breakcore, broken beat, trip hop, folktronica and glitch. Speed garage, breakstep, 2-step, bassline, grime, UK funky, future garage and the reggae-inspired dubstep are all sub-genres of UK garage.
By decade[edit]
During the early 20th century, ballroom dancing gained popularity among the working class who attended public dance halls.
Dance music became enormously popular during the 1920s. Nightclubs were frequented by large numbers of people at which a form of jazz, which was characterized by fancy orchestras with strings instruments and complex arrangements, became the standard music at clubs. A particularly popular dance was the fox-trot. At the time this music was simply called jazz, although today people refer to it as "white jazz" or big band.
Genres: Swing music, Western swing
Genres: Rock and roll
The late 1960s saw the rise of soul and R&B music which used lavish orchestral arrangements.
Other genres: Funk
It was with the rise of disco in the early 1970s that dance music once again became popular with the public. Disco was characterized by the use of real orchestral instruments, such as strings, which had largely been abandoned during the 1950s because of rock music. In contrast to the 1920s, however, the use of live orchestras in night clubs was extremely rare due to its expense. Disc jockeys (commonly known as DJs) played recorded music at these new clubs. The disco craze reached its peaked in the late 1970s when the word disco became synonymous with "dance music" and nightclubs were referred to as discos.
Other genres: Funk, R&B, hip hop
Genres: New Wave, Italo disco, Euro disco, synthpop, dance-pop, funk, contemporary R&B, hip hop, new jack swing, house, acid house, techno, freestyle, Miami bass, electro, Hi-NRG, Madchester, EBM, cosmic disco, balearic beat
Genres: Italo dance, Italo house, Eurodance, Europop, progressive house, French house, techno, trance, alternative dance, new jack swing, contemporary R&B, dancehall, hip hop, G-funk, drum and bass, big beat, breakbeat, breakbeat hardcore, rave, hardcore, happy hardcore, speed garage, UK garage, soca, reggaeton
Genres: Trance, electropop, dance-pop, snap, crunk, dancehall, dance-punk, nu-disco, electro house, minimal techno, dubstep, grime, bassline, UK funky, contemporary R&B, hip hop, drum and bass, progressive house, hardstyle, funky house
Genres: Electropop, synthpop, glitchpop, hip house, nu-disco, New Wave, new rave, trance, house, Hi-NRG, dance-pop, electroclash, electro-industrial, deep house, drum and bass, dubstep, glitchstep, liquid funk, electro house, glitch house, progressive house, breakbeat, hardstyle, dubstyle, drumstep, technopop, hip hop, Baltimore club, trap, moombahton, Chillwave, Seapunk, Vaporwave
Radio formats[edit]
The Dance/Mix Show Airplay chart tracks the most popular tracks played by radio stations using a "dance music" format. A good example of a dance music radio station would be deephouselounge.com. Dance music is also part of the mix of related formats, such as rhythmic adult contemporary and rhythmic contemporary.
Dance clubs[edit]
The Hot Dance Club Play chart tracks which songs are currently most popular in nightclubs.
See also[edit]
- List of electronic music genres
- List of ballroom and social dance albums
- Dance competition music
- Dance radio


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Despite losing 118-110 in overtime to the Clippers on Oct. 19 in Las Vegas, the Nuggets in many ways played their best game of the preseason. Against a team predicted to be in the mix at the top of the West and who was playing to win (Doc Rivers played Chris Paul for 42 minutes and Blake Griffin played 40) the Nuggets managed to force overtime despite missing a number of players.
A large part of this can be attributed to the bench players who scored 71 of the Nuggets points. Coming off the bench Evan Fournier, Anthony Randolph, Timofey Mozgov, and both Quincy and Andre Miller had good games as can be seen in the box score.
In this post I will use those players to show some areas that Denver had success in during the game. I will focus especially on Fournier and Randolph who lead the team with 16 points a piece and Quincy Miller who played perhaps his best game in a Nuggets uniform.
The Nuggets overall shot a very respectable 49.4 fg% for the game and Fournier, Randolph and Quincy all shot over 50% including some nice outside shots (though all were only 50% at the foul line). Evan especially was deadly from the outside and his only miss from three-point range was a 41-foot heave from half court at the end of the 3rd quarter.
Ball Movement
While the 'inside out' offense that Shaw has mentioned has yet to be fully implemented, the Nuggets seem to be getting a little more comfortable with playing a different style in the half court and the ball movement continues to improve with the training and in-game practice of the preseason.
Chris Dempsey (of the Denver Post) described the first possession shown here:
Nuggets' best possession? This one, at 3:09 in the first quarter had to be on the short list, if not the winner. It started with a Quincy Miller sideline inbounds pass to Ty Lawson, who immediately gets into a screen/roll with Timofey Mozgov. Mozgov dove to the rim and Lawson probed keeping his dribble, drifting to the right side of the court. Miller came onto the court at the angle 3-point line on the left and Lawson hit him with a cross-court pass. Miller dribble-drives down the left side and dumps off a pass to Anthony Randolph. Randolph, surrounded by three Clippers, kicks the ball out to Evan Fournier, who drives and kicks back out to Lawson at the straightaway 3-point stripe. Lawson head fakes a close-out defender, takes a step in and kicks over to Fournier, who has drifted back out to just inside the angle 3-point line. Fournier knocks down the jumper.
The possession had nearly everything: Patience, player movement, ball movement and awareness. And when the open shot presented itself, the player - in this case, Fournier - was ready, caught the ball in rhythm and stepped into the shot.
The second play sees Fournier curl up on the weakside from under the basket past a Randolph screen to receive the ball. Fournier's man goes around the outside of the screen and Randolph's man doubles to cover the drive. Fournier delivers a quick pass out of the double to Randolph rolling to the baseline, and he sets and hits the open jumper.
In the third play, after Fournier receives the ball on the wing Randolph's man fronts Mozgov at the high post allowing Randolph to move to the other wing and receive the pass from Fournier. Randolph fakes a pass to Andre in the corner and both help defenders bite on it leaving him an open jumper.
The fourth play is an inside out play where A. Miller passes to Mozgov on the low block. Mozgovs see Quincy open on the weakside wing and passes to him. Quincy shot fakes the closing defender and takes one dribble inside to get an open elbow jumper.
Defense to Offense
In the following plays Denver is both able to prevent the Clippers from scoring and then score on their own possession.
In the first play Randolph moves nicely into the passing lane and is able to deflect the pass from Byron Mullens, recover it and score on the fastbreak.
On the next play Quincy goes under a (pretty poor) Griffin screen and uses his length to block Greens shot. Denver recovers the ball and on the offensive end when Fourniers man helps on some screen action with James, Quincy finds Fournier open in the middle for a three-pointer.
In the third play Collison uses the first 10 seconds setting up. Mullens screens Andre to get Paul open, he receives the pass and they try an on ball screen. Denver switches well and Randolph covers the drive. Paul swings to Mullens, who passes to Collison, who then passes back to Paul who throws up a shot well outside the three-point line as the shot clock runs down (note Shaw directing the defense from the sideline during the play). Fournier rebounds the brick and delivers to Mozgov (who ran the floor well) at the low block. The ball gets knocked away but Mozgov recovers and passes back to Fournier who swings a quick pass to Randolph for a jumper at the top of key.
Inbounding Play
On a number of occasions during this game Denver was able to get a good shot quickly after inbounding (often with Quincy as the inbounder).
In the first play after inbounding to Andre, Quincy cuts to the hoop. Mozgov screens Quincy's defender and Andre delivers a pass to Quincy at the hoop and he finishes the play.
In the second play the ball is passed to Foye going to the weakside corner. Randolph comes to set a screen but Griffin stays high so he slips towards the hoop. Foye delivers to Randolph and he is able to finish off the backboard.
In the third play Lawson dribbles around and under the hoop (often done by Steve Nash). Griffin picks up Mozgov cutting down the middle in the paint which means Randolph can pop out on the wing and receive the pass from Lawson (as he dribbles back out) wide open for the jumper.
In the final inbounds play Quincy inbounds to Andre. The ball goes to Fournier on weakside and Randolph and he run a screen and roll. At this stage Fournier is feeling it so he fakes a drive on the dribble to create space from Collison then steps back with a cross over and nails the three.


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Everyone in the industry now knows that Alberto Del Rio and Rey Mysterio made appearances for AAA at the TripleMania pay per view. The belief is that WWE will be pursuing legal actions against the promotion, as management has been very quiet backstage about the incident. That has led many to believe that lawyers have advised them not to discuss the situation.
August 19, 2014
A lot of eyes in the industry are on Alberto Del Rio right now, as many want to see if he will pursue a lawsuit against WWE. The company has reportedly banned him from working in the United States for a year. Back when Brock Lesnar filed a similar lawsuit, the judge was very close to ruling in his favor. Both sides agreed to a settlement instead. If Del Rio were to file the lawsuit and win the case, then that changes things in the industry quite a bit.
August 19, 2014
While a lawsuit against WWE is still being pondered, Alberto Del Rio revealed that several employees, including wrestlers, were witnesses to the backstage incident that took place between he and Cody Barbierri. Of particular note, Del Rio pointed out that Jack Swagger was one of the wrestlers that saw the entire thing unfold. If a lawsuit takes place, then there is a chance that Swagger could be questioned.
August 18, 2014
During an interview with Primera Noticias, Alberto Del Rio revealed some details about his release from WWE. He stated that while Vince McMahon did admonish him, he was also told to go back to work. Del Rio found out the following day that he was then given a suspension. Shortly afterwards, Triple H called and told him that he was being fired instead of just suspended.
August 18, 2014
As expected, WWE has instructed their performers to remain silent if they are asked about the backstage incident that led to the release of Alberto Del Rio. When asked by the media, Sheamus explicitly stated that he knew nothing of the situation, even though most everyone in the company is aware of what happened. Management does not want to run the risk of starting a legal battle with Del Rio.
August 17, 2014
Rumors are surfacing that Alberto Del Rio might not take legal actions against WWE and accept the one year ban in the United States. Since he is allowed to work matches in Mexico, the former world heavyweight champion could end up making a lot more money because WWE would still be paying him during the ban. That might be more enticing to Del Rio than the deal that TNA would possibly give him.
August 17, 2014
Reports surfaced this week that WWE has banned Alberto Del Rio from wrestling in the United States for approximately 10 or 11 months because he was found to be in breach of his contract. The former world heavyweight champion will be allowed to work in Mexico as he pleases. Del Rio may not take legal actions against WWE because the company would be paying him a salary during the next year.
August 16, 2014
It looks like Alberto Del Rio will not be joining TNA or Global Force Wrestling after all. During a media appearance, the former world heavyweight champion revealed that he cannot wrestle in the United States for approximately a year. The belief is that he breached his contract with WWE when the backstage incident took place. That reportedly enables the company to ban him from working for another wrestling promotion.
August 16, 2014
During his press conference in Mexico this week, Alberto Del Rio revealed that there are some issues between he and WWE. He stated that he can no longer use the name because the company owns it. His new name is El Patron. Del Rio also stated that he is indeed under a 90 day clause with WWE, but his lawyers are fighting to have him cleared to wrestle for AAA at TripleMania on Sunday.
August 15, 2014
Some further information is being leaked about the situation that caused Alberto Del Rio to be given a release by WWE. Cody Barbierri, the employee that was allegedly slapped by Del Rio, apparently has a history of saying derogatory things towards the wrestlers. Reports are surfacing that he has gotten away with things in the past because he is backed by Stephanie McMahon. This would explain why a good amount of wrestlers backed Del Rio when he left the company.
August 14, 2014
Alberto Del Rio might not be the only familiar WWE face to make an appearance at TripleMania this upcoming Sunday night. Word has it that Rey Mysterio has accepted the invitation from AAA to be at the biggest wrestling pay per view in Mexico this weekend. If the masked performer shows up, then that means that his contract issues with Vince McMahon are still lingering.
August 14, 2014
There has been a lot of speculation floating around about Alberto Del Rio and his release from WWE since word got out that the former world heavyweight champion was going to be making an appearance for AAA at TripleMania this upcoming weekend. Some believe that he was able to convince WWE to waive his 90 day no compete clause because of the backstage incident.
August 13, 2014
While there are uncertainty as to whether or not Alberto Del Rio is under the 90 day no compete clause with WWE since he is rumored to be appearing at the big AAA pay per view this weekend, we now know that Ricardo Rodriguez cannot make an appearance for a television promotion. He informed fans via Twitter that he would not be able to make an appearance at TripleMania this upcoming Sunday.
August 12, 2014
Rumors are spreading that Alberto Del Rio could possibly become one of the bigger names to sign with Jeff Jarrett and Global Force Wrestling. The speculation is due to the fact that the two of them will both be at TripleMania this weekend. Jarrett has a business relationship with AAA and will be wrestling at the pay per view, while Del Rio, fresh off of a controversial release from WWE, will be making an appearance.
August 12, 2014
The Alberto Del Rio story has just gotten a little more interesting. An employee of AAA has announced that the former world heavyweight champion will be making an appearance at TripleMania, which is the Mexican version of Wrestlemania, on Sunday night. Generally, WWE enforces a 90 day clause on performers who are given a release. There is a possibility that Del Rio might not be under that clause, which means that his chances of showing up in TNA has increased tremendously.
August 11, 2014
Things are escalating a bit. When Alberto Del Rio was fired by WWE for slapping another employee, there was some controversy. Konnan has decided to take it up a notch. The opinionated and vocal performer sent a tweet to Cody Barbierri, the person that was allegedly slapped by Del Rio, that threatened that this incident is far from over. Konnan has long stated that racism is rampant within the industry.
August 11, 2014
As many of you already know by now, Alberto Del Rio was given his release from WWE because of an incident backstage where he allegedly slapped an employee for saying something racist. Reports are now surfacing that a lot of the wrestlers have sided with Del Rio and are upset with management for cutting him loose in the manner that they did.
August 11, 2014
There are still a lot of fans under the belief that the Alberto Del Rio release was a work by WWE. Some are basing solely on the fact that the company has addressed his actions in a straightforward manner. Those within the industry, though, know that this is a legitimate thing. There is no story line being set up for a feud between Del Rio and Triple H.
August 10, 2014
When reports initially surfaced that Alberto Del Rio was given a release from WWE, a lot of fans sided with the company. When word got out that it involved something potential racist, people started to switch sides. Del Rio has been picking up a lot of support on social media websites. It has even gotten to the point where the former world heavyweight champion became a Twitter trend on Saturday evening.
August 9, 2014
"Should be no surprise what happened to Alberto Del Rio. There has always been rampant racism in the industry, from subtle to obvious." - Konnan accusing WWE of being racist towards certain performers
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Okay, so now we all know that it's going to be Ron and Hermione, and Harry and Ginny (nope, not Harry and Hermione, Jo said no – "we do now know that it's Ron and Hermione" 1). However, where does that leave Neville and Luna? They'll just be third wheels now – hanging out with their friends who have all coupled up. And as TV and movies show us, when there are two third wheels, they often end up together. But don't worry - I'll try to provide a bit more proof than that. And let's get this out of the way now: When J.K. Rowling debunked a rumor about a Neville and Luna pairing, she specifically said that they would not get together in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince:Luna and Neville will hook up in HP&THBP
The Luna/Neville shippers are much less vehement and scary than the Harry/Hermione, Ron/Hermione tribes, so I hope I won't receive too much hate mail for quashing this rumour. I see Neville and Luna as very different kinds of people and while they share a certain isolation within Hogwarts, I don't think that's enough to foster true love - friendship, perhaps, although I think that Neville would always find Luna's wilder flights of fancy alarming.2
And indeed they don't. However, what'll happen to them in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is a whole other story! While this quote might appear to be the downfall of a very fun ship, I think it's possible that they will end up together. Jo says that Neville and Luna are very different people – so what? Ron and Hermione are two completely different people, yet Jo stuck them together. James and Lily were polar opposites, yet they ended up together. Remember the saying "opposites attract"? I think it applies.
Jo says that the isolation they share isn't enough to foster true love, and I agree. If that was all we had to go on, this would be a very feeble theory indeed. However, by the end of Half-Blood Prince, they share much more than isolation. They have fought in the Ministry together, then in the Hogwarts battle together. They've been through thick and thin. They share much more than isolation now.
They also share the fact that they don't have a mother – in a sense. Luna's mother died when Luna was ten years old. Neville's parents are still alive, but they're as good as dead – they barely recognize him. I think it would be really sweet if they found solace in each other. They can understand each other much better thanks to this shared characteristic.
Jo also says that Neville would find Luna's flights of fantasy alarming – well, most people would. But so what? Jo says he'd only find her wilder flights of fantasy alarming – not her regular ones. I'm sure that Ron also finds Hermione alarming at times (more specifically, at times of tests), and Harry finds Ginny alarming when she's mad (Bat-Bogey Hex, anyone?). Most couples are alarmed by each other now and then. Look how Mr. Weasley cowers in front of Mrs. Weasley – and what a successful relationship they have. So now that we've seen that this quote isn't reason to lose all hope, let's continue with the rest of the essay!
Before Half-Blood Prince came out, many people thought – or hoped – that the sextet (Harry, Ron, Hermione, Neville, Ginny, and Luna) would somehow end up together. From there, the shippers divided to support every possible combination of the six teens, save for Ron/Ginny. The major debate was of course Harry/Hermione versus Ron/Hermione, despite the "anvil-sized hints" 3 and Neville and Luna were used for convenience for who was left over. Indeed, I myself always pictured Harry with Luna, it seemed like they had a connection after that conversation at the end of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. However, now that it's clearly Ron/Hermione and Harry/Ginny, that'll leave Neville and Luna. They are both unpopular, and it's common for unpopular people to find each other and connect, as most of the popular people shun them and they can relate to each other. I'm fairly sure that if Neville and Luna do end up liking each other, they at least won't be as stubborn as Ron and Hermione about getting together! So, let's start doing what all great shipping articles do: find excerpts from the books that might be interpreted as a moment for the couple. While we are missing those aforementioned anvil-sized hints, I think we've quite a bit to go on.
"… there's only Loony Lovegood in here—"
Neville mumbled something about not wanting to disturb anyone.4
[…]Neville chuckled. Luna turned her pale eyes upon him instead.
"And I don't know who you are."
"I'm nobody," said Neville hurriedly.5
[…]Luna Lovegood's popping eyes appeared over the top of her upside-down magazine again, watching what Neville was doing.6
[…]"Excuse me," said Luna; her voice had suddenly lost its dreamy quality. "My father's the editor." 7
I believe that these four short excerpts speak volumes over whether Neville and Luna are meant to be, and it's likely the best pieces of evidence I'll have. (No, don't close the window yet, I promise this'll be good!) In the first excerpt, Harry and Ginny stumble upon Neville, all alone, looking at Luna, but too scared to go in. This whole scenario screams that something is going on underneath the surface! First, when has Neville ever been alone on the train? Think back. He's always with the Trio, with Hermione, with Dean and Seamus, but never alone. Why is he alone now? I'm sure Dean and Seamus would gladly have sat with him, they did in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. So, it could be concluded that he purposely split from his friends, in order to gaze at Luna. We know that in Potterverse guys are notoriously too cowardly to approach the girls promptly, thus, Neville is also too shy to talk to Luna. Why do you think he "mumbles" something about not wanting to disturb her? Why not just say, "I'd rather not disturb her" or something to that effect? We know Neville is timid and he's too shy to talk to Luna – so she might be the girl that he likes!
The next little excerpt once again illustrates Neville's shyness in front of Luna. We've never known Neville to say something of that sort, but it appears Luna really throws him off. "I'm nobody," he says. We know that in the movies or on TV, when they want to show how head-over-heels someone is, the person always forgets his or her name. It's even present elsewhere in the Harry Potter series. In Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Ginny not only never utters her name to introduce herself to Harry, she practically forgets how to talk when Harry's around.8 Sure looks like love to me, if Neville suddenly forgets his name in front of Luna!
The third excerpt shows that Luna is also interested in Neville at least a little. She pauses in reading the Quibbler, something she appears to be quite engrossed in, to look at Neville. The last excerpt once again shows that Luna is interested in Neville. When Hermione insults her (or her father, to be more exact), Luna immediately has to save face in front of Neville, the boy she fancies! She finally loses that dreamy quality, something we've very rarely seen her do, and defends herself. It is true that Luna claims not to know who Neville is. However, this does not rule out the possibility of a crush. Girls, how many of you have seen a guy, and just started crushing on him without even knowing his name? My friends have done it time and time again. Or, Luna could just be saying she doesn't know much about who Neville is, even if she does know his name. So the ship isn't ruled out, and from that one chapter, it's possible that the two could at least be crushing on each other somewhat, though from afar.
Another thing to consider is why Jo had Neville sit with Harry and Luna. Things rarely happen coincidentally in Jo's universe, and when they do, it's often for a reason. So, what was Jo's reason for sticking Neville in the same carriage? We don't really get much Neville/Harry bonding time. Harry could have easily been put in a ridiculous situation for Cho without the Mimbulus mimbletonia. Speaking of which, even if the plant will prove to be significant, it could have been comfortably introduced after Harry's argument with Seamus. If the scene could have gotten along perfectly fine without Neville, why is he there? I believe it's to give us those little tidbits to forewarn us of a Neville/Luna ship. We know Jo rarely brings surprises into the book without tiny hints given beforehand (again, think Ron and Hermione). I believe that the purpose of having Neville in this scene was to show us a bit of the budding relationship between Neville and Luna.
There is yet another example of Luna trying to save face in front of Neville, less than 150 pages later.
"They don't exist, Neville" said Hermione tartly.
"Oh yes they do" said Luna angrily.9
Once again, this anger seems distinctly un-Luna-like. I don't think she is ever again described as saying something angrily. Also, why is her anger sudden? People have disbelieved her and her wild claims, made fun of her, nicked her stuff on many occasions, and yet this never gets a rise of her. Why now? I think the answer is easily explained. For the second time, Hermione has made her look dotty in front of Neville, the boy she likes. If someone kept making you look like a fool in front of your crush, would you be overly happy with them? Nope, didn't think so. And Luna's one of the calmer characters in Potterverse. Interesting how she only gets angry when she's made to look dumb in front of Neville. When Rita Skeeter insults her father's magazine much more directly than Hermione in chapter twenty-five of Order of the Phoenix, she barely reacts.
"I'm guessing your father runs some stupid little village newsletter?" she [Rita] said….
"No," said Luna, dipping her onion back into her gillywater, "he's the editor of The Quibbler." Rita snorted...
"Important stories he thinks the public needs to know?" she [Rita] said witheringly. "I could manure my garden with the contents of that rag." 10
Luna calmly sips her drink as Rita insults her father's magazine as best she can. This is a rather big contrast to the rise Hermione got out of her! The only conclusion I can glean from this is that she likes Neville; otherwise it makes no sense for her to get angry at Hermione all of a sudden, while staying perfectly calm when insulted by Rita in Neville's absence.
A bit later on, it's shown that Luna wants to be with Neville. In Order of the Phoenix, Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Ginny are arguing over how many thestrals they need. They go from two, to three, to four. That leaves out Neville and Luna. And instead of saying "five," Luna says "there are six of us," which means she clearly wants Neville along. So at the end of Order of the Phoenix, Neville and Luna clearly like each other, yet are very subtle about it. Luna probably doesn't want Neville left out, since she knows what it's like to be an outcast. And, as previously stated, outcasts often find love with each other. Now, let's see how the relationship develops in Half-Blood Prince.
"Neville!" said Harry in relief, turning to see a round-faced boy struggling toward him.
"Hello, Harry," said a girl with long hair and large misty eyes, who was just behind Neville.11
My, now this is a very interesting development! Neville and Luna found each other from the beginning and are spending the train ride with each other! Apparently Neville has gotten over his shyness and actively seeks to be with Luna. Also, this is where Jo starts describing Neville and Luna as a unit, sort of like the Trio: " 'They're even staring at us!' said Neville, indicating himself and Luna." 12
From what we've seen, when Jo often lumps two people together in her writing (using pronouns such as "they" "we" and "us"), it often leads to a coupling, as in the case of Ron and Hermione. Neville and Luna keep getting lumped together in this chapter: "You don't have to sit with them." 13
So once again, the Hogwarts Express train ride proves to be very indicative of a Neville/Luna romance. What's important to note is that Neville and Luna seem much more at ease with each other in this chapter. Instead of Luna staring at Neville, she displays her knack for "embarrassing honesty," and instead of mumbling nonsensical answers, Neville converses quite normally. Perhaps before it was just a crush on each other, when they didn't know much about one another, but it now appears that their relationship has developed. Now, like Ron and Hermione, it seems they fancy each other, but they're still friends and are quite comfortable around each other. This is an important step towards a relationship – if things feel extremely awkward, there's no way it will work out: "Oh, no, I'd love to go with you as friends!" said Luna….14
Another very interesting little quote. Note that Luna doesn't look happy or anything when Harry asks her out, yet she's perfectly happy to go with him as friends to Slughorn's party. (Harry only wants Ginny as a real date, and is desperate to become "unavailable" before Romilda Vane seizes her chance to ask Harry, or even worse, spikes his drink with love potion.) Why would she like to go as friends, but not as a date? Because she likes Neville! Now, I won't go into the usual theories in these situations, where Luna goes to make Neville jealous, because that is not at all like Luna. It appears she and Neville have a situation similar to Ron and Hermione's now – they both clearly like each other, but are too shy to admit it. So Luna is perfectly willing to go with a friend and have fun at a party, as long as it's not romantic.
So, in conclusion, I believe the Neville/Luna ship started sailing in Order of the Phoenix, when they just had simple crushes on each other. They steadily grew to be friends. In Half-Blood Prince, they were better friends. They began to like each other, but were both too shy to admit it. I believe that this relationship will come to fruition in Deathly Hallows, which is just around the corner! And won't it be sweet when these two outcasts finally find love with each other? So now, I leave you with one last quote.
Harry saw Neville being helped into a seat by Luna.15
Everybody with me: Aaaawwwwwwwww.
1. Anelli and Spartz. "TLC/MN Interview Part Two."
2. Rowling Official Site, "Rumours."
3. Anelli and Spartz. "TLC/MN Interview Part Two."
4. Rowling, Order of the Phoenix, 185.
5. Ibid., 185–6.
6. Ibid., 187.
7. Ibid., 193.
8. Ibid., Chamber of Secrets, 44.
9. Ibid., Order of the Phoenix, 345.
10. Ibid., 568.
11. Ibid., Half-Blood Prince, 136–7.
12. Ibid., 137.
13. Ibid., 138.
14. Ibid., 311.
15. Ibid., 642.
Anelli, Melissa and Emerson Spartz. "The Leaky Cauldron and MuggleNet interview Joanne Kathleen Rowling: Part Two." The Leaky Cauldron, 16 July 2005. http://www.leakynews.com/#static:tlcinterviews/jkrhbp2 (accessed 18 April 2007).
J.K. Rowling Official Site. "Rumours: Luna and Neville will hook up in HP&THBP." http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/rumours_view.cfm?id=24 (accessed 25 April 2007).
Rowling, J.K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. New York: Scholastic, Arthur A. Levine Books, 1999.
———. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. New York: Scholastic, Arthur A. Levine Books, 2005.
———. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. New York: Scholastic, Arthur A. Levine Books, 2003.


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Ok, we extracted it today. Wasnt too much trouble overall. Took pulling from a couple of different angles with the wifes Pathfinder to get it out if it's resting spot. Putting air in the tires went a long way towards making it roll well.
Once we got it rolling it was smooth rolling. Brakes still function, so that was good.
Backed the trailer up to a hill, drove it down the hill 75% of the way on to the trailer, little more pulling with the Pathfinder to get the rest of the way.
Strapped/chained her down and pulled it home without event.
As promised, I took some pictures of the other carcass. By the serial it is a 1945 A, but it has been completely stripped, and isnt really worth much.
As for the one we drug home, you can browse the pictures:
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Between them, state representatives Dewey Hill (D-Columbus), Carolyn Justice (R-Pender) and Danny McComas (R-New Hanover) served nearly a half-century of time (48 years) in the General Assembly.
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Classic Apple Cranberry Tart Recipe
A few simple ingredients are all you need to make this elegant-looking fruit tart. Try it with vanilla ice cream served alongside. --Sue Myers
- 1 pastry for double-crust pie (9 inches)
- 2 cups fresh or frozen cranberries, coarsely chopped
- 2 medium tart apples, peeled and coarsely chopped
- 1-1/4 cups packed brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 to 2 tablespoons butter
- On a lightly floured surface, roll out half of the pastry into a 13-in. circle. Press onto the bottom and up the sides of an ungreased 11-in. fluted tart pan with removable bottom; trim pastry even with edge.
- In a bowl, combine the cranberries, apples, brown sugar, flour and cinnamon. Pour into crust. Dot with butter. Roll out remaining pastry to 1/4-in. thickness. Cut out with a floured 1-in. apple cookie cutter. Place over filling.
- Place tart pan on a warm baking sheet. Bake at 425° for 35-40 minutes or until filling is hot and bubbly and crust is golden. Serve warm. Yield: 12-16 servings.
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This is excellant with thansgiving dinner. It is not only a dessert but can be served as small cranberry tarts or apple cranberry tarts. Letf overs are delicious!
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Faculty Grants - 2000 Summer Grant Recipients
Seven individual faculty members received summer grants totaling $10,500 from the WIC/WST Program for the summer of 2000.
- Carolyn Bennett. Assistant Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication. "Mary McLeod Bethune's columns in The Chicago Defender: Historical Contexts." A research grant.
- Steven Evans. Assistant Professor of English. "Editing a Specific Issue of Differences: A Journal of Feminist Cultural Studies, on the Emergence of a Feminist Avant-Garde." A research grant.
- Benjamin Friedlander. Assistant Professor of English. "The Centrality of Women's Experience in the 'Culture of Sensibility'." A reading grant.
- Karen Horton. Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology. "Developing a Loom Room in the School of Engineering Technology." An academic climate grant.
- Naomi Jacobs. Professor of English. "Course Development for Women's Studies 410: Feminist Theory." A curriculum grant.
- Phillip Silver. Assistant Professor of Music. "Research into the Life of Alma Rose," (who formed and directed the women's orchestra at Auschwitz). A research grant.
- Nathan Stormer. Assistant Professor of Communication. "Revision of a course in Rhetorical Theory: Increasing the Presence of Women in the Tradition." A curriculum grant.


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