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The lead track from PSB's new album 'The Race For Space' is a gloriously funky, brass-laden tribute to Yuri Gagarin. It comes with this amazingly enjoyable video, which is a brilliant idea excellently executed. I can't wait to see J. Willgoose, Esq. and Wrigglesworth knocking these moves out of the park on their Spring tour next year.
Saturday, 22 November 2014
Friday, 21 November 2014
Recommended music: 'Indigo Child' by Raury
If you've heard of Raury at all then it may well be from his stand out appearance on SNTRKT's 'Wonder Where We Land'. His vocals on 'Higher' really kick that album into orbit, and on this Indigo Child project he shows that he's got even more up his sleeve. The precociously and prodigiously talented teenager (he's only 18 FFS) has put together an abum/mixtape/whatever that you can download for free but which people really should be paying for, such is the brilliance of the songs on here. It's got the style, the ambition, and more importantly the quality of Frank Ocean's releases.
From the straight-up surefire pop hit of 'Superfly' (featuring the equally young and talented Vancouver Sleep Clinic) to the more complex tracks like the massive 'Seven Suns' he shows that he can pretty much own any type of song he takes on. I can't work out whether his use of 80s-style rock guitar on 'Armor' and 'Seven Suns' is supposed to be ironic or a loving tribute to that era of sound and production, but either way it's ablast of fresh air into what has sometimes become a depressingly formulaic genre.
Over the course of 13 tracks he sings, he raps, he struts, and he argues with his mom (although I reckon she comes out on top with her "I'm your fucken mom, I look out for things too" comment).
Have a listen below and then head to the Indigo Child project to find out more.
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Track of the Day: 'Medication Meditation (feat. Krayzie Bone)' by Flying Lotus
Taken from the updated version of Grand Theft Auto 5, which features a massive new soundtrack, this is a bit less jazzy than the stuff on FlyLo's recent 'You're Dead', although it follows a similar format to the Kendrick Lamar-featuring 'Never Catch Me', ending with an instrumental portion.
PS I saw a cryptic comment on the internet the other day that implied that the imaginary FlyLo FM from GTA V might actually become a real thing - let's hope so!
PS I saw a cryptic comment on the internet the other day that implied that the imaginary FlyLo FM from GTA V might actually become a real thing - let's hope so!
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Labels: dance, electronic, jazz, Los Angeles, new music, rap
Monday, 17 November 2014
Recommended music: 'Stateless' by Dirty Beaches
So the last ever album from Alex Hungtai under his Dirty Beaches alias has arrived, and it provides the name with a fitting send off. Over 40 minutes and four instrumental tracks he nails that feeling of being in permanent motion, of constantly travelling but never arriving. At times it's slightly unsettling, at others soothing and calming, but overall it just feels like a really honest piece of work. I'm not sure how he's managed it without words, but a get a sense that he's really baring his soul on this release, that he's opening up and saying "this is what it's like to be me sometimes". And there's also a strong sense of bringing things to a close and moving on, with the final track title - 'Time Washes Away Everything' - in tune with that vibe.
I have a huge respect and admiration for Alex (ok, I'm a bit of a fanboy) and I'm really pleased that I got to see him in the summer in London before he retired the Dirty beaches name. Fortunately he's still going to be releasing music and I'm sure whatever comes from him in 2015 will be worth hearing.
I have a huge respect and admiration for Alex (ok, I'm a bit of a fanboy) and I'm really pleased that I got to see him in the summer in London before he retired the Dirty beaches name. Fortunately he's still going to be releasing music and I'm sure whatever comes from him in 2015 will be worth hearing.
Sunday, 16 November 2014
Build Me A World - a new arts collective
A bit of a departure for this blog, but I wanted to write about this arts & media non-profit organisation as I like what they're doing and what they stand for. I love this kind of grass-roots movement, the sort of thing that, although it sounds clichéd, is 'by the people, for the people' - I really think that, whatever your beliefs, you can use your behaviour to make things better for you and those around you. I know the guys are trying to spread the word from their base in Chattanooga, Tennessee, so I asked co-founder Russ McGee (a.k.a. rapper Genesis The Greykid) a few questions about the organisation.
DJC: Who came up with the idea for the project
GTK: Chris Woodhull and I both meshed some ideas together which became the brainchild of Build Me A World; multi-media / fine arts collective developing poets, artists and designers...creating new stories and cultivating a movement of art activism in the black community:
- Connecting professional poets, film-makers and creatives to our collective
- Providing opportunities of positive self-expression through art and possible employment
- Building collaborative spaces for creative encounter
What's been the hardest part of setting it up so far?
Building up the proper awareness of the movement. It's getting some traction, but it really takes time...it's all built on relationships. There's no best practice dealing with culture, there's some great examples, but every community is different.
And what's been the biggest success?
There's a lot of things that are important to our work. So there's not really one big success, it's a bunch of little gears that play a major role in making this work.
Have you found that being involved has helped your own creativity?
Absolutely. We're both artists ourselves...both writers, poets, creatives. Working with the young, the old, the tires, the afflicted, they're all growing. You can't be a part of growth without growing yourself. We grow from the stories around us, the experience, the honest energy that bounces off the walls of the studio.
What would you say is your ultimate goal for the project?
To play a vital role in the narrative of the black community...it's time to create new stories.
How can people get involved / help you out if they want to?
Spread the word, follow us on twitter , facebook and our website Build Me A World
So you heard him, go check it out and give them your support. And if you're thinking "I live hundreds of miles away, I wish there was something like this in my town" then maybe you should set your own up...
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Labels: Ame, arts, charity, collective, hip hop, media, not for profit, rap, Tennessee
Track of the Day: 'Movement I, II & III' by Lapalux
This has been around a month or so now but that's no reason not to give it the space it deserves on here. The three parts of this 7 minute opus will lift your spirits on this damp and grey afternoon, as the aptly-titled 'Movement' washes you ashore in a new land. Like one of those Venusian, Utopian planets on the old Star Trek programmes, populated with nubile females and never-ending banquets, it will transport you to another reality.
As the only British act on Flying Lotus' Brainfeeder label you might think there'd be a lot of pressure on Essex boy Stuart Howard, but if there is he certainly hasn't succumbed to it.
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Labels: ambient, dance, electronic, Essex, new music
Saturday, 15 November 2014
Recommended music: 'Run The Jewels 2' by Run The Jewels
"Mix the mind of Brad Jordan and Chuck D and find me /
I spit with the diction of Malcolm or say a Bun B"
- Killer Mike, 'Jeopardy'
They've followed the same release methodology as last time - you can download the record for free if you want to, or you can stump up the cash for a physical copy on CD or vinyl, along with some natty t-shirts. And you really should, because this kind of quality hip-hop is worth much more of your money than some of the other watered-down shit out there. Seriously, don't be a fuckboy, put your hand in your pocket and spend a few dollars or pounds on this, you won't regret it.
Not for nothing, but I met the boys in the Rough Trade shop in New York a couple of weeks ago and they were two of the most genuine people I've met in the music business, happy to shoot the breeze with everyone.
|DJ Cull vs Run The Jewels, Brooklyn 10/29/14
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Immigrants in Western states most likely to benefit from Obama's executive action
There are eight states where at least four-in-ten unauthorized immigrants will be eligible to benefit from the executive order announced Thursday by President Obama, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis.
Unauthorized Immigrants: Who they are and what the public thinks
Key findings on unauthorized immigrants from surveys and analyses by the Pew Research Center.
Unauthorized Immigrants in the U.S., 2012
See how the unauthorized immigrant population varies state-by-state, how it has changed since 2009 and which states have the highest and lowest shares of unauthorized immigrants with our interactive maps.
State Unauthorized Immigrant Populations Rise and Fall
Since the Great Recession ended, the population of unauthorized immigrants has risen in seven states and fallen in 14.
Hispanic immigrants more likely to lack health insurance than U.S.-born
Hispanic immigrants are more than twice as likely to not have health insurance as Hispanics born in the U.S., according figures recently released by the Census Bureau.
Share of Long-Term Unauthorized Immigrants Rises
The number of unauthorized immigrants living in the U.S. has stabilized since the end of the Great Recession in 2009. Those who remain are more likely to be long-term residents, and to live with their U.S.-born children.
Puerto Rican Population by County
Hispanics of Puerto Rican origin are a growing population in the 50 U.S. states and District of Columbia.
Puerto Rico Population
The population of Puerto Rico decreased by about 200,000 people from 2000 to 2013, with about two-thirds of Puerto Rican municipalities having lost population during those years.
Puerto Ricans Leaving Island for Mainland
Puerto Ricans have left the financially troubled island for the U.S. mainland this decade in their largest numbers since the Great Migration after World War II, citing job-related reasons above all others.
5 facts about Honduras and immigration
65% of people in Honduras live in poverty. 16% of Honduras's GDP is based on money sent from migrants abroad. The wave of all immigrants in the U.S. coming from Honduras is relatively new, with more than half arriving in 2000 or later.

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"65.00 USD for Two Eggs and Toast?"
An absolute GOUGE, be careful here. Had breakfast, was told 16.00 USD. Checked out of the hotel and each breakfast was 65.00 USD. An absolute ripoff.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Allaround A+ hotel"
I travel a lot for work and don't usually leave reviews, but my short stay here was so memorable and positive that I felt compelled to write. From the moment I arrived, I was greeted warmly by the bellboy and check-in desk. I was there for a 12 hour layover between Tokyo and New York, and my only regret was that I couldn't stay longer and take better […] advantage of the facilities in the new wing that opened in September 2014. The hotel was overbooked so they upgraded my room. The continental breakfast on the executive floor was amazing in terms of quality and variety. Customer service in every single interaction with staff was excellent. I highly recommend this hotel for anyone doing a layover in Incheon or just wanting a comfortable luxurious hotel experience. I am already thinking about returning just to stay here again. <3 Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Convenient Location, but a Little Overrated"
For a hotel that often gets the reputation as one of the best airport hotels in the world, I was a little disappointed. Don't get me wrong, it's a very nice hotel, great customer service, clean comfortable rooms, and conveniently located near the airport. However, the restaurant options were a disappointment since there were no moderately priced options. […] The buffet at Restaurant 8 is crazy expensive. I walked through the buffet to see the food options and it was nowhere near worth the price. Instead of eating in the hotel, I opted to dine at a great Korean restaurant one stop away on the free shuttle. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Airport proximity"
Were it not for the fact the hotel is 5 minutes by shuttle from the airport, I would never stay here again.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Great hotel"
It was a great hotel - super clean, friendly staff, very comfortable. The restaurant was a bit pricey but since I was on a work (reimbursable) trip I wasn't too worried about it. I probably wouldn't have wanted to pay the restaurant prices if I were traveling on my own.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
Excellent experience as usual - see you in NovemberGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Business travel"
The hotel is 5-star for me, although it was rather pricey. I arrived late on a Saturday night and departed early the next morning for Buson. The breakfast buffet was very nice but I couldn't take full advantage of it to justify the $35 tab. I stayed again on a Thursday night for an early Friday morning departure back to the USA through Narita. I ordered […] off the menu for breakfast. It ran about $16 and it was quite good. I also agreed to a glass of Orange Juice. I was surprised that it costs an additional $13. So, once again breakfast was about $30. The room rates were significantly different between the 2 days. Thursday's stay was about 1/3 less than the Saturday night stay. I boarded the KAL bus at the front door of the hotel and traveled to Gimpo airport. The bus arrives/departs every 20 minutes. The ride from the hotel to Gimpo took about 50 minutes. The bus was nice, clean, and very quiet. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"Good hotel"
Convenient hotel for a overnight layover in Seoul. A bit pricey but worth it when you are traveling with kids.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Convenient to airport"
Very uneventful stay, which is how I like it!Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Comfort layover"
less than 10 minutes from Incheon airport and free shuttle every 10 min or so. Clean and nice. Good food. Good fitness and swimming pool. You can walk 5 mins for Korean restaurants.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
The air conditioner in the room did not work: The hotel offered no billing adjustment. The hotel restaurant could not accommodate us for dinner - sold out, okay, but since the hotel is in the middle of nowhere and your only option is to take the shuttle back to the airport to find a food source, you can imagine that was not what we were expecting at […] a $350+ per night hotel. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"5 Minutes to the ICN Airport Terminal"
Always a great stay. Extremely convenient especially for late night arrival or early morning departure. Great food is a plus. One of the best airport hotels in the world.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"good place for long layover"
The lobby area was very nice. Rooms were clean, comfortable and quiet. The surrounding area was just more airport related buildings. Worked for us because we needed a place to lay down during our long layover between flights.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"great for short stay"
If you need to stay over night to catch next flight, this is best hotel. It is luxury hotel just few minutes from airport with free shuttle service. Go out of #3exit and there is big bus with Hotel name on it.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Name is Hyatt but Quality is just the motel."
I strongly recommend dont stay. Not Valuable.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
Great location especially for late night flight arrival. Food quality was excellent. Highly recommended.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"nice hotel for transit passenger"
I stayed in this hotel 2 times, when I was in transit in Korea traveling from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia to Seattle, USA (2012) and London, UK a few days ago.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Overall nice"
The staffs were well trained and nice. Found few hairs (obviously not mine) in the mini bar section.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Very good hotel in the airport"
I was satisfied with everything.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Convenient luxury very near Incheon Airport"
The hotel factilty is less than 5 minutes from Incheon Airport by free shuttle. The facilities are nice and the food options are exquisite.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Great even though a brief stay"
We originally had a longer layover in Seoul on our way back from Thailand but it was cut back to 12 hours on the ground so we had a very quick visit to the Hyatt Regency. Great service. Nice bar. And a good night's sleep even if short.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
I'll stay again.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Great Hotel with Awesome Restaurant`s and Casino!"
I have stayed at this Hotel twice and enjoyed myself immensely both times. The Gym is excellent and the Restaurants are 5 star with great service and friendly staff. Also if you are flying Korean Airlines there is a convenient checkin counter in the hotel Lobby and I got upgraded to Business Class and also won $1,000 dollars at the Casino which more […] than paid for my two night stay. All in all one of the best Hotels I have ever been too and a lot of fun and convenience. I would recommend it to any person that is stopping over for only a few days in Korea and has limited time. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
This is very convient on a long layover that is why I stayed there better to spend 6 hours in a nice bed than in the airport so very closeGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Great place to unwind after a trip"
This hotel always exceed expectations.........which is why it is a great "last night in Korea" stop. It will erase all the memories of hard beds, nasty smells, and dirty rooms from your memory as you depart the region. The staff is professional and helpful. Great buffet at the restaurant too (although a bit pricey)Genuine Expedia guest review
"5 Star hotel with a 6 Star staff"
One of the best hotels I've ever had the privilege of staying in. Perfect without being ostentatious. Most helpful staffGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Not good...."
I have stayed in nicer hotels around the world for about a third of the price of a room. Not worth it, hell this place does not even have flat screen TVs. Very basic and wifi is is $20 a day which is a freaking rip off. Never again.....Genuine Expedia guest review
"Excelent airport hotel for Business purposes"
Hotel is great, service is excellent. Club floor service is fabulous. The bar is Great. Their is a Casino (I did not try it). The pool and the fitness club are great (includes is Sauna, Jacuzzi, etc). I definitely recommend this hotel.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Outstanding service and convenience"
Outstanding service and convenient location with respect to the airport (3 min by free shuttle that runs every 20 min).Genuine Expedia guest review
"Great for layover"
Room is more worn out than most Seoul hotels but the location trumps that if you are looking for a short stay during layover.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Overnight Layover"
Very good for layover and perhaps soon with rail service nearby. Food and drink a bit pricy for Korea but suppose that is due to the location. Shuttle service to/from terminal was free & very goodGenuine Expedia guest review
"Caters towards fancy business men"
We only stayed at the Hyatt for one night since it was close to Incheon Airport. The view of the Airport was very nice from the window of our room. The room was very clean and the bathroom was spacious. However, the beds are rock hard. The amount of TV stations was disappointing (About 15 channels). The pool and sauna are free which is a plus. However, […] the night we stayed the pool was closed due to bi-monthly maintenance. We have no control over that, but it is quite disappointing. One of the two rooms we had contained a faulty air conditioning unit. We called hotel services and they promptly sent a repair man. He told us to wait 1 hour and the temperature should start dropping. After about 2 hours the temperature dropped .5 degrees. We slept through the night in an 81F room. When we checked out the next morning, we were questioned by the lobby worker, "You checked out right?" Of course we checked out.. this isn't the first hotel we've stayed at. Overall, I would not recommend this hotel for an average traveler. It's mostly for traveling business men staying close to the airport. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"Nice Airport Hotel"
It's a nice hotel and I stayed there because it is five minutes from the airport.Genuine Expedia guest review
Perfact Place to stay! :)Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Amazing comfort and service"
We stayed in a deluxe double room which are situated in the newer West Tower. The room was very spacious, almost the size of an apartment and the bed was super comfortable ensuring a very good night's sleep. Hotel staff were extremely friendly, there are plenty of them about in the lobby and whenever they see guests with luggage they practically run […] towards them offering assistance. Only minor possible negative is the 'free' WiFi. It's only complimentary for the first 24 hours after which it seems you have to pay. But as we only stayed for one night this was not an issue but something to bear in mind if staying for a longer period. Read moreGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Fine but over-priced"
Good location but beds were far too firm/hard. Clean, acceptable, over-pricedGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Convenient, clean and comfortable"
Excellent hotel with consistent service. Extremely convenient to Incheon airport. I recommend you pay the additional fee for the high speed internet if you have any amount of work to do.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
"Good airport location"
We had booked online and I did think the rate was a bit expensive for an airport hotel as we arrived after 10pm and left at 7.30 am so had no time to enjoy the facilities or restaurants. We were upgraded to a club room when we arrived so that took some of the sting out of the price.Genuine Expedia guest review
"Very convenient to Incheon Airport"
I upgraded to the business floor and enjoyed the hospitality that it offered and at reasonable price for the service beverages and foodGenuine Expedia guest review
"Wonderful! Best Hyatt I have been to"
I would highly recommend this hotel.Genuine Hotels.com guest review
AverageGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"everything but dinner"
besides airportGenuine Hotels.com guest review
"Stopover from Shanghai to Toronto"
It was an ok room nothing bad just very plain. Supper was out and breakfast in hotel was fine. Many Pilots in hotel. Staff was helpful arrange transportation. Including place to eat local foodGenuine Expedia guest review
"Read before booking a room at the Hyatt"
I have stayed many times at the Hyatt Seoul Airport hotel over the past ten years, hotel is now starting to get tired and really needs an update refurbishment. Current stay was terrible, I got upgraded from a standard double room to a junior suite, primarily because they were busy/over booked, junior suite bed was like sleeping on an ironing board, […] bed must have been a rock hard special one for Koreans. I run out of coffee refill cartridges and the hotel refused to give me some replacements quoting that this coffee service was not available to a std room and that I have been upgraded by the hotel at their complimentary expense and therefore should not be requesting re fills if that makes sense. I will not be staying at the Hyatt Hotel Seoul every again, staff were rude and condensending to say the least...... Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
Response by Grand Hyatt Incheon Thank you for choosing Hyatt Regency Incheon a number of time and providing us with your valuable feedback. We have well noted your comments regarding bed and refill cartridges we will continue to look for ways of further improvement in order to provide more improved services for our guests. You will be pleased to know that our hotel is expanded with an additional tower that is due to be completed by July 2014 and I am sure you will be very satisfy with our new product. I sincerely apologize for the inconvenience you may experienced and looking forward to hearing from you. Best Regards Misun Ha Marketing Communications Manager
"Good "airport hotel""
Wanted a good airport hotel because of a flight in the morning, so accepted that I would have to pay a bit for it. Got what I paid for I guess ; nice room, complimentary wireless internet (contrary to the hotel info on the net which implies it is paid-for - there is a paid-for "premium" service but basic wifi was free) restaurant looked good (didn't […] use it myself). Only a couple of minutes (by free shuttle bus) from ICN, <10 minutes walk if you are without heavy bags. Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"Great hotel close to airport"
I picked up the wrong bag on arrival at the airport but did not realise until I arrived at the hotel.the staff were fantastic in tracking down my bag and even upgraded our roomGenuine Expedia guest review
"Restaurant 8 went down the hill"
We previously stayed at this hotel in April 2009 and were nicely surprised with the quality of facilities, friendliness of the staffs and delicious buffet at Restaurant 8 at the time. We promised ourselves to come back again, and found the room as good as before, but were seriously disappointed at the quality of the foods and services in Restaurant […] 8. Cannot recommend the restaurant 8 to anyone i like and certainly we will never go again ! Read moreGenuine Expedia guest review
"Great airport hotel"
Easy access to and from airport via complimentary shuttle bus. Very helpful and friendly staff organised early check in for us. Hotel restaurant food really goodGenuine Expedia guest review
Response by Grand Hyatt Incheon Warm greetings from Hyatt Regency Incheon Thank you very much for your recent stay with us. We are glad to read that your check-in has been efficient, our staff is friendly and our restaurant is good. It is always a great pleasure to receive a valuable feedback like yours, and we would like to thank you for your wonderful praise. We sincerely look forward to welcoming you back in the near future, and we will ensure you with another exceptional experience. Best wishes Misun Ha Marketing Communciations Manager
"Great hotel, great service"
Great service, very good room, clean with all necessary facilities, restaurant is of very high quality, a bit expensive but altogether very positive, I would expect from hotel of this standard to provide free Internet and not charge so much for itGenuine Expedia guest review
"close to airport"
very goodGenuine Hotels.com guest review
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Family, pet cats and snake escape Nottingham fire
Firefighters battle an early morning blaze at a home in Nottingham. (COURTESY NOTTINGHAM FIRE DEPARTMENT)
There were no injuries, but several cats and a pet snake survived and were saved from the residence.
Fire Chief Jaye Vilchock said firefighters were called to 115 Highland Ave. at 5:58 a.m. for a reported structure fire. When they arrived, fire was showing from the top roof of the three-story home.
"There were a lot flames visible," Vilchock said, explaining the home, a four-bedroom, 3,000-square-foot home had recently had its smoke alarms checked by the fire department.
"Fortunately, all of the residents exited the building before we got there," he said.
The homeowner, Dan Vitale, his wife, his two daughters, his sister and his sister's boyfriend all escaped the home, Vilchock said, and are being aided by area volunteer groups as a result of the crisis.
Vitale, who had recently bought the home and was in the process of moving in, was awakened by the smoke alarm sounding, Vilchock said. After finding all the occupants out of the home, fire crews initiated an interior attack of the flames, he said.
"Crews encountered zero visibility and heat condition on the fire floor," the third floor of the house, he said. Outside, frigid temperatures made fighting the fire difficult, he said.
Vilchock said he called for a third alarm in order to get additional manpower and to set up a tanker shuttle. The fire was brought under control at 7:56 a.m.
The cause of the fire is not suspicious, he said, as it was likely a third-floor woodstove problem.
Vilchock said he was not sure if the house is a total loss or not. "There was extensive damage to residence, the dollar amount is not known," he said.
Nottingham firefighters and rescue crews were assisted by crews and apparatus from Barnstead, Barrington, Candia, Deerfield, Epping, Exeter, Fremont, Lee, Newmarket, Northwood, and Raymond.
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Hiya! My name is Morgan, and I'm an intern at Kodansha this semester (Well, technically Random House Publisher Services, but you get my drift). One of my tasks is gathering info on titles we'd be interested in. As a fan, I always really like it when publishers talk directly to us, so I figured I'd give y'all a chance to chime in. This isn't a popularity contest, but if I do see a lot of enthusiasm for certain series, I'll be sure to make a note.
1. Please don't just list titles. In addition to being against the forum rules, it's not very helpful. Tell me a little bit about each series, and, optionally, why you think it would do well here (Is it similar to other popular series? Has the mangaka been published here before? Is it simply Really Awesome?).
2. All series must be published by Kodansha in Japan. (You'd think this would be a no-brainer, but I'm listing it all the same.)
3. I am not looking for older "classics," series that are very long (let's put a cap at 20 volumes, okay?), or sports series.
4. I'm also not looking for light novels (because I know someone will ask).
5. Sorry, but we're not interested in rescuing any more Del Rey manga titles.
6. Chihayafuru is a no-go.
Are there any series you think would be good for Kodansha?
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Not sure this is what you are looking for (actually there is a good chance you are not) but I would love it if Kodansha could release the remaining volumes of Nodame Cantabile.
The only other Kodansha title I know of that I want is Princess Jellyfish. It's topped the Vertical polls so I'm definitely not alone in that one but as far as I know, it still would be available.
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I'd like to see Green Blood translated, I think it might appeal to the seinen crowd and it might capture the american audience with the same type of appeal as Afro Samurai or Cowboy Bebop, since it's a sort of western set in New York and has a kind of artstyle not commonly associated with manga, which might also catch the attention of strictly american comics readers and get them more interested in manga the way Blade of the Immortal has done it for me in the past.
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|@ marie-antoinette: Sorry. As we said on Twitter a little bit ago, barring some special circumstance, we're not rescuing any more Del Rey Manga titles.
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I don't know how well Eternal Sabbath did, but I'd love some other stuff by Soryu Fuyumi. How about Cesare? It's ongoing and will probably be pretty long, but the subject (the Borgia family and its rise to power) should appeal to a market obsessed with historical and fantasy series with plenty of intrigue.
Historie might be a good idea for similar reasons.
As for something completely different: Princess Jellyfish! It's funny, the anime did fairly well, and so on.
To be honest, I'd rather see Vertical pick up these titles, but if that isn't an option (because they're long and thus expensive to license)... I shouldn't really be saying this, should I? ^_^'
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|Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou - the reissue of this in japan puts it at 10 volumes in length and i feel as though the series would fit in with the older manga crowd. Its also quite possibly one of the most requested titles of all time over here. I would also like to see Billy bat by Naoki Urasawa. Monster, 20th century boys and pluto aren't enough to satisfy me
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|(It's fine to mention if you would like Vertical to license stuff. We can only publish so much per year, and there are a lot of titles that we wouldn't really consider that they perhaps might. I'd just advise you to make sure you've taken Vertical's new survey. That'll have a little more impact than just mentioning something on this thread, I'd think. )
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I'll second Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou because it looks like an interesting series, the premise sounds alright and the artwork looks nice so its a title id be grabbing should it become available.
Space brothers is an anime I've been enjoying as of late so if the manga were out id pick that up also.
Shamo would be a huge boon in my eyes its such a gritty and brutal manga and would really appeal to the kind of folk who were into stuff like hellsing, gantz and berserk, Id go so far as to pre order this one.
Mysterious girlfreind X was a manga i enjoyed reading and i stopped to let a bunch of chapters build up so were there an announcment to be made of this being released id wait until it was out in stores to carry on reading it. Also the recent anime series helped spur its popularity a little.
Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun seemed like a nice title from what I've read and again its had an anime recently so its fresh in the minds of some folk.
and of course theres Hajime no ippo wich falls foul of the no sport thing as well as being very long and ookiku furikabutte wich just falls foul of the sports thing (shame on US manga/anime fans for hating sports stories). And as usual requests for Mushishi, Pumpkin scissors and a final omnibus for suzuka so that its actually finished.
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Chihayafuru: Does this count as a sports manga? It's a josei, and my twitter feed is insane about the anime (as am I). I would love to read it.
Princess Jellyfish: As others have mentioned, tops Vertical's survey repeatedly. Josei, which I think we need more of.
My Little Monster: Another recent anime with a lot more story to tell. Quirky high school romance.
Space Brothers: Been watching this anime weekly, and it always ends on a cliffhanger! Love this series. It's nice to also have older protagonists than the typical high schooler.
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|Any sneak peaks at what the new hardcover Vinland Saga omnibus you guys are going to be releasing? I'd also like to see the final suzuka omnibus as well and would pick up space brothers although thats probably over 20 volumes eventually.
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|i thought it was vertical who had said they wanted to do a hardcover omnibus of vinland saga. I've not heard that kodansha were gonna do it that way.
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I've also thought that too until this came up on amazon.
Edit: See below post lol
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I'm just going to pop in and suggest Princess Jellyfish to you guys. That and Space Brothers.
Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou would be nice too but if you can't get it I can live with having someone like JManga pick it up.
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Today we will be talking about VCE's cloud infrastructure product, the Vblock. Gartner's recent study that through next year 60% of enterprises will embrace some form of cloud adoption, has enlightened the competitive cloud vendor market. But at the same time, does the cloud industry need to be driven by vendor competition or vendor collaboration? Archie Hendryx of VCE Technology Solutions discusses this very matter.
EM360°: Could you tell us about VCE and why cloud has played a big part in your company's solutions?
Archie: VCE is a unique start up company formed via joint investments from EMC, Cisco, VMware and Intel that has been operating for just over three years. Its focus is solely on building the world's most advanced converged infrastructure, the Vblock. The Vblock is a pretested, prevalidated and preconfigured and more importantly pre-integrated infrastructure solution of storage, compute, networking and hypervisor; so in other words it ships out as a single SKU and product to the customer.
Personally I like to equate VCE as a revolutionary that has changed the way we view infrastructure as it's manufacturing and selling infrastructure as a product much in the way like you buy a car such as an Audi. When you buy an Audi you may have different components from different vendors that make up that car but what the end user is purchasing is a single product. Similarly with the Vblock while we may use different components from our investors Cisco, EMC, VMware and Intel the end user is acquiring a product. Because it's a standardized product, the Vblock models are exactly the same regardless of geographical location, which completely radicalizes and simplifies the customer experience of infrastructure and consequently mitigates the typical risk associated with it.
As for how the cloud has played a big part in VCE's success, one of the major criticisms of private clouds is that the end user still has to build, manage and maintain the infrastructure to the extent that they are continuing the 'keeping the lights on' approach of IT. Ultimately this lacks the economic benefit that makes cloud computing such an intriguing concept. Hence what we and our customers quickly realized is that a private cloud's success ultimately depends on the stability, reliability, scalability and performance of its infrastructure. By going the Vblock route our customers immediately attain that stability, reliability, scalability and performance and consequently accelerate their private cloud initiatives. For example with support issues, VCE alone are the owner of the ticket because the Vblock is their product. Once the Vblock has been shipped out problems that might potentially be faced by a customer in Glasgow can easily be tested on a like-for-like standard Vblock in our labs. This rapidly resolves performance issues or trouble tickets.
The other distinctive feature of the Vblock is its accelerated deployment. We ship to the customer a ready assembled logically configured product and solution in only 30-45 working days, from procurement to production. This has an immediate effect in terms of the reduction in cost of ownership, especially when the businesses demand that instant platform for their new projects.
EM360°: Your latest cloud infrastructure solution sees your components from the Vblock, integrating with VMware's new cloud solutions system. Can you tell me why industry collaboration is seen to be prominent in today's market?
Archie: What I think has driven this is a change in mindset of customers which has been initiated by the concept of cloud computing. Customers are reassessing the way they procure IT and they want a simplified and accelerated experience that doesn't require having to go to multiple vendors and solutions. I think vendors that are still only focused on storage or servers and have not looked at expanding their offerings via alliances or acquisitions are either going to fold or be swallowed up by the big fishes as they look to add to their portfolios. This is one of the reasons why the latest announcement from VMware and their vCloud suite is so exciting and of course VCE's support and integration for it.
If VCE and the Vblock are responsible for accelerating your journey to the private cloud you could say that adding this vCloud suite would pretty much give it a major turbo boost.
EM360°: Are copyright factors, or other vendors sussing out each other's strengths and weaknesses, a problem when you encounter a project like this?
Archie: That's a really interesting question and certainly I have experienced that in previous roles, especially when I was with initiatives such as Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) when they had SMI-S compliancy. We were always promised that SMI-S compliancy would allow us to have the utopia of a single pane of glass for heterogeneous storage arrays, regardless of whether the storage array was from HDS, HP or EMC. Sadly this was never the case. As none of the vendors opened up fully and you only ended up with around 60% functionality, which ultimately meant that you went back to the native tools and multiple management panes of glass that you had anyway. You could not really blame the vendors as it would be naive to think that one vendor would allow its competitor to dissect their micro-code. This mindset is not going to change. So that is why you will see vendors deciding to procure their own server companies or storage vendors to provide this end-to-end stack.
At VCE we are in a very unique position where our investors are not competing with each other, and for us they are ultimately the component providers to our product. We don't necessarily support or include all of our investors' products or portfolios as components, only those we feel really best integrate with our single end user product. Once we have our specific components defined from our investors based on our standards we then pre-integrate and manufacture our product as a comprehensive solution. While our competitors and even our investors have such a large portfolio of products and offerings, VCE only do Vblocks and hence only focus on improving and optimizing Vblocks, enabling us to do things which others in the industry have only dreamed of, and this will be announced very soon.
EM360°: Today's enterprise market is obviously rather confused and what some other analysts are also thinking. I don't think some companies know what they want for their departments, whether to embrace public, open, private or a bit of both - hybrid functions. A lot of vendors are doing their own spin on cloud, particularly the niche players. Is the industry doing enough to simplify the product offering?
Archie: In a nutshell no. There is still a lot of confusion out there and smoke screen marketing from various vendors and this hasn't helped the end user decide or make the distinction between the various offerings and what is best for them. What we have found most recently with a lot of our enterprise clients is that they initially look at us as part of a storage server or datacenter refresh. While they may have some cloud initiatives, they really have little or no idea on how to achieve them, certainly in terms of the traditional model of IT procurement and deployment.
Once they understand the concept of the Vblock and how VCE can provide them a productized, risk free infrastructure we immediately see them come to the realisation of how this could be aligned to a Private Cloud model that in turn could develop to a Hybrid cloud. Once the customer realizes how agile and quick the deployment of their infrastructure could be with a Vblock , we nearly always find them talking and feeling freer to think higher up the stack with strategic discussions and plans on how they can deploy a management and orchestration solution and service portal. Ultimately if you want people to really understand the Cloud and what's best for them you've got to show them how you take away the risk from their traditional IT and infrastructure challenges.
EM360°: Have we seen innovation thrive in the cloud infrastructure management market, and what kinds of developments and developments have really caught your eye today?
Archie: There are a lot great products and suites out there. Every day we are seeing improvements in the look and the feel of such products as they come closer to providing that public cloud experience to the private cloud. I think the challenge of all of these solutions up to now is that they have to be integrating with all of the components of the infrastructure as separate entities, especially when it comes to designing and deploying orchestration. Without trying to reveal too much what VCE will be bringing out, I can certainly say that it will completely revolutionize and simplify this, where the product will now be managed, monitored and orchestrated as exactly that, a single Vblock product. When this development comes it will really excite many and completely transform the private cloud infrastructure model going forward.
EM360°: Are there any final thoughts you would like to leave our readers with as to how the cloud infrastructure market will play out in the future, what kind of systems we could be using and how enterprises should look to plan ahead?
Archie: The industry is at an inflection point. The approach to IT is changing and is affecting the way customers and vendors approach and procure infrastructure, specifically with regards to the mission critical applications that they ultimately depend on. This is going to lead to more converged infrastructure offerings that are eventually going to pretty much get to the point where VCE are, which is a standardized product offering, or as we like to call it an x86 mainframe. One CTO of a customer recently said to me that if I do not look at purchasing the components of the power and cooling of my datacenter, why should I do that with my infrastructure? That kind of summed it up for me because there is going to come a time when people will look back at the way open systems IT was purchased and deployed as ludicrous as someone today buying all of the components of a laptop, putting it all together, somehow expecting it to work perfectly and then be supported seamlessly by all of the vendors of the components.
To take that laptop analogy further what we will eventually see with infrastructure viewed and built as a product, is a new way to manage, monitor and update it as a product. For example when you update your laptop you are automatically notified of the patches and it's a single click of the button for the single product. You don't receive an update for your keyboard, followed by an update for your screen only for a week later to be sent another update for your CD-ROM. Concurrently when it comes to support you don't log a call with the manufacturer of the CD-ROM component of your laptop you go directly to the manufacturer of the product. Imagine that same experience with your Cloud infrastructure where it alerts you of a single seamless update for the whole product? Where it has a true single management pane and presents itself to the end user as a single entity? Imagine how that would simplify the configuration, orchestration and management of the Private Cloud. That's where the future lies and to be honest it might not be that far away.
Excerpt taken from interview with Enterprise Management 360 Magazine
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I'm a tad surprised that Daria didn't turn around and stab me with her sword yesterday after I started our conversation on video with a dumb "fencing" joke. Samantha and I went to the Lightning Fencing Club last night for their "open house" to finally learn about the Olympic sport. I'll be honest, "fencing is freaking cool" is not something I thought I would ever say…then again I always thought the Maple Leafs would win a Stanley Cup in my lifetime, so I've been wrong before. Fencing is a blast! I urge you to give it a try sometime. The reasons why:
-It will get you into incredible shape. You'll have a fantastic butt afterwards with the amount of lunging involved.
-You get to use a sword…legally!
-It's an Olympic sport that all ages can get into. Yesterday at the open house, there were a ton of kids trying it out (and they were reaaalllyyy good)
-It's cheap! In fact, the open houses cost a whopping 0 dollars.
-Fencing is a lot of fun. Whether you take on your wife, Dad, friend, or Daria, you'll have stories to tell afterwards. Although I don't recommend challenging Doria, she's got a silver medal from the Pan Am games hanging around her neck (she didn't bring it to the practice, probably worried about Samantha's silver infatuation).
Check out the Lightning Club's website for info on how to get involved. CLICK HERE!
Our video will be up later today…it'll give you a glimpse of how not to fence J
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