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Separately, it is always interesting and important to compare a city's crime rate with those of similarly sized communities - a fair comparison as larger cities tend to have more crime. NeighborhoodScout has done just that. With a population of 62,791, Hamilton has a combined rate of violent and property crime that is very high compared to other places of similar population size. Regardless of whether Hamilton does well or poorly compared to all other cities and towns in the US of all sizes, compared to places with a similar population, it fares badly. Few other communities of this size have a crime rate as high as Hamilton.
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For Hamilton, we found that the violent crime rate is one of the highest in the nation, across communities of all sizes (both large and small). Violent offenses tracked included forcible rape, murder and non-negligent manslaughter, armed robbery, and aggravated assault, including assault with a deadly weapon. According to NeighborhoodScout's analysis of FBI reported crime data, your chance of becoming a victim of one of these crimes in Hamilton is one in 169.
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Re: Goddess in training: Despina Papamichail
Despina is a true hero
We may have lost today, but she made me so proud. She beat Kremer, a former top 20 player, 57 64 75 in a very up and down match to keep us alive. Then in the dramatic doubles, she carried the team. We split the first two sets and then were down 1-5 in the third and then started saving match points like crazy to get it to 5-5 and then a third set TB where we continued to save MPs and then even had one of our own before losing 10-8
. Despinas fighting spirit is amazing and I hope that she carries this with her to her next tournament instead of crying about the loss. She really did her best to step up in the absence of our best players and the future looks good for her
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Padova Over and Out
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Dear Readers,
I am really happy as show is going off air. The day there was first drama of Dimpy's marriage and the groom ran away. I did not like that episode and later, I started losing interest. After few days, episode started becoming interesting again with Dhruv and Ginni's romance, but again when Dhruv married Dimpy, I lost the interest completely. This is one of the worst story I've ever seen. I apologize if I am hurting anyone's sentiment here but I guess tv channels should watch the episode before they air.
In my opinion, the end should be like this.
I guess it would be good when Daksh divorces Lipika, Dhruv and Dimpy gets divorced... Daksh marries Dimpy and Dhruv marries Ginny...
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WHY IN THE HECK did the creatives get dimpy and dhruv married in the first place! Not that i dont like the couple , i love the couple more than ginny and dhruv, but seriouslly it defeats the whole story that they created themselves! Who the heck gets the two main characters married to other people =/ without facing criticism and extreme dislike by the audience. No offense but the creatives could not have seriously felt this track would rock with the audience. THey had to have seen this coming! =/
the show started with a promise and then went haywire
This show was going great until they replaced Dimpy and worse was the screwed up marriage track. I gave up watching it and glad its going off air. Its a pity such a good show got screwed cos they decided to go the Ekta way.
lol have fun cvs. man this same old starys are really getting boring theses days.
seriously end this show...only anjali abrol/dimpy was the best character
She was brilliant in Raja ki aayegi baraat...also she's has very pretty decent looks...luv her henna.
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thank for the awesome articles
ROFL...wow...this show gonna end...gr88 newz
the show has become a CRAP..I left watching it when dimpy got replaced
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I Need To Be A Fisherman
This past weekend I was the MC for the Golden Eagle Buddy Bass Tournament. It is always held at Black Jack Marina on Mark Twain Lake. Fishermen from all over the Midwest come to this for the fun, the fishing and the money. I have been the MC for many years now, and it is always a great time.


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BCSB Bancorp, Inc. Repurchases TARP Warrant
BALTIMORE , April 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- On April 19, 2013, BCSB Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") (NASDAQ: BCSB), the holding company for Baltimore County Savings Bank, repurchased from United States Department of the Treasury ("Treasury") a warrant to purchase 183,465 shares of the Company's common stock at an exercise price of $8.83 per share (the "Warrant"). The Warrant was issued to Treasury in March 2008 in connection with the Company's participation in the TARP Capital Purchase Program. The Company paid an aggregate purchase price of $1,442,000 for the repurchase of the Warrant, which has been cancelled. The repurchase price was based on the fair market value of the Warrant as agreed upon by the Company and Treasury.
President and Chief Executive Officer Joseph J. Bouffard commented, "With the redemption of the Warrant, we have now completely exited the TARP Capital Purchase Program, having already repurchased the Preferred Stock in January 2011. We are especially pleased that we were able to redeem both the Preferred Stock and the Warrant without having to raise additional capital, which would have been dilutive to our shareholders. All of the funds used to complete both of these transactions were derived from internal sources."Founded in 1955, Baltimore County Savings Bank operates under its holding company, BCSB Bancorp, Inc. and provides regional community banking solutions through 16 locations across the Baltimore metropolitan area. For more information, visit www.baltcosavings.com. This press release contains statements that are forward-looking, as that term is defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 or the Securities and Exchange Commission in its rules, regulations and releases. The Company intends that such forward-looking statements be subject to the safe harbors created thereby. All forward-looking statements are based on current expectations regarding important risk factors, including but not limited to real estate values, market conditions, the impact of interest rates on financing, local and national economic factors and the matters described in "Item 1A. Risk Factors" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2012. Accordingly, actual results may differ from those expressed in the forward-looking statements, and the making of such statements should not be regarded as a representation by the Company or any other person that results expressed herein will be achieved. SOURCE BCSB Bancorp, Inc.
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When Hillary Clinton retired as Secretary of State, she said she planned to lay low for awhile. So that would be an odd time to start a Twitter account, right? Nevertheless, Clinton unveiled her new Twitter page on Monday -- and we'd advise you to hit "follow" immediately. Let us explain.
First of all, Hillary has the best bio ever. "Wife, mom, lawyer, women & kids advocate," she begins. Then she names her political qualifications: "FLOAR, FLOTUS, US Senator, SecState." And finally, she gets cheeky: "author, dog owner, hair icon, pantsuit aficionado, glass ceiling cracker, TBD..."
That's right: "TBD." If that doesn't hint at "running for office," we're not sure what does.
Even more impressive, though, is Hil's first tweet. Rather than sending out a cautious, generic greeting, Clinton tweeted to the creators of that amazing meme, Texts from Hillary. (The meme is the source for her profile photo.)
Thanks for the inspiration @asmith83 & @sllambe - I'll take it from here... #tweetsfromhillary— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 10, 2013
She even used a hashtag. Correctly! We are in awe. For good measure, Hillary was welcomed to the microblogging site by her husband, Twitter veteran Bill Clinton, and the original Clinton family tweeter, daughter Chelsea.
Does @twitter have a family share plan? Great to be here with @hillaryclinton & @chelseaclinton. Looking forward to #tweetsfromhillary.— Bill Clinton (@billclinton) June 10, 2013
Welcome Mom!MT: @hillaryclinton Thanks for the inspiration @asmith83 & @sllambe - I'll take it from here... #tweetsfromhillary— Chelsea Clinton (@ChelseaClinton) June 10, 2013
Obviously, we're hoping that Hillary is a frequent tweeter, because we want to hear her thoughts on Game of Thrones and see Instagrams of her bad hair days. More likely, though, her Twitter account is a strategic move to boost her approval rating as she contemplates a 2016 Presidential run. Any candidate who wants to appeal to younger voters needs to seem relatable, accessible and social-media-savvy -- as Hillary learned the hard way in 2008.
She's smart to get that ball rolling now, and to do it with a sense of humor. The Presidential race is years away, but as of this moment, Hillary is totally #winning.


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"You're nobody."
"No one"
Lost in worlds of 'no's and nothingness
Searching for
"Something" to see inside
I looked back and found:
Deviant Art
The WordsIt started softly at first. Little words and instances, and small betrayals that left questions sticking in her mind like needles. Words that hit her skin like stones, leaving bruises that spread and scarred and left fear in their wake, words that kept her up at night.
Who I am? What am I doing here? And who are you?
The words start tumbling faster now, and come with twisted expressions of anger, bitterness, resentment and blame. It's taking her back to her childhood; the memories of disquiet and fear and always, always the blame. It's taking her back to the fear of speaking, the fear of being touched, ever. The fear of meeting someone's eyes. There is only anger around her. An atmosphere weighed down by secrets and the blush of blood rising into skin. And inside, nothing but emptiness and the echoes of something deeper, something that will never be undone.
There is a stranger asleep beside me. Someone I no longer understand, who no longer understands me. I am afraid of their
Mermaid Bones - a beat poemTRIGGER WARNING: Sexual assault and eating disorders
Mermaid Bones - a beat poem.
I'm hiding an ocean of teeth under my scales
it's in the forbidden taste of salt on my tongue
the weight of the measuring tape,
of those numbers pushing bubbles through my blood and through my gums.
It's written on the circumference of my waist.
In the words cursing the ghost ship of my shape being plundered against my will.
It's spoken by the fish telling me that I have no right to fill my gills with oxygen
underneath a sea bed of regret laid heavy with the shape of a tail.
You are a whale they said
and they made me push my bones out to see the fish bones that they could wish on
to beach myself on the sand reaching for a reason to say "no"
I will not make sandcastles out of sandwiches, and pick at the entrails of the jellyfish noodles on my plate on the first date with puberty that said
"you will now be endowed with an oyster set with strings of pearls that hang heavy round your throat like a
Suicides Learning To SpeakIt's 6 a.m. A girl is beginning the journey back from Oz, anchored to life by the whirr and beep of machines and tubes. Above her emaciated body, nurses pace, write on clipboards, click their heels and purse their lips. She is oblivious. Her mind drifts in freefall, stuck in an eggshell skull wrapped in nasal gastric tubing and an oxygen pipe forced down her throat like a synthetic umbilical cord. Somewhere, neurotransmitters are sewing themselves back into conscious awareness. There is a person lost somewhere in that body. There is a mind overboard in a black sea, sending up a flare. The nurses are afraid that she will stay in there forever. A family jostles at the side of the bed in the cramped, generic hospital room. All the King's horses and all the King's men… I don't need ruby shoes to find my way home. My name is Ruby, the nurses click their heels and my family makes the wish.
I'm finding my way back to consciousness through the sound
VisitsHollow black-hole eyes and arms filled
to the brim with primitive home-job tattoos.
a tear inscribed under his eye
tells of time behind
and time spent inside seedy taverns killing brain cells
forgetting the days
behind the darker bars,
the other cells
littered with tally marks on walls.
'HATE' is inked into the fists that led him to
other hardened fists met incarcerated.
hate breeding hate breeding regret
leading to bleeding out onto cement.
hard time brewing
moonshine under beds
slept with one eye open.
he flicks his cigarette onto the dirt under the house
and coughs.
tally-ho is the only tally he wants in his hands now.
It creeps under his fingernails and stains them yellow
instead of red.
Behind him,
Jamie scrubs at his dust-covered feet,
rail thin with the sweet smell of
marijuana that hangs
heavy over them -
aromatic defeat.
His eyes run brazenly over my body
as he tells me of the guns he owned before police raids on his home,
his run-ins with the law.
"I'm on parole. Been in
The Doppelganger DeathIf I am dead, throw me to the sea
and let me sink.
My bones are soft where you have dug up the remains of drugs
waking in the marrow
and I don't know which part of my brain
is me anymore,
amongst all of those dying ships
and side effects.
those ill-begotten attempts at flying
and the sadness of swallowing
pills for photosynthesis.
I wish I was a tree
and you were the square root solution
anchoring me to the earth
in the tumult.
There are unclean words resting there,
gritty and pregnant with the promise of rain.
I fill my pockets with your gasps
and there are oceans of regret between us.
You like to see yourself in the words I speak
and the empty scripts waiting for a signature.
But when we run and hurl ourselves into the sea
and drink malt whiskey in an August downpour
telling each other our hearts are sunken
I notice nothing.
You're not me anymore.
I'm burying you underwater with three spades
and a red ace of hearts.
My sermon is a renegade of I-promise-I'll-forget-you.
Love Letters On the TrainDear Stranger,
I'm leaving this post-it tucked in the side of the train-seat. If you're reading this, you've seen it. I've seen you sit here every few Monday mornings, sometimes tapping a bent, unlit cigarette against your thigh, sipping from your tea (who brings a tea cup onto a train anyway?); sometimes staring at the rain outside, or reading your well-worn, beaten copy of Jane Eyre (I hate that you fold the corners down - it's bibliophilic abuse. I wish the book would papercut you to defend itself a little, but I digress).
You seemed so sad this Monday morning past. Please smile again. I love it when your eyes catch the light of something I'm unaware of, something silently and intimately your own; a secret from the world that makes everything all the more meaningful to you.
- The Passenger
Dear Passenger,
I'm not in the habit of reading post-its from strangers. I found a love-letter hidden in a newspaper once, that the author forgot or was too afraid to send. It made me sad to think
Stories From the Psych Ward (1 of 3)It's 2a.m. and I can hear the nurses' footsteps down the corridors,
with pools of light streaming out of their torches like car headlights in the rain.
Tonight is long and lonely, and voices wash over me in the dark.
Night checks, and rays of light pour over the sleepy shadowed forms of us,
into our eyes. Each black silhouette,
the shape of a patient in the middle of a dream.
I can feel insects crawling under my hands
but I can never dig them out.
Early morning cups of sweet black tea bring
a sense of comfort and normality to being an
involuntary psychiatric patient locked up in solitary.
Sleepless nights lying with outward eyes
at the disembodied hands pushing through the ceiling.
I curl around myself and wish I could disappear.
My hands are red and raw from trying to scratch
out the bugs that crawl underneath. I try to show
the insects to the staff, but none of the nurses believe.
One of the humanless spirits holds my spine
while the disembodied voices whisper "stay as low as you can
The BestsellerYou are a poetry book reclining on my couch
and I want to turn your legs like pages
fold myself into you
the way I dog-ear favourite passages
to re-read and re-visit in the morning.
You could be a sexy bestseller curled up
in my bed.
But I want to guard you from review
and keep you obscure
from publishers and popular culture -
check you out as unavailable in libraries
to keep you as my
literary secret
and lie with you myself.
We'll clothe each other in dust covers
only to undress
over lazy cups of coffee in Sunday hours
our own personal bookclub
of bibliophilic eroticism.
(We'll slide our bookmarks in each other
and collaborate on the shelf).
BraveryDefinition of bravery
courageous behaviour or character
What is bravery? What is it to be brave?
Bravery is waking up each morning to living hell. It's as simple as making it through a day, when you'd rather just give up. It's sitting against the door, hearing the screaming go over your head. It's the hiding, chewing fingernails, wishing you could leave. Run. But not. It's living, though all the odds stack up against you.
Bravery is being there. It's putting all your troubles aside and just simply being a listening tool. It's hiding and masking. It's the simple lies of 'I'm fine' and 'Everything's okay' when you know inside, you're losing your mind, losing your emotions, becoming stone. It's never giving up on loving someone, because they complete you. It's fighting for someone to keep living, because if they stopped, so would you. It's telling them to do simple thin
Drowning Out The World
Drowning Out The World
I find myself in the sounds-
I release my secrets in the lyrics
Inner peace is found-
The melodies calm my spirit
But when silence falls
The walls in my head break down
I'm consumed by stinging thoughts
And every regret cries out
Reality and time stop
The serenity within – goes silent
And then my mind floods
My past memories become violent
I get this sensation-
That I'm just too damaged
A truthful realization-
There's nothing left of me to salvage
Music is just a distraction-
To blind myself from the carnage
I remain lost in the destruction-
Where darkness has the advantage
The remnants of rhyme hinder-
The memories and I resist to coexist
As I let the essence of fear become louder-
I can't defy this quiet pestilence
I don't want to be a part of the silence
But it keeps pulling me back
It's erasing the meanings of every promis
I want you. You have me. I want you...
I'm here
But.. Can I have you...?
You already have me..
You promise?
I don't like to promise.. But yeah, I'm here.
I'm here and I'm staying. You have me.
What would a story be?
If there was no one there to read it.
What would dreams be?
If there was no one there to conceive it.
What would a picture be?
If there was no one there to see it.
What would a secret be?
If there was no one there to keep it.
What would love be?
If there was no one there to feel it.
What would a song be?
If there was no one there to sing it.
What would the truth be?
If there was no one there to admit it.
What would advice be?
If there was no one there to give it.
What would life be?
If there was no one there to live it.
Kela Lewis-Morin
A Poet's RomanceShe was the quiet sort,
tsunamis tucked
within her eyes,
anxieties pinned
to pottery skin;
she would mold herself
into moonlight butterflies
and glist'ning calla lilies,
pure and white and
and when night cast
itself upon her in
heated, hard'ning flames,
she'd smash herself
upon the rocks
and in morning start
Daddy, you've drunk enoughDaddy, you've drunk enough
Daddy, people will laugh
Daddy, one question I ask:
Daddy... will our car crash?
I think you're too heavy, or am I too weak?
Because your weight on my arms, it's pushing down on me
And people look at us when you fall down on the street
I am ashamed, but I am still here
Daddy, why do you drink?
Daddy, is it because of me?
Daddy, did I hurt you somehow?
Answer me! I need to find out!
I feel so guilty, maybe it's my fault that I couldn't help you
Maybe if you had another child you would find a way to stop
I have dissapointed you, 'cause I'm not perfect
And it's killing me inside
Daddy, I know I'm a trash
But please, daddy, please, leave this glass!
Daddy, you're breaking my heart!
I'm so torn apart
If you drink enough vodka it tastes like loveHe'd whisper sweet nothings to trees
Hoping the roots would remember his name
I watched him drop pieces of himself like bread crumbs
His lantern limbs quivering
I don't think he ever really knew how lovely he was
And on a sunny day when the pavement was sweating
Out onto the roadside
Everyone else found out too
I don't think I'll ever forget him because he was like a dream catcher
So quiet and magical in the way his eyes turned green in the dark
And blue in the winter
Like he stored the world's secrets behind his cuckoo spit heart
Telling someone I am going to
Have to
Tell someone
Aren't i?
Would you forgive me?
Could you?
Tell someone what?
About me
About who I am
What I am
Who are you?
Tell me
Tell me
Who you are
Tell me, and I'll forgive you.
Thank you
Composed Upon an Abandoned SofaWe refuse to wake; trapped in pharma-sleep.
This place is as worn as the clothes we wear -
Look at the beauty of it all laid bare.
Our flesh and limbs lay still, knotted in heaps
Of spit and blood. Our narco-coma lies -
We have nothing but red eyes, skin ice-fair,
Our thoughts are stifled by the blackened air.
We are helpless - scarred at the mouth and eyes.
Here we crash, together. In smog we steep
Our secret, buried away from the sky
Amongst the ash, the phlegm and comrade flies
We'll sleep 'til one of us, from the gloom, cries
That these beautiful things, their scent and glare,
Are too scarce to sate our thirst for the deep.
Why Don't You Understand?Do you understand what it's like to be dead among the living?
When your heart keeps beating against its will?
The feeling is surreal, standing in the crowd of those who claim to be living.
Where everyone around me has a fear of the end; of death.
That's not me.
I see a beauty in the decay of life, a peace even.
Unlike the living, I understand death is a release from the world of pain we live in.
An understanding I wish to convey.
The fear I see in the eyes of others; I don't understand like I used to.
All fear is based on the same thing; a fear of loss.
Fear of pain?
Only a fear of losing comfort.
Fear of failure?
Only a fear in losing what you hope to achieve.
Fear in death?
Only a fear in losing this world.
But when you have nothing to lose, what is there to fear?
A dead among the living, oh the things I wish I could teach you.
Make you understand.
But the words w
his hands are not like yoursii.
i cannot remember
what i should not forget
you are nothing, now,
but echoes.
these shadows,
peeling back layers
of bone. your hands--
cauterised nerves
and steel-edged gilding--
pry me apart
& i break
Throw It AwayStop!
Put the blade down
Yes, you
Don't you think it's time for something new?
A new attitude, a new way of dealing with
The things they put you through
A new way to survive
A new way to pull you through
I know
You may not see it now
But if you hold on
You'll see
It always gets better somehow
So throw your self-destructive tool
Away and join the fight
We'll show those in pain
That there's always a light
And I know you think that no one's there
And I know you think that no one cares
But the things they said, they're not true
They're only trying to hurt you
If you go through with this
It'll only get worse
So just throw it away
So just throw the guilt away
All the anger, all the pain
All the fear and all the shame
Just throw it all away
On the edge
There's a girl stood looking down
And she's so far up
She can see the whole town
Little did she know
The very next day
They'd take back all the things they say
But now she'll never find out
Wait it out
Just wait and see
It will get better for b
The Layers of SkinShe laughs out loud.
Talking to herself.
She's crazy.
She doesn't care though.
She's happy.
She laughs.
She smiles.
This girl is surrounded with her friends.
Happy with her life.
She sighes.
She cries.
She can't cope with the stress.
Stress of work.
Stress of life.
Then the feeling that all of these other feelings simmer to eventually.
She wants to scream.
She wants to shout.
She wants to let it all out.
But her anger she must bury.
Otherwise a rampage of spilling out swear words and other vile.
Out of control, reckless and stupid.
Not thinking of consequences.
So look emotionless.
Or 'in a mood' as they call it.
She hates her anger.
She hates her thoughts and feelings.
She hates her looks.
She hates herself.
That's what guilt whispers in her ears.
She cries.
She tries not to infront of people.
She sobs herself to sleep.
She can't help.
She's hopless.
She has no hope.
She's helpless.
Confusion eats away at her brain.
What made
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In my life as an architect, I found that the single thing which inhibits young professionals, new students most severely, is their acceptance of standards that are too low.Christopher Alexander
Blessed is the man who always kept the life after death in his view, who remembered the Day of Judgment through all his deeds, who led a contented life and who was happy with the lot that God had destined for him.Ali bin Abu-Talib
Conviction has also four aspects to guard oneself against infatuations of sin; to search for explanation of truth through knowledge; to gain lessons from instructive things and to follow the precedent of the past people, Because whoever wants to guard himself against vices and sins will have to search for the true causes of infatuation and the true ways of combating them out and to find those true ways one has to search them with the help of knowledge, whoever gets fully acquainted with various branches of knowledge will take lessons from life and whoever tries to take lessons from life is actually engaged in the study of the causes of rise and fall of previous civilizations.Ali bin Abu-Talib
Endurance is composed of four attributes: eagerness, fear, piety and anticipation (of death). So whoever is eager for Paradise will ignore temptations; whoever fears the fire of Hell will abstain from sins; whoever practises piety will easily bear the difficulties of life and whoever anticipates death will hasten towards good deeds.Ali bin Abu-Talib
So precious life is! Even to the old The hours are as a misers coins!Thomas Bailey Aldrich
All the best sands of my life are somehow getting into the wrong end of the hourglass. If I could only reverse it! Were it in my power to do so, would I?Thomas Bailey Aldrich
To be a standard shape is not all in life. To know is also important.Brian Wilson Aldiss
Many modifications in private and public life took place. Privacy ceasing to exist, all new houses were glass-built, curtains abolished, walls pulled down. Police went, the entire legal structure vanished overnight a man does not litigate against himself. A parody of Parliament remained, to deal with foreign affairs, but party politics, elections, leaders in newspapers (even newspapers themselves) were scrapped.Brian Wilson Aldiss
... life is meaningless unless you bring meaning to it; ... it is up to us to create our own existence. Unless you do something, unless you make something it's as though you aren't there.Alan Alda
After all, there are worse things in life than death. If you've ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman, you know what I'm talking about.Woody Allen
Marriage? That's for life! It's like cement!Woody Allen
In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result. Chance is not. Gifts, powers, material, intellectual, and spiritual possessions are the fruits of effort; they are thoughts completed, objects accomplished, visions realized. The Vision that you glorify in your mind, the Ideal that you enthrone in your heart this you will build your life by, this you will become.James Allen
Love and grief our hearts dividing, With our tears His feet we bathe; Constant still, in faith abiding, Life deriving from His death.James Allen
Physical evils are in nature inseparable from animal life, they commenced existence with it, and are its concomitants through life; so that the same nature which gives being to the one, gives birth to the other also; the one is not before or after the other, but they are coexistent together, and contemporaries; and as they began existence in a necessary dependance on each other, so they terminate together in death and dissolution. This is the original order to which animal nature is subjected, as applied to every species of it. The beasts of the field, the fowls of the air, the fishes of the sea, with reptiles, and all manner of beings, which are possessed with animal life; nor is pain, sickness, or mortality any part of God's Punishment for sin. On the other hand sensual happiness is no part of the reward of virtue: to reward moral actions with a glass of wine or a shoulder of mutton, would be as inadequate, as to measure a triangle with sound, for virtue and vice pertain to the mind, and their merits or demerits have their just effects on the conscience, as has been before evinced: but animal gratifications are common to the human race indiscriminately, and also, to the beasts of the field: and physical evils as promiscuously and universally extend to the whole, so "That there is no knowing good or evil by all that is before us, for all is vanity." It was not among the number of possibles, that animal life should be exempted from mortality: omnipotence itself could not have made it capable of externalization and indissolubility; for the self same nature which constitutes animal life, subjects it to decay and dissolution; so that the one cannot be without the other, any more than there could be a compact number of mountains without valleys, or that I could exist and not exist at the same time, or that God should effect any other contradiction in nature...Ethan Allen
It appears that mankind in this life are not agents of trial for eternity, but that they will eternally remain agents of trial. To suppose that our eternal circumstances will be unalterably fixed in happiness or misery, in consequence of the agency or transactions of this temporary life, is inconsistent with the moral government of God, and the progressive and retrospective knowledge of the human mind. God has not put it into our power to plunge ourselves into eternal woe and perdition; human liberty is not so extensive, for the term of human life bears no proportion to eternity succeeding it; so that there could be no proportion between a momentary agency, (which is liberty of action,) or probation, and any supposed eternal consequences of happiness or misery resulting from it.Ethan Allen
In every sound convert the judgment is brought to approve of the laws and ways of Christ, and subscribe to them as most righteous and reasonable; the desire of the heart is to know the whole mind of Christ; the free and resolved choice of the heart is determined for the ways of Christ, before all the pleasures of sin, and prosperities of the world; it is the daily care of his life to walk with God.Joseph Alleine
And I think that my whole life, looking back at it, I was so rooted in worldly things, in worldly values, fame, fashion and fortune and all the things that are just transient.Jani Allan
The heart does not talk, it is the intellect that does all the talking. All dealings are at the intellectual level. We have become like machines; our very lives have become mechanical. Life has lost its naturalness like a garland of plastic flowers. There is no heart in life anymore. Only when hearts come together does true life blossom.Mata Amritanandamayi Devi
Today people live to work rather than work for a living. They have forgotten their true goal in life. Subsequently they have forgotten their dharma. There is no communication between hearts, there is no sharing. Having lost contact with other's hearts, we become totally isolated. But in truth we are not isolated islands, we are links that form one chain.Mata Amritanandamayi Devi
Give me life, give me pain, give me myself again.Tori Amos
It was no wonder that people were so horrible when they started life as children.Sir Kingsley William Amis
In the conduct of life, habits count for more than maxims, because habit is a living maxim, becomes flesh and instinct. To reform one's maxims is nothing: it is but to change the title of the book. To learn new habits is everything, for it is to reach the substance of life. Life is but a tissue of habits.Henri-Frdric Amiel
Having the foresight to plan to earn a living, is half of the peace and leisure in life.Jafar ibn Muhammad as-S
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Facebook: The Happiest Place on Earth?
Feb 10th
OK, OK, so I read this report this week that a guy up the road from me killed his neighbor because his daughter was un-friended on Facebook. And then this story is buzzing around about the guy who shot his daughter's computer and posted it on YouTube because she whined about doing her chores in a status update. Sure … there is just a little bit of anger that can show up on the interwebs!
But despite this weirdness and angst, the data would suggest that people who frequent social networks are a pretty happy bunch. I recently had a post that showed the emotional boost from Facebook was similar to something you would get by being married!
Now, a new study from Pew Research shows that the overall social and emotional climate of social networking sites (SNS) is a very positive. Adult users get personal rewards and satisfactions at far higher levels than when they encounter anti-social people or have ill consequences from their encounters. A nationally representative phone survey of American adults finds that:
- 85% of SNS-using adults say that their experience on the sites is that people are mostly kind, compared with 5% who say people they observe on the sites are mostly unkind and another 5% who say their answer depends on the situation.
- 68% of SNS users said they had an experience that made them feel good about themselves.
- 61% had experiences that made them feel closer to another person. (Many said they had both experiences.)
- 39% of SNS-using adults say they frequently see acts of generosity by other SNS users and another 36% say they sometimes see others behaving generously and helpfully. By comparison, 18% of SNS-using adults say they see helpful behavior "only once in a while" and 5% say they never see generosity exhibited by others on social networking sites.
At the same time, notable proportions of SNS users do witness bad behavior on those sites and nearly a third have experienced some negative outcomes from their experiences on social networking sites. Some 49% of SNS-using adults said they have seen mean or cruel behavior displayed by others at least occasionally.
Does this match your experience? Do you "get your happy on" when you go to Facebook?
Social media, our voice, and the power to destroy
Jan 30th
The ability for all of us to publish on the social web — to have a voice — is among the most profound sociological, economic, and political developments of our lifetime. It gives us the power to elevate a little boy from Canada to an international singing superstar or to unite a group of people to tear down a dictatorship.
This democratization of power is the central theme of my new book, Return On Influence. This new power is breathtaking and beautiful. It is inspirational and revolutionary. And, it can be deadly.
We have all seen how social media can be used to bully and destroy. A few months ago on {grow} Leslie Lewis told the story of how her career was destroyed by a social media stalker. A year ago, a student at Rutgers (where I teach) killed himself after Internet humiliation.
Last week, I was also in a position to use social media power to destroy.
My wife had been admitted to a local hospital for a routine procedure. We experienced the usual delays and administrative foul-ups (had wrong name on her bracelet!) that we have come to expect from the medical profession but nothing prepared me for the horror I was about to experience.
When I was called to her recovery room (where she was still asleep), I could not believe my eyes. The room was filthy. The trash can was filled with tubes and debris from another patient's procedure. There was trash all over the floor — paper, a used drinking straw, and pieces of some strange green organic material. Worst of all, there were drops of blood (not hers!) across the floor. I was disgusted and outraged. These were like the conditions I have heard about from missionary doctors working in a Third World country.
I took out my phone and took both pictures and video to document the mess … with my wife sleeping peacefully in the middle of it. Nobody would believe this.
I finally was able to flag down an attendant and angrily pointed out the problem. Her response was "Oh … I didn't see that."
Perhaps you could overlook a clear drinking straw on a white floor, but certainly not bright red blood drops or a trash can overflowing with used plastic tubes.
When the surgeon came in, I explained how repulsed I was … and I was still feeling ill about the unsanitary conditions even after the blood was wiped up (with a wet paper towel). He said that he would report it and that I would be getting a call from the hospital administration.
Twenty-four hours later I had not received a call and I was still seething. My adrenaline was saying "post the video." Instead, I posted a query on Facebook and asked the world what they would do. The recommendations ranged from "keep it in-house" to "get the media involved."
I called the patient advocate and reached a voice recording, notifying me that she was only available during certain business hours. I also tried to leave a request through the hospital website but the form was broken and I just got an error message.
Later that day, I received a return call from the patient advocate. She was professional and apologetic and said she would investigate the situation.
Two days after this discussion, my wife got a call of apology from the head of the department and a letter from the patient advocate. And that's how it stands.
This episode represented the first time in my life that I had a "social media voice" go off in my head … "DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM? I HAVE A VOICE!" I knew that I could have humiliated this hospital on the evening news … maybe even caused an investigation of some kind. Perhaps I should have.
But whether you agree with my decision or not, I hope you will consider this advice: If you ever get into a situation where you can use your social media power to destroy, don't let adrenaline make the decision for you. That's how people are getting hurt and humiliated these days.
When I let the adrenaline subside, I thought about the situation and realized that if I went public with this, the most likely outcome would be that some hourly-wage attendant would lose her job. I would probably be hurting a family more than a hospital. That is not what I'm about. That was not the right decision for me.
Every day I see destruction, hate, and viciousness on the web from people who can't keep their adrenaline in check. The social web is a place of stunning beauty and terrible darkness … just like the human race I suppose.
I'll open myself and my actions to public scrutiny because this is an important topic we are all likely to face at some point. Did I do enough as a civic duty in this case? What would you do if you were in a position to use social media to destroy?
Have you become a STOP SOPA lemming?
Jan 17th
Note: If you're just stumbling on to this post, both bills have been withdrawn at this time but keep reading. The points are still valid. An excellent wrap up of the issue is contained in this New York Times piece: It's time to put down the pitchforks on SOPA.
The current controversy over the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), also known as U.S. House Bill 3261, is highly disturbing on several levels, and the actual bill might be the least of our worries, in the long-term.
I am against piracy, but I'm also against this bill. The proposal is so out of touch with reality that it is embarassing. It looks like the opposition is gaining momentum, so that is a relief.
But here is something that is just as disturbing to me. Many people I know became "Stop SOPA" lemmings.
Follow the leader?
Legend has it that a lemming is a little rodent that blindly and unquestioningly follows their leader, even when they follow them over a cliff to their death (they don't actually do this but that is another story).
I questioned three well-known social media leaders about why they were supporting SOPA and actively encouraging their followers to attach a "Stop SOPA" badge to their profiles. Here is a summary of their responses:
"I'm not what you would call an expert on this. I haven't even read the bill. I'm trusting what I read from others."
"To be honest, I don't know what is in the bill. But based on how people are reacting it must be bad."
"I have not read the bill and I do not intend to read the bill. What is in the bill is irrelevant. They are taking away our rights."
You see, on the social web, "Stop SOPA" is not a political issue, for many. "Stop SOPA" has become a meme. This movement was passed from person to person without much independent thought or an educated response. It has become the Keyboard Cat of political statements.
I fully appreciate the importance of "social proof" on the Internet. In the absence of direction, we may look to trusted others for an idea of what to do. But come on folks. This proposed legislation directly affects the very heart of our lives and our livelihoods. There is no excuse in encouraging action from your trusting followers without doing a little homework.
But what about the problem?
The third level of concern this proposed legislation created was the fact that everybody seems to be against SOPA but there has been little intelligent dialogue about the actual issue of stopping piracy. And stealing is "our right" is not a viable answer in my book. Please, take a strong stand … but also help provide some answers.
Here is the problem in a nutshell. I just spent nearly a year of my life writing a book. If there is no hope of getting paid for the difficult work and sacrifice that goes into creating content like this in the future, I will never write another book. And so on.
When you steal content, you're not beating a greedy corporation. You're not sticking it to "the man." You're sticking it to me, and millions of other writers, filmmakers, musicians, software developers, and other hard-working content creators.
Some claim that alternative monetization models will emerge to allow people to continue to create and prosper in spite of what seems like unstoppable piracy. But we have been stealing legally-protected content for 20 years now. If an easy monetization alternative were available, wouldn't it have emerged by now? It hasn't, and it won't. And yes, I've read the book Free by Chris Anderson and still believe there is probably no answer to widespread content theft other than some sort of legislation. We need to come to terms with that fact and be part of the solution.
OK, that is enough of the rant. This time it was SOPA. But the next time we "go lemming," will it be something even more important? And at what cost? I was really disturbed by the herd mentality I witnessed. What about you?
Marketing, Journalism, and Truth as Competitive Advantage
Nov 27th
I had a very interesting question come across my desk from {grow} community member John Bethune:
In the minds of most people, journalism and marketing were once diametrically opposed. Has that changed in the social media era?
A great question! And, in fact, I think the social web has brought these disciplines together in a number of surprising ways.
The ideal of journalism is a quest for truth. Marketing is the quest for a product's "truth." By that I mean the best marketers are on a journey to know how their company's goods and services exist in the hearts and minds of their customers. Then, their job is to express that consumer truth to the best of their ability. So in this way, the disciplines are unexpectedly similar, although the end product is quite different!
But the social web has created an important shift for both disciplines. What does it even mean to be a journalist today? Through blogging and technology like smartphone video cameras, journalism has been democratized. Anybody can report, anybody can publish. Jeff Jarvis of City University of New York recently defined a reporter today as simply somebody who can say, "I was there and you weren't."
The democratization of marketing
To a great extent, marketing has been democratized, too. Remember last year when Gap changed their logo and there was such an outcry? I felt empathy for the company because they are probably good marketers who followed a traditional protocol — work with graphic designers, test it, get feedback, and roll. That system has worked for decades and changing a logo is not an easy or flippant decision for a consumer product company to make. I'm sure they had done their homework … or at least they thought so.
But a few vocal people thought the new logo was stupid (perhaps people who were not even customers!). Through Twitter and Facebook, they created an anti-logo movement. and suddenly it became an embarrassing meme. I can imagine the Gap marketers waking up to this one morning and thinking "Wait … what?"
So something as important as an adjustment to your brand image may not even be in the hands of marketers any more. The Gap's marketing strategy had essentially been crowd-sourced! Like journalism it seems, marketing has also been democratized.
Content as power
The production of content has also been an output of the marketing process, usually in the form of advertisements. But now content is at the very centerpiece of many strategies as companies fight to attract attention on the crowded social web. The journalism schools are full of new applicants. Why? Because content is big business now and the new media channels have an insatiable need for it. Companies need story-tellers as much as marketing graduates.
I have recently been working with the president of one of my B2B customers on a blog and a series of how-to videos to demonstrate their new robotic technologies. I'll bet five years ago he never would have dreamed he would be in the publishing business!
So this idea of content and storytelling is another way that journalism and marketing have been brought together. For both fields, content that moves virally through the social web represents success and power.
Truth as a strategy
I think expectations of "truth" and transparency is another way the social web have brought journalism and marketing together. For a brand to have integrity and to be successful, it can't be spinning the truth around any more. There are a million watch dogs out there now and any one of them can sniff out a fake.
A few weeks ago, I was working with some marketers for a hotel chain and we were discussing negative hotel reviews. "We don't mind them," they told me. "It makes us more real."
Interesting. Truth as a marketing strategy.
My hunch is that a few years ago, that is not necessarily what their reaction would have been. In marketing, truth is the new black.
Maybe journalism and marketing are getting closer than we thought? What do you think?
Note: John Bethune's full interview with me can be found here: "Content is Power: A Q&A with Mark W. Schaefer."
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- 6 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 pound mixed fresh wild mushrooms (such as oyster mushrooms and shiitake, stems trimmed, caps sliced)
- 6 large garlic cloves, minced
- 1/4 teaspoon dried crushed red pepper
- 1 cup dry white wine
- 5 pounds clams (about 24 littleneck)
- 1 pound linguine
- 2 bunches fresh chives or 1 bunch green onions, chopped
Heat 3 tablespoons oil in heavy large Dutch oven over high heat. Add mushrooms and sauté until beginning to brown, about 5 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer mushrooms to plate. Add remaining 3 tablespoons oil and garlic to Dutch oven. Sauté until garlic is tender, about 3 minutes. Add crushed red pepper, then wine and clams. Cover and cook until clams open, about 8 minutes.
Meanwhile, cook linguine in large pot of boiling salted water until just tender but still firm to bite.
Drain pasta well and transfer to large bowl. Spoon mushrooms over, then top with clam mixture, discarding any clams that do not open. Season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with chives.
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Nutrition Informationper serving (4 servings) POWERED BY Edamam
- Calories1,171
- Carbohydrates116 g (39%)
- Fat28 g (43%)
- Protein100 g (201%)
- Saturated Fat4 g (21%)
- Sodium3,428 mg (143%)
- Polyunsaturated Fat4 g
- Fiber8 g (33%)
- Monounsaturated Fat16 g
- Cholesterol170 mg (57%)
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main ingredients: Mushroom, Pasta, Clam, White Wine, Shellfish


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You know the feeling when you try the new restaurant in town for the first time? You order the steak, probably even the T-bone and its plate is nice, the side dish is decent, a green salad or something healthy like that (if you're on a date, if not, it's of course the fries, you fat slob). The steak looks nice, the exterior has a nice color and its smell is OK but the taste, man, it's way too fat and the inside is way too bloody. There's also an unnecessary amount of melted cheese on it for some unfathomable reason. The chef is experimenting and failing at it. Not everything you decide to mix together can be glorious.
Volbeat is that steak, they're indeed a very original band and I need to give them some credit for their inventive formula. Their artistic approach is not without merits and their intent is noble, well I do think so. Unfortunately, as one of Denmark's most well known bands, they totally missed the opportunity to follow Mercyful Fate into the depths of metal hell (Denner, Shermann and King Diamond are all guests on the record, this reminds me of Metallica Orion's festival, they seem totally disconnected of what metal is in 2013). But why Volbeat missed their boat? Because they fucking suck, that's why.
On their fifth album, the band expands its more than catchy side. They always had these soft songs but I feel it's a bit more prevalent here. It's not necessarily a bad thing since they're not better at being heavy or soft, they're pretty mediocre at both. Volbeat is mixing the alternative era of Metallica with a fair mix of rockabilly, country, blues, pop rock, punk and folk with their usual heavy/groove sound. The amalgamation of genres is simply too much to handle. It doesn't even sound good on paper and it's an awful novelty in its execution.
From sugary FM ballads like "Cape of our Hero" (hell, Chad Kroeger wrote a better song on the Spiderman soundtrack) to lead infused groove (Rob Caggiano, an ex member of Anthrax, he's pretty decent). There's acoustic and clean guitars and all the stuff that can make a good song. I probably wouldn't change the radio channel if I were to find it, but hey I don't listen to the radio because, frankly, it blows. Volbeat is easy, simple and they don't try hard enough. Not as heavy as their early stuff, the band still thinks it's metal enough with tracks like "Room 24" with King Diamond or "Dead But Rising". The metal ruler of Denmark really destroys Michael Poulsen on this track, well it wasn't quite hard since I think he's a terrible vocalist and the main flaw of their sound.
His pitiful deep southern approach is really grating on my nerves. He kills the band for me since their formula is very vocally focused. His mix of modern day "Yeaaaaah!" James Hetfield and cock charmer Elvis Presley impersonator is like a slap of bad taste on my face. Even though his voice is powerful, his delivery and the sound of his voice annoys me deeply. Nonetheless, he's charismatic and it fits their Americana approach but I wonder how a David Eugene Edwards (16 Horsepower & Wovenhand) would sound in a metal band. At least he can write decent noir and pulp inspired lyrics but after five albums, the theme is getting a bit redundant. I get it, you like leather jackets, fedoras and you love milkshakes and you go to conventions dressed as James Dean.
While I reckon the band successfully played their cards during their whole career, their flaws are just too important for me to thoroughly enjoy them. Believe me, I tried and I enjoyed Guitar Guitars & Cadillacs Blood back in the day. Quite catchy (well, it's needed since their songwriting is hardly a subtle affair). They seem honest and hardworking but their approach is simply something I can't get behind. Both the form (14 songs, that's just way too much) and the mix of styles that makes the band undeniably cheesy and predictable.
Most of the songs have good parts but they're rarely good all the way through except perhaps the two last tracks, both excellent. I enjoy the beginnings of most tracks like "Black Bart" with its punky overture but the aforementioned vocals ruined the track once again. Many tracks have this western approach like "Lonesome Rider" with a female guest vocalist. It probably would be a hit on CMT if it was advertised enough and honestly, it's not bad. What is bad though is the fact all their sound are not completely combined with each others. You can hear an acoustic intro, some harmonica but then, it changes and they forget their western influences for the rest of the song. Sometimes they remember and play a ten seconds of clean country guitars just to be cool. I'd like to hear a good mix of metal and country since Volbeat can't hardly mix them. I don't quite remember the amount of different influences in their early albums but I have better things to than to go back and listen to them like eating BBQed shrimp and trashing Pabst Blue Ribbon cans.
Some good moments here and there but the vocals are simply too obnoxious to deal with. The band has good solos, sometimes even hints of Megadeth's melodic thrash leads. I just don't care for their music even though it's emotional and catchy. If you already liked Volbeat before, you'll certainly like their latest album even if it's wimpier than their previous releases. They're certainly still terrible and not worth your time. Have you ever met a Volbeat fan? They're as rare as Foo Fighters but for some reasons they're both popular and their albums are gonna be good picks in low price bins.
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The fact that Volbeat's first two records were not even available stateside is astonishing considering the impact and media attention a new release garners. For their latest release they hired ex-Anthrax guitarist Rob Caggiano to co-produce with longtime producer Jacob Hansen. The partnership was so dynamic Caggiano joined the band full time during the sessions. The Danish rockabilly metal titans have just released their fifth full-length record Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies.
Denmark's Volbeat finally broke through to American audiences with 2008s Guitar Gangsters & Cadillac Blood and 2010s Beyond Hell / Above Heaven. Sporting massive rock radio singles "Fallen", "Still Counting" and "A Warrior's Call" and non stop touring have propelled Volbeat to one of the premier metal bands on the scene today. The amazing aspect about Volbeat is despite their propulsion of success they have constantly kept a toe firmly rooted in the underground. For every rock radio song they create, they equally write facemelters that would make any metalhead proud. In truth, the metal community should rally around Volbeat because they are the perfect ambassador to represent what we love and respect so much.
They are one of the few bands that has gained notoriety that isn't drenched in nu-metal or metalcore. How many bands on rock radio today can boast that the legendary King Diamond & Barney Greenway have made guest appearances on their records? Regardless if their style of music falls into a genre you prefer you have to respect that their hearts are in the right place as their love for metal is undeniable. Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies finds the band at their finest. Drawing on a diverse array of influences that include metal, punk and rockabilly, all sides of Volbeat find their way into the landscape. Vocalist Michael Poulsen is the perfect cross between James Hetfield, Elvis Presley and Mike Ness of Social Distortion.
The band does an excellent job accentuating all of their diverse influences to their extreme. The pop sensibilities of first single "Cape Of Our Hero" and "Lola Montez" showcase the band writing their catchiest melodies to date. The tenderness and emotional delivery of the former and the 80s synth added to the later brings a side to Volbeat that we haven't seen yet. "Room 24" featuring the infamous King Diamond is the bands heaviest song to date. A mix of Mercyful Fate meets Black Sabbath the singers weave in and out of each other fluently. The King sounds better than ever and shows why he is one of the greatest vocalists to ever live. With their Metallica inspired riffing "Dead But Rising" and "Doc Holliday" punctuate why Volbeat is foremost a metal band.
Another outstanding guest appearance is Sarah Blackwood of Canada's Walk off the Earth on the rockabilly inspired "Lonesome Rider." The chorus is one of the most addictive of their career. Also included is a cover of Young the Giants alternative hit "My Body", which is expertly done as it comes across more as a Volbeat original than a cover. Volbeat have delivered yet again and are quickly compiling a catalog that is as solid as anyone over the last ten years. With the release of Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies there is enough diversity that any music fan can sink their teeth into it. Volbeat should be celebrated as they can bring metal back to the forefront. The band the metal community has been waiting for has been right in front of our eyes the whole time.
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I've heard Volbeat's name being thrown around for quite some time now, but never really thought of checking them out until a friend brought them up a couple of months back, telling me to check their performance at Wacken 2012 out. Since it was professionally filmed footage of their entire set, I thought "why the hell not?" and got instantly hooked on their groovy yet heavy music.
So here we are with Volbeat's new album, Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies, and I have to say there is not a single moment where I don't find myself enjoying the stuff that the band has placed on the album. The album Intro quickly gives a quick hint to the band's country/Southern tendencies, and the acoustic guitars and the harp all give a nice buildup in the album. And as soon as Pearl Hart begins, it is one non-stop groovy journey for the listener, as the familiar and charismatic voice of Michael Poulson (the very thing that attracted me to Volbeat in the first place) comes on the audio.
The stuff that is on Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies see the band further polishing their style, with the big riffs and hooks being extremely radio-friendly, yet maintaining the heaviness and intensity that makes them such a charming act, with songs like Cape of Our Hero. Also, as usual the band has managed to bring in a rather wide range of influences on the album, ranging from the usual country influences, to rock and roll to early Metallica-styled thrash metal, like on the heavy riffs on the intro of Dead but Rising. Along with that there are the also rather subtle displays of technicality, in particular the drumming of Jon who manages to switch styles with complete ease.
There is also a whole host of guest musicians that are present on the album, and perhaps the most prominent one is King Diamond on Room 24, lending his vocals to what is already an excellent album. It is also here where the band displays their ability to write any form of music at all, with the sections with King Diamond's vocals being rather suitable for his classic brand of heavy metal, reminding me of my first encounter with Abigail, easily sending chills down my back. Sarah Blackwood's vocal contributions on Lonesome Rider also adds some nice sex appeal as well, with her vocals being extremely enchanting, and with songs like that on the album, it ensures that one's ride will never really be lonesome.
If you're familiar with Volbeat already, and like their music, this album is a pleasant addition to an impressive collection. They remain true to their country/western/metal/rock and roll/punk style without much change or improvement (read: they've clearly got their shit together).
If you're not familiar with Volbeat: there's always the classic comparison, "Metallica meets Johnny Cash" but I always took a slightly different approach. With Volbeat, you have a variation among the songs they put out; some are heavy, mostly in the realm of post-Ride the Lightning Metallica. Others are poppier, but hardly generic, rock songs that I think Volbeat are mostly known for; this is where the rock 'n roll and country sounds really come through, often with some heavier elements and ideas and present (although they often don't take center stage). These songs are catchy and bright. Thanks to this variation, listening to this album left me both headbanging and singing along throughout.
The album starts off promising, beginning with a few killer tracks; the opening instrumental (not recommended if you're repulsed by country music in general) sets a neat tone, leading into "Pearl Hart" and "The Nameless One"; both are insanely catchy and are sure to get stuck in your head immediately, although hardly in the realm of metal. Nevertheless, these are more or less two quintessential Volbeat songs in my opinion, and excellent rock songs at that. Other recommendations for songs in the vein that I enjoyed are "Lola Montez", "My Body", and "The Sinner is You"
Moving through the album, we hear the metal elements that qualifies the band to be on this page. In particular, we have a pair of the songs in the middle of the album, "Room 24" and "The Hangman's Body Count" that are an excellent showcase of what the band is capable of. The first is fast and heavy, and features King Diamond's soaring/screeching vocals (I'm usually not partial to King Diamond, but he performed well on this track, complementing both the music and Michael Poulsen's singing). The second one begins with a compelling lead guitar track on top of a western-sounding acoustic progression, breaking into a heavy riff about a minute in. Other songs that are heavier and worth a good listen are "Dead But Rising" and "Doc Holliday" (side note, don't let the banjo intro fool you on this one!).
Nothing is perfect, and as such, the only track I would recommend avoiding is "Lonesome Rider", which features a talented female vocalist. Unfortunately, the song itself doesn't really jive with everything else Volbeat is doing, and sounds more like a crummy indie-folk songs (pardon my redundancy) and is sure to leave any listener knowing to look for a review of this album on a metal forum scratching their head in confusion. All in all, however, this was a solid release with (almost) every track offering something interesting, fun, and really catchy.


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Encouraging news on jobs, retailers lifts stocks
Upbeat news about jobs and retailers helped the Standard & Poor's 500 index snap its longest losing streak of the year on Thursday.
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Upbeat news about jobs and retailers helped the Standard & Poor's 500 index snap its longest losing streak of the year on Thursday.
U.S. unemployment claims fell close to their lowest level in six years, the government reported, and J.C. Penney and Bed Bath & Beyond delivered encouraging news.
The positive trends outweighed worries about a potential government shutdown in Washington next week. Those concerns had led the S&P 500 index to five consecutive days of declines, the index's worst run in 2013.
That ended Thursday when the S&P 500 index rose six points, or 0.4 percent, to close at 1,698.67.
"There's a little bit of a bounce here," said Robert Pavlik, chief market strategist at Banyan Partners. "It may be a little bit of bargain hunting."
The broad index is less than two percent below its all-time high from Sept. 18.
U.S. economic growth rose to an annual rate of 2.5 percent from April through June, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. That was an increase from the 1.1 percent growth in the previous quarter.
Applications for unemployment benefits fell 5,000 to a seasonally adjusted 305,000 last week, the government said, the fewest since September 2007, three months before the Great Recession began.
While the economic news was encouraging, it wasn't spectacular. Some analysts said it justified the Federal Reserve's surprise decision last week to keep up its economic stimulus.
The U.S. central bank has been buying $85 billion of bonds a month to keep long-term interest rates low, which has encouraged borrowing and driven up stock prices.
Wall Street had expected the Fed to start easing back on its stimulus.
"It's fair to say that the Fed got it right by delaying," the cuts to stimulus, said Ron Florance, deputy chief investment officer for Wells Fargo Private Bank. "Growth is uninteresting and subdued."
Growth-sensitive retail stocks were among the best performers in the 10 industry groups that make up the S&P 500 index.
The group got a lift from the troubled department store owner J.C. Penney, which said it was pleased with its turnaround efforts.
The company's stock ended the day up 30 cents, or 3 percent, at $10.42.
Shares, however, fell more than 5 percent in after-markets trading following the company's announcement that it planned to sell up to 96.6 million shares of common stock in a public offering. It was the latest indication the chain is looking to shore up its cash reserves.
Bed Bath & Beyond also gave the industry a boost. The stock climbed $3.32, or 4 percent, to $77.54 after the company said its quarterly profit increased 11 percent.
Other stock indexes rose. The Dow Jones industrial average climbed 55 points, or 0.4 percent, to 15,328. The Nasdaq climbed 26 points, or 0.7 percent, to 3,787.
In government bond trading, the yield on the 10-year note edged up to 2.64 percent from 2.63 percent late Wednesday.
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Godzilla: Monster of Monsters (ゴジラ Gojira, lit. Godzilla) is a 1988 game developed by Toho for the NES.
"In 2XXX A.D. when the orbits of Pluto and Neptune exchange their positions, the Earth receives a declaration of war from an unknown planet. The invaders from Planet X attack the Earth as part of their plan to conquer the entire universe using a legion of space monsters. The Earth sends Godzilla, king of the monsters on the Earth, and Mothra, to defend itself. Godzilla advances through battle stages called Ring Fields provided in interplanetary space to battle that legion of space monsters controlled by Planet X. Godzilla must battle its way from one Ring Field to another, and finally defeat King Ghidorah at Planet X to defend Earth. For the sake of the future of the Earth, Godzilla's fierce battle now begins..."
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Both Godzilla and Mothra start the game at level 1, and with a limited supply of life and power. The monsters can gain levels by defeating bosses and certain stage types (Ruins and Hyperspace); every time Godzilla or Mothra gains a level their life and power bars will increase. The maximum level is 16. The life bar will replenish once a boss is defeated, or when a Life Capsule is picked up. The power bar recovers by itself over time, and the more life the monster has the faster it recovers.
To move to the next world, the remaining monster(s) must move onto the Base Headquarters stage. On the following turn select the monster, don't move, and the game will ask if you want to advance to the next world. If either Godzilla or Mothra died before advancing, the deceased monster will reappear in the next world; however, the revived monster will lose one level as a result. Things to note: if a Godzilla or Mothra advances to the next level, and the other monster left behind is destroyed, you will lose the game. In addition, there is a chance that while exploring the levels, the player can encounter a 'Hyperspace' area. these areas feature battles against a large version of the Gotengo, Dogora cells, or Matango. Clearing these areas can reward the player with another level.
Playable Monsters
Each world hosts 2-8 bosses, depending on how far the player is, who will attack the player on their way to the enemy base. The player doesn't have to beat the bosses, with the exception of King Ghidorah, to advance in the game, but in general they will be hard to avoid and confrontation is inevitable. Things to note: boss matches (or "Hyper-Fight Mode") last approximately 40 seconds before the match is ended in a draw and both monsters are returned to the Ring Field view; in case of a draw, the enemy kaiju will have their health restored slightly (this differs between the US and Japanese version of the game).
Main BossesGodzilla: Monster of Monsters! features eight bosses, several of whom have never been in a Godzilla film up to this point. A new boss is added every world, which you will fight along with the previously defeated kaiju.
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Scrapped CharactersThrough examining the game's coding and sprite data, Rodan and Anguirus have been discovered, although no sprites for them are known to exist beyond their 'pieces' for the planet boards.
Some glitches in the game can have favourable benefits to the player, while others serve only to slow them down. Gezora can infamously trap the player in the corner of the boss fight and repeatedly deal damage to them until the timer runs out. On the other hand, Moguera can sometimes get stuck in its beam charging animation temporarily, allowing the player to land more hits on the mech.
James Rolfe reviewed the game as the Angry Video Game Nerd. Although he briefly praised the simple and easy controls, he disliked the fact that the monster fights had a time limit. He was also disappointed that Mothra had weak attacks and kept falling to the floor after being hit. He also didn't like that the first monsters in the game which you fight are Moguera and Gezora, two monsters who had yet to appear in any Godzilla films, with the actual Godzilla series kaiju being introduced later in the game.
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