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PUBLISHED: 14 Oct 2013 16:35:53 | UPDATED: 15 Oct 2013 07:21:59PRINT EDITION: 14 Oct 2013Terry Sinclair has been chosen to lead at team at troubled telecommunications contractor Service Stream to rebuild trust with key clients and stakeholders. Photo: Rob Homer
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Troubled telecommunications contractor Service Stream has appointed Australia Post and BHP Billiton veteran Terry Sinclair as its managing director, six months after his predecessor Graeme Sumner left the company.
The major national broadband network contractor said Mr Sinclair, most recently general manager of corporate development at Australia Post, would begin the new role on November 6.
He previously spent 23 years at BHP Billiton and is a non-executive director of Transpacific.
Service Stream chairman Peter Dempsey said in a statement that Mr Sinclair was chosen to lead the company in "rebuilding trust with a number of our key clients and stakeholders".
"His team focus will ensure that the company benefits from the existing executive management group who have worked tirelessly to overcome the challenges we recently experienced in the rollout of the national broadband network and associated activities."
Mr Sumner resigned from Service Stream in April after the company's Syntheo joint venture with Lend Lease was forced to pull out of rollout of the NBN in the Northern Territory a month before.
He was replaced in the interim by non-executive director Brett Galagher, while the search for a replacement for Mr Sumner's replacement began.
The company reported a 672 per cent fall in net profit for the 2013 financial year to a loss of $107.1 million, and recently pulled out of the Syntheo joint venture completely, which had $315 million in contracts to build the network.
It continues to have $145 million worth of contracts in its own right with NBN Co, as well as contracts with Telstra, Vodafone Hutchison Australia and utility EDS Electrix.
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Cobblers Fall To Fourth After Devon Defeat
Exeter City were 3-0 winners against Northampton Town on Saturday afternoon
Another disappointing away defeat for the Cobblers see them fall below their hosts in the League Two table as an own goal from Lee Nicholls (although Aidy Boothroyd felt his goalkeeper was impeded) and strikes from Cureton and Gosling secured the three points for Exeter.
Town matched their hosts for chances but saw efforts from Akinfenwa and Platt cleared off the line.
Unusually, Boothroyd's men struggled against set-pieces and the manager admitted afterwards: "That is very unlike us."
Opposite number Paul Tisdale was pleased with the way his side 'played deep and won' and also their defensive strength.
"Northampton came very close to scoring and they put a lot of pressure on us."
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September 12th, 2012 Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) While it failed to stop mental decline in Alzheimer's patients, a new experimental drug signaled a potential benefit that if given earlier, appears to stabilize brain plaque. According to researchers, some patients on the drug had more stable levels of brain plaque and less evidence of nerve damage as compared to patients on a placebo. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - Called bapineuzumab (bap-ih-NOOZ-uh-mab), produced by Pfizer Inc. and Johnson & Johnson. The test results suggest it might work if given sooner, before too much damage and memory loss have occurred."We're very disappointed that we were not able to come up with a treatment to provide to our dementia patients in the near term," Dr. Reisa Sperling, director of the Alzheimer's center at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston said. Brain imaging coupled with spinal fluid tests are "very encouraging" and suggest the drug was "doing something to the biology of the disease." The drug will now go forward in people with mild mental impairment -- or those who show plaque on brain imaging but have not yet developed symptoms of dementia. People with mild cognitive impairment, about 15 to 20 percent a year will develop Alzheimer's disease. Thirty-five million people worldwide are estimated to have dementia, and Alzheimer's is the most common manifestation. About 5 million in the U.S. have Alzheimer's. Current medicines such as Aricept and Namenda just temporarily ease symptoms. There is no known cure. Previous studies of the drug study have proved to be disappointing, including results reported earlier on bapineuzumab. The drug failed to slow mental decline or improve activities of daily living for patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's in studies in both the United States and Canada. Bapineuzumab is designed to attach and help clear amyloid, the material that makes up the sticky plaque that clogs patients' brains, harming nerve cells and impairing memory and thought. Doctors are still unaware if amyloid is a cause or just a symptom of Alzheimer's, but many companies are testing drugs to try to remove it. Sperling's study involved test subjects with a gene that raises the risk of developing the disease. Dr. Stephen Salloway, a neurologist at Brown Medical School in Providence, R.I., led the other study of people without the gene. Both researchers have consulted for the companies that make the drug and presented results Tuesday at a neurology conference in Stockholm. Brain imaging on a subset of patients in Sperling's study found 9 percent less amyloid in those on bapineuzumab compared to those on a dummy treatment. The drug group had stable levels while the others developed more plaque. . Article brought to you by: Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) |


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Steve-Hostirian received an Honorable Mention for the Most Valuable Member of the Month (February 2010) by the web hosting forum, Hosting Discussion. This marks the second time Steve has been honored with this Award since last March. Steve has won their Most Valuable Member of the Month award seven times during that span.
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Wow! I am so sorry that ice cream would not ship well!! It looks fabulous, as does everything else. Salvador was never on my radar, but it sure is now.
Criss crossing the city from top to bottom, we stopped at local restaurants and sampled everything Bahia had to offer.
From 5 star meals at Villa Bahia, to a stop at the oldest and most delicious ice cream parlor, to Casa Teresa where they specialize in amazing local cuisine, I ate my way though the entire city and indulged in everything it had to offer.
The first meal at Villa Bahia was spectacular. A five course meal that consisted of Tapioca Cubes stuffed with Brazilian Cheese, Tomato Concasse with soft crab in a coconut ginger sauce, Amazonian Fish crusted with Manioc Flour, oxtail ragout with a watercress pesto and Brazilian nut cakes to finish it off! Everything was so delightful that I basically begged and pleaded all my travel companions to go back with me the following day. It didn't take much to convince everyone because less than 16 hours later, we were back and ready for another meal! Going a tad more traditional we opted for octopus carpaccio, sea bass ceviche and the most epic fish stew I've ever had in my life (recipe coming in a few days – you guys are going to freak out!)
I was acutely aware that one of our days in Salvador would be a day of eating so to prepare for such an occasion, I skipped breakfast! {it was the sensible thing to do} We started our day and quickly wound up at the other ice cream parlor on the bay. After sampling basically every flavor they had to offer, I opted for a double scoop (obviously) of green coconut and guava. Hands down this was the best ice cream cone I've ever had in my entire life. The ice cream was more of a sorbet and the flavors were the perfect match. I've already inquired as to how I can get gallons shipped to Los Angeles on a regular basis and apparently ice cream doesn't ship well internationally. Such a shame
Our last meal in Bahia was at Casa Tereza! The restaurant itself is beautiful, and the food felt like Tereza had opened up her home kitchen and invited us over for family dinner! Casa Tereza, situated in the bohemian part of Salvador, wowed up with it's local cuisine and flavor. The meal culminated with a whole roasted fish that was truly a sight to be seen!
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I still dream about all the amazing food we tried in Bahia and I'm counting the days until I get to go back and experience even more!
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Wow! I am so sorry that ice cream would not ship well!! It looks fabulous, as does everything else. Salvador was never on my radar, but it sure is now.
ahhh! I love your travel photos! The food styling is so great on everything, too!
It was awesome to read about Salvador. I was in Brazil last summer. I had an amazing experience in the Pelourinho. Acarajé, abará, and Dada's moqueca were some of the highlights.
I enjoyed the pics, too. What type of camera do you use? I need to step up my food photography.


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The administration has swung into full on election mode. The talking points today revolve around the "Buffett Rule". This tax rule would tax the wealthiest Americans at 30% on the income over $1.0 million. I don't see though where the rule takes into account rates on dividend income, capital gains, and charitable deductions. These are all part of policy designed to encourage saving, capital formation, and social good. The CNBC video below discusses how Warren Buffett has minimized taxes throughout his career. He is also currently involved in a tax dispute with the IRS over millions of dollars in back taxes owed by one of his companies. He should pay his own taxes before lecturing the rest of us.
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A lot. $17.6 Billion to be exact according to the recent survey conducted earlier this month by the National Retail Foundation on Valentine's Day. Or, for all intended purposes of this article, V-Day.
It's V-Day again, and no doubt every media channel, radio spot, and even your inbox hasn't failed to remind you. This holiday, gift card sales are expected to reach $1.1 billion (second only to Christmas), jewelry sales are expected to hit $4.1 billion, and $3.5 billion will be spent on a special evening out. While many people all over the world bask in tears of joy, so too will Hallmark, Kay Jewelers, and 1-800 Flowers.
It's safe to say that the business of love is the business to be in this quarter.
To say that Valentine's Day is a well-played marketing scheme would offend all the lovers and romantics out there who are punch-love drunk today, so I won't do that. Instead I'll just call it a great case study of good ole classic advertising, a much more dirtier word than marketing.
You must admit even if you are the most romantic at heart that there's some truth to the phrase "Hallmark Holiday" when it comes to V-Day. I mean check out Heineken's brilliantly placed "engagement ring" ad, although I'm not sure what engagement has to with beer.
You must admit even if you are the most romantic at heart that there's some truth to the phrase "Hallmark Holiday" when it comes to V-Day. I mean check out Heineken's brilliantly placed "engagement ring" ad, although I'm not sure what engagement has to with beer.
Or Hallmark's tear-jerker last year:
Now, before you go on chastising me as an anti-V-Day skeptic, I'm not one. I am a romantic at heart and I love Valentine's Day . . .no truly I do, well . . . kind of . . . actually scratch that. To be honest, I like V-Day only when I'm getting something because I like getting gifts, especially gifts that sparkle. And getting something that sparkles is more likely to happen on Valentine's Day, otherwise I become slightly sick at the thought of it because its loaded with expectation. Every Valentine's Day that I've experienced with someone looks like an episode from this week's Up All Night. When it wasn't stressful, "What says I like you in the I-like-where-this-is-going-way and not the I-want-to-tie-you-down-and-have-your-babies-way? Or awkward, "Oh you got me something sweet that says love on it and all I got you was a card because I'm really not sure where our relationship is. Weird." It was puzzling, "Really, a life size teddy bear . . .Thanks babe."
But I do believe in clever marketing, and the marketing of love is right up there with the bottled water industry. Ridiculously smart. So smart that I wish it was my idea. Love doesn't stop at your special someone. Love is for your friends, your family, your children, your son or daughter's 3rd grade playmates, your favorite teacher, even you pet. The segments are endless. Pretty soon, we'll be getting Valentine's for ourselves.
But back to the love.
To give Valentine's Day a fair chance of losing the Hallmark Holiday stigma, I decided to do a little market research to see how people really felt about it. A week before Valentine's Day I sampled 48 people with 29 female participants and 18 male. I asked questions such as how they felt about the holiday, if they thought it was a geared solely for women, and if they felt pressure to participate.
Based on a fairly even split of feedback from single, married, and those in a relationship:
- 46% didn't care about the holiday and 43% do think it's a hallmark holiday but don't mind it
- An overwhelming 80% felt "neutral" about the holiday (verses excited or hated it)
- 42% felt that it is geared toward women but enjoyed by both with 40% saying it was a holiday solely for women
- The average dollar range spent will be spent $10-50
But the most interesting thing was that:
A large majority felt like Valentine's Day put a large amount of pressure on their relationship.I expected to hear this answer from my male participants, but I also heard the same from female participants, too. I can relate (see my previous stated experiences). And we can thank the marketers for perpetuating the machine of commercialization that suggests that chocolate, flowers, jewelry and lavish gifts are the way to make someone feel special and that if you're not giving, then you're not loving.
If you're celebrating with your sweetheart today or just spending some quality time with you, yourself, and Irene Happy V-Day folks. And just remember, all anyone wants is to feel like they are loved, respected, and appreciated. Saying I love you doesn't cost a dime. But then again, what's love got to do with it
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Rick\'n\'Chris Brodie - 15/05/2011
Lovely track of music and the dance flows well to it. Some have trouble keeping up with the fast bit in the middle but on the whole liked by the majoity of our classes. Well done Rachael.
Karen Hadley - 22/04/2011
Taught this dance this week and everyone loved it. Even though it's quite fast in places this didn't seem to cause any problems and was soon mastered, and absolutely gorgeous music that just makes you want to dance.
Lesley Michel - 20/04/2011
This dance was loved by all the women in the class - but the men struggled with it. Most commented that the basic waltz step section were awkward for them as it leads with the right foot and men are used to leading with the left when dancing a waltz.
Georgina Andrew - 24/03/2011
What a great dance, taught this to my class on Tuesday, everyone liked the dance, & loved the music. Hope it goes high in the charts, It deserves to.
David Lean - 17/03/2011
Saw Rachel teaching this at Minehead as well, was also filming it (with Rachels knowledge) for my youtube channel 'TheTramdriver' as well
Hilary Birks - 15/03/2011
Lovely music. The dance just flows. All my class liked it.
Val Whittington - 12/03/2011
If you like waltzes this is a great one.A little on the fast side at first but soon mastered another great dance from Rachael.
Lesley Michel - 07/03/2011
Absolutely gorgeous!!! Extremely well choreographed waltz to beautiful music! Was a hit at the Minehead weekend - well done Rachael - we love it!!


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March proclaimed National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month in Ascension Parish
POSTED: Friday, March 1, 2013 - 6:00am
UPDATED: Friday, March 1, 2013 - 6:04am
ASCENSION PARISH, LA — Ascension Parish President Tommy Martinez proclaimed March 2013 as "National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month" in Ascension Parish.
President Martinez made the proclamation during the Febrary 18 parish council meeting and presented the document to Cheryl Rice, supported employment coordinator with Community Opportunities the ARC of East Ascension.
Rice announced several upcoming events the ARC of East Ascension would be holding during March.
"March is our signature month with National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month and we try our best to make sure our community is aware of what we do and that our community is aware of what services we offer and how to make contact for those services," Rice said.
Rice said along with their yearly event "March Awareness Family Fun Day 2013" to be held on March 23, the ARC of East Ascension has also added two other events during March.
On March 1, the "National Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month" kick-off event will be held at 1212 Purpera Road, Gonzales at the ARC of East Ascension's Center Based Respite grounds from 11:30 a.m. till 1:30 p.m.
Rice said a hot air balloon will lift off at that location to signify the start of the month's festivities.
On March 21 the ARC of East Ascension will hold their 2nd Annual Community Job/Education Fair from 9 a.m. till noon at the Gonzales Civic Center, 219 S. Irma Blvd. in Gonzales. Rice said the fair will be free to the public and will include education and business vendors.
"We're hoping to have 35 to 40 organizations and businesses participating this year," Rice said.
The March events will culminate with "March Awareness Family Fun Day 2013" on March 23 at the Knights of Columbus Hall at 230 S. Irma Blvd. Gonzales, Rice said. The event will be from 10 a.m. till 3 p.m. and include food, games, music, entertainment, awareness and fun.


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"Water XI"
Clifford Ross aims to provide moments of emotional delight while capturing the excitement of nature on film. He writes that "life is momentarily heightened beyond normal experience and permanently altered as a result" and this forms his goal in creating art through what he sees. The black and white works of Ross are often about water in all its emotion, either calm or raging. It is interesting to note that instead of explaining his methodology in words, Ross prefers instead to show what it is he does, by way of photograph, of course.
Artist: Clifford Ross
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A new Dr Who themed coffee shop has been opend on Lowestoft High street by Jim Poole. Jim Poole, Beatrix Poole, Nikoya Sutton and Henry Baker.
Anthony Carroll
Thursday, January 9, 2014
Fans of Doctor Who can meet one of the programme's most popular characters at a shop in Lowestoft dedicated to the long running BBC science fiction show.
Sophie Aldred, who played the Doctor's companion Ace, will be materialising at the Dawn of Time coffee and comic shop in the High Street from noon on Saturday.
Ace was companion to the seventh Doctor, who was played by Sylvester McCoy, and she proved a match for daleks and cybermen with her baseball bat and homemade explosives.
Sophie has also starred in Corners, Melvin and Maureen's Music-a-grams and Words and Pictures.
Also appearing at Saturday's signing session will be Andrew Cartmel, who was a script editor on Doctor Who during Sylvester McCoy's time. He has also written several Doctor who novels.
The signing session is the first of as series of regular of Doctor Who-themed events lined up at Dawn of Time with Davros actor Terry Molloy due to appear on Saturday, February 8.
The shop opened in November.
Its owner is Jim Poole, whose daughter Bea also works there and dresses up as Ace in the shop.
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AA, that is correct. Everyone knows it's supposed to be "Dcotor HOW".
Friday, January 10, 2014
Doctor in the title, is spelt incorrectly x
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Train Man/Densha Otoko Comparison
Posted in Manga Reviews on December 24, 2006 by Johannapublished by Del Rey Manga
published by DC/CMX Manga
published by Viz
The Train Man story is a modern romantic fairy tale. ("Densha otoko" means, unsurprisingly, "train man".) It has captured the imagination of readers to the extent of inspiring multiple manga versions, as well as a novel, a movie, and a TV show.
The story is simple: A geek on a train aids a girl being hassled by a drunk. He likes her, so he asks for help impressing her on a message board. Thanks to the advice, the two get together. It's a classic structure, updated through the use of the internet for help instead of, say, a newspaper column.
Since it's a single volume, I'll start with Del Rey Manga's edition. It's by Machiko Ocha (original story by Hitori Nakano), adapted by Makoto Yukon, and subtitled "A Shojo Manga" to help distinguish its approach.
It opens with an introduction to both the fanboy and the message board. He's drawn cutely, with big eyes and too-long hair, and his love of anime fills the void caused by his lack of experience with women. In this version, given the single-volume length, things happen relatively quickly, with fast introductions and setups.
He also meets his love interest before the key event when he falls asleep on her shoulder by accident and apologizes. That's when he notices her beauty, plus he's impressed by her love of reading. This gives her a little bit of personality to make her a character instead of a plot device, and it makes his motivation for trying to protect her a little more plausible, given his shyness.
After the event, she asks for his name and address in order to formally thank him. He's so nonplussed by the whole thing that he posts the incident to the message board as soon as he gets home. She sends him a set of expensive Hermes teacups, and the boarders (drawn as random heads) encourage him to take the next step and call her.
Things progress from there, with a lunch date necessitating a makeover for him. He supposedly gets a good haircut, but I didn't notice much difference, although the new outfit was an improvement. It's kind of a hoot seeing a guy go through a typical primping sequence. His naivete and their awkwardness together on their first date are balanced by their ability to talk to each other. Although he keeps commenting on her beauty, she's drawn as relatively normal for this genre.
As expected with a story that takes place so prominently online, there's lots of captioned text for the messages. It's something of a challenge visually to keep so much text interesting, but the artist manages it well, mainly through expressive head shots. (Also included are ASCII art images that were apparently part of the conversation; that's a flashback!) I also enjoyed hearing Train Man's internal monologue about his insecurities.
As events unfold, both he and the reader are learning basics about dating etiquette and how men and women communicate. That leads to him and the girl becoming friends first, necessitated also by the fact that she has a long-time boyfriend, although he mostly ignores her. The online commenters keep cheering Train Man on, and as he overcomes each new challenge, he's gaining faith in himself, finding his own style and demonstrating more confidence at work. I found myself wondering how this would all end and thinking even if they don't work out, the changes in him made it all worthwhile. There's even kind of a graduation ceremony for him online to commemorate the change.
As is typical of Del Rey's manga, there's a short section of translation notes at the end that were particularly helpful with this story, plus an essay on the Train Man phenomenon in a broader cultural context. I can already tell that the other two series are going to have a hard time impressing me more than this single volume with its classic romantic approach.
The CMX version is three books by Wataru Watanabe, adaptation by Sheldon Drzka, of which only one has come out so far. Typical of current CMX books, it's thinner than the others, due to the lighter weight paper. According to the classifications on the back cover, this version is positioned as a teen comedy, and the caricatured illustrations and scratchy style fit that approach.
We first meet Train Man doing a pratfall in Akihabara (translation: Geeksville) while trying to help a girl. He's exaggeratedly shy, to the point of panic attacks, and subject to getting knocked around by people who don't notice him. The girl in this version is doll-like. When we first see her, she's unspeaking, and she looks about eight years old (but with breasts).
Given this take, it didn't surprise me when his standing up to the drunk was drawn with speed lines and outbursts galore. Even with the artist's attempts to insert drama, this version seems a lot more shallow. The online comments are boring, simple text boxes layered over each other, although more of the commenters are fleshed out as supporting characters. Between the over-the-top exaggeration and the lack of meaningful emotion, I wanted to give up halfway through. This volume ends with them meeting to begin their first date.
The Viz version has two of three volumes released so far. The manga is by Hidenori Hara with adaptation by Mark Giambruno. It also takes a comedic approach, but it's not as over-the-top, and the characters are more distinctively designed. (They're less generic-looking than in either of the others.)
This edition opens with the train incident, throwing the reader directly into the event that starts everything. It's more dramatic, but we lose the knowledge of how difficult this was for Train Man or how he feels or struggles internally. We're no longer riding along with him; instead, we're mere observers, put into the place of one of the message boarders. We also lose the explanation for the particular kinds of people (singles who've given up hope) who populate the message board, which removes another of the items that suggest just how much of a stretch this is for him.
The character designs and shading remind me of old Mad magazines for some reason. That's not the only major difference: In this version, Train Man stands up to the drunk before his crush is even involved. In other stories, the drunk hits her (by accident or not), which finally drives him to action. Here, the drunk hits her after Train Man ducks under his swing, after he's already stood up to him. If I wasn't already familiar with this story, I'd find that less powerful and significant for the couple.
This version has more comedy (without descending into the younger-aimed slapstick of the CMX series), and the commenters seem like more of a team backing up Train Man, due to the way their posts are treated as almost real-time. I found the makeover most believable here, given the unique art style and the real effort to distinguish before and after. I did find the layout a little confusing at times, with small elements (like who pays what) seeming to contradict, but I suspect that this version is closest to the movie (which will be released on DVD here by Viz also). It ends on a cliffhanger, with the message boarders wondering why they haven't yet heard about Train Man's second date.
I don't think anyone needs to read all of these — cute and charming as the story is, it does quickly become redundant — and of the three, I'd recommend the Del Rey. Not only does it play up the romance, it also is the best value, balancing all the elements well in one book. If I'd been able to read the entire Viz series first, though, that might have been my pick. (Complimentary copies for this review were provided by some of the publishers.)
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- Justin
12/24/2006 at 12:03 PMDefinitely … definitely Train Man.
- Ed Sizemore
12/24/2006 at 5:31 PMJohanna, I love this story. Personal transformation stories always resonant deeply with me. Also this story offers a lot of hope to people in a fragmented post-industrial society. On one level, you have the shy guy finding the courage to chase after the girl he likes. This universal theme is told in a new modern guise. Its nice to be reminded we do have the power to change, if we have the courage to become someone new. On a second level, you have a group of divergent people who band together to form a community around helping this guy. This resonates with a lot of people because it reminds us that community is still possible. Community may not have its traditional shape and features, but we can still form true networks of support even in the internet age. Finally, you have the message that all people, even weirdest of the weird, are the same at heart and have the same desires of wanting to love and be loved. In an increasing fragmented society of divergent subcultures this message needs to be reiterated. When it seems like you have nothing in common with the person next to you, you need to be reminded that your human nature is the same regardless of all other differences. This idea gets lost in a lot of political and social discussion recently. In the end, Train Man is a great feel good story.
[…] Johanna has been busy lately. At Comics Worth Reading, she compares the three versions of Train Man and reviews vol. 1 of Emma, vols. 1 and 2 of Mushashi #9, vol. 1 of Penguin Revolution, vol. 8 of Gals!, vol. 1 of ES (Eternal Sabbath), and the trade paperback edition of the manga-fied Sabrina the Teenage Witch. […]
- James Schee
12/25/2006 at 12:11 PMI'm actually debating with myself on whether to keep getting the Viz ones or not, since I now know how the story goes with the Del Rey one.
I liked the Viz one a little better than the DR one because it showed more details about the dates themselves rather than just descriptions to the MB afterwards.
It is a cute story, except in the CMX one which was lame, and I do want to try the movie when it comes out.
- Ed Sizemore
12/25/2006 at 3:22 PMJames, I saw the movie at Otakon and I think it was great. I will be buying the DVD when it comes out.
- Amy Kim Ganter
12/27/2006 at 6:02 AMI'm so glad you reviewed all three versions! I was introduced to the Viz one, and fell in love with the drawings, pacing, and comedic timing (it reminds me of Lupin), not to mention the wonderful story. Since I've gotten it, it's been passed around to all of my friends who come back to me gasping for the next volume! I didn't know the Del Rey version was only one book. I'll have to pick it up after the third Viz version comes out as I don't want to spoil the story. I'd be curious to see the story unfold with more clear character motivation.
Hee. There's actually a FOURTH Densha Otoko manga that hasn't been brought over yet. It's by Douka Daisuke. A few chapters have been released in scanlation form, and it's pretty decent.
I was introduced to Densha through the TV series, which my school's anime club has been showing. The TV Densha is short and capital-N-Nerdy and cute in a puppy kinda way. And the TV show puts a lot of effort into building up the people on the BBS as characters, with their own personalities and obsessions and problems.
As geeks, we all fell in love with it. On the one hand, some of these characters are SO geeky that it sort of makes us look good by comparison, so it's reassuring that way. On the other hand, extreme though he sometimes be… Densha's one of ours. He's FAMILY. We do see ourselves in his obsessions and his awkwardness and his shelves full of stuff. We recognize him as kin. So we are right in there, part of the community, cheering him on and groaning at the setbacks and shouting advice and telling that miltary fanboy in the fatigues to shut up about fashion advice and roaring with delight when the ASCII artist makes an appearance.
When I read Del Rey's shoujo version, I was personally kind of disappointed. Densha wasn't as much of a geek any more. And the other geeks online seemed to have a drastically reduced presence. I missed that feeling of an online community, all the people with their personas and catch phrases and attitudes.
The Douka manga version gave me more of what I wanted. We are introduced to the thread as it was, a place for men to bitch and moan about involuntary celibacy and indulge in a little schadenfreude when somebody has a particularly bad experience. We see Densha sloppily dressed and talking to his bishoujo figurine. We see the other characters reading Densha's posts, experience it with them, see more characters get added as the thread changes focus, gains popularity and momentum. And I would say the art is the best of the four.
I'm really hoping this version makes it over the Pacific eventually, but failing that, it looks like the Viz version might appeal to me most of the three currently available. Thanks!
Whups, sorry, should have been DOUKE Daisuke. ^_^;
You can download the first four chapters of the scanlation here (note, being an amateur job, the translation's occasionally a little awkward). Unfortunately, four is all they have so far, and it's been a while since the last update. I do realize that a North American license is unlikely, sadly. I may try to track this one down in its original Japanese and muddle through.
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07/20/2009 at 11:11 AMtks for the effort you put in here I appreciate it!
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MAKE senior editor Phillip Torrone posted about this drill attachment on the blog, and I couldn't resist checking it out. It doesn't seem to work any better than some dedicated hand scraping, but it's faster and easier on the wrist.
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Total Entire Building: 2,482Total Living Per Unit: 1,241Main Level: 737Second Level: 504Bedrooms: 3Baths: 2Garages: 1Width: 29 ft Depth: 46 ftFoundation: Basement, Crawlspace, Slab
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Plan: HHF-2774"Designed for living", is the main theme for all Mascord Collection homes. These designs are known throughout the industry as being simple and cost-effective to build, while offering the features and amenities most desired by homebuyers. Using the latest in computer-aided design and drafting, Mascord computer-generated plans are clearer, easier to read and far more accurate than traditional blueprints. While clearly beautiful to look at, Mascord homes have a floor plan that really works for day-to-day living. Open spaces and clean lines keep traffic flowing smoothly throughout the home. Entries to the home are inviting, and kitchen areas are functional. You will appreciate how the windows and lighting are used to create a comfortable and warm atmosphere, yet still maintain privacy and security.
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Three unemployed truck drivers eagerly read the classified ad – "WANTED skilled truck driver to drive a truck filled with TNT through narrow mountain roads."
The president of the trucking company interviewed all three men. To each, the same question was asked. "When driving a load of TNT how close can you get to the edge of the road without falling off the cliff?"
The first man boasted of his great skills. "I can get the rear wheels of the truck 12 inches from the edge. Never fell off yet."
The second driver was even more skilled. "I can get one wheel half-way over the edge and not veer off the pavement."
The third driver humbly replied, "TNT is a dangerous load. I'd stay as far from the edge I can."
Guess who got the job.
How Far is Too Far?
Kissing, heavy French kissing, petting over the clothes, petting under the clothes, laying together, sexual intercourse. An automatic transmission shifts gears between one step of sex to the next.
So, talk to your child and ask them how close to the edge they are willing to drive. See which driver they identify with the most. Point out how the first and second truck drivers' pride in their ability to not fall off the edge, is dangerous in intimacy. Kids who think they could stop before things go too far, often find out they can't.
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On February 2, 2011 the AFRI Water and Watershed and Agricultural Water Science awardees met jointly to present their project progress, discuss new topics, and share new ideas. The all-day meeting consisted of two sessions of oral presentations and poster sessions. The meeting served as a forum for project directors to communicate with each other, share information, resources, and initiate the development of new collaborations.
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Intuitive readers! As promised I am writing to share with you some spooky reader dreams. The first comes from the charming Yelin Bilgin of Istanbul, who started reading The Possessed during a recent heat wave and fell asleep during "Babel in California":
i had a dream and i was donating a dream for a dream researcher. i was speaking english and i felt like one of the people in your book, as though they were not real people but your characters. i hope i could explain it well then 5 minutes ago i woke up with a strange feeling, covered in sweat. the strange thing is that i was donating the dream that i was having while asleep in real life. so it feels like the donation part was not a dream!!!
Guess what? The donation part wasn't a dream, because she really did donate the dream – to me! And now I'm sharing it with you! Whaa!
Did any terrifying visitations ever come to you while you were dozing over my work? Hit me up!
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(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
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Single by Otis Redding | ||||
from the album The Dock of the Bay | ||||
B-side | "Sweet Lorene" (Volt issue) "Keep Your Arms Around Me" (Atco reissue) |
Released | January 8, 1968 | |||
Format | Vinyl record | |||
Recorded | November 22 and December 7, 1967, Stax Studios, Memphis, Tennessee[1] | |||
Genre | Rhythm and blues, soul | |||
Length | 2:38 | |||
Label | Volt/Atco V-157 |
Writer(s) | Steve Cropper Otis Redding |
Producer(s) | Steve Cropper | |||
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B-side | "I've Done Everything for You" |
Released | 1979 |
Format | 7" single |
Recorded | May 1979 |
Genre | Rock |
Length | 3:03 |
Label | Capitol |
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"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" is a song co-written by soul singer Otis Redding and guitarist Steve Cropper. It was recorded by Redding twice in 1967—once just days before his death in a December 10, 1967, plane crash. It was released after his death on Stax Records' Volt label in 1968,[2] becoming the first posthumous single to top the charts in the US.[3] It charted at number 3 on the UK Singles Chart.
Redding started writing the lyrics to the song in August 1967, while sitting on a rented houseboat in Sausalito, California. He completed the song with the help of Stax producer and Booker T and the M.G.'s guitarist Steve Cropper. The song features mimicked seagull whistles and sounds of the waves crashing on the shore.
While on tour with the Bar-Kays in August 1967, Redding wrote the first verse of the song, under the abbreviated title "Dock of the Bay," on a houseboat at Waldo Point in Sausalito, California.[1] He had completed his famed performance at the Monterey Pop Festival just months earlier, in June 1967. While touring in support of the albums King & Queen (collaborations with female vocalist Carla Thomas) and his live set Live in Europe, he continued to scribble lines of the song on napkins and hotel paper. In November of that year he joined producer and guitarist Steve Cropper at the Stax recording studio in Memphis, Tennessee.
In a 1990 interview on NPR's Fresh Air, Cropper explained the origins of the song:
Otis was the kind of guy who had 100 ideas. When in San Francisco staying on a houseboat and playing The Fillmore, and he was staying at a boathouse, which is where he got the idea of the ship coming in. That's about all he had: "I watch the ships come in and I watch them roll away again." I took that and finished the lyrics. If you listen to the songs I wrote with Otis, most of the lyrics are about him. He didn't usually write about himself, but I did. "Mr. Pitiful," "Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa (Sad Song)"; they were about Otis' life. "Dock of the Bay" was exactly that: "I left my home in Georgia, headed for the Frisco Bay" was all about him going out to San Francisco to perform.[4]
Together, they completed the music and melancholy lyrics of "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay." From those sessions emerged Redding's final recordings, including "Dock of the Bay," which was recorded on November 22, with additional overdubs on December 8.[1] Redding's restrained yet emotive delivery is backed by Cropper's memorably succinct guitar playing.[5] The song is somewhat different in style from most of Redding's other recordings.[1] While discussing his latest song with his wife, Redding stated that he wanted to "be a little different" with "The Dock of the Bay" and "change his style".[1] There were concerns that "The Dock of the Bay" had too much of a pop feel for an Otis Redding record, and contracting Stax gospel act The Staples Singers to record backing vocals was discussed, but never carried out.[1] The song features a machine sounding like the ocean waves, coming and going, as well as a familiar whistling tune heard before the song's fade, performed after Redding's death by his bandleader Sam "Bluzman" Taylor.[6][7][8] The original whistle was actually a mistake. During the recording session, Redding bumped the music stand, and the song lyrics fell to the floor. Because studio time was running out, Redding improvised, and it worked. The iconic whistle was then re-recorded for final version for release after Redding's death.[9]
Redding continued to tour after the recording sessions, and on December 10 his charter plane crashed into Lake Monona, outside Madison, Wisconsin. Redding and six others were killed. Redding's body was recovered from the lake the day after the crash.[10]
Cover versions[edit]
"The Dock of the Bay" has been immensely popular, even after its stay at the top of the charts. The song has come to represent the decade of its creation, and it has been covered by many artists, from his peers like Glen Campbell, Cher, Bob Dylan, Percy Sledge, Dee Clark, and Sam & Dave to artists of various genres, including Jimmy Velvit (whose cover version was included on his 2001 Grammy nominated album Sun Sea & Sand), Widespread Panic (opened New Year's Eve 2005 concert), Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson, Kenny Rankin, Dennis Brown, Michel Pagliaro, Jacob Miller, Michael Bolton (whose version of the song reached #11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1988), Pearl Jam, The Format, T. Rex (as a b-side of "Dreamy Lady" on March 11, 1975), Brent Smith of Shinedown (during an acoustic set in 2008) and Smith and Zach Myers (in a 2014 EP), Justin Nozuka (2007) and Sara Bareilles (2008). Playing for Change recorded a version featuring Grandpa Elliott, Roger Ridley, and other performers.
Sammy Hagar released a version of the song as a non-album single in 1979. His version features the song's co-writer Steve Cropper on guitar and members of the band Boston Brad Delp, Sib Hashian, and Barry Goudreau on backup vocals.[11] Producer Carter had the track recorded in May 1979 with Cropper, bassist Leland Sklar, and drummer Alvin Taylor. Later, he added Sammy's vocals with background harmonies by the three then-members of Boston, with whom Hagar had just toured.[12] Although the single was a modest hit for Hagar, he considered it a symptom of his producer Carter's efforts to manufacture a pop Top 40 hit despite Hagar's heavy metal inclinations.[11] Hagar and Cropper's work on the song was rated the 37th worst guitar solo in history by Pitchfork Media in 1998.[13] The song was not released on an album until 1992 when it appeared on The Best of Sammy Hagar. The b-side of Hagar's single was the first release of his studio version of "I've Done Everything for You".
In 2012, Hastings-based singer Davey Johnson, and Welsh star Noel Sullivan, former member of the group Hear'say both performed the song for their audition pieces on BBC 1's The Voice in 2012; neither made it to the Blind auditions. But this was not the case for the UK band The Mend, as the Manchester-based band (also in 2012) performed the song as their audition piece for the ITV Hit show Britain's Got Talent. They received a standing ovation for their performance and progressed to the next stage of the contest.[14]
Garth Brooks for the 2013 Blue-Eyed Soul album in the Blame It All on My Roots: Five Decades of Influences compilation.
Justin Timberlake covered the song for In Performance at The White House, in front of President Barack Obama.
Recently the song was covered by Chris Jamison on NBC's The Voice.
Redding's body of work at the time of his death was immense, including a backlog of archived recordings as well as those done in November and December 1967 just before his death. In mid-1968, Stax Records severed its distribution contract with Atlantic Records, who retained the label's back catalog and the rights to the unreleased Otis Redding masters.[15] Through its Atco subsidiary (Atco had distributed Otis Redding's releases from Stax's Volt label), Atlantic issued three more albums of new Redding material, one live album, and eight 45 RPM singles between 1968 and 1970.[15] Co-owned Reprise Records issued a live album with Redding and Jimi Hendrix at the Monterey Pop Festival. Both studio albums and anthologies sold well in America and abroad. Redding was especially successful in the United Kingdom, where The Dock of the Bay went to number one, becoming the first posthumous album to reach the top spot there.[16] and the following album, a greatest hits LP entitled History of Otis Redding, reached number one on the R&B charts and number nine on Billboard 200.[17]
In 1999, BMI named the song as the sixth-most performed song of the 20th century, with about six million performances.[18] Rolling Stone ranked Redding's album, The Dock of the Bay number 161 on its 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, the third of five Redding albums that made the list. "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" was ranked 28th on Rolling Stone′s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time, the second highest of four Redding songs on the list, after "Respect".[19]
Jim Morrison references "Dock of the Bay" in The Doors' song "Runnin' Blue" written by Robby Krieger from their 1969 album The Soft Parade. Morrison sings an a capella intro for the song, singing directly about Otis Redding. "Poor Otis dead and gone, left me here to sing his song, pretty little girl with a red dress on, poor Otis dead and gone." And during the verse, the lyrics "Got to find a dock and a bay" appear more than once; as well as several other references to Redding's song.
Many who first heard the final version had doubts about the song, the sound, and the direction. Among the skeptics were Phil Walden and Jim Stewart. Redding accepted some of the criticisms and fined tuned the song. He reversed the opening, which was Redding's whistling part and put it at the end as suggested. A few months before composition of Redding's most famous hit, British music magazine, "Melody Maker" named Otis Redding as the world's #1 vocalist. He dethroned Elvis Presley who had reigned for the previous ten years. "The Dock of the Bay" was released early in 1968 and topped the charts in the US and UK. Billboard ranked the record as the No. 4 song for 1968.[20]
On December 10, 1987, about 4,000 people gathered in Macon, Georgia, for a memorial service 20 years after Redding's death.
Geoff Brown said: "Dock of the Bay" is redolent of a period and a culture. But more than that, its mood of contemplation, its atmosphere of quiet yearning mixed with a generation-hopping favorite.
Universal success[edit]
"(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay" was released in January 1968 amid the fall-out of Redding's death. R&B stations readily added the song to their playlists, which had been saturated with Redding's previous hits. The song shot to number one on the R&B charts in early 1968 and, from March, topped the pop charts for four weeks.[21] The album, which shared the song's title, was released and became his largest selling to date, peaking at number four on the Pop Albums chart.[17] "Dock of the Bay" went on to gain success in countries across the world, and brought Redding the greatest success of his career, selling more than four million copies worldwide and receiving more than eight million airplays.[22][23] The song went on to win two Grammy Awards: Best R&B Song and Best Male R&B Vocal Performance.[24]
Chart history[edit]
- Original version
Chart (1968) | Peak Position |
US Billboard Hot 100 | 1[17] |
Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles | 1[17] |
UK Singles Chart | 3[25] |
- Cover versions
In addition to the original Otis Redding version, several other versions have charted on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. King Curtis' version charted for five weeks from 9 March 1968 and peaked at #84 (during the same month the original was #1). A year later, Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66's version charted for five weeks from 28 June 1969 and peaked at #66. Sammy Hagar's version charted for five weeks from 7 April 1979 and peaked at #65. The Reddings, who included two of Otis Redding's sons, released a version which charted for nine weeks from 12 June 1982 and peaked at #55. Michael Bolton's rendition charted for 17 weeks from 23 January 1988 and peaked at #11 making it the highest charting version other than the original.[26]
- ^ a b c d e f Bowman, Rob (2007). Liner Notes for Dreams to Remember: The Otis Redding Story [DVD]. Beverly Hills, CA: Reelin' in the Years Productions/Concord Music Group.
- ^ Gilliland, John (1969). "Show 51 - The Soul Reformation: Phase three, soul music at the summit. [Part 7] : UNT Digital Library" (audio). Pop Chronicles. Digital.library.unt.edu.
- ^ Rose Lichter-Marck (March 25, 2011). "The undying soul of Otis". The Daily Holdings, Inc. Retrieved May 13, 2011.
- ^ "Dock of the Bay origin/meaning". Archived from the original on 11 June 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-01.
- ^ Richie Unterberger. "Otis Redding – Biography". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
- ^ Bowman 1997, p. 134.
- ^ Sam Taylor obit
- ^ Sam Taylor provided the whistling
- ^ Steve Cropper, co-writer
- ^ Guralnick 1999, p. 394–395.
- ^ a b Hagar, Sammy; Selvin, Joel (2011). Red: My Uncensored Life in Rock. HarperCollins. p. 77. ISBN 0-06-200928-1.
- ^ Liner notes. Sammy Hagar. The Best of Sammy Hagar. Capitol CDP 0777 7 80262 2 8. 1992.(
- ^ Michael Sandlin. "Top 50 Worst Guitar Solos of the Millennium". Reprint of "Top 50 Worst Guitar Solos in Music History". Pitchfork Media. 28 October 1998. Archived January 25, 2006 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay" - The Mend perform live on Britain's Got Talent (UK) (Video). YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cijh19z1geY
- ^ a b Bowman, Rob (1997). Soulsville U.S.A.: The Story of Stax Records. New York: Schirmer Trade. ISBN 0-8256-7284-8. Pg. 138-142
- ^ "1968 Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive 22nd June 1968". London: The Official Charts Company. 2010. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
- ^ a b c d "Otis Redding – Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
- ^ "BMI Announces Top 100 Songs of the Century". at BMI.com. 13 December 1999. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
- ^ "The RS 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". RollingStone.com. Archived from the original on 16 May 2007. Retrieved 2007-06-02.
- ^ Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1968
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 486.
- ^ Otfinoski 2003, p. 194.
- ^ "Honors". Otis Redding Official Website. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
- ^ "1968 Grammy Award Winners". Grammy.com. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
- ^ "Artist Chart History - Otis Redding". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved July 5, 2012.
- ^ Joel Whitburn. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles: 1955-2002. Record Research, 2004.
- Bowman, Rob (1997). Soulsville U.S.A.: The Story of Stax Records. New York, NY: Schirmer Trade. ISBN 978-0-8256-7284-2. OCLC 36824884.
- Guralnick, Peter (1999). Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom. Back Bay Books. ISBN 978-0-316-33273-6. OCLC 41950519.
- Otfinoski, Steven (2003). African Americans in the Performing Arts (A to Z of African Americans). New York, NY: Facts on File. ISBN 978-0-8160-4807-6. OCLC 49558659.
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