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In 81,I was living with my friend Chris on the streets.I came back to New York after bombing out in Cali.I was sure I had what it took to become a successful cartoonist,though.I just didnt have my shit together enough to print books up.I barely had my shit together enough to shoplift food,run street hustles,and find places to crash out in.But I knew I had my finger on something:my punk rock comics were funny.People liked them,and this encouraged me.They were about real things,albiet exxagerated,and I stuck with them.On the side I became a graffiti fanatic,destroying property with huge murals,dumb slogans,and daring (I thought) social commentary-you know,stuff like "Fuck Marines","US Out of my Pants",and "Guys-Eat More Pussy".At this point there was a sense of desperation in the artistic circles I ran in.A sort of nihilistic,end of the world exscuse to misbehave.Reagan was president,and he was bound to kill us all in a nuclear war,we were sure of it.Hippies were unsupportive and dismissive of punks.It was all about the bands though,even though I think the only ones left for me were like,The Dead Boys and S.L.F..I wasnt into hardcore yet,really-it wasnt as "art house" cool as other shit.For this I was routinely stomped by skinheads.My friend Forrest "fire" Macguire took me under his wing,He was in the city scoring dope from Chris,having been beaten out of Hoboken by phone book wielding cops.I was too broke to do Heroin,and was more of a beer and weed guy.Me and Forrest hit it off,and he felt bad for me living in filthy alley ways and building doorways on Rivington Street.He secured me a job in Vermont with a free place to live picking apples.He warned me not to be myself,and that the work was hard and the hours intense.In the early 80s,hippys would work off thier student loan debt picking apples,up there with the Jamaican's and Florida black people the orchard paid to bring up there,since you only had a month or two to harvest.Once there,I met Klaus,a crazy tall wierdo collage artist guy.He had a cabin on the orchard,and introduced me to mail art.He was a fellow punk rocker,only a country one.We blasted Gun Club and Rezillo's and Black Flag,doing crazy art and swapping stories.I also had alot of time to put out a zine,since there was nothing to do in Vermont except get drunk and look at mountains.Klaus also hooked me up with Mike Gunderloy of Factsheet Five,and soon I was mailing out zines all over the place!I also got a gig helping out some hippies with thier weed harvest,so by the time I left,I had like 2000 buck's and a couple pounds of weed.I came back to the city and me and Forrest blew all the bread we made on dope,Walkmen 2's,leather coats from Trash and Vaudeville,and new record albums,but I did manage to save enough to put out 2 issues of Anarcomix,which got good reviews and people liked.I was only 17 then,so it meant alot to me to see my name in a review,or see my shit printed.It still does,really.It makes it all worth it.
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I wonder if it's good to do this for 'software' in general. New versions are always coming out that dramatically change the applications. Sometimes a pro/con might only be specific to a version.
For example we could have a base entry for pidgin the subentries for pidgin releases.
I don't know if this is needed though. Maybe it would be easier to just alter the pros/cons/writeup for the latest version of the software.
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My Life as a Dog
My Life as a Dog | |
Film poster
Directed by | Lasse Hallström |
Produced by | Waldemar Bergendahl |
Written by | Lasse Hallström Reidar Jönsson (novel) Brasse Brännström Per Berglund |
Based on | Mitt liv som hund by Reidar Jönsson |
Starring | Anton Glanzelius Tomas von Brömssen |
Music by | Björn Isfält |
Cinematography | Jörgen Persson |
Edited by | Christer Furubrand Susanne Linnman |
Distributed by | AB Svensk Filmindustri |
Release dates
Running time
101 minutes |
Country | Sweden |
Language | Swedish |
Box office | $8,345,266 (North America)[1] |
My Life as a Dog (Swedish: Mitt liv som hund) is a 1985 Swedish drama film directed by Lasse Hallström. It is based on the second novel of a semi-autobiographical[2] trilogy by Reidar Jönsson. It tells the story of Ingemar, a young boy sent to live with relatives. The cast includes Anton Glanzelius, Melinda Kinnaman and Tomas von Brömssen.
The action takes place in the years 1958-1959 in Sweden.[3] Troubled 12-year-old Ingemar (Anton Glanzelius) gets into all sorts of trouble, which drives his mother (Anki Lidén) crazy; Ingemar does not know that his mother is in fact terminally ill. When he and his older brother become too much for her, they are split up and sent to live with relatives. Ingemar ends up with his maternal uncle Gunnar (von Brömssen) and his wife Ulla (Kicki Rundgren) in a small rural town in Småland. Gunnar and Ingemar bond over Povel Ramel's recording of "Far, jag kan inte få upp min kokosnöt".
In the town he encounters a variety of characters. Saga (Kinnaman), an assertive tomboy his own age, likes him, and shows it by beating him up in a boxing match. Among the more eccentric residents is Fransson (Magnus Rask), a man who continually fixes the roof of his house, and Mr. Arvidsson (Didrik Gustavsson), an old man living downstairs who gets Ingemar to read to him from a lingerie catalog.
Later, Ingemar is reunited with his family, but his mother soon takes a turn for the worse and is hospitalized. He and his brother go to stay with their uncle Sandberg (Leif Ericson) in the city, but his wife thinks the boy is mentally disturbed. After his mother passes away, he is sent back to Småland.
Mr. Arvidsson has died in the interim; Gunnar and Ulla now share the house with a large Greek family. Gunnar welcomes him and consoles him as best he can, but the house is so crowded, he has Ingemar live with Mrs. Arvidsson in another house. Meanwhile, Ingemar becomes the object of contention between Saga and another girl. When they start fighting over him, he grabs onto Saga's leg and starts barking like a dog. She becomes upset by his strange behavior and gets him into the boxing ring. During the bout, out of spite, she tells him that his beloved dog (which he had thought was in a kennel) was actually euthanized. This, along with his mother's death, is too much for him and he locks himself inside Gunnar's one-room "summer house" in the backyard. The time spent here forces Ingemar to reflect on the death of his mother, the loss of his dog and a changing world. Ingemar uses the experiences of others and of his own personal loss to reconcile a life which is sometimes tough.
Throughout the film, Ingemar tells himself over and over that it could have been worse, reciting several examples, such as a man who took a shortcut onto the field during a track meet and was killed by a javelin and the story of the dog Laika several times, the first creature sent into orbit by the Russians (without any way to get her back down).
The film ends with the radio broadcast of a famous heavyweight championship boxing match, between Swede Ingemar Johansson and American Floyd Patterson. When Johansson wins, the whole town erupts with joy, but the now-reconciled Ingemar and Saga are fast asleep together on a couch.
- Anton Glanzelius as Ingemar
- Tomas von Brömssen as Uncle Gunnar
- Anki Lidén as Ingemar's mother
- Melinda Kinnaman as Saga
- Kicki Rundgren as Aunt Ulla
- Lennart Hjulström as The artist
- Ing-Marie Carlsson as Berit
- Leif Ericson as Uncle Sandberg
- Christina Carlwind as Mrs. Sandberg
- Ralph Carlsson as Harry
- Viveca Dahlén as Washing woman
- Arnold Alfredsson as Manne's grandfather
- Fritz Elofsson as Master
- Didrik Gustavsson as Arvidsson, a dying old man befriended by Ingemar
- Jan-Philip Hollström as Manne, the boy with green hair
The movie received mostly positive reviews, with Rotten Tomatoes giving it an average of 7.9/10. 100% of the critics at Rotten Tomatoes have given the film a positive review based on 28 reviews.
The author Kurt Vonnegut said the film to be one of his favourites, alongside Casablanca and All About Eve. [4]
The film was nominated for two Academy Awards: Best Director and Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium. It won the Golden Globe Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1988.
Award | Category | Name | Outcome |
60th Academy Awards | Best Director | Lasse Hallström | Nominated |
Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium | Lasse Hallström, Reidar Jönsson, Brasse Brännström, Per Berglund | Nominated | |
BAFTA Awards | Best Foreign Language Film | Waldemar Bergendahl, Lasse Hallström | Nominated |
Bodil Awards | Best European Film | Lasse Hallström | Won |
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards | Best Foreign Language Film | Won | |
Directors Guild of America | Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | Lasse Hallström | Nominated |
45th Golden Globe Awards | Best Foreign Language Film | Won | |
21st Guldbagge Awards[5] | Best Film | Won | |
Best Actor | Anton Glanzelius | Won | |
Independent Spirit Awards | Best Foreign Film | Lasse Hallström | Won |
Lucas - International Festival of Films for Children and Young People | Children's Section | Lasse Hallström | Won |
New York Film Critics Circle Awards | Best Foreign Language Film | Won | |
Robert Award | Best Foreign Film | Lasse Hallström | Won |
Seattle International Film Festival | Best Film | Won | |
Young Artist Awards | Special Award - Best Family Foreign Film | Won | |
Special Award - Best Young Actor in a Foreign Film | Anton Glanzelius | Won | |
Special Award - Best Young Actress in a Foreign Film | Melinda Kinnaman | Won |
- ^ "My Life as a Dog (1987)". Box Office Mojo. Internet Movie Database. Retrieved December 11, 2010.
- ^ http://articles.latimes.com/1992-01-23/entertainment/ca-844_1_reidar-jonsson
- ^ The film's plot can be dated through its references to the 1958 Football World Cup and the 1959 boxing match between Ingemar Johansson and Floyd Patterson
- ^ http://blog.criterioncast.com/post/10056428162/kurt-vonnegut-on-lasse-hallstroms-my-life-as-a-dog
- ^ "My Life As a Dog (1985)". Swedish Film Institute. 14 March 2014.
External links[edit]
- My Life As a Dog at the Internet Movie Database
- My Life as a Dog at the Swedish Film Institute Database
- My Life As a Dog at AllMovie
- My Life as a Dog at Box Office Mojo
- Criterion Collection essay by Michael Atkinson
- 1985 films
- Swedish-language films
- Films about dogs
- Swedish films
- Swedish drama films
- Films based on novels
- Cross-dressing in film
- 1980s drama films
- Films directed by Lasse Hallström
- Film scores by Björn Isfält
- Films set in 1959
- Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film winners
- Best Film Guldbagge Award winners
- Films set in Sweden


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Do you go out to bars or the club?
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- HBO 2012/04/28 19:41:49No+1Nope, not anymore. Clubs were fun when I was younger and I honestly wouldn't mind going to one now, just for old times sake. Bars are my best friend and worst enemy. Right before I had my first kid I was an alcoholic and drug addict and I worked at one bar on the weekends and was at the bar and the one down the street every single night. I met lots of hot guys, had alot of drinks, and after awhile started making some enemies. I hadn't been drunk in 4 years, decided me and my kids dad could go out to the bar on Halloween, because I could control myself. Didn't work. I was carried in sloppy drunk and slept on the bathroom floor and scared my kids. So I just stay away now.
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My younger brother is at that age where he gets blind drunk with his military friends and I just worry he'd get hurt.
+1Yeah I understand that. I've done that for the last couple of years. I'm actually lucky I haven't been shot or stabbed with what I've said. I have that problem too, where I drink until there's nothing left of my personality or any shred of common sense. It's scary, and I'm glad I don't do it anymore. Tell him to be careful, especially if he's in the military. Tough guys at the bar will definitely target people in the military. "Oh you think you tough Army boy? Let's see what they taught you." I've seen it happen before. A Marine was killed in a bar fight around here, the person he was fighting pulled a gun on him. I hope your brother stays safe while he's out having fun.
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No+2Even when I was too young to get into them, I have never understood what the big deal was when it came to going to the bar to be repulsed by a bunch of chain smokers and alcoholics.
In addition, I happen to like my good hearing, so the ear splitting sound levels they like to play the music at combined with the other elements just "spelled" insanity to me.
If I'm in Rome, Italy, or Paris France, or Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, you will see me in a club from time to time, simply because they are way better than USA clubs. You can actually socialize in their clubs, people can handle their liquor in those locales, and the music they play doesn't suck - Cricket 2012/04/28 04:31:26
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text: [[quoteright:342:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/All_Hope_Is_Gone_Slipknot.jpg]][[caption-width-right:342:From left to right: 6, 0, 2, 3, 1, 7, 8, 5, 4]][floatboxright:Influences:+Music/{{Slayer}}, Music/{{KISS}}, Music/BlackSabbath, Music/{{Metallica}}, Music/JudasPriest, Music/IronMaiden, Music/LedZeppelin, White Zombie, Racer X, Music/{{Korn}}, Music/NineInchNails, Music/DefLeppard, Neurosis, TheBeastieBoys, Music/FearFactory, Music/{{Godflesh}}, Head of David, Music/SkinnyPuppy, Music/{{Death}}, Music/{{Pantera}}, Music/{{Sepultura}}, Music/{{Immolation}}, Malevolent Creation, Music/{{Obituary}}, Music/BrokenHope, Music/MorbidAngel, Music/CannibalCorpse, Internal Bleeding ][floatboxright:Related Acts:+Stone Sour (Taylor and Root)+Dirty Little Rabbits (Crahan)+Murderdolls (Jordison)+DJ Starscream (Solo)+To My Suprise (Crahan)+Junk Beer Kidnap Band (Taylor's solo career back-up band)+Will Haven (Fehn, as Bassist)+Hail! (Supergroup involving Paul Gray; going on without him)+Scar the Martyr (Jordison)]Slipknot is a NuMetal[=/=]GrooveMetal band from [[DownOnTheFarm Des Moines, Iowa]], known for their masks, nine-person membership, [[LimitedWardrobe identical jumpsuits]], and chaotic live performances. Each member is given a number from 0 to 8 (in the order that each member joined the band). They're sometimes referred to collectively as ''The Nine''. They are one of the most successful and popular bands in the metal genre.'''[+Current Members+]:'''* #0: '''Sid "DJ Starscream" Wilson''': Turntables* #3: '''Chris Fehn''': Custom percussion, backing vocals* #4: '''Jim "The Jester" Root''': Guitar* #5: '''Craig "133 mHz" Jones''': Samples, media* #6: '''Shawn "Clown" Crahan''': Custom percussion, backing vocals* #7: '''Mick Thomson''': Guitar* #8: '''Corey "The Great Big Mouth" Taylor''': Lead vocals* #?: '''Alessandro Venturella''': Bass ([[http://loudwire.com/slipknot-corey-taylor-new-bassist-identity-leak-so-upset/ confirmed]] by Corey himself)* #?: '''Jay Weinberg''': Drums (was intended to stay unconfirmed for a while for various reasons in spite of a preponderance of evidence in his favor; nevertheless, his identity was leaked in late 2014 by a former drum tech)'''[+Notable Former Members+]'''* #1: '''Joey Jordison''': Drums. (was in the band from its inception until December 2013. The reasons from his departure are unknown as at time of writing neither Jordison nor Slipknot can say why, but his new project ''Scar the Martyr'' and MusicIsPolitics are probably the reasons behind his leaving/getting kicked out.)* * #2: '''Paul "The Pig" Gray''' (1972-2010): Bass guitar. (Probably would have lasted longer if it wasn't for his untimely death.)* '''Donnie Steele''': Bass Guitar (temporary touring replacement for Gray from 2011-2014; previously played guitar 1995-1996)'''[+Discography+]:'''* 1996 - '''''Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.'''''* 1999 - '''''{{S|elfTitledAlbum}}lipknot'''''** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1zCN0YhW1s Wait and Bleed]]"** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPUZwriSX4M Spit It Out]]"* 2001 - '''''Iowa'''''** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRNYp1IiUuE My Plague]]"** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26PRhCJtgPQ The Heretic Anthem]]"** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1jQKpse7Yw Left Behind]]"* 2004 - '''''Vol 3: (The Subliminal Verses)'''''** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__8OqgtqYuE The Blister Exists]]"** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fVE8kSM43I Duality]]"** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKcbYUwmmlE Vermilion]]" & "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvetJ9U_tVY Vermilion, Pt. 2]]"** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw2LU1yS7aw Before I Forget]]"* 2005 - '''''9.0 Live'''''** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9jsELTA3AM The Nameless]]"* 2008 - '''''All Hope Is Gone'''''** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAAvNmoqDq0 Sulfur]]"** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5abamRO41fE Psychosocial]]"** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiaFz07y7oc Dead Memories]]"** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXEKuttVRIo Snuff]]"** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wn2w3j_xmbw All Hope Is Gone]]"* 2014 - '''''.5: The Gray Chapter'''''** "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wKw3oGb9-g The Devil in I]]"** "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgA7KIwKlOE The Negative One]]"Other popular songs:* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq-zaD1poAE Surfacing]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3I3-KTJbtY (sic)]]"* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqK1FrO3BdM People = Shit]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xtPqRB9hTY Disasterpiece]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkObgKrscpk Everything Ends]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wgP2DKSIfg My Plague (uncensored)]]"* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CL2MVbsR3TA Opium of the People]]", "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TokaT9MPLM Pulse of the Maggots]]"* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSDwgb8ZIyk Gematria (The Killing Name)]]"Taylor also performs guest vocals for the Music/{{Apocalyptica}} song "I'm Not Jesus".----!!The band and the media around them provide examples of:* ArcNumber: ** ''[++9++]''.** 742617000027 (the UPC number for their EP ''Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat.'') and its accompanying barcode are a standard decoration on their jumpsuits; "742617000027" is also the title of the first track on ''Slipknot''.* TheBigGuy: ** Root and Thomson. Root is actually a little taller, but lanky; Thomson is bulkier. ** Inverted with Jordison, who is by far the shortest member of the band.* BunnyEarsLawyer: Several:** Wilson is very skilled as a turntablist and is famous outside of Slipknot as [[{{Transformers}} DJ Starscream]]...but he's frequently gotten into fistfights with Crahan on stage, and broken Fehn's drum kit with his headbanging. He even ''broke both his feet'' by jumping from a piece of equipment, which Taylor later poked fun at by yelling "You broke your fucking feet, Sid!" while Wilson was on stage in a wheelchair.** Crahan hits ''everything'', [[ManOnFire lights himself on fire]], does backflips off equipment and has managed to bruise his pelvis and break his collarbones in the process, and more. * ADayInTheLimelight: ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behind_the_Player:_Paul_Gray Behind The Player: Paul Gray]]'' is one of the few outlets by the band focusing on a single member.* TheFaceless: Photographs of Jones without his mask on are exceptionally hard to come by. Crosses with TheVoiceless and/or TheQuietOne as you can see below.* {{Garfunkel}}: Fehn originally wanted to be a drum tech; his early years were mainly spent as 'the oft-hazed new guy', even though Root was newer.* GenreShift: Slipknot started out as a NuMetal band, but with their album ''All Hope Is Gone'' have moved into more of a GrooveMetal direction. ''.5: The Gray Chapter'' on the other hand, returns to their nu metal roots while still keeping elements of their later albums.* GentleGiant: Thomson. Whilst he looks pants-pissingly terrifying, he is apparently really a tender, {{poetry}}-writing, [[KindheartedCatLover cat lover]].** As one YouTube commentator (rather simply) put it: "He looks scary and angry but has a nice voice."* IconicLogo: The nine-pointed star, stylized S, and unique font for the band name.* IAmTheBand: Shawn, given that he's the only original member.* {{Juggalo}}: Some overlap; see FanCommunityNicknames.* LimitedWardrobe: The jumpsuits, although when ''All Hope Is Gone'' came around each member came up with a unique costume design, as can be seen in the current page image. They now bounce back and forth between these getups and the jumpsuits.** Also, currently Alessandro and Jay, the new members, wear the same temporary mask, as the band feels that to immediately give them the same status as their predecessors would be seen as disrespectful. Apparently, they had been given the challenge to design a mask for themselves, but after failing to produce a result of sufficient quality, the privilege was revoked. * LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Not as badly as Music/TransSiberianOrchestra, but still... nine people is an awful lot, especially for rock bands. It doesn't help when people still question if Jones actually ''does'' anything.* LongRunnerLineUp: Believe it or not, they fit. The band was Sid Wilson, Joey Jordison, Paul Gray, Chris Fehn, Jim Root, Craig Jones, Shawn Crahan, Mick Thomson, and Corey Taylor from 1999 (when Root replaced Josh Brainaird) to 2010, when Paul Gray died.* MalevolentMaskedMen* {{Mascot}}: That goat from Iowa perhaps?* TheMerch: In perhaps one of the more ill-thought moves of their career, the band launched their own clothing line in 2008, titled ''Tattered and Torn'' after the song ([[UnfortunateNames a rather unfortunate name to be sure]]). Taking many cues from the ''Affliction'' brand, T&T doesn't explicitly specialize in ''Slipknot'' merch, but [[http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=101703 many designs]]. These are sold at [=HotTopic=]...* {{Mondegreen}}: "I wonder how why you can't see/Inside [[labelnote:Michelle]]my shell[[/labelnote]] I wait and bleed" from "Wait and Bleed".** Also, "[[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pikachu's]] a virgin" from "Psychosocial".** "Won't let this build up in sodomy" from "Vermillion".** LIBERATE! BANANAS!* MonsterClown: Crahan, especially his ''Iowa''-era mask. * NintendoHard: "Before I Forget" is one of the harder songs on ''VideoGame/GuitarHero III''. As of 12/4/09, [[http://www.rockband.com/zine/slipknot-dlc a Slipknot pack has been announced]] for ''RockBand''. [[OhCrap Drummers]] [[ThisIsGonnaSuck beware]].** "Before I Forget" will be making a comeback... on Rock Band 3 with Pro-mode[[note]]Actual strings[[/note]] guitar playing and two added cymbals.** As of December 2012, there are only 2 of over 2100 Harmonix-charted songs that have never been full-comboed on guitar.[[note]]hitting 100% of the notes without overstrumming or mishitting[[/note]] "Pulse of the Maggots" is one of the two.[[note]]To be fair, this is because both of the solos are charted in an incredibly haphazard and flat-out nonsensical manner that outright ''does not match the actual music whatsoever''. Blame Harmonix for this one.[[/note]]* PaperThinDisguise: Weinberg. Root has gone on record as having vowed to never reveal the drummer's identity, as none of them are sure if he'll stick around or not; that being said, his height, hair color and length, and disclosed background elements line up with Weinberg, and the setup that was seen at Knotfest (SJC Custom snare, toms, and kicks and Zildjian cymbals, both of which have been used extensively by Weinberg over the course of his career; additionally, SJC is a fairly small-time manufacturer, so there's less of a chance for false positives) is probably the strongest indicator that the rumors are true. Sometimes called the worst-kept secret in music of 2014; within a few months of his joining, a disgruntled former drum tech leaked an itinerary list onto Instagram that finally confirmed both him and Alessandro Venturella.* PigMan: Gray's mask during the ''Slipknot'' days was a pig head with a padlock in the nose.* PublicMediumIgnorance: They don't and have never played DeathMetal[[note]]though it does show up in some of their influences, and they are known to be friends with various death metal acts, with Thomson in particular being known for his friendship with [[Music/{{Suffocation}} Dave Culross]][[/note]]. Yet they've somehow become the public face of extremity in metal.[[note]]Though, their first album/demo, Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat, was pretty heavy and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwDed5zAjE8 the closest they've come]] to being DeathMetal[[/note]]* TheQuietOne: Jones both uses and subverts this. While he can be chatty and usually talks to fans after concerts, he typically doesn't show up for group interviews or, if he does, usually only answers the question of what he would be doing if he weren't in a band: he would be out driving a forklift somewhere, or out killing people. It's been insinuated by the other band members that he is simply a very private person who is uncomfortable with fame and has cultivated a standoffish persona in an effort to get people to leave him alone. * RealMenWearPink: Crahan showed up to the 48th Grammys to accept Slipknot's award for "Before I Forget" wearing the only thing he could call fancy clothes: a pink jumpsuit.* RedOniBlueOni: Slipknot is the red oni to Stone Sour's blue. While the latter still qualify as metal, they are much more melodic and much less chaotic. The members of Stone Sour are also much less likely to injure themselves on stage.* TheRockumentary* ShoutOut: Their masks in regards to old horror movies.** To be specific, Jones' mask is probably a reference to Pinhead of the ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}'' series.** Taylor most likely took inspiration for his Volume 3 era mask from Leatherface of ''Franchise/TheTexasChainsawMassacre''.** Gray's later mask was styled around ''TheManInTheIronMask''.** Fehn's might be a reference to Alex of ''Film/AClockworkOrange'' during the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faML0QvVb2A#t=1m04s rape scene]][[note]][[NotSafeForWork Just safe enough for work]][[/note]].** Thomson's is basically a stylized hockey mask a la ''Franchise/FridayThe13th''.* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: Paul Gray's wife was a few months pregnant with his child. [[TearJerker You can tear up now]].* SpecialGuest: They make an appearance in the 2002 remake of ''Rollerball'' and are playable characters in ''VideoGame/{{Infected}}''. This is a game about mowing down hordes of zombies. ''[[RuleOfCool As Slipknot]]''.* SpellMyNameWithAnS: While he doesn't seem to be bothered too much by it, Mick's last name is spelled "Thomson", not "Thompson" with a '''P''' or any variations thereof.* SpikesOfVillainy: ...sort of. All of Jones' masks have had long spikes as part of their theme.* StageNames: Each member has several.* ThisSongGoesOutToTVTropes: Taylor loves this.* UpdatedRerelease: ''Slipknot'' has been released five times (six if you count the demo version).** The [[VanillaEdition basic edition]] released in 1999*** The Digipak special edition accompanying it (contains two bonus tracks and two demos). The hidden track "Eeyore" originally appeared after the final song "Scissors", while this version contains "Eeyore" after the final bonus track "Despise" (this version of "Scissors" is edited to include only the basic song).** The reissue months later after the copyright controversy concerning the song "Purity" (the lyrics were inspired by a copyrighted story which Taylor thought was true).*** The Digipak special edition accompanying this version. Excludes "Purity" and the {{sampl|ing}}e drama "Frail Limb Nursery" accompanying the removed track. This version includes "Get This", a faster version of "Spit It Out", and a version of "Wait and Bleed" mixed by producer Terry Date, along with a live performance of "Surfacing" as the final track. "Eeyore" is ''once again'' moved to a different track ("Surfacing" live) in order to appear at the very end of the album (appears after "Porn and Weed", which itself appears after "Surfacing" Live, making for three hidden tracks in a single track).** The [[MilestoneCelebration 10th Anniversary Edition]] is effectively the definitive edition. It contains nearly every song mention above, including "Purity" ("Frail Limb Nursery" was not included, possibly because there literally wasn't enough room for it on the CD); "Eeyore" is finally made into a separate track (placed in the middle of the album). This edition contains "Snap" (a song only released on the demo version), three new remixes for "Wait and Bleed", "Surfacing" and "(sic)", and a live DVD.*** To the point, a true 'Maggot' has bought this album three times: Original (contains "Frail Limb Nursery"), the reissue bonus edition (contains "Surfacing" live and "Porn and Weed") and the 10th Anniversary Edition (contains everything). Word to the wise, [[DigitalPiracyIsEvil go download it instead]].* YouAreNumberSix: Subverted. While they do use the numbers as monikers, every fan knows the members' names and they're not really secretive about it.!!Their music provides examples of:* AlbumTitleDrop: Twice in ''All Hope is Gone'', both for the title track and during the opening track ".Execute."** Also note that the title track is the [[{{Bookends}} final song on the album]]. * {{Angrish}}: Not a completely straight example, but the sheer rage present in some of the songs can cause Taylor to mumble or become incomprehensible. Can overlap with CarefulWithThatAxe.* AntiLoveSong: "Snuff" from ''All Hope Is Gone''.* BasedOnATrueStory: "Purity", or so Taylor thought. (The story turned out to be a hoax.)* BrokenRecord: Bridge of "Get This".* ClusterFBomb: ''Slipknot'' and ''Iowa'' are rife with cursing; ''The Gray Chapter'' has a lot but is not quite as bad as the former two. [[AvertedTrope In contrast]], ''All Hope is Gone'' had just enough to earn a Parental Advisory label, and ''The Subliminal Verses'' was [[InvertedTrope almost curse-free]] due to Taylor getting tired of claims that he couldn't write lyrics without profanities.* EverythingIsAnInstrument: Crahan + baseball bat + beer keg = [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1mTcLTMBGg instant percussion]]. Also, in one scene in the 10th anniversary DVD, Crahan is shown walking down a hallway dropping a metal pipe on the floor in a rhythmic pattern.* EvilLaugh: ...near the end of "[sic]".* GriefSong: "Skeptic" and "Goodbye" are dedicated to Gray.-->The world will never see another crazy motherfucker like you-->The world will never know another man as amazing as you-->So the last thing on Earth I am ready to do is say... Goodbye* HarshVocals: Taylor is all over the map on this, going from true {{Metal Scream}}s to more guttural growls and everything in between.* HeavyMithril: Occasionally.* IAmSong: "Eeyore"-->"'''I AM THE GREAT BIG MOUTH!!!'''"* LastNoteNightmare* LoudnessWar: ''The Subliminal Verses''.* LyricalTic: Corey Taylor is quite fond of muttering "huh..." or grunting between lyrics or at the beginning of a verse (i.e. "huh...WE WILL BURN YOUR CITIES DOWN!") He also tended in earlier albums to pant heavily into the mic from the force of screaming so harshly. This can be heard in songs such as "Eyeless" and the outro of "The Blister Exists."* MetalScream* MohsScaleOfRockAndMetalHardness: Softer songs a 6, softest songs a 5 and most songs a 7-8. On a bad day (in other words, good) they'll write something in the range of 9, while their live performances usually creep up to a 10. They do have at least one level 2 song in the form of "Vermilion Pt 2."* MurderBallad: "Iowa", a SerialKiller's ode to his first victim.* NewSoundAlbum: From ''Vol. 3: The Subliminal Verses'' onward, they began to use more traditional and melodic metal song structures (including several acoustic ballads), began to incorporate guitar solos and did not rely on electronics as heavily. That said, ''The Gray Chapter'' amps up the electronic and scratch work, although not back to pre-''Vol. 3'' levels.* NumberOfTheBeast: "The Heretic Anthem" starts with an electronic voice counting "8, 7, 6, 6, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, '''0'''...", then continues throughout the chorus.--> If you're 555 then I'm 666!* ObsessionSong: Both versions of "Vermilion", although more so the first. Also: "The Nameless", "Iowa", "The Virus Of Life" as well, in a somewhat...rape-ier kind of way. Not to mention "Gehenna" on ''All Hope is Gone'', as well as "Prothestics" on the self-titled album. Corey enjoys writing about obsession.** "Danger, Keep Away" although it's kind of hard to tell from the IndecipherableLyrics.* PsychoStrings* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Taylor likes to do this a ''lot''.* PureIsNotGood: "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy1YaLe1D0E Purity]]"* PurpleProse[=/=]MeaninglessMeaningfulWords: Throughout the band's body of work, you'll sometimes find unusual lyrical choices placed awkwardly in the middle of a song otherwise made up of simpler language, almost as if Corey Taylor [[AuthorVocabularyCalendar skimmed through a dictionary, found a word he liked and decided to incorporate it into the song somehow]].** Taylor acknowledges and confronts this in the Stone Sour song, "Freeze Dry Seal", admitting that while he may not be a flowery poet, that doesn't make his lyrics (and his beliefs) any less real. SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped at its best.* SopranoAndGravel: Taylor switches between clean singing and hardcore shouting ą la [[Music/{{Pantera}} Phil Anselmo]] in most songs. * SpokenWordInMusic* SurprisinglyGentleSong: ObsessionSong or not, "Vermillion Pt. 2" is a very slow and gentle track that those more familiar with the band's nu-metal side and aggressive reputation would not have expected.[[note]]In fact, it's the song that inspired the trope.[[/note]] Also, "Circle" and "Snuff".!!Their music videos provide examples of:* AnimatedMusicVideo: One of the two versions of "Wait and Bleed".* TheCameo: Creator/MalcolmMcDowell as the desk clerk in "Snuff".* {{Crossdresser}}: [[spoiler:TheReveal in "Snuff" - Taylor's character is dressed like his former lover.]]* ForcedPerspective: The video for "Dead Memories" uses this to make the already-huge Thomson Literature/{{Ha|rryPotter}}grid-sized against Taylor. * JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: One possible interpretation of the video for "Dead Memories"; it could also be a DisneyAcidSequence, but with less Disney and more acid.* PerformanceVideo: "Wait and Bleed" (live version), "Spit It Out" (intermixed with the scenes from ''The Shining''), "The Blister Exists", "Left Behind", "Duality", "Before I Forget", "Psychosocial", "Sulfur"* ShoutOut: The "Spit It Out" music video, to ''Film/TheShining''.* TheUnreveal: "Before I Forget"; the band is in street clothes and unmasked, but you never see their full faces, be it due to close-ups or being blurred by not being the focus of the shot.----


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Effect of dispersion fluctuations on widely tunable optical parametric amplification in photonic crystal fibers
Optics Express, Vol. 14, Issue 20, pp. 9491-9501 (2006)
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The effect of dispersion fluctuations on the conversion efficiency of large frequency shift parametric sidebands is studied by numerical simulation and experiment. Numerical results based on periodic and random dispersion models are used to fit the experimental results. The fitting parameters provide a measure of the uniformity of the photonic crystal fiber used in the experiment. This allows us to place limits on the required uniformity of a photonic crystal fiber for strong frequency conversion.
© 2006 Optical Society of America
OCIS Codes
(060.2270) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber characterization
(060.2320) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics amplifiers and oscillators
(060.4370) Fiber optics and optical communications : Nonlinear optics, fibers
(190.4380) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, four-wave mixing
(190.4410) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, parametric processes
(190.4970) Nonlinear optics : Parametric oscillators and amplifiers
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Photonic Crystal Fibers
Original Manuscript: July 5, 2006
Revised Manuscript: August 24, 2006
Manuscript Accepted: September 1, 2006
Published: October 2, 2006
J. S. Y. Chen, S. G. Murdoch, R. Leonhardt, and J. D. Harvey, "Effect of dispersion fluctuations on widely tunable optical parametric amplification in photonic crystal fibers," Opt. Express 14, 9491-9501 (2006)
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In the autumn of AD 865, with his brothers Halfdan Ragnarsson (Halfdene) and Ubbe Ragnarsson (Hubba), Ivar led the Great Heathen Army in the invasion of the East Anglian region of England. An accommodation was quickly reached with the East Anglians. The following year, Ivar led his forces north on horseback and easily captured York (which the Danes called Jorvik) from the Northumbrians who were at that time engaged in a civil war.
Ivar and the Danes succeeded in holding York against a vain attempt to relieve the city in AD 867.[3]
Ivar is also attributed with the slaying of St. Edmund of East Anglia in AD 869. The story is first known from Abbo of Fleury's Latin Passion of King Edmund and Ælfric's Old English adaptation thereof. By their accounts, when Edmund refused to become the vassal of a pagan, he was killed in much the same way as Saint Sebastian was martyred. Ivar had Edmund bound to a tree, whereupon Vikings shot arrows into him until he died.[4] According to later accounts, Edmund was shot in the nave of a church.[3]
Sometime after 869 Ivar left command of the Great Heathen Army and of the Danes in England to his brothers Halfdan Ragnarsson and Ubbe. He appears to have emigrated to Dublin (or, according to some, returned to resume a previous lordship).
Ivar is widely believed to be identical with the founder of the Uí Ímair or House of Ivar, a dynasty which at various times from the mid-9th through the 10th century ruled Northumbria from the capital of York, and dominated the Irish Sea region from the Kingdom of Dublin.
Their apparent descendants, the House of Godred Crovan, ruled as Kings of Mann and the Isles from the 11th well into the 13th century, although they were vassals of the Kings of Norway for most of this time.
Ivar disappears from the historic record sometime after 870. His ultimate fate is uncertain.
It is possible that Ivar may be identical to the Ímar, apparent ancestor of the Uí Ímair dynasty, whose death appears in the Annals of Ulster in 873:
Ímar, king of the Norsemen of all Ireland and Britain, ended his life.[1]
The death of Ímar is also recorded in the Fragmentary Annals of Ireland under the year 873:
The king of Lochlainn, i.e. Gothfraid, died of a sudden hideous disease. Thus it pleased God.[5]
In 1686, a farm labourer called Thomas Walker discovered a Scandinavian burial mound at Repton in Derbyshire close to a battle site where the Viking "Great Army" dispossessed the Mercian king Burgred of his kingdom. The number of partial skeletons surrounding the body, two hundred warriors and fifty women, would signify an extremely high status of the man buried there and it has been suggested that such a burial mound would be expected to be the last resting-place for a Viking of Ivar's reputation.[6]
The identification of the king of Lochlainn as Gothfraid (i.e. Ímar's father) was added by a copyist in the 17th century. In the original 11th-century manuscript the subject of the entry was simply called righ Lochlann ("the king of Lochlainn"), which more than likely referred to Ímar, whose death is not otherwise noted in the Fragmentary Annals.[7] The cause of death – a sudden and horrible disease – is not mentioned in any other source, but it raises the interesting possibility that the true provenance of Ivar's Old Norse sobriquet lay in the crippling effects of an unidentified disease that struck him down at the end of his life; though "sudden and horrible" death by any number of diseases was a common cause of mortality in the 9th century.
According to the saga of Ragnar Lodbrok, Ivar Boneless was the eldest son of Ragnar and Aslaug. It is said he was fair, big, strong, and one of the wisest men who has ever lived. He was consequently the advisor of his brothers Björn Ironside, Ubbe, Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye and Hvitserk.
The story has it that when king Ælla of Northumbria had murdered their father, by throwing him into a snake-pit, Ivar's brothers tried to avenge their father, but were beaten. Ivar then went to king Ælla and said that he sought reconciliation. He only asked for as much land as he could cover with an ox's hide and swore never to wage war against Ælla. Then Ivar cut the ox's hide into so fine strands that he could envelope a large fortress (in an older saga it was York and according to a younger saga it was London) which he could take as his own. (Compare the similar legendary ploy of Dido.)
As Ivar was the most generous of men, he attracted a great many warriors, whom he subsequently kept from Ælla when this king was attacked by Ivar's brothers for the second time.
Ælla was captured and, when the brothers were to decide how to give Ælla his just punishment, Ivar suggested that they carve the "blood eagle" on his back. According to popular belief, this meant that Ælla's back was cut open, the ribs pulled from his spine, and his lungs pulled out to form 'wings'.
In Ragnar Lodbrok's saga, there is an interesting prequel to the Battle of Hastings: it is told that before Ivar died in England, he ordered that his body be buried in a mound on the English Shore, saying that so long as his bones guarded that section of the coast, no enemy could invade there successfully. This prophecy held true, says the saga, until "when Vilhjalm bastard (William the Conqueror) came ashore[,] he went [to the burial site] and broke Ivar's mound and saw that [Ivar's] body had not decayed. Then [Vilhjalm] had a large pyre made [upon which Ivar's body was] burned... Thereupon, [Vilhjalm proceeded with the landing invasion and achieved] the victory."[3]
There is some disagreement as to the meaning of Ivar's epithet "the Boneless" (inn Beinlausi) in the sagas. Some have suggested it was a euphemism for impotence or even a snake metaphor (he had a brother named Snake-in-the-Eye). It may have referred to an incredible physical flexibility; Ivar was a renowned warrior, and perhaps this limberness gave rise to the popular notion that he was "boneless". The poem "Háttalykill inn forni" describes Ivar as being "without any bones at all".
Alternatively, the English word "bone" is cognate with the German word "Bein", meaning "leg". Scandinavian sources mention Ivar the Boneless as being borne on a shield by his warriors. Some have speculated that this was because he could not walk and perhaps his epithet simply meant "legless"—perhaps literally or perhaps simply because he was lame. However other sources from this period in history mention chieftains being carried on the shields of enemies after victory, not because of any infirmity.
Still another interpretation of the nickname involves Scandinavian sources as describing a condition that is sometimes understood as similar to a form of osteogenesis imperfecta. The disease is more commonly known as "brittle bone disease." In 1949, the Dane Knud Seedorf wrote:
There are less extreme forms of this disease where the person affected can lack use of their legs, but be otherwise normal, as may have been the case for Ivar the Boneless.
In 2003 Nabil Shaban, a disability rights advocate with osteogenesis imperfecta, made the documentary The Strangest Viking for Channel 4's Secret History, in which he explored the possibility that Ivar the Boneless may have had the same condition as himself. It also demonstrated that someone with the condition was quite capable of using a longbow, and so could have taken part in battle, as Viking society would have expected a leader to do. However, it is highly unlikely that a boy with such a debilitating disease could have grown to manhood and achieved fame as a warrior and leader of warriors in the harsh conditions of the 9th century; and a simpler explanation for Ivar's sobriquet seems more likely.
A group of lonely Viking women (and one stowaway) assemble a ship from a kit and set off across the sea to locate their missing menfolk, only to fall into the clutches of a ludicrously-attired Grimald warrior-king and his outrageously loud son, who hold their men captive. There is a cameo appearance by the sea serpent. [1]
The Home Economics Story
Kay wants to go to Iowa State College and major in home economics. She and her friends have a great time in school and learn about the diverse careers that a home ec degree can lead to!
Prologue: Joel really likes waffles, and he tries to convince the Bots of all his wonderful recipes.
Segment One (Invention Exchange): The Mads Meat Re-Animator brings a dead chicken back to life. Joel makes an iron that turns waffles into pancakes.
Segment Two: Joel re-programs the Bots into his waffle obsession.
Segment Three: Waffles.
Segment Four: Willy the Waffle presents the ideas of a waffle-free world after Servo eats one too many. Willy the Waffle sounds a lot like Coily the Spring, who doesn't show up until the tenth season (Squirm). Has the same message too.
Segment Five: Sing along with Joel and the Bots' "Waffle Song"! In Deep 13, Dr. F is tired of all the waffle talk.
Stinger: "But you don't understand! I'M A PRINCE!"
Our Bodies, Ourselves is a book about women's health written from a feminist perspective.
The Bell Jar is an autobiographical novel about mental illness written by Sylvia Plath.
Robert McNamara was the U.S. Secretary of Defense throughout much of the Vietnam War.
Jean-Luc Godard is a French filmmaker who first made a name for himself during the "New Wave".
The Group was a 1966 film about female college graduates.
A reference to the Columbia University protests of 1968, in which student radicals occupied various campus offices.
Judy Chicago is a feminist conceptual artist.
A line from the Frank Zappa song "Camarillo Brillo".
Carol Bly is a Minnesota writer known for her creative-writing workshops.
Helen Gurley Brown was the longtime editor of Cosmopolitan magazine.
Estes Kefauver was a U.S. senator from Tennessee, best known for overseeing a series of hearings on organized crime.
A reference to the Charles Manson Family, who wrote the word piggy in blood on one of the walls after they murdered some of their victims.
Refers to a light meal served after a funeral. A common occurrence in the upper midwest.
A hairspray television commercial slogan advocating the 'dry' look over a greased-back men's hairstyle.
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Autonomics is an idea whose time has comemaybe.
Id never before used the word "autonomic" in an after-dinner speech, but it finally made the leap from lab to lectern May 26 at the presentation of the fourth annual eWEEK Excellence Awards in New York. IBMs ambitious vision of self-diagnosing, self-healing systems, I told our award-winning dinner guests and my fellow Excellence judges, is coming into focus with this years arrival of products from many vendors that build on IBMs foundation. IBM offers an eloquent statement of the core problem of IT on an IBM Research portal page that is admirably concise (a welcome contrast to the usual clutter of breathless vendor hype): "We obliterate barriers and set records with astonishing regularity," observes the simple declaration at www.research.IBM.com/autonomic. "But now we face a problem springing from the very core of our success, and too few of us are focused on solving it." The italics are IBMs. Business Roundtable members, Im sure, would add italics of their own, as evidenced by statements from the group that were summarized last week by eWEEK Labs Director Jim Rapoza in his Tech Directions column.Be sure to add our eWEEK.com developer and Web services news feed to your RSS newsreader or My Yahoo page


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Big Money
Trip Start
May 21, 2012
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I won a substantial amount of money last night at the Hard Rock Casino. So, in order to split the money evenly between all my true friends and family, please respond with an essay about why you think you are my friend (or how we are supposedly related).
I always knew I was lucky!! Hahaha. Okay, enough joking around. Rob and I had a relaxing evening last night after a long (LONG) 10+ hours of driving. Checked in at our hotel, hid the cats (haha, long story), and had dinner at Hard Rock Cafe. Delish food and drinks, cool music videos, and a way-too-energetic waitress who was awesome.
Then we made our move to the casino, walked around looking awesome, and eventually realized that we did not need tickets or coins to play. Insert dollar bill, get addicted. Haha. Rob didn't have quite the luck that I did, so he ended up just getting to witness my skills and frenetic button-pushing. At one point I was up 45 bucks, but I. Kept going and unfortunately left with just $30 in winnings. Hey, at least I didn't lose!
Were almost in Cali...WooHoo! Were thinking about looking at the beach (just to say we did it) even though its gonna be busy, and grabbing dinner somewhere. Then Robs flying back off to MD tomorrow and I'm on my own! Looks like ill have a week to gamble *cough* I mean, explore the area before I start work.
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In 1921 Johann Walther registered his company name as Walther & Sohn in Germany continuing to use the IW mark, as well as the WS mark.
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Walter & Sohn, antique Baby Boy doll,
15" tall, bisque socket head, painted feathered eyebrows, sleep eyes with painted upper and lower eye lashes, slightly open mouth with a five piece composition jointed body with bent limbs.
Doll mark shown on right
Walther Baby Boy doll mark
W & S intertwined initials, Made in Germany
Walther & Sohn, antique Scottish Boy doll,
8 1/2" tall, bisque socket head, with a composition five piece jointed body, fixed eyes, open mouth. Doll is dressed in a traditional plaid Scottish outfit.
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8/0 Germany
Walther & Sohn Doll
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W & S intertwined initials
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Nickolaus Oberender Dolls 1908-1927 German
Nicholas Oberender founded a porcelain factory with Johann Walther in Oeslau, Thüringia, Germany in 1908, by 1910 the partnership dissolved and each went their separate ways with their own factories. In 1910 Oberender's porcelain factory employed 110 workers making bisque doll heads. By 1927 the company was known as Wilhelmine Oberender.
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Los Angeles is experiencing a bit of confusion as summer has decided to make an appearance in what is supposed to be winter. Not that I am complaining. I was born and raised as a child of the sun. Craving the beach. Loving nothing more than laying underneath the sun as it warms my pale skin. The only thing missing is freedom...as I began classes again yesterday. The inconsistency of my brief break from school, all my friends being back in town, and the holidays has messed with my scheduling. I felt off my game by not posting yesterday or new year's day. But after posting everyday in December I decided to let it slide. Update on the Hunger Games, I finished the first two books and am chipping away at the third and final in the trilogy. You may call me obsessed.
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All of the commercial space during Sunday's Super Bowl in Tampa, Fla., has been sold by NBC, the U.S. TV network says.
An NBC news release said Saturday the final sales tally for all of the game advertising space was $206 million, a record for a Super Bowl airing.
NBC Universal President Jeff Zucker said with the record sales total, NBC's total revenue for Sunday's NFL championship day would be $261 million.
These advertising milestones show the power of the NFL brand and the strength of the Super Bowl as a TV property in this economic climate,
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The Cardinals aren't willing to say how much of an increase is projected for a new stadium -- so much for the team's self-proclaimed public candor -- but it's a safe bet that the new revenues from club seats, posher luxury boxes and improved concessions would easily outpace the $19 million in debt service. And that's not including what the team would save from not having to do ancient-stadium maintenance.
In a nutshell, the Cardinals could do what the Giants did, but they simply don't want to. It's not that a private investment in a stadium would be so bad for the team. It's that a public gift of more than $250 million represents such a wonderful windfall.
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I describe the design and implementation of an integrated neural architecture, modelled on human executive attention, which is used to control both automatic (reactive) and willed action selection in a simulated robot. The model, based upon Norman and Shallice's supervisory attention system, incorporates important features of human attentional control: selection of an intended task over a more salient automatic task; priming of future tasks that are anticipated; and appropriate levels of persistence of focus of attention. Recognising that attention-based learning, mediated by the limbic system, and the hippocampus in particular, plays an important role in adaptive learning, I extend the Norman and Shallice model, introducing an intrinsic, attention-based learning mechanism that enhances the automaticity of willed actions and reduces future need for attentional effort required for dealing with distractions. These enhanced features support a new level of attentional autonomy in the operation of the simulated robot. Some properties of the model are explored using lesion studies, leading to the identification of a correspondence between the behavioural pathologies of the simulated robot and those seen in human patients suffering dysfunction of executive attention.
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Jeremy Kirk and Airman 1st Class Jeffrey Brown, firefighters at Maxwell Air Force Base, look over a fire truck at their station on 14 May. Brown is the first Airman to be stationed at the Maxwell Fire Station in over ten years. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class William Blankenship)
Military firefighters assigned to Maxwell first time in 11 years
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Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
-- The first of 13 newly assigned firefighting Airmen arrived here May 11.
Airman 1st Class Jeffrey Brown reported for work at the Maxwell-Gunter Fire Emergency Services last week. The Detroit native represents the first of 13 Airmen arriving over the summer who will be filling vacant civilian positions that were recently converted to active-duty slots.
Until 2001, the fire department was manned at 60/40 active duty to civilian ratio after the Air Force converted some military base civil engineer positions to civilians, freeing blue suitors to support overseas contingency operations. By 2002, the Maxwell fire department was the first of four fire departments in Air Education and Training Command manned exclusively by civilians.
"Being civilianized works well, but it comes with challenges," stated Fire Chief Lee Anderson. "The difference was felt originally when the 84 staffed positions were reduced to 74 by PBD-720, however there are other hurtles that come from turnover of civilians versus military."
The 40-year-fireman explained some of the department's civilians over the years have been people simply looking for a job, and some leave the position when a job in their hometown opens. This turnover at times left the department with manning gaps, sometimes up to six months while waiting on a new hire.
"The stability of the new active-duty positions will be the biggest benefit provided to our staff," said Anderson.
In addition to the process of converting the 13 vacant civilian positions to military, a team worked through the deliberate process of determining what ranks would be required to ensure the department was staffed properly. Airman Brown will be joined at the fire department by a senior noncommissioned officer, three NCOs and eight Airmen.
"Part of the work is not just getting positions, but getting the correct ranks to fill those positions," said Anderson. "The SNCO and the NCOs will help keep our military personnel military. We haven't had blue suitors here in 11 years so there is an entire new set of appointments and things they need to do like FTAC [First Term Airman Center] and Career Development Courses," he said.
To Airmen Brown, the assignment to Maxwell came as a surprise, but he has taken the new base in stride.
"It hit me off guard. Maxwell wasn't open to us when we filled out our assignment preferences, but I put a lot of Florida bases because I wanted to travel and have family on the Mississippi Coast," said Brown. "I was shocked to hear I would be the first active-duty firefighter here in 11 years, but thanks to my sponsor I am ready to get to work."
Jeremy Kirk, a 15-year-fireman and prior Air National Guardsman, is charged with getting Airmen Brown settled in the duty section. According to Kirk, he is excited about the new additions.
"I am excited about Brown's arrival," Kirk said. "When the fire department converted to 100 percent civilian positions, there was a lot of opportunity for a young civilian population to get their foot in the GS [Government Service] door. Unfortunately, many people would move quickly for different assignments or promotion opportunities, which left the department waiting for those positions to be filled. Although the active duty have deployments and appointments civilians don't, once they are here you can count on them being here for their entire assignment, and when they leave you can count on a replacement."
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Explore The Southwest New Mexico Arizona Utah Las Vegas and Nevada Share The classic southwestern landscape of stark sandstone buttes and forbidding pinnacles of rock, poking from an endless expanse of drifting red sands, is an archetypal Wild West image. Only when you arrive at MONUMENT VALLEY – which straddles the Arizona–Utah state line, 24 miles north of Kayenta – do you realize how much your perception of the West has been shaped by this one spot. Such scenery does exist elsewhere, of course, but nowhere is it so perfectly distilled. While moviemakers have flocked here since the early days of Hollywood, the sheer majesty of the place still takes your breath away. Add the fact that it remains a stronghold of Navajo culture and Monument Valley can be the absolute highlight of a trip to the Southwest. The biggest and most impressive pair of monoliths are The Mittens; one East and one West, each has a distinct thumb splintering off from its central bulk. More than a dozen other spires spread nearby, along with rock art panels and assorted minor Ancestral Puebloan ruins. You can see the buttes for free, towering alongside US-163, but the four-mile detour to enter Monument Valley Tribal Park is rewarded with much closer views. A rough, unpaved road drops from behind the visitor centre and View hotel to run through Monument Valley itself. The seventeen-mile self-drive route makes a bumpy but bearable ride in an ordinary vehicle and takes something over an hour. However, the Navajo-led jeep or horseback tours into the backcountry are very much recommended; a ninety-minute jeep trip costs from around $50 per person if arranged on the spot, with plenty of longer and potentially much more expensive alternatives. As well as stopping at such movie locations as the Totem Pole, most tours call in at a Navajo hogan (eight-sided dwelling) to watch weavers at work.
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We created Pandora to put the Music Genome Project directly in your hands
It's a new kind of radio –
stations that play only music you like
Mario Lanza
After making his first -- and final -- appearance on the professional opera stage in 1948 in the New Orleans Opera's production of Madame Butterfly, Lanza made his MGM debut the following year in The Midnight Kiss, scoring a hit with the soundtrack's "Celeste Aida." The Toast of New Orleans followed, launching his first million-selling hit, "Be My Love." In 1951, Lanza starred as his idol in the biopic The Great Caruso, scoring another million seller with "The Loveliest Night of the Year." In 1951, he mounted his own CBS radio series, and the following year starred in Because You're Mine; the title song, penned by Sammy Cahn and Nicholas Brodszky, earned an Academy Award nomination, and became Lanza's third and final million-selling effort.
After completing the music for the MGM production of The Student Prince, Lanza walked out on the project; by allowing the studio to retain rights to the recordings, he was able to avoid a breach of contract lawsuit, with the single "The Drinking Song" rising to the top of the U.S. charts. In the wake of his walkout, Lanza became a recluse, disappearing from the limelight for over a year while battling addictions to food, alcohol, and tranquilizers; he also faced a series of battles with the IRS. Finally, in 1956 he resumed his film career in the Warner Bros. production Serenade; however, the next year, disillusioned with American life, he moved to Italy, settling in Rome to star in 1958's The Seven Hills of Rome. That same year, Lanza toured the U.K., making one final film, For the First Time. He died on October 7, 1959; while officially recorded as a heart attack, his passing was later rumored to have been a Mafia hit ordered following his refusal to perform at the request of mob boss Lucky Luciano. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi
Selected Discography
Track List: My Song, My Love: A Classic Collection
"Oh my Papa" for my grandMother.
The memories don't fade!
young people to this better music. Peanuts of Texas
it deserves to be stated.
Genie Livengood, North Carolina


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Thrill seeking females work hard for their next fix
09 Mar 2011
It seems that women become addicted to cocaine more easily than men and find it harder to give up. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Biology of Sex Differences reinforces this position by showing that the motivation of female rats to work for cocaine is much higher than males.
Researchers from the Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience Institute, University of Michigan, found that rats bred to have an elevated stress response and increased impulsiveness are more easily trained to reward themselves with cocaine. They are also more determined, than similar rats with low impulsivity and lower stress responses, in pursuit of their next fix.
While cocaine dependency has something to do with thrill seeking and impulsivity, it is also affected by the differences between males and females. At a low dose, for both sets of rats, it was the females who were quickest to learn self-administration and were the most willing to work harder for their next fix. At higher doses, the differences in behaviour between the male and female rats were less apparent.
Whilst certain personality types are perhaps predisposed towards drug addiction Dr Jennifer Cummings explained, "An individual's sex continues to increase the likelihood of drug abuse."
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- Effects of a selectively bred novelty-seeking phenotype on the motivation to take cocaine in male and female rats
Jennifer A Cummings, Brooke A Gowl, Christel Westenbroek, Sarah M Clinton, Huda Akiland and Jill B Becker
Biology of Sex Differences (in press)
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