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Gary Allan on new songs, vocal surgery
When I talked to Gary Allan earlier this week, we covered more ground than was able to fit in the full feature that appears here on Tap Milwaukee. Here is more of the conversation we shared as he waited to make a Monday night appearance on "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon." (Click here to watch his spot on the show.)
As Allan prepares to visit The Rave tonight, he discussed why he thought "Tough Goodbye," the lead song (co-written by Cedarburg native Josh Thompson) from his Billboard chart-topping new album, "Set You Free," would be the first single. He also talked about how a vocal cord operation that he underwent just before recording the album has made him feel like a whole new singer, and his approach to Nashville after spending his early years (starting at 12 years old) playing honky tonks and clubs in California's Bakersfield-inspired country music scene. »Read Full Blog Post
Jonas Brothers, Hanson aim to capture more mature sound
Update: Less than two hours after this story was initially posted, People magazine broke the news that the Jonas Brothers has canceled its tour, including the Oct. 28 show set for the Riverside Theater, due to a "deep rift within the band."
It's tough growing up. But imagine growing up with social media tracking your every move, with a brand worth millions resting on your shoulders, with the odds of long-term mega-success being slim to none. »Read Full Article(1)
Artists selected for East Side Library commissions
Two local artists, Santiago Cucullu and kathryn e. martin, have been selected to create public art for the new East Branch of the Milwaukee Public Library, which is under construction and scheduled to be completed in fall of 2014.
Singles Scorecard: Hear new songs from Justin Bieber, Pitbull, Paris Hilton, Lady Antebellum and Lauryn Hill
Justin Bieber, pictured here performing at the BMO Harris Bradley Center last October, is releasing a new single every Monday for the next 10 weeks. Journal Sentinel photo by Mike De Sisti. »Read Full Blog Post
Kronos Quartet concert will be homecoming for John Sherba
When the world-renowned Kronos Quartet takes the stage of Brookfield's Wilson Center on Friday evening, the concert will be more than an exploration of exciting new music; it will be a happy homecoming as well.
Violinist John Sherba, who grew up in Whitefish Bay and Shorewood, is delighted by the prospect of playing for an audience that contains family and friends. »Read Full Article
Craft brewers annoyed by delays caused by government closures
When you want to know what the government shutdown means for craft beer producers where would you look?
The Huffington Post focused on Milwaukee. (The Great American Beer Festival kicks off this week in Denver but not until later in the week.) »Read Full Article
INTERVIEW: Homeboy Sandman on His Break-up with HuffPost, Joy Maximization and Divine Intervention via Black Thought
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Don Rickles' Potawatomi shows postponed
Comedy legend Don Rickles has had to postpone his Potawatomi Bingo Casino shows Nov. 12 and 13 on doctor's orders.
The 87-year-old Rickles is currently recuperating from treatment for a leg infection and cannot fly for at least six weeks, according to his spokesman Paul Shefrin. »Read Full Article
Reading the John Updike stories: 'Tomorrow and Tomorrow and So Forth'
The Library of America recently published 'John Updike: The Collected Stories,' a two-volume boxed set of 186 stories arranged in chronological order. I'm reading one or more a week and commenting on them each Wednesday until I finish the collection or fall apart.
In "Tomorrow and Tomorrow and So Forth," John Updike gives us a young high-school English teacher, Mark Prosser, who is insecure enough to calculate almost everything he says in class, looking to strike specific responses in specific students. »Read Full Blog Post
On Tap for Today: Final films of the festival
Only three days left of the Milwaukee Film Festival. On today's festival schedule, two of the more anticipated local films are both being screened at the Oriental Theater.
"Sign Painters," a documentary film directed by Faythe Levine and Sam Macon, tells the story of the willfully independent artists who change the urban landscape with their own hands and who defy the kind of washed-out sameness that has crept into American cities in recent decades. Here are earlier stories, about the film and about the book. "Sign Painters" screens at 3 p.m. and Levine speaks tonight at UWM. »Read Full Blog Post
Milwaukee Film Festival picks: Day Fourteen
So many movies left to see, so little time.
WIth just two days left in the Milwaukee Film Festival. there remain 34 separate screenings, including repeats of previously screened films. Wednesday's highlights include: »Read Full Blog Post


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Mary-Kate, Ashley Olsen Publish Book
The 21-year-old moguls are penning the coffee table book "Influence" to be published this fall for Razorbill, a division of Penguin Young Readers Group.
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South Heights classes back in session Monday; no asbestos present
South Heights Elementary will resume classes on Monday.
Classes were canceled at the school Friday so officials could determine if there was asbestos in the building.
Officials received word Saturday that there were "no asbestos fibers detected in any of the clearance samples," according to a news release from Henderson County Schools. Based on the analysis report, the Kentucky Division for Air Quality recommended the school reopen Monday.
The decision to cancel classes Friday came after crews tearing up carpet on Wednesday found something they thought could indicate the presence of asbestos in the school.
The carpet was being replaced because of a leak in the school's roof and ceiling that caused water damage to a room used by third-, fourth- and fifth graders. Assistant Superintendent Marganna Stanley said during a press conference Thursday that the classroom hadn't been occupied since the leak occurred.
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I already voted during early voting, which I never have done for presidential elections. I actually like going to the polls on election day. I think I was so tired of hearing about the election, I decided to just get it over with. In any event, I have never had to stand in a line as long to vote for anything.
I want to thank CNN for bleeping out the word b*%%& at this election rally performance by Jay-Z, unfortunately they left in H(*%. Yep. Yep. Yep.
Happy Black Woman has an interesting post called Be the President of Your Own Life.
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Hello Earthlings! We're the Sour Mash Kats! 1 2 3 4 !!! Fairly Recently, unbeknownst to the vast majority of Earthlings, an inter-dimensional being from another plane of reality set up a contest. He was curious to see who was the most rocking band on this planet. He devised an ultimate rock 'n roll showdown on a secluded world named Planet Rock between all the bands of the Earth. After many weeks of constant rocking, the being was satisfied and a champion was crowned- The SOUR MASH KATS! After the grueling showdown, all bands were returned. Unfortunately, no one on Earth was aware of anything that transpired. The Sour Mash Kats have subsequently gone on a world wide tour to reclaim their rights to the sovereign title of "Most Rockin'!" Their sound can be described as a completely unique blend of rockabilly, psychobilly, punk rock, and some good old fashioned rock and roll for good measure! The easiest way to describe their sound would be to throw Carl Perkins, The Ramones, Mad Sin, Groovie Ghoulies, and The Cramps into a blender on puree!


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COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 17 /PRNewswire/ -- In celebration of National Indoor Comfort Week, Atlas Butler Heating and Cooling is encouraging Central Ohioans to take steps to ensure the air in their homes and offices is free of harmful pollutants.
National Indoor Comfort Week(R), April 20-26, celebrates the indoor environmental systems on which everyone relies, and honors the men and women who keep those systems running efficiently and safely throughout the year.
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, indoor air can be up to 100 times more polluted than outdoor air, and indoor air pollution is now considered one of the country's top five urgent environmental risks to public health. These facts are disconcerting, given that most people now spend approximately 90 percent of their time indoors, and one in six people who suffer from allergies do so because of debris, fungi and bacteria in indoor air.
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SAN JOSE -- The SaberCats today announced the addition of six to their preseason roster. San Jose added wide receiver V'Keon Lacey, defensive back Greg Laybourn, quarterback and Stockton native, Nate Lewis, defensive lineman Kyle Thomas, former San Jose State defensive lineman Larnell Ransom and former Tampa Bay Buccaneers offensive lineman Brian Folkerts.
"We are always looking to increase the level of competition within our team during camp," said Owner/Head Coach Darren Arbet. "Each of these individuals brings something unique and significant to our group for 2013, as we approach the new season."
Lacey (6-4, 215, Angelo State) appeared in three games last season for the Jacksonville Sharks. In his one season at Angelo State University, Lacey started 11 games. He led the Rams with 74 catches for 878 yards and ten scores and was named to the All-LSC (Lone Star Conference) South Division Offense second team. Prior to his time ASU, he spent a season each at Southwestern Oklahoma and Cisco Junior College.
Laybourn (5-10, 210, Oregon State) last played for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. In Nine games for Montreal in 2011, he had 14 tackles and a fumble recovery. Laybourn played three seasons for the Oregon State Beavers, appearing in 40 games. During his career, he recorded 171 total tackles, including 113 his senior year, and two fumble recoveries.
Lewis (6-5, 235, Dixie State) played last season for the SoCal Coyotes of the AAA National Independent League where he was named the 2012 National Player of the Year. Lewis, from nearby Stockton, attended Dixie State University and compiled 48 completions for 560 yards and five scores.
Thomas (6-4, 280, West Texas A&M) the Vista, Calif. native last played in 2010 for the West Texas A&M Buffaloes where he accumulated 28 tackles and five and a half sacks during his senior season. While playing for City College of San Francisco, Thomas was named team captain and was an All-League First-Team honoree while leading the Rams to a state championship.
Ransom (6-2, 290, San Jose State) made 26 tackles, including five tackles for loss, and had two and a half sacks during his senior season for the San Jose State Spartans. He finished his collegiate career with 60 total tackles, three-and-a-half sacks, a forced fumble and two fumble recoveries in 34 appearances.
Folkerts (6-4, 310, Washburn) was signed as an undrafted free agent by the New Orleans Saints prior to the 2012 National Football League season and also spent time with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He was a standout at Washburn (Kansas) for the Ichabods, earning All-MIAA (Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association) honors twice and started 39 games along the offensive line during his collegiate career.
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Re: "Stand up for right," Peggy Nist, and "Foolish priorities," Sara Reale, Sept. 11. Ms. Nist defends American patriotism and bombing Syria because, in the past, "many lives were lost and sacrifices made so we could be free." However, she doesn't explain how a total of 101,000 U.S. military lives that were lost and 304,000 who were wounded in the civil wars in Korea, Vietnam, Afghanistan and Iraq, and hundreds of thousands of other lost lives in those countries, contributed to our freedom.
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It's not so much that I'm showing....I'm only almost 7 weeks....but GADS, with just the amount of food my body has been demanding lately.....WOW.
I'm not even going to attempt to don my size 4 jeans until next spring!
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Golden omnoms for my little Poopikins!
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Oh yes. I am a petite person and although I haven't gained any weight, something is definitely different. why oh why are skinny jeans popular now?? :) My boobs are also finally a nice full round shape that is a good plus, but I feel my waist is disappearing.
You don't know how GLAD I am that others are feeling it, too!!! This is my fourth baby, and I AM ALREADY WEARING MATERNITY CLOTHES!!!
Aughh!!! It is really embarassing to me, because frankly, it's too early to get even fatter! :) Once I get my ultrasound (Friday--sheesh, could they have scheduled it any later?), I will be happier with my bigger tummy. :)
yes, i feel beyond bloated! Only have 4 pairs of pants that still fit and I'm only 7 weeks. I haven't gained much weight - maybe a few pounds...but I feel like I've gained 10 lbs.!
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We had another amazing tele-seminar with artificial sweetener expert Dr. Janet Starr Hull, who is a walking encyclopedia of information.
We covered quite a bit of ground, discussing aspartame, sucralose (Splenda), neotame, Acesulfame-K, sugar alcohols, cyclamates and saccharin, as well as such "natural sweeteners" as honey, maple syrup and barley malt. We even chatted about stevia, the herbal supplement which is used as a sweetener in parts of Asia and south America. .
Again, I'll use others' comments to my free, online KickSugar group to tell you about our tele-seminar:
"Great show, Connie" was how Tom Bunnell described our telephone chat, with many of you listening in.
"Your guest was great. Your guest Dr. [Hull] really knows the sweeteners and their dangers -- now we do, too. ...Enlightenment is the only word I can think of to describe what you are doing--as the world's peoples become aware of the very real health issues you and your friends are [discussing]. Those of us who have been so fortunate as to have discovered your program... are in [our] own turn becoming enlightened, too.". Great work, Thank You."
Carolyn in Illonis "really enjoyed the teleseminar", too' that is, until her phone died. (Rest assured, we have replays available at www.GetReplays.com.) She wrote:
"I am a fan of Dr Hull and get her newsletter. It was good to hear her voice and get to know her better. It gave me a kick in the pants to keep with the program and also to stay away from the sugar substitutes. Thanks, Connie!!"
JoAnne then e-mailed me privately to say that she "listened last night to your tele-seminar and was very impressed. I will definitely make it a point to visit weekly, as well as refer family, friends and clients who suffer from sugar addictions. I will also purchase your book, once it is on the market."
And then Cynthia wrote the most surprising, touching e-mail to my free, online KickSugar group--full of remarks that really brought a few tears to my eyes. Frankly, all I can say is "Wow!" about her comments.
With the subject line, "Thank Connie more ways than saying thank you," Cynthia then wrote the following--shown here in its entirety:
"Hi alll sugarfree adventurers, I am writing this email to say that this is a wonderful support group and that Connie Bennett is a wonderful God-sent person to take her time, energy and efforts to put this together for complete strangers to her.
"She has to be wonderful to have that kind of Love for people to cause her to get together all of the wonderful professionals to speak with us and warn us of the dangers of sugar and articicial sweeteners. Last night was another wonderful and informative call."Connie is doing a wonderful job and her assistant [KickSugar moderator] Myra is great as well. I hope that we are all planning or have already signed up for one of Connie's wonderful programs to personally assist us on our journey. I had the honor of receiving a compli-[mentary private consultation/coaching session wit] Connie the other night, which inspired me immensly."After speaking with her, I was even more inspired to continue this journey to become sugarfree. The small price that she is asking for her [private coaching/consultation] services are mere peanuts in comparison to the health benefits that can derive with her support. I am joining one of her programs and I am also signed up to be an affilitate to her programs, because this info is urgently important."Where else could we find this [much] information without having to pay or do some major research? So please all join me in thanking Connie and Myra for their support. Nowhere have I found this much support and information for free--so please do your best to give Connie some financial support for all of her efforts and services. 'The people that Connie has enlisted to speak with us are all tops in their professions."
I promise you--scout's honor!--that I had nothing to do with Cynthia's next pleas--for which I'm truly grateful and which I'm only excerpting here:
"..Dig deep into your bank account... Just a small donation from each of us will, I am sure, go a long way in keeping this program afloat. Let's not take her efforts for granted, because this is [such an unusual] group dedicated solely to helping us get rid of one of our favorite junks that we put into our bodies."So, in my humble opinion, I think Connie Bennett deserves more than just a verbal or email written thank you, but she also should receive a financial token of appreciation. Just so you know, I will definitely be sending Connie [that myself]. So please take out your credit cards and forward some financial support to our kick-sugar cheerleader Connie Bennett."This request is unsolicited by Connie. This is just my own opinion and I hope this request does not offend anyone. Thanks for helping Connie keep this wonderful project going."
Frankly, I'm speechless at these wonderful words. Cynthia is right in that the tele-seminars do require a significant financial commitment on my part.
Remember, through the end of March, all tele-seminars in the Fast-Track, Kick-Sugar Countdown Program™ are FREE to listen to live.
To join at no cost (other than your phone bill and most of us have awesome long-distance services), just sign up at www.KickSugarSpecial.com. At that point, you'll get on the mailing list and be informed of upcoming programs. FYI, I"m booking more speakers faster than I can change your schedule so just stay tuned here and also look at your e-mails to get the latest updates.
For those of you who don't know that much about me. I'm basically dedicated to helping people kick their sugar habit or cut back on it so that they can lead more happy, healthy lives.
I know your pain and I don't want you, too,to have to suffer unnecessarily as I once did. I'm also anxious to share what I've learned -- both through my own experiences and from the hundreds of experts I've interviewed for my upcoming book SUGAR SHOCK! As I like to say, Life is Sweeter Without Refined Sweets™.
To purchase downloads of all of our tele-seminars from Jan. 5 through end of March, just go to www.GetReplays.com.
Stay tuned: Next Thursday, March 9, at 8:30 EST, in another free tele-seminar, integrative physician Dr. Jill Baron will teach us all about stress, what it does to our bodies and how to de-stress. More details coming soon.
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|Dijon mustard
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2) Peel and finely chop the shallot.
3) Place kidney in a bowl and boil covered for 2 minutes.
4) Drain and dry kidneys. Strip the skin and snip cores with scissors.
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6) In a skillet melt butter and cook kidney over moderate heat for 3-4 minutes till brown.
7) Take out the kidneys and keep warm.
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9) Mix flour and add the stock.
10) Stir and simmer sauce till creamy.
11) Add salt and freshly ground pepper to taste.
12) Mix mustard, red currant jelly, cream, and port.
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gosia added a post in a topic: Your reviews of FocusThe movie opened in Poland yesterady so I went to see it the opening day. I really enjoyed it. It's smart, it's slick and it's sexy. Will and Margot's chemistry is what defines this movie. You can tell they really enjoyed each others company. The cinematography and the colorful visuals are great but the musical score is just amazing. Kudos to whoever was responsible for picking the songs - they really complement the scenes and you feel like you were actaully there. I was hoping to see in IMAX but for whatever reason they don't play it in Poland, at least in my city. There is a scene where Will and Margot are dancing, some parts are in slow motion, the music, the light, the way they look it's just beautiful. I hope somebody can make a collage of their scenes and put it on youtube later on.
Margot is a great actress. I thought she's going to play a typicall pretty girl showing her assets but it's a very classy role and she literally steels every scene she's in.
Will did a great job. He's not fooling around, he's not a superhero, it's a mature role and that's how I like it. They didn't try to make him look like he's 25 again, they rather embraced his age and let him shine. And yes he looks almighty fine in this movie . It's hard to compare this role to his other work beacuse he has never played a character like this. And no, it's not like Hitch. Let's all just forget After Earth- it was a passion project that didn't work - that's it. I'm tired of people constantly bringing this subject back in every review.
The story has few suprising twists. The moment you think you figured where this is going it sudently goes in an opposite direction, you just have to let it take you there. It's "R" rating in the US is due to the few "f***s" here and there and blood - one of the main "Oh ****, what has just happened" moments in the film. There are some love scenes but rather short and there is no major nudity. It's a classy movie in that sense.
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TORONTO - Ex-marine John Keller says he wasn't trying to be a hero when he used a kayak, a hotwired boat and an air mattress — along with his smarts and brawn — to fend off thugs and save more than 200 people in his New Orleans apartment building during Hurricane Katrina.
"I really didn't think about what I was doing, I was just doing it," the six-foot-seven, 260-pound New Orleans native said in a recent telephone interview.
"I didn't really think about it until I read the paper and it listed blow by blow what I did. I was like, 'Damn, I didn't really think I was doing all this.'"
Keller's Herculean story is one of two in the first episode of Proper Television's new series "Hardcore Heroes," which premieres Monday at 8 p.m. ET on History.
Sony Pictures Entertainment and Overbrook Entertainment have also obtained the rights to his story for a film that's set to star Will Smith. Producer Adetoro Makinde co-wrote the movie, which is titled "American Can" and is due to start production next year.
"I think the most beautiful thing about it is, if Will Smith plays me in one weekend in front of 19 million people around the world, people will know what happened in New Orleans and it will definitely shine a big, bright light on the Hurricane Katrina event," said Keller.
"It'll reach the masses with Will Smith, that's for sure."
As "Hardcore Heroes" shows, the former Reconnaissance Marine was living in American Can Apartments when Katrina hit on Aug. 29, 2005. The 45-year-old had ignored evacuation orders because he'd never fled from a hurricane before and figured the building would be fine.
"Plus I'm a carpenter, so I had my chainsaws and all that stuff," said Keller. "So when the storm hits you go out and you clear off the debris off people's houses and you make some money in the process."
But when the levees broke, about three metres of water surrounded the building and residents couldn't get out.
Keller sprung into action when looters kicked in his door.
After taking down the thugs on his own, he paddled a neighbour's kayak through treacherous waters for several hours to try to find loved ones. He then returned to the building and took down more gun-toting thugs, swam to get food, supplies and medicine for neighbours, and convinced a military evacuation chief to help some residents.
He also put ailing neighbours on an air mattress and swam them to an evacuation zone, carried those in wheelchairs to rescue choppers on the roof, and hotwired a boat to get other residents to a rescue embankment.
"An old man told me, 'Young blood, you could've died doing all that stuff,'" he said. "I said, 'Well I never thought about that.'"
Keller thinks his efforts — which unfolded over several days — pale in comparison to what many members of the military go through in war zones.
"Compared to the Desert Storm/Desert Shield events, that was nothing," he said. "Like, I didn't have 400 people shooting AK-47s at me, I didn't have road-side bombs, I didn't have insurgents."
Still, he concedes he was a natural-born leader.
"Like they say, if you don't bite when you're a puppy, you won't bite when you're a dog," he said. "I went to boarding school because I didn't listen to my mom.
"I always did my own thing, I guess."
Keller still lives in the same building, but Katrina taught him to evacuate any hurricane over a Category 2.
He hasn't seen the episode of "Hardcore Heroes" on him yet, but he figures he'll probably "be crying like a baby" when he does and hears the praise his neighbours have for him.
"It's like they hold John Keller in a higher regard than I hold myself," he said.
As for the upcoming movie on his story, Keller said he's met Smith several times now.
He's hoping the movie will tell a bigger story than just his.
"Adetoro, when she first acquired my life rights, she said, 'When I tell this story, what do you want me to do, what do you want me to say, what do you want this do to?'
"I said, 'I want you to tell the world how America treated its citizens on that day in New Orleans,' and in her script she did that."


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Satoshi Kon was born on October 12, 1963.[3] Due to his father's job transfer, Kon's education from the fourth elementary grade up to the second middle school grade was based in Sapporo. Kon was a classmate and close friend of mangaka Seihō Takizawa. While attending Hokkaido Kushiro Koryo High School, Kon aspired to become an animator.[4] His favorite works were Space Battleship Yamato (1974), Heidi, Girl of the Alps (1974), Future Boy Conan (1978) and Mobile Suit Gundam (1979),[5] as well asKatsuhiro Otomo's Domu: A Child's Dream.[6] Yasutaka Tsutsui served as an influence on Kon's drawings. Kon graduated from the Graphic Design course of the Musashino Art University in 1982.[4] During that time, Kon viewed numerous foreign films and enthusiastically read Yasutaka Tsutsui's books.
While in college, Kon made his debut as a mangaka with the short manga Toriko (1984) and earned a runner-up spot in the 10th Annual Tetsuya Chiba Awards held by Young Magazine (Kodansha).[4][8][9] Afterward, he found work as Katsuhiro Otomo's assistant.[9][10] After graduating from college in 1987,[4] Kon authored the one-volume mangaKaikisen (1990)[11] and wrote the script for Katsuhiro Otomo's live-action film World Apartment Horror.[9][11] In 1991, Kon worked as an animator and layout artist for the animated film Roujin Z.[9][4] Kon worked as a supervisor for Mamoru Oshii's Patlabor 2: The Movie along with other animated films.[4] He then worked on the mangaSeraphim: 266,613,336 Wings.[12] In 1995, Kon served as the scriptwriter, layout artist and art director of the short film "Magnetic Rose", the first of three short films in Katsuhiro Otomo's omnibus Memories.[9][4] Kon's work afterward would be distinguished by the recurring theme of the blending of fantasy and reality.
In 1993, Kon scripted and co-produced the fifth episode of the original video animation JoJo's Bizzare Adventure.[6] In 1997, Kon began work on his directorial debut Perfect Blue (based on Yoshikazu Takeuchi's novel of the same name).[14] A suspense story centered around a pop idol, it was the first film by Kon to be produced by Madhouse.[3]Kon was initially unsatisfied with the original screenplay written by the author and requested to make changes to it.[15][16] Aside from maintaining three elements of the novel ("idol", "horror" and "stalker"), Kon was allowed to make any changes he desired.[15] The screenplay was written by Sadayuki Murai,[6] who worked in the idea of a blurred border between the real world and imagination.[15]
Following Perfect Blue, Kon considered adapting the Yasutaka Tsutsui novel Paprika (1993) into his next film. However, these plans were stalled when the distribution company for Perfect Blue, Rex Entertainment, went bankrupt.[17] Coincidentially, Kon's next work would also feature the theme of the blending of imagination and reality.[15]In 2002, Kon's second film, Millennium Actress, was released to the public. The film centers around a retired actress who mysteriously withdraws from the public eye at the peak of her career. Having the same estimatated budget as Perfect Blue (approximately 120,000,000 yen),[7] Millennium Actress garnered higher critical and financial success than its predecessor and earned numerous awards. The screenplay was written by Sadayuki Murai,[15] who utilized a seamless connection between illusion and reality to create a "Trompe-l'œil kind of film".[18] Millennium Actress was the first Satoshi Kon film to feature Susumu Hirasawa, whom Kon was a long-time fan of, as composer.[19]
In 2003, Kon's third work, Tokyo Godfathers, was announced. The film centers on a trio of homeless persons in Tokyo who discover a baby on Christmas Eve and set out to search for her parents. Tokyo Godfathers cost more to make than Kon's previous two films (with a budget of approximately 300,000,000 yen),[7] and centered on the themes of homelessness and abandonment, with a comedic touch worked in.[9][15] The screenplay was written by Keiko Nobumoto.[20]
In 2004, Kon released the 13-episode television series Paranoia Agent, in which Kon revisits the theme of the blending of imagination and reality, as well as working in additional social themes.[21] The series was created from an abundance of unused ideas for stories and arrangements that Kon felt were good but did not fit into any of his projects.[22]
In 2006, Paprika was announced, after having been planned out and materializing for several years. The story centers on a new form of psychotherapy that utilizes dream analysis to treat mental patients. The film was highly successful and earned a number of film awards. Kon summed up the film with "Kihonteki na story igaiha subete kaeta"(基本的なストーリー以外は全て変えた?).[23] Much like Kon's previous works, the film focuses on the synergy of dreams and reality.[7]
After Paprika, Kon teamed up with Mamoru Oshii and Makoto Shinkai to create the 2007 NHK television production. Ani*Kuri15, for which Kon created the short Ohayō. That same year, Kon helped establish and served as a member of the Japan Animation Creators Association (JAniCA).
Following Ohayō, Kon began work on his next film The Dream Machine. On May 2010, Kon was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer. Given half a year to live, Kon chose to spend the remainder of his life in his home. Before his death, Kon uploaded a final message onto his blog. Kon died on August 24, 2010 at the age of 46.
Satoshi Kon's most prominent influences were the works of Philip K. Dick and Yasutaka Tsutsui.[7][14] Kon viewed various manga and anime up until high school.[6] He was particularly fond of Space Battleship Yamato, Future Boy Conan, Galaxy Express 999 (1978), Mobile Suit Gundam and Domu.[5][25] American films also served as an influence, most notably George Roy Hill's Slaughterhouse-Five (1972), The City of Lost Children (1995) and the works of Terry Gilliam (particularly Time Bandits (1981), Brazil(1985) and The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1989)).[3][6][14] He was fond of the works of Akira Kurosawa, and worked in a reference to him in Paprika.[17] Despite this, he claimed not to be familiar with Japanese film.
It is thought that after his statement that he intended to create Science Fiction works aimed at a younger audience that this was the prototype for successive works.[citation needed]
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Festival of Forgotten Skills
21 Apr 12
Slow Food Ireland is once again celebrating the inherited wisdom and forgotten skills of elderly generations, with their fourth annual Grandmothers' Day on Sunday April 22. This knowledge will be the focus of convivia events across the country as well as a special event hosted by Slow Food Ireland at Sandbrook House, Ballon, including a local producer's market, a children's festival, a Gala Dinner and workshops and demonstrations showcasing those forgotten culinary skills.
The Festival of Forgotten Skills will bring together families to enjoy traditional local foods, listen to gastronomic stories and to watch and learn new (old) Irish skills. In particular it is a day for grandparents and their grandchildren, and grandmothers are invited to contribute one of their favorite recipes to a special Slow Food recipe book.
The event will be opened by Ballymaloe Cookery School's Darina Allen, Slow Food pioneer and President of Slow Food Ireland, who will give the keynote speech at midday and will later do a cookery demonstration of some of her most cherished recipes that are on the brink of being forgotten.
Other demonstrations and workshops will include butter, cheese, sausage and chocolate making, chicken keeping, wild food foraging, lace making, willow weaving, bee keeping, candle making, throwing pottery and various cooking demonstrations.
There will also be a café stall and a bustling farmer's market, showcasing good, clean and fair food from local farmers, artisan producers and chefs including, organic meats, farmhouse cheeses, vegetables and salads, handmade pasta, breads, wood fired pizzas, local honey and chocolate truffles.
Slow Food Ireland's Grandmothers' Day festival at Sandbrook House runs from 11am to 6pm on Sunday 22 April. Admission is €15 with free entry to all children with one adult, free car parking and free entry to all workshops and demos on a first come, first served basis.
If you're not in Ireland, you may like to try our recipe for Grandma's Ginger Beer, passed to us by Irish convivium leader Hermione Winters, who says: "My grandmother taught me this as a child and I thought it was great fun and a tasty treat for the summer school holidays. I didn't realize it at the time, but this recipe also taught me patience, how to nurture and how to share."
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Kanzenshuu - Birus nonchalantly bids Kaiō farewell, and heads off with Uis for Earth. Goku is in bad shape, but still alive, and Kaiō curses him for his stupidity. He realizes he has to contact Vegeta right away and inform him of the situation.
Vegeta is still off on his own training when Kaiō telepathically contacts him. After listening to what Kaiō has to say, Vegeta says he has heard of the God of Destruction, but he is not too worried that he is on his way to Earth. Kaiō warns that the Earth will be wiped out if they do not keep their hands off Birus, but Vegeta still does not care, at least not until Kaiō tells him that Birus took Super Saiyan 3 Goku down in just two blows. Vegeta rushes out and interrupts the party to warn everyone, but Birus is already there. Birus casually greets him, asking Vegeta if he remembers him. Vegeta recalls that when he was still little, his father King Vegeta treated Birus to a feast, but that Birus still used the King as a stepping stone at the time. Seeing Birus face-to-face, Vegeta can tell that Kaiō was not exaggerating; Birus is far too dangerous.
Angered, Birus punches Goku hard in the gut, then sends him flying through West City with a ferocious kick. Goku stops himself mid-air, but before he can do anything Birus is already there and puts Goku in a headlock. Birus quickly whirls around him, kicks Goku off into a nearby forest, and gives chase. Not able to see them, Kame-Sen'nin and the others run over to a Capsule ship and fly off after the two. Goku and Birus continue exchanging blows in the forest, when Birus sends Goku flying with another kick to the face. Birus flies off after him and the two end up in a desert area with numerous rock formations surrounding them. Goku and Birus charge at each other and their punches collide, sending out an Earth-shattering shockwave. They pull away from each other and a trickle of blood falls from a cut on Goku's cheek.
Birus asks if Goku is still feeling dissatisfied with godhood, and Goku says he still is. As the two continue to battle, Birus tells Goku this sort of worthless pride can be a weakness, and it is rare for a Saiyan to get so hung up on such things. Their battle has led them into a subterranean cavern, and Goku says that Vegeta has pride even greater than his own. Birus points out that even Vegeta threw away that pride earlier, in order to protect everyone. Goku knows, and respects Vegeta for doing so. In fact, seeing Vegeta throw away his princely pride was what made Goku decide to throw away his own pride and become a god. Meanwhile, Kame-Sen'nin wonders what the two of them are talking about. Rather than fighting, Piccolo says it almost seems as if Goku is receiving training.
Birus admits that he too is dissatisfied, because he is still not fighting with anywhere close to his full power. Goku is amazed, since he himself has only been fighting at close to 80% of his full power. Hearing this really annoys Birus, and he asks if Goku can keep up with his speed. Birus charges toward Goku and begins pummeling him, asking if Goku is fighting all-out yet.
Bills was also able to outpace Goku`s Instant Transmission which is faster than Light Speed also this is Bills holding back 30% of his overall power, Silver Surfer can travel at FTL speeds but I don`t think he can fight at those speeds.


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Chicago Segway Tour
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We closed the salon for the day and had a blast in the city!
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We drove by this cool fountain while on our tour.
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Riding our Segways and enjoying the beautiful view of Chicago.
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A photo of Rob Runyard and Sue Ericson-Runyard, enjoying themselves during their Segway tour, on their 20th wedding anniversary, in front of beautiful Buckingham Fountain.
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Bangkok Thailand: Mind the Gap Between Train and Platform
Welcome to the first Southeast Asia Episode, in which I experience a hot and humid climate, and celebrate the Beloved chili pepper. This is my second trip to Thailand, and so far my favorite. I'm visiting Leo Fernekes, who has been my friend for as long as I have had the backpack I travel with: 30 years. Both will get their own 'blog topic soon.
Leo and I had a few Skype conversations in the days before my flight. For example,
Me: Should I bring my own motorcycle jacket? My prescription snorkel goggles?
Leo: No, nothing, pack light! You don't need anything here!
Then there was the April Foolsday Joke I played on him, saying I had cancelled my flight. And then the conversation in which I asked where his building was, and how to get there from the airport. I had an address, but enough travel experience to know that might not mean anything in a city like Bangkok: Do the numbers go in order? Is your postal address the actual address?
Leo: Call me when you land, it's simple but complicated.
Me: That's not fun enough. Give me directions from the nearest subway stop.
The challenge of finding my way, especially in a big city subway system, is one of the thrills of city travel, and makes up for my dislike of big cites, especially smog-strangled, o-zone depleted, air conditioner-infested Bangkok.
Leo's directions were precise without the many details that can lead to confusion. He told me which train lines to take in which direction, and which door to exit the station from (very important, because this determines which side of the street you're on on when you hit the surface, so you don't have to cross the street aboveground. (And avoiding a street crossing in this place can save a life!) Next, he sent me down a side street with no name next to the battery store and the clinic called MD. By the time I reached the sidestreet and the battery store I was beaming. There was the shiny showroom of Sensacell, as promised, next to a grungy backstage of an auto body shop and a silkscreening/poster printing business. The entrance to the Sensacell showroom was behind a wall of lush tropical container plants that framed the entrance. Glass doors, hard-edges, the showroom quiet and lit by magical programmed LED arrays on table-tops, on the floor, hanging on walls. Quietly dancing unobserved in the cool hard space.
Sensacell is an invention of Leo's in which a large flat panel–a wall, a table, or a floor–interacts with you in pre-programmed ways: You wave your hands, you dance, you poke. It responds in patterns of colored lights.
Greeting each other is no different than catching Leo at work in Berkeley in 1983 or New York in 1990 or 2010. This kind of friendship always picks us up where it left us off, regardless of time and distance and we are off to have pepper-infused lunch and coffee in the neighborhood.
Alaska: A Whole 'Nother Scale
The first port-of-call of a fantasy I am living (a.k.a. a research project I am working on about rocket mass stove builders and their innovations) takes me to the cabin of Lasse Holmes. (He's "Canyon" on the rocket mass heaters forum). He has a homestead on 20 acres in the mountains above Homer, Alaska. Homer's on the Kenai Peninsula.
It's a thrill to be visiting him here. I've travelled to 22 foreign countries, but even though the state of Alaska is part of the US, and I can honestly count 23.
From the moment I transferred to the plane for Anchorage from Salt Lake City, Utah, I knew I was somewhere else. Suddenly I was in a group of people all of whom don't give a fuck about fashion, yet are uniquely expressive people. On the flight, they all seemed to know each other. There was such a din of conversation between companions and strangers alike that you couldn't hear the heavy metal pop over the PA, no nor the emergency preparedness spiel, nor the inflight movie. People are dressed to withstand the temperatures and their activities in those temperatures, cleavage is not an issue. Nor color coordination. Kinda refreshing.
I generalize (and exaggerate) ALL the time: Here's one. The Kenai Peninsula celebrates both wild animal conservation and wild animal exploitation: People are either catching fish or counting fish.
I land at midnight, my host and I spend the night in Anchorage, at friends' and in the morning, he reviews my pack for what clothing I brought. He drags an enormous parka of his mothers from the back of his well-equipped truck and I swallow hard. He's calm, patient, practical, instructive. If you want to get out into the beautiful places, you have to be ready for the conditions. Here's something I wouldn't have thought about: Did you bring anything that can't handle the freezing conditions in the back of the truck? My camera? No. That stays with me anyway, duh. Toiletries: Bottles and vials of liquids, especially in glass: My Korean ginseng. That would have made a big shards-of-glass mess. My laptop? Actually if that heats up slowly to room temp before you turn it on again it should be fine. Things you have to think about. Prepare about. How to enjoy the sweaty (1-mile) snow-shoe hike from the truck to his cabin while the fingers ache with the cold. I read in an outdoor guide's advice on staying warm called Cold Comfort that "poor goose down lofts less than good duck down." (An editor's field day, and my delightful new mantra).
The stove Lasse lives with is almost too scary to show you: I would be most afraid someone seeing this would try it themselves. Lasse is a brewmaster, an inventor, a whiz at welding stainless steel, worldly, a macrobiotic cook, and blues harmonica player. Every horizontal surface of his sturdy timberframe-and-strawbale cabin is crammed with books: almost all of them practical manuals on homesteading, beer brewing, and macrobiotic cooking. His stove fits his own needs for warmth in conditions like winter temps that can dive below 15 degrees F; it can start getting cold enough to fire up the heater from October to April. It may be easier to say he doesn't fire up his stove in July. He needs to cook as well as heat water with wood. His stove fits his abilities too. As a brewer, he has access to lots of stainless steel kegs, and can weld stainless steel, so his building blocks include kegs, beautifully machined stop-cocks, and piping. So much of the art of rocket mass heater building is determined by needs, available materials, and abilities.
Our busy plans to visit several of the rocket mass heaters Lasse has installed around town is peppered with jam sessions with friends, dogsled running, beer brewing, and sharing his volunteer spot spinning jazz records for the local radio station. How Alaska is it around here? Well, on my first night, we were enjoying a local brew in the pub, Down East Saloon, hearing a Portland band and making new friends, when the door-man took the mic and instead of announcing that someone's pick-up lights were on, announced a one year-old moose grazing in the parking lot, so be careful as you go out to your cars. Alaska is on a whole 'nother scale.
March 24, 2013.
Winter-into-Spring, 2013
Now that spring is upon us and the wind doesn't sing through my leaky poor man's craftsman bungalow, the days lengthen, and the sun shines even more, you'd think this Californian would relax back into her favorite ripped-up Blondie tee shirt and enjoy the hiking trails. But instead, I am packing my camera and laptop to head north to Homer, Alaska to taste real winter. Or at least the tail end of it.
From the Spring Equinox to April Fool's Day, I will have my mind blown by Mother Nature's expression in Alaska. "It's on a whole different scale," my friend Ian says. I will be in snow –a rare event for me, I will ride in a dogsled for the first time, enjoy locally brewed beer, and predictably, eat some salmon.
This visit will be the first stop on a series of visits to builders of rocket mass heaters around the world. Since its publication in 2005, the book I helped Ianto Evans write, that started out as a pamphlet called Rocket Stoves to Heat Cob Buildings, has grown into a cottage industry. And much to my surprise and delight. It is now a real paperback with a glossy cover called Rocket Mass Heaters: Fuel-efficient Wood-Burning Stoves YOU Can Build (and snuggle up to). It has been translated into French and Japanese. We are working with translators now who will take it into German and Spanish, and I just heard from an Irishman who offered to translate it into Czech. There are countless YouTube videos—from the absurd to the sublime—documenting these stoves. People are participating in discussion forums all over the world. And there are two Facebook groups, with over a thousand members between them. How did this happen?
The rocket mass heater is a make-it-yourself wood-burning device, based on the principles of the rocket stove, which because of its geometry and materials burns bio mass really efficiently. The rocket mass heater takes the heat so efficiently produced and stores it in thermal mass—in most cases, cob—benches and beds. These stoves are for human comfort. You sit and lie down on them. They're for tinkers, inventors, and people in love with fire. I've been assuming we had an underground audience, but at least 30,000 copies are in circulation. That's a lot of underground to cover! Who are these people? I want to meet them all.
While I hustle on the third edition of Rocket Mass Heaters with Ianto, I am simultaneously curious about who is out there building—and improving—these stoves. So off I go, with my Olympus OM-D5 and MacBook Pro in search of stovers. I'll keep you posted!
Please visit Rocket Stoves for more stove stuff.
To further keep me in (dancing) shoes, I have posted a few additional books for sale (at left) by friends of mine in the natural building vein…As someone aptly said recently: "Build it yourself, build it small, occupy it."
Here is a recent email response to a question that you, too, may have about how to get into natural building as a career: Natural Building.
Please visit Jack's Picks for some local things I'm excited about. There's something sweet and something sexy!
The Turtle House images are back up! A back-yard remodel of a sea creature. An Adventure.
For a more info, email me.
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Letter - George Lavater, Centennial International Exhibition, Melbourne, 3 Aug 1888 Reg. No: SH 000203
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- Unaddressed, printed letter written by the secretary of the Exhibition Commission George Lavater, providing information to guests attending a banquet in the (Royal) Exhibition Building on 8 August 1888 as part of the Melbourne Centennial International Exhibition (MCIE). The MCIE was open from 1 August 1888 to 31 January 1889.
- Description:
- Small white folded card with gold cursive print. The seal of the MCIE is printed at top.
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- Transfer from Trustees of the Royal Exhibition Building (REB), 2000
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|In gold print: 3rd August, 1888./Sir,/On the occasion of the Banquet at the/Exhibition, on Wednesday, the 8th inst., in celebration/of the Opening, Carriages can enter the main drive at the Rathdown Street Gates, and set down at/the Door near the west end of the Main Building/leading into the Armament Court. Guests arriving on foot can enter by the Gates/at either Nicholson or Rathdown Streets, on production of their Entree Card. [ext. text].
|George Lavater, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 Aug 1888
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1882: Children's Memorial Hospital opens.
1883: Washington Park Jockey Club established.
1884: Washington Park Race Track opens.
1884: Construction begins on the Home Insurance Building, the first skyscraper at 10 floors.
1885: Potter Palmer builds castle-like home on Near North Side, which would lead to development of Gold Coast neighborhood.
1885: First female police officer hired, watches female prisoners.
1886: Haymarket Square Riot.
1887: Softball is invented on the South Side.
1887: Newberry Library is established.
1888: Adler and Sullivan's Auditorium Building is built.
1889: The city triples in size with annexation of the municipalities of Lake View, Hyde Park, Jefferson and Lake.
1889: Jane Addams opens Hull House.
1890: Aaron Montgomery Ward successfully sues the city to keep Grant Park open.
1891: Chicago Symphony Orchestra plays its first concert.
1891: In midst of bicycle craze, a schoolteacher becomes first local woman to ride 100 miles in less than 16 hours.
1892: University of Chicago opens for class.
1893: World's Columbian Exposition.
1893: Mayor Carter Harrison I is assassinated.
1893: Art Institute of Chicago moves into current building.
1894: Pullman workers go on strike.
175 years of memorable, horrible, humorous and remarkable events that shaped Chicago
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The chef and driving force behind a four-star Boston restaurant brings some of her finest recipes to the table.
The dish was a massive hit, and Shun Lee Palace subsequently received a four-star review in The New York Times.
The four-star general has handled every tough job the military has given him.