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Thanks Detailicious and RichCaspian!
Love the style, one of my favourite pictures on S6 – fantastic work Diogo :)
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Mark Kozelek
The 47-year-old songwriter discusses the harrowing backstories, both true and slightly fictional, behind the vivid, emotionally raw new Sun Kil Moon album.
By Brandon Stosuy , February 3, 2014
Mark Kozelek's work has felt important since he began recording with Red House Painters in the early 90s. I have clear memories of discussing my favorite "sad songs" with my friends during that period, and focusing on a few lines from Rollercoaster's "Katy Song": "I know tomorrow/ You will be somewhere in London, living with someone/ You've got some kind of family there to turn to/ And that's more than I could ever give you." But while he wrote songs that felt deeply personal and resonant, Kozelek was still a shadowy figure—I knew very little about someone whose music I knew very well.
Years of listening to his music and learning about his background didn't prepare me for Benji, Kozelek's self-produced sixth album as Sun Kil Moon. From the opening notes and words of the record's spare entryway, "Carissa", you know this is new territory; the song is about his second cousin—a mother of two—dying when she takes out the trash. Benji is filled with material that finds Kozelek stripping away metaphor, painting vivid pictures of family members dead and living, innocent children killed in school shootings and serial killers who die of natural causes. As easily as he can shock with gruesome subject matter, he understands nuance, and you end up feeling like you, too, know each person who shows up in these songs.
In the end, it's all about Kozelek and how he got to where he is today, but he gazes everywhere except his own navel—characters and details show up in different places, and from different angles. He'll examine the effect of re-watching an old favorite movie or the feeling of seeing a younger friend's band perform. He creates a patchwork of references from far and wide, alluding to boxing, childhood playground fights, Led Zeppelin, the Postal Service, Edgar Winter, mercy killings, cancer, old friends and their scars, David Bowie, and Panera Bread. The lyrics are unadorned and carefully wrought, as is the music, which is mostly Kozelek with his guitar or xylophone. (He gets some vocal help from Will Oldham, Jen Wood, and Keta Bill, while Steve Shelley and a few others add some guest instrumentation.) The production's crystalline; you feel like you're in the same room with the players as they construct a world around you.
Benji is such an emotionally raw record that I was surprised Kozelek was willing to answer questions about it. I pooled the below questions from various members of Pitchfork's staff—it felt like the Kozelekian thing to do. He responded via email.
"Yes, a few of my relatives died from aerosol can explosions. Strange things happen within families, in small towns... For the most part, this record is as real as a bad car accident."
Pitchfork: You've written personal songs in the past, but Benji takes things deeper. The music is stripped down; the lyrics feel like diaristic reportage. What took you in this direction?
Mark Kozelek: I suppose I've run out of metaphors, and when you get older, you're bothered, or inspired, by other things in life than a girl breaking up with you. Things get heavier as you get older. At 47, I can't write from the perspective of a 25-year-old anymore. My life has just changed too much and my environment around me.
Pitchfork: I suppose people are curious if all of this really happened. My sense is that it did. How much is real, and how much is fiction or embellishment?
MK: I can see how some of these incidents would sound odd, to say, a British journalist, or someone who is very young, or sheltered, but yes, a few of my relatives died from aerosol can explosions. Strange things happen within families, in small towns. I fudge a few facts here and there in the name of getting a song out of the way, or to protect the living, but for the most part this record is as real as a bad car accident.
Pitchfork: Did you change the names of people involved? Do you worry about people trying to Google Jim Wise and Katy Curland and Billy Brislin and what being mentioned by name could mean for them?
MK: Katy Curland is not an actual name—nor is Jim Wise. Jim Wise is a very real person who is close with my dad, only his name's not Jim. But Billy Brislin was my dad's best friend—a boxing enthusiast and a wonderful man. He passed away, and this song seemed like a nice place to pay tribute to him.
Pitchfork: Has Brett's wife or Micheline's parents or Carissa's kids heard these songs?
People are grieving and they'll hear my music when they are good and ready, if they want to. I don't check in on that. It's not a priority for me. I make music to process—because I have to, not for praise or accolades or reactions.
Pitchfork: Do you hope that the kid you beat up in "Song Remains The Same" reaches out?
MK: No, I've processed that. Right now, here is what's on my mind: my ankle hurts like hell, I need a new mattress, I'm missing an adapter for a Roland keyboard, I'm hungry, my girlfriend was supposed to be here an hour ago, I can't wait to see the new episode of True Detective tonight, and sadly, I just learned I'll be in Helsinki during the Pacquiao/Bradley rematch.
Pitchfork: With all the references on the album, why did you name it after the movie Benji, which is mentioned in passing?
MK: I have this light, nice memory of going to see the movie Benji, at a Los Angeles movie theatre when I was a little kid, visiting my grandparents. This record is filled with so much darkness, I wanted to give it a light title, for contrast. Benji is a great movie, one of my favorites.
Pitchfork: Which of the songs did you write first? How did the idea for the interconnected songs come to pass?
MK: "Truck Driver" was written first. I offered it to Desertshore for [collaborative side project] MK and Desertshore but they passed on it. It was soon after that my second cousin passed away. I wrote a song for her, and I guess that spiraled and one song led to another.
Pitchfork: Each song could get the extended treatment you gave "I Watched the Film The Song Remains the Same" in the piece you recently wrote for the New York Times. You also wrote a couple of other similar pieces. How much do you want to decode for the listener?
MK: I don't enjoy talking about my songs, but at the same time, I'll do it in the right context.
Peter Catapano, an editor at the Times, talked me into the first piece. I was reluctant to do it, but my dad was so touched by that piece about him and his brothers (the song "Brothers" from MK and Desertshore) that I found it rewarding and wanted to do a little more. Overall though, I'm a fan of letting the listener make their own connections. I'm a fan of making music, more than talking about it.
Pitchfork: What were your parents' reactions to hearing "their" songs on Benji?
MK: The Times piece on "I Can't Live Without My Mother's Love" came out on my mom's birthday. She told me it was the nicest gift she ever got. My dad still hasn't heard "I Love My Dad" and I'm sure he'll say something like, "It's good, but I love your version of 'Little Drummer Boy'!" My dad loves my live albums—he's obsessed with the live version of "Little Drummer Boy", for some reason.
Sun Kil Moon: "Ben's My Friend"
Pitchfork: The personal details on the album are offset by some bigger, more historical subject matter like the Newtown school shooting or Richard Ramirez' death. How do those songs function in connection with the others?
MK: You have to remember, I was a kid in a basement watching TV when the Jonestown Massacre happened, or when Dan White used the Twinkie defense. But this song ["Pray for Newtown"] was triggered out of letter I got from a fan in Newtown, after that incident happened. It brought me back to all of these places where I was when these shootings happened. James Huberty is from my hometown—he's the guy who killed all of those people at a McDonald's in Southern California, so it tied in.
Pitchfork: The closing track, "Ben's My Friend" feels like an epilogue—it's a more upbeat track that brings us into the present. It feels like you coming out from this intense experience and living to see another day. Is that how it's supposed to function?
MK: It really wasn't that thought out. I just felt like the album needed another track, so I scribbled down some stuff, vented a little about The Postal Service concert or whatever was on my mind that day. I presented it to Steve Shelley in two different ways, a slow version and a fast version. He liked the faster one and we went with it.
Sun Kil Moon: "Richard Ramirez Died Today of Natural Causes"
Pitchfork: What's it like playing these songs in a live setting?
MK: Audiences react differently, depending on venue, how much they've had to drink, or depending on whether English is their first or second language. Most Americans I play for are clueless as to who Richard Ramirez was, so you can imagine how audiences in Portugal react. I'm not saying they don't enjoy the music, I'm just saying they're a little lost on some references. Some audiences bust up with laughter at "I Love My Dad" and some take it very seriously. It depends on venue, and other elements.
Pitchfork: The album is self-produced and sounds great. Have you ever considered getting out of songwriting and into production?
MK: I appreciate you saying that. I feel like when the songwriting slows, I'd love to help others with their records. If it's something I really believe in, it's worth the effort.
Pitchfork: Are you working on new material? You've always been prolific, but it's hard to imagine you following this up.
MK: Right now I'm working on my taxes and accounting for last year, but ideas are coming. The next record will blow your fucking mind—trust me.
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Airfield Pavement Preservation Project
This summer the Airport will be contracting out some pavement preservation work on the Runway 09/27 along with some of the connecting taxiway intersections. The work involves crack sealing, fog sealing, and repainting of pavement markings.
Bids for this project were reviewed at the April Airport Authority Meeting and the project was awarded to the lowest qualified bidder — Maxwell Asphalt of Utah — in the amount of $384,100.31. This work is scheduled to occur in July when we typically experience hot, dry weather. The plan is to close Runway 09/27 following the morning airline departures, and work as far as possible before allowing cure time in order to re-open the runway in time for the mid-day and afternoon airline flights. It is estimated that approximately a week of this phased work will be required to cover the entire runway.
During construction closures, runways 05/23, 17/35, and the turf landing strip will be available for use by general aviation aircraft. This preservation work will extend the pavement's useful life until a more in-depth rehabilitation project is done, currently projected to begin in 2019.
Long Term Parking Lot Improvements
Another summer project involves installation of an automated fee collection system for the Helena Regional Airport's Long Term Parking Lot. For the past several decades an honor system has been used to collect fees for the parking lot. Airport staff logs in cars each day and places pay envelopes under the windshield wipers of the vehicles. When users return from a trip they remit parking fees by either dropping the envelopes in a drop box as they exit the lot, or mail in payment a day or two later.
Over the years this worked well, although a very small number of people either don't pay at all, or do not pay the full amount due. Technology has evolved to a point that we have options to make collecting parking fees a more effective and user-friendly operation. Our new system will work like this: the driver will take a ticket from the dispenser when entering the lot. Upon returning from a trip, the driver inserts the ticket into a pay station at the exit of the lot. The user will be able to pay for parking with cash (including receiving change), a credit or debit card. Receipts will be printed out, which is also important for folks to use for travel documentation and reimbursement. Annual parking permits will be available for those who travel frequently.
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I Am Difficult to Get to Know
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I Am Difficult to Get to Know.after all, i've known me since i was born and i'm still finding out new stuff about me. i'm a dreadfully complex being, you see. amorphous and ethereal, impossible to grasp, difficult to view clearly. or like a house with a thousand rooms, many locked even before the walls...
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I'll let you in if I think you have potential... are you worthy?
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When someone gets too close i freak outand push them away. There's nothing I could really do about it. It makes me uncomfortable when people get in my personal bubble. Even family or friends.
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Im a naturally stoic,guarded person. I dislike almost everyone.
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I'm Still Trying to Figure Me Out!I have so many layers. Every time I think I understand myself, I discover another layer underneath. I used to think that the real me was at the core of this. Now, I don't think so. For one thing, I now realize I can spend the rest of my life peeling layers and...
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Indeed. Getting to know me online will takeabout the same time as it would in person. There's not much you will find out about me in our first few conversations because I don't trust people I've never met outside the internet. go ahead and judge me for it if you like, I just prefer to practice common sense and safety...
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Never seem to have any trouble meetingor getting to know other people.... I couldn't tell you anything about myself!
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I don't make it easy to know me.I WANT people to really know me..to see the real me, but I find it hard to just let people in. I don't tell them that much about me...people on here probably know more about me thru my stories than anyone around here does. I just can't express myself that well in person & it...
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It must be a pain in the *** trying to break mywalls down at times, I try to be as open with new people as I can but sometimes it's hard because I do not know them either. Sometimes I wish I was more simple, less complicated but personally I've came to realise I'm different and I like it. I like not being so easy to read, it...
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Faust76 70+, M 7 Responses 12 Aug 26, 2014
I always have been very difficult to know.I am a reserved and quiet person, not to mention the fact that I do tend to isolate myself quite frequently. I love people, I just never know what to say around them. People often times find me stand-offish or even rude because I don't say hi to them when they say hi to me. I...
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On Top of Bipolar, Social Anxiety, Etc. Etc.I don't make it easy to get to know me. It's not that I don't want meaningful relationships; I do, so badly. I just don't know how. I'm socially inept, very shy, insecure. People seem to think I'm weird. I think I always say the wrong things, or I...
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About 90% of the time I know almost immediatelyif I am going to get along well with a person or not. I shut out those I know I will not get along with and focus on those I do.
if you want to know me you gotta ask.I won't give up any free information.
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Occupy MN protesters defy Hennepin County orders; ACLU threatens lawsuit [UPDATE]
The occupiers are refusing to move from in front of a sign.
This morning, Hennepin County maintenance removed all of Occupy MN protesters' signs from Government Plaza. Just before noon, however, a small contingent of the occupiers started putting them back up.
Now, seven occupiers have linked arms in front of signs and are preventing sheriff's deputies and security from removing them. They've been threatened with arrest.
"More signs!" they chanted, as other protesters began hanging signs from light poles.
Hennepin County administrators ordered on Monday that, as a provision of their winterization of the plaza, all Occupy MN possessions must be consolidated and no signs would be allowed to be hung.
Yesterday, the Minnesota branch of the American Civil Liberties Union sent a letter to Sheriff Rich Stanek and County Administrator Richard Johnson warning that they may be setting themselves up for a lawsuit.
"Although we do not currently represent OccupyMN, we are concerned that these new restrictions do not comport with the First Amendment standards and respectfully request that you rescind them," the letter reads.
Last night, Occupy MN's general assembly voted to allow the ACLU to represent them in potential litigation. They also began hanging as many signs as possible from the plaza light poles and planters in preparation for this morning's clean up.
Although all signs came down without incident in the early morning hours, this afternoon protesters began putting them back up. When a county security guard attempted to take one off a planter, a protester dove in front of him, and refused to move. He was threatened with arrest.
Before long, seven occupiers linked arms around the planter, and other protesters began covering them in signs, including ones that say "Stanek 2012: Champions of the First Amendment" and "We are the 99%."
Among them is Ben Egerman, who was arrested at another demonstration a couple weeks ago for refusing to get out of the street in front of US Bank plaza.
"I promised my dad I wouldn't get arrested again until my next hearing," he said. "My hearing was yesterday."
For now, it appears that the security officers and deputies have backed off. We'll update as the situation continues to develop.
Update: At about 1 p.m., protesters were notified that they will not be arrested. The seven jubilantly busted out of what had grown to a thick layer of tape and signs screaming, "We won! We won!"
Egerman says that the sheriff's deputies and security are still watching them from the tall staircase outside the Government Center, but that they are going to continue putting up signs all afternoon.
"I think if we have enough people, they're really scared. They're scared of having the same situation," he says. "They stood down."
Nick Espinosa, another Occupy MN organizer, says if any attempt is made to remove the signs, they will risk arrest again.
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I am currently 23 episodes into "Sailor Moon." Got the whole show on DVD at a horror movie convention last year and have been saving it for the right time to watch. And feeling completely burned out of watching and reviewing horror movies, this is the best possible change of pace.
Saw the show as a kid in the 1990's and was re-introduced to it on YouTube in 2006. It was the most amazing and wonderful nostalgia ever. It was also the most difficult nostalgia to get over. Catching all 200 shows on YouTube is a bit much. Part of the magic is just Sailor Mercury. I'm in love with her and what she represents. She's nice, friendly, sweet, loving, adoring, smart and shy. She was one of a few TV crushes growing up (including Mary Ingalls/Melissa Sue Anderson from "Little House On The Prairie"; same characteristics). Part of me really wants to meet my Sailor Mercury, whoever and where ever she is.
Question for fans who have seen all of, or much of, the show. Does Sailor Moon ever grow up and stop being a crybaby?
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I agree with you on Mercury. She was always my favorite.
Now 40 episodes in. If it gets better as it goes along, that's good a sign, because I have overall enjoyed the first portion. Some really moving subplots concerning romance between the humans and evil forces. I imagine that Sailor Moon has to grow up a little bit and feel more confident as a princess warrior at some point. Otherwise, her childish schtick would get really old. She may be the weak link no matter how you look at it, and that may be the point. All about seeing her grow into a leader she is destined to be.
Almost done with Season 3 of "Sailor Moon" and past the halfway point. It is quite different seeing a show with forty-odd episodes per season. Every season seems a little drawn-out with some silly epiosodes, but I continue to enjoy it quite a bit. The finales to the first two seasons are amazing. So amazing, I cried. This show can be emotionally stirring at times.
I remember catching a Mercury-themed episode more than once in the `90's and always looking forward to watching it. She might have had to move away from the group or something. Didn't have to wait too long before finding that episode in Season 2. It turned out she had an opportunity to study abroad in Germany and naturally turned it down to stay with her friends. She can always study harder to become a doctor. I love Mercury, but am starting to get over her. She is essentially a supporting character with her own episode from time to time, just like the three other supporting girls. I can see how other guys/fans may have seen her as a boring character and may have been more interested in any of the other girls. My Sailor Mercury, if she's out there, doesn't have to be a brainiac who studies all time. Just so long as she's nice, sweet and a "behind-the-scenes" kind of person like myself.
Sailor Moon does become more powerful and cries a little bit less over time. Yet, she is supposed to grow up into an elegant Queen. Looking forward to seeing how that goes about. The first two seasons are pretty amazing. I watch some episodes when I get home from work and before I go to bed. It is a nice arrangement. But I am slowing down more with Season 3. May stop after 3 or finish out with 4 and 5. It would be more fitting to see the whole series in one shot.
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It's a show that offers a lot more than meets the eye. I have friends who love anime but won't watch it because it's too "girly" but it really has great characters and wonderful relationships. It dragged a bit too much for me (but honestly, any anime more than 26 episodes drags, including the fantastic Full Metal Alchemist and Monster) but overall it was very enjoyable.
I wound up stopping with Season 3 after all. Started watching Season 4 and was no longer interested. The on-going story and the new villians felt very familiar. For the first time, it began to feel childish (why is Chibi-Usa still sticking around?). The first three seasons are enough. The Sailor Warriors literally saved the world in all three of them. How much more epic can the show become?
Season 1 is amazing. I think Rini is supposed Chibi-Usa's English name in the dubbed version, right? Sailor Moon's daughter from the future? Yes, she was annoying. But Season 2 was still amazing, with or without her. It led to an incredible finale. I suppose Season 3 began and felt less epic after the first two seasons. But halfway through, it changes gears and becomes a lot more interesting.
It also didn't help that Season 4 was only available as an English dub (with, fortunately, the option of viewing the alternate English subtitles). Why do this in a boxset with Seasons 1-2-3-5 available in their original language? After being blessed with three seasons featuring the beautiful Japanese language and optional subtitles to read, you can't go back. Such shrill voice work in Season 4, especially Sailor Moon's. Makes me wonder how I got into show in the `90's when it was dubbed and butchered.
But Subtitled or dubbed, my interest had faded. Whatever power the show had on me for so long, it has finally passed. And you're right. That says something about a "simple" and "girly" show. There is more to it than meets the eye of your conventional cartoon.
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I finally got around to watching the Berserk movie, Egg of the High King. Basically, it's a retelling, updated version of the Berserk anime and is planned to be the first of several Berserk movies that more accurately portray the manga than the original anime.
Let me say a couple of things, first. Berserk is my favorite anime series ever. The Golden Age Arc, to me, is the best comic arc I've read. It's better than both my favorite manga stories (Akira, Kenshin's Revenge Arc) and better than American comics I've read (Dark Phoenix Saga, Watchmen, Winter Soldier, etc.). And, although I haven't read the Game of Thrones books, I think I enjoy the Dark Fantasy of Berserk more than the Game of Th rones tv show. So obviously, I take anything Berserk-related very seriously.
That said, this movie was a disappointment. The beauty of Berserk is the growth in the relationship between the characters. Specifically, Guts and Griffith, who remain two of my favorite characters in anything. The movie is about 75 minutes and covers so much material that we don't actually get to see the relationship develop in a meaningful, believable way. It really hurts the story. This particular movie ends at the point where Guts reacts to Griffith saying no one in his army is his friend. It lacked the power that it should have had, because it didn't show exactly how much Guts and Griffith went through together, and how they've both grown because of the other's influence.
On the other hand, I had two big complaints about the Berserk anime. First was the animation. While the art was incredibly detailed and beautiful, the fight scenes were pretty static: almost like pages taken from the manga and just colored in. It was good to see the combat here modernized. The animation is swift and the battles are more engaging. However, some poorly chosen CGI bothered me.
The other problem I had with the anime was the first episode, which pretty much told us what eventually happens between Griffith and Guts. I think the impact of the Eclipse would've been much stronger if we didn't know it was going to happen. This movie skips that and goes straight to the flashback, which is wonderful.
In the end, while I welcome the animation and the more focused story telling, I just can't get over how little characterization there is. And that's why I love Berserk in the first place. For example, Judou is one of my favorite secondary characters in any anime. I'm not even sure if they call him by name in this movie. It's really more eye candy for people who already are familiar with Berserk (so we don't need details on characters' histories, relationships, or the particulars about how Griffith's rise to fame bothered all of the nobles) but want to see it with modernized art.
EDIT: another thing I do appreciate is that, so far, it's not as brutal as the manga. Granted, we didn't get to the real gross stuff (like the Devil Dogs) but Berserk is one of the most uncomfortably mature manga I've read. I skip certain pages just because it's so graphically sexual or violent. This movie, while certainly bloody, doesn't quite reach the graphic nature of the manga. I hope that continues.
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shame that it's disappointing
i'm on One Piece ep 105. a few years ago, i never would have thought i'd be into this style, Shonen Jump. i think it was Trigun that paved the way
my fav most recent releases include Redline and Darker Than Black Series 2
i watched a fantastic film called Night On The Galactic Railroad last week. it was a film about cats
Yeah the Berserk movie wasn't what I hoped it would be. However, like I said, it's only the first in a series of movies that retell the manga. The Golden Age Arc is going to be split into 3 movies, so hopefully there is more development down the road. This one ended where Guts overheard Griffith saying they're not really friends, so there are two more movies to cover the final battles, Guts' leaving, Griffith's fall, the Dogs (which was skipped in the anime), and the Eclipse. It's a lot of material to cram into 3 movies. If you estimate that a movie is worth 3 episodes (which is generous), then 3 movies is the equivalent of 9 episodes. Meanwhile, the original series, which covered less material as it skipped some manga stuff, was 26 episodes. The pacing just isn't going to work.
If you're into Shonen stuff, I strongly recommend Bleach and Rurouni Kenshin (particularly the Trust & Betrayal OVA, which is my favorite piece of anime) if you haven't seen them. I always dug Shonen material as being fun and having good, overarching stories. The only problem is the filler. Bleach has some absolutely, God-awful filler arcs. The entire third act of Rurouni Kenshin can be skipped because it's flat out garbage. One Piece has similar shortcomings from what I've heard. I personally believe of all the TV series, Bleach's Soul Society arc is the best Shonen Jump has to offer. Most people would probably say Death Note (which, amazingly, was in Shonen Jump) but I find it overrated. Others might say Dragonball Z's Frieza arc, but it just doesn't age well and the action is nowhere near as exciting as Bleach.
The only reason I didn't get into One Piece, either the anime or the manga, is that there doesn't seem to be an ending in site. Bleach's manga recently started it's final arc, so at least there's an ending on the horizon. Once I'm told One Piece is coming to an end, I'll definitely get into it. It was the same with Inuyasha, which I ended up enjoying much more than I thought I ever would, thanks to a strong supporting cast and a story that surprisingly didn't include most Shonen cliches.
I never saw Night on the Galactic Railroad. I know it's an older movie. Probably should add it to my list since I'm more inclined to watch movies now than tv shows.
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New Sailor Moon series announced
"The idol group Momoiro Clover Z, publisher Kodansha, and creator Naoko Takeuchi announced on Friday that a new anime adaptation of Takeuchi's Sailor Moon manga is being produced. The new anime series is aimed for release next summer, and Momoiro Clover Z will perform a theme song.
Momoiro Clover Z made the announcement during a live event celebrating the 20th anniversary of the manga. Momoiro Clover Z sang the first Sailor Moon anime's theme song "Moonlight Densetsu" at the event via a live video feed from France, where they are guests of Japan Expo."
Curious about the new Sailor Moon, but honestly I just feel the story stagnated after Season 1 (which actually holds up surprisingly well, even today).
Not sure if there's anything left to explore that I'd be interested in, but I'll give it a shot.
Impresive trailer for "Attack on Titan", an upcoming anime series based on the manga of the same title.
The manga is pretty good, I'm looking forward for the series.
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Have of you watched death note it is a pretty good anieme.
I also felt it went on a bit too long. But given its popularity, I'm surprised they didn't milk it even more.
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PrintDialog() method on the ReportViewer like so:
This works fine in most cases, it brings up the standard windows print dialog, the user chooses what printer they want to print to, and it prints. However, when the user chooses to print to PDF using "Adobe PDF", it throws a
Win32Exception: The specified datatype is invalid. The file dialog to choose where to save the pdf doesn't even come up.
This only happens with Adobe PDF printer. I installed NitroPDF and used their PDF printer and it works without a problem.
Does anybody have an idea on what could be causing this to happen?
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Actor and writer Tyler Perry has sold his tricked-out home in the celebrity-studded Bird Streets area of Hollywood Hills West for $11.25 million, public records show.
The 9,725-square-foot contemporary features a glass-floor catwalk that serves as the ceiling of the wine cellar, a window in the billiards room that looks into the water of the swimming pool, a nightclub/lounge with a disco ball, a gym, four fireplaces, four bedrooms, six bathrooms and a sauna. The site has expansive city and mountain views.
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With solar power system prices falling and electricity prices on the rise, solar PV systems–including 4kW solar systems–are steadily becoming a more and more attractive investment for homes and businesses. What are the typical price ranges, power yields (in kWh), and financial benefits that a home or business should anticipate with a well-installed 4kW solar PV system?
4kW solar PV system pricing
The price of solar power has dropped significantly in the past few years, thanks to a number of factors, including increased production from China and falling incentives in Australia that have lead to steeper competition between installers.
The are a range of products and prices available on the market, however; a cost-competitive 4kW solar PV system consisting of cheaper, low-end products will be cheaper, while premium components will cost more.
Solar Choice publishes a monthly article on the current state of residential solar system prices. You can see the archive of these articles here: Solar Choice Solar PV Prices.
4kW solar system output
There are a number of factors that affect the actual power output of a 4kW solar system, however. These include:
-Geographical location of the system and the expected daily and annual solar irradiation and cloud cover levels there
–Orientation and tilt angle of the solar panel array
–Whether there is any shade cast on the panels
-Actual operating temperature of the panels
-Whether solar panel array capacity is accurately matched to inverter capacity
-The performance of the individual components–i.e. the panels and the inverter
Depending on where the system is located, it will receive different amounts of solar irradiation throughout each day and each year. The amount of sunshine falling on a solar system's solar panels directly affects the system's output. A solar system which is facing the right direction (i.e. north) in Australia can expect to receive around an annual average of 4 hours of 'peak sun' (peak sun hours, or PSH) per day, although Tasmania receives less than this, and Broome, WA receives more. This is only the daily average across the course of the year; it is important to keep in mind that the sun shines for more hours in the summer months and fewer in the winter.
For example, a perfectly efficient 4kW solar system in Sydney would produce about (3PSH x 4kW =) 18kWh of power on a day in the middle of winter, whereas in the summer output from the same 4kW solar PV system would be around (5PSH x 4kW =) 30kWh. (Figures are approximate only.)
4kW solar system financial returns
The financial returns from a 4kW solar PV installation are mainly dependent on the presence or absence of a Solar Feed-in Tariff to the owner/operator of the system. Solar Feed-in Tariff schemes pay solar system owners a premium for each kWh of power that they send to the electricity grid. Financial payback accordingly depends not only on the total output of the system, but also how that power is utilised by the occupants in light of whether or not a Solar Feed-in Tariff is being applied.
There are essentially 3 situations that owners of grid-connect solar systems might find themselves in regarding Solar Feed-in Tariff incentives:
1. They have acces to a Solar Feed-in Tariff, which encourage solar system users to export power to the grid at rates that vary from state to state, but which are above the retail electricity rate–that is, a premium.
2. They have access to a 1-for-1 'Solar Buyback' scheme in which they are paid an amount equivalent to their retail electricity rate for every unit of solar power that they feed into the grid. People in this category should simply try to reduce their power consumption as much as possible, as they can neither gain nor lose by either exporting or self-consuming their solar p0wer.
3. No mandatory solar feed-in incentive scheme exists, or the rate offered is nominal–e.g. 7c/kWh. In this situation system owners should avoid exporting their solar power to the grid, and instead time their electricity usage to ensure that they are 'self-consuming' their solar power–using more electricity when the sun is shining, and less when it is not.
Read more: The economics of Solar Feed-in Tariffs vs solar buyback schemes.
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1. Download the Solar Choice 4kW Solar System ROI calculator (Excel spreadsheet file)
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4. Alter the variables in the light blue boxes (system size, system price, etc) in column B to calculate system Return on Investment (ROI).
(You may also open the file in Google Docs if you have a Google account.)
*Calculator outputs are indicative only–please keep in mind that electricity rates and Feed-in Tariff rates may change over time.
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Are you playing a game?
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When you get in the class baby
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This is in response to your letter of April 26, addressed to Joseph A. Dear, Assistant Secretary of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), regarding compliance issues and intravenous (IV) drug administration.
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When designing an upgrade strategy from an older version of Exchange to a newer one, a question that needs to be addressed is do we need to introduce a version of Exchange that may not currently be present? This may be when upgrading from Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010. If that organisation does not have any Exchange 2007 servers, you need to evaluate if there may be a future requirement for one in the future. Examples include:
Once that first Exchange 2010 server is installed it is way to late to go back and introduce Exchange 2007. Actually its before the installation, but hold that thought for now. The same is also true when upgrading from Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2013, if there are no Exchange 2010 servers in the organisation.
Let's look at an example where we are upgrading from Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2013.
As mentioned above, it is not the act of installing the files onto the disk of the new Exchange 2013 server that blocks the installation of Exchange. Nor is it the act of extending the schema to support Exchange 20103. To be specific it is the /PrepareAD stage that is the critical point. This means once you've run Exchange 2013's /PrepareAD command you cannot introduce a 2010 role if it did not exist before 2013's /PrepareAD was executed.
The individual steps to manually prepare the AD infrastructure for Exchange are listed in the Prepare Active Directory and Domains documentation for Exchange 2007, Exchange 2010 and also Exchange 2013:
/PrepareAD prepares the local domain for Exchange.
Exchange 2013 does not have the /PrepareLegacy or /PL switch. This was required for legacy Exchange 2003 coexistence so the Recipient Update Service (RUS) could continue to function. Since Exchange 2013 has a hard requirement that Exchange 2003 has been removed from the organisation prior to starting its setup, this is no longer required. Thankfully that also means I don't have to describe the public and private property sets in AD!
NOTE: If you run the Exchange Setup wizard with an account that has the permissions required (Schema Admins, Domain Admins, and Enterprise Admins) to prepare Active Directory and the domain, the wizard will automatically prepare Active Directory and the domain.
You say this would never happen? Let me give you the following scenario. Assume you get a shiny new administrator workstation that has the latest version of Windows installed. In order to install the Exchange management tools you need to install the management tools from the latest build of Exchange. If you then logon with a domain admin/schema admin level of account to install the management tools, setup will check the AD versioning information and run the /PrepareSchema, /PrepareAD steps.
Morale of the story? You should not need schema admin permissions for your day to day role, even for highly trusted administrator. Grant and revoke schema admin membership as needed. Less is more!
Running Exchange 2013 setup checks the current status of Active Directory and the Exchange organisation. Besides warning that some infrastructure bits are missing, it does warn that if you continue with this course of action, you will be unable to introduce older versions of Exchange if they are not currently present:
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What if I want to retain the ability to install an older version of Exchange, what do I need to do?
Taking the previous example where we are upgrading from Exchange 2007 to Exchange 2013, and there are no Exchange 2010 servers in the organisation, what do we have to do to retain the ability to add more Exchange 2010 servers at a future date?
The simplest solution is to deploy a virtual machine, install Exchange 2010 with all of the roles (yes that is required if you want to be able to install all 2010 roles in the future), and keep it patched and running. Should you ever need to install a production Exchange 2010 server, since there is still one Exchange 2010 in the organisation you are able to do so. Note this did say all the roles that you want in the future. Installing just the Exchange 2010 Mailbox role is not sufficient…
Should you reach the point where there are no business requirements for Exchange 2010, Exchange can then be gracefully uninstalled from the virtual machine and life continues
The same rules applied when upgrading Exchange 2003 to Exchange 2010 where there are no Exchange 2007 servers in that organisation. If an Exchange 2007 server was not introduced prior to Exchange 2010, then you were unable to go back and add it later.
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Point of no return - unless you have a AD back and restore at some point in time. Obviously not want to do on production but the @Exchange labs. Correct me if am wrong, having said that I didn't tested but just thought of mentioning it.
Hi Charles, That could be possible but it would be so painful that it would probably not happen in production. I'm wincing thinking about it! Another alternative would be to do a cross forest migration to a net new AD that has the relevant version, but
that would be a lot of time, effort and money to do so... Cheers, Rhoderick
Hi Rhoderick,
I have an environment that i have introduced with 2007 exchange that i have introduced a 2010 exchange server to allow for backtrack to earlier version. I have also installed an exchange 2013 Server in the environment. Following the process on this page. My
question is: Do I need to power up the 2010 Exchange server in order to migrate to the 2013 Server or should I leave it powered off? Thanks in advanced. John
Hi John,
I doubt that there will have been testing performed in that scenario. You should be able to get away with this, but if not just power it on. It needs to be on to get patched anyway, and I'd expect that 2010 server to have SP3 RU9 on it at this point in time.


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