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How are you? Are you in L.A. right now?
James Ferraro I'm good. I'm just in L.A. for a couple of weeks because I'm going on this tour, sort of just preparing for that.
Are you excited? This is to support the release of NYC, Hell 3:00AM [Hippos in Tanks], right?
JF Yeah, it is for the release. I'm excited, yeah. I mean, I've done it before but this tour is a little different. My live show's going to be a little different, so I've just been kind of in this rehearsal space.
Did you make the album when you were in L.A. or when you were here in New York?
JF I made it in New York. Actually, at the beginning of this year.
That makes sense, considering the title. I know when when you made Far Side Virtual, people called it an L.A. album, but it was more New York in sound.
JF Yeah. I recorded that record—that was sort of in between New York and L.A. That was like, 2011. The first half was in New York then I came out here to record the other half of it.
So what inspired the new album?
JF A lot of the scenes and the conceptual framework of it and stuff like digital isolation and alienation and things like that came into focus as I was making the record.
Actually, I wanted to ask you about that, that sort of conceptual framework. From reading your interviews, it seems like a lot of people assign ideas to your work. Like, I would read about Fredric Jameson or J. G. Ballard or Baudrillard being relevant to your work. And you seem to be a bit more cautious about that sort of thing. Do you think about that kind of theory during your process?
JF Like, do I think about those people?
Or anybody. I feel like people tend to make your work more academic than maybe you want it to be.
JF It's sort of a gray area. I mean, I definitely think like that on one level. This record's been kind of different, because it was definitely coming from like, an emotional place. I don't really think about it as really being academic, because I'm not—I don't really do that. I mean, there is definitely some influence, from like, academics and stuff, and through the concepts. But I think it's just like a shared similarity. I think sometimes there's like this kind of ambiguous umbrella over what academia is. And you know, maybe this fits into it somehow.
I think those kinds of theories simplify what your albums are about. Like it makes them too one-directional, when maybe ambivalence is more important. Or complexity, or something.
JF Yeah, I know what you're saying. I think for something like Far Side Virtual, there were definitely lots of routes you could take, as far as how you would interpret the record. So I think in that sense, I wanted to keep that complexity there. Instead of being, like, super-directed.
How are you hoping that NYC, Hell 3:00A.M. is going to be received?
JF I mean, I'm really into just, like, putting a record out and having it have its own narrative outside of what I intended in the beginning. So I'm hoping people understand some of the things I was trying to communicate, but at the same time it's like—I don't really hope that they'll understand it in just one way. Because a part of putting music out into the world, or art in general, is that everyone brings their own context. Sometimes people bring out different things in your art that you weren't even aware of. I always find that interesting.
Your music's progressed quite a bit since Far Side Virtual. Obviously, there's been the tapes, there's been Cold and Sushi. And you've been working more with computers, more with digital music-making versus analog methods. And I read that you said that the first time you used a computer to make music it really opened up the world. Do you still feel that way, or has your relationship with digital music-making changed?
JF It's sort of become less of a thing. Like, when I first started kind of switching how I was recording, I think it was like such a change that the change, or that future shock, just went into my sound. My music kind of just mirrors that. So I guess I got used to it.
Has that changed the mood and the feel of this album? It's so personal and intimate.
JF Yeah, well, this record is kind of strange. Like, it's mostly digital but there's also live instruments. Some of it was captured in a studio atmosphere so it was a little different. Like, with the computer thing, I mean in the context of working from a home studio, you know? Just how I like to do stuff on my own. And this record's different. And I was hoping for the future too that I could keep on doing it. Like, doing studio kind of stuff. I mean, it was really minimal for this record, but that's kind of the direction I want to go in, because it was a really positive experience for me.
You've started featuring your singing more prominently. What made you decide to bring that more to the forefront?
JF Well, I've kind of always been a vocalist, and I've always been conflicted because I focus so much on the instrumentation and the actual music. For this record I didn't really intend to sing, it just kind of came out of me, which is really cool, and I'm really happy it did. I don't know, it's weird. I sort of had to be in this comfortable place mentally to start working on these songs and have the vocals come out. By comfortable I just mean, be, like, in a certain mood or something. So, yeah, it really wasn't necessarily a conscious decision. I mean, it definitely was an aesthetic decision but it just kind of came out. It wasn't really that thought about.
I was looking at the trailers, too, and the visual choices that you make. Do you often think about visual iconography alongside the music?
JF Yeah, definitely. I think it's always been kind of a recurring theme with me. My process is that I usually have still images in my head and they usually, like the trailers do, flicker back and forth, like take on these weird morphing shapes to create a sort of in-flux symbolism.
I saw the one that had those almost D.A. Pennebaker shots, very sort of 1950s, 1960s black and white stuff, juxtaposed with a Terminator head. What's the symbolism there?
JF Oh, I know what you're talking about. Those images kind of represent, in the trailers, a heavy idea of oversaturation. You know, with images like the Terminator and whoever. There's also like the burning car? You know, there's the trailer with the burning car during rush hour traffic and—
I have a question for you about that. But I'll ask it later.
JF I just wanted to create this meditation on these objects, that appear so much, are seen so much that they become meaningless. And it kind of relates to how the album opens up with this repeating phrase, "money."
Yeah. And it ends with "violence."
JF Yeah, so I just wanted to have these things repeat out to the point where it seems devoid of meaning but at the same time being really hyper-present. So I just feel like that kind of lays one of the themes of —of society, really, and I wanted the record to contain that. And so that's the kind of the same thing with these images in the trailers. I just wanted to meditate on these repeating images of consumerism and all that kind of stuff, you know? Also, I'm really into sampling an image to have like a plastic aesthetic thing. I really like the idea of destroying iconic symbols in that kind of way.
Actually my question about the burning car, and please don't think I'm crazy, but there's this pretty popular YouTube video of a Chinese guy driving past a car that's on fire and he shouts, "Holy shit," and then he shouts "piss." And it feels almost exactly, like shot-for-shot, like the trailer.
JF Oh yeah, yeah, definitely. I mean, I just feel like everyone's seen a burning car on the freeway or something. Like the charred remains of one. Or at least you know someone that has. So I think that's like a pretty universal experience, you know?
I was reading the notes that came with the album, and I thought that like empathy, or the lack thereof, was also quite prominent. And I feel like rubbernecking at a car on fire sort of spoke to that.
JF Definitely. I think you were talking about J. G. Ballard earlier, and he did detail some interesting things about that phenomenon of the fetishism of, like, looking at our own mortality like that. And I think the burning car thing is like a really intense allegory of the world. Especially being rush hour traffic, I feel like in some ways it becomes really allegorical, this kind of crazy mirror of how the machine is thinking and the people in it.
Right, because it's a disturbance and it's also a spectacle and it's beautiful—
JF Yeah. And it's like, burning metal.
But then of course, even with these ideas of numbing, or of repetition and burning metal, there's also moments of tenderness, on songs like "Eternal Condition" and "Close Ups."
JF Like I said, for this record I kind of just allowed things to come out. And I think, in some ways, even though it leans to a more morose side, there's also mini-spectrums within that. Of feeling and emotion. I think on songs like "Close Ups," it's like there's a release from all the harshness. Because some of those songs are about actually kind of dark experiences, but also the positive experience within all that.
Because at least you're feeling something.
JF Exactly.
You have a really diverse set of influences. I've seen you mention opera a couple of times.
JF In some ways, I think I was naturally leaning on a kind of formalism. You know, that's often in stuff like what you're saying, in opera and more classical composition. So that definitely influenced the record.
Even just with leitmotifs and that sort of thing. Things that repeat and change meaning when they repeat. When I first heard your stuff I thought—and I'm sure you must hate being compared to other artists—but I thought of more formal artists like Ryoji Ikeda or like Carsten Nicolai, like people who really play with systems a lot.
JF I don't mind comparisons.
JF A lot of people have recently called my music R&B. I mean, I understand, I think it's my voice kind of gives that kind of impression. That's kind of how I sing naturally. But I don't really feel like I make R&B, you know. I respect R&B a lot but I don't feel like I make it, really. That comparison I never really got. But I don't mind being compared to anyone, because I feel like it's all up to anyone's interpretation. I think when I was younger at first it took me aback, being compared to other artists, and now I just feel like it's part of the language. People have to have some sort of context in their minds.
Speaking of R&B, I did read something that called you "an android replica of Drake performing charismatically in the year 2050."
JF Yeah, I get what they're going for, I think. I mean, obviously, I think the things that would make it R&B are a little superficial. I feel like it's saying if someone uses their voice... it's just challenging for me to completely see eye-to-eye with them.
Was it nice to return to instruments? Or at least to play more instruments?
JF Definitely, just to blend the two. And I feel like in that sense that was also an allegory of what the record was. Like, humanity against the backdrop of harsher textures, which is just urban living. And I think that one of the things I learned about the record was that, in me just being really free about it and unconscious about things, I think it ended up being this record about urban excavation. And absence and just excavating modern stuff of the city. So it was cool.
Are you feeling anything regarding the modern urban experience? Are you following any fashion houses or are watching any new videos?
JF There's some stuff. I really, really appreciate fashion as an art form, most definitely. Especially recently there's been some really amazing advances in the fashion world. But my knowledge of it is very limited.
I don't know if you're allowed to tell me this, but I read that there was going to be a Far Side Virtual 2 and then there were lawsuits involved.
JF Oh yeah. I mean, it was a lot to do with the cover art. And it was heavily sample-driven. Really everything was kind of a sample. You could definitely decipher the music from an actual product that I was referencing, but I think for the label it was kind of too crazy. I plan on doing something with that material at some point, like maybe in a gallery setting or something outside of a music label.
You mentioned that the upcoming tour is going to be a little different. What can people look forward to?
JF I'm focusing on playing longer sets. Just kind of creating a more visceral live experience. And then communicating my ideas and also allowing those ideas to exist musically. So there's something I think for people to grab onto that's not wholly conceptual. So I think the difference is that I think a lot of my shows in the past have been very devoid of, like, musical content. So I'm just trying to find this balance.


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The tennis tour we enduringly follow is often, ironically, so little about the actual tennis. The gruelling, demanding and overly pressured nature of professional tennis demands character, reveals character and builds character. Only a select few come innately equipped with a hybrid of the required mental, physical and tennis qualities needed to ease their way to the summit of professional tennis. For the rest, the tour itself moulds them – soul-destroying losses come before gleeful wins, humbling lessons are received before the tables are turned. It's all a process, a vital one.
Why the hell am I babbling on about nothing in particular, I hear you ask? Well, earlier this week the tour's resident "wundakid" Bernard Tomic was destroyed by Benoit Paire in the lowly Gstaad ATP 250, receiving a bagel and managing only four games in total. A week earlier he was brushed aside in straights by an out of sorts Thomaz Bellucci and the tournament before saw him bounced out of Wimbledon – the scene of last year's heroics – by grass novice David Goffin in four sets.
It was the Wimbledon loss that most interested me, or, rather, his reaction to the loss. Unlike the vast majority of players who offer the usual generic answers after a bad loss, Tomic was conversely candid when exploring the reasons for his defeat, blaming his lack of effort for his poor form, evidently assuming his talent would be enough. I was shocked. Not shocked at the mere omission of him not trying hard enough (in the timeless and eloquent words of Maria Sharapova; duhhhh), rather the combined knowledge that Tomic is notorious for his amusingly lofty ambitions, that he's falling so painfully short of those amusingly lofty ambitions and that he evidently has a crystal clear understanding of exactly why he's falling so short of those amusingly lofty ambitions yet hasn't made any attempt to rectify it? I shouldn't be, but again, I was shocked.
It all comes back to my original point. Relative to practically every other player, Tomic has barely had to lift a finger during his short career. He achieved immense success in juniors solely down to his natural talents – slicing, dicing and reading opponents like a book without bothering to properly construct points. The success in juniors brought hype and self-hype which prompted tournament directors to toss a never-ending stream of wildcards in his direction (he received 10 wildcards in his first 15 tournaments of 2011) which were treated with arrogant indifference by Tomic as he only put his full efforts into the main events.
Finally, it's all coming back to haunt him. His talent has fallen in place only a handful of times over the past eighteen months, while for the most part the ATP tour has been quite the culture shock. His weaknesses are being effortlessly exposed at all levels and the tactics he utilized so much in juniors are unsurprisingly ineffective against professional tennis players. He has crashed straight into a glass ceiling and, at least for now, hasn't armed himself with the knowledge of how to break through it.
The good news for Tomic is that he's certainly talented and, of course, still extremely young with plenty of time to learn and appreciate the art of hard work and improve both the mental and physical aspects of his tennis that are clearly lacking. But looking just thirteen spots below him at the sorry state of Donald Young's tennis career, he would be well-advised to hurry.


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I see you on-site again. Merry Christmas and all the other merry holidays to you and yours. May the light of Rama and that monkey shine on you throughout the week. And after too, like all of next year. And more than that. Al 21:39 24decemb12
I've decided
That we are going to colaborate on a New Years Eve themed news piece. So...what are we going to do? --ShabiDOO 14:58, December 29, 2012 (UTC)
- Don't know, mate! I just checked the headlines and nothing is particularly catchy. Any ideas? How about New Year's Eve atomic fireworks display levels Iran?--Funnybony 18:14, Dec 29
- Iranians celebrate new years with neuclear fire works display over Tehran (of even better, Tel-Aviv ??? --ShabiDOO 19:03, December 29, 2012 (UTC)
Much Thanks!
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Now go run around with them.
You gave my rewrite Jim Morrison a For. on VFH, and for that I am tickled pink. Here you go; have your very own scissors. --Murder Frog ✄ Dull interest wanes. 00:25, December 30, 2012 (UTC)
Sappy New Year
Thanks for the Sappy New Year. Check out near the bottom of this, I'd like your opinion on a howto, bottom of the page. HowTo:Don't take any wooden nickels. Al timeless
- Funny one. I can't think of anything. Wait! Huh? Oh, a pin just dropped!--Funnybony 13:47, Dec 31
- Uhhhhhhhh (silent scream). The bottom of the page, go all the way down. That's what she said. Al later
I minced words in your Intro, but problems remain. The last sentence of the first paragraph cues the reader to laugh (essentially, "these are funny guys") before providing the laughter-inducing raw material; and the third paragraph is way too factual. It reads as though awareness-raising is competing with humor. Spıke Ѧ 13:27 31-Dec-12
- Hey! Cool! I just did a bit more on your advice. It's a collab now so fix whatever you like. Always appreciated.--Funnybony 13:44, Dec 31
My problems with it still remain, and I don't wish to wrestle the article into a completely different direction. The only addition that leaps to mind, under Other meanings, would be a British chapter involved with the well-documented effort to put Sharia into official use in the UK. "This chapter of the Mutaween is known as the Weetabix." Spıke Ѧ 14:55 31-Dec-12
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Is it that time of year again? It's the time when everyone celebrates the people who are the most remarkable amongst us at everything except what matters. It's time for Writer of the Year, Uncyclopedian of the Year and Useless Gobshite of the Year. These compliment our small selection of awards: WotM, UotM, PotM, NotM, AotM, RotM, EGA, FP, PWotM, ANOTM, Top 10 o' the month, UGotM, VFH, VFD, VFS and VFP. Not forgetting of course to all the userspace awards.
Writer of the Year got off to a splendid start when Aleister in Chains nominated Funnybony and SPIKE for the award by writing brief but poignant marriage proposals to both of them. Thank goodness for Aleister, if not for him the wider world might have assumed we weren't all massive girls. Since then Thekillerfroggy nominated Xamralco, who was not able to express his appreciation due to a serious case of not editing the wiki any longer.
As always what should be a rigorous heterosexual competition involving manly pursuits like backstabbing, lies, blackmail and threats is being irretrievably compromised by people like Aleister and Shabidoo; people whose sole purpose on the awards pages is to make everybody else feel bad about not noticing other people. Uncyclopedian of the Year is being lead by Romartus, Uncyclopedia's voting-in-chief. Shockingly, he was also nominated by Aleister who, as it turns out, is gayer than Christmas, apparently Romartus makes him "Proud to be an uncyclopedian", he makes "Legendary votes on VFH" and gives "Legendary hand relief".
Potatochopper of the Year is a more subdued and manly affair, where absolutely nobody has been nominated at all... it's like reviewer of the month were moved to a different page name. Hopefully Aleister or Shabidoo will nominate someone soon, we here at the UnSignpost have gone to the trouble of writing the nomination for them: "<insert name here> has made many fantastic images, at least two of which I have made love to on at least nineteen occasions. My genitals ache for them every single evening and someday they will make my dreams come true and love me! Also Olipro sucks balls."
Olipro was the only nominee for Useless Gobshite of the Year (insert your own joke here), but Zombiebaron quickly joined him in ignominy. Please go vote for both of them so they may end up tied, and share the prize (a year's supply of toilet paper) on their revolving bed built entirely from used condoms and KY bottles.
From the desk of the Cabal: 2013 is the year of subservience
Once again you all stand before us, another year of failure behind you and another year of subjugation ahead of you. The non-existent Cabal would like to wish you all a happy New Year. All
Once again you have failed us, utterly and completely. Last year we advised you all that resistance was utterly unnecessary and, if anything, we have had to tolerate 0.22% more resistance, we have heard you discuss and then decide to leave our kind benefactors, whilst promoting several of your own number to within the cabal in an effort to encourage dissent and democracy within our ranks. We saw you continue to tinker with that which does not concern you whilst simultaneously complaining when people are warned about the indecent images you propagate amongst your number. It seems prudent to remind you that if we delete every single template, every single image and every single forum your freedom will only increase. It is not what some of you have foolishly referred to as "overly deletionist", it is streamlining and it is good for all of you.
It is with vague optimism that we note that you continue to strive at a barely satisfactory level, you have certainly earned a small fraction of the baubles and trinkets that have been handed out over the past year. It has not escaped our notice that the Worst 100 Reflections on 2012 only closed on time this year due to Thekillerfroggy skipping sixty of the reflections, we are gratified to note that Roman Dog Bird had practically no input on the list and very few of them regard uncontrolled outbreaks of creativity and morale, such dangerous forces must be carefully rationed and controlled.
Cutting of corners and a blatant disregard for regulations do not amuse the Cabal.
Now we must inexorably turn our attentions to 2013 and the promise it brings. All users should note that due to several security compromises over the last few months movement throughout the Uncyclopedia complex has been restricted during the hours of darkness. Where major editing is to take place you must ensure that you have faxed the appropriate forms to your divisional liaison officer prior to commencing work, failure to do so will result in an unacceptable breakdown in bureaucracy.
Uncyclopedia must prevail, editors must remember that without patient mind numbing work and servitude we can never accomplish our ultimate goal of... well, that need not concern you.
That is all citizens, you may now return to your allocated taskings.
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Unerectable, ah, Untouchable
There is a little bit about untouchables in Mohandas Gandhi. And maybe you should read this new forum, it seems the sites are splitting tomorrow, and this site will be overrun by IP's and vandals (likely some vandals from the group leaving, if I understand human nature right). Chief Justice and others may stay here, we'll see. "Al" 12:09 3-1-'13
- Tomorrow? No... Saturday. Cat the Colourful (Feed me!) Zzz 12:13, 3 January, 2013 (UTC)
- Where do you live? In some of the world this is already well into Friday. Some of us are going to evening prayers in a few minutes, over to the mosque. Jeez, you infidels. Aleister 12:15 3-1-13
- Whoops, I forgot the timezone. Damn, you people get the new Uncyclopedia faster! Grhh... Cat the Colourful (Feed me!) Zzz 12:18, 3 January, 2013 (UTC)
- I just touched an untouchable. It was kind of gross, but I did it. So am I now an untouchable because I touched one? I await your response with trepidation. Al 23:17 Uncy's 8th Birthday
- You're ignoring me! I must be an untouchable. I knew it, damn, I knew it the whole time. Touch one of them and it rubs off on you like silly putty. (p.s. Check out recent changes, it's lonely but interesting here now. I like the new site too, it actually has good energy. I'll live between both of them, like a tibetian word I heard once for a ghost who lives in both worlds. Al 16:23 6-1-'13 three magi day
- Hiya Al, you, untouchable? Well, I guess via computer its kinda like that. Nah! You're touchable - at least by phone. So the real good article would be, "Unreachable" = haha!!! Congrats on reaching 66 (you devil, you!), now there are two heavy weight champs here. Cheers, mate!--Funnybony 17:42, Jan 6
- Yeah, on the first day of the new uncy Sog and I tie at 6666. Hee hee. I was going to ask you about that, can you make a "former heavyweight champ" belt? If Sog comes back I won't have it for long, do we get to keep the belt or does it move on with each change? I forget how they do it in boxing - Jack Dempsey, what a great page. I did some edits on the lede last week, please take a look, it wasn't flowing easily enough, like the rest of the page. The UnReachable caste, those who cannot be phoned, twittered to, or talked to on the internet. Has great possibilities! Shall we, that's a good place for it to evolve to. You have the genius gene. Oh, on the Bing search engine a couple of hours ago the Be've'l page here came first, and his wikipedia page came second. That was a proud moment. Thanks for the nice message. Al 20:17 6-1-'13
- Hiya Al, you, untouchable? Well, I guess via computer its kinda like that. Nah! You're touchable - at least by phone. So the real good article would be, "Unreachable" = haha!!! Congrats on reaching 66 (you devil, you!), now there are two heavy weight champs here. Cheers, mate!--Funnybony 17:42, Jan 6
- You're ignoring me! I must be an untouchable. I knew it, damn, I knew it the whole time. Touch one of them and it rubs off on you like silly putty. (p.s. Check out recent changes, it's lonely but interesting here now. I like the new site too, it actually has good energy. I'll live between both of them, like a tibetian word I heard once for a ghost who lives in both worlds. Al 16:23 6-1-'13 three magi day
- I just touched an untouchable. It was kind of gross, but I did it. So am I now an untouchable because I touched one? I await your response with trepidation. Al 23:17 Uncy's 8th Birthday
You make me sad with your new page. It's been a long time since I've had some exceptionally potent hashish. They are some lucky non-event arabs, that's for sure. al-leister
- Pfffff! Hey, bro, if you want good stuff you'll have to join Seal Team 6. Cheers!--Funnybony 21:47, Jan 8
- I've been a member of Seal Team 6 for years, and nobody has offered me any. Even after the bin Laden thing, when we all were posing for pics standing on his corpse and some of us stood up those little tourist-trap statues of the towers on his forehead and shot them off with practice rounds, nothing. Al
- Pfffff! Hey, bro, if you want good stuff you'll have to join Seal Team 6. Cheers!--Funnybony 21:47, Jan 8
Politics of Singapore
Hello! We have a new user who is turning his attention to the above page with a single-minded focus on portraying it as Nazi Germany. Romartus and I have reverted many of his edits to date; but the article might benefit from a look from you and perhaps the addition of clever renditions of actual current events. Spıke Ѧ 12:03 10-Jan-13
- Yo, okay, I checked it out. What this guy doesn't get is that Singapore is more Dystopian than Commie. It's a mega expensive, culturally dry, BIG BROTHER police state, with death penalty for everything. I had a branch shop there from 1991-1997 which meant I had to go to the godforsaken place often, and I hated it. In fact, local people were trying to get me to take banned news and give to the media outside. But I always refused - because its not my battle. Let this guy kick their arse - if he lives there it'll mean his arse. BTW: Have you EVER been ANYWHERE? Cheers!--Funnybony 12:40, Jan 10
EVER? My foreign travels are reflected in our articles on Peru, Hong Kong, and the new version of Mexico; and the article on Chihuahua, Mexico includes some of the first digital photos I ever took. And I might head out again if the US demilitarizes the airports and ends the crackdown on the law-abiding. Spıke Ѧ 15:06 10-Jan-13
- Hey, COOL! I thought you were stuck in the boonies in NH, or nowheresville. Glad to know you get around. Once you pass through the ice cave to Shangrila then you'll find yourself in Thailand - especially if you like smiley people and nice weather and etc etc etc. Come on over. Cheers!--Funnybony 15:15, Jan 10
Sir! my signature provincialism does not come with the province, but was a result of years of studious work. But that was a nice invitation, and worth a side trip if I should be anywhere on that continent. Spıke Ѧ 16:35 10-Jan-13
PS--This morning, Anon claims that Thailand is in similar disrepair, something you are uniquely situated to remedy. Spıke Ѧ 14:17 13-Jan-13
Forum:Funnybony has 40 features!! Woo hoo!!
Come by n' Party!!! Aleister 20:53 15-1-'13
We need a party for you at the other site too
Thanks for the belt. Does the person get to keep it, or does it move around? I don't know if ex-fighters get to keep the belt. As I've often said, it's all so confusing. Thanks again! Al 20:50 28-1-'13
There seems to be a party going on...
...on some other site, for someone who just got his 40th feature there. Woo woo! Aleister 1:22 31-1-'13
And there should be a party going on....
You won Writer of the Year!!!!! Congratulations, and this is well deserved. Nice. TKF won at the other site, so this is like the perfect result imnho. Yay Funnybony! Aleister 00:03 1-2-'13
- Hey, bro! I agree! Where are the friggin' dancing girls? The cake? And, most importantly, the shiny award at the top of my userpage? I'm really thankful. Good thing they forked otherwise I wouldn't stand a chance against that clutch of gay chicks on the other side of the farce. May the farce be with us all! Now I'm going to nom a couple of articles I think are tight and ready - please go vote for BNA and/or Nillion. Y/mate--Funnybony 21:19, Feb 3


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With the Unova League behind him, Ash decides to stay in Unova for a while longer. While there, He, Iris and Cilan meet a new trainer who has a vapid imagination and is just starting. After much thought she chooses Tepig and tries to battle with Ash but Team Rocket interferes. Will they get Tepig back?
- After the last episode in Diamond and Pearl, Team Rocket didn't blast off yet in Season 1. However, they finally blasted off in Season 2.
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Schoolchildren receiving their daily carton of milk During 2005 and 2006, FOCUS, UNICEF and the World Health Organisation will provide vital immunisations for 1,600 Afghan mothers and babies. FOCUS also continues to respond to ongoing natural hazard emergencies in Badakhshan, including health epidemics, earthquakes and floods.
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Local community members gather in a twenty year old shelter in Nagalanyka - the southern most sub-district situated along the coast located at the tail end of the Krishna River. This area was significantly impacted by the tsunami in 2004. More than 125,000 people died from the tsunami that severely impacted the coasts of South and Southeast Asia, including Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, India and Bangladesh. In India, the earthquake and the resultant tidal waves along the eastern coastline have caused widespread death and destruction, particularly in the states and union territories of Tamil Nadu, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Pondicherry, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala. Reports indicate a death toll of more than 10,000 with immense damage to property and livelihoods. In response to this disaster, between 2006 and 2009 several AKDN agencies and FOCUS will be implementing a programme to enhance the state of disaster resilience and preparedness among coastal communities affected by the tsunami. The programme aims to strengthen the capacities of communities, local self governing councils and district governments to prepare, mitigate, prevent and respond to natural and man-made disasters; reduce vulnerability from health and hygiene risks; establish linkages with key stakeholders and disseminate knowledge and best practices while enhancing gender equality in the programme area.
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After a long time coming Ash and co. finally arrive at Driftveil City. Ash heads to the Gym and meets Clay, the Driftveil Gym Leader. Unfortunately Clay is too busy to have a Gym Battle and walks off. In the meantime a local named Charles agrees to give Ash and friends a tour of Driftveil Market. But when the Thief and his Ducklett stole the fruit of apples from the market, there's evil afoot, the mighty Accelgor (and Accelguard in the dub) appears on the scene. But who is this mysterious hero? However as those thieves are making a getaway, a Timburr appears pushing the front of their car very hard with its wooden beam to crush the engines to make it stop. This Timburr belongs to Charles' childhood friend Linda. After the thieves are arrested, Charles and Linda saw the symbol of the Vanillite on that truck it just went by as they begin to wonder who's doing this.
Human Characters
- Clay
Pokémon Debuts
- A☆celgor (Accelguard in the dub) is the second Pokémon based superhero seen throughout the entire series. The first was Gligarman way back in JE022: The Superhero Secret
- Linda bears a slight resemblance to Honey Kisaragi from the anime series Cutey Honey.
- She also happens to be a reporter like April O'Neil, Carly Carmine and Kari Tsukumo.
- Professor Oak's Live Caster: Pawniard
- Marc Thompson provides the voice of the milk carrier.
- Clay is the second Gym Leader to be voiced by Sean Schemmel. The first was Sootopolis City's Juan.


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Friday December 28, 2012
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Jeff Teague scored a career-high 27 points and the Atlanta Hawks scored the game's final nine points to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 102-94 on Friday night.
Teague's jumper from the foul line gave the Hawks a 95-94 lead with 2:32 remaining to spark the late run and send Atlanta to its third straight win.
Kyrie Irving led Cleveland with 28 points, but the Cavaliers failed to score in the final 2:53 after taking a 94-93 lead.
Lou Williams scored 16 points for Atlanta, which is 8-4 on the road. Al Horford added 14 points and 11 rebounds.
Dion Waiters scored 18 points for Cleveland, which had its season-high two-game winning streak end.
Cavaliers center Anderson Varajeo, the league's leading rebounder, missed his fifth straight game with a bruised right knee.
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Vol State students named to All-Tennessee Academic Team
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Skylar Hinton of Hendersonville and Shellie Leach of Old Hickory have been named to the Phi Theta Kappa All-Tennessee Academic Team. Phi Theta Kappa is a national academic honors society. Volunteer State Community College has a chapter. The select group is chosen from community college students across the state. The students were honored during a reception in Nashville recently, where they met with area lawmakers.
Hinton has a 3.87 GPA and is pursuing an associate of science degree. She plans to continue on to dentistry school with the goal of becoming an oral surgeon. She has worked with Phi Theta Kappa and as a Supplemental Instruction group leader. Hinton also interns at Howard Dentistry. Her parents are Daina and Don Spisak of Hendersonville.
Leach holds a 3.73 GPA. She expects to graduate in May with an associate of science degree in university studies and an associate of arts degree in communication. She plans to transfer to university and pursue a career in nonprofit management. Leach is involved in several campus organizations including Honors, Phi Theta Kappa, National Society for Leadership and Success, Student Government Association, Settler student newspaper, and WVCP student radio station. She is married to Trent Leach and has two children.
Pictured: Lt. Governor Ron Ramsey poses for a picture in the capitol with members of the Phi Theta Kappa All-Tennessee Academic Team
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The Council of East and Central Africa Football Association, CECAFA has congratulated Simba for successful achievement to win a last 16 berth of the CAF's Confederation Cup last Friday.
Cecafa's secretary general Nicholas Musonye said through a telephone call that Simba have shown that they are a force to reckon with after struggling to oust Es Setif during a return leg tie played at the hosts venue in Algeria last Friday.
Simba progressed into the last 16 of the competition on the basis of a bonus goal scored on away soil after the teams tied at 3-3 goals stalemate.
Simba who won at home a forting ago by 2-0 goals were beaten 3-1 in the return leg to ease through. Emmanuel Okwi scored the all important bonus goal deep into stoppage time to give Simba a lifeline while sending shockwaves to hosts Setif.
Musonye said Simba travelled to Algiers as a strong team to win the contest and bring honour to the region in terms of football prowess.
The Mainland pace makers who finished the league as runners up in the previous season, Simba are expected top arrive at Julius Nyerere International Airport early this morning.
The team's contingent was reported to have arrived in Cairo by yesterday afternoon before boarding a flight home during midnight.
Simba cruised to the next stage of the league despite a 3-1 drubbing by their hosts Es Setif during the return leg played on Friday night.
Members of the samba team are to receive tumultuous welcome as confirmed by the club's secretary general Evodia Mtawali yesterday.
Mtawali said the arm reception is reserved to the team as morale booster for the achievement in international soccer.
Mtawali said players of the team are supposed to play down complacency as they still have a huge workload ahead.
Simba host Ruvu shooting in their 23rd match of the Mainland premiership at the national Stadium in Dar es Salaam on Saturday.
"We need the team to perform well both in the domestic league as well as the Confederation Cup to realize our double dreams of winning the premiership title and play the Group stage of CAF tourney", said Mtawali.
Besides Cecafa, the Tanzania Sports Writers Association, (TASWA) has also sent congratulatory message to Simba for making progress in the Confederation Cup.
TASWA's secretary general Amir Mhando said his body wishes the team the best of luck in the CAF league.
Simba are expected to play the last 16 matches against the winner between Mozambique's Ferroviario and Sudanese Al Ahly Shandy whose match was underway yesterday evening.
Before eliminating Es Setif, samba dumped Kiyvu Sport of Rwanda by 3-2 goals.


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- "Go on. Do what you gotta do, but remember...if you see a cop, you don't know me."
- ―Vladimir Glebov.
- "I see anyone, I don't know you."
- ―Niko Bellic.
Hung Out to Dry is a mission given to Niko Bellic by Vladimir Glebov to collect protection money.
Mission objectives
In order to complete the mission the player must:
- Go to the laundromat.
- Chase the shopkeeper.
- Ram the shopkeeper's van until he stops.
Head over to the Comrades Bar in Hove Beach. Vlad is talking to Mallorie over the phone until Niko walks in and then Vlad promptly hangs up. Once again, Vlad wants Niko to remind another borrower, a laundromat's owner Vlad calls a "Muscovski jerk", to pay his loan. After the cutscene is over, drive around the block to the laundromat. Head into the front and watch the cutscene as the laundromat's owner tosses a basket full of clothes at Niko as a means of hampering his pursuit.
The owner runs out the back and flees in a Laundromat van. Chase him on foot until you see the two cars (a Blista Compact and a Sentinel). Pick one and hotwire it. Drive after the laundromat owner and ram into his van until he pulls over and gives up the fight. Niko confirms that Vlad will soon get his money. The mission is passed with a phone call to Vlad.
Video Walkthrough
- If the player fails the mission, Niko will call Vlad to inform him that he didn't catch the laundromat owner. Vlad responds in anger, stating that the laundromat owner will be a source of trouble for Vlad. As usual, the player may still retry the mission anyway regardless.
- Stealing or damaging the Laundromat van parked behind the laundromat, which would had been used by the laundromat owner to flee, would result in the player failing the mission, as the laundromat owner has been "spooked and escaped out the front". This is one of the only two ways of acquiring the van.
- If the player blocks the back door with a vehicle the laundromat owner would somehow get through the vehicle.
- The player can return to the laundromat at any time he/she wants to and can open the cash register for $10 to $200.
- The laundromat owner would later appear drinking beside Vlad at the beginning of the cutscene for Clean Getaway.
- This mission is one of the three missions in which the Laundromat van appears, the other two being: Luck of the Irish and Meltdown.
- Another way to obtain the laundromat van is while you're chasing and ramming the van, you can shoot him, but doing so will also fail the mission. But the van will locked shut, you will have to move the van to your safehouse to save it.
- The Player will still get a wanted level for opening the cash register in this mission.
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Mediterranean California ecoregion
Torrey Pines State Preserve coastal scrub ecosystem, San Diego County, California. @ C.Michael Hogan
The Mediterranean California ecoregion is a relatively small ecological region extending about 1300 kilometers (km) from Oregon in the north to Baja California Norte state in the south. It abuts the Pacific Ocean on the west and the Sierra Nevada and deserts to the east. It is distinguished by its warm and mild Mediterranean climate, its shrubland vegetation of chaparral mixed with areas of grassland and open oak woodlands, its agriculturally productive valleys and its high population (30 million) in extensive urban agglomerations.
Physical Setting
The ecological region is comprised of a mixture of mountains, hills, tablelands and plains. It occupies an area of tectonic instability at the interface of the North American and Pacific tectonic plates and contains a variety of active faults. The coastal ranges contain a series of linear mountain ranges with crests averaging 600–1200 meters (m) with interspersed valleys. The central valley is a broad trough containing the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers that drain into the delta area and San Francisco Bay. The flat valley is filled with large quantities of silt, sand and gravel washed down from surrounding mountains. In Southern California, the rugged transverse ranges form the northern border of the Los Angeles Basin, and include the highest peak in the region, Mount San Gorgonio at 3506 m. The peninsular ranges have peaks of 1500 to 3000 m and include the San Jacinto, Santa Ana and Laguna mountains of Southern California, and the Sierra Juárez and Sierra San Pedro Martir of Baja California. Lower hills, valleys and coastal terraces parallel the coast, and there are several islands across the Santa Barbara and San Pedro channels. Soil patterns are complex, mostly dry, and weakly developed with high calcium concentrations.
This ecoregion occupies the only portion of the continent with a dry summer Mediterranean climate. This climate is characterized by hot, dry summers and mild winters, with precipitation associated with winter frontal storms from the Pacific Ocean. The average summer temperatures are above 18 degrees Celsius (ºC) and average winter temperatures are above 0ºC. Annual precipitation is 200–1000 millimeters (mm) depending on elevation and latitude, and falls mostly from November to April. San Diego and Tijuana receive about 250 mm, while San Francisco derives about 500 mm. There is a great annual variability of total precipitation, and extreme droughts are not uncommon. Coastal fog is common, particularly from May through July. The frost-free period ranges from 250 days in the north and on uplands to 350 days along the southern coast.
Biological Setting
The Mediterranean California region is greatly expressed by a generally evergreen shrub vegetation called chaparral, plus patches of oak woodland, grassland, and some coniferous forest on upper mountain slopes. The chaparral has a thickened, hardened foliage resistant to water loss, and forms a cover of closely spaced shrubs one to four meters tall. Common shrubs include chamise, buckbrush or ceanothus, and manzanita. Coastal sagebrush, summer-deciduous plants that tolerate more xeric, or dry, conditions than the evergreen chaparral, are found at lower elevations. About 80 percent of the pre-settlement coastal sage scrub in Southern California has been displaced, primarily by residential development. Two listed endangered species and 53 candidate species occur in the coastal sage scrub community. To the north, the chaparral is less continuous, occurring in a mosaic with grassland, as well as broadleaf and coniferous forests. A blue oak-digger pine woodland community forms a large elliptical ring around the Central Valley, which itself once had extensive grasslands and riparian forests. The southern oak woodland extends into the transverse and peninsular ranges and includes California walnut and Engelmann oak. Endemic tree species also include Monterey cypress, Monterey pine and Torrey pine.
Endangered or threatened animal species of the Mediterranean California include the California condor, Clapper rail, least tern, Bell's vireo, California gnatcatcher, Smith's blue butterfly, several species of kangaroo rats, salt-marsh harvest mouse, San Joaquin kit fox, blunt-nosed leopard lizard, San Francisco garter snake, Santa Cruz long-toed salamander, tidewater goby, green sea turtle, Southern sea otter and Guadalupe fur seal.
Human Activities
Early indigenous people in this region were hunter-gatherers without much agriculture, who were dependent on seafood, seeds and nuts. The pre-European population often depended on acorns, the fruit of the oak, as a dietary staple, and today's landscape includes more than 150 California city names that incorporate the word "oak." The savanna-like oak rangelands were used by the early Spanish ranchers and missions for livestock grazing, agriculture and fuelwood. Settlement patterns were established by the Spanish missions, presidios and pueblo systems developed in the late 1700s and early 1800s, the Mexican ranchos of the early to mid-1800s, and commercial activities in the late 1800s. Millions of people moved to California in several waves, from the gold rush of the late 1840s, the land boom of 1880s, the Dust Bowl migration in the 1930s, and the post World War II boom and defense-related boom of the 1950s and 1960s. Today's ethnically diverse population of more than 30 million is concentrated in the Southern California megalopolis, stretching from Tijuana to Santa Barbara, the San Francisco Bay area metropolis, and the growing urban areas of the Central Valley. More than 90 percent of the population lives in cities. Within Mexico, Tijuana is one of the fastest-growing cities, having doubled its population in less than 15 years.
Major economic activities involve a variety of manufacturing and service industries, including electronics, clothing, and computers, agriculture and food processing, aerospace and defense industries, the television and motion picture industry, tourism, petroleum and automotive-related industries, health care, and finance. The fertile soil, abundant sunshine, long growing season and irrigation water result in high yields of high-value crops. Central Valley produces rice, almonds, apricots, peaches, cherries, olives, sugar beets, wheat, hay, prunes, cattle, milk, grapes and cotton. In the Salinas Valley, artichokes, lettuce and Brussels sprouts are common, while the southern portion of the region grows vegetables, citrus fruits, avocados, flowers and nursery products. Breathable air and adequate water quantity and quality have been common concerns for many urban areas of the region, which is dependent on an elaborate engineering delivery system to bring much of its water from distant sources. Contentious debates continue over how this resource will be allocated among agricultural, urban, industrial and environmental concerns.
- M.Barbour, B.Pavlik, F.Drysdale & S.Lindstrom. 1993. California's Changing Landscapes: Diversity and Conservation of California Vegetation. Sacramento: California Native Plant Society. ISBN: 0943460174
- Taylor H. Ricketts. 1999. Terrestrial ecoregions of North America: a conservation assessment. Island Press. 485 pages
- Michael G. Barbour, Todd Keeler-Wolf, Allan A. Schoenherr. 2007. Terrestrial vegetation of California. University of California Press. 712 pages
- C.Michael Hogan. 2008. Morro Creek. The Megalithic Portal. Ed. A.Burnham
- Philip Alexander Munz, David D. Keck. 1973 . A California flora. University of California Press. 1905 pages
Disclaimer: This article contains certain information that was originally published by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation. Topic editors and authors for the Encyclopedia of Earth have edited its content and added new information. The use of information from the Commission for Environmental Cooperation should not be construed as support for or endorsement by that organization for any new information added by EoE authors, or for any editing of the earlier content.


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Amber Koonce, from Charlotte, North Carolina, was called to serve as an activist at an early age. Upon matriculating to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), her commitment to amplifying the voices of marginalized groups within structures of power led her to pursue a B.A. in Public Policy and Cultural studies, with a Minor in Entrepreneurship. While at UNC, Amber has advocated for a minority and elderly neighborhood against gentrification, assisted a policy professor with the creation of an electronic welfare system in NC, and spearheaded the creation of a policy proposal to socioeconomically integrate local schools. Currently, Amber is the youngest individual appointed by the Governor to serve as a board member for the NC Council for Women. In this capacity, she works to project the consequences proposed legislations will have on the status of women throughout the state. These involvements earned Amber the Girl Scout's Young Woman of Distinction Award in 2010 and the Pearson Prize for Higher Education in 2011. Amber's most rewarding role has been as a mentor for incarcerated youth. For three years, Amber has led a student group to regularly work with incarcerated juveniles in Durham, North Carolina. Her concern for the plight of these youth prompted her to work within international juvenile detention centers located in Ghana and Scotland. Amber is also the founder and Executive Director of BeautyGap, a non-profit organization that distributes dolls of color to girls of color, internationally. BeautyGap earned her recognition as "The Social Entrepreneur" in Glamour Magazine's 2011 Top Ten College Women list, and also as one of the nation's "Top 25 Young Futurists" by The Root. An aspiring juvenile attorney, Amber aims to gain more knowledge of Asian juvenile rights and continue to raise global awareness of their needs.