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One Shot, One Kill: What's Your Favorite Song?
This has probably been done before but I can't remember seeing it in the last year. So what's your favorite song? Not your favorite song by ten different bands: one song. You can change it later if you want but if you change it then it probably isn't your favorite song. If you even really have to think about it it may not be your favorite song. Post a link to share and a little story telling why.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Mutherfucker=Redeemer (Part 2) from the album Yanqui U.X.O.
My favorite song. I'm big on albums having a really strong closing song. It leaves you breathless, makes you reflect on what you just heard and lasts with you hours after it's done. A song that's so good you actually feel sad that it's over. Mutherfucker=Redeemer (Part 2) is that song for me. It starts out pretty slow and mythotical for the first couple of minutes then breaks into that jangly main part. There's so much going on that it takes a few listens for you to realize all of it. It's pretty muddy sounding too so you really have to pay close attention to what's going on. But the rewards are worth it. There are three guitars going on, some of it in the background so when you notice it the song is taken to a whole other level. Then around seven minutes in it falls apart and that outro starts. That's what brings this album from "good song" to "best song ever". There are really few words and phrases to describe that part. "Jesus Christ"? "Holy Shit"? "Fuuuuuuuck"? This expression: Those are the best ones I can think of. This song could have been thirty minutes long and it would still be the best song ever. But since it's so short (ten minutes) it leaves you wanting more. But sometimes you have to know when to quit while youre ahead. Godspeed You! Black Emperor knew and it made for the best closing to an album ever. There are lots of songs I like but they come up on iTunes or my iPod and I'll skip them. I don't skip this song. I first heard this song ten years ago. It was late at night and I was watching TV when I was listening to the whole album. There was some foreign film playing on whatever channel I was watching and the visuals from that movie matched up perfectly with this song. It was a surreal experience. The song has been my favorite song ever since and nothing else has come close.
05/11 -- Ring of Honor
05/20 -- Weedeater
05/28 -- Sick of it All
06/03 -- Nadja(?)
06/10 -- Sunn 0)))
06/19 -- Nails
06/25 -- Madball
Bon Jovi - Dry County.
7/5 Bryan Adams
8/5 Corey Taylor
12/5 Gov't Mule
25/5 Zakk Wylde
28/8 Zakk Wylde
Not that these two really need Youtube links but here you go:
Iron Maiden - Infinite Dreams http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVDGtAzQph0
Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3YhkvbUjB4
I know that I'm only supposed to pick one but when I read the first post both of these songs sprang instantly to mind and I really don't know which I'd consider me favorite.
For me Hallowed is just such a perfect blend of everything, great lyrics, slow moody moments, climactic buildups, great solos and riffs, fantastic vocals, and, especially live, it just invokes the feeling of complete catharsis.
However, I feel like Infinite Dreams has many of the same elements and also has had a huge impact on my life and has a lot of sentimental value for me. The song itself is dramatic and powerful, full of a diverse range of musical shading and textures, the drumming is top-notch, the bass is furious, the lyrics are thought-provoking, the guitar melodies can't be beat, and Bruce sounds great as per the norm.
On a more personal level this is the song that got me into Iron Maiden, heavy metal, rock and roll, and music in the general sense. I still remember the very first time I heard this song back when I was 14 and was totally blown away. I had such little knowledge of or interaction with rock music back then it was unbelievable, I didn't even know who Kiss were, anything about AC/DC, no knowledge of Metallica, I wouldn't have even recognized the riff to Smoke on the Water or known what Welcome to the Jungle, Crazy Train, or Stairway to Heaven sounded like. However, on the crazy recommendation of a friend I went on the internet and looked up a band called Iron Maiden and this was the first song I ran across. To say it drastically changed my life is an understatement. Rock and metal music became the biggest and most important hobby in my life, Iron Maiden became and has always stayed my favorite band ever, and this song has remained one of my absolute favorites of all time, if not the favorite of all time.
6/17 - Meshuggah
6/28 - Iron Maiden - Bergen, Norway
6/29 - Blaze Bayley - Bergen, Norway
7/1 - Iron Maiden - Luxembourg
10/31 - Fleetwood Mac
Bon Jovi - Blood On Blood http://grooveshark.com/s/Blood+On+Blood/2414Xn?src=5
This song is just an phenomenal piece of not just rock music, but music in general.The shimmering acoustic guitars, the incredible electric guitars, amazing piano and keyboards, solid bass, and booming drums all make this song just absolutely perfect.The guitar solo is a masterpiece in and of itself, it's as if Richie is telling a story within a story with this solo, and I've yet to find anything like it.The vocals are outstanding from both Richie and Jon,and the song also has my favorite pre-chorus of all-time.Considering when this song was released, it definitely wasn't your typical hard rock song at the time, and I really can't think of anything that really sounds like this.I guess I can say it's Bruce Springsteen with guitar overdrive cranked up without the horns.I can also relate to this song on a personal level, because the song is about friendship and friendship is really important to me.No other song that's ever been made (IMO) captures this more than this song does, and therefore until a song that is of this level is released this will always remain my favorite song of all-time, even if Bon Jovi doesn't remain my favorite band.
6/28 - Def Leppard/Styx/Tesla
8/29 - Rick Springfield/Loverboy/The Romantics
8/30 - Motley Crue
Amorphis - Summer's End
Burzum - Tomhet
Goo Goo Dolls - So Far Away
The Maiden section:
When The Wild Wind Blows
The Legacy
Only The Good Die Young
The Unbeliever - yes I mean it
My Dying Bride - A Doomed Lover
U2 - Cedars Of Lebanon
ZZ Top - Asleep In The Desert
Sorry I couldn't do what you asked, for me it's not a possibility. But hopefully, someone here clicks on a link from a song they haven't heard and is inspired enough to feel what I feel.
04/06 - Abbath
04/16 - Absu
04/21 - Malevolent Creation
04/26 - Kvelertak
Asleep in the Desert was really cool. As for The Unbeliever, interesting choice. I agree that the chorus is awesome but, in my opinion, the verses are just so clunky and awkward.
6/17 - Meshuggah
6/28 - Iron Maiden - Bergen, Norway
6/29 - Blaze Bayley - Bergen, Norway
7/1 - Iron Maiden - Luxembourg
10/31 - Fleetwood Mac
2/15 Trivium(?)
2/26 Bongzilla
3/9 Slayer
4/6 Iron Maiden
Unfortunately, mine wouldn't be a metal song. It's a toss-up between Sting - "Fields of Gold" (the song my wife and I danced to at our wedding) and U2 - "With or Without You" (the song we wanted to dance to but didn't choose because we didn't feel like explaining 5,684,238,965 times why we picked a song with those lyrics to dance to at our wedding).
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Jim Drain is, in every sense of the title, a multi-media artist. But this term, which was invented with a diplomatic intent, has proved controversial. Artists everywhere are asking whether or not we should establish a boundary between art made for the computer screen and that made for the gallery. And this of course can initiate countless more conversations about art's ever-shifting substance.
For the past fourteen years, the Miami resident and RISD grad has been working with materials of varying tangibilty, from yarn to blinking pixels, and showing his work all over the world. Drain is working now on a comission for a new U.S. Embassy compound in Rabat, Morocco, for example.
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During sentencing Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Dean Whipple told 63-year-old James Phillip Edwards that his "conduct is beyond comprehension."
The Kansas City Star reported that Edwards videotaped his assaults on 13 girls over a four-year period.
Edwards pleaded no contest in March 2011 to 21 counts related to producing and distributing child pornography.
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There Has to Be a Better Way to Choose a Mattress, Right?
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When Michael graduated from college and got an adult job, the first thing he spent his paycheck on was a king size mattress. Because after sleeping on twin extra long dorm beds for the four preceding years of our relationship, having enough space for two people to sprawl out in a host of geometric shapes felt like the world's greatest extravagance. And at first, it was. But over the past decade, the once extravagant king bed started to become a real pain in my… back.
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For a long time, people have talked about how this game has a small population. I've steadily seen more new players. I hate them. They do not offer any challenge. They do not offer any XP. I explain how they can improve and point them to the forum resources, but next time I see them, instead of playing something that will help them learn the game (like the starters), they are playing stupid cards like Chaos Anna or Nerevez and putting all their chips onto those single cards.
I've been giving up to every low level player because I'm deathly afraid of enduring a match with them. It is a waste of time that I don't have a luxery of and it's also hard for me to stomach fighting the same poorly played Set 11 cards any more. I've even stopped trying to help them because it seems to fall on deaf ears (sorry Gon, I know part of the Circle Charter was to recruit newbs and mold them into masters).
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TOOL NEWS: SawStop adds 110-volt closed-cabinet tablesaw
SawStop has added to its ever-growing lineup of tablesaws with a 110-volt version of its Professional Cabinet Saw. This new model, available in August, is essentially the same 10″ saw as the 3-hp version we reviewed in the May 2010 issue of WOOD Magazine (and won a Top Tool award), except this one has a 1-3/4 hp motor and 30″ rip capacity. This new saw features the same heavy-duty cast-iron table, steel cabinet, and cast-iron trunnions (which mount to the cabinet rather than the top, for easy adjustments), as well as top-notch dust collection. And, of course, it includes SawStop's patented blade-brake safety system. Weighing just 367 lbs in its basic configuration, this left-tilt saw will sell for $2,299. It includes an aluminum T-square-style rip fence, but a traditional Biesemeyer-type fence is available. Also available as options are 36″ and 50″ rip capacity fences and rails, as well as a mobile base integrated inside the cabinet or an industrial mobile base the cabinet sits in. For more information, go to sawstop.com or call 866-SAWSTOP.
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22 U.S. Code § 2301 - Congressional statement of policy
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The Congress of the United States reaffirms the policy of the United States to achieve international peace and security through the United Nations so that armed force shall not be used except for individual or collective self-defense. The Congress finds that the efforts of the United States and other friendly countries to promote peace and security continue to require measures of support based upon the principle of effective self-help and mutual aid. It is the purpose of subchapter II of this chapter to authorize measures in the common defense against internal and external aggression, including the furnishing of military assistance, upon request, to friendly countries and international organizations. In furnishing such military assistance, it remains the policy of the United States to continue to exert maximum efforts to achieve universal control of weapons of mass destruction and universal regulation and reduction of armaments, including armed forces, under adequate safeguards to protect complying countries against violation and evasion.
The Congress recognizes that the peace of the world and the security of the United States are endangered so long as hostile countries continue by threat of military action, by the use of economic pressure, and by internal subversion, or other means to attempt to bring under their domination peoples now free and independent and continue to deny the rights of freedom and self-government to peoples and countries once free but now subject to such domination.
It is the sense of the Congress that an important contribution toward peace would be made by the establishment under the Organization of American States of an international military force.
In enacting this legislation, it is therefore the intention of the Congress to promote the peace of the world and the foreign policy, security, and general welfare of the United States by fostering an improved climate of political independence and individual liberty, improving the ability of friendly countries and international organizations to deter or, if necessary, defeat aggression, facilitating arrangements for individual and collective security, assisting friendly countries to maintain internal security, and creating an environment of security and stability in the developing friendly countries essential to their more rapid social, economic, and political progress. The Congress urges that all other countries able to contribute join in a common undertaking to meet the goals stated in subchapter II of this chapter.
It is the sense of the Congress that in the administration of subchapter II of this chapter priority shall be given to the needs of those countries in danger of becoming victims of aggression or in which the internal security is threatened by internal subversion inspired or supported by hostile countries.
Finally, the Congress reaffirms its full support of the progress of the members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization toward increased cooperation in political, military, and economic affairs. In particular, the Congress welcomes the steps which have been taken to promote multilateral programs of coordinated procurement, research, development, and production of defense articles and urges that such programs be expanded to the fullest extent possible to further the defense of the North Atlantic Area.
Source(Pub. L. 87–195, pt. II, § 501, formerly § 502,Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 434, renumbered § 501 and amended Pub. L. 90–137, pt. II, § 201(a),Nov. 14, 1967, 81 Stat. 455; Pub. L. 103–199, title VII, § 705(1),Dec. 17, 1993, 107 Stat. 2328.)
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This legislation, referred to in fourth paragraph, means Pub. L. 87–195, Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 424, as amended, known as the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2151 of this title and Tables.
References to Subchapter II Deemed To Exclude Certain Parts of Subchapter II
References to subchapter II of this chapter are deemed to exclude parts IV (§ 2346 et seq.), VI (§ 2348 et seq.), and VIII (§ 2349aa et seq.) of subchapter II, and references to subchapter I of this chapter are deemed to include such parts. See section 202(b) ofPub. L. 92–226, set out as a note under section 2346 of this title, and sections 2348c and 2349aa–5 of this title.
Prior Provisions
A prior section 501 ofPub. L. 87–195, provided that part II of Pub. L. 87–195[subchapter II of this chapter] should be cited as the "International Peace and Security Act of 1961", prior to repeal by Pub. L. 88–205, pt. II, § 201(b),Dec. 16, 1963, 77 Stat. 384.
1993—Pub. L. 103–199, § 705(1)(A), in second par., substituted "hostile countries" for "international communism and the countries it controls".
Pub. L. 103–199, § 705(1)(B), in fourth par., struck out "Communist or Communist-supported" after "if necessary, defeat".
Pub. L. 103–199, § 705(1)(C), in fifth par., substituted "aggression or in which the internal security is threatened by internal subversion inspired or supported by hostile countries." for "active Communist or Communist-supported aggression or those countries in which the internal security is threatened by Communist-inspired or Communist-supported internal subversion."
1967—Pub. L. 90–137inserted par. to indicate that priority shall be given in the use of the funds available to defend against Communist aggression or Communist-inspired internal subversion.
Transfer of Proscribed Weapons to Persons or Entities in the West Bank and Gaza
Pub. L. 107–228, div. A, title VI, § 699,Sept. 30, 2002, 116 Stat. 1418, provided that:
"(a) Determination Regarding Transfers.—If the President determines, based on a preponderance of the evidence, that a foreign person or entity has knowingly transferred proscribed weapons to Palestinian entities in the West Bank or Gaza, then, for the period specified in subsection (b), no assistance may be provided to the person or entity under part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [22 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.] and no sales of defense articles or defense services may be made to the person or entity under section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act [22 U.S.C. 2763].
"(b) Duration of Prohibition.—The period referred to in subsection (a) is the period commencing on the date on which a notification of a determination under subsection (a) is submitted to the appropriate congressional committees and ending on the date that is two years after such date.
"(c) Report.—In conjunction with the report required under title VIII of the P.L.O. Commitments Compliance Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–246) [104 Stat. 76], the President shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees on transfers reviewed pursuant to subsection (a).
"(d) Definition.—In this section, the term 'proscribed weapons' means arms, ammunition, and equipment the transfer of which is not in compliance with the Agreement on the Gaza Strip and the Jericho Area of May 4, 1994, its annexes, or subsequent agreements between Israel and the PLO, or Palestinian Authority, as appropriate."
[Functions of President under section 699 ofPub. L. 107–228, set out above, delegated to Secretary of State by Memorandum of President of the United States, Apr. 30, 2009, 74 F.R. 22637.]
[For definition of "appropriate congressional committees" as used in section 699 ofPub. L. 107–228, set out above, see section 3 ofPub. L. 107–228, set out as a note under section 2651 of this title.]
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Spokeswoman Keli Pirtle said Tuesday the agency upgraded the tornado from an EF-4 on the enhanced Fujita scale to an EF-5 based on what a damage assessment team saw on the ground. The weather service uses the word "incredible" to describe the power of EF-5 storms.
The weather service says the tornado's path was 17 miles long and 1.3 miles wide.
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868,000 Kenyan girls miss nearly a week of school each month because they can't afford to buy sanitary pads.
Appalled at this number, Lorna Macleod, the executive director of Micato Safaris' nonprofit arm, Micato-AmericaShare, founded a separate non-profit focused on getting sanitary products to girls who need them most. This program not only keeps at-risk girls in school, it also helps protect them from predation and sexual diseases. Thus Huru International was born.
That was in 2008, and Huru has been distributing kits containing reusable sanitary pads to girls in Kenya ever since, having put Huru Kits in the hands of over 20,000 girls. The kits are manufactured at a workshop based in the Micato-AmericaShare Harambee Centre, which is staffed by members of the community. Huru Kits are distributed throughout Kenya with the assistance of more than 30 local partners. Kits are delivered through school-based information sharing events, which engage girls in discussions and activities focused on HIV prevention. In just three short years, Huru has found partnerships with many well-respected organizations, including Johnson & Johnson, the Elton John AIDS Foundation, and the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, among others.
Most recently Huru has partnered with the o.b. Brand on a Share-it-Forward campaign with the potential to raise $25,000 for Huru. To put that number in perspective, for every $25 donated, Huru can supply one girl with all the sanitary supplies (including underwear, reusable pads, soap and even life-saving HIV/AIDS prevention information) that she'll need for between one and two years.
It's a simple campaign—from now through December 5th, anyone who "likes" the o.b. Brand Facebook page may share a message about Huru's mission with all their Facebook friends at Facebook.com/obmightysmall. For every individual that shares the message, o.b. will donate $1 to Huru. If the donation goal is reached, that means that 1,000 more young girls will be given the gift of education, safety and hope.
115 million children worldwide aren't getting an education. Most of them are girls. Isn't it time to Share It Forward?


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38 U.S. Code § 2413 - Prohibition on certain demonstrations and disruptions at cemeteries under control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery
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(a) Prohibition.— It shall be unlawful for any person—
(1) to carry out a demonstration on the property of a cemetery under the control of the National Cemetery Administration or on the property of Arlington National Cemetery unless the demonstration has been approved by the cemetery superintendent or the director of the property on which the cemetery is located; or
(2) with respect to such a cemetery, to engage in a demonstration during the period beginning 120 minutes before and ending 120 minutes after a funeral, memorial service, or ceremony is held, any part of which demonstration—
(i) takes place within the boundaries of such cemetery or takes place within 300 feet of the point of the intersection between—
(ii) includes any individual willfully making or assisting in the making of any noise or diversion—
(I) that is not part of such funeral, memorial service, or ceremony and that disturbs or tends to disturb the peace or good order of such funeral, memorial service, or ceremony; and
(b) Penalty.— Any person who violates subsection (a) shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both.
(c) Civil Remedies.—
(1) The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction—
(3) Any person, including a surviving member of the deceased person's immediate family, who suffers injury as a result of conduct that violates this section may—
(A) sue therefor in any appropriate United States district court or in any court of competent jurisdiction; and
(4) A final judgment or decree rendered in favor of the United States in any criminal proceeding brought by the United States under this section shall estop the defendant from denying the essential allegations of the criminal offense in any subsequent civil proceeding brought by a person or by the United States.
(d) Actual and Statutory Damages.—
(1) In addition to any penalty imposed under subsection (b), a violator of this section is liable in an action under subsection (c) for actual or statutory damages as provided in this subsection.
(2) A person bringing an action under subsection (c)(3) may elect, at any time before final judgment is rendered, to recover the actual damages suffered by him or her as a result of the violation or, instead of actual damages, an award of statutory damages for each violation involved in the action.
(3) In any action brought under subsection (c)(2), the Attorney General is entitled to recover an award of statutory damages for each violation involved in the action notwithstanding any recovery under subsection (c)(3).
(e) Rebuttable Presumption.— It shall be a rebuttable presumption that the violation of subsection (a) was committed willfully for purposes of determining relief under this section if the violator, or a person acting in concert with the violator, did not have reasonable grounds to believe, either from the attention or publicity sought by the violator or other circumstance, that the conduct of such violator or person would not—
(1) disturb or tend to disturb the peace or good order of such funeral, memorial service, or ceremony; or
(f) Definitions.— In this section—
(1) the term "demonstration" includes—
(B) any oration, speech, use of sound amplification equipment or device, or similar conduct that is not part of a funeral, memorial service, or ceremony;
(C) the display of any placard, banner, flag, or similar device, unless such a display is part of a funeral, memorial service, or ceremony; and
Source(Added Pub. L. 109–228, § 2(a)(1),May 29, 2006, 120 Stat. 387; amended Pub. L. 112–154, title VI, § 601(c)(1),Aug. 6, 2012, 126 Stat. 1197.)
2012—Pub. L. 112–154amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section prohibited unapproved demonstrations at cemeteries under control of National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery that occurred during period beginning 60 minutes before and ending 60 minutes after a funeral, memorial service, or ceremony within 150 feet of a road, pathway, or other route of ingress to or egress from such cemetery property or within 300 feet of such cemetery and impeded the access to or egress from such cemetery.
Pub. L. 109–228, § 2(b),May 29, 2006, 120 Stat. 388, provided that: "Nothing in section 2413 of title 38, United States Code (as amended by subsection (a)), shall be construed as limiting the authority of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, with respect to property under control of the National Cemetery Administration, or the Secretary of the Army, with respect to Arlington National Cemetery, to issue or enforce regulations that prohibit or restrict conduct that is not specifically covered by section 2413 of such title (as so added)."
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Bloomingdale's is attaching chunky plastic tags to some dresses to fight "wardrobing"--the practice of wearing an item once and then returning it. » Read More
Retailers and analysts try hard to understand the teenage mind, which is no easy task. Some teen retailers seem to be striking the right cords with teens, while others are out of tune.
Earlier this week, just before school starts back up in New Jersey, I joined eight local teens, ranging in age from 13 to 18, trying to better understand what's hot and what's not for back-to-school and beyond.
Here's what I learned.
(Read more: Teens are shopping—just not at traditional malls)
Looseleaf binders, No. 2 pencils, rulers—and bulletproof whiteboards?
Armored accessories including backpack inserts and clipboards are showing up on back-to-school shopping lists in the wake of campus shootings, from the Sandy Hook massacre to this week's gunfire in Decatur, Ga.
But some security experts say safety-conscious supplies like whiteboards-turned-shields are impractical at best, and a diversion from real life-saving resources at worst.
"It may be well-intended but it's not well thought-out," said Ken Trump, a Cleveland-based school safety consultant and father of young kids.
Many people who end their Friday or Saturday nights in a hospital emergency room have been drinking alcohol. In fact, public health experts estimate that about one-third of all injury-related ER visits involved alcohol consumption.
But what exactly are people drinking? What types of alcohol and even what brands? Is there a direct link between advertising and marketing and later injury?
Until now, those questions have been unanswerable, frustrating alcohol epidemiology researchers. But if results of a pilot study conducted by researchers from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health hold up, there may soon be a way to connect the dots.
(Read more: Bad buzz for brewers as light beer sales slip)
When the Hopkins researchers surveyed ER patients who'd been drinking, they found that Budweiser was the No. 1 brand consumed, followed by Steel Reserve Malt Liquor, Colt 45 malt liquor, Bud Ice (another malt liquor), Bud Light and a discount-priced vodka called Barton's.
Greg Koch is a self-described "beer geek gone pro."
Koch, the co-founder and CEO of Stone Brewing Co., started as a homebrewer and has never forgotten his roots, even while growing Stone into the 10th-largest craft brewer in the U.S., based on 2012 sales volume.
"Homebrewing has always been a fundamental element of the craft brewing culture," Koch recently told CNBC. "The beautiful thing about homebrewing is that there doesn't have to be a commercial objective. The brewers brew what they want, when they want."
These days a growing number of consumers are catching the homebrewing bug. The American Homebrewers Association (AHA) estimates that 1 million Americans brew beer at home at least once a year and with Mississippi passing a law allowing homebrewing last month, it's now legal in all 50 states for the first time since Prohibition.
Retailers may be holding their collective breath, hoping the shoppers will show uop soon.
This weekend is traditionally a big one for back-to-school shopping, but summer sales haven't inspired confidence that retail's second-most important season will be strong.
American Eagle Outfitters and Aéropostale both warned investors about slower-than-expected sales and lower earnings expectations.
A combination of factors are crimping sales for apparel retailers. High unemployment, elevated gas prices and increased payroll taxes are still pressuring consumers, but there are retailer-specific issues as well.
Call it the Chipotle effect.
With fast-casual restaurants such as Chipotle and Panera Bread growing at a sprint while fast-food counterparts expand at more of a slow jog, the latter group is entering the race is trying to shift upscale. At stake is a booming restaurant segment.
Fast-casual restaurant sales rose 13 percent last year, while fast-food sales increased 4.7 percent, according to data from market research firm Technomic. The company expects the former to grow an average of 10 percent through 2017, compared with a rise of 3.5 percent for fast food.
Despite the rush, experts say there's definitely room for fresh ideas.
"Right now, our country is pretty saturated with fast food—you could evolve that entire segment into fast-casual," said Sam Oches, editor at QSR magazine, which covers the quick-service restaurant industry.
(Read more: Secret's out! Hidden menu items)
"There's no ceiling on this," he added. "This is just going to be explosive growth for possibly decades."
These are heavy days for light beer makers.
Bad spring weather and a sluggish economy have been cited by brewers such as Anheuser-Busch and MillerCoors as reasons for the recent poor sales of some of their flagship light beer brands. But a couple of new surveys might give greater cause for concern: consumers may just be growing tired of the taste of light beer and moving on to wine or spirits.
According to a survey by Consumer Edge Insight, beer consumers appear to be shifting away from the premium light segment. That's more bad news for the beer industry, given the dominance of light beer in the marketplace. The top two best-selling beer brands, Bud Light and Coors Light, together have about a 27 percent share of the market.
The main reason for the shift? Twenty-seven percent of the respondents said: they are "getting tired of the taste."
While new sneakers and fresh crayons may ease the pain a little for students dreading the first day of school, mom and dad usually find little relief from those back-to-school bills.
The one exception may be the sales tax holidays that will be offered in at least 17 states this year. These events, 12 of which are happening this weekend, make school purchases a little less expensive.
Although many argue sales tax holidays benefit retailers, states and consumers, several data-heavy studies conclude otherwise.
"The hope is on the part of states that if consumers spend more on back-to-school items than otherwise because of tax cuts, this benefits the broader economy and leads to additional tax revenues elsewhere," said John Lonski, chief economist at Moody's Capital Research Group.
Always looking to increase sales, more retailers are turning their attention north—to less skittish Canadian consumers who don't have as many shopping choices.
Candace Corlett, president of WSL Strategic Retail, sees Canada as a way for retailers to squeak out more growth in a tough environment.
"In this retail economy, anywhere you can get growth, you go," she said. "Every sliver counts. Ten years ago, there was a business mindset that said that Canada was small and perhaps not worth the investment."
Both luxury goods retailers as well as discounters, including Target and Wal-Mart, are among those planning to step up their presence in the country, whose increasing urbanization makes it a more lucrative target.
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That was underscored this week when Canadian retailer Hudson's Bay announced plans to buy luxury retailer Saks for $2.4 billion, a move aimed at beefing up its presence in both Canada and the United States. Hudson's Bay CEO said Saks' expansion into Canada could occur quickly, with up to seven department stores and 25 Off Fifth outlets.
"For North American retailers, it's easier to look over the fence at their neighbor versus looking across the pond for growth," said Carman Allison, Nielsen's director of shopper and industry insights. "With Canadians being exposed to media and advertising, brand awareness already exists for a number of key retailers and brands before they even enter the new market."
Break out your jelly sandals and overall shorts: 1990s fashion has staged a comeback, prompting U.S. retailers to respond with fresh inventory of the decade's hottest looks.
At online retailer eBay, interest in '90s-related items has surged. Between July 2011 and June 2013, searches for crop tops rose 119 percent, while use of the phrase "acid wash jeans" was up 39 percent.
"The decade was front-loaded with lots of edgy silhouettes, bright accents and zany looks, all of which are feeling fresh again," said Heidi Ware, eBay's head of fashion editorial and creative.
Christina Cheddar Berk is assistant managing editor of Enterprise coverage at CNBC Digital.
Courtney Reagan is CNBC's Retail Reporter.
Tom is a Senior Editor and Assignment Desk Manager for CNBC TV. He also writes about the business of beer for CNBC.com.
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Stephanie Landsman is one of the producers of "Fast Money."
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U.K.-based Dyson is using its technical expertise to entice a whole new market: hair and personal care.
Lahiru Pathmalal threw in his economics major to study politics and psychology, infuriating his father.
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LAS VEGAS – After two days of press conferences and closed-door meetings, the first "official" day of CES 2013 started off quite calmly. The doors opened to the public for the first time Tuesday morning, and the crowds quietly rummaged through the convention center here, casually peering into booth after booth of smartphone cases, speakers, cameras and TVs.By mid-afternoon, however, the CES storm was in full swing -- the air swirled with the sounds and smells CES-goers have come to expect, including a gig-volume pop concert going on in the grand lobby.
Apart from the constant cacophony, there was no shortage of quirky sights -- a green, dragon-looking mascot wiggling his tail, a humongous stuffed kangaroo, a group of kimono-clad bikers promoting a new Siri-enabled wireless speaker, people smoking USB-powered electronic cigars, a guy wading through the river of attendees clutching a red inflatable surfboard, and of course, human bodies sprawled over all the available floor space.
But the main attraction was of course the gadgets -- here's a selection of the things we loved from day 3 at CES.
Canon PowerShot N
Yesterday at CES, we saw some high-performance cameras (like the Pentax MX-1 and Fujifilm X20) built for photo enthusiasts who like their shooters heavy, expensive, rangefindery and old-timey. Today, I wigged out over Canon's PowerShot N, a super-compact marvel made for folks who want something a little more Instagrammy.
Canon plays up the cute factor considerably with the 12.1-megapixel PowerShot N -- it's only 3 x 2.5 inches, and 1.2 inches deep. The standout feature is the articulated LCD screen that makes up the whole back of the camera. You can snap it flush against the back for regular operation, tilt it parallel to the ground for from-the-hip shots, or flip it all the way up for selfies.
On-screen menus are easy to tap through to select from a range of familiar insta-retro filters as you shoot. The camera has built-in Wi-Fi, and there's a dedicated button for connecting it directly to the CameraWindow app, which is available for iOS and Android. From there, you can post to whatever social service yanks your crank.
Auto-focus is relatively fast, but hardly pro-level, and battery life is OK. The 8X zoom in nice, and the 28-mm wide-angle lens is about on par with the $300 price. In all, a nice tradeoff for something that takes much better pictures than your smartphone. -- Michael Calore
Panasonic 20-Inch 4K Tablet
One of the more befuddling things I saw at CES today was Panasonic's 20-inch Windows 8 tablet with a 4K display. Yes, it's just as ridiculous as it sounds. Total overkill, but it's this kind of delightful nonsense that makes us love CES.
Panasonic says the tablet isn't really meant as a consumer product, that it's really designed as a business device for doing things like showing off marketing materials or high-definition photo presentations on a touch-sensitive screen. And while it did look, well, gorgeous and was responsive, it's hard to get a sense in a demo setting as to what this thing would be like in a real-world situation.
Pricing and release dates were not shared. And honestly, this seems like one of those products that's very likely to be on a vaporware list by the end of the year. Having said that, just seeing that there's a company out there thinking about 20-inch tablets and/or 4K displays on mobile devices (really?) shows you how many myriad ways the tablet market is about to fragment. -- Mat Honan
Vizio 7-Inch Tablet
We weren't expecting a 20-inch monstrosity. But one of the things we were expecting to see here at CES is a surge of 7-inch tablets, especially given the recent success of the Kindle Fire HD, iPad mini and Nexus 7.
Most promising of the contenders so far is this 7-incher from Vizio (still an unnamed prototype) that, on paper, closely matches the lower-end Nexus 7 tablets. It has a 1280x800 display and it's powered by a quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor. The Wi-Fi-only model I played with also has 16GB of on-board storage and a 2-megapixel front-facing camera. It was running a stock, super-clean install of Android Jelly Bean, the most current version of Google's OS. Size-wise, it's a little beefier than the Nexus 7, but not quite as bulky as the Kindle Fire. It slipped into the back pocket of my jeans easily.
Our friends at Vizio were quick to stress that all these specs are subject to change -- if there's better hardware available by the time the tablet ships (around the middle of the year), the company will give it the bumps it needs to compete. Also, it will ship with the most recent flavor of Android available at the time, whether that's Jelly Bean or Key Lime Pie.
No cost info is available yet, but knowing Vizio -- which routinely undercuts most other manufacturers on its well-appointed TVs and PCs -- the tablet will be priced very competitively. There was a 10-incher on display, too -- also a prototype, it features NVIDIA's Tegra 4 processor inside, which was only announced this week. -- Michael Calore
Netatmo Weather Station
You probably already know the weather and air quality outside can affect your health, but the conditions indoors can influence your well-being, too. Too much CO2 in the air, for example, and you may start feeling drowsy.
Netatmo's Weather Station ($188) is a slick, iPhone-monitored weather station that checks the air indoors and outdoors. Its two cylindrical sensors measure humidity, temperature, carbon dioxide levels, acoustic comfort, barometric pressure and air quality (whew!).
Using Netatmo's iPhone or Android app, you can monitor this information on the fly, wherever you are. The app plots data in neat line graphs, and displays everything with colorful, informative graphics. If conditions get bad (like if too much CO2 has accumulated inside your house), the app sends you push alerts. -- Christina Bonnington
Hisense U958 Smartphone
Hisense, one of the largest Chinese electronics manufacturers you've never heard of, has taken over the giant CES expo booth previously occupied by Microsoft. And while the company, whose products are mostly found in Walmart stores, is largely here showing off TVs, it brought some smartphones along, too. Its latest is the U958 -- catchy name, huh?
The handset doesn't scream quality, and it's a reach to call it an iPhone or Nexus 4 challenger. Hisense earns props for including a 1.2GHz quad-core CPU and Android Jelly Bean here, but just about everything else is clearly entry-level. There's a measly 512MB of RAM, and just 4GB of internal storage (though there is a microSD card slot). The rear camera tops out at 5 megapixels (is this an iPod Touch?), and while the handset is light and the 4.5-inch display is a great size, the screen's 854x480 pixel resolution is a spec that shows the phone's budget leanings. It's a dual-SIM, world phone built for the overseas markets, but you won't find it for sale in the U.S. anytime soon -- possibly late this year, but don't hold your breath. -- Nathan Olivarez-Giles
Samsung Curved OLED TV
It's hard to get excited about TVs here at CES. There are just too many of them. Oh? Another world's first/largest/fastest/sharpest Ultra HD set? Delightful.
But Samsung's 55-inch curved OLED set is truly eye-catching. Samsung says the curved screen creates a more immersive panoramic picture for a life-like viewing experience. Which sounds like what every manufacturer says about every TV set. But in fairness, this time it's kind of true. The picture does envelop you, and that curve really does give it a nice sense of depth. Plus, the form factor is just stunning. And we've been hearing about curved OLEDs for so long, it's nice to see one on the market.
Wait, did I say one? I meant two. Turns out, LG has one too, and both companies are calling their sets the "world's first." Neither a price nor a release date were given for either. I know. Shocking, right? -- Mat Honan
Celestron Handheld Microscope
With Celestron's handheld digital microscopes, you can lose hours magnifying all the random objects around your house -- chunks of celery, ants, your t-shirt, the hairs inside your ears.
To bring images into focus, you simply adjust the ridged knob right above the LED that lights up the object of your curiosity.
"Guys often stick it on their faces to look at their stubble," says Celestron's Kevin Kawai. He also showed me how you can use the scope to see the teensy Abe Lincoln sitting inside a penny's miniature Lincoln Memorial.
The four-ounce microscope has a built in camera -- you press the orange button at the tip to shoot both photos and video -- and is powered entirely via a USB cable. Celestron makes some companion desktop software for both PCs and Macs.
There are two varieties: the current $70 model, which magnifies specimens up to 150x, or the $120 newer version with a maximum magnification of 200x, which should be released later this month.
The only downside: you have to hook it up to a computer to see what it's imaging. So unless you want to lug your laptop into the woods, this is probably not as mobile as you'd like it to be. -- Daniela Hernandez
Tat'z Nail'z Inkjet Nail Printer
Around every corner at CES, there's the chance you'll stumble onto the most bizarre thing you can think of. And that's just what happened when I saw the Tat'z Nail'z nail inkjet printer.
It's pretty much exactly what it sounds like. The $10,000 contraption can snap a photo -- say, your portrait -- and slap it onto one of your fingernails. It only takes 10 seconds to print a photo-quality image. If you don't want to stare at a mini-you all day, you can choose from a selection of digital pre-loaded images or a take picture of something else.
Byron Smith got his picture printed on his nail so he could show his daughter, who is a hairdresser. For her, it's a business opportunity, Smith said.
"But I have to take this off before I go to work." -- Daniela Hernandez
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Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja 4, known in Japan as Naruto Shippūden: Narutimate Accel (NARUTO-ナルト- 疾風伝 ナルティメットアクセル, Naruto Shippūden: Narutimetto Akuseru), is the fourth instalment in the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja series, and the first in the Accel game series.
In addition to elements that were established in previous Ultimate Ninja games, Ultimate Ninja 4 offers several new aspects to combat. When two opponents clash, they will begin a series of high-speed attacks, appearing as a pair of blurs flashing across the stage. The winner is determined by a game similar to that of Rock, Paper, Scissors. There is also the addition of "Awakening Jutsu". When certain conditions are met, a character may trigger their Awakening Jutsu. These techniques are more powerful than the standard Ultimate Jutsu and, as the name implies, "awakens" a character's powers (i.e. Naruto's tailed fox form, after which he is surrounded by the fox's red chakra).
The game features a "Master Mode", an RPG-like mode that takes place before the storyline of Naruto: Shippūden. In this mode, players are able to experience the main Shippūden story, but before that they must complete an original storyline called The Black Shadow. The storyline is fairly long, and at the end of it they have to defeat the Black Shadow himself to move onto the main Shippūden storyline. The Shippūden plot line in this game ends halfway through the Kazekage Rescue Arc (approximately up to Episode 17 of the Shippūden anime), after which it moves onto a free mode where you can complete various missions and tasks, and can also look for tokens called Pieces of Memory, which are needed to unlock Hero Mode fights and cut-scenes.
Story Mode
During Naruto's journey with Jiraiya (somewhere after he developed the Giant Rasengan), Naruto proceeded with his training and was given prayer beads which he put around his arms and legs and is put through Jiraiya's Sealing Technique: Four Limbs Weighting Seal, making the beads really heavy, forcing Naruto to carry the beads until they glow red and Jiraiya takes them off, effectively making Naruto exponentially more powerful.
They then make their way to Tree Felling Village, where they have a cave where it's possible to mine for high-quality crystals. Naruto and Jiraiya then discover several villagers gathered around the cave, including their mayor. A young woman, who lives close to the village, appears and explains that the villagers have gathered for a ritual, a human sacrifice. Jiraiya then explains that it's in fact a ceremony to offer human sacrifices to the demon living in the mountains around the village. The human sacrifice for the ceremony is a little girl called Aoi. Then Naruto must save Aoi from sacrificing herself then he finds Aoi in the cave then defeats the Black Shadow.
Playable Characters
Some characters may or may not be available in both pre- and post-timeskip outfits. Parenthesis indicate a character's Awakening Mode(s).
- Naruto Uzumaki (Vermillion Mode), (Nine Tailed Fox Mode)
- Sakura Haruno (Rage Mode), (Medical Mode)
- Kakashi Hatake (Hound Mode)
- Shikamaru Nara (Strategy Mode)
- Rock Lee (Loopy Fist Mode), (Eight Gates Mode)
- Neji Hyūga (Byakugan Mode)
- Tenten (Ninja Tool Mode), (Tool Use Mode)
- Might Guy (Eight Gates Mode)
- Gaara (Possession Mode), (Kazekage Mode)
- Kankurō (Dance Mode), (Show Mode)
- Temari (Fan Dance Mode), (Wind Robe Mode)
- Chiyo (Veteran Mode)
- Itachi Uchiha (Tsukuyomi Mode)
- Kisame Hoshigaki (Shark Skin Mode)
- Deidara (Sky Eagle Mode)
- Sasori (Poison Mode)
- Jiraiya (Sannin Mode)
- Tsunade (Sannin Mode), (Mitotic Regeneration Mode)
- Sasuke Uchiha (Curse Mark Mode), (Curse Mark Mode Stage 2)
- Hinata Hyūga (Byakugan Mode)
- Chōji Akimichi (Super Chōji Mode)
- Ino Yamanaka (Covered With Flowers Mode)
- Kiba Inuzuka (Food Pills Mode)
- Shino Aburame (Beetle Mode)
- Shizune (Medical Mode)
- Konohamaru (Ultimate Mode), (Grandson Mode)
- Hanabi Hyūga (Ultimate Mode), (Byakugan Mode)
- Asuma Sarutobi (Fist Strike Mode)
- Kurenai Yuhi (Haze Dancey Mode)
- Anko Mitarashi (Ultimate Mode), (Curse Mark Mode)
- Hashirama Senju (Hokage Mode)
- Tobirama Senju (Ultimate Mode), (Hokage Mode)
- Hiruzen Sarutobi (Reaper Death Seal Mode)
- Minato Namikaze (Ultimate Mode), (Flash Mode)
- Orochimaru (Sannin Mode)
- Kabuto Yakushi (Super Recovery Mode)
- Kimimaro (Curse Mark Mode), (Curse Mark Mode Stage 2)
- Sakon (Curse Mark Mode), (Curse Mark Mode Stage 2)
- Tayuya (Curse Mark Mode), (Curse Mark Mode Stage 2)
- Kidōmaru (Curse Mark Mode), (Curse Mark Mode Stage 2)
- Jirōbō (Curse Mark Mode), (Curse Mark Mode Stage 2)
- Zabuza Momochi (Demon Mode)
- Haku (Ice Blade Mode)
Game-Only Characters
- Black Shadow (影法師, Kageboshi) is the first boss in Master Mode, and is a giant wolf-like monster with five eyes, two snouts and six legs. It only talks in Katakana in the Japanese version.
- Aoi (あおい), a young girl. In order to heal her terminally ill mother, Aoi becomes a human sacrifice to the Black Shadow, but actually went to kill the demon so that she could retrieve a leaf from the Tree of Life that would be able to heal her mother.
- Tsubaki (椿), Aoi's mother. She was dying of an incurable illness before Naruto and her daughter, Aoi, saved her by obtaining a leaf from the Tree of Life.
- For some reason, the Naruto playable in Master Mode before the main Shippūden storyline, isn't playable in Battle Mode.
- There is a Japanese Plus version with new music.
- To get 100 000 ryō have a saved file of Naruto: Ultimate Ninja 3.
- This is the first game where Chiyo doesn't have puppets.
- The Shippūden version of Sasuke is not playable or even seen in the story mode and throughout the game.
External Links
- Naruto Shippūden: Narutimate Accel official webpage
- Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja 4 Official English Website
|Video Games
|Ultimate Ninja series
|Naruto: Ultimate Ninja - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - Card Battle - Mission - Online - Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Heroes - 2 - 3 - Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Impact - Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm - 2 - 3 - 4 - Generations - Revolution
|Uzumaki Chronicles series
|Naruto: Uzumaki Chronicles - 2 - Naruto Shippūden: Legends: Akatsuki Rising - Naruto Shippūden: Kizuna Drive
|Path of the Ninja series
|Naruto: Path of the Ninja - 2 - RPG 2 - Naruto: Konoha Senki - Naruto: Konoha Ninpōchō
|Ninja Council series
|Naruto: Ninja Council - 2 - 2 (European Version) - 3 - 4 - Naruto Shippūden: Shinobi Rumble - Naruto Shippūden: Naruto vs. Sasuke
|Ninja Destiny series
|Naruto: Ninja Destiny - 2 - 3
|Clash of Ninja series
|Naruto: Clash of Ninja - 2 - 3 - 4 - EX - EX 2 - EX 3 - Special - Naruto: Clash of Ninja Revolution - 2 - 3
|Other Naruto Games
|Naruto: Shinobi no Sato no Jintori Kassen - Naruto: Rise of a Ninja - Naruto: The Broken Bond - Naruto Shippūden 3D: The New Era - Naruto Shippūden: Dragon Blade Chronicles - Naruto SD Powerful Shippūden
|Other Related Games
|Jump Super Stars - Jump Ultimate Stars - Battle Stadium D.O.N - J-Stars Victory VS


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