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(ANTWERP, Belgium) – The International Gemological Institute (IGI) has announced its worldwide website, www.igiworldwide.com, now includes a Spanish language option in addition to current English and Chinese offerings.
(ANTWERP, Belgium) – The International Gemological Institute (IGI) has announced its worldwide website, www.igiworldwide.com, now includes a Spanish language option in addition to current English and Chinese offerings.
New website to house tips, tricks, deals and more
(LAFAYETTE, La.) - With the launch of its new bench-centric community, benchjeweler.com, Stuller is looking back on its roots for inspiration.
B&N Jewelry the parent company to Alisa Unger Designs, has created the "Retail Jeweler Overstock" program to help jewelers sell excess stock.
Jewelers can consign their inventory to B&N to allow other retailers from around the country to purchase your items at trade shows. David Geller said, "It's a great way to move excess stock and create instant cash flow."
Providing fresh and innovative stainless steel jewelry to its retail customers for this season, INOX Jewelry unveils a new collection that uniquely combines rubber and steel to create a design that captures the attention of many male clients.
Montesino International, Inc., manufacturers and distributors of Caribbean Bracelet Company®, Mar Azul Larimar®, Custom Clasp Collection™, and Destination® Bracelet Collection jewelry lines has been a leader in niche market Destination® Jewelry for more than 20 years. The company is constantly freshening up their styles, and this season, the "Your Town" Memories™ Destination® Bead Collection, which captures the feel of the areas intended with customizable Destination® accents, is the latest offering to increase sales and build customer loyalty.
(MADISON, Wisc.) - Craft-optics, LLC has developed and patented a high resolution, lightweight magnification system that provides jewelry artists with outstanding visual acuity and a working distance that allows comfortable neck and back positioning.
(NEW YORK) - The Women's Jewelry Association (WJA) has announced its newest offering to association members and non-members: a web-based Career Center that connects job seekers with prospective employers in the jewelry industry. The new job board, powered by career services leader JobTarget, can be found at www.womensjewelryassociation.com. Access is available to WJA members and non-members alike.


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Registration is open for the New Berlin West Baseball Camp, which will run Saturdays, March 21 and 28, at New Berlin West High School.
West coach Tom Farina and his staff will conduct the camp. The morning session, for those in kindergarten through third grade, will run from 9 to 11:30 a.m. The afternoon session, for fourth- through eighth-graders, will run from noon to 2:30 p.m.
The camp is open to any boys and girls with a desire to learn the game. New Berlin residency is not required. The cost is $75 for both days of the camp. Those who register by Sunday, March 1, will receive a camp T-shirt.
For more information, contact Farina at (262) 789-6483.
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- Girls soccer: New Berlin Eisenhower girls soccer team tied for first in Woodland
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- Softball: First-place New Berlin West softball team improves to 8-0
- Sport Shorts: April 28, 2016
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True cost of pipelineAugust 03,2013
True cost of pipeline
Vermont Gas never tires of touting the benefits of natural gas to heating oil, but isnt it time to move beyond fossil fuels? Gas is still 70 to 80 percent as dirty as oil, even by Vermont Gas own estimates. Why arent we comparing gas to solar, or gas to biomass? Investing in a high-capacity natural gas pipeline that serves only a few thousand homes fails to solve our long-term addiction to fossil fuels. Thankfully, neighbors and organizations are revealing the true costs of this pipeline before we get stuck with 50 years of fracked gas shoved down our throats.
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SEXTANT (Station Explorer for X-ray Timing and Navigation Technology)
High bandwidth communications and advanced navigation capabilities will enable future deep space exploration of the solar system and pinpoint navigation in near-Earth space. The X-ray navigation and communications project element will focus on the development of the X-ray based technologies capable of providing accurate navigation and high bandwidth communications beyond the inner solar system. Technology test beds including those that utilize the ISS will be considered.
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- Just Announced
Thursday, 21 Apr 2016
DJI has just given the Osmo a massive upgrade
The new system will be known as Osmo Raw, and use the same technology DJI launched on the Inspire 1 RAW aerial to bring filmmakers even greater image quality.
Universal Pictures to start releasing 4K resolution Blu-ray movies
Titles included at launch are Jason Bourne, The Huntsman: Winter's War, Warcraft, Everest, Lucy, and Lone Survivor.
Samsung unveils Gear S2 Band Adapter, available to purchase in Singapore
Samsung just made it easier for Gear S2 owners to swap standard 20mm watch straps with the Gear S2 Band Adapter.
Did you know the 13-inch MacBook Air got upgraded too?
The 13-inch MacBook Air is also upgraded.
Wednesday, 20 Apr 2016
Netflix goes on the aggressive with more HDR-enabled shows
In their blog update, Netflix claimed that they will have over 100 hours of HDR-ready titles by August, and 150 hours by end-2016. Jump in to see the titles.
Samsung unveils pink gold Galaxy S7 and S7 edge
Samsung today announces the pink gold version of the Galaxy S7 and S7 edge.
Samsung Pay will come to Singapore in Q2 2016
The mobile payment service will come to Singapore soon, joining South Korea, U.S., and China as priority locations for its initial roll out.
Tuesday, 19 Apr 2016
New MacBooks have faster processors, longer battery life and a rose gold finish
Apple just updated its MacBook lineup with the latest Intel processors, improved graphics performance, faster flash storage, longer battery life and a new rose gold finish.
LG brings interactive 360-degree wallpapers to the LG G5
LG G5 owners can now beautify their home screens with immersive landscapes, and users can move the phone or swipe the display to make it come to life.
LG invites developers to its new Friends Online Portal
LG has announced the opening of the LG Friends Online Portal (www.LGfriends.com). The website aims to help third-party developers promote their designs and products and expand LG's mobile ecosystem.


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Durante años Alex Jones ha sido criticado como un spin artista que salta a través de aros y evita hablar sobre Sionismo y poder judío. Read more …
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This is the transcript by V.S. of the second installment my interview with Henrik Palmgren on Red Ice Radio from May 29, 2015, which you can listen to it at Red Ice Creations. This is actually the second part of the second hour, which is behind a pay wall. I recommend that all Counter-Currents readers become subscribers to Red Ice Creations. There is a huge amount of very good information and interviews behind their pay wall.
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The Jonathan Bowden Project is not a progressive rock band, although transgressive might apply. Rather, it is Alex Kurtagić's project to republish material from The Collected Works of Jonathan Bowden, in something of a respectable and reader-friendly format; the original having been, apparently, something of a self-published mess. Read more …
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1. Attackers had blue eyes.
This rumor would imply that the killers were in fact special forces and that the Kouachi Brothers were patsies. It's only source seems to be with Caroline Fourest, a writer and television personality with a history of false reporting, defamation, and plagiarism. She often refers to anonymous sources who confirm her contentions that all religious people are evil, particularly white men. Read more …
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"So check it out, and next time you go cruising down the street, take a look around. We are Franklin Franklin." — Jeff Frankas
After reading Jeff Frankas' excellent review of Small Apartments[1] I did what I usually do in such circumstances–head over to Amazon to see if there are any used copies in the $0.25 range (my current book budget). Once there, I discovered that it has already been made into a movie, a veritable "underground hit" with big stars like . . . Billy Crystal. Read more …
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Russian separatist in Ukraine holding stuffed toy of one of the 80 children killed on Malaysian Airlines Flight 17
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It is astonishing what we do know about Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which crashed in eastern Ukraine on Friday. We know that that all 298 humans on board — plus 2 dogs, 4 pigeons, and 5 other birds including at least 1 peacock and at least 1 chicken — were killed.
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Curry Pumpkin and Walnut Soup
This creamy soup is perfect for a crisp fall night or as a hearty starter at your next gathering.
California Gazpacho with Herbed Walnuts
This traditional tomato gazpacho is topped with a sprinkling of herb-roasted walnuts.
Top Only Real Blueberry Pie
This classic blueberry pie has two slight and magical differences: a hint of lemon in the filling and ground walnuts in the top-only crust.
Stuffed Peppers with Bulgur-Walnut Pilaf
Use warm-colored (red, yellow, and/or orange) bell peppers for this, if you can. They are much sweeter than green ones.
Grilled Open-Face Herbed Goat Cheese Sandwich
These pretty sandwiches are drizzled with balsamic glaze to add a touch of sweet acidic bite.
Summer-Fresh Confetti Walnut Quinoa Salad
Make this salad, loaded with vegetables, after a trip to the farmers' market.
Apple Walnut Muffins
Slightly dense but very tender, these eggless muffins have a crisp exterior and a wonderful apple flavor.
Acorn Squash Stuffed with Walnut-Apple Basmati Pilaf
Acorn squash was meant to be stuffed. It's filled here with basmati rice, caramelized onions, garlic, walnuts, apples and dried cherries. Put this on a plate, and your dinner companions will feel, if not like royalty, then at least very well cared for.
Walnut Pumpkin Muffins
Combine baking mix, raisins, pumpkin, nuts, sugar, milk, oil, cinnamon, and egg in a bowl. Mix just until blended. Pour batter into 12 paper lined…
Stuffin' Muffins
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Cranberry Macadamia Nut Stuffing
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VDI "The Missing Questions" #8: How does memory density affect VDI scalability?Data Center
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EmpreLiderazgo: 20 Años De Sabiduría Práctica Haciendo Negocios Desde Las Trincherasby Dave Ramsey
A Simon & Schuster eBook trincheras a lo largo de más de veinte años y que le servirán para que lidere con confianza y seguridad.
EntreLeadership: 20 Years of Practical Business Wisdom from the Trenchesby Dave Ramsey
From New York Times bestselling author and nationally syndicated talk radio host Dave Ramsey comes the secret to how he grew a multimillion dollar company from a card table in his living room. If you're at all responsible for your company's success, you can't just be a hard-charging entrepreneur or a motivating, encouraging leader. You have to be both! Dave Ramsey, America's trusted voice on money and business, reveals the keys that grew his company from a one-man show to a multimillion-dollar business--with no debt, low turnover, and a company culture that earns it the "Best Place to Work" award year after year. This book presents Dave's playbook for creating work that matters; building an incredible group of passionate, empowered team members; and winning the race with steady momentum that will roll over any obstacle. Regardless of your business goals, you'll discover that anyone can lead any venture to unbelievable growth and prosperity through Dave's common sense, counterculture, EntreLeadership principles!
The Financial Peace Plannerby Dave Ramsey
The bestselling author and nationally syndicated radio host of "The Money Game" has helped thousands through his 12-week financial planning program. His workbook format allows readers to frequently assess their progress and to face their situation honestly by using the questionnaires and fill-in charts throughout the book--the most valuable purchase a debt-ridden reader could ever make.
Financial Peace Revisitedby Dave Ramsey
Dave Ramsey knows what it's like to have it all. By age twenty-six, he had established a four-million-dollar real estate portfolio, only to lose it by age thirty. He has since rebuilt his financial life and, through his workshops and his New York Times business bestsellers Financial Peace and More than Enough, he has helped hundreds of thousands of people to understand the forces behind their financial distress and how to set things right--financially, emotionally, and spiritually. In this new edition of Financial Peace, Ramsey has updated his tactics and philosophy to show even more readers: how to get out of debt and stay out, the KISS rule of investing--"Keep It Simple, Stupid" how to use the principle of contentment to guide financial decision making how the flow of money can revolutionize relationships. With practical and easy to follow methods and personal anecdotes, Financial Peace is the road map to personal control, financial security, a new, vital family dynamic, and lifetime peace.
Foundations in Personal Financeby Dave Ramsey
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Foundations in Personal Financeby Dave Ramsey
Guide to personal finance
Foundations in Personal Financeby Dave Ramsey
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Foundations in Personal Finance (High School Edition)by Dave Ramsey
This book presents Introduction to Personal Finance and goes in detail about Saving,Budgeting ,Debt,Investing and Retirement and Insurance.
The Legacy Journey: A Radical View of Biblical Wealth and Generosityby Dave Ramsey
Dave Ramsey shares Biblical wisdom on the legacy we build with our wealth. What does the Bible really say about money? About wealth? How much does God expect you to give to others? How does wealth affect your friendships, marriage, and children? How much is "enough"? There's a lot of bad information in our culture today about wealth-and the wealthy. Worse, there's a growing backlash in America against our most successful neighbors, but why? To many, wealth is seen as the natural result of hard work and wise money management. To others, wealth is viewed as the ultimate, inexcusable sin. This has left a lot of godly men and women honestly confused about what to do with the resources God's put in their hands. God's ways of handling money caused them to build wealth, but then they're left feeling guilty about it. Is this what God had in mind? In The Legacy Journey, New York Times bestselling author Dave Ramsey takes you deep into God's Word, revealing His perspective on wealth, your personal and family legacy, and how He wants to use you to further His kingdom work around the world. You can truly live-and leave-a legacy. The journey starts today.
The Legend of the Monk and the Merchantby Dave Ramsey Terry Felber
Every life requires a spiritual foundation."Grandfather, you left this..." Julio lifted the leather-bound journal and stepped toward the old man."It is yours now," said Antonio, with a gleam in his eye. "I've lived my life according to the twelve principles recorded in it. And if you will apply its principles as I did, your success will be greater than you could ever imagine."Be a minister in the marketplace.Terry Felber has written a parable that will transform your life and your business. Many years ago, this ago book helped Dave Ramsey rediscover the marketplace as a mission field--and merchants as ministers. Now let it open your eyes to the opportunities for service and leadership all around you.Are you ready for a change?The Legend of the Monk and the Merchant will change the way you see yourself, your job, and your purpose.Now includes personal and small group study guide.
The Money Answer Bookby Dave Ramsey
This quick and simple, question and answer book is the perfect resource for equipping individuals with key information about everyday money matters. Questions and answers deal with 100+ of the most-asked questions from The Dave Ramsey Show-everything from budget planning to retirement planning or personal buying matters, to saving for college and charitable giving. This is Dave in his most popular format-ask a specific question, get a specific answer.
More than Enough: The Ten Keys to Changing Your Financial Destinyby Dave Ramsey
In his first bestseller, Financial Peace, Dave Ramsey taught us how to eliminate debt from our lives. Now in More Than Enough, he gives us the keys to building wealth while also creating a successful, united family.

 Drawing from his years of work with thousands of families and corporate employees, Ramsey presents the ten keys that guarantee family and financial peace, including: values, goals, patience, discipline, and giving back to one's community. Using these essential steps anyone can create prosperity, live debt-free, and achieve marital bliss around the issue of finances.
Filled with stories of couples, single men and women, children, and single parents, More Than Enough will show you:
How to create a budget that fits your income and creates wealth
 What finances and romance have to do with one another
What role values play in your financial life
How to retire wealthy in every way
 And much, much more
 Resonating with Ramsey's down-home, folksy voice, heartwarming case histories, inspiring insights, quotations from the Bible, and exercises, quizzes, and worksheets, More Than Enough provides an inspiring wealth-building guide and a life-changing blueprint for a vital family dynamic.
A Special Thank You: Junior Discovers Integrityby Dave Ramsey Marshall Ramsey
Junior, Billy, Amber and Michele take off after school to go get some Brain Chillers. When Junior stands up, he sees something shiny in the grass. Money! Now what do the three kids do with it? They first head out to the toy store but then the guilt begins to set in. The question becomes do they keep the toys they bought with the found money, or do they do THE RIGHT THING? A great lesson for kids.
The Total Money Makeover: Classic Editionby Dave Ramsey
If you will live like no one else, later you can live like no one else. Build up your money muscles with America's favorite finance coach. Okay, folks, do you want to turn those fat and flabby expenses into a well-toned budget? Do you want to transform your sad and skinny little bank account into a bulked-up cash machine? Then get with the program, people. There's one sure way to whip your finances into shape, and that's with The Total Money Makeover: Classic Edition. By now, you've heard all the nutty get-rich-quick schemes, the fiscal diet fads that leave you with a lot of kooky ideas but not a penny in your pocket. Hey, if you're tired of the lies and sick of the false promises, take a look at this--it's the simplest, most straightforward game plan for completely making over your money habits. And it's based on results, not pie-in-the-sky fantasies. With The Total Money Makeover: Classic Edition, you'll be able to: Design a sure-fire plan for paying off all debt--meaning cars, houses, everything Recognize the 10 most dangerous money myths (these will kill you) Secure a big, fat nest egg for emergencies and retirement! Includes new, expanded "Dave Rants" sidebars tackle marriage conflict, college debt, and more. All-new forms and back-of-the-book resources to make Total Money Makeover a reality.
The Total Money Makeover: Classic Editionby Dave Ramsey
If you will live like no one else, later you can live like no one else.Build up your money muscles with America's favorite finance coach.Okay, folks, do you want to turn those fat and flabby expenses into a well-toned budget? Do you want to transform your sad and skinny little bank account into a bulked-up cash machine? Then get with the program, people. There's one sure way to whip your finances into shape, and that's with The Total Money Makeover: Classic Edition.By now, you've heard all the nutty get-rich-quick schemes, the fiscal diet fads that leave you with a lot of kooky ideas but not a penny in your pocket. Hey, if you're tired of the lies and sick of the false promises, take a look at this--it's the simplest, most straightforward game plan for completely making over your money habits. And it's based on results, not pie-in-the-sky fantasies. With The Total Money Makeover: Classic Edition, you'll be able to: Design a sure-fire plan for paying off all debt--meaning cars, houses, everythingRecognize the 10 most dangerous money myths (these will kill you)Secure a big, fat nest egg for emergencies and retirement!
The Total Money Makeover Journalby Dave Ramsey
When Dave Ramsey was experiencing his own Total Money makeover, he found that journaling was very helpful and effective. Dave says, "Take this journal and record everything happening that seems like a big deal. Record the relationship issues, the debt, the emotions, the setbacks, the victories, and anything else that seems important at the time. "The immediate benefits of writing everything down are twofold. First, writing helps you process the problems and victories. The second immediate benefit of journaling is that you can reread your entry just days-even months-later and gain vital perspective on your progress. "Write it down. You will be glad you did."
The Total Money Makeover Workbookby Dave Ramsey
A simple, straight-forward game plan for completely making over your money habits!Best-selling author and radio host Dave Ramsey is your personal coach in this informative and interactive companion to the highly successful New York Times bestseller The Total Money Makeover. With inspiring real-life stories and thought-provoking questionnaires, this workbook will help you achieve financial fitness as you daily work out those newly defined money muscles. Ramsey will motivate you to immediate action, so you can:Set up an emergency fund (believe me, you're going to need it)Pay off your home mortgage-it is possible.Prepare for college funding (your kids will love you for it)Maximize your retirement investing so you can live your golden years in financial peaceBuild wealth like crazy!With incentive exercises that really do exercise your spending and saving habits, Ramsey will get your mind and your money working to make your life free of fiscal stress and strain. It's a no-nonsense plan that will not only make over your money habits, but it will also completely transform your life.
La transformación total de su dineroby Dave Ramsey
El experto en finanzas Dave Ramsey ofrece un práctico e inspirador plan de acción para alcanzar una óptima situación económica en la vida. Contra un telón de fondo de terminología de condición física, Dave nos ofrece convincentes e impactantes consejos para alcanzar nuestras metas. Un plan integral para salir de deudas y lograr estabilidad económica.
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Audrina Patridge.
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If you thought that after The Hills Audrina Patridge would just live out the rest of her days curled up on her couch in her PJ's eating Little Debbie cakes (not that there's anything wrong with that), think again. On April 17, Ms. Patridge will premiere a brand spankin' new reality show on VH1 called Audrina (OF COURSE!). The show follows Audrina through life with her family sharing the spotlight. We CAN'T WAIT to learn more about her verrrrrrry different younger sis Casey (below), who is a mom of two, wife of a pro dirt biker, and a tattoo addict. (Remember when she was spotted on season 4 of The Hills dishing out advice to Audrina about Justin Bobby and Lauren?! Yep, that's her!) But, until then, we scooped some of the show's promo shots, plus…PLUS found out where to score a few of the cute frocks that Audrina is wearing in them. There's the cute strapless DVF mega-tiered dress ($556.50, dvf.com) that she's wearing on the couch (sans oatmeal cream pies), which—P.S.—would make a killer prom dress. And for the days you're feeling saucy, try the See by Chloe Strapless Two-Tone Dress ($395, bloomingdales.com) Audrina is showing off with her come-hither-hands-above-head-hip-popped-out stance. Our personal fave shift is the Alice + Olivia Diana Leather Peplum Dress ($495, bergdorfgoodman.com) she's wearing while posing with her younger, way-more-tatted sis.
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68 CSU student-athletes set to receive diplomas
List includes all 16 sports, 6 colleges
CSU volleyball to compete in 4 spring scrimmages
Rams continue spring training, build toward strong 2015
Volleyball recap: Rams knock off Buffs to advance to Minneapolis Regional
CSU advances to 1st Round-of-16 since 2009, 10th in school history
Volleyball recap: No. 9 CSU earns 43rd-straight win over Air Force
Colaizzi records 1,000th career dig
Volleyball recap: No. 6 CSU sweeps Boise State
Rams have won 20-straight sets, 16 matches in a row
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CSU played in its 10th NCAA Regional Semifinal, falling to No. 2 seed Texas in Minneapolis. - 12/12/14 [Photos by Eric Miller]
CSU Volleyball NCAA tournament send off
Fans lined up outside of Moby Arena to send the team off to Minneapolis for the NCAA Regional Semifinal
CSU volleyball NCAA Regional practice
After arriving in Minneapolis, the CSU volleyball team practiced at the Sports Pavilion - 12/11/14 [Photos by Nic Hallisey]
CSU volleyball vs. Colorado - NCAA Tournament (1)
Photos from CSU's 3-2 second-round victory over rival Colorado - NCAA tournament - 12/6/14 [Photos by Dan Byers]
CSU volleyball vs. Colorado - NCAA Tournament (2)
Photos from CSU's second-round win over CU at Moby Arena - 12/6/14 [Photos by Don Reichert]
Chose to not return for her senior season in 2015.
2014 (JUNIOR): Led CSU with 40 service aces, the most by a Ram since 2004... Her 0.35 aces-per-set average, including 0.39 during league play, ranked second in the Mountain West... Had 11 multi-ace matches, including four of the team's final eight contests... Had a season-most four aces in two contests... Against Air Force (11/13), she served 22 times, scoring 16 points... In the season opener against VCU (8/30), had three aces during an 8-0 run during Set 1, turning a 14-14 tie into a 22-14 lead... Her fourth ace of the match came during an 8-0 Set-2 run, giving the Rams a 9-2 lead... Averaged 1.65 digs per set, which ranked fifth on the team... Had double figures for digs four times, including a season-most 12 at No. 18 Arizona State (9/19)... Had three aces against Boise State (10/23), capping a three-match stretch in which she had eight aces in a nine-set period... Also during that run, she totaled three aces in a straight-sets win at New Mexico (10/17) - including back-to-back during a 7-0 run to give CSU its first lead of the second set - and two at Air Force (10/18), in which she served a season-most 11 times in a row during a run that helped CSU jump out to a 14-1 Set-1 lead... Also added 10 digs in that match... Served during an 8-0 CSU run during the first set at Boise State (9/27), turning a one-point lead into a 21-13 advantage, including two service aces... Trailing 5-4 in Set 2 at UTEP (9/13), sparked a 6-0 run... Recorded 10 digs in a three-set win over Denver (9/9)... Leading 13-12 in the first set, CSU took a six-point lead behind five-straight serves from Bestgen... Played in all 34 matches, including one start.
2013 (SOPHOMORE): Saw action in 80 sets (23 matches), ranking second on the team for service aces (22, 0.28 per set) and fifth for digs (1.64 per set)... Her 0.28 aces-per-set average was tied for eighth in the Mountain West... Earned seven starts, transforming from purely a server in 2012 to a defensive player, as well... Started seven matches... In a win vs. Virginia (Sept. 6), tallied five service aces, including four during a 7-0 CSU run... It marked just the third time since 2009 that a Ram has recorded five or more service aces... Less than a month later, at Air Force (Sept. 26), she again had four aces during a 7-0 run... Totaled 10 or more digs on three occasions, including a career-most 16 at UNLV (Oct. 17).
2012 (FRESHMAN): Was used sparingly as a server throughout the year, appearing in 13 matches and 28 sets... Tallied four service aces, including a career-high two against New Mexico in the final match of the regular season (Nov. 23)... The pair of aces came on back-to-back serves and swung the momentum in the Rams' favor to help CSU claim the Mountain West title.
2011 (REDSHIRT): Sat out the 2011 season, using a redshirt.
HIGH SCHOOL: A local product of Rocky Mountain High School in Fort Collins, Colo. ... Graduated in 2011... Was a three-year letterwinner in volleyball... First-team all-conference and honorable mention all-state selections as a senior... As team captain, led the Lobos to a conference championship her senior year... Played club volleyball for NORCO.
PERSONAL: Born Aug. 12, 1993, in Fort Collins, Colo. ... Parents, Kevin Bestgen and Heidi Tillquist, both graduated from CSU... Has one brother, Kyle... Majoring in health & exercise science with a minor in business administration.
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CLMS assets are aggregated in 3 funds, 2 of which are open ended and the third is closed. Of the 2 open ended funds, their performance has been poor 1,3 and 5 years. It will be hard for CLMS to attract positive flows with mediocre results. Balance sheet is decent. Problem is mediocre results and lack of scale make CLMS a mediocre stock as well.
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A late-night fire that destroyed a Greer warehouse earlier this week is suspicious, investigators from the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office said Thursday. The Tuesday evening fire destroyed a warehouse on Old Woodrf Road that was the home of Pillows Plus Inc. and United Import Export. Investigators determined that the fire started in the import-export part of the building and spread to the pillow business, said Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office spokesman Mike Little. Jack Burrell, owner of Pillows Plus Inc., said investigators from the State Law Enforcement Division and Sheriff's Office spent Thursday combing through the wreckage. Little would not say whether investigators had found evidence of accelerants at the scene. No information on suspects was released either. "I know that no former employees are mad at me," Burrell said, adding that he had nothing to gain from the fire because his inventory, worth about $100,000, was not insured. The owner of the import-export company was in China Thursday evening and couldn't be reached for comment. The total loss of the entire building and contents is estimated at $750,000, Little said. The building is insured, said landlord Jerry Runion. He plans to build another warehouse on the site, which is less than a mile off Highway 101 and near the BMW factory. Runion was surprised to hear the fire was suspicious. "I'd don't know of any reason why anyone would burn it," he said. 2SUSFI.RE
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Young up-and-comer George Eastman is thrust into the blue collar life of a rich uncle's family business where he's expected to learn the ropes from the bottom up. While paying his dues, Eastman becomes involved with Alice Tripp, a simple, trusting girl on the assembly line.
He loved the rich girl, he decided to take a risk and started to have dates with one of the factory's female workers. After that, there is just fear, and paranoia, and desire. I think I never saw such beautiful shots about the obscure thoughts of a character: we don't need the dialogue, Stevens just gives the eyes, the music, the darkness, to make a journey through the main character's mind. And oh my!, how it works.
The protagonist's apathy towards the end and his inability to explain himself resembles l'etranger by Camus. Maybe that part of the movie is the most important one and maybe it could have been more explicit in that sense. The way he meets liz taylor in the movie reminds me of how the protagonist of matchpoint meets scarlett, it makes sense, after all the movies play the same theme but with different moralizations.
it's a 5 star movie until Raymond Burr enters the picture.. I wish it had just ended before all that... in its time and before perry mason it would have been perfect. what a timely film for today though, with the talk of planned parenthood being defunded. shelly and monty and liz at their best. loved it.
ohh lizz! <3
Stevens' adaptation of Dreiser's 'An American Tragedy' pars down the story and succinctly tells the story of a man's morality which is corrupted by reaching for a life unattainable. Despite its ridiculous court room hysteria in the final reel the film works due to fine turns from Clift, Winters and a radiant Taylor. Winner of 6 academy awards including director, script and cinematography.
This brilliant masterpiece holds the best use of cross fade. The superimpositions are not only effective of the time passing, but they stretch temporality, and allow constant flux of emotion to pass form on shot to another, allowing the memory so ephemeral and fractured to emerge stronger than any other perception, a image so strong that imposes herself onto all others, like Taylor's and Clift's performances.
"Desire" list: was there a more ciné-ecstasy couple than this one? And Clift, was he ever so markedly indelible in memory for his extraordinary bruised beauty? A film something academic and certainly nothing unusual, that the couple Taylor-Clift brand and does what the filmmaker little knew to do. In "poesia" list because of Taylor and Shelley Winters.
Fucked up, but it sure is pretty. And that sweet brand of sadness at the end -- the fifties.
Couldn't stop thinking of Murnau's Sunrise in way too many scenes.
sob characters but great directory.
E. Taylor and M. Clift define beauty.... gutsy movie.
Of course it's good, but the existential questions on free will vs class-based determinism create a tempest in my brain that I find exhausting. Can't we just be invited into wealth, get a gorgeous young Liz and ignore our past without the cost of spiritual/psychological damnation (all apropos our neo-robber-baron 1% vs digital working class world)? Could be Meat Loaf from Bat Out of Hell era in a Calvinist choir loft
Shelley Winters is so eerie in this..
Tried to watch this, more for Montgomery Clift than Liz Taylor. Trouble with knowing how a film ends before you've seen it - half way through the voice in my head screaming 'Don't do it, Monty!' were so loud I switched off. Also it was a bit plodding.
"Tell mama... tell mama all"
Besides Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? I think this is Taylor's best movie.
The static shot from the dock, with the radio in the foreground and the boat circling in the background, pure brilliance.
That screencap was my desktop background for such a long time! Now I've got Clark Gable and Carole Lombard eating watermelon on a couch.
A handsome young man trying to make his way in the world meets and falls in love with a rich and beautiful young woman. His dilemma? What to do about his plain and pregnant girlfriend... Stevens' excellent melodrama features Monty Clift and Liz Taylor as the beautiful couple and Shelley Winters excels in one of her 'victim' roles which she played again and again in such films as The Night Of The Hunter and Lolita....
A dark masterpiece which violently condemns the unwieldy ambition that drives the pursuit of the American Dream, here presented as the desire to attain wealth and status. Montgomery Clift, not Marlon Brando, was robbed of the Best Actor Oscar in 1951. A perfect portrayal of a man robbed of his innocence by the lure of the big city, a beautiful woman, and, very interestingly, his own birth position.
I loved Montgomery Clift after watching From Here to Eternity, but this film is what made me a fanatic. The man was great. And Elizabeth Taylor never looked better than as the woman that poor George Eastman just cannot resist.
It's hard not to be moved by such unsettling and yet sublime happenings. How could not love that angel named Elizabeth Taylor. Montgomery Clift captures his character's inner turmoils with utmost perfection.
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Kyrgyzstan's provisional government is determined to go ahead with a referendum on moving towards parliamentary democracy next month, despite attempts by supporters of deposed president Kurmanbek Bakiyev to disrupt it, a top Kyrgyz diplomat has said
Kyrgyzstans provisional government is determined to go
ahead with a referendum on moving towards parliamentary
democracy next month, despite attempts by supporters of deposed
president Kurmanbek Bakiyev to disrupt it.
Kuban Mambetaliev, Kyrgyzstans ambassador to the UK,
said this weekend that the new draft constitution would shift
much of the power to appoint government ministers away from the
president to parliament.
Supporters of the former president are still active,
advocating separatism [of southern Kyrgyzstan] and trying to
play on ethnic divisions, Mambetaliev told Emerging
Markets. The authorities will need to make sure that
the referendum goes ahead on 27 June in spite of these
Mambetaliev was very confident that
Kyrgyzstans economy would move forward despite the
political crisis, although other observers warned that
investors would be cautious.
The provisional government led Roza Otunbayeva assumed
office in Bishkek last month after confrontations between
demonstrators and police in which at least 85 people died.
Bakiyev resigned and fled to Belarus.
Mambetaliev said the new constitution is designed to prevent
personality cults and single-party
rule. The draft document envisages an upper limit of 50%
on the number of seats in parliament held by any party.
Next months referendum is likely to make
Kyrgyzstans presidency constitutionally the weakest in
any central Asian state. It will be followed by parliamentary
elections on 10 October.
The process of restoring order is being followed closely by
China, Russia and the EU, and the issue dominated the regular
EU-central Asia ministerial meeting, held in Tashkent last
week. Catherine Ashton, the EU High Commissioner for Foreign
Affairs, said afterwards that European leaders had emphasised
the need for a clear roadmap for the return to a
democratic and constitutional order and were encouraged
by the initial announcements from Bishkek.
The return of political stability is vital to
Kyrgyzstans relatively open economy, which relies heavily
on its position as a trade hub and on exports of textiles and
Kyrgyzstan is vulnerable to capital flight and the
interruption of inward investment, Kumar Bekbolotov, director
of the Soros Foundation Kyrgyzstan in Bishkek, warned.
There is bound to be a disruption of economic
processes, he told Emerging Markets.
Investment flows are likely to be down this year. The
provisional governments capacity to manage the economy is
fragile. It is in need of international support.
Ambassador Mambetaliev said Kyrgyzstan had to make use of
such advantages as WTO membership and its position on the
silk road trade route between China and the west.
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- Award Snub:
- Arguably the biggest ever, at least in music. Metallica was the largest reason that the Grammys created the "Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance Vocal or Instrumental" award in 1989, and then they lost to Jethro Tull (the members of whom hadn't even shown up to the ceremony since they weren't expected to win). The look on Lars' face (as the band stood offstage literally just after they had played a blistering performance of "One") was priceless. Alice Cooper and Lita Ford, who presented the award, said "Jethro Tull?" in the form of a question when they read the name off the winner card, and booing could be heard from the crowd. The resulting backlash and criticism against the Academy resulted in the category being split into two separate ones; "Best Hard Rock Performance" and "Best Heavy Metal Performance", the latter of which Metallica won for the next three years afterward and holds the record for most won.
- When they finally won for an album in 1992 (they had won for individual songs in the two previous years), Lars Ulrich jokingly thanked Jethro Tull for "not putting out an album this year" (referring to how Paul Simon jokingly thanked Stevie Wonder for not releasing an album that year, after winning Album of the Year in 1976).
- Awesome Music: See AwesomeMusic.Metallica
- Broken Base:
- Several. Some fans only like their first three albums claiming the band died with Cliff and disliking the more progressive metal sound for "And Justice For All". Some only listen to their first 4 albums, calling sellout on anything post-Black Album. Some fans include The Black Album as canon but dislike their their change in style for the albums after that. Some like Load and ReLoad but dislike St. Anger (and some like Load but not ReLoad). Some listen to anything they put out. Some of any of the aforementioned consider Death Magnetic to be a nice recovery and more like their pre-Black Album work, and some have blacklisted it due to poor audio quality
- There are even fans who insist that Metallica was at its best when Dave Mustaine was lead guitarist, despite the fact that Dave was only in the band for a year and never played on any of their albums. Obviously there aren't a lot of these people because they would have had to have seen the band live when Metallica was still an unknown band playing heavy metal clubs in Los Angeles and San Francisco, but they do exist.
- This one applies more to Dave's guitar riffs than to Dave himself. Although Dave didn't actually play on any of the albums, his riffs were used on their first two, and he has writing credits on them. Hence, the claims that the band started going downhill after Master of Puppets.
- Contested Sequel: Legitimately every album, with the possible exceptions of ReLoad to Load (because they're basically a double album released separately) and Lulu to everything, because everyone hates it. Even their first album is one.
- Covered Up: Both "Turn the Page" and "Whiskey in the Jar" are more associated with Metallica than their original artist. "Astronomy" also is an arguable case.
- Critical Dissonance: St. Anger is savaged by fans, both of Metallica and metal in general, but actually received reasonably decent reviews from critics.
- Do Not Do This Cool Thing: Every song they do about war, most notably "For Whom The Bell Tolls". Although it's about the futility of war, it's a kick ass song that gets one's adrenaline pumping.
- Averted with "One", however. The story of a soldier losing his arms, legs, and all his senses in battle is one of the more effective depictions of War Is Hell in music.
- Dork Age: The albums from Load until St Anger is generally agreed to be this althought some fans include the Black Album and Death Magnetic as well.
- Ear Worm:
- Frantic tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tock.
- Ending Fatigue: By the band's own admission, this was one of the reasons for the style change with The Black Album. Kirk made a comment about the songs being "too fucking long" and his claim that one of the band members swore that they'd never play "...And Justice For All" (the song) again after a grueling concert (he also mentioned "seeing the front row start to yawn by the 8th minute").
- They've gone back to Epic Rocking (for a given definition of "Epic") in St. Anger though. And a more indisputable form in Death Magnetic.
- Ensemble Darkhorse: Cliff.
- Regarding songs, "Fuel" from ReLoad definitely qualifies, as it has a more thrashy tone than the other songs in the album, and for having a very car racing-ish sound. It even has its own official video and is often played live, all complete with Great Balls of Fire, a thing that makes its live performances very unique.
- Epic Riff: The bread-and-butter of some of their most popular songs. "Enter Sandman" also loaned itself to the greatest pro wrestling entrance ever caught on film.
- Even Better Sequel: Kill 'Em All is an influential classic, yet Metallica managed to top it thrice in a row (Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets and ...And Justice For All). That's not even counting Death Magnetic that was released almost 20 years later.
- Face of the Band: James and Lars.
- Fandom Heresy: Cliff is the best bassist. There is no other opinion allowed. The end.
- If Youtube comments are something to go off of, covering any Cliff-era bass lines with a pick.
- Fanon Discontinuity:
- Which album(s) depends on who you ask, but St. Anger is perhaps the most universally ignored. Even the band themselves acknowledge this, as they rarely play any of the St. Anger songs during their live sets, and Ulrich mocked the album in this clip.
- Lulu seems to be going this way, and a lot faster too.
- Though it's debatable how much Lulu is part of their continuity anyway, since Lou Reed was responsible for most of the input.
- "Funny Aneurysm" Moment:
- At one point in the 80's, during an interview Cliff Burton was asked who in the band would probably die first. Burton guessed it would be him.
- A related, if rather creepy one: according to the Other Wiki, Cliff won a game of drawing cards to determine which bunk he would get...by drawing the ace of spades. It is known as the death card in fortune telling, popular myth and folklore.
- Another one by Cliff during the band's last performance. After they performed "Blitzkrieg" (which they did on a whim), he shouts "See ya!" Fortunately, at least, this isn't the last thing he's ever recorded saying. Shortly afterward, he shouts "YEAH!" Which might not make it that much better, but it's something.
- Seven years later, James would enter rehab for alcoholism. The year after that, Layne's addiction killed him.
- Funny Moments: From the Live Shit: Binge and Purge performance of "Seek and Destroy"
James: Jason, impress the fuck out of us, man.Jason: *stops playing entirely*James: *beat* I'm impressed.
- In a cross of this and an awesome moment... Metallica in Antarctica!
- When they tried to do "Trapped Under Ice" on tour in 1987 and hit the first verse.
- Growing the Beard: Ride the Lightning was the album where the band's thematic compositions transitioned entirely from teenage metalhead desires to more complex and mature subjects.
- After literally Growing the Beard (in the form of mutton chops that made him look five years older than he did clean-shaven) during the ...And Justice For All era, James Hetfield's vocal style became much more deep and angry, and it's almost impossible to tell that it's the same person who sang on Kill 'Em All. A few years later, however, this vocal style was lost (along with the mutton chops); some cite that James blew his voice out, while over state that his anger over Cliff Burton's death had largely decreased since Justice For All.
- Harsher in Hindsight: The line "Cannot the Kingdom of Salvation take me home?" from "To Live Is to Die." Considering this line was found in one of Cliff's notebooks...
- Worse yet, it's also Cliff's epitaph.
- Hilarious in Hindsight: Subverted; Guitar World published a fake review of Kill 'Em All after The Black Album was released:
"What is this crap? The guitars sound like rusty chainsaws and the singer barks like he wants to be let outside to chase a cat. This band has a huge underground buzz, but they're not going anywhere. I'll stake my entire reputation on that. Jeff Gilbert; GW."
- It's Popular, Now It Sucks:
- To a certain extent, the band has had to deal with this after each new album due to their Unpleasable Fanbase, and usually goes hand in hand with something new on each album. Hetfield in particular is known to find it amusing. However, The Black Album is by far the most prominent example. It provided them with a lot of success, making them the biggest heavy metal band in the world after its release but also gave them a lot of hatred and sell out accusations from their original fan-base.
- It's also worth noting that the band itself believed this trope originally, claiming they would never do a music video nor change their style to become more successful, stating that doing so would be selling out, yet later loosened up about them and did both.
- Ironically, in 2010, Lars openly admitted that he was a pretty big fan of MTV when it first premiered. So the sincerity of their claim to never make a music video even in 1986 is definitely open for debate.
- The band as a whole gets this, because they are by far the most popular metal band in the entire world (unless either Linkin Park or AC/DC count, but the former has elements of metal on only a few albums and the latter is closer to hard rock to the trained ear) and naturally are going to be the first band that novice metalheads try out. If Metallica is the first metal band you can name, chances are you'll get called out as a "noob". It's gotten to the point that it's almost not okay to like the band because of their immense popularity.
- Memetic Mutation: When singing, Hetfield has a tendency to end words with -AHH! tacked on to them, like THIS-AHH!! This tendency sometimes gets made fun of, but it's usually in good fun. There's also the issue of "Frantic" from St Anger. Frantic tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick tick...you get the point. More recently, "Split apart" from "My Apocalypse" from Death Magnetic and "I am the table" from their much-ballyhooed collaboration with Lou Reed have been smaller examples.
- Memetic Villain: Dave Mustaine. On any videos of concert mishaps, expect Dave to be blamed (jokingly, of course).
- Mis-blamed:
- Hetfield's gone on record blaming Lars and Kirk for the Load image change:
I just went along with the make-up and all of this crazy, stupid shit that they felt they needed to do.
- Jason Newsted is frequently blamed for the Lighter and Softer nineties albums, with cries of "Cliff would have never allowed this to happen," being frequent among old-school fans. This is despite all evidence pointing to Jason being the most hardcore metalhead in the band and the fact that James, Lars, and Kirk all credit Cliff as the one who expanded their musical tastes beyond simplistic thrash metal. Not to mention the fact that Jason had one writing credit between the Load and Reload albums, and only one on the self-titled album.
- This is all true about Jason, but Kirk did say something to the effect that St. Anger was in a sense Jason's vision for where the band would go, but he was the "sacrificial lamb" for that to happen. Presumably, though, he wanted it without the outlandishly terrible sound.
- To be fair, Metallica has stated that, while a change in musical styles would've definitely happened with or without Cliff, it probably wouldn't have been a shift to blues based alternative (as was the case in the mid-90's). It would've likely been a shift to a more progressive style of heavy metal akin to bands like Dream Theater.
- The people who dislike Lulu tend to blame Metallica despite the fact that they had practically nothing to do with the writing process.
- Lou Reed was quite possibly being a troll with this album. Remember, he may have been able to craft masterpieces with Velvet Underground, but this is the same man who brought us Metal Machine Music.
- The lack of bass on Justice is often accused of being an act of hazing towards Jason by James and Lars. Producer Flemming Rasmussen, who was not present for the mixing, indeed claims the first thing James and Lars demanded on hearing the initial mixes was that the bass be turned down. Ultimately, mixers Steven Thompson and Mike Barbiero "scooped" James' guitar tone (cut the middle tones out, leaving only highs and lows), Jason messed up on the bass lines (doubling the guitar parts, rather than following the kick drum as taught in Bass 101), and mixing the bass to normal levels (for Metallica; even before Jason they weren't a bass-heavy band, and switching from a finger bassist to a pick bassist made for louder bass at the same mixer levels) would have drowned out the low part of James's rhythm guitar. The result made Rasmussen joke that "Jason, Toby [Wright, engineer] and I are probably the only people who know what the bass parts actually sounded like on that album." Thankfully, a version that restores the bass can be found online, named And Justice for Jason, although it muddles up the low end, and Jason's pick slapping gets annoying enough after several tracks to think James and Lars may have had a point.
- Newsted admitted his mistakes when he appeared on the first 2013 episode of That Metal Show and the issue was brought up. He said that he recorded his parts by himself with no input from anyone else, using the same equipment, bass, and engineers that he used in his former band Flotsam and Jetsam. Also, since he wrote the music in F&J and the guitarists took their cues from him, his bass parts on Justice were too much like a rhythm guitar, and ended up clashing both note-wise and sonically with Hetfield's actual rhythm guitar parts.
- Hetfield's gone on record blaming Lars and Kirk for the Load image change:
- Newbie Boom: After "One" and its video were released, and again when it was featured in Guitar Hero.
- Nightmare Fuel: The videos for "One" and "All Nightmare Long".
- No Problem with Licensed Games: Guitar Hero: Metallica is considered by many to be the single best entry in the Guitar Hero franchise. The best since Harmonix left the series, at least.
- Painful Rhyme: Hetfield has really got to stop it with the couplets ending in "brain" and "insane". As of Death Magnetic, he's still doing it.
- Sacred Cow: Both Master Of Puppets and Ride The Lightning have become this within the metal community.
- The Scrappy:
- Lars Ulrich after the Napster debacle.
- Producer Bob Rock, whom many of the fans blamed the band's 90s decline on.
- Kirk Hammett has become this as of late; like Ulrich, many fans have begun to see him as a technically stagnant and unimaginative player whose weaknesses have become far more pronounced over the years. It certainly is jarring to look at Gary Holt (who was apparently taught how to play guitar by Hammett) and some of Joe Satriani's other students (namely Rick Hunolt, also of Exodus, and Alex Skolnick) and notice the major gap in ability even by objective standards.
- Replacement Scrappy: Jason Newsted.
- Alas, Poor Scrappy: Jason again after he left. In keeping with the band's Unpleasable Fanbase, after spending 14 years as the Replacement Scrappy, he left, only for some of those fans to suddenly decide he really was very talented and how terrible it was that the other members mistreated him like they did.
- Win Back the Crowd: If you can get past the mastering, many fans consider Death Magnetic to be a return to classic Metallica following the widely-disliked albums Load, ReLoad, and St.Anger. The release of Beyond Magnetic soon after much-disliked album Lulu seems to be this as well.
- Connecting to Death Magnetic, many fans hate Rick Rubin for being involved with the mastering of it, pointing out the only reason the album is low on some of their lists are because of how poor the mastering is. It's even become a running gag for fans make their own remasters because of it.
- Seinfeld Is Unfunny: Averted mostly, they show up in the top 5 of any list of the best heavy metal bands, but occasionally people forget just how heavy they were when they came out. This song was the face of mainstream heavy metal in 1982/3. This is Metallica's first song.
"Thrash is too demeaning a term for this metametal, a marvel of precisely channeled aggression. There are few verse-chorus structures, just collages done at Mach 8."
- To further emphasize just how heavy Metallica was at the time, check out this sample of (the magazine) Rolling Stones' review of then newly released ...And Justice for All.
- Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped: Master of Puppets doesn't even try to be subtle about the fact that Drugs Are Bad. Nor does it need to.
- Really could be said of a lot of songs from this period. The title song from ...And Justice for All manages to still be relevant more than twenty-five years after it was recorded.
- Tear Jerker: See TearJerker.Metallica
- They Changed It, Now It Sucks: In addition to each new album leading to them being accused of selling out they also get accused of this after each one. Though The Black Album is the most prominent example, even their pre-Black Album works get this; Ride the Lightning for having a ballad, Master of Puppets for being slightly less thrash sounding than the previous two albums, and And Justice For All for having a more progressive metal sound. In addition to making them commercially successful, Metallica, aka, "The Black Album" also marked a big change in their musical style to a more general heavy metal sound. Load and Re Load continued that change to an alternative rock sound, and St. Anger to nu metal.
- Going even FURTHER back in time, Cliff Burton once mentioned in an interview that some fans who had watched the band perform in bars considered them sellouts for getting a record deal and creating "Kill 'Em All".
- Vindicated by History: Criticism of the Black Album has softened since the early 90s and although it's not as loved as the previous 4 albums it's still considered one of their best and is definitely more loved than Load, Reload or St. Anger.


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Clags, I remember when you first started posting, and you had a pretty good eye for what you were doing. Ive seen your posts over the past few months improve greatly - as well as your photography. You are a pretty active participant in this thread and have a really good eye (and good photography skills). Here is a near win - the shirt looks pink to me which kind of throws a wrench in it. Pale blue end on end would have been a solid choice, more than a pale pink (if im right about the pink). I think the jacket is a bit too smooth for a patterned pant like that - I would have preferred cashmere or a hopsack or something not so lustrous. Many times Ive gone green tie/pink shirt - love the combo - but the pink is too cool against the rest of the warm tones there in my eyes. A paisley PS would have added some interest too but YMMV.
Gracias. That shirt was white though; I suspect something is funny about my camera or the lighting.
Linen jacket, more patterned pants, blue shirt
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Imagine a closing door that people continuously walk through, located on a busy plaza.
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Another person inclined to altruism will open the door and hold it open to the next person after them. Small, although unscalable value created for one other person. This is an artisan or a service person. Value for others is a concern, but the means are limited. One barber can only focus on one client at a time.
Then there's a person who sees the waste of opening the door each time a someone wants to go through. He devises a doorstop to keep the door open for anyone who walks by. This is an entrepreneur. He crafts a product which creates value in a scalable way and to the masses.
Finally, there's another smart person who notices that the hallway is really windy and cold when the door is continuously kept open. He creates a door that will automatically open when someone is walking towards it, and keeping it shut when there's no passersby. This is an entrepreneur who creates a better product with the help of technological progress. The problem solved is still the same, but the means of solving it are more sophisticated.
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By STAN JONES
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Date: 10/15/89
Day: Sunday
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ANCHORAGE- In the 1970s, the oil industry and its friends in government were ready to promise almost anything in return for permission to turn on the pumps at Prudhoe Bay.
One of those promises was that, under tough U.S. Coast Guard oversight, tankers that would haul up to 2 million barrels of oil a day through Prince William Sound would be the safest in the world.
"I consider our primary concern with regard to Valdez Prince William Sound to be the prevention of a catastrophic oil spill," said Coast Guard Rear Adm. John B. Hayes to a fishermen's convention in Cordova in April 1977.
Hayes said the Coast Guard would among other things propose that double bottoms be required on tankers to reduce the chances of their poisonous cargo fouling the Sound in a grounding.
Lt. Cmdr. Ken Thompson, a Hayes subordinate, told the conference that a Coast Guard traffic system would ensure the tankers didn't collide with each other or with the rocks and reefs lining the route into the Gulf of Alaska.
"Valdez Narrows and Arm will be covered by a radar at Potato Point," Thompson said. "The radar to be installed is among the most sophisticated available."
But these and other Coast Guard commitments were abandoned soon after oil began flowing through the pipeline in August 1977.
When the Exxon Valdez hit Bligh Reef on March 24 it had one bottom, not two. The resulting 11milliongallon spill, the Coast Guard itself recently estimated, was up to 21|2 times larger than it would have been if the ship had had a double bottom.
And the operators on duty in the Coast Guard's Valdez Vessel Traffic Center said the 987foot vessel didn't even register on their radar screens as it plowed toward disaster, although Blig