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The Expendables 2 Review
"My Shoes Are Bigger Than This Car!"
August 22nd, 2012
If any of you recall, I was a huge fan of the first "Expendables" movie and was super-psyched to hear that they would be doing a sequel to it and bringing in even more of the action stars that have made names for themselves in years past. As the cast list came together it became difficult for me to decide which star I was most excited to see in the movie. I decided on Arnold, of course. It's been so long since he's done a full-length movie, and I've always loved his action flicks, so hearing he'd be back with a bigger role than his cameo in the first movie, I was very pumped. Same goes for Bruce Willis' character, it was nice to see him back for an action movie before we get "A Good Day to Die Hard" here soon. At any rate, this movie surpassed the first film in my opinion. "The Expendables" was great, but where it was great, it also had it's faults. For instance, the movie seemed to jump from scene to scene rather than flow through normally as this installment did. Also, all the in-between moments when there wasn't action happening or anything weren't as boring as some of them were in the first. That's not to say the first one had INCREDIBLY boring moments, they were just a little slow-paced for my taste. This one had a better sense of camaraderie and friendship, and all the jokes were fun and left the theater nearly in tears. The one thing that I was worried about was how this movie was going to fare, you know with all the action stars being packed into one film together. Kind of a recipe for disaster as much as it is a recipe for success. But they managed it very well. A lot different than you'd think. It played out as an adventure, at the same time it did an action film. The different actors were met on their way to take down the film's bad guys. I liked that. Just enough of each extra to satisfy everyone's palette, while the main cast held the thing together.
The film's director is Simon West, who is known for a couple of my favorite movies, including "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider" and "Con Air," so it's no wonder he did such a fantastic job with this action sequel. Now while I'm thinking of it, Simon West keeps Sylvester Stallone's intentions with this series going. It's not a big action drama, long-winded and meaningful. It has subtle moments where they impress a sort of logic or hidden-meaning on you, mostly things like "Trust in your friends" and those kind of things, but for the most part, this movie is exactly what you'd expect from a movie packed with this many different action stars: a gritty, gruesome, man movie full of explosions, violence, and blood. And that's what the draw of it is. It's a mindless movie that you can just go to and have fun for a couple hours. That's what the previews promised, and that's what the movie delivered, and I am more than happy to have had the chance to go and see it. If i had the money, I'd have seen it again, to be honest. I just love the fast-paced action scenes and brute strength of the fight choreography in this movie. Jet Li and Jason Statham themselves get some really awesome fight scenes in this movie, and Simon West knew that the fans would want more action and more of the actors than in the first one, so that's what he made sure happened. The writers here managed a very good follow-up story, giving us one of the most fun reasons to launch an action-adventure series: Revenge. Revenge is something that a lot of action movies don't do because they feel as if it takes away from the movie's message. Revenge allows for a ton of things that normal police officers and military officers are unwilling to go for, but we all know that The Expendables are far from police, and even if they did serve, they are no long members of the military, meaning they get what hey want done and that's that. I loved that feel for this movie, and the Writing/Directing team delivered it to me.
The movie starts out with Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone) and his team going in to rescue a Chinese millionaire from guerrilla-like soldiers. Once there, the team meets up with someone who they were most definitely not planning on seeing: Trench (Arnold Schwarzenegger), longtime rival of Barney Ross, and a raging egotist. However, Trench tells Barney he owes him one and goes on his way. The team continue their mission and leave. In the downtime after their mission, Barney is visited by a familiar face from the previous film, Church (Bruce Willis), who is completely pissed at how Barney and his men handled his mission in Vilena. He was supposed to have brought the CIA agent back, not killed him, and now he tells Barney that the time for payback has come. Church gives Barney a mission to go deep in the mountains and collect a briefcase from a plane wreckage. He tells Barney that this is going to be tricky, and a CIA tech specialist, proficient in combat, would be going with them. Nothing would be fucked up in this mission, or Church would make sure they were locked away for good. When Barney learns that the specialist, Maggie (Nan Yu), was a woman he was not happy, but if he wanted to get Church off their backs, then they'd have to put up with it and make sure nothing happened to her. The team makes their way to the location, and once there they manage, with some difficulty, to extract the device they were looking for. However, an unexpected group of people, calling themselves the Sangs, and lead by a man named Vilain (Jean-Claude Van Damme) were also after the device in the plane wreck. He demands the device, and after receiving it, kills a member of the team and takes off. Barney, who doesn't cope well with the death of his teammate, launches a full-scale mission of revenge. When Church checks up on him, Barney tells him off, telling him this is getting solved his way, and no one is going to stop him. After learning that the device was a map to tons of plutonium, Barney must stop these men before any global domination-scale harm can befall the world. Meeting up with old friends, and making new ones, Barney teams up with Hale Caesar (Terry Crews), Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), Yin Yang (Jet Li), Gunner Jensen (Dolph Lundgren), Booker (Chuck Norris), Trench (Arnold Schwarzenegger), Church (Bruce Willis), Maggie (Nan Yu), Toll Road (Randy Couture), and Billy the Kid (Liam Hemsworth) to stop the Sangs from selling plutonium to the world's terrorists.
The story of the movie plays out well, as I've said revenge is always a fun thing to explore in the cinema. Especially when it is backed by an all-star cast of this proportion. Each actor brings their own personality into each character, and if I were to sit here and list each and every reason that each and every actor did a great job, I'd have about fifty more pages of review, so you'll just have to settle with this: Each person brings their own self to the table, and reminds the audience why each and every one of them was a huge action star in the first place. I was surprised especially by one performance in this film, though, and that was Jean-Claude Van Damme. It's no secret that Van Damme is an awful actor, however for some reason this movie made me see him in a slightly better light. He wasn't fantastic or anything, but he played a damn good villain. And where Vilain had few lines, Van Damme's actions are what made him such an interesting villain. Overall, the cast was put together fantastically, and all of them did a great job with their roles. A lot of worry dispelled by this, too because as I said, stuffing this many action stars into one movie is potentially catastrophic, but nothing went wrong with it in this one.
So if you loved the first one, you'll love this one more. If you weren't to thrilled with the first one, then give this one a try anyway. It's a very solid action movie, with tons of blood, violence, and explosions (something I'm probably emphasizing too much, but I don't care because that's part of what made the movie so damn fun). It's a movie that you can just sit back and have a blast in. Forget the worries of life, don't think too hard, and just have fun! That's what these movies are about, anyway, I'm almost positive about that. I love these kind of movies because they make me forget about the stress of adult-life for a while, and just let me enjoy myself. Something people rarely get to do in this day and age. So I give this film five stars for the pure fact that it's fun, and not one point in this movie made me hate that I spent money. I was content as hell to have spent the money on it, actually. So if you don't go see it, I'm almost sure you're going to regret it when it hits video store shelves. So do yourself a favor, spend the money, have fun, and remember that thanks aren't necessary!
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- undeadslayer4 • 3 years ago
This review is the best one ive seen all day
- justice-kowaleski • 4 years ago
after seeing this movie all i could think was Jean Claude Van Dam should be Albert Wesker in Resident Evil. Does any one agree with me on this?
- mcleve02 • 4 years ago
Nice review @vampire2000 I loved the film very much as well!!!


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Things to see and do - Salò
Leaving for Italy
Salò :
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Salò Hotel tips
Hotel Vigna from105 €Book
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For historians, the town is linked indelibly to Mussolini, who set up a short-lived "Social Republic" here in 1944. For cinema-lovers, it brings to mind Pasolini, whose film created a great outcry at the time. Located on the banks of Lake Garda, Salò proves to be much more tranquil than its reputation would seem to suggest. It enjoyed a period of great splendour when it was chosen as the seat of the Venetian Captain: its 15C Duomo (cathedral) bears witness to this glorious era.
Tourist attractions Salò : Things to see and do
Salò Cathedral
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Hotel Vigna
Lungolago Zanardelli 62 I - 25087 Salò
Located on a picturesque bay, directly on the lakeside promenade, Hotel Vigna is in the historic centre of Salò. Its terrace offers panoramic views across Lake Garda. The Vigna Hotel has been completely renovated. It has been run by the same family ..
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I ripped the model from The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. This model gave me some problems because of its size but looks sweet! This is about life size I'de say and is at least 4 feet or taller. I'll have to measure it again I forgot exactly.
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Can you reupload it somewhere? The blog's gone and it's nowhere to be found.
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This is awesome.
This is awesome.
HOLEY CRAP YES. The glass claymore is BAD.ASS.
wow.....i think i wanna do a wood model of this. very nicely done. I love Oblivion, and cant wait for Skyrim.
That's paper? I also thought it was a foam cast or something similar
Very good job!! ^^
Very good job!! ^^
At first I thought it was a foam cast sward, Good job
Thanks man
Man this thing literally gave me chills. And nostalgia. LOVE IT
Look great. I hope to build it some time.
Very impressively well done. You wouldn't be able to tell it was paper it looks so smooth!
Really impressive work.
Really impressive work.
This is ridiculous. XD
I'll do more models. Other people on our team are working on some right now.
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Will you do more Oblivion models?
Will you do more Oblivion models?
I've always loved the way glass glows in those games.
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I often have unprotected sex with my ex-fiance. Stupid I know. But I am supposed to be on birth control pills. In June, after we split I stop taking them. Now in December we have had intercourse multiple time again. I have two questions. If I take a pill every time after our intercourse (which I've been doing), will I get pregnant? And will that mess up my body?
Okay, I am really frustrated. My boyfriend and I had unprotected sex 2 days ago. He pulled out, but I was still worried so I went ahead and got EC the next day and took it. I felt a lot better about the whole scenario. Then, the day after THAT, my boyfriend and I had sex again, this time with a condom. He literally JUST went in when he said he felt something funny and pulled out right away and noticed it ripped a little. I FREAKED OUT. He probably had it on wrong or something. I don't know what to do now. He didn't ejaculate inside of me but the chance of pre-cum scares me to death. He did go pee before, so does that mean there was probably not any pre-cum? I can't get EC AGAIN. I just took it the day before and I don't have another $45 on me. Plus, I'm only 17 so I got a friend of mine who is 18 to get it for me and I don't wanna ask him again. Am I freaking out too much? Are my chances of pregnancy pretty low? Oh, and don't worry we both don't have any STI's (he got tested and I was a virgin before him). That's at least one less thing to worry about.
My boyfriend and I had intercourse last night without protection and he accidentally ejaculated inside. I got my period on Monday, November 5th, so I am not sure whether or not I might end up pregnant since it's almost been a week and usually when a girl has intercourse during her period it has been proven to tend to accelerate the period process during sex, which causes the period to stop. Right now I am barely bleeding, in fact I think it's only residues what I have and that the flow has completely stopped since the pad is not stained. He told his sister about the Emergency Contraceptives and she tried to get some, calling hospitals to see if they had any, the few she called said no, I live in the Republic of Panama, so the selling of those drugs might not be as available as in the United States. So lastly, she suggested to her brother for me to take Provera pills, which are supposed to enable bleeding and will not let me get pregnant; she has taken it to induce her periods before.
24 hours have not passed since the occurrence, but at around late 5 or early 6 am today it would have been 24 hours. I have two pills, I've been told to take them both at once. My boyfriend's friend called up a friend of his that has used it successfully as an emergency contraceptive and he also called another friend, a nurse, that confirmed it could be used that way. My boyfriend too, spoke with a general doctor who claimed that in this case the possibilities of me getting pregnant are small, however that the Provera would indeed help. I am however very skeptical, afraid, and worried about any side effects or whether it will prevent a pregnancy. I have researched about the side effects and don't feel good about the fact that they advise a prescription from a doctor and the side effects seem to be pretty negative and I have learned that Provera was used once as a pregnancy test. But I am extremely concerned that I have just finished my period, and so is it possible in any way to already have a period and have it extended as a result of a pill and much less have it confirm or debunk a possible pregnancy?
Please let me know as soon as possible whether or not to take these two pills! I don't know what else I can do! My parents cannot know and I don't want to have to abort! Thanks a million!
Okay so me and my boyfriend had sex...we were really cautious about this and well, the condom with spermicide broke. He didn't cum and he went pee before we had sex so it killed all the precum. Should I be worried because I still haven't gotten my period..I'm like 5 days late. He said I'm not pregnant and I want to believe him but idk if I should just blow off worrying. I stress easily..and I have symptoms of PMS but could they also be early signs of pregnancy. I've had cravings, breakouts, mood swings, and I don't know if I'm ovulating. I honestly have no clue.
Can you please give me some answers, should I be worried, how much longer should I wait until I get a pregnancy test?
hi I'm 17 years old and i have been dating my boyfriend for more than a year and we are thinking about having sex already. My boyfriend and i are both virgins so this would be our first time having sex and I'm pretty nervous because this would be my first time having sex and I'm scared to get pregnant. I have 3 questions and my first question is BY using a CONDOM will this be SAFE for us to do since its gonna be our first time and is it possible to get PREGNANT even though were gonna use a CONDOM and how can a CONDOM RIP? And my second question is that WILL I BLEED for it being my first time having sex since I'm a virgin? since I've heard that some girls do bleed by having sex for the first time but why? My last question is if i do have sex for the first time would my PERIOD COME LATE and is this something to WORRY ABOUT?
P.S. I would be very thankful if you could answer my 3 questions that I've asked you.
I had sex with a girl a week ago. She didn't say anything about contraceptives. After we had sex she said she wasn't on birth control. I asked her why she naver said anything? Anyhow I heard of a guy a few years ago who had the same problem. He took a bottle full of coke and turned her bottom up and poured the bottle into her vagina. I told her about this. She was willing to try it. So we did the deed. Is this a safe practice? If she misses her period would it be safe to learn how to use a coat hanger? It would be sterile. Is there somewhere you can learn to perform an abortion with a wire?
I've been prescribed antibiotics [penicillin vk] for taking out my wisdom teeth and I found out that it interferes with the effectiveness of the birth control I use [Lutera], do you happen to know what I should do? If I should take emergency contraceptive or just continue with Lutera and not worry too much?
We're already gearing up for the 2008 election and some candidates have some rather antiquated views on birth control. That's right, the pill and other routine methods of contraception considered controversial -- at least if you're trying to gain the Republican nomination for president. Take a look at what some of the candidates are saying:
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Unannounced candidate and former Sen. Fred Thompson at first denied he had been a lobbyist for the contraception advocacy group the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association. Until billing records materialized proving he worked for the group, he somehow had "no recollection of it."
Presidential hopeful Sen. Sam Brownback, Republican of Kansas, beefed up his anti-contraception resume by co-sponsoring a bill to de-fund the nation's largest contraception provider, Planned Parenthood, by excluding it from Title X family planning for the poor. Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain's campaign officials boast he has "consistently voted
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The WAR Movie basics
Kristanna Loken would look sweet as well either as a Witch Elf or Sorceress
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Bright Wizard – Vincent CasselFri Aug 31 2007 3:14PM Report
Movies based on games are not a dead end, after all we're looking at the third Resident Evil movie, and there were two Tomb Raider movies. The problem with WAR, or a Warhammer movie is it's tendency to lean to cheese such as the D&D movie. If they made it more like the LOTR Trilogy that would be good, and it would make it. It would take a major investor to do it right, and major investors don't do these kinds of movies usually.Mon Sep 03 2007 6:09AM Report
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WASHINGTON—U.S. officials say the surviving suspect in last week's attack on the Boston Marathon has told investigators he and his brother were angry about U.S. wars in Muslim countries.
- Jul 17:
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- Boston bomber in Colorado prison for temporary stay
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- Boston Marathon bomber arrives at Colorado penitentiary
- Boston Marathon bomber says he's sorry for the first time
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- The Latest: Man arrested at Tsarnaev court was protester
- Marathon bomber 'sorry' for attack after 2-year silence
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- Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev sentenced to death
Two officials said that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev (joh-KHAHR' tsahr-NEYE'-ehv) acknowledged the anti-U.S. motive while being questioned by investigators last weekend.
One official on Wednesday said Tsarnaev cited the U.S.-led invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan as the motive for the Boston attack. The official was briefed on the investigation by the FBI.
The other official is close to the investigation. Both officials demanded anonymity to talk about the ongoing probe.
Neighbors have described Dzhokhar's older brother, Tamerlan (TA'-mehr-luhn), as visibly angry about the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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Gearing Up for the SCAE & WBC!
I was talking to Jo from Beyond the Bean the other day, and I said, "I'm so looking forward to seeing you in London at the Caffe Culture/SCAE show and the World Barista Championship—in just a little more than a month!" And she had a little panic attack. While we're … Read more →


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EULESS, Texas, Aug. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Redi-Mix, LLC, a business unit of U.S. Concrete, Inc. (NASDAQ: USCR), today announced that it delivered its sustainable, low-CO 2 concrete to six Dallas Independent School District (Dallas ISD) schools, for a net savings of 108.7 million pounds of CO 2 emissions. It was also announced that U.S. Concrete's Aridus® Rapid Drying Concrete was used at the Billy Earl Dade Middle School construction project to address aggressive scheduling requirements, cutting the construction schedule by 30 percent and yielding a similar reduction in construction overhead costs. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130826/LA69072-a )(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130826/LA69072LOGO-b )U.S. Concrete's Low CO 2 Concrete Mixes Reduce Carbon Footprint for Dallas Schools U.S. Concrete's National Research Laboratory, USC Technologies, Inc., developed a low-CO 2 concrete technology and process, known as EF Technology®, to reduce carbon emissions. This process cuts the Portland cement content, a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, and uses cement replacement materials. These engineered mixes not only deliver carbon emissions savings, as compared to traditional concrete, but also deliver many higher-performing characteristics. Since 2009, U.S. Concrete and its operating companies have saved more than 1 million tons of CO 2 from entering the atmosphere. To address the Dallas Independent School District's sustainability goals, low-CO 2 mixes were selected for six of the district's schools, and the majority of the materials were locally sourced. U.S. Concrete's local business unit, Redi-Mix, LLC, delivered these sustainable mixes to the following schools: Billy Earl Dade Middle School, Clinton P. Russell Elementary School, Ebby Halliday Elementary School, Thelma Page Richardson Elementary School, W.H. Adamson High School and Wilmer-Hutchins Elementary School. U.S. Concrete's Aridus Rapid Drying Concrete Cuts Construction Schedule and Costs for Billy Earl Dade Middle School The original construction schedule for the Billy Earl Dade Middle School was 14 months, risking failure to meet today's August 26, 2013, opening date. Working closely with the general contractor Satterfield & Pontikes Construction, Inc., and joint venture architects Kell Munoz and KAI Texas, the construction team selected U.S. Concrete's Aridus Rapid Drying Concrete to shorten the construction schedule. The use of Aridus Rapid Drying Concrete cut the construction schedule by 30 percent (from 14 months to 10 months) and resulted in similar reductions in construction overhead costs. Aridus Rapid Drying Concrete was developed and patented by U.S. Concrete's National Research Laboratory, USC Technologies, Inc., to address recent changes in environmental government regulations that limit or restrict Vapor Organic Compounds (VOCs) in flooring adhesives. While these new formulations can reduce the environmental impact of new flooring installations, the new adhesives are less durable and more susceptible to moisture-related issues. As a result, contractors have been forced to combat the problems by adding sealers or lengthening the drying time of the concrete, in hopes of reducing the risk of liabilities associated with the failures of floor coverings. In addition, these remedies increase the construction time and costs associated with the projects. Aridus Rapid Drying Concrete consumes the excess water and accelerates the drying time, eliminating extended drying times and the need for costly and time-consuming topical products such as epoxies. As a result, Aridus Rapid Drying Concrete not only prevents moisture-related flooring covering failures, but also allows contractors to reduce construction schedules and costs. This has led to architects and contractors specifying Aridus Rapid Drying Concrete for their flooring projects nationwide. To view Project Profiles, visit www.us-concrete.com/Aridus. "We have seen, first-hand, projects negatively impacted by the changes in adhesives and the resulting emulsification. Aridus Rapid Drying Concrete not only prevents moisture-related floor covering failures, but it significantly reduced the construction schedule for this project," said architect Randy Barnett with KAI Texas. "Within 21 days we were able to achieve the acceptable standard of measures to start receiving the floor. This was phenomenal. It typically takes anywhere between four to six months, even as much as eight months, to get below 80 percent relative humidity inside standard concrete." ABOUT U.S. CONCRETEU.S. Concrete, Inc. (NASDAQ-USCR) services the construction industry in several major markets in the United States through its two business segments: ready-mixed concrete and aggregate products. The company has 105 fixed and 11 portable ready-mixed concrete plants and seven producing aggregates facilities. During 2012, U.S. Concrete produced approximately 4.8 million cubic yards of ready-mixed concrete and approximately 3.3 million tons of aggregates. For more information on U.S. Concrete, visit www.us-concrete.com. CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTSThis press release contains various forward-looking statements and information that are based on management's belief, as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to management. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release. The Company disclaims any obligation to update these statements and cautions you not to rely unduly on them. Forward-looking information includes, but is not limited to, statements regarding: the stability of the business; encouraging nature of second quarter volume and pricing increases; ready-mix backlog; ability to maintain our cost structure and the improvements achieved during our restructuring and monitor fixed costs; ability to maximize liquidity, manage variable costs, control capital spending and monitor working capital usage; and the adequacy of current liquidity. Although U.S. Concrete believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that those expectations will prove to have been correct. Such statements are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions, including, among other matters: general and regional economic conditions; the level of activity in the construction industry; the ability of U.S. Concrete to complete acquisitions and to effectively integrate the operations of acquired companies; development of adequate management infrastructure; departure of key personnel; access to labor; union disruption; competitive factors; government regulations; exposure to environmental and other liabilities; the cyclical and seasonal nature of U.S. Concrete's business; adverse weather conditions; the availability and pricing of raw materials; the availability of refinancing alternatives; and general risks related to the industry and markets in which U.S. Concrete operates. Should one or more of these risks materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results or outcomes may vary materially from those expected. These risks, as well as others, are discussed in greater detail in U.S. Concrete's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including U.S. Concrete's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 and subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. SOURCE U.S. Concrete, Inc.
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This dude is never going to win this staring contest...
So this week was a bit scattered. We had news coming in from all quarters of the restaurants business and the wider world of food, but while, in some weeks, a kind of theme naturally emerges (like barbecue or take-out food or terrible things being done to tater tots), this was not one of those weeks.
This dude is never going to win this staring contest...
Instead, we had everything from monkey prostitutes to backyard chicken ranching--a bunch of really great stories which I think are best summed up by the art that accompanied them. So just to make sure you didn't miss anything good, here's the best of what we did this week, in simple pictographic form.
On Monday, we began with...
"An early-morning power breakfast in a hallowed downtown restaurant is Michael Douglas with slicked-back hair and a cell phone the size of a dust buster glued to his ear, barking out orders to a floor trader about when to pull the trigger on pork futures in between puffs of a cigarette and bites of poached egg. It's Melanie Griffith in a pantsuit telling the Dukes that she can run their company better than Eddie Murphy or Dan Aykroyd, because that's how women are these days. It's Alec Baldwin toweling off his nuts in the bathroom after successfully bullying Jack Lemmon and Alan Arkin at a sales meeting. It's Richard Gere feeding strawberries and mimosas to Julia Roberts after he decides to build companies instead of dismantle them after a hostile takeover.
That's power incarnate, with lox and capers. Or at least it was in the '80s."
From the Bottomfeeder review of Merchant's Cafe.
"When a bag of purple beans showed up in our CSA box the other week, I'll admit I was skeptical. They looked so dark, inky black almost, that I had a hard time imagining them blending nicely into any dish. Also, recalling a traumatic incident from childhood when I made turkey macaroni soup with Thanksgiving leftovers and purple cabbage, I feared these beans would also bleed color and render my food strange and inedible-looking."
From "The Tease of Purple Beans" in CSA Summer
"I've been out here eight and a half years. We've been building something out here. It was frustrating when I was younger and didn't really understand the big picture. You know, you'd see chefs who had operations where they're only open Tuesday through Saturday and they're only open for dinner and they're getting James Beard nominations and all these different things and you're like God! While we're open breakfast, lunch and dinner seven days a week. Now, I'm a little more mature. I don't do it for the recognition. I do it for the people in front of me. The people who have been coming in from the beginning. Those other things come with time. If they don't, you have to be happy with what you're doing and I am."
From this week's Grillaxin' interview with the Barking Frog's Bobby Moore
"Turn on the Smoking Gun and light the wood chips. Smoke the entire bowl into the bag, retaining as much smoke as possible. Holding the open end of the bag up, submerge the bag into the ice bath for a few seconds to condense the remaining smoke. Seal the open end in the vacuum sealer. Cook the salmon in the water bath for 15 minutes. Remove and serve."
From the Seattle Food Geek's recipe for Instant smoked salmon
"The Narnia books always struck me as a sneaky way to make kids gobble up Christianity, sort of like hiding vitamins in a spoonful of ice cream. (If you read them after age 8 or so, the big friendly lion-as-Christ metaphor is like getting smacked in the face with a crucifix.) So it's no surprise that the most memorable food in the series also misrepresents itself. When the evil White Witch recruits young Edmund by bribing him with Turkish delight, it sounds like the most awesome food ever: so delicious it can turn you to the dark side. But C.S. Lewis never really explains what Turkish delight is beyond saying it's "sweet and light to the very center." Turns out it's jelly cubes sprinkled with powdered sugar, sort of like Aplets & Cotlets. And I'm sorry, but only grandmas eat Aplets & Cotlets. They're right up there with cod liver oil and prunes."
From "Top Five Foods From Childrens Literature," a list for all you kids at heart.
"I hate it when people ask for a huge, meaty red like a California Cabernet or a Southern Rhone to go with something delicate like fish; it just kills any chance that they have of enjoying either component of their meal. Totally depressing. But the thing that annoys me the most is when customers ask for my advice or guidance and then the first thing they do is start setting up all these rules, like: 'We only like wine from California' or 'I hate sweet wine.' If you already have all these ideas, what the hell do you need my help for? As a sommelier, I want to be able to enhance your meal and open your mind to new wines the same way a chef hopes to open your mind to new food. It's very hard to do when people are unwilling to go out of their comfort zones."
From "7 Reasons Why Your Sommelier Hates You". For the record, that was reason #6.
"No post about speculative science would be complete without delving, albeit briefly, into the world of evil science, and one of the long-standing complaints I've had with this crappy thing everybody calls "reality" is that it just doesn't have enough super-villains. I mean, really. When's the last time you flipped on the news and saw the anchor talking in worried tones about Dr. Megalopolis and his new Death Ray aimed at the Empire State Building? Never, right? And that just sucks.
So all I'm saying is, with these daily, dull and painfully real food recalls that keep happening over poison eggs and tainted spinach and lunchmeats infected with the plague or whatever, wouldn't it be a pleasant change to wake up one morning and hear about some mad scientist with a laboratory hidden inside a hollowed-out volcano who, using atomic energy and uranium and a bunch of those sparking electricity things that mad scientists always have, has managed to create super foods that really are super? Like a 400-foot-tall sentient carrot, or a cow with the powers of flight and revenge on his mind.
And as a side benefit, I would guess that while a few hundred million nasty eggs or a few thousand pounds of tainted meat aren't going to affect any sort of change at all in the way our government looks at food safety, a 200-ton stalk of angry broccoli that can shoot lasers advancing on the White House would probably get a conversation started right quick."
From "Seven Food Technologies I Wish Existed Right Now," a not-completely-exhaustive list of things I wish scientists would invent before I get too old to enjoy them.
"Piquillo peppers ($9) also seemed too expensive. The small red peppers were stuffed with a fibrous fishy wad of salt cod. Outside, the peppers were too tangy. Inside, too salty. And the textures didn't match up. What gives? That's like if a monkey was raised in a lab where they made him breast feed off of one of those wire mesh "adopted" monkey mom statues. Then the monkey grows up thinking that the wireframe monkey is how all female monkeys should look. When he gets older, he takes one of those wire mesh monkeys to the monkey prom at the Dr. Zaius Monkey Prep Academy, but everyone laughs at him because the monkey is furry but his date is wiry. Later, when he gets even older, he picks up wireframe monkey prostitutes. This is tragic. The textures don't match up. In conclusion, I didn't like the stuffed piquillo peppers that much."
From the Surly Gourmand's review of Cichetti this week. No, seriously. For reals.
"From the start, I was foursquare against this. Mostly because every time I went there I would see crowds of gently weaving beautiful people holding martini glasses like they were born with them in their hands, approaching the large, bolted door in the middle of the small main dining room, picking up the olde-timey phone on the wall and asking some unseen presence for permission to ascend the stairs into an upstairs room that I was just sure held all manner of bizarre earthly delights. Strongmen juggling midgets. Platters of sizzling, fried ortolan being consumed by expatriate royalty. Naked women doing terrible things with bar garnishes. That sort of thing.
Most of the time, the beautiful people were granted entrance, slipped through the door and shut it behind them, never to be seen again. Some of the time, though, they would be refused and would have to make the Walk of Shame back to their tables, knowing that some flaw in their character, dress or carriage had caused them to be denied. Now under normal circumstances, I'm a fairly confident guy. I can handle rejection, shame, and regularly embarrass myself in public just for the sick thrill of doing so. But something about that door and that telephone intimidated me so, during my review meals, during return visits to score fried chicken, potatoes and cocktails constructed from ingredients I could barely pronounce, I always avoided it--wondering what was happening on the other side of that locked door, sure, but never really willing to try and find out for myself until a couple days ago when, well-lubricated by drink and surrounded by enough friends to spread the potential shame of rejection around, we all collectively decided to give it a shot."
From "Behind the Black Door," a peek upstairs at Tavern Law's speakeasy, Needle and Thread.
"Like this afternoon. I'm driving into the office and, like the good, soft and pasty liberal that I am, I'm listening to NPR on the radio--some fascinating discussion of melting ice caps or female genital mutilation or ethnic folk dancing or something. And all of a sudden, what does the talking head switch to? Egg recall news. There are now 2000 sick people. The FDA is in a tizzy, trying to explain to everyone that they do not have the power to demand the recall of a cell phone from the Taco Hut lost-and-found, let alone half a billion eggs. No, all they can do is suggest that a voluntary recall might be, you know... a really fucking good idea what with 2000 egg-eating American citizens screaming at their boots and crapping themselves volcanically. The NPR folks are outraged. Or at least as outraged as NPR commentators ever get. Which is not very much.
So I switch stations. More news talk. More egg recall. And I don't want to switch over to one of the music stations because anyone who knows me knows that I am absolutely convinced that music's greatness peaked with the recording of "Mexican Radio" by Wall of Voodoo in 1983 and that everything that came after that was just a downhill slide into absolute crap."
From "The Inescapable Egg Recall"
"Subtle isn't really a word that should be used within 500 feet of any mention of Piranha 3D, but the movie winks at the audience constantly. This wry meta-humor is helped along in no small part to its numerous cameos, including fellow gore enthusiast Eli Roth playing a sleazy spring break emcee who is introduced mere moments before his brutal decapitation-by-flying-boat. Christopher Lloyd also makes a brief appearance as a prehistoric fish expert who chews so much scenery he makes Doc Brown look downright comatose. The movie even begins with Richard Dreyfus drinking "Amity Beer" only seconds before becoming the vicious fish swarm's first meal."
From Dinner & A Movie's review of Piranha 3D and Mr. Lu's Seafood and Burgers. And screw the subtlety, I just want to see Jerry O'Connell get eaten by piranha.
Wait, what do you mean it isn't a documentary? Dammit...
"You could usually find Mary Alyce Miller working the candy counter at Husky Deli, the West Seattle store she called home for more than 70 years. Her nephew Jack Miller credits her for keeping the store running during wartime while other family members were fighting on the front lines.
I never met Mary Alyce, but we had a lot in common, including our birthday (November 15), our West Seattle neighborhood, and our love of black licorice. I found out today that Mary Alyce's favorite was the Licorice Katz, which stick to your teeth like glue. Jack gave me a couple to sample. They were hard as rocks, but I loved them because I knew Mary Alyce loved them. I feel a sort of kinship with this woman, even though I never met her."
From "In Memory Of A Woman I Never Met"--a Sweet Freak remembrance of Mary Alyce Miller.


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FORT LEWIS, Wash. - Once 10-year-old C.J. Meadows picked up a basketball, a gold medal was in the bag. At least that's what Junior Smith, coach of the Fort Lewis Tigers, told C.J.'s dad.
"He told me, straight from day one, 'Yeah, he's going to win,'" said Curtis Meadows.
Smith, who has been coaching Special Olympians at Fort Lewis for a while, has an eye for talent. And he liked what he had seen in C.J., who was preparing for the individual skills basketball competition.
"I've seen a lot of those special-needs kids," Smith said. "And he is very gifted in a lot of ways."
He showed his talents at the Special Olympics Washington Winter Games 2009 March 6-8 in Wenatchee, shooting, passing and dribbling his way to the junior division (ages 8-15) individual skills championship. Accuracy in those disciplines was rewarded by points, and only two points separated the top three competitors.
"It was close," Smith said. "If he'd have made a mistake in passing or (dribbling), I think he would have lost."
C.J. overcame a cold-shooting day with sizzling passing and dribbling to win with 60 points.
"A lot of Special Olympics kids cannot compete with him," Smith said.
Meadows, on hand to see C.J. win gold, called home to Dawn, his wife of nearly 18 years.
"I was very happy," Meadows recalled. "She was screaming on the phone."
Meadows, a retiring sergeant first class, said he wished he had gotten C.J., a fourth-grader at Salters Point Elementary School in Steilacoom, involved much earlier in the program.
"Well, to be honest with you, I would say probably the last couple months we just started to get him involved, because I didn't know (anything) about it," Meadows said. "He came home from school one day with a brochure."
C.J., the oldest of three Meadows children, is autistic. Meadows said that his son struggles most with social interaction.
"When we first got here, he shut down," said Meadows of Fort Lewis. "He wouldn't even look at anybody. Nobody. He's a little better now.
"I started introducing him to basketball while he was here. He had a little toy basketball set at home."
Smith said he has enjoyed working with C.J., who opens up to people with whom he's comfortable. C.J. spent 10 weeks training with Smith and won the regional competition in Bremerton before his victory at the state event.
"He's very coachable," Smith said. "I tell him to do something, he's always done it. If I could have had five like him, or six like him, I could have had a team."
Just where the Meadows will settle in retirement remains up in the air. More certain is C.J.'s future participation in Special Olympics.
"He has no choice," said a smiling Meadows. "We want to get him involved."
Bob Reinert is a reporter with Fort Lewis' Northwest Guardian.


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TheStreet -- Trulia is the latest Web site daring the public to buy its shares, hoping to raise $75 million in the very competitive world of real estate listings. The online real estate company is also setting itself up to go directly against its rival Zillow (Z).Unfortunately, in this post- Facebook (FB - Get Report) IPO world, investors are less willing to take a chance on a company that hasn't turned a profit. That wasn't the case for Zillow when it went public in July of 2011. It priced at $20 above its planned range of $16 to $18 and shot up to $60 on its first trade. Its first-day return was 79%, By December 2011, Zillow's stock was down to around $21. The volatility has continued but 2012 has been kinder, and Zillow shares have bumped back up to close Thursday at $37.99. There aren't a ton of analysts covering Zillow -- only nine, but six give it a buy rating. Canaccord Genuity analyst Michael Graham even reaffirmed its buy rating on Zillow when Trulia filed. He believes Zillow's competitive position is intact, writing: "They create tools for agents and are pursuing lower tier subscribers." But is there really much difference between the two? Trulia claims it is "redefining the home search experience" and sells itself as having the "inside scoop." The company also makes a big deal out of it "free" products for agents, but also says its subscription products provide a high rate of return on investment. The company's IPO filing states, "On average, paying subscribers receive more than five times the number of monthly leads compared to real estate professionals who only use our free products." Zillow also provides subscriptions for professionals.NEW YORK (
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Katrin Pfaffl & Lukas Steuernagel, Sneaker Circle, Marburg, Germany
Creating a warm home-like atmosphere for the costumers and providing a personal service, next to extracting the hottest sneaker trends from the flooded sneakers market are the most important ingredients for a successful store, according to Katrin Pfaffl and Lukas Steuernagel, the owners of Sneaker Circle in Marburg (Germany). With a lot of passion for customers, retail and the products, the two former business management students made their hobby into their profession – wearing and collecting sneakers. Interview by Alexandra Spiegel
Within the overwhelming sneakers offer at the moment, what are the current bestsellers in your store?
As easy to guess, Nike is one of the favored brands. The market leader is very popular with us and our customers. Very often people ask for Nike Air Max 1, Air Max 90 or Air Max Thea for women, followed by new silhouettes like the Nike Rosherun. But also New Balance is - because of the good price-performance ratio and quality - extremely in demand. Especially the 420 models are a good mix of sporty and classy style. In personal we are fans of the Asics Gel series, the Gel Lyte III and Gel Lyte V. Our current prices range between 80 Euro and 150 Euro. Who doesn't want to spend on a Nike Air Max, can also find great styles at an entry-level price. New brands we've included to our product range are Puma and from next season on we will start with Reebok and Pony.
Inside the cozy Sneaker Circle store
Where do you buy your products and stay up-to-date with sneaker trends?
The biggest part of the collections we buy directly from salespersons or at brand showrooms. That also provides the opportunity to talk about the state of the business in general. Furthermore, we regularly visit trade shows like the Bread & Butter in Berlin. Social media channels are another relevant channel, to connect with others and to catch up on new trends. Also fashion and trade magazines are interesting sources. On the one hand it's difficult to stay up-to-date within the growing sneakers market, because there are constantly new models and technologies. On the other hand it can be easy, when you inform yourself online and have good suppliers who support you.
Trend models: Nike Air Max and Nike Rosherun
The summer trend – all-black, all-white and neon-styles – will continue in the fall/winter 2014 season. Moreover, animal-prints and retro-colorways are still in high demand.
What makes your shop unique?
The personal atmosphere is special about our store. Our store is like our living room, in which every sneaker collector or "newcomer" is welcomed. The furniture is deliberately chosen in a comfortable and cozy style, which reflects our taste. A clean design wouldn't work in the middle of the old part of Marburg. We also hear often from our customers that they feel at home and well advised. Most of our key costumers visit the store regularly, not always to buy something, but also for a little chat, which is absolutely ok.
Sneaker Circle in Marburg's historic quarter
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Agriculture provides a livelihood to 80 percent of the flood-affected population in Pakistan. FAO is supporting Government-led efforts to rapidly restore agricultural production and livelihoods affected by the floods. To date, FAO has received USD 45.5 million in donor contributions within the framework of the Revised Pakistan Floods Emergency Response Plan, out of total funding requirements of USD 107 million. Donors include CERF, ECHO, Belgium and USAID/OFDA. The objective of the Response Plan is to enable vulnerable farming households (small landholders, landless families, sharecroppers and women-headed households) affected by the floods to revive/resume productive agricultural activities, contribute to livelihood recovery and ensure food security and self-reliance.
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I am going to need a new seat for my parent's vehicle by July. They currently are using a Radian 80 for my 4 yr old, but I am going to need it back to put in my own vehicle in July for my YDD who will be a year old in August. So, I am planning to take advantage of the Trade-In event at BRU and get an Evenflo Maestro for my parent's van for my 4 yr old. Do you think this is the right seat to get her. She is 41" tall with a 14 or 14 1/2 inch torso and 39-40 lbs. I really don't want to spend a lot of money since it's going in my parent's car and doesn't get used a lot, but I don't want to put her in a highback booster yet either. TIA for the help.
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The only negative thing about it is that the straps are close together and any be irritating for some children if it rubs on their necks. It doesn't bother my son.
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Thanks. I had heard great things about this seat and was really hoping it would work well since it's only a secondary seat at this point in time.
We have two as spares and we love them. My 4.5 yo is the same size as your child, OP, and he's perfect for it. The straps don't bother him. He is just as comfy as his Argos full time; the only thing you lose out on with the Maestro for the cheap price is that you have to rethread the harness straps yourself to make size changes and it has regular old latches and it only goes to 50 lbs so it won't be forever for her. But as a backup seat it's great.
If you want it from BRU for trade in, don't wait, go now. It's their best deal and it goes fast. If not there, for a few bucks more you can get one from Amazon anyway. GL!
We're going on Saturday cuz the closest one is 1 1/2 hours away, and we're going to be in town that day anyway. I just hope they have 1 left.
I just got one for back up/travel and decided just to order it. The price in store with trade in is 59 so you are only saving $9 by going to the store and trading something in. I think it would cost me more than 9 dollars in gas to go to a Toys R Us store.
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Oh Barbie You, You've Got What I Need: Biz Markie Takes His Talents to R Street
Those jerks at Gawker caught the episode of Celebrity House Hunting that all of us in the District surely missed last night while we were celebrating another big Caps win. Let's thank Gawker for watching bad television so we don't have to, because last night's ep saw one very special celebrity hunting for a house in the District: Biz Markie.
For the last nine years, Markie's been living in Laurel, Md., where he's collected several lifetimes' worth of shoes, records, toys—and Barbie dolls. (No judgment, Biz: You do you.) Suffice it to say, Markie is too hoarder-y to move into your Mount Pleasant rowhouse. His specific requirement, he says, is that his D.C. domicile be both "fresh" and "funky"—ruling out Ward 3 altogether.
Markie checks out a tony, three-story townhouse on R Street NW listed at $3.5 million—a situation that he describes as "Huxtable." (Thank you for that, Biz.) He then checks out a $4.5 million, 4,800-square-foot apartment somewhere on Q Street. Where on Q Street do homes have rooftop pools? Dr. Who fans who count themselves among the One Percent, take note: The Q Street home, which Markie passes on, features a built-in red telephone booth.
The third and final stop on Markie's realty tour is The Moderno, a condominium at 12th and U Streets NW. ("It's in the cut, the clubs are right around the corner," Markie brags.) Markie declares the Moderno to be "official-ticial." (Thank you for that, I think?)
Markie nevertheless settles on house No. 1. He doesn't sign papers in the episode, but no matter: The distributed powers of the Internet will have sussed out the address of his "100-percent Huxtable" home before he closes on it.
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Welcome to the District, Markie. Now please ditch the Bruins jerz.
UPDATE: Funky, fresh, and now found: Eagle-eyed reader Lindsey Boyle checked out the video and IDs Biz Markie's new neighborhood: He's right in the heart of Dupont Circle. She says it's on R Street between 21st and 22nd Streets NW at Florida Ave. "In the video, at 6:50-7 minutes in, you can see the flag pole of the embassy next door, even though the street view shots are pre-renovation," Boyle says.
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How to make a "most played" dynamic playlist?
Fri Feb 01, 2013 6:30 pm
Hi all!
I do not have a "most played" playlist under my dynamic playlists, and I am having a hard time trying to understand how to make one.
Anybody can help?
THanks a lot,
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Re: How to make a "most played" dynamic playlist?
Sun Feb 03, 2013 8:13 pm
ok, no reply, I am missing something obvious?
In case it makes a difference, here is my setup:
amarok 2.6
on opensuse tumbleweed
as i said, I have no default "most played" playlist (a bug, IMHO), and I am having a bit of a hard time understanding how to make one: "match metatag playcount" and "greater than 0" does not seem to do the trick ...
again, thanks for any hint thrown in this direction ...
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Re: How to make a "most played" dynamic playlist?
Mon Feb 04, 2013 1:31 am
I have a horrible feeling this functionality was taken out of Amarok in the switch from 1.4 to the 2.x series. As near as I can tell, 2.x only lets you specifiy "playcount is greater than x" in a dynamically-generated playlist, where x is the minimum number of playcounts, and the user is responsible for supplying the actual value of x. Your attempt above would have led to a playlist that would have included any song that had been played more than zero times (i.e. played at least once).
I suppose you could just pick a suitably-high number and use that for your "metatag playount" condition, but it'd be up to you to figure out the best number to use. I wonder if what you actually want (just play your most frequently-played songs, regardless of how frequently they may have been played) could been done through a script?
EDIT: To actually get playcount information, and display tracks in order of playcount, download the "Ratings Statistics" script for Amarok and have a play with it. You should work it out, no worries.
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Re: How to make a "most played" dynamic playlist?
Mon Feb 04, 2013 8:57 am
your are right. There is no "most played".
What I would do is first use the search to find a suitable playcount value like this: "playcount:>100"
You should have at least 50 tracks in the search or the playlist will pick up random tracks out of desperation.
Now just use the same text as you used in the search for the search bias.
The dynamic playlist function was simplified in Amarok 2.4, but a basic property was not modified. The playlist still tries to generate an optimized playlist. The best possible playlist it can generate within the given border conditions.
That also means that it will pick random tracks if it runs out of valid ones.
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Re: How to make a "most played" dynamic playlist?
Sun Feb 10, 2013 4:21 pm
thanks for the info and sorry for the belated reply -- the ratings statistics scripts works fine, thank you, BUT I can only add tracks to the playlist, one by one, which is very annoying
may I add that not having a "most played" dynamic playlist by default is quite an obstacle to "rediscover my music" - at least for me, but I am sure other users would agree
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Re: How to make a "most played" dynamic playlist?
Tue Feb 12, 2013 2:39 am
I'm not overly fond of the "Semantic desktop" approach in KDE which seems to be the reason why playcount in Amarok's Dynamic Playlists has to be specified by number rather than by a vague category like "most played". That said, you can set up a crude playlist that will play more frequently played tracks. You just have to specify exactly HOW frequently you mean by "more frequently":
From the "Dynamic Playlists" screen select "New Playlist".
Open up the pre-generated bias part of the New Playlist (on my system, it's pregenerated with "Search for: genre: rock".) Right-click and choose "Edit bias"
Select Match Type "Match Meta Tag".
Select "Playcount" from the drop-down menu.
Change the "equals" to "greater than".
Now for the tricky part: choose a playcount number that is high enough to exclude tracks you don't listen to frequently, but low enough so that it will match some of the tracks that you listen to ffrequently. The dynamic playlist you have created will then select songs that have been played more frequently than the playcount number you specify. You can use the Ratings Statistics script get a sense of what playcount number you should set in the playlist bias.
Like I said, crude. But it vaguely mimics the "most played" feature available in earlier Amarok versions via the "semantic desktop" framework that KDE4 (and by extension Amarok) now insists on using. You will probably need to up the playcount number set in the playlist bias over time too, if you continue to listen to many songs quite frequently.
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