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Revolutions Aren't Born In Boardrooms
Revolutions Aren't Born In Boardrooms
Nobody saw it coming, not even the legions of baby boomer kids positioned squarely in the path of the oncoming cultural tsunami, watching as the very fabric of society began to tear asunder on Sunday, February 9, 1964, when The Beatles first appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show.
Elvis and Sinatra were a prelude to the grandiose influence that historic broadcast would have on American life. I remember, for example, my entire third grade class discussing the performance the next morning, led by our 20-something teacher, no less, who seemed as awestruck as we were. She asked if any of us wanted to play an instrument like The Beatles. Nearly all hands shot up.
Now multiply that by all other classrooms in the country on that same morning, and you get a hint of how quickly things would change. Garage bands sprouted in every neighborhood of every town, as likeminded teenyboppers tried to emulate the surge of pop bands from England and the US that jumped on the bandwagon.
Bands weren't the only ones cashing in, either. Once sleepy music stores were soon swamped with new customers demanding the latest gear. We've heard tales of the golden years on Music Row in New York City, when Manny's and Sam Ash sold Stratocasters and Ludwig kits nearly as fast as delivery trucks could unload them.
The mid-'60s music explosion was so pervasive that it bolstered music commerce for decades. However, if you charted the progress of the musical instrument market from 1964 to today, you'd see a gradually descending line, punctuated by occasional peaks spurred by popular musical trends.
Whenever the line tracked upward — as a U2 or Red Hot Chili Peppers spawned wannabes — drum set sales would peak for a number of years, and settle back down. Then video games and other options started grabbing a big share of adolescent time. Later, file sharing and streaming content drove a nail into the heart of the recording industry. Young consumers saw fewer reasons to spend decades learning an instrument to get a $100 gig, when they could invent Instagram, then jump out of an airplane, or something like that. So here we are. Even though the economy has sputtered to life in recent years following the Great Recession, the music products industry still faces challenges. Unlike those heady days on Music Row, percussion industry leaders are now worried about supply outstripping demand, and some have joined forces to develop ways to stimulate interest in drumming.
They send teachers to elementary schools to give workshops, hand out goodie bags at Warped Tour stops, and sponsor similarly well-intentioned promotions. I'm sure such efforts help create new drummers. But it's pocket change compared to seeing Ringo for the first time in 1964, when the entire world suddenly wanted to be in a band.
We need a cultural revolution all right, but it's going to happen on its own timetable. Maybe tomorrow. Maybe 20 years from now. One thing is sure — it will be born on the streets and not around a conference table.
Do Whatever It Takes
Do Whatever It Takes
To those on the outside, drummers can appear to be classic underachievers who just want to bang on a drum all day. We're only ever seen onstage — smiling, thrashing, sweating, spinning sticks. Casual observers don't realize those peak moments are just tiny fractions of the time we spend working on our art.
Whether hobbyists or professionals, drummers spend a lifetime practicing, investing in equipment and education, studying in school and with private teachers, learning new styles and material, cultivating professional networks, and traveling long distances to advance our careers and skills.
We also must survive. For weekend warriors that means holding down full-time jobs to subsidize the occasional gig. To pros, though, it often requires big sacrifices. That's easier said than done. Few drummers actually make a comfortable living by only playing drums. Most piece together a monthly paycheck from a number of sources, commonly by teaching lessons or working in drum shops on the side. If you surveyed every professional drummer, you'd discover many who've had to take temporary or part-time jobs at times to stay afloat.
I certainly have. Before cashing in my chips to go into music journalism, I spent time working in retail, shipping and receiving, furniture refinishing, janitorial work, construction, dishwashing, deliveries — the list goes on. I took jobs in which I had no emotional investment, so that if I was offered a plum tour, I didn't mind quitting on a moment's notice, even if I burned a bridge on my way out the door.
It was like living two very different lives at once. During the day I was an unskilled laborer, nearly invisible to the rest of the world. At night, I was on stage in front of a packed venue, watching from the drum riser while the audience went wild. Every once in a while, those two worlds would intersect, and the results could be surreal.
For instance, there was a period in the mid-'80s when my band, The Naughty Sweeties, was between record deals. Our mangers feverishly negotiated with labels while my bandmates and I were in a strange limbo. We worked on new material and developed demos, but weren't playing many gigs, since we expected to go into the studio at any moment. Our cash flow finally dwindled down to almost nothing, so we all got day jobs.
I found a job in a warehouse in North Hollywood. For eight hours a day, a Filipino guy named Saul and I sat at a workbench facing a bare brick wall as we stuffed handfuls of cotton into decorative pillowcases shaped like geese and bunnies. It was kind of humiliating.
We blasted the radio over speakers that ringed the warehouse throughout the day, and every so often a local station would play one of my band's songs. It's hard to describe the dissonance I felt at those moments. Most people driving down the L.A. freeways blasting their car radios would never have pictured the drummer they were hearing stuck in a sweaty warehouse stuffing pillows for minimum wage.
But I did what I had to do and, in retrospect, am glad that I was willing to take a bullet for the band. Within a couple months, the Sweeties got a decent record deal, cut a new album, and began gigging in earnest, as if nothing had happened. So don't feel mortified if you have to do a day job once in a while. Be proud you're willing to do whatever it takes. You're just acting like a responsible adult, and I salute you for it.
An Endorsement In Name Only
An Endorsement In Name Only
Much has changed during the nearly quarter century we've spent publishing DRUM! Magazine. Looking back, DW was still an upstart custom drum maker when we published our first issue. Travis Barker was a 16-year-old kid playing (instead of wearing) tattoos with his high school marching band. No one had heard a blastbeat, tweeted a message, or taken online drum lessons.
Even endorsements were different. In 1991, when we published our first issue, nearly every drum and percussion company had a long list of endorsers.
Back then, like today, most companies offered several levels of endorsements — from drummers who paid wholesale prices to others who got free gear to the elite few who received fat checks for licensing the use of their names and likenesses.
All three categories still exist, although the gold rush seems to have ebbed. Following the great recession, and the subsequent contraction of the drum industry, endorsement deals are harder to come by as companies tightened their criteria commensurate to their belts. To be considered viable, today's endorser must have enough gravitational pull to elevate a brand in the minds of potential customers.
This is true everywhere except in one unusual and still embryonic corner of the market, where a few cymbal companies set up shop on the Internet to sell directly to drummers, bypassing distributors and retailers altogether. At least in a couple cases, it seems pretty easy to get an "endorsement." Just buy some cymbals and the company adds your name to its list of artists. No muss, no fuss.
But is that really an endorsement? Sign with a major brand and you can expect to get some level of tour support, promotion in print ads and catalogs, posters in drum shops, and even clinic tours. But you get little more than a bargain price from one of these online cymbal brands, which dangle the lure of an endorsement to close the deal.
Okay — maybe there's nothing wrong with that. If you like their cymbals and enjoy the bragging rights of being an endorser, who am I to rain on your parade?
But do you really know who's on the other end of that transaction? I'm aware of at least one instance in which many drummers were promised endorsements but never received the cymbals they paid for. It wasn't long before the company's web site disappeared, phone lines went dead, and the owners vanished into cyberspace with the cash. Full disclosure — these same thieves even ripped us off after failing to pay for a couple full-page ads. Now, I don't want to tarnish all the legitimate small cymbal companies out there. Some offer endorsements because they are sincerely interested in your genre, or in identifying young drummers with promising careers. But others offer endorsements merely to move merchandise.
Do yourself a favor. Next time you see a great price from an online-only cymbal company that doesn't have a familiar name, do a little research to see whether the offer is a good deal, or something you need to investigate further.
Everyone's A Critic
Everyone's A Critic
True story. Around 1976 or so, as my quasi-psychedelic rock band strode offstage at some Northern California love-in, an audience member approached our flute player (this is back when it seemed like a good idea to have a flute player in a rock band), and said, "Hey man, you were bad."
"Thanks a lot," our flute player answered, understandably thinking he'd just received a compliment (this was also back when hipsters used the word "bad" to connote the word "good.")
"No man," the audience member deadpanned. "I mean, you suck." And sadly for our flautist's rapidly deflating ego, he could find no other possible interpretation: "You suck" could mean nothing other than he sucked.
I did almost the same thing to a pianist the year before while living in Chicago. I'd gone out to hear a friend play with his progressive rock band, and was not only struck by how adventurous the music was, but also how downright terrible the keyboardist was.
Elbowing up to the bar during the band's first break, my friend asked what I thought. "You guys are incredible," I answered, "but I couldn't believe how bad your pianist is." And even though my friend's face slowly turned ashen, I continued. "I mean, seriously, he can barely play! What's the deal? Does he own the P.A. or something?"
With a wide-eyed glare and nearly imperceptible nod, my friend silently signaled something or someone right behind me. Slowly turning around I came face-to-face with the pianist, who'd been leaning in to hear our conversation, at which point I said something extra smooth like, "Wow — I, uhh — really need to go to the bathroom," and disappeared into the crowd.
Here's one last true story. After wrapping up the very first album I ever recorded, my '70s proto-metal band was listening to final mixes in our rehearsal studio, when an old college friend of the lead singer walked in. After a couple songs, our singer asked what he thought.
"It sounds really good, except for the drummer," the friend responded. He very likely didn't realize I was the drummer in question, but that didn't stop me from getting in his face. "What the hell you mean by that?!" I retorted, once again, extra smoothly. He went on to point out how I played too many fills, and my drum sound was dead and lifeless. Of course, I was too jacked on adrenalin and anger to believe a word he said.
Flash forward three decades. A CD player replaced my turntable, and then an iPod replaced my CD collection. Yet, for some reason, I still had a closet full of vinyl. So my girlfriend bought me a record player for Christmas and I began listening to my old records.
Within seconds of dropping the needle onto the wax of the very first album I ever recorded, I realized I was indeed playing far too busily and my drums sounded like cardboard boxes.
Criticism. I've observed it, dealt it, received it, and now fully appreciate how its value is decided in its delivery. So if you want to hurt someone's feelings, use blunt force. They'll get over it. But if you can point a fellow drummer in the right direction, try offering advice tempered with compassion. You'll feel better about yourself in the long run, and won't need to take quite as many fake bathroom breaks"
Paradigm For A New Era
Paradigm For A New Era
You've heard the Chinese axiom, "May you live in interesting times." Well, it turns out the phrase isn't from China after all (thank you Wikipedia), though the mystery of its actual birthplace doesn't alter the wisdom behind the words.
At first blush, I'd bet most people interpret it as some sort of friendly greeting, as I did, since Westerners tend to equate interesting experiences with good times. On closer inspection, though, the implied sentiment is precisely the opposite.
The wish isn't a blessing. It's a curse. The logic goes that life is easy and comfortably predictable when times are uninteresting. Things become interesting only when the calm is disrupted by storm clouds, or worse, which brings me to my point.
We live in interesting times. Politics, economics, climate — big changes are reshuffling multiple decks in every direction. And while it might pale in comparison to more globally pressing issues, musicians also face an ever-shifting set of rules while trying to launch a career in 2015.
It wasn't always this confusing. I've lamented more than once that digital media, and the public's wrongheaded thirst for free music, chips away the profitability of recording revenue. Admittedly, it was never exactly easy to make a living as a musician, but in my opinion, defanging one of its key incentives — royalties — can only dissuade future musical innovators from ever picking up an instrument.
But now, I couldn't be more pleased to admit I might have been wrong. While the number of players inspired by the profit motive has shrunk, a new generation who are truly invested in the art appears to have emerged. And instead of plying the dusty record deal model to get their music out, today's creators are finding ways to use to their advantage the very technology that displaced many of their immediate predecessors.
For evidence, I submit a blog I recently read by Jack Conte, one half of the California duo Pomplamoose. Titled "Pomplamoose 2014 Tour Profits (Or Lack Thereof)," it reveals in painful detail the various new hoops through which artists must leap to get their music out.
In short, to produce their self-financed tour, they hired back-up musicians and a road crew, rented vehicles, and spent $26,450 on production expenses, $17,589 on hotels and food, $11,816 on gas, airfare, and parking, $5,445 on insurance, $48,094 on salaries and per diems, $21,945 on merchandise, publicity, supplies, and shipping, and $16,463 on commissions, for a total outlay of $147,802.
On the other side of the ledger, without the benefit of a major label's tour support, the band took in $135,983 in income from ticket and merch sales, as well as a strategic sponsorship from computer technology company Lenovo. You saw that right — in the end they lost $11,819 on the tour.
It might sound as if the effort was a failure, but not according to Conte. He wraps up his tally by stating "the loss was an investment in future tours," and goes on to explain that the two bandmembers otherwise sell about $5,000 per month on YouTube and Loudr, and each draws a monthly salary of $2,500.
See, they're too busy writing music and producing videos to waste a minute reminiscing about the good old days. To paraphrase Conte, one final time: While they haven't "made it," they are "making it," and I salute such pluck.


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FC Dallas' George John has knee surgery
After months of speculation, worry and wondering FC Dallas announced yesterday defender George John had "successful" surgery on his long bothersome right knee. He will miss the rest of the 2014 season, resulting in losing an entire season.
After months of attempting rehab and visiting a series of different doctors John continued to have issues with the knee. Reportedly, he experienced a pain behind the kneecap and it occurred when he was decelerating and stopping. No matter what treatment and rehab John underwent, the pain would not go away.
John had, as revealed by FCD, a procedure explained as an "osteoplasty of the medial femur". This is not a very detailed explanation of whatever procedure John underwent. What it does tell us it is unlikely anything structural or tied to a ligament. The best guess is a femoral condyle lesion and he underwent some sort of "microfracture" surgery and the prognosis should turn out well. There is always the chance any such procedure does not "take", but that would be a bridge to cross at a later time.
Complicating matters for John is the fact this is an option year on a contract he signed with the club in December of 2012. His fragility and lack of playing time puts him in a precarious position. FC Dallas will be very hesititant to re-sign a player who is without question its best defender (when healthy), but has missed playing time for numerous stretches. Leg injuries, concussions and other issues have plagued the Washington native's career and most frustratingly kept him from seeing any time with the US Men's National Team. If Dallas was to not take his option, John would be a free agent coming off of knee surgery, a lost season and more questions than answers – not the best position to be in when looking to sign a new deal with anyone.
For FC Dallas this opens up another roster position and will assist in whatever move the team is prepping to make. Oscar Pareja has claimed the team will be making some sort of addition to the team soon and the trade of former captain Andrew Jacobson earlier this week was part of whatever this move would be.
With John's situation FC Dallas is now amazingly in need of a center back. As recently as this past preseason this was thought to be a postion of depth and strength, but the John injury, and the slow progression of Walker Zimmerman and Nicolas Walker has left Pareja with only Matt Hedges and Stephen Keel as proven commodities at that critical spot.


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Toadies drummer Mark Reznicek's comics debut continues with "Buzzkill" #2, co-written by Reznicek and Donny Cates, with art by Geoff Shaw. The sotry of an alcoholic superhero attempting to get clean continues Oct. 16.
Donny Cates, Mark Reznieck & Geoff Shaw "a master class in what a #1 issue should look like" with "Buzzkill" #1, Dark Horse's new series about a superhero who gets his powers from drugs and drinking.
Courtesy of Dark Horse, CBR presents an exclusive preview of "Buzzkill" #1, about an alcoholic superhero who wants to change his ways, by Donny Cates, Mark Reznicek & Geoff Shaw, on sale 9/18.
Publisher Mike Richardson and Dark Horse pulled out the capes and spandex for a Comic-Con panel that showcased their growing super hero line from creators like Tim Seeley, Mike Norton, Joe Casey.
Donny Cates and Mark Reznicek dive into "Buzzkill," their upcoming Dark Horse miniseries featuring a hero whose power stems from using drugs and alcohol, the dangers of addiction and the ultimate hangover.
Dark Horse Comics hosted their 2013 Spring Fever Panel at C2E2, announcing a slew of projects including new horror comics, "Star Wars" developments, "Itty Bitty Hellboy" and more.
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News 12 This Morning / Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. -- A month into 2012 means many of you likely have already broken your New Year's resolutions -- the most popular of them improving your fitness.
If you're trying to lose weight and log your calories and activities, you can do it all on your phone.
From tracking your steps to to counting calories, fitness apps have flooded the market to help you stay in shape.
"Everybody has a phone with them at all times," said Ryan Harris with the Georgia Prevention Institute at Georgia Health Sciences University. "You are more likely to use it."
Harris was surprised by what some apps could do with step-by-step tutorials and individualized diet plans to help you stay fit. Harris says the apps can be beneficial since studies show logging your every bite can help you shed the pounds.
"If you have to log in Oreo cookies, you're likely not going to eat cookies because it's a conscious decision," Harris said. "The ability to log on the go, I think, is useful."
The information doesn't replace your doctor or dietitian, however.
"Just because the app says you should do this, don't just listen to the app," Harris advised.
Check the iTunes store and you'll find everything from "Digi-Fit," which uses the GPS in your phone to track your every move and estimate how many calories you burned, to "Lose It" where the user can set goals and see how much they need to eat and exercise to meet them.
"Most of these apps are based on general equations," Harris said. "They all have similar inputs you know height, weight."
For Harris, it comes down to user friendliness. Some apps are easier to navigate.
"Can I click a button and enter in an exercise? Or do I have to go through a bunch of menus to get to where I want to be?" Harris asked.
Keep in mind that the creator behind the apps may not always be a trained physician. Harris recommends exercising caution when you choose one.
The best website to visit to find a reliable smart phone app for fitness is here. These are apps are designed by health experts and are published by the government.


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'King" George Strait plays the last concert on his final tour June 7 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. That's huge, even for a country icon who has spent much of his career showering the Dallas-Fort Worth area with high-profile shows. What's the best way to prepare for country royalty? By reveling in his extensively rich song catalog.
There are too many gems in Strait's stash, but here are 10 that define his artistry.
"UNWOUND" (1981) Strait's first single immediately established him as a newcomer to watch and a seasoned artistic soul. He emerged fully formed, wrapping his robust baritone around a two-stepping number that still crackles more than 30 years later.
"AMARILLO BY MORNING" (1983) This benchmark ballad cemented Strait's vocal personality. He used this tune to perfect his understated delivery and unfailing clarity. It's a paean to the Lone Star State and to Strait's talents.
"THE FIREMAN" (1985) King George is in frisky mode here, and the lyrics are pretty silly. But if this scorching Western swinger, clearly one of his most covered songs, doesn't make you smile, check your disposition.
"ALL MY EX'S LIVE IN TEXAS" (1987) He'd never leave Texas no matter how many of his former flames call it home. But Strait is sure convincing during this classic swinging tune. You can hear the subtle smirk in his performance, and we're all in on the joke.
"I'VE COME TO EXPECT IT FROM YOU" (1990) There's a dark edge that slices through the lyrics of pain and betrayal. Here, Strait taps into a lower vocal register that gives the song extra weight. With this five-week No. 1 smash, he took a somber turn and still struck a nerve.
"I CROSS MY HEART" (1992) It's a staple at weddings and the quintessential country ballad. One of the huge hits from the Pure Country movie soundtrack, "I Cross My Heart" sports a lovely melody, heartfelt lyrics and an elegant Strait reading.
"ADALIDA" (1995) Throw in dashes of zydeco-Cajun spice and you get a ditty that Strait could probably sing in his sleep, but nonetheless proves to be a complete charmer. Just try to resist that earthy rhythm and those swampy lyrics.
"RUN" (2001) Strait shows restrained urgency backed by the most gorgeous melody and sonically panoramic production of his career in "Run." He needs his love to leave Dallas in the dust and get into his arms in a rush. We feel the intense desire boiling beneath the surface.
"DESPERATELY" (2004) Texans Bruce Robison and Monte Warden penned this languid beauty about emotional longing. Robison recorded it on his 1998 Wrapped CD. Strait gives it extra cachet, quietly tapping into the tune's wistful words and dreamy melody.
"GIVE IT AWAY" (2006) Traditionalism at its finest, "Give It Away" is complete with recitation and a chorus that won't quit. Strait's delivery is spot-on, as is the whistling pedal steel guitar. The bitter end of a relationship never sounded this good.
Mario Tarradell is a Dallas freelance writer.
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Group, where can i find online literature on Internationalization, which
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text: I will be leaving for overseas in one week from now.....so I don't actually have time for any of this. But some issues to consider:1. Tati does not visit here whilst Sysiyo I believe has left for an undetermined period. There are arguably two positions available for additional moderators given the current system of four in total. 2. When I became administrator, Evan instructed me that I was to nominate the moderators myself rather than do so through public means. In private, I seeked the advice of three long term TWers and I am open to seeking the input of at least a small group of established users. I am not sure if I would go entirely against Evan's advice and elect moderators entirely through public vote.3. If moderators are elected democratically/publically, how can we assure that users are not rigging the voting system - as what happened in twister's popularity contests?4. If moderators are elected democratically/publically, then by rights we should also have terms in office.....like a period of one year, etc.5. Who will be responsible for accurately moderating the elections? Could I come back in a month's time knowing that everything has been sorted and decided fairly? Possibly, we would need some 'election moderators' and a temporary forum set up for them to formulate the best means of running the elections. 6. In my experience, TW is an evolving beast in terms of posting styles, moderating styles, etc. The only people that would have a chance of understanding TW or the 'point' of certain posters might be long term users. Should we place the responsibility of electing new moderators in the hands of newbies for instance? 7. With points 3 and 6 in mind.....how would you feel about the moderators being elected ONLY by users that have been registered since say, 2000 or 2001?The Last of the Disco Kings MP3 by Adam D Versus David Bhttp://www.bowiedownunder.com


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As the Sikeston and Miner Convention and Visitor Bureau's director, I have really been on the go this spring!
On March 19, a volunteer and I attended the Cincinnati Group Leaders of America show. Here we spoke with around 175 tour group leaders.
Then we traveled to Indianapolis, where we met with at least 100 more.
At both of these shows, we explained that those heading to Branson with their bus groups could eliminate the St. Louis city traffic by coming down I-57 to Sikeston and Miner, overnight here, then take scenic highway 60 on west into Branson. With these two cities being a good day's travel away, the buses would arrive with plenty of time for dinner, check into one of our several hotels and next morning they would have plenty of time to check out some of the unique things we have to do and see around our area.
After leaving Indianapolis, we traveled to St. Charles and visited with yet another 240 leaders. There we invited groups to our area to just get out of the city for a couple of days and enjoy a golf outing, a visit to the winery, or a rodeo getaway. We also informed these leaders of our newest VF addition to factory outlet shopping and our neighbor's Dogwood-Azalea Festival. Just a quiet weekend away from the city sounded pretty good to a lot of them. Each week the office of the Convention and Visitors Bureau receives hundreds of requests for information packets. Most of them come in label form from the ads we place in magazines like AAA, Bus Tour Group Leaders, The Missouri Vacation Planner and several others. So the short week we were back in the office was quite busy responding to requests. The CVB has bulk mailed over one thousand packets during the last two months.
On April 1, I was back on the road, traveling this time to Chicago to the Affordable Meetings show. Here, I met with over 900 meeting planners. These planners congregated at the Navy Pier to look for ideas on places where they could send their companies to conduct meetings. So many of these meeting planners are also group leaders of banks, schools, etc., and are interested in outings for those groups, too. We again invited them to Sikeston and Miner.
The following week we attended the Missouri Meetings and Events Expo 2003 at the St. Louis Convention Center. This Expo was another opportunity for the cities of Sikeston and Miner to advertise the hotel meeting rooms we have available and also the Ray Clinton Community services building. On April 16, we attended the Savor the Flavor festival in Jefferson City. The Good Humor Breyers Ice Cream plant generously donated over 500 assorted ice creams to the CVB to give to our representatives, senators and others, who attended the show. The treats were a real treat, everyone agreed.
Most of the traveling for the CVB has been completed for this year. Now we are busy focusing on doing follow-ups to the leaders we met at the shows and responding to their requests for specialized itineraries. With all the efforts we have put forth to reach these Group Leaders, we sure hope it will open their eyes to all we have to offer here in Sikeston and Miner.


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In the first half of 2015, violence by both the Taliban and the U.S. has risen sharply, and Islamic State has emerged as a new and dangerous player. Once again, ordinary Afghans are the victims.
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At least 37 people were killed and 42 injured when a suicide bomber struck a cafe in a Shiite neighborhood, officials say.
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A teenage suicide bomber who had posed as a street hawker killed six people, including four children gathered around an iPhone, when he detonated explosives hidden in his backpack near the headquarters of the NATO-led military force in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday.
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A suicide bomber killed three high-ranking members of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government on Wednesday, including the defense minister and Assad's brother-in-law, who was deputy chief of staff of the military.
At least 63 people were killed in a series of bomb attacks in Afghanistan on Tuesday during ceremonies marking the Shiite holiday of Ashura in three different targeted locations, but the majority of the deaths occurred in Kabul. A Pakistani group claimed responsibility for this sudden and ominous outbreak of sectarian violence.
On Friday, a pair of suicide bombings killed more than 80 Frontier Corps trainees who were celebrating at a graduation party in Shabqadar in northwestern Pakistan. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attacks as a form of retaliation for the death of Osama bin Laden ... (more)
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While Egypt may be basking in the glow of what it hopes is the dawn of a new democracy, the U.S.-led attempt in Iraq is still in its terrible twos. One of the worst suicide bombings in recent weeks has devastated the city of Samarra, killing 48 people and wounding 80.
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In news that may reopen the mystery surrounding Benazir Bhutto's unsolved assassination, a Pakistani anti-terrorism court has ordered the arrests of the former police chief and deputy of Rawalpindi, the city where Bhutto was killed.
According to a BBC report, intelligence sources say that the suicide bomber who managed to enter a military base and kill seven CIA agents in the Khost province of Afghanistan was courted by the U.S. as a possible informant.
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A spate of bombings around Baghdad on Sunday killed 34 people, including at least four Iraqi policemen, three soldiers and several civilians shopping in local markets and preparing to break their fasts to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
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Multiple suicide bombings in Baghdad and Kirkuk in the north killed more than 50 Iraqis on Monday. The bombers in the capital targeted Shiite pilgrims. More than 200 were wounded in the two cities. News of the attacks came on the heels of a spate of bombings around the world.
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Details have emerged about Monday's deadly blast at the Indian Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, raising suspicion that the bombing was done by Pakistani militants associated with the Taliban. The fact that the Indian Embassy was targeted is one substantial indication, considering the long-standing conflict between India and Pakistan. The blast killed 41 and injured over 130.
A suicide bomber set off a deadly explosion near a mosque in a popular marketplace in Zaranj, Afghanistan, Thursday evening as men were gathering for prayer, killing 20 people and injuring about 30.
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The Taliban, which sponsored al-Qaida, is alive and well on both sides of the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan and, following last week's Red Mosque showdown in Pakistan, pro-Taliban militants are retaliating by breaking a 10-month truce and unleashing violence in the country's northern region.
American military officials reported that a suicide bomber killed nine U.S. soldiers and wounded 20 Monday. The bomber detonated a car explosive close to the soldiers' base in Diyala province, according to the Los Angeles Times. Another American casualty was recorded in Muqdadiya the same day.
A bomb killed two Iraqi government officials and six other people and injured at least 23 when it exploded in the Iraqi parliament building's cafeteria inside Baghdad's Green Zone. This first bombing of the government building came just after the speaker of parliament condemned the bombing of Baghdad's Sarafiya bridge, which partially collapsed into the Tigris River on Thursday, killing at least eight people. So much for the "surge."
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On a rainy day, isn't it nice to know that you can stay home and download a free e-book from the Mamaroneck Library? Go to our homepage, www.mamaronecklibrary.org and click on the "Download eBooks & eAudio" icon on the lower right side of the homepage. Please have your library card number on hand.
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Come check out the books and DVDs for sale on the lower level of the Mamaroneck Library.
All childrens books: $.50 each or 3 for $1.00
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Leaping Literature with Naomi Hill
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Monday, Sept. 23 and 30 at 3:30 p.m.
The very popular former principal of Central School is back for more fun at the library. Join her for an interactive and movement based storytime. Registration not required.
Library Lab: Construction Challenge
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Friday, Sept. 20 at 3:30 p.m.
Join us for a fun exploration of STEM‑science, technology, engineering, math. We'll complete hands-on activities such as Dig and Dump and The Human Crane in order to understand some of the challenges associated with construction. Registration required.
Montessori, Mommy and Me
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Monday, Sept. 23 at 10:30 a.m.
Come experience an introduction to a Montessori environment with you child guided by a local Montessori teacher and mom, Meghan Rinehart. Learn as a community hands-on ways to develop an environment in which practical skills are used to foster a child's concentration, independence and self-esteem. Registration required.
Big Truck Day
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Saturday, Sept. 28 from 10 a.m. to noon.
Children of all ages are invited to climb on and clamber over the biggest and coolest trucks provided by the Town of Mamaroneck and Village of Larchmont. Come to the parking lot behind the library to participate in the fun. Rain will cancel the program, but it will be held drizzle or shine. Registration not required.
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Sep. 20. Features a presentation by Elisabeth Radow, the environmentalist and President of the Larchmont Mamaroneck League of Women Voters.
Five-hour pre-licensing class
Formula One Driving School located at 584 Mamaroneck Ave. Mamaroneck has the five-hour prelicensing class scheduled for: Saturday, Sept. 21 at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 25 at 4 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 28 at 10 a.m., Sunday, Sept. 29 at 10 a.m. This class is required by New York State for new drivers before they can take their road test. Please call 914-381-4500 or visit our web site at formulaonedrivingschool.com to register for this class or for other services and for upcoming insurance reduction/point reduction class dates.
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Sunday, Sept. 22, 2 p.m.
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2 p.m. Learn how to construct a life-size shelter using only materials found in nature.
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Retired television producer and writer Don Epstein, a longtime resident of New Rochelle, will relate humorous personal reminiscences of his 40-plus years in the industry in a talk hosted by At Home on the Sound on Oct. 16. His work brought him in close contact with so many TV and film stars that he can give his talk the reverse title "Celebrities Who Have Known Me."
Among the many past and present celebrities with whom Epstein has worked are Marlon Brando, Dolly Parton, Diana Ross, Peter Ustinov, Willie Nelson and Dr. Joyce Brothers. "Working with them toward a mutual goal of putting on the best show possible, you get to know them in a way the public seldom can," he said.
At Home on the Sound is a service organization for individuals 60 and up who live independently in the area. Epstein's talk is free and open to the public at St. John and Paul's rectory meeting room at 3:30 p.m.. www.AtHomeonheSound.org
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Scotland forwards coach Stevie Scott has warned the Dark Blues to beware the wounded French players they are due to face in Paris on Saturday.
The side travel across the Channel hoping to snatch a second-place finish just a year on from finishing bottom with five straight defeats.
But the wooden spoon is now a prospect facing Les Bleus after three defeats and a 13-13 draw with Ireland last weekend left their championship ambitions in tatters.
Their only hope of a avoiding their first campaign without a single victory since 1957 is to see off the Scots at the Stade de France.
But Scott, who has been named the new interim head coach of Edinburgh following Michael Bradley's Murrayfield departure, has warned that fact might just count against Scottish hopes.
He said: "The pressure is off us because the wooden spoon has gone, but the pressure is back on for us to potentially finish second in the championship.
"That's what we are going for, so there is more pressure on us than if we had the wooden spoon as a prospect.
"But France's current position makes them even more dangerous. Very dangerous. With the French, you never know what mindset they are going to turn up with.
"They are very hurt with what has happened during the championship. They would have been the favourites beforehand, and to see themselves at the bottom will be painful. That hurt is dangerous."
Scotland's title hopes were ended by last Saturday's 28-18 defeat at home to Wales, when a series of penalty concessions handed victory to the visitors.
"They would have been the favourites beforehand, and to see themselves at the bottom will be painful. That hurt is dangerous." - Stevie Scott
Asked if the Welsh defeat had raised worrying questions about Scotland's scrummaging performance, Scott said: "Not at all. Scotland have got a good scrum, a very good scrum. You will see that if you look back at the games leading up to the Wales game.
"The problems we had against Wales are gone. They are out of our system.
"We have reviewed the game. We know we don't have to change anything major. We just need to adapt little things to make sure that doesn't happen again."
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FBI: Miss. man arrested, accused in Ricin letters
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OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — The FBI has identified a Mississippi man suspected of mailing letters containing poisonous ricin as 45-year-old Paul Kevin Curtis....
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Liberals were breathlessly excited, because they got their white, *******, right-wing, racist, terrorist they could use to tar and feather conservatives with. Unfortunately, this loon is a left-wing, 9/11 truther Democrat. Nice try libs. Maybe next time.
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Majoritarian: "Its time to let go of the partisanship. Its time" I couldn't agree more. The petty fights between the two major parties are more damaging to our country than any bomb or poisoned letter. It causes our law makers to pick agendas and irresponsibly force them upon us. It causes the American dream to be reachable by some and not be others. It fosters bitterness and resentment in the American people. One day we will realize that it's simply ourselves that are holding us back. Let us all come together and fix this. (I know it will never happen, but I can dream can't I?)
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America is as safe as it will ever be. It is impossible to protect everyone, all the time. Events will happen, but it is our response we can control.
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Should this exist? It's one of the earliest questions an artist asks in the course of the creative process. The question isn't inherently any loftier than when you ask yourself whether or not you should describe a dream to a friend. Oftentimes it's tantamount to Would someone want to experience this? Would this be boring for the listener/viewer/reader? Sometimes, though, the stakes are greater. In the case of Olympus Has Fallen, Antoine Fuqua's inflammatorily jingoistic and sentimentally violent new action picture about a group of North Korean terrorists taking violent control of the White House, the question should've been asked early and answered in the negative.
When the plane crashes through the Washington Monument and into the White House, the faces of the attackers appear onscreen: Asian men and women with machine guns and RPGs. One attacker executes a high kick maneuver that scans as martial arts, because, of course they're doing martial arts to kill Americans. They're Asian.
Essentially Die Hard set in the seat of American power, Olympus Has Fallen opens with Secret Service agent Mike Banning (Gerard Butler, of the similarly noxious 300) failing to rescue both the POTUS (Aaron Eckhart) and the FLOTUS (Ashley Judd) during a car accident near Camp David. He makes a decision and saves just the prez, which downgrades him to dull work at the National Treasury. Which is great, actually, as his new office now looks down upon the White House. When all hell breaks loose and the North Koreans siege the landmark by means of a large plane, dump trucks, and suicide bombers (just to name a few), he's positioned perfectly to get into the building, John McClane-style.
The attack is the first sign that this is more than a bad shoot-em-up. On the day that the South Korean prime minister is visiting the White House, a large and ominous plane flies into D.C. airspace unannounced. American fighter jets can't take it down. The large machine guns fixed to the plane gun down everything. They're killing U.S. civilians, police officers, members of the armed services, secret service agents, and even dogs. They're killing everything. (Luckily, Banning's wife works in a hospital, so when the film needs to remind you how angry you should be, it can always cut back to her to, you know, announce that a 6-year-old has just been brought into the ER and she's failing.)
When the plane crashes through the Washington Monument and into the White House, the faces of the attackers appear onscreen: Asian men and women with machine guns and RPGs. One attacker executes a high kick maneuver that scans as martial arts, because, of course they're doing martial arts to kill Americans. They're Asian. Later, when the dust has settled, Fuqua reveals that they're a North Korean terrorist force. Of course.
When asked what drew him to the picture, Fuqua explained that his initial thought was, "If I could ground this and make it real, then I'd be interested in the project. I wanted to give it some substance and relevance, since terrorism is a part of our lives today." When pressed about the implications of singling out a force from a particular (and real) country and how that might be received, he explained the focus should be on the individual terrorist and his particular motivation. He then proceeded to describe Kang in a slower, more thoughtful way than the film does. "North Korea itself is not attacking us in the film. It's one individual with personal issues." In the film, the fact that the lead terrorist's mother was killed by an American land mine is a piece of information glossed over so quickly, never to be spoken about again, that it feels like nothing. Especially when compared with the national pain and suffering evoked when you show a plane crashing into an American landmark.
Meanwhile, in the popcorn-munching world of the film, the American hero is inside the White House collecting all the guns. He needs more of them, because he is one and they are many. Thus, get this man the guns. Yes, this is a film about the importance of having lots of the right firepower in case of an emergency. Given the current conversation about gun violence, the image of Butler seated in the Oval Office filling his waist with weapons is potent.


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Located near the historic Rocks and business centre of Sydney, The Langham Sydney provides easy access to shops, entertainment, and business and tourist destinations.
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I never thought I would look like a Korean on this look (well, according to some of my friends). Haha! ^_^ I always love long sleeves and #sweaters like this and most of the time I prefer skirts, shorts, & dresses than pants or jeans. I know it sounds like I'm "maarte". I just feel comfortable with them.
So I paired a favorite #longsleeve sweater of mine with this skirt. I chose a nude colored-heels to wear since I'm wearing a skirt. Here's a tip from a friend and classmate of mine - nude or flesh colored heels will give you an illusion that your legs look longer. :))
Before we took these photos, my sister told me that she'll put make-up on me, she said "para maganda ka". Haha! I'm not really a fan of it except for a #lipstick and a #babypowder. Between the two of us, she's the one who loves make-up and I think she's good at it. The #smokyeyemake-up she put on my eyes, it adds a #korean look on my outfit.
Here's a closer look on my eye #make-up. :)
Whenever I go to #Davao or my sister is back in town, I always take advantage of asking her to take photos of my looks for this blog since she's the one who has a #DSLR. It's nice to have photos using that #camera. When I'm not with my sister and I wanted to post a look on my blog, I just asked my mom or my childhood friend take photos of me using my #SmartIphone5.
Make-up & Photograyphy: by Vanessa A. Garingalao
Old Navy sweaters | Abercrombie skirt | Celine heels | Steve Madden purse| Body Central bronze bracelet | Juicy Couture orange bracelet | "Fearless" leather blue bracelet (forgot the brand) | leaf neckalace (a gift from my aunt, forgot the brand) | pink earrings (bought in Singapore)


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I have never understood the point of student government—it always seemed like a weird popularity contest where the "prize" is selling hot links by the vending machines with Ms. Rolfson while everyone else gets early dismissal. Like, ooh, where do I sign up? For never having to do that ever?


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NEW HARTFORD � Forget turkey, Lisa Richards� biggest Thanksgiving tradition is finding the best possible holiday shopping deal she can get.
For the past 10 years or so, that has involved the 47-year-old Utica resident camping out in front of the Kmart on Commercial Drive in New Hartford at the crack of dawn, waiting for the doors to open at 6 a.m.
�Who needs to spend time with their family at that hour,� asked Richards, who bought some $5 Barbie dolls and a bunch of other toys. �They�re all sleeping anyway, so I�m out getting good deals.�
Richards was one of about 100 people lined up outside Kmart on Thursday morning, many of whom were vying for deep price cuts on computer tablets and televisions.
While Kmart has been open all day on Thanksgiving for about 20 years now, more and more department stores followed suit this year, kicking off their Black Friday deals a day early.
Walmart and Best Buy opened at 6 p.m., followed by the likes of Macy's, Target, Kohl's, J.C. Penney and Sears at 8 p.m., which was an hour earlier than last year.
When the appointed hour came, Laura Stalnaker and her mother, Patti Corey, were bundled up in their warmest winter gear at the front of the line of about 50 people waiting to get inside Kohl�s at The Orchard in New Hartford.
Stalnaker and Corey have been shopping Kohl�s Black Friday sale for about eight years now, and were excited to be able to get in a day early this year. They even celebrated Thanksgiving on Wednesday, just so they could hit every sale throughout the day.
�It�s become a tradition for us,� the 25-year-old Westernville resident said. �We get our flyers out and lay out our battle plans. It�s my favorite day of the year.�
With Thanksgiving falling late this year, retailers lost a week of crucial holiday shopping time. They appeared more determined than ever to drive customers in, with some even promoting pre-Black Friday sales last weekend.
Rome resident Linda Murphy doesn�t seem to mind. She and her husband had an early afternoon Thanksgiving dinner at Ponderosa before heading to Kmart to try to score some deals on appliances.
�I�m OK with it,� the 64-year-old said. �People should be able to shop at their own convenience and do what�s good for them.�
But not everyone thinks opening stores earlier is a good thing.
Tom Freeland of Rome found himself wandering into Kmart out of boredom Thursday since he wasn�t eating dinner until later in the day. He found a couple of good buys, and enjoyed the relative calm of the store compared to the chaos of Black Friday, but said he wasn�t completely sold on the idea.
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Ugh. Feminists on the internet, am I right? They're everywhere with their bitching and moaning, going on about abortion and how you shouldn't say 'real women have curves.' How we should 'own our privilege' and relative experiences. I'm talking about US sites like Jezebel and The Hairpin , and Australian ones like Mamamia and the Fairfax-produced Daily Life, which all to various degrees create a digital space for women to discuss women stuff. Part magazine, part newspaper, part online community, these sites foster discussions about modern life for the enlightened women, in varying degrees of seriousness. On top of these there are also the countless more 'hard core' feminist spaces online, often with a direct discourse about modern sexism and/or a particular women's rights cause. As a young woman who cares about women's rights, I've read a lot of these sites.
And OK yeah, I may have been a bit facetious earlier, when I complained about feminists online. The truth is, I rather like these sites most of the time. Indeed, one of the reasons I love the Internet so much is that there is no finite space allocated for a certain amount of things and sites about women can react to issues in ways you don't see in traditional media.
But if you're like me, a middle-class white educated 20-something (i.e. the exact target demographic of these sites), it can get tedious. If you read these sites regularly over a period of time, you'd be forgiven for getting frustrated by the same old topics covered again and again: reproductive rights, body image, relationships, sex, celebrity, beauty and fashion, female objectification, domestic and sexual assault…rinse and repeat.
That's why projects like Victoria Floethe's The Desire Project are so important. It's a website that houses documentary filmettes of women discussing their wants and passions, and it's exactly the type of thing this young feminist loves to see. Instead of being a direct reactionary response to the frustrations feminists confront every day (still), The Desire Project takes control of its own story and sets the discussion around something that has not been explored in the public sphere as much as it should.
So often 'desire' is something we see from the masculine view. We are constantly reminded of what men want to see and have. They want sexy but not too slutty, the want cute layered on top of sophisticated beauty. There are many variations of the perfect woman. Men's desires are written everywhere, and it's believed women want to see this too: When narrative wants to turn up the romance, it has the man voice or enact his love and passion, which persuades the woman. What women want is depicted sparingly, and when it is it's often skimmed over or a cliché.
The Desire Project is clearly made for the same crowd as the sites I mentioned above. It's very New York, with its deliberately diverse interviewees and the carefully crafted descriptions of lifestyle. There is a lot of 'recognising relative experience' going on. As there should be, there is nothing wrong with the hyper-aware and always-qualified statements of the 21st century feminist (it can just get a bit tiresome sometimes, as any cause can). But what appeals to me is that The Desire Project lets go of talking about feminism and just does feminism. It doesn't qualify itself, it just is what it is: A digital space for women to talk about desire.
And it really does talk about desire in a sophisticated and honest way. Episode 2, for example, addresses the very-common phenomenon of early desire manifesting from children's cartoons. It has women talking about their first cartoon crushes, including Prince Eric from the Little Mermaid, Trent from Daria and even Simba from The Lion King. It's shining a light on a common story that does not get told in the usual places.
There will always be a place for websites for women. The reactions to mainstream patriarchal discourse need to be published and discussed. But I love stumbling upon gems like The Desire Project on the internet, which remind me of what websites for women are fighting for. Our space to tell stories.
The Desire Project is an ongoing web series and can be followed: http://desireproject.com/


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Welcome to the V.O.K. tourney!
This will be a single-round tournament (plus the qualifier).
My co-hosts are osanseviero and videogames518, and the spreadsheeters are currently JimmyCarlos, Blizzard2000, LouWeed, BadgeHuntersAnon, MaistlinRajere, and BestMte.
And the seventh and last game is:
Feed the King !
This round will end on 08/01 00:00 GMT+11
About Participation Points:
Participation Points will improve your final score on the tourney, so you should try to get as many as possible.
You can get them by:
- Posting a screenshot of a run of a game of the tourney. Every day you post some score on the thread you'll get a PP (this counts DAYS, not posts).
- Doing well on the games. Every day, the top-scorer of the current game will get a PP (days end based on the round open and closing time. Rounds begin and end at an end of day on that round).
You can also lose some of them if you start to be annoying, or generally hurt the course of the tourney. This should be a rare occurrence, just don't be silly and this won't happen to you.
There will be a very low cap of total PP, on 40, so it shouldn't be hard to reach it.
Screenshot submission rules:
The game screen must contain your ending screen, or be alike to what is on the "screenshot examples" section below.
Scores must be submitted with either a green or yellow plug, on the "today's high scores" tab, and both your name on the list AND THE "Today" TAB should be visible. If you can't get both together, submit two screenshots.
(In case the game doesn't have a "high scores" tab, it should be on the "Chat" tab, with your name visible on the list of people online)
(Anything that doesn't follow these rules has the potential to be reviewed and possibly rejected by the hosts/spreadsheeters.)
You may post scores of games that are not the current one, you just won't get the daily PP for top scoring it
On Effing Hail, if your score has less than 3 digits after the comma, submit your score and screenshot Jiggmin's leaderboard.
Screenshot example:
About the tourney scoring mechanism:
*You'll be ranked on the tourney by your Final score.
*Your Final score is your Total score multiplied by your number of Participation Points, unless your total score is negative, in which case it's just your Total Score.
*Your Total score is the sum of your Standardized scores on all games.
*Your Standardized score on a game is your Raw score on that game, less the Average of the scores of all competitors on that game, then divided by the Standard Deviation (SD) of the scores of all competitors on that game ((R-A)/SD) (or (A-R)/SD if you want the lowest score on a game).
On Nuclear Eagle, only City scores count. If you get only a Country score, your Raw Score will be 0.
About cheating:
*If you think someone is cheating, screenshot the post with their score and PM me or a co-host with a link to it and an explanation of why that score is definitely cheated.
*If we agree that the score is cheated, the poster of that score will need to explain why it isn't cheated, and probably send video proof of it next. If it doesn't, it will be disqualified.
If for some reason you have any doubts about anything on the tourney, post on this thread or PM a co-host, we are willing to help.
Good luck!


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Wednesday, 01.23.2008 / 2:10 PM MT / Features
Arizona Coyotes
|Wayne Gretzky and Contest Winner Mike Brand
The winner of the "Road Trip With Gretzky and the Coyotes" contest has been ready to go since the moment the white #99 Coyotes road jersey peeked out from his suitcase at center ice on January 17th. Choosing the lucky suitcase awarded Brand and a guest the once-in-a-lifetime experience of accompanying the Coyotes on a road trip to Dallas in February.
Brand, a Coyotes season ticket holder and Coyotes Booster Club member, was randomly chosen along with four other fans for the chance to win a road trip during second intermission of the January 17th game against the Columbus Blue Jackets. Five suitcases were displayed "Deal or No Deal" style at center ice by the Coyotes Pack Dancers, and each finalist was given the chance to select one of the numbered suitcases. Brand was the fourth of the five contestants to select his suitcase and chose number 1, which contained the white Gretzky jersey and his tickets to Dallas. Joining Brand on the trip will be friend Lisa Roberts, with whom Brand made a pre-game pact that if either of them won the trip, the other would be their guest.
The remaining finalists not only kept the jersey from their suitcase, but all five received a surprise visit from Coyotes Head Coach Wayne Gretzky, who greeted all five shortly after leaving the ice. He took a photo with each and thanked them for their support of a team, which like Mike Brand, is definitely going places.


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Definition of contact flight in English:
contact flight
(also contact flying)
noun[mass noun]
Navigation of an aircraft by the observation of landmarks.
Example sentences
- He was on a mid-stage, day contact flight out of the field.
- Provided that he was sticking to contact flight rules, the pilot had a visual horizon.
- In this contact flying configuration, high asperities are trimmed by the burnishing pads while low asperities are not.
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Definition of geodata in English:
Computerized geographical data: the use of geodata greatly depends on the ease and speed of acquisition
More example sentences
- At the same time, geodata is gaining recognition by providing the basis for meaningful analysis in the industry.
- For this reason, the City of Vienna began moving its existing geodata into a database that manages a three-dimensional city model.
- On the server, we will be publishing geodata produced by the students of the Faculty of Geodesy in Zagreb.
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How to Cure Dementia at Home
derixc | Oct 20, 2010 | Comments 1
The term "dementia" describes a condition of persistent mental deterioration. It involves memory, problem-solving, learning, and other mental functions. The mental problems are severe enough to interfere with daily living activities. Dementia, unlike delirium, usually comes on slowly over time and is relatively stable with little day-to-day fluctuation.
The general symptoms of dementia include:
- Short-term memory loss. (More than just an occasional forgetting of appointments, names, or where you put things.)
- Inability to complete moderately complex tasks (such as making soup from a packaged mix).
- Confusion
- Impaired judgment
- Getting lost in familiar places
- Paranoid, inappropriate, or bizarre behavior
The mental status exam can also to identify possible dementia problems. If mental impairment has come on suddenly, the problem may be delirium, not dementia.
There are over 100 separate health conditions that can cause or mimic dementia. Many are reversible with treatment. For others, no completely effective treatment is currently available.
Depression can often cause the symptoms of dementia. Think first of depression when you notice memory loss, confusion, or impaired judgment. Medical treatment is usually effective.
Other common causes of dementia are:
- Alzheimer's disease
- Vascular dementia or multi-infarct dementia, caused by many small strokes in the brain
- Chronic infections
- Reactions to medications
- Poor nutrition or poor hydration (too little water)
- Alcohol dementia
- Parkinson's disease
- Hypothyroidism
- Deficiency in vitamin B1 (thiamine) or vitamin B12
Home Treatment
The home management guidelines for dementia presented below can be helpful no matter what the cause of the problem.
- Simplify the daily routine with regular times for meals, baths, and a limited number of activities.
- Create a safe but interesting living environment.
o Disconnect an electric stove when not in use.
o Provide an ID bracelet.
o Keep chemicals locked away.
o Put bells on doors.
- Use written notes or instructions. Label objects.
- Provide regular stimulation of senses: touching, singing, exercising, hugging.
- Review with a physician or pharmacist all medications and dosages.
- Provide good nutrition and plenty of fluids.
- Use a non-confronting approach to behavior problems. Distraction often works best.
- Consider home treatment for depression.
When to call a health professional
- If the symptoms of dementia are interfering with the person's ability to carry on normal activities.
- If a person with diagnosed dementia becomes uncontrollably hostile or agitated.
- For a referral to a specialist in geriatrics. These professionals have special training to identify causes of dementia. Some causes of dementia are reversible and many symptoms can be effectively managed.
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Minor in Economics
1. ECON W1105: Principles of economics
2. ECON W3211: Intermediate microeconomics
3. ECON W3213: Intermediate macroeconomics
4. ECON W3412: Introduction to econometrics
Note: W1105 is a prerequisite for W3211, W3213, and W3412. Students must have completed Calculus I before taking W3213, Calculus III before taking W3211, and one of the introductory statistics courses (see list) before taking W3412.
5– 6. Electives: Two of the following courses:
ECON W2257: Global economy
ECON W4280: Corporate finance
ECON V3025: Financial economics
ECON V3265: Econ of money and banking
ECON W4020: Econ of uncertainty and info
ECON W4080: Globalization, incomes and inequality
ECON W4211: Advanced microeconomics
ECON W4213: Advanced macroeconomics
ECON W4228: Urban economics
ECON G4235: Historical foundations of modern economics
ECON W4251: Industrial organization
ECON G4301: Economic growth and develop
ECON W4321: Economic development
ECON W4329: Economics of sustainable develop
ECON W4345: World economic problems
ECON W4370: Political economy
ECON W4400: Labor economics
ECON W4412: Advanced econometrics
ECON W4415: Game theory
ECON W4438: Economics of race in the US
ECON W4457: Industrial organization of art, entertainment and communications
ECON W4465: Public economics
ECON W4480: Gender and applied economics
ECON W4490: Economics of the Internet
ECON W4500: International trade
ECON W4505: Int'l monetary theory and policy
ECON W4615: Law and economics
ECON W4625: Economics of the environment
ECON W4750: Globalization and its risks
Note: Electives may be taken only after the completion of both W3211 and W3213, with the exception of W2257, which may be taken after completion of W1105. Some of the elective courses listed above have additional prerequisites. Courses may be taken only after the completion of all prerequisites. Please see the Columbia College bulletin for course descriptions and complete lists of prerequisites.
7. Statistics: One of the following three probability and statistics options (course or sequence):
a. SIEO W3600 (or W4150): Intro to probability and statistics
b. IEOR E3658: Probablity and E4307: Applied statistical models
c. STAT W3105 (or W4105): Intro to probability and statistics and STAT W3107 (or W4107): Stat inference
- The statistics course must be finished before taking W3412, and it is recommended that students take W3412 in the semester following the statistics course.
- Some courses done as part of the economics minor may count toward fulfilling the School's nontechnical requirements. However, other courses, such as W3412: Intro to econometrics, may not be applied toward satisfaction of the nontechnical course requirements. To determine which economic class can count toward the nontech elective requirement, please consult the nontech elective section of this bulletin for further details.
- Students with AP credit for economics and an exemption for W1105 may use the credit toward the minor.
- Transfer or study abroad credits may not be applied to fulfill the requirements of the economics minor.


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Definition of logistics in English:
plural noun[treated as singular or plural]
- Take, for instance this statement in my letter detailing the logistics.
- A pilot study provides the researcher with experiential logistics from actual procedural implementation.
- The costs and logistics involved in caring for children under two has meant far fewer places for this age group and a longer wait for young families.
- He taught himself about the use of modern artillery, logistics, military organisation and strategy.
- The ending of the Cold War has had profound effects upon the philosophy of, and approach to, military logistics.
- The logistics of moving the troops and equipment is not what takes the most time in this process.
- The second challenge is associated with the need to maximize the total capacity of the transport and logistics business through performance capability.
- After five years, he had managed to negotiate a merger with another transport and logistics group, Ocean.
- It houses customer service, logistics, storage, administration, accounts and support for online sales and enquiries.
Late 19th century: from French logistique, from loger 'to lodge'.
lobby from mid 16th century:
Both lobby and lodge (Middle English) go back to medieval Latin lobia 'covered walk, portico'. The earliest uses of the word refer to monastic cloisters, but after Henry VIII dissolved the monasteries it moved into the world of the rich subjects who turned them into houses. A lobby became an antechamber or entrance hall, and is now often the foyer ( see focus) of a hotel. The British Houses of Parliament, and other parliaments, have a central lobby where MPs can meet constituents and members of pressure groups, and two division lobbies where MPs assemble to vote. To lobby meaning 'to try to influence a legislator' originated from this arrangement in the USA. Logistics (late 19th century), originally the supplying of troops, developed in French from lodge.
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