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My Love (Remix)
Majid Jordan Feat. Drake
Well here's a nice unexpected treat. Fresh off the release of their self-titled debut album, OVO's Majid Jordan decide to come through and share a new remix of their hit record "My Love" featuring Drake. Leaving the lyrics & chorus the same, the Toronto production duo beef up the production, adding a more uptempo, dance ready vibe for the clubs. Take a listen and let us know how it compares to the original?
Summer Sixteen (Remix)
Joell Ortiz
Joell Ortiz is currently putting the finishing touches on a new project at the moment called That's Hip Hop, which will drop on March 15th and feature the likes of M.O.P, Tony Touch, Chris Rivers, & Kool G Rap.
Summer Sixteen
Yup, Drake did it again tonight on episode 14 of OVO Sound Radio. Late into his set, after a Nas remix of Future's "March Madness," Drake finally dropped his new single, "Summer Sixteen." And he proceeded to play it 6 times in a row, in honor of his upcoming album Views from the 6.
Wu-Tang Forever (Remix) (CDQ)
Drake Feat. A$AP Rocky
Drake's "Wu-Tang Forever" remix was, at one point, supposed to feature a few members of the Wu-Tang Clan. Unfortunately, that never came together, and while all hope seemed to be lost for the track, a version of the song with a new verse from ASAP Rocky appeared on OVO Sound radio last week. While it wasn't Wu, Rocky was a great fit for the track, representing New York, and bringing out some technical bars for the occasion. The track one of three songs from ASAP today, all CDQ versions of songs released on OVO earlier in the month. Which one is your favorite so far?
Rihanna Feat. Drake
Rihanna recently hinted that her long-awaited 8th studio album, ANTI, was complete, and she's delivered on the promise of new music with a monster single today, teaming up with Drake for "Work".
J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League Feat. Rick Ross & Drake
This morning, J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League released a new-13 track album called J.U.S.T.I.C.E. For All. The features are unreal -- Lupe Fiasco, Future, Chris Brown, & T.I., to name a few and the the leadoff track "Empire," which features Rick Ross and Drake, is no exception.
I'm Da Plug Freestyle
Meek Mill
Meek still has to come through with his long-awaited Dreamchasers 4 mixtape, but tonight, he got his name back in the mix by dropping off four new tracks. Of those four, the only one we had anticipated -- and the only non-original track -- is his remix of Drake and Future's "I'm the Plug," a snippet of which leaked after the DC4 listening party at the beginning of the month.
Wu-Tang Forever (Remix)
Drake & A$AP Rocky
Meek Mill may have hogged a ton of attention away from OVO Sound Radio episode 13 tonight by dropping off four new tracks, but those who've been tuned into Beats 1 have gotten a few surprises of their own. As usual, Oliver El-Khatib kicked off the night, and the first special guests to follow were the A$AP-affiliated Cozy Boys, aka A$AP Lou and J. Scott.
Jumpman (Freestyle)
Lil B
Lil B has kept relatively quiet since teaming up with Chance The Rapper for a collection of songs, Free Based Freestyles, however he made a return this holiday season, with an feature on Gucci Mane's "Embarrassed" alongside Post Malone and Riff Raff. Today the Bay Area rapper makes his second appearance on the site this week, with a freestyle over Drake and Future's "Jumpman" instrumental, turning his own n
Where Ya At
Lil Wayne
As you probably saw on the 24-song tracklist, Weezy isn't shying away from tackling several WATTBA tracks, as well as a few individual Drake and Future records.
R.I.C.O. (Remix)
Pusha T
Remember "R.I.C.O." -- the Dreams Worth Than Money single that fizzled soon after Meek Mill decided to reveal that Drake's verse on the track was actually written by a unknown rapper by the name of Quentin Miller? Well, the track has now been remixed by none other than Pusha T, who happens to have his own beef with Drake. The collab was just played on Dr.
Loving You No More
Diddy - Dirty Money Feat. Drake
Diddy is perhaps more esteemed as a businessman than he is as a musician, but he proved yesterday that, at the age of 46, he still understands how to make a hot record -- and that he knows how to keep the right company to help him do so. MMM was Diddy's first release since last summer's ill-advised 11 11, a collaborative album with house producer Guy Gerber. Before that, it was Last Train to Paris, which he, Dawn Richard, and Kalenna Harper, as Diddy - Dirty Money, released in 2010.
Jumpman (Remix)
You knew OVO Sound Radio would come with some Halloween treats tonight, and, indeed, one of those included a surprise set from grime emcee Skepta, who dropped three new remixes during his mix. The most noteworthy is of the biggest track off What a Time to Be Alive, last month's joint album between Future and Drake, who recently tattooed the initials of Skepta's Boy Better Know crew on his left shoulder.
Jumpman (Remix)
Ty Money
We've seen our fair share of "Jumpman" remixes, but wait -- there's one more y'all gotta hear. It comes from Chicago upstart Ty Money, whose name you'll be seeing plenty in the near future. The song lends an immediate triple time tempo and some easy source material for Ty to begin his lyrical attack.
30 For 30 Freestyle
Kirko Bangz
After giving fans the Fallin Up Mix two months ago, Kirko Bangz returns today with a freestyle over Drake's solo cut from What A Time To Be Alive, the "30 For 30" freestyle.
Jumpman (Remix)
Dreezy is one of many talented female Chicago rappers, including Tink and and W.W.A. (the 4-woman group that includes Sasha Go Hard and Katie Got Bandz). She gained attention with her latest EP, Call It What You Want, which featured K Camp and production from Southside. For her latest release, she's decided to remix the biggest tune off Drake and Future's What a Time to Be Alive.
Can I
Drake Feat. Beyoncé
Last week's episode of OVO Sound Radio, episode 6, was the biggest yet, as Drake premiered his joint album with Future, What a Time to Be Alive. Drake isn't in the booth tonight (Oct. 3), but episode 7 is shaping up to be pretty interesting.
Hotline Bling (Remix)
Erykah Badu
We've seen all sorts of "Hotline Bling" covers and remixes, but this one's actually worth a listen, as it comes from the legend Erykah Badu. Ms. Badu reworks the production using live instruments, while still keeping the bouncy goodness of the original. She basically keeps the theme of Drake's original, but switches the gender roles. Her remix runs for over 7 minutes and gets deeper and weirder as she goes. There's a genius recording of Badu's voicemail message about 4 minutes in.
Blasé (Remix)
Before Drake fucked up the game and live streamed What a Time to Be Alive, he played out a short mix, which included tracks from lesser-knowns such as Kodak Black and the UK group Section Boyz, as well as a couple of exclusives. The biggest non-WATTBA track played during tonight's special episode of OVO Sound Radio has to be PartyNextDoor's "Blasé" remix.
Wack 2 Wack (Drake Diss)
Sauce Walka
Sauca Walka is coming at Drake's neck, over Drake's own beat. The Houston rapper, of "2 Legited 2 Quited" fame, previously came at Drake during Houston Appreciation Weekend, when several H-Town locals were a disappointed by the lack of Houston natives represented in the HAW festivities.


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Teresa Stoppani will be presenting the public lecture.
This will be held at 7pm on Wednesday, 6th April 2011, Level 5 Architecture Studios, UTS – Faculty of DAB (Building 6), 702 – 730 Harris St, Broadway 2007
'Islands and Paradigms: on unorthodox ways to read the city'
The city can be defined as an 'island' if we consider the island in relation to the nature of its edges, as a mutable space that constantly negotiates relationships. Space and edge at once, the island is an unstable figure. Its threshold is a space that embraces change and allows for the construction of different identities in time. Rather than a condition of physical delimitation and finished-ness, the island can be defined by its increments of concentration and density; it tolerates, or even imposes, proximity and coexistence.
Drawing from Teresa's recent book Paradigm Islands: Manhattan and Venice, this talk argues that the city and its processes are intellectually understood not only by reference to the urban cultural context but also by drawing categories from other disciplines. An open reading of the city that traverses art theory and history, architectural manifestoes and theory, but also land surveying, cartography, philosophy and cultural studies, can identify a series of 'figures' that are ambiguously placed between the representation, the construction and the experience of space in the city.
Teresa Stoppani (MArch IUAV Venice, DrRes A&UD Florence) has taught at the Institute of Architecture of the University of Venice (IUAV) and at the Architectural Association in London, and is Reader in Architecture at the University of Greenwich (London) where she is coordinator of postgraduate Architecture History and Theory. She is currently Visiting Professor of Architecture History and Theory at UTS.
Teresa's writings on architecture's histories, theories and representations focus on the relationship between architecture and the city. They range from investigations of the role of mapping in the architectural project, to the identification of urban 'chorality' and architectural exhibitionism as forces of city-making; from the study of different forms of writing history and addressing the past in architecture, to the research – in progress – on the physical and metaphorical agency of 'dust' in architecture, to her current reading of G.B. Piranesi's idea of the city as an anticipation of the contemporary metropolis. Her book Paradigm Islands: Manhattan and Venice. Discourses on architecture and the city was published by Routledge in 2010.
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Italy's Prodi Calls
Iraq Occupation a 'Grave Error'
FRED BARBASH / Washington Post 18may2006
Another U.S. ally in the war in Iraq distanced itself from the U.S.- led effort today when Italy's new prime minister, Romano Prodi, called the U.S.-led invasion and occupation a "grave error" and said he would propose a withdrawal of Italian troops.
"We consider the war in Iraq and the occupation of the country a grave error," Prodi told the upper house of parliament, wire services reported. "It has not resolved, but complicated the situation of security," he said.
Italy has about 3,000 troops in Iraq in peacekeeping roles. They are already due to be withdrawn in groups before the end of the year. Prodi did not set forth a timetable for withdrawal and it was unclear whether or not he would speed up the departure.
"It is the intention of this government to propose to parliament the return of our troops from Iraq," Prodi said.
Prodi's coalition narrowly defeated that of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi in an election last month. Berlusconi had been among President Bush's most ardent Europoean boosters.
Bush's best friends from the start of the Iraq war in 2003 are dropping off one after the other. The party of Spain's prime minister, Jose Maria Aznar, was ousted in 2004 by voters upset in part by troop deployments in Iraq. The prime minister of Portugal, who stood next to Bush days before the invasion, resigned months later for another job.
The leaders of Poland and Ukraine, which had sizable units in Iraq, were both replaced in elections by successors who pulled out some or all troops. Japan's prime minister, Junichiro Koizumi, often cited by Bush in stump speeches as one of his best friends abroad, plans to step down in September. And even British Prime Minister Tony Blair, mired in Iraq-related controversies, appears poised to resign next year.
Honduras, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic originally had forces in Iraq but withdrew them.
Twenty six countries, including Australia, South Korea, Japan and Britain, remain active in the multi-national force, mostly in relatively small contingents.
Berlusconi had dispatched 3,000 troops to Iraq. The decision was unpopular, but Berlusconi largely removed Iraq as an issue in the election by pledging to pull the troops out by year's end. Prodi has previously said he would withdraw them as soon as possible.
Prodi leads the Union coalition, an agglomeration of disparate forces that include a Roman Catholic group, Socialists, moderate Christian Democrats, environmentalists and communists.
There was no immediate reaction from the White House.
source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/18/AR2006051800451_pf.html 18may2006
Prodi condemns Iraq war as 'grave mistake'
JAMES STURKE and agencies / The Guardian (UK) 18may2006
The incoming Italian prime minister, Romano Prodi, today describe the US-led invasion of Iraq as a "grave mistake" that had encouraged global terrorism. Mr Prodi, who narrowly won last month's general election, said he would consult with US-led forces in Iraq over Italian troop withdrawal.
"We consider the war and occupation in Iraq a grave error that hasn't solved - but has complicated - the problem of security," he said in his first address to the Senate since becoming prime minister.
"Terrorism has found a new base and new excuses for internal and external terrorist action."
Mr Prodi said his government would participate in anti-terror operations if they were sanctioned by international organisations such as the UN.
"We are convinced participants in the war against terrorism, even militarily, when it is legitimised by an international organisation to which we belong," he added.
Mr Prodi did not give a precise timeline for the withdrawal of Italian troops, saying only that it would happen after consultation with the Iraqi authorities.
"It is the intention of this government to propose to parliament the return of our troops from Iraq," he said.
The incoming prime minister said he intended to continue Italy's historically good relations with Washington. However, his views on the invasion and occupation of Iraq will put him on a collision course with both the White House and Downing Street.
Tony Blair has repeatedly denied that the London bombings in July last year were linked to the British involvement in Iraq.
Mr Prodi's coalition won April's election by the smallest margin in modern Italian political history. During the campaign, he promised to withdraw the Italian troops that his conservative rival, Silvio Berlusconi, had sent to Iraq.
Mr Berlusconi, elected in 2001, was the longest-serving leader of his country since the second world war.
He was a staunch supporter of the Iraq conflict despite its huge unpopularity in Italy - where thousands have marched against it - and faced regular calls to withdraw the 3,000 Italian troops.
Demands for withdrawal grew after an Italian secret service agent, Nicola Calipari, was killed by US soldiers minutes after rescuing a journalist being held hostage last March.
Mr Prodi, then the opposition leader, said it was time to discuss the end of Italy's mission in Iraq, and Mr Berlusconi - in an apparent attempt to shore up domestic support - said troops would be withdrawn from Iraq by last September.
However, he backtracked on that commitment after receiving a call from the US president, George Bush.
source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1778041,00.html 18may2006
AKI 16may2006
Rome - Italy's new foreign minister, Massimo D'Alema, has already proven his trans-Atlantic credentials by supporting US foreign policy even if it means being unpopular at home, according to former US deputy assistant secretary of state, Ronald D. Asmus. "The war in Kosovo - with US aircraft flying bombing sorties out of Italian bases - was a very formative experience for D'Alema", commented Asmus, who was serving in the Clinton administration at the time. "Coming in as a former Communist leader, he proved himself to be an Atlanticist - from a US perspective - though it was tough in terms of public opinion" he added.
Both new prime minister Romano Prodi and D'Alema want a better trans-Atlantic relationship, he noted, but with two and a half years left of the second Bush administration they are unlikely to invest much energy in their ties with the White House.
"In Europe I think the [Italian] centre-left government is going to allign itself with (German chancellor Angela) Merkel," said Asmus, who is currently posted to the German Marshall Fund of the United States in Berlin. "In this sense D'Alema is looking at substance not at political labels and at regaining ground especially given the current paralysis in France" he added.
Asmus also predicts a subtle realignment in Italy's policy in the Middle East with D'Alema in the foreign minister's chair. "Historically the Italian Left leaned towards the Palestinian side of isuse, while under Berlusconi this clearly shifted towards Israel with the former defence minister speaking about inviting Israel to join NATO.
"Regarding Israel I think we are going to see an adjustment; it will not be as pro-Israel as it was under Berlusconi but will probably be more pro Israeli than one might expect" Asmus predicted.
The new governing coalition, which has only a two-seat majority in the Senate, includes centrist-Catholics, Communists and liberal anti-Vatican parties with wide divergences of views. However Asmus believes that D'Alema, is well equipped to deal with the pressure.
"Who better than a former Communist to handle at keep at bay the more hard-line left wing elements?" he queried.
Accordign to the seasoned diplomat, both Washington and Rome are keen that Iraq, until now a major source of tension between the two, does not dominate their relationship. But he warns of the risks that lie ahead in Afghanistan, and the risks that more Italian casualties may mean more public pressure to end Italy's involvement in the mission.
"That is the number one NATO mission, with all the rights mandates and legitimacy, and as alliance troops move into more dangerous southern areas we are heading towards a rough summer"
source: http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level_English.php?cat=Politics&loid=8.0.298890248&par=0 18may2006
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Definition of advantage
1 : superiority of position or condition <higher ground gave the enemy the advantage>
2 : a factor or circumstance of benefit to its possessor <lacked the advantages of an education>
3 a : benefit, gain; especially : benefit resulting from some course of action <a mistake which turned out to our advantage> b obsolete : interest 2a
4 : the first point won in tennis after deuce
to advantage
: so as to produce a favorable impression or effect <wishing to be seen to advantage>
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Higher ground gave the enemy the advantage.
He has an unfair advantage over us because of his wealth.
His plan has the advantage of being less expensive than other options.
He lacked the advantages of an advanced education.
Speed is an advantage in most sports.
The company's only advantage over the competition is its location.
Applicants for this job will find that previous experience is an advantage.
Being able to set your own schedule is one of the advantages of owning a business.
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Middle English avantage, from Anglo-French, from avant before, from Late Latin abante
First Known Use: 1523
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transitive verb
: to give an advantage to : benefit
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By 1946 the series was pretty much in the toilet. There were two main reasons for this: first was the loss of Warner Oland when the actor died in 1938; Sidney Toler took over the role, and while he's technically fine, he had none of Oland's humanity, warmth, and sense of humor. Toler delivers the same basic dialogue in a similar manner but for whatever reason tends to come of as stiff and even slightly petulant toward others, instead of gently humorous and self-deprecating in the Oland manner.
The other reason was that in the early 1940s 20th Century-Fox decided to stop making Charlie Chan movies and Toler, wanting to continue in the role, acquired the movie rights and took the series to Monogram, a Poverty Row studio. According to one source, the budgets dropped from $200,000 per Fox film to just $75,000 at Monogram, which sounds about right. Not only are these films cheap - most tend to concentrate themselves at a single, drab location, usually a featureless house - the Monogram Chans have much less interesting casts, are starving for a lack of atmosphere, and are poorly written.
The single advantage of the Monogram entries over the Fox films is contract player Mantan Moreland, who appears in most of the later films as Chan's chauffer, Birmingham Brown. Under contract to the studio, the African-American comedian livened up many a Monogram cheapie with his excellent comic timing. Later, during the Civil Rights era of the 1960s, such performances were universally regarded as perpetuating negative racial stereotypes. Only in recent years have critics come to realize that their well-meaning outrage actually was doing these talented performers a great disservice, that they in fact transcended limited stock parts turning them into memorable, entertaining characterizations. Funny is funny, and Moreland was an incredibly funny man, period.
"Accidents can happen, if planned that way."
Dark Alibi has a running time of just under 62 minutes, but seems a good 40 minutes longer. At a boarding house belonging to social worker Mrs. Foss (Edna Holland*), distinguished Thomas Harley (Edward Earle), who lives with his pretty adult daughter, June (Teala Loring), is revealed as an ex-con, having served time 15 years earlier. Moreover, he's arrested for a bank robbery during which a guard was killed. Harley is convicted and sentenced to death.
With her father scheduled to be executed in just nine days, June and her prison guard boyfriend, Hugh Kensey (George Holmes), convince Charlie Chan (Sidney Toler) to take the case. Chan questions Mrs. Foss and the other boarders, including typist Miss Petrie (Janet Shaw); Johnson (Milton Parsons, taking a break from his usual undertaker roles), a bookkeeper at a theatrical agency; Danvers (Ray Walker), a wise guy bank alarm system salesman; and Emily Evans, a - ahem! - "dancer."
Other clues suggest Harley's former prison warden, Cameron (Russell Hicks, who played an older Robin Hood that same year), may be the puppet master behind all the robberies. With the aid (or rather, despite the interference) of Number Three Son Tommy Chan (Benson Fong) and chauffer Birmingham Brown (Mantan Moreland), Charlie Chan is on the case!
Dull, dull, dull. As with most of these later Chans, Moreland's clowning provides Dark Alibi's only bright moments. For the second and last time, Moreland shares scenes with another African-American performer, Ben Carter, as Birmingham's convict brother Benjamin. As in The Scarlet Clue (available on MGM's Charlie Chanthology) the two engage in a very funny "incomplete sentences" routine, catching up on the latest gossip in a kind of shorthand that bewilders onlookers like Tommy. It's a classic comedy routine the pair toured with in Vaudeville and which is still quite funny today.
Sadly, the rest of the film has little to offer. Perhaps reflecting the postwar trend away from cheap mysteries, these later Monogram Chans appear marginally less cheap than those made during the last two years of the war. At least this one offers more varied locations, extras in the background, and real exteriors, elements generally avoided in the first Monogram batch.
Ship's Captain: "This cruise is like a nightmare!"
Charlie Chan: "But not a boring one."
Speak for yourself, Charlie. Dangerous Money is another journey into Dullsville, albeit with more brooding atmosphere than Dark Alibi. Missing is Mantan Moreland, his pole position in this C-mystery taken by Willie "Sleep 'n' Eat" Best as Chattanooga Brown, a role he first played in The Red Dragon (1945). At the conclusion of the 1932 film The Monster Walks, the film's hero points to a big ape caged nearby, explaining to Willie Best's character that man descended from apes. Hearing this Best replies, "Well, I had an uncle who looked like that, but he was a lot slower." Ouch! In Dangerous Money, Best at least speaks in a normal voice and generally avoids a similarly painful racial stereotype. Just barely.
Also for this entry Victor Sen Yung is back as Number Two son Jimmy Chan, a role Yung played in the nine Toler entries at 20th Century-Fox, as well as Monogram's Shadows Over Chinatown (1946). Otherwise, it's the same old same-old. The picture was traffic-copped by editor Terry Morse, best known for his direction of the Americanized Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956). Dangerous Money's cutter was Richard Currier, who for many years edited the Our Gang and Laurel & Hardy shorts. Unfortunately, neither brings any life to this lifeless movie. Though only 66 minutes long, I fell asleep twice while trying to watch it.
Aboard the cruise ship Newcastle, an undercover government agent, Scott Pearson (Tristram Coffin, future King of the Rocketmen) is knifed just as he's filling Charlie Chan in on the details of his investigation, something to do with money and valuable works of art stolen from the Philippines during the war. Suspects include ichthyologist Henry Martin (Emmett Vogan) and his wife, Cynthia (Elaine Lange); professional knife-thrower Freddie Kirk (John Harmon); cotton goods trader P.T. Burke (Dick Elliot); Polynesian restaurateurs Tao and Laura Erickson (Rick Vallin and Amira Moustafa); and ship's cook Big Ben (Dudley "This house has sho' gone crazy!" Dickerson).
To its slight credit, the fog-swept deck scenes and (soundstage) south seas island locations generate some atmosphere reminiscent of Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (1940) but the film is otherwise extremely minor.
Perhaps the best example of the lack of care that went into these later films, a carelessness bordering on contempt for its audience, is one brief shot of ichthyologist Henry Martin engrossed in his studies. He's reading a thick book with a dust jacket that makes no attempt to be realistic. There's no picture of the author, nothing on the spine, just a single word in block letters on its front cover: "FISH."
"Best laid plans of mice and men sometimes go a little bit haywire."
In Sidney Toler's case, whatever plans he might have had to improve the Monogram films must have seemed trivial compared to more personal and tragic problems. His first wife died in 1943, and though Toler remarried, three years later he was diagnosed with terminal intestinal cancer. Reportedly the 72-year-old actor suffered mightily during the productions of Dangerous Money and The Trap, with pain so great that he could hardly walk, but if that's true it's never apparent in the films, except maybe for one scene. At the climax of The Trap there's a rather slow-speed car chase. As Jimmy Chan (Victor Sen Yung) and Birmingham Brown (Mantan Moreland) scramble to get into their car and chase after the murderer, Toler's Chan leisurely strolls, as if preparing for a Sunday drive in the country. Otherwise, he's still the same old inscrutable (Toler-version) Chan.
The movie is a bit livelier than the previous two films and its story very slightly more interesting. Cole King's (Howard Negley, who tends to whimper like the Cowardly Lion) variety troupe, possibly Production Code-ese for burlesque strippers, along with press agent Rick Daniels (Larry J. Blake) and Mrs. Thorn (Lois Austin), the wardrobe mistress, arrive at a Malibu beach house maintained by hatchet-faced Miss Weebles (Minerva Urecal). When universally despised headliner Marcia (Anne Nagel) threatens to expose showgirl Adelaide's (Tanis Chandler) secret marriage to disgraced physician George Brandt (Walden Boyle), the star of the show blackmails another showgirl, Lois (Jan Bryant) to steal some of Adelaide's secret letters.
However, Lois is strangled by a mysterious figure and soon thereafter Marcia herself turns up dead, apparently washed up on shore. A "Chinese girl" (as everyone calls her), San Toy (Barbara Jean Wong), a friend of Jimmy's sends for Charlie Chan while motorcycle cop Sgt. Reynolds (Kirk Alyn, star of the Superman serials) is also on the case.
There are a few, very modest advantages over the other two Tolers. Instead of restricting the action to cramped studio interiors/exteriors, The Trap actually has a fair amount of location work, including a stretch of the Pacific Coast Highway (then called the Roosevelt Highway) in Malibu, including some opening shots filmed around the Malibu Inn. A lot of footage cuts between a soundstage exterior of sand and cabañas which contrasts the real sand and surf. The principals appear in the Malibu exteriors, including poor Toler who uncomfortably climbs over the hot, uneven sand.
Directed by B-Western veteran Howard Bretherton, The Trap also generates a bit more atmosphere; the murders are actually staged pretty effectively while the underscoring, often inapt in Monogram movies when not inept, is closer in spirit to Universal's 'Sherlock Holmes' series. The story, though as usual wildly overloaded with red herrings, is somewhat more coherent and interesting, though the picture is still awfully uneventful.
Sidney Toler died on February 12, 1947, almost six months to the day after completing The Trap, his last film. But the series would continue without him, and why not? Similar to other entries, its opening titles read, "Monogram Presents Charlie Chan in 'The Trap'...Starring Sidney Toler." Toler's character got better billing than the actor playing him! Good gracious me!
Like Toler, Roland Winters was a familiar character actor, though hardly a character star as Warner Oland had been prior to playing Chan. At 44, he was by far the youngest of the three actors; maybe Monogram wanted to make sure he'd be around a while. Number One Son Keye Luke, absent since the Oland days, returned to the series near the very end of its run; Luke was actually a few months older than Winters.
Though fine in other roles, including playing Elvis's pop in Blue Hawaii, physically he's all wrong as Charlie Chan. While neither Swede Oland nor Scottish-American Toler looked particularly Chinese, they were at least able to suggest a (now dated) general Asian exoticness. Winters suggests a small town American barber. With his pale blue eyes and notably long, narrow nose, his features are almost the antithesis of the average Chinese man. (The costuming here, dominated by a tan tweed suit, doesn't help.)
Winters's performance, at least in this first outing, The Chinese Ring, is undistinguished. Neither as outwardly placid/inwardly cunning in the Oland manner nor polite to strangers/petulant toward relatives and servants as was Toler, Winters here comes off as extremely ordinary. He projects none of Chan's cunning, understated control, astute observational skills, warmth - nothing. In this mystery Chan comes off more as a spectator than master sleuth.
After writing everything from Frankenstein movies to Sherlock Holmes mysteries to Laurel and Hardy comedies, Scott Darling returned untriumphantly to Monogram to write this, obviously cribbing from his equally lackluster "Mr. Wong" screenplays of the late-1930s. Very much like that series, it's structured equally around the movements of its main detective, Chan, short-tempered police Sergeant Davidson (Warren Douglas), and his wisecracking reporter-girlfriend (Louise Currie, whose varied career included Citizen Kane and Monogram's The Ape Man with Bela Lugosi). Chan and Davidson are particularly inept investigators: when they find the air gun that killed the princess and her maid (Barbara Jean Wong), they immediately smudge their grubby fingerprints all over the murder weapon.
The story, about a Chinese princess murdered for the million bucks she brought over to buy airplanes for her country, is uninvolving. However, the cast of suspects is slightly above average for a Monogram film, with ship's captain Kong (Philip Ahn), banker Armstrong (Byron Foulger), and aircraft manufacturer Kelso (Thayer Roberts) more entertaining than usual.
Video & Audio
Considering that for years the vast majority of Monogram movies have been seen only as battered 16mm TV prints or murky, barely watchable public domain videos, this Charlie Chan Collection is a revelation. Despite bits here and there where Warner Bros. had to resort to secondary sources, mostly all four films look incredibly good. The Trap has one reel that's pretty scratched up (and weirdly angled at about 20 degrees) and a few seconds here and there of grainy footage. All have window-boxed opening titles. The four films are presented on four single-sided discs, a luxury considering they easily could have crammed the whole shebang onto a single DVD. The attractive gatefold packaging is another plus. The mono English audio is adequate and SDH subtitles are included. There are no Extra Features
Parting Thoughts
Sometimes B-movies with bad reputations can turn out to be surprisingly good. Fox's later Laurel & Hardys, for instance, weren't nearly as bad as fans had been led to believe. But these Chans surely live down to their reputations. Though the four average about 65 minutes apiece, watching them I fell into a deep sleep a grand total of six times, including once in the middle of the afternoon, not a good sign. But I'm still glad I saw them, grueling though it often was, and the transfers are excellent. Rent It.
* Opening titles credit Minerva Urecal in the cast, but she's not in the film. Edna Holland instead essayed the part she was to have played.
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Great location, clean apartment and equipped to comfortably accommodate 4 persons. I highly recommend it.
Ottima posizione, appartamento pulito e attrezzato per ospitare comodamente 4 persone. Lo consiglio vivamente.
We had big expectations on this apartment, due to the very high price. We are very disappointed! Improvements have to be done to make this study serious, otherwise stop rent out.
Negative things:
- The study did not have any air-conditioning this must be mentioned in the description of the appartment!!!! Imagine, in July with 30 degrees and three Tapas bars just under our balcony, made it impossible to sleep, because we had to have the balcony door open (noisy until 3 a.m.). With closed door you could not sleep due to the heat.
- The study was quite dirty and non-fresh. Marks on wall paper etc. and we had to clean the bathroom ourselves before using it.
- The stove was in a bad condition. Only two out of four stove plates functioned.
- The sheet was too small for the mattress, so where ending up laying on the mattress itself
- The balcony was very small
- The pots and pans were worn out with broken layer. Must be upgraded (the rest of the kitchen and tools were Ok)
Positive things:
- The study is very close to the beach
- The view from the balcony was very nice
- The study has a washing machine
- If it is too windy on the beach there is a swimming pool included
Okay, it recommended 100% for a few days, very complete apartment and a few meters walk, bars and playa.Una very nice area and easy parking.
Muy bien, recomendable 100% para unos días, apartamento muy completo y a unos metros de paseo, chiringuitos y playa.Una zona muy bonita y de fácil aparcamiento.
We were very pleased, new apartment conform to the description situated in a quiet location from which you can walk to all major tourist destinations. The owner is a very nice and helpful, we recommend it.
Siamo rimasti molto soddisfatti, appartamento nuovo conforme alla descrizione situato in una posizione tranquilla dal quale si possono raggiungere a piedi tutte le principali mete turistiche. Il proprietario è una persona simpaticissima e disponibile, lo consigliamo.
The apartment is perfect and quiet with all the necessary details. Strolling arrive at a time when the Cathedral. Highly recommended. We were 4 and had a blast.
El apartamento està perfecto y tranquilo, Con todos los detalles necesarios. Paseando llegas en un momento en la Catedral. Muy recomendable. Nosotros eramos 4 y lo pasamos genial.
The apartment was not very clean, everywhere was hair and it is noisy until late at night and early, as the apartment is located on a busy street. The location was of course top, all attractions are nearby.
Das Appartement war nicht ganz sauber,überall lagen Haare und es ist bis spät in die Nacht und früh laut,da das Appartement an einer viel befahrenen Straße liegt. Die Lage war natürlich top,alle Sehenswürdigkeiten liegen in der Nähe.
Missing hair dryer, dryer dishes, nutcracker, table knives with serrated blade.
Manca asciugacapelli, asciuga-piatti, schiaccianoci, coltelli da tavola con seghetta.
central, clean, price okay
The hosts did not give us any information. The apartment had very little equipment and was not too clean. It was cool, though. The yard, instead of an Andalusian patio, like a rake accumulated junk there. The street was dirty and smelly.
Los anfitriones no nos dieron ningún tipo de información. El apartamento tenía un equipamiento muy escaso y tampoco estaba demasiado limpio. Era fresco, eso sí. El patio de la casa, en vez de un patio andaluz, parecía un rastrillo por los trastos allí acumulados. La calle era sucia y olía mal.
Very kind, friendly and willing to help.
Muy amable, simpática y dispuesta a ayudar.
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Christmas brings sharing and love and surprises. One gift I received this Christmas was a 'Car and Drive Deluxe Air Compressor' which features; a built-in 260 psi air compressor, built-in pressure gauge, built-in spotlight/flasher with swivel and adjustable head, a durable carrying case with triangular emergency reflector, and 3 adapter nozzles that fit most inflatable items. A mouthful but handy and useful.
The unit measures roughly 12 x 13 x 4 (see picture) and fits nicely in the half the depression that sits below the level of the spare tire. The unit is 'built-in' (they did use that word a bit) to a plastic housing that doubles as the carrying case. The cord that plugs into the lighter receptacle is sufficiently long to allow the units use at any corner of the car (at least any Miata).
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What are some weird/fun internet holidays?
Blog Like It's The End Of The World Day is 13 June. Talk Like A Pirate Day is 19 September. Pretend To Be A Time Traveller Day is 8 December. What other weird/fun holidays are primarily observed on or have been mostly popularised by the internet? [more inside]
Looking for a calendar widget that could go into Blackboard.
I'm looking for a calendar widget that I could embed on a Blackboard site. [more inside]
Buy A Day Websites
Which websites use a "buy a day in our calendar to advertise" model? I can think of Unicorn Booty and I Wear Your Shirt, and I vageuly remember one from a few years ago but can't recall now.
What's the right software to maintain and display a calendar of relatively infrequent future events?
What's the right software to maintain and display a calendar of relatively infrequent future events, as well as blog-like news postings? I maintain a website for specialists in my field of mathematics, and one section consists of announcements for upcoming and recent conferences. Another is for news announcements: a basic blog-style list of entries. Both are currently run by our 7-year-old Movable Type installation, in combination with a good bit of chewing gum and baling twine. I'd like to redesign the whole schmear, including the back end. Is wordpress (plus more gum and twine) the right solution? Is there some other system that makes more sense? [more inside]
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I need an on-line calendar to keep my large theatrical cast (10 principals, 30 orchestra, up to 15 tech-designers-directors) up to date on rehearsal/production. Okay freestanding, although we do have a website (website is currently not interactive and has no "members" section). Any suggestions? [more inside]
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As a follow-up to this question, I'm looking for an online application that will let me set up a calendar and will email me daily reminders of the day's events. I need to do this online, because I move around a lot and am constantly using different PCs (so an Outlook/Eudora/Etc. solution won't work). I would like to be able to get a reminder the night before and one the morning-of. Google suggests there are several such services. Are there any really good ones? Bonus: Has anyone invented one that will phone you or leave your a text message?
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A Relational View of the Semantic Web By Andrew Newman
Andrew Newman describes SPARQL as a kind of relational query language over the Web itself; or, at least, over RDF and any data that can be mapped into RDF. He suggests that SPARQL is an excellent candidate Web 2.0 technology. [Mar. 14, 2007]
Semantic Wikis and Disaster Relief Operations By Soenke Ziesche
Dr. Soenke Ziesche describes how to use semantic wikis to provide a kind of queryable database of documents to support disaster response and humanitarian efforts at the United Nations. [Dec. 13, 2006]
Music and Metadata By Chris Mitchell
Chris Mitchell offers an interesting take on music and the Semantic Web, using metadata to find a club with the right style of music. [Nov. 22, 2006]
What Is RDF By Joshua Tauberer
Joshua Tauberer updates the classic XML.com article "What Is RDF" by rewriting it from scratch. Tauberer claims that RDF is more relevant than ever in the world of Web 2.0. [Jul. 26, 2006]
Query Census Data with RDF By Joshua Tauberer
In his second Hacking Congress column, Joshua Tauberer shows us how to query open data from the U.S. Census Bureau using RDF and Python's RDFLib. [Apr. 12, 2006]
GovTrack.us, Public Data, and the Semantic Web By Joshua Tauberer
Joshua Tauberer takes over XML.com's Hacking Congress column to explain how he's using RDF and the Semantic Web to build a site that organizes U.S. federal government data. [Feb. 8, 2006]
Introducing SPARQL: Querying the Semantic Web By Leigh Dodds
Leigh Dodds presents the first of a multipart tutorial on SPARQL, a query language for RDF and the Semantic Web, which may also play a role in Web 2.0 apps and services. [Nov. 16, 2005]
On the Extreme Fringe of XML By Roger Sperberg
Roger Sperberg describes Extreme Markup Languages 2005, which is ongoing this week in Montreal. Extreme plays an important role in the XML conference ecosystem, as Sperberg explains. [Aug. 3, 2005]
Chimezie Ogbuji describes Versa, one of the first RDF query languages to be pathcentric, taking cues from XPath. [Jul. 20, 2005]
Introducing SKOS By Peter Mikhalenko
Peter Mikhalenko introduces SKOS, a W3C standard for using RDF to represent thesauri, taxonomies, and other information space structures. [Jun. 22, 2005]
TMQL: A Brief Introduction By Robert Barta
The world of Topic Maps is destined to play a role in the Semantic Web; but nearly all serious TM applications require a query language. Robert Barta introduces TMQL. [Jun. 1, 2005]
Eat Drink Feel Good Markup Language By Aaron Straup Cope
Aaron Straup Cope describes the pros and cons of making his Eatdrinkfeelgood Markup Language more RDF compatible. [Feb. 16, 2005]
SIMILE: Practical Metadata for the Semantic Web By Stephen Garland, Ryan Lee, Stefano Mazzocchi
Digital libraries and generic metadata form part of the background assumptions and forward-looking goals of the Semantic Web. SIMILE is an interesting project aimed at realizing some of those goals. [Jan. 26, 2005]
On Folly By Edd Dumbill
XML-oriented programming languages? Crazy! The Semantic Web? Nuts! Or perhaps not. Edd Dumbill on how the crackpots were right all long. [Dec. 8, 2004]
Of Presidents and Ontologies By Paul Ford
At the pinnacle of election season in the U.S., Paul Ford returns with another Hacking Congress column. This time, Ford says things about the President using RDF and explains why the Semantic Web is about more than ontologies. [Nov. 3, 2004]
Stuck in the Senate By Paul Ford
Paul Ford discovers that creating a clean RDF representation of the United States Senate is harder than he thought, and goes back to fix his mistakes, delving into the mysterious world of URNs along the way. [Oct. 13, 2004]
Lady and the Tramp By Edd Dumbill
If XML's the Lady, then RSS is the Tramp. But while RSS is energetically being refined and embraced, the Lady's ossifying rapidly. [Sep. 29, 2004]
XMP Lowdown By Bob DuCharme
Bob DuCharme introduces XMP, Adobe's RDF-based specification for embedding metadata into digital artifacts. Get ready to mark up your photos and images with Adobe tools. [Sep. 22, 2004]
RDF Roundup By Edd Dumbill
Edd Dumbill's report on XML community discussions covers how to write XML documents as RDF models and more incredulity at the WS-* web services specifications. [Sep. 22, 2004]
Screenscraping the Senate By Paul Ford
In Paul Ford's first Hacking Congress column, he shows us how to turn information on the U.S. Senate site into RDF. [Sep. 1, 2004]
Ontology Tools Survey, Revisited By Michael Denny
Michael Denny updates his original survey of tools for creating ontologies, including the W3C's OWL Web Ontology Language. [Jul. 14, 2004]
Eternal Refactoring By Edd Dumbill
A summary of the latest happenings in the XML and RDF developer communities: refactoring specifications, Amazon wishlists in RDF, and XML as art. [Jul. 7, 2004]
A First Look at the Kowari Triplestore By Paul Ford
An introduction to the Kowari open source RDF store. [Jun. 23, 2004]
Something Useful This Way Comes By Kendall Grant Clark
The Semantic Web appears to be powering ahead: so why are there so many doubters in the XML world? [Jun. 9, 2004]
Putting ISBNs to Work By Kendall Grant Clark
Continuing his "Hacking the Library" series, Kendall Clark starts the implementation of a web service tool to retrieve Library of Congress identifiers given the ISBN of a book. [Jun. 2, 2004]


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A Government-dominated parliamentary committee has found former Department of Health director-general Kim Snowball "filtered" information about problems and delays in commissioning Fiona Stanley Hospital.
The Education and Health Standing Committee, chaired by former Barnett Government minister Graham Jacobs, is also critical of Health Minister Kim Hames, saying he failed to seek further information about problems when he was told in a 2012 briefing note about the possibility of delays due to "significant ICT readiness issues".
The 160-page report says there was "a litany of evidence" that commissioning the $2 billion hospital – which was completed by builder Brookfield Multiplex on schedule and on budget in December 2013 but will not be fully operational until March 2015 – was not going to be delivered on time.
The Government's original opening date was April 2014, a target that was enshrined in its $4.3 billion non-clinical services contract with Serco, the largest in the State's history.
"But the warnings went unnoticed for far too long," the committee said. "Poor governance and reporting in the earlier stages of the project meant that it was difficult for anyone to gain visibility of the problems and the potential for delay.
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Friendly competitionSeptember 09,2013
I was walking out of a store with a friend recently when I asked to see his receipt to determine which of us saved the most money with our purchases. You are so competitive, he said as I did a victory dance for taking advantage of more sales. That is simply not true, I replied before challenging him to race across the parking lot to the car. I beat him by two steps.
Later that day I was at home arranging my sock drawer to match the order of the color spectrum, when the phone rang. It was one of the organizers for the Northfield Labor Day Observances foot race looking for someone to lead the runners by biking the course ahead of them.
I was flattered to be asked. Just a few years ago I started road biking.
Road biking is just like regular biking except you spend hundreds of extra dollars accessorizing. For example, you get special pedals, biking shoes, and jerseys. And you get a chamois, which is just a fancy word for padded shorts that you wear to give the appearance that you are hiding a stuffed Teddy bear between your legs. These shorts are necessary because after you ride a great distance, like 50 yards, you begin to notice that the seat on a road bike is like sitting on the handle of an ax; only not quite as comfortable. Anyway, once properly equipped, I began logging many miles of rides in the area.
It was obvious by the unsolicited phone call that my reputation as an elite, over-accessorized cyclist was getting around. It went something like this:
Caller: Hi, Mark, would you like to help us out by leading the runners during our annual race tomorrow?
Me: So, you heard about my biking exploits in central Vermont?
Caller: Actually, the guy who usually does it cant so we took a Northfield phone book and started to make some calls. You are the first person whose last name starts with an A who has a bike.
My ego was bruised, but I quickly recovered.
Me: Let me check my schedule.
I rattled some papers around for effect.
Me: Yes, I can help. But I have some demands for my services. I want a limo to pick me up at my house, M&Ms in my dressing room, chilled spring water available for the ride, half my fee paid prior to the race with the other half delivered in cash at the completion
Caller: Well give you a race T-shirt.
Me: Deal. What time do you need me?
At this point I should note that I have never engaged in a biking event where I finished first. This summer I competed in a triathlon, but by the time I got out of the water from the swimming portion of the race and onto my bike, the rest of the competitors were done both biking and running, had collected their finishers medals, and were home enjoying their beers in front of the TV.
Another biking event I took part in was the 119-mile Point to Point ride last month to help raise funds for the Vermont Food Bank. Not only did hundreds of other cyclists conclude the ride before me, Ernest Shackleton made his Trans-Antarctic Expedition in less time that it took me to reach the finish line. But I digress.
On the day of the foot race I arrived early to check out the competition. The event was a 3K race being run by scores of kids under the age of 13. But these werent your lethargic, videogame-playing little schoolchildren. No, these were lean, mean prepubescent running machines. Tiny thoroughbreds just aching to sprint the distance.
I positioned myself approximately 50 yards ahead of the field. Once the gun sounded, I was to ride in front of the racers and lead them through the race route.
When the starter gave the signal to run I went to put my foot in the pedal, slipped, and almost fell over. I looked down the street and saw a wave of kids coming straight at me, and started to panic. If these runners passed me I would become the most disgraced cyclist since Lance Armstrong. I quickly righted the bike, clipped into my pedals and furiously began to pedal.
But the damage was done. They were already nipping at my heels. As they ran I pedaled furiously, and remained slightly ahead. My calves screamed and my lungs burned. Just when I thought I couldnt take it anymore, I saw the finish line in the distance. I found a reserve of strength and sprinted to the end.
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Sunday, March 8th, 2015
I like to celebrate the awesomeness that is womanhood every day. One of the ways I choose to do that is through movement. I do it through loud, brazen, happy, skippy, unapologetic movement, because I can. I strip down to my sports bra and rock a spin bike like a champ because I have the freedom to OWN that moment. I Instagram my runs because I can keep going, because a mere 48 years ago, women were literally being pushed off marathon courses.
Tags: Body Confidence, exercise, International Women's Day, running
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Monday, February 23rd, 2015
I can't remember if I mentioned I'm running London Marathon this year, but there you have it, I am. I've kept it pretty low key 'cause really there's nothing more boring than someone constantly banging on about marathon woes (and I say that as a runner). I've taken a head-down-get-on-with-it kind of approach which seems to be serving me well. I thought I'd drop in and leave a couple of wisdom nuggets that have come to me as I've run because yes, running is a total metaphor for life and my footsteps have led to some interesting thought bubbles of late.
Tags: Mindfulness, running
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Wednesday, June 25th, 2014
At the weekend, I paced a couple of the girls I mentor through the Hackney Half Marathon. It became about so much more than pacing. What's funny about being a mentor is that you often learn more from those you mentor than you could ever teach them. Once again, running turns into a metaphor for life! Check out my post about what I learned in the race over on my Spikes & Heels site.
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Wednesday, February 26th, 2014
Next Saturday, March 8th, is International Women's Day and a great time to celebrate the achievements of those of us who possess boobs. Myself and my good friend Elle of run like 'elle decided, what better way to celebrate than with a run?!
We will be doing a run in London, starting at Green Park station at 9am. It'll be 4 miles and will stop at three locations along the way to pay homage to some of the great women who have lived in this city throughout history. It's gonna be a ton of sweaty, awesome fun and we want you all there! Grab your girls and come join us.
We announced our run on Monday and by Tuesday morning, we had emails from running crews around the world who wanted to take this idea global, to which we said HELL YEAH! As of right now, there will be International Women's Day Runs happening in London, Paris, Copenhagen, Moscow, Istanbul, New York, Chicago, Toronto, Rio de Janeiro and beyond. I'm both flabbergasted and super hyped at how quickly this thing has spread around the world. It'll make the run all the more powerful on the day knowing that our sisters around the world will be running to empower women globally too.
So please do come and join us on the 8th. This is not a fast run, it's not about speed. It's about being together, making friends, empowering each other and learning a little along the way.
If you can't join us in London, why not do a run in your city? Check out the Facebook page where all the current global runs are detailed and maybe you can add your own.
Follow me and Elle on Instagram for updates (@bangsandabun and @runlikeelle) and don't forget to check out my other site, Spikes & Heels, for all things fitness related.
We are women, hear us ROAR!
Tags: International Women's Day, running, Spikes & Heels
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Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
Hey there amigos. So, if you follow me on Twitter (or unfollow me due to me tweeting about doing anything exciting, as the case may be) you'll know that I'm currently in New York for a couple of days. Adidas have launched a new running shoe called Boost and they invited me along to the global launch today in Manhattan to see what all the hype is about. And let me tell ya, it's like being slapped in the face with technology. There's a whole lot going on in that shoe. Yohan Blake and Hailie Gebrselassie were there, as were Rosario Dawson and that chick who plays the wife in Homeland (which, hello, total girl crush. Also, I rate anyone who rocks up to an Adidas launch wearing thigh-high high-heel boots).
Anyhoo, I've written all about it over on my Spikes and Heels site.
Right, I'm off to Madison Square Garden to watch the Knicks. Byyyyyeeeee!
Tags: Adidas, Boost, fashion, Launches, new york, Press Trips, running, style, technology
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Monday, December 31st, 2012
I get asked questions about running all the time, mainly about how to simply get started in it. I do what I can, answering emails and tweeting out 140 characters of advice here and there, but I figured it was about time I put all that info down in one place – an easy to follow beginner guide, if you will, to channeling your inner badass and hitting the streets. And so, over the Christmas break, I wrote a book!
Tags: advice, Be Pretty on Rest Days, ebook, running, Running Books
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Monday, December 10th, 2012
I had no preconceived ideas about Shanghai. I hadn't really thought about what it'd be like, I guess partly because I never imagined I'd be going there. Sometimes you don't even want to dare to dream. But then all of a sudden, I found myself in Business Class on a Virgin Atlantic flight and it started to sink in that I really was going. We landed at 8am Shanghai time. A driver picked us up and even in the cold light of day, with the dull haze of pollution hanging over the city, there was the unmistakable buzz of the urban jungle – recognisable no matter where you are in the world. I couldn't wait to dig in.
Tags: Nike, Press Trips, Run Dem Crew, running, Shanghai, Shanghai Half Marathon
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Wednesday, November 28th, 2012
Tomorrow (Thursday), I am flying out to Shanghai to do some running. Nike have invited myself and a couple of other members of Run Dem Crew who I run with to go out and experience running culture in Shanghai. The more I get into this lifestyle, the more interesting I find the way it works when transported to different countries and cultures. I really enjoy exploring different attitudes and approaches to running around the world and connecting, especially with other women, who are doing incredible things to motivate their communities and bond their people together in movement.
If you'd have told me a couple of years ago that my life would involve going around the world to run, I'd have laughed rather heartily in your face. I feel incredibly lucky to have these experiences and to be able to share them with you. On Sunday, I will run a half marathon there and will be there for a week learning how the Dark Runners (a Shanghai running crew) navigate their streets (and hopefully taking in some fashion, food and other points of interest).
I'm not sure what my access to the internet will be like during the next week (due to the Great Firewall of China), but trust that as soon as I have a chance to share some words and pictures with you, I will.
Thank you as always for your support on my running journey and of course, this blog in general. It really means the world to me.
Tags: Nike, Run Dem Crew, running, Shanghai, Travel
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Wednesday, November 7th, 2012
Last week, amid all the Hurricane Sandy madness, I flew out to New York. The trip had been in the planning for a few weeks – Nike were flying myself and a few members of Run Dem Crew out and doing some events around the New York City Marathon – but obviously, when Sandy hit, everything was up in the air. We didn't get word that the trip was definitely on til 9:30pm on Wednesday night and we were on a flight at lunchtime on Thursday. Not really sure what we'd be arriving to see, anticipation built on the flight.
Tags: city living, Hurricane Sandy, Mos Def, new york, running, The Ace Hotel
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Wednesday, October 10th, 2012
I get asked so many running and fitness related questions these days, I figured I'd just make some YouTube videos to answer them. This is the first one and I hope you find it useful. I'm trying to answer three questions per video and don't want the vids to be too long, so here are some additional notes that didn't make the video cut:
Tags: advice, Fit For Life, fitness, running, Women's Fitness
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CHICAGO — Starbucks is going big on booze.
Starbucks will expand its evening alcohol and light bites menu, which includes bacon-wrapped dates and Malbec wine, to thousands of stores, Chief Operating Officer Troy Alstead said in a phone interview. The rollout will take several years, he said.
"We've tested it long enough in enough markets. This is a program that works," he said. "As we bring the evening program to stores, there's a meaningful increase in sales during that time of the day."
Starbucks has been focused on selling more non-coffee items, such as alcohol, juice, Teavana tea and food, to stoke U.S. growth. The company also is expanding and improving its rewards program and mobile applications. Starbucks said this month that it would soon test a way for customers to order items ahead of time with their smartphones.
Shares for the Seattle-based company have dropped 3.2 percent this year, compared with a 0.7 percent increase for the Standard & Poor's 500.
The company first sold alcohol in October 2010 at a Seattle store. In January 2012, Starbucks said it was expanding the test to as many as 25 locations in Chicago, Atlanta and southern California. In Chicago, the after-4 p.m. menu includes fare such as truffle macaroni and cheese, chicken skewers, Chardonnay and chocolate fondue.
The evening food and drinks, which are in about 40 stores now, won't work in all Starbucks cafes, Alstead said. He said they've seen success in some urban areas, near other restaurants and theaters, where people are out at night.
Last month, CEO Howard Schultz handed over the company's day-to-day operations to Alstead, so Schultz could focus more on digital, mobile, loyalty and electronic-commerce initiatives. The company said yesterday that mobile payments now account for 14 percent of in-store transactions in the U.S.
Starbucks has more than 20,100 locations worldwide, including about 11,500 in the U.S.


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By Casey Peacock: PNT Staff Writer
Diego Espinoza said he helped start the Latino Leadership Summit to provide information and expose Hispanic students to a college setting.
The second annual summit featuring guest speakers, financial workshops and campus tours is being held Friday at Eastern New Mexico University.
"It's going to be a day to open the door of opportunities, leadership, advancement and motivation," said Espinoza, an ENMU student and member of the predominately Hispanic Lambda Theta Hispanic Fraternity. "I want students to know there is more out there and people to help them."
With the support of Eastern New Mexico University, the summit was started to help increase enrollment at ENMU. It also affords Hispanic students the opportunity to learn what options are out their for them, Espinoza said.
"Hispanic students in this area don't really realize what opportunities are out their for them," said Espinoza.
The summit will be the first opportunity for some of the attendees to visit a college campus, according to Espinoza. Some of the students that attend will also be first generation college students, he said.
ENMU President Steven Gamble said the summit is a valuable tool to reach Hispanic students.
"Any event that increases the awareness of Hispanic students toward education is valuable," Gamble said.
New Mexico Secretary of State Rebecca Vigil-Giron is among the guest speakers as is Consuelo Castillo Kickbusch, who recently received the 2006 Hispanic Heritage Award for leadership.
Retired from the military as the highest ranked Hispanic in the U.S. Military, Kickbusch travels around the country speaking to Hispanic youth, according to a press release from the Latino Leadership Summit.
Carlos Vargas Aburto, provost for academic affairs at Kutztown University in Pennsylvania, will speak on the topic of science in education, according to the press release.


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The Rebel
Porn movies are fantasies. Many things you see in them may make for fabulous wank fodder, but when going one-on-one with a real partner of the non-inflatable variety, can be real deal breakers. Spanking. DP. Facials. Girl-on-girl. We're not saying she won't be into it, but we are saying you should broach the subject before you invite the cable guy in for a threesome and cue the cheesy soundtrack. Ironically, females are now major consumers of porn. If your amore's amenable, try watching some together and talking about how far you're both willing to go before you bust out the sex swing.
The Sloppy Eater
Those who treat the vagina like hogs at a trough rarely find themselves asked back for a return engagement. Going down? Good! Enthusiasm? Great! Slobbering, snuffling, snarfling, snorting and/or grunting? Yuck.
The Marathon Man
The seven-hour myth of Sting has been debunked. Not every woman is capable of multiple orgasms, nor does she necessarily want it to go on and on and on. Sometimes, it's a far better thing for you to come, than it is to attempt to make her come again—or even at all. Heresy, right? Not really. Intercourse does not have to lead to female orgasm 100 percent of the time. As long as it doesn't become a recurring theme, it's not the end of the world. Again, focus on the game, rather than the score, and pleasure will be achieved. (She can always get herself off later, and if you're nice, she may even let you watch.)


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Perusing a Collection on St. Pat's DayMarch 17, 2012 at 3:15 PM | Posted in Anthony's LPs, Music | Leave a comment
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If you were the type of person curious enough to peruse my Uncle Anthony's LP collection, had time on your hands and you were not looking for just one thing, you might think that his collection was characterized by his extensive display of Original Broadway Cast albums, many many long forgotten. Or you might focus on the Italian Crooners and by no means just Sinatra or Bennett; or you might think his shelves heaved mainly with opera, both complete and the delightful highlights. But then, if you were of a certain bent, it would be the Cabaret Singers with an emphasis on Mabel Mercer and Bobby Short.
For me though, it is the catholicity of his collection that is most striking. If I were asked to highlight one element within his wide range, it would be his taste.
So today, at my fingertips, are John McCormack ( I Hear You Calling) and Robert White. They are in my collection as well, but I heard them first with my Uncle.
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This weeks car review
Would you like to have an Alfa Romeo? Well you can. It's called the Dodge Dart, and it's actually a rebadged Alfa Romeo Giulietta. In my senior year in high school, I got a 1970 Dodge Dart. This car is not that car. You can read about it here.
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What I don't get is why call it a Dart? We had one when I was a kid, and the only thing this has in common is it's also a sedan. It doesn't even look like a Dart. It's a completely different vehicle. It's a DINO.
One thing about the 60s and early 70s (70-71) muscle cars is none of them had handling worth spit.
For a while (1971) I had a '67 Mustang with the 351ci V-8 that guzzled gas at the rate of one gallon every 12-14 miles, but did 0-60 in about 6.5 seconds (without blowing the engine). It handled/cornered like a sponge.
On the other hand, my 2002 Maxima with 3.5L did 0-60 in 6.5 seconds, handled like a F1 by comparison, and got 24-26 MPG.
Ahhh…the mediocre old days.
While buying a "pre-owned" Jeep, the wife, son and I tried out one in the showroom.
Biggest problem … we hit our heads on the ceiling … scratch Dodge Dart


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'The Voice' Finalist Vicci Martinez Debuts 'Come Along' Music Video
Vicci Martinez is still enjoying a newfound career success almost two years after she was a finalist on the first season of The Voice. Though the Seattle native was a talented musician well before the NBC series came into her life, the TV show vaulted her into the national spotlight, and Vicci has made the most of it. Universal Music Group, the record label affiliated with The Voice, offered her a deal after the show. She subsequently released her self-titled album, and now you can see the music video for the album's first single, "Come Along."
Big Red Chairs caught up with Vicci the day after she shot the "Come Along" video to look back on her album and talk about the journey she's taken since we all fell in love with her voice.
The video for "Come Along" arrives ten months after the release of the album on which the song appears, but Vicci believes that the delay actually worked in her favor. "I was supposed to do a video this time last year and I think what happened was, the label was going to give me a chance to develop a little and see how the song and the record were going to go. But I'm really happy that it happened that way," she explained. "It's been a really busy year, but with a lot of evolution as far as me and this album, and playing it live and being able to have a relationship with these songs. Normally I write songs and I've been playing them for awhile and then I make an album. This is the opposite."
"We've been visiting a lot of radio stations and the song has been going up on the charts the last few months," she continued. "I've been really seeing a lot of success in actually going to stations and making relationships with people. I'm actually hoping I can do more of that. Just kind of having that one-on-one with the stations and the people. It's kind of them taking a risk on me, adding the song to their playlist, because I'm a developing artist."
You can watch the video for "Come Along" below, and continue on to the next page to hear what Vicci has to say about life after The Voice.


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I downloaded a book entitled "to selena, with love". Its about my favorite tejano singer who was killed 17 years ago.
I sat on that sofa eating a sandwich.
I am on the down hill spiral leaving my good habits behind.
Maybe its just the heat. Zumba tonight for sure. You negate a bad choice with a positive one, right?
Like last night. I used my fresh veggies for a quick stir fry.
Zuchinni, cabbage, tomatoes and leftover chicken.
It wasn't great, but it wasn't bad. I was pleased that i ate all that produce. Then i downloaded the book and read until midnight. I love my ipad btw. I have not read in years.
Doing what i can to get my good habits back. One day at time for sure.
Off to change for zumba before leaving work. It is very hot in Sacramento. Maybe that's a good thing. Sweating my blues awY.
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At this point, it's already clear that Obamacare is doing far more harm than good. We've all become familiar with the soaring premiums, lost coverage and dismal sign-up numbers.
Families and young people are routinely being priced out of the market, hourly workers are seeing their workweeks slashed and individuals are losing access to their doctors.
From May 2005 through Oct. 30, 2013, the S.C. Public Service Commission (PSC) raised the average electric bill for SCE&G residential customers 21 times.
From October 2005 through Jan. 1, the average bill for Duke Energy Carolinas residential customers using the same amount of electricity (1,000 kilowatt hours per month) was raised 14 times, The Nerve found in a review of rates published by the state Office of Regulatory Staff.
A few words of advice for the White House: "Promise less and deliver more."
By now, most people are aware that some of President Barack Obama's bold claims about the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, turned out to be untrue.
That includes his repeated promise that "If you like your health-care plan, you can keep it."
On New Year's Day 2012, Emma Longstreet was going to church with her family at 11 a.m. when a car ran a red light and slammed into their van, instantly killing Emma and critically injuring her mother, father and three brothers.
After drinking until 5:30 a.m. and sleeping just a few hours that morning, the driver of the car, Billy Patrick Hutto Jr., still had a blood-alcohol concentration of almost 0.2, more than twice the legal limit.
I am really concerned about the big growth boom in Indian Land.
Approved new developments coming include:
u Queensbridge – 234 apartments and 249 homes on Collins Road
u Retreat at Rayfield – 383 homes
u Ansley Park – 36 homes and 130 townhomes on U.S. 521
u Enclave at Bailes Ridge – 246 apartments on S.C. 160
u Tree Tops – 800 homes, Van Wyck Road
u Doby's Bridge – 145 townhomes
u Estates of Audubon Lakes – 125 homes at Barberville Road
Alice in Wonderland may forever give up her looking glass, because nothing in her world makes sense any longer.
Oh, my! I must be living in Wonderland, because the same thing is happening in my world.
How do the civilized nations of this world allow the Russian president to do as he pleases and do nothing but shake the proverbial big stick back at him?
Here is a fictional scenario:
PUTIN: I am reclaiming Crimea, because ethnic Russians want to come home.
WORLD: OK, as long as you stop there.
I spent a delightful Sunday afternoon revisiting Main Street thanks to Cherry Doster's and Cole Waddell's reflections in their articles, "Town used to mean Main Street," in the March 23 edition of The Lancaster News. While looking longingly at the photos (courtesy of Travis Bell), it was once again one of those lovely Saturdays when we went "to town."
Each year, the week that includes March 16 is designated as "Sunshine Week."
It's a time to remind government officials about the laws that govern them, laws that require meetings to be held in the open and public records to be made available to citizens. Sunshine Week aims to advance the idea that government works best when the sun is permitted to shine in.
We in South Carolina love our history. As William Faulkner said of the South, "The past is never dead. It's not even past."
Lately I have been reading a wonderful book about our state's past – and clearly there are lessons to be learned.
The book is Deliver Us from Evil, by Dr. Lacy K. Ford, and it's about how the South, especially South Carolina, dealt with the issue of slavery from the time of the drafting of the U.S. Constitution until the days prior to the Civil War.
Curiously, one of the most debated items in the entire S.C. House budget process was a combined $70,000 reduction in appropriations to the College of Charleston and the University of South Carolina Upstate. $70,000 is an utterly trivial part of a $25 billion budget, but the reason for the reduction is what raised the ire of many House members.
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Rufus Moffat, a very lively and creative boy, stars in this charming tale set in the 1910s. Rufus is seven and he has two older sisters and one older brother. Rufus has many adventures. During one adventure he gets a library card all by himself, even before he can read! Other days, Rufus plays baseball with his sister. Rufus loves baseball, but he also hopes the team will take lots of breaks for cookies and punch.
Young listeners will delight in Christina Moore's spirited narration.
©1943 Eleanor Estes; (P)2004 Recorded Books, LLC.
"Moore conveys an earlier time and language, never losing her listeners. An irresistible treat for listeners of all ages." (AudioFile)
"Great Reading of a really charming story"
My 5 and 7 year old sons LOVE this book. The story touches on so many things near and dear to children that you don't even notice that it was set during the WWII era. My wife and I found our selves chuckling and rooting for Rufus right along with our kids. Perfect for long rides in the car!
For a frame of reference- we also loved the Stuart Little reading narrated Julie Harris.
"Better With Every Listen"
This is truly a classic - and an excellent book for early elementary boys who can totally relate to Rufus. I love it more each time we listen to it - the narrator is excellent.
"Great story from interesting time period."
This book is written from the point of view of an adventurous little boy. One of the things that makes this book unique is that the story takes place during World War One.
"Yea for Rufus!"
Its one of our favorites.
Of course, Rufus is our favorite. He's a bit scruffy, valiantly determined, humble, sincere, curious and loves his family very much.
Moore handles the different characters so well you lose yourself in the story and hardly realize that just one person is creating all these different people.
This book is on our daughter's second grade read aloud list, but our younger children have really enjoyed listening to it also.
Charming series of related stories and well-narrated by Christina Moore. My eight year old and I were previously listening fans of Pinky Pye and The Moffats, and listening to this was like returning to old friends.
"It must be good...."
It must be good.... my 5yo son has been bugging me all afternoon to let him listen to some more.
Personally, I love the audiobooks that are 2+ hours in length because they give me more bang for my buck. This one fits the bill perfectly.
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Healthy Beats – Your Phone as Your Heart Monitor!
Healthy Beats is your very own simple and easy-to-use heart rate monitor. This app is great for anyone who wants to keep track of their heart rate anywhere, and at anytime. All you need is an Android phone with a built-in camera and flash. Healthy Beats uses your device's built-in camera to take pictures of your fingertip, and calculate your heart's rhythm.
Healthy Beats App for Android by iXtentia, based on 79 ratings.
Directions for Use
- Hold the device in your palm, place your finger on the camera such that it covers the flash and the camera lens.
- Tap "Start"
- The countdown will start from 10 – on reaching '0', the heart beat rate will be calculated and displayed.
- This will be refreshed every 5 seconds until you tap "Done".
- To do this all over again, tap "Start".
- On tapping "Back", confirm whether you want to exit the app.
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