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Still got PS2......
I lost
How many of you picked this up for 360?
-Tryna find dudes that are playing the online modes.
Also, this will make you all smile...
There is a sequence where you go to watch a basketball game in an MSG type place and watch Los Santos (AKA LAKERS) play Liberty City (AKA NYC)
As a spectator in the crowd you can cheer anyway you want. Boo, Cheer, or press x to get a "Fireeee Isaaaac!" chant going in the stands.
(When videogames start making fun of how horrible you are at your job, I think its time to move to a new country Zeke)
Still got PS2......
I lost
I still got ps2 too...I don't got time to play video games tho, even tho GTA4 sounds hot.
There is an off topic forum...that no one uses sadly.
That game is GREAT! I got it for the PS3, yo Starks where can I go watch a basketball game like that in GTA4?
Nikos cousin is mad funny.
Good story line, perhaps the best in GTA history.
yeah i still got ps2 idc tho im satisfied with it i dont need these new things that come out. 360 is pretty sick but im fine. gta4 is crazy i played it at my friends house.
Damn player-centric usernames straight to hell.
I got it, but I don't play the online like that, i still play gears or 2k8...
got it for PS3 but i dont play it online, only play 2k8 and call of duty
I am 56% done with the game.
Hey have you guys were went to the Split Sides in GTA 4. The Standup Comedy place. Katt Williams is very funny in the game, There are actually a couple of standups he did in real life on TV that were in the game.
Got it on ps3. Still only bout 15% done tho. I only went online once with it so far cause I never get around to it other times since im always online with NBA 2k8.


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Phoenix is working on a long-term deal to keep the Milwaukee Brewers at their spring-training facility at Maryvale Baseball Park.
The Brewers have the option to leave Maryvale after the 2012 spring-training season. However, there have not been any public threats to leave, despite the fact that new ballparks and stadium renovations have been afforded other Cactus League teams.
The Brewers have the option of signing as many as three two-year lease extensions, a city official said.
"We basically want to do everything we can to keep the Brewers in Maryvale - within reason, of course," said Rick Naimark, the city's deputy city manager involved in the negotiations. "They understand our interest to get this deal done in the next few months."
Naimark declined to provide specific details on what the Brewers want, other than to say they want enhancements to their training facilities and to some of the buildings at the west Phoenix park.
Naimark said the city would not build the team a new stadium.
No price tag for incentives has been disclosed, but the city is in line to get about $12 million from the Arizona Sports and Tourism Authority, which funds construction of and improvements to Cactus League stadiums. Funding is provided through Maricopa County hotel and rental-car taxes earmarked for spring training.
Because the recession has curtailed revenue, money for Phoenix will not be available until 2020, according to the sports authority.
Phoenix could pay for improvements now and get reimbursed later, a practice common among other Valley cities that host Cactus League teams and have built or renovated their parks. Naimark said the city would be able to finance "some minor improvements" and use authority money to cover the cost.
While the Brewers want a nicer spring-training home, authority Chief Executive Tom Sadler said he had heard from no one in the Brewers organization that they want to move.
Tyler Barnes, a Brewers spokesman, said the club was "not offering any comments on our negotiations related to spring training."
The city owns Maryvale Baseball Park, and reached a 15-year lease agreement with the Brewers in 1998, when the facility opened.
The stadium, near Indian School Road and 51st Avenue, seats up to 10,000 people. The complex includes practice fields, clubhouses and an administration building. Phoenix developer John F. Long, who helped create the Maryvale community, donated 56 acres to accommodate the park.
While Major League Baseball has called the stadium "state of the art," the Brewers have seen Surprise, Glendale and Goodyear build new facilities for other teams. Mesa is working on building the Chicago Cubs a new ballpark, while this year the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies are moving from Tucson to a new 140-acre site on the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community just west of Loop 101 and north of Indian Bend Road.
The Brewers, a Cactus League mainstay with a loyal following, have been one of the more nomadic teams to play in the Valley. Since the Brewers started training in 1969, when the franchise for one season was the Seattle Pilots, the Brewers have trained in Tempe, Sun City and Chandler. The club moved to Maryvale in 1998.
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R.J. Seidel, a Milwaukee Brewers minor-league pitcher, gets in some practice at Maryvale Baseball Park in Phoenix. The Brewers, who have been at the Maryvale facility since 1998, have the option of leaving after the 2012 spring-training season.
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First up, the National Park. Booker T. Washington was born into slavery at this site in 1856. His mother was the cook and his father was a neighboring white farmer. This was a small farm not a grand plantation. They grew tobacco and other crops as well as raising lifestock. Most of the work was shared between the farmer, his family and the slaves. In fact, the majority of slave owners worked these small farms rather than the grand plantations. With freedom given to all slaves at the end of the Civil War Booker and his family moved to West Virigina to live with his step-father.
In his memoirs Booker tells of having to carry his 'mistresses' school books for her and not being able to enter the school she attended. This started a life long desire to learn. Throughout his life he would make what ever sacrifice he had to in order to get and, later give an education. In fact he was the first principal ot the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama.
As with most National Park this one contains a small visitor center, a movie and a short hiking trail through the restored buildings of Bookers birthplace.
From the National Park we headed back to Bedford for some lunch prior to visiting the National D-Day Memorial. Ken and I had no idea that this Memorial even existed. I actually learned of it through the 'whats nearby' link on the Booker T. Washington National Park website.
The memorial was dedicated by President George W. Bush on June 6, 2001. It exists in tribute to the valor, fidelity and sacrifice of the Allied Forces on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Why Bedford, Virginia you may be asking. Well, Bedford provided a company of soldiers ( Company A ) to the 29th Infantry Division when the National Guard's 116th Infantry was activated on February 3, 1941. Some thirty of these troops were still in that company on D-Day. Company A landed on Omaha Beach in the FIRST wave of the First Infantry Divisions Task Force O.
By day's end, ninteen of the company's Bedford soldiers were dead. Bedford's population in 1944 was about 3,200. Proportionally, this community suffered the nation's severest D-Day losses. We would take a guided tour of this memorial and learn that this small community still remembers the "Bedford Boys" and the sacrifice they made for all of us.
The Memorial is very well done and we would definately recommend paying the extra $3 per person and taking the guided tour. You will learn that the memorial was laid out to represent the sweep of D-Day from it's early planning, through the channel crossing and landing in France. It really is very well done and quite moving.
After a couple of hours at the Memorial - so glad we stopped for lunch first! - we decided to take a portion of the Blue Ridge Parkway home. It was a wonderful day, about 100 miles round trip, filled with a variety of sites from this beautiful part of the country. We have a lot more exploring to do, so check back often!


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The snow leopard (Panthera uncia uncia) is a highly endangered, moderately large cat.
Size: Snow leopards are four to five feet long, with three-foot tails, and may weigh over 160 pounds.
Life span: Snow leopards normally live for 15-18 years, but may live for up to 20 years in captivity.
Color: These felines are known for their pale, spotted coats. Its color varies from pale gray to creamy smoke gray, and its underparts are whitish.
Continent: Central Asia
Range: Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, India, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.
Habitat: In the summer they live in the alpine meadows and rocky areas, and in the winter they often follow migrating prey down into the forest.
Food: The snow leopard's prey includes wild sheep, wild boar, hares, mice, deer, and other small mammals. They also feed on domestic livestock.
Reproduction: Birth usually occurs from April to June after a gestation period of 90-103 days. Two or three young are born in a rocky shelter lined with the mother's fur, and they begin to hunt with their mothers at the age of two.
Fun Fact: The snow leopard cannot roar, because of an incomplete ossification of the hyoid bone.
Conservation: Man is the only predator that the Snow leopard must face, as it is hunted for its skin and fur. It is an endangered species; approximately 6,000 live in the wild.


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No need for Browns fans to panic over draft
Never has it been more important to let a draft class breathe a couple of years before giving last rites than now.
The five-player haul brought in by the Cleveland Browns last week was generally graded in the C-to-F range. Fans angered by the lack of the wow factor haven't held back in expressing their frustrations via social media.
The best advice for them is to remember how they felt after the 2007 draft, which landed offensive tackle Joe Thomas, quarterback Brady Quinn and cornerback Eric Wright in the first two rounds. The class was widely hailed as one of the best in the NFL. Then-general manager Phil Savage went on radio the day after the draft and acted like a conquering war hero.
Six years later, all the Browns have to show for that draft is Thomas, who's developed into a future Hall of Famer. Quinn bombed in Cleveland and is hanging on to his career for dear life. Wright had one decent season and then couldn't cover fast or slow receivers and is now a journeyman.
Does anyone remember the rest of the names in that class? Cornerback Brandon McDonald, defensive lineman Melila Purcell, defensive lineman Chase Pittman and receiver Syndric Steptoe. You can see why it's easy to forget.
Savage has never been offered a high-ranking position since being fired after the 2008 season. Instead, he's an analyst on the Alabama radio network and works for the Senior Bowl.
On the surface there are understandable concerns about the plan CEO Joe Banner and general manager Mike Lombardi followed. Trading fourth- and fifth-round picks in exchange for picks next season didn't sit well with critics, especially when the fourth-round choice went to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
A positive spin on the trades is that the Browns received picks one round higher, which means an extra third-rounder and an extra fourth-rounder in 2014. Why complain about that strategy, even if the choices might be low in the rounds if the Steelers and Colts both have winning seasons?
The Browns were able to make those trades because of a shrewd move involving the Miami Dolphins. In acquiring receiver Davone Bess, the Browns simply swapped spots with the Dolphins in the fourth and fifth rounds. Normally, teams yield draft choices on trades for an established player.
For those compelled to put a grade on the draft, it's a must to add receiver Josh Gordon and Bess to the group. Gordon was acquired for a second-round choice in a supplemental draft last June.
Gordon had 50 receptions for 805 yards, five touchdowns and a team-leading 16.1 yards per catch in his rookie season, numbers that might have made him a first-round pick this year. Bess had 61 receptions for 778 yards and one touchdown last season, and in his five-year career he's averaging 64.2 catches for 689.4 yards per year.
The draft essentially included linebacker Barkevious Mingo, Gordon, cornerback Leon McFadden, Bess, safety Jamoris Slaughter, defensive end Armonty Bryant and offensive tackle Garrett Gilkey. Looks much better that way, doesn't it.
In the long term the 2013 draft will have directly or indirectly added 16 players, assuming no more trades are consummated. Next year the Browns will have six picks in the first four rounds.
This isn't to make excuses for this year's draft class. It's to put things in perspective in taking an honest view of what transpired.
Beside the point, will anyone be complaining if Mingo has double digits in sacks next season? Probably not.
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All master's students in the Ball State School of Music are required to take course work in music history and music theory. Some master's programs require one course in each discipline, while others require two. One core course in each discipline must be selected from the following lists:
Core Courses in Music History
MUHIS 501 - Piano Literature
MUHIS 535 - Music in the Baroque Era
MUHIS 536 - Music in the Preclassical and Classical Eras
MUHIS 537 - Music in the Romantic Era
MUHIS 538 - Opera History from 1780 to 1980
MUHIS 603 - Chamber Music Literature
MUHIS 605 - Vocal Literature
MUHIS 632 - Music in the Renaissance
MUHIS 633 - Music in the Twentieth Century
MUHIS 680 - Symphonic Literature
Core Courses in Music Theory
MUSTH 621 - Analytical Technique
Placement Tests
All applicants must achieve acceptable scores on graduate placement tests in music history and music theory prior to enrolling in graduate-level history and theory courses.
Research Classes
All master's students also must take a course that introduces them to research methodology at the graduate level. In most master's programs, the student may choose either MUSED 668 Research in Music Education (3 hours) or MUHIS 600 Methodology and Bibliography in Musicology (3 hours). The research course is prescribed for the MM in music education (MUSED 668), and for the MM in music history or music theory (MUHIS 600).
More Information
Curriculum outlines for the Master of Music and Master of Arts in Music degrees can be located in:
For complete course descriptions on all music courses, please consult the Ball State University Course Directory.
For complete information on program requirements, please consult the Ball State University Graduate Catalog, or contact Dr. Linda Pohly, coordinator of graduate programs in music.
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Beautiful Swimmers Revisited Premieres in Washington, DC
More Screenings Scheduled Throughout the Bay Area
Writer Tom Horton picks up where William W. Warner left off 40 years ago in his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Beautiful Swimmers: Watermen, crabs and the Chesapeake Bay.
by Rona Kobell
Excerpted from the Bay Journal
More than 300 people attended the premiere of Beautiful Swimmers Revisited last weekend at the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital. So many people wanted to come, in fact, that the film sold out online — and tickets only became available when cold, rainy weather dissuaded some moviegoers from leaving home.
The Bay Journal produced the film. Sandy-Cannon Brown directed it. Bay Journal photographer David Harp shot much of it, in stills and video, making his first foray into feature film cinematography. Tom Horton was the star, taking viewers on his skiff through the marshes of Smith and Tangier Islands and along the hardened shorelines closer to Annapolis.
This film is the Bay Journal's first. Our whole staff is incredibly proud of it. Harp just turned 69 and Horton is 70, but they seem to be at the height of their creativity now, pushing themselves to new endeavors. It's inspiring to this (somewhat) younger person, and it makes me want to also push in new directions. The film revisits many of the people and places that William Warner chronicled in his Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Beautiful Swimmers. Warner wrote the book in 1976, at a time when crabbers had almost no restrictions on their harvest and crabs were so plentiful that few scientists bothered to study them.
Today, of course, there are size limits, hour limits, requirements for cull rings, regulations to report catches and other rules. Scientists, including Tom Miller of the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, spend their careers researching the iconic crustaceans. Miller is featured in the film, along with Anson "Tuck" Hines of the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Rom Lipcius of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, and the hard-working young scientists counting crabs for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources' annual winter dredge survey.
Horton leads viewers through environmental changes in the waterway, and introduces us not only to some of the crabbers Warner met but also to some younger guys trying to get into the business. They are smart, thoughtful crabbers, and they wonder how long the waterways will continue to nurture these beautiful swimmers.
At Saturday's screening, Caroline Gabel, president and CEO of the Shared Earth Foundation and chair of the festival's board, called the trio of filmmakers "most worthy successors" to Warner. His children were in the audience and supported the film.
Those of us lucky enough to work with Harp and Horton agree with that, and the film is exquisite. What stayed with me after, though, was not so much the story of the crab, but the story of the pollution that has helped to diminish the species and its habitat. It is not just blue crabs that are suffering, but many marine and human species.
Logs Needed for Restoration of 1889 Historic Bugeye
Arrive at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
Sandy Cannon-Brown is documenting the restoration of Edna E. Lockwood, the last historic log-bottomed bugeye sailing the Chesapeake Bay. She was there as the logs for the hull arrived in March.
ST. MICHAELS, MD - March was a banner month for the restoration of the 1889 bugeye, Edna E. Lockwood. On March 5, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum received 19 loblolly pine logs that will be crafted into the hull of the historic boat. Then, on March 10 and 11, CBMM hosted a group of experts in maritime preservation at a forum on Edna's restoration.
The restoration, which will begin in late summer, will take about two years. Sandy Cannon-Brown is chronicling the process on video and will produce a documentary that will be released just as soon as Edna once again sets sail in the Chesapeake Bay.


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By Mellany Armstrong 1:01pm, March 27, 2013 - Updated 2:24pm, March 27, 2013A New Castle woman is arrested after police say she stole from several stores at the Concord Mall and assaulted a store employee once he tried to apprehend her.
State police say a 33-year-old Sears loss-prevention employee saw a 21-year-old Kenyetta Reed of New Castle concealing merchandise Tuesday evening.
The employee followed Reed outside and she took off through the parking lot. The employee caught her, and Reed allegedly bit him as they struggled. A woman driving by stopped to help, but police say Reed got in her car and tried to drive away. Reed was stopped by the employee and the woman's husband. Police say Reed kicked the car owner in the chest several times and tried to bite the Sears employee again. She was held until troopers arrived, and police say she lied about her name.
Reed was found to have stolen merchandise from Sears and three other stores in her possession. The Sears employee was treated at a local hospital for his bite wounds and released. The arresting trooper recognized Reed from another incident February 3rd at the Sports Authority in Wilmington, where she was seen leaving with a pair of boots. An employee tried to stop her but she stabbed his hand with car keys and got away.
Reed is charged in both incidents with robbery and assault, as well as carjacking and offensive touching. She was committed to Baylor Women's Correctional Institute on $137,000 cash bail.
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Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS) for Science, Research and Development is the free online search platform for information regarding "seventh framework programme (FP7) calls for proposals,"[1] and the platform is created by the Publications Office of the European Union.[2][1] The Help section of the website defines FP7 as:[1]
The short name for Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development. This is the EU's main instrument for funding research and development activities covering almost all scientific disciplines and it will run from 2007 to 2013. FP7 is designed to build on the achievements of its predecessor (FP6) towards the creation of the European Research Area, and carry it further towards the development of the knowledge economy and society in Europe.
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A ladder of uniform mass and length (2L) is lying on the floor, horizontally. It has weight, which is being neutralised by the reaction force from the ground. But, there are two forces applying, upwards, at the edge of the ladder, both of magnitude 7N. Thus, their moments cancel, as both their moments are (7L), but in the opposite directions. But how the heck do the sum of forces here result in zero???????????
Uniform mass? So uniform weight. Say the ladder weighs w N/meter.
Without the two 7-N upward forces, the whole weight of the ladder is supported by the ground. The ground offers w N/meter too. Upwards. To neutralize the w N/m weright of the ladder. The ladder is in equilibrium.
Apply the two 7-N upward forces, one at each end of the L-meter long ladder. The ladder doesn't move.
----Maybe because the total weight of the ladder, wL newtons, is heavier than 14N. Why are the vertical forces equal then? It's because the ground now offers only (wL -14)/L newtons/meter upwards. Not (wL)/L newton/meter anymore.
----Or, the ladder weighs less than 14N but it is tied/anchored to the ground at the middle. So, technically, the ladder is off the ground but won't be lifted anyway because it is pulled back, downwards, by the anchor at its middle. The anchor offers 14N downward to neutralize the two 7N upward forces. [The total force on the anchor is not 14N downwards. It is (14 minus wL) newtons downwards.] So net, or the sum of vertical forces is zero. Then, as you said, the moments of the two upward forces cancel each other. So net moment at the anchor is zero. The net moment anywhere on the ladder is zero. The ladder won't move or tilt whichever way. The ladder is in equilbrium.
In any of those cases you mentioned, the ball, etc, even if there millions of upward forces apllied on the object and the object still won't be lifted, then something is neutralizing all those millions of upward forces---rendering the object to be in equilibrium verticaly. The weight of the object is greater than all those million upward forces most probably, or the object is anchored vertically.
Apply that to horizontal forces.
To moments.
If the object does not move even after all those billions of random forces are applied on the object, then the object is in equilibrium. You have to investigate why the dang object won't move.


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I've always been an advocate for talking with our elders because they've seen some shit and can be excellent warning devices for those of us who are willing to listen. However, there comes a point where generation gaps render certain advice useless, like "Never lend your good horse to a drunken pilgrim." But still they spout it off as if the world hasn't moved an inch since they were kids, leaving us to nod along while thinking, "What the hell are you rambling about? I wonder if he'll notice if I just get up and walk away mid-sentence. Because if not, I may have to resort to stabbing." Some of the worst offenders are ...
5"Slow Down Before You Burn Yourself Out"
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Why They Use It:
My peers and I work a lot of hours because we take a massive amount of pride in what we do. Because of that, there are periods where taking time off just isn't feasible. Our jobs are our lives, and there is no clocking out at 5 for us. Still, I have other friends who work two or more jobs, balancing and coordinating schedules that suck up every spare minute of every day. To a stranger looking in on us for the first time, they'd probably assume we were all cyborgs who run on diets of Red Bull and cocaine.
It's inevitable that someone is going to take notice and say, "You have to slow down and take a break. You're going to work yourself to death or into an ulcer." It's heard most frequently after we use our workload as an excuse to decline an invitation to something that they find personally important, like a birthday dinner or a family member's funeral. It's said with the best of intentions, and on some levels, they're absolutely right. Working so much that you leave little or no time for yourself can be a Hadouken crotch punch to both your body and your mind. Life isn't all about work. But ...
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Or in this case, sort of an E. Honda type of attack.
The Bullshit:
We're living in a completely different atmosphere from what our parents and grandparents experienced at the same age. The older group worked through a looser economy where we still required actual humans to make products -- before technology took over and ED-209'd the shit out of the average laborer. And with the exception of the late '80s to early '90s recession, many of your parents lived in a financially solid world where high schoolers had jobs meant for high schoolers and adults had jobs meant for adults.
That simply isn't true anymore. Cashiers, gas station attendants, servers, fast food workers ... those jobs used to be dominated by teenagers because they are no-experience-necessary positions that many adults didn't want to take. There was a stigma attached that said, "If you're over 25 and working in this position, it means you're not smart enough to get a real job." Now, with the job market being like the porn star in one of those "I fucked 500 guys" videos, adults are taking whatever they can get. Young people are being pushed out, and the older workers are having to take two or three part-time positions just to make ends meet ... let alone save up for retirement.
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"You just paid more for this than I have in my bank account. Have a great day!"
For many of us, slowing down simply isn't an option. For others, "slowing down" means working one shift at one job, rather than their usual two or three. That's not to mention the social idiocy of the people who call us lazy when we take time to relax, but then tell us to relax when we bust ass. Believe us, if we could build the life we deserve while still taking time to unwind, we would punch your dicks completely off for that opportunity.
4"Enjoy This Time in Your Life -- It's the Best You'll Ever Have"
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Why They Use It:
You're a teenager. It's Sunday night, and you're looking around your room in a panic because you're just now realizing that you probably left your science book in your locker, and you have a test first thing in the morning. On top of that, your boyfriend has been acting like a jealous dick lately, and you're not sure if you'll even be together by prom. Your best friend thinks she might be pregnant, so you're talking out her poor life decisions with her every other hour while trying to scrape together what's left of your sanity. And just before you grab your freshly sharpened katana and start chopping the world, your dad smiles at you and says, "Calm down. It's only high school. Enjoy it, because one day you'll look back and realize that these were the best days of your life."
With a sigh, you put your sword back, if for no other reason than your dad just saw you with it and could pick you out of a lineup. He's just trying to reassure you that things aren't as bad as they could be. After all, you don't have any real responsibilities, right? It's not like you have to work and worry about bills. You don't have other humans depending on you for survival. Compared to what he does in life, you've got it easy, kid.
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"See, this is why daddy drinks instead of eats."
Well, that's actually kind of the problem.
The Bullshit:
I've talked before in other articles about how adults use selective memory when recalling their teenage years, so I won't rehash it here. The overall point is that a teenager's life isn't comparable to an adult's. They're two completely different elements, so holding up the kid's and the parent's responsibilities side by side and saying that one has it easier than the other is one of the dumbest, most short-sighted things an adult can do. Feel free to spin-kick him in the throat the next time you catch someone doing that.
Let me assure you that the best time of your life is probably not going to be crammed into the 18 years that you spend living by everyone else's rules. The freedom that you obtain when you move out on your own is the first step in building up to the best time of your life. That level of control alone is pure bliss, and as you start to lock down your finances and grow as an individual, it will only get better from there. Anyone who tells you otherwise can suck a dick and a half.
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Careful, grandma. You don't want to end up with dick-mouth.
But let's not forget the "enjoy it" section of that bullshit advice, because you can't make yourself enjoy something if you truly don't. If humans had that kind of emotional control, nobody would ever have a complaint again. They'd find themselves in a shitty situation and say, "Wait a minute. I know this spinal tap sucks, but what if I choose to enjoy it? Holy shit, why didn't I think of this before? I should have listened to my dad."
No, that doesn't mean that you shouldn't try to be positive when the world turns to shit. It doesn't mean you have to give in and accept that bad situations can't be made better. You should always try to better yourself and everyone around you. I'm just saying that, realistically, you can't just hit the "enjoy it" switch and ride the ensuing orgasm wave all the way to Dolphin Buddy Island. Life doesn't work that way, and trying to force it to will only end in frustration and katana wounds.


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How EU can avoid own goals on swaps reform
If you were asked to rewrite the offside rule, watching American football might not be much help. As the EU financial regulator starts devising new rules for derivatives trading, however, it might be useful to look at how the same process has gone in the US.
Under the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II, agreed last month, the European Securities and Markets Authority must work out the technicalities of how trading of OTC derivatives is to move to electronic venues. Esma is expected to put a consultation paper to the industry by May.
In the US, the introduction of similar changes has not been free from controversy. Mandatory trading begins this month on the first US venues approved under new derivatives trading rules that, like the Mifid II reforms, are intended to meet G20 demands for risk reduction in swaps markets.
The historical practice of trading swaps in private allows risk to build up out of sight of the authorities. The hope is that forcing the business on to trading venues and through clearing houses will increase transparency and reduce systemic risk.
The tricky part is to introduce such changes without disrupting a global swaps market worth almost $700 trillion.
The new US derivatives trading venues – swap execution facilities – were created in October under rules introduced by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Critics of the CFTC say that its new rules created conflicts of interest, suffer from potential loopholes and do not take some key aspects of current swaps trading practices into account.
Pete Best, chief operating officer of Icap's Sef, said: "There have been lots of challenges. There was a need to undertake many different streams of work in a relatively short period of time to support the required Sef infrastructure."
Ready, Sefs, go…
In the US, 22 firms, including a number of trading venue operators and interdealer-brokers, are operating or seeking approval for Sefs.
Critics, including one CFTC commissioner, say the regulator has too little power to reject such applications. Operators first submit a "made-available-to-trade", or Mat, determination to the regulator. Provided the application meets the terms of the Commodity Exchange Act the CFTC cannot reject it. When the CFTC adopted this procedure last May, one of its commissioners, Scott O'Malia, said the idea that the commission had power to challenge Mats was an "illusory comfort".
The CFTC has approved four Mat determinations from Sef operators Javelin, trueEx, MarketAxess and Tradeweb, for interest rate swaps and credit default swaps, and Sef trading becomes mandatory for some contracts later this month.
Upon approving the Javelin Mat submission, O'Malia said: "It is hard to imagine a federal agency regulatory process that is more flawed than the made-available-to-trade determination."
John Wilson, global head of OTC clearing at broker Newedge, said: "The process by which products are determined for mandatory trading is prompted by venues that have a self-interest in forcing people to trade on them. There is an evident conflict of interest in allowing trading venues to lead the debate on what needs to be traded on Sefs."
Nick Solinger, head of product strategy and chief marketing officer at post-trade services provider Traiana, said: "The Mat determination rules didn't give the CFTC all the capabilities they needed to make rational decisions on what should be traded on Sefs. The CFTC had to rely on trading venues to be very responsible when deciding which products should be traded on Sefs."
Potential loophole
Critics also say that the way the products that must be traded on a Sef are defined provides a way to avoid the requirement.
The Mat submissions that have been approved for interest rate swaps include only contracts with specific tenors, meaning the contracts last a certain number of calendar years. Outside those dates, Sef trading would not be mandatory.
Wilson said: "When people open a swap position, they usually pick a tenor based on calendar years, like those included in the trading mandate. But if you want to trade out of a position before a contract expires, it will usually not fall under a specific tenor and therefore will not have to trade on a Sef. As written, the mandate may encourage firms to avoid trading on Sefs by simply picking dates around the mandated tenors."
But some believe that such an approach would not be tolerated.
Best said: "Theoretically this could happen, but you have to look at the spirit of the rules. I don't think it will be acceptable to not adhere to the Sef rules on this basis and I don't think it is a practice that dealers would condone or encourage."
The complete package?
Another issue is the handling of package trades – a group of several contingent swap trades commonly used by the buyside to achieve a specific exposure or hedge. The CFTC's attempt to stipulate that a swap subject to its trading mandate must be traded on a Sef, even if it is part of a package, may actually increase risk by splitting the package.
Solinger said regulators need to take a more flexible approach. He said: "It's not an easy topic for the regulators as they don't want to create loopholes that allow people to avoid the Sef trading mandate. If some trades in a package need to be done on Sefs and others done bilaterally, there is no guarantee they will execute and clear together. Package trades – which are often risk-reducing and important hedging tools – need to be considered holistically for the risk they represent and the way the market operates today."
(Another) single point of failure
As OTC derivatives reform leads to more swap trades going through clearing houses, concern has arisen over how the market would react if a clearing house faced financial difficulty. Moving swaps to electronic markets presents a similar problem through the use of limit checking hubs.
Under CFTC rules, the credit limit of a firm trading a swap must be verified before the product can be traded on a Sef and cleared. A credit checking hub developed by Traiana is currently the dominant service and is used by the largest banks as well clearing houses and a number of Sefs.
Wilson said: "If a credit hub went offline, for whatever reason, to which Sefs and many clearing FCMs connect, a large portion of the market for Sef trades would be halted – like customers being unable to use an ATM or credit card if their bank's computers stop responding. This single point of failure is astonishing, when you consider that clients will not be able to trade if the credit hub is down, given the mandate demands they must trade on a Sef."
Solinger said that Traiana runs multiple back-ups of its system.
Q&A with Ben Macdonald, global head of product, Bloomberg and president of Bloomberg Sef
Financial News: How has the market taken to trading on swap execution facilities, ahead of the introduction of the CFTC's mandatory trading obligation?
BEN MACDONALD: We've been pleased with the level of participation and volumes executed on our Sef and we expect those figures to only increase with mandatory trading obligations taking effect. We also believe that once the margin requirements for uncleared, over-the-counter swaps are put in place in the US and internationally, more activity will migrate to Sefs due to the increased cost of trading those instruments.
Financial News: How has the failure of regulators to harmonise derivatives rules affected trading on Sefs and the overall industry preparations for the trading mandate?
BM: There has been some uncertainty in the market. Cross-border guidance has sometimes been conflicted and as a result, many participants chose alternative execution methods to Sef trading. However, many European customers have found that they need to participate on Sefs in order to access swap market liquidity. Once the trading mandate kicks in, we should have better insight into whether markets are bifurcating and liquidity is consolidating in certain regions. With that said, we also believe there are very constructive steps that can be taken by international regulators to guard against this type of outcome.
Financial News: What can Europe learn from the US?
BM: Certain CFTC commissioners arranged regular forums with multiple industry perspectives to address specific issues. These forums often helped guide the US regulators towards optimal outcomes. They allowed regulators to directly participate and interact with the industry in order to address very complicated issues as they arose. This prevented less desirable outcomes from taking shape and helped to create trust among all parties involved. Equivalent and regular forums in Europe would be helpful.
--This article first appeared in the print edition of Financial News dated February 3, 2014


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Conflict in the Horn of Africa is escalating rapidly as power struggles within Somalia are exacerbated by military support that both Ethiopia and Eritrea give to the opposing parties there. Ethiopia backs the weak interim government; Eritrea sponsors the Islamic militants fighting to overthrow it. Because the United States has accused Somalia of harboring al-Qaeda suspects, "the Ethiopian-Eritrean proxy conflict increases the opportunities for terrorist infiltration of the Horn and East Africa and for ignition of a larger regional conflict," warns a new Council Special Report.
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Eddie Janes bears a striking resemblance to Ozzie Osbourne, which instantly puts In The Name Of above other Black Sabbath tribute bands.
Janes has been stopped on the street by people telling him he looks like the legendary heavy metal frontman. When he drops his Midwest accent and goes into a British semi-mumble, the transformation is nearly complete.
Put him with a tight band that covers Sabbath to a tee on a stage amid skulls with lighted red eyes and Janes singing in a high-pitched, metal wail, and youre getting eerily close to the real thing.
Janes sings for In The Name Of, which will play a show at Ground Zero at Streeters Center on Saturday, April 2.
The band behind Janes consists of three guys who have been playing together since they were teenagers in Flint, listening to Rush, Black Sabbath and UFO.
They are Paul Saylor, who plays a searing metal guitar; Dave Hall, who plays an expert bass with all the licks and physical moves; and Keith Christian, perfectly punctuating it all on drums. Hall lives in Cedar, while the others live in southeastern Michigan.
The three got together with Janes at a Houghton Lake gig a couple years ago. He was there with an Ozzie tribute band, which specialized in post-Sabbath, Ozzie solo numbers. Janes had been trying to talk them into working some Black Sabbath tunes into their act.
Every time wed go out, wed hear people yelling for the Black Sabbath, and they didnt want to do the Black Sabbath, Janes said. I think they just really didnt want to play it. The solos were way longer.
Meanwhile, Christian the drummer was singing for the Sabbath tribute band, though he doesnt look anything like Osbourne.
So Eddie hopped off the Crazy Train and got Paranoid.
Christian thought of the name, but originally considered calling the band In The Name Of . . . God, Hall said.
We decided we cant do that because it might turn some people away, Hall said.
While the band members all say theyre devout Christians and will gladly talk to anyone who asks them about it, they dont reveal it in their performances.
The second question that may occur is: Isnt Black Sabbath thought by many to be satanic?
The members of the group say thats a misperception.
The media wanted to label them as something and they were labeled as a satanist band, Hall said. I think what Ozzies trying to do is warn people of the evils and the deception of Satan.
The main thing is, this is an entertaining band to watch.
When they recently played at the Southside Hideout in Buckley, they used a fog machine and had mysterious cloaked figures walk onto the stage and light candles between numbers.
The group emphasizes that theyre a show band and aims to take its production to the larger clubs here and elsewhere.
In The Name Of will perform at Ground Zero on Saturday, April 2 with guests Skullcrusher and Evershine. Doors open at 9 p.m. Tickets are $5 and you must be 18 to attend.


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Two-time Super Bowl champion Ray Lewis will likely move to a career in television and his NFL connections won't hurt
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Goodell: New Orleans 'terrific,' despite blackoutNEW ORLEANS (AP) -- The blackout at the Superdome will not stop the Super Bowl from returning to New Orleans.Share Tweet
Jacoby Jones Earns Marylanders Over $600,000 In Free FurnitureThat one play saved hundreds of thousands of dollars for furniture shoppers and, more importantly, it gave Gardiner's Furniture a truckload of free advertising. The deal went like this: If you shopped in the store between January 31 and 3 p.m. Super Bow…Share Tweet
Goal to Go: Despite a furious comeback, San Francisco's dream…nytimes.com Feb 4, 2013Despite a furious comeback, San Francisco's dreams were dashed after four plays in the waning minutes of Sunday's Super Bowl.Share Tweet
Joiner joins Bengals following prison releaseRookie linebacker Brandon Joiner has been activated by the Cincinnati Bengals after completing a prison term.Share Tweet
Ravens' parade will include stadium celebrationBaltimore is in party-planning mode a day after the Ravens' Super Bowl victory.Share Tweet
Whoops: The Lombardi Trophy went missing for a short while on Sunday nightWas it boogeying down Bourbon Street? Cutting a rug to live music on Frenchman? Antiquing its way through Magazine? The whereabouts of the Lombardi Trophy after the Baltimore Ravens won it on Sunday night may never be known, but it would seem the new Su…Share Tweet
The Ravens Won The "Fuck" Bowl, Too: An Analysis Of Twitter Profanity During The Super BowlTwitter reports that the Super Bowl generated 24 million tweets last night. Most of them were terrible, so I just looked at the ones that said "fuck." More »Share Tweet
Super Bowl champs face critical free agency periodThe Baltimore Ravens have just over a month to bask on the glory of their football world championship. The free agency period will open on March 12, and G.M. Ozzie Newsome has likely already begun assessing the state of his team, which is littered with …Share Tweet
Ravens could return younger to defend titleNEW ORLEANS -- The face of the franchise is gone. The schedule is tougher. But those aren't the only changes for the Baltimore Ravens in 2013. If the Ravens become the first repeat Super Bowl champions in eight years, they will likely do it with a young…Share Tweet
PFT on NBC Sports Network wraps up the Super BowlAnother season came to an end with the Ravens' 34-31 win on Sunday night and we'll take every minute of thinking about it rather than contemplating the prospect of months without any games at all. Erik Kuselias, Mike Florio and Ross Tucker will put aShare Tweet
The Small Decisions That Cost The 49ers The Super Bowldeadspin.com yahoo.com nytimes.com Feb 4, 2013Super Bowl XLVII turned out to be a close game that hinged on a few critical plays at the end-shocking, given the score when the power went out. But it also hinged on decisions that didn't seem very significant at the time but ended up having an enormouShare Tweet
John Harbaugh: "I way overreacted" to power outageprofootballtalk.com CNNSI.com deadspin.com Feb 4, 2013During the Super Bowl XLVII power outage, Ravens coach John Harbaugh spent a couple minutes shouting at a stadium official on the sideline, and he also yelled at the on-field officials. At his press conference on Monday morning, Harbaugh said he went to…Share Tweet
Super Bowl XLVII falls short of ratings recordThe Baltimore Ravens' victory over the San Francisco 49ers has set a record for highest overnight ratings in Super Bowl history.Share Tweet
John Harbaugh Shoved A Photographer Just Before The Postgame HandshakeSo, wait. Let's make sure we have this straight: More »Share Tweet
Last Night Was Probably The Closest We'll Ever Get To A Super Bowl Fair-Catch Kick, The Rarest Play In The NFLWhen the Ravens intentionally took a safety, to give themselves better field position and run a few seconds off the clock, it brought the 49ers to within three points. It was the smart call, but it also raised the possibility of the rarest of all footba…Share Tweet
Romanowski: Randy Moss had alligator armsIn Sunday night's Super Bowl XLVII loss to the Ravens, 49ers wide receiver Randy Moss was the intended target of quarterback Colin Kaepernick on a second-quarter pass that was easily intercepted by safety Ed Reed. In Moss' defense, Kaepernick's throShare Tweet
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Classic Chills: 'The Black Cat' – Universal's Decadent Film
by Sam Gafford
Caution: contains spoilers.
There is little doubt that the first cinematic pairing of horror film giants Bela Lugosi and Boris Karloff, Universal's 1934 classic The Black Cat, is their best film. It is a movie that is horrific, suspenseful, intelligent and incredibly decadent. That this film was made at all is amazing and that it was able to include so many strange and disturbing elements makes it doubly so.
The Black Cat was a movie that simply could not fail. With so much going for it, Universal saw little but growing bank accounts and didn't pay much attention to what was actually going to be put in the film. The director Edgar G. Ulmer had convinced Universal producer Carl Laemmle, Jr. that teaming the two Universal giants of Lugosi and Karloff in a movie based loosely on Edgar Allan Poe's short story would be nothing short of a certain hit. Even during the Depression, a studio could not pass up a movie that promised to make them so much money. Laemmle, haunted by visions of box office bonanza, gave Ulmer practically free rein to do anything he wanted and so he did. The result was a movie that simply amazes the viewer by its decadence.
Even though Laemmle had given Ulmer carte blanche on the story content, he kept a firm reign on the director in other areas. Ulmer was given basically a third of what the studio had spent on either Dracula or Frankenstein and a hideously short shooting schedule of fifteen days. Still, Ulmer was a veteran of creating movies on small budgets and was smart enough to know the ways to craft a film that looks as if it cost many times the actual amounts. Ulmer began by creating a new story and discarding several scripts that Universal already had sitting on their shelves. Gone was all pretext of even pretending to adapt the Poe script as Ulmer felt that the Poe story simply could not be adapted to film (would that other, later filmmakers were so observant). Together with screenwriter Peter Ruric, Ulmer created an entirely new story. At its foundation, The Black Cat is a simple revenge flick. Lugosi (in a positive role for once) plays a man who has come back to avenge himself upon the man (Karloff) who had betrayed their army. It is what Ulmer and Ruric built upon this framework that makes the movie so unique and powerful. For Ulmer, it was a chance to bring a modern flavor to the heavily Gothic stable of Universal horror films.
In a 1970 interview with Peter Bogdanovich, Ulmer remembered working with novelist Gustav Meyrinck on the 1920 German production of The Golem. Meyrinck "was contemplating a play based on Doumond, which was a French fortress the Germans had shelled to pieces during World War I; there were some survivors who didn't come out for years and the commander was a strange Euripedes figure who went crazy three years later, when he was brought back to Paris, because he had walked on that mountain of bones." Based on that nightmare image, Ulmer had his setting and time period.
The movie opens with a newlywed couple (David Manners and Jacqueline Wells) enjoying a train ride through the Hungarian countryside when they are joined by Dr. Vitas Verdegast (Lugosi). Together, they share a taxi as the couple is traveling in the same direction as he… past the imposing Castle Poelzig built on the bloody ruins of Fort Marmaros. Along the way, the taxi driver obligingly gives a detailed description of the horror of the battle which had occurred there before crashing the taxi and dying. The young wife, Joan, is also injured so there is little left to do but trek towards the imposing Castle and hopeful refuge. Up to this point, there is really little to distinguish the movie. Lugosi is strong in his portrayal of Verdegast returning home after years spent in a war camp and, particularly here, his accent is an addition to the character rather than a hindrance. But this has been little more than a typical "old dark house" plot until the bell rings at the front door of the castle.
As the camera moves inward, we are shown a decidedly un-Gothic interior, quite unlike what one would expect to see in a castle. The set is extremely Art Deco with strange angles and, even in black and white, you can detect the unusual shadings. Instead of large, gloomy rooms a la Son of Frankenstein, we see glass, chrome and steel. The camera moves to the bedroom of architect Hans Poelzig (Boris Karloff) as he rises, Nosferatu-like, in answer to the summons. This one scene sets the tone for the remainder of the movie as we see Poelzig's cold stiffness and detachment to the world. They are all truly pawns to him. Poelzig is as removed from human emotions as his castle is removed from its true origins.
Immediately, Poelzig is attracted to the beautiful Joan who bears a striking resemblance to his dead wife. As the story progresses, it gets stranger and more bizarre. Poelzig's dead wife, it is revealed, was married to Verdegast and believed that he had died during the battle of Marmaros. Alone, she married Poelzig and later died. Here's where it gets strange. The child that had been born to Verdegast and his wife was raised by Poelzig after her death. Then, in a Woody Allen type twist, Poelzig marries her! Verdegast has come to Poelzig demanding to know the whereabouts of his wife and daughter, not knowing that his wife is now dead and his daughter is married to the man who betrayed Verdegast's unit to the enemy. Confused yet?
Poelzig takes Verdegast deep into the bowels of the castle where he shows him the dead body of their wife, encased in a glass crypt, but lies to Verdegast by saying that his daughter is also dead. Verdegast, crushed, demands retribution but Poelzig states that it must wait until the "outsiders" are gone. But Poelzig has no intention of letting Joan go and forces Verdegast to play a game of chess for the lives of the young couple. Verdegast loses and Poelzig has Joan taken away and the husband locked up. By now, Verdegast is beginning to go mad and his loyal servant (who was pretending to be loyal to Poelzig) helps him turn the tables on Poelzig but not before Joan meets the daughter and informs her that her father is indeed alive and in the castle. Upon hearing that she knows the truth, Poelzig kills her and leaves her for Verdegast to find. Finally going insane, Verdegast captures Poelzig during a black mass and tries to free the newlyweds but the husband, thinking that Verdegast is attacking Joan, shoots him! Allowing them to go free, the wounded Verdegast strings Poelzig up to a Art Deco version of a cross and proceeds to skin his enemy alive. As the newlyweds escape, they turn back to see the castle explode from Verdegast igniting the stores of explosives that still rested under the castle from the original battle. So ends one of the strangest entries in Universal's monster cycle.
But can one really call this a monster film? There are no 'classic' monsters here. The setting is decidedly modern and the themes far more adult and disturbing than anything Universal had attempted before. In this one movie, we have instances of lust, possession, incest, torture, satanism and hints of necrophilia. One wonders how this movie got beyond the production phase but it must be remembered that this film was created before the establishment of the Hayes Commission which was the first organization involved with rating and censoring films. Even so, Ulmer gets away with an amazing amount of taboo themes. When the film was screened for the Laemmles (Carl Junior and Senior) they were horrified but not in the way that Ulmer would have intended. They insisted on toning the movie down while, in addition, Lugosi was incensed that the 'hero' he thought he was playing was shown to also have lustful desires for the young Joan. Grudingly, Ulmer agreed to go back and edit some of the harshest scenes (including the skinning sequence) but the crafty director added a few more scenes including the one where Karloff takes Lugosi on a tour of his dungeon where he has several beautiful women encased in glass. The effect is stunning as it perfectly epitomizes Poelzig's insanity and desire to possess these beauties for himself for all time. There is more than a hint of necrophelia in these shots but it was not picked up on before the film's release.
The performances by both Karloff and Lugosi show each at the top of their form and rising to the challenge of their parts. Karloff is chilling as the epitome of evil, Poelzig, and radiates decadence from every pore. His every move is stiff and robotic, mirroring the architecture around him and his visual impact is second only to his first on-screen appearance as Frankenstein. Lugosi, always tending to chew the scenery, is extremely effective as the hapless and impotent Verdegast. He shows the characters descent into madness as the one thing which kept him alive through prison camp (finding his wife and daughter) slips away from him. Unable to cope with the reality of what had happened, he loses himself in insanity and becomes nearly as evil as Karloff. It was certainly unheard of that the hero of a movie would turn and skin his enemy alive. Rarely would these two actors have material of such depth to work with and all of their other pairings (excepting the unequalled Son of Frankenstein) would be compared to this.
The movie provided the box office hit that Ulmer had promised despite the strange and bizarre touches. Strangely though, Ulmer did not benefit greatly from the movie but instead nearly found himself out of a career altogether. During filming, Ulmer fell in love with a script girl named Shirley Castle Alexander who just happened to have been married to one of Carl Laemmle, Sr's favorite nephews. Shirley ended up leaving her husband for Ulmer and the couple fled Hollywood (and Carl Sr's wrath) for New York where Ulmer made a career out of producing more movies on almost non-existent budgets.
Today, The Black Cat stands as a testimony to what one man can create on a limited budget and through hints and suggestion. It is, by far, one of the most bizarre and effective movies in Universal's canon and remains so today nearly 70 years after its first release.
Sam Gafford is a fiction author, and critic, with his works published in various anthologies, including the recent Black Wings of Cthulhu from Titan Press. He is considered to be one of the leading scholars of the work of William Hope Hodgson, a contemporary of H.P. Lovecraft, and a man whom Sam has devoted a blog to. You can read that blog HERE.
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Sam, I really enjoyed your article. You eloquently summarize all the vital elements that distinguish THE BLACK CAT. I loooove this film. Every frame is perfection, even when the story makes you go, "Huh?". For fans of Lugosi, it affords special satisfaction to see him fulfill his desire for vengeance against his character's nemesis and main Hollywood rival (as we are made to think of them as by most historians). Karloff's the Man, but that doesn't mean I don't want to see him cut to ribbons by my favorite classic horror star! An important part of what clicks for me is that this film is devoid of any moments of humor that might lessen the horror or ease the tension, something that Whale did often that always disappointed me. Thanks for choosing THE BLACK CAT to write about!
Alright, I guess your "Exhibit A" is a pretty ridiculous line, but my god, it could have been so much worse…. David Manners could have loused it up like he did in DRACULA! "Mina! M-i-i-i-na!". To this day, my girlfriend refers to 1930's femmy leading men as "Mina Men".


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#28811 - 05/11/01 06:07 AM Re: Separate the English from the Dutch
Registered: 02/13/01
Posts: 609
Loc: Portsmouth, United Kingdom
no sense is speaking double-dutch
common in UK too. Presumably derives from one's tongue rotating in two opposite directions simultaneously?
Other "Dutch" phrases include: (and yes I know some have appeared in odd posts over the last few months, not aware of a collection. If so - sorry)
My old Dutch
Dutch cap
Going Dutch
Dutch Courage
Dutch door
Dutch auction
Dutch concert
#28812 - 05/11/01 08:31 AM Re: Separate the English from the Dutch
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Registered: 10/17/00
Posts: 5400
Loc: rego park
The only reference I have for "double dutch" is a jump rope game-- you double the rope- and have two seperate lines (commonly, you'd run the rope behind your back) Your left arm turns the rope clockwise, and your right arm, counter clockwise--
It harder to jump with two ropes, and the "jump rope song" are faster-- It used to be a real big thing in NYC-- (and it tended to follow ethnic lines-- Black girls where always the best-- followed by white girls, black boys, and almost never competing, white boys.) Back in february or so, there was a world championship double dutch contest-- and for the second year in a row, the team from japan won.
the japanese teams tend to be older (college age) and semi professional-- they are attending a sports university and can take courses in double dutch! Most of the other contestants where from US cities.. (and i think mostly east coast cities at that..)
On the main thread topic-- i have never heard "seperating the english from the dutch"--- wheat from chaff, yes.men from boys, yes._________________________
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#28813 - 05/11/01 08:42 AM Re: Separate the English from the Dutch
Registered: 03/14/01
Posts: 2379
Loc: New York City
<<My shot-in-the-dark guess is it has something to do with New Amsterdam's change to New York - from Dutch to English control.>>
I second that. Probably from just before the conquest.
Is there a parallel expression: "separate the flatlanders from the green mountain boys"?
#28814 - 05/11/01 08:59 AM Re: Separate the English from the Dutch
Registered: 12/13/00
Posts: 144
Loc: London, UK
I've never heard of 'separating the english from the dutch' either.
Apart from anything else, in my situation it could be a rather painful experience, as I'm distinctly half and half!
#28815 - 05/11/01 09:51 AM Re: Separate the English from the Dutch
Registered: 02/13/01
Posts: 609
Loc: Portsmouth, United Kingdom
"double dutch" is a jump rope game
hence my reference to rotating of the tongue. Recently I saw Cirque de Soleil with their Quidam (sp?) production. One of the acts in that consisted of incredibly complicated jump-rope ("skipping" in UK). People skipping with their own rope over multiple other ropes, all in time to music. That was great as was the rest of the show.
#28816 - 05/11/01 10:14 AM Re: Skip & jump
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 11/25/00
Posts: 3439
Loc: New England, USA
jump-rope ("skipping" in UK).
Growing up in NorthEast we said we were "playing jump rope"
for the game. Skipping rope was the action itself.
Skipping also means the individual act of sort of bouncing along on the toes... a kind of exaggerated happy walk ...
There is a New Englander I saw on a local TV show who skips for his daily "walk" and promotes it actively as a great form of excercise, more fun than boring old strolling and jogging.
It's hard to skip without smiling!
Now that's a recommendation. Has anyone else noticed how grim runners look?
And do any of those walkers who have "Walkmen" radios plugged in their ears EVER listen to anything happy? They all look rather glum.
Only semi-animated walkers/runners are those accompanied by a friend!
#28817 - 05/11/01 10:29 AM Re: Skip & jump
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 10/17/00
Posts: 5400
Loc: rego park
And all the jump rope songs? Strawberry shortcake! and so many others.. they started out slowly and each round became faster and faster, and the "turners" kept rhythm to the song?
and skip walking? every seventh step was a skip-- so a neat line of girls in their uniforms, (ours where blue jumpers (american jumpers) a sleeveless navy wool serge, with a fitted top, and 6 gore skirt, worn with a white peter pan blouse, and a blue bow tie) walking down the street-- only ever seventh step we take a skip-- and giggle-- not at all the effect the nuns were hoping for!_________________________
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#28818 - 05/11/01 10:44 AM Re: Separate the English from the Dutch
Registered: 01/05/01
Posts: 1773
BY, this Michiganian is unfamiliar with separating the Dutch from the English. Around here, both separating the men from the boys and the wheat from the chaff are used.
#28819 - 05/11/01 10:50 AM Re: Skip & jump
old hand
Registered: 01/18/01
Posts: 1156
Skipping also means cutting class. We never call it cutting class here - I associate that with USn TV shows.
#28820 - 05/11/01 11:32 AM Re: Skip & jump
Carpal Tunnel
Registered: 11/25/00
Posts: 3439
Loc: New England, USA
Skipping also means cutting class. We never call it cutting class here
We used "skipping" class too. Cutting class seems to have morphed into use during the 1950s - '60s.
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Maine student loan tax credit program falls flatBy ALANNA DURKIN
the associated press | January 02,2014AUGUSTA, Maine — It's been more than five years since Maine created tax credits for college graduates who remain in the state to work, but only a fraction of graduates take advantage of the program because of the state's failure to effectively market it, lawmakers and advocates say.
Lawmakers heralded the Educational Opportunity Tax Credit as a bold plan to prevent "brain drain" and keep the best and the brightest in the state when they approved it in 2007. But with no money behind a marketing strategy, and recent efforts to fund one being cut, the program has gone overlooked and underutilized.
"The Legislature continued to expand the program and talk about how great they think it is in the abstract. But when it comes time to actually making sure students are aware of it, they haven't done that," said Rob Brown, executive director of Opportunity Maine, a nonprofit created to pass the initiative that works on college affordability issues.
A student who graduated from a state university, college or community college in 2013 and stayed in Maine can claim up to $356 for a bachelor's degree and $65 for an associate's degree to reduce the amount they owe the state in taxes.
In 2012, 1,157 graduates received the credit, according to Maine Revenue Services. That's up from about 710 the year before, but still far too few considering the thousands of Mainers graduating college each year, advocates say. About 30 percent of graduates surveyed by the Finance Authority of Maine went to school in the state and remained here after graduation in 2006, the latest year such data is available.
Democratic Senate President Justin Alfond, of Portland, who worked on the public campaign to create the tax credit, said that only about four of the 60 students he spoke to on a recent visit to the University of Maine had heard of the program, which was supposed to boost college attendance and pump millions of dollars into the state's economy.
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