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Channing Tatum Celebrates at Mardi Gras
Enjoying a night out in the Big Easy, Channing Tatum took part in Mardi Gras celebrations on Friday (February 1).
Sporting a tan striped button-down, the "Magic Mike" hunk and his pals hung out on their Bourbon Street balcony and tossed beads into the streets below.
In career news, fans are just days away from the opening of the 32-year-olds latest film, "Side Effects."
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Apr 18, 2013
As many of you may know, I recently up and moved halfway across the country to a brand new city… to the bright lights of Auckland.
So I figured, what better way to start exploring the city than to go do one of my favourite things as a musician – go see some rocking live music! As luck would have it, I got an email from one of the Ticketek/Ticketmaster/Ticketchampion/Ticketmonger type websites saying that Coheed and Cambria were coming.
Yeah okay. Tickets were decently priced, but to be honest, I don't know thaaat much about these guys.
Wait… opening act… The Heavy Metal Ninjas.
I'm in.
The Heavy Metal Ninjas
If you haven't heard of these guys before, you're in for a crushing wave of NZ-born instrumental shred led by Richie Allan, one of NZ's most high profile guitarists, and a long-time Ibanez and Dimarzio endorsee. To top it off, I knew that Brandon Reihana (that nice chap who writes insane shred lessons for you guys, and oh, he can play like a motherfrakker too) had just joined HMN, so it seemed like the right thing to do to rock up to the gig and show my support!
Okay… so if you're wondering why it looks like a SARS outbreak in there… well, it's because they're ninjas, duh. Yes, they're actually bandana/face mask things, but no, no one cares because they're just so awesome. And also, that crazy hand light gizmo thing – you can't beat it.
Let me quickly put in a caveat here – I am unfortunately not intimately acquainted with the songs that any of the 3 bands that played last night, so I don't actually know song names or anything like that. But who let's that get in the way of a good vibe, right? "Real" reviewers get that shit jumbled and mixed up all the time anyway…
Anyway. So HMN came on… and good freaking Christ, everyone's faces were melted.
Richie Allan showed exactly why he is one of the most respected guitarists in the country, with fluid lightning speed licks recalling the old masters like Steve Vai, and yet forged into something more brutal, more insistent and more punishing, supported by the crushing beats of Joe Brownless on drums and blistering riffs of Stu Kora and Brandon Reihana on guitars. Fran Kora kept driving the bassline while producing the most amazing facial expressions you'll ever see.
Gear Geekout Moment:
Okay, we have to have this. It IS a guitar site afterall.
Gear spotted: Axe FX (Richie), HD300 or 400 (Fran DI-ing the bass by the looks of things) and HD500 for Brandon.
Guitars spotted: Ibanez JEM7RB, Ibanez RGD 7 string (the one with the thinner lower horn and extra scooped cutaway), Ibanez RG8, Ibanez S8
Feel free to add to the list, I'm sure I missed some stuff.
Jennie Skulander. Honestly. This is what happened the first time I heard them on the radio – "Oh hey, this is a pretty cool song, nice to have some female rock voca- ROAARRRRRRR – what the fuck?!" It was amazing. She can sing, she can freaking growl, and she' s smoking hot. Perfect woman material? She might just be.
The rest of Devilskin is comprised of none other than Paul Martin from the Axe Attack on thunderous bass, his son Nic Martin on drums (at the tender age of 17, and a very clean cut young lad, he looks somewhat out of place) and a mysterious man they call The Nail on guitars. Oh and technically, they played first, but I got carried away talking about HMN so this is the order you get it in.
Now… Devilskin isn't about being complicated, or being virtuosos. It's good old fashioned dirty hard rock/metal, with sludgy, grooving riffs backed up by pounding drums, and of course fronted by Ms Skulander's belting voice which could turn into a death growl at any given moment without warning.
Did they rock? Yes, they did. From the moment Jennie Skulander threw off her cape to reveal a bright red sequinned corset, she held everyone's attention from start to finish. The Nail was solid as a rock with riff after punishing riff, getting GREAT tones from his setup – which should remind us all that snobbery and boutique gear aren't prerequisites for good tone – but more on that later.
Paul Martin was a devilish pink-bearded twin to The Nail, growling aggressive basslines throughout the set on his Dean bass, while his son kept the driving beat steadily coming.
Gear Geekout Moment:
Gear spotted: Marshall DSL halfstack, and Paul looked like he was going through a Marshall head of some sort for his bass? I couldn't see it from where I was. The Nail was using a simple, effective setup of a Boss ME50 multi-effects board and what looked like an Ibanez TS9 Tubescreamer. His guitar tones were huge, and reminded me of Zakk Wylde, especially his chorus-infused lead tones.
Guitars spotted: The Nail used a Gibson LP Studio loaded with EMGs, further strengthening the Zakk Wylde vibe.
Coheed and Cambria
After two brilliant opening acts, the main act came onstage.
So. Much. Hair.
Claudio Sanchez is a really interesting frontman – he somehow manages to combine playing complex, constantly moving riffs while singing in his distinctive, high voice. And when he's not singing, he's EVERYwhere all over the stage like a gigantic-haired ball of lightning. Stage presence aside, I must admit I didn't immediately "get" all of the songs (though this could have something to do with being directly in the line of fire of the two Mesa 4×12″ cabs the whole time), but funnily enough I really enjoyed the quieter ones, as well as some of the heavier stuff. The crowd obviously LOVED it though, and were chanting and singing along at every opportunity.
Guitar player Travis Sever was solid but I didn't actually get to see that much of him from my side of the stage. Drummer Josh Eppard was a monster, managing to break a few sticks and a tom skin within the first song or two, as well as sending a wingnut from one of the cymbals flying!
New bass player Zach Cooper held his bass really really high and grooved it out through a Fender 8×10 stack of some sort.
Gear Geekout Moment:
Gear spotted: More Axe-FX! Both guitar rigs were Axe-FXs (I think), and they had near duplicate floor rigs of Voodoo Labs switchers and two Mission Pedals expression pedals, one for whammy and one for wah.
Guitars spotted: Claudio used a succession of Gibson Explorers while Travis used a LP Custom for most of the night, at one point switching to a Goldtop Standard with a Bigsby.
The End.
And that was my first gig at the Powerstation in Auckland! Had a great time, though it was pretty damn difficult to get out of bed the next morning for work. I'll definitely be going to see Devilskin and HMN again though – you should always support local talent, especially if it's kick. ass.
Were you there? Share your thoughts with us! Most people there were obviously much better informed and hardcore fans, so I'm keen to hear what you thought!
Oh, and there are heaps more pics right here on our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.328496390606659.1073741828.179183062204660&type=1
Also, for all you HMN fans, stay tuned to the website because next week we have an EXCLUSIVE interview with those crazy shredders, just for you!

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In the midst of fundraising for my documentary film LymeLight, a Lyme Disease awareness piece based on my story, I was contacted by the chairman of a non-profit named "LymeLight Foundation." I remember being very surprised by this news, for I had yet to hear of the foundation and searched this name many times before choosing it for my film. As I met with LymeLight Foundation in the months following our introduction, the potential for a partnership blossomed. Not only do we share the same name, we share the same mission: "to bring support to the Lyme community."
For over a decade I battled Lyme Disease and was challenged both physically, emotionally and financially. Through my journey back to health, I experienced the rocky road that Lyme patients must travel. From flying cross country to find a Lyme literate doctor, to paying for the majority of my treatment out of pocket, I know the burden Lyme patients carry. I am fortunate to have had the resources required to take on treatment, but the harsh reality is that many are not able to afford it. LymeLight Foundation has filled the much needed role of providing grants to young people and children battling Lyme Disease. The money they raise goes directly to patients needing support. As LymeLight Chairman Scott Bedford explains, "LymeLight Foundation aspires to bring hope for a healthy future to children and young adults struggling with the disease. The financial cost of Lyme Disease can cripple an entire family. A grant from LymeLight Foundation can help ease that burden."
I am thrilled and honored to announce my partnership with the LymeLight Foundation. I have signed on as a spokeswoman for the coming year and will carry this cause with me throughout my competition season. Along with spreading the word about their great work, I will be donating a portion of all my winnings.


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Check out Hans (firefox) Nieling and Wil (muddy) Colier getting their sunday morning groove on at the Filthy Trails Bikepark!Read more
Check out Hans (firefox) Nieling and Wil (muddy) Colier getting their sunday morning groove on at the Filthy Trails Bikepark!Read more
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Check out another great video of Raoul & Casper this time shredding at Bikepark Winterberg, Willingen and Warstein!
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Check out these awesome video from Raoul Eggen!
This time he travels around Limburg (Netherland & Belgium) to find a nice line he can ride!
Go Raoul!Read more
Check out this new video from Igor Verstegen!
This video is completely shot and edited on mobile phone!
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A sweet video of the trails over at Belgium, Malmedy.
Riders Robin and Hans Nieling are ripping the trails up!
Check out the video below.
Demoreel video of Dennis "Goofy" Nieling, recently sponsored by Next Bike Parts.
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Some time last week, two riders of team SoliD got very stoked on the news they got.
Dennis Nieling & Glenn Theunissen are the two lucky riders! They got an invite to the Next Bike Parts team and got them selves a decent sponsor, NS Bikes!Read more
Igor and Goofy went to the local trails to have some old skool fun on our abandoned trails!
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The best places to stay in four price ranges: budget ($), moderate ($$), expensive ($$$), and luxury ($$$$)
Hotel Alex
"Somewhat bare but spotlessly clean rooms in these friendly digs come in at unbeatable budget prices."—Damien Simonis, author, Lonely Planet Venice and Venice Condensed. Airy rooms in a light color palette, some with balconies overlooking the street or one of two adjacent canals; family-run and family-friendly; close to the Frari church and the Scuola Grande di San Rocco. San Polo 2606; tel. 39 041 523 1341. www.hotelalexinvenice.com
Ai Do Mori
"The only low-cost hotel in the immediate vicinity of St. Mark's."—Jonathan Buckley, author, The Rough Guide to Venice & the Veneto. Eleven rooms with traditional beamed ceilings on three floors (no elevator); tucked behind the Piazza, some rooms have views of the clock tower. San Marco 658; tel. 39 041 520 4817. www.hotelaidomori.com
Locanda Leon Bianco
Overlooking the Grand Canal and the Rialto market; offers sweeping views from some of its spacious rooms (ask for the stunning room 4); undulating terrazzo floors and heavy wooden doors keep with the building's medieval feel. Cannaregio 5629; tel. 39 041 523 3572. www.leonbianco.it
Locanda Orseolo
"Tasteful rooms backing on to a gondola terminal just behind San Marco."—Damien Simonis. Twelve rooms with old-world but not heavy-handed Venetian style, such as Murano chandeliers and even velvet-canopy beds in some rooms; hidden behind a gated courtyard, the hotel overlooks a gondola thoroughfare. San Marco 1803; tel. 39 041 520 4827. www.locandaorseolo.com
Domus Orsoni
Bed-and-breakfast housed in a wing of the Orsoni family's mosaic tilemaking compound; guests can tour the factory and take classes. Five rooms, each decorated in glimmering mosaic work by Italian artists. Cannaregio 1045; tel. 39 041 275 9358. www.domusorsoni.it
Hotel La Residenza
"In most Venetian two-stars you get the feeling you're being crammed into the minimum inhabitable space, but here the bedrooms have the same generous dimensions as when this palazzo was built."—Jonathan Buckley. More than a dozen rooms decorated with painted Venetian-style wooden furniture; some look onto the gothic Campo Bandiera e Moro—a world away from busy nearby Riva degli Schiavoni. Campo Bandiera e Moro 3608; tel. 39 041 528 5315. www.venicelaresidenza.com
La Calcina
"Fabulous views across the wide Giudecca canal, plus the pleasure of knowing that you're staying where John Ruskin wrote much of The Stones of Venice, the most influential book ever written about the city."—Jonathan Buckley. Wood floors and antique furnishings with modern perks like high-speed Internet in all 29 rooms; located on the sunny Zattere, so pricier rooms have views across the Giudecca Canal. Dorsoduro 780; tel. 39 041 520 6466. www.lacalcina.com
East meets west at this unusual boutique hotel that blends Mediterranean and Asian decor and adds modern comfort to the mix. Nine rooms with eclectic style; breakfast is served in a small garden in warm weather; between St. Mark's and the Accademia by tony San Maurizio. San Marco 2683/84; tel. 39 041 241 3765. www.novecento.biz
Ca' Pisani
"Swags of damask and kilos of Murano glass are the default option in Venice's hotels; Ca' Pisani bucks the trend with lots of dark wood and a forties ambience."—Jonathan Buckley. The 29 rooms offer sleek deco design and high-tech touches in a 14th-century palazzo. Dorsoduro 979; tel. 39 041 240 1411. www.capisanihotel.it
Oltre Il Giardino
"Sun-filled rooms and a tranquil, canalside private garden away from the crowds."—Damien Simonis. Six rooms and suites named after the soft colors of their decor, such as turquoise, chocolate, and ivory; all have garden views, a luxury in a city where public green space is at a premium; former home of Alma Mahler, widow of the composer Gustav; near the Frari church. San Polo 2542; tel. 39 041 275 0015. www.oltreilgiardino-venezia.com
Palazzo Abadessa
Feels like a private mansion; walled garden, proprietary boat dock, and grand salon. A dozen rooms lavishly decorated with silk damask, Murano glass, gilt mirrors, and frescoed ceilings; close to the Ca' D'Oro and Strada Nova. Cannaregio 4011; tel. 39 041 241 3784. www.abadessa.com
Ca' Maria Adele
"For a romantic weekend, nothing beats the sultry Sala Noir."—Jonathan Buckley. Fourteen rooms across four floors of the palazzo right next to Santa Maria della Salute; includes five opulent concept rooms, including the chocolate and pepper-hued Sala Noir, inspired by the Republic's spice trade. Lounge in the low couches on the Moroccan-style terrace. Dorsoduro 111; tel. 39 041 520 3078. www.camariaadele.it
Hotel Danieli
The 14th-century gothic palace built by Doge Dandolo is synonymous with old-school Venetian glamour. The complex houses 233 rooms steeped in classic luxury; stunning marble-clad lobby bar and famous terrace restaurant; some rooms have expansive (and expensive) views of the lagoon. Castello 4196; tel. 39 041 522 6480. www.starwoodhotels.com/luxury/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=72
Hotel Gritti Palace
The 91 rooms feature 16th-century style and modern amenities; hand-detailed wood paneling, antiques, and portraits of Doge Gritti's family recall the city's heyday. Request one of the few rooms with a Grand Canal view. Campo Santa Maria del Giglio 2467; tel. 39 041 794 611. www.starwoodhotels.com/luxury/property/rooms/index.html?propertyID=73
Hotel Cipriani
An exclusive playground on the Giudecca with saltwater pool, clay tennis court, and a storied tie-required restaurant; private boats ferry guests to and from the city. Each of the 88 rooms in the original hotel (plus 16 more in Palazzo Vendramin and Palazzetto Nani Barbaro) is uniquely styled, some with floor to ceiling windows facing St. Mark's Square. Closed during winter. Giudecca 10; tel. 39 041 520 7744. www.hotelcipriani.com
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Franchisee Dominic Quijano and wife Nelly invented that icon of America's Hispanicization, the McDonald's breakfast burrito, under the golden arches on Harrisburg Boulevard in the East End. Rolled up in a nine-inch flour tortilla, the burrito combines scrambled eggs, sausage, green peppers, jalapeos, tomatoes and cheese, most of which were already in the McDonald's pantry. Which is probably why the burrito tastes a lot like a Sausage McMuffin on a tortilla with salsa added.
"When I moved to Houston in 1984 to open the restaurant, I couldn't believe how many people here ate tacos for breakfast," says Quijano. Losing breakfast business to the many taco stands in the Hispanic East End, Quijano decided to make a breakfast taco of his own. "I approached the McDonald's people about it. The vice president told me to go ahead and work on it and call him when I was ready to test it."
First Quijano tried rolling McDonald's hash browns with seasonings in a flour tortilla. It didn't go over very well. Then he tried various combinations of ham, eggs, sausage and salsas before arriving at the current configuration. "The customers told me how to make them," admits the burger man. "They would say, 'Too much pepper, not enough salt,' until we got it right." Nelly Quijano did the tortilla research. They started with tacos on six-inch tortillas but eventually adopted the nine-inch size for the sake of neatness.
The burritos come conveniently packaged in a yellow paper wrapper and sell for $1.18 with tax. Mild salsa in a plastic pillow pack is served on the side on request. But Quijano's Harrisburg customers don't mess around with the wimpy condiment. Instead, they buy pickled jalapeos from a large plastic jar on the back counter for 29 cents apiece.
After testing and approving the item, the McDonald's corporation gradually rolled out the breakfast burrito across the city. "It sold even better in Anglo neighborhoods than it did in the East End," says Quijano. After proving itself in Houston, the McDonald's Breakfast Burrito was introduced across Texas, and eventually to much of the world.
Funny thing is, Dominic Quijano, the man who put Mexican food on the McDonald's menu, isn't of Mexican ancestry. His family is Cuban. He grew up in Florida and lived in New York City before he moved to Houston.
"Cubans don't even eat tacos," Quijano chuckles.
This professor-on-the-move replaced sleepy Felix Fraga just a year and a half ago and is already developing into the power player of Houston Hispanic politics. Raised in Corpus Christi and Austin, Vasquez came to town as a communications prof at the University of Houston, and quickly began laying the groundwork for a political career. He used his first term as a Houston Independent School District trustee to build a network of support among Anglos in the Heights, and then steamrollered over a barricade of established Hispanic politicos to win a council seat. Since then he has carefully charted a course as an independent between council conservatives and the bloc supporting Mayor Lee Brown. Vasquez recently demonstrated his growing muscle by joining outgoing councilman John Castillo in an attack on Brown aide Carol Alvarado, who's running to replace Castillo in District I. Gabe has made no secret of the fact he aspires to be Houston's first Hispanic mayor, and at the speed he's been moving, that could put him in the race for the top spot in 2004.
Just look up. On bridges, buildings, trains, the backs of freeway signs, the tag is everywhere. It's an inspirational call to the "next" generation, a macho throw-up that conveys the adrenaline, irreverence and illegality of its creation. Most of all, it's cool. But the Houston Police Department's antigang task force doesn't think so. Last March, officers raided a legal graffiti show in a warehouse on the east side. Wearing all black with guns strapped to their legs, the officers said they were looking for "intel." But aerosol artists say the cops were really looking for Next, the most prolific graffitist in town. The task force was out of luck, though. Next was nowhere to be found.
Most courts wouldn't take much time with an 11-year-old troublemaker. But J.P. George Risner did what the Houston school district had refused to do: have the imbalanced youngster checked out by mental health professionals. Now the youth is on medication -- and back on track in school. Risner, in his 14 years on the bench, has proved time and again that he's determined to take his responsibilities far beyond just clearing dockets. He's held court at night and on weekends to be more accessible to the public and to parents. The former Houston building inspector has a rock-solid record in innovative programs to fight youthful problems such as truancy and juvenile delinquency. While Risner has received extensive training, he doesn't have a law degree. What he does have is more than enough: common sense, innate fairness and a keen interest in helping others.
Of course, the travesties continue: tearing down the old Gulf Publishing building on Allen Parkway, bulldozing bits and pieces of the precious past, flushing out Houston's final habitat hideaways for the sake of nothing more than the sameness of another new Rolling-Creek-Timber-Valley-Plantation-Estates subdivision. But the Bayou City shows more indications than ever that it just might be starting to appreciate its heritage. The rebirth of downtown awoke the greediest of developers to the potential for profits in preserving historic structures, even through costly conversions. Blocks of buildings restored as lofts are beginning to line the central city. Commercial uses are coming back as well. It seems that restorations are being considered for many more buildings (at least the ones not owned by Hakeem Olajuwon). Coupled with that are more aggressive wetlands preservation programs and nature centers. However, the most honorable of efforts can't begin to compare to the Restoration of 2001. This one involves several hundred square miles of the region. The rehab bill ran $5 billion and up for a collective project to rehouse about 100,000 residents and restore about half that many vehicles. The very heart of Houston -- the Texas Medical Center, colleges, the criminal courts system and the fine arts institutions -- had to be rebuilt in many ways from the devastation of Tropical Storm Allison.
The best smell? Coffee, of course. And there's no bigger coffee smell in town than the odor steaming out of Kraft's Maxwell House factory, a few blocks (and miles of attitude) east of Enron Field. Most days the prevailing winds blow that smell, ooh that smell, in a northwesterly direction, toward the north end of downtown and away from most eastside residents, many of whom can more or less stand on their porches and read the smoky plume from the one-million-square-foot facility for changes in the weather. And a fine day it is when the winds change, blowing that slightly processed coffee smell back over the near east side, where it mingles with, and partially masks, the cabbagy stink of wastewater treatment facilities and some of the ranker stretches of Buffalo Bayou. Fusion City, indeed.


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The third walks unsteadily, led by a grown-up holding his hand.
But when they were reading Irving, for the first time, they refused to explain their laughter: it was grown-up, they said.
You can spot the grown-up children of Libyan exiles quickly enough—especially the girls.
Being a grown-up, it turns out, is harder—and scarier—than it looks.
The grown-up Stephanie Tanner allegedly filed for legal separation from Coyle this week, after just 15 months of marriage.
He was sorry for the poor little maid who had aped the ways of the grown-up.
"So unexpected, dear Senator Montgomery," said Cora, in quite a grown-up way.
And the grown-up children—how many are there who live with my cousin Averil?
He was pleading with his brother as a child might beg for something from a grown-up man.
But let them be united and continuous, and you have a hell that no grown-up devil can devise.


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Delhi/Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 16 (IANS) The plush Poovar Island Resort in Kerala Monday received the prestigious National Energy Conservation Award-2013 from President Pranab Mukherjee.
Speaking to IANS, M.R. Narayanan, managing director of the company that owns the resort, said 829 industrial units and establishments in the country vied for this prestigious award and they were proud that their resort won.
"We had undertaken numerous measures like introduction of a solar power boat, a heating system using waste generated there and a bio-gas plant at the resort resulting in saving of considerable energy.
"We will be undertaking further measures in the coming years to save and generate power using non-conventional sources with the aim of achieving an energy neutral position," he said.
The resort is located near the Kovalam beach and it can be reached only by a boat.


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Despite the title above, I'd have to postulate that it is possible to be both loved and feared, and hold up this CD as proof. The second album from Dallas' Captain Audio is definitely worth loving—intending only a cursory first listen, I ended up going through the whole damn thing three times in a row (and then wrote this). But it's also pretty fearsome, as well; Captain Audio make me afraid in the same way that bands like The Pixies, Brainiac, and Smart Went Crazy make me afraid, simply by sheer force of originality. I find myself listening, dumbfounded, trying to figure out how the heck the world must sound to these folks that they'd come up with something like Luxury.
The disc veers back and forth between styles, ping-ponging off Son Volt country-rock (the incongrously-titled whiskey-fueled roughness of "Velvet"), bombastic glam-rock ("All in the Everything", which sounds like Brian Eno as revisited recently on the Velvet Goldmine soundtrack), electronic Moog noodling ("Piano Robotico I" & "Piano Robotico II"), and heavy psychedelic rock jams ("Piano Robotico III", which eschews synths for a guitar raveup and weird, floating vocals). The opener, "Lemon", stands out as one of the high points, here—it starts slowly, building from street noises to "We Will Rock You" handclaps/stomping to majestic, hypnotic indie-rock, a little reminiscent of Tsunami, but maybe with some Sonic Youth thrown in for fun; then it slowly retreats, quietly breaking back down to nothing. Also standouts are the crazy party track "Preséntame a Tu Novio", the only bad part of which is when it fades out and then back in twice before crashing to a stop, and "Take It Like a Pill," which sounds something like the soundtrack song to a high-speed, outer-space Speed Racer.
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Throughout, the band never misses a beat, keeping everything humming right along, catchy and infectious as hell. Even when you think the song's fallen apart, as with "Los Pedasos", where the whole thing collapses close to the end into fits of sampled, out-of-place guitars, the band pulls it back together for a triumphant reprise and arena-rock fadeout. There are a few "Texas" touches on here, by the way, like songs sung in Spanish and echoey slide guitars, but they're just enough to establish Captain Audio's voice as a distinctive one. It's hard to get a handle on, occasionally, but by the time they get to the brilliant line "you get the silverware, I'll get the alcohol / We'll leave 'em all in pieces," in the album's closer "Goodbye Suite", Luxury is just about perfect.
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Green with envy: Sleek looks, 0-100km/h in 4.4 seconds and a battery range of 483 kilometres have compelled 10,000 people to put money down for a Tesla Model S globally.
28 June 2012
By HAITHAM RAZAGUI
TESLA'S all-electric Model S luxury sports sedan is already sold out for six months in Australia – around 12 months ahead of its local arrival in the middle of next year.
Pricing is yet to be confirmed but Tesla's Australian manager, Jay McCormack, told GoAuto the company will "try to deliver Model S in Australia as close to the US base price as we possibly can" at current exchange rates.
Mr McCormack said the entry-level Model S (priced from $US57,400 before government incentives) could end up being priced close to the $75,375 luxury car tax threshold for fuel-efficient cars, a far cry from the $120,000 previously speculated.
"When you finally get Model S shipped over to Australia and add import duty it is close to that luxury car tax threshold and then we move forward from there," said Mr McCormack.
The least expensive Model S comes with a 40kWh battery, capable of delivering a range of almost 260 kilometres before the need for a recharge and 0-100km/h in 6.5 seconds.
From top: Tesla dealer; Tesla Model S.Upgrading to the mid-range 60kWh battery boosts range to 370km while trimming six-tenths off the time it takes to reach 100km/h, and the top-spec 85kWh battery provides a 483km range and 0-100km/h in 5.6 seconds.
Flagship Signature and Performance variants – the first to reach production – come with the 85kWh battery as standard.
Performance variants get an upgraded 310kW/600Nm electric motor (compared with the standard Signature's 270kW/440Nm unit), putting the Tesla's 0-100km/h capability almost into supercar territory at 4.4 seconds (only one-tenth slower than the twin-turbo V8-powered BMW M5).
In Australia, the top-spec Model S Signature Performance is expected to sell for around $130,000.
Initial North American deliveries of the Model S took place at an event in California last weekend, and the pioneering Silicon Valley-based EV specialist has a worldwide bank of more than 10,000 reservations.
Mr McCormack said Tesla has a "pretty substantial" number of Model S reservations in Australia, "to the point where we can just still deliver cars (reserved now) by the end of 2013", implying the car is already sold out for six months.
He said two examples of Tesla's original model, the Roadster, remain to be sold in Australia, but expects them to be gone within weeks before marketing focus shifts to Model S.
A rolling chassis, battery and drivetrain will be taken on tour around Australia for potential customers to see, before a left-hand-drive example of the production Model S will be shown for "reservation holders to get up close and personal with".
The last stage before local customer deliveries begin will be the first demonstrator model that will be offered to reservation-holders and the media to drive, beginning early next year.
Globally, Tesla has moved towards a retail strategy that eschews the traditional dealership showroom for stores located in shopping malls and precincts, and this model will apply to Australia.
Mr McCormack spoke to GoAuto from a 'pop-up' Tesla store at the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre, one of four that have been operated in Sydney, with two also having taken place in Melbourne.
Tesla's Australian base is primarily a vehicle service and company administration centre, but a permanent Sydney store is planned, with more pop-up stores for Australia's major cities as Tesla expands.
However, Australians are unlikely to see Tesla's products on display at local motor shows as Mr McCormack said that applying for motor show space is not something the company "typically does off our own bat".
"It is encouraging that some motor show organisers such as Geneva want a presence with Tesla there and have been very accommodating," he said
Mr McCormack did not consider a presence at this year's Sydney show or next year's Melbourne show to be likely unless AIMS organisers invite them.
"At the end of the day our retail strategy and philosophy is interactive, it's online and it is face-to-face in that sense," he said.
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Got a 7 week old GSD pup this weekend. Everything has gone great. He has taken to potty training very well (only one accident).
My question is now that the weekend is coming to an end, what to do tomorrow when my wife & I go to work and the kids go to school. We have an X-large kennel but he doesn't seem to like going in there.
He also seems to be very attached to my wife and I. We both left yesterday for a few minutes and left our 12 y/o daughter to watch after him. She said he got very anxious and whiny when we were out of his sight.
What is our best course of action? School will be out in a couple months, and the kids will be home with him. What to do until then?? :help:
BTW - Here is a pic of our boy, Boone.
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I would start crate training him. Come home for lunch or have someone else let him at some point to keep up with the PT. I wasn't thrilled about doing this, but its safe and they come to like the crate. We leave ours open and Ranger will use it for naps and sleeping at night.
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Crate training it is. Thanks for the advise, everyone. We are using a piece of plywood to cut down the size of the huge kennel. I took him out to potty right before I left for work, then into the kennel he went. Wasn't happy. Wife came home at noon to find him sleeping. Took him out for potty, gave him a little drink and a snack, then back in. Not happy about it. The kids got home from school a little after 3 and let him out.
It is going to be a bit rough for a while, but in the long run we will be glad we have done it. Again, thanks for the advise. I'm sure I will be having a lot more questions.
Don't worry about it. Just keep up with it and your pup will do great. :) I got my girl at 7 weeks (rescue type situation), and at first she did not like to go into her crate. She would cry even if I was right there with her. She slept in her crate on my bed for at least a week and a half, before I started putting her in the same crate by my bed, then in the other room. Now she's in a bigger crate, and will willingly go into it. Even working on training her to go in at the word "crate". Sleeps all through the night. Her crate is her sleepy quiet place. :p
It'll get there. One thing I would suggest is to only let him out if he's being quiet. I mean, you can stand there or whatever, waiting to open the door, but only when he's quiet and calm do you let him out. Doesn't matter if you need to rush him outside right afterwards, don't encourage rowdiness and bad manners by rewarding it with him being let out of the crate. :)
And good luck!
I'm really glad you asked this, I found this site and was hoping to find some information on this very thing. We brought our 8 week old girl, Athena, home last Saturday. I've had a few days off of work and my kids (ages 16 and 12) are on Spring Break.
We all go back to our regular schedule on Monday. I'm very anxious about how she's going to be while we're gone. She does well in her crate when we're home, and is sleeping very well in it at night. She's actually in there now, but doesn't do well when we leave the room. My daughter and I left her alone for about an hour the other day and she was going nuts when we came home. She's got lots of toys, a towel that smells like us, I had a puppy kong with treats in there. I don't know how she's going to do once we all go back. She'll be alone for just a few hours - my husband goes in late and I get off early, both kids are home by 3.
Anyway, I'm glad to see the responses here, I've been wondering if we're doing the right thing or if there were other suggestions to try.
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He will get used to it. Start using the crate while you are there too :) in there with a treat or a chew. and let him have free access to it. You'll find after some time, he will go in and just lay there.. seems to become like a sanctuary to them after time.
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Inflation in the G7: mind the gap(s)?
We investigate the importance of trend inflation and the real-activity gap for explaining observed inflation variation in G7 countries since 1960. Our results are based on a bivariate unobserved-components model of inflation and unemployment in which inflation is decomposed into a stochastic trend and transitory component. As in recent implementations of the New Keynesian Phillips Curve, it is the transitory component of inflation, or "inflation gap", that is driven by the real-activity gap, which we measure as the deviation of unemployment from its natural rate. Even when allowing for changes in the contributions of trend inflation and the inflation gap, we find that both are important determinants of inflation variation at business cycle horizons for all G7 countries throughout much of the past 50 years. Also, the real-activity gap explains a large fraction of the variation in the inflation gap for each country, both historically and in recent years. Taken together, the results suggest the New Keynesian Phillips Curve, once augmented to include trend inflation, is an empirically relevant model for the G7 countries. We also provide new estimates of trend inflation for the G7 that incorporate information in the real-activity gap for identification and, through formal model comparisons, new statistical evidence regarding structural breaks in the variability of trend inflation and the inflation gap.
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U.S. Senators Carl Levin (D-MI), John McCain (R-AZ) and Jim Webb (D-VA) today sent the following letter to Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta regarding a new agreement with the Government of Japan on U.S. force posture in the Asia-Pacific region. The full text of the letter appears below.
Senators McCain, Levin and Webb, all members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, also released the following statement:
"We remain committed to working with the administration to reach a mutually beneficial, militarily effective, and fiscally sustainable agreement regarding the realignment of U.S. forces on Okinawa and Guam. This agreement comprises the very crux of the vital national security interest of both our countries. The upcoming visit of Japanese Prime Minister Noda to the United States is an important opportunity to make additional progress toward this goal. We welcome Prime Minister Noda to Washington and view his visit as an opportunity to reaffirm and deepen the U.S.-Japan alliance as the cornerstone of our mutual security cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region.
"At the same time, we have serious questions that have not been fully addressed regarding the emerging agreement between the administration and the Government of Japan. These questions pertain to the core details of this or any basing arrangement, including cost estimates, military sustainment and force management, and how it would support a broader strategic concept of operations in this increasingly vital region. Congress has important oversight and funding responsibilities beyond its traditional consultative role for this basing agreement, and any new proposal should not be considered final until it has the support of the Congress."
Text of the letter follows:
Dear Secretary Panetta:
We have been advised informally that the United States and Japan are preparing to announce an agreement regarding basing issues on Okinawa and Guam as early as this Wednesday, April 25, in advance of Prime Minister Noda's coming visit to the United States. While we have been strongly encouraging a resolution of this complex and troubling issue, we feel compelled to emphasize that no new basing proposal can be considered final until it has the support of Congress, which has important oversight and funding responsibilities.
As you know, we have been particularly interested in this matter and included in the Fiscal Year 2012 National Defense Authorization Act provisions that relate directly to the plans for U.S. forces in Asia. One provision, section 346, required an independent examination of the U.S. strategic posture in the Asia-Pacific region and submission of that assessment, with Defense Department review, to the congressional defense committees for our consideration; we understand that independent assessment will not be received until June 28, 2012. Another provision, section 2207, prohibits the expenditure of funds for certain activities on Guam until various conditions are met; none of those conditions have yet been met.
Based on the information we have received about this emerging agreement, we have many questions that have not been fully addressed. We require additional information regarding how this proposal relates to the broader strategic concept of operations in the region, the Marine Corps' concept of operations, master plans, and alternatives to base realignments on Guam and Okinawa, as well as the positioning of U.S. Air Force units in the Asia-Pacific region. We also remain concerned about the absence of firm cost estimates informed by basing plans, an analysis of logistical requirements, and environmental studies related to this new agreement. Further, a recent visit by Senator Webb to Okinawa (his third visit in the past two years) was characterized by a less-than-forthcoming series of responses from U.S. government officials.
We are mindful of the turbulence that this issue has brought to U.S.-Japan relations and to the domestic political climate in Japan and on Okinawa. We are fully committed to a robust U.S. presence in the Asia-Pacific region, and we continue to view the U.S.-Japan alliance as the cornerstone of our engagement in the region. The current decisions about U.S. force posture will help to define the U.S. involvement in the Asia-Pacific region for decades to come, which the Administration has correctly prioritized in its foreign and defense policy. It is essential that we get these important decisions right, and that they be guided by sound strategic concepts and fiscally sustainable plans.
We remain committed to working with the Administration to resolve this matter to the benefit of both the United States and Japan. But, for the reasons given above, it is our position that any announcement on this critical matter that goes beyond an agreement in principle at this time would be premature and could have the unintended consequences of creating more difficulties for our important alliance.
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Penn State master of laws students Muaitaer Abulaiti, Yang Hu, Wangyue Ma, Xin Wen, and Wen Zhang all come from different parts of China. They have different goals and aspirations, different backgrounds and life experiences, and different academic interests. But they all agree on one thing: Their decision to come to Penn State Law was the right one.


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"We used the Big Photo folded cards as Thank You cards from our daughter who had fallen ill during the summer. The multi-photo layout on the inside allowed us to photographically telll her story by showing the progression of her illness and how she then improved and got well. I was pleasantly surprised how well the photos (taken with my phone, emailed to my email address, then uploaded to Tiny Prints) looked on the card. They were relatively clear, given the iffy quality of the original photos. The layout also allowed us to include a lot of information on the back of the card, which was great for our purposes. I would use this Big Photo card again for other occasions."
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This is one tea I always have in my cupboard. It's not the most exciting tea, but it is always good.
It's ncie to have a flavored tea where you can actually taste the tea. So the green tea taste comes through clearly, then it is accented by a slight creamy nuttiness, and a gentle sweetness. I can't taste the flavor of pineapple, just the sweetness it adds.
Overall it's mildly flavored, and slightly sweet, but just quietly delicious….
This is an Oolong for people who like black tea. I loathe black tea and I can't get beyond that.
I can taste the pineapple and mango, and the kombucha adds an interesting note. I like kombucha somewhat, but I know some people find it gross.
This is a tea to sample, don't buy it till you've tried it.
I am not a huge fan of chamomile. I don't actively dislike it, but I would never reach for it. But Mango Lassi seems to take all the good parts of chamolmile, and add something special. I really like this tea. The flavor is predominantly chamomile, but with a soft sweet background, almost like candy.
It makes for a sweet tasty combination.
Surprisingly the mango is not at all prominent!
This is a beautiful tea. It is one of the most balanced and harmonious chai's I have come across. The most pronounced flavor is cardamon, but it is not in any way over powering.
I can't taste the coconut, but it does give the tea a beautiful rich mouth feel.
The black pepper is completely undetectable.
It's rare to find a good chai that is NOT a black tea, so this tea is the perfect chai for me!
This tea has very similar flavors to Chocolate Bana's foster, and David's tea's discontinued Banana Bread.
I guess my hopes were too high, this tea is BLAND and boring.
It's red rooibos with dried bananas.
That's it. That's what it tastes like. There no depth, no sweetness, no complexity.
I mean, it's drinkable….
1. 90C 4min
Smells lovely like a slightly artificial cherry with a soft floral background
This is very in your face floral. It taste's like flowers, not even like cherry blossoms though a less distinct and more artificial floral taste.
Admittedly though, mine was brewed way too strong! I would either reduce the brew time or put in less tea for next time.
Hiding behind the overt floral is this faint sweet cherry flavor that I think is really delicious.
The cherry actually tastes like real cherries, sweet a little bit tart and really beautiful.
If I could find a way to cut down of the harsh floral over tones and enhance the cherry I would really like this tea.
Also, the added flavors are so long any 'white tea' taste is completely lost.
So I let my first cup go cold – and OMG it was delicious! The first sip still is still in your face floral but then it softens into Sweet tart cherry with just a soft gentle floral background. The cherry doesn't taste at all artificial, really tart and juicy, like a good unsweetened dried cherry.
Maybe this tea is not meant to be hot…
Seriously cold has completely changed my opinion!
I can't taste the coconut at all, but there seems to be very little in my pouch (I noticed one piece so far).
2. 83C 5min
oops, let the water get too cold, so re-brewed at a very low 83C.
Now I can finally taste the green tea, as a backdrop to the floral taste. The floral notes are vaguely rose.
The cherry is only detectable as a slight aftertaste.
3. Unknown temperature, 6 minutes
Best cup yet. I can really taste the green tea, and now the floral component is just soft and delicate with a hint of cherry.
If every cup was like this i would be a huge fan of this tea!
Conclusion: For a floral tea, this is very nice. It's not overly artificial and the cherry flavors are delicious. BUT It really is a floral tea, and the white tea component is completely over powered by the other flavors.
This tisane is delicious. When brewed right it taste's precisely like apple cider. It's a potent tea, which is good but surprising since most Teavana teas tend to be weak.
The taste is strongly of apple and cinnamon. The cinnamon tastes like cheap quality; giving the tea a very bitter back.
Really though, It tastes like an overly spiced cup of cider.
I love it, a strong punch of flavor, but I really love cider!
This is a very peculiar tea. It doesn't taste like popcorn, not really. But it does have this slight buttery taste that is particularly odd and yet somehow delicious.
The taste is most reminiscent of eggo waffles with 'syrup'.
Don't let the peculiar taste descriptions put you off though, it is not at all overpowering. Overall it is just softly sweet, with a interesting back note.
Also, the green tea is almost undetectable, partially because there is very little of it in the mix (compared with the chunks of dried apple). Thus this is a good tea for individuals who like herbals, but who are looking to ease into flavored green teas.


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The First Annual Dine N Dash to Benefit World Central Kitchen
By Punch Palate Correspondent Megan McGrath
On the evening of June 25, José Andrés and friends launched the first annual Dine N Dash to benefit his charity, the World Central Kitchen. Eager groups of diners were able to travel between some of their favorite restaurants in Penn Quarter to sample small plates and cocktails. The dining destinations for the evening included Azur, Jaleo, Oyamel, Poste, Proof and Zaytinya.
Great food, and an even better way to support an important cause! José Andrés and his partner Rob Wilder founded World Central Kitchen, as a way to use food to create solutions for the problems of the world. Their goal was to end malnutrition and hunger in Haiti, and all over the world. All ticket proceeds from the Dine N Dash event went directly to support World Central Kitchen. The diners contribution will support some of the following development programs: Sustainable School Canteen in Palmiste Tampe; the Large Scale Feeding System in Codevi, Ouanaminthe; the Bakery in Zamni Beni, Crois de Bouquetes; and the Elie du Bois Culinary School.
I tried to sample as many bites and drinks as I could, and quickly realized that a few from each restaurant would suffice. Here are a few photos and descriptions of the night's offerings from each stop on our Dine N Dash tour.
Stop 1: Oyamel. Definitely the best bites of the night. We had fresh guacamole with smoky salsa, crab tostada, chicharrone quesadillas and the salted-air Oyamel Margaritas. I also loved the new butterfly room. I haven't been to Oyamel in a while, and am certainly planning my next trip soon!
Stop 2: Jaleo. An oldie but a goodie! This year Jaleo turned 20, and as expected, we were able to sample some of the signature offerings of red sangria, croquetas served in playful sneakers, and a massive dish of paella.
Stop 3: Proof. This restaurant is not a member of José Andrés' empire, but definitely supports the mission of World Central Kitchen. Guests were able taste a strong, but smooth punch (just the way we like it around here), a pork belly dish, and also some amazing sticky toffee pudding. Proof also had a selection of their wines available for diners. After all, that's what they are known for.
Stop 4: Zaytinya. You know I love this place! We were greeted by servers on the patio with icy cool drinks and a welcoming table of assorted dips and desserts. Servers also passed plates that included spanakopita and lamb lettuce cups. Perfect food on a hot day.
Stop 5: Poste. Another friend of José Andrés and supporter of World Central Kitchen. Guests were treated to two different kinds of mussels, it's a brasserie after all. We also tasted a stunningly delicious porchetta with a kale salad, and their delightful truffle frites.
Stop 6: Azur. The newest restaurant on the block, and unfortunately the last stop of the day for me. I was so stuffed I didn't think I could eat one more mouthful. Thankfully, I was just there last week for the Crab Fest. The restaurant produced fresh pink tuna on toasts, red sangria, and even chocolate hazelnut bars. The lighting wasn't great at that time of night, so I took a picture of their stylish, under-the-sea, chandelier.
It was a wonderfully filling evening, and hopefully raised a lot of money so that World Central Kitchen can provide safe and healthy food to those in need. Thanks to José Andrés and Rob Wilder for all of their contributions to this effort.
Punch Palate Correspondent Megan McGrath is a serious foodie turned avid food blogger. Megan believes that food is fun, and is always looking for the next big thing on the DC food scene! She is the Assistant Director of Employer Outreach at a local law school in Washington DC, and works with all different types of legal employers and law students. Megan lives in Arlington, and can often be found experimenting in her kitchen for her blog http://imperfectlydelicious.com. Follow her on Twitter @imprfctlydelish.


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by TIM COOPER
After a long two-hour bus ride north to Traverse City, the Rockford Rams had to wait for their first opponent, as Traverse City Central and Traverse City West met in the first dual meet of team districts. The two Traverse City schools went to the final match of the dual meet before the outcome was determined by a 37-28 victory in favor of the Trojans of Traverse City Central.
With a starting weight of 171 pounds, Jake Johnson made short work of his Traverse City opponent, building an 8-0 lead in the first 56 seconds and ending the match with a fall.
Continuing the early trend in the 189-pound match, Zach Banaszak used just 1:05 before pinning Mark Bollinger, giving the Rams a 12-0 lead.
The third match of the evening ended at 2:25 when Rockford's Joe Stefanski put Traverse City Central's Cody Vickers' shoulders to the mat, giving the Rams an 18-0 lead.
In one of the few matches that went the full six minutes, Rockford's Jake Banaszak (285) beat his Trojan opponent with an 11-3 major decision.
Traverse City failed to send wrestlers out for the 103- and 112-pound matches, adding 12 points to the Ram total and building the lead to a nearly insurmountable 34-0.
Chris Barrentine (119) filled in nicely for the injured Colin Maksimowski by adding six points to the Ram total with his fall at the 3:10 mark.
Jake Scholten (125) scored a technical fall with a 17-1 victory over Cameron Bennett, scoring all 17 points in the first two minutes. This helped to build the Rams' score to 45-0, essentially putting the dual meet out of reach for Traverse City.
In the 130-pound match, Jake Byers kept the Rockford momentum going by using a short 49 seconds to finish off his Trojan opponent, making the Ram score 51-0.
In the second of two matches to go the distance for the entire dual meet, Rockford's Drew Scogg (135) faced Traverse City's Paco Diaz. With no scoring in the first period, Scogg scored seven in the second two minutes of the match, using a reversal and two near-falls to take a 7-0 lead into the third.
Diaz chose down in the third, only to be released by Scogg, making the score 7-1. Scogg scored the final two points with a hard-fought, double-leg takedown before the match ended, giving the Ram four more points of the team score, 55-0.
At 145 pounds, Rockford reserve Dan Apkarian built a 14-8 lead before pinning Traverse City's Josh Baron with nine seconds left in the match.
Traverse City finally made it to the board with one of their two match wins at the 145-pound match. The second was the final match of the evening. Traverse City won both of these by fall.
Bruce Carlstrom wrestled the 152-pound match, which fell between the Traverse City victories. Carlstrom made short work of his Trojan opponent, winning by fall in a short 14-second match.
The final team score before the Rams' long trip back home was Rockford 67, Traverse City, 12.
Coach Brian Richardson said, "The boys came very focused tonight. We came to take care of business and we did. The boys are realizing it's all business from here on out and they know what's riding down the line. We are focusing on our first-round regional opponents."
On Saturday, Feb. 13, the Rams traveled to Grand Haven for their first steps to individual state championships. The day saw nine Rams finish on the medals stand, earning the right to advance to the regionals on Saturday, Feb. 20 at Saginaw Heritage High School.
Wrestling in the district finals for the Rams at 160 pounds, Johnson, the number-two-ranked Division I wrestler, faced the number-one-ranked 160-pounder, Jackson Morris of Lowell. With both wrestlers staying on their feet for the bulk of the match, Morris won the championship with a 7-2 decision, putting Johnson in second place in the day.
The 171-pound match was a match-up of two top-ranked Division I wrestlers. Rockford's Jake Dorulla wrestled at his customary weight. He faced Lowell's Ryan Olep, who had cut down from 189 to match up with Dorulla.
The first period found both wrestlers working hard to gain an advantage, with neither scoring. The first points came when Dorulla allowed Olep to escape, giving Olep a 1-0 lead. Dorulla took Olep down with a hard-fought double-leg takedown, giving a 2-1 advantage before Olep escaped, tying the score.
In the third, Dorulla again took the lead with an escape, giving him a 3-1 advantage before taking Olep back to the mat as time expired. Dorulla walked away with a 5-2 win and the district championship.
The 215-pound weight class saw two Rockford wrestlers winning medals. Z. Banaszak won his third-place match in the consolation bracket and Stefanski wrestled in the championship match against Hudsonville's Drew Jackson.
Stefanski, the second-ranked 215-pounder in Division II, showed why he is a force to be reckoned with. Stefanski, the defending 215-pound champion, took a 9-1 victory over his Hudsonville opponent.
At 103 pounds, Tyler VanRooyen wrestled for his first district title, facing Zach Henderson in the finals. VanRooyen had a 2-0 lead after the first period, and cruised to a 7-5 victory and a championship.
At 119 pounds, the Rams again had two wrestlers vying for medals. In the consolation bracket Barrentine finished with a victory and third place.
In the championship match, Scholten built an early 4-0 lead over Jenison's Austin Stein. Scholten, the third-ranked 119-pounder in Division I, built a 12-0 advantage before time expired, placing him at the top of the podium as district champion.
Rockford's top-ranked Byers was the final wrestler to land in the championship bracket, facing Tyler Maksinski of Grandville. Byers showed why he is the class of the field at 125, taking a 17-5 major decision and his second district championship.
The final Rockford wrestler to medal was Austin Scogg, finishing third at 135 pounds.
Coach Richardson said, "We looked a little flat at the start of the day; we still got nine through to regionals. It was nice to see Jake Johnson win his 200th match of his career. It takes consistent excellence to do something like that."
Johnson joins former Rockford standout and current Central Michigan University wrestler Ben Bennett as the only wrestlers with 200 or more wins in Rockford history.
Next up is a possible showdown with Lowell in the regional finals held at East Kentwood on Wednesday, Feb. 17. On Saturday, Feb. 20, the Rams make a long journey to Saginaw for the regional championships.


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Arlington National Cemetery on Monday made available to the public a massive electronic database detailing the gravesites of the roughly 400,000 people buried there. ...
It can be accessed through the cemetery's website http://www.arlingtoncemetery.mil
When a name is called up, a viewer can see when the person was buried and the dates of their birth and death. Photos of the front and back of the headstone can also be viewed. Monuments and memorials that commemorate the service of specific military units are also included in the database.
The cost? Unknown as the app was developed in-house. Here's the link for the Web (ArcGIS for Flex) and mobile apps.
Fire stations are farther away from more people in Thomas County [GA] than previously thought. That could translate into higher insurance premiums for many homeowners.
"Through the GPS capability in some of the new mapping software, the companies or the underwriters are able to determine that they are within five miles of any of our current 16 locations or they are beyond the five miles," said Fire Chief Chris Jones.
The new system, PA Food Safety, helps food businesses by leading to greater consistency, higher quality and faster inspections. The state also now publishes inspection results on a new public portal and uses geographic information system (GIS) software to enable food analysts to visualize contamination and to track and trace it to its source.


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The quartet giggles like preteen girls around its idol, an unattached alpha male played by Joe Manganiello.
Why the Lufthansa flight was allowed to take off with an unattached bag is a puzzle.
The "unicorns" are the unattached, attractive women roaming about the room.
Here in Mumbai, unattached women in their late-20s, 30s, and 40s suddenly seem to be everywhere.
It can hardly be said too often, that, according to the New Testament ideal, there are no unattached Christians.
From them, both arms hung loose, unattached at the shoulder blades.
The unattached ladies put their heads together and discussed her with little peals of laughter.
But, no; I didn't say you were the less an angel; only that I thought of you as unattached, then—you see.
Many of these mated with the unattached coyotes as they straggled north.
The minister had said "unattached," but Captain Obed did not offer to correct the quotation.


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Tracy Chapman, Dana Stevens, Bryan Singer, Max Mayer and More Among 2014 Sundance Film Festival Jurors
The Sundance Institute welcomes the members of the six juries awarding prizes at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, today, January 16-26 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. Short Film Awards will be announced at a ceremony on January 21 at Park City's Jupiter Bowl. Feature film awards will be announced at a separate ceremony on January 25 in Park City, hosted by husband-and-wife duo Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally and livestreamed at www.sundance.org/live. Offerman headlines the film Nick Offerman: American Ham in the Festival's Premieres section. Mullally voices a character in the English-language version of Ernest and Celestine, which will have its world premiere in the Festival's new Sundance Kids section.
Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman is a Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter and international recording artist. She has made eight studio albums since her multiplatinum debut in 1988, including Tracy Chapman, Crossroads, Matters of the Heart, New Beginning, Telling Stories, Let it Rain, Where You Live, and Our Bright Future. In 2008, Chapman made her theatre debut composing the music for a new production of Athol Fugard's classic 1961 play Blood Knot, which opened at San Francisco's American Conservatory Theatre. She has toured extensively in the last 25 years in the United States and abroad and has appeared frequently to support social and humanitarian causes, including for the Amnesty International Human Rights Now! tour, the Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute, and concerts for Tibetan Freedom, Farm Aid, the Special Olympics, and amfAR.
Charlotte Cook
Charlotte Cooke is the director of programming at Hot Docs, North America's largest documentary festival. She was previously head of film programming and training at the Frontline Club in London, an organization dedicated to championing independent journalism and freedom of expression. Cook has worked with the BBC's Storyville, the Channel 4 BritDoc Foundation's Puma Catalyst Awards, and the Edinburgh International Film Festival, where she curated the Conflict|Reportage program. She has also written extensively for a number of different publications and was the main photographic researcher for the launch of London's The Times online archive project. In addition to her programming activities, Cook advises organizations on media literacy, specializes in investigative journalism on international conflict, and has an academic background in the role technology plays for the media.
Kahane Cooperman
Kahane Cooperman is the producer of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. She has been with the show since its inception in 1996, moving from field producer to senior producer, supervising producer and then coexecutive producer from 2005 to 2013. For her work, she has received ten Primetime Emmy Awards and two Peabodys. Cooperman began her career in documentaries at Maysles Films in New York City. She has produced and directed several documentaries, including the short Cool Water, which premiered at the 1991 Sundance Film Festival, and Making Dazed about Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused, which was acquired by the Criterion Collection. Kahane also produced the feature doc Heidi Fleiss: Hollywood Madam, directed by Nick Broomfield. Currently, Cooperman is producing two independent docs, Going Pro and Judee Sill and is on the advisory board of the Montclair Film Festival. She holds an MFA in film from Columbia University.
Morgan Neville
Morgan Neville is an award-winning filmmaker who has spent 20 years working as a cultural documentarian. Neville has been nominated for three Grammys for his music films: Respect Yourself: The Stax Records Story, Muddy Waters Can't Be Satisfied, and Johnny Cash's America. His other films include Hank Williams: Honky Tonk Blues, The Cool School, and Troubadours, which screened at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival. Through his company, Tremolo Productions, Neville has also produced films such as The Rolling Stones' Crossfire Hurricane, Pearl Jam Twenty, The Night James Brown Saved Boston, and Beauty Is Embarrassing. His most recent film is 20 Feet from Stardom, which premiered on Day One of the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and went on to become the top-grossing documentary of the year.
Jonathan Oppenheim
Jonathan Oppenheim is a documentary film editor whose credits include the now-classic Paris Is Burning, cowinner of the 1991 Sundance Documentary Grand Jury Prize, an IDA Award, and awards from the New York and Los Angeles film critics. Other credits include Sister Helen, which won the Documentary Directing Award at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival; Arguing the World, which earned a Peabody Award; and Children Underground, which was nominated for an Academy Award. Oppenheim edited and coproduced The Oath, the second film in Laura Poitras's post-9/11 trilogy, a winner of multiple awards, including a Gotham. Most recently, he was editor/coproducer of Andre Gregory: Before and After Dinner, and coeditor of William and the Windmill, winner of the 2013 Grand Jury Prize at SXSW. He has participated as both advisor and fellow at the Sundance Institute Documentary Edit and Story Lab.
Leonard Maltin
Leonard Maltin is best known for his annual Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide and his 30-year run on television's Entertainment Tonight. He teaches at USC's School of Cinematic Arts and appears on Reelz Channel. Maltin's books include The 151 Best Movies You've Never Seen, Of Mice and Magic: A History of American Animated Cartoons, The Disney Films, and The Art of the Cinematographer. He has served as president of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, votes on selections for the National Film Registry, and sits on the Board of Directors of the National Film Preservation Foundation. He also hosted and coproduced the popular Walt Disney Treasures DVD series. Maltin has received awards from the American Society of Cinematographers, the Telluride Film Festival, the Anthology Film Archives, and San Diego's Comic-Con International. He holds court at leonardmaltin.com and on his self-named YouTube channel.
Peter Saraf
Peter Saraf's producing credits include The Kings of Summer, Safety Not Guaranteed, Our Idiot Brother, Jack Goes Boating, Sunshine Cleaning, Away We Go, Is Anybody There?, Little Miss Sunshine, Everything Is Illuminated, The Truth About Charlie, Adaptation, Ulee's Gold, and the feature documentaries Mandela and The Agronomist. He recently completed work on Gods Behaving Badly and is in postproduction on Me Him Her. Saraf has been nominated for Academy Awards and Golden Globe Awards and has won multiple other honors, including Independent Spirit, Gotham, and Producers Guild of America awards. He is the cofounder of Big Beach, a New York-based independent film-production and financing company. Saraf is also the current chair of the Producers Guild of America East.
Lone Scherfig
Lone Scherfig began her career directing award-winning commercials and television dramas in her native Denmark. Her first feature as director, The Birthday Trip, premiered at the 1991 Berlin International Film Festival, and her second feature, On Our Own, won the Grand Prize at the Montreal World Film Festival. Scherfig wrote and directed Denmark's fifth Dogme film, Italian for Beginners, which won the Silver Bear, the FIPRESCI Prize, and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 2001 Berlin International Film Festival. Her first English-language film, Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself, which she cowrote with Anders Thomas Jensen, received four British Independent Film Award nominations. Scherfig directed An Education, which won the World Cinema Audience Award at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and received Academy Award nominations for best picture, best adapted screenplay, and best actress. She is currently in postproduction on Posh.
Bryan Singer
Bryan Singer is an American filmmaker, writer, and producer who has been a tour de force for nearly 20 years. Singer's first feature film, Public Access, was cowinner of the Dramatic Grand Jury Prize at the 1993 Sundance Film Festival. Since then he's assembled an award-winning and critically acclaimed resume with the 1995 crime-thriller classic, The Usual Suspects, which won Academy Awards for best original screenplay and best supporting actor, as well as the seminal comic-book films X-Men (2000) and X2 (2003). Singer executive-produced the Emmy Award-winning series House, as well as producing the 2011 hit X-Men: First Class. Currently, he is back at the helm of the franchise that he helped create, both directing and producing X-Men: Days of Future Past. Coming back to the Sundance Film Festival marks a return to his filmmaking roots at the festival that gave him his first major break.
Dana Stevens
Dana Stevens is the film critic at Slate.com. She is also cohost of the Slate Culture Gabfest podcast and the host of another podcast, the Slate Spoiler Special. Stevens is one of 12 contributors to the weekly "Bookends" column on the back page of the New York Times Book Review. A native of San Antonio, Texas, Stevens studied comparative literature at the University of California at Berkeley and got started writing about film in 2002 with a personal movie blog, "The High Sign." She now feels very lucky to live in Brooklyn with a man, a child, and a dog, and to get to write and talk about movies, books, and culture for a living.
Andrea Nix Fine
Andrea Nix Fine is an Academy Award- and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker who specializes in creating visually powerful and authentic portraits of characters who tell their own story. Crafted with her husband and directing partner, Sean, the Fines' films have been hailed by critics as "unflinching," "spirit raising," and "visually ravishing." Their short film Inocente won the 2013 Academy Award for best documentary short. The Fines' feature documentary, Life According to Sam, debuted at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and aired on HBO. The film won awards at the Heartland, Nantucket, AFI, and Mountainfilm film festivals. The Fines' film War/Dance won the documentary Directing Award at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival as well as Emmy Awards for best documentary and best cinematography and was nominated for an Academy Award. Colby College recently honored Nix with a doctorate of fine arts. The Fines have two sons and live in Washington, DC.
Sally Riley
A Wiradjuri woman, Sally Riley has been at the forefront of Indigenous filmmaking in Australia for more than 13 years. Currently the head of the Indigenous Department at ABC1 television, Riley's mandate is to bring distinctive Indigenous content to a primetime audience for that national network. She was responsible for the award-winning TV drama series, Redfern Now. As manager of Screen Australia's Indigenous Department, Riley initiated the production of a significant body of short films, documentaries, and feature films and fostered a new generation of Indigenous filmmakers, including Warwick Thornton (Samson and Delilah), and Wayne Blair (The Sapphires). A filmmaker herself, Riley's film, Confessions of a Headhunter, won the AFI Award for best short film in 2000. In 2011, she was awarded the Cecil Holmes Award from the Australian Directors Guild.


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Tompkins draws down $21M to buy Sleepy Hollow Bancorp
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Tompkins Financial Corp. used $21 million of a $25 million credit line with JPMorgan Chase Bank to finance its $30.2 million purchase of Sleepy Hollow Bancorp Inc., Tompkins disclosed in a regulatory filing today.
The deal, which merged Mahopac National Bank with Sleepy Hollow Bancorp, closed Friday.
The six Sleepy Hollow banks, in Pleasantville, Ossining, Yonkers and Sleepy Hollow, are now known as Mahopac National Bank's Sleepy Hollow Division, said Tompkins, based in Ithaca.
The merger created a regional banking subsidiary with $750 million in assets and 15 branches in Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess counties, Tompkins said.


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2009-03-05 - BLIND GUARDIAN confirmed to play the following festivals this year:
20.06. ES Zaragoza - Metalway Festival 26.06. BE Dessel - Graspop Metal Meeting 27.06. GER Balingen - Bang Your Head28.06. IT Milan - Gods Of Metal 04.07. SLO Tolmin - Metal Camp11.07. CZ Vizovice - Masters Of Rock 12.09. PL Plock - Plock Festival
Besides that, vocalist Hansi Kürsch announces, that "we have already accomplished eight new songs. What can I say about these songs? They rule, of course. You want a more precise description? Impossible. All I can say is that each and every song is 100% Blind Guardian, which naturally means there is a wild bunch of different things going on from time to time (always?). According to atmospheres: we have everything from the more Nightfallish "Curse My Name", to the Scriptish "Wheel Of Time". In comparison to "A Twist In The Myth" the lyrical direction will be more on the fantasy side as you most probably can figure out by these titles. The song "Sacred" will give you an idea about the quality and the direction of the songs. We have mixed modern elements with traditional ones throughout the whole songs. We may need two or three more tracks before we can call it a complete album, but being that far in the songwriting process we nevertheless have made first plans for a production start in September or October 2009. Apart from songwriting we will be heavily engaged in preproduction activities and in playing festivals during the next months. As a majority of the new songs seem to demand a sort of "live" atmosphere, we consider it to be good idea breathing in some real "live" air before we will finally get lost in the "Twilight Hall studios" again. In accordance to these events I can promise you some surprising songs (though most probably no new ones) and a nice stage set up. In total we are not going to play more than ten shows, I would think. I am sure they all will turn out to be a great blast and a unique experience for everyone joining us."
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A Dozen Ballads About White Slavery. Iv. The British Slave's Reply To A Political Economist - Poem by Martin Farquhar Tupper
So! you preach me self-reliance,
Emigration,- rights of man?
So! you bid me breathe defiance
As a freeborn Briton can?
Break the fetter, burst the shackle,
Let the despot find me still
Loose from all constraining tackle,
Stout of heart, and strong of will?-
Tell the mouse to bell the mouser,
Bid the harnessed jade kick out,
Be the lion's mean arouser
Till his cage he raves about!
Say to Lethargy, be stirring,
Counsel health to fever's cheek,
Preach cold ethics to the erring,
Teach gymnastics to the weak!
O, good sir! your weighty reason
Falls like feathers on a fool;
Want has no such leisure season
No such chance to go to school:
Bitter circumstance has bound me,
Everyway its serf and slave,
And for these free hands has found me
Fetters even to the grave!
You have wit, and time to whet it,
Feeling, knowledge, station, might,
I - my
it's hard to get it,
All beyond is out of sight,
Out of hope, and out of heeding;
Think you that my stinted soul
Can, like yours, on thoughts be feeding,
Or be kindled like a coal?
What the parson weekly preaches,
Pretty seldom understood,
What the book of Nature teaches,
sum of true and good:
Gentlefolks have nobler chances
Prizes all, as things of course;
But the poor man's Circumstances
Bind him down a slave perforce!
Emigrate? - to where I know not,-
Whilst I cannot break my chain;
Rights of man? - my Rights, they show not,-
And my Wrongs are shown in vain!
And, for what you call 'defiance,'
If one act, or word, or look
Even hinted 'Self-reliance,'
-I'm struck off the Bailiff's book!
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text: I recently heard that M/Y Lady Haya was caught in bad storm in the Med. earlier this year... 6m+ seas, Jet Skies washed off deck, RIB washed away, major damage to fwd superstructure (due to Jetskis) as well as internal fittings and fixtures (that were not fixed down, obviously!). Question - She is a large vessel, so why so much damage, and why would the Captain put her in that position anyway (off season)? Oh, and any more info on the topic?


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To get good requirements, you have to ask good questions. But what makes good questions, and how can you use them to systematically uncover requirements? In this column, Becky Winant shares the art and science behind asking questions that work.
To get good requirements, you have to ask questions. This may seem obvious, but I've known analysts who believed that they had to have the answers instead. This stifled requirements sessions and left customers feeling as if their contributions were unimportant. Questions that don't elicit involvement from the participants are false questions. Use an honest question and you'll engage people, provoke interaction, and upgrade requirements quality.
Here is how it works. Though important, don't stop with the basics of who, what, why, where, when, and how. Refine your questions by evaluating the expectation and intent behind each question. If honest, your questions
- Are egoless
- Seek useful answers
- Make no assumptions
Practicing Egoless Questioning
Working in New York City, I had many clients from Wall Street. To develop financial systems, I had to interview financial managers and analysts. Since I wasn't a financial expert, I asked lots of questions. They were happy with the systems I delivered, and I was happy with my process.
One day my manager Roger sat in on discussions for a new system. After the meeting he sputtered, "How can you do that?" "Do what?" I asked. He went on, "How can you ask basic questions about standard financial practices?" Roger felt that he could never do that!
Probably Roger was afraid to appear foolish. I'm sure he knew that he wasn't a financial expert, but his MBA in Finance made him feel that he needed to appear "qualified"—even though many people have degrees that they never apply professionally. This made it hard for Roger to realize that a question, far from indicating that you are dumb, instead indicates interest in the other person's answer. I suspect that when Roger assumes he has to have the answers, he ultimately frustrates himself and his clients.
Seeking Useful Answers
When you ask a question, is the answer useful? Perhaps you wanted specific rules governing bonds, but received a survey of the bond business. Or you needed the accounting system overview, but got a litany on accounting procedure. Ask yourself, "How could I have asked the question differently?"
Try these approaches:
- If you want a broad perspective, consider types of questions that are necessary for any project effort. These probe for project parameters and motivation. Examples are "What problems are you trying to solve?" and "What problems might the solution create?" These are called "context-free" questions.
- If you seek specific information, ask pointedly narrow questions. Ask specifically how, specifically when, and specifically what. For example, "Exactly how does an invoice get processed?"
- If you're lost, ask about your requirements-gathering process. Ask "What questions should I be asking you?" This meta-question invites the people closest to the system and the problems to express what is important to them. Responses target important issues and expectations for a project and may reposition your requirements efforts.