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Software company founder John McAfee lies on a gurney inside an ambulance, to be transferred from an immigration detention center to a hospital, in Guatemala City, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012 . He was examined by a doctor at the detention center, who said that McAfee's heart and blood pressure were normal, but nonetheless was being moved to a hospital after McAfee was found lying on the floor in the room where he was being detained. McAfee who fled Belize was denied political asylum in Guatemala on Thursday and police in Belize said they expected him to be flown back soon for questioning about the killing of a fellow American expatriate.(AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Software company founder John McAfee was hospitalized briefly Thursday after being denied political asylum in Guatemala, and his lawyers said they were making a last-ditch effort to keep him from being flown back to Belize for questioning about the killing of a fellow American expatriate.
McAfee told The Associated Press that he suffered chest pains overnight but didn't believe he had a heart attack. A government doctor who examined him agreed, saying that McAfee's heart rhythm and blood pressure were normal and that he appeared to be suffering from high stress.
McAfee was moved from an immigration center to a police-run hospital Thursday afternoon after Guatemalan authorities said McAfee's request for asylum had been denied. They did not explain why.
He was released from the hospital and taken back to the detention center Thursday night.
Shortly after the decision to deny him asylum was [auth] announced, McAfee issued a plea on his blog for the public to petition Guatemalan President Otto Perez Molina to let him stay.
"Please email the President of Guatemala and beg him to allow the court system to proceed, to determine my status in Guatemala, and please support the political asylum that I am asking for," the post read.
McAfee's legal team said they were preparing to appeal the denial of asylum to the country's constitutional court, a process that could give McAfee perhaps another day or two in Guatemala. The court would have to issue a decision within 48 hours.
McAfee's complaints of chest pain prompted authorities to move him from the immigration center where he had been held overnight. He had been taken to the center after his arrest for illegally entering the country after a bizarre weekslong journey as a self-styled fugitive with an active blog and constant contact with the press.
During an exclusive interview with the AP Thursday morning from inside his private room at the center, McAfee said he was refusing to travel to a hospital because he had been using Chinese herbal medicine since suffering a heart attack in 1993.
"Last night I had a little bit of pain, but I am fine this morning," he said. "I don't like Western medicine … if the people around me are kind and compassionate, that's all that matters in life. The people of Guatemala are very kind people, so I have no complaints."
A couple of hours later, an AP reporter returned to McAfee's room and found him changed into a suit but lying on the floor as he was examined by a doctor. Shortly after, he was taken to the police hospital.
Belizean police spokesman Raphael Martinez said officials expected McAfee to be flown back to his country's capital. Police want to question him about the fatal shooting of Gregory Viant Faull, who was shot to death in early November on the Belize island where both men lived.
There is no warrant for McAfee's arrest, so it is possible his self-initiated flight from Belizean authority could end up with him free to roam the Caribbean island where he lived for years, often clashing with neighbors and authorities over allegations he kept aggressive dogs, weapons and drug paraphernalia on his property.
The Faull family has said through a representative that the murder of their loved one on Ambergris Caye has gotten lost in the media frenzy provoked by McAfee's manipulation of the media through phone calls, emails and blog posts detailing his life on the lam.
McAfee updated his blog Thursday after being given a computer by the warden at the immigration center in Guatemala City, a three-story building with mesh-covered windows and barbed-wire on the roof.
McAfee said U.S. Embassy officials had said they couldn't help him with a request to be returned to the United States instead of Belize. McAfee said he had formally requested asylum in Guatemala because he fears for his safety in Belize because he has sensitive information about official corruption and refused to donate to local politicians.
His Guatemalan lawyer, Telesforo Guerra, warned Wednesday night that the 67-yeard-old McAfee's life would be in danger if he is sent back to Belize.
"He will be in danger if he is returned to Belize, where he has denounced authorities," Guerra said. "From the moment he asked for asylum he has to have the protection of the Guatemalan government."
Police in Belize deny they are persecuting McAfee and say there is no warrant for his arrest. The country's prime minister has questioned McAfee's mental state.
McAfee went on the run last month after officials tried to question him about the killing of Faull, who was shot to death in early November.
McAfee acknowledges that his dogs were bothersome and that Faull had complained about them, but denies killing Faull. Faull's home was a couple of houses down from McAfee's compound.
McAfee, the creator of the McAfee antivirus program, has led an eccentric life since he sold his stake in the anti-virus software company that is named after him in the early 1990s and moved to Belize about three years ago to lower his taxes.
He told The New York Times in 2009 that he had lost all but $4 million of his $100 million fortune in the U.S. financial crisis. However, a story on the Gizmodo website quoted him as calling that claim "not very accurate at all." He has dabbled in yoga, ultra-light aircraft and producing herbal medications.
Associated Press writers Patrick E. Jones in Belize City and Michael Weissenstein in Mexico City contributed to this report.
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From: "Daniel P. Berrange"<berrange redhat com> The test case validates it recursive deletion of snapshots cleans up all children and leaves no orphans behind. --- .../domain-snapshot/100-delete-snapshot-children.t | 101 ++++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 101 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) create mode 100644 scripts/domain-snapshot/100-delete-snapshot-children.t + +The test case validates it recursive deletion of snapshots +cleans up all children and leaves no orphans behind.
Good, but incomplete. You also need to test handling of the current snapshot in relation to deletion of children. In the notation where * represents the current snapshot, and using 'parent -> child', if I have:
s1 -> s2 -> s3 -> s4 -> *s5 then delete s2 alone, I should have: s1 -> s3 -> s4 -> *s5 then if I delete s3 and children, I should have: *s1That is, I think your test should also be probing the name of the current snapshot along each phase of the test, to ensure that the current snapshot properly migrates up the tree to the parent of the snapshot subtree that just got deleted, since that was also buggy in 0.9.4.
+diag "Creating a new transient domain"; +my $dom; +ok_domain(sub { $dom = $conn->create_domain($domxml) }, "created transient domain object");
system checkpoints of running domains are a lot slower than those of inactive persistent guests (that is, 'qemu savevm' takes a lot longer than 'qemu-img snapshot -c'), if that matters at all to your test.
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Is Apple's beefy 17-inch PowerBook G4 too big? Michael Shappe thinks not, and he's a happy convert from a PC laptop. Adam passes on a number of tips for using Mac OS X more efficiently through smarter scrolling, and Sander Lam remembers the late Dutch translator Walter Van Lerberghe. In the news, we look at the releases of Default Folder X 1.8, AirPort 3.1.1, and OmniWeb 4.5.
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I have had botox and cheek fillers at two different surgeries recently. The registered nurses iced my face and left me with bruising. At a dermatologist for the cheek fillers she didn't ice me and I was left with no bruises.
Whilst I am happy with no bruising I am wondering if this is because the fillers and Botox did not go in deep enough. Someone told me that more experienced doctors go deeper into the skin and the Botox lasts longer.Is bruising a sign that the product has gone deeper into the skin or just a different technique?


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Massachusetts Veteran Finally Gets Doctor's Appointment
Doug Chase, a Vietnam veteran, was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2011. In 2012, his wife Suzanne tried to move Doug's medical care to the Veterans Affairs hospital in Bedford.
"It was so difficult for him to take the ambulance ride into Boston, we wanted to be closer."
After four months of waiting, and hearing nothing from the VA hospital, Douglas Chase passed away in August of 2012.
Then, two weeks ago, the VA in Bedford sent home a letter, telling Doug that he could now call to make an appointment to see a primary care doctor.
"It was addressed to my husband and I opened it… I was in complete disbelief."
Suzanne Chase was denied funeral benefits for her husband because he was never treated in a VA hospital, even though he died waiting for the appointment.
"It was 22 months too late, I kind of thought I was in the twilight zone when I opened this letter and read it."
At the bottom of the letter, dated June 12, it states, "We are committed to providing primary care in a timely manner and would greatly appreciate a prompt response."
Suzanne says that the VA has to be aware of husband's death, since she applied for funeral benefits two years ago and was denied.
"It is absurd," said Chase, "It made me angry because I just don't think our veterans should be treated this way."
She wrote a letter to the Bedford VA two weeks ago, but has yet to receive a response.
"I am hoping if other people speak out, they can improve the system, so no one else dies waiting for an appointment."
In response to media inquiries, the Department of Veterans Affairs issued the following statement, "We regret any distress our actions caused to the Veteran's widow and family.
"At the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, our most important mission is to provide the high quality health care and benefits Veterans have earned and deserve – where and when they need it."
"Thank you for bringing this regrettable issue to our attention. We apologize for our error and any difficulties this has caused you. We will examine our process, do what we can to fix it, and institute measures to prevent this from happening again.
"We are reviewing this Veteran's case; however we require a Release of Information to allow us to comment on the specifics of his case.
"As part of the corrective actions taken to address scheduling issues, VA launched the Accelerating Access to Care Initiative, a nationwide program to ensure timely access to care. VA has identified Veterans across the system experiencing waits that do not meet Veterans' expectations for timeliness. VA has been contacting and scheduling Veterans who are waiting for care. We regret causing any pain in this effort.
"The Acting Director called the Veteran's widow to apologize. We were able to leave a voicemail with the Director's phone number. The Acting Director will call the Veteran's widow again tomorrow. We want to be sure that she is, as well as other Veterans and their family members are, treated with dignity and respect."


text: I got the original tattoo when I was 18, which was small, black footprints in a spiral pattern. I liked it at first, but changed my mind over time so I decided to get it covered with another tattoo when I was 27. I immediately knew it was a mistake. The artist did the cover-up free hand, so I didn't know what the outcome would be. I asked for a galaxy, but to me it didn't really look like anything when it was done. It's three years, and after paying off debt and waiting for the Picosure laser to arrive in the DC area, I've decided to start the removal process. I had my first treatment on April 26, 2014. It wasn't very painful because the clinic I went to used lidocaine injections, and it was over in about 90 seconds. The recovery process wasn't the easiest because of the tattoo location lower ankle/foot; I had a lot of swelling for about four days. Blisters developed on the second day and lasted about a week. Overall, the healing period wasn't that bad, and I have honestly seen a lot more fading than I expected. The clinic estimated that I'll need 5 treatments. I am preparing for my second treatment on June 7th.


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Like you need an excuse to act stupid in public? Now there's an app for it. Klash, a social-rewards network, is the digital intersection of truth or dare and Foursquare. Launched two weeks ago, Klash allows users to log in to the app via Facebook or Twitter, and begin challenging friends in their networks in exchange for user-set rewards. It's available for iOS or the Web.
The idea behind Klash came about when three then-students at Spain's ESADE Business School took a surfing trip in Barcelona, and challenged a friend who had never surfed to catch a wave. His reward? One cold beer. At the end of trip, the friends began brainstorming ways to share their actions on a larger scale, and decided to develop a mobile application.
"With Klash, we try to connect people through their competitive instinct," co-Founder Alessandro Petrucciani says. "We have seen a lot of people engaging in various klashes with each other. It's a platform that is not only used in your friend circle, but also helps connecting like-minded people with same interests."
Users can view the public page and pledge support for specific klashes, or just send challenges to friends within their own networks, and share through social media. Many of the current challenges, such as "Do 30 pushups in the morning in exchange for compliment", are harmless. Others, such as "Moonwalk through every crosswalk" could get interesting. I would LOVE to see some challenges you Q101ers would dare each other to complete…do share!


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text: Hello everyone, I just finally managed to realize a long lasting dream of getting an SLR camera and an Analog one at the same time. Man I prefer analog to digital. It was more fun, even as a kid, compared to nowadays' digital spread that is offered by this technology. Even though it does have advantages and I wouldn't want to start a big discussion ^^. Anyway, my name is Ben, I am currently doing an Internship in Bangalore where I acquired a Nikon FM10 in great condition for 65 euros (dunno if it's a bargain or not, maybe other users will know). I finally found some film in a bazaar-like store, and bought 5 rolls. I was wondering if there was other photographers from Bangalore or that know the city to meet or get advice on where to get film and get it developed at an interesting price. I am especially looking for Black and White film but it seems unfindable as the store keeper said as well as the previous owner of the camera. All the best ! Ben


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Called everyone on the list. With the exception of Sen. Benoit, they asked my name, or City, or zip code and in theory were keeping a count of the support vs. opposed counts.
All remarked at the shear volume of calls they were getting. All were professional and polite, but hurried. You could hear phones ringing in the background.
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Miscanthus Bedding
Fennington Fibres started growing Miscanthus (Elephant grass) in 1999 and haven't stopped since. We started production in 2005 for horse bedding and using only a 4x4 and trailer to ship the product to customers around Somerset and Devon. Stan Dusting who started the business has grown the company over the last 13 years to being the leading supplier of miscanthus horse bedding in the UK. We now have 3 lorries and a van for distribution all over the south west and beyond. We now grow over 300 arces of miscanthus at Fennington farm and have access to another 800 acres grown locally. We're now branching into other products such as briquettes for burning and mulch/ compost for gardens. Both of these new products are by-products of the manufacturing process at Fennington Farm helping to create a greener company. Supported by Defra and The European Agricultural Fund.


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Rule Over It
David's wicked affair with Bathsheba and involvement in the death of Uriah (2 Sam. 11) began with an "innocent" glance at the woman's beauty (v. 2). If we are not careful with what we look at, listen to, or think ...Read More
Cain and His Offering
John Calvin comments on today's verses, writing that when God sees false worship, "combined with gross and manifest mockery of himself, it is not surprising that he hates it and is unable to bear it." If we do not give ...Read More
The First Family
Even though the firstborn son had certain legal privileges and responsibilities (Deut. 21:15–17), God commonly does the unexpected in Scripture and chooses the younger over the older (Gen. 25:19–26; Rom. 9:13). Among other things, this tells us we cannot trust ...Read More
Yielding Its Fruit
The final destiny God has ordained for all of those in Christ Jesus is not an intangible, spiritual existence, but a resurrected, glorified life in a renewed creation. The earth will not be thrown away but will be restored. As ...Read More
Wives and Husbands
The husband who uses his authority to run roughshod over his wife's opinions or feelings is sinning against God. Likewise, the wife who manipulates her husband or undermines him with backbiting gossip is being disobedient to her call. If you ...Read More
The Second Adam
The greatest benefit we receive from Jesus' victory over sin and death is His perfect righteousness, which gives us access to heaven (2 Cor. 5:21). On a daily level, His victory enables Him to help us overcome the sins that ...Read More
The Extent of Our Sin
Understanding the extent of our sin should affect the way we conduct our evangelism. We should pray earnestly for the Holy Spirit to soften the hearts of those with whom we share the Gospel. We should not be surprised when ...Read More
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Schedule Announced for Largest World Championships to Date
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As usual, the dates are set, the arenas are booked, and the anticipation is high, but unlike any other year, the 2013 WGI World Championships are gearing up to be the largest competition Dayton, Ohio has ever seen. With a record amount of groups planning to compete for the title, the contest event schedule has just been posted.
Take a look at the tentative schedules here.
"We are experiencing an amazing 15% increase in the number of participating groups for both weekends of the 2013 World Championships," says WGI Director of Operations, Bart Woodley. "As a result, we are adding a third location of competition for the percussion weekend for the first time ever. "
Another first will occur when Max Percussion Theatre takes the floor as the first percussion ensemble to compete from Thailand. This year promises to be WGI's most international event to date with Canada, United Kingdom, The Netherlands, and Japan all being represented over the two weekends of competition.
See what groups are attending the World Championships.
It's no surprise that with the increase in groups attending the World Championships, tickets for the World Class Finals are being reserved at a record rate. With their history of reaching sold out status, it's in your best interest to choose your seats now! You can take care of that quickly and easily with our online ticketing system.
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While you're already in the planning mode, don't forget to book your hotel and rental car! We will see you in Dayton!


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Who's been spreading the idea that Neri is Joe de Venecia's puppet. Why, the Manila Standard Today, of course, as early as Dec. 11, 2006:
People are still talking about last week's attempt by House Speaker Jose de Venecia and his allies to ram the Constituent Assembly through Congress—and their subsequent tail-behind-the-legs retreat when they saw that their efforts were headed for a disaster of super-typhoon proportions.
But what a lot of people don't know is that within the Arroyo Cabinet itself, a festering problem that has De Venecia's fingerprints all over it has long been left unattended. And if the speaker's vast and unwarranted influence in the affairs of state are to be truly reined in, his Cabinet surrogate must be stopped as well.
For years now, Economic Planning Secretary Romulo Neri has been espousing what he calls Plan 747, the catchily named program that seeks to spur 7-percent growth over seven years, with a view to achieving national economic stability by 2010. Nearly four years into his job as chief government economic booster, Neri has not only failed miserably to meet the goal he set; he has also shown a great talent for passing the buck and for good, old-fashioned window-dressing.
Neri's entry into the Cabinet was largely De Venecia's doing, because the speaker had wanted a more malleable Neda chief who would push his beloved railway rehabilitation projects. When De Venecia finally succeeded in engineering the removal of Dante Canlas as Neda director-general, the speaker recommended the long-time head of his Congress economic think-tank, Neri.
Neri has been a cooperative Neda chief, greenlighting the Northrail and Southrail projects that are so dear to the heart of his former boss. However, as far as the other aspects of his job as chief economic planning wizard of the Arroyo government are concerned, Neri can only be described as an abject failure.
It was shortly after Neri assumed his position that the government drew a lot of flak for window-dressing the number of jobs created by no longer including those "not actively seeking work." By pulling this rabbit out of his hat, Neri and the rest of the government's economic team were able to show that the unemployment rate declined from 11.4 percent to 10.7 percent from 2004 to 2005.
Neri also made the outrageous claim that poverty actually declined during his watch—but only because of the absurdly low poverty treshold of per capita income. Currently, according to the National Statistics Coordinating Board, a family of five needs an annual income of P65,565. This translates to P1,092 monthly per person, which breaks down to P36 daily. No wonder the latest Social Weather Stations survey revealed that despite Neri's claims of poverty alleviation, unemployment and hunger are still rampant, with more than half of all Filipinos actually believing that life has become more difficult in recent years.


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Saturday, 29 March 2008
Do you Twitter?
I know that Twitter has been around for a while ... but it seems like lately all the cool kids are doing it.
There was an article in today's Toronto Star about it so I thought I would check it out and test drive it.
Do you Twitter?
If so, you're welcome to "follow" me and I'll "follow" you.
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- LadyBanana said...
Yep, I've been twittering for sometime now..
I've added you :)
- March 29, 2008 11:25 am
- Isabel said...
Hmmm, I've never heard of it.
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Modern Thai is Austin's Hottest Table
Known mostly for breakfast tacos and brisket, the live music capital of the world is currently on a spring roll bender. The hottest tables in town, including Larry McGuire's Elizabeth Street Café; Paul Qui's newest food trailers (East Side Kings at The Grackle and Hole in the Wall, a live music institution on the University of Texas strip); and Ramen Tatsu-Ya, a tiny ramen shop with a cult following among noodle and pork belly enthusiasts, have Asian-influenced menus.
The most anticipated sriracha fix of the year is Sway, a modern Thai restaurant from the La Condesa team (owners Jesse Herman and Delfo Trombetta, chef Rene Ortiz, and pastry chef Laura Sawicki), which opened a few days ago. Designed by award-winning architect Michael Hsu, Sway (meaning elevated, delicious), has an open kitchen ("so the heartbeat of the scene will be exposed," Ortiz says) and a clean, edgy style (a hipster's take on a traditional northern Thai-style lanna house).
Don't-miss dishes include Son in Law (crispy farm egg with braised pork shoulder, thick soy, and chili vinegar); Jungle Curry (Texas wagyu beef, red chili, baby corn, eggplant, peppercorns, coconut cream); Rose Apple Stir Fry (chicken with shiitake, holy basil, and red chili); Pad Kwetio (wide rice noodles, pork belly, Chinese broccoli, tofu, black wok water); and Salt and Pepper Cuttlefish.
Food & Wine's "Best New Pastry Chef" Laura Sawicki is serving clever, vibrant desserts, including Frozen Miso White Chocolate Mousse (mango calamansi sorbet and sticky rice); Jasmine Tea Panna Cotta (lychee, grape, thai basil, cilantro, and coconut lychee sorbet); and an irresistible Tapioca Pudding with coconut, yuzu, basil seeds, puffed wheat, avocado sorbet.
She will also be offering a variety of house-made ice creams and sorbets with flavors like pandan leaf and milk chocolate 5-spice, and a family-style banana split. Which means over a kettle of jasmine silver needles tea, you'll be plotting your next trip back.


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Intraosseous Ganglion Cyst of the Lunate
Intraosseous ganglia can affect the carpal bones of the hand and must be considered in the differential diagnosis of wrist pain. A 38-year-old female presented with a 14-month history of left wrist pain and a radiolucent cystic lesion was seen computed tomography (CT) scanning. Characteristic radiographic findings of a cyst in association with a fine sclerotic rim was apparent. We report an unusual presentation of a ganglion cyst in the lunate bone with excellent treatment outcome.
Keywords: Bone Cysts; Ganglion Cysts; Lunate Bone; Wrist
1. Introduction
Intraosseous ganglion cysts (IGC) of the carpal bones located in the lunate are among the rarely seen pathologic conditions.(1) Carpal bone cysts are frequent, particularly if the subchondral cysts presenting in osteoarthritic and rheumatoid affected wrists are included.(2) On the other hand detecting a single radiolucent lesion in the lunate accompanied by pain is rare. Differential diagnosis of symptomatic cystic lesions of the lunate bone include osteoid osteoma, giant cell tumor, enchondroma, intraosseous ganglion, osteoblastoma and Kienbock's disease. Isolated cases of ganglion cysts occurring in the lunate, scaphoid, pisiform, hamate, triquetrum, capitate, metacarpal, and phalanx have been reported.(3) The is the most common location because about 70% of hand tissue-gangila arise from the posterior side of scapholunate ligament. Etiology remains largely unknown, however trauma, herniation of the joint capsule, mucoid degeneration, intramedullary metaplasia of mesenchymal cells, and congenital rests of synovial producing cells have been suggested to play a role.(4) Ganglion cysts are seen in all ages but are most frequent during the second, third, and fourth decades of life. We describe a patient with an intraosseous ganglion cyst of lunate bone.
2. Case Report
A 38-year-old female presented with a 14-month history of left wrist pain and a radiolucent cystic lesion found on conventional radiographs and computed tomography (CT) scanning (Figure 1). The patient suffered from an aching pain worsened by usual activity of the left upper extremity and fairly relieved by rest. She denied any prior history of specific trauma. On physical examination except for a vague local tenderness in dorsum of the left wrist she had no sign of synovitis and the range of motion of both wrists was normal. In spite of conservative management such as splinting and local steroid injection and use of NSAIDS she had no improvement. On the radiographs within the lunate beside the scapholunate ligament a radiolucent lesion with a sclerotic margin without collapse of the lunate was detected. CT confirmed a cystic lesion with normal appearance of other parts of the lunate. The patient was operated using a vertical dorsal approach; both the lunate and scaphoid were exposed. Grossly a soft-tissue ganglion anatomically in communication with the lunate intraosseous ganglion was seen through a defect on the posterior side of the lunate. The cyst was evacuated; typical gelatinous ganglion fluid was curetted and the lining membrane was removed. Then the cavity was packed using cancellous bone from the distal of the radius. After closing the joint capsule and wound a removable extension cast was applied for six months. The pathology report described a cystic lesion with a delicate wall of fibro-connective tissue cells without true epithelial lining. Gross and microscopic findings were characteristics of an intraosseous ganglion cyst (Figure 2). The patient was successfully treated surgically After a nine-month follow up period she was asymptomatic without limitation of left wrist motion.
Figure 1
CT scan view of the ganglion cyst
Figure 2
Microscopic view of the ganglion cyst
3. Discussion
The intraosseous ganglion was described by Fisk(5) in 1949 as a periosteal ganglion-like lesion developing a cystic bony defect through intraosseous penetration. In 1966 Crabbe(6) named it the intraosseous ganglion cyst. Synonymous terms include synovial bone cyst, juxta-articular bone cyst, ganglionic cystic defect of bone and subchondral bone cyst. The differential diagnosis of a lytic painful mass in the lunate consists of chondroblastoma, enchondroma, fibrous dysplasia, osteoblastoma, osteoid osteoma, giant cell tumor, chondromyxoid fibroma, Kienböck's disease, unicameral bone cyst, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and intraosseous ganglion cyst. The first four diagnoses listed differ from intraosseous ganglia by their radiographic presentation of intralesional calcifications; the giant cell tumor is generally poorly demarcated on radiographic examination, whereas intraosseous ganglia show a radiolucent area surrounded by a sclerotic rim.(4) Most intraosseous ganglion cysts are located in the epiphysis of long bones; the predisposition of chondromyxoid fibromas and unicameral bone cysts is the metaphyseal location. In contrast to Kienböck's disease leading to avascular necrosis of the entire lunate, the intraosseous ganglion cyst only affects a tiny part of the bone. In most cases of rheumatoid and osteoarthritis, signs of degeneration are often seen in painful joints whereas intraosseous ganglion cysts show no signs of degeneration. The most prevalent sites for intraosseous ganglia are the epiphysis of long bones, often present beside a weight-bearing joint such as the knee, hip and ankle. It is more prevalent in females. IGC has a delicate wall of flattened, fibro-connective tissue cells without a true epithelial lining. This type of cyst contains a highly viscous clear mucin consisiting of high concentration of hyaluronic acid in combination with glutamine, albumin and glucosamine. Although there have been several theories about the origin of the IGC, the main etiology is still unclear. There seem to be two fundamental types of intraosseous ganglia: one originating by penetration of an extra-osseous ganglion into the underlying bone, the other being idiopathic.(7) Erosion of an extraosseous ganglion through bone is the generally agreed-on mechanism for the penetrating type.(4) The primary or idiopathic type has no apparent extraosseous communication. It seems that idiopathic type of ganglion cyst originates from modified mesenchymal or synovial cells at the capsule-synovial interface in response to repeated minor injury, explaining high prevalence of ganglion cyst in the scapho-lunate site where the motion and force is concentrated. Repetitive minor trauma and mechanical stress cause intramedullary vascular disturbance and consequently aseptic bone necrosis. Then proliferation of fibroblasts and histocytes and production of hyaluronic acid with mucoid degeneration during tissue revitalization occur to form a cyst. IGC often presents as a painful nodule in the palmar or dorsal aspect of the wrist. Surgery is indicated, if periodical radiography shows significant progression of the cyst or cortical erosion or the patient suffers from continued pain.(8) However, conservative management is beneficial when no cortical erosion or change in size of the cyst is found during follow up . The most important complication of this lesion is pathologic or traumatic fracture. Treatment of IGC is curettage of the cyst and saline solution injection and packing the cavity with cancellous bone graft. In addition to this common approach some alternative surgical techniques such as excision of the lunate, dorsal flap arthroplasty, prosthetic replacement, radiocarpal or intercarpal fusion are also used.(1) In patients with chronic wrist pain along with a cyst with fine sclerotic margins aside the scapholunate ligament the IGC should be suspected. Although CT scanning shows the bony architecture MRI may better demarcate the tissues surrounding the bones. Recurrence has been reported but is rare.(9) We found no recurrence during the 15 month follow-up period.
4. Conclusions
Intraosseous ganglion cysts of the carpal bones located in the lunate are one of the rarely seen pathologic conditions. This case had an unusual presentation in the lunate bone with excellent treatment outcome.
None declared.
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Big Audio Dynamite
|Big Audio Dynamite
Big Audio Dynamite, 1995
|Background information
|London, England
|Post-punk, alternative dance
|Years active
|1984–1997, 2011–present
|Columbia, Radioactive/MCA
|Associated acts
|London SS, The Clash, General Public, Carbon/Silicon, Dreadzone
|Mick Jones
Don Letts
Dan Donovan
Leo Williams
Greg Roberts
|Past members
|Nick Hawkins
Gary Stonadge
Chris Kavanagh
Andre Shapps
Michael 'Zonka' Custance
Darryl Fulstow
Bob Wond
Ranking Roger
Big Audio Dynamite (later known as Big Audio Dynamite II and Big Audio, and often abbreviated BAD) is a British musical group formed in 1984 by the ex-guitarist and singer of the Clash, Mick Jones. The group is noted for its effective mixture of varied musical styles, incorporating elements of punk rock, dance music, hip hop, reggae, and funk. BAD's one constant throughout frequent shifts in membership and musical direction is the vocals provided by Mick Jones. After releasing a number of well-received albums and touring extensively throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Big Audio Dynamite disbanded in 1997. In 2011, the band embarked on a reunion tour.
T.R.A.C. (1984)[edit]
After being ousted from the Clash in 1983 and following a brief stint with the band General Public, Mick Jones formed a new band called Top Risk Action Company (T.R.A.C.). He recruited bassist Leo "E-Zee Kill" Williams, saxophone player John "Boy" Lennard (from Theatre of Hate), and ex-Clash drummer Nicky "Topper" Headon. Headon was quickly sacked for his heroin addiction and Lennard either left or was fired and the band folded.[1] Although the band released no material (only demos were recorded which have yet to be officially released), T.R.A.C. can be seen as a forerunner to Big Audio Dynamite in much the same way London SS can be seen as an early incarnation of the Clash.
Big Audio Dynamite (1984–1990)[edit]
Jones then formed Big Audio Dynamite with film director Don Letts (maker of The Punk Rock Movie, various Clash music videos, and later the Clash documentary Westway to the World), bassist Leo Williams (from T.R.A.C.), drummer Greg Roberts, and keyboardist Dan Donovan. In 1985 the group's debut, This Is Big Audio Dynamite, was released. The album's cover shows the group as a four-piece (minus Donovan).
1986's No. 10, Upping St. reunited Jones for one album with former Clash band-mate Joe Strummer, who was a co-producer of the album and co-writer of a number of its songs. The cover painting, based on a still taken from the Brian de Palma film Scarface, was painted by Tim Jones. BAD supported U2 on their 1987 world tour, then released 1988's Tighten Up, Vol. '88 and 1989's Megatop Phoenix. Tighten Up, Vol. 88 contained "Just Play Music!", which was the second No. 1 single on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks. The band also recorded an unreleased track called "Keep off the Grass" which was a rock-style instrumental of the theme to the classic western film, The Magnificent Seven. A promo video can be seen on YouTube.[2]
In 1990, the original line-up wrote and recorded the song "Free" for the soundtrack to the movie Flashback. This would be the final song written with the original lineup, as the band would dissolve shortly after. "Bottom Line" from the first LP was remixed and used as the title track for Flashback. However this track was not included on the soundtrack. It can be found on the 12" or by possible download. Later in 1990, Mick Jones debuted Big Audio Dynamite II and release the UK only album Kool-Aid. Dan Donovan remained in BAD II for one song, a re-working of the final BAD track "Free" renamed "Kickin' In".
Big Audio Dynamite II (1991–1993)[edit]
For 1990's The Globe, only Jones remained from BAD, and the band was now called "Big Audio Dynamite II". This new line-up featured two guitarists. The Globe featured the band's most commercially successful single, "Rush," which hit No. 1 on both the US modern rock chart and the Australian National Aria Chart. "Innocent Child" and "The Globe" were also released as singles.
BAD supported U2 on their ZOOTV Tour and released the live EP "On The Road Live '92".
Big Audio (1994)[edit]
The band later recruited keyboardist Andre Shapps (co-producer of The Globe and Mick Jones's cousin) and Michael "DJ Zonka" Custance as DJ and vocalist. Both appeared on the band's 1994 album Higher Power, which was released under the shortened name "Big Audio".
Final years and subsequent activities (1995–2010)[edit]
After signing with Gary Kurfirst's Radioactive Records in 1995, the band reverted to the original "Big Audio Dynamite" moniker and released their least successful album to date, F-Punk.
Radioactive Records refused to release the next proposed BAD album, Entering a New Ride.[citation needed] The line-up contained Mc vocals by Joe Attard (Punks Jump Up), Ranking Roger (The Beat, General Public) and drummer Bob Wond (Under Two Flags) In 1998, the band launched a new web site, primarily as a means to distribute songs from the Entering a New Ride album.
Since 2005, Jones has been working on a project with Tony James (ex-member of Generation X and Sigue Sigue Sputnik) called Carbon/Silicon.
In early 2007, a BAD II live DVD was released.
2011 reunion[edit]
In April 2010, Don Letts revealed to Billboard.com that he and Mick Jones broached the idea of a Big Audio Dynamite reunion in 2011. He explained, "I could lie to you and say 'Not in a million years,' but... if Mick wasn't tied up with Gorillaz it might happen this year. (Jones) has looked at me and said, 'Maybe next year,' but who knows. I've got to admit that in the past I'm not a great one for reformations; I always think if you're lucky in life, you get a window of opportunity, use it to the best of your ability and then fuck off and let someone else have their turn. But here I am 25 years down the line considering the thing." Besides a Big Audio Dynamite reunion, Letts said he was also hopeful for more Legacy Editions of the group's albums after finding more unreleased material—including live recordings—in the vaults. "There's definitely more stuff; whether Sony thinks it's worthwhile, that's another matter. But there seems to be a lot of respect for Big Audio Dynamite. Time has shown that a lot of the things we were dabbling in back then have come to manifest themselves today...so hopefully we'll get to do some more."[3]
The reformation of the original line up of B.A.D was confirmed on 25 January 2011 with the announcement of a UK tour.[4] The 9-date tour was a commercial and critical success. The first of their two sold out Shepherd's Bush Empire shows received a 4 star review in The Times ('Not just a reformation - this is their time'), The Observer welcomed B.A.D's return with a glowing review declaring, 'they remain a joy'.[5] News Of The World awarded their Manchester Academy show a 5 star review and proclaimed, 'Easily the reformation of the year'.[6] Their headline slot at Beautiful Days festival was favourably reviewed on the Louder Than War music website.[7]
Big Audio Dynamite played sets at the 2011 Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival,[8] Glastonbury Festival 2011,[9] and Lollapalooza.[10] They are also confirmed to appear the Levellers festival Beautiful Days,[11] Bestival[12] V Festival,[13] and Fuji Rock Festival.[14]
Big Audio Dynamite (1984–1990, 2011–present)
- Mick Jones – vocals and guitar
- Don Letts – vocals, samples
- Dan Donovan – keyboards
- Leo Williams – bass
- Greg Roberts – drums and backing vocals
Big Audio Dynamite II (1990–1993)
- Mick Jones – vocals and guitar
- Nick Hawkins – guitar and backing vocals
- Gary Stonadge – bass and backing vocals
- Chris Kavanagh – drums and backing vocals
Big Audio (1994–1995)
- Mick Jones – vocals and guitar
- Nick Hawkins – guitar and backing vocals
- Gary Stonadge – bass and backing vocals
- Chris Kavanagh – drums and backing vocals
- Andre Shapps – keyboards, samples
- Michael 'Zonka' Custance – DJ, percussion and backing vocals
Big Audio Dynamite (1996–1998)
- Mick Jones – vocals and guitar
- Nick Hawkins – guitar
- Andre Shapps – keyboards, programming
- Michael 'Zonka' Custance – DJ, keyboards, samples
- Darryl Fulstow – bass
- Bob Wond – drums
- Joe Attard – MC
- Ranking Roger – vocals
- This Is Big Audio Dynamite (1985)
- No. 10, Upping St. (1986)
- Tighten Up Vol. 88 (1988)
- Megatop Phoenix (1989)
- Kool-Aid (1990)
- The Globe (1991)
- Higher Power (1994)
- F-Punk (1995)
- Entering a New Ride (1997)
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- Mick Jones was noted for playing a high-tech British-made guitar called the Bond Electraglide with BAD. It's worn by Mick Jones on the cover of No. 10 Upping St..
- During the 1980s, "The Bottom Line" was used as the music for the opening credits to Sports Sunday, a weekly sports magazine TV show shown on the Nine Network, an Australian television station.
- During the 1980s, "The Bottom Line" was also used as the music for the opening credits to the weekly American Football highlights show on UK Channel 4.
- Shawn Stussy was responsible for the album artwork and design for The Globe.
- ^ "Big Audio Dynamite – "This Is Big Audio Dynamite" (1985)". Beatpatrol.wordpress.com. 10 May 2010. Archived from the original on 26 July 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ^ "Big Audio Dynamite - Keep Off The Grass (rare video)". YouTube. 24 December 2006. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ^ "Big Audio Dynamite Reignited". Billboard.com. 8 April 2010. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ^ "Big Audio Dynamite reform with original line-up". NME. 25 January 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ^ Kitty Empire (10 April 2011). "The Naked and Famous; Big Audio Dynamite – review". London: Guardian. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ^ News of the World: The Best for News, Showbiz and Sport Exclusives | News Of The World
- ^ "Big Audio Dynamite live at Beautiful Days Festival: review". Louder Than War. Retrieved June 1, 2013.
- ^ "Coachella 2011 Poster". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "Welcome to Glastonbury Festivals". Glastonbury Festivals. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ^ "Lollapalooza 2011". Lineup.lollapalooza.com. 19 July 2011. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ^ Virtual Festivals. "Beautiful Days Official Website". Beautifuldays.org. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ^ "Bestival 2011". Bestival.net. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ^ "Home at Vfestival". Vfestival.com. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
- ^ Metropolis, "Music: Big Audio Dynamite", No. 903, 15 July 2011, p. 15.


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I just got the new(1/09) issue and read Russel D's letter in Rodder Mail Column entitled "What is low budget" about how expensive it is to build a car and that he is quitting. True if your looking to build a show off car to be in a mag or to win trophies, it costs dollars. Around 1998 I sent in pics and letters to Street Rodder of the car I built(while unemployed) from scratch.aka "cardboard coupe"in those letters I described that the thrill was in watching your creation come alive not in how much you spent. Alas the "Cardboard Coupe was just sold for $300 to help finance my new project. I too am a family man with a mortgage and a $20 a week allowance to go for my present project. I have a 31 Studebaker 5 window coupe, chopped 3" on a 34 Ford Coupe frame.A 4" dropped tube axle 78 MonteCarlo front brakes on Chevy spindles,hair pin radius rods,1969 Lincoln 460 mounted to a toploader 4spd,70 Lincoln rear axle mounted on Camaro leafs,a 92 Jeep laredo for seats,electric windows,ac, hindges and anything else I can use,two front fenders and one rear(I am going fenderless though) a Model A radiator shell,assorted slotted mag rims and origional 5 spoke mags to choose from, radiators gas tanks, steering columns, omni rack steering and i only have $3400 total into it. When I have the time I am thrilled to have my coupe, in my yard and myself doing the work on it. I may never finish it but,I had a dream the other night that it was done and I was driving it. For those 10 seconds in that dream I was in heaven and loving it so it doesnt matter if it does get done. I already experienced what it was like behind the wheel. Point is. It is not how much money you spend it is how much time you spend enjoying it. nuff said
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Hi Collis,
I would really like to see stats for each piece of work! It would be nice to see where some of the sales come from or if someone has written about a certain piece on another site. It would also be good to see how many views a piece gets compared to sales.
Stats would be super
Paul – Pixel Criminals
By Stats I mean stats only visible to the owner of the piece once he/she has logged in. It wouldn't be something just anyone could see.
1. Ability for the Author to send out a message, twice a week (max), to inform his purchasers of update to a script, or news.
If you can't do that, make it automatic that a buyer is informed when their purchased product was updated. I have buyers emailing me with errors in previous versions of scripts because they neglected to see any updates via ThemeForest.net.
2. Allow for custom amount of deposit, as long as it's greater than $10.00. I've had buyers email me wanting to buy my script, but can only deposit $20. (My script is $15). They call and email me asking for it, but I have to decline because of my exclusivity deal with ThemeForest.net.
How are the designs going? I am anxious to see them! Perhaps you can post mockups and receive feedback?
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Office of the President
Office of the President
A Message from the President
July 1, 2015
Dear Coppin Campus Community:
I am honored to join Coppin State University as your 7th President. Today marks my first official day on the job, and I want to express my appreciation for all the support and well wishes extended to me as I embark on this important mission of leading Coppin into the future. Coppin pride runs deep. This was demonstrated to me by the overwhelming number of emails, phone calls and text messages I received following the May 19 announcement of my appointment. This outpouring symbolizes the love and affection people have for Coppin and their desire to partner with us and contribute to the success of our students.
Our university is an essential part of Baltimore's history, and is poised to contribute substantially to the future of the city, state, and nation. We are seizing the opportunity to become an exemplar of public, urban higher education by serving as a leading steward of the West Baltimore community. Given that nearly two-thirds of the nation's population lives in or near an urban area, our urban setting positions us to participate significantly in the national agenda to find solutions to challenges faced by most Americans. There is no better time to be affiliated with Coppin.
In the weeks and months leading to the start of the fall semester, I am committed to visiting with you in your various departments across campus. We will have both informal as well as scheduled forums in which to meet and exchange ideas, information and intentions for tackling the challenges and seizing opportunities to advance a shared agenda for Coppin. I hope you will join me in charting the course in the next exciting phase of Coppin's role as an anchor institution in the community.
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/// Facebook's First Sales Guy, Kevin Colleran, Joins General Catalyst Partners
Kevin Colleran, one of the first 10 Facebook employees and its first salesperson, has joined General Catalyst Partners as a venture partner. At the time he left last summer , Colleran was Facebook's earliest remaining employee, save for Mark Zuckerberg. General Catalyst told the Boston Business Journal that Colleran's focus will be working with its early stage portfolio companies. Colleran added via email that he is joining the advisory boards of Path, Vaynermedia and Backplane, in addition to similar roles at Buddy Media, Causes and the Basis Health Band. Colleran spent the eight months since he left Facebook traveling with his fiancee, he said. Early Facebookers are big into investing their money in tech. Matt Cohler became a VC at Benchmark Capital in 2008, while Chamath Palihapitiya started the Social+Capital Partnership last year and Ali Rosenthal is now an EIR at Greylock Partners . Many early Facebook employees make angel investments, often in each other's projects.
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Year 1 at PKU
Mr. Zhang Chunping
Director, Office for International Programmes
International Programme Office B101
School of International Studies
Peking University
Beijing, China 100871
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The LSE-PKU Double MScis a collaborative degree of International Affairs where students spend the first year at Peking University in Beijing and the second year at LSE in the UK.
Organised jointly by LSE and Peking University, this double Masters degree offers an outstanding opportunity for graduate students and young professionals. The first year is spent at the School of International Studies at Peking University, studying the international relations of China and the Asia Pacific region. The second year is spent at LSE, studying the theory and history of global international relations. The programme offers the following benefits:
The programme provides an excellent preparation for careers in academia, business or consulting, government or international agencies, the media, politics and law.
Assessment is primarily by examination, although some courses also have an assessed course work component. The courses in London will be taught in English, while those in Beijing will be taught in Chinese or English, giving students a choice about which language they want to use for their study.
At Peking University, students take a core course on Chinese Politics and Diplomacy and can select other courses among the wide variety on offer in the School of International Studies. Students can choose among courses taught in English and in Chinese. They complete the first year programme by writing and defending a dissertation on a topic relevant to their studies. The dissertation can be written in English or in Chinese.
At LSE, students take core courses in both the International Relations and the International History Departments, take a third course from the wide range of options offered by the two Departments, and complete the programme with a dissertation on a relevant topic in international history.Course assessment is by assessed coursework (in some courses) and by a final exam.
Please note that courses listed for study both at PKU and the LSE are subject to availability. More information on courses and their availability can be found in the Programme Regulations.
A two year full-time course. Students will spend the first year at PKU and the second year studying at LSE in London.
All applicants apply via the LSE online application form. This includes applicants from the People's Republic of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and PKU students.
All applicants from Peoples Republic of China who do not have dual citizenship (i.e. do not hold a passport from another third country) must complete the National Entrance Examination for Postgraduate students in China. Applicants from Macau, Hong Kong, and Taiwan do not need to take the National Entrance Examination as stated in the paper version of the LSE-PKU prospectus. For further information about the National Entrance Examination for Postgraduate students in China and about the application process please contact Mr Zhang Chunping.
All students who intend to take up this offer should contact LSE and PKU via email firstname.lastname@example.com and email@example.com to confirm their acceptance of a place on the programme.
* You must go to the PKU online application (pre-registration) system, fill in the PKU form, pay the pre-registration fee of CNY 400 online by 24 April 2017, then print out and sign the form and, together with TWO passport size photos and a copy of the passport page with name, post it to:
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Please note that if you fail to complete the above mentioned registration with PKU and mail the required documents before the deadline, you will not be able to be enrolled by PKU for the year of 2017.
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If you are a non-EU, non-EEA or Swiss national, you will need a student visa. In order that you are able to apply for a visa, the LSE will issue you with a 'Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies' (CAS) number and statement after year one of the double degree. You will not be able to begin the visa application process until you receive this information. CAS numbers and statements will be issued by LSE and sent to you ONLY after Peking University has forwarded a Progression List to LSE, confirming names of students who have successfully completed year one of the course and have satisfied all progression requirements. The Progression List is forwarded to LSE around mid-July of year one of the programme. Further details on all aspects of the visa application process will accompany the CAS.
All applicants from Peoples Republic of China who do not have dual citizenship (i.e. do not hold a passport from another third country) must complete the National Entrance Examination for Postgraduate students in China. Applicants from Macau, Hong Kong, and Taiwan do not need to take the National Entrance Examination as stated in the paper version of the LSE-PKU prospectus.
It is necessary for these students to contact the School of International Studies at Peking University before submitting an application to assess their eligibility for PKU.
For further information about the National Entrance Examination for Postgraduate students in China and about the application process please contact Mr Zhang Chunping.
IMPORTANT - For this programme dual citizenship means you have a full passport of another country, aside from the passport, residence permit or identity card for the Peoples Republic of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau or Taiwan. Applicants from Macau, Hong Kong, and Taiwan do not need to take the National Entrance Examination of China.
Once they have accepted an offer of place in the Programme, successful applicants are required to complete the online PKU Pre-registration form. Applicants are also required to send to PKU a set of original application documents and pay a PKU registration fee.
Applicants will automatically be considered for all LSE aid for which they are eligible, for more information please contact the Financial Support Office.
For other eligible scholarships, applicants should apply for these whilst in their first year at Peking before coming to LSE. In the case of the Law's Foundation scholarships (for Chinese resident nationals), we would treat them as if they were a first year to LSE and so would be eligible to apply for this scholarship while in their first year at Peking.
PLEASE NOTE: LSE is currently reviewing its postgraduate financial aid, so these arrangements are subject to change.
For a guide to other forms of financial support offered at the LSE and information about some of the more common sources of funding see LSE Financial Support.
As a student of the Double Degree Program, you will have access to two libraries of PKU, the SIS library and the PKU library. You can find your course readings, books and journals on international relations at the SIS library. However, the English collections are limited. The PKU library has considerable English collections on all the subjects of humanities and social sciences. Most of these are in the reading room of humanities and social sciences, the second floor. The reading room of the American Studies Center (5th floor) also has many books on International Relations and American politics. You can borrow approximately 20 books from the two libraries. Do not forget to bring your PKU student ID card when you visit the libraries. The PKU library also subscribes many databases and electronic journals. However, if you live off campus at PKU it is difficult to use them. The LSE e-library is also available for electronic resources. If you are require further resources, the National Library of China is not far from campus.
As the most prestigious academic institution in China, PKU holds many lectures everyday. Most of the speakers are scholars, senior officials, and business elites. Some lectures are given in English by speakers from overseas. However, the PKU website does not have English webpage on lecture information.
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The PKU International Student Orientation Guide provides a comprehensive explanation of the visa process, housing, banking and other student life issues, it is available in PDF format . The Student Handbook is available here.
For just over a century, Peking University has been the centre of research within China and remains China's top institution of higher learning. Students of the LSE-PKU programme engage in intense study of Chinese politics, history, and economics with a staff that is highly regarded amongst Chinese and international academics. The environment surrounding campus offers students ample locations for quiet study. Whether it is on the campus greens, the library, or in one of the many cafes located just outside of campus.
In the Peking University public lecture series, students can meet and learn from the world's greatest minds and political figures. Recent lectures have included Henry Kissinger, former US Secretary of Defense William Perry, New York Times' military correspondent, Michael Gordon, and historian Akira Iriye, Harvard Professor of international history.
Finding information with Beijing is rarely a problem. Students of the PKU-LSE program will study at the Peking University School of International Studies (SIS). To assist student research within the program, a portion of the library at SIS is designated specifically for the literature of the LSE-PKU program. In addition, the general Peking University library is the top university library in China. However, in the unlikely case that the resources at these libraries is not suitable, students are also allowed to use the National Library in the centre of Beijing in addition to the online resources of the London School of Economics.
Housing in Beijing depends greatly on the needs and preferences of the individual. The two options available for international students are on campus residences and private residences.
The residences at Peking University offer several choices for international students and differing price ranges. The quality of life within the residence depends on the cost of the room or suite you occupy per day. Students have the option of living in three residential scenarios: 1, a single room attached to either a larger common area that includes a kitchen, sitting room, and bathroom with two other residents; 2, a single room attached to a smaller common room with a kitchen and bathroom with one other resident; or, 3, a twin room that has a shared bathroom and kitchen with an entire floor.
Students who decide to live on campus find that there are many advantages to living at Peking University. The Peking University residences are slightly cheaper than private residences. Students often say that living close to lecture halls and the library afford them sufficient time to study. It is easier to get involved with campus events and activities, societies, clubs, and sports. Finally, living on campus in international student housing gives students the opportunity to experience the most beautiful and famous university in China and immerse themselves in the mix of international students from Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America.
Students who decide to live off campus find that they are closer to events and activities outside of campus, and gain a better perspective of what living in China is actually like. Beijing is increasingly becoming an international city and the foundation for future commerce, travel, and Chinese culture. Students can find fantastic apartments throughout the city that fit a student's budget.
Often times, these apartments are more spacious and contain many conveniences that on campus housing do not have. Most Peking University students live in Huaqingjiayuan-Wudaokou, a lively neighbourhood in the Haidan District. Most international students prefer Huaqingjiauan - Wudaokou because of its proximity to major subway stations and Peking University. Wudaokou is a short 30-minute walk from the West Gate of Peking University and taxis, and buses run back and forth from Wudaokou regularly. Rent runs tends to be around 3,000 - 4,000 RMB per month for a 1 person flat and 5,000-6,000 RMB for 2 to 3 person flats. If students are interested in living off campus, it would be best to consult the Time Out Beijing Website before coming to Beijing.
Another good website is The Beijinger. It is also suggested that if a student is not proficient in Mandarin, it would be best to have an interpreter to explain the terms of agreement associated with letting a private residence. The terms and conditions of renting an apartment may require detailed explanation as foreign students may not be familiar with Chinese contract law.
Living in China opens a vast opportunity to experience the culture, interact with people, and travel throughout Asia. Previous LSE-PKU students have noted that the cohesion and interplay between students of international affairs and the rich international exposure they can receive has had a great influence on their lives while living in Beijing.
On a daily basis, students can engage in Chinese cultural traditions as well as the activities of their home country due to the mix of students and expatriates that call Beijing home. Peking University has many clubs and organizations that combine fun and personal growth. Clubs and organizations are a great way to make friends and practice Mandarin in real life situations.
Students of the program have been highly successful in obtaining internships, both a paid and unpaid in business, multinational organizations, and non-profit organizations. Furthermore, students have used their time in Beijing to conduct personal research on development, poverty, the environment, and the 2008 Olympic Games.
Travel within Asia is a preferred past time of students during holiday breaks. Popular destination points include: the Himalayas, the Silk Road, North and Southeast Asia, and many other destinations within China. In the words of one student: "It is a place of both cohesion and contradiction. Its is a dynamic country that falls under one time zone, and yet every experience and interaction for me remains timeless."
The Wikitravel gives advice on food, nightlife and shopping at Wudaokou ( 五道口), which is an excellent area for bars and restaurants, and is right next to the PKU campus.
The Beijinger is also a useful resource.
The LSE-PKU Double Degree now has a Facebook group forum for student discussions and feedback. Please join LSE PKU Facebook Student and Alumni Network.
Please email if you would like to contact past and current students of the Programme.
Beijing is home to many branches of the banks you may already use in your home countries. Deutchesbank, Citibank, and HSBC have several branches scattered around the city. This allows students to keep track of their spending while skipping out on the fees that would have accumulated with other card issuers.
There are branches of each of these banks within walking distance from campus. Other students recommend Bank of China as there is a branch right outside the southwest gate of campus and setting up an account is easy. A Bank of China account may have additional benefits when it comes to paying tuition.
Public transportation from Peking University to the city centre has never been problematic, but it surely brings one closer to Beijing's 15 million citizens. The Beijing subway has recently been expanded to accommodate the city's growing population and make the city more accessible for foreign visitors.
This is expansion includes a stop just outside of the Peking University campus (soon to be completed). The subway, however, may feel claustrophobic at times. To get away from this experience, taxis are an excellent alternative and in China they fit a student's budget.
Beijing International Airport is only an hour away from campus by taxi and has daily flights to nearly all destinations in the world.
This is a great advantage for students travelling back to their home countries or visiting other destinations around the world. That taxi fare from Peking University to the Airport will cost about 100 RMB.
China is known for it's vast cuisine. So much so that a common greeting in China is: "Have you eaten?" The cafeterias on campus serve a wide variety of food, not only from various parts of China, but also from many different countries around the world. One could quite easily enjoy a different cuisine every night of the week.
The on campus food tends to be rather inexpensive, but that could be said of most restaurants throughout China in general. In the neighbourhoods surrounding Peking University there are many restaurants to choose from and all at reasonable prices. Eating out in Beijing for students tends to be the norm rather than the exception due to how inexpensive it is.
The Wikitravel websitegives advice food, nightlife and shopping at Wudaokou ( 五道口), which is an excellent area for bars and restaurants, and is right next to the PKU campus.
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'N Sync or Backstreet Boys: Who's the Better Boy Band – Readers Poll
It's the timeless debate between pop fans who lived through the late '90s / early '00s: 'N Sync or Backstreet Boys? Back in they heyday, these two quintets pretty much ruled the airwaves and television, with their songs bumping from car stereos and headphones all over the world and their music videos playing on repeat on networks like MTV. Oh, and don't forget the sold-out world tours!
We want PopCrush readers to weigh in on who's the better boy band, 'N Sync or the Backstreet Boys. If you're having trouble deciding, here's some reminders as to why both groups were so great. First of all, 'SexyBack' crooner Justin Timberlake was pretty much the de facto frontman of 'N Sync, taking lead vocals on many songs and making young girls scream with his good looks and dance moves (JC was also a stud, just FYI). BSB, on the other hand, never really had an unestablished leader of the pack, but AJ, Nick, and Brian all seemed to sing lead more than Kevin and Howie.
If you didn't have a favorite member of either group that you gravitated too, then there's probably a chance that you would've (or still would) rather gotten down to songs in either 'N Sync or BSB's discography. During their run, 'N Sync cranked out hits like 'Tearin' up My Heart,' 'Bye Bye Bye,' and 'It's Gonna Be Me.' Backstreet Boys also stole the hearts of fans with tracks like 'Everybody (Backstreet's Back),' 'I Want It That Way,' and 'Larger Than Life.'
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Celebrity shoppers including Liz Hurley, Stephen Fry and Helena Bonham Carter helped Fortnum & Mason to its best ever Christmas trading.
The "Queen's grocer" was one of the big West End winners of the festive period, with sales in December up 17.3 per cent on last year to a new high for any month in its 305-year history.
A record 400,000 shoppers came to the Piccadilly store — more than the combined population of Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster.
Chief executive Ewan Venters said it had "a splendid Christmas" and had benefited from Londoners' desire "to respect Christmas traditions" at the end of a tough recessionary year.
The store sold more than 100,000 advent calendars — more than double the previous year — at prices of up to £125 and sold out of hampers, including two of its £5,000 top-of-the-range "Imperials." Online sales were 45 per cent higher.
The surge continued beyond Christmas, with so many people in the store on New Year's Eve that it could not shut its doors until an hour past its official 5.30pm closing time. Mr Venters said he expected Fortnum's to open on New Year's Day for the first time in 2014.
The rush marked the end of a big year for the firm in which the Queen, the Duchess of Cornwall and the Duchess of Cambridge opened the newly refurbished Diamond Jubilee Tea Salon.
The store easily beat Oxford Street's solid four per cent rise in Christmas sales, which compared with a national figure of 0.3 per cent.
Jace Tyrrell, of the New West End Company, said: "London's West End is for many a landmark Christmas shopping destination, so it fared better than other parts of the UK in the period."
Department store chain John Lewis reported takings up 27.5 per cent last week, the first of its clearance sale.
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Sunday, June 25th, 2006
10:21 pm
The New Gentlemen Of Murder
- Trap designing octagenarian in battle armour.
The False Idol
- Intelligent polymer with loyalty inducing power.
- Hyper intelligent alien ruler of a distant planet.
Dr Magenta
- Mad Scientist with penchant for atomic death robots.
Lukas Klawtooth
- Cowboy who sold his soul for demonic pistols.
- Evil extra dimensional telepathic slaver.
Billy Misery
- Gambler with the ability to contol probability.
- Master thief with sense for the dramatic.
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Tuesday, June 13th, 2006
5:09 pm
Armageddon Diary Part 1
Dr. Noah Visible
claimed their were portents that would lead to "harbingers of doom" arriving.
And they did.
These "Harbingers" turned out to be the original JOKE who had been trapped in 1900s earth:
Aero/Dune Prime
Joe Public
Mr Mystery/Kenny Thistle
Vampire Kid
Zero Agency
attempted to eliminate the terrestrial
, but failed. However in the meantime they were building a
Ancient Evaporator Cannon
that killed all the Ancients in the galaxy, apart from the "Harbinger" Chenook. This Chenook took the place of JOKE's Chenook on the team.
Currently In Jail:
Hamilton Zeus (Possessing the body of Silence Zeus)
G.E.E.K. (Genetic Entity Engineered for Killing)
The Grump
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Saturday, March 4th, 2006
9:14 pm
Shadow JOKE
This is the JOKE who they are about to run across. Rather than a simple evil-twin set up, they are totally different riffs on their concepts. Of which Mr Mystery is the key, and the one I intend to keep past this session.
Mr Mystery - "The Emperor Of Menace"
Mr Mystery is a masked criminal. He has been killed 9 nine times, however each time an innocent man died in his stead. Sometimes he commits crimes for profit. Other times simply to spread fear of his name.
He is hunted by photojournalist Kirk Cooper, who suspects Mr Mystery of being an unknown twin of his, and Inspector Diamond.
Based on characters such as Fantomas and Diabolik. With a skull like mask similar to Kriminal.
Amelia 'Aero' Hairhart
Occasional lover of Mr Mystery, she is a murderous hijacker and assassin. Pilots a stolen VTOL experimental aircraft.
Based on character from Diabolik and Angelina from Stainless Steel Rat. With a spot of Enemy Ace thrown in for good measure.
Note in contrast to the good Aero, she has short cropped hair a la the Carlos Ezquerra version of Angelina.
Professor Robert Psycho
The one with the biggest ambitions, and lowest profile. He intends to destroy civilisation via a network of pawns he controls via mind control and his apparant shapeshifting abilities. Some have argued that the Aero and Mr Mystery are but pawns rather than allies.
Based somewhat on Dr Mabuse, with a dose of Dr Phibes for good measure.
Note this Psycho lacks electrical control.
Chenook (Professor Frank Black)
A former archeologist and anthropologist, who resorted to canibalism on an ill fated trip in Canada. He died, but the curse of the Wendigo brought him back to life. He is wanted across the world as a dangerous serial killer. His personality flits between that of Frank, a savage murderous creature of superhuman strength and claims of being the living embodiment of a long dead wind god.
Psycho offers him protection in return for use of his strength. However is it this dead god influencing Psycho in turn.
Note this Chenook lacks the concrete skin and tentacles. However it is immune to all physical attacks (bar silver) and can control the weather.
Influenced by the fact there is a "Chenook Wind", leading to using Ithaqua from the Cthulhu Mythos and Wendigo Myth to flesh out the concept.
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Thursday, March 2nd, 2006
5:58 pm
More Jokeniverse Hopping
1) JOKE arrived in a Scooby Doo-based universe where they battled versions of CRYPT and Trent Steel. In this universe:
Chenook = Frankie Black (Freddie cypher)
Psycho = Roberta Blockly (Velma cypher)
Aero = Amelia Hairhart (Daphne cypher)
Mr Mystery = The Mystery-Moblile (Mystery Machine cypher)
In addition there was:
Norville "Sketchy" McDraw (Shaggy cypher)
Zeusie Zoo (Scooby cypher).
2) JOKE arrived in a Kaiju-based universe where they battled giant monster versions of their enemies sent to earth by Planet Z. In this universe:
Chenook was a giant version of the pre-2000 Chenook (i.e. he had a tail)
Mr Mystery was a Jet Jaguar type robot.
Aero was a giant Cousin It type monster.
Psycho was... wait I've forgotten. It breathed lightning anyway.
The final monster was King Zeus (3 headed sound blasting dragon).
3) They arrived in a Planet of The Apes universe. Here JOKE were still alive. They were:
Mr Marmoset
They also met astronaut Hubert Heston, a human version of Chief Inspector Chimp, who had time travelled via spacecraft from 1963. (The trip that created The Invaders in JOKE's universe).
Sent to kill this world's JOKE were a pre-2000 incarnation of The Eight, namely the version led by Professor Awful. Apparantly this was the Professor Awful from the pre-2000 timeline who had been plucked from the timestream by the mysterious individual(s) who are killing all the JOKEs off. (he had been put there by Animator).
4) Leaving the Ape world with Hubert in tow (now with Mind Control powers from Mr Mystery's radiation), they found themselves on a world were JOKE are feared as villains...
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Sunday, February 5th, 2006
9:20 pm
Jokexiles #1 & #2
Bip bip bippy. It's a report from the Hobo Empire.
The JOKE Universe 2 campaign is over. After what? 5 years? Though only about 2 years of actual gaming. The universe is now back in the Marvel Multiverse. However JOKE aren't in that one! Yes, it's a Exiles/Quantum Leap/Sliders type thingy.
Instead they found themselves in a universe where JOKE had split up over merchandising deals and become rich assholes. So they teamed up with Doctor Doom to discredit them in return for a dimensional hopping machine. However they had no idea which number theirs was. So Mr Mystery punched in EARTH-69.
In EARTH-69 they discovered that the Invaders had been playing a festival for 37 years and the entire western world was devoted to the continuation of this gig. The Invaders' proteges "The Joke Band" had just been assassinated by The Space Punx from the Year 2007 (Machinehenry Rollins, Jonny Forgotton, Sid Viscous and THE COMPOSITE RAMONE), people from punk dimension hired by a mysterious stranger to kill this band.
Travelling to the Soviet Union, they discovered the mysterious stranger had given the Soviets a copy of the Super Soldier Serum as a back up plan. However they discovered from the defected Fabtastic Four that The Invaders had sold their souls to SPACE SATAN in return for the sort of talent that allows festivals to last all year.
JOKE were then summoned to the moon by a Watcher, AOKAY, who explained that a mysterious being was going through universes killling JOKEs, just before pivotal events involving said beings. Until he was caught, JOKE cannot return home, and must chase him from universe to universe filling in for the dead JOKEs.
So JOKE went and performed at the gig. The song "Corn Oil Love" cast a spell summoning SPACE SATAN to Earth. JOKE then kicked his ass, breaking hippiedom's evil sway over this world. Their job done, JOKE went to the next universe...
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Saturday, October 8th, 2005
3:21 pm
Hella random Joke gumpf
Mr Mystery
Joe Public
Sonic II
Grebo The Dextrous
Brush I
Vampire Kid
Classic JOKE line up there - Ian/Darran/Martin/Martin/Martyn/Barry/Gr
aham era.
Ace Of Spades
Cosmic Overlord
I can't believe those above 7 were in a team called The Funk Brothers... That's a fucking awful name for a team. "I am the Droid" however is a fucking great name. I'd totally forgot him when doing the reboot - in fact all of the them barring Ace.
The G.O.D. Slayer - more acronyms that mean nothing - this was villainous version of Runaway/Sonic I, back when symbiotic aliens were cool
Kid Genius - another good codename
The Omni-Joke - a typical Amazo/Super Skrull/Super Adaptoid style villain.
Cataclysm - The character responisble for both JOKE universes, turned out to be a future version of Animator. Currently a villain in my D&D campaign.
Whiteheart the Hunter - Cataclysm's nemesis, and also by default Animator's.
Professor Awful
The Blur
Acorn Man
Karate Kar
An incarnation of the JOKE's main super villain team nemeses THE EIGHT. Skirmish was a character from my old secondary school campaign. Prof Awful, CyberScalpel, Expando and Acorn Man were from the deliberately goofy Awful Things team. Karate Kar, was goofy creaton of my brother's. Gore and The Blur are good names though.
The Warp - I think this guy got used once in the "JOKE are tricked into killing Bill Clinton" campaign. I note he has a silly real name - Reg Muscle.
Lord Junk - This guy was from the same campaign - but had a bit more thought put into him. He was basically a blue collar magneto. As opposed to the Warp who was some random powers with a name...
The Liar - Same campaign - but used a lot after it. In fact became an arch villain for a while. Thinking about it now, this is one my typical fast talking characters I tend to play as Player Characters. At this point he was Batman style villain, as I note he had two hench-Las Vegas showgirls called True and False.
Sun of Ra - Ah, one of my favourite villains. An ancient egyptian Sun worshipping Pharoah with light based powers. And a pun for a name. I introduced him when Eclipse replaced Slasher on the team after Slasher had turned Bill Clintron to crystal and Fox had smashed him. Fox escaped punishment by changing his name to Chipmonk.
Cavern - a super powered Lee Harvey Oswald with an intelligent gun
Not sure I used them at this time - definately did eventually. Inkling is great name. Cavern is a crap name, but he had a nutzoid origin to make up for it.
The Silence - never used, but given to tha_moose as the basis for his Farside character.
Bloodsport - great name, great power - hallucinogenic blood, silly origin - he's a Scottish ninja.
Archive - a villain out of nowhere, not used at this point, but later she was the leader of CAD. She could copy peoples minds and had a photographic memory. Working as one of JOKE's staff she made copies of all their minds and used their knowledge against them.
Dead Mob - origiinally was going to be called Electric Caesar, eventually became the ghost of a gangster who could animate and possess the bodies of the dead. One of my better villains.
Tony Diamond - ambiguous villain, no real power beyond a strong forcefield. Kind based on someone who worked at Terry's while I was there.
That's all the Marvel Advanced stuff in this book I found. I'll deal with the stuff in the book for the Adventure Game later.
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Sunday, January 2nd, 2005
8:59 am
Barbarian Apocalypse - Story So Far
The Characters:
Arnold Spicejar - Barbarian
Grabbius Maximus - Rogue
Farrin - Ranger
Brother Wingnut - Cleric
Endrin - Monk
One day, while working in the village a group of kobold spies were sighted. It was learnt that the kobolds were planning on capturing the villagers and selling them to Gnoll slavers.
When the PCs attacked the kobolds the Gnoll slaver was killed, and the Kobold king mistakenly believed the Gnolls were planning on attaking them and had been responsible for the deaths at the two outlying kobold camps.
Likewise the Gnolls, not hearing from their envoy, assumed that kobolds had attacked him and so did in fact attack the Kobolds, enslaving them.
They then attacked the human village capturing Farrin and the PCs parents.
Farrin escaped and found the others leading them to Gnoll camp. The camp was visited by Hobgoblins, Orcs, a Illithid and one other visitor who the others seemed to fear. However the villagers were rescued before the 4th visitor arrived. The only sign of it's presence was an area of flattened grass.
After relocating the villagers the PCs set off to investigate the Orcs.
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Friday, November 19th, 2004
6:40 pm
Barbarian Apocalypse: Skills
Lets look at skills and how useful they are at the start of Barbarian Apocalypse...
- While it can be used as a Craft skill, there are probably more useful Crafts to be used.
Animal Empathy
- Very useful to avoid combat with animals too powerful for you to deal with.
- Despite no currency, this is a useful skill to use in terms of bartering and determining the true worth of found items.
- Did anyone have this in the Hubworld Saga? I think it only got checked once during Shard.
- Possibly of use in dealing with Humanoids and for feinting purposes, but the lack oif civilisation lowers its usefulness.
- Always useful. Especially so when investigating Ruins.
- Always Useful For Spellcasters.
- Vital, barring stealing from monsters this is pretty much how the PCs are going to equip themselves. However it does require funds so therefore you need to barter for materials equivalent to the raw material cost, or use
to earn it.
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Thursday, November 18th, 2004
8:41 pm
Barbarian Apocalypse
The next D&D campaign I am running after the Hubworld Saga ends/goes on hiatus.
Here is how it currently stands -
The settting :
A small settlement of humans/demi humans on the brink of savagery. Surrounded at all sides by evil monstrous races and dangerous beasts. Currency in near useless, co-operation, barter and self sufficiency is the order of the day if you want to survive.
The idea:
Unlike the last campaign, I'm planning on building this setting slowly. Movement and Encumberance could be more important. Craft and Profession skills certainly will. Knowledge of the area, and the "meta-plot" will be revealed as the characters advance and explore more of the world. While I'm going to focus on survival, I also want to incorporate a mystery plot line as it worked so well at the start of the Hubworld Saga and in the Secret Government 8 adventure in J.O.K.E.
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The group spent the rest of that year and much of 2003 touring, but when Nolan and bassist Shaun Cooper left the band (which was rounded out by drummer Mark O'Connell), Taking Back Sunday's future was left in doubt. However, guitarist/vocalist Fred Mascherino (ex-Breaking Pangaea) and bassist Matt Rubano (ex-Schleigho) filled out the lineup in time for the band's fall 2003 tour and subsequent recording sessions. The sophomore effort, Where You Want to Be, arrived in summer 2004 and debuted at number three on Billboard's Top 200, establishing Taking Back Sunday as a forerunner in the wave of commercial emo bands. It also introduced the vocal interplay of Lazzara and Mascherino, a combination that would briefly become one of the band's sonic calling cards. Taking Back Sunday toured steadily behind the album, headlining a sold-out North American tour and hitting the usual Warped Tour stops as well.
In the wake of Where You Want to Be's success, Taking Back Sunday signed with Warner Bros. in June 2005 and co-headlined several shows with Jimmy Eat World. Ever the hard workers, they returned to the studio in August to commence work on their third full-length album. Produced by Eric Valentine (Third Eye Blind, Queens of the Stone Age), Louder Now debuted at number two upon its release in April 2006. The album was a darker, more aggressive effort that tapped into the band's live energy, which was further displayed on the concert CD/DVD package Louder Now: Part Two. Despite the band's mounting profile, however, Fred Mascherino exited the lineup in October 2007 and launched a solo career. Several months later, former Facing New York member Matt Fazzi was announced as Mascherino's replacement, and the revised band spent the bulk of 2008 writing new material and playing sporadic shows. New Again, the first album to feature Fazzi's contributions, was released in summer 2009. The concert album Live from Orensanz followed in 2010.
Later that year, Taking Back Sunday announced that the lineup from their debut, Tell All Your Friends, would be reuniting in the studio for their next album. The following year, the band released its fifth studio album, the eponymous Taking Back Sunday, followed by the EP Faith (When I Let You Down). Celebrating ten years since the release of the group's debut album, the revived lineup embarked on a tour in 2012, playing the album in its entirety. A live acoustic version of the tour was released for download in mid-2012, and at the same time the bandmembers announced that they had started to record their sixth album. Produced by Marc Jacob Hudson and Mike Sapone, Happiness Is was released in the spring of 2014, and debuted at number ten on the Billboard 200 chart. In June 2016, Taking Back Sunday issued a new single, "Tidal Wave," in anticipation of the release of their seventh studio long-player, also called Tidal Wave, which arrived in September. ~ Charles Spano
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Track List: Happiness Is
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Track List: New Again
Track List: Louder Now: Part Two
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