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Wonder Festival 2015 Summer: Alter
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Jul 27
// Chris Seto
Alter had a rather eclectic mix of figures at their booth. There was quite a large focus on recent idol anime, specifically, Love Live but fans of the original idol anime, Idolm@ster have not been forgotten as there are plans...
Wonder Festival 2014 Summer: ALTAiR Archer
Jul 27
// Scarecroodle
Hopefully won't get lost for several years like Max Factory's figma Archer
Alter had an unpainted 1/8-scale Archer (Fate/Stay Night) on display at Summer WonFes. The Archer-class servant is depicted gesturing aimlessly with a sword while looking backwards. Maybe he's pointing at something. At any rate, the sculpting looks neat and I'm curious as to how he'll turn out painted. He's supposedly slated to release in 2015.
Uta no Prince-Sama
MegaHobby Expo 2014 Spring: ALTAiR teases last two UtaPri boys
Soon, STARISH will be complete
May 31
// Kristina Pino
Hobby Search captured an image of a teaser for the final two male members of STARISH from Uta no Prince-Sama, Syo Kurusu and Natsuki Shinomiya, to complete the set in scaled figures. They're a lovely pair, and from the looks ...
ALTAiR Free!
ALTAiR's Haruka and Makoto now available for pre-order
Bring our boys home
May 14
// Martin Siggers
We saw them previewed the other day and now ALTAiR's take on the boys of Iwatobi Swim Club are ready to take your hard earned money from you. No, not that way, get your minds out of the gutter. Haruka and Makoto have go...
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ALTAiR's Free! boys get previewed, pre-orders begin Wednesday
May 12
// Martin Siggers
Haruka and Makoto in all their glory
A sizeable chunk of the internet fanbase has been eagerly awaiting full scale figures of the Free! club members ever since Alter announced they were picking up the licence and adding the boys to their ALTAiR male line. They'v...
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Dec 22
// Martin Siggers
Win yourself a Christmas present!
Christmas will soon be upon us, so what better time to start giving stuff away? Yes, it's time for a new photo contest! The theme this time out will be Best of Friends. We want to see your figures hanging out with each other,...
Have a full, delicious look at ALTAiR's Ren and Masato
Nov 22
// Kristina Pino
Can't get enough
It's been a few weeks since we finally saw Ren and Masato in their full-color glory, but alas, we were only able to admire them from the front! But ALTAiR have just updated their blog with more images and all is right with th...
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ALTAiR shows off some Free! prototypes
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Nov 02
// Kristina Pino
Max Factory aren't the only ones getting in on the Free! action. At Animate Girls Festival 2013, ALTAiR also showed off two prototypes for their upcoming Free! line, featuring Haru and Makoto. I haven't watched the show, so i...
UtaPri by ALTAiR
UtaPri's Ren and Masato are now fabulously painted
It's all about dem idols
Nov 01
// Kristina Pino
ALTAiR have just revealed the painted prototypes of Hijirikawa Masato and Jinguji Ren, which were last seen back towards the end of August. As with the others in this set, they are dressed up in their idol gear, and looking t...
Old Man assembly!
ALTAiR provides Raven assembly instructions
Here's a little love to tide you over
Oct 31
// Jon Wills
Hey all! I'm sure you were as surprised as me, but ALTAiR's Raven has actually shipped out! To tide us over and get us ready for his arrival ALTAiR kindly published an article on how to safely assemble the "Old Man" Raven. Hit the jump If you want to see the details and sneak a few early peeks at your incoming Raven figurine!
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Oct 09
// Jon Wills
It's been five lonely months since ALTAiR last teased us with an unpainted sculpt of Zelos Wilder and announced their plans to make a Loyd Irving sculpt at Tales Festival 2013. However my friends, the wait is over and it...
Delays hit Alter's release schedule
Sep 26
// Yami Casas
Oh Alter, you should just add a question mark to all your release dates.
I knew things seemed a bit too quiet in Alter-land. After all, Alter wouldn't be Alter without a delay or two on a monthly basis, right? Right. They recently updated their September shipment schedule, and as you can probably ...
Upcoming Makoto
Upcoming Free! figurine of Tachibana Makoto by ALTAiR
Yep there are more of them!
Sep 26
// Jon Wills
Free!, this seasons boy swimming club series has been pretty popular in Japan. I'm glad that the Japanese folks are reaching out to female audiences out there and merchandising men to them. It's been happening for some time, ...
ALTAiR reveals Hijirikawa Masato and Jinguji Ren
Aug 28
// Yami Casas
1000% bishounens!
ALTAiR recently updated their blog and revealed the long awaited prototypes for Uta no Prince-sama's Hijirikawa Masato and Jinguji Ren. Although ALTAiR did display both boys during Wonder Festival Summer 2013, there was a pes...
Free! yourself with Nanase Haruka
Jul 26
// Yami Casas
My dreams have come true
If there is one anime that has been getting a lot of buzz this season, it's KyoAni's new sports themed series Free! - Iwatobi Swim Club. With the immense popularity the show has garnered in just its first four weeks since air...
The dreaded 'D' pays ALTER a visit
Delays ahoy!
May 21
// Yami Casas
I'm sure this will not come as a surprise, but ALTER recently updated their page with news of some of the upcoming figures which were delayed to June (or tentatively "after" June). Here's a complete list of all the items we'l...
Tomopop Review: Alter's Jude Mathis
May 15
// Jon Wills
Figure Name: Jude MathisFigure Manufacturer: AlterRetail Price: ¥7464Available At: Otacute | Hobby Search | AmiAmi | Play Asia | Plamoya Jude Mathis and Milla Maxwell are the lead characters of Tales of Xillia. You choose one or the other at the beginning of the game to be your lead though and that decision changes some of the CG sequences and perspective you see some parts of the story at. On my first play through at least, I think I will choose to play as Jude Mathis. I won't go into any spoilers as to why, but I hear that the back story you see with Jude is a lot more heartfelt and relevant to the story. But enough background nonsense, read on to see his figure. Jude comes in a small but practical box. Those who purchased Alter's Milla Maxwell will be able to instantly recognize the styling. It is very similar, but just a little bit smaller than Milla's box. Here is Jude through the front window. Because of his pose and design the plastic distorts the appearance of his figure through the front window. This makes it harder to recommend Jude to collectors who prefer not to unbox their figurines. Usually Tales figurines do not have issues like this so it is a little disappointing that Alter did not re-design their box some. Contained in the inner plastics inside the box is Jude, his base, and a extra head with a different expression on it. Before we get to Jude, first let's look at his base. It's much like Milla Maxwell's base, except featuring a different color. It is much larger than Milla's. There is nothing really exceptional about his base, but it does match his figurines colors well. When I got around to placing Jude on his base I found that I was glad to have read Alter's assembly instructions ahead of time. I found them invaluable for swapping out his head and even putting his feet down onto their pegs. I know it seems obvious, but the fit is so tight that Jude's feet need to be placed onto all of their pegs at the same time. When I set him up it was a very snug fit. Jude looks fantastic just standing there. However there is more to Jude than what first appears. Follow along as we check out all the details. Jude fights with a brawling, gauntlet style, and by the look of these boots I bet he kicks too. From here you can see a better angle of Jude's stance. Also, you can see another angle on his boots. This overcoat has interesting shapes and symbols on it. It kind of has a uniform look, but really I'm not sure what the significance of it is. Still a lot of work was put into recreating it from the folds to the colors and patterns. It's obvious it was painstaking work. Because Jude is a brawler, he needs to have a sort of gauntlet style weapon. Why does he need a weapon you ask? Well, because it makes it more exciting when you find upgraded equipment for your character of course. That and his metallic gauntlets just look awesome. Jude's gauntlets are very different from one another. This is his left gauntlet which he is punching out with. It's smaller and seems to be attached to his wrist. Despite its small size, the gauntlet has lots of intricate paint work going on with its golds, the orange ties and accents, deep blues and if you look closely you can see two little green gems. On Jude's right arm is this larger gauntlet. It seems to be more defensive as it covers his whole forearm in much the way that a tonfa could. It is patterned in mostly the same style as his right gauntlet, but has five gems. Despite their difference in size, both gauntlets have the same number of ties on them. I can't wait to see how these gauntlets actually work in the game. Alter did a fabulous job at bringing out Jude's design to figurine form. This is one of my favorite angles of him. My eyes keep being drawn to all the wrinkles in his clothing and how perfectly the linework and everything flows with them. It may sound strange to some, but I think Jude has the best folds I have seen on a figurine. While Jude's hair may appear to be simple, it is more complex than you may think. If you look closely you can see that there is an upper layer as well as a lower layer showing more detail and texture. Also, while there is a visible seam which you can see on the side, but it becomes almost invisible as the appearance of it is reduced by all of his other hair textures. In the short time that I have owned Jude I have prefered his smiling face, but the more that I look at his smiling face the more I want to switch him to his serious expression. Thankfully switching expressions could not be easier as long as you follow Alter's assembly instructions. You can pop off one head and put the different one on. No tedious face swapping on the same head and this method keeps worrying of damaging hair to a minimal. Here is his serious expression from one of his best angles. Jude and Milla are great characters. However are they both just as good looking in figurine form? I may be biased but I think Milla is one of my best looking figurines on my shelf right now. I will say that especially by silhouette it is hard to say that Jude looks better than Milla, but when you look real close at the careful work that Alter has put into making Jude such a great figurine he manages to close the gap with Milla. Still, Milla manages to outshine Jude in the general looks department. I won't say it's just because she is female, there is something more magical to it than that. I think Milla is just built from the ground up to look good as a primary part of her character. That may not be the case for Jude. Still he does look handsome. When Jude is placed next to Rita Mordio he looks pretty good doesn't he? Rita's and Jude's colors and poses complement one another very well. Both are punching out and look to be in motion. Incidentally both of these characters are also 15 years old. No wonder they look so good together. After I was done writing up most of this I was taking more photos of Jude and while switching out his head for a more serious expression I found out something that is too funny not to mention. As you can see you can place his head on his base and it will balance well. Kind of creepy but yet sort of funny isn't it? In the end was Jude worth purchasing? I would have to say absolutely. As a fan of both the Tales of series and Alter he was a must buy for me. I still regret not purchasing Alter's Luke Fon Fabre. Even if you are not a major fan of Tales or Alter then he is still a very well crafted, dynamic male character. Thank you for reading my review through to the end. If you want to talk about Jude, or share your own experiences with him, be sure leave a comment.
What a hotcake!
It's not every day that we see a boy figurine like Jude Mathis. However the Tales franchise and ALTaiR have a good history of making it happen. First to capture our hearts was Yuri Lowell, followed by Flyn...
Jude Mathis is released: ALTaiR posts assembly advice
Tips to keep Jude looking good
Apr 25
// Jon Wills
Yes! There is lots of good news for Tales fans this morning. ALTaiR's Jude Mathis from Tales of Xillia just shipped out to buyers. I'm hoping that mine shows up early next week. ALTaiR just kindly released some assembly advice on their blog which people who purchased the figurine may want to review. Hit the jump to see a few basic instructions on how to safely assemble him. via ALTaiR's blog
Wonder Festival 2013 Winter: ALTAiR
Feb 11
// Kristina Pino
What ALTAiR brought to display at Wonder Festival is nothing new. We've already seen Waver Velvet (Fate/Zero), Raven (Tales of Vesperia), and Jude Mathis (Tales of X'illia), as well as UtaPri's Tokiya and Ittoki, so where's t...
Alter to show its latest prototypes at Wonfes
Feb 08
// Jon Wills
Yay Estelle! I can't wait!
In a scant two days Alter will be showing off its latest prototypes at Wonderfest Winter 2013. I can't wait to see more of their Estelle sculpt from Tales of Vesperia, but there are so many more figures on display. In ad...
Alter delays products! My wallet rejoices!
Accelerator for a V-day gift! Woohoo.
Jan 31
// Jon Wills
Here at Tomopop we were having our usual lazy tea party when we all realized that there have been delays for some of our anticipated Alter figures. A few cookies passed hands and some shout-outs were heard. Here is what we ca...
Pre-order Raven from Tales of Vesperia
Jan 16
// Jon Wills
Now we're gonna have some fun!
Well, what do ya know? This old man we previewed just a few days ago is now available for pre-order. So I'm here to sound the trumpets to let everyone know that Alter's Raven is getting ready for some action! Even if you...
Preview Alter's Raven from Tales of Vesperia
Jan 12
// Jon Wills
Hooray for the old man!
Last time we saw coverage of old man Raven from my favorite JRPG Tales of Vesperia was during the Animate Girls Festival back in November. I could only imagine how pleased he was watching all the lad...
UtaPri's Ittoki and Tokiya sing and dance into pre-orders
ALTAiR strikes a home run in this duo
Dec 12
// Kristina Pino
It's been a while since we heard from ALTAiR on the status of their Uta no Prince-Sama figures, the teasers for which were shown off at Wonder Festival (Summer). In the short time since then, the ALTAiR blog published a full ...
MegaHobby Expo 2012 Autumn: Fate/Zero everywhere!
ALTAiR, Megahouse show off some manly figures
Nov 26
// Brian Szabelski
If you happen to be a Fate/Zero fan, then MegaHobby Expo 2012 Autumn was a dream come true for you. ALTAiR rolled out a familiar face with its sitting Waver Velvet figure in 1/8-scale. It appears he'll come with two equa...
MegaHobby Expo 2012 Fall: Tales figures from Alter,ALTAiR
Nov 26
// Natalie Kipper
More goodies from the heroes of Vesperia and Xillia
Japan's MegaHobby Expo 2102 Fall is upon us, with Alter and ALTAiR showcasing the characters of the Tales series, specifically Tales of Vesperia and Tales of Xillia. From Xillia, we see an unpainted sculpt of Jude Mathis by A...
Animate Girls Festival 2012: Fate/Zero Waver by ALTER
You can be the master of my ride any day.
Nov 18
// Jonathan Tubbs
Boys! Men! Sexy folks! Whatever you want it to be, the Animate Girls Festival has it for you ladies (and guys)! We've seen that already with ALTER revealing the colored prototype of Raven from Namco Bandai role-playing game T...
ALTAiR teases Fate/zero's Waver Velvet in color
To appear at Animate Girls Festival and MegaHobby Expo
Nov 15
// Brian Szabelski
Alter's ALTAiR division has teased a new figure on its blog, and it just happens to be Fate/Zero's Waver Velvet! While he was previously announced, this is the first time we're getting a glimpse at Waver in color. You can see...
Pre-order ALTAiR's Jude Mathis from Tales of X'illia
Aug 22
// Jon Wills
In a market dominated by female figures, ALTAiR has managed to carve itself a nice niche with their very successful series of Tales men. Yuri Lowell (reviewed) and Flynn Scifo (reviewed) by ALTAiR were both extremely popular ...
ALTAiR's Orihara Izaya really wants to be with you
Aug 21
// Yami Casas
Earlier today ALTAiR updated its blog to announce the re-release of Durarara's!! infamous information broker, Orihara Izaya. Wearing his trademark black hooded jacket, Izaya may be posed holding a switchblade or his black cel...
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Earnings before interest and tax for the 12 months to June is likely to be $530 million to $540 million, Asciano said in a statement yesterday.
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Asciano chief executive John Mullen said the March quarter was a challenging period for most of the company.
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Asciano is in dispute with the Maritime Union (MUA), which resulted in strike action affecting productivity.
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So basically when the system is fully hot up to temp, when we loosen our caps that is why a lot of steam/hot air comes out. Wouldn't using this cap to lower the pressure force the water pump to work harder to move coolant around as it's not pressurized as it should be?
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Lot of one pallet contains miscellaneous train parts, in original Madison Hardware bins. Qauge: O Q: Q4 B: B5 Please note that this lot contains 8 large metal bins of postwar and modern parts including three bins of 1122 switches (100), one bin 027 rusty straight track (150), 9333-015 white trailer body (25), coupler with roller (50), one bin of incomplete 1022 switches (50), one bin of spaghetti insulator (1000), E-units (25), small bags of Plasticville people (6), one bin with sleeves of small parts terminals, screws, bulbs, etc. (100 of each). (Quantities are approximate and not all items are listed)


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Capgemini and Pegasystems: Delivering Business Value through Partnership
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Joan of Arc are an American indie rock band from Chicago, Illinois. They formed in 1995, following the breakup of Cap'n Jazz. Singer Tim Kinsella has been the only permanent member of the group; he has also recorded as a solo artist. Joan of Arc are known for their use of electronics, samples, and multi-track recording in their songs; some songs on The Gap contained over 100 tracks. Joan of Arc's lyrics and cover art are often intentionally misleading, humorous, or confusing. For example, the album Live in Chicago 1999 is not a live album, but a reference to the fact that the band lived in Chicago in the year 1999. Members of Joan of Arc have been in many other bands including Friend/Enemy with Califone's Tim Rutili; American Football with Kinsella's brother Mike; Owls, a Cap'n Jazz reunion; Ghosts and Vodka; Everyoned, and most recently Make Believe.
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(CNSNews.com) – CNSNews.com does a daily "newspaper roundup," gathering news of interest to conservatives from dozens of U.S. media outlets. Here's a sampling of today's harvest:
Ecuador to Open Consulate in Phoenix, Arizona
From The Arizona Republic: Ecuador is opening a consulate in Phoenix because Arizona is the main route for illegal immigration from Ecuador into the United States, said Maria Gabriela Troya, who will oversee the new consulate. "They cross the desert, but they don't stay here," she said. "They go to the East, mainly." The consulate will mainly assist Ecuadorans who have been detained by U.S. immigration. "Our main goal is to protect the rights of migrants," Troya said.
See Newspaper Roundup and Arizona Republic report
Eritrea Rebuffs U.N. Anti-Poverty Efforts, Saying Aid Does More Harm Than Good
From Fox News: In a stinging rebuff to the United Nations and its anti-poverty efforts, Eritrea, one of the poorest countries in Africa, has told the world body that it wants out of its long-term development agreement because the U.N. makes the problem worse, not better. The reason, given in a January 26 notification letter obtained by Fox News, is that "aid only postpones the basic solutions to crucial development problems by tentatively ameliorating their manifestations without tackling their root causes. The structural, political, economic, etc. damage that it inflicts upon recipient countries is also enormous."
See Newspaper Roundup and Fox News report
GOP Drafting Bill on Illegal Immigration
From The Los Angeles Times: Congressional Republicans are drafting legislation that would require the federal government to add more fencing, sensors, agents and even drones to stop every illegal entry into the United States. It's another example of how a more conservative Congress has steered the immigration debate away from the Obama administration's two-pronged push for reforms and improved border security, and toward strict enforcement of immigration laws. With a Democratic majority in the Senate, the Republican bill is unlikely to pass.
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Jack Hunter is a Phase One Certified Professional Digital Tech. He graduated Seattle Central Creative Academy's commercial photography program in 2014. His strong skills in file management and on-and-off set retouching make him a wonderful team asset. When Jack is not working, he enjoys spending time with his friends and the exploration of everything Sci-Fi.
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To be information literate, a person must
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The AMBS Master of Divinity degree has six educational outcomes. Information literacy is named in the fourth one.
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Demonstrate the ability to locate, evaluate, and use information effectively.
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Deep Blue Sea is a match-3 puzzle game in which you find treasure and adventure in an underwater world. The mystery of the aquatic people of Avalonia unfolds as you discover the scattered fragments of their Sacred Amulets, salvaging treasure along the way. The plot thickens as the Amulets are assembled and their powers come to life. Deep Blue Sea entertains with engaging and challenging gameplay, unique features and power-ups, and an original soundtrack.
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ScrollableControl.ScrollControlIntoView Method
Scrolls the specified child control into view on an auto-scroll enabled control.
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
The AutoScroll property must be set to true, and at least one of the scroll bars, horizontal or vertical, must also be visible, for the ScrollControlIntoView method to have an effect. To make the horizontal and vertical scroll bars visible, the HScroll and VScroll properties, respectively, must be set to true.
If the activeControl parameter is not a child control, no action takes place.
This method may raise the Scroll event.
The following code example enables auto-scrolling for a form, resizes the form, and ensures that a button remains visible after the form is resized. The example requires that you have a Form with a Button named button2 on it.
private void ResizeForm() { // Enable auto-scrolling for the form. this.AutoScroll = true; // Resize the form. Rectangle r = this.ClientRectangle; // Subtract 100 pixels from each side of the Rectangle. r.Inflate(-100, -100); this.Bounds = this.RectangleToScreen(r); // Make sure button2 is visible. this.ScrollControlIntoView(button2); }
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Jul 21, 2017 - 08:57 PM ET
Silver and gold bullion-tracking exchange-traded products climbed more than 1%, while crude-oil ETPs declined around 3%.
Sam Doctor, Fundstrat Global Advisors' head of data science research, says there's a 50/50 chance of a 10% correction in the S&P 500 over the next few months.
First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology and SPDR S&P Biotech were among the best performers in ETF land Thursday.
An ETF strategist and a commodity strategist share their thoughts on gold prices and gold mining companies.
Crude oil spot prices have fallen so far on Thursday, following yesterday's climb to a six-week high.
Blackstone Group shares are falling on modest quarterly results, but two analysts think shares have 10% upside.
Sometimes-activist firm Jana Partners sold out of its Whole Foods position with a $300 million profit.
Short-term VIX futures tracking exchange-traded funds flop again.
U.S. Energy Information Administration data showed U.S. crude oil and gas inventories declining through the week ended July 14.
A UBS report lays out some surprising facts. Active managers actually do well in Latin America relative to passive strategies. Most inflows into LatAm ETFs went to Brazil, but the best-performing markets year-to-date have been Mexico and Peru.
Canaccord Genuity's Brian Reynolds says investor positions "range from extremely aggressive to bearish."
With exchange-traded funds ballooning in popularity, it's harder to and more important to separate fact from fiction. On the Focus on Funds blog and ETF Focus column, L.A. native Crystal Kim lifts the hood on ETFs, mutual funds and hedge funds to highlight overlooked values, actionable ideas and potential pitfalls.


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I don't own many straight down the line tunics. I think many of you know, I am partial to quite a heavy structure through my dresses and clothing. Lately, I have enjoyed clothes which are a little more flowy and roomy. I think it's working in the West End. The tube is a killer for heat and I like to feel a little more movement through my clothes at the moment.
Just like the Anna Scholz Cape Coat that I tried in the last post, the Ponte Jersey Frill Shift Tunic is a gorgeous, bright red. Red is such a stunning colour and through autumn and winter it will look just fab as the skies turn grey and people get out their black coats.
As soon as I put this tunic on, I felt its immediate Ponte Jersey warmth! It was nice - not toasty, just warm and comforting. I like the drape from my chest and specifically enjoy how this garment just skims off my breast and then flows down my body. I could easily layer thermal underwear with this tunic OR belt it OR throw on a jacket... This is versatile!
The detailing on the neckline and cuffs is also pretty adorable and because the detailing is the same fabric as the body of the tunic, it kind of blends really well and then POPs to life as you get closer to the garment. Beautiful!
This shirt dress... honestly? I can rarely stand to try a shirt dress. It's the buttons. I feel like clothing that's done up over my breasts (42F and supported fabulously by the Gok Wan Banger Booster) will pop open and I'll be some sort of busty pirate wench...
NOT the case, here!
I am thrilled to report that for the first time in a LONG LONG time I have found the shirt dress to reboot my frame of mind. I put this dress on and looked at myself. In my USUAL size 20 - there was no pull across the bust, no strain on the buttons, no threat of popping... just a perfectly closed shirt dress, and there were my boobs, covered and safe, under a shirt dress that fit - just as it SHOULD.
My Mr. Darcy was like, "Buy It".
I love this. My new found love of shirt dresses aside, I like the shape created thanks to the waist-high belt, I like the 3/4 sleeves and I particularly enjoy the playful, yet strangely intriguing beetle pattern.
The material is crepe jersey meaning the garment floats on your skin, but is also soft and has a little stretch in it. So, SO comfortable.
This one really surprised me. I really thought that because of past experiences with shirt dresses, that I'd put this on and dismiss it. I was wrong. Anna Scholz has nailed this dress and style. AND it just goes to show me: as a fashion lover AND as a consumer, that trying new things every now and again - or indeed REtrying things previously dismissed, is well worth it.
I love this one.
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Ohio's Utica shale may not produce as much oil as drillers had once envisioned, although energy companies remain very satisfied with the other products they're finding, according to Chesapeake Energy Corp. CE0 Aubrey McClendon.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday that McClendon said the Utica shale under eastern Ohio is unlikely to generate a major increase in Chesapeake's oil production.
McClendon said Chesapeake is very pleased with its natural gas and natural gas liquids from the Utica shale. It will, he said, be "one of our foundational plays for decades to come."
Cheasapeake, the No. 1 player in the Utica shale, has been going after lucrative natural gas liquids: ethane, butane and propane, in addition to natural gas and oil. It has more than 1.2 million acres leased in Ohio.
The Utica shale is not a place "where we are going to probably see a huge amount of oil production growth," he said Tuesday at an investor conference. "And to the extent the oil works, it will be with some other companies."
A Chesapeake spokesman told the Wall Street Journal: "For the time being, we are pleased to let other companies commit their capital to the oil window" of the Utica shale.
Last May, McClendon said Chesapeake was confident that the company would report success in oil drilling in the Utica.
The Utica shale appears to have natural gas to the east with a wet gas deposit or window window to the west. That deposit is about 35 miles wide and runs through Carroll, Harrison, Belmont, Columbiana, Guernsey and parts of surrounding counties.
It appeared likely that oil would be found west of that deposit, drillers had said.
Oklahoma-based Devon Energy Corp. had gone after the oil with wells in Medina and Ashland counties. The company reported in August that the results from those wells were disappointing. It said it intended to move its drilling to the east to tap into the wet-gas window.
Other drillers have reported success with oil wells in parts of the Utica area.
Chesapeake is the No. 2 natural gas producer behind Exxon Mobil Corp., but it has shifted to liquids production which are more lucrative than natural gas. That shift was triggered by low gas prices stemming from the natural gas glut.
Chesapeake Energy Corp,the Oklahoma-based firm is the No. 1 driller in Ohio.
Rig Count Interactive Map by Baker Hughes, an energy services company.
Shale Sheet Fracking, a Youngstown Vindicator blog.
National Geographic's The Great Shale Rush.
The Ohio Environmental Council, a statewide eco-group based in Columbus.
Earthjustice, a national eco-group.
People's Oil and Gas Collaborative-Ohio, a grass-roots group in Northeast Ohio.
Concerned Citizens of Medina County, a grass-roots group.
No Frack Ohio, a Columbus-based grass-roots group.
Fracking: Gas Drilling's Environmental Threat by ProPublica, an online journalism site.
Pipeline, blog from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Marcellus shale drilling.
Allegheny Front, environmental public radio for Western Pennsylvania.


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Nearly 50 boys and girls from grades K-8 participated in the annual Pro Camp hosted by the Mission Viejo High boys basketball program last week at Saddleback College. Campers learned proper techniques for dribbling, passing and shooting in a fun, competitive atmosphere. Each camper received a basketball and a t-shirt, and some came away with prizes they won for performing superbly in competitions. The camp will have a second session July 22-26, from 8 a.m. to noon. Cost is $175. For more information, email MVHS boys basketball coach Troy Roelen at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
When a human cell detects damaged DNA, it initiates the DNA damage response (DDR) that permits it to repair the damage and avoid transmitting it to daughter cells. Despite this response, changes to the genome occur and some cells, such as proliferating cancer cells, are prone to genome instability. The cellular processes that lead to genomic changes after a genotoxic event are not well understood. Our research focuses on the relationship between genotoxic cancer drugs and checkpoint adaptation, which is the process of mitosis with damaged DNA. We examine the types of DNA damage induced by widely used cancer drugs and describe their effects upon proliferating cancer cells. There is evidence that cell death caused by genotoxic cancer drugs in some cases includes exiting a DNA damage cell cycle arrest and entry into mitosis. Furthermore, some cells are able to survive this process at a time when the genome is most susceptible to change or rearrangement. Checkpoint adaptation is poorly characterised in human cells; we predict that increasing our understanding of this pathway may help to understand genomic instability in cancer cells and provide insight into methods to improve the efficacy of current cancer therapies.
The human genome is composed of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), which is the heritable macromolecule that carries the information essential for life. As a chemical, DNA is susceptible to changes that affect its capacity to perform this role. Cells use highly regulated biochemical pathways to replicate DNA, detect if it is modified, and repair modifications as they arise. Many processes are required to prevent change and to transfer the genome to daughter cells: replication must be accurate, chromosomes must be distributed correctly during cell division, and damage to DNA must be detected and repaired [
The genomic integrity of cells is often challenged by both chemical and physical agents that can modify the bases of nucleotides and modify or break the sugar-phosphate backbone [
DNA base depurination (
DNA bases can be oxidised by ROS, causing dozens of major DNA base changes such as thymine glycol [
DNA base deamination (
Base alkylation or methylation (
DNA adducts are formed by the addition of large molecules (such as the alkyl groups discussed above) to DNA [
DNA-DNA crosslinks are formed when two DNA bases are covalently linked to each other, such as through bi-functional alkylating agents that have two reactive sites [
DNA can also be damaged by the covalent crosslinking of proteins to DNA (
Blocking the replication machinery by base damage or SSBs leads to replication fork stalling and fork arrest/collapse that can form DSBs [
Cancer is a complex disease characterised by at least six hallmark characteristics [
Alkylating agents are electrophiles that covalently transfer alkyl-groups onto the DNA bases [
The nitrogen mustards are bifunctional alkylating agents that damage DNA by forming guanine-guanine and guanine-adenine interstrand crosslinks. Mechlorethamine, bendamustine, melphalan, chlorambucil, ifosfamide and cyclophosphamide are the nitrogen mustards most commonly used today [
In recent years the use of temozolomide (TMZ) (
A more recently discovered and atypical monofunctional alkylating agent is S23906 [
Despite being effective and widely used, cisplatin causes severe side-effects such as nephrotoxicity and is associated with resistance, especially in ovarian cancer [
Antimetabolites used in cancer therapies typically have chemical structure that are related to nucleotide metabolites [
Topoisomerases are essential enzymes that relax DNA supercoiling during DNA replication and transcription, by introducing transient nicks to relieve torsional stress [
Camptothecin (CPT) (
Two classes of drugs that target TOP2 exist, the TOP2 poisons and the TOP2 catalytic inhibitors [
Ionising radiation is a physical agent that damages DNA and can both cause and treat cancer. Ionising radiation can be used alone or in combination with anti-cancer drugs and it is estimated that approximately 50% of all cancer patients receive ionising radiation at some point during their treatment [
To prevent the transmission of damaged DNA to daughter cells during cell division, damaged DNA must be repaired. This depends on DNA damage repair pathways as well as cell cycle checkpoint activation to arrest the cell cycle. If DNA damage is irreparable cells may signal for senescence (growth arrest), apoptosis (programmed cell death) [
The response to damaged DNA is initiated by the large serine/threonine kinases, ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) and ATM and Rad3-related (ATR) [
ATM is present in the cell as an inactive homodimer [
ATR is regarded as the main effector of the G2/M checkpoint [
Once activated Chk1 prevents the activation of cyclin-dependent kinase 1 (Cdk1) which in complex with cyclin B is responsible for mitotic entry. Cdk1 is inhibited by phosphorylation of threonine 14 and tyrosine 15 by Myt1 and Wee1 respectively. The cdc25 phosphatases remove these inhibitory phosphate groups, activating Cdk1, and entry into mitosis occurs. Activated Chk1 phosphorylates the cdc25 phosphatases, targeting them for sequestration or ubiquitination and degradation [
Activation of cell cycle checkpoints by the DDR provides cells with time to repair damaged DNA and allows them to either proceed with the cell cycle (with damaged or repaired DNA), senesce or die. One of the striking features of the DNA damage pathway is its capacity to detect many different types of damaged DNA. This capacity is demonstrated in
In non-cancerous cells the G1/S checkpoint is an important checkpoint initiated by the ATM-Chk2-p53-MDM2-p21 pathway [
Recently there has been much interest in discovering and characterising compounds that target the DDR and cell cycle checkpoints to enhance the efficacy of the genotoxic drugs. For example Cdk1 inhibitors can be used to prevent cells from entering mitosis [
After checkpoint initiation a cell may die by apoptosis, necrosis, autophagy or mitotic cell death. The cellular response post-checkpoint initiation may be different depending on: the quantity and type of DNA damage, which tissue a cell originates from, whether a cell is cancerous or not, which checkpoint has been activated, and whether a cell contains mutated genes such as p53 that may affect its ability to signal for a particular death pathway such as apoptosis. For example following radiation treatment apoptosis appears to be p53 and cell type dependent [
Mitosis as a mode of cell death after treatment with DNA damaging agents has been recognised for many decades [
Checkpoint adaptation is defined by three sequential steps: (i) a DNA damage induced cell cycle arrest; (ii) overcoming this cell cycle arrest; and (iii) resuming the cell cycle with damaged DNA [
In 2004, Yoo
The biochemical pathways that regulate checkpoint adaptation in human cells are not yet well understood. However it has been shown that after treatment with the genotoxic agent CPT 90% of cells enter into mitosis with damaged DNA and up to 98% of these cells will die, while 2% may survive [
We propose that the relationship between mitosis and damaged DNA in some proliferating cancer cells could be targeted therapeutically to increase the efficacy of current cancer treatments. In these cases, cancer cells might enter mitosis more frequently than normal cells in response to DNA damage because they are more likely to be deficient in different aspects of cell cycle checkpoints [
Studies have shown that mitotic entry occurs before cell death in various cell lines treated with different DNA damaging agents. The diversity of cancer cell lines that have responded to a range of DNA damaging treatments by entering mitosis demonstrates that entry into mitosis with damaged DNA and mitotic cell death should not be overlooked in cancer research. Following treatment with ionising radiation HeLa cervix adenocarcinoma cells enter mitosis [
In addition to these studies Chang
Several studies have indicated that cellular response to a treatment may be dose dependent. Studies with 5-FU [
Importantly, there is clinical evidence that cells pass through mitosis after acquiring DNA damage by ionising radiation. Several clinical studies used cytological staining and light microscopy and revealed an increased number of micronuclei in oral [
Mitotic catastrophe has been defined as cell death caused by aberrant mitosis associated with spontaneous premature chromosome condensation and multiple micronuclei [
One pathway that allows entry into mitosis with damaged DNA is checkpoint adaptation. Many of the cell models studied using genotoxic agents have yet to apply tests of the three steps that define checkpoint adaptation, namely, a DNA damage induced arrest, overcoming this arrest and resuming the cell cycle with damaged DNA. The current model to test for checkpoint adaptation uses HT-29 cells [
To demonstrate the process of checkpoint adaptation experimentally DNA damage can be detected using immunofluorescence microscopy for histone γH2AX [
The steps of overcoming cell cycle arrest and entering into mitosis with damaged DNA can be shown by light microscopy and time-lapse video microscopy of treated cell populations. Mitotic entry can also be detected by western blotting for key mitotic proteins such as cyclin B and Tyr15-phosphorylated Cdk1. Cells that are undergoing checkpoint adaptation can be assayed for mitotic entry by a Cdk1 activity assay that uses PP1-Cα as a recombinant Cdk1 substrate [
Although there are several different cell death pathways, the variety of cancer cell lines that have been shown to enter into mitosis after a genotoxic event suggests that mitotic entry is a major cellular response to damaged DNA. This may be because cancer cell lines are typically deficient in one or more proteins associated with the cell cycle and cell cycle checkpoints. We predict that many of these cell lines undergo checkpoint adaptation and that further research into DNA damage repair and the DDR will help to find links to the pathways that cells use to enter mitosis with damaged DNA. These studies are necessary to understand how cells arrive at certain fates, such as cell death or survival, after entering mitosis with damaged DNA. An improved understanding of these areas will provide a better insight into how current cancer therapies work and how they may fail, potentially leading to an improvement in their efficacy.
We thank Alberta Innovates-Technology Futures, Alberta Innovates Sustainability Fund and the University of Lethbridge for providing funding for this study. We also thank Laurent Meijer (ManRos Therapeutics), Pierre Colas and Sandrine Ruchaud (Station Biologique, Roscoff, France) for support, and members of the Cancer Cell Laboratory for valuable discussions. The contribution of Sylvain Tilleul in performing experiments for
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
Ataxia telangiectasia mutated
ATM and Rad3-related
ATR-interacting protein
Cyclin-dependent kinase 1
Cyclin-dependent kinase 2
Checkpoint kinase 1
Checkpoint kinase 2
DNA damage response
Deoxyribonucleic acid
Deoxynucleotide triphosphates
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Replication factor C
Reactive oxygen species
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DNA topoisomerase II binding protein 1
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Types of DNA damage. (
Structures of DNA damaging agents. (
An overview of the DNA damage response (DDR). In response to DNA damage the ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM)/ATM and Rad3-related (ATR) kinases are activated and phosphorylate many substrates including proteins involved in checkpoint activation, DNA replication and DNA damage repair. When activated checkpoint kinase 1 (Chk1) and checkpoint kinase 2 (Chk2) inactivate the Cdc25 phosphatases, initiating checkpoints which prevent cells from progressing through the cell cycle by maintaining the inhibitory phosphorylation of the cyclin-dependent kinases (Cdks). ATM is also responsible for activating p53 which activates the G1/S checkpoint through inhibition of Cdk2/cyclin E by p21.
The majority of genotoxic agents activate the DNA damage response (DDR). Human cancer cells were treated with 1 of 23 cytotoxic agents, of which 19 were from the genotoxic category. Cell extracts were analysed by western blotting with antibodies directed to either phos-S345 Chk1 or phos-T68 Chk2, which are the activated forms of Chk1 or Chk2 in response to damaged DNA (see
A model of checkpoint adaptation. A genotoxic event damages the DNA of proliferating cell, which leads to the activation of the G2/M checkpoint and arrest in G2. The cells undergo checkpoint adaptation; they enter mitosis with damaged DNA. The majority of cells undergo cell death but some cells may survive, likely with changes to their genome.
A table of different cancer treatments that damage DNA, their mechanism of action, and the main types of damage that they cause.
|Agent Type
|Examples of Drugs
|Mechanism of Action
|Type of DNA Damage
|Alkylating agents
|Nitrogen mustards
|Base alkylation-Monofunctional DNA adducts
|Block the replication machinery leading to strand breaks
|Inter, intra and DNA-protein crosslinks
|Block the replication machinery leading to strand breaks
|Platinum drugs
|Monofunctional DNA adducts
|Block the replication machinery leading to strand breaks
|Inter, intra and DNA-protein crosslinks
|Block the replication machinery leading to strand breaks
|Misincorporates into DNA
|Blocks the replication machinery leading to strand breaks
|Depletes dNTPs
|Blocks the replication machinery leading to strand breaks
|Topoisomerase poisons
|Inhibit topoisomerase enzymes in complex with DNA
|SSBs and DSBs
|Ionising radiation
|SSBs and DSBs
|Indirect production of ROS
|DNA adducts, base oxidation, SSBs, DSBs, base deamination, DNA-protein crosslinks
A table listing the peak plasma concentration of clinical DNA damaging drugs, and their treatment schedule.
|Peak Plasma Concentration
|Oral capsule
|200 mg/m2/day for 5 days
|104 μM [
|150 mg/m2/day for 5 days
|66 μM [
|100 mg/m2/day for 5 days
|44 μM [
|Cisplatin (Total platinum)
|Toxic concentration in blood
|16 μM [
|1 h intravenous
|100 mg/m2
|12 μM [
|Rapid (4–15 min) intravenous
|100 mg/m2
|40 μM [
|Carboplatin (Total platinum)
|1 h intravenous
|400 mg/m2
|70 μM [
|37 min intravenous
|350 mg/m2
|130 μM [
|Oxaliplatin (Total platinum)
|5 cycles, 2 h intravenous
|130 mg/m2 every 3 weeks
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|3 cycles, 2 h intravenous
|85 mg/m2 every 2 weeks
|6 μM [
|72 h intravenous
|1750 mg/m2/day
|10 μM [
|1.5 mg/m2/day for 5 days
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|100 mg/day-8–15 days (typical dose)
|14 μM [
|Intravenous, 500 mg/h
|400–800 mg/m2/day for 3 days (high dose study)
|45–194 μM [


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Vintage Blowjob. This gallery is named "Everybody does this" for a true reason. Here you can see the shots which do reflect the spirit our grandfathers and grandmother used to have about sex, and probably those were the same as we have today if not even a little bit more frivolous at times. The girls that can suck even the hugest cocks and they guys who genuinely appreciate the attention of their wanton maids. The naked bodies tend to excite anyone who looks at the picture as we can see the galls leaning in different poses to only taste the manhood of their masters. The rosy tongues lick masculine privy parts and feel the wonderful temptation to keep on doing this forever feeling their own taint.
And there we can see the picture of a man sitting on the sofa and a naked girl on the floor. She lays her head right between his hairy legs and licks his cock and we can see the efforts she does to please him. His dick is heavy and hairy but nothing can stop her from pleasing him. She will do everything possible to bring him real pleasure.


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Last month, the news that Twitter is planning on adding location data to its API so that developers and then eventually people will be able to add longitude and latitude information to their Tweets. There have been lots of comments pro and con, depending on how much of a privacy nut you are.
Yes, geolocation can be a Good Thing, particularly to obtain hyperlocal news feeds, or to find a particular restaurant or service nearby, or even to find your friends for a night out on the town. But what was missing from these discussions is how prevalent geolocation already is in various services that most of us just take for granted, including ordinary cell phones.
Geolocation certainly isn't new and even Google's Latitude has been out for some time now that enables Web and smart phone users to see where their friends are located. And the latest version 5 of HTML contains code for geolocation, even though it is unreleased, it is still being perfected by various developers and not really incorporated in many browsers yet. There are services such as Brightkite.com that are social networks with geolocation information knowledge.
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Washington County canoe race benefits fishing
Ten Mile Creek in Washington County has been stocked with trout — some big ones, too.
Now it's time to pay the bill.
The people behind the Marianna Outdoorsmen Association will go a long way toward doing that Saturday with their annual canoe race. The run — anywhere between 3.2 and 3.8 miles — starts at 11 a.m. at Main Street in Marianna.
It ends downstream on private property located off Davis Lane, where a giant post-race party will be held. There will be country and rock bands, food, games and children's activities.
"It's a good run," said Ed Thomas of Marianna, one of the event's founders.
"But we're more than a canoe race these days. We're just growing by leaps and bounds."
The goal of the race and party is to raise money to protect and improve the watershed while also sponsoring outdoor recreation.
Proceeds are used to stock trout in Ten Mile Creek, for example. About $10,000 worth of fish — brook, brown, rainbow and golden rainbow trout — will go into the stream in a year's time. Most were stocked prior to opening day of trout season.
"Our fish went from 10 inches to 30 inches," Thomas said. "We did have one big brown trout caught on opening day that went 31.5 inches, though. We're not sure if that was a holdover from last year's stocking or just an extra-big one we got this year."
Canoe race organizers have bigger plans for the future.
In taking on associate members for the first time, it hopes to raise enough money to stock pheasants for hunters and hold a fishing tournament in the fall to benefit a local Wounded Warriors chapter, Thomas said. The club also is looking to start a disaster relief arm and acquire property, he added.
The canoe race is the biggest part of making all that possible.
"It's an exciting thing for this little town," Thomas said. "It's probably the biggest thing that happens in this community in a year's time."
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'Death Metal Angola' Documentarian Jeremy Xido on Angola's Musical 'Mini-Revolution'
'Death Metal Angola' is a powerful new documentary which explores the impact of extreme metal on young people in war-torn Africa, as well as the actual bands that perform the music. The award-winning documentary has been making the festival circuit worldwide, gaining much praise for the film's heart and passionate characters.
After 'Death Metal Angola' documentarian Jeremy Xido stopped by our offices to screen the film for us and some lucky contest winners, he sat down with us to help introduce 'Death Metal Angola' to the public, dig deep into the film's many protagonists and to find out more about Angolan music.
Tell us more about the main characters Sonya and Wilker.
Sonia Ferreira is a woman who currently is the director of the Okutiuka center for kids, an orphanage. She was a schoolteacher, that was her first career. She comes from a line of teachers. She's happened to have lived a life that is completely defined, in some ways, by war; war that had broken into the rest of her life that she herself had been a war refugee running from devastation and interrupted at every turn by new fighting in Angola.
She's a person whose response to that has been to look to the most vulnerable members of society to try and help them. In that case, it's children. She also happens to be one of the biggest proponents of rock and roll in the whole country of Angola. It's this weird thing; she has an encyclopedic knowledge of all the bands, when they started, when she saw them. I think part of her strength actually derives from her association with this music. It's kind of differentiated herself from everything else.
Wilker Flores is her boyfriend and Wilker is a death metal musician. He's a musician who particularly loves death metal. He'll play anything, but death metal is what makes him happiest. He's a computer programmer, he's young and energetic and his great dream is to see a proliferation of Angolan hardcore and metal bands that take over the whole world. He just wants to see it happen and to live within it and to experience it.
What kind of music are the people of Angola normally exposed to?
The most popular form of music in Angola is currently for young generations. There's an electronic music that's called Kuduro, which means "hardass." It has sort of like jungle / house. It uses Angolan rhythms, traditional rhythms, but it's also programmed. Some people say that it was initially programmed on cell phones. The rhythms were programmed on cellphones, so it has a really tinny, s–tty sound. This rough sound, or maybe it'll be sent through speakers that are old. It has a dirty sound, and it has rap over the top of it. The rap is actually quite aggressive and the music is quite aggressive, so it's not like hip-hop here. It's faster and much more fractured and I always think of it as having an energy that's more similar to punk. Where as hip-hop has this sort-of down beat, Kudoro is this thing that's staccato here and then there's this jumping aspect.
There's a dance. The dance, they say, came from a group of guys who were watching a video of the Jean-Claude Van Damme movie 'Kickboxer.' They saw Jean-Claude dancing and they all got up and started making fun of him and dancing with his hard ass, his stiff ass cheeks. I don't if that's actually true, but that's the story. That's the 'hip' music. That's the music that people think they can have a career in, to have all the kids gravitate towards. There's other kinds of music, something called Semba. There's something called Kizomba, which is a Salsa kind of thing. Semba is more ballads and kind of a softer music. There are a lot of traditional kinds of music. Very few people listen to rock. Rock is not a typical kind of music people listen to, it's because of these guys that it's starting to grow.
When you began to find this underground, "mini-revolution," were you surprised by how many bands there actually were?
Totally. I was surprised there were any bands. Kuduro I knew about because I actually really like the music because it's ugly. It's a good electronic sound. So I was very aware of that, but when I met this guy and he told me he was a death metal musician I literally could not compute what he was saying to me. I thought, "Okay, he's an anomaly." Then all of a sudden he was like, "You have to look at this band and this band and this band and this band!" I was like, "Wait, how many bands do you have?" He said there were like 20 bands that were going to play. I was like, "Where are they all?" They were kind of spread out. Wilker started finding more and more bands; he was on the search for them. The bands run the gamut to more of an indie rock sound, to something that's more of a mix of softer traditional sounds with harder rock sounds, all the way to straight up death metal and metalcore.
They all get along really well. They all support one another, it's just rock for them. There is a very clear distinction between, "No, that's not what we play," but all the metalheads love the soft rock guys, they like that they play and visa versa — "I don't play that, but I love what you're doing." It's a very interesting community.
I love how the film grounds you with what their life is like, but then you get caught up in the escapism of the music. You feel like you're really connected to these people, but then it slams you again and you're right back down to these horrible realities. Is that something you were trying to capture?
Yeah, definitely. There are couple of different places in Angola and they have very different feels. Huambo was really f—ed up by the war. It was hit really hard and life there is hard. Luanda has more of a bling energy to it, there's a lot of money there. There's a sense of, "Oh, we can be stars," there. But when people in Angola talk about the real Angola they talk about Huambo, that's where it hit hard and that's what people are experiencing. Luanda is this dreamland that they're trying to turn into Miami Beach without paying attention to the realities of what we've gone through and what even still exists.
One of the things I was interested in doing is there was something about where the music can take you and there's this belief in the city. Then you go back again and again and again to, "Wait a second, this is the reality." This is what people have gone through, this is why this music makes sense. It's also why you want to take this energy and bring it to Huambo. You want to bring it from Luanda and from Benguela. There is this thing – it's also the last times I was in Angola. It's hard. It actually is consistently hard. They're incredibly vibrant and incredibly contemporary. It's not a typical cliché image of Africa. It's very much part of the 21st Century, but life – it reminded me of where I'm from, Detroit. It reminded me of a lot of my city. I actually thought there's quite a close affinity between Huambo and Detroit in a very weird way.
In the film, when they start setting up for the festival and they become five hours behind schedule, what's the stress level like?
It's off the hook. The stress level for Yuri, [Founder of the Angolan Association of Rock] who's responsible for getting all of the tech stuff together, he's just out of it. The stress rises as the audience shows up. Being a little late, they expected. But being that late? No one expected it. Then the power went out and the board got burnt out because the guys who set up the electricity did it incorrectly. It was chaotic. The most amazing thing was the moment the show actually started, because at that point they weren't sure it was even going to happen. It was an unbelievable release. That first moment was like [gasp!]. It was great.
You mentioned that Children of Bodom have become involved in this documentary.
I was lucky enough to meet Henri 'Henkka T. Blacksmith' Seppälä from Children of Bodom and the rest of the band at Mayhem Festival in New Jersey. We got the documentary to them to watch. Henri watched it and he loved the film. He had just read a book called 'Fordlandia' about Henry Ford in the Amazon. So we talked about Detroit and Henry Ford and all this stuff. We really got along. What's really awesome is that there's a guy in the movie, his name is Jayro Cardoso. Jayro wears a Children of Bodom t-shirt and they are one of his two favorite bands in the world. I asked, "Is there any way you would sign a t-shirt for him?" They're like, "Yeah!"
So I have, in my house still – I'll bring it to him by hand – the whole band signed his new Children of Bodom shirt. That's sort of where it began. Henry saw the film and really liked it. Then offered to post it to their 2.2 million (at the time) Facebook fans. Then after, he said he really wanted to do something else. We've put Henry directly in touch with Sonia from the movie. He's great. They're great.
Throughout the movie, there's always talk of their music being a "mini revolution." Do you hope that this film will be a part of that revolution?
Absolutely. I hope that everybody talks about Angola and Angolan rock. I hope that this movie could be part of helping put the idea that there's African metal, particularly Angolan metal, on the map, internationally. I'd love for these guys to be able to tour. I'd love for them to be able to get out of Angola, to have careers to where this is what they're doing. I would love for them to able to play in Angola. I'd love for the film to be a catalyst for that.
Jeremy Xido and the people at 'Death Metal Angola' have just announced their DMA Resilience Tour along with a Rockethub crowdfunding campaign. The goal is to raise $50,000 by Dec. 15 to fund screenings of 'Death Metal Angola,' town hall discussions and concerts in communities throughout the United States that have been greatly affected by economic hardship and natural disasters.
By helping fund the DMA Resilience Tour, you can receive production stills from the film, a signed 'Death Metal Angola' poster, a copy of the film's haunting score, signed Children of Bodom merch + much more. To donate towards 'Death Metal Angola,' click here.
'Death Metal Angola' will be a part of New York's DOC NYC film festival. The film will be shown Saturday, Nov. 16 at the IFC Theater with a start time of 9:45PM. Additionally, the Fulbright Program will be holding a panel discussion on Nov. 18 at the IFC Center. Jeremy Xido will be a part of the panel, which will begin at 2PM. Click here for tickets. 'Death Metal Angola' was produced by CABULA6 and Coalition Films.
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Art Baltazar and Franco on the "Flash issue" of TINY TITANS
A few weeks ago, we posted about two special issues of the Eisner-nominated and New York Times bestselling children's series, TINY TITANS: the "pink issue" and the "Kroc issue". Today, TINY TITANS #41, also known as the "Flash issue," hit stands.
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He has a "R" on his shirt, but he's not Robin. Who's the mysterious kid in the Batcave with the orange hair? Is it Clayface's kid? Maybe Joker's son? Hmmmm.... Batman's a detective. Aww, yeah, he'll figure it out in TINY TITANS/LITTLE ARCHIES issue 3, out Wednesday. [gallery link="file" columns="2"]
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Lobster is Canada's most valuable seafood export, but for fishermen working at one of Atlantic Canada's 45 lobster fisheries the trips to and from shore are costly.
Lobster fishermen spend up to $700 in fuel per trip, which means checking traps daily can cost almost $5,000 a week.
But checking traps daily doesn't guarantee a lobster.
Thanks to a local inventor, this summer's lobster season just got a little bit cheaper for fishermen near Meteghan, N.S.
The Bait Savour is the latest from inventor Vince Stuart and Dalhousie University's Innovation and Design Lab – also known as iDLab – and allows fishermen to extend the amount of time they can leave their traps unattended but still baited.
It's a small container that fits into a lobster trap. Inside it, there is a second piece of bait that is only released into the trap after a fuse, specially designed to biodegrade in water, breaks down completely.
Mr. Stuart, who's been working on the time-delayed bait release for almost a decade but struggled with making it affordable, recently joined with Matt d'Entremont at the iDLab to come up with a more cost-effective solution.
The duo expect the container to be priced at $50. It will be a one-time cost, but fishermen will have to buy the fuses separately.
"A lobster fisherman may choose in the way they operate to put two extra (Bait Savours) in and basically wait longer for the lobster trap to be full and you would see every time you rebait there'd be more lobsters in the trap, so they'd be pulling out full traps more often," Mr. d'Entremont said.
Mr. Stuart said the Bait Savour's reception has been positive so far.
"The reaction has been more than overwhelming, we've been getting a lot of feedback and a lot of interest worldwide," he said.
Mr. Stuart and Mr. d'Entremont have received numerous awards since Bait Savour's creation, both regionally and internationally.
Most recently, Bait Savour – an obvious play on words – was named as one of the top 10 inventions of the year by Popular Science.
It also won a $100,000 innovation prize from Innovacorp, a provincial Crown agency that helps Nova Scotia companies commercialize technology they have developed.
While it is functional, the pair are still testing the device and don't expect it to be on the market until December.
In the meantime, Mr. Stuart said roughly 4,000 of the devices are being built to use in the Meteghan area this summer.
Each Bait Savour is already spoken for.
In Meteghan, it will help fishermen combat sand fleas in the summer, which like to eat the bait.
For regions that don't have sand fleas or similar problems, Mr. d'Entremont said the Bait Savour will likely be more helpful in the winter.
Because lobster fishermen tend not to go out as often in the winter, largely because of poor weather, he said they often let their traps sit empty for longer.
To be able to wait longer but still have your trap baited is good for safety and gas.
Hubert Saulnier, a lobster fisherman in the Bay of Fundy, said he's going to try out the Bait Savour next season but doesn't really expect it to be that much of a time saver since bait isn't really an issue in his district.
"In the fall the bait is not a problem, we go out every day," Saulnier said, adding "this unit would be good for the winter fishery when you go out once a week."
Lobster, Canada's most valuable seafood export, had annual exports of $805-million in 2009, but the government's conservation rules are strict. Although it varies in different fisheries, the government limits the number of licences, traps, fishing days, total allowable catch quotas, and more.
Because of those factors, the Bait Savour can't help increase a fisherman's haul, but Mr. d'Entremont said it will help fishermen save on operational costs.
"It's not going to increase the licences, it's not going to change the amount of lobster that are fished," Mr. d'Entremont said. "It's going to reduce the cost to retrieve the traps and retrieve the lobster. ... It'll make fishing more effective."
Once the Bait Savour is on the market in Nova Scotia, Mr. d'Entremont said they'll continue to expand.
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Erie County wins award for Black Rock Canal Park
Erie County's Department of Environment & Planning will receive the 2013 Environmental Project of the Year award for its Black Rock Canal Park Project.
The award, from the Western New York branch of the American Public Works Association - an organization of public works professionals – will be presented during the association's annual banquet next month.
Formerly known as the Ontario Street boat launch and Cornelius Creek Park, the park had been noted by the Black Rock Canal Park Steering Committee as an area needing improvements because of vandalism and an unsafe atmosphere after dark.
When the ribbon was cut on the park last May, improvements included a new roadway turnaround of permeable pavers and granite curbing; the county's first dog park, which includes a memorial monument dedicated to dogs that have served in law enforcement; and an avian theme with a bicycle path and increased green space.
The park also has numerous "green" features, including LED light fixtures, solar compacting trash cans and bioswales to reduce runoff.
The award promotes excellence in the management and administration of public works projects by recognizing the partnerships between the managing agency and participating consultants/contractors. Erie County worked with consulting engineer Nussbaumer & Clarke Inc., as well as project landscape architect Trowbridge Wolf Michaels.


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Internal Revenue Bulletin: 2008-22
June 2, 2008
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This revenue procedure provides the 2009 inflation adjusted amounts determined under § 223(g) of the Internal Revenue Code for Health Savings Accounts (HSAs).
Annual contribution limitation. For calendar year 2009, the annual limitation on deductions under § 223(b)(2)(A) for an individual with self-only coverage under a high deductible health plan is $3,000. For calendar year 2009, the annual limitation on deductions under § 223(b)(2)(B) for an individual with family coverage under a high deductible health plan is $5,950.
High deductible health plan. For calendar year 2009, a "high deductible health plan" is defined under § 223(c)(2)(A) as a health plan with an annual deductible that is not less than $1,150 for self-only coverage or $2,300 for family coverage, and the annual out-of-pocket expenses (deductibles, co-payments, and other amounts, but not premiums) do not exceed $5,800 for self-only coverage or $11,600 for family coverage.
The principal author of this revenue procedure is Marnette M. Myers of the Office of Associate Chief Counsel (Income Tax & Accounting). For further information regarding § 223 and HSAs, contact Elizabeth Purcell at (202) 622-6080 (not a toll-free call). For further information regarding the calculation of the inflation adjustments in this revenue procedure, contact Ms. Myers at (202) 622-4920 (not a toll-free call).
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