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john decided that wonderwall was the only cool person at bagism. everyone else were a bunch of embarassing hangers-on.
Luiza, that wasn't even a bagist, looked to Wonderwall with nasty intentions. "Why a streecar doesn't hit him?", she said, entering her house before a streetcar hit her. Her older sister was rwading something. "Anna, you tell me a story?"
The girl looked rather subdued, but she was no problem in telling her younger sister a fairy tale. "So alright. Once upon a time in a kingdon by the sea...", she started, but before she could go on there was someone knocking at the door. "I wonder who could ever be", she said, opening the door, and seeing the scariest sight ever. "Anna? sis? What's wrong?", Luiza asked. "Who's there?"
Anna gasped. "It's...it's..."
Jerry Lewis! "NICE LAAAAAAAAADY!!!!"
Then him and Wonderwall got hit by a streetcar.
"Phew" everyone gasped in relief. "We were getting damn tired of them calling us hangers-on." Anyhow, everyone hopped back in the sack for another huge orgy, but this time they pushed all the kiddes out so they wouldn't grow up balmy like thier derranged parents.
Suddenly John caught sight of a little old man (this old man wasn't particularly clean, however. In fact, he was downright dirty) sitting in a corner of the room. The Beatle strode over to the man and raked him with a critical gaze. "Hey, what're you doing here? And who are you, anyway?" he demanded.
The dirty old man blushed, looking slightly embarrassed. "I... My name's Willis." John stood back and looked the man up and down. He was short and very round, sort of pear-shaped, actually, and he was wearing a pair of trousers that were quite obviously too small for him, held up by a belt pulled far too tightly around his waist, looking like a sort of equator. *North Willis and South Willis,* thought John.
"Well what are you doing here?" John growled again, angry at having his orgy interrupted. Willis looked abashed and said nothing, and John grew angry. "Look, I've been through a lot lately. My friend recently died and came back, I've been hit by manic streetcars more times than I can count, and I don't have the energy to mess with the likes of you. Now get the hell out!" Willis opened his mouth to protest.
"But," he began. "But I want-" But John cut him off instantly, guessing correctly at just what it was that Willis wanted (after all, what else would a dirty old man be after?).
"You're too old," John snapped. "Now get out or I'll kick the shite out of you." He stepped forward menacingly and Willis hopped up and waddled away from John, intending to leave as quickly as possible, saying...
"I HOPE YOU GET HIT BY A STREETCAR!!!" John simply chuckled inside, and resisted the urge to yell "benn there, done that" because that was a REALLY clicheed and over-used phrase. But now John was on his own. Sitting in the lonely, humongous house which he called "Kenwood", just outside of London. The evening sun was just setting through the front window, and he sat on the leopard skin couch (fake fur, of course) Just then, he heard a knock on the door...
He opened it to find Marianne Faithfull, dressed in nothing but a fur carpet. Her eyes were red and puffy and she looked more than a little dazed. John once again resisted his slightly raunchy first sexual instincts and kept his hands to himself. "Marianne... what's wrong?" he asked. She looked at him for a few seconds before she replied, "Well, you see, it's... the streetcar problem. It's driving me crazy. I can't sleep at night!"
John was about to say that none of them could, but she went on "Sometimes I think they will hit me during the night...take me away...I just don't know what to do!". He realised she was way too gone into that madness. But, was there something to be done about it?
How could anything be done about it? These are superstreetcars we're talking about here! They're stronger than we are! It's somewhat of a downhill battle, folks!
"Marianne, I think you should go home...you know, Mick might come home anytime." She jsut stared. "I am not going anywhere, I am too afraid." John groaned. "All right, all right," he said. He could tell by the look in Marianne's eye that being scared wasn't the only thing on her mind, so he hustled her into the spare bedroom and called Mick. "No answer! Damn! For once I wish he wasn't out partying!"
Just then she appeared at the door. Oh, my! Where had that fur carpet gotten to?? "Um... oh..." John sputtered. (he had meant to ask her where the hell she had put the rug, but it didn't exactly come out that way) "John.." she purred. "You know I've always thought you were the sexiest out of all of the Beatles" Now THAT was something John like to hear "Really?" he asked coyly. "Well, Paul gets kind of boring after the first 200 times, you know?" she asked. But John didn't answer her was too busy staring at her... body... Then he got hit by a streetcar.
"NOOOOOOOOO!" screamed John "NOT A STREETCAR!! NOT NOW!!!! I WAS GOING TO GET SOME!!!! NOT FAIR!!!! DAMN STREETCARS!!!!!"
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The 23 things of the title are specific criticisms the author makes against "Free Market" economics. I read and enjoyed his earlier book, "Bad Samaritans". I enjoyed this book as well, but with have some reservations.
A better title would have indicated that this is a critique of Free Market economics. This book is for a general audience, and most readers would probably not deduce that theme from the current title. I believe that making the intention more explicit in the title could have helped to sell the book, and also even encouraged public debate on the topic.
Each chapter begins with a short, typically half page, description of what Free Market theory says about the topic to be discussed. Then the author supplies his rebuttal. The introductory comments seem fair and honest to me, but I am not an expert in the field. However, his case would have been much stronger if he had included quotes from Free Market economists or at least cited references. This would be in the spirit of "trust, but verify". As it is, opponents may easily refute his arguments by claiming that his interpretation of Free Market economic theory is in error.
According to the author, Free Market economic theory advocates that markets should be unregulated. This is supposed to yield the optimal economic results: efficiency and justice. However, he notes that no market can ever be completely free, so "unregulated" must only be a matter of degree, and to what degree is not clarified in Free Market theory. He then argues further that increasing regulations and active government participation sometimes increases efficiency and justice. I found the book to be very interesting, if sometimes long winded. I generally agree with the author's view on most of the 23 "things".
The 23 things:
1. There is no such thing as a free market
2. Companies should not be run in the interest of their owners
3. Most people in rich countries are paid more than they should be
4. The washing machine has changed the world more than the internet has
5. Assume the worst about people and you get the worst
6. Greater macroeconomic stability has not made the world economy more stable
7. Free-market policies rarely make poor countries rich
8. Capital has a nationality
9. We do not live in a post-industrial age
10. The U.S. Does not have the highest living standard in the world
11. Africa is not destined for underdevelopment
12. Government can pick the winners
13. Making rich people richer doesn't make the rest of us richer
14. US managers are over-priced
15. People in poor countries are more entrepreneurial than people in rich countries
16. We are not smart enough to leave things to the market
17. More education in itself is not going to make a country richer
18. What is good for General Motors is not necessarily good for the United States
19. Despite the fall of communism, we are still living in planned economies
20. Equality of opportunity may not be fair
21. Big government makes people more open to change
22. Financial markets need to become less, not more, efficient
23. Good economic policy does not require good economist
National and world economics is such a confusing thing to normal folks, and this book does a super job of simplifying things in a way that helps the reader see the big picture and the context. The author seems to have the objective of debunking the neo-liberal economic myths that have driven our national economy for the last 3 decades, and much of the world economy for that matter. I think he does an excellent job of presenting the neo-liberal arguments, and then laying out evidence that a rational reader can use to judge the validity of those arguments. Bottom line is that it is the author's opinion that these neo-liberal economic policies have driven us into the mess we find ourselves in, and only through a return to the proven policies and practices from the "golden age" of modern capitalism can we dig out of the mess. I find his argument persuasive.
Tries to give you a bit of the rest of the story beyond the commonly understood beliefs about capitalism. I find it interesting that another reviewer labels the myths Chang addresses as neo-liberal, and I would identify them as free-market conservative.
Interesting discussion of "truths" of capitalism and free market economies that are taken for granted.
For someone with no background in economics (and this is probably the first book on the subject I've read) then it was definitely an Interesting read. Chang first explains the common views he is trying to rebut. Enjoyable to start with, but by the end arguments felt a little repetitive, and with only the single author's voice I had no idea how other economists would respond to the views being presented.
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Lines are some dudes' friends and a natural enemy to others, meaning that during the space between tricks you get to see the subject navigate the board, push, potentially tug at his trousers or swivel his shoes to get set up for the coming gap, ledge, rail or come what may. Vincent Alvarez is one of those dudes where a healthy chunk of the appeal is absent without the swerve of his trucks, like in the run here that starts with the switch bluntslide, or the switchstance slalom between the cars. Vincent Alvarez skates fast and loose and sometimes like he's flailing to hang on, and some of these tricks here like the switch frontside bigspin wallride and the hasty follow after the nollie flip into the bank are presented with all their rough edges intact, backed by a meandering jazz tune. A lot of this footage reportedly is drawn from the years around when he got onto Chocolate and filming with buddies afterwards, and to me what elevates this part is how you can see that this is a dude running his own roster of tricks, zooming around some well-traveled labyrinth of alleyways and ditches, facing down traffic and big hills. It is one of the shortest eight-minute parts ever.
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Ty Evans' Love Letter To Excess, In Which Even A Guy Mariano Part Sparkles With FrostingDecember 1, 2012
Thrasher Magazine's Michael Burnett, who is one of the best writers in the space over the last decade, a couple years back wrote a simultaneously biting and loving intro to a Billy Marks interview in which he positioned the dude's spendthrift and oftentimes fleeting love affair with "gadgets" and his generally relaxed attitude toward personal responsibility as fundamentally American personality traits, and some type of moustachioed, roast beef-grabbing mirror into which we all could gaze as the nation was tossed upon the horns of a fearsome economic decline.
There is a similar sensibility careening through Girl/Chocolate's "Pretty Sweet," or maybe more like a jittery animal instinct, allegedly governing a cultural attention span fragmented across mobile phones, social networks, flatscreen TVs and 3D IMAX movie theaters — beginning with an extended-take intro that dissolves into day-glo pyrotechnics and thumping electronic music with robot vocals, rarely lingering on one shot for more than a few seconds and deploying fireworks, special effects, time-lapse video and of course the super slow-mo. Ty Evans is eager to fish out all his tools as soon as the first part gets underway, chopping Vincent Alvarez's more-Chocolatey-than-others tricks into a multi-course dog's dinner determined to move as quickly between tricks and filler shots as fast as Alvarez pushes, with an aural nod to a previous Chocolate production before upshifting again to a third act, which naturally is soundtracked a custom-made song performed by a pro skater and a member of Metallica. Vincent Alvarez spins a 540 out of a curb cut and you blink and are dazed and wonder what has been happening.
And so it goes, as Hollywood celebrities again supply off-color commentary on session sidelines, dudes carve nearly up to the rooftops of buildings and Ty Evans reaches deep inside his bag of digital hocus pocus for other occasional curveballs. Many of these are not new ideas, as the invisible ramps and obstacles from "Yeah Right" make a reappearance, along with the souped-up slams from "Fully Flared" and some synchronized skating and crowd control that provided whimsy in "Hot Chocolate." The slow-mo super cam is deployed heavily throughout, though in shorter bursts that add Hype Williams alongside Michael Bay and George Lucas as apparent inspirational touchstones for the directors here. There are some fun surreal moments, like the liquifying ledge and the suddenly multiplying boards, that signal some hope for a collaboration if Spike Jonez really were to exercise his "Malkovich" muscle.
The editing and production that are loudly at the center of "Pretty Sweet" takes their cue partly from the skating, which is as diverse a roster as Girl and Chocolate have ever recruited. Bowls, ledges, handrails, gaps, waterslides, ditches and the beloved mini picnic tables all are schralped upon by dudes whose ages must now span about two decades, including both dudes who have beards and other dudes who don't. The Anti-Hero fandom from those summertime tours is in play, mostly by certain of the "Trunk Boyz" contingent, while a lot of the aging stalwarts tally new and lower-impact ways to spin and shove-it and flip out of tricks.
Some cosmic pendulum is aswing here. "Goldfish" arrived as the early 1990s' obsession with slow-moving pressure flippery and brightly colored giant pants gave way to smoother and simpler tricks carried out from inside loose-fit blue jeans, and somebody out there would probably argue the case for Guy Mariano's "Mouse" section setting some high-water mark for difficult tricks made to look easy with a minimum of fuss. There's no goofy boy outfits strapped on in "Pretty Sweet" but a smith grind laser flip comes off like sprinting in the opposite direction, skating-wise. The younguns too embrace the spirit of excess, as they toast foamy beers and are tracked by camera-toting helicopters and dolly rigs that advance the filmer slowly through a grove of trees to capture a lipslide in the wild. Cory Kennedy, whose mid-backside tailslide kickflip attains the rare status of super-technical tricks that look as good on film as they did in a sequence, casually precedes one handrail NBD with a four-trick run. Such is the embarrassment of riches in Torrance that Eric Koston (Eric Koston) is relegated to a cameo in someone else's section.
There is a sunny and light-hearted something bouncing through "Pretty Sweet" that, combined with the production values and skits reminded me sometimes more of a mid-period Bones Brigade movie rather than any of the Girl/Choco catalog in particular. This one doesn't feel so much like it's got the chip on its shoulder that "Fully Flared" did — Guy Mariano's comeback is sealed, Marc Johnson seems to have exorcised some of the demons that drove him to record a 15-minute part and abruptly retreat to a mountain compound, Eric Koston no longer carries the weight of the team on his back by way of benchmark tricks, Mike Carroll and Rick Howard seem content in a shift toward full-time mogul status. Chico Brenes shows up and does his nollie heelflips and Jeron Wilson is not sweating it. Also it seems weird to think of someone like Brandon Biebel as a veteran pro, but at this point he definitely is one.
Like with "Stay Gold" some loose talk has gone around to the effect that "Pretty Sweet" will be "the last big video" which, well, you can just imagine how that must hurt the feelings of the poor DGK team members who are getting ready to release their first full-length in about two weeks' time. You do wonder though what the next Girl video may look like, as there will for sure have to be one unless Ty Evans is conscripted to tote camera machinery through some Eastern European forest in service of the next crop of Disney-owned "Star Wars" movies. Can a lineup underpinned by Mike Mo, Cory Kennedy, Alex Olson and Sean Malto in four or five years' time command the same gravitas and hoopla as something like "Pretty Sweet" or "Fully Flared" without the decades-deep vets on board? With the VHS-fetishizing movement alive and well, will Crailtap be forced to double down on high-definition recording devices and co-located editing engines? Could there one day be an entire section of after-black editing hammers?
Who Will Win The Great 2012 SOTY Race, Potentially The Final SOTY Determination For All Eternity, If The Ancient Mayans Are To Be Believed?October 3, 2012
Fall officially is upon us and the crispening air is thick with rumor and innuendo as professional bros vie to acquire SOTY status in what could be humankind's final trip around our sun, depending on whether or not you subscribe to certain apocalyptic theories. This site, which previously floated a bunk theory regarding Freddy Gall potentially being awarded a small golden figurine wearing a backward golden hat and short pants, is not so cocksure as to entirely rule out a galactic realignment racking our beloved magnetic poles on Dec. 21, upending convention and fermenting a cataclysm alongside several shortages of encased meats. There are some who say the recent projections of a 2013 bacon shortage may represent an early warning sign.
In keeping with this internet page's longstanding tradition of a stiffened upper lip we nevertheless brush off certain galactic problems and consider probable front-runners for this year's SOTY.
Justin Figueroa, alleged front-runner, has all of the stringy hair, yellowy teeth and poor hygiene choices that represent hallowed wishstones of the Thrasher lifestyle, and he has given generously of his volatile handrail riding unto Jake Phelps & co this year and those past — his 50-50 to ollie out over the steps in that Lizard King roadtrip series was some straight video game nonsense and expectations for his section in the (Thrasher exclusive, natch) upcoming Baker Boys production are riding high, particularly after he clear-cut much of the stockpile from his recent ad photo archive for the Shake Junt vid late last year.
Nyjah Huston has on offer a largish contest win in his Street League championship and a reality TV show-worthy redemption song narrative to sell, if Thrasher is buying, though you may prefer to believe their executives in the market for more unrated fare such as the XYZ video or the Menace "Epicly Later'd." Cutting the dreads and ties to his dad-manager may have helped and Nyjah Huston no doubt pushes the big tricks, but his major video part moment was late 2011, and does Thrasher care about big-money contests as opposed to their own small-stakes, spot-specific ventures?
Vincent Alvarez seems in certain ways like he should be a readymade Thrasher success story, multidisciplined, not too beholden to fussy technical skating and traditionally clad in work pants. "Pretty Sweet" and the Skate Sauce vid represent a tall-pour rail drink elixir that ought to put him at least in the conversation. He's not flown too far beneath the Thrasher radar, running the year's first cover for Lakai's KOTR win. One downside, he may not have enough tattoos.
David Gonzales is a young aggressor with boss moves, a Thrasher cover photo and the near-requisite web-exclusive video part complete with Judas Priest, copious black denim and various throw-up-the-horns poses. There's no point denying the high-test handrails he gets on, even if he does some of the time wind up basically steering backside onto a previously frontsided obstacle with not a lot of other imagination at work. If I had a vote I'd have a hard time casting it for him, though his video part last month is real good and for sure the best thing yet he's documented, but then again, I don't.
Mark Suciu can be the sleeper submission, spending the past year-plus roving the countryside, oozing tricks and video footage as he ascends the sponsorship ranks. For those counting High Speed Productions-specific scoring he put his landmark Atlas shop section on Thrasher's website, put his "Cityscape" part on Slap and as a Bay Area representative has toiled away not just at SF spots but also in and around lesser-seen urban San Jose. Since he's legally still an amateur he may not have the needed gravitas to command the hot SOTY spotlight, but if this dude does not have a pro board in the works by year's end something wrong and you can reasonably assume the galactic realignment is affecting the workflow on earth.
Ryan Decenzo comes off a little like a knuckle-dragging rail fighter in the Nyjah mode but with generally more thoughtful trick offerings, and this year has made some nominal Thrasher waves via his KOTR MVP turn and some choice photos here and there. Maybe not enough to win the big nod, but Jake Phelps has a well-publicized soft spot for Canadian burlies, and regardless it's interesting to someone somewhere how the one on Darkstar at this point seems to have eclipsed the one on Plan B.
Cory Kennedy is our dark-horse pick, harboring a formidable head of steam in the way of sequences and the odd clip here and there over the last couple years, plus time logged in a King of the Road van and a prime year-end stage for deploying all his egregious footage bombs in the Girl/Choco video next month. The b/s tail kickflip b/s tail still haunts the mind. At this juncture Cory Kennedy's a young pro with little but mind-boggling output on his resume, placing him in around the same chronological marker as Andrew Reynolds, Grant Taylor, Silas Baxter Neal or Brian Anderson when they won it, so he's not too green.
Live At The BBQ (f. Vincent Alvarez)June 5, 2012
Nuff respect to solstices and the relative positioning of the star Sol from the North and South poles, but the true starting gun for summer can be benchmarked to Memorial Day weekend in the US, an occasion dripping with waterskis and barbecued pork that gives way to a solid three months of potential sessions, slams and progression (and if you live in the south or midwest, heatstroke). Some while back this web space dumped on the fall season as a harbinger of cold temps and muscle amnesia, so in the interest of fair play we'll take the next several days to offer up some odes to summer via the original form of poetry, the skate video part.
This fantastic Vincent Alvarez section was being buzzed up a few months back but so far as i can tell just hit the WWW in the last week or so. It's well timed with a late-August schoolyard kinda haze that could've been transposed from "Video Days" or maybe applied with that washed-out filter they used for the Slave video. Across the various switch frontside pop-shove its, jazzy horns, bluntslides, bank to bench, baggy chinos and what appears to be Guy Mariano's old traffic guardrail, the point has been made elsewhere that this section is likely to be more classically chocolatey than Vincent Alvarez' probably slower-mo'd turn in the upcoming Crailtap feature production. Most of this thing seems to have been recorded in and around LA County and these lesser-loved little chunks of town, where VA jumps driveways and zips through ditches, give off whiffs of heated asphalt and diesel fuel. Still not a fan of switch boardslides to 270 out on ledges but this dude is coming up real nicely and that backside 180 up to abrupt fakie frontside flip down should get some kind of award that would ideally be presented by Daewon Song.
Ty Evans Captures The Delicate Majesty Of Skateboarding On A Log (In 3D)July 14, 2011
Big Brother Magazine famously compared skateboarding first to shit, then to a number two, and finally to crap before women's literature magnate Larry Flynt deemed the topic below his standards and unpublishable. Now the time is 2011 and videographer Ty Evans has recast the log in a new and dignified light, bathing it in expensive three dimensional effects and slow motion to unveil the inner glory of the act.
Ty Evans produced the Girl skateboards short feature "Unbeleafable" with the help and bankroll of pants maker Levis. The clip depicts honest and earnest friends just having fun, skating on some logs and playfully throwing leaves at one another and giggling. The 'board brand uses the wild purity of the forest to showcase some of Girl's most youthful riders in a lighthearted romp. "Come on!" amateur Raven Tershy seems to invite with a twinkling eye. "Let's see what lies just around the next bend."
Other videos such as "Mouse," "The Storm" and "Chicagof" have tried and failed to capture the solitude and thrumming power potential to be discovered within yourself, when shredding a treebranch with your own bros. Ty Evans succeeds using a combination of technical effects, powerful filming hardware and pulsating French techno music, the result both breathtaking and inspiring and tearful all at once. Ty Evans' artistic creation challenges the viewer to behold the beauty and grandeur of slow motion and true three dimensions like how they did it in "Avatar," which special effects also made into the greatest film achievement of all time, and leaves you to ponder these things for another four minutes as the credits roll.
The combination of gently fluttering leaves, flipping boards and slow motion methods rank as a prime milestone in the halls of film, and the brazen originality and sly humor of the short film stand easily among past Crailtap camp productions.
"Unbeleafable" is unrated. It features many leaves, some of them dead, and a few slams.
Boy From The BlockApril 19, 2010
As Vincent Alvarez's facial hair deepens, so too do his gangster-ish ways upon the board. Alongside some impressive bank-to-barring in this recent Lakai amateur video are three of the bossier switch tricks of this month or so offered up by VA, including but not limited to: the bank-to-ledge switch backside tail, the rail switch lipslide and the switch thunder-gap bomb over the rail, each one a crusher. This dude is getting more exciting/powerful and has left behind the grosser ledge combos from his earlier days – worth revisiting is last month's Lakai ad that has a crazy lipslide and invites the viewer to consider a world in which Federico Vitetta takes the cinematic reigns at the Crailtap camp.
Vincent Alvarez has potentialJune 17, 2008
Ain't shit to do but cook
I could sit here and pretend I'm not excited about persons of color being added to the mix in growing numbers over at Choco, but dammit, it wouldn't be honest. And besides, I'm shallow like that. Either way, the long-awaited (well at least a month or two) debut video part for young Vincent Alvarez hit today and mostly it's pretty good. Partly because the brown on the team finally outweighs the white again, but also mostly because little VA isn't the same type of super am the Crailtap posse has been signing in this, the Malto Age or whatever. He's got a kind of weird selection of tricks, and they're definitely not all pretty, but it's refreshing to watch a kid who chooses to huck a switch smith grind up onto a tall flatbar instead of scootching b/s tail reverts on a three-foot-high bank or nollie inward heelflipping 16 stairs.
It's also refreshing to see that Ty Bruckheimer has trimmed his Fully Flannel lumberjack beard and locks. Next let's work on trimming the clips of dudes sitting on curbs and suddenly standing up, or the always inspiring run-and-throw-down-the-board shot.
I think I'm liking this kid though. With tricks like his first line and that switch 180 to 5-0 on the yellow rail, combined with the Diamond Head, brought to mind POL-era Henry Sanchez. And I mean that in the most non-racist way possible, I swear. Some tricks were pretty gross-looking, like the cab b/s lip on the ledge and the fakie lipslide tricks up the loading dock, and the switch tailslide 270 shove-it body varial (?) I'm kind of half-and-half on, but like Torey Pudwill, Alvarez seems like he's putting some thought into his skating which I'm always a fan of. It was even cool to me how he landed horizontal on the bank with the fakie flip and half-cab flip.
So yeah. I wished there was more of his celebrated switch transition skating, but a few of those tricks (b/s lipslide to bluntslide, fakie bigspin bluntslide) were gold and the waterslide guitar hero moment was pretty inspired. Mike Mo and Malto are good and all, and I'm a fan of their skating, but it's cool to me that an institution like Girl/Choco is still down to put on a kid like this who doesn't land every trick the same exact way and has a little upper-body spaz. You know? Paco had Chico and Mulder next to Paulo and Gabe.


text: So in order to avoid the same mix-ups and confusion as these past two weeks, I'm asking here WELL IN ADVANCE -- what game are we running next sunday and at who's house? Jim? Is Ravenloft ready for us to jump back in? Tim? Can you throw down some more buildup to the Drow Wars? Shoo? If memory serves you are only available on alternate weekends anyway, so I assume we're not throwing down another SOTC game on Sunday? Let's get out shit together and know what's what ahead of time! And also, there are showings of Watchmen at Midnight, 12:05 and 12:45 on Thursday night (Friday morning) -- do we want to try and hit a specific show or just all get there and get in together to one of those?


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Danniella Westbrook, best known in her native UK for starting on soapie EastEnders, has revealed she snorted cocaine while in labour with her son.
Appearing on The Jeremy Kyle Show this week, the 39-year-old spoke candidly about her drug addiction and how it affected her life.
"I took drugs throughout my pregnancy and in the bathroom suite right up until the moment I delivered him," she said.
"Whilst in labour, I asked [everyone] to leave the room [so I could take drugs]. I was in a terrible state. No one could save me at the time."
Westbook admitted that after her son Kai was delivered and was being checked by doctors, she went back into the toilet to more cocaine.
I was a complete drug addict of the highest order
"I was a complete drug addict of the highest order," she said.
Westbrook also confessed to coming around after a cocaine convulsion to find her then three-year-old son trying to feed her a Mars Bar to revive her.
She said she was aware of the harm she could have potentially done to her child, and at one stage asked social services to remove him from her care.
But Kai, now 16, is still with his mum. "I just want to wrap him in cotton wool," Westbrook said.
"I'm very honest with my kids. My son's seen what drugs have done to me and says he'll never take drugs."
Now a Christian, Westbrook credits her husband Kevin Jenkins with turning her life around.
Although she says she stole cash from her husband in the early days of their marriage, using the money to buy drugs, he sent her to rehab once she was pregnant with their daughter Jody, now 11.
"I was three months pregnant and he just put me on a plane to Arizona [to go to rehab]. I was so drugged up I didn't know what was happening.
"The first two weeks I was a terrible person, but then I just thought 'I need to do this.'"
The mum of two has now been clean for 12 years, and lives in California with her family.


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Over 400,000 B.O.B. Single And Double Jogging Strollers Have Been Recalled Due To A Choking Hazard. Keep Reading For More Info.
Over 400,000 B.O.B. single and double jogging strollers have been recalled due to a choking hazard. Keep reading for more info.
In February, B.O.B. recalled over 350,000 jogging strollers. Today, the company, in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, has issued a voluntary recall of another 411,000 plus jogging strollers. Approximately 411,700 strollers are part of the recall in the United States, plus an additional 27,000 in Canada. This recall involves all B.O.B. strollers manufactured between November 1998 and November 2010. If your stroller was made after October 2006, it will have a white label on the back of the stroller leg with the manufacture date printed there. If the manufacture date is November 2010 or earlier, it is included in the recall. If you stroller does not have a white label on the stroller leg, it is part of the recall. This recall includes both single B.O.B and double B.O.B. strollers. The strollers were sold at REI, Babies R' Us and other children's product and sporting goods stores nationwide and on Amazon.com between November 1998 and October 2011 for between $280 and $600.
Reason for recall
The stroller canopy's embroidered logo's backing patch can detach, posing a choking hazard to babies and young children.The CPSC has received six reports of the patch detaching and children putting it in their mouths. In two of those incidents, children gagged and choked, but no injuries were sustained.


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Midwest Writing Center presents
SPECTRA Poetry
Reading Series
SPECTRA will feature innovative &
award-winning poets from across the Midwest reading in pairs, with Quad Cities-based poets and
writers (often younger and/or up & coming writers). All SPECTRA events
will be held at Rozz-Tox (2108 3rd Avenue Rock Island, IL), will
be free
and open to all ages (donations welcome), and will start at or
around 8:00 p.m. The atmosphere will be
fun and welcoming, and the poetry will be terrific. ADMISSION IS FREE!
Saturday, November
9th -- Carrie Olivia Adams, Stephanie Anderson, Joel Craig and
Nathan Hoks with special musical
guests Jessica Hernandez & the Deltas
The SPECTRA Poetry Reading Series, voted a top 10 reading series
in the Midwest by LitBridge, returns to Rozz-Tox on Saturday,
November 9th at 8pm for the last reading of the fall season. For
this reading, we will be featuring four poets—more than at any
previous SPECTRA event—all from in and around Chicago. One of
them, Nathan Hoks, was selected for this year's National Poetry
Series by Dean Young, one of the nation's premiere poetry book
This fall, SPECTRA will also be including musical performances
after the readings, to continue to bridge the gap between
creative communities and audiences. For our last musical guest
of the season, we are pleased to welcome Jessica Hernandez & The
The show will start at 8pm, and will be free & open to the
public with a $5 suggested donation to support Jessica Hernandez
& The Deltas while they are on tour.
SPECTRA is also accepting submissions from local poets to read
at future events. To submit, email up to 3 poems to firstname.lastname@example.com
with the phrase "SPECTRA Submission" in the subject line.
Please contact Ryan Collins at Midwest Writing Center if you are
interested in speaking to any of the featured readers, or for
more information: (563) 324-1410 | firstname.lastname@example.com.
SPECTRA will return in the spring of 2013—dates, featured
readers & other info TBA. Updates will be available on the MWC
website: www.midwestwritingcenter.org.
The 2013 season of SPECTRA manifests thanks to the generous
support of the Scott County Regional Authority.
Bios for Adams, Anderson, Craig, Hoks & Jessica Hernandez & the
Carrie Olivia Adams lives in Chicago, where she is a book
publicist for the University of Chicago Press and the poetry
editor for Black Ocean. She is the author of Forty-One Jane
Doe's (book and companion DVD, Ahsahta 2013) and Intervening
Absence (Ahsahta 2009).
Stephanie Anderson is the author of In the Key of Those
Who Can No Longer Organize Their Environments (Horse Less Press)
and five chapbooks, including the forthcoming Sentence, Signal,
Stain (Greying Ghost Press) and LIGHTBOX (The New Megaphone).
Her poems have recently appeared or are forthcoming in 6x6, The
Brooklyn Rail, Denver Quarterly, Lana Turner, POOL, and
elsewhere. She lives in Chicago and edits Projective Industries.
Joel Craig is the author of The White House (Green
Lantern Press, 2012), and the chapbook Shine Tomorrow (Lost
Horse, 2009). His poems have appeared lately in Boston Review,
GutCult, A Public Space, TYPO, and Rabbit Light Movies. He
co-founded and curates The Danny's Reading Series and edits
poetry for MAKE: A Literary Magazine—where he lives, in Chicago,
Nathan Hoks is the author of two books of poetry,
Reveilles and The Narrow Circle, which was chosen by Dean Young
as a winner of the 2012 National Poetry Series. He has also
published a chapbook, Birds Mistaken As Wind, and a translation
of Vicente Huidobro's Arctic Poems. He is currently an editor
and letterpress printer for Convulsive Editions, a micro-press
that publishes chapbooks and broadsides. He teaches at Columbia
College and lives in Chicago with his family.
Jessica Hernandez & The Deltas
Life has a way of letting us know what we're supposed to do and
when we're supposed to do it. We can distract ourselves, but
life is persistent. Jessica Hernandez knows that. She knows that
no matter what gets in the way, time won't stop for anyone. Be
it struggles or triumphs, Hernandez is ready for whatever,
This malleability expresses itself in so many facets of
Jessica's life. The first-generation American grew up in and
around Detroit. There are few regions more impressing as the
nitty-gritty of Rock City and it left its mark on the
25-year-old artist. Her voice is instantly recognizable. Its
strength and soul are matched by an honest vulnerability.
Whether she is singing heartfelt words about someone that has
left this world too early, or belting out a danceable tune
through a big smile, Hernandez is unforgettable… especially with
the ultra-talented Deltas behind her.
Never one to adhere to norms or outside pressures, Jessica
Hernandez & the Deltas have learned lesson after lesson along
their rise as one of Detroit's favorite bands. They've honed
their craft in sell-out shows and tours than span the nation.
It's easiest to classify Hernandez by seeing the people that
come to every show. All races, all ages, all fans of good music.
Thursday, September
12th -- CM Burroughs, Dora Malech, Jennifer Perrine with musical
guests Busted Chandeliers
CM Burroughs has been awarded fellowships
and grants from Yaddo, The MacDowell Colony,
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and
Cave Canem Foundation. Her poetry has
appeared or is forthcoming in journals
including Columbia Poetry Review, Court
Green, jubilat, Ploughshares, VOLT, Bat City
Review, and Sou'wester. Burroughs is a
graduate of Sweet Briar College and the MFA
program at the University of Pittsburgh. She
is an Assistant Professor of Poetry and
Literature at Columbia College of Chicago,
and her first book, The Vital System, is
available from Tupelo Press.
Burroughs has been awarded fellowships and
grants from Yaddo, The MacDowell Colony,
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and
Cave Canem Foundation. Her poetry has
appeared or is forthcoming in journals
including Columbia Poetry Review, Court
Green, jubilat, Ploughshares, VOLT, Bat City
Review, and Sou'wester. Burroughs is a
graduate of Sweet Briar College and the MFA
program at the University of Pittsburgh. She
is an Assistant Professor of Poetry and
Literature at Columbia College of Chicago,
and her first book, The Vital System, is
available from Tupelo Press.
Dora Malech is the author of two collections
of poetry, Say So (Cleveland State
University Poetry Center, 2011) and Shore
Ordered Ocean (Waywiser Press, 2009). Her
poems have appeared in publications that
include The New Yorker and Poetry, and they
are forthcoming in the anthology The New
Census (Rescue Press, 2013). She has been a
Writing Fellow at the Civitella Ranieri
Center in Italy, a Ruth Lilly Poetry Fellow,
a Visiting Assistant Professor at the Iowa
Writers' Workshop, a Distinguished
Poet-in-Residence at Saint Mary's College of
California, a Teaching-Writing Fellow at
Augustana College, and a Visiting Writer in
China through the International Writing
Program's "Life of Discovery" initiative.
She lives in Iowa City, where she directs
the Iowa Youth Writing Project, a nonprofit
language arts outreach organization.
Jennifer Perrine's
first collection of poems, The Body Is No
Machine (New Issues), won the 2008 Devil's
Kitchen Reading Award in Poetry. Her second
book, In the Human Zoo (University of Utah
Press), received the 2010 Agha Shahid Ali
Poetry Prize. In 2014, she will serve as a
member of the U.S. Arts and Culture
Delegation to Cuba. Perrine teaches in the
English department and directs the Women's
and Gender Studies program at Drake
with musical
guests BUSTED CHANDELIERS
2013 season of SPECTRA manifests thanks to the generous support
of the Scott County Regional Authority.
Fall 2012
Saturday, September 15th
Fell is the author of I Am Not a Pioneer (H_NGM_N Books,
2011), which won the 2011 Posner Poetry Book Award, and the
chapbook Ten Keys to Being a Champion On and Off the Field
(H_NGM_N, 2010). He is a graduate of the University of
Wisconsin-Madison & the Iowa Writers' Workshop & teaches at
Edgewood College in Madison, WI, where he also co-curates the
Monsters of Poetry reading series.
Guenette is the author of two collections: Sudden Anthem
(Dream Horse Press, 2008), which won the 2007 American Poetry
Journal Book Prize, and American Busboy (Editor's Choice,
University of Akron Press, 2011), which was inspired by his
years busing tables at a vast and horrible warehouse of a
seafood restaurant. He has been awarded residencies by the
Hessen-Wisconsin Literary Fellowship and Vermont Studio Center.
He lives, works, and loses sleep in Madison, WI.
Wednesday, October 10th
Olszewska is the author of four poetry collections: cloudfang
: : cakedirt (Horse Less Press, 2012), Citizen J
(Artifice Books, forthcoming 2012), True Confessions of An
Escapee From The Capra Facility For Wayward Girls (Spittoon
Press, forthcoming 2013), and (w/ Carol Guess) How To Feel
Confident With Your Special Talents (Black Lawrence Press,
forthcoming 2014). She sits on Switchback Books' Board of
Directors & serves as Associate Poetry Editor of H_NGM_N
and Another Chicago Magazine.
Bartley Seigel is the founding editor of the critically
acclaimed literary magazine [PANK]. He lives, writes, and
teaches in Houghton, MI, where he is assistant professor of
creative writing and diverse literatures at Michigan
Technological University. This Is What They Say (Typecast
Publishing, 2012) is his first book.
Saturday, November 3rd
Khalastchi is the author of Manoleria (Tupelo Press,
2011), and his poems have recently appeared or are forthcoming
in a variety of journals including MAKE Magazine;
1913: A Journal of Forms; jubilat; Forklift, Ohio;
Court Green; Denver Quarterly; and iO: A
Journal of New American Poetry. Daniel is a
co-founder/editor of Rescue Press, and he currently lives in
Iowa City where he is the Assistant Director of the University
of Iowa's Undergraduate Certificate in Writing Program.
Morningsnow was born in Missoula, Montana in 1977. She grew up
in Chatham, Illinois, and then lived in Iowa City, St. Louis,
and Chicago. She was in the bands The Star Death and Hroom Hroom
in St. Louis. Currently, she lives in Des Moines, IA. She has
one son, Finnegan. Recent poems have been published in
Thermos and Loaded Bicycle. WHALE IN THE WOODS
(Winner of 2012 Rescue Press Black Box Poetry Prize) is her
first book.
local, we mean anyone in or around the greater Quad City area on
2/13 who has an original poem, song, story, soliloquy, bit,
rant, performance art piece, etc. they are willing/burning to
share with the one(s) they love & an audience at the enigmatic
By lovers, we mean humans with any relationship with the
idea/experience/emotion/harness that you might define as "love",
even if that relationship is love/hate. Have something poetic
you want to share with your special lady? Want to sing a song
about your love for your line-walking man? Have a hilarious &
terrible Valentine's Day story about love gone wrong? Then we
have a stage & a microphone & a welcoming audience ready to love
anyone with the courage get up & testify their "love" for the
Thursday, March
14th -- Chris Martin, Mary Austin Speaker, Ted Mathys
Martin is the author of American Music
(Copper Canyon, 2007) and Becoming
Weather (Coffee House Press, 2011). He
is also the author of several chapbooks,
including How to Write a Mistake-ist Poem
(Brave Men, 2011), enough (Ugly
Duckling, 2012), and the serially released
CHAT (Flying Object, 2012). He is an
editor at Futurepoem books, where he curates
the response blog Futurepost. He lives in
Iowa City with his wife, the poet Mary
Austin Speaker, with whom he co-wrote the
play, I AM YOU THIS MORNING AND YOU ARE
Austin Speaker is the author of the
chapbooks The Bridge (Push Press
2011); 20 Love Poems for 10 Months(Ugly
Duckling Presse 2012); a collaborative play,
I Am You This Morning You Are Me Tonight,
written with her husband, poet Chris Martin;
and Ceremony, winner of the 2012
Slope Editions book prize. She co-founded
the Triptych poetry reading series in New
York City in 2008 and curated the Reading
Between A&B series for several years. New
poems have recently appeared in epiphany,
Boston Review, Iowa Review, Lungfull, New
Orleans Review and elsewhere, and her
critical work can be found in Pleiades,
The Claudius App, and Painted
Bride Quarterly. She lives in Iowa City,
where she operates a tiny design studio.
Mathys is the author of two books of
poetry, Forge and The Spoils, both
from Coffee House Press. A new collection, Woodland
Pattern, is forthcoming from Coffee
House in 2015. The recipient of fellowships
from the National Endowment for the Arts and
the New York Foundation for the Arts, his
work has appeared in American Poetry
Review, BOMB, Colorado Review, Conjunctions,
Fence, Verse, and elsewhere. Originally
from Ohio, he holds a masters degree in
international environmental policy from
Tufts University, has lived and worked in
Hong Kong, Berlin, New Delhi and New York,
and is currently pursuing an MFA at the Iowa
Writers Workshop.
Friday, April 5th
-- Caryl Pagel, Philip Sorenson, Olivia Cronk
Pagel is the author of Experiments I
Should Like Tried At My Own Death
(Factory Hollow Press, 2012). Her poems and
essays have appeared or are forthcoming in
AGNI, The Iowa Review, The
Mississippi Review, They Will Sew The
Blue Sail, and notnostrums. She
is the co-founder and editor of Rescue Press
and a poetry editor at jubilat. She
currently lives in Chicago, where she
teaches a poetry workshop at Columbia
College Chicago.
Philip Sorenson's poems have appeared in a variety of journals,
including Hayden's Ferry Review, Asymptote, and
Action Yes. He teaches writing and literature at
Northeastern Illinois and Loyola Universities. His first book,
Of Embodies, an editor's pick for the Blackbox Poetry
Prize, was just released by (Rescue Press,2012).
Olivia Cronk teaches creative writing and composition at
Northeastern Illinois University. Her poems have appeared in
Black Warrior Review, Denver Quarterly, and
Jubilat, among others. Her first book, released this past
winter, is Skin Horse (Action Books, 2012).
Saturday, April 27
-- BJ Best, Matt Mauch, Shane McCrae
B.J. Best is the author But Our Princess Is in Another Castle
(Rose Metal Press), Birds of Wisconsin (New Rivers
Press), and State Sonnets (sunnyoutside). He is also the
author of three chapbooks from Centennial Press, most recently
Drag: Twenty Short Poems about Smoking. He teaches at
Carroll University and lives in the Wisconsin countryside with
one wife, one son, three cats, and nine video game systems. He
asserts he is the only person in the history of the world to
have beaten Super Mario Bros.—with an actual Nintendo and
television—on a pontoon boat.
Matt Mauch is the author of If You're
Lucky Is a Theory of Mine (Trio House
Press), Prayer Book (Lowbrow Press),
and the chapbook The Brilliance of the
Sparrow (Mondo Bummer). Host of the
Great Twin Cities Poetry Read and Maeve's
Sessions readings, and editor of the annual
anthology Poetry City, USA, he
teaches creative writing at Normandale
Community College, and lives in Minneapolis.
McCrae is the author of Mule (Cleveland State University
Poetry Center, 2011), a finalist for the Kate Tufts Discovery
Award and the PEN Center USA Literary Award, and Blood
(Noemi Press, 2013), as well as three chapbooks—most recently,
Nonfiction, which won the Black Lawrence Press Black
River Chapbook Competition. He work has appeared, or is
forthcoming, in The American Poetry Review, Colorado Review,
Smartish Pace and elsewhere, and he has received a Whiting
Writer's Award and fellowship from the NEA.
SPECTRA Poetry Reading Series is manifest
thanks to the generous support from the Riverboat Development
Authority, the Scott County Regional
Authority and the Illinois Art Council.
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Leon Blanda & Friends/Fri April 11
Castle Comedy Theatre
Friday, April 11, 2014 at 9:00 PM - Saturday, April 12, 2014 at 11:00 PM (CDT)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
London, United Kingdom
Florence, Italy
Event Details
Leon hosts weekly comedy shows all over New Orleans, and now he is bringing his comedic friends to join him on stage at The Castle Theatre. A night of standup comedy featuring Duncan Pace, Vincent Zambon, Ariel Elias, and course Leon.
This night will be filled with good times, good friends, good jokes.
Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event?
You don't have to, but be sure to bring your picture ID that matches the name on the credit card used to purchase your ticket(s).
What time does the Castle Theatre open?
Castle Theatre opens at 7:30PM and seating begins at 8PM. The show begins at 9PM.
Are the seats reserved?
Only for groups of 10 or more. Call us (504) 287-4707 for avails. if you have a large group, and we will do our best to accommodate you. Otherwise it is General Admission. I have to say - there is not a bad seat in the house - PROMISE!
Are there ID requirements or an age limit to enter the event?
For this show 18 and older.
What are my transport/parking options getting to the event?
Free parking across from The Castle Theatre on Williams Blvd.
What can/can't I bring to the event?
We have a full service cash bar. So please don't sneak anything in. We're all adults here - ha!
Where can I contact the organizer with any questions?
You can call us - we are old school and actually have a land line (504) 287-4707.
What is the refund policy?
No refunds. Unless there is a hurricane.
When & Where
The Castle Theatre
501 Williams Blvd
Friday, April 11, 2014 at 9:00 PM - Saturday, April 12, 2014 at 11:00 PM (CDT)
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Rik Mayall Dies.
British comedian Rik Mayall, best known for the '80s sitcom The Young Ones and the 1991 movie Drop Dead Fred, died this (Monday) morning. He was 56.
The Young Ones, which Mayall co-created and starred in, aired on MTV in 1985 and was one of the first non-music shows on the cable channel. He was also known for a memorbable part in the Rowan Atkinson comedy series The Black Adder.
Mayall was seriously injured in a quad bike accident in 1998. He was in a coma for five days after the accident and developed epilepsy as a result of the head injury he suffered.
The cause of his death was not immediately disclosed.
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Butterscotch Cupcakes
January 8th—Fearlessly Archived—Still a fun read; price & availability may have changed.
Across the country and around the world, cupcakes have achieved a level of respect they've long deserved. Creative pastry chefs dreamed up new and interesting flavors that brought attention to these little cakes, and the convenience of individual portions convinced cake lovers from coast to coast (and beyond) to both try new things and take these heretofore "kiddie cakes" a bit more seriously.
Trader Joe's Butterscotch Cupcakes were developed with holiday festivities in mind -- there's a little "gift" inside each little cake. Each cupcake features moist, butterscotch cake with a butterscotch/caramel pudding-like filling -- the "gift" -- topped with a butterscotch cream cheese frosting. (We're beginning to think this might take the cake for most uses of "butter" in a single Flyer article.) Each bite yields a bit of cake, a bit of filling, and a bit of frosting -- a trifecta of confectionary goodness. Enjoying these Butterscotch Cupcakes with a glass of cold milk or a cup of hot tea will enhance your experience even further.
We're selling Butterscotch Cupcakes in packages of four for $3.99, a terrific price for these classy cakes made with quality ingredients. You'll find them in our bakery section.
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" Brand: Lulu Guinness / Type: Handbag "
I wasn't ever that interested in designer bags until I had my first one. I met someone who worked for this designer and she got me a Lulu bag at a massive discount. Years later when it needed replacing I couldn't bring myself to buy a cheap bag. I knew I wanted another bag from this designer and so asked for one for my birthday.
If you are not familiar with this brand then you should check out www.luluguinness.com or their London store. The lady herself is the daughter of a Baronet and married into the Guinness family (yes, that disgusting murky drink). She has worked as an accessories designer in the fashion world for many years and launched her handbag and accessories company 'Lulu Guinness' in 1989.
This was not a brand I was overly familiar with before owning my first one, but one I have completely fallen in love with and become obsessed by ever since. I have now owned two handbags from them and plan to invest in a purse.
There were a few bags I liked to choose between when it came to my birthday but after visiting the store and seeing the bags for real I chose this Patent Cherry Leather Pollyanna. All the bags are given a lovely girly name which I think adds to the excitement and individuality of the brand. If you can definitely make the trip to the store because the assistants were really lovely and it's great to meet the bags in person to get an idea for which one you like best.
This bag comes in a cherry coloured patent leather, which is super smooth and glossy and basically looks amazing. Unlike other Lulu bags this one has very visible metal on it which makes it really versatile when wearing with different outfits. The accessories on the bag are mainly in black, so your colour palette is cherry and black. The body of the bag is a bit of a strange shape and probably best described as a trapezium with an elongated base. The bag has thin and flat patent leather straps in the same cherry. These are shoulder length making it the perfect day and night handbag. The unusual part of the design is that it has a black plastic frame to it which has a clasp which slides together. It gives it a really individual look which is like no other bag I've really seen before.
On the outside of the bag there is a Lulu leather patch with the name printed in it. The inside is lined with a black material dotted with cream coloured lips. The lips are the Lulu trademark and this is reflected in at least one way in all of her bags. Inside there are two pockets, one designed for a phone which is open and the other opens with a zip. I tend to use the open pocket for my headphones and mirror and the zip pocket for my phone and other important items. The zip pocket is a plain black zip and a miniature grey metal vanity hand mirror pully. This is super cute and just gives an added touch to the bag which is really unusual. On the little pully are also the letters 'LG' written in a beautiful script writing which adds another stylish and unique touch.
The size of the bag is good, though because it tapers towards the top it is easy to overestimate how much space you will have once it is closed. I manage to keep everything I need on a day to day basis in there but for some the bag might prove a little lacking in room. I tend to find it hard to fit everything and my current book in there which is a little annoying, though I usually manage to pack it in there.
I have been using this bag for a year now and there are practically no signs of wear. On the bottom of the bag there are four metal studs which prevent the bag from getting dirty of scratched. The only visible flaw is that somehow the patent leather has been scratched in one place, leaving a small white line. This isn't overly visible so not too much of a worry, though it is a little annoying.
I was told when I bought this that the plastic frame can break if too much force is used, so I have always tried to be careful with it. The frame does feel pretty sturdy though and I've never had any problems with it. The lining has yet to get dirty, which it will eventually just like my other Lulu did. Obviously you can't machine wash it so it is best to keep it as clean as possible, though the odd spill or bit of dust is inevitable.
This bag cost me £295 which is a pretty steep price. My previous bag had been bought with my friend's discount and so only cost me an amazing £40. Knowing I would have to pay full whack for this one I asked my mum to split it with me for my birthday, which she kindly did. So personally I ended up paying £150 for it which isn't too bad for a beautiful designer bag.
My only slight issue is that having fallen for these bags I'll never go back to ordinary handbags and this can become an expensive habit. The next one I have my eye on is a whopping £450...I might have to wait a while though!
Overall, I wouldn't be with it - definitely my dream bag.


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Dolby Laboratories says Research in Motion has agreed to license its audio technologies that were the subject of two recent lawsuits against the BlackBerry maker.
As a result, Dolby Laboratories Inc. said Monday it has dropped its patent infringement lawsuits against Research In Motion Ltd.
In a June 15 lawsuit, Dolby had claimed that RIM's smartphones and Playbook tablet devices use its patented digital audio compression technology without a license. This technology enables the playback of high-quality audio files using limited amounts of storage space.
Dolby says the lawsuits were dismissed Monday because of the license agreement.
Representatives for RIM, which is based in Waterloo, Ontario, in Canada, did not immediately return a message for comment.
Financial terms were not disclosed.
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Army's new health plan: pack a shrink
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When Australian Defence Force commanders were preparing units for deployment to the tsunami-ravaged regions of South-East Asia, they made sure of one thing. They wanted to take more mental health professionals with them than usual.
The commanders knew from East Timor, as well as the 1998 Papua New Guinea tsunami, the sorts of mental stresses that handling large numbers of corpses and dealing with thousands of desperate survivors would place on their troops.
A psychologist was sent on board HMAS Kanimbla on its deployment to Aceh, two others were deployed with the 55-bed field hospital and another two sent were to Butterworth, the defence force's logistics hub in Malaysia.
It would have been unheard of in decades gone by, but the ADF is very different today, says its head psychologist, the director of mental health, Colonel Tony Cotton.
Although the ADF had "always done mental health", until 2000 it had taken a very ad hoc approach, he says.
Five years ago a decision was taken that an overarching framework was needed and work began on the development of a mental health strategy.
The Defence Department abandoned the "medical model" of waiting until a person became sick before treating them, and adopted a preventive approach.
Troops are psychologically "screened", not only at recruitment, but also immediately before they return home from an operation - and again later.
It was this process of screening, after the Gulf War and the East Timor operation, which made the ADF aware while "operations cause physical injury, they also cause psychological injury".
"We start with a healthy population ... but we ask them to go and do difficult things - we have an obligation to those folk, and I guess to the Australian community," Colonel Cotton said.
Despite the psychological resources deployed to Indonesia, he is still worried about the mental health implications the operation will have on troops.
"I guess personally I'm concerned about the scale of it, I think that's going to make it different for everybody," he said.
"The scale is just huge."
Although there is still a stigma attached to mental health issues in the ADF, this is gradually breaking down.
Colonel Cotton dates the new emphasis on mental health to after World War II.
One reason behind it is the changing nature of warfare and the increasing number of peace missions.
A second factor is medical advances which have made military operations "more survivable".
"In the old days an operation was pretty easy - I stood here and shot that way, they stood there and shot this way - but nowadays if you go to somewhere like Somalia, who's the enemy?
"It's very difficult for our people to try and make sense of some of these operations."
As a part of this new focus, defence is conducting a study into the "prevalence of mental health problems" in the services which will look at the three most common mental illnesses among personnel - depression, anxiety and substance abuse.
Colonel Cotton said experts have been brought in to help with the study, which will involve about 5000 personnel.
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Do you subscribe to Lena Dunham's Lenny? If you do, you would have received the third newsletter today which includes an article written by Jennifer Lawrence about being paid less than her male co-stars. We'll get to that later. Read Full Intro
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Is John Mayer subtweeting the Katy/Taylor feud? Have they traded their passion for glory? The lyrics to "Eye of the Tiger" could be no more explicit; the song frowns upon the trading of your passion for glory. — John Mayer (@JohnMayer) September 9, 2015 Full Story
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It's the end of summer – what are you reading? Are you transitioning to your heavier fall reads? I'm suffering from indecision. I can't decide what to start next. This morning, a new preview for Lenny Letter (a preview of Lena Dunham's new email newsletter – click here Full Story
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Lena Dunham has been teasing a project for a few days on social media, and it's been announced she is launching a newsletter with her Girls producing partner Jenni Konner. "Lenny" promises "feminism, style, health, politics, friendship and everything else" – Lena and Jenni have talked to BuzzFeed Full Story
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Last week I wondered whether or not Smutty Swift Collecting should be a daily feature on this blog. I feel like there is totally enough material to make it happen. Taylor played two shows in New Jersey this weekend. And, as expected, she collected. Everything counts in large amounts. (I had Depeche Mode on repeat all weekend. Full Story
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Julia Roberts in all her glory. Toothy grin? Check. Flowing red hair? Check. Glassy eyes? Check. I can practically hear the honking goose laugh through my computer screen. #IBDL Day 20: America's sweetheart Julia Roberts on the cover of the 1993 October issue. She was first named to the list in 1990. Photograph by Herb Ritts. Full Story
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Hollywood Comedy Roundtable
I almost didn't clock that this was the 'potential Emmy roundtable' session that happens every year, because of how much fun this group is. In the past, these roundtables always seem to be about 'serious' performers - but almost everyone in this group feels like a legit funny person who just happens to be on a show that airs every week. Full Story