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Gelus is a Matrix Bakugan that served as a subordinate of Typhon. He is due to appear in Bakugan: Olympian War.
Gelus is a deadly fighter that specialises in ice style techniques originating from his Aquos attribute. He has an extremely brutal fighting style and merges his Aquos abilities with strong, bone crushing hits. He can create momunential blizzards powerful enough to wipe out whole armies and completely deselate the surrounding landscape, though his normal Aquos based attacks are still unrivalled in power and technique. Gelus is usually partnered with Artemis, and the two work extremely well together, rarely failing a misson or task.
Gelus is usually cool and collected, never losing his temper, unlike most of the Bakugan around him he occasionally shows a sense of humour and usually lightens the mood in the darkest of times. He also shows a kinder side to him, an example of this is when he goes out of his way to save a small human girl even at the risk of compromising his mission. After his defection from Typhon he is still rather cold towards people that he once considered enemies, though he seems generally happy to see them succeed and actually smiles for one of the first times since his life on Matricea Prime.
Gelus grew up on Matricea Prime, a beautiful dimension home to the main Matricea fortress and throne. His parents had high ambitions for all of their children to become top-ranking members of the Matrix army. Despite this Gelus was never one to enjoy battle and wanted to do other things with his life, much to the dissapointment and anger of his parents. As the years passed he was ridiculed for his supposed weakness and eventually left his home and lived near a small cove by the ocean. It was during this time that he strengthened and perfected a special ice style technique that only he was known to utilise. Soon after, a young and beautiful female Bakugan noticed his impressive skills. As it turned out she had ties with the Matrix Regiment and thought that Gelus had the potential to actually contribute to the group. Even though Gelus had initially been against the idea the kind hearted Bakugan convinced him and after several months he became a minor member of the Matrix Regiment and had developed a relationship with the young Bakugan known as Gemma. Soon after joining the group one of his brothers, Agrius returned and was seemingly there to wish him well, though it soon became apparent that he had other plans.
Agrius believed that Gelus should use his abilities to overpower the other members of the regiment. Gelus was immediately against the idea and ordered his brother to leave. Agrius left but returned several months later, again attempting to win Gelus over. This time around Gelus was unsure, he had made it quite high in the rankings and his brother feed him ideas. Telling him that he should be the leader, making him believe that he was more powerful than all the other members. Agrius collected a group of Bakugan and it was decided that they would assasinate all other top-ranking Bakugan in the Matrix Regiment. After Gemma learnt of this she was broken hearted and severed all ties with Gelus, though for some reason she decided against warning the regiment about the imminent attack. Gelus was devastated and tried to stop the fight, but was too late, it had begun. Gelus was eventually left with an impossible decision; defeat his brother or aid him in his fight against Outlander and face the consequences. In a rush he confronted Outlander and a fight ensued, neither being able to best the other. Argius was eventually killed by a powerful combo preformed by Luxendti and Ardentis, distracting Gelus and resulting in Outlander inflicting a great amount of damage. The tides turned, some that had been on Gelus' side turned to the regiment and the few remaining were taken down. After the death of his brother Gelus was overcome with grief and pleaded for death. Celestial, the ruler of Matricea appeared and stopped Outlander before he could deliver the finishing blow, instead opening a dimensional portal and sending Gelus to New Vestroia.
By the age of eighteen Gelus had been exiled to New Vestroia, knowing very little about this foreign land he became weak, hungry and sick. He was eventually in a state of near death and surrounded himself in a large ice cocoon. He lay there for one whole week, the ice strangely keeping him alive. It was then that someone cracked the cocoon and entered. It was a young female Darkus Bakugan known as Artemis. She healed majority of his wounds and got him fresh food and water. When Gelus was fully recovered Artemis took him to meet a Bakugan known as Typhon. Gelus demonstrated his abilities and Typhon offered him a position in his group of elite warrior Bakugan. Gelus was reluctant at first but soon agreed, considering it the best thing for him, having being exiled from his homeworld and having no allies.
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Gelus is known for his extraordinary power in almost every aspect of battle, from speed to raw strength. Being a prodigy from a young age, Gelus has always dominated the battlefield, usually only losing battles due to either reluctance or distraction. Being an Aquos Bakugan, Gelus has a powerful control over all water based attributes, most notably ice, in which he greatly excels with. Gelus' fighting style is brutal and unforgiving, and as a result he usually finishes the opponent in record time. Despite his seemingly dangerous and violent style, Artemis has stated on several occasions that Gelus is merely too soft to let the opponent suffer unless they really deserve it, only obeying Typhon for the simple reason that it gives him something to fight for in life. Gelus has been known to create massive blizzards with a simple wave of the hand. It was for this reason that he earned himself a top ranking position in the Matrix Regiment at the young age of sixteen. After being exiled from Matricea and joining Typhon his skills excelled greatly, making him even more deadly. In his Bakugan form he takes to the appearance of a large dragon-like Bakugan. No less powerful in this form, he utterly dominates the battlefield with his extraordinary abilities. Gelus can easily be called one of the most powerful Bakugan ever born on Matricea, equalling the power of Outlander in their first encounter and laying him to waste in their rematch several years later. Gelus was shown to even be able to go toe to toe against Celestial himself in their brief battle.
Being extremely powerful and talented, very few can outclass him on the battlefield. Learning much from his time as a member of the Matrix Regiment, Gelus is extremely tactical and will never go into battle without a strong and reasonable strategy, even if this means making a short summary of the opposition seconds before the start of a fight. The only people known to be able to outmatch Gelus in battle are Artemis and Typhon. It is also assumed that Latro and Celestial might have the ability to take him down, though this was never confirmed, as Gelus and Latro never fought and during his fight with Celestial the two seemed evenly matched. Also considering the fact that the battle was cut short, making it hard to properly determine. Typhon in his evolved form was easily able to deal with Gelus, not even having to use all of his power. All in all, Gelus is a truly mighty Bakugan, being proficient in every aspect of battle.
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The dates began on "The Bachelor" in a January 13 episode. Juan Pablo Galavis gave the first gave date card to hairstylist Clare. He blindfolded her and whishked her off to his winter wonderland in L.A.
They ice skated and played in the snow, before getting into a hot tub. She talked about her dad and he gave her a rose. They later went to a private Josh Krajcik concert and danced while still in their swimsuits.
Back in the mansion, Lucy went topless in the hot tub while the other girls were waiting for the second date card. The second one-on-one date went to Kat.
She and Juan Pablo boarded a private plane to Salt Lake City. Upon arriving, Kat was dressed in clothes that lit up. They had a 5K run as a date. They danced and laughed during the Electric Run and at the end of it, he gave her a rose.
For the group date, Chelsie, Christine, Kelly, Casandra, Andi, Renee, Lauren, Alli, Chantel, Nikki, Elise, Victoria and Lucy took part in a photo shoot with puppies to raise money for dog rescues. Andi was uncomfortable that she had to show a lot of skin for the photo shoot and Juan Pablo comforted her. He decided to do the naked picture with her to make Andi feel more at ease.
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With the waves the way they've been the past few days, I'm not too worried about this anymore. haha Yes I think finding another hobby when the waves are super small is a good idea and just be patient.
Anyway, this has nothing to do with riding small waves, but my old board was like 12 years old so I actually just got a new board a morey cruiser 42.5 for only 40 bucks at a local sporting goods store! I love it! Had a blast out there with it the past couple of days.
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That is the most rediculous thing ive ever heard, tape 2 boards together? hahaha. Just like said above, if its that small dont waste your time, i know were all anxious but you need to be patient. you guys with the stupid ideas is what makes us bodyboarders look like kooks anymore
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are you sure that you are using a board that is the right size for you? size is a big importance on being able to ride correctly, too big and you lose your ability to maneuver, to small and it wont float you right.


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HOUSTON - When you've got a problem in the city of Houston, whether it's a pothole or garbage collection issue, the number to call is 311.
Local 2 Investigates wanted to know if where you're calling from makes a difference in how quickly city crews come out to help.
Consumer expert Amy Davis analyzed hundreds of thousands of requests to show you which areas of town are getting speedy service and who's left waiting for help.
Dispatchers at Houston's 311 call center take some 350,000 requests a year. The hotline is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
"You can get a great sense of what's going on in the city just by standing in here for a couple of minutes," said Houston spokesman Chris Newport.
Local 2 took it a step further to find out if where you're calling from makes a difference in how quickly you'll get help. From potholes to traffic signal issues, we analyzed an entire year's worth of 311 requests, calculating the time it took the city to resolve complaints from that first phone call to the fix. Then we averaged the total response time to all calls from each of Houston's Super Neighborhoods.
The area that got the fastest response by city crews was the Medical Center where the average wait was 5 days, 23 hours and 13 minutes. The top complaint in the Medical Center was for traffic signal maintenance with 438 requests made to 311.
"Here it is .. it's been years.. years!" said Pastor Robert Valyan.
Pastor Robert Valyan of Living Rock Community Church in Sunnyside says he's been waiting almost five years for the city to demolish an abandoned home next to his church on Maggie Street.
"We have squatters come in and do drugs," said Valyan. "They bring others in that are doing drugs."
The average wait for help for help in Sunnyside on Houston's southside between 610 and Sims Bayou was about 18 days, 17 hours and 59 minutes. 885 reports in the super neighborhood were like Valyan's about nuisance properties... dangerous, dilapidated eyesores, overgrown weeds and trash. It's the kind of complaint that Newport says take the longest to fix.
"The ones where it takes specific investigation by a caseworker, those are the ones where it's gonna take a longer time to resolve" said Newport.
People complain about nuisance properties more than anything else in Houston. The second most frequent complaint is about garbage collection and the garbage containers. On average, it took the City about seven days to respond to each issue.
Briar Forest, bounded by Buffalo Bayou to the north, Gessner to the east, Westheimer to the south and Dairy Ashford to the west had the longest average wait of 22 days, four hours and four minutes, three days longer than Sunnyside and a full 16 days longer than folks in the Medical Center. The top complaint in Briar Forest was also traffic light maintenance with 376 reports.
The next slowest response time is Fondren Gardens. Residents and business owners there waited 20 days, 13 hours and 21 minutes for repairs. The neighborhood's top complaint was nuisance properties with 96 different reports.
After the Medical Center, Willowbrook near 249 and 1960 had the next fastest response at six days and five hours. Addicks Park10 just north of I-10 near Barker Cypress and Highway 6, waiting an average of seven days and 31 minutes.
"Houstonians, where they live, they receive equitable service," Newport said.
He says the disparity we discovered has nothing to do with one community getting preferential treatment over another. Instead, he said some segments of Houston have more problems that take longer to solve than others.
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Briar Forest: 22 days, 4 hours 4 min
Foundren Gardens: 20 days, 13 hours 21 min
Sunnyside: 18 days, 17 hours 59 min
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Medical Center Area: 5 days, 23 hours 13 min
Willowbrook: 6 days, 5 hours 35 min
Addicks Park Ten: 7 days, 31 min
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The Victorian branch of the Motoring Enthusiast Party has attempted to expel its only parliamentary representative: senator
A meeting of the party on Wednesday night at Lazy Moe's restaurant in the outer Melbourne suburb of Oakleigh resolved to expel Senator Muir and the party's founder,
Trouble between the party's Victorian and federal bodies has been brewing since late 2013 with many members angry over an alliance between Senator Muir and the Palmer United Party. They claim Senator Muir has not provided detailed policies or met with them enough since the election. "This is a clear indicator that the senator has no connection or affiliation with the people that voted and supported him into the Senate," a record of the meeting said. "Ricky Muir faces a term as an independent Senator, for his endorsement has been withdrawn by AMEP Vic. He has been expelled from the AMEP Vic branch, his membership revoked and he is no longer recognised as a representative of Vic motoring enthusiasts."
Mr Littler said the party stood by Senator Muir, the meeting was unauthorised, had no jurisdiction and was run by people with questionable "ethics, agenda, claims and motivation".
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"The AMEP-Vic Branch is not a part of the AMEP and is not recognised by the AMEP as having any affiliation or jurisdiction," he said. "The Victorian Federal State Council was dismissed. . . after members . . . acted in a manner considered to be not in the best interest of the AMEP or of then Senator-elect Ricky Muir." Australian Motoring Enthusiast's Victorian branch secretary
He said Senator Muir would mostly likely face trouble at the next election when the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) called on the party to produce at least 100 paying Victorian members to stay registered.
"You have a situation where what is legal and what is illegal can only be proven in court, which we do not have the energy and resources to resolve," he said. "What you'll probably find is things will slowly fizzle away and the party itself will need to be renewed with dues to be paid from an AEC side and [that's when] the party will fade into obscurity.
"We've already started proceedings. Mr Muir was sent a letter yesterday and. . . official notices have already been sent out."
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This pretty torte is very popular at family gatherings. Everyone always asks for the recipe.—Suzan Stacey, Parsonsfield, Maine
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 4-1/2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 4 egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 5 tablespoons milk
- 5 egg whites
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 cups chopped walnuts, divided
- 1. In a small saucepan, combine sugar and cornstarch. Stir in milk until smooth. Cook and stir over medium-high heat until thickened and bubbly. Reduce heat to low; cook and stir 2 minutes longer. Remove from the heat. Stir a small amount of hot filling into egg yolk; return all to the pan, stirring constantly. Bring to a gentle boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes. Remove from the heat; stir in vanilla. Cover and refrigerate.
- 2. Meanwhile, in a large bowl, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolks and vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture alternately with milk and mix well. Spread into two greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans; set aside.
- 3. In a small bowl, beat egg whites on medium speed until foamy. Gradually beat in sugar, a tablespoon at a time, on high until stiff glossy peaks form and sugar is dissolved. Fold in 1 cup nuts. Spread meringue evenly over batter. Sprinkle with remaining nuts.
- 4. Bake at 325° for 35-40 minutes or until meringue is browned and crisp. Cool on wire racks for 10 minutes (meringue will crack).
- 5. Carefully run a knife around edge of pans to loosen. Remove to wire racks; cool with meringue side up. To assemble, place one cake with meringue side up on a serving plate; carefully spread with custard. Top with remaining cake. Refrigerate until serving. Yield: 12-16 servings.
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Hermann Cohn, former Minister of Justice of Anhalt, died here today at the age of sixty-four.
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The lawsuit filed by the Melvin family against two North Platte doctors, their practice, Great Plains Regional Medical Center, and a Missouri doctor challenged the constitutionality of Nebraska statute 44-2825.
The law laid out the maximum amounts recoverable as such:
$500,000 for any occurrence on or prior to Dec. 31, 1984.
$1 million for any occurrence between Dec. 31, 1984 and Dec. 31, 1992.
$1.25 million for any occurrence between Dec. 31, 1992 and Dec. 31, 2003.
$1.75 million for any occurrence after Dec. 31, 2003.
Since the incident the Melvins are suing over occurred in 1999, the most they could be awarded in damages should their suit be successful is $1.25 million.
The complaint filed in Lincoln County District Court stated that the damage cap violates the equal protection clause of both the United States and Nebraska constitutions and is inherently unfair to the most seriously injured malpractice victims.
Scottsbluff attorney Robert Pahlke, who filed the lawsuit for the Melvins, wrote that no legitimate relationship exists between insurance rates and the cap, and, It is an irrational and arbitrary act to impose the cost of the intended benefit to the public solely upon a class consisting of those most severely injured by medical malpractice.
The document further stated malpractice victims whose damages are less than the amount mandated by the cap are capable of recovering the entirety of their damages, whereas a more seriously injured victim, like the plaintiffs in this case, would not be able to recover all their damages. It is unequal and unfair, the suit alleged.
The cap also violates the Nebraska Constitutional Mandate that states, the right of trial by jury shall remain inviolate, the complaint claimed.
However, statute 44-2825s page on the official website of the Nebraska Unicameral states under the Annotations section that the cap does not violate the principles of special legislation, equal protection, and the right to a jury trial. It cited the case Gourley vs. Nebraska Methodist Health System as legal precedent.
That case involved an Omaha family whose son suffered from cerebral palsy. They claimed that negligence on the part of the obstetrician that delivered the child caused neurological damage, resulting in the affliction.
In 1999 a jury awarded the plaintiffs $5.65 million dollars in damages. However, the judge overseeing the case immediately reduced the amount to the mandated $1.25 million.
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Every site needs a Banhammer and I trust you not to smite me-I don't make such comments about my subs,I hope.
Strolen, am sure these aren't fun things to post and that people must look to you full fill a role that you didn't ask for or imagine when you started this site. Thanks, seriously, for stepping up and asking for a higher standard of the site that carries your name. IGo to Comment
Whilst the idea itself isn't bad. It is still open to abuse. Effectively giving someone the "I'm going to low-vote your submission just because I can and I won't have to explain myself" card.
In the words of Queen Victoria "I am not amused"
((The fact remains that I know of a small chunk of great authors that have left or took an extremely long break because of the outcome of these type discussions.))
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A request for clarification: is the commentor him/herself allowed to mention why they voted they way they did, as long as it is voluntary? If I give a low score to something that needs obvious improvement, I may be tempted to include a statement like "I normally vote a 3 or less on something with this many grammatical errors" -- in addition to any suggestions I might have to improve the submission itself. It's OK with me if that is now a Hammer Offense, but I would like to know in advance.
I approve.
Going to be fine tuning this to make it a little more useful. I think we can get much more organized and useful with some of this!
It is a wiki so feel free to mess around with it a little bit and put up some other demonstrations. If you want something changed, just let me know. Figure this would be a decent start. Much better than the old anyway.
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Beezus has a heart-to-heart conversation with her sister in one clip, while Ramona washes a car in another video.
Several brand new clips from "Ramona and Beezus" have been made available for viewing pleasure. Each of the snippets shares scenes featuring Ramona with different characters, including her sister Beezus and her dad.
In one clip, Joey King's Ramona is seen getting an advice from her sister, Selena Gomez's Beezus, that being different is not bad. She is additionally featured enjoying a moment with her father and washing a car with a friend in two different snippets.
"Ramona and Beezus" is a story about young Ramona Quimby and her big sister Beezus. With her vivid imagination, boundless energy, and accident-prone antics, Ramona keeps everyone she meets on their toes. But her irrepressible sense of fun, adventure and mischief come in handy when she puts her mind to helping save her family's home.
John Corbett and Bridget Moynahan are cast in the movie to portray Mr. and Mrs. Quimby respectively. Moreover, Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh Duhamel land supporting roles in this family film, which is going to grace theaters across the U.S. on July 23. Elizabeth Allen directs the film.
'Ramona and Beezus' clip 'Car Wash':
'Ramona and Beezus' clip 'Coloring Inside the Lines':
'Ramona and Beezus' clip 'Strut and Ignore':
'Ramona and Beezus' clip 'Very Colorful':


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Girl Says Man Tried To Lure Her Into Vehicle
Police were investigating a report of a man attempting to lure a girl into his vehicle Tuesday morning.
Police received a call at about 7:20 a.m. regarding a man who tried to get a female Westmoor Middle School student into his vehicle in the Hilltop area while she made her way to catch a bus.
In a letter scheduled to be sent to parents, school officials said that the alleged enticement occurred in the area of Lechner and Doren avenues.
The girl, whose identity was not released, got on her bus and told the driver what happened. The driver then told the school principal.
School employees called police, who were continuing to investigate. A description of the man accused of trying to lure the student was not released.
School officials encouraged parents to review safe practices when encountering strangers and said that the female student did the right thing by telling school officials.
Eugene Glover, whose niece attends Westmoor Middle School, said that abandoned homes and empty parking lots surround the path that children take to their bus stops.
"There are a lot of kids," said Glover. "You have three bus stops in this area, and there are a lot of stray cars coming through this area."
Glover said that he would be watching more carefully every morning.
"No, it's not safe around here with these abandoned homes, because they can take them up in these abandoned homes or end up dead," Glover said. "You don't know what's going on in there."
Police said that they were not treating the alleged incident as a true child enticement case because there was no conversation between the man and the girl.
Watch 10TV News and refresh 10TV.com as we continue to learn more.


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ADA — Two girls camps have been scheduled for young athletes in the Ada school system.
A girls basketball camp will be held next week from June 9 through June 11. The camp is for girls in grades three through eight.
A volleyball camp will be held June 23 through 26 and is for girls in grades fourth through eighth.
The details for each camp is listed below.
Girls' Basketball Camp: grades 3-8 is Monday, June 9, through Wednesday, June 11, from 3 to 5 p.m. in the new school gym. The cost is $20 and you may pay and fill out a form the first day of camp. Make checks payable to Ada Athletic Boosters. The camp will be run by new varsity girls' coach Bill Taflinger and the high school players. Camp forms are available in the high school office or you can pick one up on Monday.
Girls' Volleyball Camp: grades 7-8 is Monday, June 23, through Thursday, June 26, from 9 to 11 a.m. and grades 4-6 is Monday, June 23, through Thursday, June 26, from 1 to 3 p.m. in the high school gym. The cost is $25 and forms are available in the high school office. Make checks payable to Ada Athletic Boosters. The camp will be run by varsity coach Melissa Gossard and parent volunteers. Please turn in your forms to the office or Coach Gossard by Monday, June 9. If you have any questions, please contact Coach Gossard.
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JERUSALEM (Aug. 19)
Premier Shimon Peres told the Knesset Security and Foreign Affairs Committee today that the existence of the national unity government could be in jeopardy if the government fails to take decisive action on several issues.
This was Peres' first expression raising doubts as to the survivability of the unity government. In recent weeks several ministers and other leaders of the Labor Party raised similar doubts, but Peres remained quiet on the issue.
His remarks today came amid growing tension between the Labor and Likud parties especially on such issues as the Taba dispute with Egypt; the current attempts to expand the Jewish presence in the Arab quarter of Hebron; relations with Egypt; and the joint Jordanian-Palestinian delegation proposed for talks with the United States.
Peres issued a stern warning to the Knesset committee that another round in the Arab-Israeli war could break out if the peace process continues without reaching some conclusion. "If the Arab world realizes within a given period of time that there are no prospects for a settlement," Peres said, "a new war oriented Arab coalition may be formed, a result of Arab despair. We must prevent such a coalition, we must prevent the phenomena of despair and disappointment."
According to Peres, this also applies to Egypt. He said that all Israelis — regardless of their political leanings — will regret the failure of improving relations with Egypt. It was in this context that Peres warned that a political freeze might put in question the existence of the national unity government.
Peres, meanwhile, quoted a report by Richard Murphy, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, who said that Palestine Liberation Organization leader Yasir Arafat was willing to accept United Nations Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338, which could be interpreted as an indirect readiness to put an end to terrorist attacks against Israel.
But, Peres added, the PLO was not ready to undertake an explicit commitment to put an end to its terrorist activities. Moreover, he said that the PLO and its leaders are constantly occupying themselves with terror. "The purpose of the PLO today is to shatter the myth of stability in Israel," Peres said.
On the other hand, Peres saw a significant change in the position of King Hussein of Jordan. He said the Jordanian King was now ready for negotiations although results were not promised as a precondition to negotiations.
Murphy was here for meetings last Thursday with Peres and other senior Israeli officials. Murphy said he did not meet with Palestinians while in Amman, according to Israeli sources. He did meet with King Hussein of Jordan and also Egyptian officials during his tour last week of the Mideast.


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Tuesday, 30 December 2008
Close your eyes now and your heart will take you there
Happy birthday today to the lovely Sheryl Lee Ralph. Who? I hear people ask.
This long-forgotten diva was one of the original cast of Dreamgirls on Broadway, is latterly a minor star of US daytime soap operas, and is a significant champion of fundraising for AIDS charities.
But it is for this song that I (alongside a generation of queens) am eternally grateful. For way back in 1984, when I entered the long-lost "Tunnel" club in Cardiff, my first ever venture into a gay club, still a quivering virgin, it was this Hi-NRG classic that was playing.
The world changed with Sheryl Lee Ralph...
In The Evening
Where are people when you need 'em
When you need some help
They're just not around
Doesn't anybody work here?
I ain't got all day
What a crazy town
New York
Life in the city can be so hard
But after dark
New energy finds me
I light up the night and live like a star
In the evening the real me comes alive
I can feel it
In the evening
Something happens that I can't describe
But it helps me to survive
It's like magic
Like something in the air
You can feel it
Close your eyes now
And your heart will take you there
Just let it take you there
Monday morning in the line at the bank
Standing around trying to cash a check
To pay for a one-room apartment with a beautiful view
Of the alley in the back
All day you got to fight
To keep it for the rights
Every day I work like a soldier
Working to live, living for the night
New York
New energy finds me
I light up the night and live like a star
Feel it
Feel it feel it
Feel it
Sheryl Lee Ralph on Wikipedia
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Labels: 80s, Hi-NRG, In The Evening, Sheryl Lee Ralph
Monday, 29 December 2008
The great Puppini riot 2008
We went to the South Bank last night to see the wonderful Puppini Sisters, full of post-Xmas relief, and in need of a laugh. What a peculiar evening it turned out to be...
OK, we have nothing against Mr McAlmont (David) - we weren't expecting a support act, but he's quite good. Even when he turned out not to be there to sing, but to play as DJ, spinning some jolly 1940s tunes as a warm-up. However this caused some rumblings amongst the audience, who began complaining they'd turned up at 7.30pm to see the Puppinis and not to "listen to the radio".
Like sheep, this discontent led to one or two walk-outs, followed by a few more, and more, loudly proclaiming they wanted their money back. Fearing a riot, the management unexpectedly announced an early (and extended) interval, poor David departed the stage, and we milled out to queue at the loos and the bar. I have never known anything like it at any concert before - and believe me, I've seen some crap support acts!
The atmosphere was still a bit chilly when the curtain call rang out, and we resumed our seats for the arrival of the main event. I love the Puppini Sisters, and they did us proud with their jaunty Andrews Sisters pastiche of classic numbers like Heart of Glass, Crazy in Love, The Smiths' Panic, and Wuthering Heights, together with some original 1940s material, and their own numbers - including my personal favourites I Can't Believe I'm Not A Millionaire and Soho Nights.
Despite a very shaky costume change (which presumably took so long because we'd had our unplanned interval so early), they gave a sterling performance in the face of the bloody awful acoustics of the Queen Elizabeth Hall, and the miserable faces of the audience - who were quite pathetic when it came to the sing-a-long numbers.
I can't help wondering if the Puppini Sisters should stick to what they know - they are at their very best in smaller, club-style venues, after all. Both the venue and the South Bank audience seemed to conspire to make this a less-than-perfect evening with an otherwise brilliant act.
Here's a collection of the girls' greatest...
Puppini Sisters
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Labels: Puppini Sisters, South Bank
Sunday, 28 December 2008
"Communications ready, sir. Communications officer as ready as she'll ever be."
Celebrating today the 65th birthday of Nichelle Nicholls, better known as Lieutenant Uhura in Star Trek, there are a few things that we should know about this remarkable lady:
- Not only was hers the first non-"servant" part for a black woman on mainstream American TV, but she shared the very first ever inter-racial kiss on TV when she and Captain Kirk had a little intimate moment.
- Her great-grandfather, James Gillespie, was Welsh.
- Nichelle always was, and still remains, a campaigner for civil rights - both those of black people and on behalf of gay and lesbian equality.
- She was a "glamour model" before Star Trek brought fame and fortune, but was always an accomplished singer, performing with Duke Ellington and Dizzie Gillespie.
Hey Boy (Hey Girl):
Her (truly incredible) vocal version of the Theme from Star Trek:
Miss Nicholls speaks out on gay rights:
Uhura official website
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Saturday, 27 December 2008
Best single of 2008
Well, according to Billboard (the magazine that is the epitome of American "taste" - if that isn't an oxymoron!) the best single of the year was Beyonce's unlistenable Single Ladies. Considering that she beat Santogold to the top of this list, which also includes Coldplay (bleurgh), that just about sums it up really.
Although the Brits won't be announced until January (and there is no guarantee that the great unwashed of Britain - in conjunction with The Sun's "Bizarre" column for gawd's sake - will come up with much better given the huge sales of X-Factor dross and bloody Estelle), I can safely assume that two faves of mine Duffy and Sam Sparro will be among the listings.
However, in hindsight, for its pure enjoyment factor as much as anything else, my own nomination for best single of 2008 in any listing would have to be be this one...
Although the Brits won't be announced until January (and there is no guarantee that the great unwashed of Britain - in conjunction with The Sun's "Bizarre" column for gawd's sake - will come up with much better given the huge sales of X-Factor dross and bloody Estelle), I can safely assume that two faves of mine Duffy and Sam Sparro will be among the listings.
However, in hindsight, for its pure enjoyment factor as much as anything else, my own nomination for best single of 2008 in any listing would have to be be this one...
Posted by Jon at 23:50 0 comments
Labels: Divas, Kylie Minogue, Songs of the Year, The One
Friday, 26 December 2008
The most exciting woman in the world, RIP
An intrinsic part of my life, Eartha Kitt is dead. I am distraught.
Eartha was the artiste who outshone them all - she saw Dinah Washington, Billie Holiday, Pearl Bailey, Nina Simone and Sarah Vaughan come and go, she was courted by Howard Hughes and Orson Welles, yet all her success and her long-term relationships (with film producer Arthur Loew Jr and cosmetics mogul Charles Revson) failed to bring her happiness after a sad and abusive childhood.
She was apparently considered "too white" to be treated seriously in the black music fraternity. Of the experience she said "I was ostracized by ... black people for twenty-five years because they were conditioned by the media into thinking that all black people should be singing the same kind of music". But white society in general considered her an "uppity" black woman.
Yet by the time she had reached her mid-twenties Eartha Kitt was headlining at top clubs in the United States and Europe and rubbing elbows with such twentieth-century heavyweights as physicist Albert Einstein and Indian prime minister Nehru.
At the peak of her success at the end of the 60s - sell-out cabaret appearances, hugely successful songs like C'est Si Bon, Uska Dara, An Old-Fashioned Girl, I Want to Be Evil and Santa Baby, and an acclaimed part as Catwoman in Batman - she famously clashed with First Lady Mrs (Lyndon B.) Johnson over the Vietnam War and overnight the work dried up for Eartha in the USA.
She only made a real commercial comeback - with the help of her largely European gay fan base - in the 1980s with a string of Hi-NRG songs, including Where Is My Man? - the soundtrack to my own coming-out.
It was not just for her exotic beauty and strangely haunting talents, but for her resiliance in spite of setbacks that we loved Eartha Kitt. I was overjoyed a few years ago to have the privilege of seeing her on stage at the Sondheim 70th Birthday Gala "Children Will Listen", and it was inevitable that we would cheer the roof off the Palladium at her choice of song - what else but I'm Still Here?
The world has lost a truly great star - and we will never see her like again. RIP.
Eartha Kitt biography
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Labels: Divas, Eartha Kitt, RIP
Thursday, 25 December 2008
Oogie Boogie Xmas
So in the true spirit of Christmas I just have to post this...
Posted by Jon at 11:43 0 comments
Labels: Nightmare Before Christmas, Tim Burton
Wednesday, 24 December 2008
Twisted Christmas
...and let that be an end to it! Ho Ho F*****g Ho.
Posted by Jon at 17:36 0 comments
Labels: Bob Rivers Christmas
Tuesday, 23 December 2008
Just because I feel like making everyone else suffer for her "art", here's a lovely number from one of Wales' greatest exports, Miss Dorothy Squires. Dear old Dotty had a hard life, married one minute to Roger Moore, the next minute the butt of everyone's jokes - except of course her ultra loyal gay following.
You can tell why the drag queens loved her...
Dorothy Squires official website
You can tell why the drag queens loved her...
Dorothy Squires official website
Posted by Jon at 23:48 0 comments
Labels: Divas, Dorothy Squires
Monday, 22 December 2008
Halle - frigging-lujah
With all the fuss and bother in the press at the moment about "which is the best version of Hallelujah?", I find myself wading into the debate.
I couldn't give a fish's tit for that hopelessly desperate lass from some reality TV show, nor that dead drug addict's version, nor that miserable sod that wrote the bloody song in the first place...
THIS is the only "Hallelujah" worth listening to...
I couldn't give a fish's tit for that hopelessly desperate lass from some reality TV show, nor that dead drug addict's version, nor that miserable sod that wrote the bloody song in the first place...
THIS is the only "Hallelujah" worth listening to...
Posted by Jon at 23:10 0 comments
Labels: Eurovision, Hallelujah, Milk and Honey
Sunday, 21 December 2008
Madge has a Brazilian?
Apparently Our Glorious Leader Madonna (50) has been enjoying her Brazilian excursion, and rumour has it that a local model Jesus Luz (21) has caught her eye.
Well, who could blame her?
New York Post article
Posted by Jon at 18:47 0 comments
Saturday, 20 December 2008
The death of Miss Spectacular
One of my leaving prezzies was a real curiosity. My friend John-John gave me a copy of the soundtrack of a Jerry Herman musical that none of us had heard of before (unusual for a theatrical queen, I know)! On further investigation, it became clear why...
The musical in question, Miss Spectacular, was never staged. Jerry had been coaxed out of semi-retirement to write the score for a lavish Las Vegas production at the Mirage Hotel. The manager was even prepared to build a whole theatre to accommodate it, and musical thesp Tommy Tune was to be its director. Sounds perfect - but then disaster struck when in 2000 the Mirage chain was bought out by MGM-Grand, who (for some bizarre reason) shelved the whole project.
So the first musical by one of the greatest musical theatre composers for more than a decade was confined to being produced as a "concept album", albeit with a great cast including Michael Feinstein, Steve Lawrence and Christine Baranski.
It is a crying shame, as the show sounds (as always) fabulous, and could make a fantastic production if someone, somewhere, would only stage it. Cameron Mackintosh, are you listening?
[This clip opens with "I Wanna Live Each Night" from Miss Spectacular]:
Read more about the demise of Miss Spectacular
Posted by Jon at 16:40 0 comments
Labels: Christine Baranski, Jerry Herman, Miss Spectacular
Friday, 19 December 2008
Grace Jones is edible
Wow! At this time of year, you usually expect a Terry's Chocolate Orange or perhaps a box of Matchmakers, but trust Grace Jones to come up with a much more appealing option - chocolate covered bits of her own body!
I bet these would sell better than the Pic'n'Mix at Woolies' closing down sale...
Read more on Towleroad
The woman is, and always has been, a genius...
Posted by Jon at 11:44 0 comments
Labels: Divas, Grace Jones, Hurricane, Williams Blood
Thursday, 18 December 2008
Como se puede bailar? es un escandolo
It hardly seems possible that it is eight years since Kirsty MacColl was killed in that boat "accident". Such a magnificent talent, from her early days with New England and There's A Guy Works Down the Chipshop Swears He's Elvis through Days and the best Xmas record ever Fairytale of New York with the Pogues (back in the charts again this year, I see), to this classic.
I love it! RIP...
In These Shoes?
I once met a man with a sense of adventure
He was dressed to thrill wherever he went
He said lets make love on a mountain top
Under the stars on a big hard rock
I said in these shoes?
I dont think so
I said honey, lets do it here.
So Im sitting at a bar in guadalajara
In walks a guy with a faraway look in his eyes
He said Ive got as powerful horse outside
Climb on the back, Ill take you for a ride
I know a little place, we can get there for the break of day.
I said in these shoes?
No way, jose
I said honey, lets stay right here.
No le gusta caminar. no puede montar a caballo
(I dont like to dance, I cant ride a horse)
Como se puede bailar? es un escandolo
(how can I dance? its a scandal)
Then I met an englishman
Oh he said
Wont you walk up and down my spine,
It makes me feel strangely alive.
I said in these shoes?
I doubt youd survive.
I said honey, lets do it.
Lets stay right here.
No le gusta caminar. no puede montar a caballo
(I dont like to dance, I cant ride a horse)
Como se puede bailar? es un escandolo
(how can I dance? its a scandal)
Posted by Jon at 10:03 0 comments
Labels: In These Shoes?, Kirsty MacColl, RIP
Wednesday, 17 December 2008
To think I did all that, and may I say - not in a shy way...
A very appropriate song for today. I leave work on Friday after nine years...
It'll be good to have a rest!
It'll be good to have a rest!
Posted by Jon at 22:12 0 comments
Labels: My Way, redundancy, Sex Pistols
Tuesday, 16 December 2008
Three old broads
In these times of doom, gloom, cold weather and redundancy, I cheer myself up by delving into the world of showbiz. And what better way is there?
Here's a fabulous extract from The Royal Variety Show in 2001 that features three of the greatest showgirls ever to work together - Miss Babs Windsor, Miss Cilla Black and... Miss Lily Savage! Enjoy...
Here's a fabulous extract from The Royal Variety Show in 2001 that features three of the greatest showgirls ever to work together - Miss Babs Windsor, Miss Cilla Black and... Miss Lily Savage! Enjoy...
Posted by Jon at 16:57 0 comments
Labels: Barbara Windsor, Cilla Black, Gotta Get A Gimmick, Gypsy, Lily Savage, redundancy, Royal Variety Show, Sondheim
Monday, 15 December 2008
Monday blues - cured again
Thank heavens for Raffaella Carra on a miserable Monday!
Posted by Jon at 16:09 0 comments
Labels: Italy, Raffaella Carra, Tacky Music
Sunday, 14 December 2008
England's Stately Homo
"Life was a funny thing that happened to me on the way to the grave."
"An autobiography is an obituary in serial form with the last instalment missing."
Quentin Crisp
We paid fitting homage last night to the most influential camp gay man of the 20th century Quentin Crisp, on the occasion of the centenary of his birth. Organised once more with great chutzpah by Rupert Smith and Paul Burston aka The House of Homosexual Culture at the South Bank, this gala was a real treat!
Opening with the enigmatic La John-Joseph who unexpectedly performed a striptease, removing a tweedy conservative suit to reveal another, more characteristically Quentin-esque blue outfit and chiffon scarf, we knew we were in for an eclectic night.
"I recommend limiting one's involvement in other people's lives to a pleasantly scant minimum."
Quentin Crisp
Our invited panel of guests all spoke from a slightly different perspective about their friendship with Mr Crisp (he always referred to people with the formal "Mr", including "Mr Christ" and even "Mr The Ripper"). We heard from his boigraphers Paul Bailey and Andrew Barrow, the "living embodiment of Quentin on Earth" Bette Bourne and, with a moving compilation film of home movies and first hand accounts from his family, the great man's great nephew Adrian Goycoolea.
Apart from the ever fabulous Bette's extract from his one-man show Resident Alien (showing again in the new year at the New End Theatre apparently!), the real highlight for us was an exclusive preview of some scenes from the forthcoming ITV drama An Englishman in New York, a sequel to the classic 1975 ITV drama The Naked Civil Servant and once more starring John Hurt as Quentin.
"If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style."
Quentin Crisp
In a typically bizarre closing piece, David Hoyle loudly proclaimed his feelings about Mr Crisp's influence on his own life, and on ours, in his own inimitable way - it is a lttle known fact that the artist formerly kinown as The Divine David was one of only a handful of people who went to the cremation ceremony after Quentin's sudden death while on tour in Manchester.
"Fashion is what you adopt when you don't know who you are."
Quentin Crisp
The finale was the much-vaunted Quentin Crisp look-alike contest. Although Paul did ask if I would join the line-up on stage, I felt that merely wearing a pink fedora might not stand up to the competition, and the winner among the strange beauty pageant was some pretty chicken (unusually dressed more like Mary Tyler-Moore for some reason) - understandably a far more likely candidate for the top prize of being photographed for the cover of QX magazine...
A truly grand piece of entertainment all in all, and one I wouldn't have missed for the world!
Posted by Jon at 21:16 0 comments
Saturday, 13 December 2008
Cash in the Attic
News today that a routine valuation at a pensioner's bungalow turned up two fantastic long-lost Aubrey Beardsley illustrations in the downstairs loo - which have now been sold for £200,000 - gives me mixed emotions.
Read the story in The Telegraph
The discovery is great news for the art world. Beardsley was a magnificently decadent artist, a camp and delicate eccentric who mixed in aesthete circles with the likes of Oscar Wilde and Whistler, and quite rightly has claim to be one of the greatest influences on art and fashion to this day, despite the fact he died at the age of 26. Some of his most infamous drawings, inspired by Japanese art, featured enormous cocks, and were based on themes of history and mythology, including his illustrations for Aristophanes' Lysistrata and Wilde's Salomé.
But I can't help thinking - why can't something like this amazing discovery happen to me? I always think that way whenever I watch the Antiques Roadshow and some ghastly pot that an old biddy keeps her teeth in turns out to be a priceless Ming dynasty ceremonial vase, or some oik finds a valuable ivory netski at a jumble sale...
Why didn't I have a mad old auntie with a rambling house and treasure in the attic? Why is it that every jumble sale I go to, the nearest thing I get to "valuables" are a collection of albums by Nana Mouskouri or some chipped Wade Whimsies? Ho hum...
Posted by Jon at 19:49 0 comments
Labels: Aubrey Beardsley, Weird news
Friday, 12 December 2008
He's walkin' down some street in town and I know he's lookin' there for me
In yet another example of "who knew she was still alive?", today we celebrate the 70th birthday of that archetypal all-American singer Concetta Rosa Maria Franconero - otherwise known as Connie Francis.
Specialising in teary ballads such as Who's Sorry Now? and harmless pop numbers like Lipstick On Your Collar, she was a huge star (in the Doris Day mould) in the pre-Beatles early 60s. By the end of that decade, her particular brand of middle-of-the-road ditties was so out of fashion she retired from recording altogether. While on a "comeback" tour in the 1970s Connie was tragically raped in her motel room, and latterly became an advocate for victims' rights.
It is however this number that keeps Connie Francis high in the ranks of gay icons - a song that the lady herself apparently refers to as "The Gay National Anthem"...
Where the boys are, someone waits for me
A smilin' face, a warm embrace, two arms to hold me tenderly
Where the boys are, my true love will be
He's walkin' down some street in town and I know he's lookin' there for me
In the crowd of a million people I'll find my valentine
And then I'll climb to the highest steeple and tell the world he's mine
Till he holds me I wait impatiently
Where the boys are, where the boys are
Where the boys are, someone waits for me
Till he holds me I wait impatiently
Where the boys are, where the boys are
Where the boys are, someone waits for me
Connie Francis International Fan Club
Posted by Jon at 16:34 0 comments
Labels: Connie Francis, Divas, Where The Boys Are
Thursday, 11 December 2008
Blog will eat itself
At Polari last night the bloggers came together to celebrate the art of blogging with readings by bloggers, and performances by bloggers... It's like being a Mason ..
What another fabulous night it turned out to be!
Skiving off the opportunity to reveal himself to his adoring public with the feeble excuse of being 10,000 miles away in Sydney, London Preppy sent a (rather pretty) substitute in his friend Mean (sic). The reading almost didn't take place at all as the original substitute reader didn't show up, and the extracts to be read out were only on email. Freedom - typical gay bar - had run out of printer toner, and there was a mad scramble to try and find an internet cafe in Soho to print it out... But, with his choice of a typically cynical blog about gay gym bunnies, we were enthralled.
Celine treated us to another of her bawdy classics, unsurprisingly featuring a whore from Soho, and then the main act took the stage.
Our real star was the ever-lovely Clayton Littlewood, reading (and performing) extracts from his blockbuster Dirty White Boy - Tales of Soho (which began as a blog). Brilliant as always, Clay embellished his reading with a full re-enactment of a couple of scenes:
- Arch decadent dandy Sebastian Horsley was played with spooky realism by - Sebastian Horsley!
- And the fans' favourite character Leslie was portrayed with effortless campery by none other than the lovely Dexter Clark - Celebrity Hairdresser - minus the wig(!).
Brilliantly entertaining stuff! With the house as packed as it was last night, I hope Clayton shifted a few copies of the book.
Yet the biggest laugh of the night was still to come, and it was one that very few people could have been prepared for...
Yes, indeed! As a precursor to the rest of the jollities that DJ Paul Burston had lined up for us, both he and the effervescent Rupert Smith donned skirts and flashed their scanties at the begging masses - complete with "Grace" and "Jones" emblazoned across the important bits! I bet the lady herself would have been proud.
We ended the evening pissed on expensive gin and heady with a range of music from Cole Porter to the 10 minute Macarthur Park Suite by Donna Summer...
A genius night, and I look forward to more divine decadence in January!
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Labels: Celine Hispiche, Clayton Littlewood, Dirty White Boy, Paul Burston, Polari, Rupert Smith, Sebastian Horsley
Wednesday, 10 December 2008
The end of the world?
As the news breaks today that our galaxy is in fact swirling around a massive black hole - a news item that will be a feast for the tabloids, no doubt, despite the fact that it is 158 thousand, million, million miles from the Earth - I thought I'd pluck some items from the bizarre world that is my brain...
BlackHole discovered
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Labels: Amanda Lear, apocalypse, Paul Anka, Skeeter Davis, Weird news
Tuesday, 9 December 2008
Bagpuss is dead
Sad news - Oliver Postgate, who created some of our best loved children's TV programmes is dead, aged 83.
His output was staggering: Noggin the Nog, The Pogles, Bagpuss, The Clangers, Ivor the Engine... Ah, the innocence of childhood. RIP.
Oliver Postgate's Smallfilms
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Labels: Bagpuss, Classic TV, Ivor the Engine, Noggin the Nog, Oliver Postgate, RIP
Monday, 8 December 2008
A halfwit in a leotard stands on my stage
As redundancy looms, I find it even more important to post something to cheer us up on a Monday.
Tony Christie's latest album Made in Sheffield, a collaboration with Jarvis Cocker, was released a couple of weeks ago. I have yet to hear it (but hopefully I'll get it at Xmas) but here's a brilliant earlier collaboration between the two - one of my favourite records of all time...
Made in Sheffield - Tony Christie
Tony Christie's latest album Made in Sheffield, a collaboration with Jarvis Cocker, was released a couple of weeks ago. I have yet to hear it (but hopefully I'll get it at Xmas) but here's a brilliant earlier collaboration between the two - one of my favourite records of all time...
Made in Sheffield - Tony Christie
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Sunday, 7 December 2008
The man who dressed Marilyn
"Billy Dear, please dress me forever. I love you, Marilyn."
William Travilla was a spectacularly successful fashion designer, who had the very good fortune in the 1950s to cross paths with the stunning screen icon Marilyn Monroe, for whom he designed some of her most famous frocks.
We went to see the exhibition of some of Travilla's most lauded costumes yesterday - and what a breathtaking ensemble they were. The red sequinned number from Little Girls from Little Rock, the pink dress from Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend, the beautiful gold lame frock that was considered too risqué for the American censors, and THAT dress - the white full-skirted one that featured in Marilyn's most famous scene in The Seven Year Itch.
Travilla's career out-spanned his seven films with Marilyn, and costumes he designed for Betty Grable, Judy Garland, Linda Grey in Dallas (he was apparently credited with creating that "huge shoulder pad" look of the big 80s soaps), Whitney Houston, and Rachel Ward in The Thorn Birds were all included in the exhibition, along with a vast collection of memorabilia, original sketches, photos and messages of thanks from stars as diverse as Errol Flynn and Jaclyn Smith...
We were very glad to catch it, as the touring exhibition leaves the UK for Oslo today. Beautiful!
Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend:
Just Two Little Girls from Little Rock:
William Travilla
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Labels: Divas, fashion, Marilyn Monroe, William Travilla
Saturday, 6 December 2008
The Boys, the Boys...
We went to see a live recording of Radio 2 Friday Night is Music Night with John Barrowman last night. As you might imagine, with the current popularity of the multi-talented Mr Barrowman (Torchwood, reality TV contests and current "fruit and nuts" controversy), the queue was a round the block at the Mermaid Theatre, as hundreds of people had also applied for free tickets from the BBC website.
Unfortunately the lovely John had a throat infection and couldn't sing (nor did he get his nuts out - boo!)
So a hastily-gathered selection of "friends" from various West End shows performed the evening's repertoire instead. No bad thing, as the assembled company are quite a talented bunch (if obviously under-rehearsed in the circumstances).
A couple of the players were familiar - the lovely Daniel Boys (currently in Avenue Q, and who starred in a recent Cosmo centrefold) and Sally-Ann Triplett (who we've seen on stage in Acorn Antiques the Musical and other shows) among them - but others were new to us, including Shona Lindsay (formerly in Phantom), Matt Rawle (currently in Zorro) and the very cute Peter Grant, an accomplished jazz/lounge artist whose Matt Monro covers made us really sit up and take notice...
Altogether, given the circumstances they put on a great show even without the uber-professional John Barrowman, who had evidently chosen his own favourite numbers to perform (which left the others slightly in the deep end musically, as they were not always the songs that suited their own repertoire).
A fabulous (free) evening's entertainment nonetheless!
Here's an example of the boys' (singing) talents...
Peter Grant - Traditional:
John Barrowman and Daniel Boys - I Know Him So Well:
Matt Rawle in Zorro:
Friday Night is Music Night
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Friday, 5 December 2008
It will never be the same again!
Despite all the rumours and denials (see below), it seems that the sometimes funny, sometimes downright irritating Graham Norton is going to replace the venerable Sir Terry Wogan as presenter of the Eurovision Song Contest, after all.
Read the announcement from the BBC
Life will never be the same again...
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Labels: Eurovision, Graham Norton, Terry Wogan
Thursday, 4 December 2008
Makin' Whoopee
It is apparently actor Jeff Bridges' birthday today. Not one of my favourite actors, he was nevertheless one of the co-stars of the classic film The Fabulous Baker Boys, back in the 80s - for which we are eternally grateful if only for this classy scene featuring the gorgeous pouting Michelle Pfeffer... Enjoy!
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Labels: Jeff Bridges, Michelle Pfeiffer
Wednesday, 3 December 2008
As the cold snap really starts to hit, with Arctic winds hitting London and Alaskan conditions in Scotland, here's an appropriate song that came to mind...
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Tuesday, 2 December 2008
La Divina
"It is very difficult to speak of the voice of Callas. Her voice was a very special instrument. Something happens sometimes with string instruments - violin, viola, cello - where the first moment you listen to the sound of this instrument, the first feeling is a bit strange sometimes. But after just a few minutes, when you get used to it,
when you become friends with this kind of sound, then the sound becomes a magical quality. This was Callas."
If she had lived, today would have been the 85th birthday of the diva Maria Callas.
Although born in the USA, her singing career began in her native Greece - to where her mother had moved the family - even during the German occupation of WW2. After the war, she briefly moved back to America, but it was in Italy that the music establishment began to really sit up and take notice of the budding opera star.
In post-war Venice she was a massive success. Callas demonstrated to the world the sheer versatility of her voice and talent by taking on not one but two demanding (and stylistically different) roles - Wagner's Brünnhilde and Bellini's Elvira - in the same season! She went on to triumph at La Scala in Milan throughout the 1950s, which mounted many new productions specially for her by directors such as Herbert Von Karajan, Margherita Wallmann, Luchino Visconti and Franco Zeffirelli, and the international legend "La Divina" (the divine one) was born. She dazzled audiences in Chicago, New York and London - and with her striking looks and stylish attire she soon became a media darling, even if she was rumoured to be temperamental and difficult to deal with.
But it was during the twilight of her full-time operatic career in the late 50s that she really drew the attention of the media, when she embarked on a scandalous (for the time) affair with billionaire shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis. The two later married, but more scandal ensued when Onassis left her in 1968 for the President's widow Jackie Kennedy. Always battling with ill-health (she was rumoured to be anorexic and was almost blind), Maria Callas died alone in Paris in 1977, and was hysterically mourned across the world.
We still have the music by which to remember one of the world's most magnificent operatic divas...
Oh Mio Babbino Caro:
Vissi D'arte:
Maria Callas website
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Labels: Divas, Maria Callas, Opera
Monday, 1 December 2008
Ersatz Elevator
In an attempt to lighten the dreadfulness of going to work on a Monday morning, I just had to post this little gem that Madame Arcati discovered...
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Cue the music: The Empire Records cast has reunited! Star Ethan Embry shared a reunion picture of the cast via Twitter on Thursday, Aug. 8, almost two decades since the film's 1995 premiere.
"20 years later. Empire reunion. Can you spot Warren? Eddie? Berko? A.J.? Mark with a C?" the 35-year-old wrote.
In the photo, Embry -- who played the eccentric employee Mark -- was joined by co-stars Johnny Whitworth (A.J.), James Willis (Eddie), Brendan Sexton III (Warren) and Coyote Shivers (Berko).
The 1995 cult classic told the story of a group of high school friends and co-workers trying to save their independent music store from being bought out by a large chain. Stars notably absent from the reunion included Liv Tyler, Renee Zellweger, Robin Tunney, Anthony LaPaglia, Rory Cochrane, Debi Mazar and Maxwell Caulfield.


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Annual PH (2013) Pyromusical Competition! Weekend Fireworks at MOA starts Feb 16!
Photographers prepare your gears! Check up your tripods and start practicing shooting at night with your favorite filters as the 4th International Pyromusical Competition kicks off at the SM Mall of Asia beginning February 16! Thats the 3rd Saturday of the month and every Saturday there after up to March 23.
Tickets starts at P100 only, but you can enjoy and buffet dinner while watching the pyromusicals for P1,500.00.
Different countries will showcase their fireworks display from Japan, Taiwan, Spain, Australia, UK, Korea and the Philippines.
February 16, 2013
Japan – Tamaya Kitahara
Finland – Oy Pyroman Finland Ltd.
February 23, 2013
Taiwan – Yung Feng Fireworks
France – Intermede Artifices
March 2, 2013
United Kingdom – Jubilee Fireworks Ltd.
South Korea – Hwarang Fireworks Inc.
March 9, 2013
Italy – Ipon Fireworks S.R.L.
The Netherlands – Royal Fireworks
March 16, 2013
China – Liuyang New Year Fireworks Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
Australia – Fireworx Inc.
March 23, 2013
Canada – Fireworx Spectacular
Philippines – Platinum Fireworks Inc. (Closing exhibition)
See you there! Lets enjoy the pyromusical show, and lets shoot!
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Stretching from Thompson Falls to British Columbia, the Cabinet-Yaak ecosystem sprawls 2,600 square miles, straddling the Idaho panhandle. That's where the U.S. Geological Survey is now hunting for grizzly bear DNA, in order to better understand the population and genetics of area grizzlies. The best non-invasive way to get the endangered bears' DNA is through their hair, naturally rubbed off on trees or caught in lured barbs.
It's the USGS, not the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, conducting the research because, "We're in the business of good science without a stake in the outcome besides good, reliable data," says Kate Kendall, lead investigator of the project.
Kendall was training her 70 staffers in water crossing last Sunday, May 27, in preparation for the summer's work: hiking to over 1,800 locations five times each. They'll check meticulously placed hair traps (scented barbed wire corrals) and rub objects (small barbs at naturally occurring rubbing spots on trees and poles). They'll analyze the captured hair over the next couple of years to obtain population numbers and a detailed family tree.
The ecosystem, one of FWS's six grizzly bear recovery areas, is valuable. "The Forest Service considers it to have the highest ecological integrity of the interior Columbia Basin," says Erik Beever, a research ecologist with the USGS. "It's an important stepping stone for connectivity of broad-ranging species, not just grizzly bears."
To the west is the sparsely populated and mostly roadless panhandle. To the east there's Glacier National Park, the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex and the rest of the Northern Continental Divide Ecosystem, where Kendall undertook a similar DNA survey, completed in 2008. Her research found about 760 grizzlies living there, more than twice what the FWS had estimated.
FWS's current rough estimate is that there are only about 40 grizzlies in the Cabinet-Yaak. The numbers there have been lower, Kendall says, due to proximity to humans. "Bears here are always closer to the attractants humans tempt them with," she says, often leading to deadly confrontations on roads, train tracks and trails. She says the biggest boost to the population will come from better cohabitation. But she won't know the population they're starting from until her team combs through some hair.


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The lesson I take from reading Mary Meeker's mammoth new report on the mobile internet is the degree to which Silicon Valley is in a position to dominate it, just as it did the wired internet.
Since Ms Meeker, a veteran Morgan Stanley analyst, was one of the sages/seers of the first internet wave, what she says about the growth of the mobile internet deserves to be taken seriously even if it involves wading through the 425-page full version. Read more


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Edda by Signe Strømgaard
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A vest in gorgeous, bulky yarn is both fun and quick to knit, but at the same time it has to have the right fit to look flattering on the body, I think. To get to Edda I had to do a bit of sketching and thinking, in order to find the right combination of simplicity and femininity.
En vest i lækkert, tykt garn er både sjov og hurtig at strikke, men den skal også klæde kroppen, synes jeg. Det krævede en del tegning og tænkning at nå frem til Edda og at finde den rette kombination af enkelhed og feminine linjer.
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A race of fearsome but loyal gargoyle-like Wesen, much like the rhino-like Dickfellig, these guys are fighters.
When woged they have curved horns, wings, brow ridges, fangs and claws as well as red or yellow eyes.
The Beutelbar are a group of koala-like Wesen that are skittish and shy but are generally shown to be quite intelligent and kind despite their rather curmudgeonly nature.
They are skilled climbers and can use their claws for combat as well as climbing trees. When woged they have koala-like ears and a black nose as well as white fur around their lower jaw and on their chin, their hands also have fur and extra thumbs.
A race of skunk-like Wesen, they tend to be on the sensitive side and tend to be aggressive at most times but are rather playful and sweet as well.
Able to use highly potent gas and smells to ward off enemies. When woged they have a white stripe in their hair as well as a skunk-like muzzle and ears.
A race of penguin-like Wesen that live in cold environments, they are cold blooded and are often quite sophisticated.
When woged they have flipper-like hands and a beak-like nose as well as feather coating on their shoulders and arms, they cannot fly but are skilled swimmers.
A race of panda-like Wesen, they tend to be very large and bulky but are quite gentle and wise despite their large size.
When woged they have large paw-like hands and feet as well as panda-like ears, and fur grows on their face as dark black circles appear around their eyes.
A race of ghost-like Wesen that have the ability to shapeshift, possess people, levitate and throw their voices. They tend to be very mischevious and benevolent at most times.
When woged they have pale skin and glowing eyes and also become semi-transparent.
A race of genie-like Wesen that are experts in the art of magic, they tend to be very loyal and faithful but on occassion do tend to be a bit on the crazy side.
When woged they have bluish/purplish skin and pointed ears and glowing eyes as well as an aura surrounding them.
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A race of savage ghoul/vampire-like Wesen, these bloodthirsty creatures rely purely on instincts and battle tactics and are quite vicious and aggressive.
They are often classed as warriors because of their fierce fighting skills, when woged their skin turns pale and their teeth become sharp and pointed to add to the ferocity of their appearances as their foreheads become bumpy and ridged.
They don't tend to say anything and remain silent, unless they are angry or ticked off - then they will either growl, hiss, or snarl at whatever is trying to attack them.
A race of ape-like Wesen, they are often more passive than aggressive and are incredibly strong and agile.
When woged they have semi ape-like features and shaggy fur as well as ape-like hands and feet which are also more hand-like.
They are skilled athletes.
A race of cat-like Wesen, this time they are based off domesticated cats. They are very intelligent and cunning but unlike the alley cat-like Klaustreich they are nice and loyal.
They have cat-like reflexes and heightened senses, when woged they have cat-like ears with pointed tips, a mini-mane of hair, a black nose, two small fangs and slightly feline features as well as claw-like fingernails.
They tend to purr when happy and hiss whenever they are stressed or angry.
A race of frog-like Wesen that are extraordinarily agile and are very inquisitive, they are skilled jumpers and have a super jumping ability.
When woged their neck puffs up and their eyes bug out and their hands and feet become webbed as their skin turns green.
Krahenfeder are a race of crow-like Wesen that are very mysterious and shady, but are skilled in the dark arts. They are amazingly agile and are able to fly, they can also mimic any sorts that other Wesen use.
Often viewed as being evil or creepy when they're actually quite sweet and friendly.
In woged state they have feather-like coating on their arms as well as wings coming out of their back and bird-like hands and feet with talons, dark circles appear around their eyes and they have a half beak-like nose.
The Riechenfisch are a race of fish-like Wesen that are very secretive but very energetic and athletic.
They are skilled swimmers and have a natural odor that is used to repell more predatorial Wesen away.
In woged state they have scaled skin and fin-like ears as well as webbed hands and feet as well as gills on their necks.
A race of aloof Swan-like Wesen, they are elegant and graceful and are quite well mannered and are only aggressive if provoked.
They are very agile and are skilled swimmers and flyers as well as being talented dancers, in woged state they have white or grey or black feathers on their arms as well as bird-like hands with talons for fingers and a black beak-like nose.
A race of almost ghost-like Wesen, they are very shady and shadowy personality wise. They possess the ability to forsee the future.
In woged state they develop a pale complexion as well as more pronounced cheek bones and sunken eyes that turn white.
A race of pony-like Wesen, they are related to the Nuckalavee. These creatures are agile and strong and know a lot about magic.
They are very energetic and cheerful, and a lot of the time they are non-violent, they very friendly and outgoing.
Younger members of this race seem to enjoy having parties and playing games, and these creatures are often classed as farmers or arborists.
In woged state they have a semi equinine muzzle, pony-like ears and half hoof-like hands and feet.
A race of ghoul-like Wesen with vampiric qualities, they feed off the fear of their victims like how most normal vampires feed off blood.
They tend to be shady and untrustworthy because of their fearsome nature and reputation for being terrifying. They are extraordinarily strong and agile as well as highly intellectual.
When woged they get pale skin, and their eyes turn red and become sunken and their cheekbones become more pronounced and also get a vampiric brow in place of eyebrows and their teeth sharpen, as well as sporting clawed fingernails and semi pointed ears.
Famous examples of befurchten including Christopher Lee, William Dafoe, Chris Sarandon, Christina Ricci and Christopher Walken.
A race of chameleon-like Wesen with the ability to change colour and blend in with their surroundings, they tend to be very eccentric and often reclusive at times but like things that are very artsy and colourful.
In woged state they have a very semi reptilian look with scaled skin that changes colour depending on their mood, their eyes bug out and their tongue stretches out - some even grow a few horns.
A race of feline-like Wesen that are able to become invisible, they are the inspiration for the Cheshire Cat in Alice In Wonderland.
They tend to be very curious and mischevious, often playing pranks to get others in trouble or just for the heck of it.
In woged state they have semi paw-like hands with claws that grow out of the fingertips, thick fur with tiger-like stripes and the ears become feline-like and their mouth stretches out into a grin and their hair becomes a short mane.
Notable examples of these are Julia Roberts, Jack Nicholson, and Tim Curry.
A race of dog-like Wesen similar to the Hundjäger only they are more friendly and aren't aggressive unless provoked.
They tend to be loyal and protective towards the ones they love and treat them like they were a part of their extended family.
When woged fur grows on their hands and on their face as their nose blackens and becomes dog-like as their ears become semi canine in shape.
A race of yeti-like Wesen that served as the inspiration behind Krampus and the Grinch from the classic Dr Seuss story How The Grinch Stole Christmas.
They tend to be gruff and anti-social, most of the time they are a bit on the moody side but have very kind hearts despite this and are quite crafty.
They are super strong and extremely agile, they also possess heightened senses.
In woged state they tend to have very shaggy fur, long fingernails that are claw-like in length and their hair grows longer and shaggier, the tip of their nose also blackens and shifts upwards.
A race of elephant-like Wesen that are large in size but quite kind-natured despite their imtimidating size and bulk.
They are remarkably strong and are also very intelligent even though most of the time they are percieved as being brutish.
Both females and males have a very powerful memory and remember just about anything that goes on, like the old saying goes..."An elephant never forgets".
In woged state they bulk up quite a bit and their ears grow larger and more elephant-like as tusks protude out of their lip, and they develop bumpy grey skin and a semi trunk-like nose.
Most of these types do not tend to be vicious, but if someone they love dearly is hurt in anyway they will fiercely defend that person no matter what the cost.
When alarmed, they will form a circle of others in order to protect the younger members of their families as they are very family oriented.
A race of rabbit-like Wesen that are extremely playful and mischevious but are also highly intelligent.
Like Eisibibers they like giving people things, as it is part of their tradition to pass on special egg-shaped heirlooms for their friends and family members so that they may carry on the tradition.
They are extremely agile and strong and can do very powerful jumps, they are also skilled singers.
In woged state they have paw-like hands and feet and their ears stretch slightly to look rabbit-like, their hair turns to grow longer and slightly messier, their teeth change size to look slightly rodent-like and whiskers grow out of the cheeks on their face and their face becomes a half rodent-like muzzle.
Most notable example of a famous one of these is British comedian Russell Brand.
Younger members of this species tend to be very shy but outgoing and energetic.
A race of gorilla-like Wesen, they are large and imposing but are highly intelligent and noble.
They are known for their extremely powerful strength and their parenting skills, they are noble and gentle but when someone tries to attack a member of their family, that is when they get aggressive.
In woged state they grow very thick fur and their hands grow larger, their features become semi-ape-like and they grow slightly taller.


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McDaniel to hold 142nd Commencement ceremony and activities
Honorary degrees will be awarded to Dr. Nancy S. Grasmick, Maryland's first female state superintendent of schools, and Dr. Edwin Welch '65, president of the University of Charleston in W.Va.
Student awards include the Argonaut Award, which is presented yearly to the graduating senior with the highest cumulative grade point average, and the Edith Farr Ridington Phi Beta Kappa Writing Award for the best honors paper.
In conjunction with Commencement, several events are held on Friday, May 18.
Graduating McDaniel seniors who are members of the College's Army ROTC program will be commissioned as second lieutenants into the U.S. Army at 10 a.m. May 18 in Baker Memorial Chapel. McDaniel has had an Army ROTC program since 1919.
The annual senior awards convocation and baccalaureate is 7:30 p.m. May 18 in Gill Center. A Commencement party will follow for parents, students, faculty and staff in Englar Dining Hall.
For more information on the weekend's activities, call 410-857-2247. Click here for a campus map to aid in parking and finding the buildings.


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Wed 5th Jan 2011 12:00pmBundoran Surf Co's Bundoran - The Peak Surf Report
Peak is 4 foot, onshore and messy. Tullan is a blown out mess. Rossnowlagh is 3 foot and onshore. Streedagh is the best beach option and shpuld have some wind protection this morning before the winds go NW. Low tide: 12:28, 0.8m High tide: 18:34, 3.9m 3 Day Forecast (to 7th January 2011) The swell will be bigger on Tue and Wed but the winds look a little variable. Looks like a decent north swell coming in the for the end of the week so north facing spots might be good if the winds are ok.
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From 8th July, 2006.
If you want to be rich, you can try to set up a brilliantly successful company. Or you can steal money. Trans-parency International, the corruption watchdog, has estimated that Mohamed Suharto embezzled up to $35bn when he was Indonesia's president, a figure that is in the same league as the entrepreneurial fortunes of Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. On a humbler scale, we all face the same choice. We can try to earn money by doing something useful, or we can try to steal or extort it from other people. A society where most people are doing something useful has a good chance of being rich; a society full of corruption will be poor.
That is a glib enough explanation of wealth and poverty, but what causes corruption? Many economists believe that corruption is a response to perverse incentives. For example, in Indonesia it takes an average of 151 days to legally establish a small business, according to the World Bank's "Doing Business" database. This is a large incentive to pay bribes or keep a business unregistered. It is not surprising that there is a strong correlation between red tape and corruption…
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Cleveland Excerpts from a media interview Monday with Jazz coach Tyrone Corbin after shootaround at Quicken Loans Arena.
Corbin will move Hayward to bench as Jazz make playoff pushCorbin on getting Raja Bell back against the Cavaliers: I'm also certain. … He looked pretty good [Sunday]. He's not feeling sore today. I'm pretty sure he'll be ready tonight.If Bell can play, Jazz will start him: Yeah. We have to. … Coming off injury, he's been a starter. We'll start him and probably will bring Gordon off the bench and keep Josh in there and we'll make adjustments from there.Thought process behind move: I like what we're getting from Josh with that starting group. The way he cut off when Al's posting up, he can read situations a little better; coming off down screens, it gives us another option there. And then Gordon, there's a way we can get the ball more in his hands with the second group and be able to run a few more things through him and also pick the tempo up for us a little bit. [Lately], we've gotten a little stagnant with that group, especially in the beginning. Keeing shooters Bell, Hayward in each unit: It's a good mix. You need some perimeter shooting, especially with Al and Paul in that post. Teams are just really starting smash in on them and focus in on them and what they're doing in there, so they're actually starting to front us a lot more now, and rotate an opposite guy over and rotate a perimeter guy to Paul. Veteran-heavy first unit: Absolutely. You're absolutely correct. Other than Jamaal, that's the most experience we have on this team, and they're all in the game at the same time. It should give us a chance, especially in the beginning of the game. These veteran guys know how to prepare themselves to play, going down the stretch here, getting ready for the playoffs, trying to finish and get in the playoffs. … Back-to-back nights, we may have to sub a little bit differently to kind of keep 'em fresher. But I'm excited about the opportunity.Backcourt in second unit: It'll change some. We can play Gordon and Alec together. We can play Gordon and C.J. with Earl. It gives us a lot more versatility. When he started considering change: Just before [Howard] got hurt. … When Al has the ball on the block, we have a tendency to stand and watch him. And then with Paul stepping in some and Josh being the veteran and being able to read when he can cut and how he can cut and not get in his way, but occupy a guy to free it up, to get a couple layups. … I thought the time is now. We get a little bit more experience with the starting group as we finish up. Liking Bell and Howard together: Oh, yeah. They've veteran guys. They know how to cut. Raja can space the floor, hit shots. Al and Paul on the block, with Devin's speed now coming up the floor, I think it's a good mix of guys.Change becoming permanent: … It may be a good way to finish up and give us a great chance. As long as we're able to get the production from both groups then we'll be in good shape.Vets know how to win on road: How to set the tone, how to get us started. But the concern now is that I've got more young guys on the floor with the second group. [Laughs] So it's to give us a chance to get off early to a good start, but then to find a way to see how the young guys going if not, to be able to bring one or two of the veteran guys back a little bit sooner, to be able to finish and not have the lulls that we've been having. When we can get a lead and maybe build on it a little bit more, instead of letting teams hang around. Brian T. SmithTwitter: @tribjazz