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Howdy. For some of you folks that like to take in a good ballgame, Norwood's homecoming is Friday, Jan. 18 at 6 p.m. They will be playing against Hartville. There will also be a crowning of homecoming king and queen.
Norwood's fire dues are $35 this year. Sometimes we don't see the importance of paying them until we have a fire and need them. It costs for them to maintain their trucks, and they are very good to come on each call.
Norwood sale barn had some excitement again this week. A 700 pound bull got loose and headed for the 4-lane. A couple of men were after him on horses. They never could get him stopped, so they had to put him down. So if you heard any shots up around Liberty Faith, that's what it was.
Zach and Tammy Williams decided to go see Ed's (Zach's dad), mother which is 94 years old still living by herself in Florida. They took their oldest daughter, Courtney Stout and family with them. They were gone over the New Year.
I was so surprised when I got the call that Duey Haigler passed away Friday night. Duey and his wife Donna would have been married 50 years this year. They moved to Norwood in 1981 with three children. Twenty-five years ago they moved into Audrey Peck's house. Their son Kenny later bought it and was remodeling it for them. Their son David graduated with me in 1982. I got to visit with him a little. He was in from Saudi Arabia.
For some of you that remember Larry Conner, he had a heart attack Christmas Eve, but is doing fine now.
Our anniversaries this week are Marvin and Chrystal Elliott on the 13th and Jim and Tina Sweet on the 14th. They will celebrate their 20 years together. I apologize for putting Brian and Vanilyn Jarrett's anniversary in last week.
I just got word that B.J. Hill went to the hospital. He is having bad seizures. He is the son of Mark and Karen Hill.
They just laid to rest Exie Campbell on Thursday, Dec. 27. Now her husband Milton has passed away. He caught pneumonia. They had been together for 67 years. That's longer than most people are alive.
If you have any news, give me a call, 746-1112.
Fun Facts: Education in the 1920's and 30's. Sept. 10, 1920 began the construction of the new school building which was located where Hwy. 60 now is located. This building was one of the best and most modern in Wright County. School Board members were H.J. Schofield, president; F.M. Huffman, secretary; W.V. Carter, treasurer; G.H. Robertson, A.R. Worsham and R.L. Calhoun. I guess they all just were more concerned with their last name than their first.
Challenge: The greatest underdeveloped resource in our country is faith; the greatest unused power is prayer.
Until next week, God bless our little town.


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KYLIE Minogue has arrived at the Brit Awards in a black knee-length rubber dress with a huge bow detail accompanied by her sister Dannii.
The Voice coach was among the arrivals at the most glamorous night of the year for the UK music world on Wednesday at London's O2 Arena.
A slimline Boy George attracted attention with his new towering quiff and what appeared to be a graze around the left side of his face, although he is well known for his elaborate experiments with make-up.
Awards hopeful Ellie Goulding dazzled the crowds as she arrived in a princess-style gown.
Goulding's gown had a sculpted pink bodice with frothing white layers of netting from the waist down.
She is among the nominees for the best British female solo act prize, having already collected the critics choice prize at the Brits in 2010.
Rock band Arctic Monkeys, who are tipped to do well, arrived at the ceremony wearing smart suits in sharp contrast to some of the outfits they have adopted in previous years. In previous years they have appeared to be dressed for a hunting party, while another year they sent acceptance speeches dressed as characters from The Wizard Of Oz and as the Village People.
Singer Lily Allen unveiled a dramatic new look with her hair tinted yellow and gathered in a ponytail, with a matching handbag, together with a black sequinned outfit.
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Farish hesitated for 45 seconds and then went to $1,375,000. Caldwell suggested the Canadians bump the count to a million and a half..."Four then? Thank you; now Five, a million five..."For 1 1/2 minutes, Caldwell discussed the possibilities with Farish: "I have a million four, five willya; million four, fifty do you wanthim. Now I have a million four, asking for fifty, do you want him? Fifty? Well then I guess that's all..."Farish had put his 10-man syndicate together at $1.4 million, thinking the colt would go at about $1.1 million. But he also had another group ready for contingencies. Farish bid $1,450,000.Burnett immediately raised. "Yessir! That's a million and a half! Yes, it is..." Caldwell could get no more. He had the most. Blue Meadow Farms bought the flashy Secretariat--Charming Alibi, by Honeys Alibi, colt for $1,500,000.FOOTNOTE: Racing in Ted Burnett's colors, Canadian Bound made four lifetime starts, failing to win a race. He ran second in his initial outing. His first two races were in France, his final two while trained by Whittingham in California. He sired 106 foals with no stakes winners. Canadian Bound died in 1992.
Thirty years ago, on July 20, 1976, the first yearling ever sold for $1 million or more went through the ring at the Keeneland July sale. By Secretariat, the half-brother to champion Dahlia was sold by Nelson Bunker Hunt and purchased by a group of Canadians for $1.5 million. The following is an excerpt from The Blood-Horse of July 26, 1976:At least four different syndicates were put together to buy the colt for more than a million dollars.Aaron U. Jones of Oregon formed a syndicate with trainer Charlie Whittingham and Lou Doherty, Harold Snowden, and three Californians. Doherty suggested the only way to scare off contending bidders was with one bid; an opener of $1,100,000. The problem with this strategy was that Hunt placed a $500,000 reserve bid on the colt.To begin the bidding on the gleaming chestnut Secretariat--Charming Alibi yearling, auctioneer Tom Caldwell acknowledged $500,000 from one bid spotter and an immediate raise to $600,000 from another spotter, and then recognized a record bid of $716,000. It came within 10 seconds of the opening of the bidding, and it came from a syndicate of Canadians who last year had been the immediate underbidder on the $715,000 Elegant Prince.The Canadian syndicate was composed of six men: The Burnett brothers, financier Joe, real estate developer Jack, and attorney Ted, owners of Blue Meadow Farms near Toronto; their business associate Harry Federer; Hill 'n' Dale Farm owner John Sikura, and Toronto dentist Harold Potash. Their record $716,000 bid was just a starter; they intended to buy the colt.Quickly the bid rose, $800,000 $900,000, to One Million Dollars. The bidding had gone only 30 seconds. Jones' syndicate quit. Trainer Bart Cummings, representing a syndicate of Australian horsemen, reached his limit at $1.1 million.Will Farish III of Houston went to $1.2 million. Polo player, steward of The Jockey Club, owner of 1972 Preakness winner Bee Bee Bee, Farish headed a 10-man syndicate of relative newcomers to horse racing, including car racer A. J. Foyt.Jack Burnett immediately raised to $1.25 million. Farish spent nearly a half-minute consulting with his syndicate members before bidding $1.3 million. Blue Meadow quickly jumped to $1.35 million.


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This is a quick little lo that I did late one night. I was up alone (which is my usually alone time) scrapping a page on my little girl, and in comes Will. He wanted me to do a page on him right then, so this is what we did. An upclose pic and then described every part of his sweet little face. He would point at a feature, name it, then I added the way a felt about each feature. It is not super embellished, but it does hold some really great memories!
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Legal Question in Wills and Trusts in California
I became a beneficiary of a family trust with 3 other relatives in Nov 2012. I am a part owner of an apartment complex. I asked the trustee and her attorney if I should be receiving income from the apartment complex? Neither will respond to my question. Should I be receiving monthly income from the complex, and does the trustee have to answer my questions?
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The trustee must abide by the terms of the trust. What does the trust document say about this issue?
I'm also curious as to whether the apartment complex is owned by the trustee with named beneficiaries, or whether the trust has concluded and the beneficiaries were deeded the property as a tenancy in common.
The part owner certain can make a demand for an accounting, and if no repsonse, obtain probate litigation counsel to file a petition into probate court if the accounting is not forthcoming or is poorly prepared, without sufficient supporting documentation or explanation.


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The class org.apache.derbyTesting.functionTests.harness.j9_foundation11 was created to support running derbyall with IBM's implementation of the CDC profile. To support this, some assumptions regarding paths were made, and this is reflected in comments and paths in the class.
The current implementation reflects weme6.1 - which is about 2 years old. I'd like to upgrade to weme6.2.2 to take advantage of any bug fixes.
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(Apparently, although I don't understand it, and don't intend to investigate further - it was not needed for 10.4 - I tried it out).
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Wedge seeking consistency from League
Wedge seeking consistency from League
The plan had worked the previous year when League went on to save 37 games after an early-season bout with inconsistencies. It appeared the same would happen this year, but what looked like immediate improvement from League has leveled out.
"He's been a little bit inconsistent," Mariners manager Eric Wedge said. "Last night he wasn't at his best. There's times when we've seen him really good, too. Just need more consistency out of him, we need to know what we're going to be getting when we call for him.
"Still using him late in the ballgames, still using him in key situations, like we did last night -- that's where he belongs. He's a veteran guy, he has a lot of experience in the back end of the bullpen."
Wedge said he would like to see League throw a breaking ball early in the count more and wants to see the right-hander gain more confidence in his slider, a pitch he calls "filthy." Until he can do that, though, Tom Wilhelmsen will continue to be the go-to guy.
Wedge said he still prefers to have multiple options at the end of games, but Wilhelmsen has been dominant in save situations, converting all six of his opportunities since League was removed from the role. The tall righty has not allowed a run in his past 15 2/3 innings, a span of 13 appearances, and is limiting opponents to a .118 (6-for-51) batting average during that time.
"I want to have multiple options, ideally," Wedge said. "When we become more consistent winners, you need to have that -- to keep them both at their best. One's always going to have the lead role and obviously Wilhelmsen's in that lead role right now, but with Leaguer, still want him to be the best he can be."


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Family Christmas Dude Ranch Vacation: December 22 – 26, 2012 4 night Package Details and rates here. Come join us and relax over a long Holiday weekend. Let us cook and clean! A Christmas Eve Seven Course Dinner, a Family Style Christmas Dinner of Turkey carved at the table; a Champagne Breakfast on Boxing Day: family fun, including for mom!. …Read More


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The trip from Dayton to Columbus takes only a little more than an hour -- when taking the direct route. But Columbus Crew defender Mark Schulte has taken anything but the direct route.
After graduating from the University of Dayton in 1999, Schulte went from a part-time starter to a second team all-league selection in just three seasons with the Minnesota Thunder. Following one more season in Minnesota, Schulte decided to give Europe a try and signed with Iceland first division outfit IBV Vestmannaeyjar.
Despite starting every match for the Icelandic club, Schulte decided to come back to the U.S. and sign with the Columbus Crew. Although Schulte has played in more than a third of the Crew's matches this season, he has largely been filling in for players injured, suspended, or called to a national team. Until recently, that is.
"As long as he continues to perform well, he has the job," said interim Crew coach Robert Warzycha.
With Chris Wingert suspended against FC Dallas, Robin Fraser slid back into his customary central position and Schulte again filled the void as an outside back.
"He was a little bit nervous in the beginning of the game against Dallas," said Warzycha. "After 25 minutes, I think he took a deep breath and from that point everything was OK."
The solid performance allowed the Ohio native to remain in the starting 11 for the victory against Kansas City.
"I think the second game was much better than the first one," said Warzycha. "He is a good defender and a good player. He helped us a lot in getting these two shutouts."
The shutouts are vital to the Crew as all eight of their wins on the campaign have come via blankings.
"Everyone is committed to the same goal, ideally getting a shutout," said Schulte. "We have great attacking players doing pretty dangerous things so we are pretty confident that we are going to get one (goal)."
Schulte also thanks 'keeper Jonny Walker for helping out the defenders.
"He's made some great saves. In our last home game, he was making unbelievable saves," said Schulte. "He's just been outstanding."
John Kuhn is a contributor to MLSnet.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Soccer or its clubs.


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2012 remainders: Khazei
Ron Paul gets results.
The Boston Globe thinks Eric Fehrnstrom's Twitter habits are more than a sideshow.
Scott Brown says it won't happen again.
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Perry and Romney are separated by 1 percentage point in Ohio.
Al Franken is pulling for Bachmann.
George Will declares victory in Wisconsin.
Arizona's AG brings suit against the Voting Rights Act.
Rick Scott clears the way for more prison-related weekend programming on MSNBC.
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ady199 Wrote:Can you please let me know if there are any plans to fix the '1 second' bug in the music player? as I'm having to use the Video Player to play music.
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Driveclub Dev: PlayStation 4 Has a Lot of CPU Power, No Need to Worry About GPU Compute for Now
by Giuseppe Nelva Aug 7th 2013 7:50AM
Many are already talking about the ability to perform compute tasks on the GPU of the PlayStation 4, that according to the platform's Lead Architect Mark Cerny will be available to developers a couple years after the platform's debut. Evolution Studios is working on Driveclub, one of the console's launch titles, and Technical Director Scott Kirkland thinks there isn't much need to worry about GPU compute for the moment, even if the future holds a lot of potential, as he shared as part of an interview on The Guardian
"You already have a lot of CPU power at your disposal. I think with many of the first generation PS4 titles, developers probably won't need to worry about it – they'll be able to get a lot out of parallelism across the CPU cores – but for teams who are a bit more ambitious, who want to do interesting things, it's just waiting there. We're doing some of that in DriveClub and I'm sure other guys will go further – and the platform guys will expose more of that functionality through the lifespan of the machine, unlocking more potential."
While the future sounds definitely exciting, and the ability to shift some of the compute load on the GPU is very promising (as I explained in a previous article), it's good to know that there's confidence in the PS4′s CPU between the developers working on it, since it is by all means one of the components of the upcoming console about which Sony shared the least details.
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Doesnt take a genius to know it has alot more power than a 7 or 8 year old console.Forza 5, Fifa 14, Battlefield 4 & Watchdogs - The Perfect Launch Line Up!
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Cant wait to play this game.
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I'm pretty sure this game will remind of Motorstorm when it came out.
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I hope Evolution makes another Motorstorm at some point.
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Episode 11 of Ring Ka King is embedded in the video below courtesy of the official YouTube channel of the Colors Network:
TNA Ring Ka King ia amazing as in this GM is also attacked.Jarett trying to buy Ring Ka King.
Did anyone else see how deliberately hard Scott Steiner punted that Indian ref in the side of the head? (26:57 to 27:05) That was just brutal and vicious on Steiner's part. I'm assuming Steiner was a little angry about how he flubbed the top rope move. Piss poor display of professionalism there on Steiner's part.
Just watched that bit again, and noticed how stiff Abyss was working with the ref too. The poor kid looked genuinely scared. Either all that wasn't quite supposed to go down like that, or that ref, whoever it is, answers the question posed in the Think Tank the other week about who the best seller is…
i am so happy they are bringing back mask kane.i been niwtiag for this two happen for years now hopefully we are going to see it.i just hope he comes back with the mask in the attire that he whore back in 2000 when paul brearer was managing him


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yes and the yard work looks ferocious too LOL
Wouldn't you love to be able to access the memories that were made there decades ago!
Just needs a little paint! LOL!
looks like it will need a lot of work. hm? not sure i am in the market for another fixer upper, my current home is a true money pit, and won't go through that again. LOL
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Chumby developer building open source laptop
Andrew 'bunnie' Huang has announced he is planning to build a DIY laptop from openly documented hardware in an effort currently codenamed "Novena". Open hardware means that there are no licensing fees for circuit diagrams and specifications. Whilst the open source movement has been well established in the software field for some years, open hardware is still something of a rarity in the PC component field. The project plans to make a system that works with both open source hardware and software.
Huang made his name as one of the first Xbox hackers and the developer of Chumby. Huang wants to make it possible for other enthusiasts to build and modify his laptop design, to which end he and his team have manufactured a motherboard using only hardware with open source specifications and drivers.
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MANUFACTURERS have called for the creation of a permanent UK Infrastructure Authority to address the nation's long-term strategic requirements, and encourage vitally needed investment to support growth and competitiveness.
The call by EEF, the manufacturers' organisation, in a new paper published today (MONDAY) is aimed at ending decades of political wrangling and poor planning.
It comes amidst continued concerns over the UK's neglected road and energy infrastructure, along with continued dithering over expanding airport capacity, a critical factor for half of foreign-owned firms when deciding where to invest, according to a recent EEF survey.
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Other surveys on manufacturing investment also showed that quality of infrastructure - such as transport links, broadband and flood defences - was the fourth most critical factor for manufacturers in deciding where to invest, behind proximity to customers, labour costs and availability of skills.
Andy Tuscher, North East Region Director at EEF, says: "Political prevarication and policy reversals have left Britain in the slow lane in developing its infrastructure for decades. The neglect of our roads, the indecision on expanding airport capacity and the agonising over high speed rail routes connecting our major cities have only served to exacerbate the feeling that Britain's infrastructure is not geared up to support growth.
"We now have the opportunity to put in place a new independent system that will aid long-term planning, supporting more of a consensus-based approach in identifying future needs. All political parties need to commit to this in their forthcoming manifestos.
"In a nutshell, a UK Infrastructure Authority would add value by horizon scanning for future challenges, and ensuring debates are backed by trusted analysis."
According to EEF, the UK lacks the institutional framework to identify, plan and deliver major projects, getting them from conception to completion in a streamlined way. This leads to projects being identified too late, with little or no time for a proper assessment or public debate. As a result, when infrastructure projects do finally go ahead it is through desperate necessity, with the sky high costs associated with such an approach.
NECC Chief Executive, James Ramsbotham, said: "For decades North-East business has been failed by a lack of strategic thinking when it has come to prioritising spending on critical infrastructure projects.
"Our businesses, in this region more than anywhere else in the country, are dependent on our transport infrastructure to get our goods to the global market and while we welcome recent investment announcements, such as the transport schemes green-lit in the past twelve months, we have to remember that most of this is well overdue – and in the case of the A1, 50 years overdue.
"For half a century the North East has been without a motorway connection and we are excluded from the proposed High Speed Rail network which could provide a vital service for our economy. The playing field for infrastructure funding must be levelled and if a UK Infrastructure Authority would help achieve that then the Government is duty bound to consider its potential.
"The North-East can generate far more wealth for UK Plc if we are afforded a fair deal on infrastructure to help us deliver wealth and jobs."
EEF's proposal, which goes beyond any of the proposals by the main political parties, would see the creation of a single UK Infrastructure Authority, with a parent board accountable to parliament. It would be set up as a Non-Ministerial Government Department maintaining its impartiality, while also having the flexibility to work across Government.
Every five years, the Authority will be tasked with developing a new National Infrastructure Assessment which would look ahead at the country's infrastructure needs over a ten, twenty and fifty year horizon at both national and regional levels. It would identify future challenges and trends, and would also outline when decisions will need to be made.
The public, businesses, political parties and others will then be consulted on the long-term assessments and invited to submit their own ideas for projects. Just as with the current Airports Commission, the final decision would then be taken by the Government of the day, underpinned by independent analysis from the Authority.
According to EEF's proposal, the Authority would also be tasked with providing an annual progress report to Parliament. This would show what progress is being made in the development of infrastructure projects and concepts, and highlight the viability of solutions which may have been proposed.
It would also provide an overarching framework for project proposals, lead to better long-term strategic planning and bring coherence to decision making in a more timely manner. Crucially, EEF believes it would facilitate greater consensus on the most important infrastructure challenges of the future and minimise the stop start approach to project development.
EEF believes that this new system would work in the same effective way as other Institutions which already exist, such as the UK Statistics Authority, Committee on Climate Change, Airports Commission and Office for Budget Responsibility.


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Robin Gibb's Son Says Cancer Not the Culprit
This may help explain why the statements from Robin Gibb was so positive about his cancer in February and the ill health that beset him in March… too many cancer patients were saying if Robin's Cancer can go south so fast, maybe mine can too. That's not the case.
According to his son Robin-John Gibb, 29, he has emerged from mourning to correct reports that blamed liver or colon cancer for the Bee Gee's death on May 20. Gibb's long battle with cancer was referenced in the statement his publicist released to press following his passing. "It wasn't the cancer that killed my father; those reports are wrong," the son told England's Daily Express. "Dad had actually gone into remission and the cancer was completely unrecognizable; it was too small to detect. No scan could see it. He actually died of kidney failure."
The Daily Express described Robin-John as "frustrated" about differences between doctors about how to treat his father in his final weeks, and he expressed unhappiness with the decisions taken by the hospital staff. "At the end there was a divergence of opinion… They had totally different approaches. The (hospital's) CCU staff started treating him palliatively, while his main doctors wanted to reduce all the sedative medications so he could fight… In the end the decisions were made by CCU. I wanted dialysis and CPR. They said it was futile because he was a Stage 4 cancer patient."


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I'm interested in reading these:
2 Forever Changes -Love 1967 Andrew Hultkrans8 Electric Ladyland -The Jimi Hendrix Experience 1968 John Perry15 OK Computer-Radiohead 1997 Dai Griffiths16 Let It Be -The Replacements 1984 Colin Meloy23 Grace - Jeff Buckley 1994 Daphne Brooks24 Endtroducing..... -DJ Shadow 1996 Eliot Wilder25 Kick Out the Jams - MC5 1969 Don McLeese26 Low - David Bowie 1977 Hugo Wilcken30 Paul's Boutique -Beastie Boys 1989 Dan Le Roy31 Doolittle - Pixies 1989 Ben Sisario32 There's a Riot Goin' On -Sly and the Family Stone 1971 Miles Marshall Lewis33 The Stone Roses -The Stone Roses 1989 Alex Green36 Loveless -My Bloody Valentine 1991 Mike McGonigal47 People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm - A Tribe Called Quest 1990 Shawn Taylor48 Rid of Me -PJ Harvey 1993 Kate Schatz49 Achtung Baby -U2 1991 Stephen Catanzarite50 If You're Feeling Sinister - Belle & Sebastian 1996 Scott Plagenhoef51 Pink Moon -Nick Drake 1972 Amanda Petrusich62 Pink Flag -Wire 1977 Wilson Neate71 It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back -Public Enemy 1988 Christopher R. Weingarten75 Spiderland - Slint 1991 Scott Tennent76 Kid A - Radiohead 2000 Marvin Lin85 Dummy Portishead 1994 RJ Wheaton86 Fear of Music Talking Heads 1979 Jonathan Lethem
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the live at the apollo james brown book was a pleasure to read.
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I thought the Loveless was great.
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xp Oh balls, I just ordered Village Green. I blame the ILX Kinks poll. I've read the following:
Great - There's a Riot, Low, Sign O' the Times, Live at the Apollo, Nation of Millions, Another Green World, Let's Talk About Love - apart from the Carl Wilson, which is its own thing, they're all well-crafted making-ofs with an intelligent spinSolid if you just want the basis back story for reference - In an Aeroplane, Kick Out the Jams, Loveless, Unknown PleasuresWaste of time - Armed Forces (infuriatingly, it's structured alphabetically by theme - lots of repetition and confusion)
I've heard from many source that the OK Computer one is a crashing bore Nick.
― Get wolves (DL), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 12:55 (five years ago) Permalink
Village Green has some great information about tracks and recording, but the author occasionally tosses in his opinions to no purpose ("this is the worst song Ray ever wrote", "throw away song x") when he is otherwise absent. Also, it is a bit stilted and dull. I learned a lot from it but didn't enjoy the time with it at all.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 12:59 (five years ago) Permalink
MY favorite is still Darnielle's Black Sabbath book, despite it being only sort of related to the record. One of the most moving novella's I've ever read. My wife, who has no use for Sabbath at all, also found it quite moving.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 13:01 (five years ago) Permalink
I'm reading the Marquee Moon book right now and it's pretty good, although really it's more about the band's early history way more than the album itself -- I'm like 2/3rds through and it just got to the point where they add "See No Evil" to the setlist -- but since there's probably never going to be a proper biographical book about Television I'm kind of ok with that.
― some dude, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 13:13 (five years ago) Permalink
Avoid the Ok Computer one, it's truly sterile.
Thought the Loveless and Low ones were great though.
― AnotherDeadHero, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 13:15 (five years ago) Permalink
of the over a dozen i've read, only a few were ones Sick is interested in -- Electric Ladyland and Nation of Millions are really good, Let It Be is really not
― some dude, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 13:15 (five years ago) Permalink
The Beatles or The Replacements 'Let it Be'? I'm quite interested in checking out the Replacements one although I understand it's one of those album-inserted-into fictional-tale ones so I'm not sure.
― AnotherDeadHero, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 13:44 (five years ago) Permalink
LOW one is brilliant. AJA is probs my fave so far though.
― piscesx, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 13:51 (five years ago) Permalink
the 'Mats one is the one Sick and and I were referring to
it's not a work of fiction, just far more autobiographical than about the album itself
― some dude, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 13:54 (five years ago) Permalink
I prefer the ones about how they put the album together, the writing and recording process. I'm really not interested in how the author was affected by this album when they were 17.
For example, waiting in line at a record store with Black Francis and watching him peel off the cellophane to what may be the 36th Doolittle CD he's bought and driving around Oregon listening to the tracks, that was a solid 3/5, if not more.
― pplains, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 13:59 (five years ago) Permalink
A+: Zoso, Master Of Reality, Sign O The TimesB: Bee ThousandC-: Forever Changes
― Hierophantiasis (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 16:23 (five years ago) Permalink
Yeah, Loveless / Doolittle / In the Aeroplane all really great, really revealing making-of's
OK Computer is terrible.
― a parker full of poseys (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 16:46 (five years ago) Permalink
some good ones that iirc delve pretty deeply into the making of the albums: The Who Sell Out, Aja, Nation of Millions, Armed Forces, In Utero, Exile, Double Nickels, Zep IV
― some dude, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 16:58 (five years ago) Permalink
Double Nickels is really good, especially when its honest enough to say about "You Need The Glory", "What do you say about two minutes of weird percussion and a guy making nonsense sounds?"
― pplains, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:01 (five years ago) Permalink
This is how I would rate the one's I have read:
A+Led Zeppelin IV -Led Zeppelin 1971 Erik DavisLow - David Bowie 1977 Hugo WilckenMaster of Reality -Black Sabbath 1971 John DarnielleLet's Talk About Love -Celine Dion 1997 Carl Wilson
ASign "☮" the Times - Prince 1987 Michaelangelo MatosUse Your Illusion I and II -Guns N' Roses 1991 Eric WeisbardAja -Steely Dan 1977 Don Breithaupt
BKid A - Radiohead 2000 Marvin Lin
CArmed Forces -Elvis Costello 1979 Franklin Bruno
FLet It Be -The Replacements 1984 Colin Meloy
― sofatruck, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:04 (five years ago) Permalink
Reading Pink Flag made me realize how much I love that record and why, which is as much as I can ask of any of these.
― Trip Maker, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 17:09 (five years ago) Permalink
Armed Forces -Elvis Costello 1979 Franklin Brunohuh, i have a friend who highly recommended this one -- not good?
― tylerw, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 22:05 (five years ago) Permalink
Let It Be and Dusty in Memphis were my least favorites of the fifteen or so I've read.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 22:06 (five years ago) Permalink
Court and Spark is top five.
i liked the jerry wexler bits of dusty in memphis, but yeah, wasn't crazy about the memoir-y stuff.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 22:07 (five years ago) Permalink
The Who Sell Out is great, as is Amazing Grace (probably the best book on Aretha out there at the moment). Kick Out The Jams isn't bad, but is less about the album and more of a condensed history of the MC5. Kinks Village Green is useful, if spotty and borderline-annoying in places.
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 22:13 (five years ago) Permalink
Agreed re: Amazing Grace. Just started Lethem's Fear of Music, which I think might be best understood less as a standalone book and more as a complement to Fortress of Solitude.
― Punned Sheerest, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 22:20 (five years ago) Permalink
yeah, probably! i just bought that one today as a matter of fact.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 22:22 (five years ago) Permalink
Fear of Music is really good. I would also recommend Lethem's recent book on John Carpenter's They Live which is even better.
― Professor Respect, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 22:34 (five years ago) Permalink
tyler fwiw armed forces is probably my favorite (not counting master of reality here because it feels like a totally separate thing)
― jesus christ (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 23:05 (five years ago) Permalink
Armed Forces has a unique format, one that just wasn't for me. ymmv.
― sofatruck, Wednesday, 16 May 2012 23:08 (five years ago) Permalink
i didn't know there was an aja one, gotta check that out.
― Bandersnatch Cumberbund (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 16 May 2012 23:14 (five years ago) Permalink
I've only read 4, an they were all good to great - still, i did some "research" beforehand (reviews, ILM, etc), so it wasn't like I bought them unknowingly.
20 jazz funk greats - absolutely stunninglet's talk about loveuse your illusion I & IIsign o'the times
I was interested in reading the 'aja' one, but I've read some people complaining that it's too focused on the technical side, so...dunno. also, is the 'tusk' one really that bad?
― rusty_allen, Thursday, 17 May 2012 01:14 (five years ago) Permalink
Aja has more technical stuff than most of these books (as it should, tbh) but i don't feel it gets bogged down by that if you're not interested in it, there's also a lot of passion and personality in it.
Armed Forces one is very good but the author probably should've just let the alphabetical organization thing behind in an earlier draft.
― some dude, Thursday, 17 May 2012 01:22 (five years ago) Permalink
Of the ones I've read, 20 Jazz Funk Greats sets the standard. But I haven't gotten to the celebrated Celine Dion yet.
― Träumerei, Thursday, 17 May 2012 01:27 (five years ago) Permalink
I've had the Celine on a shelf for a couple of years too.
Some I can remember reading from Scik's list:
13 Live at the Apollo -James Brown 1963 Douglas Wolk
This one is just magnificent, great writing and wildly ambitious for the economical space – cramming analysis of the highly-edited album, Brown's career, development of the songs, actual full-length live takes and wide, wide cultural allusions.
24 Endtroducing..... -DJ Shadow 1996 Eliot Wilder
This is simply one long interview with Shadow, basically a good, uncut Uncut feature rather than either a book or detailed sample-nerdery text.
30 Paul's Boutique -Beastie Boys 1989 Dan Le Roy
REALLY good magazine style piece that leans heavily on interviews with people around the band at the time (aiming to do this more than quote other contemporary journalism), but no contact with the band.
56 Master of Reality -Black Sabbath 1971 John Darnielle
This is an epistolary novella, and is absolutely fantastic. Combines the author's own life and employment experience with love of the genre to make a short sharp blast of writing about how the record speaks to an important element of its audience.
59 Gentlemen -The Afghan Whigs 1993 Bob Gendron
Way too skimpy – tries to cram a potted biography of the band in, then cover this rich album in too few pages. Not bad as such though – I would totally have read two sequels on Black Love and 1965.
66 One Step Beyond... - Madness 1979 Terry Edwards
Session trumpeter writing from a fan perspective, with a hefty page count. If you have to choose between reading this and watching Take It Or Leave It, the latter probably has more insight.
69 69 Love Songs -The Magnetic Fields 1999 LD Beghtol
Aims to be as arch and genre-playful as the album itself, being largely a glossary of terms, semi-largely a rundown on each song with members and friends of the band, small-ly an interview with Merritt, and minorly a crossword, iirc. Also includes frequent instructions to consult a detailed website for further information, which has been broken for about five of the six years the book has been out.
71 It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back -Public Enemy 1988 Christopher R. Weingarten
Really slapdash – has no or almost no contact with any personnel, AFAIR, and so feels more like a 1980s-style cuttings-bio with ambitions. Hey, it's sampling, maan! The ambitions are largely sampled from other sources, too, though – there'll be occasional attempts at scraping in wider cultural references like Wolk did (say a several page digression into Wattstax, or something), peripatetic outbursts of cod-Dave-Tompkins, and such. A real letdown coming after that amazing, rich, and so much briefer piece in Wax Poetics.
― ┗|∵|┓ (sic), Thursday, 17 May 2012 02:58 (five years ago) Permalink
Can someone give me a thumbnail of why Led Zeppelin IV and Use Your Illusion are so good? I'm not much of a Zeppelin fan and I've never even heard the G'n'R record but I'm assuming from all the recommendations that there's something more to these books.
― Get wolves (DL), Thursday, 17 May 2012 09:13 (five years ago) Permalink
Most of the ones I've read have been good but I'd pick these as my absolute favourites:
10 Sign "☮" the Times - Prince 1987 Michaelangelo Matos29 In the Aeroplane over the Sea- Neutral Milk Hotel 1998 Kim Cooper30 Paul's Boutique -Beastie Boys 1989 Dan Le Roy32 There's a Riot Goin' On -Sly and the Family Stone 1971 Miles Marshall Lewis36 Loveless -My Bloody Valentine 1991 Mike McGonigal38 Bee Thousand - Guided by Voices 1994 Marc Woodworth56 Master of Reality -Black Sabbath 1971 John Darnielle
Anyone read the Beefheart one?
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 17 May 2012 09:26 (five years ago) Permalink
Whoops, meant to include this one too:
― Gavin, Leeds, Thursday, 17 May 2012 09:28 (five years ago) Permalink
I've ordered Low, Paul's Boutique, and Loveless as a birthday present to myself.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 17 May 2012 11:23 (five years ago) Permalink
I've read 50 of the books. Some of my favorites have been mentioned already (Master of Reality, Sign O the Times, Low, Live at the Apollo, In the Aeroplane..., 69 Love Songs). Two others that I really enjoyed, that I don't think have been mentioned - Pretty Hate Machine (great focus on fan culture and understanding fandom) and Exile on Main Street (nothing super revelatory in it, but he does a great job describing the music itself, what it sounds like).
I'm not generally a fan of the straight-ahead 'making of the album' ones, or most of the fiction ones (I did kind of like the Rid of Me one). And often the ones I like the least are about the albums I like the most - Bee Thousand and Swordfishtrombones, especially.
― erasingclouds, Thursday, 17 May 2012 14:59 (five years ago) Permalink
I will rep for the Tribe book, re-read it recently after seeing the film documentary and enjoyed it better second time around.
― Dick Move's Wardrobe (MaresNest), Thursday, 17 May 2012 15:08 (five years ago) Permalink
20 Jazz Funk Greats is my favourite book on music after Giles Smith's Lost in Music. Otherwise I've only read the Master of Reality one (superb) and the Abba Gold one (not worth more than the 50p it cost me tbh).
― Blue Collar Retail Assistant (Dwight Yorke), Thursday, 17 May 2012 18:09 (five years ago) Permalink
Not sure how familiar you are with Erik Davis' work, but he writes a lot about pop mysticism. His book on Zep IV isn't really about the band at all (thankfully), but about how the album has become a talisman of low-brow occult symbology. It's also howlingly funny.
The book on Piper At The Gates Of Dawn is great because it side-steps the obligatory "Syd was crazy you know" stories for a pretty detailed analysis of how the album was put together.
― Vini Reilly Invasion (Elvis Telecom), Thursday, 17 May 2012 21:09 (five years ago) Permalink
Least favorite book of all is the Murmur one. Frustratingly so too... Just could not get engaged with the writing at all.
― Vini Reilly Invasion (Elvis Telecom), Thursday, 17 May 2012 21:10 (five years ago) Permalink
yeah i liked the piper one -- some good interviews w/ people around the periphery of the floyd scene of that time.
― tylerw, Thursday, 17 May 2012 21:11 (five years ago) Permalink
The latest list has been narrowed down to 94 potential titles:
― Position Position, Friday, 1 June 2012 17:44 (five years ago) Permalink
Diamanda Galas Malediction and Prayer
haaa, unless they've got a ringer for this one, we've got a new contender for lowest selling 33 1/3.
― tylerw, Friday, 1 June 2012 17:49 (five years ago) Permalink
Either it's a typo, or 2112 simply cannot be contained in a single volume. I'm betting the latter.
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Friday, 1 June 2012 17:54 (five years ago) Permalink
Fingers crossed for Replicas, Wee Tam and Beauty & The Beat!
― but he go's to a resturang and then die in a toilet (Jon Lewis), Friday, 1 June 2012 17:56 (five years ago) Permalink
There were multiple proposals for 2112. Maybe they haven't decided which way to go.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 1 June 2012 18:05 (five years ago) Permalink
and this one : Nocturnal Emissions Spiritflesh
― rusty_allen, Friday, 1 June 2012 18:06 (five years ago) Permalink


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There is an extremely large database of private information – banking transactions – accessible to a wide number of bureaucrats and public servants across the country. Once you're on it, your data is on there for 10 years – and you won't be able to find out if you're on it or not, as it's exempt from FOI. It's the anti-money-laundering database.
Lord Jopling explained this in the House of Lords this week. It is a relatively complex issue, so I reproduce a fair chunk of his speech to give context but have bolded what I think is the central bit:
The reporting of suspicious activities by the private sector to law enforcement bodies is the keystone of the fight against terrorism. It follows recommendations made by FATF [Financial Action Task Force], but those are only recommendations. They acquire the force of law throughout the EU by being incorporated in the third money-laundering directive. Effect is given to the directive in the United Kingdom by the Money Laundering Regulations 2007. It is under these regulations that banks, other financial institutions, lawyers, accountants, auditors, insurers, estate agents and many others are required to report to the Serious Organised Crime Agency any transaction or activity that seems to involve funds that are the proceeds of criminal activity. Knowledge to do that is unnecessary. The bankers explained to us that this is a suspicion-based regime – if you smell a rat, you must report it. In 2007-08 the banks alone smelt and reported 145,000 rats, of which 838 related specifically to terrorist financing.
We did not question the utility of this; it is central to the fight against money-laundering. But given the immense burden of the regime on the private sector, we questioned whether the regime should apply where the underlying criminal offence is minor or even trivial. Some of our witnesses, especially the Law Society, agreed with us. We recommended that the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 should be amended to exclude minor offences. The Government, in a response that I commend for its careful consideration of our recommendations and, to be fair, its full response to them, explained at length why an all-crimes approach should be retained. They pointed out that there may be little correlation between the sums laundered and the seriousness of an offence, that an activity may be suspicious irrespective of value and that something that the reporting institution may regard as trivial may look very different to SOCA when considered with other intelligence.
I am disappointed that the Government cannot accept our recommendation. But, if not, it is all the more important that they should act on our other recommendations: to consult more fully with the private sector and to give greater feedback on the utility of all their work and its outcome. The Government accepted this and listed some of the many ways in which they currently provide feedback. This seems to concentrate mainly on the top reporters and on first-time reporters. More could be done with those, such as small and medium-sized firms of solicitors, for whom the reporting regime is a real burden to which they object strongly. They need to be persuaded that their contributions are of real value.
Suspicious activity reports, or SARs, are entered by SOCA on to ELMER-I am sorry for all the acronyms-which is, in effect, a database of suspects. Given the number of reports, it is a very large database. As one might expect, access to it is available to police forces and others responsible for prosecuting serious crime. One might not have expected the information also to be available to trading standards authorities or, as the noble Lord, Lord West of Spithead, explained in a Written Answer to my noble friend Lord Marlesford, who is in his place, to Nottinghamshire County Council, which wanted to use the database to investigate housing benefit fraud. This seemed to us to be an unwarranted use of information collected for a different purpose. We pointed out to the Government that the FATF recommendations do not require this information to be made use of other than in connection with serious crimes; nor does the money-laundering directive, which gives these recommendations the force of law, require that. "True", say the Government, but they do not prohibit it, either. Since the Government maintain the all-crimes approach for SARs, it seems that they will continue to allow the data to be used even in connection with offences that could not by any stretch of the imagination be called serious.
We read a great deal these days about the iniquities of the DNA of persons who have never been charged with a criminal offence being retained on the DNA database, but I wonder how many people know that the details of their banking transactions may be retained on a database not because they are connected with a crime that has been committed but because a bank employee-perhaps a lowly employee on the salary scale-has a hunch that a transaction may be related to a suspicious activity. No steps are taken to confirm whether the suspicion is well founded, details of the transaction are retained for at least 10 years and anyone who wants to peruse the transactions relating to him on the database is unlikely to succeed, since SOCA is exempt from the Freedom of Information Act. As I said, these entries can be accessed by a wide range of bodies for purposes wholly unconnected with serious crime.
The committee does not believe that this situation can continue. We recommended that the Information Commissioner should review and report on the operation and use of the ELMER database. The Government tell us that SOCA has invited the Information Commissioner to discuss this. The deputy Information Commissioner wrote to me on 5 October to say that he had made an initial approach to SOCA to discuss how he might carry out that review. That was two months ago-time for the bankers to have reported a further 2,500 suspicious transactions. Has that meeting taken place? Has the review begun? What progress has been made? Where is all this leading?
All questions Big Brother Watch would wish to ask, too. In his response on behalf of the Government, Lord Brett singularly failed to answer them.
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OAKLAND, Calif. -- Andy Pettitte's near-flawless pitching and a radically revamped lineup allowed the New York Yankees to temporarily delay obituaries for the two-time defending World Series champions.
Pettitte allowed five hits in 723 scoreless innings and the Yankees defeated the Oakland Athletics 4-0 Wednesday night to tie their best-of-five AL division series at 1-1.
The playoff series moves to New York for Game 3 on Friday night, with Oakland's Tim Hudson (20-6) -- who this year became the first pitcher since 1991 to win 20 games in his first full major league season -- facing Orlando Hernandez (12-13).
Glenallen Hill, in the lineup as part of New York manager Joe Torre's effort to shake up a moribund offense, broke up a scoreless game with an RBI single and Luis Sojo followed with a two-run double as the Yankees scored three in the sixth.
The hits by Hill and Sojo came with two outs and immediately after an intentional walk to struggling Paul O'Neill, who has not had an extra-base hit since Sept. 6. After the left-handed O'Neill walked, righties Hill and Sojo connected off right-hander Kevin Appier.
Torre demoted O'Neill from the No. 3 spot in the batting order to No. 6 for the first time all year. He also dropped usual leadoff man Chuck Knoblauch from the starting lineup, moved Derek Jeter up a spot to leadoff and moved Jorge Posada up from No. 7 to No. 2. Hill took Knoblauch's spot at designated hitter.
Pettitte, whom Yankees owner George Steinbrenner wanted to trade to Philadelphia in July 1999 before being talked out of it by Torre, has had some of his best performances in the postseason the last few years.
He beat Atlanta's John Smoltz 1-0 in the pivotal Game 5 of the 1996 World Series, and also pitched shutout ball in the 1998 Series.
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Shaky Peace Initiative
The task of dealing with Mideast's 3 major crises returns to individual states or small groups of countries.
"Half a league," "the missing persons' summit," "the summit of dissension" - these were just some of the descriptions given to the Arab League summit in Damascus that ended on Sunday. Granted, league secretary-general Amr Moussa and Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem declared it a success, but even in their speeches, the success sounded dubious. The fact that the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Jordan all skipped the summit not only emphasized their well-known disagreements with Syria, it also drew a thick line under the distinction between the "Arab club" and the "Iranian club."
The only benefits that Damascus seems to have derived from the summit are the 200 Mercedes cars that Kuwait donated, at Syria's request, to meet the country's hospitality needs. After all, the summit failed to reach agreement on solutions to either the Lebanon crisis or the Palestinians' internal divisions; it did not even issue a clear statement of support for national reconciliation in Iraq.
The task of dealing with the Middle East's three major crises has thus been returned to individual states or small groups of countries. The Israeli-Palestinian crisis will be handed back to Egypt and Saudi Arabia; the Lebanon crisis will be dealt with by Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Syria and Iran; and the internal Palestinian conflict will continue to be left to sporadic initiatives such as that of Yemen and Egyptian mediation. Syria might ultimately dive into this latter conflict as well: President Bashar Assad plans to convene a mini-summit of the various Palestinian factions in Damascus to try to record a personal achievement.
But regardless, terms such as "the general Arab interest" or "Arab policy," which were the showcases of previous Arab summits, were dealt a fatal blow. This time, the very fact that the summit occurred was the achievement, with the list of participants replacing the list of decisions as the measure of its success.
This public spat calls the very need for a pan-Arab framework into question, since even in the past, this framework failed to prevent regional wars or craft peaceful solutions. But it should also raise questions about the vitality of the Saudi initiative for Israeli-Arab peace. This initiative was adopted at the Arab League summit in Beirut in 2002, but its continued existence depends on the existence of an Arab consensus. In light of the deep disputes that currently divide the league's members, is it possible to be certain that the countries that approved the initiative will continue to adhere to it?
Admittedly, the initiative was reconfirmed at the current summit. But already this time, fears arose that it would suffer changes and amendments.
As for Syria, it seems that its "punishment" by other Arab leaders made it clear even to them that if they wish to thwart Iran's influence in the Arab Middle East, they must hasten to rescue Damascus from that very isolation in which they seek to imprison it. Their public display of anger might prove to be a boomerang that, should Syria choose to flex a few additional muscles, will make it even harder for the Arab states to resolve the Lebanon crisis and the Palestinian conflict.
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Since Olympic judges are apparently only capable of scoring gymnastics, ice skating, snowboarding, skiing and ballroom dancing, skateboarding remains on the outside, looking into the Five Rings. Supra won't be deterred by the absence of its favorite sport at the London Games, though, because along with the patriotized Owen runners we showed you last week, the Supra Cuttler lowtop will be offered in a 'London 2012' construction. This red pigskin suede design adds blue accents and gold eyelets to nail that USA look, though as Lil Wayne shows above, the effect while worn is all-red. Click through to see more photos after the jump before you grab yours from Supra or one of their stockists.
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RE4 surprised me w/ great environments, interesting enemies, and what would turn into my favorite boss battles of all time. Loved that game, crappy QTEs and all. Yeah, the 'horror' wasnt out front and center, but it was still there. Kinda.
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It looks like one big quicktime event! Even worse, it really shoves them down your throat, even in the middle of firefights, i really REALLY hate that. I have 5 but havent tried it yet, but I definitely wont be playing this game from the looks of it.
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Ever from the kick-off thunder of Dreadnought, Elm's Fire provide an explosive mix of rattling high-speed drumming, powerful bass and guitars seemingly exploring every square inch available, creating melodic hooks in the seemingly compact material. That's their trademark sound, this drummed monotonous force upon which the twin guitar attack rages freely, riffing wildly, adding melodies, driving the songs onward and sometimes just delivering tasteful leads.
In an environment like this one, it's no surprise that vocals turn out being straight-on roars that would certainly do with more expression, but they do fit. There are short moments of vocal duets with the band's feminine part. The ones in …And Luna don't work very well – I'm afraid her voice doesn't agree with the unforgiving, but otherwise excellently hard production. The ones in Horizon are calmer though, and prove better too.
At the time Foundling arrives, it feels ruminated already. The elements have been tried, been better and this is only a stretched-out filler. Like a soft package at Christmas, it might seem interesting at first, but one quickly loses interest. It doesn't end very quickly though. The ending song, Horizon, Elm's Fire's peek of song writing is apparently three minutes longer than Foundling, but that is hard to notice. The frequent tempo switches and bridges, the controlled variation and the ever-adapting melody is what makes this song the second best one – because the jawbreaker that is Dreadnought takes the cake.


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we have a Problem to get the Locale of the Clients which are connected to the EJB Server. Is there a way to get the Locale of the Client which is registered by the EJB Container ? Is it possible to get the Locale from the Thread ID ?
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There is no easy way for the EJB server to get the locale. Your options are:
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1) Pass the locale as a method parameter from your web layer to you EJB layer.
2) Don't do any localization in your EJB layer. Pass "generic" messages, and localize in your Web layer.
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Power Players: Tom Werner NASCAR drivers feel the pinch Earlier free agency essential for MLB Lefton: Fanatics, NHL goods 'Zero-hour' part of StubHub-MLB deal Power Players: Jim Petersen Power Players: Derrick Hall NHRA highlights attendance gains Comcast to make most of Games A question of timing: College football
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Northwestern Mutual tabs GMR for NCAA playbook
Northwestern Mutual has retained Milwaukee-based GMR Marketing to develop an activation strategy for its NCAA corporate partnership.
Northwestern became an NCAA partner in January, which gave the financial planning and life insurance company a quick run-up to March Madness. Northwestern, which advertised heavily on the CBS and Turner broadcasts of the NCAA tournament, as well as ESPN's coverage of the College World Series, called its NCAA deal the largest marketing and advertising initiative the company's ever had.
It issued an RFP for an agency of record in the spring, and Chad Dern, Northwestern's director of brand and advertising, led the search, which started with eight agency candidates. GMR was informed that it had won the business last week. This marks the first time Northwestern has hired a sports marketing agency for such a role.
Northwestern's only other sports sponsorship is a deal with PGA Tour golfer Mark Wilson, but the thrust of GMR's work will be around the NCAA deal, the company's first national sponsorship.
"A lot of what we'll be doing with GMR will be evaluating the different activation opportunities," Dern said. "How do we activate our NCAA sponsorship at the local level?"
What that activation looks like remains to be seen. Dern said that Northwestern's overall outlook will focus on its financial planning and how to help student athletes prepare for the next stage in life after college. But the details of how to bring that message to life are evolving.
GMR has two other clients that also have NCAA partnerships: Hershey's and Lowe's. The agency also works closely with MillerCoors, which has a large portfolio of university sponsorships.
"This really continues the momentum we have in the college space," said Greg Busch, GMR's executive vice president of client management. "We've put a lot of energy and resources behind our work in the college space and this furthers the scale we've been building."
Busch said that senior vice president Steve Dupee will be GMR's point person on the Northwestern account.
So far, Northwestern has been the presenting sponsor of the NCAA tournament's First Four games, as well as a presenting sponsor of "Sporting Chance," an NCAA film that celebrated the 40th anniversary of Title IX.
Partners to offer NYC Marathon slots as prizes
The New York Road Runners will allow corporate partners to use entry spots in the 2012 ING New York City Marathon for sweepstakes promotions. The pilot program, called "Golden Ticket," marks the first time the NYRR has given marathon spots to sponsors explicitly for promotional purposes.
NYRR President and CEO Mary Wittenberg said the group would likely designate 50 spots for the program, and that sponsorship representatives would ensure the spots were used for sweepstakes promotions only. The NYRR has primarily allowed participants into the marathon through a lottery, charity fundraising and participation in 10 NYRR events.
Each year approximately 125,000 runners apply to participate in the race, and the NYRR grants 60,000 entries, with approximately 45,000 runners showing up on race day.
"Our partners have wanted to do it for a long time," Wittenberg said. "For years we have been thinking of revising that policy and leveraging the entries to build awareness and excitement for the race."
As of press time, French media partner L'Equipe was the only partner to finalize a deal to receive spots, and it will have five entries for 2012. An NYRR spokesperson said the group is negotiating deals with Nissan, Timex, Asics and Foot Locker. The financial details of the deals were not available.
François Morinière, CEO of Group L'Equipe, said the company will run a sweepstakes program called "Win and You're In" through its online loyalty program, which has approximately 600,000 members. Members will take an online quiz on French sports trivia, with winners being entered into the sweepstakes for the marathon entries.
Morinière said the New York City Marathon represents an aspirational marketing piece for L'Equipe's burgeoning running business. In 2010, the company debuted the L'Equipe 10KM, a 10-kilometer running race in Paris.
"Running is a brand extension for L'Equipe we hope to have for the future," Morinière said. "It is a high value for people in France because it is so difficult to get in [to the New York City Marathon]."
Wittenberg said the program is still in its early stages, and that she did not anticipate the number of promotional spots rising above 100 total. She said the NYRR would likely make spots available to other international media partners, as well as its domestic TV partner ESPN.
"We can use these spots to build further programming around the marathon," Wittenberg said. "If broadcasters have entries to build interest in the marathon, there is huge value."
Fred Dreier is a writer in New York.
Loss of holiday season fails to hold back NBA licensed sales
The NBA's hot-market sales standard was set by the Chicago Bulls' second "three-peat"
It's early, but the Miami Heat's latest title looks solid for a spot in the NBA's hot-market sales top five.
Even with the truncated season, it looks downright rosy when it comes to licensed product sales. LaRocca said he expects domestic NBA sales to increase over last season. Incremental sales generated by a vibrant postseason, the emergence of Jeremy Lin and the relocated Brooklyn Nets are leading reasons, but not the only catalysts for the NBA's unexpectedly quick licensing rebound.
"There was a lot of retail apprehension last summer heading into the season, but as soon as we said we are going to play, a lot of national retailers came back quickly," LaRocca said. "You can't make up for that holiday business once you've lost it. However, business came back to us in a pretty big way from major retailers like Champs, Wal-Mart, Modell's and Sports Authority."
Online sales are also producing major returns. NBA.com sales from the start of the league's fiscal year in October have already eclipsed the prior fiscal year's record haul.
SOUTH OF THE BORDER: Since it is the top-selling Canadian brew in the United States, most of Labatt's U.S. sponsorship budget supports hockey platforms. It has team deals with the Buffalo Sabres, Carolina Hurricanes, Columbus Blue Jackets and Pittsburgh Penguins, as well as a USA Hockey sponsorship and a pond hockey tournament in 10 markets that is entering its sixth year.
However, in key Northern U.S. markets, Labatt does step out of the box with other sports. Accordingly, it has signed a three-year extension of its Detroit Tigers sponsorship, usually supported with team-logoed cans and other packaging. Also renewed for a year was a long-standing sponsorship of the Buffalo Bills, the city where Labatt USA is headquartered.
Hockey generally carries the flag for Labatt Blue in the U.S., while Labatt Blue Light has been affiliated with other properties, but the lines have been blurring.
"Hockey will also carry the flagship for the brand's Canadian heritage, but in key markets, Labatt wants to show it's as important to consumers as any brand," said Peter Stern, whose New York-based Strategic agency handled the deals for Labatt.
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BOSTON — Rajon Rondo had a triple-double with 17 points, 14 rebounds and 12 assists to lead the Boston Celtics to a 90-84 overtime victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Friday night and give Boston a 2-1 lead in the first-round playoff series.
It was the seventh career playoff triple-double for Rondo, who missed Game 2 because he was suspended for bumping a referee in the closing minutes of the series opener. Game 4 is Sunday night.
Ray Allen returned for Boston after missing almost a month and scored 13 points in 38 minutes. Kevin Garnett had 20 points and 13 rebounds, and Paul Pierce had 21 points one game after having 36 points and 14 rebounds to help the Celtics swipe home-court advantage with a Game 2 victory in Atlanta.
Joe Johnson scored 29 points and Jeff Teague had 23 for the Hawks. Tracy McGrady had 12 points – his highest total since he had 40 for Houston in 2008 – but 10 were in the first half, before he landed awkwardly on his right ankle and went to the locker room.
Rondo scored Boston's first two baskets of the overtime – the second by posting up Teague and knocking down a baby hook over him.
Boston never trailed from there. The Celtics went on an 11-1 run to open a double-digit lead with 7 minutes to play in regulation, but Atlanta rallied and tied it 80-80 on Johnson's 3-pointer with 1:23 left. Both teams failed to score on its next two possessions, leaving the Celtics with the ball out of bounds with 3.9 seconds left.
Rondo inbounded to Pierce, who was defended by Johnson and had to take a long, fallaway jumper that bounced off the rim at the buzzer.
The Celtics got Rondo back from his one-game suspension and Allen back on the court for the first time since April 10. He played just five games over the final month of the regular season because of bone spurs in his right ankle and missed the first two games of the playoffs.


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An officer took a trip to the hospital this morning after being injured during a scuffle at a city apartment complex.
According to Philadelphia Police, a man got into a physical altercation with a Philadelphia Housing Authority officer responding to a disturbance at a high-rise at 1515 Hemberger Way in the Norman Blumberg Apartments complex early Saturday morning.
During the altercation the office cut his hand, according to investigators.
According to police, injuries to the unidentified officer didn't appear serious; he was hospitalized, however, as standard protocol.
Officers arrested the yet-to-be-identified suspect. Police expect the suspect to be charged with assaulting an officer.
According to the Housing Authority website, the Blumberg Apartments contain a mix of 501 high-rise and low-rise units for residents of all ages.


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IRVINE, Calif. -- Broadcom Corp. here today announced plans to acquire Innovent Systems Inc. of El Segundo, Calif., which supplies technologies for radio-frequency ICs, such as Bluetooth devices.
The acquisition will be made with stock, valued at about $440 million. Broadcom said it will issue 3 million shares of Class A common stock in exchange for all outstanding shares of Innovent preferred stock. The transaction is expected to close within 60 days.
"The acquisition of Innovent demonstrates Broadcom's intention to be a formidable competitor in wireless markets worldwide," declared Henry T. Nicholas III, president and CEO of Broadcom. "Integrating Innovent's capabilities in CMOS RF and Bluetooth with our expertise in mixed-signal, home networking, high speed networking and broadband communications technologies provides Broadcom with a powerful platform to address the rapidly growing wireless marketplace."
Year-and-a-half old Innovent claims to have the industry's first fully integrated RF transceiver, fabricated in pure digital CMOS technology. The company's recently introduced Blutonium series of Bluetooth transceivers and systems will extend Broadcom's portfolio in the short-distance wireless segment. The first samples of that device are now being sampled to customers, according to Innovent officials.
"Broadcom's market presence and business infrastructure will accelerate Innovent's ability to bring our Blutonium line of wireless chips to a market that is eager to implement this technology in real products," said William T. Colleran, president and CEO of Innovent.


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COLUMBIA, Mo. - Fall is a good time to clean up your garden and plant trees and shrubs, said a University of Missouri horticulturist.
"The key factor in plant establishment is root growth, and the faster the roots grow into the back-fill area of a new plant, the more successfully the plant will become established," said Mary Kroening.
Unlike the aboveground parts of a plant, roots never go completely dormant. In the fall, soil temperatures stay warm and there is usually ample soil moisture with fall rains, Kroening said.
"This gives new plants a great head start on root growth before hitting the stressful summer drought and heat the following year, versus planting in the spring, in which roots have only a short period of time to establish," she said.
In the spring, the plant is putting energy into foliage and flowers. If planted in the fall, plants can concentrate more energy into root development, she said.
Another fall task is preparing to move hardy non-winter plants indoors. If indoor space is limited, it may be best to discard some of your annuals and purchase new plants next year.
Cannas are fairly easy to overwinter. Dig them up after the first frost and cut off the tops. Do not divide the rhizomes at this point. Fresh cuttings may rot through the winter. Store the rhizomes in peat, vermiculite or sand in a cool, dry location with temperatures around 40 degrees.
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Huskers Work to Match Sooner Speed
The Nebraska football team practiced for a little more than two hours Wednesday in Memorial Stadium in preparation for its game Saturday against No. 4 Oklahoma. Head Coach Bo Pelini was pleased was his team's effort Wednesday.
"I'm happier with how we practiced today," Pelini said. "We practiced better. We executed better and I just liked a lot more of what I saw."
One thing the Huskers will do this week to try and match the speed of the Sooners is line up redshirt freshman Marcus Mendoza at wide receiver. Pelini hopes the speedster from Texas is able to create some mismatches against the OU defense
"He's done well. He's adjusted to it well," Pelini said. "He'll be ready to spot some guys if we need him too. He has a lot of strengths. He's a good football player. When you're out there at the wide receiver position you're going to be out in space. We thought he was a guy that could add some speed to what we're doing."
On the injury front, senior running back Marlon Lucky will be full go on Saturday against Oklahoma after suffering a minor ankle injury in the Huskers' victory over Baylor last weekend.
"He was back yesterday and did will," Pelini said. "He practiced most of the practice today. We gave him a break today at the end. He's OK. He'll be fine."
The Huskers and Sooners will meet this Saturday in Norman with kick-off set for 7 p.m. The game will be carried nationally on ESPN.


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Sam Mitchell raised a few eyebrows after practice yesterday when he said he would love his rookie small forward Joey Graham to develop into the type of NBAer that Ron Artest has become.
Of course, Mitchell was quick to point out that he meant the type of NBAer Artest is on the court.
Mitchell has long admired Artest the player, a physical, take-no-prisoner defensive zealot who almost is as accomplished on offence. The kind of player who, when not charging into the stands to beat up spectators or making trade demands, makes his teammates play that much better.
Graham, while much younger than the newest Sacramento King, is cut from the same cloth physically as Artest, not particularly tall, but very strong and athletic.
Mitchell believes there is nothing stopping Graham from developing into an Artest-type player. Except himself.
"We feel like Joey has the physical attributes, the strength, the quickness, the speed," the coach said. "We're trying to see if we can develop that type of mentality, on the court."
Artest will play in his second game tonight since his self-imposed vacation this season after he demanded a trade from the Indiana Pacers.
The fiery malcontent was finally dealt to the Kings for Peja Stojakovic and played Friday night in Boston, picking up 15 points in an 84-74 loss to the Boston Celtics.
Artest spent extra time at the Raptors' practice facility yesterday shooting jump shots while his teammates relaxed following a team workout.
Afterwards, he was surrounded by media and said he appreciated the words from Mitchell.
"That's the first time I've heard that from an opposing coach," Artest said. "But that's a great compliment and I just look at guys like Michael Jordan and (Dennis) Rodman, they played continually hard for the whole game and they won rings."
And that is exactly what Mitchell hopes Graham, as well as Charlie Villanueva and Jose Calderon, notice as they watch Artest tear up and down the court tonight -- his work ethic and commitment to defence.