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Leisha used to be a loving mother with a perfect family, but that was more than 2,000 years ago. Though she holds the memory of that time dear to her heart, she must now focus on trying to escape the eternal and bloody war between her kind—the Vampires—and the Immortals, an undying race sworn to destroy her people. Leisha soon finds herself captured by the government, only to be saved by a young and mysterious human girl. What follows is the beginning of a long and tortuous journey as Leisha and her newfound friend run for their lives while searching for the one thing that can bring an end to the conflict—the prophecy child.
Adrienne Monson has always had a voracious appetite for books. When she became a stay at home mom, she finally listened to her muse and began writing.
She enjoys Zumba, kickboxing and weightlifting. She also loves delicious foods, which is why she has to work out so often.
Dissension and Defiance is available where books are sold. Deliverance, the final installment of the Blood Inheritance trilogy is slated for release April 2016.
I have been in a horrible book slump this fall/winter, so I am thankful to Dissension for being another book to bring me out of it! I have not read many books where there were Immortals, so I found this really interesting. Of course, I was familiar with Vampires! There is a lot going on in this book, and at times you will feel empathy for the "bad guys", I know I did. You will definitely want to have time to sit and read this book as it is very hard to put down, and once I got to 80% there was definitely no stopping until the very end. Not to spoil anything, but there is a great twist at the end, that I didn't even guess. I love when an author has the ability to fool me!
I loved all the characters from the strong and somewhat stubborn Leisha to Samantha, who all the characters pretty much love in the story as well! One of my favorite characters was Nik, and I hope to find out more about him. Ptah was one of the scariest vampires I have read about and his lover Annette wasn't exactly sweet either. Then I also found myself liking some of the Immortals, so when they have the next war, who will I root for?
Needless to say, I cannot wait to read the rest of The Blood Inheritance Trilogy (Defiance and Deliverance).
I give Dissension 5 out of 5 stars!
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Detalii loc de munca - București
Descrierea jobului - București
Yabimo is a supplier of components and steel structures as well as Oil&Gas company and an employment agency entered in the register under No. 7999. For the needs of its projects the company is looking for: PLASTICS WELDER/FITTER (PP, PE, PCV, PVDF, PVCU) Currently company is looking for Candidates for its projects located in Norway, Denmark, Germany, Luxemburg, The Netherlands.
Requirements - at least 2 years of documented experience on a position of a plastics welder and fitter - professional qualifications (welding certificates for plastics welding) - conscientiousness, precision and independence - availability and readiness to start work immediately - knowledge of English. We offer - high remuneration - health and retirement insurance Please send your CV and copies of certificates confirming your qualifications. Sending your candidacy you should write name of the position in the e-mail subject " WELDER (types of qualifications) – NAME SURNAME". Please add the following clause to your application: "I hereby give consent to process my personal data included in the job application for the needs of the recruitment process conducted at present or in future by Yabimo Sp. z o.o. Sp. K. entered to the register of entities running an employment agency No. 8726 with the seat in Tarnow (33-100) at Konarskiego 9 Street (in accordance with the Act of August 29th, 1997 on Personal Data Protection (J. of L. of 1997, No. 133, item 883, as amended))"
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"Paying jobs are one thing. Personal quests are another. And I've been warned that uncovering the facts about dear old mum could be a very bad thing, not just for the Nightside but for all of existence. Still I can't stop...I'm John Taylor. Finding things is who I am. It's what I do. Whatever the consequences...."
Listen to the entire Nightside series.
©2005 Simon R. Green; (P)2008 Audible, Inc.
"Fans of Harry Dresden would find John Taylor a terrific read... but, then again, so would any fan of good, dark urban fantasy" (SF Revu)
"I can now say unequivocally that listening to this story was an immeasurably better experience for me than I had reading (and re-reading) any of the other Nightside novels, as the incredible work done by everyone at Audible makes the story come truly alive." (Green Man Review)
"Green Man Review's Review"
I can now say unequivocally that listening to this story was an immeasurably better experience for me than I had reading (and re-reading) any of the other Nightside novels, as the incredible work done by everyone at Audible makes the story come truly alive. Until I started using an iPod to listen to audiobooks while taking a long morning walk around the downtown area of the city I live in, I had never really appreciated the experience of a well-crafted audiobook, as I simply can't listen to them when I'm doing anything else. All of the Nightside novels are told in the first person singular, as narrated by John Taylor himself. Think Philip Marlowe or perhaps Lew Archer. Yes, he's hard bitten. Cynical. And Marc Vietor's voice work which clearly indicates that he's seen everything life can possibly throw at him. Indeed Vietor truly makes Taylor, his world, and all of the other characters come alive for me in a way that they don't quite do on the page. At best, I can just say the voice work is perfect. And Marc Vietor does all of the Nightside novels! So I envy the hours upon hours of great fiction awaiting you when you listen to all of the Nightside novels!
Cat Eldridge / Green Man Review
"They are getting better"
I keep groaning over these books but as soon as I finish one I'm on to the next. The writing is improving and the story is starting to get good. Still predictable but always fun. If not a bit tongue in cheek.
"Love the audio"
Originally posted at FanLit:
Hex and the City is the fourth novel in Simon R. Green's NIGHTSIDE series. I've been listening to NIGHTSIDE on audio lately because I've been doing a lot of home improvements, especially painting, and NIGHTSIDE is such an easy read that I don't ever have to stop and rewind, which is something you don't want to do when you've got paint all over your hands. Audio readers know what I mean.
In Hex and the City, John Taylor is moving on to his next case in the seedy and decadent Nightside where it's always 3 AM. This time Lady Luck has hired him to discover the origins of the Nightside, something Taylor wanted to do anyway. During his investigation he meets some people/creatures who were fundamentally involved in the establishment of the Nightside. He begins to confirm his suspicion that his own mother, whom he doesn't even remember, is someone rather important. He's not sure what she is or what it means for his own status in the Nightside, but the more he learns, the more nervous he gets.
The NIGHTSIDE books are quick, easy, and fun reads. Their strength is Green's setting: the Nightside is bursting with flavor. It's the kind of place you wish you could view in person — through three feet of warded Kevlar-enhanced plexiglass. Life is both dark and colorful in the Nightside, and it's brutal, too. Simon populates the Nightside with some crazy characters (many of whom you've seen before, but not necessarily all together in one city). Each installment introduces a couple more of them and also lets us spend time with some of our old favorites. In Hex and the City we meet a succubus named Pretty Poison who falls in love with Sinner, the man who sold his soul for true love. Then there's Madman, who was sane until he got a glimpse of what lies behind "reality," and the Lamentation who is the God of Suicides. We didn't get to see Razor Eddie, Dead Boy, or Shotgun Suzie in Hex and the City, but I feel certain that they'll show up in a future installment.
After reading four NIGHTSIDE novels back to back, it's obvious how repetitive the narrative and dialogue are. Green often uses the same words and phrases over and over. For someone who read the books as they came out originally, this may not be quite as noticeable, but even in the same book Green tends to use the same phrases repetitively. Of course this isn't a series I'm reading for its "literary merit" but it's also one of the reasons I can't give it a higher rating. Another reason is Green's tendency to put John in a situation that we're told is absolutely hopeless and then to create a deux ex machina (usually in the form of one of his friend's, or his own, heretofore unknown superpowers) to suddenly obliterate the unstoppable foe. Characters, places, and situations in the Nightside seem to constantly trump each other with their own outrageousness, making everything a bit over the top. Still, I'm looking forward to learning, along with John Taylor, more about the Nightside, his mother, and his own destiny.
I'm listening to Marc Vietor read the audiobook version, which was produced by Audible Frontiers. Vietor does a great job with all the characters. I like the audio so much that I've purchased the rest of the series at Audible.
"Gotta love the Nightside"
What can I say - another great Simon R. Green and his strange and weird Nightside!
"Complete Enjoyment"
I didn't think I was going to like this, after all I got it because it was a $4.95 special, I don't think I read the reviews or anything, next when I started listening I discovered I was listening to a wizzard tale. Then I really didn't think I'd make it 20 minutes. Still the author doesn't seen to take it all too seriously and makes a pretty gorey tale light and interesting. The narrator is the best I have listened to, he is so good, I had too look at the cover a couple times to see if more than one person was reading. He so completely changed characters so effortlessly, that just the small indication of a sound of a word and you know which character he was speaking for, (you don't have to wait for Marc Vietor read who the character is). Amazing (wish he would read some classics) now I'm going to want to listen to all the books he narrates. I really like narrators that don't over act the thing and don't make spitty sounds or swallowing noises if you know what I mean.
"Ending Too Long"
As usual for this author, the book contains great imagery. But, the last third of this book could have been reduced by half. Much of the latter dialog interferes with the flow. It could have been 5-star.
"Best Thus Far"
I enjoyed the journey of this book more than the ending. Since book one, I have been keen to see who ends up being JT's mother. Green did a great job in throwing together a bunch of cool characters and possible answers to the question. My fav book of the series thus far.
"interesting plot"
Between cheesy and dramatic, the names of the characters especially. But interesting plot and you can get easily absorbed into it. Which is why 4 books in and I'm still listening.
"unimportant book lover"
the readers voice doesn't get much variety for the characters.
However there books are very well written and enjoyable saving my mind at work and so top scores for me.
"Awesome entry in the Nightside series"
I'd recommend this audio series to anyone who was a fan of clever urban fantasy with plenty of wit.
Quite a lot of it, but I particularly loved the Lord of Thorns and the ending, where much is finally revealed.
Marc gives the lead a distinctive voice and personality. His delivery is perfectly spot on and when needs be perfectly sarcastic and sardonic to get the tone of certain parts of texts just right to the audience.
When a demon remembers what love is.
One of the best Nightside books yet, definitely made me anxious to listen to/read the next installment.
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Will a contract protect me when working with freelance contractors overseas?
I'm working with two graphic designers overseas. One in the Netherlands and one in Poland.
I asked them both to draw up contracts to outline deadlines, quotes, and ownership rights.
I'll be paying them both by PayPal, and I know I will have Buyers Protection with them, but I'm more concerned about my rights of ownership. Does drawing up a contract with these designers mean anything?
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A contract is something that memorializes the intentions and promises of the parties to the agreement. It is not self-enforcing, and so you must consider the "teeth" in the contract. For instance, will work-product be transmitted before payment or after? And how will disputes be resolved? Will you litigate or arbitrate overseas? Will they submit, here? And just how much do you know about your business partners? There is great risk in international agreements.
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Tanzkommando Untergang herald Europe's new dark punk. Combining a guitar-driven deathrock sound with grim, black and white visuals normally associated with radical hardcore, the politically-minded Berlin band is very much of its milieu, and its moment.
Musically, TKU's female vocals recall early Siouxsie and the Banshees, or even Penetration. The influences on the band's ideology, however, clearly come from anarcho-punk like The Mob and Rubella Ballet, shades of whom can also be heard in the band's unique sound.
Tanzkommando Untergang's visual approach is more in line with political d-beat bands like Disclose or Disfear: grainy, black-and-white photos of Stalingrad in 1943, or Dresden in 1944. The imagery of war and real-life devastation is crucial to their aesthetic. Such iconographic European references should come as no surprise. They're still relevant.
As far as the musical tradition TKU inherit, the groundwork was laid out by groups that appeared on the Godfathers of German Gothic compilation series on Sub Terranean Records some years back. This included original German postpunk bands like Cyan Revue, Malaria, Asmodi Bazaar, and later-era Chaos Z. The band's approach may seem fairly back-to-basics, with its emphasis on eerie guitar riffs and human-powered, acoustic drums. However, the vocals and visual aesthetics of Tanzkommando make them stand out. The band's punk background and attitude sets them apart from other bands in Germany's gothic scene, a scene the band explains it does not always feel totally compatible with. "Too punk for goth, too goth for punk" – a common lament heard from a lot of the newer bands that have reclaimed the DIY and punk roots of deathrock.
In short, Tanzkommando Untergang are an exceptionally good band operating in the cultural milieu of new, punky deathrock that I've tried to chronicle in my recent musical journalism. An interest in this activity has also fueled my involvement with the No Doves Fly Here project in Austin, Texas. Although the bulk of this new, dark music has come from the Pacific Northwest of the US, and from bands with roots in the hardcore punk scene, artists like Tanzkommando Untergang in Germany and Dystopian Society in Italy prove that the development is not exclusive to North America.
The anarcho-tinged political views of a lot of these bands has had precedent. However, the degree to which that aspect has been coupled with the new deathrock sound is an exciting new development in music. Tanzkommando Untergang, though they recall both West Coast deathrock and early British gothic punk, are also worthy heirs to the regional, guitar-driven German postpunk phenomenon called "depro-punk," shorthand for Germany's tradition of "depressive punk." Bands like Fliehende Sturme , EA80, and Serene Fall took the pessimistic vibe of Joy Division but kept the guitars loud and the synthesizers out of the equations (well, mostly!). There is some of that in Tanzkommando Untergang, too.
Tanzkommano Untergang have a Bandcamp page with their demos from Fall, 2011. They also have a new split LP with Polish postpunk band Wieże Fabryk.
I interviewed TKU earlier this month. Their English is better than my German, so I'd like to thank them especially for being good sports and communicating with me in a foreign language!
Oliver: Who started Tanzkommando Untergang, and when? Who is in the band now, and what instruments do they play?
Sergej: The present line-up of the band is: me (Sergej – bass guitar and backing vocals,) Vini (drums,) Doedi (guitar,) and Marta (vocals.)
Marta: I was totally into having a goth-punk band and was looking for people who might be interested in joining it. I spoke with one guy (the only real deathrock fan that I knew and who was also playing in a goth-punk band, Rotten Western Kulture) – Andreas – and asked him if he would like to play some music together. So we jammed together with Sergej. Andreas was playing guitar and ended up becoming our guitarist. The three of us were still looking for a drummer. A friend of mine recommended Vini. We had our first proper rehearsal on June 2, 2011. We played our first gig on September 23 that same year. We played 4 shows and recorded our demo together with Andreas, and then he left the band. He told us he wasn't satisfied with the direction we were taking. He was more into the experimental and electronic thing. Luckily, we didn't have to search long for a new guitar player. One week after Andreas left the band, we had a rehearsal with Doedi. He was already supporting the band by organizing shows for us, and other things.
Oliver: First of all, how would you translate your name into English? Who came up with the name?
Sergej: When literally translated to English, Tanzkommando Untergang means "Dance Kommando Downfall"/"Dance-Unit Downfall." It's more like a play on words and doesn't really have any deeper meaning. We were searching for a name for quite a long time. We all had different ideas, and it was hard to find a name that all of us would be happy with. We thought that "untergang" sounded pretty gloomy and depressing, while "Tanzkommando" is something associated with fun. So it's a kind of contrast.
Oliver: After listening to your Bandcamp demo songs, I was really pleasantly surprised not only with the music, but with the socially conscientious lyrics, which are in English. "Pictures from the Past" seems like an anti-war song. Are the themes of war, failing to learn from the past, etc., the main themes of the songs of Tanzkommando Untergang? What messages do you hope people take from your lyrics?
Vini: For me, lyrics in punk bands aren't that important. The themes are old and there is nothing new. If you want to say something with words, write a book.
Sergej: It's sad to say but I don't think people care nowadays about the message of the lyrics. The song "Pictures from the Past" is dealing with the very issue that people don't care anymore. People are used to seeing burned out cities, corpses of children, etc., but it doesn't touch anybody any more. Maybe it's also a problem of mass media – how they are manipulating people with these images. It's so strange that people can still be shocked by the famous picture of the Vietnamese girl burned with napalm but at the same time they don't care when they see pictures of dead children in Afghanistan. On this point I totally disagree with Vini, because without the message there would be no DIY grassroots punk movement. It would be just another type of rock music. I'm trying to keep the balance between political and personal themes in the songs. Lyrics are as important to me as the music. I rate much higher bands that have something interesting to say.
Nowadays, music and image (tattoos, piercing, hairstyle, clothes) have been absorbed by the mainstream, so the only thing that still makes a difference between punk and pop music is the message. Even if it all has been said before, I still prefer clichéd political lyrics to clichéd pop songs. And maybe they sound clichéd to me, but for newcomers they may actually sound pretty fresh. There are some new bands whose lyrics present a fresher and more updated view about things that have been already spoken about. For me, it's a bit like with demonstrations. I know that they don't change a fucking thing, but it's still better to participate in them and show the government that we disagree with them, rather than just stay inside and take everything as it goes.
Doedi: Some bands really bore me with clichéd stuff, and an attitude of "we are so left-wing and better than you." I like our lyrics because they reflect on political and personal issues, but with a gloomy mood.
Oliver: If someone had never heard your music before, how would you describe it? Would you say you are a postpunk band, deathrock, goth-punk? What sort of band would you say you all were?
Vini: Maybe '80s-style death punk, dark punk?
Marta: I think it's quite hard to classify our music. We're definitely playing too fast and too aggressive to be a postpunk band. We don't use any deathrock imagery and don't look deathrock enough to be
considered deathrock. I think we're way too punk in our attitude, too. I would say that we're playing dark punk. I think this term suits our music quite well. Sadly, the "postpunk" label has become too popular, and is used for a lot of bands that have nothing to do with postpunk, bands that are really more indie rock than postpunk. We try to avoid this term to describe our music.
Oliver: What are your favorite bands that you feel have had an influence on Tanzkommando Untergang? Listening to the music, it seems like I can hear the influences early Siouxsie and the Banshees, maybe bands like Hysteria, Madhouse, Red Scare…. Is this right? What bands comprise Tanzkommando Untergang's main influences?
Marta: Bands that have influenced me include Siouxsie and the Banshees, Xmal Deutschland, Ausgang, Danse Society, Killing Joke, 1919… Well, the list is long.
Sergej: The bands that influenced me the most are Crass and Dead Kennedys. Nowadays for inspiration I listen a lot to 1919 and early Killing Joke. TKU is a mix of four different tastes. I always was more into anarcho-punk, Marta more into postpunk and cold wave, Vini likes to hit the drums as hard as possible, and Doedi is into melodic guitar stuff, I think.
Doedi: Killing Joke, Xmal Deutschland, and ADS. Also, Wipers and Sad Lovers and Giants, and many more.
Oliver: I noticed a "Death//Disco" flyer for Tanzkommando Untergang mentioned that some members of the band might be from Russia? Is TKU a primarily Berlin band or are there members from other countries besides Germany? Where is everyone from?
Marta: We all live in Berlin but not all of us are German. I'm from Poland and Sergej is from Lithuania. Sergej and I have Russian roots.
Oliver: If you had to choose three and ONLY three albums to take to a deserted island and have those for the rest of your life, what LPs would they be? (This has become a recent favorite question of mine to ask.)
Sergej: It's a very difficult question. Really hard to choose just three LPs from hundreds of your favorite records. I would take the Stooges – their debut Lp, then Funhouse, and then Raw Power. All that I like about music is just there. But at the first moment I was thinking about Berurier Noir Viva Bertaga, Crass' Christ the Album, and Abwärts ' Amok/Koma.
Marta: It's really hard to tell, but what first comes to my mind is The Cure's Pornography, Echo and the Bunnymen's Porcupine and Killing Joke's Night Time. I would never get bored of those!
Vini: It's too difficult. I can't decide.
Doedi: I close my eyes and it would be The Sound's From the Lions Mouth, Black Sabbath's Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath, and Sad Lovers And Giants' E-mail from Eternity.
Oliver: I really like your song "The Walk" a lot. To me, it seems like the song could just be about a really creepy situation at night, walking home alone. With the female vocals, though, there are overtones of a kind of feeling of being afraid, as a woman, of an attacker, when walking through the city. Is this what you were going for….?
Sergej: "The Walk" and "Pogo Disaster" were actually some of the first lyrics I wrote for TKU, when we were still not sure which direction we were going or how serious we were going to be about it. So I tried to write a kind of standard deathrock song, one with a creepy feeling. ("Pogo Disaster" is just about weekend partying.) Later I started to write the way I always have before and it became more anarcho-punk oriented or simply more personal. "The Walk" is a song about walking in the wrong part of town, where it might be dangerous for you. Marta and I know these situations well. In Eastern Europe, if you look like a punk or an outsider, you really have to watch where you go. You might get beaten, stabbed, or robbed. That's why we love Berlin's Kreuzberg area so much. You can look however the fuck you want, without getting your head kicked in by rednecks.
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Oliver: What are some of the better bands operating in the goth-punk or dark punk scene today? Are there many other bands like this Germany?
Marta: From the new postpunk/gothic scene I think I like Bellicose Minds the most. I also like bands like Lost Tribe, Spectres , Cemetery, and Dystopian Society. I know no bands from Germany that would play this kind of music. Maybe only Pinoreks, but they play more postpunk in an early Joy Division- style, so it's neither goth-punk nor deathrock. But they are good, too.
Sergej: I like Belgrado a lot. We know them personally, too. We just played a great show with them in Berlin. I like all the bands that Marta mentioned, plus Dead Cult and Funeral Parade from Portland. Also, Still Life from Copenhagen is a good band and I hope they record a demo as soon as possible. Basically, all the bands from the so-called "deathrock revival" scene. Actually, you're doing a great job, Oliver, because we got to know a lot of these bands from your articles!
Unfortunately, I think there are no German bands that can be labeled "goth-punk" right now. There are a bunch of people who look like goth-punks or deathrockers, but they are mostly into minimal wave. That's been quite popular in Germany nowadays. These people are just showing up to DJ events to dance. Only a few of them go to live shows to see bands like us. We're trying to create our own underground DIY scene by organizing gigs ourselves, both for our band and other bands we like. One year ago none of us would have believed that any goths or deathrockers would come to see a gig in a DIY venue, but now it's actually happening.
Doedi: Belgrado also kicked my ass when I saw them live in Berlin. They are definitely one of my favorites — the gig with them was really cool! Maybe in time we'll have more dark punk bands from Germany, but most musicians I know stick to hardcore/punk/crust/metal. If I didn't know Marta and Sergej I don't think I 'd be playing guitar in a dark punk band now, to be honest. Although I did have an idea to start a darkwave band once, but never managed to make it.
Oliver: I've noticed there seems to be an uptick in bands playing anarcho-punk influenced gothic punk rock: bands like Blue Cross, Dekoder, Crimson Scarlet, Lost Tribe, Cemetery, etc. Do you all feel like you are a part of that scene internationally in any way, and are these bands you like or are aware of?
Sergej: It's kind of funny that it's mostly underground punks who are responsible for the revival of gothpunk/deathrock. We are not so well known internationally, but yes, I do feel like we are a spart of a growing scene. We're doing our best to organize events, gigs, and such.
Vini: I like the music of those bands, but I don't feel like I belong to any scene.
Doedi: We had really good feedback when we organized DIY-shows with postpunk/gothic/wave bands and minimal-synth disco. We had a bunch of goths, deathrockers, punks, and other freaks that enjoyed partying.
Oliver: What are your feelings on German Prime Minister Angela Merkel? And do you have any opinions on the financial crisis that is currently happening in Europe with the loans to Greece, etc.?
Sergej: My feelings toward politicians are expressed in our "Dr. Guillotine" song. The message is: off with their heads. I live like a reject of society. For 11 years I lived in one of the biggest squats in Europe, Koepi. I don't pay taxes and I don't have health insurance. I only work from time to time doing jobs on the black market and so on, so basically I don't care about the crisis. It has no impact on me. On the other hand this is typical of capitalism — private banks make risks, fail, and then the state bails them out with public money.
Vini: I've no idea about such things. I don't know why the financial system broke down and whether it's possible to fix it by paying billions of Euros.
Oliver: Who chose the imagery and lettering for the band's artwork on the demo and record release? It's interesting to me because the imagery you use is the sort one would nowadays associate with a political hardcore band, not necessarily a gothic punk band. But your lyrics can be very political. Is there a reason you did not choose to go with the more stereotypical "spooky" artwork, but instead have World War II pictures and the like?
Sergej: I'm mainly responsible for the artwork. I look for images, and if everybody else in the band likes them, we use them. None of us is into horror movies, zombies, and vampires. We just use images that suit our lyrics best. Anyway, what can be darker or more depressing than war and destruction? Also, bands like Killing Joke, UK Decay, 1919, the Mob, and many more playing this type of music were using war imagery as well, so we don't think it's something that's that unusual. We don't really like the artificial side of deathrock. It's too cartoonish. And as a huge Crass fan, I really wanted to use a Crass-style font. We basically use a modified form of it.
Marta: The thing is that we only like the "goth" sound, but we're not really into the stereotypical gothic imagery. Zombies, fake blood, vampires, and such are not really our thing. It's way too kitsch and silly for us. I don't want our band to be associated with any of those things. That's why we're more into war imagery. At least war is real.
Doedi: I think the artwork really fits our music and Sergej does a good job with the imagery.
Oliver: What releases do you all have out so far and where can folks buy them?
Sergej: We recorded a seven song demo after three months of rehearsing. We wanted to upload some of our music to the Internet before our first gig so that people could get a clue as to what to expect. It was recorded live in something like four hours. I just added the lead guitar parts and Marta recorded more vocals in some of the songs. It's quite raw in sound and was played a bit too fast, because we were nervous. Our friend Kostja mixed it afterwards and with the help of Nopasaran Records from Warsaw we released the demo on CD. We took five songs from it for our split LP with Wieże Fabryk (who are also one of our favorite bands.) That was accomplished with the cooperation of other bands and 3 DIY punk labels: Hasiok Records from Berlin, Nopasaran, and Scream Records, from Poland. If anyone would like to get our record they should check www.ruinaton.de because they are also cooperating with a lot of American DIY labels.
Oliver: Are you all playing any shows in the near future? Have you ever thought about playing North America?
Vini: Playing in the USA sounds really nice, but it's quite expensive.
Sergej: We'll play our next gig July 28 in Berlin at Koepi squat, with the Subhumans. We're really looking forward to that. The Subhumans are also one of my favorite bands. In September or October we're planning a small tour in Poland (in Warsaw we'll play with Cult of Youth) and Germany, with Wieże Fabryk. We don't plan to play North America in the near future. It's too far away and too expensive to go there. Also, you need some kind of work permissions or something like that. There are still many places in Europe where we haven't even played yet. So, first we'll conquer Europe, and then we'll think about the 'States!


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Spin Cycle / And Do They Still Want Us Dead?
With Islamic Jihad, you know where you stand. They want you dead. It's part of a worldwide movement of wanting you dead. But with Hamas, knowing where you stand is less cut and dried.
With Islamic Jihad, you know where you stand. They want you dead. It's part of a worldwide movement of wanting you dead.
They take orders from people in Damascus who want you dead, people in Tehran who want you dead, people south of Beirut who want you dead.
With Hamas, knowing where you stand is less cut and dried.
With infinitely more support, personnel, Sitzfleisch, than the Jihad, with more ideological independence, and a network of free medical clinics and free schools, it almost makes you wonder about the "Death to Israel" and "Death to America" and the second graders they dress up and parade around in fatigues and miniature M-16?s and garlands of plastic grenades.
Now as Hamas prepares to enter the Palestinian parliament, and perhaps the cabinet, it's time to ask - Will the real Hamas please stand up?
Forget the learned punditry. It all comes down to this: Does Hamas, in fact, want you dead?
On the one hand, there?s Nouvelle Hamas, Hamas Lite, the latter-day Islamic Resistance Movement of conciliatory if studiously ambiguous statements.
The poster boy for the New Hamas is Sheikh Mohammed Abu Tir, of the leprechaun orange beard, who dispenses homespun medical advice as he chats amicably, disarmingly with reporters on the Palestinian campaign trail. The color of his beard and hair? Henna.
It's proven itself good for dandruff, he observes. Even seems to have helped ease the migraines he once suffered.Then there's Hamas Classic. The Hamas of Khaled Mashal. No negotiations. No clever wording. No part of "No" to misunderstand.
"We don?t have to make concessions to satisfy Israel," Mashal said this week, "Our position now is not to negotiate with Israel. We will not kowtow."
There was a time, starting with Hamas' founding at the very outset of the first intifada, when it was no problem to know where you stood with them. They wanted you dead and/or gone from here. They had decided that we were all either from Russia or America, and we could all go back there now, thank you very much.
At first they weren't prepared to do anything about it. They were later on, though. With a vengeance. Either because we killed their master bombmaker with an exploding cell phone to the ear, or in order to show their continued explosive capability, or both, they decided to decide the 1996 election and put Benjamin Netanyahu in power. It took them nine days. Four bombs, Ashkelon, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv. Sixty deaths. Hundreds and hundreds of injured.
Feeling somewhat guilty about having helped them in the early 1980s, when we thought them to be apolitical, anti-Marxist, useful, we tried everything to stop them. Exiling 400 of them to a snowy, windblown hilltop in south Lebanon, including their pediatrician/president Abdel Aziz Rantisi, did nothing to deter them. We tried assassinating them, pressing the Palestinian Authority to jail them, pressing the PA to stop releasing them soon thereafter, assassinating them and assassinating them and ssassinating them.
Now we're at a loss. They're about to join the cabinet next door, and there?s nothing we can do about it.Can we trust them? The question is academic. We won't trust them. We'll give good reasons why not. Take Sheikh Abu Tir. Now 55, he's spent most of his adult life in Israeli administrative detention or otherwise jailed for weapons possession, membership in a terrorist organization, and/or directing activities of Hamas' armed wing, Iz al-Din al-Qassam.
"Israel respects us when we are strong," Khaled Mashal told a television interviewer. "This requires a long battle."
Any way you look at it, however, the battle has changed. The last time Hamas launched a suicide bombing was in August 2004.
The tone has changed as well. Even the unbending Mahmoud Zahar, whose son was killed in an Israeli air stike and who narrowly escaped assassination himself, has given a measure of ground in recent statements.
"Negotiation is not a taboo," Zahar told reporters this week. "Negotiations are a means. If Israel has anything to offer on the issues of halting attacks, withdrawal, releasing prisoners ... then 1,000 means can be found."
But a campaign is a campaign, and Zahar couldn't resist a dig at the rival Fatah party. "The political crime is when we sit with the Israelis and then come out with a wide smile to tell the Palestinian people that there is progress, when in fact, there is not."
Oddly, the only moderating influence that seems to have consistently worked on Hamas is Palestinian public opinion. The group has entered politics, and even for those unafraid of a martyr's death, there is little more terrifying for a politician than his own constituents."You are about to enter the Authority. We welcome you," Fatah Gaza leader Mohammed Dahlan told Zahar on the eve of the elections. "It's time for you to discover the suffering of being in government."
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This book is a culmination of what I've learned. I hope it will open the door for you to embrace your humanity, accept uncertainty, and live a life of gratitude. -from Enjoy Every Sandwich
As medical director of the famed Preventive Medicine Research Institute, Lee Lipsenthal helped thousands of patients struggling with disease to overcome their fears of pain and death and to embrace a more joyful way of living. In his own life, happily married and the proud father of two remarkable children, Lee was similarly committed to living his life fully and gratefully each day.
The power of those beliefs was tested in July 2009, when Lee was diagnosed with esophageal cancer. As Lee and his wife, Kathy, navigated his diagnosis, illness, and treatment, he discovered that he did not fear death, and that even as he was facing his own mortality, he felt more fully alive than ever before. In the bestselling tradition of Tuesdays with Morrie, told with humor and heart, and deeply inspiring, Enjoy Every Sandwich distills everything Lee learned about how we find meaning, purpose, and peace in our lives.
From the Hardcover edition.
©2011 Lee Lipsenthal (P)2011 Random House Audio
"Dr. Lipsenthal is a profound explorer of our inner and outer worlds. Enjoy Every Sandwich will help you heal your fear of death and embrace the true joy of life's extraordinary journey." (Edgar Dean Mitchell, Apollo 14 astronaut)
"Often, patients given a terminal diagnosis reach a surprising, transforming conclusion--you have to be ready to die to embrace being alive. But Lee Lipsenthal tells his story with such intimacy and humanity that this paradoxical fact can be accessed even by those who have not (yet) leaned out over the abyss. To deny death is to deny life. Read Enjoy Every Sandwich to know why." (Andrew Weil, M.D., New York Times best-selling author of Healthy Aging and 8 Weeks to Optimum Health)
"This book is about the lessons one learns on the journey from understanding the experience of life and all its difficulties. It contains the profound wisdom derived from the greatest teacher, our mortality. So read on and learn how to spend your life's precious time with more love and less fear." (Bernie Siegel, M.D., Author of Peace, Love & Healing, and Love, Medicine & Miracles)
"Loved the book...LOVE the Audiobook, too!"
This is a compelling book. A good, albeit ultimately sad, story is told along with many lessons for living a meaningful life. The fact that it's read by the author, Lee Lipsenthal, made it even a more powerful experience for me - especially knowing he died before the book was published. This book is a gift to anyone who reads it.
"Life Altering 'Meal!'"
At the very top of my list!
Dr. Lipsenthal was overwhelmingly real in how he told his story, no inflated ego or exaggerated drama, simply human responses exposed in the brightest of lights.
The emotions heard through their voices lend a sense of intimacy that written words alone could not possibly express.
Enjoy Every Sandwich...the meal of a lifetime!
I will listen to this book over and over again because of the value of Dr. Lipsenthal's message is not to be experienced once and then forgotten; it must become a part of my own journey.
Can not say enough about this book. As a bit of a memoir, fascinating and gave me personally some sense of peace with the fates of us all. Mr. Lipsenthal narrating the book, only made it that much more poignant and heartbreaking at times, but also made it very uplifting. What an amazing character and spirit in this man, how he must be missed. I recommend to listen and then pass on the recommendation to all your friends, then listen again!
"Some very compelling life lessons!"
Lee shares some deep insights into living life to the fullest, leaving the fear or death behind and living in the moment. There is some very enlightening material here, and I am very glad I was able to find this book, it is a life changer for most who spend the time to listed and really ponder the contents. The world is a better place for having this man in it! Definite read!
"Powerful, Inspirational and Transforming"
brilliantly written and profoundly moving book. Dr. Lipsenthal's inspired me to live fully, love deeply and be grounded in a life that is both spiritual and human every day.
"An outstanding life-changing book "
What an outstanding book! A MUST listen to book as the author's very personal reading enhances the experience greatly. Deeply personal and moving. Gives one much to think about.
"Very Good, but ....."
I enjoyed listening to this audiobook. It reiterated that life is short, you must live life fully and with love and awareness. That any day is as good a day as another to die, and you can die fearlessly. Just not , exactly, how to do this.
This was written by a prominent physician.
He practiced mind/body awareness through meditation and yoga.
He had the best medical resources available.
He had an extremely loving and supportive family.
Yes, it was interesting to see how a man so well connected, dealt with this unexpected forced fork in the road.
Identification with this man's story could be somewhat difficult for the average person, but it didn't make the story any "less."
If you are going into this story looking for answers, or partial answers, perhaps this book wouldn't be for you. Or rather, if you are looking for "enjoy each day" and " be mindful " for your health, you will find it here.
After this, the book recounts the doctor's life between his diagnosis and his death.
(he actually died before the book was in print)
Perhaps more of the author's thoughts or emotions could have been present.
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How Governments and Individuals -- Meaning Each of Us -- Deny the Persistence of Racism and Abuse
Written by Marianne Møllman for RH Reality Check. This diary is cross-posted; commenters wishing to engage directly with the author should do so at the original post. When you work on human rights issues, you notice a certain pattern in government denial of abuse. First line of defense: it didn't happen. Or if it happened, they did it to themselves. Or if they didn't, we certainly had nothing to do with it. Or if we did, we didn't mean to. It doesn't matter if the issue is torture, forced evictions, or garden-variety employment discrimination. The response from those in charge is often, if not always, the same. Though this pattern is annoying, to say the least, I have lately become acutely aware of a much more depressing trend: the denial of abuse among those of us who should know better. Of course, we don't call it denial. We call it "realism." But the mechanism is the same. 1. "It didn't happen." For decades, commentators and a large proportion of the US public have posited that racism no longer exists. Despite the fact that skin color and ethnicity matters with regard to just about any social indicator you care to look at — health, education, employment, housing, law enforcement — most white people believe the system we live in is racially just. The writer Touré has described this situation as a "fog of racism:" a situation so subtle, it is blurred. "With this form of racism," he says, "there is no smoking gun. There is no one calling you a nigger to your face. There's no sign saying you can't enter this building. ... But … it's there." This is not much different from the many people who are genuinely puzzled at the need for continued attention to women's issues in the United States now that "the genders are equal." Continue reading....
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The medal-winning Olympic gymnasts celebrate their feats with a non-judged gala performance that showcases the grace and showmanship of each gymnast. Simone Biles, Aly Raisman and Danell Leyva are set to appear in the gala. Watch the gala live at the link below.
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Today's editorial [2] in the New York Times, nominally about the "Occupy Wall Street" movement, is well worth reading.
In terms of understanding the sustainability challenge we all face, it's grossly incomplete. (Of course, so is any writing shorter than book-length-plus-appendices.) But as a brief account of the economic, and the resulting socio-political, unsustainabilities that obtain, it's pretty good. Thus, it implies some of the societal constraints under which we must undertake to solve environmental problems. Or, if you prefer, the societal problems we need to solve while operating within a strict set of environmental constraints. And, of course, it focuses only on this society, this (national) economy.
Greenhouse gases are only one element of the real problem set. And, perhaps, not even the element it's most important our students understand.


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CMT Awards 2013, Underwood and Lambert Dominate (VIDEO)
The CMT Music Awards saw the biggest names in country music take the stage last night with Carrie Underwood and Miranda Lambert among the top winners.
In addition to recognizing today's top musical acts, Wednesday night's awards show saw live performances from the likes of Lenny Kravitz, Jason Aldean and Kacey Musgraves, among many others.
The night also saw unusual pairings of artists- Lady Antebellum teamed up with Darius Rucker on the famed song "Wagon Wheel" before the newcomer group Florida/Georgia Line collaborated with rapper Nelly onstage for the song "Cruise."
Taylor Swift also took the stage with a rendition of her song "Red."
Watch a some of last night's show on YouTube here.
As for the winners of the evening, Underwood took home the coveted Video of the Year Award for her hit song "Blown Away." The trophy marked the singer's 10th CMT honor.
"Thank you so much," said Underwood during her acceptance speech. "You're amazing. I don't deserve this."
The "American Idol" alum took the stage again to perform her song "See You Again," during which audience members were urged to donate to causes benefitting those affected by the recent string of deadly tornados in Oklahoma.
Meanwhile, Lambert and her husband Blake Shelton also had a good night. The country music power couple took home three awards between them, including Performance of the Year for their duet "Over You."
In addition to taking home a trophy during the night, Lambert also performed her song "Mama's Broken Heart" for the live audience.
Lady Antebellum also had a big night, earning CMT's Croup Video of the Year Award.
"This is Hillary's maternity present come early," said the band's Charles Kelly of band mate Hillary Scott, who is eight months pregnant.
The last performance of the night was by Keith Urban, who wrapped up the awards show with his song "Little Bit of Everything."


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Applied's Etec aims e-beam mask tool, new etcher at regaining momentum
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HAYWARD, Calif. -- Hoping to regain momentum in the photomask systems business, Applied Materials Inc.'s Etec Systems subsidiary today rolled out a one-two punch in the arena: a new electron-beam-based reticle-writing tool for 0.10-to-0.07-micron IC processes and the company's entry into the emerging plasma-etch photomask equipment market.
The centerpiece to Etec's rollout is the awaited-but-delayed photomask-writer tool, called eXara. Co-developed with industry consortium International Sematech, the new eXara tool is the world's fastest e-beam system in terms of overall throughput, declared Howard Neff, president of Hayward-based Etec Systems.
Based on a raster-scan architecture and equipped with 50-Kv electron optics, the eXara tool enables the production of a photomask in less than seven hours, according to Etec. Competitive vector-scan tools can take up to 20-40 hours or longer to produce a similar photomask set, the Applied Materials subsidiary claimed.
"Our timing is just right for this tool," said Neff, who is also a group vice president for Santa Clara, Calif.-based Applied. He said the eXara will address the 100-nm node (0.10-micron) for production of photomasks, as well as the 70-nm technology node (0.07-micron) for R&D applications.
But still, many industry observers say Etec's eXara is about a year late to the marketplace. The delays have opened the window of opportunity for Etec's e-beam rivals, such as JEOL, Hitachi, Leica, and Toshiba (see July 27 story).
The e-beam tool delay has been especially troublesome for Etec--and its parent Applied Materials. Etec is the world's largest supplier of photomask gear in terms of market share in the e-beam segment, according to industry analysts. In January 2000, Applied moved into the e-beam photomask systems business by acquiring Etec in a stock-swap deal (see Jan. 12, 2000 story).
In the past year, Etec has been losing market share to some of its rivals, most notably Toshiba Corp., according to analysts. Until now, Etec's main product has been the Mebes 5500, a tool aimed at development of photomasks at the 180-nm (0.18-micron) and 130-nm (0.13-micron) nodes.
Etec's new e-beam was delayed, because it took longer-than-expected to build the new platform for the system, according to company officials.
In any event, Etec executives acknowledged that the product delays caused the company to miss a critical market window, especially for the production of photomasks at the 130-nm node. "We missed the 130-nm development window," said Neff during an interview with SBN.
But with the new eXara tool, the company claims that it is well-positioned for the 100-nm node and beyond. Despite the current downturn in the IC market, the worldwide photomask-equipment business is projected to grow 21% from $578 million in 2001 to $698 million in 2002, according to Etec. By 2005, the market is projected to hit $1.1 billion, Etec said.
The mask-writer tool segment of this market, including e-beam and pattern-generation tools, is expected to jump 23% from $292 million in 2001, to $360 million in 2002, they company said. By 2005, this market will reach $489 million, Etec projected.
In the second part of today's product launch, Etec separately entered the emerging plasma-etch equipment market for photomask applications with a new system, called Tetra. The tool uses a dry plasma technology for etching binary photomasks. It can also be used for higher-resolution phase-shift and optical proximity correction (OPC) masks, as well.
Based on the company's plasma-etch platform used in chip processing--dubbed the Centura--the new tool is geared for the production of masks at 0.10-micron and below, said Brigitte Stoehr, senior technology manager at Applied.
The plasma-etch market for lithography reticles is still small but it's growing. The tool segment is projected to grow 85% from $33 million in 2001, to $61 million in 2002, according to Etec. In this market, Etec will compete against the likes of Ulvac, Unaxis, and others.
Meanwhile, Etec claims the eXara product leapfrogs the competition--and by a wide margin. "Our competitors were ahead of us in commercializing a 50-Kv tool, but they also have some serious limitations with their vector-based architectures," Neff told SBN.
Among those limitations is the bottleneck in e-beam tools: throughput. But Etec claims to have solved the throughput issues, thanks to a completely new and innovative architecture, according to company officials.
The eXara tool is based on a new and compact platform. Dubbed the Mebes X platform, the unit was developed in partnership with International Sematech in Austin, Tex. At the heart of the tool is the so-called Aeroglide stage, which will enable the development of masks down to the 50-nm node (0.05-micron).
The tool's high-resolution, 50-Kv electron optics and raster-based writing technology enables precise linewidth control and image placement accuracy, Etec said.
The company's so-called Raster Graybeam II mask-writer technology has several advantages for photomask production. With this technology, mask-write times are independent of the pattern densities and optical proximity correction (OPC) complexities, according to Etec.
Supporting a spectrum of amplified resists in the market, the tool's spot size and current are adjustable over a wide range. This variable spot size enables the development of advanced masks, said Frank Abboud, vice president and general manager of the Electron Beam Products Group at Etec.
"It is the first system to provide dose modulation and fine positioning of individual pixels, which it prints at a constant rate of 320-MHz," Abboud said.
The product also boasts a hierarchical front-end architecture. This enables the system to extract a file size of data in the e-beam from only 2- to 10-gigabtyes. Traditionally, the file size in a typical e-beam is 58-gigabytes. "The hierarchical technology allows the file size to become more manageable," Abboud said.
Etec is currently shipping the eXara to undisclosed customers. Product prices were not disclosed, however.
The new mask writer and plasma-etch system are part of Etec's ongoing strategy to provide a one-stop shop of tools for leading-edge photomask shops, Neff said. Etec also sells pattern generators and inspection equipment as well.
With the new products, "We have answered the mail for our customers in providing the tools for all photomask requirements," Neff said.


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Horrible Bosses: Does Your Boss Fit This Description?
We've all had the pleasure of working with good people. But sometimes, a boss is just horrible. The people at Modern Man came up with the traits of a horrible boss. See how yours stacks up.
- No one in the office is ever brutally honest with them. A good boss creates an atmosphere where you can tell them what you think about something without feeling like you'll get yelled at or just brushed off. Obviously you shouldn't challenge them constantly, but if you can't be honest SOMETIMES, it kills your morale.
- No one knows how they'll react to bad news. If they're nice one minute then a jerk the next, they probably don't understand that everyone in the office feeds off their energy. An inconsistent attitude tends to make people anxious and timid, which makes them less productive. And in a recent poll, one in four people said their boss had actually damaged their self-esteem.
- They never reward their employees. It's understandable when profits are down, which they probably are right now. But even then, they should do SOMETHING every so often to keep morale up. Even if it is just organizing a happy hour after a good week.
- They know all the office gossip. It's okay if they're social, and it's even okay if they feel like a friend, but their main goal should always be to earn your respect. Obviously spending half the day gossiping won't do that.
I've had bosses that did all the "dos" on the list and I've had others that did all the "don'ts." I can certainly tell you where I was happier. So, how does your boss stack up to this litmus test?
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You can make this out of fleece or knit if it's warmer at your home. For supplies you'll need small amounts of two colors of your material choice & some applique interfacing.
Now a word on sizing…
After a small mis-measurement…(I know, right?)
I was able to reconfigure to the correct sizing below
You'll need TWO RECTANGLES in these measurements:
Newborn: 6″ x 8″
Infant: 7″ x 9″
Plus a strip of contrasting fabric:
Newborn: 4″ x 12.5″
Infant 4″ x 14.5″
Plus a small amount of contrasting fabric for the spots & antennas.
Take each of your rectangles & fold them in half, cut a curve on the non-folded edge.
*cut both rectangles at the same time so the pieces will be symmetrical
Next cut out a few circles for your little bug's "spots"
Finally cut a small 2.5″ slit down the center of each hat half. (These will give the hat a better shape) After those 3 steps your pieces should look something like this…Next go ahead & applique your spots to the hat halves. (basic applique instructions here)
After the spots are in place fold piece in half with the right sides together. Sew the slit you made shut. Repeat with other half of hat. Set aside.
Now to make some antennae. (antennas?) Cut out 4 mushroom shaped pieces that are around 2.5″ long. You can either topstitch them shut or stitch & then turn them to hide the seams. I just stitched around the edge for the fleece but with knit I might turn them & then push a little stuffing inside so they'd stand up. It's really up to you…
Next up, let's put the hat together. Place your two halves, right sides together, with the antennas stuffed inside. Pin the antennas so the bottom of the antenna edge is lined up with the hat's edge that way you catch them in the seams. (See below)Stitch around curved sides of hat. Turn right side out.
Last step is the brim! Fold your long contrasting piece of fabric in half & stitch the short sides shut. Next fold the tube down so it's about 2″ wide.
Place the tube inside your right side out hat so that the edges line up. Stitch around the bottom of the hat being sure to catch all 3 layers.
It should look like this after stitching…
Flip up your brim & your little bug is ready!
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Szczerbinski, Ciminelli keep WNY on the bowling map
By Milt Northrop
Jack Jurek spends part of his time on the PBA50 Tour, for senior players. Same with Tom Baker. Joe Ciccone is more involved these days in the tour's television production. Injury has Brad Angelo's competitive career on hold. Liz Johnson keeps active with Team USA but did not enter recent tour events.
Two bowlers in their 20s, Ryan Ciminelli and John Szczerbinski, promise to keep the region's imprint firmly on what's left of the Professional Bowlers Association tour.
No bowler enjoyed more success than Ciminelli in the PBA World Series of Bowling V, completed earlier this month in Las Vegas. That series was completed over a one-week period and was taped for showing on the Sunday series of PBA Tour telecasts on ESPN.
Ciminelli ended the week with one title and a runner-up finish.
After leading the qualifying and gaining the No. 1 position for the stepladder final, Ciminelli suffered a heart-breaking loss to Chris Barnes in the PBA Viper Championship. It was a match he led all the way until he drew the 7-10 split in the 10th frame and Barnes doubled to take the title.
Two hours later, Ciminelli bowled in the Chameleon Championship final. This time he had to get to the title match the hard way, by climbing the stepladder from the No. 3 position. The left-hander from Cheektowaga left no doubt in any of the matches, smoking the opposition in all three.
First, he defeated Tom Smallwood, 255-197, starting with three strikes and stringing five more in the middle of the game.
Next it was Brian Kretzer who fell, 235-197. Ciminelli took command of the game with a four- bagger starting in the third frame.
Dom Barrett of England was the top qualifier. Ciminelli defeated him, 258-203, starting with three strikes and, after Barrett closed to within two pins in the fifth frame, finishing him off with five strikes in a row starting in the seventh.
The win was worth $20,000 for Ciminelli to go with the $9,500 he collected for his Viper finish. That's more than the $24,853.38 he earned in 18 tour events in the entire 2012-13 tour season.
Next for Ciminelli will be his second appearance in the Japan Cup in Tokyo starting Nov. 27.
The Chameleon title was the second on tour for Ciminelli. He won the One-A-Day Earl Anthony Memorial in Medford, Ore., in 2010.
In seven years on tour, Ciminelli has nine top four finishes – three second places, three third places and one fourth in addition to the two titles. Going into this season, his PBA Tour earnings were $227,098.38.
Ciminelli's finals matches won't be shown on ESPN until next month – The Viper on Dec. 8 and the Chameleon on Dec. 15. Viewers of all the animal pattern finals will benefit from a new feature. A blue dye was added to the lane condition oils for the telecasts so viewers will be able to see the oil patterns on the lanes.
The dyed oil is not a product on the market and is being used only for the World Series of Bowling TV shows.
North Tonawanda's Szczerbinski didn't fare as well as Ciminelli in the World Series, but he soon will step into the spotlight when he competes for the U.S. in the 49th World Cup in the Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, Russia, starting on Monday. All rounds will be streamed live on Bowl.com's BowlTV.
It's the second World Cup for the former Wichita State bowler. He competed in the World Cup in 2010 in Toulon, France, and ended up fifth, missing the stepladder finals by just 139 pins.
"The first one in Toulon didn't go as planned," Szczerbinski said. "I have a great opportunity at hand to put forth what I learned from the experiences I've had."
The World Cup format includes four six-game qualifying blocks over four days. The field is then cut to the top 24 men and top 24 women for eight additional games to determine the top eight for round-robin match play. After match play, the top three men and top three women advance to the stepladder finals.
Szczerbinski and Danielle McEwan of Stony Point earned the right to compete in the World Cup by winning the 2013 United States Bowling Congress Team USA Trials in January.
Kent on Hall ballot
Four time USBC Open Championship titlists John Gaines of Orlando, Fla., and Dale Traber of Cedarburg, Wis., in the Outstanding Performance category, and the late Woody Woodruff of Long Island, a longtime AMF executive, will be inducted into the United States Bowling Congress Hall of Fame.
Of more interest in upstate bowling circles is that Doug Kent of Newark is one of six bowlers who will be on the Superior Performance national ballot to be voted on by a panel of USBC Hall of Fame members, board members and veteran bowling writers. The others are: Steve Cook, Granite Bay, Calif.; David Ozio, Beaumont, Texas; Danny Wiseman, Baltimore; Larry Laub, Lincoln, Calif.; and Randy Pedersen of Clermont, Fla. There are no candidates on the women's side for 2014.
The induction will take place April 24 at the 2014 USBC Convention in Reno, Nev.
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• The Greater Buffalo USBC Association's 46th annual Youth Family Tournament is today and Sunday at Orchard Park Lanes.
• Frank and Doris Coburn, Cindy Coburn-Carroll, Bill Truman and Glenn Snyder will be inducted into the Tonawandas USBC Association Hall of Fame at Classics V on Niagara Falls Boulevard in Amherst tonight.
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And Rescued the Victim With My Bare Hands!
Fellow blogger ApronheadLilly wrote a post yesterday about witnessing a murder: she saw a Cooper's Hawk kill a blackbird in her back yard. I know that nature takes its tragic course around me all day every day, but I'm too soft-hearted: if I get the chance I do intervene to prevent the slaughter of some helpless creature. Today I got another chance.
I woke up from my afternoon nap in the recliner and found the living room quite warm, so I went out the side entrance (to our addition) and sat on the deck. Because it was sunny and mild I left the door open in case one of the cats wanted to join me–and Angus did a few moments later. Then he went to snoop under the other set of stairs (to our main entrance.)
Suddenly he ran into the house and I decided to get up and shut the door. Then I saw him inside–with something hanging from his mouth. He'd 'mugged' a mouse? "Outside!" I insisted several times, but he just stood there looking at me.
Closer inspection revealed that it was in fact a little junco. He had it by one shoulder, but it was still twitching. Likely he'd brought it in to play with and here I was, being such a wet blanket. I ordered him outside again, fearing he'd let the thing go and we'd have to chase it all over the trailer. When he didn't budge, I picked him up and carried him out, thinking he'd let go of it any second, but he was still holding the bird when I dumped him on the deck.
Then I reached down and pried his mouth open. Unmugged, the bird flew away–showing no sign of injury. He dashed after it, but it settled in the caragana hedge and he never did catch it again. I tried to impress on him our "NO BIRDS" rule; I doubt it sank in. To him a bird is a toy and that's that.
Anyway, now I could say that I prevented a murder today. 🙂
I wrote a story once about a little elephant that finds a child and sort of befriends it. Later he sees his child friend asleep and a huge snake is about to swallow the child, so the elephant intervenes: he stomps the snake flat.
"No, no, no!" said my writing school instructor. "You can never have your main character commit a murder!"
"But it's a snake!" No dice. I had to cut out all the violence. He could chase the snake away, but not stomp on it.
I had figured that a child reader would identify with the little elephant, but I hadn't considered that a snake would be seen as an animal, too. In my books, a snake is a snake. Life gets complex in the world of children's literature.
Back to today: After my daring rescue, my husband and I went for a drive just for anyhow. No signs of green grass in the ditches yet and ice patches still cover a lot of ponds, but we saw small flocks of Canada geese heading north. And we have this flock of juncos hopping around our yard. One less would never be noticed, right?


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"Parents and church leaders are often the biggest obstacles in a student's life." This is what Bruce Bastian told a packed crowd on April 4 at Westminster College. I assume he was talking about the moment when a student comes out of the closet and reports they are gay. Nevertheless, his position that parents and church leaders are often a student's biggest obstacles, and that the youth might be better off seeking the aid of activist organizations, strikes me as being more than out of touch — and I hope not representative of the views of Westminster College.5 comments on this story
I am a mother and I love my children unconditionally. Mothers know their child's discouragements, challenges, strengths, joys and sorrows better than anyone. To say that a mother and father are an obstacle in their child's life is to deny the lasting bonds of love and support that come from family relationships.
My husband was an LDS bishop for seven years. He loved our ward members immensely. If someone from his flock came to him with challenges I know he would do all he could to guide with love and understanding.
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Finally I got around to doing some simple nail art and actually taking photos of it. I'm so off my game it's not even funny. Taking decent photos took forever. Editing, adding watermarks etc. took even longer. This slow blogging year really got to me but it's all going to be back to normal next year :)
Category: Nail Art
It's already spring on my nails
It's still winter here in Finland and I can't wait for spring to get here. I always get so much energy from spring. Days will be longer and there's more sunlight. So now I also felt like using some bright colors on my nails too.
Blue Essies for winter with a hint of gold
There's still a good amount of snow on the ground here in Finland so it's a perfect time of the year to wear blue polishes. I just always associate blue polish with winter. I did another very quick and easy nail art thingy too. That's all I have time for nowadays. My youngest one is a real life human tornado and when he is up it is completely impossible for me to do my nails. So quick and easy manis it is :)
Dots and stripes – Quick and easy nail art
So now that the nail growing project is fully started and I have my natural nails back I also have to get used to the short length. This is quite a change from the long pointy gel nails I had. I usually hate this part with short and thin nails and don't want to even take nail photos. This time I have decided to enjoy these nubbins and do some nail art too.
White and red polka dots
So we are back to square nails. I'll miss the claws but I just have no time to maintain them right now so I'm taking the easy way out. I actually made these longer at first and then, probably for the first time in my life I thought "hmm, I want my nails to be shorter" :D so I filed some more length off and here we are.
Pink and bling nails
Hello, hello, hello! (I've been binge watching RuPaul's Drag Race while being sick with kidney infection and that thing is no joke, let me tell you that). Since I was feeling too sick to even open my laptop for several days it's taken me much longer than I planned to post these nails. I already showed you this design on my IG though. So here are the details of what I used for this manicure.
Black, white and gold color block nails
Here's the second one of the November manis that never made it to the blog. These nails looked stunning IRL. Definitely something I gotta do again. Maybe using some spring colors next time.
Purple holo gradient
I have two manicures all the way from November that I never posted here. Those have been seen on my social media but not on my blog so today I'll show first one of the two.
First Holiday manicure of the year
I did these nails for Finnish beauty bloggers advent calendar but I wanted to show them on this side too. It's been so rainy, muddy and dark here in Finland lately I haven't really felt like doing Holiday nails but I think you'll see a few more of these during the next couple of weeks.
New nail shape
My blog is so behind my social media sites that it's not even funny and now it's time to catch up. As many of you already know I went back to sharper claw nails. I just love this nail shape, I can't help it. It's a pain in a butt to maintain but I think it's worth it. Also if I get tired of them it's always very easy to go back to square nails.


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Some have accused the police of failing to deal with gangs of young men and who organised attacks, and linked this to the suspects alleged foreign backgrounds. The police were also chastized for not publicly releasing information about the alleged sexual assaults.
But prosecutor Mats Åhlund says to Radio Sweden he finds no grounds to think that the police have neglected their duties in a criminal way.
There has been widespread condemnation of the police, after an officer told newspaper Dagens Nyheter that "Sometimes we do not really say how things are because we believe it may play into the hands of the (anti-immigration) Sweden Democrats".
The prosecutor says to Radio Sweden that "the most serious criticism that I have been informed of is that the police could have covered up details regarding the festivals. And I have made the call that if police don't go out with this kind of information, it's not a crime."
Mats Åhlund adds that he is not saying whether the police have done their job properly or not, rather that he was simply looking at whether their actions constitute a crime.
And on the criticism against what police have said in the media, he has passed the matter on to the Chancellor of Justice, who has jurisdiction here.
Regarding allegations that police have failed to take up reports of crimes, he says he has no reason to believe, from the evidence he has, that police have committed crimes in this way.
He tells Radio Sweden that if the police have information showing that officers have failed to act on reported crimes, or failed to pursue cases, that they should report themselves to the prosecutor's office, and he also urges members of the public who may have any evidence showing crimes by police to report it to his office.


text: Have you guys had any success posting craigslist ads for your business? I tend to think that the response wouldn't be great and the response would also be from bargrain hunters. Let me know what has worked or not worked for you. What kind of ads did you run on there? Did you run professional looking ads or just run a couple lines of text with your number and website. Is my thinking correct about a low response and the response being the customers you don't want anyway?


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Some confusion this morning as I put together my little bags of tea for work: I picked TeaNoir's Backwoods up as one of my morning blacks, then thought about it for a second and decided to take another tea instead. Then I remember pulling this tea out and thinking "well, I'll take a TeaNoir oolong for the afternoon instead."
I must've still been thinking Backwoods because that's what my bag was labeled. And I pulled it out of my desk drawer all excited for maple syrupy goodness. Alas, it was not to be. I took one sip and realized my mistake.
Ultraviolet is a pretty decent tea. My main complaint with it is that it's nearly identical in flavor to one of my favorites, Mighty Leaf's Orchid Oolong, except that OO has coconut added, while this does not. The coconut gives OO that wonderful little edge. So this tea fails in that respect.


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Skip to comments.Numbers overload: Polling data hype sways voters
Posted on 10/10/2012 5:14:44 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
Washington (CNN) -- Treating presidential polls as gospel is a little like placing political faith in the lifespan of a fruit fly.
"People tend to subscribe a more durable nature to polling data," said Russ Baker, a political science professor at Rutgers University. "It's more ephemeral."
That's because polls, as those who conduct them stress, are simply snapshots.
For example, two national polls released Monday suggested Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney got a big bounce from last week's first presidential debate -- viewed across the political spectrum as a victory for him.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
This stuff is high-larious.
Exactly. Polls now somehow don't matter.
Previously posted.
How convenient that their product is a "snap shot". And when reality proves the product was fantasy all along they fall back on the myth that it was accurate AT THE TIME IT WAS TAKEN.
No way to verify their results independently. Polling is a scam. A high buck scam.
That was a duplicate of my post. For some reason, it posted twice.
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