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|Top Hitter
|Zack MacPhee, 2b, Arizona State
|It's a strange year for college hitters. No draft-eligible hitters have separated themselves as the cream of the crop as of yet, though Texas-Arlington's Michael Choice, Cal State Fullerton's Gary Grown, Virginia Tech's Austin Wates and Auburn's Hunter Morris are among the late first- to second-round talents who have performed well.
Fullerton shortstop Christian Colon was generally regarded as the nation's top draft-eligible position player coming into the season, and he has recovered from a slow start, hitting .327/.429/.611 with eight homers and eight steals. Colon might still be the first college hitter drafted, but he doesn't quite belong in the Player of the Year discussion at this juncture.
The nation's best overall player—considering only Division I players, and thus excluding CC of Southern Nevada phenom Bryce Harper—is Rice sophomore third baseman Anthony Rendon, who has hit for power and drawn boatloads of walks while playing stellar defense, but his lack of protection in the lineup has caused his batting average to slide to .320. He might be the favorite for Player of the Year when all is said and done in 2010, but he's not a slam dunk at midseason.
Without a consensus pick, let's give the nod to MacPhee, the best player for the nation's No. 1 team, Arizona State. The 5-foot-8, 172-pound second baseman's batting average (.429) is 100 points higher than Rendon's, and he actually has a higher on-base percentage than Rendon (.525 to .511), a higher slugging percentage (.755 to .701), and more RBIs (36 to 34), though he has just three homers to Rendon's 11. MacPhee's 10 triples lead the nation, and he has 11 steals in 12 attempts, demonstrating his ability to put his well-above-average speed to use.
MacPhee has also taken advantage of his speed and added to his offensive versatility by learning to switch-hit, after spending most of last year batting only from the right side.
"He really just kind of locked into switch-hitting last summer," Arizona State coach Tim Esmay said. "He didn't switch-hit at all for us last year. He toyed with it in high school, and last year we toyed with it, but we decided to concentrate on letting him survive being a freshman. The thought process this summer was, ''Hey, why not go try it in the Cape and figure out if you can do both?' He's settled in from both sides, and he feels comfortable."
MacPhee is not big, but he has very strong, quick hands, and he has begun to harness his electric bat speed. As a freshman in 2009, MacPhee hit just .270/.403/.377 in 204 at-bats; his OPS has jumped a full 500 points from last year's .780 to this year's 1.280 through 98 at-bats.
Hitting in the No. 2 hole behind fellow sophomore Drew Maggi has helped, too. Maggi is always a threat to run on the basepaths, helping MacPhee see plenty of fastballs. And he has taken full advantage, emerging as an elite run producer and the player who really makes ASU's offense go.
"The one thing about Zack MacPhee is he's the true sense of a ballplayer," Esmay said. "He's just got this bottle of energy that he shows up with every day, and what's nice is now he's kind of controlled that energy. He knows how to use that in a positive manner. I've just seen a maturity in him this year. The explosiveness, the bat speed, the competitive edge that he has—that has always been there, but we're seeing now that, like a lot of guys after their freshman year, the game is slowing down for him."
|Top Pitcher
|Drew Pomeranz, lhp, Mississippi
A slew of other pitchers with overpowering stuff and eye-popping numbers did not quite crack our All-America team but very easily could have. Among them: Hawaii junior righty Josh Slaats (3-1, 1.03, 41-9 K-BB in 35 IP); Texas A&M junior righty Barret Loux (4-2, 1.98, 64-13 K-BB in 41 IP); The Citadel junior righty Asher Wojciechowski (7-0, 2.62, 68-16 K-BB in 48 IP); Texas sophomore righty Taylor Jungmann (3-1, 2.94, 62-16 K-BB in 49 IP); North Carolina junior righty Matt Harvey (3-1, 2.20, 51-24 K-BB in 45 IP); Ohio State junior righty Alex Wimmers (6-0, 1.98, 46-13 K-BB in 41 IP); and UCLA sophomore righties Gerrit Cole (6-0, 2.49, 61-20 K-BB in 43 IP) and Trevor Bauer (5-1, 2.28, 59-12 K-BB in 43 IP).
There is also a stellar group of shut-down closers in college baseball this year, headlined by Texas A&M flame-throwing righty John Stilson (6-0, 0.96, 4 SV, 58-9 K-BB in 38 IP), Louisville sidearmer Neil Holland (4-0, 0.34, 7 SV, 30-6 K-BB in 27 IP); Texas junior righty Chance Ruffin (4-1, 0.59, 7 SV, 42-10 K-BB in 31 IP); and UCLA sophomore righty Dan Klein (2-0, 0.00, 6 SV, 29-4 K-BB in 20 IP).
But Pomeranz is our choice for top pitcher of the first half because of the dominance he has displayed against a high caliber of competition, as well as the utterly overwhelming stuff he has shown, making him a strong candidate to be the first college player drafted in June.
|Scout's View
|Drew Pomeranz vs. Chris Sale
scouting consensus is that junior lefthanders Pomeranz of Mississippi
and Sale of Florida Gulf Coast will both be drafted among the first 10
picks in June, and maybe the top five. Both have excellent stuff and
good size, though Pomeranz is considerably more physical at 6-foot-5,
231 pounds than Sale at 6-6, 183. An American League crosschecker gave
a side-by-side comparison of the two lefthanded
"Sale's fastball probably has more movement than Pomeranz's does. Pomeranz does it as easy as you could see—it looks like he's throwing batting practice fastballs out there, and it's 93-94. It's just a very easy delivery, whereas Sale's a little bit herky-jerky with that delivery; he's got a lot going on. Sale I've seen up to 95, and he can reach back late in the game and maybe get a 93, but he'll pretty much settle at 91-92. Pomeranz can go back in the sixth or seventh and get 93-94 when he wants to. He'll probably pitch with a 60 fastball (on the 20-80 scouting scale), a firm 92. It's truer than Sale's, but the thing I like about Pomeranz's fastball is the angle he's able to create with it—he's able to go to both sides. Sale, with that cross-body finish, kind of struggles to get out on the front side consistently and get his fastball in on righthanded hitters. Pomeranz can get it in on righthanded hitters well. I would see Sale pitching more with a 55 fastball, whereas Pomeranz will pitch with a 60.
"Sale has a good slurvy slider, but Pomeranz has a true 12-to-6 downer curveball that is a true swing-and-miss pitch for me. I would say Sale's breaking ball is a solid 55, and I'd give Pomeranz's a 60. Sale's slider is very effective to lefties because of the angle that he's throwing it from and the direction he's landing in his delivery—everything's pointing away from a lefthanded hitter. When he's throwing that slider slashing across, it's hard for lefties to hit it. Against righties he can bury it on the back foot at times, but he can get around it and give it a sweepy action at other times, and when it's up it can get hit.
"Sale's changeup is really good—I would give it a 60. It's got good arm speed, good fade/sink action. He's able to repeat it and throw it back to back, which I like. He's not afraid to use it against lefties and righties. Pomeranz doesn't really have to use the changeup that much because he's not afraid to pitch with his fastball and he's not afraid to pitch to contact, but when he does throw it, it's a solid-average pitch with a chance to be a 55-type pitch in the future with more use. He's got enough hand feel with it and enough touch with it, there's no doubt it'll be a tick above-average pitch.
"For me, the difference is Pomeranz is a bigger guy, more durable for a starting role, and Sale has a real frail body, for me. I'm not sure how long Sale's body will last, and I have some real questions about the arm action on the back. It's an upside-down takeaway—that's a red flag in the baseball industry, it usually leads to some elbow problems down the road. It's easier for Pomeranz to repeat it and there's less effort there. Over the long haul of a season, Pomeranz won't have to exert as much effort as Sale will have to exert. Command for me with Sale will probably be average, and Pomeranz for me would be a tick above—he throws more quality strikes in the zone. Sale will be a little more scattered.
"With Pomeranz, the body's there, the stuff is there, he's durable, he's pitched in a major conference and been successful, he's pitched with Team USA and been successful. If I had to put my $2.5 million on one, I'd put it there."
|Top Freshman
|Matt Purke, lhp, Texas Christian
Expectations could not have been higher for Purke from the day he set foot on TCU's campus. An unsigned first-round pick who turned down at least $2 million from the Rangers to attend school, Purke was expected to be a dominant ace from the start of his collegiate career.
Through seven weeks, Purke has managed not to disappoint, despite the massive hype surrounding him. He stepped into TCU's weekend rotation immediately and has emerged as the Horned Frogs' Friday starter over the last few weeks. He is 3-0, 3.52 with 48 strikeouts and nine walks in 38 innings.
"Certainly, because of what happened in the draft last year, he has a lot of eyes on him and gets everyone's best effort each and every at-bat," TCU coach Jim Schlossnagle said. "To be able to handle that at his young age and limited experience really is a tribute to his makeup and his parents."
From the outset of the year, Purke showed the stuff that made him a first-round pick last year: a 91-94 mph fastball, an excellent changeup and a 77-80 power curveball. And he has become more polished as the season has progressed.
"Matt has really improved from the beginning of the season," Schlossnagle said. "His stuff is about the same as it was when we began, but his ability to handle baserunners and the adversity that comes throughout each outing continues to get better."
Honorable mention goes to Florida DH/third baseman Austin Maddox, who is hitting .356/.383/.610 while leading the Gators in homers (seven) and RBIs (34).
|Top Senior
|Daniel Bibona, lhp, UC Irvine
He also misses plenty of bats with his outstanding changeup, good slider and impeccable fastball command. As good as he was as a junior, Bibona might be even better as a senior, going 4-2, 2.54 with 60 strikeouts and 11 walks in 50 innings.
"I think it's about command, I really do," Irvine coach Mike Gillespie said earlier this season, explaining why Bibona is so tough. "He's one of those guys you can ask for the fastball in and you have a really good chance to get it in, against both right- and lefthanded hitters. If he were in the middle of the plate, like anybody else, he'd get hit. And he won't give in. It's not just that he'll throw the breaking ball on 3-2 counts or anything. If you're asking for the fastball to a spot on 3-2 counts, you have to be able to throw it there. He has the confidence that he can do that and the confidence to pitch out of trouble."
Honorable mention goes to Texas A&M outfielder/shortstop Brodie Greene, who has done more than a little bit of everything for the Aggies, hitting .411/.481/.750 with six homers, 26 RBIs and 10 stolen bases. He started the year in center field, then slid to shortstop when sophomore Adam Smith struggled and provided stability in the infield. He has hit atop the lineup, in the middle of the order and in the No. 2 hole; he has hit for power, used the gaps and caused havoc on the basepaths with his speed. And he is the heart and soul of the Aggies.
|Top Coach
|Tim Esmay, Arizona State
Any coach who guided his team to a 27-1 start would have a strong case for midseason coach of the year, but Esmay's case goes far beyond Arizona State's gaudy record.
A former ASU assistant under both Jim Brock and Pat Murphy, Esmay was fired by Murphy last summer—then rehired as interim head coach when Murphy himself was fired amidst an investigation into NCAA violations in November. Murphy's high-profile ouster was stunning, and it sent the program into a state of disarray, which only intensified as details about the NCAA investigation and the politics behind Murphy's departure trickled out.
Into that cauldron stepped Esmay, and almost immediately he provided the reeling program a steadying hand.
"It was all kind of an unknown—everybody was trying to figure out where everybody sits," Esmay said in March. "That part has been good. I can't say enough about the strength of these young men. They signed up for an experience at Arizona State, and they're committed to make sure that program is everything they expected it would be.
"I think everybody feels like it's still the Sun Devil Way, I think that's the whole key. I think everyone wanted to make sure that the expectations are the same. There is a lot of energy out here, but these kids just love to play. They love to play. I've got to remind myself that they do love to play, so we've got to make sure the environment is such that they can still come out every day with some energy."
Mission accomplished. Arizona State started the season 24-0, the best start in the program's illustrious history. The Devils have done it without two-time Pac-10 pitcher of the year Mike Leake and 2009 Pac-10 player of the year Jason Kipnis, but that was expected—those players were high-profile junior draftees, and ASU had plenty of time to plan for their departures. But the Sun Devils expected to have senior lefthander Josh Spence, a third-team All-American last year and an unsigned third-round pick. Spence has yet to pitch while working his way back from an arm injury, yet the ASU staff has not missed a beat, ranking third in the nation in ERA (2.69). Part of that is a credit to first-year pitching coach Ken Knutson, just as fellow first-year assistants Travis Jewett and Mike Benjamin deserve their share of credit for the strong performance of the offense and defense.
But Esmay has steered the ship with a remarkably steady, delicate hand. He has shown a knack for pushing all the right motivational buttons and making all the right lineup decisions to put his players in the best position to succeed. He is a slam-dunk choice for midseason coach of the year, and he should be rewarded by having the interim tag removed from his title.
|Biggest Leap Forward
In a banner year for the Pac-10, Oregon coach George Horton and UCLA coach John Savage would be strong choices for coach of the year if not for Esmay. The Ducks and Bruins are also the top candidates for this category, though Arizona and California have also made significant strides from 2009 to 2010. But no program has been transformed in the span of a year more than Oregon.
The Ducks' troubles in 2009—their first season since the program was resuscitated from its 28-year hiatus—have been well documented. They ranked 298th out of 299 Division I teams in batting (.227) and dead last in scoring (2.7 runs per game), en route to a 14-42 overall record.
But Oregon matched last year's win total on March 20, just the fifth week of the 14-week season. The offense still is far from dynamic, but it is much more respectable than it was a year ago, hitting .277 and averaging 5.8 runs per game. The Ducks are 19-10 overall, and though they dropped two of three in their first two conference series (at Arizona and against Arizona State), they did hand the Sun Devils their first loss of the season. The next two weeks present challenges—Oregon makes back-to-back road trips to Stanford and UCLA—but the Ducks are much better equipped to handle those tests than they were a year ago.
"Our guys seem to be tougher mentally, more resilient," Horton said earlier this season.
They also have one of the nation's best pitching staffs, ranking fifth nationally in ERA (2.95) and seventh in fewest walks allowed per nine innings (2.52). Sophomore lefty Tyler Anderson (4-3, 2.23) and finally healthy senior righty Justin LaTempa (2-2, 2.70) give the rotation an excellent one-two punch, and the bullpen is loaded with quality arms.
"Our pitching, we thought it was good last year, and it kind of broke down with the pressure that was on them, but we think it's even better this year," Horton said. "We think we're really deep in quality too. The velocity and stuff part of it doesn't lie."
Neither does the won-lost record. There's a long, tough road still ahead, but halfway through the season, the Ducks have a realistic shot at a regional bid. And that's serious progress in Year Two after the program's resurrection.
|Biggest Disappointment
Early on this spring, Georgia's struggles could be chalked up to a bevy of injuries, particularly in the infield. The Bulldogs deserved a little slack, common logic went, but surely they would pick it up once they returned to full health.
That excuse doesn't fly anymore. Starting middle infielders Kyle Farmer and Levi Hyams are back, and both have played well in the 15 or so games they have been in the lineup, hitting .382 and .349, respectively. But Georgia's problems have only gotten worse.
The Bulldogs ranked 22nd in the preseason largely on the strength of their deep stable of power arms. Weekend starters Justin Grimm, Michael Palazzone and Jeff Walters have all shown very good velocity, but all three have been repeatedly lit up, and the bullpen has been just as bad or worse. Remarkably, Georgia's talented staff ranked 266th in the nation with an 8.20 ERA through Sunday—and the team ERA actually climbed to 8.62 after UGa. gave up 29 runs in two midweek losses to Clemson.
Those losses were just the latest in a string of embarrassing defeats for the Bulldogs. Florida State outscored Georgia 37-7 in a three-game sweep in March. Auburn pummeled the Dawgs by scores of 20-3 and 19-3 in the bookends of a three-game sweep two weeks later. Mississippi State scored 20 runs in its two victories against Georgia the following week. Louisiana State put up 15 in the finale of last weekend's series in Baton Rouge.
"We just don't understand the value of getting ahead in the count," Georgia coach David Perno said after Tuesday's loss to Clemson. "When you don't get ahead, the little hits start falling in and Clemson had that happen tonight. The toughest thing about this team is the uncertainty and not knowing what you're going to get this late in the season is demoralizing . . . We're going to turn the corner on this pitching staff and I will be right there monitoring our progress."
Heading into this weekend's series against Mississippi, Georgia is 10-19 overall and 2-7 in conference play. And the schedule doesn't let up, with series against ranked opponents Arkansas, South Carolina and Vanderbilt in the following three weeks.
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|• The showcase showdown this week is Virginia's series against Georgia Tech. The Cavaliers saw their six-week run atop the rankings come to an end this week following their series loss to North Carolina State, but now they return home to Davenport Field, where they are 18-2 this season. The athletic, fast and pitching-rich Cavaliers are built for the spacious dimensions of their home field, but the Yellow Jackets are built for power: They average 2.24 home runs per game, most in the nation. Georgia Tech will likely need to find other ways to win this weekend, because home runs figure to be hard to come by. But Tech has plenty of quality arms and an excellent defense in its own right, with a .976 fielding percentage that ranks 19th in the nation—though Virginia ranks fourth (.981). Expect a competitive, compelling series.
• UCLA faces its first road series of the season at No. 17 Oregon State, in a matchup of two of the nation's top four pitching staffs in terms of ERA. All of a sudden, the Bruins don't seem quite as invincible as they did during their 22-0 start (after all, they've lost two of their last three games), but their stellar weekend rotation and rock-solid bullpen should make them a favorite in just about every series they play. Oregon State scored just 10 runs in its three-game series at Southern California last weekend, and the Beavers should find scoring even more difficult against UCLA's elite staff. That means there is little margin for error for OSU starters Greg Peavey, Tanner Robles and Sam Gaviglio.
• South Carolina travels to Vanderbilt for a pivotal series in the SEC's Eastern Division. The Gamecocks sit atop that division at 7-2, but Vandy is just two games back at 5-4, with Florida in between at 6-3. This could be a lower-scoring series than the average set between these two teams; Vandy leads the conference with a 3.27 ERA in SEC games, and South Carolina is second at 3.38. Offensively, the Gamecocks have shown more power, the Commodores more speed, and both rank in the middle of the SEC pack in batting during league games. Translation: This is an evenly matched series that could go either way, so give the slight edge to the home team.


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{TRANS} Onew and Minho for SHINee's "TALK 2 YOU Vol.3" Interview in JILLE Magazine, February 2013
Posted 22 January 2013 - 05:56 AM
The blanket story is really touching.
And the ramen, it sounds like dating, Onew.
As expected of Minho, just sport drinks and no snacks in particular.
No wonder you had such a fit body.
cr. lynnryan
Posted 22 January 2013 - 06:35 AM
they really take care of each other.. while onew has his playful side, minho has his mature side..
well, minho character did look matured.. but it does not overtake onew's charisma when he's being serious ..
Posted 22 January 2013 - 12:07 PM
I think I ship OnHo as a brotp now >.< They're so cute~ ♥
♥ bset made by me ♥
Posted 23 January 2013 - 12:10 AM
onew appa is like a leader who can make other member laugh kkk~ comedian XD
My twitter account : @daisytami also my Me2day: taminho
My Tumblr
Posted 23 January 2013 - 12:13 AM
But when Onew was pretending to sleep.... That was funny! Minho is so caring!
Pahahahahh key likes beer as drinks. And Taemin like jelly and juice. Jelly? Lol.
Oh and one last thing........ SHINee has planned so many outfits for us girls in these interviews!
Posted 23 January 2013 - 01:21 AM
thanks for sharing..
Posted 23 January 2013 - 01:51 AM
Posted 23 January 2013 - 05:48 AM
Minho,that's so sweet of you to put blanket around Onew. You really love your hyungs ♥
Someone give Taemin jelly and juice! ^^
Posted 23 January 2013 - 08:48 AM
Posted 23 January 2013 - 09:14 AM
I guess they are the two leaders together almost?
Onew feeling guilty for wanting to trick Minho was cute~ They're both so kind
Shinee fighting!
Posted 24 January 2013 - 07:43 AM
Wish u luck
Posted 24 January 2013 - 05:23 PM
Posted 24 January 2013 - 05:47 PM
I wanna see MC OnHo again.... >3< They were so adorkable together...I did wonder what music shows would be if JongKey were the MCs...but then I decided they shouldnt...for they would just turn the whole show upside downn and blab for hours. XP
Posted 25 January 2013 - 04:49 AM
You can feel the brotherly feels between Minho and Onew.
Kyaah! They are my two biases )
I also would like to see them MC together. They are just perfect with each other XD
Posted 26 January 2013 - 06:26 AM
minho is so considerate, he has a really mature personality... continue to look after onew please, keke..
onho brotherhood is so heartwarming...
Posted 28 January 2013 - 02:24 AM
Posted 28 January 2013 - 09:14 AM
Awww OnHo, you precious boys!
They are so sweet that it made me cringe a bit LOL.
Minho is so considerate<3 And Onew is such a sweetie<3
And ohehmgee! Really Taem Oppa? Jelly and juice! What a baby XD so cute
Posted 01 February 2013 - 11:35 PM
Posted 02 February 2013 - 01:30 AM
Onew, you're such a gentlemen~
Minho, you're such a physical education teacher~
Every interview of them are such a fanservice message
Posted 02 February 2013 - 05:55 PM
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Posted 04 February 2013 - 07:50 AM
Omo....so sweet....TT_TT~~Melted
Posted 04 February 2013 - 09:41 AM
Posted 11 February 2013 - 11:26 AM
Minho-goon, i love you not only as a Shawol, I love you as an MVP.
The other Shinee boys are such individualists, I seriously think Shinee would have already gone the way of TVXQ if not for team player extraordinaire Choi Minho.
Posted 12 February 2013 - 03:49 AM
"We're like real brothers, aren't we?"
This one of the reasons why I really love SHINee.
They treat each other as their real brothers.
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Fergie is one lucky girl!
The Black Eyed Peas singer was shown twice the love on her 39th birthday Thursday, receiving two festive cakes that no doubt spurred two very different reactions from the pop star.
First up, husband Josh Duhamel surprised her with a sweet treat that featured a photo of their son, 7-month-old Axl, holding a sign that read: "HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMY!!!"
"My cake from my boyZ I love, Axl and @JoshDuhamel, #babycakez," she wrote on Instagram.
Her friends, however, had a very different kind of cake in mind for Fergie: They surprised her with one plastered with a sexy photo of Duhamel, 41, shirtless from his 2004 movie, Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!
"Thank u," she wrote on Instagram, calling the treat "my dope bday cake!!!!!! LOL #tadhamilton."


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MILWAUKEE -- It turns out the old sparkplug still has a little juice.
Leading off for the first time since 2004, Michael Young went 3 for 5 and conspired with John Mayberry to produce six hits from the top two spots in the lineup. Tyler Cloyd did the rest for yet another quality start, and the Phillies opened a 10-game road trip with a 5-1 win in Milwaukee on Thursday (see Instant Replay).
The Phils (31-30) won for the fifth straight game and climbed over .500 for the first time this season.
Mayberry also went 3 for 5, Delmon Young homered and Cloyd worked into the seventh without surrendering a run, all helping the Phillies claim a relatively comfortable win.
"We're happy the hard work has started to pay off and we're starting to see it in the standings," Michael Young said. "I think we're very happy with our style of play right now. We're doing a good job on the bases, running aggressively, pushing the envelope. The bases is one of those places where you can create some energy for your team, and we're doing a good job of that right now."
A pair of infield singles ignited a first-inning rally that gave Cloyd some early support. The Phillies ultimately loaded the bases with no outs, then scored on Ryan Howard's laser-beam sacrifice fly to center and a wild pitch from Brewers starter Wily Peralta (4-7), who labored through five innings of work.
"We caught a couple breaks with two infield hits, and Jimmy got a clean one," Young said, referring to the Jimmy Rollins' single to load the bases. "Their guy has great stuff and has a real bright future, but Tyler did really well. He limited the damage. Their big guys in the middle managed a couple singles, and that was about it."
Cloyd allowed four hits -- all singles -- in 6 2/3 innings of work. He worked around five walks and has allowed two runs or fewer in four of his five starts since subbing in for Roy Halladay. He was saddled with a hard-luck loss in his last start Saturday, also against the Brewers.
"We mixed up a lot, threw a lot of different sequences, different pitches to hitters," Cloyd said of facing the same team twice in a week. "I made little adjustments mechanics-wise, which has helped me keep the ball down. Obviously when the ball is down, you get a little more movement on pitches. The offspeed has been down in the zone and that's the biggest thing."
The Phillies weren't satisfied with the 2-0 lead after one, scoring in the second when Cloyd drew a walk and motored around from first base on Mayberry's RBI double. In the third, speed again played a role when Domonic Brown stole both second and third base, then came across when Erik Kratz beat the ball to first to avoid a double play. Brown, who registered his team-leading 20th multi-hit game, now has six stolen bases for the year after stealing five in his career heading into 2013.
"We're not going to steal a lot of pitches when pitchers are really quick to the plate and catchers throw good," Phillies manager Charlie Manuel said. "We don't have a legit base-stealer where he can go when a pitcher's release is about 1.2 or 1.25 [seconds], definitely 1.3. When you start getting up into the 1.4s and [1.]5s and [1.]6s, they have a good chance of making it."
Delmon Young added his third home run in seven games in the fifth to afford the Phillies a 5-0 lead. Milwaukee's lone run came across against reliever Mike Adams in the eighth on an RBI groundout by Jonathan Lucroy.
Two of Michael Young's hits were of the infield variety, including one to lead off the game.
"[Manuel] asked me about it when I got here," Young said of batting leadoff. "He asked if I'd done it before, I said, 'Yeah.' It doesn't really matter to me. My approach is always dictated on the situation in the game.
"I know what I'm capable of — I just have to try and stay the course. I had a little bit of a rough stretch there, but I just have to keep at it and stay the course."
The Brewers, who have been beleaguered by ineffectiveness and injuries within their rotation, plan to start Alfredo Figaro and Tom Gorzelanny over the next two days. Both have spent the majority of the year in the bullpen and may not have a typical starter's pitch count to work with, meaning the Phillies could benefit from forcing the Brewers to take a full four innings of relief work Thursday.
"We've still got to come out and outplay them," Manuel said. "Sometimes in this game when things don't look so bright for you, something always happens. That's why you go play. You don't take anything for granted."


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Where are all the good men? That's what my single girlfriends are always asking me! Now the same question is being asked by a prominent Economist.
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In his new book 'A Nation of Takers', Nicholas Eberstadt makes the case more and more men in this country are opting out of the workforce and signing onto government entitlements.
That's right, fewer men are working, and more of them are on the dole. Check out these numbers: over the past 60 or so years, the proportion of women who work has nearly doubled from 32% in 1948, to 60% today. But men? That's a whole different story.
The proportion of men working during the same time has dropped to 73% from 89%. Let's face it; women are becoming more and more important in keeping America at work.
Now, you're probably thinking the Great Recession had something to do with men's ability to keep and retain a job, right? After all, many of the jobs lost during the recession were typically men's; like manufacturing, construction, and the like.
Eberstadt finds the proportion of men working was already eroding even before the crash, down 13% between 1948 and 2008.
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Today, an unbelievable 27% of men do not consider themselves part of the workforce. The proportion of men in the labor force in their late 30's in this country is lower than in Greece! The problem for some men isn't the availability of jobs, but the desire to have one.
To be sure, the aging of the baby boomers has something to do with this. I'm not talking about people who rightly take their social security payments after a lifetime of paying into the system. What I'm talking about is men opting to go on the government dole at younger ages.
Eberstadt blames a widespread abuse of entitlements. One example, the explosion in disability claims awarded under social security. Behind these numbers, many men are making the conscious decision to go on the dole rather than work, in some cases because they make more money that way.
I believe work is the way most of us establish a sense of self worth and purpose. I think most Americans believe that as well. It's time we created an environment in this country where it was more highly rewarded and prized; not just for the fellas but the women as well.


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Hi Lenka,
To clarify the point Bob makes Id give this example.
In appositions, the indefinite article implies the listener is not familiar with the modified object (person), while the definite article implies he is or he should (is supposed to) be.
Leo Tolstoy, the great Russian writer,
- Everybody knows Tolstoy and the listener is supposed to know him.
Leo Tolstoy, a great Russian writer,
. It may sound insulting, the speaker presumes the listener is an ignoramus.
In some cases, by adding the definite article we exalt the object, give it a higher rank in terms of fame or importance thus, .
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The anticipated re-issue of the 1993 avant garde free jazz album !Sassy! by sax player Billy Shaw is now available! This digitally remastered re-issue contains the best of the original album along with two new songs never before released. !Sassy! was originally a collection of alto-sax compositions but has been expanded to include later selections featuring tenor and soprano sax as well. Known as one of the pioneers in Death Jazz with the popular avant garde trio Shovin' Sunshine, Billy Shaw has seen a resurgence in the popularity of this artform and his bands' forms of music, culminating in the recent re-issues of the original Shovin' Sunshine releases as well as his !Sassy! solo debut.
Shortly after !Sassy!'s original release, Shovin' Sunshine was formed, and Billy went to tenor sax fulltime; no further recordings of Billy Shaw alto sax were ever made. Many people considered Sassy! to be Billy Shaw at his most lyrical and melodic, markedly different from his characteristically fiery tenor playing. For the sheer fun of being able to present more of the facets of Billy Shaw the player, we've included two new tracks on this re-issue. The previously unreleased "The End of Days" (1995) features his unique tenor sound in the same trio setting with which !Sassy! was originally recorded three years prior. The other new track, "Sahara" (1996), features soprano sax and clarinet in the same trio setting but to a considerably different and hypnotic effect.
!Sassy! has always been characterized as a lightly instrumented classic acoustic trio format featuring percussion, bass, and lead sax as the foundation of the Billy Shaw artform. This re-issue CD presents the additional tracks as consistent extensions of the original format, with an expanded Billy Shaw looking back on !Sassy! from the vantage point of the intervening Shovin' Sunshine experience.
From the die-hard aficionado to the casually curious, this underground artifact from the last decade of a past millennium is a must-have for your avant garde or free jazz collection! !Sassy! is available from CDBaby.com and Tower Records. Be sure to visit www.BillyShawSongs.com to hear more Billy Shaw Music For Modern Times.


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In an essay in the Independent Book Publishers Association's monthly Independent magazine, Ingram content acquisition VP and IBPA board of directors member Kelly Gallagher showed why small and medium-sized publishers are "the industry's healthiest and fastest-growing segment."
The article noted that small publishers (the presses that need fewer than ten ISBNs every year year) have increased 69 percent between 2006 and 2011. Bowker now counts almost 21,000 of these scrappy publishers.
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During the past four years, from 2008 to 2011, publishers with annual net sales between $500,000 and $5 million grew unit sales by more than 25 percent, double the industry growth rate. And publishers with less than $500,000 in annual net sales also far exceeded the industry average, growing unit sales by nearly 23 percent in the same four-year span. Revenue growth for each of these two publishing segments is even more impressive. Publishers netting $500,000 to $5 million annually grew at five times the industry average, at a rate of over 15 percent, while publishers netting less than $500,000 annually grew at four times the industry average, at a rate just under 13 percent.


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Having never heard any of Incantation's material since 'Diabolical Conquest', I was nonetheless excited to come across their latest album at rather short notice.
One of the shortcomings of this album is the production, which is for the most part, aesthetically at odds with the atmosphere that made the likes of 'Onward To Golgotha' essential and encapsulating listening. Dan Swano's production gives an unnecessary excess of compression, particularly the drums, whilst the guitars sound more streamlined and less layered than what would normally be expected.
This more 'modern' sound has similarities to what was heard on the first Profanatica full length 'Profanatitas De Dominatia', and even Autopsy's recent 'Macabre Eternal', though less organic.
Songs structures are much more compact, and are rhythmically less juxtaposed than on earlier work, particularly in how the percussive patterns tend to be more adherent to the use of guitar riffs.
This is very much clear on their more up-tempo songs, which are more centralized and straightforward. 'Transcend Into Absolute Dissolution' and 'Profound Loathing' are slower tracks that keep the same low-ended riffing, alternating them with their trademark pinched harmonics that characterize the primordial chaos of Incantation's sound palette.
'Vanquish In Vengeance' does not eclipse any of their earlier material, though presents itself with boldess and conveys a strong, consistent and workmanlike ethic. There are moments of brilliance, however. The final track on the album, the epic 'Legion Of Dis' makes for a masterful excursion into their trademark death/doom narratives, descending into a refrain of distortion and bellowing that brings to mind Godflesh and Whitehouse. It deserves to stand as one of their finest compositions.
To say that 'Vanquish In Vengenace' tops recent releases by Disma or Autopsy would be an overstatement, but this is nonetheless a competent work of death metal.
Incantation have been around a very long time and over the span of almost twenty-five years have seen their reputation rise and fall almost as many time as they've endured line-up changes, label changes, and changes in the tastes and trends of a scene they themselves helped create. And after six years of dormancy (six years in which a legion of imitators spawned from their absence and a sudden rediscovering of their earlier records arrived and dominated), Incantation returns with their most vital and profound effort since 1998's Diabolical Conquest.
Vanquish In Vengeance is Incantation with a chip on their shoulder. An album with something to prove. Faced with the task of reinvigorating themselves, the band opts to head in a slightly different direction from their own past and the peers who've been aping them. Sloughing off the murk and mire, the band opts for a cleaner, bolder production job that accents all the instruments and accentuates the songwriting. And here is where Incantation break free from those who would claw them back down. No one who has copied the Incantation style lately can touch the songwriting here.
Considering this is their eighth full-length, it would be reasonable to expect apathy and amotivation. Few bands this deep into a discography are able to bring much passion and energy to their music but that's exactly what Incantation does. Vanquish In Vengeance crackles with energetic life: choppy, staccato chords and blurred tremolo riffs coupled to heaving, chunky basslines and tremendously powerful and off-kilter drumming -- all slathered in a grey-hued atmosphere for horror and oppression. The band strides the death-doom demarcation perfectly, crafting superb slowdowns of despair to interperse with their high-octane face-melters. And they've added a few new wrinkles to the mix too, like the eleven-minute funereal epic "Legion Of Dis," which sings high-melodic praise while still lurching at a pace akin to a caravan with broken spokes and all the while an amelodic squelch of noisy feedback threatens to rise up and subsume the song. It's an incredible experience, especially on headphones.
John McEntee finally arrives as a vocalist too and at long last is able to shed the long memories of an earlier performer unfairly fetishized. McEntee, ever reluctant to become the band's full-time singer, ascends into his prime and delivers a fully demonic performance perfectly attuned to the band's occult lyrics. He is also in fine guitar fettle with brilliant riffs and flashes of genius in the few solos he delivers. Having Kyle Severn back in the drum chair helps too. He may not be the flashiest drummer but he delivers a heavy performance here and is never afraid to go a little off-time, keeping things lively and frenetic throughout.
In a genre rife with stagnation and imitation, it is refreshing to hear another veteran band answer the challenge of their younger peers and then casually brush them aside with an album so masterly that it is somewhat hard to fathom. Incantation, like their NYDM peers Suffocation and Immolation, continue to progress and inspire and Vanquish In Vengeance is a true highlight of their discography.
Vanquish in Vengeance is Incantation's first album in half a decade. In that time, a legion of bands have sprung up that are making careers for themselves out of plundering the murky, creepy-crawling legacy of the Pennsylvania quartet's classic recordings such as Onward to Golgotha and Diabolical Conquest, capitalizing on the elder statesmen's prolonged absence from the scene. Indeed, Incantation-influenced death metal is pretty much a subgenre unto itself at this point, but as Marvin Gaye once said; "Ain't nothing like the real thing baby."
So it is that Incantation have returned from Golgotha to show the kiddies who's boss with what is unquestionably one hell of a comeback record in the form of Vanquish in Vengeance. But whereas the bands currently aping John McEntee's legendary death squad chose to wallow in the sonic muck (in most cases to disguise a complete and total lack of riffs), Incantation are all about clarity in 2012. In fact, Vanquish in Vengeance might be the most well-produced album in the band's catalog, benefiting from an absolutely stellar mixing and mastering job by non other than Dan Swano. Songs like "Transcend into Absolute Dissolution" "Profound Loathing" and "Legion of Dis" retain Incantation's trademark heaviness and oppressive atmosphere, but each instrument is easily discernible, making the whole thing that much more crushing.
Atmosphere, heaviness; these two things are integral to Incantation's sound, but they wouldn't amount to much if they weren't propped up by good, sturdy songs. McEntee brings his a-game to the table for Vanquish in Vengeance, penning a batch of tracks that feel like classic Incantation, yet at the same time are somehow even more doomy and twisted. The aforementioned "Legion of Dis," the eleven-plus minute closing track, is a goddamn planet-smasher in and of itself, but everything that comes before it is just as impressive. Songs here run the gamut from slow-burning, chest-caving death doom to taught, under four minute face-rippers, making for a much more varied listen than what one might expect from Incantation.
With Vanquish in Vengeance, Incantation have managed to pull off the difficult task of staying true to their roots while at the same time updating and tweaking their sound. The album makes nods to the past without being a carbon copy of old ideas, proving once again that McEntee is a master of his craft, the gold standard by which all other bands attempting this style are to be measured. The fact that it absolutely obliterates all other bands is just icing on the cake.
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Incantation was a band that hit me early on, and hit me HARD early on, with a pair of albums so abysmally dark, dank, nihilist and unfriendly that they really challenged my perception of the possibilities in a budding genre that I had previously still held pretty closely to the tenets of thrash and speed based songwriting. The monstrous, outrageous guttural vocals were the sickest I'd heard since Van Drunen or Tardy. The emphasis on churning, subterranean atmosphere over the 'catchy' evil riffs inherent to many of the Floridian, Dutch or Swedish exports was a novelty I hadn't considered (one that has since been beaten to death by various waves of followers), but despite this fact, Onward to Golgotha and Mortal Throne of Nazarene remained quite distinct. My reactions to the later Incantation work in the 90s and beyond were lukewarm at best (Decimate Christendom being the disc I enjoyed most of these), because even though they've never released a 'bad' full-length (outside of the wasteful Upon the Throne of Apocalypse), for some reason I felt like they had lost some of that crushing primacy that translated into nuance during their formative years of existence.
So I'm pretty confident in claiming that Vanquish in Vengeance is the best album I've heard from the band in 18 years, but this boast comes with a caveat: it's not necessarily the same, murky, ominous Incantation that so many have foisted upon the pedestal of (un)godliness. Thanks largely to the production, this is a far brighter beast than I usually associate with the Pennsylvanians' output, even if the musical blueprint covers most of the same fundamentals. Vanquish in Vengeance is well written, old school death metal, that has, to its great credit, decided against shunning the benefits that come with a louder, more contemporary recording flush with the 21st century. To some degree, this naturally comes with an elevated sense of accessibility, not that you'll be hearing Incantation on the radio or booming out the loudspeakers at the shopping mall, but that its not got the ultra-muddied tones to compete with lauded underground juggernauts like Teitanblood or Portal. This is potent, dynamic, riff-centric death metal rooted in the virtues of the 90s, with an enormous sense of proper pacing throughout 52 minutes of occult and supernatural lyrical themes. In terms of the riffing structure, it's certainly not a far cry from many of the records they've released in the interim of their gory, glory days with Relapse, but a lot of the note progressions here really gelled with me.
Guitars have a firm, raw fiber to them that holds up through whatever tempo and configuration they choose, whether that be a lumbering, vile death/doom groove as in "The Hellions Genesis" and "Transcend the Absolute Dissolution", or the grainier, accelerated patterns that feel like someone tilling the soil in a moist, fog-shrouded cemetery with a gut-spattered iron rake. Harmonies are morbid, beefy and atonal, and leads sporadic and quivering like psychedelic banshees in conversation through the the deepening night. In contrast to what a lot of death metal bands select for their bass tones, these lines are pretty clean sounding (like the intro to "Profound Loathing"), and though the instrument is always playing second fiddle to McEntee and (newish guitarist) Alex Bouks, I like the dichotomy of solemn swells against the ghoulish grit of the guitars. Kyle Severn returns once again to the fold with a lurid and effective set of skills, and though Incantation are not necessarily known for unabated percussive intensity, he packs in some tight fills with effortless double bass and blasting techniques whenever called for. That said, I did feel like the drums, in addition to the bass, were often outweighed by the rhythm guitars.
Vanquish in Vengeance is the third full-length on which John McEntee performs the vocals, and even if he might not have that same, dreadful character that defined Craig Pillard in the early years, he's come unto his own with his sodden, opaque, mortuary growls, which I'd say hold up rather well up against either Disma's Towards the Megalith or Autopsy's Macabre Eternal, both of which this record altogether exceeds by my humble estimations. Again, the variation here is excellent, from the surging blood storm of intro "Invoked Infinity" to the wailing and wrenching crawl of the nearly 12 minute finale "Legion of Dis", there's never a point at which I felt like the quartet was fucking off and repeating itself needlessly. Apart from the fat, necrotic mass of its natural resonance, there was no cellulose here to be trimmed, and the lengthier numbers were imbued with enough mournful atmosphere that they really filled out their bulk. In a year already strong and saturated with classic death metal sounds from artists both new and old, Incantation has risen once more unto relevance, and even if it's not a perfectly memorable outing 100% of the time, this is bad ass enough to survive a large swath of re-listens. Impressive!


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A DRUG dealer became aggressive after police seized a wad of bank notes and a bag of white powder he had in his pocket from him.
Police had gone to Daniel Haw's home in Bankhead Road, Northallerton, to quiz him about a theft, but became suspicious when he began acting unusually.
They found £380 cash in the property and also seized the bag of white powder which was found to be half an ounce of the party drug Mephedrone, known as "M-Cat", with a street value of £280.
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Prosecuting at Teesside Crown Court, Martin Towers said Haw became aggressive and whined: "How I am going to pay that off?"
The defendant explained that he had bought the drugs from a supplier and intended to sell them off to settle a debt.
Haw said the cash was money he had won from gambling, but Mr Towers said: "The Crown would say that money represents the proceeds from the sale [of drugs]."
Brian Russell, for 19-year-old Haw, who admitted possession of a Class B drug with intent to supply on March 4 this year, said he had been funding his own habit by selling drugs.
He said Haw was of previous good character.
Haw breathed a sigh of relief from the dock as Judge Tony Briggs told him he was suspending a nine-month jail sentence for two years.
There would also be a supervision requirement of 12 months and 100 hours unpaid work to carry out.
The judge told the defendant: "It is a pity that the energy that you have devoted to this particular matter is not chanelled in more useful ways."
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Duquesne got 22 points from Micah Mason en route to a 71-64 victory over Saint Louis on Thursday at Chaifetz Arena.
Duquesne was a 13.5-point underdog in the win, and managed to turn a profit for their supporters.
Jerry Jones had 19 points for Duquesne and Ovie Soko chipped in with 12 points. Derrick Colter had 5 assists for them, while Dominique McKoy was the team's top rebounder, grabbing 7 boards.
Saint Louis got an 18-point performance from Mike McCall Jr., who was supported by 13 points from Jordair Jett. Jordair Jett had 3 assists in a losing cause for Saint Louis, while Dwayne Evans grabbed 12 rebounds.
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Favorite music for Raves?
Posted 22 July 2013 - 10:16 PM
Happy Hardcore
Posted 22 July 2013 - 10:29 PM Edited by The-King, 22 July 2013 - 10:31 PM.
Truthfully though, hard house and dubstep will always be my favorite rave music, especially considering I got introduced to both genres when I started raving years ago and fell in love long before either firmly hit the mainstream.
Raves suck major dick these days though, nothing but rebellious little sh*t teenagers out to get f*cked up. None of the heart that it used to have, PLUR is all but dead.
EDIT: Afrojack's Take Over Control, this song always makes me f*cking lose it.
Posted 22 July 2013 - 11:50 PM
Posted 23 July 2013 - 04:55 PM Edited by ThePinkFloydSound, 23 July 2013 - 05:05 PM.
I don't know what I prefer.. I mean I really like a versatility. House's 4/4 timing can just get repetitive. The best raves are organised by people who like multiple genres of music for me. Start off with the generally undanceable Dubstep, Move on to Drum & Bass and then on to some banging Techno or House
Also depends on what the vibe is like. I went to a day time rave where they got a huge and expensive soundsystem which was star of the show and played Dub music all day. People were tripping and doing pills and smoking green. The other room had more banging Jungle/D&B.
If people are doing some progressive music, crossing genres then even better than having some conformist generic music playing for 24hrs straight.
Posted 23 July 2013 - 09:14 PM Edited by VF94, 23 July 2013 - 09:39 PM.
Posted 24 July 2013 - 10:02 PM
I have never been to a rave before but I suppose I would like to go to one as long as the music is decent. The most interesting music for me to hear would be house, techno, and drum and bass\jungle, all from the '90s or early '00s. Modern music is great too, but the modern music I generally imagine being played in clubs is average compared to older music.
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I taught you well
Posted 12 August 2013 - 05:27 PM
Dubstep was never rave music, its just half time garage crossed with jump up dnb. When the Americans/Canadians got hold of it it just got horrible, they have a great understanding of sound design (skrilex, datsik) but seemed to completely misunderstand the sound and skip the groove element and low down sub that makes the dirty midrange growl sounds worth anything. Dubstep used to be a good sub-genre back in the simple wobble days up to about the time chase & status got into it with eastern jam (biiiig tune, but even then that dirty bass was a preset from a soft synth) just got dry after that imo.
Happy hardcore, while cheese, is great for a rave. the mcees know how to get people live, or did back in the day. They took control over the ravers and made things fun even if you weren't on E.
My favorite sound has always been dnb from back when it was jungle.
Posted 22 October 2013 - 02:27 PM Edited by God Of GTAO, 22 October 2013 - 02:32 PM.
Bonus point if you remember this rave
Bonus point and a cookie if you were there
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As a child there were three things that scared me greatly:
2.People trying on Halloween masks at LaVerdiere's
3.Freddy Krueger.
Chucky was a pretty straightforward terror — he was a doll that murdered people. And, people wearing masks was an inexplicable fear that I always had growing up, so naturally seeing people trying on masks in a department store would certainly be a terror to me. Freddy was third on this list because I avoided everything to do with Freddy because he was that scary. I would cry every time I saw his face on a videocassette box at Hometown Video Hut.
Yes, Chucky or Halloween masks may have occupied spots one and two on my list, but that was only because I was too young and frightened to give Freddy a chance. This fact might also explain why I have seen few films from the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. In helping me get over this childhood fear, I watched "A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge," for this edition of Slasher Summer Camp.
"A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge," written by David Chaskin, directed by Jack Sholder, 87 minutes.
For those unfamiliar with the character of Freddy Krueger (played by Robert Englund), he first appeared in Wes Craven's brilliant film "A Nightmare on Elm Street." The character is a janitor who was a child murderer and pedophile. The parents of the children, overcome with anger, eventually get their revenge by burning him alive in a boiler room. Freddy, in a somewhat went on to haunt and murder teens in their dreams. And, in "A Nightmare on Elm Street Part 2: Freddy's Revenge," he is back, trying to take over the body of a boy named Jesse (Mark Patton) to continue his murdering spree.
The plot in this film is not as engaging as the original. Freddy plays a less terrifying role, as he does not invade people's dreams, but rather just hangs out in Jesse's mind/body. This creates fewer frightening moments for audiences because it doesn't seem like Freddy is nearly as powerful or scary as he used to be. Freddy becomes a humorous villain in "Freddy's Revenge," and was only scary to 5-year-olds like myself. Wes Craven's original was unique, but this sequel veers into territory that makes it almost nothing more than a possession film. Almost.
There are some bizarre scenes in this film and they certainly add some … thing to it. One is the relationship between Jesse and his friend, Grady (Robert Rusler). The two initially seem to dislike each other, fighting on the baseball field after Grady pantsed Jesse for not catching a fly ball. Why does he pants him? Because that's apparently what you did in 1985 if somebody didn't catch a fly ball. Scenes continue throughout the film that demonstrate what the kids would now define as a "frenemy." Jesse yells at Grady in the lunchroom. People stare at the two of them in silence. Jesse and Grady talk about Coach Schneider behind his back, but he hears. They get in trouble and have to do pushups. Yes, there is a lot of drama between these two.
Then, in my favorite scene, Jesse cleans his room while listening to an '80s R&B song. The epic dancing that is done while cleaning this room actually rivals that found in "Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter." Jesse uses his bottom to push in his dresser drawers to the beat of the music, and then puts on sunglasses akin to those that Hermes wore in the Disney version of "Hercules." Jesse then continues to embarrass himself further as his Mom and (hopeful) girlfriend walk in on him.
Other humorous scenes involve the gym teacher finding Jesse at a leather bar attempting to order a beer and a killer parrot. The point of this review is that there are plenty of moments in this film that guarantee laughter, but they do not necessarily make "A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge" worth the viewing. If you're a fan of the franchise and want to see Freddy end up at a pool party, then this one's for you. However, if you want a serious horror film or even a slasher film that is not completely ridiculous, then I say look elsewhere.
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On July 29, 2013 a missing persons report was taken on Matthew Greene, age 39. Mr. Greene arrived in Mammoth Lakes on or near June 27, 2013 to hike, camp, and conquer peaks in the Eastern Sierra. According to his family and friends, Matthew Greene is an avid hiker, rock and ice climber. The last known person to have contact with Greene talked to him on July 16. He was camping at Shady Rest Campground while his vehicle was being repaired at a local shop. Mr. Greene has not returned to Shady Rest Campground or picked up his car from the repair shop.
Matthew Greene is a 39 year old male white, 5'11", approximately 155 pounds, with brownish-blonde short hair and brown eyes. It is believed that he may have gotten a ride from someone to a remote area to hike or climb.
Anyone with information about the whereabouts of Matthew Greene is requested to contact the Mammoth Lakes Police Department at (760) 965-3700 or the Mono County Sheriff's Office at (760) 932-6549 x7.


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UK SPORT has compounded its post-2012 legacy betrayal by confirming that it will no longer fund the Olympic and Paralympic campaigns of six sports.
The biggest, in terms of participation, is basketball. The other sports include synchronised swimming and women's water polo. Funding for elite athletes has been completely cut. So have resources for the Paralympic sports of wheelchair fencing, goalball, and five-a-side football.
The decision has provoked uproar. Basketball and swimming accuse UKS of "bias", and all six sports are considering further appeals. Short of finding private backers, their campaigns for Rio de Janeiro in 2016 seem dead in the water. Women's water polo and synchronised swimming had last year been awarded increased funding, to £8.88m. That has now been removed.
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Weightlifting and badminton were the only winners in the funding review, the outcome of which was announced earlier this week.
Weighlifting doubled its grant to £1.8m, while badminton had £250,000 restored, taking total funding to £5.9m.
Basketball successfuly challenged UKS last year and managed to claw back £1.6m. Now it has been axed again. The sport jumped through hoops to ensure that an Olympic basketball tournament went ahead in London. Patrick Baumann, secretary general of the world body, FIBA, demanded a unified GB basketball body, which helped persuade - some might say force - the home governing bodies to trade independence for an Olympic place. Baumann tried to dictate the new UK body would have its offices in the 2012 venue.
Scotland, which like England and Wales had direct affiliation to FIBA, were wary, mirroring the concerns of Scottish football. Yet they gambled national identity by throwing in their lot with GB, ensuring Britain's first Olympic basketball appearance since 1948.
Less nationally entrenched Scots considered it a fantastic opportunity for legacy. Those more enlightened souls may now be seen as naive. For them, UK Sport's decision is a desperate breach of faith.
UKS will tell you they focus on disciplines which "credibly demonstrate medal-winning potential within eight years" and that it is because agreed goals have not been met, but margins are fine. For instance, France beat the British women's Olympic basketball team in the last second of overtime. And then went on to claim the silver medal.
The UKS decision suggests previous support was no more than cynical window dressing for 2012 and confirms the suspicion of little joined-up thinking in central funding policy. Synchro's funding is axed just a year after it was enhanced. How can a sport be expected to operate effectively with serial uncertainy over income?
Basketball's heartland is inner cities, often deprived areas. Innovative programmes such as midnight leagues have helped relieve social tensions and give hope to ethnic minority kids. No account is taken of the broader picture, one whose horizons embrace legacy, health and obseity, and a range of social engineering issues. Basketball's treatment will sharpen the disturbing perception that funding is driven by an establishment sympathetic to sports which are elitist, white and middle class.
Netball - not even an Olympic sport - received a 30% increase (to £25m) last year from Sport England.
In funding British sports, we attempt to compare apples with pears. Basketball is a global sport, played in 213 countries registered with FIBA, and to a significant professional level. It is vastly more difficult to become a world force or win medals than in most sports. Netball, for example, has just 50 nations in full membership of its world body, of which barely a handful are outside the Commonwealth.
In funding Olympic sports such as dressage, bobsleigh and luge, UK Sport is supporting extreme minority sport. One can defend these disciplines' right to funding, but they are demonstrably far less competitive.
Under the agreement struck over the Olympics with FIBA, a Scotland senior team exists only until 2016. The only competitive basketball opportunities for Scotland are the 2018 Commonwealth Games (the sport is not on the Glasgow programme) and an as-yet unconfirmed Nordic tournament. Sportscotland would support the sport if they qualify for 2018.
FIBA is understood to be considering a proposal which would urge national federations to concentrate on developing the women's game because they will get a return quicker and for less expenditure of resources.
There is a particularly good case for appealing to UKS to consider funding of women's basketball.
Of course, nationalist supporters would tell you this situation would not prevail were Scotland independent. Though the reality is that the sport at Scottish level has not the critical mass to be global, there is always a wild card option for major events, even world championships.
Overall, UKS support for sport is up on the cycle to 2012, but what is being sought by the ditched sports is peanuts in the global sphere of government sport funding. UKS is obsessed with medals at all costs. It is not what sports should be about and sends the wrong message about the ethos of sport.


text: David Strathairn is a few short weeks away from his return to Broadway in The Heiress, where he'll transform into a dignified 19th-century doctor. This fall audiences can also catch the Oscar nominee as real-life Secretary of State William H. Seward in Steven Spielberg's anxiously awaited new film Lincoln. Strathairn stars as Lincoln's brave confidante alongside Broadway alums Tommy Lee Jones, Sally Field, Adam Driver and Julie White (who recently chatted with Broadway.com about the film). Click below to see the new trailer for Lincoln, starring Daniel Day Lewis as Honest Abe, in theaters November 9!


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Press release
from City of Asheville
The TRC is a forum for technical staff to meet with applicants to review proposed projects and to discuss any comments or concerns noted from TRC members' review of plans submitted. Following the discussion between the applicants and staff, the TRC will take action on each item, making a recommendation to the Planning and Zoning Commission for approval of the project, approval with conditions, or denial. Members of the public may attend the meeting, but public comment is not allowed. Public comment is allowed during public review at the Planning and Zoning Commission.
Site development plans and project contact information can be viewed online via the City of Asheville Development Mapper program at the following web address: http://gis.ashevillenc.gov/mapAsheville/developmentmapper/ . Additional information can also be obtained by contacting the City of Asheville Planning and Development Department at 828.259-5831.
Major Subdivision
1. Major Subdivision review for the project identified as Lake Craig/Azalea Road Improvements located at 69 Gashes Creek Road. The subdivision proposes a new road, bridge, regional storm water management, greenway, stream restoration, and public parking. The owner is City of Asheville and the contact is Mike Lewis. The property is identified in the Buncombe County tax records as PIN 9668-22-0260, 9668-14-0551, and 9668-03-9619. Project # 12-6939
Planner coordinating review – Julia Fields
Final Review
2. A request for a Conditional Zoning from Highway Business to RM-16 CZ and a Manufactured Housing Community Overlay District for the project identified as Wellington Estates located at 42 Airport Road. The rezoning would allow the expansion of an existing manufactured home park. The owner is Wellington Estates, LLC and Wellington Estates South, LLC and the contact is Lisa Stephens. The property is identified in the Buncombe County tax records as a portion of PIN 9654-00-7733. Project # 12-5279
Planner coordinating review – Jessica Bernstein
3. Final Review of Level III site plan for the project identified as AB Tech Allied Health & Workforce Development Facility located at 240 Victoria Road. The project proposes to develop a 185,421 square foot education facility. The owner is Buncombe County Government and the contact is Kathryn Scott. The property is identified in the Buncombe County tax records as a portion of PIN# 9648-33-4217. Project # 12-5264
Planner coordinating review – Julia Fields
4. Final Review of an amendment to the approved Conditional Zoning master site plan for the project identified as Hunt Hill Apartments located at 56 Hunt Hill Place. The amendment proposes a redesign of the site and buildings and also proposes a new pool and clubhouse addition. The owner is Hunt Hill Holdings, LLC and the contact is Chip Kassinger. The property is identified in the Buncombe County tax records as PIN 9648.57-9895 and 9648.58-3079. Project # 12-1366
Planner coordinating review – Julia Fields


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When I look back on my early memories of motherhood, I will remember that I cried a lot. I cry more than the baby, I think. I tell myself that this is a good thing – she is pretty serene, at least when compared with her mother.
I cry when I try to breast-feed her, and she turns her head away in something approaching disgust (nobody has ever turned their head away in disgust from my boobs, nobody!), and I cry when I try to give her a bath but forget to take off her nappy. (I am tired, OK?)
It is just the baby blues, people tell me. It is perfectly normal, they say. It's the hormones, the fact that I have just had a major operation. 'Don't forget,' they chirrup cheerily, 'you are still recovering from surgery!'
Harry is perfect throughout. He soothes the baby, then he soothes me. At this I cry again – I miss it being just the two of us. Isn't that a terrible thing to think? I love our daughter, more than anything, but I am finding it difficult to adapt.
I know that sounds like an awful thing to say, a stupid one, given that I have had nine months to prepare for this.But nothing prepares you for a baby. And here is the truth: I realise that every decision I have ever made in my life I have been able to go back on in some way.
Boyfriends, university, Topshop dresses. All of them could be 'taken back'. But not this one. I suppose we could give her up for adoption, but I'm guessing our families would start asking questions as to where our daughter has gone. That's a joke, obviously.
And I suppose, if I have one regret about my pregnancy, it would be how much I obsessed over giving birth to the exception of everything else. I read every book about labour, and skimmed over the ones about looking after babies.
As Harry says now, 'That's like going on holiday and reading a guidebook that only tells you about the flight. And the flight, while bumpy at times, eventually ends. Then you arrive at your destination and haven't a clue where you're staying, what currency you need or what language everyone is speaking.'
I look at Edie in her Moses basket. She looks back at me with pleading eyes. At the moment we are not speaking the same language at all.


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Last night I was frozen after getting some candy so I went home. I was handing out candy and this whole church group came up to the door. So, in my sweats, sweatshirt, and socks I went outside and closed the door behind me because I didn't want the dogs getting out. After handing them out the candy I turned the door knob... it was locked! It was FREEZING weather outside, frost everywhere. All I had on was sweats, sweatshirt, and socks. No mittens, hat, nothing else. My parents and brother had gone out trick or treating for more candy I was STUCK outside!!! As some of you know, we moved so I didn't know anyone in the neighborhood. I was not going to go to a complete stranger's house and call on their phone... besides, I didn't even know if my mom had her phone with her! I was out there for AT LEAST 40 minutes before my parents came home and by then I felt like I had no toes.
An hour later I was warm but still sitting in front of the fire place shivering.


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This figure represents a record number of respondents citing the web as their primary provider of information on issues of national and international importance.
Television news is declining as Internet news is rising. The number of Americans polled by the Pew group that identified television as their first choice for news is at a record low. Sixty-six percent still claimed to look to TV for their news.
For 20 years the Pew organization has been asking Americans: "How do you get most of your news about national and international issues?"
According to a synopsis of the survey:
Respondents are allowed to give up to two answers. (So, a person can cite both television and the Internet, or television and radio, or newspapers and television, etc., as the places where they get most of their news — and the combined percentages for the various sources can add up to more than 100 percent).
There have been a few instances in the past two decades when Americans have apparently turned to television for the latest news on current events. First, in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, 90 percent of those surveyed cited television as their primary news source. Then again after the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, nearly that number said TV was their choice for news. During the Hurricane Katrina catastrophe nearly 90 percent tuned in for the story of the storm of the century.
Such results are aberrations, however, as one article noted:
During normal news times — when there was not a major act of war or natural disaster — TV hit its apex in January 1996, when 88 percent said it was the place they got most of their national and international news.
When Americans do actually turn on the TV looking for the latest news on top national and international affairs, the networks reported to be most often watched are as follows:
MSNBC: 6 percent
Fox News: 19
Fox News Channel has remained atop this list since dethroning CNN in the Pew poll taken in late July of 2009. MSNBC has consistently ranked lowest among television network news providers picked by respondents as their preferred programming.
Of course, the expansion of the Internet and the proliferation of web-based journalism may be cited as the cause of the crescendo in preference for Internet news sources.
In fact, it was not until early in 1999 that the Internet made its debut on the Pew research group's list of news sources. In January of that year, six percent pointed to the web as the preeminent provider of news and information regarding national and international events.
While the results were not tabulated to indicate their use for dissemination of news, 44 percent of respondents reported "regularly" using the social network sites Facebook and Twitter. As has been widely reported, both of these services have begun to play integral roles in the reporting of "on the ground" conditions by amateur reporters and eyewitnesses to worldwide disasters and conflicts.
By contrast, however, when it comes to matters of local concern, a majority of respondents still turn to television news stations for their information. Fifty-nine percent of those surveyed identified local television channels as their source for "most of [their] local news."
Television isn't the only segment of the traditional media dropping in popularity. When it comes to issues of national and international importance, only 31 percent of respondents identified newspapers as their primary source of information. Newspapers have seen their appeal plummet since reaching a nadir of popularity in September 1995. Not even big stories with broad interest are enough to compel Americans to read the paper.
The breakdown of websites cited by those claiming to use the Internet for their news and information is provided by the Pew poll and is listed as follows:
Yahoo: 30 percent
Local TV/radio/news sites: 12
Google: 12
Fox: 9
New York Times: 6
Facebook: 4
Drudge Report: 4
Wall Street Journal: 3
Washington Post: 2
Huffington Post: 2
Internet service provider: 1
USA Today: 1
Atlanta Journal-Constitution: 1
AP/Reuters: 1
Politico: 1
Newsmax: 1
Comcast: 1
The Guardian: 1
Other: 30
Evidently, although there is a large plurality of Americans for whom the Internet is becoming the go-to source for critical news and information of national and international import, there is no such consensus as to the site they look to for that data. In fact, if the results of this Pew Research poll are reliable, then Internet journalism is wide open and a host of organizations can improve upon their numbers and become premier providers of news to the majority of Americans yet to log on to the net before they turn on the TV.
For the survey released yesterday, the Pew Research Center for The People and The Press interviewed 1,501 adults from July 20-24. The survey's margin of error is reported to be +/- 3.5 points.


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After strong World Cup Ladbrokes bets its online troubles are over
Betting chain Ladbrokes said it had a strong World Cup, laying the foundations for a better second half after disruption caused by switching its online operations to a new platform caused first-half operating profit to fall by a third.
Britain's second-biggest bookmaker after William Hill has struggled to establish its online presence and an alliance with software developer Playtech has taken longer than expected to deliver improvements.
The group, which trades from more than 2,800 shops as well as online, said operating profit fell to £56.8m (€71.4m) just beating market expectations, on net revenue up 1.6pc to £577.8m for the six months to the end of June.
Chief executive Richard Glynn, who had come under pressure from some shareholders eager to see evidence of improvement, said the operational problems had been fixed.
"We set ourselves a target at the beginning of the year to make ourselves match-fit for the World Cup and I think on anyone's examination we had a strong World Cup," he said.
"That sets up well for delivery of growth across the business in the second half of the year and into 2015."
Shares in the company, which have fallen 27pc since the start of the year, were trading up 2.5pca t 134pw yesterday.
Analyst James Ainley at Citi, who has a "sell" rating on the stock, said a renewed commitment to a "flat" full-year dividend should provide share support in the short term.
"The World Cup football performance adds a glimmer of hope for a digital revival," he said. (Reuters)
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HSINCHU, Taiwan (AP) Working quietly in a sterile, temperature-controlled environment, the microchip makers dressed in white moonsuits belied the sense of urgency gripping Taiwan's crucial semiconductor industry.
The chipmakers are struggling to bounce back from the worst shock in the industry's nearly two-decade history a powerful earthquake that threw plants into blackness and temporarily out of business.
Production started again this week and is increasing in stages, but share prices have tumbled and it's far from clear how long it will take to resume full output.
''We're doing the best we can,'' said Chow San-Yi, deputy director general of the Hsinchu Science-based Industrial Park, Taiwan's answer to Silicon Valley.
Hsinchu resembles a slice of the U.S. West Coast transported to northern Taiwan. Many computer executives live there in modern condos and duplexes with lawns, a lifestyle many got used to while working in California's high-tech industry.
Hsinchu, which means ''New Bamboo,'' is one of Taiwan's great economic success stories, so getting the chipmakers back online has been a priority after the quake.
While many industries now face daily rationing of electricity, as do ordinary citizens, state-run Taiwan Power Co. is feeding a constant supply to Hsinchu, about 35 miles southwest of the capital, Taipei.
The 7.6 magnitude earthquake on Sept. 21 devastated central Taiwan, killing some 2,100 people and throwing the island into chaos.
Investors immediately started worrying about the semiconductors. Taiwan's high-tech companies build 10 percent of the world's chips and 80 percent of the ''motherboards'' used to run personal computers.
The quake's epicenter was well to the south, and the high-tech plants were relatively unshaken, compared with numerous buildings reduced to rubble.
But it takes only a modest jolt to upset the delicate balance in Hsinchu's production and testing equipment, and the tremors felt there were more than powerful enough.
''If you barely touch it, it will be out of alignment,'' said Peter Chang, chief executive of foundry operations at the UMC Group, Taiwan's No. 2 chipmaker after the giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.
But the damage was less than originally estimated. Chang said the company was operating at 50 percent of capacity early this week, although 90 percent of its equipment was back online.
''The other 10 percent is very crucial,'' he said in an interview Tuesday.
Equipment still needing to be fixed includes quartz tubes used to process silicon wafers at temperatures of up to 2,000 degrees before they can be made into chips.
Hundreds of chips were damaged or ruined in the quake.
Chang said the company will lose about 25 percent of its revenues in September and 10 percent in October. ''After that, everything should be normal,'' he said.
All told, analysts say the quake is expected to cost chipmakers about $200 million to $300 million in lost revenues.
Investors pushed shares down as far as possible under Taiwanese securities rules when the Taipei stock market reopened this week, after it, too, was shut by the quake.
Some analysts say the selloff was the type of overreaction that often sweeps markets.
''Most of these companies are feeling better than they originally expected to,'' said Liu Chitung, a semiconductor analyst at investment bank Warburg Dillon Read in Taipei. ''But we will still need to wait a while to know the overall damage.''
The quake's economic aftershocks have spread throughout the global high-tech supply chain, which was already producing at near capacity heading into the busy Christmas season.
Spot prices of some components shot higher in response. For example, standard DRAM chips, the circuits that allow computers to store data for quick retrieval, jumped from about $15 to $20.
''Some of that's speculation, but in some respects it's an indication of where the supply-demand balance is,'' said Daniel Heyler, a high-tech analyst with Merrill Lynch investment bank in Taipei.
Consumers who buy personal computers may end up paying more in the short term, though how much more is hard to say.
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NET News Examines Nebraska's Next Move in "Marijuana Crossroads"
For Immediate Release
NET News Examines Nebraska's Next Move in "Marijuana Crossroads"
LINCOLN, Neb. (Nov. 13, 2013) -- As more states legalize medical marijuana, routine traffic stops often turn into marijuana busts along Interstate 80 in Nebraska. The quality, the quantity and even public acceptance of marijuana are on the rise, putting Nebraska at a crossroads. NET News explores the growing legal marijuana industry and the consequences for Nebraska in the new documentary "Marijuana Crossroads," premiering Friday, Nov. 22, at 7 p.m. CT on NET1.
In addition to the 30-minute television special, a three-part radio series about the implications of changing marijuana laws will air as the daily "Signature Story" on NET Radio from Nov. 20-22. "Signature Stories" air on NET Radio at 6:30 and 8:30 a.m. CT and 4:30 p.m. CT.
Near where Interstate 80 merges with Interstate 76 in Deuel County, Nebraska, felony and misdemeanor marijuana cases have increased five-fold in the past five years. More and more local law enforcement officials believe the increasing amount of trafficking is an issue the entire state must now consider.
"The folks in Nebraska, Kansas, Utah and Wyoming, they didn't vote for this. But, their supply is being increased by what's going on in Colorado," said John Suthers, Colorado Attorney General.
Marijuana is the most frequently used illegal drug in Nebraska. While federal law lists it as an illegal substance, voters in 20 states have decided to allow the sale of medical marijuana. In Colorado, where medical marijuana is already legal, citizens voted to legalize recreational use beginning in 2014. New technologies are making it possible to mass produce marijuana plants, and entrepreneurs in Colorado are infusing the drug into a variety of products that make marijuana consumption possible for non-smokers.
In his work on "Marijuana Crossroads," NET News producer Bill Kelly compiled Nebraska crime statistics revealing arrests for sales and distribution of marijuana increased nearly 40 percent since 2007. He discovered few public officials in Nebraska have begun a policy discussion about how to respond to the changing role of marijuana in America.
"Our highest policy leaders are as of yet, not having the discussion," said Ally Dering-Anderson, a professor of pharmacy at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Neb.
Kelly conducted interviews with people who grow and dispense marijuana, and those who use the drug for medical purposes, including a diabetic man who moved to Colorado so he could legally use marijuana to treat his symptoms, and a Cambridge, Neb., woman who also uses it to control her blood sugar levels. Kelly also investigated how Colorado has built a system of regulation for marijuana, interviewing law enforcement and health officials tasked with keeping track of the drug.
"Marijuana Crossroads" repeats Monday, Nov. 25, at 10 p.m. CT and Friday, Dec. 13, at 7:30 p.m. CT on NET1.
NET1 is part of NET Television, a service of NET. For more information about NET programming, visit netNebraska.org and click on television.
Program contact: William Kelly, 402-472-9333, ext. 484, or e-mail email@example.com
Release written by: Kim Rogers, 402-472-9333, ext. 512, or e-mail email@example.com
NET Television:
NET1 is Nebraska's first public television broadcast service and includes PBS and award-winning, locally produced public television programming. NET2 World offers live coverage of the Nebraska Unicameral, and other news and public affairs programming; and NET3 Create is a 24-hour channel featuring the most popular how-to, travel and lifestyle series.
NET Radio:
Broadcasts on the following frequencies: Alliance/91.1 FM; Bassett/90.3 FM; Chadron/91.9 FM; Columbus/90.3 FM; Culbertson/92.7 FM; Falls City/88.9 FM; Harrison/89.5 FM; Hastings/Grand Island/89.1 FM; Lexington/88.7 FM; Lincoln/91.1 FM; Max/93.3 FM; Merriman/91.5 FM; Norfolk/89.3 FM; and North Platte/91.7 FM.


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One listen to "Looking Hot" will reveal a mix of styles not yet heard from No Doubt; at least not all in one song.
Traditionally, the Anaheim, CA band has chosen a style for each song and stuck with it all the whole way through. In "Hot," they poured all their influences into a sauce pan and made one hell of a musical omelet. The band mixed together their influences in pop, ska, dance hall and reggae together with the beats of electronic dance in a way that instantly modernizes their sound, minus the chorus, which makes a nod to 70's disco. And, don't think they left out the horn section; you'll find a refreshing breakdown mid-way through.
The band had no reservations; they set out to make a mass-appeal pop album in Push And Shove and "Looking Hot" shows they've likely accomplished their mission.
An ode to the paparazzi-stalked celebrity culture with lines like "Go ahead and look at me / 'Cause that's what I want / Take a picture please," Stefani poses the question, "Do you think I'm lookin' hot?"
Well, Ms. Stefani, the answer is yes.
Push And Shove hits stores everywhere Tuesday, September 25.
— Jay Tilles, CBS Local