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Tom Ford Returns! Old School Attitude For Tom Ford's Brand New S/S 2011 Collection
That's Mr Ford To You! Tom Ford's Return: Worth The Wait
Tom Ford previewed his return to women's wear to a select few back on September 12th, and we're now finally getting a peek at the much anticipated S/S collection from the ex YSL and Gucci designer. Mr Ford (as he'd prefer to be known) wants to turn back to the clock to a time before the internet, and before starlets wore new season pieces days (or hours) after they'd been previewed on the catwak. He recently told Vogue.com: "I do not understand everyone's need to see everything online the day after a show." Well, we'd sure like to see it first, but you gotta respect Mr Ford's old school attitude. Returning to his signature style, Ford's S/S '11 line brings sexy back with 70s pant suits, trench coats and backless dresses as modelled by muses Karen Elson and Stella Tennant, as well as Carolyn Murphy, Anja Rubik, Joan Smalls and Amber Valletta. Lush! Click through to spot Mr Ford himself in these Steven Meisel snapped pics, as well as the rest of the super sexy Tom Ford 2.0 range.
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Clips for a Cause - 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Room 139 and 145, Tate Student Center, Baxter and Lumpkin Streets; sponsored by AIDS Walk/Run Athens, haircuts by 18 stylists from Athens-area salons such as Revive Salon, Republic Salon, Bob's Salon and more; $10; (404) 451-5180 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
Athens Area Newcomers Club - 9:30 a.m., Central Presbyterian Church, 380 Alps Road; New Orleans artist Anne Jenkins and husband Lee Nelson discuss their Point of Art gallery in Union Point and the small town's renovation; (706) 353-2660.
Full Bloom Center, 515 Gaines School Road; (706) 353-3373 or www.fullbloomparent.com:
• New Mamas Group - 10 a.m.-noon.
• Prenatal Yoga Class - 6 p.m.; $14 for drop in; $60 for 6 classes.
Exhibit: "World Vision Experience: AIDS" - 11 a.m.-9 p.m. today-Saturday and noon-6 p.m. Sunday, Classic Center, 300 N. Thomas St.; Athens Church is hosting the exhibit in order to engage the community on the issue of how AIDS is devastating parts of Africa and to raise awareness about the effects of the AIDS pandemic on children in developing countries; free; (253) 218-8677 or (706) 310-9300 or www.worldvision.org.
Blood Drive - Noon-5 p.m., UGA Science Library, D.W. Brooks Drive; (706) 255-7614.
Black History Program: "Those Who Changed the World" - 3:30 p.m., Rocksprings Community Center; for ages 6-12; learn about historical figures whose actions changed history; (706) 613-3603.
The Lion and the Seven Little Lambikens Puppet Show - 4 p.m. today and 10:30 a.m. Friday, Oconee County Library, 1080 Experiment Station Road, Watkinsville; watch the hungry lion persuade the art teacher, the music teacher and the beauty lady into helping him change his appearance so he can trick the seven little lambikens; free; www.clarke.public.lib.ga.us/oconee or (706) 769-3950.
Chapter Book Review - 4:30 p.m. today and Tuesday, Madison County Library, 1315 Highway 98 West, Danielsville; for elementary-aged children; read along, listen and share a snack; www.clarke.public.lib.ga.us/madison or (706) 795-5597.
Financial Aid Night - 5:30-7 p.m.,148 Miller Learning Center, 48 Baxter St.; hints regarding how to fill out the free application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) will be provided; HOPE Scholarship will be discussed; question and answer session; www.slc.uga.edu.
UGA Performing Arts Center, 230 River Road; (706) 542-1668 or www.uga.edu/pac:
• Jong Ah Moon - 6 p.m.; Ramsey Concert Hall; violin; free.
• Fred Mills and the Georgia Brass with Joe Alessi - 8 p.m.; Hodgson Concert Hall; $15; $7 for UGA students with valid UGACard.
The Jazz String Duo - 7 p.m., Borders Books and Music, 196 Alps Road; composed of guitarist Bryan Williamson and bassist Kyle Winchester; features modern interpretations of jazz standards; (706) 583-8647.
Athens-Clarke County Library, 2025 Baxter St.; (706) 613-3650 or www.clarke.public.lib.ga.us:
• iFilms: "Swept from the Sea" - 7 p.m.; based on Joseph Conrad's short story "Amy Foster," with performances by Ian McKellen, Rachel Weisz and Kathy Bates, this film shares the tragic, passionate love affair of Yanko, a Ukrainian sailor, who washes ashore in 19th century England, shocking villagers with his accent and manners. Only Amy cares for his wounds and a passionate love develops between them; 115 min.
• The Georgia Fine Arts Alumni Exhibit - throughout Feb.; alumni exhibiting in the show include Tory Tepp, David Weeks, Richard Baker, Greg Trakhengerts, Jason Graham, Jeff Hyde and John Garrison.
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell - 7:30 p.m., Ciné, 234 West Hancock Ave.; a visually absorbing portrait of the seminal avant-garde composer, singer-songwriter, cellist and disco producer Arthur Russell. Before his untimely death from AIDS in 1992, Arthur prolifically created music that spanned both pop and the transcendent possibilities of abstract art. More than 15 years since his passing, Arthur's work is finally finding its audience. Wolf incorporates rare archival footage and commentary from Arthur's family, friends and closest collaborators - including Philip Glass and Allen Ginsberg - to tell this poignant and important story; followed by live music with Gospel Dancers, Thin Hymns, Grape Soda, Dead Elephant Bicycle; $5; (706) 353-7377 or www.athenscine.com.
"The Servant of Two Masters" presented by Athens Academy's Middle School Drama Department - 7:30 p.m. today, Friday and Saturday, Athens Academy, 1281 Spartan Lane; (706) 549-9225.
"A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant and a Prayer" - 8-10 p.m. today and Friday, Seney-Stovall Chapel, 201 N. Milledge Ave.; playwright Eve Ensler has compiled works from contemporary writers about women; performed as monologues by a cast of 15 men and women; benefits Project Safe; $10; e-mail email@example.com or (706) 542-2736.
"Judgment Day" - 8:30 p.m., South Psychology-Journalism Auditorium, UGA; a Peabody award winning film documenting the events leading up to the 2005 Dover Pennsylvania trial over the teaching of intelligent design; part of Darwin Days; post-screening discussion to follow; www.uga.edu/cellbio/darwinday.
Mandy Jane and the Jaws of Life - 8:30 p.m., Flicker, 263 W. Washington St.; (706) 546-0039.
John Cougar Training Camp, The New Flesh, The Cubists - 9 p.m., 40 Watt, 285 W. Washington St.; featuring members of Dead Confederate, Gift Horse, Blue Flashing Light and The Dumps; three drummers, two guitarists and a rotating array of bassists, singers and guests doing everything from the Melvins to the Beach Boys; $5; $7 for ages 20 and younger; www.40watt.com or (706) 549-7871.
Hank Vegas, Lowry, Sleepy Horses - 10 p.m., Caledonia Lounge, 256 W. Clayton St.; $5 for ages 21 and older; $7 for ages 18-20; www.caledonialounge.com.
AA Bondy, Richard Sherfey and All God's Children - 10 p.m., Tasty World, 312 E. Broad St.; www.tastyworld.net or (706) 543-0797.
Napoleon Solo - Wild Wing Cafe, 312 E. Washington St.; (706) 227-9464 or www.wildwingcafe.com.
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Fantastic Fridays - 9 a.m.-noon, Bishop Park gym, 705 Sunset Drive; for ages 6 months to 4 years; parents required to stay and are responsible for leading children through obstacle courses; $12 per person, per day for ACC residents; $18 per person, per day for non-county residents; (706) 613-3589 or www.accleisureservices.com/.
Full Bloom Center, 515 Gaines School Road; (706) 353-3373 or www.fullbloomparent.com:
• New Mama Yoga - 10:30 a.m.; redevelop and stabilize core strength after birth; $14 for drop in; $60 for 6 classes.
• Knitting Mamas - 2-4 p.m.
Movie Days - Noon-5:30 p.m. today and Monday, Madison County Library, 1315 Highway 98 West, Danielsville; three different PG movies will be played during the afternoon; snacks provided; free; www.clarke.public.lib.ga.us or (706) 795-5597.
Ramsey Concert Hall, UGA Performing Arts Center, 230 River Road; www.music.uga.edu or (706) 542-3737:
• Pavel Kozak - 3:35 p.m.; violin; part of the Double Bass Symposium; free.
• ARCO Chamber Orchestra - 8 p.m.; performing Grieg and tangos by Piazzola and F. Petracchi's Valse Oublie for the Double Bass and Orchestra and Bottesini's Grand Duo Concertante for the double bass and violin; Milton Masciadri and Levon Ambartsumian soloists; part of the Double Bass Symposium; free.
Lecture: Sergio Aragonés - 5:30 p.m., Lamar Dodd School of Art, 270 River Road; cartoonist; (706) 542-1511 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
Happy Hoop Hour - 6-7 p.m., Canopy Studio, 160 Tracy St.; practice hoopdance, share skills, get a workout; bring a hoop; participants must have completed a Level 1 hoopdance workshop or have previous hoopdance experience; $5; (706) 549-8501 or www.canopystudio.com.
7th Annual Tri-County Talent Show and Martin Luther King Celebration - 7 p.m., Oconee County Civic Center, Hog Mountain Road, Watkinsville; features high school students competing for $1,000 in cash prizes; fundraiser for Moores Ford Memorial Scholarships; $5 students, $10 adults; (706) 354-0321 or www.mooresford.org.
Afterhours at the Library - 7-9 p.m., Athens-Clarke County Library, 2025 Baxter St.; teen coffee house and open mic; sing, dance, play an instrument, read poetry or juggle for an audience of peers; coffee and refreshments provided; free and open to teens 11-18; (706) 613-3650 or www.clarke.public.lib.ga.us.
Robert Earl Keen, Stewart and Winfield - 8 p.m., Georgia Theatre, 215 N. Lumpkin St.; $17 in advance; $20 day of show; (706) 549-9918 or www.georgiatheatre.com.
Brian Connell, Angi West - 8:30 p.m., Flicker, 263 W. Washington St.; (706) 546-0039.
Rachel Farley - 8:30 p.m., The Melting Point, 295 E. Dougherty St.; $5; www.tickets.meltingpointathens.com or (706) 254-6909.
The Towne of Nightfalle - 9 p.m., Ciné, 234 West Hancock Ave.; a musical comedy/sci-fi/mystery set in a fictional southern town; mildly adult and disturbing; seemingly random and unrelated vignettes come together to tell a classic story of love and danger, with plenty of singing and dancing for young people; four episodes will be shown: Episode 1-Ataraxia, Episode 2-The Flood, Episode 3-Blue Grotto and Episode 4-The Minstrels; $5; (706) 353-7377 or www.athenscine.com.
Iron Hero, Bambara, Shapiro, Kebert Xela - 10 p.m., Caledonia Lounge, ; $5 for ages 21 and older; $7 for ages 18-20; www.caledonialounge.com.
Adult Swim-themed Costume Dance Party - 10 p.m., 40 Watt, 285 W. Washington St.; Kite to the Moon and Velveteen Pink; late-night dance party with Immuzikation; proceeds to benefit rock against cancer; $8; $10 for ages 20 and younger; (706) 549-7871 or www.40watt.com.
Pinche Gringo, Gay Africa - 11 p.m., Farm 255, 255 W. Clayton; www.farm255.com or (706) 549-4660.
Reservoir Dogs - Wild Wing Cafe, 312 E. Washington St.; (706) 227-9464 or www.wildwingcafe.com.
on SATURDAY
Origami Valentines - 10 a.m.-Noon, Georgia Museum of Art, 90 Carlton St.; learn about Japanese culture and the art of origami; Hijiri Hattori, outreach coordinator for the Center for Asian Studies, and volunteers will teach families how to make hearts and boxes using origami; e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com or www.uga.edu/gamuseum or (706) 542-4662.
Valentine Party - 4 p.m., Rocksprings Park's Community Center; for children ages 6-12 years old; crafts and sweets; $2 per child; (706) 613-3603 or www.accleisureservices.com.
Valentine's Day Pet Photos - 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Entourage Clothing and Gifts, 2095 S. Milledge Ave.; all proceeds benefit Hope Haven Rescue; professional photographer Anne Yarbrough will take photos; www.pixofannes.com or (706) 546-7090.
Baby's Blue Swingset featuring Mary Sigalas - 9-11 p.m., Ciné; $7 general admission, $5 Ciné members; Sigalas sings blues and jazz tunes that will take you right back over that rainbow; www.myspace.com/marysigalas
Breakfast at Tiffany's - 7:15 p.m. today and Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Ciné, 234 West Hancock Ave.; romantic adaptation of Truman Capote's best-selling novella featuring Audrey Hepburn as urban sophisticate Holly Golightly. George Peppard is her upstairs neighbor, a struggling writer and "kept" man financed by a steely older woman (Patricia Neal). Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam and Mickey Rooney co-star; composer Henry Mancini earned Oscars for "Moon River" and the score; www.athenscine.com or (706) 353-7377.
Valentine's Jazz at the Chapel - 8 p.m., University Chapel, North Campus, UGA; Classic City Jazz and friends perform standard jazz favorites; fundraiser for the UGA Athens Twilight Jazz Festival; $5; (706) 542-2797 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
Heartbreakers Ball: The Buddy System, Horse Party, Damon Moon and the Whispering Drifters - 9:30 p.m., Little Kings, 223 W. Hancock Ave.; $3; (706) 369-3144.
Still Small Voice and the Joyful Noise, Lost in the Trees, Dancer vs. Politician - 9 p.m., 40 Watt, 285 W. Washington St.; $5; $7 for ages 20 and younger; (706) 549-7871or www.40watt.com.
Francine Reed - 8:30 p.m., The Melting Point, 295 E. Dougherty St.; $35; www.tickets.meltingpointathens.com or (706) 254-6909.
Weapons Defense Clinic - 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Classic Martial Arts Club, 165 Coile Dr.; certified defensive tactics instructors will introduce tactics and techniques for self-defense; will cover knife, gun and stick defenses; no former experience necessary; $25 with $10 off for friends or family members; (706) 353-3616 or www.classic-mac.com.
Tasty World, 312 Broad Street; (706) 543-0797 or www.tastyworld.net:
• Upstairs: salsa, 8 p.m.
• Downstairs: Baller's Ball: MMIX, 9 p.m.; featuring a DJ battle between Boulder Colorado phenomenon DJ Rootz and Dave Murphy, of STS9 fame; $15.
Ramsey Concert Hall, Hugh Hodgson School of Music, 250 River Road; www.music.uga.edu or (706) 542-3737:
• Lawrence Wolfe - 5:30 p.m.; double bass; part of the Double Bass Symposium; free.
• Alan Bourguinon and Ana Flavia Frazao - 8 p.m.; double bass and piano; part of the Double Bass Symposium; free.
African-American History Tours - 2 p.m., Athens Welcome Center, 280 E. Dougherty St.; tour Athens' most significant African-American heritage sites including Gospel Pilgrim Cemetery and Morton Theatre; $10; (706) 353-1820 or www.athenswelcomecenter.com.
Dii Jai, Blac Stone, Ben Stevens, Andy Green Ball, Kyshona Armstrong, Elite Tha Showstoppa - 10 p.m., Caledonia Lounge, 256 W. Clayton St.; $5 for ages 21 and older; $7 for ages 18-20; www.caledonialounge.com.
The Suex Effect - 10 p.m.-2 a.m., The Nowhere Bar, 240 N. Lumpkin St.; ladies free; guys $2; 706) 546-4742.
Puddin Tang, Titans of Filth - 11 p.m., Farm 255, 255 W. Clayton; www.farm255.com or (706) 549-4660.
Chuck Holt - Wild Wing Cafe, 312 E. Washington St.; (706) 227-9464 or www.wildwingcafe.com.
Mama's and Papa's Group - 10 a.m.-noon, Full Bloom Center, 515 Gaines School Road; (706) 353-3373 or www.fullbloomparent.com.
Valentine Show - 8 p.m., 106 West, 106 W Athens Street, Winder; see singers, songwriters, musicians, poets, comedians and mimes share their original material; $5; www.106west.com.
Revolutionary Days - 10 a.m. today and 9 a.m. Sunday, Kettle Creek Battleground, Washington; planned by the Georgia Society Sons of the American Revolution; parade from Mary Willis Library to Washington Town Square to celebrate anniversary of the founding of Washington on Jan. 23, 1780; pageantry at Kettle Creek Battleground includes Continental Army, Georgia Militia, fife and drum music, musket volley, wreath presentations; dramatic portrayal of the victorious action which occurred on Feb. 14, 1779; food vendors, tours, open house exhibits; at 9 a.m. Sunday a Colonial Worship Service will be held at Smyrna United Methodist Church in Washington; 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday is the Living History and Elijah Clarke Memorial Ceremony at Elijah Clark State Park in Lincolnton; free; (706) 678-2013 or e-mail email@example.com.
Traveling by Firelight - 6-9 p.m., Traveler's Rest State Historic Site, 4339 Riverdale Road, Toccoa; romantic candlelight tours; teacakes and cider; historic stagecoach inn and plantation house; live dulcimer music; period interpretation by the 1860s Civilian Society; craft demonstrators will show knitting and crocheting; $2.75-$4; (706) 886-2256 or www.gastateparks.org.
Benefit Dance - 9 p.m., Athens Arena, 280 Commerce Blvd., Bogart; featuring Mexican bands Laguna Musical and Illusion Band followed by Latino D.J. music and dancing; proceeds benefit People of Hope, a local nonprofit working to build a manufactured housing community and providing outreach to the Latino community; www.peopleofhope.us.
Valentine's Day Show - 7:30 p.m., Brenau University, 500 Washington St. SE, Gainesville; guest pianist John Wustman will accompany soprano Barbara Steinhaus and others in a performance of Spanisches Liederbuch, a collection of 44 "art songs" by Austrian composer Hugo Wolf; open to the public; free; www.brenau.edu or (800) 252-5119.
"The Service at Rocky Bluff" presented by Savannah River Productions - 7:30 p.m., Hartwell Fine Arts Center, Hartwell; a pastor search committee, nosy housekeeper, disgruntled choir director and county music band all show up at the Sunday evening service for some old time gospel music; $10 in advance; $17 adult; $15 seniors and students; (706) 376-7397.
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Darwin Day 5K Fun Run - 8:30-10 a.m., Stegeman Coliseum, UGA; benefit for Georgia Citizens for Integrity in Science Education, a nonprofit organization promoting informed science education in Georgia; email@example.com or www.active.com.
Auditions for "Sabrina Fair" - 3 p.m. today and 7 p.m. Monday, Colleen O. Williams Theater, Winder Cultural Arts Center, Winder; no prepared material required; cast is eight women and eight men of various ages; www.winderbarrowtheatre.org.
Recital: Symposium Participant Ensembles - 4 p.m., Edge Recital Hall, Hugh Hodgson School of Music, 230 River Road; part of the Double Bass Symposium; (706) 542-3737 or www.music.uga.edu.
on MONDAY
Computer Skills and GED Prep Classes for Women - 1:30-4 p.m. today and Wednesday, Sparrow's Nest, 745 Prince Ave.; sponsored by Women to the World; pre-registration not required, but limited; classes are free; (706) 548-0000 or www.womentotheworld.org or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Athens-Clarke County Library, 2025 Baxter St.; (706) 613-3650 or www.clarke.public.lib.ga.us:
• Infant Storytime - 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m.
• Bedtime Stories - 7 p.m.
Auditions for "Sherlock Holmes: The Final Adventure" - 7 p.m. today and Tuesday, Town & Gown Players, 136 Grady Ave.; casting eight males and two females ages 20 to 50; cold readings from the script with a partner; no monologues; www.townandgownplayers.org.
"Best Friend Forgotten" - 7:30 p.m., 101 Miller Learning Center, 48 Baxter St.; documentary looks at pet overpopulation, highlighting the importance of adoption and revealing myths about spaying and neutering; 47 min.; discussion to follow; part of the Through Other Eyes Film Fest presented by Speak Out for Species; Blue Card event; www.uga.edu/sos/filmfest or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
Effective Interviewing for Medical, Graduate, Professional School and Employment - 8 p.m., Earth Fare, 689 S. Lumpkin St.; learn how to prepare, answer difficult questions and formulate questions that can make a difference; free; www.earthfare.com or (706) 227-1717.
"Heartbeat Detector" - 8 p.m., Tate Student Center Theater, Baxter and Lumpkin Streets; this haunting psychological thriller follows Simon (Mathieu Amalric), an executive who undergoes an unexpected personal and professional crisis. It is a complex story dealing with ethics, the legacy of World War II, and historical amnesia; $1 students, $2 non-students; www.rom.uga.edu or www.drama.uga.edu or (706) 542-2084.
UGA Symphonic Band and Concert Winds - 8 p.m., Hodgson Concert Hall, UGA Performing Arts Center, 230 River Road; Husa, Spittal and Rudin; free; www.music.uga.edu or (706) 542-3737.
Songs A'flicker - 8:30 p.m., Flicker, 263 W. Washington St.; (706) 546-0039.
Idiot Slowdown, Brave Citizen, Romanenko - 10 p.m., Caledonia Lounge, 256 W. Clayton St.; $5 for ages 21 and older; $7 for ages 18-20; www.caledonialounge.com.
"Celebration" exhibit - through August, 232 of Aderhold Hall, UGA; local artist and UGA faculty member Jamie Calkin is helping the College of Education recognize its centennial year with an exhibition of his original watercolor paintings featuring a rotation of new paintings of Aderhold Hall, UGA's campus and downtown Athens; www.jamiecalkin.com or www.uga.edu/news.
on TUESDAY
• BMI Industry Meet and Greet - 9-11 a.m.; meet industry executives from BMI and learn more about the organization; coffee and pastries provided; free and open to all songwriters, bands and musicians; (404) 261-5151 or e-mail email@example.com.
• Daddy Mack Blues Band - 8 p.m.; $5.
Athens-Clarke County Library, 2025 Baxter St.; (706) 613- 3650 or www.clarke.public.lib.ga.us:
• Adult Book Discussion Group - 10:30 a.m.; this month's title is "Galileo's Daughter" by Dava Sobel; newcomers welcome.
• Wildcard Wednesday: Paper Maché Piggy Banks - 4 p.m.; free and open to the first 15 teens ages 11-18.
Black History Month Celebration - 12:15-1:15 p.m., African American Cultural Center, Memorial Hall, 4th floor (Adinkra Hall), UGA; the Rev. Richard Allen Washington, First A.M.E. Church, will be the guest speaker; free; (706) 583-0495.
Library Sewing Group - 1-3 p.m., Madison County Library, 1315 Highway 98 West, Danielsville; (706) 795-5597or www.clarke.public.lib.ga.us/ madison.
Yoga Sprouts - 3:30-4:30 p.m., Full Bloom Center, 515 Gaines School Road; $14 for single class; $60 for 6 classes; (706) 353-3373 or www.fullbloomparent.com.
Survivors of Suicide Support Group - 5:30 p.m., Nu i's Space, 396 Oconee St.; twice-monthly meeting; (706) 227-1515 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Michael Franti & Spearhead, Cherine Anderson, Courtney John - 8 p.m., Georgia Theatre, 215 N. Lumpkin St.; $25; (706) 549-9918 or www.georgiatheatre.com.
Gimme Hendrix, Edward and the Public Speakers - 10 p.m., Tasty World, 312 E. Broad St.; www.tastyworld.net or (706) 543-0797.
Mercury Veil, Playground Rivals, Leaving Araby - 10 p.m., Caledonia Lounge, 256 W. Clayton St.; $5 for ages 21 and older; $7 for ages 18-20; www.caledonialounge.com.
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Local News 2-27-2013
Johnson Co. Coroner Confirmes Identities of Missing Johnson County Couple.
According to Johnson County Coroner J.R. Frisby, he told the Associated Press that the identities of the two bodies found at an Oil Springs farm have been confirmed. Frisby made the announcement after receiving the State Medical Examiner's official autopsy results, confirming the identities of Larry, 60, and Sandra,53, Blanton. The Blantons were reported missing in September, but their bodies were found buried behind a horse barn on their family farm in Oil Springs late Friday night, into Saturday morning. Johnson Co. Sheriff Dwayne Price said investigators went back to farm after getting a tip about where the bodies could be found. The two where found buried in a 4-6 foot hole. Officials say there is no word on how the couple died. The couple's son, Willie Blanton and his girlfriend Amanda Fannin, bot currently in jail, have been called persons of interest in the case. Both were arrested on charges not directly related to the disappearance.
Body Found In Pike County River
Accoring to a news release from the KSP in Pikeville,on Monday February 25 at 12:38 P.M. Post 9 Pikeville received a call of a body in the Tug Fork River in the South Williamson community of Pike County. Detectives Gary Sykes and Kevin Newsome along with Belfry Fire Department responded to the location. The deceased will be transported to the State Medical Examiner's office for identification purposes. Information will be released as it becomes available. This case remains under investigation by KSP Detective Gary Sykes.
Man Police Say Hit Student Trying To Board School Bus Indicted
The man police say tried to pass a stopped school bus in Rowan County earlier this month and hit a student has been indicted in the case. According to a police report, Scottie D. Ingle, 30, was heading southbound along Kentucky 519 around 7:10 a.m. on February 13 when he tried to pass the bus. The car hit a student trying to board the bus. The victim, 13-year-old Christopher Olvera, was airlifted to UK Hospital for treatment. His family said he needed surgery for a leg injury, but has since returned home to recover. Ingle is charged with one count of second-degree assault. Ingle also was indicted for wanton endangerment in the same incident involving a school bus, nearly striking a second juvenile. He is being held in the Rowan County Detention Center.
Eastern Kentucky Residents File Suit Over Contaminated Water
Dozens of residents in eastern Kentucky have filed a lawsuit against a coal company claiming underground mining has contaminated their water supply. Almost 40 residents in the Letcher County community of Premium have filed suit against United Coal Company, which owns Sapphire Mining's UZ No. 1 and UZ No. 2 mines. Residents say underground mining at the two locations led to their wells becoming contaminated five years ago. United Coal Company declined to comment on pending litigation. Kentucky Department for Natural Resources spokesman Dick Brown says Sapphire Mining has supplied a temporary drinking water source to affected residents and is working to get them added to a proposed public water project.
Panel OKs Bill To Let Counties End Constable Posts
Counties could abolish their constable offices under a bill that has cleared a House panel. The House Committee on Elections, Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental Affairs approved the proposal Tuesday. It will now proceed to the full House for consideration. the bill would amend the state's constitution to allow counties to eliminate their constable offices, which the constitution established in 1850. constables, who are elected, have the same law enforcement powers as sheriffs but lack the same training requirements. A 2012 state report said constables are outdated. Supporters of this bill and previous legislation have cited examples of rogue constables taking their law enforcement powers too far. The Kentucky Constable Association has opposed previous legislative efforts, pushing for more training instead.
Proposal Would Give Gov. Beshear One Extra Year in Office
Governor Steve Beshear would get an extra year in office and Kentucky's statewide elections would be aligned with national elections under an amendment that has passed the senate. If it makes it through the house where democrats are skeptical, it would have to be ratified by voters next year. If passed, Kentucky elections for constitutional offices would move to 2016. If Beshear got an extra year, he would become the longest serving governor in Kentucky history.
Dating Violence Law: Will 2013 Be the Year?
FRANKFORT, Ky. - A bill which would give anyone in a dating relationship the ability to obtain a domestic violence protection order has cleared the Kentucky House for the third straight year. But it's not clear whether the legislation will make it out of the Senate and into law before the legislative session ends next month. Kentucky is one of two states that does not extend domestic-violence protections to dating partners. According to Mary O'Doherty, assistant director of the Kentucky Domestic Violence Association, it's time the state catches up. "It definitely tells me that Kentucky is behind the times," she declared. To obtain a protective order in Kentucky, a member of a couple must be married to the other or have lived together or had a child together. State Senator Denise Harper Angel, D-Louisville, wants the law extended to dating partners. "The crime happens because of a relationship, not the address," she said. Senator Harper Angel has a similar bill (SB16) to the one that's already passed the House. The House bill has been tweaked by lawmakers to clarify what constitutes a dating relationship. Through an amendment, lawmakers also attempted to ease concerns among school officials about carrying out protective orders involving students. Mary O'Doherty pointed out that the Federal Violence Against Women Act requires Kentucky to honor protective orders for dating partners from other states, a cruel irony. "What's crazy about the situation we're in is that our law enforcement officers are required to protect victims who come from other states but not our own," she said. The dating violence bill passed the House 92-5 and now awaits committee action in the Senate. Link to HB9: lrc.ky.gov. Link to SB16: lrc.ky.gov.


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FORT DUCHESNE, Uintah County — The leadership of the Ute Indian Tribe has asked the federal government to drop its lawsuit against a Denver-based energy company for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act.
The officials made their request in a Jan. 5 letter to James Martin, regional administrator for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Denver, asking him to end the government's suit against QEP Field Services.
"The purpose of this letter is to formally request that the EPA dismiss its suit and work to otherwise resolve this matter in the most amicable way possible in the best interests of all parties," wrote Thomas W. Fredericks, the tribe's general counsel.
The letter was written as a result of a Dec. 20 meeting between the Ute Tribe Business Committee, which serves as the tribe's executive and legislative branches, and representatives from QEP. During that meeting the Business Committee voted unanimously to request the dismissal of the lawsuit against the company formerly known as Questar Gas Management.
"To continue costly litigation that only benefits attorneys is not in the best interest of the Ute Indian Tribe or tribal lands," wrote Business Committee Chairman Richard Jenks Jr. and Committee member Stewart Pike in their own letter to Martin.
Eric Dady, QEP vice president and general counsel, said the company "did not know that the tribal leaders would draft this letter, nor did we request that they draft it."
"It was a surprise to us," he said.
In February 2008, federal prosecutors filed a 49-page complaint in U.S. District Court in Salt Lake City alleging that QEP had failed to control toxic air emissions at its Coyote Wash, Chapita Island, Wonsits Valley, and River Bend natural gas compressor stations.
Prosecutors claimed the five compressor stations emitted benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, xylene and hexane — toxic air pollutants typically contained in emissions from oil and natural gas production facilities. The compressor engines at these facilities also produced formaldehyde as a byproduct, the complaint states.
All six of these chemicals are known to cause cancer and birth defects.
In defending the suit, attorneys for QEP challenged the federal government's jurisdiction over its compressor stations. They argued that the area where the stations are located — an area established as the Uncompahgre Reservation in 1882 — is no longer part of the larger Uintah-Ouray Reservation, and therefore should be regulated by the state officials, not the EPA.
The challenge to tribal sovereignty prompted Ute officials to consider banishing the company from the reservation, which led to a separate legal fight in federal court. That fight ended after QEP dropped its argument and its president and CEO, Charles B. Stanley, issued a public apology to tribal members for the company's claim against its boundaries.
The sovereignty question and QEP's efforts to defend itself, however, remain a concern for tribal leaders, according to Fredericks' letter. Jenks and Pike, in their letter, claim the EPA caused the energy company to adopt its defense strategy.
"It is the position of the members of the Business Committee of the Ute Indian Tribe that the EPA's actions, as the plaintiff in the case, is ultimately responsible for the challenge to our boundaries on the Uncompahgre Reservation," the men wrote.
In his letter, Fredericks said tribal leaders and QEP officials are now working on a joint federal court motion to "reiterate and affirm QEP's position in not challenging the Ute Tribe's existence, boundaries, diminishment or disestablishment of the tribe's reservation."Comment on this story
Rich Mylott, spokesman for the EPA in Denver, said the agency had received Fredericks' letter and is reviewing it.
"(We) anticipate future communication with the tribe," he said. "EPA's primary concern is the protection of public health and the environment, on both the reservation and in the Uinta Basin as a whole."
Pike told the Uintah Basin Standard he believes the lawsuit has gone on "too dang long and cost a lot of money."
"The EPA is detrimental to the development of the economy on our reservation," he added.
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If you want the economy to work better for more people, as the Economy 4.0 tagline goes, you might think putting economic policy to a vote is a bright idea. You might also want to take a closer look at what's happening in Greece.
A new debt deal is in the works for the troubled country, but the prime minister, George Papandreou, wants his voters to have a say before signing on. His announcement on Monday that Greece would hold a referendum came as a surprise to other European leaders and to the financial markets. And not a happy surprise.
For example, here's Paul Mortimer-Lee, global head of market economics at BNP Paribas, quoted in Reuters : "Try as we might, there is nothing good to be said about this decision as it affects markets and growth over the balance of this year."
As David Brancaccio put it to Matthias Matthijs, professor of political economy at John Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and American University, it seems like a case where democracy is in conflict with financial markets.
"That seems to happen ever more often these days," said professor Matthijs.
In this extended interview with David Brancaccio, he elaborates on what the future holds for Greece, and why democracy isn't always as it seems.


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Televise Dodgers Games in the LA area!
Angelenos love the Dodgers. But due to a recent spat between cable providers most of us have not been able to watch the team we love this season.
The Dodgers and Time Warner Cable created a new sports network that various cable and satellite providers around Los Angeles are not carrying, leaving an estimated seven in 10 viewers unable to watch games. Sign the petition and tell the Dodgers' President and Time Warner Cable: broker a deal and stop the defacto blackout.
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"There is no medicine like hope," once wrote Orison Marden, that most-American of authors. "[There is] no tonic so powerful as expectation of something tomorrow."
For Dodgers fans, tomorrow's tonic seems a long way off right now. How long can this TV blackout linger? In San Diego, a similar situation lasted two years. In the case of the hapless Padres, that might be considered a civic courtesy. But still.
More and more, this Dodgers TV fiasco is reading like a plot line that even Joseph Heller would have rejected as far too absurd — greed, smothered in shamelessness, dipped in irony.
The standoff has become bigger than baseball. It's become a soapbox for satellite and cable providers fighting so-called bundled packaging, whereby all customers must pay $4 to $5 more per month for the new Dodgers channel, whether they watch it or not.
Now, it's come to this senseless standoff, similar to tussles in other cities, where teams demand top dollar for the rights to televise games, then leave it to cable providers to mud-wrestle over the cost. Last fall, DirecTV customers in L.A. still couldn't get their beloved college games. Now 70% of us can't get our Dodgers.
Meanwhile, frustrated Dodger fans sign petitions, such as the one I support at http://www.fansrising.com/
And bar owners, one of the finest conduits for televised baseball, are beside themselves over the standoff. "I can't believe this is happening," says Maria Tieche, co-owner of Park Bar and Grill in Burbank, which can't get the games. "We're a sports bar. How could they not let Dodger games be shown in sports bars?"(Excerpts from Chris Erskine's May 8th column in the L.A. Times)
All funds will be used to buy online ads to promote the campaign.
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The Dodgers are a civic treasure and we deserve access.
The Dodgers have been my heroes since my first game at Ebbets Field in 1938. Now I am 84 and unable to drive to the games and I NEED my Dodgers.
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TWC has hijacked the Dodgers and made the fans in Los Angeles helpless victims. End this bull now!
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Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Dodgers fans will hold a rally on June 1 (3 p.m.) at the Short Stop Bar, located at 1455 West Sunset Boulevard.
By BILL PETERSON
Big Leagues in Los Angeles
Of all the professional sports franchises throughout American history, none has stood for the ordinary man like the Dodgers, none has promoted diversity as a national ideal and practice so aggressively or successfully as the Dodgers, and, long before Magic Johnson brought Show Time to the Lakers, it was the Dodgers who gave Los Angeles a common champion and a unifying athletic theme.
If only it were that simple. Because there's always been a dark side. That's the baseball business, with its money uber alles ethos and the political play that comes with it.
Case in point: The Dodgers' television deal with Time Warner Cable (TWC), which gets 25 years of the club's local TV rights in exchange for $8.35 billion, nearly four times the $2.15 billion Guggenheim Baseball Management paid to acquire the club, its stadium, its entire history and half of its parking lots from the reviled former owner, Frank McCourt. All of Los Angeles celebrated the new ownership, featuring Magic, whose personal brand is so powerful locally that it actually raised the Dodgers from the state of discredit that had been wrought by McCourt's ownership.
The new ownership came out strong, pursuing better players, improving Dodger Stadium, restoring the public's good faith and producing a team that came within two wins of appearing in the World Series last season. The city had its baseball team again.
And now, it kind of doesn't.
The Dodgers are in business to make money. We all know that and support it. We want the Dodgers to succeed. But we want the success of the Dodgers to be a part of our success, to be a part of our daily lives, to be a light in our dark struggle ... and the Dodgers have decided to leave us out simply because there's a big pot of gold in it for the Dodgers to leave us out.
Simply put, the Dodgers sold out their fans. The money was just too good to pass up. Maybe, when TWC puts $8.35 billion on the table, you sign that piece of paper before the cable company comes to its senses. Maybe you don't ask too many questions or make too many demands. Maybe you take the money and run.
So, the Dodgers have the money. And they have a moral mess on their hands, because the Dodgers now are inaccessible to 70 percent of the Los Angeles television market. If you don't get TWC, you don't get any Dodgers games on your television. If you live in an area that's not even wired for TWC -- and there are several -- then you can't watch the Dodgers on your television at any price.
That isn't quite right, of course. There's always a price. But the price is outrageous. The bidding war between TWC and Fox Sports for the Dodgers television rights escalated the price to well beyond the established local market level of $3 billion over 20 years, which the Angels and Fox Sports agreed upon two years earlier. Obviously, TWC seeks to recoup some of those costs by asking for enormous redistribution fees from direct competitors, reportedly as high as $5 per household per month. Just as obviously, direct competitors such as DirecTV, Charter Communications, Dish Network and others would much rather watch TWC choke on a bad business deal than bail out TWC by over-paying for the Dodgers games.
The Dodgers knew when they signed this television deal that they were shutting out their fans. They knew. They knew because they are deep in this business and they're not stupid. They knew. They knew that TWC isn't in more than half of the local TV market. They knew that no one drives a tougher bargain than TWC when it's on the other side of the table, negotiating with entities such as the NFL for distribution of the NFL Network on its cable system. It took TWC nine years to reach agreement with the NFL. Nine years. The Dodgers knew that other pay TV providers would balk at the subscription fees TWC would demand to defray the costs of this deal. The Dodgers aren't innocent. They knew. They don't even have to tell us. We know the Dodgers knew because we know the Dodgers aren't stupid.
The Dodgers have been somewhat short of heroic throughout this episode. On the rare occasions when team President Stan Kasten has deigned to address the people of Los Angeles about this matter, through the media or otherwise, he has either taken the TWC negotiating line, made diffident avowals that the problem will somehow be resolved or offered some kind of unconvincing testimony about how this bothers him every day.
But how badly can he really be bothered by this? He made a deal for $8.35 billion, four times the purchase price of the team, which already was half-and-again the $1.4 billion for which McCourt was asking, and that already was thought to be a ridiculously high demand. Sadly, in exchange for $8.35 billion, there is precious little evidence that the Dodgers have ever pressed TWC for guarantees that Dodgers games would be made widely available, either during the negotiations or since.
It's a good business deal. Probably a bit too good. The Dodgers are paying for it with a considerable loss of good will. They have, indeed, now placed a good share of their good will into the hands of TWC negotiators, and you don't have to hang around too many American households before realizing that you really don't want TWC to be the executor of your good will.
Long ago, the Dodgers were the working class heroes of Brooklyn. Then, they brought in Jackie Robinson, then more African-American stars, and they became Black America's team. But the Dodgers couldn't agree with New York City officials about a new stadium, so the club's owner, Walter O'Malley, yanked the franchise from its Brooklyn roots and moved it to Los Angeles, breaking generations of hearts on the East Coast. To build Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles officials displaced an entire Mexican neighborhood in Chavez Ravine, breaking generations of hearts on the West Coast.
It's been ugly sometimes. But times change, time heals, and the Dodgers have always gotten back to the common folk. During their first 31 years in Los Angeles, the Dodgers went to the World Series nine times, winning five of them, at once joining the local glitzerati and salving the common man with compensatory heroes. They even won over the Mexicans when the chubby left-hander from the Sonoran outback came along and stoked Fernandomania.
Flyover America badly misunderstands Los Angeles. It's not bright lights, glamorous evenings and easy living. It's overwhelmingly hard-working people of limited means getting up early in the morning and fighting through life. The fight is scarcely to be endured, let alone won, without common passions and daily amusements.
The guy who lives and works up and down Western Avenue, the middle class family in Burbank, and even rich people in the hills -- they count on the Dodgers, not even necessarily to win, but to at least be there when they need the Dodgers, to at least be there when they get a chance to put their feet up, let go of real life for a moment, and drift imaginatively to a parallel world where they aren't themselves so much as they are, in some sense, the Dodgers.
Life would go on without the Dodgers, but it goes on much better with them. It goes on much better with Vin Scully narrating the summer evening – and doesn't it ache to think we're probably missing our last summer with him because the Dodgers priced us out of it? It goes on much better with that Clayton Kershaw curve ball beaming into your living room, with the sight of that Dodgers game on your head right before bed time. All of that now is lost to the majority of Angelinos who want it. The Dodgers made too good of a deal. They short-changed their fans.
Sometimes, then, the Dodgers get away from the common folk. This is one of those times. So, it's time for the Dodgers to figure out what time it is, take a look in the mirror and ask themselves what they stand for and who they stand with. Do they stand with the people of Los Angeles? Or do they stand for the highest possible dollar? Ideally, they can stand for both. Ideally, they can press much harder to make their televised games available to their fans. In reality, maybe not.


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I've been writing as long as I can remember and all of my stories always held a thread of romance (even when I was writing about a prince who could shoot lasers out of his eyes). I love creating unique characters, love giving them happy endings and I even love the voices in my head. There's no other job I would rather be doing. In September 2002, when I got the call that Silhouette Desire wanted to buy my first book, Desert Warrior, it was a dream come true. I hope to continue living the dream until I keel over of old age on my keyboard.
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I was born in Fiji and raised in New Zealand. I also spent three years living and working in Japan, during which time I took the chance to travel around Asia. I'm back in New Zealand now, but I'm always plotting new trips. If you'd like to see some of my travel snapshots, have a look at the Travel Diary page (updated frequently).
So far, I've worked as a lawyer, a librarian, a candy factory general hand, a bank temp and an English teacher and not necessarily in that order. Some might call that inconsistency but I call it grist for the writer's mill.
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IT was magnificent.
But it was not seven. Roger Federer, the six-time winner of the Barclays ATP Tour Finals, came up short against Novak Djokovic in the O2 Arena last night in a match of unrelenting drama, regular brilliance and shifting momentum. The 25-year-old Serb won a punishing contest after two hours 14 minutes of unforgiving action.
This was the last match of the season and it typified why tennis has increased its grip on its followers.
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Federer, at 31, is the master of the indoor game but his ambitious, almost reckless gameplan was thwarted by obduracy and skill of Djokovic who franked his world ranking of No.1 by resisting pressure in the first set and seeing off two set points in the second to record his second victory at this event.
The 7-6 (6), 7-5 scoreline reflects the tightness of the contest and indicates correctly that this was a match decided in moments, in individual errors, in shots of brilliance rather than by sustained dominance by either player.
The most compelling statistic might be the one that shows Federer made 42 unforced errors. This does not suggest the greatest player of all time performed like a schoolboy but it shows he was playing to tight margins and was occasionally straying outside them.
He came up agonisingly close in the end, seeming to be on the verge of levelling at one set all before Djokovic, summoning up all his considerable will and superlative skill, swatted away two set points and went on to win the match with a backhand passing shot of technical excellence and breathtaking invention.
The most stunning reflection in the immediate aftermath of the match was that Djokovic has spent more than 170 hours on court this season but still could end the season with matchless artistry to complement his undoubted peerless athleticism.
Federer could only watch in anguish as the winning shot passed him. His reflection will be that he gave his all and that it just was not good enough in front of his fervent support.
The match started with Federer adopting immediately his aggressive strategy that paid immediate dividends. He won the first nine points and only lost the 10th with an uncharacteristically sloppy forehand.
The Swiss player had divined that Djokovic, the best of retrievers, would have to be beaten by hitting the ball on the paint, therefore shots were struck with an almost reckless abandon. The 17-time grand-slam winner raced to a 3-0 lead in the set but the Serb steadied and won the next three games and then broke in a fabulous ninth game. He also achieved a set point at 5-4 but Federer saved that, broke and eventually took the set to a tie-break.
Djokovic, elbow bleeding following a heavy fall, took his third set point after the great Swiss player had saved the second after a great rally. It had been a mesmerising set but Federer's gameplan could gauged by the unforced error count of 23.
The world No.2 strove immediately to regain initiative, breaking in the first game of the second set and resisted tremendous Djokovic pressure to serve at 5-4 for the set. He then had two set points. And he cracked. Djokovic forced a break point and took it, roaring like a bull in triumph.
The tide had turned on the banks of the Thames. The match was now in the hands of the world No.1 and he took it brutally, wresting the title from Federer by breaking him with a passing shot of stunning finality.


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The majority of gamers remember Harmonix as the developers that started the Guitar Hero franchise and then took it a step further with the Rock Band series. Back in the early PlayStation 2 days, they made two cult classics Frequency and it's sequel Amplitude. These rhythm games didn't have a peripheral bundle, so you had to press a lot of buttons on the controller to clear instrumental sequences. Thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign a couple years back, Harmonix has released a "remake" of Amplitude with new songs made in-house and unlockable ones from indie games. The Kickstarter budget definitely was a factor to how light the content is, but the content there is satisfying enough for fans of the original games and newcomers that are curious about how Harmonix started their rise.
For those unfamiliar with Amplitude, the goal is to perfectly clear tracks of instruments by pressing the corresponding buttons. If successful, the track is cleared for a bit as the song plays that certain portion and you have to transfer to another one quickly to keep your multiplier above if you're going for high ratings. These tracks can be drums, synths, vocals, bass and guitar in some songs that have riffs. One mistake and that track has to be completed all over again. Think of the gameplay screen as a freeway full of lanes and you have to be perfect to move on the next lane. Lane management is pivotal to high ratings and survival on the higher difficulties especially going in blind to a track far away from the one you just completed is the most frustrating thing gameplay-wise in this game. Harder difficulties definitely test your reactions and actions per minute, but just like Rock Band, completing an intimidatingly hard sequence is as satisfying as nailing a difficult guitar solo.
Powerups are also found in the tracks to help things out if you're in a jam. Cleanse clears a track temporarily for you than pressing the necessary buttons, sedate slows down the song and very useful for harder tracks, flow clears all sequences for a limited time and multiply increases the score of every note you complete. They can also be used to regain a lost multiplier when you mess up instantly, which is another key tactic when going for high ratings. However, clearing a set of notes to get a powerup while having another one stored does overwrite so management of these are also pivotal to success. The gameplay as a whole is still pretty fun just like the early 2000s or if you have played Rock Band Unplugged or Rock Band Blitz, which are similar games to this under the Rock Band umbrella.
The single player component besides quickplaying any of the songs in Amplitude is surprisingly a campaign mode. There's actually a story of sorts in this campaign where you have to reawaken a patient's brain from playing fifteen songs to completion. The fifteen-song campaign is treated as a concept album by Harmonix since they worked on the majority of them, so it's nice that there is a cohesive theme with the pacing of intense beats and going mellow to chill things out. In each of the three sections, the fourth song is portrayed as a boss level and in certain moments you have to keep a streak alive to increase the chances of the patient's brain being reawakening. Plus, these songs have no powerups, so it's all honest skill especially in harder difficulties. The fifth song of each section has to be unlocked by performing well in the other four songs collecting at least ten bars (three is the highest in each song). The campaign does require you to beat all fifteen songs to get a good ending and especially on expert if you want to unlock the Super difficulty. It does get challenging around halfway into advanced and expert because of absurdly tough tracks that require great reactions and reflexes.
With fifteen more unlockable songs along with just quickplay and campaign, there seems to be not enough to keep solo players going besides going for top scores on the leaderboards, but there is local multiplayer in this 2016 version of Amplitude. All of the songs can be played with up to four players in competitive or team formats. There's even multiplayer-only powerups that can benefit on the team aspect and even mess up opponents when playing competitively. Unfortunately, there's no online play with the multiplayer modes just like last year's Rock Band 4. The lack of content is because of the Kickstarter budget, but I'm still glad that this game exists in it's current state and good to come back if I just want to knock out some songs before continuing on with my day or night.
I also wanna mention the controls in this game where there's multiple control schemes for multitudes of players. The default scheme felt fine to me in which the L1, R1 and R2 triggers are the note buttons and also the face buttons as a backup option. Other schemes are for left handed players and even one handed players, but I wish there was a flat out in-game button configuration as seen in fighting games. I wanted to try out my Mad Catz TE2 FightStick, but I didn't find a control scheme that felt friendly to the stick's buttons. If there was a scheme with square, triangle and R1 as my note buttons, then I'm set on performing those difficult sections better than the Dual Shock 4. Frequency fans will also be happy about the unlockable FreQ mode when the track highway is a tunnel just like that game and that's actually easier for players to navigate to far away tracks without being blind not knowing what the first note is at times.
Amplitude does look great on the PlayStation 4 with it's psychedelic visual style and also acid trip vibes in some songs. There is a moment in the end of the campaign where the visuals go epileptic, so for those that don't like epilepsy, you are warned. The soundtrack can be hit and miss for fans wanting more of the original songs to come back in this new version, but I thought it was fine. The campaign has it's standouts and unlockable songs from various indie games such as Crypt of the Necrodancer, Skullgirls and Transistor are nice inclusions as well. No licensed songs as seen in Rock Band Blitz is a bummer and Harmonix hasn't said much regarding more songs as DLC, but I do wish there's more songs out in the future because the 30 in the game ain't gonna be enough for most folks.
For $20, Harmonix's Amplitude is definitely a love letter to fans of those original games gameplay-wise. Along with the visuals, the whole gameplay experience feels awesome especially on harder difficulties if you got the quick reactions and reflexes to nail those tough sequences. The campaign having some sense of story is surprising and challenging for players. The lack of content, online multiplayer and no plans yet of DLC does sting the overall package a bit, but what's there is great enough for fans that waited years for a new rhythm game reminiscent of Frequency and the original Amplitude. Who knows what's next for Harmonix after releasing Rock Band 4 and the Kickstarter-backed Amplitude, but I hope they keep going on making rhythmic experiences that satisfies fans and innovate the genre even further.


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If anyone here has any experience with it, short stories or novels, I would like to hear them.
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Here's a less than helpful venn diagram and discussion about it: http://www.schlockmercenary.com/blog/epub-selfpub-venn
There's another fellow who was doing print-on-demand with a 50% royalty to the author, but damned if I can recall the sitename. He was trying to do it right, tho, not being a ripoff or pay-to-play vanity press.
The problem from the reader's POV is sorting through all the e-pubbed kark.. doesn't matter how dreadful it is, there'll be SOMEONE who gives it a hot review. And the problem from the author's POV is... how do you get noticed among the piles and piles of e-pubbed kark??
Seems to me the best way to get noticed and elevated above the dunghill is the "free samples" approach, using every means available -- including usenet, filesharing networks, etc. -- while making sure every sample directs readers to your point of purchase for the whole work.
And while many authors have noted that even unauthorized "free samples" increase sales, and while your royalty cut is much higher on purely e-sales, all e-sales combined are still only about 2% of the market.
Yeah, I know, not very helpful.
quote:Heres a related question. Does anyone know if you self e-publish, can you still traditionally publish later?
My grok is that once the "First Rights" (any publication) have been used up, most trad-publishers won't touch it. That includes posting your book on your own open-to-everyone website.
However, I think that's liable to change, as more authors get frustrated with the long slow process of traditional publishing and go to e-pub as a quicker route to the world. Eventually I think trad-pubs are going to start reviewing the better self-pubbed manuscripts and offering them broader-publication (as dead-tree or wide-marketed e-book), because otherwise those higher-potential money-makers are going to escape them entirely.
quote:And while many authors have noted that even unauthorized "free samples" increase sales, and while your royalty cut is much higher on purely e-sales, all e-sales combined are still only about 2% of the market.
I don't think this number is correct, and the anticipated growth of the ebook market is stunningly high. Double digits, many years, crazy.
Martin, you're going to have to research this and decide if it's for you. My suggestions for where to go for research -
Read author JA (aka Joe) Konrath's blogRead author Dean Wesley Smith's blog - in particular the "New World of Publishing" articles.Read indie sensation author Amanda Hocking's blog - in particular a post called "An Epic Tale of How It All Happened." She just posted today with a link to a lot of her suggested resources. She has sold more books in JANUARY than most New York Times bestsellers can hope to sell in a year. Read what she suggests, you'll get a better handle on things. True, not everyone's going to hit the market sweet spot she did, but she's been very generous with sharing her resources and experiences.
The thing I keep hearing that has me scratching my head is people stuck in an older mentality around ebooks. While you (or her, or that guy over there) might not have an ebook reader, they are quickly coming down in price to the point where the people who already have the disposable income to spend buying books (versus those who might be limited to library loans and occasional book purchases) are flocking to ebook readers like moths to a flame because the readers make their lives *simple.* Young people are flocking to ebook readers (even if only on their cell phones) because they do everything on a screen of some sort, it's a very natural interaction for them. My dad has an iPad and uses it to read his door-stop style books (I don't know what he's reading on it now but Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead is one of his favorites and clocks in at what - 1k pages? When he loads it on his iPad, the iPad doesn't weigh any more than it used to...and he still has his solitaire game he likes to play, too.)
It's changing *EVERYTHING*
This is a good time to be a writer. I know you live outside the U.S. and I've heard some pretty impressive things from indie authors about their overseas sales, too. I think the market is exploding. Great time to epublish your own titles if you have the time to put into making a great cover, formatting the document properly (smashwords will guide you step-by-infinitely-small-step) and uploading it to the various sites (amazon, barnes and noble, smashwords.)
Good luck!
http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/?p=3249#comments This one is about time.
I agree with Kay Ti about this is an exciting time but I will add that for me it's also an unsure time. I have to decide which way to go and as I have said a few times, find someone to edit my stuff. And I would also have to look into how to do covers, because evidently in e-publishing they are more important than in traditional publishing.
To answer someone's question about your ebook going to traditional paper publishing. All I can say is that it has happened a few times already and a couple of pro writers expect that it probably will happen more and more. No one knows for sure yet but it looks like it they could be right.
I think the novel I'm currently writing is a good candidate for epublishing. While I have a few agents already written down for querying, I have to consider epublishing as an option.
I, personally, think the best thing is to do both. Query novels and publish them.
quote:I've already started reading Smashwords FAQ and info. A cover seems reasonable but where to make one? I'm not an artist, not with a pencil anyway.
Yeah, the cover's one of the sticking points for me, too. I'm almost at a point where I'm ready to try this out in a small way, with one or more short stories. But the cover . . .
I think market research is crucial, i.e: If an ebook is published on the net, and no one is around, does it make a sound? (skimpy analogy. Haha!)
And for the cover I have a couple of art-savvy friends who love or pity me enough to do it for me.
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http://kriswrites.com/2011/02/03/the-business-rusch-beginning-writers-changing-ti mes-part-16/
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Kris Rusch makes good points about how the economy of scale is completely against the new or midlist writer. When publishers can't make money on anything but best-sellers, nothing but best-sellers (or what they believe can be pushed to that position) will be published. This means that journeyman authors can no longer make a living writing. Holly Lisle has a good article about that here: http://tinyurl.com/3844auy(Unfortunately Holly's midlist revival project was killed by an unscrupulous person's actions.)
quote:Yeah, the cover's one of the sticking points for me, too. I'm almost at a point where I'm ready to try this out in a small way, with one or more short stories. But the cover . . .
I have a friend who is doing covers, offering a special in February for the first ten authors who contact her. Her site is called The Cover Counts.
Additionally, doing a cover yourself isn't too hard. You can create one in powerpoint or a similar tool (there are many freeware or almost free simple drawing programs on the web, too.) Find an image that you either pay for the rights to use, or is free to use in an adapted way (because you'll be changing it for your purposes.) Size it properly (roughly 5 inches across by 7 inches tall, but google book covers to figure out the proper dimensions in pixels and dpi and all that fun stuff. That you usually set in image properties on the slide or in the drawing program.) Then put your title any your name in large, easy to read font. Remember the ebook searches return tiny postage-stamp sized covers (and from an ebook reader, many return only black/white/grayscale images - so check yours in b/w to be sure it's still legible.) You can combine a few images together to make something work for your book/story concept, or farm it out to someone who you pay to do the adapting. Most of the self-published covers I've seen lately are more along the lines of photos or stock images recast as book covers, versus huge expanses of original art. But of course there is a range.
Either way, good luck. It's a different pool, but a fun one to dip your toes into!
I'm not expecting people to answer these questions for me but they are making my nights much shroter.
Even if you self publish one novel that does not exclude traditional publishing of another one later.
Just make sure you are well informed of the industry and that your work is top notch!
Good luck, martin!
I want an actual physical book I can touch, at least with my first book, so e-publishing would be out but there is POD-print on demand-and the impression I get is that I can do both. That would take care of that desire.
As I have been learning there are pros and cons to each way-traditional and e-publishing-but right now it sounds like the easier and better way is the new way except with the number of sells and the fact that you have to do everything yourself. But the number of sells for e-books are in the way up. But on the other hand choosing the right cover can be a problem. And not only right one but one I like. Some of the covers I've seen for e-books and e-stories I wouldn't want to use. I saw an ad in my Writer's Digest Newsletter for a group that does covers but they charge a couple hundred dollars. Of course on yet another hand would the POD publisher take care of that? All things I need to check into when the time comes.
But I would e-publish short stories in a blink if I can find the time to clean up the nitpicks. That might be the only way for me to get another story published.
And I add that there is still more prestige and the joy of seeing your books in a bookstore with going the traditional way.
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Of course there is also the problems Borders is having now too.
Oh yes Stackpole isn't the only pro who uses that statement that money flows to the writer not from the writer.
Almost should be placed on a poster or T-shirt or mug.
quote:Import posts from your site or blog, or copy/paste from a manuscript. Edit content and drag it into chapters, then congratulations ... you're an eBook author! Pay as little as $19.99 to get an ePub file to distribute on your own, or $89.99 to have us send it to major online stores along with an ISBN we assign for you (a $125 value).
See also http://bookbrewer.com/content/frequently-asked-questions
Their royalty cuts seem out of line compared to other ebook routes. And paying $200 extra to get a DRM-free file??!
I'd say it looks like someone figured out how to get free money out of people enamoured of their Deathless Prose. My guess is these will be zero-sales works (or will never exceed the $25 payment threshold), so all the profit is in the upfront fees.
Edited by Kathleen to remove the broken URL--see link in next post, please.
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(I hate UBB's awkward URL thing too!!!!!!!!)
Additionally, it's VERY easy to insert a link like this one for tiny url into a Hatrack post.
Works the same as any other set of tags in a post here. You have to use the straight brackets to enclose an instruction. For a web address the instruction is "URL=" (all caps.) Afterwards, you have to close out the instruction (basically tell the computer to stop displaying whatever special thing you've told it to display) which you do also in the straight brackets, instead of "URL=" now it's "/URL" (forward slash URL)
The specific format of the URL will look like this:Left straight bracketURL=pasted URL addressright straight bracketthe words you want to be underlined and to act as the linkleft straight bracketforward slashURLright straight bracket
Make sense? If not, I apologize.
If I've put any money into the story ahead of time, that's my own cost (e.g., paying someone else to do a title for me), but the sites themselves do not charge for their use. POD is different (print-on-demand, that's putting your books out in print. Because there's a physical object, you do have to pay to create the proof and other administrative things. My understanding is this cost is well under $100US for a title (I've heard around $50, about 40 for the professional rate on Createspace, plus $10 or so for your proof.)
Pardon me for changing the subject but Hey, just thought of a title for a story maybe I'll send it to Dean Wesley Smith since he likes to write stories from titles, I very rarely do it that way. Or if anyone else wants to try it that way. Probably be a fun story.
... I have a bookmark on my toolbar, which sends the current page to TinyURL and automatically produces the desired short link. The bookmark is:
Most forum software is kinda stupid about displaying long lines, so you get either broken links or sidescrolling from hell.
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I tried it and it worked for me. Interesting if long post about surviving the publishing storm .
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Same link
Okay it did...thanks.
Hmm, I may have just figured that out
Thought this blog post from Dean Wesley Smith might be appropriate for here.
Maybe it should have it's own thread but it deals with e-publishing as a business
There's a lot to think about, and Dean Wesley Smith's blog is, in my opinion, a great place to start. He just posted the first post of a new series about becoming a publisher. Go and read it now.
Remember, if you publish short fiction, once you epublish it, you're done with it unless an editor were to make a request.
But with novels, there's no reason not to epub them and then send them out to editors.
My one piece of advice I'd give -- and this is what I'd give to myself if I could go back a few months and start over again -- is to take a month and think long and hard about what your goals. I got excited, jumped in, and now have spent a few weeks cleaning up some of the mess I made. Luckily, it was only two months of mess, and not a year's worth, but still. I'd strongly recommend you read all of Dean Wesley's Smith's posts on Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing and the New World of Publishing -- and read all the comments, too -- and get a game plan in order.
I pretty much see my 2011 Indie Year (as I like to call it) as one big experiment. I want to see what happens. My goal is to get 52 new titles up (novels, short stories, collections) by December 31, 2011. That should give me a pretty good idea of the possibilities. Of course, I take the view that all my titles are going to fail and selling only a minimum per month, so they more titles I have the more money I'll make. It's the only sane view to take in this business.
Right now, my plan is to return to traditional submissions in 2012. That WILL be the case for short fiction, but I'm not so sure about novels. The fact is that publishers are become very unwilling to give new writers reversion rights, and writers are getting screwed big time with ebook royalties; this means that while I might sell three novels for $20,000 today, I might end up loosing hundreds of thousands over the course of the next thirty years, and I guarantee you I'll need that long-term income far more than I need the extra 20 grand today. So I want to see how things shake out there before I go the NY route.
Hope this helps.
Right now my goal is to only put up two sets of my older stories and maybe a couple of individual stories but it's tempting to put up all three novels I am working on. I probably will end up doing one for sure, because it might be only 60,000 or so words. One is going to be around 90,000 and I may try that one the traditional way. The third one is up in the air right now.
But besides the sets of stories I haven't decided yet. But in either case I will need, as I have mentioned a few times, outside help with the covers and copy editing. Both will cost money. How much is the issue. Dean discusses that and a couple of other needs. Really thought provoking post he has there.
Boy before this discussion I never heard of her or that other guy with the Klingon sounding name. All the more reason to get an e-reader.
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More about the benefits of e publishing. And a warning
Trust me
Interesting and informative but I think part way through the started pretty much repeating themselves even though using different words.
Can you expand on this? Doesn't epublishing a novel make it less attractive to a trad publisher?
Along those same lines, I'm interested to know if there is a good way to epub with a simultaneous print pub, for people who like physical books, even something as simple as epub + a POD option, if it doesn't turn out too badly. Or is there an epub service that includes print and actually has a brick & mortar distribution channel?
My understanding is that a self-published novel won't pose any problem to an editor who wants to buy it. There are several indie writers who have switched over, Amanda Hocking being the big name. Either editors will like it and want to buy it, or they won't. Now agents, from what I hear, are very much opposed to self-published novels. But, then, why any unpublished writer would even want an agent is beyond me.
Yes, you can self-pub and do POD. Look into CreateSpace; many indie writers use it.
In terms of getting your books into brick and mortar stores, that's a whole different ball game, and one I can't comment on. I suggest you jump over to Dean Wesley Smith's blog for an answer to that question.
I wonder how reflective that is of MG readers. I bet it's not too far off. Perhaps my thought of maybe e-publishing my MG books is a bit short-sighted.
How many of them have a reader? Many probably have a phone, but how many books would you really want to read on that screen? Access to the computer may be limited for good reasons. How many eight to twelve year olds have a dedicated e-reader? (That number will grow.)
And the real issue with MG is the gate keepers. Eight to twelve year olds don't have credit cards (at least, I hope they don't), so Mom or Dad has to buy the e-book for them. So, how do you reach the people who can pay and convince them your book is the right one for little Johnny or Jenny?
That's just my limited view of the world right now. I have no data to back up those opinions.
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I dug further and found a bunch of articles talking about how the Nook Color is super popular, 3M in sales already and it's only been out since November. It's the second most popular tablet-like seller (second to the iPad.) Very very interesting. Most say it's not a very powerful tablet, but a very powerful eReader, but it also is an interesting device for kids, as a hybrid/more locked-down device than an iPad. Plus the digital ink Nook and Kindles are still out there at sub-$150 prices. iPods were in that range when they first came out (anyone remember those days?)
At any rate - I think the proliferation of ereading devices in families (with geek families like mine considering upgrades and hand-me-downs of old tech to the kids) and the lower price points and more powerful features available means more kids will have access to more ereaders (or ereading software on their phones.) I was noticing just yesterday how really ANNOYING the pricing is on many ebooks in the MG/YA market. Super expensive, which is ridiculous given that many of them are much shorter than adult fiction priced comparatively.
So...this is an opportunity for us writers of YA/MG fiction, as we can put our ebooks out with very competitive prices (I'm going to start at 4.99 for my novels) and play the pricing game as a way to be appealing to readers. If you think about it as a slow build of the market as ereaders trickle down, you'd have first mover advantage by putting your ebooks out soon, so they are already THERE when the holiday season rush comes at the end of the year. You can have the opportunity of a good 6 months to build interest, garner positive reviews, etc. Pretty good timing and strategy, in my opinion...


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Poem: Manly
I have no idea what it means
To really be a man
But if I can come up with some half-good
Answers for all my questions
I'd be halfway to the moon by now
And I guess I ain't going soon
Because I don't know anything
When I was ten I knew
What being a man was all about
You wore cowboy hats and drove a motorcycle
Or rode a horse in foreboding sunglasses
Or tats of naked women straddling eagles
Or snakes or dragons
And did whatever it takes to keep hold of your dignity
That sort of manliness is something I lack
I certainly don't look like a buff, bearded lumberjack
But these days that idea of masculinity
Holds all the necessity of a bullet in my head
Which mind you, I don't think I need
So I plead with you, know
That it's not always men who go into fights
Who are manly
But instead the ones who spend their nights
At home with their families
Working two jobs just to have enough to send his little girl
To college one day
That place he never got to go
Because he'd throw a punch
Every single time his honor was questioned
But now he forgets about that
And instead says "I love you"
Every single chance he can
Because he knows now what it means
To be a man
Posted on November 10, 2011, in Bodily Hair, Childhood, Controversy, Cowboys, Poems, Poetry, Word Salad, Writing and tagged art, cowboys, Derek Berry, entertainment, humor, Manly, mansculinity, personal, poem, poetry, word salad, writing. Bookmark the permalink. 3 Comments.


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