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German soul artist Xavier Naidoo was part of a late 90s movement encouraging artists to return to the German language in pop. Performing in various formations, he is an enduring presence in the charts.
Award-winning, million-selling soul singer Xavier Naidoo
With his smooth R 'n' B productions and German lyrics, Xavier Naidoo achieved international acclaim, not only with his solo music but also with the band that gave him his break in the music industry, "Die Söhne Mannheims" (Sons of Mannheim).
After a clutch of prestigious music prizes, numerous hit singles and five studio albums - four of which hit the top spot in the German album charts - he is one of the most prolific and respected artists in the German music scene.
Deutsche Welle's Amy Zayed caught up with Naidoo and guitarist Mister Baylis on their promotion tour for the latest Söhne Mannheims LP "Barrikaden von Eden" (Barricades of Eden).
Deutsche Welle: You have been active in the music scene since 1995. What's the secret of your success?
Xavier Naidoo: I think it was primarily the German language that made us unique. It was not only giving Germany soul music. It was giving the Germans a piece of soul back. After the Second World War it just didn't feel right to sing in German or to have lyrics with a proper meaning sung in Germany. People felt awkward when they traveled abroad, not wanting to say they were German, so how on earth would you expect to find decent German music?
There was a lot of English and American music around, but I wanted to give Germans lyrics they could understand, so they could learn to handle pop music.
The great thing about pop is to be able to read between the lines and identify with the song. We were missing out on that. I grew up speaking English and German, so I had the privilege of being able to read between the lines. I loved Prince and Massive Attack and Soul II Soul! And all the drum and bass stuff. I felt so at home in that scene.
I wanted to give people that joy of understanding and identifying with what I was singing. So we started to do it ourselves.
Is there something special about the German fan base?
Many of Naidoo's songs have a Christian bent
Xavier Naidoo: What I've come to realize over the last few decades is that once you are in the German fans' hearts, they will never ever let you out again. I mean look at people like David Hasselhoff. He was never as popular in his own country as he was in Germany. When he did his recent album and tour here, everybody was back supporting him like in the old days. You'd never find that anywhere else.
There are about a hundred million German speaking people in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, so the market is immense. If you can reach out to them with a love song or whatever, then that is great.
What's wrong with the local music scene? If you look at places like the UK, everybody seems to either have a band or manage one. Isn't there enough interest in Germany, or is the market too small?
Xavier Naidoo: We never grew up with an entertainment sector. In the last 30 years it seems like this whole business was somehow cut off from Germany, or at least we didn't take it seriously. It's not like we grow up with pop music like the British or the Americans.
Only now are more and more German bands appearing on the scene, and more of them sing German. I'm eager to see where it will lead to.
Mister Baylis: The German music industry doesn't seem to realize how much potential we have and how big this business is and could be. We import so much music from the UK and America. Look at France, they play far more French music on the radio than we do German music.
But look at Sweden, they do a good job of exporting their music to the world. Even Iceland has people like Björk. Where's Germany?
Mister Baylis: The Swedish have very good pop music.
Xavier Naidoo: But then our radio situation is far less open and international than it is in Scandinavia for example. They play jazz next to speed metal and then you could hear an indie song followed by a pop song. In the UK BBC 6 Music will play all sorts of stuff outside mainstream pop.
The German band Söhne Mannheims
Here in Germany our stations are split into different categories. And if you don't fit, you're either made to fit or you don't get any airplay. Other countries have American series with subtitles so they learn to play with different languages far quicker. We are kind of in a bubble where we used to duck and hide feeling ashamed of our German identity.
It's such a paradox. We don't even have our own folk music. All we have is Schlager, which is a parody of German folk music with no substance, just rubbish. We used to have beautiful folk songs with wonderful arrangements and brilliant lyrics. They're all gone or got lost through ignorance and peoples' fear of their own identity.
There is this ever-growing ongoing discussion on music on the internet and illegal downloads. But you've always given fans the chance to legally download some of your stuff even before release.
Xavier Naidoo: I think we have to start living with the Internet. The question is where it will lead. Either we won't be able to download anything for free, or we will be able to download everything for free, or there will be a completely different solution.
The main problem is that some people have closed their eyes for far too long, especially within the music industry. At the end of the day I need to have my music online. If out of the five million people that click on my website 500,000 buy the single, that's great. Maybe there would be more sales it if I didn't put my stuff on YouTube or give away free downloads, but maybe not, because nobody would have the chance to give it a listen beforehand.
There is so much out now, and nobody has enough money to buy everything, but lots of people show up at the concerts at least, so no harm done!
Mister Baylis: Music is a public thing, so it should be accessible to everyone. But then again the musician needs to earn a living. So I think it's something for the government to take care of. Why not have an artists' tax?
Born and raised in Mannheim, Naidoo released his first German language album in 1998
You've done a lot to improve the German music scene, even organizing a contest for upcoming artists to be the "New Söhne Mannheims" and feature on your videos and single. What else do you think could be done for the local scene?
Xavier Naidoo: What we really need are places where young bands can play and organize gigs. What's the use in renting a rehearsal room and practicing your butt off if you can't play anywhere?
In Mannheim we already have a pop academy where you can study popular culture and music. We have a music park. The music industry seems to finally be recognizing the need, but more investment in popular music and culture is definitely required.
We also need music TV shows again. All we have are those silly casting shows, but no decent live venues for small bands. That just kills any development in the German music scene. But then again I like to watch these casting shows because they are the only way to find out who has talent in Germany.
Mister Baylis: Yeah, but what sense does it make to have one pop idol and put that poor person to play in front of two million people if they haven't ever played live before? And then you watch them fall after two years and laugh about them, but nobody considers that these poor people didn't have any experience.
If I had the chance, I'd create a show where people can come and sing their own songs, and the best musician wins. Then you wouldn't need any silly producers, and people would know you by your own style. That would be better than singing cover songs, then going into a studio to record some rubbish that has nothing to do with the songs you sang on TV, and then wondering why nobody wants to buy it.
If you rise too quickly, you might fall quickly too.
Interview: Amy Zayed
Editor: Rick Fulker
It hasn't been all that long since cassettes lined car dashboards everywhere, but a wealth of new digital formats quickly relegated the cassette to a forgotten corner of history. Can they make a retro comeback? (29.04.2011)
Austrian indie band Ja, Panik left their native Vienna two years ago and are now "stranded" in Berlin. Their fourth studio album, DMD KIU LIDT, recorded in ten days in Berlin-Neukoelln, was released on April 15. (09.05.2011)


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We have two of these little things, a white one and then this black and white cow-patterned one named Winkie. I honestly can't see much of a difference between the two, but they seem to hold great entertainment factor with kids, and having different ones is part of the appeal. They used to be called Go Go Hamsters, but with the emergence of Gogos onto the scene a few years ago they changed to be marketed as Zhu Zhu Hamsters instead. Winkie is very active.
One of the main features about the hamsters are their movement, Battery operated, they zoom around the place on the wheels that are on the underneath of a cosy exterior. The flat plastic panel with the wheels also houses a battery compartment to keep it going, although this seems to last forever. The top of the hamster is this well designed and realistic looking hamster with synthetic fur, cleverly etched in black and white and with a button nose and eyes.
It's activated by a simple push of the nose, which you wouldn't be able to tell is depressable when you look at it. I think its design is very good, and I've seen these retail for around the £5 mark, although this particular one, along with the white one, were presents my 9 year old had a few years ago. When you press the button, this sets it off in an exploratory mode where it zips around on its wheels, stopping every now and then and making a mewing sound a bit like a hamster would make. This in itself is quite endearing, but as with the other Zhu Zhu Hamster we have, this after a while becomes extremely annoying. I appreciate the fun factor for kids, but this is ultimately one of those noises which just starts grating after a while.
The problem doesn't necessarily come when your kids are playing with the hamsters, it's more when they put them away. The sensitivity of the nose means that it takes only the most gentle of touches to start it off, and this makes it mew and the wheels turn. If you know where you've put it then this is fine, but 9 times out of 10 I haven't a clue, particularly when our 9 year old tidies up as quick as he can to get back on the computer. Then you have to rely on following the sound to find it and try to deactivate it, which is nigh on impossible unless you remove the battery.
Having the hamsters on their own is rather basic apparently. Using the tracks and other devices that come as part of the range can add to the playability factor, although we only have the two hamsters and these have mysteriously disappeared of late. I can't say I'm too upset about this as they are potentially the most annoying toys our boys have ever played with. I'd say that 3-7 are the ideal ages for these. Our 19 month old probably isn't old enough for them, while our 9 year old has lost interest to a certain extent. Not a toy I'd personally recommend, but this is more to do with my sanity as opposed to my kids' enjoyment.
Whilst sorting through Laurens toys recently, we came across Zhu Zhu Hamster Jilly, the rest of the day was spent laughing and giggling as Jilly 'ran' around the living room floor, crashing into things, getting stuck under the settee and annoying the cat. The following day whilst we were shopping in Home Bargains, I spotted there was a selection of other hamsters for £1.99 only so I had to buy one! There were several different ones available, but Lauren choose Winkie.
Winkie is covered in black and white fur, with a little pink nose which when pressed, Winkie starts making his noises! As with all the Zhu Zhu Hamster range, the packaging of the product is yellow and black and Winkie's nose sticks out the end of the box so you can listen to the noises he makes before you buy.
Operating the hamsters is really easy; on his back he has a little button, which has three setting; sleep mode, which means he doesn't do anything, talk mode, which means Winkie just makes squeaking noises, and finally, the most mode of all, explore mode - just place your hamster on the floor and off they go. Explore mode is what provides the most fun, Lauren can literally sit for hours just chasing the hamster around the living room, making little obstacle courses for it, watching it get stuck, reverse and try and find an alternative route. As I said earlier, she loves to chase our cat around the living room with it too!
As with most wheeled toys, Jilly seems to work better on hard flooring however she still works fine on carpets, just a little slower. I would be careful of placing her on a deep pile carpet or rug as the pile may get stuck in her wheels.
The range of Zhu Zhu is enormous, there are loads of different hamsters available, all ranging from £2 - £15, you can buy clothes & jewellery for around £5 each and then larger accessories such as cars, restaurants, tubes etc. I have heard friends say that the accessories are quite poorly made, but as we have never purchased any, I cannot really comment - what I can say it we have had hours of fun without any of these.
The hamster requires 2 x AA batteries which are included, based on my experience with Jilly, these actually last for ages.
You do have to be careful if getting you hair near the hamster when the wheels are turning as it could easily get tangled up - Lauren likes to get quite low down on the floor when playing with them, so I always have to remind her about this. Also, there is a bit of a knack to picking to picking the hamsters up when it it running around the floor; you need to pick it up by the sides, being careful not to put your fingers under the hamster otherwise the wheels might nip your skin.
Overall, I would recommend the hamsters, they have provided lots of fun - more so when we brought two and I would therefore give 5 out of 5 stars.
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==Zhu Zhu Pet Winkie==
Winkie has been in our family since Christmas and probably feels slightly rejected now that we have bought a real hamster and named him Hammy (original I know). Winkie was a last minute Christmas present for Jack and to be honest he didn't really need any more gifts but as usual I just couldn't help myself.
Winkie was bought from Woolworth's online and costs a few pence under £10 which I think was about the right price for that time although now I suspect you could find them being sold for cheaper.
Winkie is a black and white hamster and he has a little pink button nose. The button which doubles as his nose activates the sounds that Winkie makes as does a hidden button along his spine. The hamster came with batteries and so far we haven't had to change them.
Winkie makes a multitude of different noises and none of them is particularly hamster like and most of them are rather annoying. Winkie wheels around in a hamster like fashion up and down our hallway and if he bashes into a wall his nose tells him and he is able to scoot backwards and wheel off in the other direction which I find pretty impressive.
He can scoot around for a good while before he goes into sleep mode and even then I can't really work out if he is completely off as from time to time he will continue to make these strange noises. There doesn't appear to be a button which will turn him off entirely and this can be frustrating a lot of the time as even when he is tucked up in his draw I often hear little squeaks.
Jack hasn't really played with him as much as the £10 we paid for him warrants and I feel he was slightly a waste of money. He looks kind of cute and it is quite a cleaver idea but on the whole I don't see that there is much play factor with him as a toy.
The noises are annoying and as there was no real instructions with the toy, we don't feel we know if we are using him to his full ability. I don't think Jack was very impressed with him and for that reason I would only award a 2 out of 5 star rating and not even give him a recommendation.
Perhaps when Jack is a little older he will appreciate him more, but now we have a real hamster I feel we have put Winkie in a corner so to speak!
I do hope that this has been of some help/interest to you.
Many thanks for taking the time to read.

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The Christmas season has barely begun, and already visitors are sitting politely in your living room, waiting for you to entertain them. You blab about the balmy Houston winters. You grunt a little over those turncoat Tennessee Oilers. You nod your head about how you're getting on pretty well at work. And then the holiday house-guest dread starts creeping down your skull. As you glance at your watch, you realize you've still got days before these aliens leave town. What, you want to know, can you do with them?
A Christmas play could be just the thing. At worst, it'll eat up a couple of hours; at best, it might get you into that cozy, familial feeling you're so obviously missing. When you've tromped through the Galleria as far as your feet will carry you, eaten all the movie popcorn you can stomach and taken kitchen-table small talk as far as it will sanely go, gather everyone into the minivan and make your way through the streets to your local live theater. Some of what's out there is bound to put you in the Christmas spirit, if only for one magical night. As a start, here's a guide to a quartet of Christmas offerings -- three of them fine stocking stuffers, and one an unfortunate lump of coal.
If your guests have brought kids with them, or if you're wondering what to do with your own offspring, check out Main Street Theater's Merry Christmas, Strega Nona. It's sweet enough and short enough (about 50 minutes long) for even very young children, though the little dumpling who escorted me to the theater was nine and quite delighted to be there.
In the play, Strega Nona, a good Catholic magician who lives on the outskirts of her Italian village, plans a Christmas feast for the town. When her plans go awry and she must cancel her dinner, she learns the value of receiving as well as giving. And those to whom she's given so much learn what she's known all along: that giving from the heart feels fabulous.
As the story unfolds, there's some singing and some shuffling about to the music that can't quite qualify as dancing. And though the music is canned and the songs are decidedly corny (as is the whole script), it's all done in such good fun that the audience, grownups included, was laughing in spite of itself. At two points during the show, kids are pulled out of the audience and into the action. One young fellow was so beside himself after having been on-stage that when he climbed back into his seat, he exclaimed to his mom, "It was awesome down there!"
The cast is, for the most part, adequate, though there are some standouts. Joel Sandel (Mayor), Pablo Bracho (Puppeteer) and Matthew M. Gibbs (Big Anthony) are especially charming. And Beach Vickers, who plays the baker, has such a wonderfully enthusiastic presence, with his crooked handlebar mustache and big, fat pillow-tummy, that he couldn't help but steal the show. The clever set, complete with wonky chairs and cardboard-cutout animals and townspeople, is also very funny. This production makes an excellent interlude for the youthful set, and offers a nice change of pace from kiddie-cinema sensory overload. (Merry Christmas, Strega Nona plays through December 28 at Main Street Theater at Chelsea Market, 4617 Montrose, 524-6706.)
Sadly, Langston Hughes's Black Nativity, currently at the Ensemble, is one Christmas show you should absolutely avoid. Unless you love someone in the cast unconditionally, you're likely to spend the entire evening cringing at the poor actors who are so valiantly grinding through this flat, terrible production. The play tells the tale of Christ's birth in poetry, dance and song, which means that music plays an enormous role in the show. But for some reason, the Ensemble uses canned accompaniment, a major error in a production that takes itself so seriously. The taped music is as lively and constant as freeway noise, making it hard for the singers, who aren't bad, to keep up. They can't seem to muster the energy required to make the tunes, which also aren't bad, come to life.
The dancing is likewise weak. Here, the problem lies not so much with the performers as with the choreography, which moves from completely uninteresting to absurdly peculiar. When Mary, who's nine months pregnant, starts to leap and dance about the stage as she looks for an inn in which to stay, the audience can't help but snicker. And I couldn't help but pity the performers, many of whom are obviously talented. In this instance, the kindest thing would be to do them the favor of not seeing this off production, so that it might more easily be erased from memory once the run is over. (Black Nativity plays through December 28 at the Ensemble Theatre, 3535 Main, 520-0055.)
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If you're looking for a better show with a Christian theme -- this is Christmas, after all -- the Masquerade Theatre's production of Godspell makes a happy choice. Anyone who's at least 30 probably knows something about this musical, which was so ubiquitous in the 1970s. It's a sort of mad musical dash through the Gospel of Matthew's Christian lessons. The tunes are terrific, even if the show's message is somewhat didactic for a '90s audience, which knows very well that not everyone shares the Christian faith.
But the folks at Masquerade have worked hard to yank this show into the present decade. Current cultural references abound. The production includes everything from Homer Simpson to high school gang-bangers to clogging. And for the most part, it succeeds. Best of all, the singing is terrific. Musical director Phillip Duggins shows the cast off at its best, and what he's managed to do with a piano and a drum set in terms of accompaniment is amazing. The only problem I had was with the democratic way in which each performer was given a solo; some of the performers have such lovely voices (Naya Rodriguez-Castinado, in particular) that I wanted to hear more of them and less of the others. Too, the show, which goes on at least 30 minutes too long, badly needs cutting. All the wailing over Christ's crucifixion toward the end just doesn't work; it feels indulgent. Still, all in all, this production is one more successful feather in the Masquerade Theatre's cap. They've only been at this theater business since the summer, and so far they've managed to hit the mark every time. (Godspell plays through January 4 at the Masquerade Theatre, 720 W. 11th, 861-7045.)
Finally, what would Christmas be without a production of Dickens's A Christmas Carol? Better off, you might be thinking to yourself, but in this case, going the Grinch route would be a mistake. The Alley has managed to resurrect this war horse with a great deal of panache and fun. James Black, who played Scrooge the night I saw the show (he rotates the role with Charles Krohn), managed to turn what can be a crotchety cartoon of a character into a being the audience could actually care for. And Paul Hope, in the dual role of the housekeeper and Jacob Marley (he rotates with John Feltch), was wonderfully silly and, in places, laugh-out-loud funny. The set, which is basically a Victorian-looking wooden walkway that encircles the stage, does a nice job of insinuating the hustle-bustle of city life. The special effects dazzled my nine-year-old companion, who left the theater pronouncing, in her haughtiest theater critic voice, that Christmas Carol was "a lot" better than the Nutcracker, which she had seen earlier that week. In fact, she voted Christmas Carol her favorite of everything she's seen, which perhaps says a lot about why so many theaters keep mounting this show. Merry Christmas, everyone, indeed. (A Christmas Carol plays through December 28 at the Alley Theatre, 615 Texas, 228-8421.)


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I have news for whoever buys the naming rights to Wrigley. You might think that because you have plunked down $100 million, the park will be called Wrigley Field at IBM Park or some other ode to capitalism you have coined. It won't be. Everybody will continue calling it Wrigley Field. Forever and ever, amen. That's the closest I'll get to sentimentality on this . . .
. . .The economists can tell you how much the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company profits from having one of the most recognizable ballparks in America carrying its name. Naming rights to stadiums obviously wouldn't cost so much if there weren't a proven financial benefit to it. And yet, I don't hear "Wrigley Field" and immediately think "Doublemint." I hear "Wrigley Field" and immediately think "beer."
That last point is worth thinking about. Following last week's post about renaming Wrigley, a reader named Mike noted how appropriate "Old Style Park" would be for Wrigley, and I have to admit, such a move would be genius.


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CULIACAN, Mexico (AP) - Officials say a 20-year-old state beauty queen has been killed in northern Mexico during a running gun battle between soldiers and the gang of drug traffickers she was traveling with.
The prosecutor of the drug-plagued state of Sinaloa says the body of Maria Susana Flores Gamez has been turned over to relatives for burial.
Prosecutor Marco Antonio Higuera said Monday that Flores Gamez was traveling in one of the vehicles that engaged soldiers in an hours-long chase and shootout on Saturday.
Her body was found lying next to an assault rifle.
She was voted the 2012 Woman of Sinaloa in a beauty pageant in February.
In 2008, another Mexican beauty queen was detained on suspicion of drug and weapons violations but was later released.
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Kahne barely missed out on his first Las Vegas victory Sunday, leading 114 laps and finishing second behind Matt Kenseth after several futile attempts to make a late pass.
After crashing at Daytona and then fading to 19th after starting second last week in Phoenix, Kahne drove his Chevrolet to a finish that matched his Vegas career best. He dominated much of the race and seemed difficult to beat, but Kenseth's cagey move out of the final pit stop left Kahne behind.
"My engine ran unbelievable, the car was perfect, and the guys did an awesome job," Kahne said. "We just didn't get the win."
Kahne's slow start in 2012, his first season with Hendrick Motorsports, left many wondering if the move to NASCAR's winningest team had mentally bothered the former boy wonder. Kahne proved the doubters wrong by winning twice and finishing a career-best fourth in the overall standings.
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Game Wrap - Seattle 6-1 Victors Over Rangers
Seattle moneyline bettors cashed on Monday courtesy of a 6-1 win against the Texas Rangers at Safeco Field.
Seattle won as a +127 underdog, while Over-Under bettors who played OVER the total of 6.5 were rewarded at the payout window.
Felix Hernandez earned the victory for the Mariners, throwing 8 innings of work, striking out 7, walking 2, and allowing 6 hits and 1 earned run. That effort was supported by 2 RBIs from Ichiro Suzuki in the win.
Texas got a 4-inning outing from Yu Darvish in the loss. He gave up 4 earned runs, 6 walks and 4 hits in his time on the mound, while Ian Kinsler had 2 hits in the loss for the Rangers.
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Marriott International appoints Marwan Haddad as Director of Sales for Marriott Executive Apartments, Bahrain
Hossein Garan, General Manager of the upcoming Marriott Executive Apartments in Bahrain has announced the appointment of Marwan Haddad as Director of Sales of the hotel.
In his new role, as the Director of Sales for the upcoming Marriott property in Bahrain, Haddad is in charge of the sales and event teams reporting directly to the General Manager. As the head of the sales management team, Haddad is responsible to develop, implement hotel-wide strategies and deliver products and services to meet or exceed the needs and expectations of the hotel guests and employees. He is also responsible for achieving revenue goals, guest and employee satisfaction targets and the financial performance of the department.
Having finished his master's degree in France, Haddad is determined and committed professional, benefiting from a first class hospitality career with Marriott International. With proven track record of six years experience gained in the events, sales and marketing field in a multicultural environment, Haddad's strong level of communication and negotiation skills has been an effective medium as he brings along knowledge of local corporate market as well as the Middle East market.
Haddad previously worked at Courtyard by Marriott Dubai Green Community as Sr. Sales Manager before his move to head the sales team of Marriott Executive Apartments, Bahrain.
"We are very delighted to have him join our team. Marwan's experience and passion for the hospitality business made him the candidate of choice for our first opening in the Kingdom of Bahrain" says Hossein Garan, General Manager of Marriott Executive Apartments, Bahrain.
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As a recap, 23 year old homewrecker with two kids by two men who started affair with my husband when her youngest was probably about 6 months old, oldest less than two, and my twins 15 months, was deployed from January until October 8. Since then, she lives with my STBX, apparently, AND DOES NOT EVER HAVE HER KIDS. As in not even overnight. Maybe visits them once a week at her mom's. WTF!!!!!!!!!! Gone for ten months then totally blowing off two kids under 3?
Holy shit. My ex looked like he wanted to crawl in a hole when he admitted it (only because he was surprised and didn't have a handy lie available, heh heh).
Holy fuck. What kind of mom VOLUNTEERS to deploy b/c her "guilt" *cough* over having an affair, then comes home and has nearly nothing to do with her kids?
Wow. Just wow. So, needless to say, guess the honeymoon gets to continue.
You know, I feel so fucking good about myself right now.
What kind of mom VOLUNTEERS to deploy b/c her "guilt" *cough* over having an affair, then comes home and has nearly nothing to do with her kids?
The same type of mom who spends all of her time and effort on someone else's husband and destroying the family of 2 very young children. She's a disgusting POS and likely exactly what your ex deserves. If his brain was working at all he'd see that a woman who doesn't give a shit about her own kids most definitely can't give a shit about someone else. He destroyed his family in exchange for something like her. He should be VERY embarrassed.


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Xbox One Stereo Headset and Headset Adapter announced
Microsoft has announced today a pair of new audio device options for the Xbox One: a brand new Stereo Headset and a separate Stereo Headset Adapter for people who want to use their already-owned headphones.
The new Stereo Headset, available for $79.99, pairs a premium, full-range (20Hz – 20kHz) audio experience with a unidirectional microphone. It includes an Adapter that contains all of the audio controls allowing you to balance the game and chat audio levels, control the master volume, and mute the microphone. The headset doesn't use separate batteries and is passively powered through the wireless controller. Additionally, the headset is compatible with mobile devices, tablets, and PC/Mac.
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Social media is a term that seems to be everywhere these days. From Facebook to Twitter to LinkedIn and more — with so many possibilities there are many ways to reach current and prospective customers, but it is often hard to know where to start.
Craig Grant, president of Quality Water Conditioning Inc. and the February Dealer of the Month, know that it is crucial for his business to have a presence on the Web. "I don't think in this day and age you could exist without having a website," he said. "I don't think many younger people and even older people use the phonebook anymore."
As traditional advertising methods bring in fewer customer, newer avenues, like social media, will become all the more important. Even though he is a self-proclaimed "low-tech guy," Grant plans to expand his company's online presence through social media. "We are going to be extending our presence in those places over the years," he said.
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Nique - NO!
Considering it was nearly six months ago that Vegas-based reader fave NIQUE stepped into the Booth with his last solo feature, Too Many Girls, fans may be starting to wonder whether that excessive female attention has distracted him from his grind. Thankfully, the answer to that question is a resounding NO!. On the contrary, he's been holed up in the studio, cooking up more dopeness for release at a future date. This unreleased joint suggests that the freestyle series alum's hard work has been paying big dividends; over the stop-start percussion and skittering synths of Chitown beatsmith Mr. Music, the rap buzzmaker attacks the mic as ferociously as we've heard him to date, simultaneously stating his supremacy and demonstrating it by way of some absolutely killer flows: "I'm the best motherf*cker in the city, what else I gotta do for you to prove that sh*t?" Has this unreleased banger whet your appetite for more freshness from the Sin City phenom? If your answer is YES!, you'll want to keep it locked for release details on NIQUE's forthcoming street album, as well as a planned collaborative EP with DJ Finyl.


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Your Love and Rockets 30th Anniversary thought of the dayJuly 12, 2012
Mario Hernandez is the great lost alternative cartoonist, the Lost Bro Hernandez. His interest in cosmopolitanism, leftist politics, the conflation of activism and terrorism by the authorities, the pas de deux between terrorism and authoritarianism, the revolutionary and counterrevolutionary power of art and pop culture, the Third World as a petri dish for first-world government's reimportation of radicalism, all within the framework of vaguely science-fictional thrillers — he is in many ways the perfect comics-maker for our present moment. With its heavy use of blacks his style sits comfortably alongside those of his brothers, but its density and its bold slashing brushstrokes set it completely apart. If he'd had the time or inclination to produce the same volume of work, published with the same regularity, as his brothers, we'd likely have a third pantheon-level creator from the same generation of the same family, an astonishing thing to contemplate. As it stands we have a hidden treasure, a single gem in a stack of gems, and that's not so bad either.
Love and Rockets, the great serial comic by Gilbert, Jaime, and sometimes Mario Hernandez, is celebrating its 30th anniversary at the San Diego Comic-Con International this week. Inspired by Tom Spurgeon, this week-long, daily series of posts will highlight some of my favorite things about Los Bros Hernandez and their comics. For more information, click here.
Comics Time: Citizen RexJuly 26, 2011
Citizen Rex
Mario Hernandez, writer
Gilbert Hernandez, artist
Dark Horse, June 2011
144 pages, hardcover
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LOVE AND ROCKTOBER | Index, Acknowledgements, and Which Love and Rockets Books to Read First (UPDATED x2))December 10, 2010
Below you will find links to all my posts from LOVE AND ROCKTOBER, a marathon examination of the entirety of Love and Rockets by Gilbert Hernandez and Jaime Hernandez (and sometimes Mario Hernandez), October-December 2010. I will continue to add links to Los Bros' new comics as they are released and reviewed. Please click the links for full reviews.
Thank you to Paul Baresh, Jacq Cohen, and Eric Reynolds of Fantagraphics for their help and support during this project. Fantagraphics' "How to Read Love and Rockets" page gets my highest recommendation for anyone interested in keeping track of the optimal reading order for the series or learning what comics are and aren't in what book.
This was one of the most enjoyable and inspiring things I've ever done for this blog. Thank you for reading.
Special thanks to Gilbert and Jaime (and Mario) for the inexhaustible richness of their work.
One of the most frequently asked questions regarding Los Bros Hernandez and Love and Rockets is which book to start reading them with. With Gilbert, that's easy: Heartbreak Soup, the start of the Palomar/Luba saga of life in a small Central American village and, eventually, California. (Prepare to ignore the following: If you're feeling frisky, you could start with Beyond Palomar, which contains the stand-alone graphic novel Poison River. That's the origin story of Gilbert's main character, Luba, and thus is chronologically the "beginning" of her story; it's also one of the greatest comics ever made. The book also contains another stand-alone story, Love and Rockets X, which ties in with the Palomar/Luba stories but doesn't require knowledge of them to understand or enjoy. But nine times out of ten, you'll probably want to start with Heartbreak Soup.)
With Jaime, it's a little trickier: Maggie the Mechanic is the start of the Locas saga, about a group of Latina punk-rock kids and their circle of friends, but it's a science-fiction comic at first, which is different than the work for which Jaime is most renowned (since he gradually dropped the SF elements from the storyline); moreover it's drawn in a more traditional, maximalist style than his best-known work, and I've seen this be a bit off-putting for some readers as well. The Girl from H.O.P.P.E.R.S. is volume two of the Locas strips, so you're joining things in progress if you start there, but it's much more what people are thinking visually/tonally/narratively of when they talk about Jaime's greatness; moreover, jumping right in isn't all that weird, since Jaime tends to make large jumps in the chronology anyway. Personally, I still recommend starting at the start, with Maggie the Mechanic, provided you think you won't find light science fiction and classic illustration off-putting; it really is where the story of Maggie, Hopey, Izzy, Penny et al begins.
UPDATE 07/17/12: Okay, I know where to start, but how do I proceed from there?
L&R has been published, collected, re-collected, and re-re-collected in a fashion that can get pretty confusing. Heck, even now, with a line of digest-format versions that can be seen as pretty much definitive, most of Gilbert and Jaime's stuff is still being released in standalone graphic-novel formats before eventually getting rolled into the digest series. So you end up having to bounce around between formats a bit.
Below I've numbered the volumes you to read in the order you want to read them. Titles in parentheses contain material that has been collected in other, more definitive volumes and thus can be skipped (though of course you should read my awesome reviews anyway).
And now, the reviews.
Announcing LOVE AND ROCKTOBER
An interview with Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez
The "Locas" Stories
(Locas [old, disavowed review])
1. Maggie the Mechanic
2. The Girl from H.O.P.P.E.R.S.
3. Perla La Loca
4. Penny Century
(Ghost of Hoppers)
(The Education of Hopey Glass)
5. Esperanza
6. Love and Rockets Vol. 2 #20
(Love and Rockets: New Stories #1 [old version])
(Love and Rockets: New Stories #1-2)
7. God and Science: Return of the Ti-Girls
8. Love and Rockets: New Stories #3
9. Love and Rockets: New Stories #4
The "Palomar"-verse Stories
1. Heartbreak Soup
2. Human Diastrophism
3. Beyond Palomar
3x. Birdland^
4. Luba in America
5. Luba: The Book of Ofelia
6. Luba: Three Daughters
7. High Soft Lisp
7x. The Adventures of Venus
8. Love and Rockets Vol. 2 #20
9. New Tales of Old Palomar
10. Chance in Hell
11. Speak of the Devil
12. The Troublemakers
13/14/15. Love and Rockets: New Stories #1-3 and "Dreamstar"
16. Love from the Shadows
17. Love and Rockets: New Stories #4
(Mostly) Non-"Locas"/"Palomar" Stories
Amor y Cohetes (Gilbert, Jaime, Mario)
Birdland^ (Gilbert)
Fear of Comics (Gilbert)
Love and Rockets: New Stories #1 (Gilbert and Mario) (old version)
Love and Rockets: New Stories #1 (Gilbert and Mario)
Citizen Rex (Gilbert and Mario)
^ (not quite a Palomar-verse story, but not quite not a Palomar-verse story)
LOVE AND ROCKTOBER | Comics Time: Love and Rockets: New Stories #1December 6, 2010
Love and Rockets: New Stories #1
Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez, writer/artists
Mario Hernandez, writer
Fantagraphics, July 2008
100 pages
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(Note: This review was originally posted on August 4th, 2008. For my more recent take on Jaime's contributions to the volume, click here. And come back in two days for my review of Gilbert's contributions to New Stories — the final LOVE AND ROCKTOBER review!)
This handsome new book-sized version of Los Bros' hallowed series continues both Fantagraphics' TPB hot streak – Mome and the Love & Rockets digests are also doozies of an argument for this format – and the Brothers' almost absurd mastery of the art form.
Jaime's contribution is your proverbial superhero epic, in which Maggie's friend Angel joins forces with several different teams of female superheroes to help subdue Penny Century, who's gone and pulled a Parallax (nerd points!) after her fulfilling her long-standing dream of gaining super-powers proves disastrous. It's fun to see Jaime shift this seamlessly back into the sort of revisionist-genre storytelling he practiced in L&R's earliest issues. The trick to it is delivering everything you want in a superhero story – action, suspense, tight costumes – while maintaining his characters' neuroses and having the events of the tale spring directly from them just like they would in a normal "Locas" story. Also, I don't know if you've heard about this, but he's pretty okay at drawing women, spotting blacks, and pacing panel transitions. I know, I hope you were sitting down.
For me, though, it's Gilbert who's killing the game here. Sandwiched between his brothers' two superhero installments, Gilbert's comics are mostly short, largely abstract, and completely devastating. Two subtly interlocking strips set in completely different milieux , "Papa" and "Victory Dance," muse on love and restlessness, using disease and solitary travel to nail that feeling of wanting to drop it all and go somewhere, anywhere, as long as it's somewhere else. Another strip flips this idea around, recasting Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis as jovial space barbarians who slaughter their way back together across a hostile world after their duo has been forcibly disbanded by aliens. Both "Victory Dance" and "?" showcase Beto's skill at "choreographing" the images in each panel into a rhythm, the former literally through depiction of a dance, the latter with Woodring-esque surrealism. "Never Say Never" is also on the surreal side, invoking Freud and Dali with slightly blue gags about sex and money among funny animals. "Chiro El Indio," written by Mario, reads like an out-of-continuity "Palomar" excerpt. "The Funny Papers" serves up three newspaper-size strips, any one of which would be the best strip I read all year. This is a guy who makes you want to push away from your table and give up.
LOVE AND ROCKTOBER | Comics Time: Amor y CohetesNovember 10, 2010
Amor y Cohetes
(Love and Rockets Library: Short Stories)
Gilbert Hernandez, Jaime Hernandez, Mario Hernandez, writers/artists
Fantagraphics, 2008
280 pages
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One of the things I've missed out on in reading through Love and Rockets one Bro at a time is seeing where they stood in relation to each other. I'm told by at least one trusted reader who was there at the time that "it's the way they played off each other!" is an overrated element to the original serial-anthology format, but that's fine, because my interest in this topic was more historical than critical. Isn't it fascinating to know, for example, that "The Death of Speedy Ortiz" was in the same issues as "Poison River"? And I've heard straight from the Bros' mouths that seeing what the other one was doing in the early issues helped shape the storylines that would define each of them: Gilbert was so impressed by Jaime's obvious mastery of the "cute girls hanging out in a science-fiction setting" set-up in his Locas strips that he abandoned his similar material to create Palomar; then Jaime was so impressed with the extensive, realistic character work Gilbert was doing in Palomar that he beefed up that aspect of the Locas stories. It wasn't so much "I'll see you and raise" (although surely that's a part of it, as it is whenever any talented people work in proximity) as it was each brother seeing what areas in their shared ideaspace gave them the room to bust loose.
In collecting all the (mostly) non-Locas, non-Palomar odds'n'ends from the initial run of Love and Rockets from both Gilbert and Jaime–and Mario too, the "sometimes Y" to Beto and Xaime's AEIOU–Amor y Cohetes reinforces that conception of the brothers' working relationship. It's not one-upsmanship, it's not trading eights, it's more a matter of pulling from a collective pool of ideas about comics. For example, it's striking how similar the two brothers' science-fiction work looks. In "BEM," the SF adventure that I believe was Beto's very first L&R material, he hatches and spots blacks and draws romance-comic female faces in the way you expect from Jaime's genre work. I mean, it's still recognizably Gilbert, but it's quite clear that both brothers conceived of these kinds of stories as ones that are by default painted with the same visual palette. As time passes, Gilbert's sci-fi stuff dwindles down to the single storyline of Errata Stigmata, the asymmetrically coiffed character whose omnipresence in L&R promo material over the years always left me wondering who the hell she was since I'd seen neither hide nor hair of her in Palomar or Locas; even then, his layouts are wide open, using far fewer panels per page, and are driven by vast fields of stylishly designed black–Jaime-esque, in other words. Meanwhile, a pair of punk-based Beto stories–one the fictional history of a shoulda-woulda-coulda been the next big thing bad as told by one of their fans, the other an autobio vignette about the night his 17-year-old future wife puked her way through his would-be panty-dropping tour of punk hotspots–show the same easy familiarity and casual mastery of that milieu that Jaime's does. How'd he do it without all the practice Jaime had? My conclusion is that, like how sci-fi should look a certain way, knowing how to write punk comics is just part of their shared gestalt. Hell, Beto even contributes an awesome little wrestling story, about the real-life night he saw (pre-Adorable) Adrian Adonis basically go nuts, that further proves the point.
The road goes both ways, of course. Jaime's light-hearted sci-fi-comedy romps with pretty teenager Rocky Rhodes and her absolutely adorable robot sidekick Fumble eventually veer off into the sort of sad, you-can-never-go-back cul de sac of regret that's normally Beto's territory. There's also a barely-veiled autobio story about the day a KKK event in his neighborhood provoked a riot that feels more Love and Rockets X than Locas. When the Bros swap characters for a special issue, Jaime hews much closer to the spirit of Palomar in his Luba/Maricela/Riri story than Beto does in his proto-Birdland gender-bending sci-fi sex romp with the Locas (whom he eventually transmogrifies into Locos!). To put even more of a point on it, Jaime takes a zany old Looney Tunes-style comic Beto did as a kid and redraws it with Maggie and Hopey in the lead roles, and damn if it doesn't feel like the kind of kinetic, wordless romps Beto throws in as short stories from time to time as an adult.
Thrown into this mix for the first time in the L&R books I've read is Mario. Dude's an accomplished cartoonist too, and in a style that I think anticipated a lot more comics I've seen than Jaime's or Gilbert's, believe it or not–his blobby, dynamically dashed-down inks feel alt-Euro to me, poised halfway between expressionism and naturalism. His main storyline, about the fallout from a coup d'état in a slightly sci-fi-tinged Latin American country, unfolded over the course of short stories spaced out over years, and offers more proof that the Bros were all building off the same foundation–it's quite easy to place his "Somewhere in California"/"Somewhere in the Tropics" political thriller somewhere between Maggie and Rena's Mechanix-era revolutionary misadventures and Gilbert's serious-as-a-heart-attack Cold War/Drug War shocker Poison River. Which makes sense, I suppose, given that he and Beto collaborated on several of the strips.
Ultimately it's Gilbert who emerges as the star of Amor y Cohetes. While Mario's stuff feels like a cameo and Jaime's like a detour, Gilbert's non-Palomar work comes across like a second main throughline for his career. Whether incorporating Frida Kahlo's style and a dizzying array of cultural and political eyeball kicks into his biographical strip about her, placing autobiographical stories and dialogue in the caption boxes and word balloons of totally incongruous superhero and sci-fi artwork, crafting harsh and mostly wordless short stories about violence, or developing Errata Stigmata into a damage case every bit the equal of a Palomar resident, he comes across as restless and relentless in his desire to do whatever he can think of doing with comics. All three Bros shine on this shared stage, but Beto's the one pushing through the audience and taking it out to the street. It's exciting to watch that shared ideaspace expand.


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Mangoes with Sticky Rice
This has to be one of the desserts many people identify most with Thailand, at least if the visit at a certain time of year, when mangoes are in season. It's quite a filling dish; one worth of being shared with a friend. It can also be quite sleep-inducing!
Mangoes and Sticky Rice
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Proposal submitted to Forest Service includes lift and trail upgrades to ease congestion around the top of Dercum Mountain
By Bob Berwyn
SUMMIT COUNTY — Keystone Resort has submitted a proposal to the U.S. Forest Service for some major upgrades at the summit of Dercum Mountain, including a complete replacement of the existing Summit House with a new 20,000 to 30,000 square-foot facility. The Summit House plan is part of a new master for Keystone, recently posted online at the White River National Forest website.
The Forest Service hasn't yet formally accepted the proposal, but has tentatively scheduled the start of public scoping sometime this summer, said Dillon District winter sports ranger Shelly Grail.
Scoping is the first step in the formal public environmental analysis that leads to a formulation of alternatives, disclosure of potential effects to the environment and ultimately a decision by the forest supervisor.
Skiers and riders will probably be able to enjoy the historical feel of the existing mountain-top lodge — with all its nooks, crannies and crow's nest lookouts — for a couple of more winters, depending on the timing of the review and approval process and the subsequent implementation by Vail Resorts, Grail said.
Along with the replacement of the Summit House, Keystone is proposing:
- Improvements to the Adventure Point area;
- Creation of family adventure zones;
- Developing trail sections into quality, educational, skiing/riding features to engage children of all ages and a variety of ability levels;
- Snowmaking system Improvements;
- Trail widening, by-pass trails and grading projects intended to widen specific areas of existing trails and remove tree islands in some locations to improve skier circulation;
- Improvements to Dercum Mt, Mt Bike Trail System by dividing trails into distinct ability levels (beginner, intermediate, advanced) and developing more beginner and advanced trails;
- Lift improvements, including installation of three surface "carpet" lifts to service beginner ski terrain at the Summit of Dercum Mountain, at the mid-station of the River Run Gondola and the top of Peru Express.
Rebuilding the Summit House could offer some real opportunities for environmental benefits in terms of sustainability, as well as offering the resort a chance to enhance revenue from operations both winter and summer.
The new lodge would be built according to the Forest Service Built Environment Image Guide, with a focus on sustainability and fitting the landscape. In a letter introducing the guide, Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell acknowledged that built facilities are resource hogs, both in the construction and operations phase.
"When we build facilities to respect the natural systems in which they reside, be durable, and emphasize efficiency in energy and materials consumption, we not only use less ourselves, but send a message to all about what we value and what everyone can do to conserve resources."
"These projects focus on improvements on Dercum Mountain and align with the 2009 Keystone Master Development Plan (MDP)," Keystone general manager John Buhler wrote in his proposal letter to the Forest Service. "Keystone's intent is to integrate future development projects, identified within the (master plan), with its brand focus as a family resort."
In a release, the resort said some of the improvements could be implemented as early as next year, depending on the Forest Service and public review and approval process.
According to the master development plan, the new Summit House could consist of two separate buildings, with one housing day and evening food service facilities, ski patrol, restrooms, ski school and banquet and wedding facilities. A separate building could accommodate tickets sales and other visitor services.
The Keystone master plan is not available online yet, but at the request of Summit Voice, the agency is working to get the document uploaded to the White River National Forest website.


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Do you love youth soccer like we do? Well then, join in on the fun at The Dr Pepper Dallas Cup XXXIII in Frisco April 1-April 8! It benefits the Dallas is Diversity Program which hosts special teams that demonstrate diversity in soccer.
The tournament offers the most competitive international youth soccer in North America plus genuine Texas hospitality. Share the excitement of world class competition, make new soccer friends and enjoy a fun- filled week of activities.
International Youth Soccer Tournament – A Celebration of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity. Each "Diversity Team" represents the variety of cultures, ethnic backgrounds and socioeconomic differences in the country they come from.
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TORONTO - A three-on-one with six minutes and change left to play in a tie game?
You bet Nazem Kadri knew he had a chance to be a hero in his first career NHL game that mattered.
Instead, as he looked around seemingly undecided about whether to pass or shoot, the puck slipped harmlessly off his stick.
I knew exactly what I was doing, it just hopped over my stick, Kadri said. It was the crucial time of the game. I could have put it away.
Overall, Kadri looked solid and, dare we say it, after 60 minutes showed he may now be NHL ready. He logged a solid 18:05 in ice time, as planned, including two big shifts in the final three minutes as the Leafs tried to tie it up.
More importantly, the line of Kadri, Tyler Bozak and Nikolai Kulemin was the Leafs best and Kadri, who had a one-game cameo last year, showed much more zip than he did in a failed pre-season.
I think I have the speed and work ethic to keep up, Kadri said.
Game On
It may be eight losses in a row for the Leafs, matching their brutal start to last season, but it doesnt feel as miserable to the players. Its not like we are bleeping awful, last year was way worse than this, defenceman Francois Beauchemin said. Well get out of this and win six or seven in a row. ... At the end of practice both Thursday an Friday, the Leafs spent considerable time working on deflections. It paid off with Freddie Sjostroms first goal of the season on a deft deflection of a Beauchemin shot in the first period ... Leafs coach Ron Wilson called the third period the best his team has played in weeks. If it wasnt for the play of Roberto Luongo in the Canucks net and a weak one by J-S Giguere, they would have had something to show for it .... Looks like Mikhail Grabovski is finally learning the value of getting his shot away. A nice delay, which allowed Clarke MacArthur to cause some traffic in front of the net, resulted in Grabovskis third goal in four games. This after zero in his first 12 ... The Sedin twins each got on the scoresheet Saturday and each have a point in 14 of their 16 games thus far ... Luongo didnt have as much work as Giguere but had to make at least a half dozen big stops including back-to-back game savers on Kulemin and Clarke MacArthur in the final minute.
Kids are all right
Bill and Karen Aulie, the parents of Leafs rookie defenceman Keith, made the trip from their farm near Roleau, Sask., to see their boy in his NHL debut and the 6-foot-5, 225 pounder didnt look out of place. Aulie saw some time on the penalty kill and we can see why: With the big wing span and reach, hes effective at keeping opponents to the outside. Hes physical, he makes good first passes, Beauchemin said of Aulie, who saw 14 minutes in ice time .... Wilson has always appreciated big moments for young players and as a result both Aulie and Kadri were on the ice for the opening faceoff ... Kadri on serving a two-game suspension when he goes back to the AHL: IF I go back. ... As you would expect, Kadri was getting regular attention from assistant coach Tim Hunter. Production aside, a big factor in how long he sticks will depend on how he responds to coaching
Large contingent of Canucks fans came close to drowning out the mild-mannered Toronto faithful ... Captain Dion Phaneuf was on crutches but in the building recovering from a gash in his leg that should keep him out until near Christmas ... The Leafs were particularly incensed on a cross-checking call against John Mitchell that led to Daniel Sedins power play goal. Canucks forward Christian Ehrhoff clearly jumped to sell the call.


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Little League International Mourns the Passing of Massachusetts District 1 Administrator Don Gleason
Little League International Mourns the Passing of Massachusetts District 1 Administrator Don Gleason
Little League International mourns the passing of Don Gleason, Massachusetts District 1 Administrator.
Mr. Gleason, 77, of Pittsfield, Mass., was Massachusetts District 1 Administrator for 26 years. He started his service to Little League in 1968, as President of the North Little League in Pittsfield. Mr. Gleason also was President of the Pittsfield Little League.
A 1952 graduate of St. Joseph High School and a 1953 graduate of Cranwell Preparatory school, Mr. Gleason later attended Providence College. A three-sport athlete at St. Joseph High School and Cranwell, he also played basketball for Providence College.
Serving in the U.S. Army from 1956-1958, Mr. Gleason was as a member of the armored-tank division stationed in Fort Lewis, Wash. After completing his military service he held a variety of jobs, prior to his hire by the Pittsfield School Department where he worked until his retirement in January of 1999.
His work in youth sports positively impacted the lives of thousands of boys and girls in Pittsfield and beyond. Over the years, he was the recipient of countless civil and diocesan awards for his service, including being named to the diocese of Springfield's Circle of Stewards in 2006.
Mr. Gleason is survived by Patricia, his wife of 51 years, five children, James, Melinda, Nancy Kate and Donna, all of Pittsfield; and nine grandchildren. He also leaves his sister, Jane Gleason Cyr, and her husband, Deacon Ralph Cyr, along with several nieces and nephews and many cousins.


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Wearing knee brace, Hammel throws off mound
Wearing knee brace, Hammel throws off mound
"I was actually surprised," said Hammel, who wore a knee brace while throwing. "I thought it would still be a little weak. The last few pitches I felt a little weakness and a little discomfort, but it's a step in the right direction."
Hammel said the team will wait and see how his knee feels on Wednesday before determining the next step, although he remains hopeful that will get another start this season. Asked if Tuesday made him more confident that he will return, Hammel said: "I really don't know. I'd like to be. That's the game plan. It really depends on how it reacts [Wednesday]. Obviously, it feels great right now but it could come back and be really sore [Wednesday]."
While Hammel said he's "definitely not at 100 percent" on the mound, he was upbeat about how his knee held up with the brace.
"It's like a quarterback brace, I'm trying to become Dan Marino," Hammel joked. "I love the Dolphins so much. All I need is playbook on my wrist."
The Orioles best starter when healthy, Hammel aggravated his surgically repaired knee in his second start back from the disabled list earlier this month. He is 8-6 with a 3.43 ERA in 20 starts despite being hampered by knee issues the past three months.
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The Dragon Bluetooth headset from Callpod will allow you to feel free to roam around, offering up to a 328-foot range you will not have to worry about losing that call when you stray to far from your phone.
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The Dragon will pair up with any Bluetooth enabled device including cell phones, PDA's and computers and also allows for Dragon-to-Dragon headset communication over a 80,000 square foot space.
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With over eight million views within 24 hours of its release it looks set to be a blockbuster. Elated filmmaker Omung Kumar shared the news with everyone on Twitter. "THANK U everyone for your love towards #BhoomiTrailer 8 million & counting," he wrote. The intriguing trailer of Bhoomi shows how Arun (Sanjay Dutt), a doting father, finds a perfect match for his daughter (Aditi Rao Hydari). He is all set to send her off but there is a tragic turn of events. Arun then vows to fight against all odds in order to get justice for his daughter.
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My daughter will be closing on her new home today!
I will be very busy for the next few days. I am very excited for her, just not to excited about the packing and unpacking....Lot of work!
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woo hoo! how exciting for her. I remember that feeling of owning my first home.... love it!
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Exciting!!. How fun. My dd just moved to a new apartment. We paid for the movers and unpacked her kitchen. That was it, lol.
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By Eban Goodstein, Director of The Bard Center for Environmental Policy – join Dir Goodstein on The National Climate Seminar call where he will be reporting live from COP 15 tomorrow!
As COP 15 enters its final days, among the tens of thousands of international negotiators, climate activists, and green business entrepreneurs, hopes have been raised by the expected presence of both President Obama and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao this Friday.
What would count as victory in Copenhagen? Perhaps a commitment from China, the US and the rest of the world, to hold global temperature increases to 1.5 degrees C. Or Obama could take a dramatic first move on his own. He could declare his intent to push through carbon reductions regardless of Senate action, with the EPA enforcing his 17 percent target through the Clean Air Act.
Regardless, on Friday, Obama needs to bring leadership to COP 15, and that leadership needs to carry the US, and the rest of the world, forward.
But forward to where? Not to a grand-deal, Kyoto-style.
Just over ten years ago, in Kyoto, the international community came to the table with a vision: internationally negotiated, binding emissions targets and timetables, with the rich countries going first, poor countries following at a later date, and a big pot of money to help low income countries transition to clean technology.
The Europeans bought in. The US, with Fox-news style "government is the problem" conservatism, and the Bush Presidency on the horizon, walked away.
Ten years after, here in Copenhagen, no grand-deal is emerging. There will be a framework for extending Kyoto, for the Kyoto countries. There will be a small pot of money to attack tropical deforestation and degradation through the UN-REDD Program. But the key to saving the planet will be what happens on the second track–the international negotiations that will include the two main countries that refused commitments under Kyoto. And this second track will be shaped, ultimately, by the US Senate, and the Chinese Communist Party.
A successful second track will involve an upward spiral of US-Chinese challenges on emission reduction and technology leadership. Earlier this year, the US and China began the dance, signing a significant technology cooperation deal. Here is how the second track would advance: Next spring, the Senate commits to cap and trade, albeit with a weak target; in the next few years, the Chinese beat their targets for efficiency investments; the Senate reacts to emerging Chinese leadership in green technology with serious clean energy investments; the Chinese acknowledge the reality of the climate threat by finally, adopting reduction targets of its own; the Senate responds by ratcheting down US targets to those that science and justice demand.
The end-game for Obama in Copenhagen is to force the first step: Senate action next spring. If he can orchestrate this kind of movement down a second track, then he will be on the road to having earned his Nobel Prize.
Director Goodstein writes from Copenhagen, Denmark, and on Wednesday 12/16 at 3 PM eastern, join him on The National Climate Seminar call where he will be reporting live from COP 15 to give us a report on what is happening on the ground. Dial-in number is 712-432-3100; conference code, 253385. Send advance questions to email@example.com.


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Things did not go according to plan yesterday with the course doctor standing me down for the rest of the day after Copeland's fall in the Champion Hurdle.
I do not have to pass the doctor to be allowed to ride this afternoon and this looks like being my best day at the Festival.
It Takes Time, Tiutchev and Liberman all have outstanding chances and my other three rides - Puntal, Korelo and Lady Cricket - are all capable of being in the shake-up.
Puntal (Royal & SunAlliance Novices Hurdle, 2.00) has done very well this season and at one stage was even considered Champion Hurdle material. He won nicely at Kempton over two miles last time out and the step up in trip should bring improvement. If the ground is riding as dead as it was yesterday then Coolnagorna will take a great deal of beating. He really impressed me when we won the Challow Hurdle at Newbury by 29 lengths.
Pizarro is the best of the Irish, having won the Bumper, in which he beat Rhinestone Cowboy, here last year. He looks a smart hurdler.
I've also ridden Lord Sam in the past. He's a very good horse but he can't jump. I fear that if he makes too many mistakes it will take too much out of him. Puntal is a good each-way bet though.
It Takes Time (2.35) was third in the Stayers' Hurdle a year ago and he has taken well to fences. I think he's a very good horse.
Martin Pipe toyed with the idea of running him in the Gold Cup but this looks the sensible option, especially as the race has cut up into a relatively small field by Royal & SunAlliance Chase standards. The two to beat are Jair Du Cochet and Keen Leader but I am very hopeful of my boy. He's one of my best rides of the week without question.
The Queen Mother Champion Chase (3.15) looks a two-horse race between my ride Tiutchev and Moscow Flyer, from Ireland.
I was delighted by the way Tiutchev won at Ascot and he ran well enough in this race last year after a lot of problems. Moscow Flyer is the obvious danger having beaten Kadarann at Down Royal. Apart from some bad luck at Sandown he would be unbeaten this season. My old friend Edredon Bleu has been in great form and can run into a place.
Korelo is going for a big bonus by trying to add the Coral Cup (4.00) to the Imperial Cup he won at Sandown on Saturday. It's quite a tall order but Martin's pulled it off twice before.
On Saturday, he needed every yard of the two miles in very testing going to get to the front and the step up in trip to two miles and five furlongs will be a big help to him. He had a hard enough race but he's not a wimp and I don't see that as a big worry. The one to beat is Xenophon.
Martin runs plenty and Samon looks the best of the rest.
Martin should win the National Hunt Chase (for amateurs - 4.35) with Stormez. He's the most progressive horse in the field and the only worry is that he is not big and in a field of 26, he might get knocked around a bit.
Despite picking Lady Cricket over eventual winner Blowing Wind in the Mildmay of Flete (5.10) last year, I have no hesitation in staying with the mare.
She has a lot of weight again but always runs well and loves Cheltenham. It just depends whether a lightweight comes and does her up the hill.
Blowing Wind is a candidate especially as he is better off at the weights this year, but I wouldn't swap her.
Liberman (Weatherbys Champion Bumper, 5.45) just about dead-heats with It Takes Time as my best ride of the day.
He was a good second to Rhinestone Cowboy here in November and that form should see him take all the beating. You have to respect anything Willie Mullins sends over because he has such a good record in the race. He runs four.


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Jamaica acquired a new prime minister in March 2006. Portia Simpson Miller, a longtime People's National Party member and minister in various PNP governments over the years, narrowly defeated her main rival, Peter Phillips, and was elected the new leader of the party, thus automatically assuming the duties of prime minister. Simpson Miller took over from the well-respected Percival J. Patterson, who had headed the party since 1992. The PNP was into its third successive term in office, with general elections due in 2007.
Jamaica made a major move to expand its renewable energy program in July when independent power producers were allowed to bid for power contracts with the national grid, using nonhydrocarbon forms of energy, such as wind and hydropower. The government set a goal of 15% of the country's electricity to be drawn from renewable energy sources by 2020. In the meantime, the Jamaica Public Service Co. (JPSCo), which already ran the transmission and distribution system, announced a new 150-MW power plant of its own, to be fired by coal. JPSCo also agreed to buy power from the first gas-fired generation unit, to be installed by alumina company Jamalco by 2009. Jamaica's electricity capacity, 817 MW in 2006, was expected to grow to 1,052 MW by 2012.


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Christmas ceremonies live from the Vatican
2012-12-24 Vatican Radio(Vatican Radio) The Vatican Television Center and Vatican Radio will be streaming all of the Christmas ceremonies and events live from St Peter's Square and Basilica over the next 24 hours and offering audio commentary in six languages.
To join the Holy Father as he leads the Universal Church in celebrations this Christmas, all you have to do is click on the Vatican Player live TV icon on the right hand side of the Vatican Radio Homepage and choose your preference for audio commentary (or none).
Live streaming begins at 16:15 Rome time on Christmas Eve with the unveiling of the giant Nativity Scene in St Peter's Square and lighting of the Christmas candle by the Holy Father. This ceremony will not have commentary.
Join us later at 22:00, for the Christmas Eve Vigil Mass and again at 12:00 noon Rome time Christmas Day for the Holy Father's Urbi et Orbi Christmas Blessing to the City and the World, live from Rome in the comfort of your own home!


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America in Bloom (AIB) earned Best Achievement for Depicting Horticulture as a Way to Create Community at the Philadelphia International Flower Show on March 3, 2012. The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society awarded this honor to the non-profit organization for its 15- by 20-foot garden display exhibit.
"We're so pleased that our first exhibit of a garden display in this prestigious show has been so well received, not just by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, but by the thousands of people who have already visited it," says Delilah Onofrey, an AIB board member and co-founder and former Greenhouse Grower editor. "Opening day was a big success, with some visitors being familiar with America in Bloom and others learning about us for the first time."
The display garden was designed for easy accessibility, creating a walkable experience that allows guests to see plants close up. Each visitor to the AIB exhibit receives a complimentary copy of AIB's new educational brochure, Discover the Surprising Side of Plants, which highlights the many benefits that plants bring to people's lives.
Held from March 4 to 11 in Philadelphia, the Philadelphia International Flower Show is the oldest in the country and the largest indoor flower show in the world. This year's theme is Hawaii: Islands of Aloha. AIB's exhibit was designed by Troy Taylor of Taylor Environments in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., who has previously won the People's Choice award for his work at the show.
Costa Farms, Knox Nursery, Peace Tree Farm, the National Foliage Foundation and Foliage Design Systems partnered with AIB to supply plants that support the tropical theme. Supporting NFF growers include Kraft Gardens, NGM Productions, Wekiwa Gardens and Bruce Jensen Nurseries/Florida. Eckert's Greenhouse provided supporting poles and baskets to create a park-like scene. The display also spotlights plants bred by Suntory Flowers, including Sun Parasol mandevillas and Senetti pericallis.
"Even in an island paradise like Hawaii, great communities don't just happen. It takes a great deal of thought and tender loving care to create a sense of place. There's no better way to communicate life and vitality than through beautiful plantings," Onofrey says. "America in Bloom brings communities to life by demonstrating the social and economic benefits of plants."


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CLEVELAND -- The death of Robin Williams is shedding light on a common link between depression and Parkinson's disease.
Tremors are the most well-known sign of Parkinson's. Others include shorter steps while walking and muscle stiffness. But one symptom is often overlooked: depression.
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Dr. Joseph Hanna at MetroHealth Medical Center says Parkinson's depletes the chemicals in the brain that cause abnormal brain activity.
"Most people with Parkinson's will get depressed at some time, either because of this external cause which is the loss of independence or an internal cause which is because of neurochemical changes," said Dr. Hanna.
As a result, patients not only lose mobility over time, but often the chemical balance needed to control mood. They may start to withdraw, sleep more and eat less.
"When you see this happening to them, get them to a healthcare professional immediately so they can be treated early and we can avoid this problem as happened with Mr. Williams," said Dr. Hanna.
Online chats, like the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research offers, support for people touched by the disease.
Richard wrote, "I just started taking an anti-depressant. For a long time I resisted it because of some idea my superior intellect would get me through."
Susan wrote, "Getting my father on meds for depression was hugely helpful."
Another Susan wrote, "Why suffer and cause suffering to the people around you? Anything that can give some relief from the pain of this ugly illness should be used."
Dr. Hanna points out that every patient is different, with different symptoms, and different reactions to medications.
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As human beings we all have different feelings,emotions, and "moods" that we get in, and these change from time to time,even by the minute for some of us. Happy and joyful calls for something up tempo with a good beat. Sad and lonesome might be something a little slower with more emotion.Nobody knows what fits your moods better than you, and sometimes even you're not sure. That is when it is time for Karcius ,a diversified powerhouse out of Montreal Canada. Karcius is made up of four excellent musicians dedicated to creating new textures, and sounds and should rest assured that they have delivered the "goods".
The problem with most progressive bands is that they overload the music with pretentious talent and forget about the emotion, of course musicians need a certain amount of aesthetic value to challenge the listener, but if it is not conveyed in a common language then it will only lose the listener. However this is not a problem for Karcius. Of course hard core jazz purist will not enjoy Karcius, they are not traditional jazz, they are not traditional anything. They have a definite heavy metal side to them ranging from the deep dark grooves of the heavy giants of the past such as Cream, and Deep Purple to modern metal masters like Tool, and Metallica. The flipside of this Canadian quartet includes influences that might remind listeners of Miles Davis' Bitches Brew line-up or even Weather Report.The bands that I am listing are only provided to give the reader some idea of what to expect, and that I am not trying to put my finger on the Karcius sound, King Kong would not be able to put a finger on that.
Karcius is a fun, and energetic band who are not afraid to push the musical boundaries which they are all well prepared to do. All four members of Karcius are well trained and schooled in the art of music making. Before falling in love with the bass guitar Dominique Blouin studied piano, his influences now range from Tony Levin to Les Claypool. Guitarist Simon L'Esperance started playing at age 11, he studies and plays all styles of music and also moonlights in a jazz-funk trio "Mangroove". Keyboardist Mingan Sauriol only recently fell in love with his instrument of choice and rapidly took to it like a fish to water, his influences range from Chick Corea to Beethoven. Thomas Brodeur started playing drums at a very early age exploring different genres such as Jazz, Latin, and Rock his influences seem to include anybody who has ever picked up a pair of sticks.
The bands objective is to develop different musical ideas and explore styles to generate a surprising and diversified music. In closing I would just like to thank Karcius for being themselves and following their passion.


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Set amongst the rolling hillsides of rural Northamptonshire, The Three Conies is the perfect pub with something for everyone to enjoy. It is located in the picturesque, untouched village of Thorpe Mandeville, just six miles North-East of the town of Banbury.
Food is a big feature of the pub with diners choosing to eat in either the two bar areas or in the beautiful high-ceilinged restaurant.
The Three Conies has a wonderful atmosphere in the beamed bar with an open fire at each end, a separate restaurant with vaulted ceiling and welcoming wood burner stove, a lovely patio to enjoy in the summer sunshine, beautiful scenery from the large garden, a choice of real ales and ample car parking.
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Rob Witwer, writing for National Review Online, explains how Republicans lost control of Colorado. And it's coming our way:
In 2004, Colorado Republicans controlled the governor's mansion, both U.S. Senate seats, five of the state's seven congressional seats, and both houses of the state legislature. Only 48 months later, the state's Democrats found themselves in that very same position.
Experts on both sides of the aisle agree that what happened in Colorado from 2004 to 2008 (during which time registered Republicans outnumbered registered Democrats statewide) was about much more than the anti-Republican political environment. It was, in the words of former Clinton staffer Rob Stein, the result of a "more strategic, more focused, more disciplined, better financed" progressive movement at the grassroots level.
And if Stein has his way, Colorado is just the beginning. Under the auspices of a group of over 80 super-wealthy donors called the Democracy Alliance, progressives are spending $110 million to export their Colorado blueprint to over a dozen states in 2010, including Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Utah, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
Witwer notes some lessons to be learned for Republicans, including that state legislative races are more important than most people think, and the left's success can be traced to how they built a permanent infrastructure that replaced the party in significance.