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" Genre: Hard Rock & Metal - Nu Metal / Artist: Insane Clown Posse / Explicit Lyrics / Audio CD released 1999-05-24 at Mercury Records Ltd (London) "
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The Amazing Jeckel Brothers is the 5th Jokers Card album released by one of my personal favourite bands, The Insane Clown Posse. When this album was released on May 25th 1999 I actually went to the record store before it had opened (only by about 10 minutes but still) to wait to buy this. Once I had it I scurried in an almost panic of excitement all the way home to sit and listen to this album over and over. To this day there is only one other album that has caused this kind of excitement for me on release which gives the album a special place in my heart, also due to the time period in my life this came out in (I was 18 years old) and some of the experiences I had that year.
The Background
After releasing their first platinum album, The Great Milenko, ICP had become know all across America (and other parts of the world) but were still viewed by a larger audience as some sort of joke. ICP wanted to take their music and promotion a step further to try dispel this chain of thought and started to explore the avenues open to them.
They decided if they could get a few well known artists on their tracks maybe they could increase their fans. From the beginning Violent J and Shaggy 2Dope had their hearts set on working with rap legends Ice-T, Snoop Dogg, and Wu-Tang member Old Dirty Bastard. They set Alexi Abiss the group's manager to get the deal done. After contacting all threes management they were given prices, $40,000 for Snoop, $30,000 for ODB, and $10,000 for Ice-T. ICP quickly got the reels sorted, recorded and sent to the respective artists.
The band hired The Nasty Little Man publicity team (who's clients included the Beastie Boys and Radiohead) to help their image and were quickly booked for a front cover shoot for music mag Alternative Press, and a national tour which included Biohazard, Krayzie Bone, Twiztid and Coal Chamber supporting them.
The group gained employment with Vince McMahon's World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). At first only performing on a episode of Monday Night Raw, they were asked to come back to accompanying a group of wrestlers called the oddities, so they asked for the chance to wrestle. Vince McMahon liked the idea and allowed them to wrestle on the agreement they would do it for free but WWF would air commercials for TAJB album occasionally (as the airtime was far more valuable than the amounts they could earn for wrestling). They would feature on Pay Per View and feud with The Headbangers.
The Controversy and Problems
The finished reels from Ice-T, Snoop, and ODB were back with the ICP, but upon listening there were a few problems. Snoops track was fine, but Ice-T's just didn't fit into the albums style and was held back for a future release (Psychopathics From Outer Space vol 1). This was nothing compared to what came back from ODB.
Ol Dirty Bastard (RIP) was know for many things, not least of all his alcoholism and drug addictions, and when ICP heard what he had recorded on their record it was clear he wasn't having a good day when he did this track. The original song was ruined with what J described as in his autobiography as ODB shouting 'B*tches' over everyone's raps and occasionally putting a few lines together. ICP had spent $30,000 for a drunk man's rants on their record. After scrapping the original concept (and their own original lyrics) for the song they changed the name to 'B*tches', cut together ODB's raps and actually produced a decent song from it all.
ICP had been working as wrestlers for 3 months during which their agreement with WWE for a advert to be shown had still not been upheld. Too make matters worse the cliques in the wrestlers locker room's did not like these musicians coming in and getting television time and usually spent the time really beating them up in the ring. Their is a famous incident in which ICP were fighting a tag-team match against the Headbangers. Both members of ICP were lying on their backs whilst being punched by the HB, the next part required ICP to flip them and get on top and start punching but the HB refused to budge. ICP then actually used their own strength to flip them and started fighting for their lives deciding they would no-longer take it. The feud was deemed to much of a risk and was ended. ICP continued to wrestle for nothing and WWF continued not to show their commercials until on the advice of their manager they decided to screw the company who was breaching their agreement.
On a episode of Monday Night Raw (shown live in America) ICP told Vince McMahon to air the commercial that night during the first part of the show and before they wrestled. When the advert break came and went without it again being shown and it was time for ICP to wrestle they refused and quit. As you can imagine McMahon didn't like this and pleaded with them to go out but they refused. Even though they continue to wrestle to this day they will never again be allowed to wrestle for Vince McMahon.
ICP's first Alternative Press cover shoot and feature was coming up. When they got there a member of their new publicity team, Nasty Little Man, came and asked them to remove a lyric from their song 'F**K the World' slating the Beastie Boys, clients and personal friends of the representative. ICP refused as they had vowed never again to change their lyrics after the Disney scandal (covered in my Great Milenko Review), and fired NLM on the spot.
On May 25th 1999 the album was released worldwide, hit #4 in the billboard charts in the first week (right behind the backstreet boys), and eventually went platinum. The album is often referred to as ICP's first concept album about the 19 stages of hell, but anyone who knows anything about ICP will already know all their Joker Card's albums have themes which prevail all through the tracks, so this is hardly their first.
The Album
Track 1 - Intro
The intro feature a man going into a small crazy shop he's never seen before despite living in the town his whole life. The music is reminiscent of the start of a typical horror film when you have a bunch of teenage kids exploring somewhere they shouldn't be. The man buys a candle to 'witness the light of the Amazing Jeckel brothers'.
Pretty standard sort of ICP intro setting the scene nicely for the album to come.
I don't rate intros
Track 2 - Jake Jeckel
As per usual the second track n the album isn't a proper track, it's used to describe Jake Jeckels status and function in the Dark Carnival and the message he brings. Unlike past 2nd track offerings 'Jake Jeckel' isn't so much of a extension of the intro as more information on the idea/concept of the album and the message it brings.
Track 3 - Bring It On
A fairly random fast paced mix of carnival sounding music is used here, with some pretty clever raps by both members. Most ICP albums have a track like this - fun, bouncy and a middle finger to all who aren't down with the clown. It's a good start to the album but there is better on here.
Track 4 - I Want My Sh*t
With a smooth rap beats for the verses and heavy guitar riffs for the chorus, this track is one of my favourites and was amazing both times I saw ICP in concert, it has a energy about the track that just makes you want to jump about during the chorus. Violent J takes us on a hilarious story of how he cant die, has been alive for centuries trying to get various things -
'a rusty ax, to learn voodoo, a fat girl named Bridget, and a little sip of Faygo too...I said Faygo, f**k Mountain Dew'
Great track 9/10
Track 5 - Bitches feat Ol' Dirty Bastard
The infamous track ICP paid so much money for is an offensive triumph, with J, 2Dope, and ODB all having individual raps about their *ahem* view on certain types of women. The beats are bouncy, like a regular rap beat with the ICP twist. ODB loved the track so much upon hearing the finished version he put it on 'the trials and tribulations of Russell Jones' album. The song also features a pretty funny prank call (by one of the Jerky Boys) to ICP's management, once the songs finished.
Choice (Offensive) line-
'Girl you knew what I wanted all the while, My D**K in your vertical smile' - Shaggy 2Dope
One of my personal favourites 10/10
Track 6 - Terrible
Guitar heavy track, used to put ICP's brand of message across. Complaining about things from the media, protestors, the homeless and more. ICP put some good points across here which many people will over look due to their image. It a song that often when I listen too makes me really think about the state of our world these days, whch is pretty much what ICP are trying to accomplish here.
Choice line's -
'What about that one nobody guy that they found?
Dead in the grass with his, d*ck in his ass
Plus there was more but you won't recall
Because Michael Jackson squeezed up on some little kids b*lls' - Violent J
'LOOOORRDY-lord have we got a protest, man,
Some rock-and-roll ninja bit the head off a bat,
Was watching his concert, and channelled to hell,
'Cuz he's so f*cking TEERRRIBLE,
Meanwhile his records sell double and triple,
'Cuz of you crying about him rubbing his nipple,
Religious? Sh*t, you helped them bang,
Instead of helping them poor people eating out of them garbage cans,
When you're done with them b*tch, come protest me,
Shit, m*therf**ker I could use some money' - Shaggy 2Dope
Track 7 - I Stab People
Very short, but very funny track, about Violent J stabbing lots of people over a minimal beat. You have to laugh at this. The track works very well and is in keeping with the style of the album and also spawned the follow up 'Still Stabbin' from the Bizaar album in 2000. The chorus is also decent with Violent J pretty much singing it.
Track 8 - Another Love Song
ICP's version of a love song rapped over Beck's 'Jackass' beat (apparently, although I've never heard it), talking about murdering cheating girlfriends. The beat is slow and soft as you'd expect from a love song, with ICP's wicked twist of humour over the top. Not my favourite but some people love this one and it was even released as a single with a music video.
music video - www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7Hc3gNqWzM
Track 9 - Everybody Rize
A song basically about ICP brushing aside anyone who hates them and get in their way. A pretty standard ICP song that has some clever lyrics and features part of the music to House of Pain's 'Jump' in it, although you'd struggle to notice. There is also some banjo like plucking and Van Halen-esque guitar squeals in this track. They also take a shot at KISS for stealing their image for their 'psycho circus' (line below)
Choice line -
'F*ck Gene Simmons, You make me sick, Psycho Circus, You stole my shit, spit your blood out and do your dance, but I'm gonna kick that ass through your leather pants' - Violent J
Track 10 - Play With Me
Think of Toy Story. Now think of Toy Story as a horror film where Woodey wants to murder Andy and you have ICP's premise for this track. Violent J is the forgotten toy in the toy box under the bed, waiting for the day he will be taken out again and plotting revenge on his owner for forgetting about him. The beats are fast paced and laced with synth and electronic organ sounds. No message here just a good old fashioned ICP horror story track.
Track 11 - Jack Jeckel
This track describes Jack Jeckels function in the Dark Carnival and his importance as opposed to Jake. Same beats as track 2, this is a track only really for Juggalo's who follow the Joker's Card theme and message.
Track 12 - F*ck the World
My favourite track on the album (just) and one of the funniest songs I've heard. Rapped over a very traditional sounding rap beat, this track is a triumph for ICP producer (and unofficial 3rd member of the group) Mike E. Clark with the beats sounding some of the most polished in all of ICP's musical history. The song proves ICP are neither racist or sexist, they hate everybody equally and J uses this track well to tell the world to go f*ck itself (and himself and band mate 2Dope). This track actually managed to get on the radio (super heavily edited obviously). It also features the most f-words in one song ever, and if you where wondering about the f count....
'Don't bother trying to analyse these rhymes, in this song I say f*ck 93 times!' - Violent J
Track 13 - The Shaggy Show (w/Snoop Dogg)
The Shaggy Show is a ICP song thats sort of like a Chatshow, with Shaggz as the host. Anyone who likes ICP (or have read my other reviews) will know ICP have a couple of previous tracks impersonating TV shows (The Jokers Wild - evil version of game show by the same name, The Neden Game - Hilarious version of Blind Date). The music sounds like a game show (big surprise huh), and feature adverts during the breaks between guests. The first verse is Shaggy rapping an introduction to the show, the second verse is Violent J and Shaggy rapping back and forth as if 2Dope is asking chat show questions. The last verse is Snoop Dogg featuring as a guest on the show. I was surprised how well Snoop's verse and style fit with the totally different ICP, I would count this as one of Snoops better 'featuring on' type tracks outside of any of Dr Dre's music. Between each verse is comedic adverts, all worth a listen.
Choice Lines (the snoop verse follows the 2Dope one) -
[Shaggy 2 Dope]
Thanks fellas! Alright yo, we're back
My next guest pioneered the sound in rap
He's come a long way from the LBC
Please welcome Snoop D-O-double G!
[Snoop Dogg]
Look up in the sky, it's a bird it's a plane
It's the big dog y'all, f**kin with the Insane
Clowns, get down ni**a, I represent the town
Ay yo Violent J let's go half on this pound
I stay gangsta like Vaughn, I dropped a bomb
They call me Snoop Dogg and I can raise your arm
So any MC that disagree with me
Step up and watch your muthaf**kin ass meet defeat
Track 14 - Mad Professor
Mad Professor starts with a knock on a door, J answers to speak to someone about selling his couch, then knocks him out (funnier than it sounds). The premise of the song is like the Frankenstein story, with J playing the part of the creator of the monster, while we learn at the end of the song the monster is Shaggy 2Dope. You need to hear this to appreciate the songs sick humour as J describes the different creatures he has created until the final part where 2Dope is brought to life. With several spoken interludes in the track between verses which consist of people being lured to J's home where he attempts to kill them to harvest their body parts. The beats are dark (in keeping with the subject matter), wouldn't be out of place in a real horror film, and mainly consist of more synth and organ work. A great track with a fantastic subject, this truly is one of ICP's funniest songs.
Choice lines -
'I used some many body parts it was crazy, I killed a whole bunch of muther f*cker like what 80.
They all chipped in on my special friend, Everything helps even if you got a finger to lend come on'
(J) - Get him set get 'im ready its all most time, Paint his ugly ass face up almost like mine,
I see him twitching i'm on a roll, He can help me tell the whole world about the carnival,
Turn the hertz all the way up for this shit, And just wait for that lightning bolt to hit
Did it work you make the call? Shaggy?
(Shaggy) - What up y'all?
Track 15 - Assassins
Originally a Geto Boys (one of ICP's early influences) track, the lyrics have been modified slightly to reflect the clowns message. The chorus are guitar heavy and a assault on the ear drums (in a good way), while the verses kick back to a slightly heavier version of the original songs music. No prizes for guessing the subject matter as ICP go round murdering, but the song does have several sociological observations that work well e.g.
'My father was a priest, cold-blooded, he's dead
Hypocrite, he was a bigot so I cut off his head
Poured on the holy water, "Bless the dead" is what I said
And heard the demon screaming as his body bled'
'Then she rolled over and gave me a kiss, and said
"So when am I getting paid?" WHAT BITCH?!?!
First I tried to choke her, she went for the door,
And said, 'Welcome to the disease there's no cure for'
The track also ends with the 2nd prank call by the Jerky boys on the album, funny stuff.
Track 16 - Echo Side (w/Twiztid)
Build as the first ever Dark Lotus Track (ICP and Twiztid) Echo Side is a softer song compared to much of the album, basically rapping about a ICP style purgatory. The picture of the Echo Side is painted as a grim dark place full of evil and bad things, while the subject of the song is searching for the gates of heaven, whilst finding the gates to hell instead. Its a great track which was released as a single in a plain black box, I do really like it and it works well so close to the end of the album and with the overall theme of TAJB. Twiztid don't really do much except speak on the intro.
Many of ICP's songs feature lyrics played backwards that often have a hidden message, the one from Echo Side (when played backwards) says -
'F*ck the devil! F*ck That Sh*t!
We Believe in life, legit
If you diggin what we say
Why you throw your soul away?'
Track 17 - Nothing's Left
Every so often ICP surprise you with a deep meaningful track that deviates away from their normal style. The Great Milenko has 'Pass Me By', Riddle Box had 'I'm Coming Home', and now TAJB has 'Nothing's Left'. The song features Violent J pretty much singing all the way through about the day when the world end's and people are picked for heaven or hell. He may be no Marvin Gaye when it comes to a melody, but it somehow comes off very, very well. It may seem weird that they get a little serious, but it's decent and thought provoking. Due to their (almost unique) style ICP still have territory that remains untapped, and that is what makes them so appealing to me. This track also feature backwards speaking, but once it is reversed it tells us -
'Yeah, if you flip this message, cause you think theres some secret message, there aint sh*t!!'
Album Cover/Booklet
The Album come in a red plastic box, with 2 different covers available, one of Jake and one of Jack Jeckel, both of whom have one of the ICP's makeup incorporated into their faces, which are yellow and red. There are several pictures of ICP with claw like hands and what appears to be crazy looking skin inside, plus neither have their dreadlocks anymore (we've covered why J doesn't).
The messages in the cover reads as -
Jack Jeckel
His evil influence flows from the city streets like red molten ooze, filling every alley and gutter. There are those who are burnt by it, like the charred remains of a napalm strike. He moves in silence, yet with his heat comes ear-shattering screams as the masses are scorched in his choking smoke of corruption. His fire consumes like a lethal injection flowing through the veins of a dying convict. Hosts of small red ants crawl in the wake of his presence, biting and stinging flesh. His holocaust fills the woods of hope and prosperity like a wave of hungry piranhas on a newborn lamb. He goes by many names, but for now let it be spoken like the force of a fireball bursting into a crowd. He's Jack, pure and simple... Jack Jeckel.
Jake Jeckel
His glow of compassion kindles the heart, like a campfire on a cold winter's eve. His embers burn eternally, spreading the flame of mercy like a warm blanket over the shoulders of a vagabond. His kindness is fueled by sympathy for human suffering, but his inferno of righteous cause, incinerates creatures of sin to ash. The torch of his salvation guides wanderers in the dark abyss to freedom. Its flaring sparks float on the winds of change, like soaring birds recently freed from a dreary cage. Laughter explodes forth from the essence of his being, radiating the land with childish joy. He has many names, but for now let it be spoken like melodic music drifting through the air. He's Jake, true indeed... Jake Jeckel.
The Jeckel Brothers Message
Emerging from the Dark Carnival like phantom smoke drifting into the minds of men, they are the Amazing Jeckel Brothers. A chaotic duo of juggling masters, Jack "the sinister" and Jake "the just" juggle the sins of mortal men. The price of admission to their show is a mere human soul. When death creeps around and life decays, the departed spirit will begin its journey. A vision of a candle will begin to form like a distant dream with billowing smoke rising from its eternal flame. In this thick haze the deceased will begin to see an image of Jake and Jack Jeckel juggling red balls between themselves. Each ball soaked in fresh blood and pulsating like an erratic living heart. For every sin committed in a mortal's life another ball is added to their unearthly performance and the harder it becomes. The deceased will witness sinister Jack throwing Jake curves in a vile attempt to see a ball drop. For if they should fumble in their act, a pit of infinite evil shall open beneath the feet of the viewer and cast the soul into an eternity of pain and suffering. Success on the other hand, opens the gates of Shangri-La and grants one ascension into pure enlightenment and peace. Jack and Jake Jeckel rest in all of us for they are the very fabric of our being conscience and soul. There is no escape from their Juggling act because there is no way to escape from ourselves. Only in death will we realize this as we twist and spin to the other side...
As always there is the 'thanks to' section of the booklet and the album is 'dedicated to the butterfly' as all ICP albums are.
Overall a triumph of a album from the wicked clowns. The era of the 5th Jokers Card was alive and kicking and would do so for a couple more years before the mythical 6th Jokers Card would be released. This is one of my all time favourit albums and I would recommend iot for anyone down with the clown, who enjoys a bit crazy hip-hop, or for someone who just likes music that gives the middle finger to the establishment. Plus it comes in at just over 70 minutes long so you are getting a decent sized album. Not for the easily offended though!
10/10 for the album for me.
If you made it this far a big thanks for reading and if you enjoyed it make sure you check out my other ICP reviews for The Great Milenko and The Riddle Box.
Further Reading
F**k the world live at Woodstock '99 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCH_drbSA7k
Chicken Huntin live at Woodstock '99 - www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qajJdCKHx8
Can be bought for £4.98 from - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Amazing-Jeckel-Brothers-Insane-Clown/dp/B00000J2SK
Well, well, well, what a shame, nobody else has an opinion on this most amazin' album. The Insane Clown Posse (or Inner City Posse as they used to be known), are one awsome band. This, The Amazing Jeckel Brothers, is there finest album. If you're an Eminem fan (sad), then read no further as what i have to say is purely for the clowns and not that sorry little maggot. The Jeckel's are Shaggy 2 Dope & Violent J, they produced the Amazing Jeckel Bros. as the fourth jokers card, (6 in all). The album opens with: Intro & Jake Jeckel, ok, it starts off a little strange, but what the hell, this is ICP we're talking about not slim an*s, it booms along quite nicely as a tune with some carnival music playing as an undertone to the rapping and the basslines. Bring it on, The clowns appear to lose the plot straight away with this one, with it's strange dis-chords and unmelodic melodies, however this track actually grows on the listener after a while & ultimately becomes as important as the rest of the album. I want my sh*t, now we're talking, This tune seriously rocks, it tells the story of how the Juggalos 1st appeared and how they are indestructable, why ? Coz they aint gonna die 'til they get there sh*t. The chorus in the tune kicks ass, with big guitars and a wicked drum line, meanwhile the boys are laughing profoundly at just about anything and everything from being crushed on a train track, to having your head ripped off by a lamp post whilst hanging out of a speeding car. B*tches, This track features well known Wu Tang member the ODB, it's the clowns version of a love song, highly amusing to say the least. Rather offensive to females this one, but then the clown don't descriminate, they are offensive to everyone with equal gusto. Terrible, Hmmmmmmmm? think this one is about murder and other unpleasant stuff, the clown make it sound awesome as usual, by now the listener
is engrossed in the album and is almost instantly an ICP fan (in my experience), and hence a follwer of the dark carnival. I stab people, hilarious is the only thing that springs to mind, stabbing everybody from the mail man to the manager the clown are crying out "Can anybody help me?", clearly, they can't. Another love song, sorry girls it's another hate song really, they could buy you anything and treat you like a godess, but on second thoughts they'd rather kill you. Everybody Rize, The clown kick back with another hard hip-hop anthem with dark metal overtones and a message telling one and all to make a stand and join the carnival. Jack Jeckel, short and sweet, more of an intro to the next tune. F*ck the world, if u've never heard and are easily offended, then this probably not for you as the word f*ck is used a grand total of 93 times. Basically the boys slate everyone and everything no prejudices here then ! Again this tune rocks, it is a hip hop favour with a liberal sprinkling of metal on a phat bass (possibly?). The Shaggy Show, Featuring Snoop Doggy Dogg, I've listened to a lot of music in my 28 years here on earth, but i've never heard a tune with adverts in before, truly hilarious, done in a carnival atmosphere with strange melodies and a thumping bass line. Another master class in rapping, which the clown do so much better than that Marshall Mathers III bloke. Mad Proffesor, this ones about me folks, spending all his free time in a science lab. Violent Jay tries to build a special friend, using body parts from people who have been lured to the house by an advert for a couch. "You want my couch? You can't have my couch! What the f*ck you thinkin'?". 10/10 my favorite track on the album staying true to the disturbing and individual style of ICP. Assassins, see if you can guess what this ones about ? Echoside, The ICP chi
ll a little with echoside, i don't know how they do it, but even the laid back tunes sound amazing ! Nothings left, another mellow track to finish the album, which should by now have any hip hop/rap/metal fan well and truly hooked ! It's only my op, but the clowns are in a class all of there own, and i'm gonna tell the world about the carnival, why ? coz i'm a juggalo, thats why ! I'll be posting reviews on Great Milenko & Bizzare really soon, so watch out for 'em, or go and review the new slim an*s album instead ! The disturbed one !
Disc #1 Tracklisting
1 Intro (Insane Clown Posse/The Amazing Jeckel Brothers)
2 Jake Jeckel
3 Bring It On
4 I Want My Shit
5 Bitches - Insane Clown Posse, Russell T. "Old Dirty Bastard" Jones
6 Terrible
7 I Stab People
8 Another Love Song
9 Everybody Rize
10 Play With Me
11 Jack Jeckel
12 Fuck The World
13 The Shaggy Show
14 Mad Professor
15 Assassins
16 Echo Side
17 Nothing Left


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Chapter 4, Page 8
Queen Simia on Oct. 20, 2011
Kou the Mad at 10:46PM, Dec. 1, 2011
i think he took a few points in trolling.
wildcard at 3:10PM, Nov. 13, 2011
Based on that last panel I suspect the kindly act is about to backfire.
DarkVisor at 7:40AM, Oct. 27, 2011
Hmmm, not sure if her naivety towards others' flirting is cute, or grating (or is that the one area she is a complete nob about?). {totally didn't see the post with the mother question, nope nope no you didn't}
Doctor Shadow at 6:23AM, Oct. 27, 2011
Gillsing at 4:26AM, Oct. 26, 2011
Was that Bruce Wayne?
Scythe Massakur at 6:19PM, Oct. 24, 2011
KaguyaMegami at 9:00AM, Oct. 24, 2011
Daaaaayum :D
Lemniskate at 4:41AM, Oct. 24, 2011
I think he's cool. Definitely interesting.
cizimizi at 4:20AM, Oct. 24, 2011
uh oh! someone's belonging seems to have gone missing.
c_arnold at 4:13AM, Oct. 24, 2011
I am loving how all these guys are hitting on El and she's utterly daft about it.
SoItBegins at 2:15AM, Oct. 24, 2011
Human rogue/wizard dualclass...
Chernobog at 8:17PM, Oct. 23, 2011
Dashing rogue... er, magician. Hm, something going on back there?
artdude2002 at 3:48PM, Oct. 23, 2011
I don't know what surprised Elspeth more, the kiss on her hand or him vanishing.
Stig Hemmer at 3:00PM, Oct. 23, 2011
Teleportation doesn't sound like "minor nature magic" to me...
Jamie59 at 2:09PM, Oct. 23, 2011
Worth the wait.

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Throughout the western United States, there still are remote, uninhabited wilderness areas of serenity and great beauty, especially forsaken canyons where native tribes once lived, some of them thousands of years ago. Musician Scott August, a multi-instrumentalist best-known for his artistry in playing Native American wood flutes, has crafted a recording, Lost Canyons, that captures the experience of spending a day surrounded by nature in one of these secluded locations.
"There are thousands of seldom-visited canyons, especially in the American Southwest area centered at the Four Corners where Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado come together," explains August. "Many of these have Native American ruins, and some have rock art paintings or drawings, from the Hopi, Zuni and other Pueblo tribes as well as the Navajos who all lived in the region a few hundred years ago, or even from the ancient Anasazi culture that was around from 650 AD to 1250 AD. If you have the privilege to visit one of these locations, it is a special experience. When I play my flute there, and the sound mingles with the wind and reverberates back off the canyon walls, there is a deep connection to the past."
August (A Native American Music Award winner) plays a wide variety of native-style wood flutes from the common "fipple-style" (similar to a recorder) to the more rare and difficult-to-play Anasazi rim-blown flute (he is one of only a small handful of musicians to master this tricky instrument). He also plays clay flutes similar to those used in ancient Mexico. In addition, while August keeps the flute in the foreground, he also is known for his subtle-yet-always-intriguing backing instrumentation that gives his music a "tribal-techno" or "ethnic-fusion" sound. Scott incorporates piano, guitar, synth and numerous ethnic world-music instruments including kalimba, (African thumb piano), udu (West African clay-pot drum), tabla (a double-drum from India), oud (Mid-Eastern fretless lute), kenong and saron (Indonesian gamelan kettle gongs), charango (tiny South American guitar from the Andes Mountains), and cuatro (Latin American guitar).
August's four CDs and DVD can be purchased online at CDbaby.com, amazon.com, digital download locations such as iTunes and Napster, and at his own website (cedarmesa.com). Lost Canyons is already Top 5 in airplay on the national New Age Reporter radio charts.
The Lost Canyons CD emotionally and aurally paints a picture of a day spent admiring nature's majesty. The album begins by spotting the "Morning Star" preceding sunrise, and the CD ends with the appearance of the "Evening Star" (a lullaby signifying approaching night). In between the listener can appreciate the environment of the canyon. Two compositions celebrate birds ("Raven Dance" and "Swallows & Nighthawks"). "Many times when I play flute music outdoors, whether at a concert or alone in the wilderness, I have noticed how it seems to attract birds. I have seen ravens lock their talons together and fall hundreds of feet before breaking free and soaring off just before hitting the ground." Another pair of tunes focus on the weather ("Thermals" and "Thunder on the Mesa"). "Thunderstorms in the Southwest can be incredibly dramatic with the sound of thunder and the intense bolts of lightening. Sometimes it is so hot the rain evaporates as it falls."
August also captures the grandeur of the multi-hued "Desert Skies" and the whispering and lonely sounds of the wind on the Hopi-named "Huukyangw (Wind)." In addition, the title tune, "Lost Canyons," has the epic sweep and monumental glory of the colorful Southwest. Although Scott has visited many Indian ruins over the years, "Where Spirits Dwell" was specifically inspired by the House of Many Hands pueblo ruin in Mystery Valley where hundreds of hand prints and outlines of hands are on the rock wall. He says, "When you sit next to an ancient ruin, you can't help but feel you are in a sacred place." The recording approaches conclusion with the driving "Chasing the Sun" ("trying to find the best place to watch the sunset") featuring a double-drone flute, and "Twilight Canyon" ("that short transitional special time, hovering between day and night").
Lost Canyons is August's fourth CD, preceded by Distant Spirits (nominated for a Native American Music Award, NAMMY), Sacred Dreams (a NAMMY winner!), and New Fire (another NAMMY nominee and a winner of the prestigious Indian Summer Music Award). August also has released Ancient Light, a DVD of 450 stunning photographs he took while exploring the Southwest, with the soundtrack selected from the first three CDs plus one new piece. August also headlined the Zion Native American Flute Festival in 2006 and 2007, and the Central Coast Flute Festival in 2007.
Scott's interest in music began as a small child. He was born in Los Angeles and raised in Fullerton in Southern California. Scott's father played numerous instruments informally, Scott's grandfather was a professional classical violinist with a radio show in Los Angeles and concerts at the Hollywood Bowl, and Scott's great-grandfather led a folk band. One of Scott's earliest musical memories is a Stan Getz-Joao Gilberto bossa nova album.
At age seven, Scott began studying cello and playing in school orchestras. When he was nine he got a kalimba for Christmas which awakened his love for ethnic sounds. His senior year in high school he started to play piano and began practicing classical music at least six hours a day for the next few years. He played in a few bands, but primarily studied music which took him to the University of Southern California as a composition student where he graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree. As a child he grew up listening to both classical music and popular music such as The Beatles, but as he got older he explored progressive rock (Emerson Lake & Palmer, Yes, Genesis, King Crimson, Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze).
At USC, August spent most of his free time in the electronic-music lab where he learned to use synthesizers, sound sampling and processing, and music interfacing with computers. His musical taste moved to cutting-edge ambient and atmospheric artists such as Brian Eno, Harold Budd and Steve Roach, "and their music became the roots of my inspiration." In college Scott began making recordings using piano, synths, autoharp, kalimbas and guitar. At first he made cassettes and later pressed a vinyl album of this music to submit it to radio stations. It got airplay in Los Angeles on KCRW's "Morning Becomes Eclectic" show and KXLU's "Alien Air Music" program, and on the New York station WNYC. He met and spent time talking about music with Steve Roach. In addition, August's musical influences expanded to include Steve Tibbetts (an eclectic fusion guitarist), Jon Hassell (a trumpeter who merged electronics with world music sounds) and Peter Gabriel.
Brian Eno listened to some of August's early recordings, told him how visual the music was, and suggested Scott consider scoring. So August submitted music to an ad agency and soon became an in-demand composer for films, videos, commercials and TV shows. His clients have included NASA, Lexus, Chevrolet, HBO, Nabisco and Minolta. One of many projects he has done for The Discovery Channel was the soundtrack for the film they showed repeatedly at an IMAX-style theater in the Olympic Village in Atlanta.
August discovered Native American flute music while visiting pueblos in New Mexico in 1996. He fell in love with the scenery and culture of the Southwest, bought his first flute in 1998, and started recording flute music the next week. In 2004 he began researching Anasazi flutes. "The ones I play are a re-creation of several flutes that were dug up in Arizona in the late 1920s, and historians believe these types of flutes were played by the Anasazi Indians 750 to more than 1300 years ago. These flutes have a different construction and are played differently than more modern Native American flutes."
"The Lost Canyons concept for the new CD has several meanings. Some canyons are lost because no one goes there. The meaning can include ancient cultures that lived there thousands of years ago. The title also can be symbolic of places on our planet we have lost to encroaching civilization. That, in turn, makes you realize how humankind has become out-of-touch with nature, and how much we have all lost in the process."


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Community briefs
Soup sampler, silent auction
WALDOBORO — There will be a soup supper Friday, March 21, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Soule-Shuman VFW Hall at 40 Mill St., Waldoboro, hosted by the trustees of the Waldoboro Public Library.
Prices are $5 for a bowl full and $8 for a bottomless bowl. Bread and homemade desserts included. There will also be a silent auction along with the supper. Sample many delicious homemade soups, join neighbors for supper, and support the library all at the same time.
For more information, please call 832-4484, or visit waldoborolibrary.org.
Camden Senior Citizens to gather
The Camden Senior Citizens group will hold their first meeting of the season Thursday, March 27 at the Masonic Hall in Simontons Corner. The meeting starts at 10 a.m.,followed by entertainment and dinner at noon. Anyone age 55 or over is welcome to join, and they may come from Camden or any surrounding areas. The dues are $6 per year and the dinner is only $4 for members. Come and bring a friend.
Pancake breakfast with Easter bunny
WALDOBORO — The Medomak Valley High School class of 2014 is sponsoring a Pancake Breakfast with the Easter Bunny Sunday, April 13, from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Waldoboro VFW Hall. The cost is $6 for adults, $4 for kids under 10, and a family of four for $20.
Wednesdays are Back in the Day
ROCKLAND — "Back in the day," churches were left unlocked and open to all passers-by who wanted to drop in to rest their weary feet, their heavy hearts, or their tortured souls.
For many years now, folks have lamented that churches are locked except for scheduled services, events, and activities. It's true; churches have had to lock their doors as a result of robberies and/or vandalism leaving a void for people seeking a silent, peaceful space to meditate, pray, or seek a calm asylum from the pace of a hectic, or stressful day.
Heard of "Throwback Thursday" on Facebook? Well, welcome to "Throwback Wednesdays" at Rockland Congregational Church. Every Wednesday, from 3:30 to 8:30 p.m., the sanctuary is open to any who want a quiet, calm spot to rest, pray, meditate or just do a little wool gathering. It's open to all, regardless of faith or philosophy. The church is located at 180 Limerock St. in Rockland.


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Turkish court indicts IDF Generals for Mavi Marmara killings
Rally in Istanbul to commemorate flotilla
Rally in Turkey to Mark Flotilla Date
A major rally was held in Istanbul to mark the second anniversary of the sailing of the 2010 flotilla to Gaza.
By Elad Benari, Arutz Sheva (Israel National News)
A major rally was held in Istanbul, Turkey on Thursday, marking the second anniversary of the sailing of the 2010 flotilla to Gaza.
The Turkey-based IHH terror group, [see below] which was behind the flotilla, marked the day by holding a press conference aboard the Mavi Marmara, with relatives of the nine Turkish nationals who were killed on the ship.
The nine were killed when Israeli soldiers who boarded the Gaza-bound ship were forced to open fire, after being attacked by the IHH terrorists[see below] on board with clubs and knives.
The Marmara had been violating the naval blockade on Gaza and claimed to be carrying humanitarian aid to the residents of Gaza, a fact which was later proven to be wrong.
The incident severely strained the relations between Israel and Turkey. Turkey demanded that Israel apologize for the deaths of the nine, but Prime MinisterBinyamin Netanyahu refused to apologize. Turkey responded by downgrading its diplomatic ties with Israel.
Turkey further strained the relations with Israel this week, when a Turkish court formally indicted former IDF Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. (res.) Gabi Ashkenazi and several other former top IDF officers for the killing of the nine.
IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation
Turkish: İHH İnsani Yardım Vakfı; full Turkish name: İnsan Hak ve Hürriyetleri ve İnsani Yardım Vakfı, in English: The Foundation for Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief) or İHH is an IslamicTurkish NGO active in more than 100 countries.
Established in 1992 and officially registered in Istanbul in 1995, İHH provides humanitarian relief in areas of war, earthquake, hunger, and conflict. The İHH holds Special Consultative Status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council since 2004.Current president of the İHH is Fehmi Bülent Yıldırım.
The İHH was owner and operator of three flotilla ships involved in an aid convoy intended to breach the blockade of Gaza in 2010. These ships included the MV Mavi Marmara, a passenger vessel that served as the flagship of the convoy.[8][9] Nine passengers, many of them members or volunteers for the İHH,[10] aboard the Mavi Marmara were killed in a clash with Israeli forces that raided the vessel as it was on its way to Gaza
Turkish court charges senior IDF officials over Gaza flotilla deaths
Turkish judges approve demand for a sentence of a combined 18.000 years for former IDF chief of staff and other officers allegedly responsible for deaths aboard the Mavi Marmara cruise ship in 2010.
By Barak Ravid, Haaretz and Associated Press
A Turkish court on Monday formally pressed charges against members of Israel's military for the killing of nine people aboard a Turkish ship trying to break Israel's blockade of Gaza in 2010, Turkey's state-run news agency said.
The court in Istanbul voted unanimously to approve an indictment against Israel's former military chief Lt. Gen. Gabi Ashkenazi, along with the former heads of its navy, air force intelligence, and military intelligence, Eliezer Marom, Amos Yadlin, and Avishai Levi, the Anadolu Agency said. They face nine consecutive life terms in prison for "inciting to kill monstrously, and by torturing," the agency added.
It is unlikely Israeli military members will be brought before Turkey's judicial system, since Israel does not regard them as criminals. If they are convicted in absentia at the end of the trial process, which could take months if not years, the Turkish court could issue an order for their arrest, but such a move would be symbolic and not binding.
A week ago, the Turkish newspaper "Sabah" first reported the upcoming indictments; however Israeli officials refused to comment on the reports until they were endorsed by the Turkish government, or until the indictments were delivered to the court.
The move comes just a few days ahead of the second anniversary of the May 31 raid. The ship had been part of a flotilla sailing toward Gaza to protest Israel's blockade.
The court also agreed to press charges against several unidentified soldiers who raided the ship, the Turkish news agency said. No trial date has been set. Turkey has tried without success to get Israel to apologize for the attack, and to compensate those killed as a precondition for normalizing relations. Israel has solely expressed regret for the loss of lives.
Israel says its troops opened fire after coming under attack by activists wielding axes, knives and metal rods. It says soldiers rappelled on to the deck armed with non-lethal paintball guns as their primary weapons, and only resorted to using handguns after they were assaulted.
The indictment rejected Israeli claims that Israeli commandos who boarded the Mavi Marmara acted in self defense, saying that Israeli commandos used disproportional force by firing with heavy weapons and automatic rifles on passengers who only carried "plastic flag masts, spoons, and forks."
The indictment said some of the victims were shot dead from close range and from the back, the agency reported earlier.
According to Turkish news agencies, nine life sentences were demanded – one for each of the casualties aboard the Mavi Marmara – as part of the indictment, which calls for a combined 18,000 years of imprisonment for the four former officers, punishment for crimes committed during the raid on the Gaza-bound flotilla. The indictment includes 490 victims and complainants, among them 189 were injured during the raid.
The charges against members of the Israeli military, included commandeering vehicles, voluntary manslaughter, attempted murder, persecution and causing damage to the ship, the agency said Monday.
A United Nations probe into the incident found Israel's naval blockade of Gaza legally imposed "as a legitimate security measure" but added that the killing of eight Turkish activists and a Turkish-American was "unacceptable."
Turkey has rejected the report's findings, saying Israel had no right to raid the ship in international waters and said it would never recognize the blockade's legitimacy.
Turkey has also slapped a series of sanctions on Israel, once a top military trading partner, which included expelling senior Israeli diplomats and suspending all military deals. It has also vowed to back the Palestinian bid for recognition of their statehood at the United Nations.
'If the price of what I did is not being able to visit Turkey – I am willing to pay that price'
By Carl, Israel Matzav, blog
Turkish high criminal court on Monday accepted indictments against four former senior IDF officers in connection with the Mavi Marmara incident in May 2010.
A Turkish high criminal court has unanimously accepted an indictment seeking life sentences for four former Israeli military commanders over their alleged involvement in the 2010 killing of nine Turks on a Gaza-bound aid ship, Turkish newspaper Today's Zaman and the Andalou Agency reported Monday.
The indictment seeks nine counts of aggravated life imprisonment for former IDF chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. (res.) Gabi Ashkenazi, OC Israel Navy V.-Adm. Eliezer Marom, former Military Intelligence head Amos Yadlin and former IAF intelligence head Brig.-Gen. Avishai Levy.
Former IDF chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi responded
Former IDF chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. (res.) Gabi Ashkenazi said Monday that he hoped common sense would prevail, in response to reports that a Turkish high criminal court had unanimously accepted an indictment seeking life sentences for him and three others over the 2010 Mavi Marmara raid. He also expressed hope that Turkey would reestablish diplomatic ties with Israel.
…"From the beginning of the affair, I appeared before every forum, sometimes on my own, to defend IDF soldiers who performed their job out in the field on behalf of Israel," Ashkenazi said. "If the price of what I did is not being able to visit Turkey – I am willing to pay that price."
Last week, in response to the prospect of indictments, Israel issued some veiled threats against the Turks.
Diplomatic sources stressed Wednesday that no official information had been received about an announcement by Turkey that it planned to indict former IDF commanders over the Marmara affair, but said "If it's true, this won't bring us to a good place. We will need to weigh our steps."
"We also have ways to bother them in the international arena. If this is the path they want, we also know what to do. They have plenty of Achilles' heels. We don't want escalation, but if this is the game – we'll play," the sources said.
Let's roll!
Mavi Marmara indictments herald an end to Israeli impunity
Sarah Colborne, The Electronic Intifada
As one of the activists on the Mavi Marmara, I was overjoyed at the news that Turkey had this month issued indictments against those responsible for Israel's assault on unarmed humanitarian aid workers sailing in international waters for Gaza two years ago today.
Nine were killed, and 189 injured at the hands of Israeli commandos. The Mavi Marmara has become another moment in history where Israel's violent response to international solidarity with Palestine exposed the reality of Israel's crimes, and the resulting growth of solidarity has further strengthened the movement for justice for Palestine.
You don't send commandos onto a civilian ship, armed with lethal ammunition, unless you intend to use it. Yet if Israel's intention in attacking the Mavi Marmara and killing passengers was to intimidate solidarity activists, and prevent future acts of solidarity with Palestinians, it very badly failed.
In the immediate aftermath, mass demonstrations took place around the world. Egypt came under intense pressure to open the Rafah border with Gaza.
I was approached by activists desperate to participate in a future flotilla. The first Freedom Flotilla became so iconic that Israel felt it had to stop a second flotilla from even leaving port — a combination of sabotage, and sustained pressure on Greece, where the boats were due to sail from.
Symbol of Israel's cruelty
Today, the Mavi Marmara symbolizes how Israel was so desperate to prevent electric wheelchairs, baby food and computers from reaching Gaza that it attacked boats in international waters and shot, tasered, beat and humiliated passengers, who were kidnapped and thrown into Israeli prison.
Israeli commandos systematically attempted to destroy all footage of the attack, removing all phones, cameras and videos. But despite this, the few images that were smuggled out, combined with the testimony of survivors, exposed Israel's criminal activities.
The Israeli military is used to attacking Palestinian men, women and children and getting away with it. They were simply using the same techniques against us. But now at least it couldn't happen unnoticed and without protest.
Terror just as vivid today
After 31 May 2010 I spent months having to bear witness to the attack on the Mavi Marmara, unable to fully express my emotions. Two years on, the memories are just as vivid.
I remember coming up on deck before dawn to see Israeli warships and inflatables bristling with commandos armed to the teeth with the latest weaponry, ready to fire on unarmed passengers. I remember the whirr of the helicopters above the ship, the commandos descending onto the top of the Mavi Marmara.
I remember Cevdet Kılıçlar being carried on a stretcher back to the deck where I was standing — which before Israel's assault had been the café — one of the main spaces where we sat, drank tea and got to know one another.
Cevdet had been filming the attack when he was shot in his forehead from above by Israeli commandos. I remember the sound of bullets in the air as I was told to go downstairs, and the endless wait while we sat below deck with the dead, dying and seriously injured, while announcements were made from our loudspeakers saying that we were not resisting, and we needed urgent medical help.
We had no response from the Israeli army for 105 minutes — apart from guns with laser sights being pointed through the windows at our heads.
I remember us all handcuffed on the deck in the boiling sun after the Israeli commandos overtook the ship, not knowing how many of us had been killed.
I remember, after the Turkish government's intervention and the international outrage forced Israel to release us from prison, being driven in a windowless prison van to the airport, seeing the motionless face of my Turkish friend Cigdem, and then her desperate grip on my hand as we sat together and watched others who had been kidnapped and imprisoned with us board the planes for Istanbul. Cigdem was refusing to leave without the body of her husband, who had been killed on the Mavi Marmara by Israeli commandos.
Ending Israeli impunity
Our collective memories of what happened before dawn broke on 31 May 2010 have woven together, through individual testimonies, through the witness statements taken by the UN Human Rights Council's investigation, and through the legal action currently being taken in Turkey.
Israel is used to violating international law with impunity, and international bodies consistently fail to bring Israel to justice for its crimes against the Palestinian people. Meanwhile, Israel's internal investigations simply serve to get those responsible off the hook for crimes such as those that took place on the Mavi Marmara and the murder of the Samouni family in Gaza during the massacre of 2008-09 (see Ali Abunimah, "Slamming the door to justice on Palestinians," Al Jazeera English, 7 May 2012).
The UNHCR inquiry into Israel's attack on the Mavi Marmara, which concludes that the assault by the Israeli military "was not only disproportionate to the occasion but demonstrated levels of totally unnecessary and incredible violence," further highlights the notorious refusal of the Israeli system to deliver justice, not just for us on this occasion, but for Palestinians on every occasion.
So Turkey's rejection of a payoff of $6 million, and instead indicting four top Israeli generals, is a worrying signal for Israel that its "get out of jail free" cards have an expiry date. The increased solidarity around the world with Palestine will sends a clear message to the Israeli government that every attack it launches on Palestinians or their supporters simply galvanizes international solidarity for the people it so brutally oppresses.
Sarah Colborne is Director of Palestine Solidarity Campaign in Britain.


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Sofia Vergara's designer gown couldn't handle her famous curves.
The "Modern Family" actress suffered a wardrobe malfunction as she danced the night away at the Emmy Awards.
The 40-year-old actress shared pictures of the mishap on her Twitter page. The images showed a broken back zipper and revealed that the star was wearing a thong.
Sofia tweeted the images saying: "Yes!!! This happened 20 min before we won!!!! Jajajajja. I luv my life!!!"
"Modern Family" received an Emmy for Outstanding Comedy for the third consecutive year.
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Read about new hires, promotions, honors, board elections and other credit union career news in this week's People.
Baltimore credit union takes over local thrift, to keep two branches open and 19 employees.
Maryland's financial regulator and the FDIC have approved the purchase of Advance Mutual Savings Bank in Baltimore by Municipal Employees Credit Union of Baltimore.
MECU awaits only member vote to buy Advance Bank of Baltimore.
Credit union advances one more step toward what is becoming a trend: credit unions buying banks.
Never tell Michael Bell, attorney and counselor at Royal Oak, Mich.-based law firm Howard & Howard, something can't be done without a ready response to two simple words: Why not?
New Hampshire bank becomes second savings bank to be purchased by a credit union.
Lawyers handling the planned takeover of an ailing New Hampshire bank by a Massachusetts credit union expressed optimism Thursday the deal can clear regulatory hurdles.
The proposed buyout by GFA Federal Credit Union of a troubled New Hampshire savings bank continues to generate industry interest but with a pivotal question: Can the credit union and bank clear the legal hurdles with the NCUA, the Comptroller of the Currency and the FDIC.
GFA FCU CEO said her credit union is showing by example that credit unions can work with community banks as it moves toward purchase of a New Hampshire mutual.


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SHE has Woodford Folk blood pumping through her veins and after attending 18 festivals in her 18 years, Darcie Welsh-White is showing no signs of stopping.
The annual festival is a family affair for the Caboolture teen.
Her dad, Ross White, was instrumental in organising Woodford in its early stages while her mum, Rachel Welsh, hand-wrote many of the tickets for the first festival 27 years ago.
"Every person that comes here to the festival is amazed that it's just so great," Ms Welsh-White said. "It's very culturally diverse here. Everyone is so friendly, they talk to people on the street and are always happy to have a chat."
The experienced festival-goer said the atmosphere was just part of the event's appeal to the 100,000-strong crowd.
"It's such a great and fun environment, but then there's the fantastic weather and food," she said.
"I usually bring breakfast and buy every other meal. There's everything here, there's definitely lots of nationalities of food."
And while Ms Welsh-White said she was more a fan of hardcore music, she said she loved being "open-minded" to finding new music.
Woodford opened on Thursday and runs until January 1 with John Butler Trio, Angus Stone, Julia Stone and Kate Miller-Heidke joining the 2500 performers for the 438 acts.
General manager Amanda Jackes said this year's popularity was riding on the back of last year's success.
"The festival sells on the word of mouth, it's very organic," she said. "We even have some third generations beginning to be involved in the festival ... it becomes part of people's annual summer pilgrimage."
Weatherzone meteorologist Melissa MacKellar said festival-lovers could expect the weather to improve from New Year's Eve.
"Thunderstorms are more likely in the afternoon (today) ... it could dump some heavy rains but from New Year's Eve it will start to improve," Ms MacKellar said.
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Claire Fontaine Crime Fighter: A Novel of Life, Death... and Shoes
When Claire Fontaine goes to work for PI Henry Bennett, formerly of the LAPD homicide division, in Enright's amusing and lighthearted debut, it's a clear case of Beauty and the Beast. Claire, 30-something, is wealthy and well connected; Henry, who's in his late 40s, eats junk food and dresses badly. What they share is a keen desire to find the fiend who neatly cut the throat of Beth Valentine, a young party girl, and to stop a serial killer from slaughtering another victim. After a somewhat sluggish start, the pace picks up as Claire demonstrates that her rich-girl persona brings more than pearls and Prada to the mix—the girl has a positive talent for connecting with sleazy Hollywood types. If the repartee between the two sometimes lacks fizz, that may be because Claire's distracted by her attractive and enigmatic neighbor while Henry seems to have left his heart at homicide. Solid plotting and characterization bode well for any future sleuthing adventures featuring this incongruous pair. (July)
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By Sandeep Singh Grewal
, Posted on » 31 May 2013
SRI Lanka took another step into the Gulf yesterday with the official opening of its first-ever embassy in Bahrain.
The new mission could soon be followed by a school that would specifically cater to around 600 Sri Lankan children living
with their parents in Bahrain.
It is part of a new effort to enhance diplomatic ties between Bahrain and Sri Lanka, an up-and-coming player on the Asian stage.
"The setting up of the Sri Lankan mission in Bahrain is a milestone for both countries," said new Sri Lankan Ambassador R K M A Rajakaruna.
"This was a long-standing request which our government recognised by opening an embassy here to further improve bilateral ties."
He was speaking at the opening of the new embassy in Mahooz, which will represent the interests of 20,000 Sri Lankans in Bahrain.
Among those present were Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ghanim bin Fadhl Al Buainain, Foreign Affairs Ministry Under-Secretary Ambassador Abdulla Abdullatif, Sri Lankan External Affairs Deputy Minister Neomal Perera and around 70 members of the Sri Lankan community.
Mr Rajakaruna said the embassy was keen to develop economic, cultural, trade and tourism ties between the two countries, along with new areas of co-operation.
Meanwhile, the diplomat called on Bahrain for support in setting up a Sri Lankan school in Bahrain.
Mr Abdullatif responded by saying it was Bahrain's obligation "to support the Sri Lankan community to set up school".
Meanwhile, Mr Perera said that he had invited a delegation from the Bahrain Chamber of Commerce and Industry to attend
a conference in
Colombo this year.
He said Sri Lanka's national economy was growing by eight per cent and it wanted to strengthen ties
with Gulf and Arab countries to work on common areas of interest.
Sri Lankan citizens in Bahrain have been calling for an embassy for years, claiming they were facing unnecessary obstacles in completing basic consular matters.
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Police: Woman stole pills from neighbor's home
A Williston Park woman twice entered a house on her street and stole prescription pills from a medicine cabinet, Nassau County police said.
Erin Arcese, 38, of 33 Cushing Ave., was arrested Monday on two counts of second-degree burglary, police said.
She was given a conditional release at her arraignment Tuesday at First District Court in Hempstead. Arcese is due back in court Thursday.
Third Squad detectives said Arcese entered a Cushing Avenue residence through an unlocked door and removed about 45 prescription pills from a cabinet twice between April 9 and May 12.


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These tiny chocolate footballs from Bakerella will definitely be a touchdown with the entire party crowd. Whether your team wins or loses, you're in for a sweet night.
- 1 package oreo cookies (divided, use cookie including the cream center)
- 1 8oz. package cream cheese (softened)
- Chocolate bark/melting chocolate
- White chocolate for laces/strings
Step 1
- Finely crush 7 cookies in a food processor or place them in a ziploc bag and crush into a fine consistency. Reserve for later.
Step 2
- Crush remaining cookies and stir in softened cream cheese. Use the back of a large spoon to help mash the two together.
Step 3
- Roll the mixture into 1″ across football shapes and place on wax paper covered cookie sheet.
Step 4
- Melt dark chocolate as directed on the package and then dip balls into chocolate, tap off extra and set aside on wax paper covered cookie sheet to dry. (I usually eat mine before they make it to this stage.)
Step 5
- Pipe the white chocolate rings on each end and the laces on the top. The rings won't go all the way around.
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- Once dry, refrigerate and enjoy!


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In December 1850, the dark hours before dawn make 12-year-old Patrick O'Connell shiver. He lives with his mother and older sister in a wet and drafty shack. Patrick has been the man of the family ever since Da, his father, sailed from Ireland to America. But now he has a problem he can't solve: there isn't enough money to pay the rent.
Suddenly, the village priest pounds on their door. He brings a bank draft with a letter from Da telling them to come to America. Soon Patrick and his family set off for Liverpool to board a ship. They think their problems are finally over, until Patrick meets some helpful strangers who are more than eager to help him care for his new fortune.
Filled with irony and excitement, Newbery Award-winner Avi's adventurous tale is a vivid picture of life in 19th-century Ireland and England. With dramatic flair, narrator Simon Prebble provides the perfect voice for unsavory villains, colorful peasants, and the proper lords and ladies of the gentry.
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Fashion Week Tidbits: Gareth Pugh NY-Bound, Alexander Wang and Katie Grand Teaming Up, and Shalom Harlom Bartending at Organic
>> New York Fashion Week is less than a week away, and the tidbits are flowing freely — a compilation of the highlights from the past couple of days:
Double (or Triple) Duty Presentations
- Gareth Pugh confirmed that he will be showing a video directed by Ruth Hogben on Sept. 13 to "set the mood for [his] catwalk show that will take place as usual in Paris." After the private showing, he'll screen the short film in public nearby — get your name on the guest list via MAC's Facebook page. [Style File]
- Temperley London is taking their interactive Spring 2010 multimedia presentation on the road for the second time, starting in New York Sept. 15 before evolving in format for London Fashion Week and then again in Paris, where it will become an exhibit. The film aspect, plus stills and a behind-the-scenes cut will be readily available online on Temperley's new website.
First look at Yoko Ono for threeASFOUR, and Karl Lagerfeld's attendance status answered »
- Marc Jacobs's after party is back this season, and so is Alexander Wang's: He's partnering with Katie Grand, marking Love's first event stateside, to celebrate in a West Side gas station. Surprise special performances are promised, but the real question is: Could a styling partnership between Wang and Grand be in future? [Style.com]
- POP, too, will be in town: Dasha Zhukova is holding an intimate dinner party with co-hosts (and POP staffers) Olympia Scarry and Shala Monroque, plus Style Rookie blogger (and POP cover girl) Tavi [Style.com]
- The Cut's rundown of top invitation-only bashes for the week include Dossier's fourth issue (right) launch party (Keegan Singh, Kate Lanphear contributed) plus soirees hosted by Irina Lazareanu, Linda Evangelista, Coco Rocha, Isabeli Fontana, and Caroline Trentini [The Cut]
- Shalom Harlow is making a special appearance at Organic's speakeasy-themed presentation as a Greta Garbo-dressed bartender [FWD]
- Vena Cava have enlisted the Fiery Furnaces to play live during their presentation [FWD]
- Yoko Ono met threeASFOUR's Gabi, Adi, and Ange during a concert in her loft, and the designers are having her black-and-white dot drawings translated into prints for their collection (right). The pieces are more contemporary than the label's typical creations, and will thus be at a lower price point ($111-$888) than their usual fare. [WWD]
- Phillip Crangi is designing Spring 2010 jewelry for the Michael Bastian, Band of Outsiders/Boy and Shipley & Halmos presentations. [The Fashion Informer]
- Camilla Staerk, who was scheduled to present her Spring 2010 collection Sept. 12 at MAC at Milk, has cancelled her show, despite the fact that the venue provides everything at no cost to the designer. Instead, she is focusing on building a strong foundation for the label and the launch of her new line, Staerk Signature; she plans to return to Fashion Week for Fall 2010. [WWD]
- Sounds like Karl Lagerfeld won't be making an appearance, as rumored, after all — he's not expected at the Chanel-hosted Coco Avant Chanel premiere Sept. 15, nor The Day Before screening party Sept. 8. [Style.com]
- Copperwheat (left), a line helmed by a Calvin Klum alum who created prints for Peter Som and Sue Stemp and the co-founder of '90s London label Copperwheat Blundell [Style.com]
- Chloe Sevigny-embraced Timo Weiland promises tailored pieces inspired by a "decaying garden encircling a rural English manor house"; Refinery29 has a first look [Refinery29]
- Joaquin Trias, whose architectural collection has already caught the eye of Caroline Herrera [Style.com]
- Central Saint Martins-educated Saloni Lodha, whose it-girl dresses have landed on Emma Watson, and who draws from her Indian heritage [Style File]
- Marc Jacobs-mentored Risto — whose show the former designer may attend — has done galactic prints in the past embraced by Angela Lindvall and Anouck Lepere [Style.com]
- Camilla Staerk alum Mandy Coon is going solo with a collection that aims to emulate jagged crystals [Style File]


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Armin Fried, who had lived in East Hampton part time since 1986, died on Jan. 13 in Arlington, Va. He was 87 and had been in failing health for some time.
Mr. Fried's friends remember him as an athletic man who enjoyed playing volleyball at Main Beach in summer. He was also, they said, a soccer fanatic who had "SOCCER 1" on his license plate, thereby being mistaken for Pelé on occasion. He was a skier as well.
In addition to his athletic pursuits, Mr. Fried's other interests included Zionism. He was a member of Jewish Survivors of Latvia and also the 92nd Street Y in Manhattan.
Armin Fried was born in Konigsberg, Germany, on Sept. 3, 1924. He attended schools in Riga, which was invaded by the Nazis in 1941. Mr. Fried survived World War II and the labor camps he was sent to in Siberia and Kazakhstan from 1941 to 1947.
After the war, he attended the University of Vienna from 1947 to 1950, emigrating to the United States immediately afterward and earning a degree as a certified public accountant at New York University in 1954. Mr. Fried worked for various firms in the city, including Harris, Kerr, Forster & Company. He served as controller at the Whittaker Corporation for 16 years.
In 2004 Mr. Fried married Jane Howard of East Hampton and they began spending winters in Boca Raton, Fla., where Ms. Howard owned a condominium. In September 2010, they moved to Arlington, where he died.
Services were held on Jan. 15 at New Montefiore Cemetery in East Farmingdale. Mr. Fried loved animals, and the family has requested that, should acquaintances and friends be so moved, they make donations in his name to Elsa's Ark, 28 Crystal Drive, East Hampton 11937, or to the Animal Rescue Fund of the Hamptons, P.O. Box 901, Wainscott 11975.
Mr. Fried is survived by Ms. Howard and her three children.


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It turns out Bella Santorum, the three-year old daughter of Republican Presidential candidate Rick Santorum, is not being treated at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
According to the former Pa. senator's communication director, Bella was hospitalized with pneumonia in Virginia and was never a patient in Philadelphia.
Santorum's campaign office says staffers mistakenly assumed the family came to CHOP because of the hospital's good reputation. There are also reports that Santorum's youngest child has been treated at CHOP in the past.
Bella has Trisomy 18, a genetic condition that can be life threatening.
Santorum made two campaign appearances in Chester County, Pa. and in Philadelphia last Friday. He said he got to his home in Virginia around midnight Friday for a quick break to do his taxes, but found his daughter "was not doing well."
Saturday evening, Santorum aides announced Bella had been admitted to the hospital and they canceled a Sunday morning interview with NBC's "Meet the Press" and church services in Miami. His aides later canceled his trip to Florida and instead sent his 20-year-old daughter to campaign for him.
Santorum said by late Sunday Bella was "alert and back to her own beautiful, happy girl."


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Thanks to stimulus funding, the local office of the Small Business Administration has boosted the number of "microloans" offered to small businesses in San Diego and Imperial counties through its intermediary lending partners.
There have been 22 such loans issued in the past 11 months, according to Susan Lamping, senior community loan officer with CDC Small Business Finance, the SBA's nonprofit lending partner. That's a 47 percent increase over the previous year.
The SBA has backed microloans of up to $35,000, issued to new and emerging businesses who would not qualify for traditional bank loans, since 1991. The federally supported loans help businesses that were recently established, those that have credit problems, and those that only need a small amount of money. Businesses use the loans for working capital, start-up costs, equipment purchases, tenant improvements, hiring and inventory purchases.
Microloan program in San Diego and Imperial counties
• Fiscal 2010 (first 11 months): 22 loans totaling $737,000
• Fiscal 2009: 15 loans totaling $484,000
• Fiscal 2008: 9 loans totaling $298,000
• Fiscal 2007: five loans totaling $160,000
"We listen to our client's stories and get to know their situation," Lamping said. "At CDC Small Business Finance we make loans to people we believe in, even when there are some weaknesses in their loan request."
President Barack Obama's stimulus package included a large infusion of federal funding that benefited the microloan program.
In San Diego and Imperial counties, business took out 22 microloans totaling $737,000 during the first 11 months of the current fiscal year, which ends Sept. 30. That compared with 15 loans totaling $484,000 in the 2009 fiscal year.
For more information on microloans, call Lamping at (619) 291-3594.Copyright © 2017, The San Diego Union-Tribune


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National editor's pick of the top news stories in the nation and world at this hour:
Senate poised to find out if House was bluffing
The Senate was poised to strip an Obamacare killer out of a crucial spending bill Friday and send it back to the House in hopes of preventing a partial government shutdown Tuesday. The House leadership was mum Friday on its next move, though Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, warned Thursday that House Republicans were unlikely to rubber-stamp the Senate version of the spending bill if their concerns are not addressed. The House planned no votes on the bill until the weekend, if then, and if it introduces changes, a partial shutdown of some duration seems likely given the infeasibility of reconciling the two versions Monday. Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, accused conservatives of "throwing a temper tantrum" but may have indulged in a bit of hyperbole by claiming their behavior was "every bit as dangerous as the breakup of the Union before the Civil War." A small group of Senate conservatives, led by Ted Cruz of Texas and Mike Lee of Utah, have sought to block passage of the spending bill in order to force a showdown on the Affordable Care Act, much of which is due to take effect Oct. 1. "It's about showing people we're going to do what we say we're going to," Lee told colleagues, "even when, especially when, it's inconvenient."
U.N. inspectors expected in Syria by Tuesday
U.N. inspectors will drive into the thick of Syria's war zones as early as Tuesday to identify the country's chemical weapons stockpiles and help develop plans to destroy them. The first step Friday is for the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons at The Hague to approve a plan to secure and destroy Syria's stockpile. The U.N. Security Council is then expected to adopt a resolution on eliminating Syria's weapons of mass destruction, possibly by Friday evening. The five permanent members — the U.S., U.K., France, Russia and China — agreed Thursday night on a resolution that does not spell out the consequences for Syria should it fail to cooperate. If that happens, a separate resolution will determine how the world community would respond. Because there is no threat of force in the current plan, one Syrian official portrayed it as a diplomatic failure for the United States. Issam Khalil, a member of President Bashar Assad's ruling Baath Party, said, "The resolution does not include threats or even possibilities of misinterpretations in a way that would let America and its allies to take advantage of it as they did in Iraq."
India building collapse kills 8; rescuers dig for 30 more
Yet another apartment building collapsed Friday in Mumbai, India, killing at least eight people and trapping more than two dozen in the rubble — the third deadly collapse in Mumbai in six months. A small girl was pulled alive from the ruins 12 hours after the cave-in, promptly onlookers to cheer and chant, "Baby, baby." At least 32 people were rescued, but 30 others were still unaccounted for. Relatives of the missing cried and hugged each other as rescuers used both heavy machinery and crowbars to remove fallen concrete. The 22-unit apartment building was owned by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corp., the city's municipal government, and most of its residents were city employees, a rescue coordinator said. "We will work all night. We'll work 24/7 without stopping until everyone is found," said Alok Awasthi, local commander of the National Disaster Response Force.
Kenyan troops caused mall collapse, official says
The collapse of three floors of Nairobi's Westgate Mall during a terrorist siege was caused by Kenyan soldiers, a top-ranking government official told the Associated Press. The official, insisting on anonymity to discuss sensitive intelligence, also confirmed that Kenyan troops fired rocket-propelled grenades into the mall, though he did not confirm another official's claim that the RPGs caused the collapse. The government has previously blamed the collapse of the three floors on fires set by the al-Shabab militants who stormed the mall Saturday. Four huge explosions tore through the mall on Monday, which is probably when the collapse occurred. The falling of the three floors is thought to have helped end the four-day siege, but it also may have killed hostages inside.
103 people jump off 1,000-foot building, and they're fine
One after another, people with an extreme idea of what makes a good time stepped to the edge of the 1,000-foot roof of the Kuala Lumpur Tower on Friday and leapt into the void. They did a flip or two, mugged for the cameras, popped their chutes and landed on their feet — hopefully. Some 103 BASE (Buildings, Antennas, Spans and Earth) jumpers from 20 countries gathered in the Malaysian capital for an annual three-day event in which experienced daredevils jump off the 300-meter Open Deck of the tower. If you're interested, the only qualifications are 120 prior BASE jumps, including 20 in the last year. Don't forget your helmet cam!
The Wire, a summary of top national and world news stories from the Associated Press and other wire services, moves weekdays. Contact Karl Kahler at 408-920-5023; follow him at twitter.com/karl_kahler.


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OnePlus has confirmed today OnePlus Two! In an event were expected two devices, the OnePlus Two and the OnePlus One Lite. This second could be just a rumor, but we never know what to expect from OnePlus. The OnePlus One Lite will be an affordable versions of the OnePlus Two, but will have singnificante improvements from the OnePlus One, despite his price.
The OnePlus Two will initially launch with invites. The company is committed to maintaining razor-thin margins in order to give as much value as possible back to our users, and this drastically increases our risk.
In his official blog OnePlus states that the One will be available without an invite. Forever!!! If you were waiting to buy one this is your chance.
For just 24 hours, OnePlus is offering a 75% discount on OnePlus Flip Covers and Premium Screen Protectors. Additionally, Bamboo StyleSwap covers will now be available without an invite (while supplies last). Please note that these promotions are only valid in the following regions: USA/Canada, the European Union, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.


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An underage motorcyclist lost his life on Friday after falling from the new Muslim Town Flyover while turning towards Ichhra.
His parents however blamed the flyover's design for the accident. Shakeel, 17, and Mohsin, 15, both residents of Garden Town, were travelling towards Ichhra on the Muslim Town Flyover when Shakeel appeared to misjudge the curve and hit the concrete barrier on the right-side. The boys were tossed off the barrier onto the pavement 30ft below.
They were taken to Services Hospital where Shakeel passed away while doctors treating Mohsin said that he had fractured an arm and a leg and suffered severe head injuries.
Ahmad, who runs an easy-load shop nearby, told The Express Tribune that he saw the two boys fall from the bridge at around 8:20am.
"A motorcyclist driving in the other direction told me that Shakeel had lost control of his bike after taking the turn at high speed," he said.
Talking to The Express Tribune, Shakeel's father Saleem Masih said that the design of the Muslim Town flyover was responsible for his son's death.
"There is no traffic sign indicating the turn," he said.
He said that eyewitnesses had told him that his son had failed to judge the distance and slow down in a timely manner. "He had gone to drop off his elder brother, Ashir, at his school at Jeevan Hans and picked Moshin there," Masih said. Some of the residents of the area told The Tribune that the lack of cat eyes on the bridge meant commuters were unable to time their approach to the curve. They also said that the flyover was attracting motorcyclists who performed stunts from late night to early morning.
CTO Dr Usman Anwar told The Tribune that he will write to TEPA to suggest the installation of small cat eyes or lights to indicate that traffic must slow down for the turn.
"Traffic wardens have been told to register cases against one-wheelers," he said. He said that patrolling officers had been instructed to stop pedestrians from using the bridge.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 26th, 2012.


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Universal Delays '47 Ronin' to Christmas 2013, 'JP' 3D Moves to April
by Alex Billington
August 15, 2012
Source: Deadline
Universal just put the first nail in the coffins of a few of their big 2013 movies. They're not going to like my complaints, but the news about the release dates they just set in 2013 has me concerned. Very concerned. Deadline reports that Universal has shifted Carl Rinsch's 47 Ronin, the Japanese martial arts fantasy action epic, from its February 2013 release all the way to Christmas Day 2013. Uh, really? It was already pushed back from this November to next February, and is now getting another major delay. Universal also rescheduled their Jurassic Park 3D re-release from next July to April, and have put the Ryan Reynolds action-comedy R.I.P.D. in that coveted late July (TDK) opening slot. But I don't think that's going to work.
Here's the full set of new 2013 dates from Universal (in chronological order): Identity Thief, directed by Seth Gordon starring Melissa McCarthy & Jason Bateman, is taking 47 Ronin's old spot of February 8th; next is Jurassic Park the 3D conversion in theaters April 5th; moving into the summer they have About Time, directed by Richard Curtis with Rachel McAdams, hitting May 10th; followed by Matthew Vaughn's Kick-Ass 2 arriving June 28th (one of the few that has a perfect date); then it's R.I.P.D., the comic book movie with Ryan Reynolds & Jeff Bridges, on July 19th; plus 2 Guns, starring Denzel Washington & Mark Wahlberg, on August 16th. Finally, 47 Ronin was pushed to December 25th, which is a terrible idea.
All these new dates, I personally feel, are pretty much guaranteeing flops. Argue as you must, and we've got plenty of time for marketing/footage to make a difference, but audiences can also sniff out problems and that's exactly what is going on here. We all know, without even needing to hear this, that 47 Ronin is in big trouble and under a lot of debate at the studio. Deadline confirms that "this delay revolves around the need for a bit of re-shooting and visual effects work that is being done in London and couldn't be executed while the Olympics were going on." Indeed, the perfect cover. I am hopeful for all of these movies, especially 47 Ronin, I'm just very concerned looking at these dates they've chosen. Who the heck is running this studio?
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