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Monthly Archives: October 2013
Nina Hagen
So it being Halloween and all, we were going to make some wacky costumed act our Weird Band of the Week. But then we were going through some old reader comments and a few different folks mentioned Nina Hagen and we said, "You know what? Other acts wear Halloween costumes. Nina Hagen is a Halloween costume." People have been ripping off her unique style for decades, to the point where some of them (ahem, Lady Gaga) probably aren't even aware of the original source. So for all you young'uns out there, let's get acquainted with the so-called Mother of Punk, shall we?
Nina Hagen was born in 1955 in East Berlin, at the height of the Cold War. She was pegged very early in life as an opera prodigy, but she was more interested in pop music. After singing in a more traditional German pop band called Fritzens Dampferband (you can hear one of her early vocals here), she formed a "rock" band called Automobil in 1974. I put "rock" in quotation marks because this was one of their more rockin' tracks:
The song title translates roughly to "You Forgot the Color Film" and the lyrics are basically all Nina Hagen berating her boyfriend on their vacation for, well, not bringing color film. Apparently it was interpreted at the time as a sly critique of the drabness of East Berlin. Yeah, life behind the Iron Curtain was not fun.
In 1976, she and her parents defected to West Germany, and that's when the Nina Hagen we all know and love really began to blossom. Inspired by the nascent punk scene on a visit to London, Hagen formed the Nina Hagen Band and began playing a theatrical mix of punk, glam and progressive rock, all punctuated by her increasingly over-the-top, operatic vocals. The music was frankly not all that exciting, but Hagen was developing into an astonishing vocalist and live performer. Here, for example, is the Nina Hagen Band in 1979, performing a track called "Naturträne." It's basically one minute of song followed by three minutes of Nina wailing over a bunch of prog-rock noodling, but this woman could wail over a Yanni record and I'd still camp out for tickets.
By the end of '79, the Nina Hagen Band had already broken up, as Hagen went off to explore wilder musical frontiers as a solo artist. Even in this 1980 clip of her covering "Ziggy Stardust" on Swedish television, the style and attitude she became famous for is pretty much all there: the crazy hair and eye makeup, crazier facial expressions, and positively batshit vocals.
In 1982, Hagen released her first solo album and first album sung entirely in English, NunSexMonkRock. Richard Metzger of Dangerous Minds recently called it the post-punk era's greatest "unsung masterpiece" and it's hard to argue with him. From beginning to end, the record sounds like it was flown in from another planet, not exactly punk or glam or New Wave but somehow channeling all those forces into a totally original sound. The best-known track is an anti-heroin anthem called "Smack Jack," which isn't the weirdest thing on the album but which features a music video that has to be seen to be believed. Yes, that's Nina in male cop drag. And Nina singing backup. And another Nina singing the other backup. It's a Nina-palooza.
Hagen's done plenty of other weird shit in the years since: One of the most amazingly '80s videos of all time, "New York New York" (her only real hit here in the U.S.). A Rammstein cover with the Finnish cello-rock band Apocalyptica, which is fitting since Till Lindemann stole many of his vocal affectations from Hagen. She released an album of Hindu devotional chants, with cover art featuring herself dressed up as the goddess Kali. She once told David Letterman about a UFO she saw over Malibu—actually, she told lots of people about UFOs. In more recent years, she's recorded an album of big band standards, covered Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus," and, sadly, lost much of her once-astonishing vocal range. She's also become a devout Christian, which probably alienated some of her old punk fan base. But she remains as refreshingly kooky and totally original as ever.
We'll leave you with one of Nina Hagen's signature cover tunes. Sid Vicious may have punked up "My Way" first, but Nina's version is untouchable, even after all these years.
P.S. Thanks to readers Singing Grass, Alex and Denny for reminding us to add Nina to the Weird List. Better late than never, right, guys?
Mr. B the Gentleman Rhymer's new LP "Can't Stop, Shan't Stop" arrives Nov. 5th
Jolly good news, ladies and gents: Mr. B the Gentleman Rhymer has announced the arrival date for his latest chap-hop opus, Can't Stop, Shan't Stop. It shall arrive in all antique and modern formats (save, alas, for wax cylinder) on November 5th. You can pre-order it here for a mere £10, which I believe is equivalent to five guineas, four sovereigns, a half crown, two shillings and sixpence. At least I hope that's right, because that's all the change I could find in the cushions of my chaise longue.
Can't Stop is the fourth Mr. B long player, following up last year's redoubtable Tweed Album. You can sample a little solo piano rendition of one of the album's most titillating ditties after the full tracklist below.
1. Shelltoes Or Brogues
2. Ladies Have Friends Who They Hate
3. (I've No Wish To) Keep It Real
4. Hip-Hop Was To Blame After All
5. Pop Song
6. Grammar Song
7. In A Club
8, Toast
9. Rude Britannia
10. It Doesn't Pay To Turn Up Late To An Orgy
11. Reasons To Be Unsuccessful (Part One)
12. The Corinthians
13. The Neglect Of My Duties
14. Brushed Tweed In The Hour Of Chaos
Is Mr. B touring in support of his latest masterwork? You bet your brass buttons he is. Here are the dates.
1st: Whitby, Steampunk Central, Whitby Rifle Club
8th: Southampton, Orange Rooms
9th: Brighton, Concorde 2
16th: Leeds, Wet Spot @ The Wardrobe
18th: New York, I Am Dandy book launch
27th: New York, The Slipper Room
29th: King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania USA, Gilded Festival
6th: Canterbury, Penny Theatre
7th: London, The Grand Anarcho Dandyist Ball, Bloomsbury Ballroom
12th: Doncaster, Cast
13th: Brighton, The Haunt
20th: London, Lost Theatre, Wandsworth
21st: Portsmouth, Beats And Swing @ The Wedgewood Rooms
Oh Yeah: Twink the Toy Piano Band releases free album built with Yellofier iPhone app
It's been awhile since we've heard anything from Twink, our favorite toy-based band. So we were delighted to learn a few days ago that, to celebrate the launch of his revamped website, Twink mastermind Mike Langlie is giving away a free, nine-track LP of new music. The collection is called Miniatures Volume 1 and it has the distinction of being the first album ever created entirely with the Yellofier iPhone/iPad app. Yellofier, for those of y'all not familiar, is a music-making sampler/sequencer app created by Boris Blank, one-half of the Swiss electronic duo Yello. Never heard of them? Oh yeah you have. Get it? Cuz the song is called "Oh Yeah"? Oh, we crack ourselves up.
Anyhoo, to download your copy of Miniatures Volume 1, scurry on over to Twink.net. You can also name your price if you feel like throwing Mike a little extra coin.
The Yellofier app is not free, but at $2.99, it's still a steal. You can read more about it and watch a demo video here.
If you're a try-before-you-buy type, feel free to preview the album below. It's a veritable symphony of plinks, plunks and plastic beats.
And now, a short film from Barbara
We got a little present in our inbox yesterday, and for once it didn't involve penis enlargement or Russian prostitution rings. Toronto weirdos and former Weird Band Poll winners Barbara have made a short film, and while it doesn't technically involve any music, it's too random not to share.
It's a little story…sorry, a fuckin' story…about a pair of dreamsters who escape from a sink and wind up exploring the "taupe catacombs" of a shopping mall. If you have no idea what any of that last sentence meant, don't worry…neither do we.
Watch and be fuckin' amazed.
Frank Zappa's "200 Motels" is coming to Walt Disney Concert Hall
If you like your avant-garde rock delivered with all the pomp and bombast of a full orchestra, and you happen to be in L.A. this coming week, we highly recommend scoring yourself a ticket to see the "world premiere" of 200 Motels, Frank Zappa's 1970 rock opera opus based on the early touring days of The Mothers of Invention. I put "world premiere" in quotation marks because, of course, there's been a perfectly good film version of 200 Motels in circulation since 1971—and available in its entirety on YouTube since 2012, But according to the Los Angeles Philharmonic, which is mounting the one-night-only performance, this will be the "first complete realization of Zappa's musical vision." This version will be based on the first live performance of the complete 200 Motels score, which also featured the LA Phil. Zappa was not happy with conductor Zubin Mehta's interpretation of his music, so 43 years later, the Phil is giving itself a do-over.
This time around, the LA Phil will be conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, who in the classical world is a bit of a rock star in his own right. It will also feature former Mothers of Invention sax/keys player Ian Underwood and a cast of vocalists that includes Michael Des Barres, Rich Fulcher of The Mighty Boosh and Frank's youngest and least weirdly named offspring, Diva Zappa. The program lists lighting, scenic and wig designers, so apparently there will be some production values, although we're not sure if the whole thing will be fully staged.
Oh yeah, you might need to know the date, huh? It all goes down this coming Wednesday, Oct. 23rd at Walt Disney Concert Hall—which, amazingly, is not the first time the names Disney and Zappa have been associated with one another. Frank's son Ahmet conceived and produced the Disney film The Odd Life of Timothy Green. Bet you didn't see that random factoid coming, did you?
Tickets are $25-$83 and can be secured via the LA Phil website.
We'll leave you with a fan favorite from the 200 Motels film soundtrack, "Magic Fingers." Take it away, Ringo!
Only four days left to score yourself a free Laibach EP
Good news for fans Eastern European electro-industrial performance art rock: Laibach have announced the impending arrival of Spectre, their first proper studio album since 2006's Volk. And this week, you can download three songs off the forthcoming album for free from their website. It's their gift to you, Laibach fans! Either that, or they've secretly been communists this whole time.
A press release from the band's label, Mute Records, claims that Spectre will be their most overtly political album to date. But based on these three advance tracks, it's not so much political as observational. On "Eurovision," for example, Milas Fras growls, "Europe is falling apart"—which is obviously true to anyone who's been watching the news, but it's hard to tell whether Milas considers this a tragedy or an awesome excuse to break stuff.
The new EP, called simply S, also features a live cover of Serge Gainsbourg's "Love on the Beat." To hear that track, you gotta buy the whole package. If you just want the free shit, hit the Laibach website before Oct. 21st.
Here's a trailer for Spectre, which is due out February 2014. Clearly, if Milas has to dance, he doesn't want to be part of your revolution.


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Aurum Skin for FM 2016
Aurum Skin for Football Manager 2016 is a dark skin with details in golden colors made by m@rk.
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- Extract the files (using either 7-Zip, WinZip or WinRar for Windows / The Unarchiver for Mac).
Move the folders inside into your skins folder:
Win Vista/7/8/10: C:\Users\<username>\Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2016\skins
Win XP: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\My Documents\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2016\skins
Mac OS X: /Users/<username>/Documents/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2016/skins
Create the folder "skins" if it doesn't exist.
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Here's a collection of beautiful women in bikinis. Need I say more?
Who knows? I took this photo and I still have no idea what's going on here…but I like it!
Here she comes.
Sorry it's blurry…I was suffering from a sudden loss of blood in my head.
This was a tough shoot, halfway through the show they had to pass out smelling salts and water bottles to several of the photographers on hand.
I've got nothing. Post your captions in the comments area below, and the funniest one will win a free subscription to Transworld Business.
Some things just go together. Ice cream and apple pie, spaghetti and meatballs, and, err bikinis and white leather boots.
She's taking it WAY too seriously. I haven't seen a concentration face like that since four days after my hound dog Virgil ate an entire wheel of cheese!
By the way, I'd like to thank the other photographers at the end of the runway (who were all carrying very large, expensive camera equipment) for providing their flashes. I was shooting with a tiny point-and-shoot and some of these actually came out pretty good I think.
Hats off.
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This one came out a little bit hot (or, over exposed for the layman). It's not my fault though. It's one of the "amateurs" next to me shooting with a $5,000 camera and flash set up!
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Alex Brown's hopes of making his England debut during the autumn Tests look to have been destroyed by injury.
Gloucester have said they will not be considering the lock, who has a disc problem in his neck, for club games until at least the end of November.
While England have yet to make any public declaration, his chances of featuring against either Australia, New Zealand or Samoa next month now appear bleak.
The 6ft 6in forward will continue to be monitored during the next seven days, but Gloucester have ruled him out of their European Challenge Cup clash against Bucuresti next Saturday, plus next month's Guinness Premiership schedule.
"Nothing else has been on my mind for the last few days, and it is gutting to know I will miss an opportunity with Gloucester, and potentially with England," Brown said.
"I will see a specialist and hopefully we will know more later this week. I just have to try and remain positive, take the best out of the situation and return fitter and stronger."
Gloucester head coach Dean Ryan added: "This is certainly unfortunate timing for Alex and for the club, and his desire to play at an international level.
"He will be an obvious loss to us as we continue to evaluate his condition."
Brown's expected removal from the England equation is another blow to head coach Andy Robinson, who has already lost Joe Worsley for all three Tests.
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ISLAMORADA (CBS4) — What started as a spectacular weekend boating trip off the coast of Islamorada turned into a frightening experience for a family when a giant spotted eagle ray jumped into their boat and knocked a woman to the deck.
Charter boat captain Kelly Klein, of Two Chicks Charters, had the surprise of a lifetime when the 200-pound spotted eagle ray jumped into the boat and landed on Jenny Hausch, where she became stuck under the giant marine animal.
"It jumped out, they say it was probably two to three hundred pounds and I fell backwards," explained Jenny Hausch to CBS4'S Ted Scouten.
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Hausch, a tourist from Chicago, is one lucky lady after her run in with the giant spotted eagle ray.
"I just remember pushing it away with my hands and scooting backwards," said Hausch.
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Delaney and the rest of her family were worried with good reason. Last year, a woman died after the same thing happened to her off Marathon.
"We're just very grateful, had it been a foot higher, the results would be very different," said Jenny Hausch.
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The boat captain was pretty shaken up too.
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I was too naive to believe that a travel agent will give me the lowest airfare possible. Next time I should know better. Since a lot of sites online offer competitive rates, I will just do a flight search myself then book it myself. DIY! The travel agent didn't actually look for the best rate for me; instead, just matched the price I found on one website because the rate being quoted to me was higher -- but exactly the same itinerary. So, who did the work then? And two days later I came across a website whose rate is even $45 cheaper, than the low price I found earlier that the TA matched! Exactly the same itinerary! Seach for the lowest fare is best done DIY style, especially if one has time to do a search/research. Next time I won't need a TA and I will not look for airfares at asap tickets. I didn't find the call-an-agent helpful -- even the promo code was misleading. Lesson learned; charge to experience!


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This book provides readers with necessary mathematics skills, including practical calculus. Mathematics provides the essential framework for and is the basic language of all the technologies. Mathematical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills are crucial to understanding the changing face of technology. It presents the following major areas: fundamental concepts and measurement; fundamental algebraic concepts; exponential and logarithmic functions; right-triangle trigonometry; the trigonometric functions with formulas and identities; complex numbers; matrices; polynomial and rational functions; basic statistics; analytic geometry; differential and integral calculus with applications; partial derivatives and double integrals; series; and differential equations. An excellent learning aid and resource tool for engineers, especially computer software, hardware, and peripheral manufacturers. Its comprehensive appendices make this an excellent desktop reference.
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H.R.3582 - CARE Act of 2005109th Congress (2005-2006)
|Rep. Ney, Robert W. [R-OH-18] (Introduced 07/28/2005)
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Child Abuse Reform and Enforcement Act of 2005 - CARE Act of 2005 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Attorney General to reduce by 25 percent certain fiscal year allocations and grant amounts, under the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act and the National Child Protection Act of 1993, respectively, to any state that is not in compliance with requirements of this Act.
Directs the Attorney General to use such withheld amounts and authorized funds under this Act for additional grants to states in compliance to computerize, improve, transmit, and index their own data and criminal history files in the national data and criminal history systems for child sexual abuse protection and sentencing reform.
Requires a state, to be eligible for funding under this Act, to: (1) study its laws pertaining to intrafamilial and extrafamilial sexual abuse of children, and examine issues concerning their differences; (2) examine disparities in charging and sentencing perpetrators of child sexual abuse; (3) examine, and implement, legislative actions necessary to equalize charging and sentencing without regard to familial relationship of perpetrator to child victim; (4) compile, analyze, and report relevant data; and (5) promote regulations requiring its courts and agencies to compile such data.


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I have no idea how to start this so I'm just going to launch straight it.
I like NoLimits 2. A lot. So I am making a thread with all of my stuff from this point onward in it. Is that OK? Good.
I shall start with my latest ride, Prowler, a home-brew woodie that follows no particular style.
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Grannies Links - Self Catering Accommodation
Located 9 miles from St Andrews this delightful detached self-catering accommodation boasts stunning panoramic views over Anstruther golf course, to the May Island, Bass Rock and over the Firth of Forth to Edinburgh and the East Lothian coast line.
Our Self Catering Accommodation
Our luxury self catering accommodation sleeps 8 comfortably with 4 bedrooms, 2 good sized bathrooms, a large family lounge/dining/kitchen area and a cosy sun room ideal to watch the sun set with a glass of wine after a busy day.
The ground floor comprises a twin bedroom, a second bedroom with a single bed that converts to twin or queen size, a large bathroom with shower and free standing bath and the open plan living space with sitting room, dining area and kitchen leading into the sunroom.
On the first floor there are two further bedrooms, one double, one twin and another very large bathroom with shower.
Outside there is a small patio with garden seating, a barbeque and a large lawn backing onto the golf course. Ideal for practising your putting or for the kids to run around safely in.
Things to do near the house
There is a lovely Yellow Flag sandy beach within a 5 minute walk,making the property ideal for families.
The Fife Coastal Path is only a 5 minute walk away and the idyllic fishing village of Pittenweem 10 to 15 minutes by foot.
Anstruther harbour, at one time a thriving port for the Herring Fleet, is now a yachting Marina and you can watch pleasure boats come and go, or book a trip to the May Island where Puffins can be seen in abundance in May/June.
A visit to the award winning Fisheries museum portrays the way of life of the area in the last 100 years and is a must.
Nearby ,Scotland's Secret Bunker is another interesting trip.
For the Golfer
Our holiday accommodation is a delight for golfers, with the back garden gate opening on to the 2nd tee of Anstruther golf course, which has ownership of Britain's hardest par 3 as voted by Todays golfer in 2007! St Andrews, "The Home of Golf" is a 15 minute drive away. It is a fascinating and beautiful old town with Scotland's oldest university, 7 stunning golf courses, one of which is the famous Old Course at St Andrews, hosting the Open once every 5 years.
Nearby there are also excellent courses at Elie, Lundin Links and two superb courses at Crail as well as the championship course at Kingsbarns.
You will be in heaven playing all these excellent courses nearby, but what could be better than opening the garden gate to enjoy a 9 hole round of golf on the Anstruther course at a very reasonable rate.
while our self catering accommodation provides the perfect setting to enjoy a meal, there are some excellent establishments nearby for that extra special evening.
The Rockies restaurant in the clubhouse at Anstruther is a great way to finish off your round for the day before returning back to the cottage via the course but there is an abundance of eating places and pubs in the area; The Cellar in Anstruther, The Seafood Resturant in St Monans and Sangsters in Ellie which has just received a Michelin star (!) to name just three.
If you're looking for something more casual the Anstruther Fish Bar has been named UK winner of Seafish Fish & Chip Shop of the Year 2008/09!!
Accommodation Summary
- sleeps 8
- 4 bedrooms, (x2 twin, x1 double, x1 with a single bed that converts to twin or queen size)
- 2 good sized bathrooms (x2 showers, x1 bath - downstairs)
- large family lounge/dining/kitchen area
- cosy sun room
- Outside small patio
- garden seating
- Barbeque
- large lawn for practising your putting or for the kids to run around safely in.
Other Attractions
- Looking for a B&B? Visit our other poperty Grannies Harbour just down the road in St Monans for further Info.
- Yellow Flag sandy beach within a 5 minute walk
- Fife Coastal Path only a 5 minute walk
- Pittenweem 10 to 15 minutes by foot
- Anstruther harbour
- Trips to the May Island where Puffins can be seen in May/June.
- Award winning Fisheries museum
- Scotland's Secret Bunker
- St Andrews 15 minute drive away
- Scotland's oldest university
- St Andrews golf links
- Excellent golf courses at Elie, Lundin Links and two superb courses at Crail as well as the championship course at Kingsbarns.
- 9 hole golf on the Anstruther course
- Pittenweem Arts Festival
- Rockies restaurant
- The Cellar in Anstruther,
- The Seafood Resturant in St Monans
- Sangsters in Ellie
- Anstruther Fish Bar, UK winner of Seafish Fish & Chip Shop of the Year 2008/09


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Hi Everyone,
Unfettered II is finally here!
After a year of planning and hardship, I am now opening up pre-orders for the trade hardcover of Unfettered II.
Unfettered II is already a special book to me. I have always intended that it would begin paying forward the aid I received from Unfettered. That is still the case. But earlier this year, my mother was diagnosed with stomach cancer at the age of 67 and died 44 days later. I spent a lot of time with her during those weeks and I'm thankful for that. But I am not afraid to admit that I'm filled with sorrow and rage, the coupling of the two driving me to fight this terrible disease.
How will I do that? In many ways, Unfettered II has now become her swan song, a book that will memorialize her as well as raise money for the Cancer Research Institute and others. There isn't a person that cancer has not touched in some way.
And I hope to raise money to stop it sooner rather than later.
Here is the line-up for Unfettered II:
- Bradley Beaulieu (Song of Shattered Sands)
- Terry Brooks
- Jim Butcher (Dresden Files)
- Rachel Caine
- Sarah Beth Durst (The Queens of Renthia)
- David Farland
- Charlaine Harris
- Mark Lawrence (Gunlaw)
- Erin Lindsey (Bloodbound)
- Seanan McGuire
- Aidan Moher
- Naomi Novik
- Peter Orullian (Vault of Heaven)
- J.A. Pitts
- Anthony Ryan (Raven's Shadow)
- Brandon Sanderson
- Scott Sigler
- Shawn Speakman (Annwn Cycle)
- Michael J. Sullivan (The Legends of the First Empire)
- Django Wexler
- Janny Wurts
- Todd Lockwood (Cover Artist)
- Don Maitz (Interior Illustrator)
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As promised a year ago, those who ordered the Signed & Numbered edition of Unbound have first right of refusal for the S&N edition of Unfettered II. They have received an email with the password necessary to access that page. They have until October 1st to place their order at which point I will make available any unsold copies. If you order one of the last few remaining S&N copies of Unbound now, I will email you that password so you can order the S&N of Unfettered II.
The book will publish November 2016. To place your pre-order now, click HERE!
Let's fight cancer. Together! Let's fight medical debt. Together! And make the world a better place.
Thank you for your patronage as well as your big heart!
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After a great day of walking around and shopping with Meygan and Kylie at Southcoast Plaza..I met up with my sister and her kids Amber and Nicholas to eat some lunch at the Rainforest Cafe! Yea probably not going to eat there ever again because first it was way too loud in there and second the food and service sucks!!! But Liam had a great time looking all around at all the colors.
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Howard, Magic Crush Hawks
Dwight Howard earned yet another double-double with 22 points and 17 rebounds, leading his Orlando Magic past the Atlanta Hawks 93-76 last night at Philips Arena. The Hawks were coasting until the third quarter when Orlando proceeded to double their point total for the block with 28. From there the Magic continued on, dominating with 26 more fourth quarter points to their 11.
"I came out in the second half and just trusted my teammates," said Howard. "They made some open shots and I tried to dominate the paint. It doesn't matter if we're down 20, we're going to continue to fight."
The Magic just barely stand alone on top of the Eastern Conference with a 12-4 regular season record. Atlanta along with the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers fall right behind at 11-4. Despite the recent disappointing loss, the Hawks have seemed to improve year by year with their core group of guys still intact led by Joe Johnson, Mike Bibby and Jamal Crawford. In 2008 they finished 37-45 and took the Celtics to seven games in the opening round. Last season they advanced to the Semifinals and were swept by Cleveland.
After another year of playoff experience, this now veteran squad will look to play spoiler against the big market teams in the playoffs. They have definitely entered their way into the discussion in regards to who will come out on top of the East.
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rpmsports18: Grayson Allen is at it again ESPN 2 College Basketball: Elon vs. Duke https://t.co/A357DgnWif pic.twitter.com/0PzulrrUdD
— FanSportsClips (@FanSportsClips) December 21, 2016
Duke guard Grayson Allen is not doing himself any favors. Perhaps playing basketball at the next level isn't in the works, or simply this won't have an impact. Perhaps there are no immediate consequences for Allen.
Wednesday night against Elon, Allen clearly tripped an opposing player, clearly as a reaction, clearly out of frustration.
It's not the first incident from Allen of the tripping nature. Back in February of last season, Allen was "reprimanded" by the ACC for tripping a Florida State player. That was this second tripping incident of his career, this marks his third.
Some are calling for Allen to be suspended by Duke or the ACC. Coach K for his part did not say whether Allen would be suspended but said that his actions are "inexcusable".
Accountability. Grayson Allen must be suspended. Coach K should do it prior to he league. Make a statement.
— Seth Greenberg (@SethOnHoops) December 22, 2016
Duke's Grayson Allen deserves trip to bench after latest kick https://t.co/oEYrEdJOaF
— Michael DeCourcy (@tsnmike) December 22, 2016
In actuality, Grayson is totally not the stereotype he is perpetuating.
Grayson Allen is a really pleasant and shy kid. Like him as a person but this behavior is unacceptable. My guess… https://t.co/dcVgRwTnhk
— Dana O'Neil (@ESPNDanaOneil) December 22, 2016
"We have Grayson's back. We're all right there with him. He's a great person/friend. We know that & we support him. He's a winner." -Kennard
— SportsChannel8 (@SportsChannel8) December 22, 2016
A tearful Grayson Allen apologized for what he called another mistake.
— Stephen Wiseman (@stevewisemanNC) December 22, 2016
But the perception is there .
When your mom gets you the wrong color Mercedes at your Super Sweet 16https://t.co/lWS2R0B8pn
— ✊🏽🇵🇭✊🏽 (@PhiltheFilipino) December 22, 2016
Grayson Allen is the result of countless years of work by maniacal scientists attempting to create the most Duke Basketball Human
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger_sherman) December 22, 2016


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Ecuador braced for protests after assassination attempt
Protests are expected to grip Ecuador this week following the recent attempted assassination of a prominent leader of the indigenous movement. The attempted murder of Leonidas Iza, leader of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE), on 1 February, is one of many issues intensifying political tensions in the country, which threaten to reach boiling point over the coming weeks. Iza was returning home from Cuba accompanied by several close family members, when two armed men approached him outside CONAIE's headquarters. They threatened to kill him and proceeded to fire at point-blank range. Iza escaped unscathed into the building but some of his family members were injured, including his son Javier, who suffered two bullet wounds. Although the government denies any involvement in the attack, the incident appears to be one in a series of acts of political repression and has fuelled the volatile political situation. Discontent with the government has been growing and recent polls indicate that it has support from just 15 per cent of the population. Iza called for a peaceful response from the indigenous community. But he warned other movement leaders to be on their guard against possible further attacks. Patricio Zhingri of Ecuarunari, CIIR partner and sister organisation of CONAIE, has called for an immediate inquiry into the attack. Last Wednesday, hundreds of members of the indigenous community began their protests against the government in Latacunga, the capital of the Cotopaxi region. Iza said: "We want the nation to know that we are here to say 'enough' to the abuses we have been suffering under this government. The only thing the government has done for us is to come bringing dolls, old computers and sweets." Source: CIIR


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We are currently engaged in a wide range of exciting externally funded projects addressing a number of local, national and international societal challenges in collaboration with different industry and academic partners. These are organised below into the two principal themes of Built Environment and Efficient Systems
Built Environment projects
Safe Water
The provision of highest quality safe water is one of fundamental tasks of water industries. We are working with Lake Constance Water Supply, an administrative union founded by 13 cities and municipalities to ensure the provision of safe water to 4m people living and working in the region of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. We are investigating a number of advanced oxidation approaches e.g., ozonation, catalytic UV irradiation, Fenton process, and ferrate(VI) technologies for degrading emerging persistent pollutants.
Research leader: Professor Jiaqian Jiang
Managing Water Pollution in Brazil
Brazil is a geographically and demographically large country with complex epidemiological problems. Some of these are caused by or exacerbated by polluted watercourses. We are being supported by the British Council in our collaboration with the Federal University of ABC in Sao Paolo and the Pontifical University Catholic of Parana, to evaluate the water-quality standard of a number of watercourses in Brazil, investigate the causes of poor standards and recommend technical and policy solutions.
Research Leader: Professor Ole Pahl
Improving Construction Health & Safety
Health and Safety is of paramount concern in the construction industry. We are working with the Berkeley Group to develop a worker engagement maturity model that can be used by different organisations as a tool to assess their processes and practices around their management of Occupational Health and Safety.
Research Leader: Professor Billy Hare
Integrating Low-Carbon and Renewable Heat Sources
We are working with Clyde Gateway to develop a range of low-carbon and renewable heat sources into an integrated thermal energy supply and demand system, incorporating inter-seasonal underground thermal energy storage in flooded mine workings.
Research Leader: Dr Nick Hytiris
Energy Efficient Homes
We are working with the Stewart Milne Group Ltd to test the energy efficiency of new designs for residential homes. We are comparing the thermal performance of their Patented Single Skin Party Wall System (SSPW) with their existing Double Skin Party Wall System (DSPW). Thermal properties we are examining include u-value and air tightness levels, derived through whole building testing and field testing of completed homes, via heat flux testing, thermal imaging and air tightness.
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Efficient Management of Distributed Energy Assets
Cables and motors are essential for the safe operation of EDF Energy which produces over 20% of UK's energy demand. With decisions to extend the life of some of the generators, condition monitoring becomes vital to these increasingly aging assets. We have been commissioned by EDF Energy over the last 7 years in research on developing new partial discharge and insulation resistance monitoring techniques which is capable of autonomous data analysis and pattern recognition, even in in extremely noising environment.
Research leader: Professor Chengke Zhou
Wireless Energy Sources
We are working with Stream Technologies to develop a self-powering sensor interface for low power radio devices, such as environmental and power sensors, eliminating the need to charge batteries. The ability to harvest Radio Frequency identification (RFID) energy enables wireless charging of low-power devices and has resulting benefits for product design, usability and reliability. Read article
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Efficient Industrial Manufacturing Tools
An oil-injected rotary-screw compressor is a type of gas compressor used when large volumes of high-pressure air are needed, either for large industrial applications or to operate high-power air tools. Oil is injected into the compression cavities to aid sealing and provide cooling sink for the gas charge. They are complex expensive pieces of equipment often tailored to suit specific operating customer contexts. We are working with Howden to create a range of simulation tools and techniques to enhance and optimise compressor controller performance for a given set of operating conditions.
Research Leader: Dr Paul McKenna
Sensing Gas
Controlled access to liquid and gas environments has many industrial and domestic applications e.g. increasing storage life of fruit and vegetables, aircraft cabins, leak detection in telecoms equipment, boiler combustion efficiency. We are working with SST Sensing, on the design and manufacture of novel fluorescent polymers for gas sensing solutions.
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Indoor location-monitoring of Dementia Sufferers
Millions of people worldwide suffer from dementia. Many of these can become geographically disoriented and then lost very quickly, causing anxiety in the sufferer and their care team. The objective of this project working with Communicare 24/7 is to develop an LED optical transmitter and receiver to enable the remote monitoring of the location of the dementia sufferer, that is small, can be worn comfortably and discreetly and has a long battery life.
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Serious Games for Maths
We are collaborating with a range of European partners to construct a serious computer game for a mobile phone/tablet to enhance mathematics learning and teaching. Each game player will control the behaviour of their own avatar through the accuracy of the answers they provide to set questions. The target groups are 10-16 year old children who struggle to understand mathematics because they may have learning difficulties. The project aims to support the integration of game-based learning into the curriculum and provides materials to teachers to enhance their digital competencies.
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El Salvador has been a tiny giant in the specialty coffee world for over a decade now, but recent changes have threatened that position. In a very short time, it has become much more difficult to get fresh, high-quality specialty coffee from that famous country. As always, geography and climate play a large factor.
This country is small, but full of life and energy. It holds a special place in my heart, as it was the first "origin country" that I got to know intimately. I took my first Q-grader certification class there way back in 2008, when I was the only "gringo" in a room full of Salvadoreños (there is another story to tell about this — about how different people can develop different palates in different parts of the world). I spent the next two years traveling there many times a year, cupping coffee and working closely with farmers on a project funded by the United States Agency for International Development.
El Salvador is the smallest Spanish-speaking country in Central America, but it is the second-most populous, meaning it is heavily urbanized. There was extensive civil war in the 1980s, which had a lasting impact on coffee production.
As always — beyond the stories and the people — we must look at the geography and resulting climate if we want to understand the coffee industry.
El Salvador is the only country in Central America that borders only the Pacific Ocean (and not the Atlantic/Caribbean). Two narrow mountain ranges run east-to-west across the country, with the large cities on the plateau in between.
Most of the coffee production, occurs in the southern band of mountains. This region includes the famous volcanoes of Itzalco and Santa Ana, and the eastern producing region of San Miguel.
In the north, along the border with Honduras and Guatemala, there is the much smaller area of Chalatenango, which holds special interest for specialty coffee lovers — home of the famous Salvador pacamara.
The Human Climate of War
I'm not a historian or a political guru, so I have no comments to offer on the bloody civil war that El Salvador suffered from 1979 to 1992, but one interesting factor is how it affected the production of coffee.
The 1980s were a time across Central America that traditional bourbon plantations were being replaced with catimor, caturra and catuaí and other high-yield, disease-resistant varieties. By the late 1990s, El Salvador was "behind" its neighbor countries in crop modernization, which could have been a negative. However, this small country seized on the disadvantage and turned it into an advantage. Two-thirds of the coffee land was planted with bourbon, which has a flavor profile highly sought-after among specialty coffee consumers. They focused heavily on specialty production, and over the last 15 years, El Salvador has become widely known as a source for excellent, high-scoring bourbon and pacamara lots.
Recently, gang warfare and social instability have affected every part of this country's culture and economy, and coffee is no exception. It remains to be seen if-and-when greater peace and stability can emerge again. But in the meantime, there is another striking development at play — a development tied to geography and climate.
Coffee Rust and El Niño
The 2015-2016 crop year was dominated by the biggest El Niño event in decades. Data is still coming out about just how big this year's climate event was, but by all measures, it was either the largest or second-largest such climate event since the 1950s.
El Niño is a complex event, but in summary, it is a regularly occurring phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean, when huge masses of warm water move from west to east along the equator and accumulate into a stable warm water patch off the coast of Central and South America. There's nothing unusual about El Niño — it's part of a naturally occurring global movement of water currents — and so there it is a mistake to assume that it's caused by long-term global climate change.
However, the short-term changes are real, and there is evidence and speculation that the magnitude of an El Niño event (or corresponding cold-water La Niña event) could be tied to larger global developments.
In any case, the second half of 2015 saw the growth and development of a strong El Niño that climate observers called the biggest since at least 1997, and perhaps the biggest ever recorded with modern instruments (beginning in the 1950s). The effects of an El Niño can vary greatly from place to place, but in general it brings warmer temperatures and dramatically increased rainfall to the coast of Central America, where El Salvador is particularly affected.
The long term affects of this monster El Niño remain to be seen, as data is still coming out. However, estimates are that production of Arabica will be as low as 350,000 bags (60 kg each), which could be the lowest production in 80 years.
Part of the low-tide in production is due to a natural bi-annual variation. El Niño climate disruptions also have a huge effect. But the real devil afflicting coffee production in El Salvador right now is all-too familiar around the region: Roya, or Coffee Leaf Rust.
CLR is well-known to have devastated crops around the world, most notably in Colombia in recent years. But tiny El Salvador is at a unique disadvantage in dealing with this disease. The bourbon which comprises up to 80% of production is particularly vulnerable to this disease. Plus the relative social unrest of recent months means that the government and producer groups have a difficult time implementing counter-measures on a large scale. Producers are often on their own when it comes to combating CLR. And finally, a historically dramatic El Niño event causes elevated heat and humidity, which CLR thrives on.
Additionally, many producers consider older root stock of bourbon to be stronger when resisting disease, when most scientific research shows that it is younger, more vibrant trees that bounce back better when attacked by CLR. Unfortunately, many producers have lost a lot of trees as a result of sticking to the older ideas.
El Salvador has survived dramatic hardships before, notably the civil war of the 1980s, the El Niño of 1997, and the "Coffee Crisis" caused by worldwide price crashes around 1999-2001. Many dedicated coffee professionals are working to survive and thrive in the current situation. But the country faces deep challenges, and we are beginning to see the result with a relative rarity of great fresh crop El Salvadors available in the Asian specialty market.
A cool-climate hidden gem
In the northwest corner of little El Salvador is a place called Chalatenango, near to a nature reserve called El Trifinio, along the triangular border shared with Honduras and Guatemala. Elevations are high here — but cooler climate overall means that 1200 meters here feels much cooler than 1200 meters in a place like San Miguel in the southeast.
Chalatenango is a small producing area, compared with the much more famous and productive area around Santa Ana, west of San Salvador. Unique climate, soils and varietals lead to a flavor that I have come to love and cherish: The Chalatenango Pacamara.
In 2010 I conducted some training exercises in the small town of La Palma in the Chalatenango area, teaching farmers to evaluate their own coffee. I discovered something that savvy coffee buyers have long known — Chalatenango produces excellent coffee, even by already elevated El Salvador specialty standards. The pacamara variety grows especially well there, interacting with a sticky, clay-rich soil not found in the southern areas. Cool temperatures and higher elevation add to the recipe for quality.
I talked to Piero Cristiani, green coffee buyer for Café Imports in the United States, and native of El Salvador, about this. He explained that while patios are common here, you see more raised drying beds too, and farmers do their drying right at the farm.
I can tell you that this leads to higher variance. The advantage of large centralized processing stations is that there is uniformity and fewer mistakes. Small producers can sometimes ruin lots with poor practices. But the small producers, when they do things right, can also give a level of care and detail that leads to super high quality that is difficult to produce at a huge mill.
Cristiani says he buys more and more from "Chalate" lately, and that he looks for more complexity, more intensity and more fruit flavors from the coffees he finds there. This is exactly what I found when conducting my training there, as well.
There is also a beautiful, buttery herbaceous quality to very fine pacamaras from Chalatenango. Even within a small country like El Salvador, with so many recent difficulties, it is remarkable to see how much difference there can be from one micro-region to another.
Even a very strong El Niño can retreat remarkably rapidly. Look what happened to water temperatures in the Eastern Pacific in just 6 weeks last year:
By spring of this year, the massive monster El Niño was in retreat, and things were returning somewhat to normal in El Salvador, climate-wise. Many farmers have lost their crops in recent years, and some farms have been abandoned. CLR is still a huge and ongoing threat, and political instability makes fixing the problem difficult. But El Salvador has a long history of quality coffee production, and I expect to see them bounce back in the future. Even now, it is still possible to find wonderful, unique coffees from this little country.
We shall see what the future brings.
A Chinese language version of this article first appeared in Coffee T&I Magazine.


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AUSTRALIA'S soaring dollar has made it more attractive to invest in overseas shares, as long as you can stomach the volatility of financial markets.
The rise of the Aussie dollar in recent years has weakened returns from overseas shares for local investors. But the flipside is that when our dollar heads back to its long-term average, those who buy now will get a handy bonus return.
Prescott Securities financial adviser Alex Butler says Australian listed companies make up only 2 per cent of world share markets.
"Investing in international companies to diversify a portfolio can be appealing," said Butler. "The coming float of Facebook - and the stellar rise of Apple shares in the past decade - has put the sector in the spotlight for investors."
"With online trading sites providing at-home access to international markets, it has never appeared easier for small investors to buy shares in top 10 companies such as Apple, Royal Dutch Shell or Microsoft," Butler said.
However, it can be costly and dangerous for those who don't have the right knowledge or research behind them.
What are they?
A key rule of investing is to put your money in something you understand, and many of the world's largest companies are already household names here.
These include Exxon Mobile Shell, Wal-Mart and IBM.
Just outside the top 10 are Nestle, Google, Coca-Cola and Australia's BHP Billiton, which was ranked sixth a year ago.
"The great problem with the Australian share market is that it's all banks and miners," said Steven Dooley, head of research at foreign exchange and CFD trading firm ForexCT.
Technology stocks are an example. "Here's the most important sector in the world over the past 20 years and we just don't have access to it (on the ASX)," Dooley said.
How to do it
There are several ways to invest in the global giants. The most common is through managed funds, where your money is pooled with other investors and used to buy a range of shares in a country or sector.
Macquarie Equities private client adviser Marcus Campbell says they can provide access to sectors and stocks not normally available in Australia.
"International managed funds, while tending to attract higher management fees, have the benefit of providing access to some of the world's best investment fund managers," he said.
Campbell says exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, are available through both financial advisers and online share trading platforms.
These funds often mirror a specific index, such as the top 500 US stocks or the 50 biggest global shares. "ETFs are also traded like company shares, which enables more flexibility than a comparable managed fund," Campbell said.
He says investors can also buy overseas shares directly through some stockbrokers, but there may be extra costs such as annual account fees or higher brokerage rates.
Some online stockbrokers also allow overseas share buying, and Dooley says CommSec and Etrade own this space.
"Buying overseas companies is a lot more expensive (two to three times) than Australian ones," Dooley says.
"It starts from about $60-$70 a trade."
Use the dollar
Butler says currency movements can dramatically affect investment returns when buying and selling.
"Investing in international shares certainly exposes investors to currency risk on top of the everyday share price risk," he said.
Investors worried about the fluctuations can seek hedging, whereby you pay extra to mitigate movements in currencies. "Hedging is not an activity best left to a novice investor," he said.
"Professional financial advice is a must."
Many experts say now's not the time to hedge as our dollar is so strong.
Campbell says Macquarie's view is that investors keep a largely unhedged exposure to overseas shares until the dollar is much lower.
Dooley has a similar view. "As with buying online from Amazon, now's the best time to buy overseas shares with the Australian dollar so strong," he said.
"When the Australian dollar falls, it's at times when the global economy is doing really badly. So you get yourself a natural hedge when our dollar falls - that dampens the share prices overseas falling.
"Try and have some overseas share exposure but make sure it's unhedged, so it works as a natural hedge. It produces less volatility in your overall portfolio," he said.
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