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Here are some links we think might be of some interest to you. Some of them relate to music topics, while others are of a more general nature, and yet others are totally pointless. We are not trying to maintain a comprehensive list of anything, just the stuff we like or feel is cool and relevant.
Artist Sites
4 Hero MySpace page
Abstract Truth's web site
Eclectic jazzy combo from NYC, fronted by lead singer Monique Bingham and sax player Dana Vlcek.
Afefe Iku's MySpace
Alex Attias' label Visions, Inc
Apologist's MySpace page
Apologist hails from the holy land of cosmic disco – Italy. Though obviously influenced by the era's spaced-out abandon, their varied productions span over many musical waves, past and present.
Area's website
Also known as m50, Canadian artist Area has been a resident of Chicago and now Berlin, and is obsessed with warmth and depth in electronic music.
Arist's page on Musical Nirvana
Artist's label site
Founder of label Metrolux Music in Germany
Artist's label site on MySpace
Founder of label Metrolux Music in Germany
Azymuth's MySpace page
Legendary Brazilian soul-funk band releasing music since the 70's.
Azymuth's site
Legendary Brazilian soul-funk band releasing music since the 70's.
Banda Black Rio's site
Barbara Mendes home page
Regarded as one of Brazil's greatest vocal talents in the late 90's, Barbara Mendes was raised in Rio de Janeiro...
Beat Pharmacy web site
The Beat Pharmacy sound incorporates dub, techno, house, jazz, afrobeat and then some...
Carl's label, Planet E
Carl's MySpace
Copyright's MySpace
Copyright's site
Danny J's My Space page
Danny J's site
Danny Krivit's site
Dennis' MySpace
DJ Mix download on Sound Gravity
Also known as m50, Canadian artist Area has been a resident of Chicago and now Berlin, and is obsessed with warmth and depth in electronic music.
Dylan Drazen's web site
Prolific and creative newcomer to the dance music scene, equally comfortable with house or harder-edged techno beats, his stuff is turning many heads wherever it is heard....one to watch!!
D'Malicious Official Site
D'Malicious is Mikael Nordgren, a young producer from Stockholm. Mikael runs Sweden's no.1 house club, "Guidelines".
Ed Motta MySpace page
Fact magazine Interview
San Francisco-based Nigerian DJ and now producer Said, pioneer of the 'underground spiritual' sound, steps into the New York dance scene with releases on Chez and Wave Music...
François K's web site
Remixer, producer, DJ, artist, he has constantly been at the forefront of innovative dance music for over a quarter of a century, and is as well our label founder and president.
Frank's MySpace
His label
His label, CMYK
His MySpace
Kevin Aviance's Website
An incomparable and consumate entertainer, Kevin has seduced clubland with many of his fiery songs, such as "Din Da Da" and "Dance For Love".
Kim English on MySpace
King Britt's MySpace page
Scuba is another one of King Britt's monikers, also known as Sylk 130. Click on artist for full biography. Collaborating here on Naked Music muse Lisa Shaw.
King Britt's web site
Scuba is another one of King Britt's monikers, also known as Sylk 130. Click on artist for full biography. Collaborating here on Naked Music muse Lisa Shaw.
Louie Balo's Site
This NYC trio is formed of veteran house producer Louie 'Balo' Guzman, hot newcomer DJ Tommy Bones and the multi-talented Aki Ackee
Naked Music
Brainchild of Naked Music's Jay Denes, Blue 6 brings you a smooth and sophisticated dance vibe with soulful vocals and top-notch production.
Objektivity, his label
Onda's web site
Onda is a collective of composers, musicians, producers and DJs who share a musical vision.
Patricia Marx MySpace page
Peven on PIAS
Peven's MySpace
Ramiro Musotto's site
Raw Artist Soul's MySpace
Rico Casaza's MySpace page
London duet originating each from italy and Portugal.
Rico Casazza's myspace page
Italian-born London techno producer & DJ on the rise.
Roberto Bosco's EPK
Young Italian producer who already has released singles on key labels in the techno world.
Roberto Bosco's Updates
Young Italian producer who already has released singles on key labels in the techno world.
Rosalia on Ishtar
Rosalia's official site
Slope's site
Solu Music's web site
Up-and-coming prolific production duo based in Long Island (NY), Solu Music is the brainchild of Howie Caspe and Dano Nathanson, who both have a love for dance music in all its forms.
Soul Central's MySpace
Tedd Patterson's web site
Teddy's label, Basement Boys Records
Tommy Bones' Site
This NYC trio is formed of veteran house producer Louie 'Balo' Guzman, hot newcomer DJ Tommy Bones and the multi-talented Aki Ackee
Tony Lionni's My Space
One of the most exciting newcomers in tech house, with releases on Mule, Versatile, Aesthetic Audio, Wave Music, Osgut Ton...
Tony Lionni's page on Discogs
One of the most exciting newcomers in tech house, with releases on Mule, Versatile, Aesthetic Audio, Wave Music, Osgut Ton...
Ursula Rucker's MySpace
Ursula's Site
Yoruba's MySpace
Digital Download Sites
clicktracks on Traxsource
The good people at Soulfuric Music are not only a long standing creative force of the dance music industry, but also one of the pioneers of digital sales. Stemming from the soulful sound they expanded to all types.
Deep Space Media on Traxsource
The good people at Soulfuric Music are not only a long standing creative force of the dance music industry, but also one of the pioneers of digital sales. Stemming from the soulful sound they expanded to all types.
Wave Music on Traxsource
The good people at Soulfuric Music are not only a long standing creative force of the dance music industry, but also one of the pioneers of digital sales. Stemming from the soulful sound they expanded to all types.
WaveTec on Traxsource
The good people at Soulfuric Music are not only a long standing creative force of the dance music industry, but also one of the pioneers of digital sales. Stemming from the soulful sound they expanded to all types.
Cool Music Sites (information and streaming music)
A Tribute To The Paradise Garage
This site compiles much info about this legendary club which is otherwise unavailable. Specially of interest is a section of the site devoted to people sharing their memories of what it was like...(very sweet and touching).
Deep House Page
This site lets you hear a very large collection of mixes from many legendary DJs, and as well features much information on the 'Deep House' sound, clubs and DJs. Also features a bulletin board.
Gotta Have House
Another site featuring many DJ sets that can be listened to on line, as well as information and a bulletin board. The name says it all!! -- LINK CURRENTLY DOWN --
Very comprehensive techno-oriented music site which has been around on the Net for almost 10 years, a treasure trove of links and information for the electronic musician.
Maestro Documentary
Site for a music documentary which is telling in detail the story and genesis of New York dance music, including some insights on what contributions it has made to today's global scene.
Meta Soul
Very comprehensive and well researched site compiling some important and difficult-to-get facts about dance music and its creators. Also has a ton of useful music links. This is definitely a 'Labor of Love' site!!
Speed Garage
Plenty to choose from in this NYC music site which features interviews with many of the current staple DJsand producers on the scene as well as lots of pictures and commentary.
Sueno Martino
Neat Australian site which has a variety of info on old-school records and clubs, as well as great presentation. Links to other interesting historical resources on Arthur Russell, Walter Gibbons and Francis Grasso to name a few.
The DJ List
No explanations needed. Vote for your favorite DJ there!! DO IT if you care!
Clubs and Parties
One of New York City's most vibrant and diverse weekly parties, it takes place every Sunday afternoon and has become a destination for dance music lovers worldwide since first starting in 1996.
Club Shelter
Home to Maestro Timmy Regisford and Kevin Hedge (Blaze), this site is the focal point of a devoted and inspired musical community spanning the globe. Keep abreast of all latest party news with their community board.
Deep Space
François K's new weekly party, every Monday night at Club Cielo. It's all about Dub in all of its forms, from King Tubby's vintage Jamaican style up to today's abstract techy sounds. Many special musical guests and surprises.
The Loft
Home to David Mancuso's party in cyberspace, this site will keep you informed on all things related to The Loft, including some playlists and a good dose of musical history.
Record Labels
Chilli Funk Records
Way-cool London-based imprint which is run by Lofty and Dr Bob Jones, they concentrate on the jazzy and soulful side of things, working with artists such as Nathan Haines, EastWest Connection and Restless Soul.
Compost Records
Home to Compost Records, Jazzanova's JCR and Compose Records, this site will give you the lowdown on all their new music and what else this prolific collective is up to.
Good Looking Records
Home to LTJ Bukem's prolific stable of talent, this premier UK-based drum'n bass and abstract jazz label has put together a wonderful web site worth many return visits.
Masters At Work
One of our faves, their newly redesigned site will give you all the info you need on what is going on with M.A.W., along with a host of other features such as exclusive DJ mixes and picture gallery.
Nuphonic Records
Tastefully-done Flash site with gorgeous graphics and pertinent information from this trendy UK record label.
Web site for legendary DJ Tony Humphries' record label, including streaming audio mixes and a very popular bulletin board.
Yellow Productions
This site is home for the eclectic french label which has been releasing Africanism, Bossa Trčs Jazz, Bob Sinclar, Dimitri From Paris and countless other great projects. Wave is of course associated with them via the 'Bossa Mundo' project.
Discussion Groups and Community Boards
MAW community board
Very active music-oriented community board as part of Masters At Work's web site.
A lively forum for discussions relating to (mostly) house music, large community of users participate and post regularly from all around the world.
Recording Arts and Technology
Digital Media Net
Very comprehensive starting point for the media-savvy producer of electronic and digital entertainment. Features many subject-oriented weekly email newsletters.
Native Instruments
Makers of uber-cool virtual synths and cutting-edge software plug-ins, this company is at the forefront of the merging of musical creativity and innovative technologies in the 21st century.
Synth Museum
All you ever wanted to know about vintage synthetizers. This is as comprehensive as it gets, and has plenty of useful links to other resources. A must for the real synth freak.
The Laser Turntable
This thing is for real! An actual laser playback device for listening to vinyl in a way that is just too stunning for words. The only setback is that you will have to choose between buying that or the SUV you've been salivating over...(pricey!)
Artist Sites
A pleasant and original presentation of the band's musical and aesthetic vision. Flash site.
Arts and Fashion (beautiful stuff)
Gustavo Alberto Garcia Vaca's deep, sometimes trippy graphics, which we are featuring on the Deep Space Media releases.
They call it Rock Star chic meets natural beauty... Beautiful designs inspired by nature and perfected by artistic vision.
Mumble Boy
The king of naive Flash animation, this site features many mini-movies which you can enjoy over and over. Utterly brilliant!!!
Once Upon A Forest
Spectacular, minimalistic, defies any description. Quuite techno, but very zen at times, check the archives of past presentations.
Awesome site with fantastic Flash animations and eerie background moods. Web Art for the 21st Century...
Record Stores
Black Market Records
This legendary store owned by David Piccioni has been supporting us since the early days, and remains one of London's hot spots. A great on-line shop as well.
Dance Tracks - NYC
One of the original and best all-around record stores in NYC for over a decade, they carry a vast inventory of current vinyl releases and a comprehensive selection of classics.
GEMM.... Find ANY record
A truly incredible service which could only become possible with the advent of the Internet, this service allows you to query thousands of reputable dealers for any hard-to-find record or CD you may be looking for.
Satellite Records -NYC
Largest and most comprehensive record store in NYC, they carry an inventory second to none, and have a very large store location with many turntables and listening stations.
VinylMania Records - NYC
One of the oldest and most respected dance music stores in NYC, this Greenwich Village store has a fantastic selection of old and new dance music that keeps attracting DJ's from all over.
Odd Stuff and Completely Bizarre Sites
F%*#ed Company
This site offers a candid and uncensored look at the darker side of the Internet economy's fallout and a testament to the legions of clueless CEO's and investors who got caught in it. Sobering.
The Conet Project
Don't say you weren't warned! This stuff is truly bizarre recordings of eerie voices reciting endless series of numbers over shortwave radio. Bit of an acquired taste....
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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — President Barack Obama will make his case about intervening in Syria to the American people Tuesday night.
Derek Valcourt explains many already have their minds made up.
Some say the president is right but the majority we spoke with just don't want the U.S. to get involved.
At Jimmy's in Fells Point, there's hot food on the menus and hot topics at the tables. Today, it's "Should the U.S. strike Syria?"
"I know emotionally I don't want to be involved. I think most people would feel that way," said Gary Boardely.
"I don't think it's anything to do with our national security. I feel that it would probably stir up more bad emotions towards us," said Karl Snyder.
"If they are using chemical weapons, we need to do something but I don't know why something needs to be military. Why can't it be economic or sanctions of some kind?" said Kathy Snyder.
"It's something that needs to be addressed but the United States has their plate full, and we can't stop everything that happens over there," said one diner.
At Edward Skinner's barber shop, a picture of the president hangs on the wall but Skinner says there's little the Commander-in-Chief can say to change his mind.
"Personally myself, can he really clarify to the point to say this is the right thing to do? My opinion, no," Skinner said.
"I personally think it's not the right thing to do, but I'm anxious to hear his opinion and see how he's trying to sway the American public," said one.
"It's terrible what's going on over there," said Towson student Rachel Babcock.
The debate rages, even on college campuses like Towson.
"As a world power, I think it's our responsibility to take care of the world," Babcock said.
"We've got a lot of problems here," said Jesse Ray. "Settling foreign disputes should be on the bottom of the list in my opinion."
WJZ heard from very few people in our unofficial survey Tuesday who actually support any sort of military strike in Syria. That mirrors the national polling suggesting the president faces an uphill battle trying to convince Americans of the need for action.


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Turbo kit – DPR Toyota Caldina ST215 / ST205 #2
This DPR / Kinugawa / turbosmart turbo upgrade kit is designed for the ST215w Toyota Caldina GT-T or the ST205 Celica GT4 (Gen 3 and Gen 4 3sgte engines). It comes complete with DPR stainless manifold, Turbosmart ultragate38 external wastegate and Kinugawa TD05-20g turbocharger. (see kit #3 for a larger TD06 unit) TURBO SPECIFICATIONS: Specifications: *Compressor wheel: 52.5 / 68 mm (20G wheel) *Turbine Wheel: TD05H quick spool *Turbine Housing: 8cm / T3 Flange V-Band type *Bearing Type: Journal Bearing with Performance Thrust Bearing Kit with larger thrust ring and flinger *Supports up to 450HP *Supplied with full fitting kit incl gaskets, braided lines and V-band flange *Image used above is not representative of the actual item.


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David A. Linde, D.D.S
Dr. Dave Linde, of Prior Lake, is a general dentist with over 30 years of practice experience. He has practiced at Smiles of Distinction in Savage, Minnesota since 1975. He has also received his Mastership and Fellowship in the Academy of General Dentistry and Fellowship in the American College of Dentists. He has held numerous offices and memberships in the Minnesota Dental Association, American Dental Association, American College of Dentists, and the Academy of General Dentistry. Dr. Linde has taught practice management at the University of Minnesota School of Dentistry, and assisted with other courses, such as Practice Ethics. He also is a dental examiner for the Central Regional Dental Testing Services.
He has served 4 years on the Minnesota Board of Dentistry. He has two adult children, and plays keyboard at his church. Dr. Linde obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree from Macalester College and his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from the University of Minnesota. He is the past president of the Minnesota Board of Dentistry, Minnesota Academy of General Dentistry, Savage Chamber of Commerce, and Savage Jaycees.


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Station Square Ristorante has been serving the youngstown comminuty since 1986. Our menu features steaks, seafood, pasta, chicken, veal, and fish, along with a number of great appetizers, sandwhiches, and salads.
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In 1930, not long after their journey from Italy to America, Pasquale "Patsy" and Louise Strollo moved to Youngstown, an area rich in Italian heritage, customs, values, and traditions. With their passionate love for Italian cuisine, the couple opened a grocery store on Youngstown's East Side. Years later, Patsy and Louise opened a restaurant in Lakeland, Florida.
"Come join me at Overture. Our menu selections change daily with fresh market produce meat and seafood. With its glass enclosure, dining at Overture offers a cosmopolitan atmosphere and a feeling of alfresco dining twelve months a year without the mosquitoes or snowflakes."
– Jeff Chrystal
The Mahoning Country Club is an affordable golf and banquet facility centrally located between Liberty, Girard, Youngstown, and Niles. We are open to public golfers, outings, leagues, wedding receptions, sports banquets, graduation parties and much more.
In 1808, when our national government was hardly in its teens, and Ohio was only half that old, Dr. Peter Allen moved from New England to the frontier town of Kinsman. Arriving with a black bag filled with herbs and leeches, he soon sought to embrace new scientific advances, helping to found what would become the Ohio Medical Society.
Trumbull Country Club Takes Pride in Providing Excellent Food and Beverage Service
Trumbull Country Club offers fine dining that rivals the best restaurants in the Valley. Our goal is to provide the highest quality food and contemporary cuisine with exceptional service to our members. Whether a service is part of a social function, a special dining celebration, a private member event or simply a purchase from the Poolside Café, we provide our members and guests with an extraordinary dining experience. The highest priority of our courteous team is to make your event memorable.


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Classic Costa Rica Itinerary for Families
Costa Rica is a large country, with an abundance of things to do from top to bottom and from both of it's coasts. However, many visitors do not have all the time needed to explore this vast country, rather they have only 1 or 2 weeks maximum. For many, their trip must fit into a week with it's two weekends bookending the visit, giving visitors a maximum of 9 days. While there is so much to do and see in Costa Rica, it's easy to become overwhelmed with wanting to do it all. I speak from experience. Instead, we recommend that visitors choose a smaller area to focus on if there is limited time.
In general a lot of visitors to Costa Rica make a stop to Arenal/La Fortuna, Monteverde and then a beach somewhere along the western coast. For visitors with more time, additional stops are added in on the Caribbean coast and at in-land destinations. For this post, I will focus on a classic Costa Rica itinerary taking in the main towns of Arenal and Monteverde, leaving the beach destination up to you depending on where you fly into/out of.
This classic 9 day itinerary loop from Liberia (or San Jose) takes in the major sights, offering ample opportunities for animal sightings, time for adrenaline inducing activities and for a touch of relaxation.
(Note: The itinerary below assumes a flight in from Liberia, however, it is also possible to do this trip from San Jose. Rather than go to a beach further up north, you would go south to be closer to San Jose for your departure.)
Day 1: Arrival
Depending on what time you arrive, you might need to stay near the airport, rather than attempt to get to La Fortuna/Arenal in the dark. The roads are narrow, curvy and often gravel, so they are best done in daylight. If you need to stay nearby, many people stay in Canas (Suggest: Hotel La Pacifica) which is about 40 miles from Liberia airport and is on the nicely paved highway. Otherwise, stay in Liberia itself to avoid much travel. Our flight arrived at 9:45 pm and we were out by 10:15pm with bags in hand. It's a small, efficient airport.
If you have arrived early in the day, head on to Arenal/La Fortuna to get a jump start on your trip. There is a ton to do and see in Arenal, so the more time you have there, the better. If you want to add a new destination, make an overnight stop at Rio Celeste (at Rio Celeste Hideaway or Celeste Mountain Lodge) en route to Arenal/La Fortuna.
Day 2: Arenal/La Fortuna
If you stayed in the Liberia area, get up and moving early. On your drive to Arenal/La Fortuna make a little detour at Rio Celeste for a hike or just keep going to Arenal to make the most of your time there. This will be approximately a 2 hour drive from Liberia depending on traffic conditions.
Upon arrival, settle into your hotel and then head out to explore. If you were able to snag a room at the Arenal Observatory Lodge, your hotel will have all that you need for an afternoon of exploration. Wander around on more than 7 miles of trails to see waterfalls, rainforest, streams and tons of animals, not to mention one of the absolute best views of the volcano!
Another amazing option for families is The Springs Resort – again, a wonderful view of the volcano, beautiful hot springs and a full service activity center at their in-house Club Rio with horseback riding, water tubing, rock climbing and more.
If your budget doesn't allow you to stay at either of those resorts, we enjoyed the great views and adorable cabins at Hotel Montana del Fuego.
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Day 3 & 4: Arenal/La Fortuna
There are a ton of things to do in Arenal/La Fortuna, that unless you have longer than this 9 day itinerary, you will have to make some decisions on exactly what you want to do. Our recommendation is to enjoy a morning horseback ride or hike through the Arenal Volcano National Park to check out lava fields up close as well as the different animals that make this area home.
If you have time, head to the La Fortuna Waterfall hike which really is just a walk down 500 stairs before arriving at a chilly pool of water with a powerful waterfall cascading behind you. If you come in swim gear you can spend a good deal of time here frolicking in the waters, listening to the zip liners above you.
Don't miss visiting Mistico Arenal Hanging Bridges Park for a guided hike through their 2 mile trail taking in 6 hanging bridges along the way. We recommend going with a guide so you don't miss the sleeping sloths, snakes and monkeys hanging up in the trees.
If you didn't stay at a hotel with hot springs, take some time to visit one of the many hot spring pools in the city. For a spectacular day, head to Tabacon Hot Springs to soak up the thermal energy in these natural pools. A bit more budget friendly is the Baldi Hot Springs.
Day 5: Monteverde
Today will start with an early morning departure from Arenal to Monteverde. This trip involves approximately a 1 hour boat ride across Lake Arenal before transferring to a private bus for a bumpy, but scenic ride through the hills.
If you have the stamina, drop your bags at your hotel (Suggest: El Establo) and head out to explore Santa Elena town before going out on a night hike to see the creatures of the night. A night hike is such a unique adventure, we recommend it to anyone who has kids old enough to stay up late. You will see tarantulas, sleeping toucans, sloths, and so much more, if you are lucky!
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Day 6: Monteverde
Today start your day at Selvatura Park with options to zip line, walk magnificent hanging bridges and see a butterfly and hummingbird garden. Stay for as long as you like before heading back to town. If you find you have more time in the afternoon, check out the Children's Eternal RainForest for easy hikes.
Day 7: Monteverde/Beach
On your last day in Monteverde, take a early morning guided hike at one of the various reserves to take in more of the scenery. Curi Cancha is a great place for birders and a chance to catch the photogenic quetzal. There are trees you can climb in, hummingbirds to spy on and a canopy of intertwined trees to walk through. We recommend hiring a guide to lead you through the park.
After your morning hike, head back to the hotel to check out and pack up for the coast, arriving just in time for dinner and the setting sun. If you are leaving out of Liberia airport, choose a beach with less than a 2 hour drive to the airport. We enjoyed our stay at Playa Hermosa, however there are a ton of options between Nosara and Tamarindo.
If you are leaving from San Jose, head south towards Herradura and enjoy relaxing by the ocean and hotel pool.
Check out hotel options, prices and availability for some popular beaches on Costa Rica's Pacific coast.
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Day 8: Beach
Today is a day to chill and take in the sights and sounds of the beach. Regardless of which beach you have settled on, there will be plenty of opportunities for relaxation under the sounds of howler monkeys. If you need some more activity on your last day, check out local tours for deep sea fishing or nature hikes around the local area.
Day 9: Depart
Depending on what time your flight departs, enjoy the morning at the beach before heading back to the Liberia or San Jose airports for your flight home.
Do you have a favorite spot in Costa Rica that you recommend be included on a visitor's itinerary? Share it below!
Need more help putting together an itinerary for your Costa Rica trip? Check out Il Viaggio Travel for an insiders guide on where to go in Costa Rica.
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De Pijp, Amsterdam Guide de voyage
Sommaire de De Pijp
- Quaint area, with a sunny park and some shop-lined streets
- A famous outdoor market
- The Heineken Experience, in the former Heineken brewery
- Lots of ethnic cuisine, including Korean
- Within walking distance of numerous museums
- Hotels are (generally) less expensive than those in the nearby Canal Ring
- Most attractions are a tram ride away
What It's Like
In Amsterdam's southern district, just south of the Canal Ring and a short walk from the Museum Quarter, De Pijp is a quaint, working class neighborhood. Its park, Sarphatipark, and its outdoor market are most popular during the summertime, when visitors can grab tasty treats at the market and then picnic in the park. But throughout the year, the neighborhood attracts tourists with its many ethnic restaurants (the area is known for having great Korean food), shops, and several attractions including the Heineken Experience (at the former Heineken brewery). For attractions in the city center, however, guests will have to take a tram.
Where To Stay
There are not a ton of hotels in the area, but De Pijp is a good option for those hoping to be close to the Museum Quarter or the picturesque Canal Ring, without having to pay Canal Ring prices.


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Every once in a while I get a good idea. That happened a few days ago as I was -again - replacing the light canvas cover on my ironing board. It is a 2 foot by 4 foot piece of 1/2 inch plywood, covered with insulbright batting (I used what I had - any other batting should work) and then covered with light canvas that is stretched and folded to the back of the board and stapled into place. It creates a large, stable and firm working and ironing surface. However, after enough use, the canvas eventually gets gross and scorched. I can rotate the board once - most of the staining is in the corner closest to the iron. Then I have to replace it.
So the other day I was at that point. I had a previous piece that I had washed. While it was still stained on one side, it was fine on the other, so I stapled this new cover into place after removing and discarding the old one.
Then I thought: what if I made a removable cover to lay on top of this one? I could rotate and flip it four times, wash it, or replace it, without having to remove the main cover and staple. So I took a half width of another piece of canvas and zig-zagged the edges. I sized it to lay on the work top edge to edge. These edges are held down with those clips you can use for patio tablecloths. Works great and I think I will save time and money in the long run.


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Awarding prizes for UP & UP and Illumination Relays
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Welcome to the GCGC Awards Event
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Visit the site and find the online event which will be displayed on the main page.
We will be awarding the winner(s) a trackable wooden GCGC Geocoin for each of the two contests to participants.
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Our winner of both contests is McCaching, who will be the Roller for the prize(s).
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She Can Have It All..
(Part 1)
What distinguishes a fully fledged superstar producer from a regular beat-maker? And how can you create your own unique sound? That's what we're going to talk about in this Part 1 and the upcoming She Can Have It All… Part 2.
This is a song we did with one of Lyfe Jenning's songwriters, intended for the new Tyrese, Ginuwine & Tank album. It didn't make the final cut so we're free to share all the details and secrets with you! Here's a short overview of the topics of this 'Part I' article:
- Song Structure
- Listen
- Create a Story
- Hooks, Hooks, Hooks!
- Variation
- Natural Reverb
- Free Drum Samples
1. Song Structure:
If you want to become a super producer, just focusing on creating stand-alone banging loops of music is not enough. You have to become a true composer and be able to envision and create complete songs. One of the most vital aspects of a complete song is a well thought-out song structure.
Often, songwriters, rappers or vocalists take on the role of coming up with the structure when listening to a beat and then give directions to the beat-maker / producer to alter the beat according to their ideas. However, if you can train yourself to create solid structures in all your beats yourself, it will become at least ten times as easy for songwriters to become inspired and write something amazing to your beat.
This way, you can improve the workflow and make it easier for any artist to work with you. And thus, you will simply sell more beats (or even better: songs!) as you have just significantly raised the bar of your productions. But how do you get a strong song structure? For me, taking these four steps always works very well:
1.1 Listen
First of all, listen to songs that are in the same genre of what you're producing and just write down the structures you hear. This will get you a general idea of what others are doing and can help you to get going. Especially if you don't have so much experience with song structures yet. If you don't want to spend so much time analysing songs, you can also just apply this simple but rock-solid structure that I've also used in She Can Have It All, and see how you like it. It is by far the most popular structure for Hip hop, Pop, and R&B songs:
The climb is also often called a pre-hook or build-up (in electronic music) and the hook is also often called a chorus or drop (in electronic music).
1.2 Create a Story
Now, try to view your song as a story you want to tell. And then think about how do you want to tell it? If you want to really affect people with a story, you don't just tell them the climax right away right? Usually, you want an intro and perhaps some sort of tension building (climb) before the climax (hook). Try to apply this to your songs: try to take your listeners on a compelling journey. However, make sure you maintain some sort of regularity. If every part of your song is completely different and not one sequence is repeated throughout the song, your listeners and especially the songwriters will lose track. So it's important that recognisable parts get repeated throughout the song, without boring your listeners.
1.3 Hooks, Hooks, Hooks!
The attention grabbing is the core task of any hook. Your hook should always be the most catchy part of the song; rock-solid hooks get stuck in people's mind and make them want to listen to the song again and again. Often, 'Melody is King', which means that the melody is responsible for the catchiness of the song. So if you have a killer melody, make sure to put it in the Hook.
Also as a general rule of thumb, always drop your first hook before (or around) the first minute. Often, people's attention spans are very short, so they should be lured in by your song as soon as possible. For that reason, starting with the hook might also be worthwhile trying! This song by Usher and Nicki Minaj is a good example of a song that starts off almost directly with a hook:
1.4 Variation
Lastly, don't stick too much to what is 'normal'. The tips that I give you are just to give you ideas: the most important thing is that you experiment and experience what works best for you. Deviating from the standard can sometimes lead to the greatest results. And if you only have a banging loop without any revolutionary ideas for the structure: Just create variations while maintaining a proper balance between regularity and irregularity: it's up to you!
Song Structure Tip #1:
Make sure you always drop your first Hook before or around the first minute of your song. Otherwise, people's attention span might cause them to switch to another song before you were able to show the best part of your song!.
2. Natural Reverb:
Reverb is simply the persistence of a sound after a sound. It is perhaps the most widely and often used effect of all (next to panning), because it so easy to make your mix sound bigger with it by adding depth and space. The problem is that it's also easy to apply too much reverb, which mercilessly turns your mix into a 'wall of mud'. As such an important, widely applicable, and sometimes tricky effect, you can imagine you're never finished learning about it.
There's one simple tip that I would like to give you that can help you straightaway to avoid the mud: Instead of applying just one effect to all your drums at the same or even to your complete mix at the same time, use sounds that already have the desired amount of reverb themselves. Or, if you have the right sounds but some of them lack reverb, add reverb only to those who need it in isolation. Then, if your drums already sound great, you can add a small reverb on the drums as a whole. This way, you can easily avoid adding reverb to sounds that don't really need it, which leads to muddy mixes.
This is exactly what I did in She Can Have It All. The drums sound very big because some of the sounds I used (the cymbals, tambourines, steam sound, breath sound, and especially the claps) already contained a strong amount of reverb. ! I put these samples for you in the download link below, so you can try them out yourself directly, for free.
Natural Reverb Tip #1:
Instead of only putting one overall reverb effect on your drums when you create the final mix, first put individual reverb on some of your drum components or use sounds that already contain solid reverb. This way, it becomes easier to avoid muddy mixes.
3. Free Drum Samples
As you might have noticed, I split up the article about 'She Can Have It All…' into two articles, because there is just too much valuable stuff to put orderly in one article. For the same reason, I also split up the free drum sounds packages. So, below you can find the link to all the drum sounds I've used in and you will find all the percussion sounds in part 2.
Read More: Making The Beat #6 – She Can Have It All… (Part 2)


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This report compares the horoscopes of two people to discover how they interact. The chemistry between the two is then set out as each others impressions of the other, along with the strengths you have as a couple, describing how your lives as individuals and as a pair are enjoyed and improved, and how they meet challenges as they are encountered. This report is aimed at connecting you with the most real and important energies that are brought about by two people coming together. This report is deal for intimate couplings and other relationships such as family, friends and business.
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Oh forgot! the added the whip-blade base! oh wait I didn't forget, it was a waste of time.
Oh forgot! the added the whip-blade base! oh wait I didn't forget, it was a waste of time.
Khaladon starts to turn the crystal knob, but stops with a frightened look on his face. He begins shaking uncontrollably and flies across the room, as though by some invisible force.
**SPLAT!!** Khaladon careens off the far wall, slides down the smooth wood panelling and collapses into a quivering heap on the floor, with only his dignity bruised.
One thing that could help, even without any change in the weapon bases, is to release the hidden attributes of the weapons.
These include things like length and ambush target modifiers. We already know that ambush target modifiers are relatively more favorable for quicker weapons, but we do not know if there is variation without a weapon rate. For instance, is a military pick easier or harder to aim than a flamberge? What about a spear vs a trident?
This kind of info would at the least be interesting ... at best maybe there is a weapon base that deserves another look, even without changing anything.
The enhancive king of chicago
You could make these weapons more useful if they tied flare rate increases to them in some fashion. Make the rate of flaring linear to the DF of a weapon or something, with a minimum of 25%, but lower DF weapons could get up to say 40% chance to flare.
I also am an extremely strong advocate for a monk-only "Staff Mastery" CMAN that allows you to make the DF and/or AvD of a Quarterstaff equal to that of a battleaxe.
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The weapons that truly suck would be best helped with an overhaul of their crit table so-to-speak. I'm speaking of grappling weapons, that instead of doing limp noodle damage, should trip, bind, entangle, and or web on a critical hit.
Also, speed rules. And not just speed to kill, but speed to disable. If you're in a room with three foes, and can disable them all in a dew seconds, you are better off than if your huge df weapon has one of them dead with certainty. There's a sweet spot of speed to disable and df. Aim for that.
I don't use Lich. If you want to do business with me, contact me via PM, IG, or on AIM. Or maybe use smoke signals. Don't like it, get off of my lawn.
Many Points have been raised, but to consolidate what's been said before in regards to the OP.
You're right, there is not applied balance to weapon types in the OHE/OHB/THW/Polearm space. It can be argued that ranged have more of a sense of balancing looking at the RT implications versus DFs/AvDs of the three bows classes.
However, it's worth noting that these mechanics have also been in place since the super early days of Gemstone, when the context and background was D&D, probably 2nd edition, where it was not uncommon to see weapon types with different damage values without offering advantages in other mechanics. Simply put, some weapons are just better designed, and more effective than others. There's probably a sense of realism in there.
That being said, for most weapons, it's not AS cut and dry as the OP is making it out to be... as Ardwen stated, there are still a handful of good options, depending on the situation. If you truly wanted to min/max your killing, some weapon types are better against particular armor groups and others, and not all weapon classes have one cut and dry winner.
Furthermore, as referenced early on, the weapons with the highest AvDs/DFs tend to also have the highest RT implications. Based on your DEXAGL, and whether or not your ambushing is going to play into which weapon to select. Regardless of weapon type, the reduction from 6 to 5 seconds of roundtime accounts for a 20% increase in total damage output, which because on criticals, ends up being worth more than just a 20% increase in DFs.
Another factor to consider is hiding/ambushing adding crit weighting. Which makes shorter/faster weapons more viable.
Undocumented, not fully tested, based on my initial testing, some weapon types have different thresholds for maximum phantom crit weighting from DEX. But even if this was fully vetted out, tested/etc, I would consider this tertiary to AvD/DF considerations.
Lastly, is a little more subjective, but, overkill. All of the theorycrafting is great and all, but the most important thing is whether or not the sum of all of the additional benefits that you're receiving is likely to result in the lack of an additional hit required for a given scenario. If something has 250 HP, and you're increasing your damage per hit from 90 to 120... it's still going to take 3 shots to kill it before and after the changes. If the changes cost you 10m to achieve, it may be better to devote those resources elsewhere.
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1/6/2014: Setheve completes the promotion ritual and says, "Congratulations, Whirlin, for achieving Guild Master status! We trust you'll serve your guild well."
1/11/2014: Grandmaster Alchemist
1/14/2014: Capped, and got Loralaii killed by a GM.
7/11/2016: Founded the Hand of the Arkati
9/20/2016: T5 on my bow (Thanks to Isola)... Managed as far as T4 myself.
Race is such a limiting factor as well if you don't consider using enhancives considerably. As a dwarf for example, the choice between polearm types and their damage factors becomes a give and take. Do I take the significantly higher damage factor of a lance for example, but swing slower...or, attempt fate with a faster weapon. Your best bet is through trials of your own on which you like. I've done the longer lance RT vs shorter RT say of a naginata, and was underwhelmed with the naginata performance, but also took a beating with the lance due to longer RT and there was nothing I could do about it aside from dump silvers into enhancives. Additionally, weapon types that are not overly common, like awl-pikes for example, have a small footprint for finding a unique and powerful weapon, either through playershops or other sales.
I think the market just isn't there for a wide range of less commonly used items that fall into the middle ground, which kind of forces you into going into one direction for additional options, unless you have the time to build from plain 4x and go from there.
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answer is always highest df weapon your character could focus mstrike 3x at 5 secs
Excellent points by all. There is also the ways to increase DF such as perfect weapon, Arm of Arkati etc. which are all based on percentages and thus benefit higher DF weapons than their lower DF counterparts.
As Whirlin has stated these weapon values were conceived in the very early days of the game, possibly even the late 1980s. I definitely think this should be on the very top of a review list. A combination of additional status affects like grapple weapons ensnaring, like Archigeek mentioned, and possibly flare rate increases, or even a change in speed -let daggers hit a 4 sec min RT, and my idea of certain weapon types being better or worse in bypassing EBP can really add to the complexity and fun of the game.
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I'm going to try and tack on to the end of this thread with a question regarding what weapon base choice I should make for my TWC off-hand.
So far I've been using a main gauche in my off-hand for the added +10 DS bonus. I usually use it in combination with a short sword in my main hand for speed (and they are both flaring, which is fun), or I swap my main hand to a handaxe if I need to do more damage or run into something more armored.
Up until now all my weapons have been kinda disposable, basic 4x or 5x with maybe a basic flare, nothing special just upgrading whenever I find a better one as loot or in the sewers of if somebody here on the PC is getting rid of something low-ish range in a locker cleanout. But I'm looking at this Duskruin of maybe purchasing something that would be a longer-term keeper project so I'm actually trying to think of what would be mechanically useful.
I've always loved my main gauches for the DS bonus, but mechanically is everything else about them significantly worse than a short sword? Or something else edged? I'm in my mid-30's right now and hunting fine, but worried about harder critter levels in the future.


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We recently took the kids to Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine, TX. It was a super fun time for all. Being on the road for 4 hours with two little ones, plus moi, equals a texas sized headache for big daddy!
Here are a few nuggets of conversations from that little trip...
Me - "I really have to pee"
BD - "then perhaps you should stop inhaling the pinot"
Me - "I'm on vacation. Plus you really need to stop, you know I have a weak bladder!! **nods head conspiratorily toward the back seat and whispers** Just look how big their heads are! They did a lot of damage I'm telling you!"
BD - "You're gonna have to use the cup"
Me - *GASP* "This is my WINE CUP. It would be seriously trashy to drink straight from the bottle. We're not in college anymore!"
Him - "..." (probably wondering why he married me in the first place)
Later that evening....
I had just done the mom thing and cleaned the kids faces and hands with my handy dandy econo pack of wet wipes before we ate our super yummy DQ fast food. Blech.
Him - "what's that smell?"
Me - "I just cleaned the kids faces and hands"
Him - "with what, a gallon of clorox?"
Me - *checking package* "No, they're wet wi.....MOTHERFUCKER! This is an econo pack of CLOROX WIPES!!"
Him - "maybe you should've stopped at 4 glasses of wine"
Me - "maybe you should shut the fuck up and eat your damn hunger buster!"
I fail at parenting.
Monday, October 10, 2011
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Can Legislation Stop Mikveh Attendants from Asking Questions?
MK Aliza Lavie and ITIM have put forward a bill in the Knesset that will make it illegal for mikveh attendants to question women about their religious practice (see http://www.jpost.com/National-News/Law-proposed-in-Knesset-to-prevent-mikva-guides-interrogating-women-about-religious-practice-331792). Since this has come to the attention of the public, I'd like to take the opportunity to describe why the bill is important, where the need comes from, and explain what I see as another necessary response. I do this from my position as the director of Eden (www.theEdenCenter.com), whose mission is to enrich and empower women about mikveh, and ensure that the mikveh is a warm, welcoming and respectful space for everyone.
This week we held a lecture about how Chinese medicine can help regular women's cycles. Afterward someone mentioned the bill, and a few women instantly responded with stories from the last month — of attendants asking when and how a woman had done an internal exam to check she is no longer bleeding (the attendant claimed that she can't say "Kasher" to the immersion if the woman hasn't done the check because the attendant will suffer Divine retribution for wrongly sanctioning the immersion); another woman was asked if her freckles are make up or permanent – and the attendant tried to rub them off; and another was questioned about her choice of birth control and interrogated regarding whether she had taken it out. Unfortunately, among the 850 officially employed mikveh ladies in the country, not all are sensitive to how these things might offend, and where they overstep the woman's personal authority. Many attendants feel that it is their responsibility, rather than a woman's, to decide what is appropriate — and can refuse entry because of a woman's personal status or the rabbinic ruling she chooses to follow.
From the discussion in the Knesset which led to the bill, this bill is intended to prevent attendants from being able to turn someone away (it's a public institution in Israel), and from asking questions about her sexual life, her marital status, her practice and preparations before coming to the mikveh, and more, which are insensitive or intrusive.
A little background would be helpful. Most of the mikveh attendants in Israel are Haredi. They grew up in an educational system which devalues personal autonomy and places ultimate value on strict adherence to authority. Their own self-perception, as well as their perception of their roles in the mikveh (including vis-à-vis the women who enter) are often dramatically different from those whom they are paid to service.
The proposed legislation is welcome. But unless it is accompanied by a deep educational process I fear it will be met with resistance from the mikveh attendants, who will likely see it as an attempt by a secular government to intrude in their holy work. Legislation cannot make people more sensitive; education can, and education can also help them to understand the underpinnings of this law. The mikveh attendants need to understand that the bill is not a threat nor an attack of their Avodat Kodesh (holy work), but rather an attempt to respect the privacy and dignity of thousands of women who come to the mikveh with different priorities, yet consider their immersion as vitally important in their lives.
Education can help them to be made aware of the feelings and sensitivities of the other side, whose concerns are so far from their own that they just don't relate to these things as a problem. (I believe that it is the awareness of the complexity of this problem and respect for the difficult work attendants do which prompted MK Lavie and Itim to phrase the bill in a way that calls to task the rabbis who oversee the mikveh, and not the attendants themselves).
Education can also help to begin the process of transforming the concept of a mikveh attendant from a halakhic gatekeeper to someone who facilitates a woman's experience. More than that, attendants have the rare opportunity to witness (and, as appropriate, extend a hand) to things that would otherwise go unnoticed – whether signs of abuse, a growth on a woman's back, or fertility challenges and miscarriage.
An education program like this already exists and has been implemented in a number of locales for the mikveh attendants, with great success. The Eden Center has developed a course (https://www.facebook.com/theedencenter) which has been extremely successful in extending that kind of sensitivity. Attendants learn skills of communication and become very aware of different needs, learning to accept women from across the religious spectrum. At the same time, we give the attendants general knowledge and tools for identifying abuse and domestic violence, postpartum depression, breast health and infertility, as well as issues of physical, emotional and sexual health, so they can be community resources. We also point out that while some women love being asked a checklist of items re: preparation, others just want to be left alone to do their own thing. And through the program, we have seen incredible change. When we explain the complexity of feelings that come from a range of women and different life situations, they begin to understand their piece in making all women feel comfortable and respected in this most precious institution.
We hope to bring this program to communities throughout Israel– and even to the Diaspora — because we see how effective it has been in helping women in need get sensitive assistance, and helping attendants understand their job in completely new ways.


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Add a bit of a garden feel to your table with this wild berry centerpiece. We paired snowberries and blooms with a modern ceramic container for a fresh, casual look. To recreate this style, look for snowberries and sedum (in the pink stage), plus jasmine, viburnum, or daphne. Pair with pale pink linen napkins!
Photo: Lisa Warninger Flowers + Styling: Chelsea Fuss Vase: Lillith Rocket
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That's a lovely photograph, I like the differences in focus although there is actually very little difference in distance.
I love the way you made a "berry" centerpiece so light and soft. The hues in this bouquet are beautiful… this would make for a beautiful pastel winter wedding!
Love Berries
What a nice and delicate centerpiece!! I love it
Such a sweet centerpiece!
Those colours are captivating and so subtle and pretty.
I love the centerpiece!
Fabulous arrangement!
Beautiful blush details and snowberries. Love the original and natural look. Looks like they were picked straight from the garden instead of arranged by a florist. Beautiful romantic touch.


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In 2002 and 2008 we were commissioned by Selfridges to produce their windows to coincide with London Design Week we invited designers taking part in our london events to submit proposals and with Selfridges selected the best ones. Altogether 30 windows were produced. In 2008 we also produced a pop up shop in store to sell the work from designers taking part in that years show. Click here for more pictures. And here.
As a result of our Illustrate festival we worked with TopShop who unveiled a capsule collection of T-shirts adorned with original designs from 9 of the illustrators featured in the show along with exhibitions to accompany the work of each designer in its London and Manchester flagship stores.
Covent Garden London
For Covent Garden's Christmas celebrations 2008 we produced 2 pop up shops in vacant units in Covent Garden market. We sourced all of the content from designers within our network. The product on sale included ceramics, lighting, jewelry, furniture, posters, prints, and novelty items.
This work came from the UK, Germany, The Netherlands, Italy Japan and Korea. Most of thes products were unavailable in the UK at the time and have subsequently been stocked by UK retailers. As well as running the shop we also held several workshops run by creatives from within our network. And a swap shop event by KithKin where members of the public could bring in items for exchange. Click here for more pictures.


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{friday} After work on Friday, I had an appointment to get my bangs trimmed. I decided to cut them shorter after growing them out for a long time, and glad that I cut them so far. After my appointment, I took Harley for a run and this happened:
I know it might not be exciting for some, but I don't think I have EVER run a 5k in the 25 minute range, so I was super excited. Looks like I am doing something right!
{saturday} Mr.D's friends came into town and stayed with us for the weekend. In the morning, Mr.D, his friend and myself hit up a CrossFit class. It was a real grinder and killed my legs! After our workout, the boys went out for lunch and I took Harley for a walk. It was a gorgeous sunny day! The rest of the day was spent showering and getting ready for our photo shoot with Whitney. She sent me two teasers from the shoot and here they are:
I LOVE them! Can't wait to see the rest of them :) After our photo shoot, we came home and had a fun night in with our friends.
{sunday} Some of us were feeling a little rough in the morning, so a sleep in was required. Mr.D made us a fantastic breakfast and then it was off for a run for me and a bike ride for Mr.D. The rest of the day was spent lounging around.
I also wanted to say congratulations to Lauren on her amazing marathon PR and her engagement! So excited for you Lauren!
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Puss N Boots & Circle the Course Fundraiser
September 02, 2018 01:20PM
The 7th annual Circle the Course Fundraiser at Fort Erie Race Track. Help us support two great causes, by walking the track and making a donation to the Canadian Cancer Society and bringing non-perishable food items for Community Outreach Program Erie (COPE). There's plenty of racing excitement throughout the day, including the jockey hopper ball race, as well as the Puss N Boots cup, where the winning jockey and trainer make the traditional jump into the infield pond.
Admission and parking are always free. Fort Erie Race Track is a family friendly venue.
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Book one of the Dreams Come True SeriesAuthor: Sharon Kleve
Genre: Mainstream Romance
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Halo Ann Carlyle wishes for a home, family, and a boat-load of pets. What she gets is a bruised hip, a lump on the head, a broken ankle, and her new yellow Honda Civic is demolished.
Rich McFarland, a sexy veterinarian, keeps showing up in the most unexpected places, promising everything she's ever wanted.
Halo believes she only has time to pursue her career as a pet detective and must ignore her growing attraction to achieve her dreams.
Will Halo trust her heart, and find a way to get both for Christmas?
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She'd just placed another call through to Pemsky's office, which went straight to his voicemail, when the office door opened. Halo smiled and looked up into dreamy, gold-flecked green eyes, short sandy brown hair, a slight cleft chin, and full lips set in a hard line. Even with the stern look he had on his face, my hormones jumped into overdrive.
Mr. Dreamy cleared his throat—she must've been staring. In her most professional voice she said, "Good morning. How may I help you?"
He removed a piece of paper from his shirt pocket and unfolded the sheet.
"I was parked in front of the Beacon Hill Ale House and my driver's side mirror was sideswiped by one of Pemsky's Security's SUV's Friday night."
Halo loved the Beacon Hill Ale House. Every Saturday night the Ale House allowed local bands to jam together. That's where she'd met her last loser boyfriend. She'd had a lot of loser boyfriends. She's currently on a hiatus from dating, but she wouldn't mind jumping back into the dating game for this dream-boat.
He handed her the piece of paper.
"I wasn't able to get a look at the driver, but I got the license plate number of the vehicle that hit my car and drove away."
He emphasized the last part.
"I'm very sorry about your car. I'm sure Mr. Pemsky will be happy to cover the damage." Halo checked the company log and Pemsky's name popped up as the driver—she gulped.
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Many are called to the Mercenary Academy but few are admitted. For those who emerge... They become known as SUPERWHORES. Join Lexington Steele, the Dark Prince, as he introduces you to these powerf*ck queens. With six scenes, five girls, three multiples, three anals, and two Lex first timers.
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The wildflowers are blooming, the birds are singing, and I've put fresh new prints up in my etsy shop! Check them out and add a little seasonal cheer to your favorite wall!
Hey crazy shoppers!Have you already spent all your money on Cyber Monday sales? If you haven't quite accomplished that yet, you might consider some of my new products on Redbubble. Posters are 40% off, kids clothes are 35% off, and everything else is 20% off. So if you'd like a 70's snake on a travel mug, or a mulberry fairy on a throw pillow, now is your moment. I'm not sure how long the sale lasts, so check it out and use CM20 as the discount code.
Unearthed from the archives, it's several fantastic things from my sock design days!
Ready or not, the holidays are upon us! If you're hoping to pick up some Audrey Lopata art for all your friends and relatives, there are a few easy ways to do that. If you'd like to shop on the internet, or time/space prevents you from joining me in person, I have some delightful things on both Etsy and Redbubble.
This is your one stop shop for prints and coloring books!
If you want my art on a mug, pillow or I-phone case, this is the place to get it! I plan to add more images and product as the season progresses, so check back or send me a note if you don't see what you want 🙂
Mysteries of the Future:
I'm planning on having a house show on Sunday the 13th in the afternoon, but I'll have more details about that soon. So if you're hoping to get art in person and skip the shipping charges,this will be the time to do it.
Happy Happy Thanksgiving all!
All sorts of excitement is coming your way for this years EAST AUSTIN STUDIO TOUR!
When: Nov. 14, 15, 21, 22 11am-6pm each day
Where: Pump Project Art Complex (and many fine studios all over Austin)
Why: For the love of art and cookies
How: Pick up a map from one of our various local libraries (free), or purchase one from Big Medium. Grab a friend and voyage all over town taking in the great art.
What: There's tons of great stuff to see, but here's what I've been up to:
A lot of my attention this year went to my 80 Days of John project (wherein I spent 80 days doing a drawing a day to create a complete illustrated version of the book of John). I spent several months on the creation of the paintings, and then several more months putting the images into a book format and self publishing the printed version. This book as well as my coloring books will be available at EAST.
I continued with smaller daily paintings for the last several months (many of which can be seen on my Instagram @audreylopata). These tiny originals will be on sale along side my prints as an inexpensive way to take art home with you during EAST.
If you're wanting to see me and chat about my artsy year, I'll be there every day except Saturday the 14th (when my studio will be looked after by a friend whilst I am away). I look forward to seeing you guys and sharing my art!
As I've been exploring artistically I've been trying many different combinations of illustrative techniques. I think pen and ink with translucent acrylic in still my favorite, but it's fun to try different things…
1. Pen and ink with translucent acrylic
2. Pen and ink with opaque and translucent acrylic
3. Pen and ink with digital color
5. Pencil with translucent acrylic
Behold! My new coloring books are up on Etsy, and in honor of the Holidays and the fact that I'm going to be going on Holiday soon, for this week only you can get:
25% off your ETSY ORDER!!!!!! SO MUCH FUN!!!!!
Just enter in the code: FRIEND25 at checkout and win! Now through the 17th of December
Also, in other news, I've updated my other art website with Christmas Cheer and a slightly darker painting:
So if you're interested in either of those, check out:
Merry Christmas to all!
Beautiful people, the time is upon us to make any number of dramatic statement regarding things that will not occur again until next year. Examples:
"I've had enough! I'm never going to the mall again this year"
"That's the last time I try to make jelly bean brownies this year!"
"I promise I will not bring any more elephants into the house this year"
And perhaps most significantly,
"Even though art shows are oodles of fun, this is the last one I'm going to participate in this year"
Yes, it's true. If you want to stock up on prints, coloring books, cards and original Audrey art for your holiday shopping season, THIS WEEKEND is the time to do it!
The Details:
Where: Thorton Road Studios
Specifically, I will be at the "Fireseed Clay Studio"
When: Dec 6 5-10 pm, Dec 7 11am-9pm
Why: fantastic art by many talented artists
This one is actually for the Hope Chapel Christmas party on Sunday 6pm (come one come all)
Come see the the Fantastically fresh off the presses "Miniature guide to magical creatures"
And just in case you can't make it, remember, I sell most of my prints, coloring books and cards on ETSY:


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in standard script on the base in underglaze blue in two columns of three characters each enclosed in a double circle: Da Qing Yongzheng nian zhi (made in the Yongzheng reign of the great Qing dynasty)
(Yamanaka, Chicago); sold to Harry G. Steele [1881-1942], Pasadena; his widow, Grace C. Steele [d. 1974]; gift 1972 to NGA.
Technical Summary
The piece is covered in a uniform light green celadon glaze. There are two iron spots on the exterior near the rim and two on the interior. The smoothly beveled foot-ring reveals a fine white paste. The base is recessed and glazed.
- 1998
- Bower, Virginia, Josephine Hadley Knapp, Stephen Little, and Robert Wilson Torchia. Decorative Arts, Part II: Far Eastern Ceramics and Paintings; Persian and Indian Rugs and Carpets. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1998: 106, color repro.


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Ben Affleck and Jennifer Garner Getting A Divorce? "I Feel Neglected" And That Ben Isn't A "Present Husband"?!
First it was assumed that these two are getting a divorce because of Ben's drinking and gambling problem. Looks like it's a much deeper issue.
Celebrities. I tell you the only difference between us and celebrities is options! I don't know, but I've been married for over 15 years now and problems just kept pouring, you know. It's life, and I'm sure you'll agree that sometimes even when options are available, love comes between. I don't know I guess I'm just ranting.
Anyway it was earlier reported that Ben and Jennifer are getting a divorce not because of Ben's drinking and gambling problem but because of his career! Yep.


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PHNOM PENH - It was an extraordinary act of defiance, and it was extraordinarily risky. But all he did was take out a pen and write.
Nearly 40 years ago, hunched on the floor of the wood-and-leaf hut he was forced to live in away from his children, Cambodian school inspector Poch Younly kept a secret diary vividly recounting the horrors of life under the Khmer Rouge, the radical communist regime whose extreme experiment in social engineering took the lives of 1.7 million Cambodians from overwork, medical neglect, starvation and execution.
Acutely aware that he could be killed if discovered, Younly hid the diary inside a clay vase. In those dark days, when religion and schools were banned and anyone deemed educated was a threat, he had no right to own so much as a pen and paper.
"Why is it that I have to die here like a cat or a dog . . . without any reason, without any meaning?" he wrote in the spiral-bound notebook's last pages.
Four decades later, that question still haunts Cambodia.
Younly did not survive that era. But his diary did. It was part of the vast case file that last week helped convict the only two surviving Khmer Rouge leaders still facing justice: 83-year-old former President Khieu Samphan and 88-year-old Nuon Chea, the right-hand man of the group's infamous late leader, Pol Pot. On Thursday, a U.N.-backed tribunal sentenced both men to life in prison for crimes against humanity — a verdict that many believe was too little, and far too late.
Made public for the first time last year, the diary is astonishingly rare — one of just four known firsthand accounts penned by victims and survivors while the Khmer Rouge were in power, compared to 453 such documents written by communist cadres at the time.
It is "the story of all of us who survived," said Youk Chhang, who runs the Documentation Center of Cambodia, which has amassed millions of documents, photographs, films and verbal testimonies from the Khmer Rouge era. When the Khmer Rouge were in charge, everything belonged to the revolution, he said. "You owned nothing — not even your life story."
Younly's account is vital because people like Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea have tried to cast doubt over atrocities committed during their rule. The majority of Cambodians living today were born after the Khmer Rouge were ousted in 1979, and even those who survived can forget how bad it was.
"People forget how hungry we were," said Youk Chhang, who still has dark scars on his legs from shackles he was held in by Khmer Rouge soldiers for two months. "It's hard to describe to young people what starvation felt like. But the whole nation was starved . . . and this story is rarely told."
Written in Khmer, the diary fills about 100 pages and is divided into two sections. The first summarizes Younly's family history, an era spanning French colonial rule, the Japanese occupation during World War II and his arranged marriage to a 15-year-old. The rest, written as a letter addressed to his children, describes life under the Khmer Rouge and is dated only at the start and the end — Feb. 9 and July 29, 1976, with a final postscript entered a few days later.
When Khmer Rouge forces seized Phnom Penh on April 17, 1975, the couple were living with eight of their children in a rural town called Kampong Chhnang. Three days later, the guerrillas arrived there and residents — including Younly — cheered, relieved that the war was finally over, recalls his widow, Som Seng Eath, 86.
But within hours, everything changed. Every soul was ordered to leave on foot.
The Khmer Rouge were emptying Cambodia's cities, marching millions of people into the countryside to work as manual laborers. Their aim was to create an agrarian communist utopia, but they were turning the Southeast Asian nation into a slave state.
Younly "didn't believe what was happening. He kept saying, 'Don't worry, we'll be back soon, don't pack much,' " his widow said. She ignored his advice and took as much as she could — including five of her husband's school notebooks and several blue ink pens.
As gunshots rang, the family joined the departing hordes, cradling their young children and whatever they could carry. As they walked into the night, people wept.
Younly recounts marching through forests and mountains for nearly two weeks. Along the way, most of their possessions were confiscated, including four of the notebooks and a prized camera Younly had bought during a government visit to inspect schools in the United States in 1961.
Ominously, they began hearing talk of execution sites ahead — what would later become known as Cambodia's "killing fields."
On May 1, they reached the village of Chumteav Chreng and settled.
The new authorities, known as Angkar (The Organization) — soon "ordered all of our clothes to be dyed black," Younly wrote. The evacuees were organized into work units. Children were separated from their parents and put to work in special units of their own.
"We worked day and night clearing wood to make arable land, uprooting the trees, digging canals, building roads and dikes, planting vegetables and digging ponds," Younly wrote. "We worked 10 to 13 hours a day."
Food supplies dwindled, and Younly and his wife grew so desperate they traded clothes and a treasured family locket for salt, sugar and medicine.
The following month, Younly fell ill. He could not work, but he had the privacy to write.
Months later, he began sensing his end was near.
"By now, my body resembles a corpse, thin with only skin and bones," he wrote. "I have no energy, and my hands and legs tremble. No power, no strength. I cannot walk far or do heavy work. Everyone works like animals, like machines, without any value, without hope for the future."
At one point, Younly writes of his regret at not being able to see all of his children. His two oldest sons were elsewhere in the country. The rest were forced to live in other parts of the village, working in mobile children's work units.
"Let me die," he continued. "Let my destiny take me wherever it goes. . . . My children, I miss you; I love you."
Younly wrote until there were no pages left to write on, his wife said. On Aug. 1, 1976, he wrote a postscript on the final page, asking his family to take care of the diary.
Hours later, he was taken away by the regime to help lift a palm tree that had fallen in a paddy field. In fact, authorities had come to arrest him because one of his sons had attempted to exchange an Omega watch that Younly had bought in America 15 years earlier for fermented fish.
Private property was illegal; hiding it was worse.
"I never saw him again," Som Seng Eath said, tears streaming down her wrinkled cheeks 38 years later.
Younly died several weeks after that, in a nearby prison where he was kept chained to the ground.
Som Seng Eath says the diary is too painful to read now.
She says she didn't understand its importance at the time. But she can never forget what he said about it. "He once looked up at me and said, 'Protect this no matter what, even if I die.' "
His widow kept the diary safe for two decades, then passed it on to one of her daughters. It was the daughter's husband who suggested giving the notebook to the documentation center to protect the fragile, yellowed pages of history.


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Chapter 1189: Father Must Not Perish!
As of this moment, everyone was looking on in shock as Meng Hao slammed his hands into the ground. A mist of blood spurted out of him, and his aura weakened. However, the end result... was astonishing!
The illusory net trembled, and even backed up a bit. As of now, Meng Hao's father only had 60 breaths of time left until the entire incense stick's worth of time was up!
Meng Hao knew that the enormous net was not using its full power against him, but only a tiny portion. The spell formation was only interested in killing Dao Realm cultivators who entered Planet South Heaven. That was the entire purpose of the sacrifice of the Li Clan.
To the cultivators of the Mountain and Sea Realm, the spell formation actually offered a certain degree of protection. However, because Fang Xiufeng was violating the laws of the spell formation, he was now the subject of its deadly attack.
In the moment that the spell formation fell back, there were sixty breaths of time left. Meng Hao suddenly felt as if there were hope. But then, the spell formation suddenly flickered with light, and its killing intent erupted once more. Meng Hao could now just make out images of innumerable figures who existed within the net, all of whom seemed to be filled with determination and focus as they pushed the web forward.
It bore down with incredible speed. Even with his fourth Nirvana Fruit, Meng Hao was powerless to fight back against it. In fact, the fourth Nirvana Fruit was forcibly expelled from his body.
Trembling, he staggered backward. The net closed in, and suddenly... passed directly through him to envelope Fang Xiufeng. The meat jelly armor shuddered, but could not hold on for long. As for Fang Xiufeng, he was at a critical moment in absorbing the drop of blood, and couldn't move. The net was just about to pass through the meat jelly and land on Fang Xiufeng. Once it did so, its killing intent would reach a fever pitch and cause Fang Xiufeng... to immediately be killed in body and spirit, his soul completely departed.
"NO!!" Tears of blood poured down Meng Hao's cheeks, and his expression was fierce. He let out a maddened roar, and suddenly lifted his right hand up and pointed up into the heavens. Instantly, the drop of Paragon's blood began to rumble, as he sent a call to the sun and moon of the Mountain and Sea Realm, which vibrated in response. A beam of light shot down from them which pierced through the void and instantly slammed into the huge net.
He was now using the power of the Mountain and Sea Realm itself to resist the net.
Massive rumbling filled the air, and the net shook and was shoved back slightly by the beams of light. It wasn't that the power of the Mountain and Sea Realm was insufficient, but rather, this was Planet South Heaven, and the spell formation had been created by the sacrifice of the Li Clan. The power of the Mountain and Sea Realm wasn't willing to destroy it!
In fact, unless there was absolutely no other choice, Meng Hao didn't want to do that either. He admired the Li Clan, and respected the spell formation. But this was a critical, life-or-death moment for his father. Meng Hao's choice... would always be to place family above anything else!!
When the light of the sun and moon slammed into the net, it trembled slightly, and moved away from Fang Xiufeng. As for Meng Hao, he paid a heavy price to unleash this attack, an even greater price than he had paid to do the same thing in the Windswept Realm. After all, on that occasion, he had used the power to kill Outsiders, but now, he was causing the Mountain and Sea Realm to harm itself.
Therefore, the price he paid was heavier. Blood sprayed out of his mouth, and he watched as the net shrank down again. His father was now at an extremely critical moment, and his body was trembling. As of this moment, the only thought in Meng Hao's head was...
His father must not perish!!
In his mind, he roared, "I call upon the power of my name to order the Mountain and Sea Realm to descend!" Then he waved his finger again, and suddenly, an illusory Mountain and Sea appeared atop Fang Xiufeng.
No one could see that Mountain and Sea except for Emperor Tang, whose expression flickered.
As it descended, Meng Hao trembled. His clothes were already soaked with blood, and he was growing faint. However, in that moment his eyes suddenly shone brightly. As the Mountain and Sea descended, Fang Xiufeng stopped trembling, and the huge net was stopped. Unfortunately, in that moment, the killing intent of the net grew even more intense, and the Mountain and Sea was not willing to exert itself fully to fight it. The huge net passed through it, and then closed in once again on Fang Xiufeng.
It was as if the South Heaven spell formation would not disappear until Fang Xiufeng was dead!
Fang Xiufeng's eyes suddenly opened, and he looked at Meng Hao with a look of kindness. Sighing, he said, "Hao'er, take care of your mother and your sister. You might be the younger brother, but you're the man of the family now. From now on... they'll be relying on you...."
"Dad!!" Meng Hao cried. His hair instantly turned white, and he was so withered that he looked almost like a sack of bones. However, he was completely focused; his desire to save his father had not been reduced in the slightest, and even burned hotter than ever.
"Dad, you're not going to die! Bring on the Second Mountain!"
Rumbling could be heard as a second Mountain and Sea descended to fight back against the huge net. Seemingly mad, Meng Hao waved his finger again, causing the Paragon's blood to boil once more.
"Third Mountain!" Shockingly, a third Mountain and Sea appeared over Fang Xiufeng to fight back against the South Heaven spell formation. Rumbling echoed out as the net was once again forced back.
To fight back with the power of three Mountains and Seas was the most that Meng Hao could do with his Paragon's blood. He was shaking now, and his flesh was mangled. He... had reached his limit.
In terms of time, there were still twenty breaths left!
Booms echoed out as the net passed through one mountain after another. Soon there were only ten breaths of time left, and that was when the final Mountain and Sea vanished. The killing intent erupting from the net was maddeningly intense. By this point, the meat jelly wasn't effective at all, and from the look of it, Fang Xiufeng was just about to be wiped out.
Expression serious, he turned to Meng Hao and roared, "Hao'er, back down, now! This is my choice! Parents are supposed to sacrifice themselves for their children, not the other way around. I don't need you to save me. Back off!!" Fang Xiufeng's expression was serious, and his heart twinged with pain. Currently, the bitterness he felt far exceeded Meng Hao's.
He had no desire to perish, or to affect Meng Hao in any other way. In fact, he would rather die than do so!
Meng Hao's expression was one of determination. Completely ignoring Fang Xiufeng, he sent the Essence of Divine Flame out. It was not a sea of flames, but rather... the aura of Essence. And that aura, could also become... the aura of a Dao!
Meng Hao unleashed that aura completely, causing it to explode out with full power. At the same time, he advanced, standing directly between his father and the net, stretching his arms out wide. Shockingly, he was using his own body and his own Dao aura to fight back against the net. He was struggling to buy those final few breaths of time for his father!
The net rumbled, enveloping Meng Hao and Fang Xiufeng together. Because Meng Hao was protecting his father, he absorbed nearly sixty percent of the attack, with only about forty percent entering Fang Xiufeng.
As it did, the killing intent exploded out, and Fang Xiufeng coughed up a mouthful of blood. His soul was on the verge of being exterminated. This time, the net did not pass through Meng Hao, but instead, because of his Dao aura, it had turned from being ethereal to corporeal.
Blood sprayed out of his mouth, and his vision dimmed. The feeling of death had never been so close. Meng Hao suddenly thought of his mother, his sister, and also another woman; Xu Qing.
Regret filled him, and he wanted to say something, but was helpless. The world began to turn black.
"Hao'er!!" Fang Xiufeng was trembling, and a madness surged within him. He shot up from his cross-legged position just as the ten breaths of time had passed. The drop of Li Clan blood was now fully absorbed.
That was what Meng Hao had been fighting for. Were it not for him, the moment of Fang Xiufeng's success would also have been his death.
Simultaneously, Emperor Tang finished preparing his Daoist magic, and unleashed it. The enormous web, which had not yet completely sliced through Meng Hao, flickered and then vanished from both Fang Xiufeng and Meng Hao.
As of that moment, the South Heaven spell formation officially approved of Fang Xiufeng!
Fang Xiufeng had successfully stepped into the Dao. However the price that had been paid... was enormous. For one, he was seriously injured. Furthermore, the injury was abnormal. Although it was not permanent, it would still require months of time spent in meditation to recover from fully. During that time, activity had to be limited, otherwise the injuries could end up lasting for all eternity.
However, Fang Xiufeng didn't care about his injuries at all. He immediately grabbed Meng Hao in his arms. Meng Hao's pale complexion and injury-covered body caused tears to begin to roll down his face.
"Congratulations, Dad...." After murmuring those two words, Meng Hao lapsed into a coma.
Meng Hao didn't know it, but after he went comatose, the entire Fang Clan was mobilized to help in his recovery. Fang Shoudao and Fang Yanxu held nothing back. Even the first generation Patriarch's clone sent some divine will to help.
Shui Dongliu came as well, although no one was aware of it. He stood next to Meng Hao's bed, looking down at him with an increasingly moved expression.
"So, for people who change their own destiny... anything is possible." His eyes began to glow with a strange light. After a long moment passed, he left. His departure was not detected any more than his arrival was.
Emperor Tang also came to visit once. As he looked at Meng Hao, his heart trembled, although he didn't allow that to show on his face. He didn't tell anyone how he had seen Meng Hao summon the Mountains and Seas, nor how he now sensed... the aura of the South Heaven spell formation on him!
Meng Hao's injuries were very serious, whether in terms of his body, his mind, or his soul. He had been injured so badly that he almost died, and as such, his recovery time was also significant.
However, with the full help of the Fang Clan, his injures were not the type that couldn't be recovered from. He remained unconscious the entire time, housed safely in the Fang Clan ancestral mansion on Planet South Heaven. His sister, mother, and father were constantly by his side to care for him.
Time passed. Eventually, the time came for the grand coronation of the Clan Chief. Under the urgings of the other clan members, as well as Meng Li, Fang Xiufeng decided not to delay things any further, and prepared to begin the ceremony.
However, although he might be the Clan Chief, in his heart, he couldn't compare at all to his son.
Eventually, the day of the grand ceremony arrived.Previous Chapter Next Chapter


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8 Little-Known Star Wars Facts
8 Little-Known Star Wars Facts
Think you know your Star Wars? See if you know these eight facts!
#8 makes me think of all the old school Lucas Arts games, especially Dark Forces 2. Light Side endings tend to be the canon ones.
Heck yes. It may have been corny as hell and jarringly out of character, but damned if it still wasn't awesome.
"I have no time for petty uprisings. Extinguish them, painfully."
For the films though...no. One of the things that set Star Wars apart from its contemporaries was its undercurrent of hope, no matter how desperate things became for the heroes. It was a breath of fresh air in an era where bitter cynicism was all the rage in cinema.
Between "Now I am Vader" and the Yoda monkey, it just goes to show that Lucas has always had weird-ass ideas. Thank God there were people that weren't afraid to call him out back then.
The story on number 4 is even stranger. Its was a three way swap, 5% of Star Wars, 5% of Close Encounters and 5% of Big Wednesday. Big Wednesday was a surf bum flick by John Milius that made nothin. John Milius is best know for Red Dawn and being the basis of John Goodman's character, Walter Sobchak, in the big Lebowski. Puts fingers in the ears at the the mention of Homefront.
8 Doesn't really make sense to me or was it cos of Luke outlash at Vader would had let him embrace the dark side?
That's interesting, especially the last two... which are kinda weird. I'm not sure how a monkey in a Yoda costume would have worked, and Luke turning to the Dark Side just like that feels a bit... off. I dunno, maybe under a different set-up it could have worked, but here? Yeah, no.
#8 doesn't make any sense to me. Luke just finished defying the Dark Side before that whole mask removal scene. Having him don the mask a go to the Dark Side after all that just doesn't work. I'm glad they didn't go with that ending.
I think it would be doable, but it would take a writer/director far better than Lucas to have pulled it off.
OT: Those are some cool facts. I guess Kubrick's interference was worth it, though, considering how awesome the Shining turned out. I also didn't know that Harrison Ford got the part feeding lines to people who were auditioning for it. Sucks to be them.
It'd basically require an entire re-write of the Luke and Emperor sequences throughout the end of the movie, underlying how he was defying the Emperor more so than the Dark Side. Perhaps if they had gone with the Dark Sider ending then those sequences would have played out differently as well.
Otherwise, yeah, it's a completely jarring 180 from the whole "You have failed, your highness. I am a Jedi, like my father before me!" deal.
The whole time I was writing that one up, all I could think about was Christopher Walken as Han Solo. It was really weird, even in my head.
Let's run the list:
1. I actually knew this and it's partly why I like the Original Trilogy so much. Very little (at the time) of big name talent so the ones we had had to really put the effort in. No big names and bigger egos to cause problems.
2. Interesting, but not surprising. Kubrick's considered a genius, but I can't think of anyone who actually said they liked working with him.
3. Also not surprising. Disappointing however as I feel practical effects and costuming are still better choices when feasible.
4. Another one I knew. Close Encounters was Spielberg's "artistic" film if you will while Star Wars Was purely meant to make money.
5. And to this day, both ships and their classifications are so much more than one offs. Neat, huh?
6. There's a reason why movie studios are regarded as evil.
7. I doubt the monkey idea would have panned out. Really thankful for the Jim Henson puppet.
8. Another one I'm thankful didn't pan out. Luke spent the entire film defying the dark side outright, there's even his whole "I am a Jedi, like my father before me" line as an act of defiance. Suddenly turning on his friends with no reason probably would have made everyone just go "huh?" in the best case scenario.
Presumably they scenes leading up that would have been a bit different to support Luke being swayed to that, but who knows.
What interests me more, is how would Luke have taken over? Evil and totalitarian or not, The Empire was a legal government and had a hierarchy and bureaucracy that didn't involve Luke. Being Vader's unknown Rebel son doesn't sound like it'll get him that far. Is he literally going to pretend to be Vader by putting on the mask (which is also a custom made life support system that probably won't fit), right... Vader himself taking over might be a hard sell.
Doubt he could ever force choke enough people to take over the Empire.
Yeah, I'm having trouble figuring out how he would sound and move. I suspect Walken would have been a terrifying Han Solo: a man so intimidating and sinister that no one would dare question that he'd shoot first.