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Mom son is in the gifted program at Windsor Oaks - he loves his teachers and does well in school. I have always had positive interactions with the faculty and staff - everyone is always pleasant and helpful. They seem to really care about the students and the school is well-run.
This school is wonderful!! I have enjooyed my children attending this school. They attended Hermitage Elementary prior to going here and that school made it feel like a prison - cold and unwelcoming. However, this school has been great. Smiles on everyone, everyday. Plenty of nice people directing traffic. It is unfortunate that we have had parents that feel that they are the exception the the rule in parking and droppping off or picking up children. The teachers at this school are fantastic. My children have all attended it and love going to school every day. The only thing I do not agree with is their lack of recess and riding bikes to school. They have bike racks but are not allowed to ride bikes to school. They have walk and talk after lunch but no recess. The children get only one chance a day to play freely and it is only for about 15 minutes during p.e. With the amount of obesity spreading quickly among our children of today, this lack of outside time is killing our children. Walking in a circle after lunch WILL NOT help these children. Something has to be done.
Our son went to this school from Kindergarten through 2nd grade. He struggled with his grades and we provided extra support through tutoring. We asked for help, or testing, or any thing that could possibly define was A) the problem was and B)what to do about it. Every year we got the run around, and "interventions." We didn't realize how much Windsor Oaks was lacking until we moved away, and our childs new school immediately recognized a problem. They did the testing(as the No Child Left Behind Act states he's entitled to) and it turned out that he had a learning disorder. Now he needs Occupational Rehab because he wasn't diagnosed, and given Occupational Therapy sooner. We are a military family with Tricare. Tricare states that it's the schools responsibility to do this testing. No Child Left Behind Act states that the child is entitled to testing. Windsor Oaks failed to do that. We thought Windsor Oaks was great at the time, but didn't realize how much it was quite the opposite until we moved away and discovered what a "good school" really is.
We are new in this area but from my observation my only child is enjoyinng going to school everyday because of his teachers and all other staff of the school. I hope they will continue doing the best for the kids future.
My children have been attending Windsor Oaks for the past three years and have been doing extremely well. The teachers and staff have been very helpful and friendly. My children and I feel like home there. They are excited to go to school everyday to see what new things they are going to learn.
It's January and the parking lot is still not done it's frustrating parking far when i have a newborn and the staff that directs traffic are rude. The teachers are great. I just think they have to finish the parking lot so the kids don't have to walk so far even in the rain to get into school.
My oldest child has been in 3 different elementary schools in Virginia Beach and by far Windsor Oaks has been the best! The staff is friendly and helpful, the principals actually take an interest in the students and will actually stop to talk to them in the halls. They are HUGE about families being apart of the picture and have so many activities for us. They don't seem to be asking for money every time I turn around and now that my daughter is in kindergarten I can say the full day schedule has been a blessing!
I love this school! All three of my children have gone to Windsor Oaks and I have had no problem. The staff is very friendly and well trained!
Very friendly staff. Very good trained teacher and staff
both my children have ahad a fantastic year. I have one that has a hard time and one that is gifted and the school takes a real interest in both and will do anything possible to help them achieve success! Super school!
I had 2 kids at windsor oaks for 3 years. Anytime my child needed extra help in anything it was always provided. The teachers really care about the kids and it shows. The principal is very involved in everything that goes on and there is always some neat activity planned. Both of my children loved going to Windsor Oaks. The faculty all work very well together to keep things running smooth. This is a school that you can tell right away that the principal and teachers all care about the needs of both the students and their parents.
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Pointless review?
I'm not sure how useful this review is apart from for anyone who lives near the test sites.
At my home the winners would be O2 and Vodafone. I have no 3 or Orange coverage and very limited T-Mobile coverage. At work the winners would be O2 and Vodafone and 3 - no Orange or T-Mobile at all. Again this is totally useless information to everyone - except my neighbours and work collegues.
Plus the coverage maps are a waste of time as they are rarely accurate.
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I thought TMO used 3 masts also?
I have a T-Mobile dongle on £15 p/m PAYG. The connection speed is slow (1Mb/s on average), but it's fair-use policy make it a clear winner if pure speed is not your primary concern.
Once you download over 2Gb in any one month, they will try to stop you streaming media and downloading large files between 4pm and midnight, but it's not that much of a problem.
I can easily download large files and even persuade it to use bittorrent, and can download more that 10GB in a month, with no extra charges.
I agree connection and coverage can be patchy, but unlimited downloads for £15 per month; I'm not complaining too much!
Surprised that you guys liked 3 so unequivocally - maybe you didn't test ...
- I use 3 really intensively. At home and office (distance N. London suburbs) it's fine. In Central London it's mostly unusable. It's something to do with the bandwidth sharing / traffic allocation algorithm. Basically, 3G phone calls take away the broadband-users' capacity.Typically, at about 9.30am it becomes unusable and stays so until evening. Now and then you might get 5 minutes of web.
- Funny symptom: "HSPDA = death". The 3 service widget tells you what speed you're getting, "fast" 3G or "very fast" HSPDA. In Central London, whenever it tries very fast HSPDA it immediately hangs. Then once it has failen back to 3G "fast", you might get some luck for 5 minutes.
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Decatur's annual Callithumpian Festival is less than two weeks away, with the popular parade planned for its traditional 6:57 p.m. start on Monday, Oct. 28 to highlight the fest.
Many events are planned prior to parade night, and some have been taking place throughout the month.
The Adams Central Squadron of Sound performed its award-winning show "Celebrating Innovation" for the community Saturday in Monroe. The goal of the show was to fill the stands with friends, relatives, band alumni, teachers, neighbors and community members who may never get to attend a competition according to band supporters. Pictured from left are Jenna Wittwer, Amy Parrish and Samantha Marvel as the trio demonstrate their color guard skills.
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Approximately 30 members of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce and their guests received a lesson in memory recall techniques Monday during the chamber's monthly networking luncheon at Woodcrest retirement community.
Drew Martin, a spokesperson for Direct Development Training based in Kentucky, spoke on the importance of having a good memory in business and the affects memory can have on a business's clientele.
IHSAA RELEASE— A day after the football pairings were announced, the Indiana High School Athletic Association released the match-ups for girls volleyball amongst 402 entrants around the state.
The tournament will begin on Tuesday, October 22 and run through Saturday at 64 different sites and four classes.
KINGSLAND— The Squaws wrangled in their fourth sectional title in Bellmont's school history on Saturday when they defeated South Side 1-0 at Norwell.
The lone score came 20 minutes into the game off a direct kick near the right corner from Bailey Beery. Ryann Velez made a run directly in front of the goalie and headed the ball forward and it was rainbowed over the goalie's outstretched hands. While still up for grabs, Ashley Hamrick redirected the ball into the back of the net with her head as well.
More than a dozen volunteers showed up around dawn Saturday to help Decatur resident George Craig enhance the curb appeal of his aging home. The echoing motivation was simple; those who gathered at the intersection of 2nd and Jackson streets on Saturday simply wanted to lend a helping hand.
Pictured are Adams Public Library director Kelly Ehinger accepting the class contribution from Don Poling, representing the Decatur High School Class of 1963. At a recent reunion held by the Decatur High School Class of 1963, funds were raised during a silent auction to contribute a tree, a brick and a general contribution to the Storybook Park in downtown Decatur.
The Bellmont boys and girls soccer teams each claimed sectional tournament wins over the weekend and will begin regional play later this week. The Squaws will square off against DeKalb in the East Noble regional on Wednesday , while the boys play Canterbury in the Carroll regional opener on Thursday.
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Fern M. (Hisey) Daniel, 95, Berne, died Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013, at Swiss Village Retirement Community.
Among survivors are a son, Noel (Julia) Daniel of Indianapolis; and daughter, Brenda (Jerry) Price of Celina, Ohio.
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Burial will be at West Lawn Cemetery, Geneva.
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NY Fashion Week: Marc By Marc Jacobs
After pulling a grown-up grunge-chic collection out the bag for his mainline collection, what was Marc Jacobs going to bring us with his younger diffusion collection? Much of the same, but with a smarter, almost 90s edge (were the 90s so long ago that they're already making a comeback?). Remember the cool girls in movies like 'Singles' and 'Reality Bites'? This collection evoked the slouchy, easy-to-wear sensibility of their wardrobes, but with plenty of modern designer touches that stopped it looking 'sooooo ten years ago'. I loved it!
I can already see the slouchy, voluminous trousers flying off the shelves of all the coolest boutiques when this collection hits the shelves. Navy makes a chic alternative to black, and the swinging style is the perfect antithesis to the current skinny trouser trend that gives anyone over a size 12 nightmares. Rejoice, ladies with thighs! As for the tops, they're super-easy to copy on a budget, so start raiding thrift stores now. Striped men's shirts and 90s waistcoats are the name of the game (in fact, I'm sure my mother has a navy pinstripe waistcoat from the 90s still hanging in her wardrobe).
Taking their lead from the trousers, skirts were also long and swished around the models toes in heavy fabrics, worn with tops in satin and chiffon and warm jackets that were either cropped or oversized. This really is a great collection if you hate your body as very little of it is on show! The colours to look out for are deep blues, greys, black and the odd subtle flash of red. I think these outfits have a student-chic feel about them, like pieces from charity shops have been mixed with old-faithful classics and stuff nicked from the boyfriend's closet. The rule-of-thumb is definitely to buy big!
Thought I'm not sure how many people will have a use for a full-length heavy wool dress, I absolutely adore the one on the left. The crossover top section is really flattering, and I love the idea of dressing it down by slipping a long-sleeved top underneath. I even love those striped armwarmers (knitting needles at the ready, crafsters). On the right is the dress that screamed 'Winona' at me and had me thinking of Reality Bites in the first place. It's pure Marc Jacobs!
The gowns and glam of other shows are all well and good, but so far, Marc by Marc Jacobs gets the biggest thumbs up from me for presenting a collection that's so innately wearable. The look is casual, cool and perfect for hiding the less perfect parts of the body. Can anyone top him in the next couple of days? I await Friday and Matthew Williamson with crossed fingers...
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تم فتح بوغازي الإسكندرية والدخيلة ، والطقس غير مستقر حتي نهاية الإسبوع 26/11/2014
27 Thousands of Petroleum Products at Alexandria Port in May:
Container & cargo handling traffic at Alexandria port witnessed improve & great increase during May, Rear Adm. / Adel Yassin Hamad Alexandria port chairman declared that the port received during last May 104 ships loaded with general cargo, also 141 container ships arrived Alexandria loaded with 55221 container.On the other hand, Reda El-Ghandour the official spokesman of Alexandria port declared that the ship received during May 40 ships loaded with 278696 tons of petroleum products to participate in solving the diesel strike, in addition to the presence of a ship loaded with various vehicles & different other cargo.He also added that there are 6 cruise ships arrived which carried 10920 tourists from various nationalities, by which the total number of arrived ships to the port is 335 ships with a total tonnage of 1950143 tons. Reda assured on rising in the performance at the port in the different departments of the port. El-Horya Wel El-Adala Newspaper 3-6-2013
Alexandria port receive 245 cargo ships:
Rear Adm. / Adel Yassin Hamad, Alexandria port authority declared that the port received during last May 10,900 tourists carried by 6 ship, he also added that the ship received 245 ships including 104 ships of general cargo with a total load of 550 thousands ton, 141 containers ships which handled 55,221 TEU containers with a total load of 618 thousands ton. El-Gomhoria 2-6-2013
Arrival of 24 Thousands Ton of Corn from Ukraine:
The Turkish ship "TAMREY" coming from Marshalls islands carrying a shipment of 24 thousands ton of corn, he also added that the shipment came from Ukraine to be discharge in silos for fumigation and checking, on the other hand the cargo & container handling traffic in the port runs in a normal way. El-Gomhoria 1-6-2013
Arrival of 13 Thousands Ton of Sunflower Oil & 327 Thousands Ton of Iron to The Port:
Alexandria port received on Tuesday the ship "Ocenacobal T" which carry 160thousands ton of iron coming from Brazil & the ship "Ninera Noubie" which carry 167 thousands ton of iron coming from Brazil, also the ship "Shusha" arrived loaded with 13 thousands ton of sunflower oil coming from Ukraine & the ship "Swallow Ace" carrying 623 Vehicles from Jordon.On the other hand, the port witnessed a normal navigational traffic & cargo handling at which 17 ships arrived, 15 ships departed, 19 ships on the inner anchorage & 14 ships at the outer anchorage to reach 92 ships at the port.Rear Adm. / Adel Yassin Hamad, Alexandria port chairman declared that all authorities took alle necessary products for discharging the shipments. Horya Wel Adala Newspaper 30-5-2013
Local News4 Agreements between Egypt & Greece:
The Greece president Karolos Papoulias received yesterday Mohamed Kamel Amr minster of foreign affairs, Amr declared after the meeting that there were several common issues between the two countries have been discussed, in addition to reviewing the bilateral relationships & ways of support in several fields, Amr declared that 4 agreements & memorandum were been signed concerning activation of bilateral relationships, including an agreement of establishing a board for Egyptian & Greece businessmen, on the other hand a memorandum of cooperation concerning items of euro union was been signed, also an agreement between ports of Alexandria & Piraeus, the fourth agreement concerning exemption of diplomats from getting visas. Al-Ahram Newspaper 14-6-2013
The Turkish "Ghost of the Seas" Docks at Alexandria Port:
The turkish frigate "Heybeliada" which known as "ghost of the seas" arrived on Tuesday Alexandria port, to support the bilateral relationship between cairo & Ankara, & that came through a journey including north Africa ports in Libya, Tunisia, Algeria & Morocco.The visit come in accordance with the arrival of the Turkish navy commander "Murat Bilgel" to Alexandria, at which he visited the Turkish martyrs cemetery at Alexandria then he visited his Egyptian counterpart Osama El-Gendy" at the Egyptian navy command.The Turkish fleet commander said that his country maintain the political, economic, cultural relationships with Egypt as well as the military relationship. He also added in media conference held on the Turkish frigate that "the two countries will participate in the common military exercises which held annually in Egypt or Turkey". El-Horya Wel Adala Newspaper 13-6-2013
Shipping Line between Alexandria & Benghazi:
Reda El-Ghandour, the spokesman of Alexandria port authority said that there is a study to establish a regular shipping line between Alexandria & Benghazi to transport passengers, which came during the reception of Rear Adm. / Adel Yassin, Alexandria port chairman for Sherif El-Sayed Salem head of Libyan authority of transport & ports & his accompanied regiment.Reda said that activation of cooperation between the two ports was been studied, in the field of data exchange & settling down a common mechanism for coordination between ports & termination of all constraints facing cooperation in maritime transport.On the other hand, Rear Adm. / Adel Yassin accompanied the Libyan regiment in a tour at the port which included the electronic management department, port museum & the commercial mall of the marine terminal.Alexandria port received yesterday the cruise ship "Seabourn" carrying aboard 750 tourists from various European nationalities, in addition to the reception of the cruise ship "Grand Dahlia" carrying aboard 492 vehicles, while the total number of vessels on berths reached 91 vessels including loading & discharging. El-Gomhoria Newspaper 11-6-2013
Alexandria Port Expands in Issuing Licenses for Discharging on Anchorage:
Rear Adm. / Adel Yassin Hamad, Alexandria port chairman declared that the port is prepared in the next period to terminate the decrease in berths by launching a new product at EL-Dekheila port. Its currently working on preparing a bid of general cargo project with an area of 800 m of berths & storage yards of 260 thousands ton to be operated by BOT.The port authority expanded during the last period in issuing licenses for companies which work in discharging on outer anchorage like "El-Watnya River Transport Co. which follow El-Kalaa Investments Co." & "Nile Stevedoring Co.", on the other hand it was noted that the grains zone at El-Dekheila port was developed recently by establishing horizontal grain silos on an area of 100 thousands m2 which was been divided on the operating companies to increase the storability & productivity of the port & also stevedoring rates, in addition of establishing silos of storability of 260 thousands ton to be increased in the future to 390 thousands ton.Hamad added that the last month witnessed reception of Alexandria port to a floating berth following to Nile Stevedoring Co. with discharging rates more than those on regular berths, at which the floating berth can discharging all kind of ships at the outer anchorage despite their depths.Nile stevedoring co. announced about launching the entrance of its floating berth to Alexandria port that will operate at the outer anchorage of the port to increase the ability of the port by a ratio of 22 % annually with 2 million tons of 300 million L.E.Hamad pointed out that the floating berth will discharge in barge that will discharge at the warehouses of the company at El-Noubaria which contains customs unit which terminate all customs procedures. El mal Newspaper 30-5-2013
Tourism News Alexandria Port Receives 1765 Tourists:
Alexandria port received today Wednesday 19-6 the Maltese ship "Thomson Celebration" coming from Marmara Turkish port, carrying aboard 1245 tourists from various nationalities in addition to 520 individual of crew, the ship will be directed after that to Portsaid, on the other hand the navigation at the port runs in a normal way, at which 20 ships were arrived, 16 ships departed, 16 ships at outer anchorage, 19 ships at inner anchorage, to reach the total number ships at the port to 94 ships, Rear Adm. / Adel Yassin, Alexandria port chairman coordinated with all authorities with concern to terminate all procedures of tourists entrance & exiting in easily & safety way. Alexandria port Authority 19-6-2013Arrival of 1040 Tourists to Alexandria Port:
Rear Adm. / Adel Yassin Hamad, Alexandria port chairman declared that Alexandria port received yesterday the Bermudian cruise ship "pacific princess" carrying aboard 720 tourists from various nationalities in addition to the crew which was 320 individual, he also added that port authority prepared a great tourism program for the regiment. El-Akhbar Newspaper 17-6-2013Alexandria Port Receives Tourists & Strategic Cargo:
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What is it about April that causes people to open breweries? Michelle posted about Bootlegger's 5th anniversary party yesterday, and this weekend is also the 3rd anniversary of Cismontane Brewery in Rancho Santa Margarita. They're celebrating all weekend, starting at 3 p.m. today.
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"One year from now, I'm going to bike ride from my house to this hospital," thought then-20-year-old Omar Romero as he huffed and puffed after walking from one end of his hospital bedroom to the other. His muscles had atrophied after being bedridden for nearly two weeks with a fever. He needed to ex ... More >>
The seaside city reinvents itself (again) by hitching its civic reputation to cycling culture
A fellow checking the craigslist want ads could not take his eyes off a black 21-speed Fuji Road Bike on sale for $280. That's because he was convinced it was his black 21-speed Fuji Road Bike, valued at $450 and recently stolen from the front yard of his Huntington Beach home.That set in motion ... More >>
Pop open that can of PBR. Orange County has been ranked as the No. 1 hipster place in America, surpassing San Francisco, Portland, New York and Austin. (Go ahead and lift your jaw off the floor--we'll wait.) Hipsterness, of course, isn't easy to quantify--ironic mustaches ... More >>
Sarah BennettDengue FeverSept. 9, 2011Fingerprints Record Store, Long Beach Friday should have been designated Dengue Fever Day by the City of Long Beach because the Cambodian psych-pop band's double dose of public appearances is the most the band has been seen in these parts since their latest a ... More >>
Summer here is bliss, better than anyplace else in the States
[Hey, You!] Some riders aren't content with just one bike lane
Courtesy of Newport Beach Police DepartmentDanae Marie Miller is accused of killing bicyclist.It's our weekly look at things said about or from Orange County on the Interwebs:Pedal Power Outage in Newport Beach An urban bicycling enthusiast sees a disconnect between Newport Beach shutting down th ... More >>
It's hard to root for someone like Mike Schroeder, the political adviser to OC District Attorney Tony Rackauckas and disgraced, felonious, adulterous ex-sheriff Mike Carona and one of the prime people behind our vile GOP. But when the subject is a wrong parking ticket, we'll root for Vader. And w ... More >>
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For anyone who has wondered what dedication for a cause is, it's something like cycling 512 miles to support music programs for children with Autism and related disorders. Anthony Riedelsheimer and Danny Thompson (drummer for punk band Face to Face), the founders of the Music Factory School of Mu ... More >>
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Bikes are sooooo hot!In Long Beach, they are hot in the stolen property sense. More on that in a bit. First, we turn more positively to Orange County's LB.
We told you last month that as Long Beach has become more bicycle friendly, bike thefts have risen. As Bicycling is Embraced, Bike Thefts Rise The Police Department announced it has arrested two suspected of ripping off two-wheelers.
Sunday's Long Beach Bicycle Film Festival serves two purposes, helping to close out the three-day Long Beach Bicycle Festival that begins today and reviving the Long Beach International Film Festival, whose return is TBD.Actually, there is a third and fourth purpose: showcasing local documentary ... More >>
flickr user dzinerHunter Weeks takes a break from Ride the Divide to check his email."I was intrigued by the people who were doing this race. We had everything from a 'super vegan' who tried to make it only eating raw foods to a guy riding a fixed gear mountain bike and was on his third attempt t ... More >>
Dave LiebermanOrange County is a surprisingly bike-friendly place, and the crown jewel of north OC has to be the Santa Ana River Trail, which goes from the ocean at the Huntington Beach/Newport Beach border to Prado Dam in Corona, completely separated from cars. (It will eventually, when Riversid ... More >>
As Orange County does (but mostly does not) celebrate Bike to Work Day today, here is a little present from Amy Novotney, Monitor on Psychology, on Sott.net:On a Tuesday evening two years ago, avid cyclists Christy Kirkwood and Debbie Brown were finishing a 13-mile bike ride in Orange County, Calif. ... More >>
National Adult Spelling Bee, Saturday, 2 p.m.This annual event in Long Beach is only for adults who live or work in the United States. Spellers can register for $30/advance or $50/week-of-event. And it's just $5 to spectate. Watch some grown ups spell their asses off! Sorry, no heckling. Bay Shore C ... More >>
The Gay and Lesbian Center of Greater Long Beach presents its first ever Changing Gears Long Beach Bike Ride Saturday, offering riders the choice of a 40-mile or 75-mile loop starting and ending at Shoreline Village and winding down the coast through Irvine. The ride begins at 7 a.m. and ... More >>
Intermediate Mountain Bike Ride
I wrote about the weekly live music at The District at Tustin Legacy a couple days ago, and this Saturday The Block at Orange is hosting "Rock 'n Road: Where the Music Meets the Road," which brings together high school bands and road safety education. Finally!
Bike Ride to Shipley Nature Center
Taking to the streets with the fixies
Strange New World
Bikeride is BACK! New album, new shows, and an appearance on MOJO's March compilation (out in February). Let's check what the band has to say: Well, we're happy to say we'll be participating in a Beatles Sargeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band covers record for MOJO magazine. It's to celebrate t ... More >>
The resurrection of Bikeride
The Haggard are about dialogue, not diatribe
Bikerides newest CD shows how far you can go if you pedal backward hard
Bikeride enjoys just about everything else
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Too broke to uhntz-uhntz at Ultra? Stuck in Boise, Idaho? Well, no worries. 'Cause UMF organizers have hooked up free, live broadcasts on both YouTube and online radio network Digitally Imported. So you can even rave and rage at home alone! And it'll cost you absolutely nothing! Just like last yea ... More >>
Under normal circumstances, Ultra Music Festival has pushed even the most seasoned EDM addicts to the very brink of physical and emotional collapse. But now UMF has expanded to two entire weekends (AKA six whole days), which just might turn certain (weaker) members of the Crossfade team into pathet ... More >>
They danced. They rolled. They yelled: Glitter! Yes, these are ten talkative fashionistas of Ultra Music Festival 2013. Certainly, there were some better dressed, and others more sensibly garbed. But the following folks found during night one of 2013's three-day shit fest -- they were the ones who ... More >>
With just 29 days till Downtown Miami's Bayfront Park becomes totally flooded with LED-wielding beat freaks ... Ultra Music Festival 2013 has announced its Phase 3 lineup. Among this final round of 40-plus acts: Intrepid Ultra defender Tommie Sunshine, along with Marco Bailey, Christian Smith, DJ M ... More >>
Just when you thought the party couldn't get any better, Ultra Music Festival has announced its Phase 2 lineup. So let's not bother with the formalities. Here's who's been added: Alesso, Benny Benassi, Dirty South, Dog Blood (Boys Noize & Skrillex), Eric Prydz, Fedde Le Grand, Hardwell, Loco D ... More >>
It took 56 signatures and seemingly endless bloodshed. But on July 4, 1776, 13 American colonies became independent of the British Empire and the United States of America was born. Though electronic dance music was still centuries away on that fateful day, some scholars suggest that the Declaratio ... More >>
The Main Stage lineup on Saturday was impressive with both Fatboy Slim and Justice warming up the crowd for headliner Avicii. But at 11:07 p.m., the Swedish DJ was nowhere to be found. And so the restless crowd started chanting his name, "Avicii! Avicii! Avicii!" Maybe the tactic worked. Beca ... More >>
Back in the 1990s, Fatboy Slim helped establish the standard for EDM producers breaking through to the mainstream. A decade and half later, DJs and producers are once again showing up on Top 40 and what's left of MTV. We're not saying Slim has any sort of axe to grind. But it's quite possible a ... More >>
The world's greatest sea-bound rave has sold out a full year from its next scheduled sailing date. Just last month, Hard's Holy Ship! hit the high seas for its maiden voyage, carrying Skrillex, Steve Aoki, Fatboy Slim, Diplo, A-Trak, and 3000 bikini-ready party people to the Bahamas and back. ... More >>
Do you hear that uhntz-uhntz in the distance? It's been 53 days since Ultra Music Festival 2012 announced its Phase 1 lineup, "a sprawling 92-act roster that ranges from massive dance superstars Avicii, Tiësto, David Guetta, Kaskade, and Fedde Le Grand to electronic music legends Kraftwerk, Ne ... More >>
Exactly 26 days ago, Hard's Holy Ship! electronic music cruise packed Skrillex, Steve Aoki, Fatboy Slim, Rusko, Diplo, A-Trak, dozens of other professional party starters, and 3000 beat freaks onto the MSC Poesia for a full weekend of uhntz-uhntz-ing across the high seas. And yes, there were a ... More >>
Fist-pumping for four straight days inside a 12,000-square-foot spa! Dancing to 169 BPMs in the sushi bar's zen garden! Slamming tropical cocktails in the mojito bar at 2 a.m. with Skrillex, Steve Aoki, Fatboy Slim, Diplo, A-Trak, and 2000 beat freaks! Over the weekend, the inaugural edition of ... More >>
That's it, folks! According to its website, Ultra Music Festival 2012 is officially sold out with 73 days remaining until the first day of the festival. This breaks last year's record, when tix sold out on February 18 with a full 34 days left before the fest.Of course, Ultra's 2012 lineup, feat ... More >>
Get intimate with Bromance Records' Brodinski and Gesaffelstein.What's a bromance? Well, according to the t-shirts worn and tote bags toted by gentleman DJs Brodinski and Gesaffelstein, it's "a close but non-sexual relationship between two (or more) men, a form of homosocial intimacy." And jus ... More >>
Avicii: Ultra 2012's Saturday night headliner.Big news, beat freaks. After months of teases, hype, and promises that it "will be bigger than last year," there's finally been a major development in the ongoing saga of Ultra Music Festival's 2012 lineup. Of course, we here at Crossfade have spe ... More >>
Get Hard 'cause it's almost time to cruise. Nine months ago, Crossfade reported that the Los Angeles party posse, electronic music festival, and touring club event run by Gary Richards (AKA Destructo) was planning to take its electro steez to the high seas aboard the MSC Poesia, sailing out of P ... More >>
File this under "Fuck yes!" Mr. Worldwide, Pitbull, wants to get wild with you, and "2,500 of his closest friends" on the inaugural Club 305 Cruise. Earlier today, Armandito Christian Perez tweeted in the third person, "Pitbull wants you to join him on the party marathon that will be @Club30 ... More >>
Few artists on the international EDM scene have undergone as many career permutations as UK veteran Richard West, AKA Mr. C. The guy is a veritable chameleon. And over the course of three decades, he's shifted gears numerous times.Today, Mr. C remains a force to be reckoned with. You can catch hi ... More >>
Dance music's gonna blow up! That's the kind of ecstatic chatter that's been endlessly parroted by pop commentators in 2011. However, this perception that electronic tuneage has been waiting idly on the sidelines just isn't true. Dance music crossed over a long time ago. In case you hadn't not ... More >>
You've probably heard Dirty South's remix of Diddy and Skylar Grey's "Coming Home" being dropped by one of the ever-rotating superstar DJs on the Beach. Or maybe you've heard it straight from the man himself, as he frequently makes the rounds of Miami. Either way, the Australian DJ-producer is ... More >>
It's been 235 years since the Founding Fathers won us our freedom from all those evil, red-clad limeys. The war is so over. And yet Brit club-killer Fatboy Slim (AKA Norman Cook) seems to be plotting a counterattack for this Fourth of July. Admittedly, Crossfade is frazzled. And you should be wo ... More >>
Fatboy Slim, your electronic music captain.There is finally a lineup for the upcoming Hard Cruise -- now cleverly named Holy Ship! -- departing from Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale on January 6, 2012 and returning on January 9. The four-day cruise will travel Port Lucaya in the Bahamas and a p ... More >>
Fatboy SlimAround the turn of the century, it seemed at one point that Fatboy Slim (AKA Norman Cook) would be the first superstar DJ. While he reached an incredible level of success Stateside, it paled in comparison to his European achievements. Hey, a dance sequence to the tune of "The Rockafel ... More >>
Google "Big Black" if this isn't hilarious to you In our Moving Units column, Mike Ramirez at Fort Lauderdale's Radio-Active Records graciously keeps us up-to-date and comments on the current releases flying out of his store each week.Two was the magic number last week, and things have only ... More >>
It's here! Winter Music Conference officially begins today. What better way to get pumped up that with a DJ mix. Crossfade obsession and DJ Tamara Sky sent us the follow up to her last year's Pussy Violence mix, this one titled Pussy Violence II Lip Service.The mix feature hipster dancefloor clas ... More >>
photo by Maria PerezFatboy SlimFriday, June 19, 2009LIV at the Fontainebleau, Miami BeachBetter Than: paying $70 worth of parking tickets.The Review: Let me start off by warning Crossfade readers that this review might get a bit ugly. I'll do my best to remain as objective as possible about the musi ... More >>
Fatboy Slim will be forever preserved in the mainstream pop culture annals as that funk soul brother who all but left so-called "electronica" behind as he crafted commercial-ready dance hits. Seriously, his late Nineties/early 2000 hits are so massive that they need not even be named. (Oh, here are ... More >>
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Dinosaurs rule the dance floors no more
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Dance music may never hit as big in the United States as in Europe, but maybe for these DJs it doesn't matter
DJ Dave Ralph has a new sound and a new address
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Japanese composer/remix artist Nobukazu Takemura
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No matter how contentious Thursday night's debate between vice presidential candidates Paul Ryan and Joe Biden appeared, no matter how different the policies seemed, ultimately there was very little difference in what they said.
Both men defended U.S. military presence in places that don't threaten American national security. Neither man seriously addressed ways to tackle the debt or cut the massive federal budget. Rep. Ryan criticized the stimulus, only to have Vice President Biden remind him of his letter to the administration begging for stimulus grants for his Wisconsin congressional district. Both men, time and time again, talked about ways to empower the government, rather than empowering the American people to address problems.
It was clear that Biden believed that government has a primary role in choosing the healthcare, education and retirement available to Americans. Ryan, who professes otherwise, certainly failed to articulate those differences in a meaningful way.
Biden's attack on personal retirement accounts was ill-informed and untrue, but Ryan was unwilling to forcefully defend an individual's right to control their own retirement decisions. If he was quick on his feet, Ryan could have pointed out that, if "workers who retired in 2011 had been allowed to invest the employee half of the Social Security payroll tax over their working lifetime, they would retire with more income than if they relied on Social Security," according to the Cato Institute.
The biggest difference wasn't policy, it was demeanor. And that's what this debate will be remembered for -- Vice President Biden's overzealous and, often, disrespectful conduct.
Ultimately, the clear winner was the dentist that glued on Biden's veneers. He got a 90-minute ad for his work as the vice president smiled in amusement, contempt, disbelief, confusion and bewilderment. It seemed the only time Biden's smirk wasn't apparent were the times he interrupted Rep. Ryan or tried to tell the debate's moderator, Martha Raddatz, how to do her job.
Debates are about memorable moments, and this one lacked any particular knockout lines or outrageous gaffes. If anything, the debate will go down in history for its one annoying constant, Biden's grin, which, like Al Gore's endless sighing during a 2000 presidential debate against George W. Bush, might have worked on a more limited basis, but ultimately got very old very fast.
The night, however, wasn't without a major mistake. Vice President Joe Biden claimed that the administration wasn't aware of requests for more security in Libya before the Sept. 11 attacks on the U.S. mission in Benghazi. That statement, according to Foreign Policy magazine's website, contradicted "two State Department officials and the former head of diplomatic security in Libya." Biden's attempt to brush off the administration's culpability in the deaths of a U.S. ambassador and three other diplomats is just another in a long line of lies, contradictions and misinformation about the Benghazi attack.
Biden's most compelling point during the debate -- and there were a scant few from which to choose -- was that Iran is simply not a legitimate nuclear threat now, or in the near future. They have yet to produce a nuclear warhead or the delivery system for the nonexistent warhead.
It seems that for Romney and Ryan -- along with many other Republicans -- the threat of a nuclear Iran is a convenient narrative, even if that narrative is rooted more in fantasy than reality. After all, it allows them to justify their resistance to trimming America's bloated defense budget, which, of course, has to please the defense contractors who make up a large portion of the party's donor base for campaign contributions.
Biden managed to continue one constant rallying point for the administration; the idea that the Obama Administration saved the U.S. car industry and, if he had been president, Romney would've let Detroit go bankrupt. It's too bad that both Romney and Ryan remain unwilling to point out the fact that, by trying to save Detroit and so many other industries, Obama let America go bankrupt.
If the debate was measured on biggest American flag lapel pin, Rep. Ryan won. If the debate was scored on condescending chortles, Vice President Biden dominated.
In the end, it's hard to believe that Americans will be better off either way.
If the best retort to Joe Biden's debate performance was he smirked, chorttled, and was disrespectful, then it is obvious he won on substance. That's what counts. Oh, and by the way, if we are talking disrespect, who was it that called the president a "liar" in his "State of the Union" speech? And who are the people who call him a "socialist," a "communist," and even worse ridiculous names and epithets? No disrespect there, right? Some people really have some very selective memories.
If Biden smirked a lot it's only because everything that came out of Ryan's mouth was a smirkable remark - either an outright lie or at best a half-truth. I was glad to see Biden be so "rude" as to take command. He was just sick and tired of listening to so much garbage being fed to the American people. The lies, flip-flops, and nonsense that R&R are feeding to the public do not deserve respect. They need to be called out for the self-serving, elitist, anti-middle class crap that they are peddling.
"Eddie Munster" Ryan was even more scary than one would expect. I'm sure women all over America were left shivering in fear.
Biden was just laughing at his opponent's wild and crazy lies. Anyone with a grasp of the issues was laughing right along with Joe.
From the article, "The biggest difference wasn't policy, it was demeanor." - Except that the differences if policy are huge. Have you not been paying attention?
From the article, "If he was quick on his feet, Ryan could have pointed out that, if "workers who retired in 2011 had been allowed to invest the employee half of the Social Security payroll tax over their working lifetime, they would retire with more income than if they relied on Social Security," according to the Cato Institute." - Except that the Cato institute is a notoriously biased source which cherry-picked data for that study. Also if you were quick on your feet you could say that if that same worker retired in 2008 while the stock market was down instead of 2011, he would be living in a cardboard box and eating cat food.
No difference in policy? Nice try. Let's start from the beginning:
1. Ryan voted for unnecessary, expensive, unbudgeted wars. Ryan wants to repeal Medicare and privatize Social Security. Ryan's "policies" are found in the simplistic, fictional world created by Ayn Rand.
2. Biden wants to keep Medicare, preserve Social Security, and protect the middle class. Biden's policies are grounded in the real world and what will fix real-world problems. He can't believe Ryan is such a callow, clueless, manipulator of the truth. That's why Biden laughed and grimaced. I did, too.


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Best lists are so subjective, depending on your life experience; the five movies you saw previously that week; whether you watched on the silver screen, DVD or streaming; whether you went with family, a group of film buffs, or a bunch of rowdy friends; and whether the amount of hype built your expectations higher than those who experienced the movie fresh.
Show the same group of movies to 20 different people, and you'll get 20 different best lists. But that's the beauty of cinema.
Here are my favorite movies of 2013, from the blockbuster hits, to the indies you missed.
Note this list excludes documentaries -- "Stories We Tell," "The Act of Killing," "Medora" and, yes, "Bad Grandpa." Comparing docs to fiction is like comparing apples to oranges. We'll live to fight that battle another day.
This isn't your typical critic's best list where high- brow art automatically trumps low-brow entertainment. Movies have always been, and will forever be, a mix of both. So here's a list from both sides of the film spectrum, where indulgent pretentiousness goes to die, popcorn explosions require substance, and quality ultimately reigns.
Follow WTOP Film Critic Jason Fraley on Twitter @JFrayWTOP, read his blog The Film Spectrum or listen Friday mornings on 103.5 FM.


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