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It may sound crazy that anyone would intentionally make quitting smoking any harder than necessary. But I can guarantee that if you want to know a secret about how to quit smoking, then just stop making it so hard for yourself.
Henry Ford once said, that if you think you can or you think you can't, then either way you are right. Here in lies the problem. Many smokers think they can't, or think it will be very hard.
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7. I always smoke with alcohol. Have a look around, notice the non smokers are doing just fine, without smoking.
8. I put on weight if I quit. Smokers are no less thin or fat than any other group in society. Smoking actually makes it hard for your liver to break down fats properly.
In fact one of the best pieces of advice I can give to a smoker is to just observe non smokers going about their day. See them when they are relaxed, stressed, busy, thinking, bored, eating or drinking.
The non smokers are managing just fine without any assistance from cigarettes. Focusing on all the reasons you think you need to smoke is just making it very hard for you. You can't quit when you think your life is so dependent on smoking.
The first thing to do is to look at the list and just think about it. Start to realise that smoking doesn't make anything better. It doesn't help you to relax or thing, or drive better or hold a better conversation on the phone.
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another of my grandfather's cousins who emigrated to the United States. He was a storied cousin to my father and his siblings, living a glamorous life in Los Angeles and sending photographs to them of beaches and Rose Bowl parades.Written for Amy Johnson Crow's blogger challenge 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks.
Several years ago I was fortunate to be able to talk to Frank's daughter and get some information about his life beyond the pictures. After our conversation she sent me this photo of her parents and brother taken sometime after his birth in 1913.
Several years ago I was fortunate to be able to talk to Frank's daughter and get some information about his life beyond the pictures. After our conversation she sent me this photo of her parents and brother taken sometime after his birth in 1913.
His daughter knew very little about his life or family in Europe. He was born Ferencj Pap, in a Carpathian mountain village, either Drahova or Berezovo (now in Ukraine). She thought he was about 20 years old when he came to America. She thought he came through Ellis Island and then went to the mines in Pennsylvania. He may have gone to stay with another cousin, Joe Popp. Her mother, Mary Burjosky, came with her family as a child. They settled in Wyoming.
Frank left the mines as soon as he could and went to Chicago where his cousin and my great-aunt, Mary Popp Hricak was living. He learned to barber there, then left to work near, but not in the mines. He went to Wyoming where he met and married his wife, and then to Washington State where his son was born in 1913. By 1917 they had moved to Miami, Arizona (another mining community) where their two daughters were born. By 1920 they had moved to Hollywood, where Frank bought a barber shop on Hollywood Boulevard and even cut a few movie stars' hair.
Frank lived the rest of his life in California. He died there in 1966. I don't believe he ever came to New York, but he did visit the Hricaks in Chicago. My aunt and uncle met him as adults when they were in California.
I don't actually know how Frank and my grandfather are related. They were clearly close, but whether they were first cousins is open for discussion and further research. The documentation I have found supports the information his daughter shared (with the exception of the 1930 census which lists his son's birthplace as the District of Columbia, rather than Washington State). I have yet to find immigration documents that I can absolutely assign to Frank. He was not the only Ferencj Pap leaving those mountains at the turn of the century.
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Friday, June 6, 2014
The year: 1952. The state: Georgia. National news: the presidential election. Personal news: I was in high school and about to cast my first ballot.
Since 1943 Georgians could vote at age 18 and I was so excited to add my name to those rolls, I stood in line for three hours to register. The line took at least that long on election day. That year, Barbara Ann Lynch of Atlanta helped send Dwight David Eisenhower to Washington.
Thats the way my dad always told us to view it. We were part of this great country and we should help keep her great whenever we could. Voting was our entry level of assistance, and we talked about it often.
I was in first grade when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and I remember it well because we listened to the news during suppertime most nights. (We werent allowed to listen to the Lone Ranger, but we could learn something from the news, my dad said!)
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Ive been alive for 13 presidents: Roosevelt (Franklin, not Theodore!), Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, both Bushes, Clinton, and Obama. Ive been privileged to be able to vote in 11 of their elections.
I think most of us who keep up with the news, particularly through newspapers, feel the same way. Printed news is tangible and the written word can be set aside to review and keep us informed. Schools are exposing students to the election process.
Our upcoming local primary made me remember our granddaughter Grace, who at age five, informed me that if she were running for office she would run on the Pink Platform. Everything would be pink, she began. Everything would be free. And wed all have chocolate for breakfast, lunch, supper, and, she finished with a flourish, dessert!
Now who wouldnt vote for that? But the important thing to me is that she was learning about elections in kindergarten and really beginning to think through the process. Dad was right when he said every vote helps. It helps our candidates; helps compile valuable statistics on the voting public; and helps make us feel included in our government.
Its a really little thing to do for a much bigger payoff. See you at the ballot box on Tuesday?
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I'm only playing the role chosen for me. Who you supposed to be?
Originally posted by Torgrim
Im the same. Started gaming back in 78 with the Telestar Ranger system. Rolled through all the console generations starting with Atari 2600. Did some Vic20 and C64 but never really got (heavy) into PC gaming until recently.
Long story short we grew up. Half of us are starting to hit our 40s. Some of us have families, involved work schedules or just plain interesting lives. The thing I loved about games in the past was they left alot to the imagination. They were built to be semi dramatic and fun.
What I personally noticed is that gaming started to become hyper realistic. No longer was it just OK to save the world, or the princess or just to explore. Now you had to have serious seedy backstory, anti-hero mechanics and a level of maturity that prevents me to enjoy some AAA games with my kids. Its own popularity is to blame as well, for when we were playing games it was an undergroud niche pass time. It was seen as quirky and geeky. Now even my mom plays games. Expanding the market to the masses just oversaturated the market. All part of its evolution.
The future of gaming is now moving far enough away from what I enjoy that I dont follow it with the same enthusiasm. I'll always be interested and probably try the latest and greatest but I'm smart enough to know I wont stick with it. The silver lining for me is now I get to go back and enjoy some of the great titles of the past that I didnt get to play. With all this twitch / action combat MMO themes going on recently, it feels really good to sit back and thoroughly enjoy EverQuest (as I didnt get to play it at launch). It really is a unique game that caters to what I look for in an RPG. Looking back I find it odd (and saddened) that no one really took it further.
Even with the this talk (buzz word) of emergent gameplay and sandbox, I dont believe it will deliver the level of interaction I interpret to be fun. Am I mad at the developers or the market? What for? They are just catering to their audience. I just chalk up the memories of growing up during the golden age of gaming reiving the past with emulators (now I can play Super Nintenodo on my phone) and such.
Who knows, maybe one day a small niche developer might actually create a throw back RPG of my heyday of which I would thoroughly enjoy.
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We probably have "grown up", but I don't think that means we grew out of gaming. What I find is that the games marketed at your average MMO gamer (almost all of them) don't appeal to me because I want a deeper, more complex experience. It's likely that a lot of gamers who have been into MMO's for a long time really expect more now.
Honestly we should have more in these games. When you look at how much they have evolved, I mean really look at the programming and technology, there's doesn't seem to be much to point to. Your average MMO appears to have no better AI, for example, than the aliens in the original Unreal FPS game. In fact, I don't think they have much AI at all. They just seem to have some mechanical reactions to getting attacked, which includes a list of attacks and a roll of the dice to see which one will get thrown. That's just weak.
While game worlds obviously look better, most of them don't really have much for dynamic content that make the world feel alive. What is available feels very mechnical and contrived after a short time playing. The atmospheric / weather systems in these games feels weak, if they bother to put it in at all these days. Look at SWTOR abandoning even the day and night cycle, let alone dynamic weather.
Actually, I think we can all basically agree that these games have been "dumbed down" or simplified with each release. What ever happened to things like players needing to eat food, or hindrances from environment and weather? Even though those systems were rudimentary, it all added to the overall virtual world feeling.
What about an adult-focused MMO? A few games have gone in the direction of Rated M, but when you look at what got them the rating you have to wonder why they bothered. Most of these games are stil very tame compared to your average Rated R movie in 2012.
Gaming, in general, is still growing and will continue to do so. Enough of these companies are blowing their games that they will either need to change their approach, or abandon the genre. Either way I see that as a win-win because it will leave more gamers for developers who want to take some chances and push the genre forward.
I think the future of this genre is bright, but we need more developers to really start pushing things forward. Computer hardware is very powerful now, and there are much fewer people running machines that can't handle things like advanced AI. Most decent computers aren't even using much CPU now, so there's room for more dynamic programming there.
A sure sign that you are in an old, dying paradigm/mindset, is when you are scared of new ideas and new technology. Don't feel bad. The world is moving on without you, and you are welcome to yell "Get Off My Lawn!" all you want while it happens. You cannot, however, stop an idea whose time has come.
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Originally posted by nethervoid
what about the CoD series? or Battlefield, Madden Football, etc. if people find something fun they will play it. if not they won't.
I think the prostitute mod corrupted your game files man. -elhefen
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No one not grown up.13 year old kid, still stoned to feck at weekend.
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Bah, I'm the eternal lost boy, I'm never going to grow up. I was old when mmorpgs were young, and now I'm even older. It's true, I don't care for the design of most modern titles, but it's them that changed, not me. Fortunately, I still have EVE.
In my day MMORPG's were so hard we fought our way through dungeons in the snow, uphill both ways.
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Alot of us UO vets are currently watching (What we hope) will be the next niche thing.
Looks like it has some promise honestly.
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not going to list my gaming history like the resume of a desperate geek trying to get a job, but i will concurr that the games have changed and are designed around the no [mod edit] left behind policy and mmo vets find it insulting.
Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.
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Originally posted by Zeppelin4
Glad to read that :) .
Seems like with the replies currently, it's the games, not us. Although graphic cards to continue to improve, online speeds are faster, etc. I'm always curious if a game will come out that will take advantage of something like Google Fiber & blow the lid off of the current games. Maybe something like; Google Fiber + Sight: Contact Lenses with Augmented Reality - Futuristic Video + MMO + Cthulhu game / Paranoia :) (minus all of that cheesball in the video).
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I don't think it's "growing up", I think that the new games just don't have the same impact as the older ones did. There's not as much love put into them as there used to be. The games are bland, boring, and just don't have the content to keep you zoned in.
I personally still play Everquest 2, and I enjoy it, the content is still good and intriguing. I dunno, could be maturity for you, but I'm hoping to never really grow out of it.
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Neither... The answer is obvious.
Games just aren't made like they once were...
Originally posted by DAS1337
Worse than that, they are moving backwards in a lot of ways. Game companies have decided we are all stupid, and so each new game "simplifies" or removes something.
It's like we are moving toward a game that just plays itself while you watch, and you always win.
A sure sign that you are in an old, dying paradigm/mindset, is when you are scared of new ideas and new technology. Don't feel bad. The world is moving on without you, and you are welcome to yell "Get Off My Lawn!" all you want while it happens. You cannot, however, stop an idea whose time has come.
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Let em put a slave ring thru u're nose u're prob not going to like where they're taking you. Think.
What on earth does "maturity" have to do with gaming? Used to be in the old days we made "men's only clubs" where we went to game or gamble the day away. The idea was only an adult would like sit down games. Youth games are one's where you run around after a ball or some such; sports. Adult games - sit down and play. There is no such thing as becoming to old to play.
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Neither these new games have no depth. So I just moved to PnP to keep up with my RPG desires. Just move on I am done with video games until they start putting out real MMORPGs again, but I don't care because I have Pathfinder RPG and Ice and Fire RPG. Really I don't think a MMO can compare unless we see something like AC, Shadowbane, or EQ. That should cover all the gaming types.
Originally posted by Jemcrystal
If you ask me, a video game is more interesting that sitting in front of the TV like a lot of adults do. I prefer something interactive, social and requiring brain activity to TV most of the time. These new games are almost to the point where they are no better than TV.
A sure sign that you are in an old, dying paradigm/mindset, is when you are scared of new ideas and new technology. Don't feel bad. The world is moving on without you, and you are welcome to yell "Get Off My Lawn!" all you want while it happens. You cannot, however, stop an idea whose time has come.
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Neither, the games changed.
I never found mindless grinding on its own to be fun. I tolerated it in DAoC because you had the freedom to explore while you did it, and you were almost always in a group, socializing while it happened, which made each day unique and interesting. On top of that, there were about 4 different ways to level (hunting mobs with good camp bonus, kill tasks, bounties, and the battlegrounds).
I cannot tolerate it in WoW where it is just quest grinding until you die with nothing to look forward to.
Modern MMOs, have just about less of everything. Less features, less customization, less socializing, and so, I'm less interested in them. I like the same things I liked 10 years ago. But the games I liked then are no longer there. And new ones are not being made.
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Poacher killer.
Originally posted by MindTrigger
They're slowly mutating into what will eventually be nothing more than terrible movies. As I said in another thread yesterday, the new complaints we're going to be reading on forums like this will include frustration over having to mobilize and walk to the pc with the additional chore of having to actually push the power button to get that picture rolling.
I've really grown tired of watching a genre with such an unprecedented amount of potential stagnate and rot like a fallen tree in a soggy forest. Sad is where I would put us a half decade ago. Where we are now; I have no words.
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I'm neither burned out or mature.. ha ha.. I've been a gamer for 30 years.. I still have a warm spot in my heart for Elite, which I played on my Commodore system, and EQ.. Now at the time I played both those games I could spend hours playing them, no different then when I would play my PS3 games on a cold winter weekend.. I haven't done any of that of late.. My free time as changed over the years, but IF the game is fun and still playable, I'll play....... Because of limited time, paying for a sub does become an issue.. I'm enjoying GW2 alot.. The gameplay is good and I can play at any rate I want.. I no longer feel cheated if I don't play this week or next week.. If all I have time for is an hour a week.. great..
For me, the issue is: 1) Is the game fun? 2) Is it worth the time to play? I read that someone is trying to make an MMO version of Elite.. I loved that game and even if the game just ended up a working reskin of the original I would buy it in a NY second.. EVE is too group and PvP oriented from what I gather.. and I refuse to pay to play PvP.. From where I sit , GW2 is the first significan change in the MMO direction over the past 10 years.. Neverwinter might be another, who knows..
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The games today are just simply overplayed the same way with nothing new to offer but short term value and playability.
Yeah they are superior in graphics and audio, however simply point.
"All flash and no substance".
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Joined: 11/29/05
For how many hours did you play Pong then?
In total? Effective playing time. 3 hours? 4? 10?
How many hours did you sink into C&C?
Nowadays both we and the gamedesigners expect games to last like forever.
Thats a huge mistake.
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"Had to be me. Someone else might have gotten it wrong." - Mordin Solus
I started gaming when I was 18, now I'm 40. Love gaming as a hobby but you can simply tell that high quality mmos do not exist anymore. The passion for making a great game first has been lost. Sure I have changed a lot since I started and my gaming tastes have changed too. You can tell when something is good and not good now because people like me have been there done that and know the difference. I still want to play a good mmo but I find myself more interested in console gaming right now because pc mmos have gone downhill.


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Create textured type and drawing objects that can be manipulated in 3D space in Photoshop.
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Demonstrates the most powerful and empowering features of Photoshop CS5.
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An exploration of Adobe's vector graphics program.
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Counts down 40 top tools, commands, and concepts that allow users to get the most out of Photoshop.
Walks through the four primary purposes of Smart Objects, and focuses on one of their most practical advantages, non-destructive transformations.
Teaches the new features for sharpening in CS4, focusing on the OpenGL support.
Teaches how to take advantage of the wide array of dynamic effects in Illustrator CS4, including Live Paint, Live Trace, and actions.
Explores some of Illustrator's most powerful and least understood features, including how to create complex ones with the Pathfinder palette and align paths to create schematic illustrations.
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Deke McClelland explores how to use Lab color to make bad photographs great and great photographs even better
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Deke McClelland teaches a host of sharpening and noise reduction techniques, including using filters.
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Demonstrates the wide array of dynamic effects in Illustrator CS3 and how to apply them to live, editable text.
Deke McClelland explores some of Illustrator's most powerful and least known features.
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What's the Most Unintentionally Funny TV Show? (POLL)
You know what we're talking about: that drama that seems more like a comedy because it can be so laughable!
Whether they feature upper-crust socialites and their #firstworldproblems (Gossip Girl, above), wildly accident-prone characters (Grey's Anatomy), campy high-school parables (Secret Life), overwrought vendetta tales (Revenge), questionable CGI (Once Upon a Time), or some other pitfall, the following shows — that are either on the air now or were on recently — have good intentions but subvert their own sincerity with accidental hilarity.
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The Jersey Shore is not only a popular summer vacation spot but it is also the location of one of the most beautiful coastal campuses in the nation—Monmouth University—according to Best Value Schools (BVS).
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November 25, 2014
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November 18, 2014
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Foodbanks: 'Some people are so hungry they will open the food as soon as they are handed it'
Last updated at 11:55, Thursday, 06 December 2012
IT is a heartbreaking reality that some children in Copeland do not have enough to eat.
Alongside an increasing number of adults, they are seeking the help of a foodbank to ensure they are fed.
Jessie Hendry, a project co-ordinator for the North Lakes Foodbank, said: "When they come to the foodbank some people are so hungry they will open the food as soon as they are handed it. The winter months increase the daily choices for people choosing between heating their homes or feeding their families.''
In October, the foodbanks fed 245 people across West Cumbria, which included 116 people with food vouchers, 156 adults and 89 children. This time last year they fed 40 people. In Copeland, 98 people were helped by the foodbank, mostly in the Harbour, Mirehouse, Moresby and Sandwith wards.
Anyone wishing to donate food can leave it at the New Life Church, Whitehaven (see panel for the list of goods needed). Around 100 people regularly donate food, and the aim is to encourage more people and groups to donate weekly items.
Frontline care professionals, such as doctors and social workers, identify people in crisis and issue a food voucher which provides three days of nutritionally balanced, non-perishable food.
Around 50 volunteers helped to distribute a tonne and a half of food in October.
People seek help from the foodbank when there are delays or changes in benefits (48 per cent), low income, homelessness and redundancy. In 2011-12 foodbanks fed 128,687 people nationwide, 100 per cent up from previous year.
"When people come along to the foodbanks we can also signpost them to other services which can help with long-term planning,'' Jessie said.
- THE shopping list of food donations which can be left at the New Life Church, Whitehaven: Milk (UHT or powdered); sugar; fruit juice (carton); soup; pasta sauces; sponge pudding (tinned); tomatoes (tinned); cereals; rice pudding (tinned); tea bags/instant coffee; instant mashed potato; rice/pasta; tinned meat/fish; tinned vegetables/fruit; jam, biscuits and snack bars. (Selection boxes in run-up to Christmas).
- NEARLY 137 crates of food (worth £2,546) were collected from customers over last weekend at Whitehaven's Tesco for the local foodbank. Tesco has also promised to top up the donations by 30 per cent. One customer asked staff to spend £100 on items for the foodbank and then to meet her at the till so she could pay for it. Alison Hogg, of Tesco, said: "It was an amazing weekend, we had such a fantastic response. Our customers have been so generous.''
- PLACES to access vouchers: Age UK, Old Customs House, West Strand, Whitehaven; Early Intervention Team, Newlands Unit, West Cumberland Hospital; Whitehaven CAB; Children's Services, Blencathra House, Whitehaven. Copeland Community Mental Health Team, Richmond House; Egremont Methodist Church; Whitehaven Flatt Walks Health Centre; Howgill Family Centre, Whitehaven; Inspira Connexions, Roper Street, Whitehaven; New Life Church, Whitehaven; Salvation Army, Catherine Street, Whitehaven. Beech House Surgery, St Bridget's Lane, Egremont; St Andrews Church, Mirehouse; St Begh's Priory, Whitehaven; St Benedict's, Whitehaven, St Nicholas Centre and St James Church; St Peter's Church; West Cumbria Society for the Blind. Family Advice Centre Fell, View Avenue, Woodhouse; URC Whitehaven Church Office; Whitehaven Community Trust; Woodbank Community Church.
First published at 11:49, Thursday, 06 December 2012
Published by http://www.whitehavennews.co.uk
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After reading this article I could only think of one word which sums up the situation and that is shameful. What has our nation become ?
I wonder what this counrty is coming to. That people have to go without food. We send billion of pounds aboard but yet our own are straving. It's time this counrty's groverment looked inwards and not out. Cut all aid aboard untill we are sorted. We are sliping back into 'Dickins' times. Where the 'Rich' get richer and the poor 'do not matter'. I can see a year of 'discontent' were the masses start to say 'NO'.
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Area scores: Lady Falcons sweep to CCC victory
Lee Christian d. Trinity Academy 26-24, 25-13, 25-14
The Lady Falcons (3-2, 3-1) got a Carolina Christian Conference victory with a sweep at Trinity Academy Tuesday evening in Raleigh.
The top server for the Lady Falcons was Kenna Parson with 11 points and one ace. Cameron Dubuc added nine points and three aces and Kelsey Clayton with two aces. Clayton led Lee Christian with 20 scoring hits, including 14 kills. Parson had 10 scoring hits, including three kills. Dubuc had nine scoring hits and four kills. Setter Haley Draughn led the Lady Falcon offense with 48 assists.
Lee Christian will host Neuse Christian in a CCC match at 5 p.m. Friday.
Southern Lee 3, Westover 0
The Lady Cavaliers (4-1, 3-1) moved into a tie for second in the Cape Fear Valley sweeping visiting Westover (0-6, 0-3) Tuesday night. The Lady Cavaliers host first-place Terry Sanford at 5:30 p.m. this evening.
Terry Sanford 3, Lee County 2
Terry Sanford (3-5, 3-0) edged the Lady Yellow Jackets (6-3, 3-1) in a battle for first place in the CFVC in Fayetteville on Tuesday. Lee County plays at Westover at 5:30 p.m. this evening.
Union Pines d. Douglas Byrd 25-17, 19-25, 25-13, 25-10
The Lady Vikings (8-3, 4-1) won a Cape Fear Valley match, for their third straight win overall, at Douglas Byrd Tuesday night.
Stephanie Johnson had 10 kills for Union Pines. Melissa Greene had 11 service points and five aces. Megan Harris had nine assists.
Union Pines hosts Gray's Creek at 5:30 p.m. this evening.
North Stanly d. Chatham Central 25-13, 25-20, 25-21
North Stanly (5-3, 3-2) won a Yadkin Valley match in Bear Creek Tuesday night. The Lady Bears (1-7, 1-5) play a YVC match at Queens Grant at 6 p.m. this evening.
Albemarle d. North Moore 25-20, 25-16, 25-19
Albemarle (6-2, 5-2) won a YVC match at North Moore (4-5, 2-4) Tuesday night. North Moore hosted Gray Stone Day last night and will visit the same Lady Knights in Misenheimer at 6 p.m. this evening.
Cedar Ridge d. Northwood 25-16, 25-15, 25-12
Cedar Ridge (8-3, 4-0) took a Big Eight win at home Tuesday night. The Lady Chargers (2-5, 0-4) have another league match at Orange at 6 p.m. this evening.
Pine Forest d. Overhills 25-13, 25-15, 19-25, 25-15
Pine Forest (9-1, 5-0) handed visiting Overhills (7-4, 3-1) its first Mid-South Athletic loss of the season Tuesday night.
Katie Keen had seven assists and six kills for the Lady Jaguars. Sophie Baugher had six aces and Jaylen Smalls had four blocks.
Overhills hosts E.E. Smith for a MSAC match at 6 p.m. this evening.
Triton d. South Johnston 25-20, 25-19, 25-20
The Lady Hawks (5-1, 1-0) swept South Johnston (5-4, 0-1) to open their Two Rivers Conference slate Tuesday night. Triton plays a conference match at Cleveland at 5:30 p.m. this evening.
Corinth Holders d. Western Harnett 25-18, 25-14, 26-24
Corinth Holders (7-1, 1-0) beat visiting Western Harnett (2-5, 0-1) in both squads' Two Rivers Conference debuts Tuesday night. The Lady Eagles host Smithfield-Selma for a conference match at 5 p.m. today.
Grace Christian 10, Neuse Christian 1
The Crusaders (9-2-1, 3-0-0) rolled to a CCC victory and their second 10-goal game of the season at Neuse Christian on Tuesday.
Jose Leonidez scored a hat trick for the Crusaders. Evan Kannarr and Ricardo Castanedas had two goals each. Paul Borderlon, Zack Boggs and Salvador Leonidez had a goal each. The Crusaders led 4-0 21 minutes into the match and 6-0 at halftime.
Grace Christian plays a non-conference match at Cary Academy at 4:30 p.m. today.
Southern Lee 3, Jack Britt 2
The Cavaliers (5-0-1, 1-0-0) went on the road and beat 4A Jack Britt Tuesday night, going to 2-0-1 versus 4A opponents on the season. The Cavaliers played at Union Pines last night and will host Westover at 7 p.m. Monday.
Trinity Academy 5, Lee Christian 0
Trinity Academy (4-3-1, 4-0-0) topped the Falcons in a CCC match in Raleigh Tuesday afternoon. The Falcons (2-3, 2-2) will host Neuse Christian in a CCC match at 4 p.m. Friday.
Jack Britt 9, Overhills 0
Jack Britt beat the visiting Lady Jaguars in a Mid-South Athletic match Tuesday. Overhills (3-2, 3-2) plays at South View at 4 p.m. today.
Village Christian 7, Chatham Charter 2
Village Christian won at Chatham Charter Tuesday afternoon. Chatham Charter hosted O'Neal yesterday and is set to play at Andrews at 4:30 p.m. today.
Trinity Academy 9, Grace Christian 0
Trinity Academy beat the Lady Crusaders in a CCC match at O.T. Sloan Park Tuesday afternoon. Grace Christian is playing in a tournament at Greenfield School Friday and Saturday.
Cross Country
Boys - Pinecrest 15,, Scotland 46
Girls - Pinecrest 15, Scotland inc.
Pinecrest results
1. Chris Kelly - 17:15
2. Matthew Harmody - 18:02
3. Robert Anderson - 18:10
4. Javier Bustos - 18:11
5. Brandon Elliott - 18:22
1. Jaleigh Jansen - 24:05
2. Rachel VonCannon - 24:07
3. Katie Hayes - 24:08
4. Zia Matti - 24:17
5. Mulloy Manning - 24:26
Pinecrest won both meets against visiting Scotland Tuesday. The Patriots have another Southeastern meet on Tuesday at Lumberton.


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Carson Palmer
News about Carson Palmer, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
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Sep. 11, 2014
Arizona Cardinals quarterback Carson Palmer, like New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning, is trying to learn a new playbook; spent his first eight years playing for Cincinnati Bengals before being traded to Oakland Raiders in 2011 and then dealt to Arizona in 2013. MORE
Apr. 3, 2013
Arizona Cardinals acquire quarterback Carson Palmer from Oakland Raiders; other NFL development noted. MORE
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Kansas City Chiefs defeat Oakland Raiders, 28-0; Raiders backup quarterback Carson Palmer, who replaced struggling starter Kyle Boller in second half, shows promise. MORE
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Oakland Raiders quarterback Carson Palmer, acquired in a trade with Cincinnati Bengals, has not played since January, but fans are calling for him to start immediately. MORE
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NFL Roundup; Oakland Raiders quarterback Carson Palmer is busy preparing with team for upcoming game against Kansas City Chiefs; other football items noted. MORE
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Cincinnati Bengals trade quarterback Carson Palmer to Oakland Raiders for first-round draft pick and another pick that could become a first-rounder. MORE
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- A multi-variant, viral dynamic model of genotype 1 HCV to assess the in vivo evolution of protease-inhibitor resistant variants (2010)
- Variants resistant to compounds specifically targeting HCV are observed in clinical trials. A multi-variant viral dynamic model was developed to quantify the evolution and in vivo fitness of variants in subjects dosed with monotherapy of an HCV protease inhibitor, telaprevir. Variant fitness was estimated using a model in which variants were selected by competition for shared limited replication space. Fitness was represented in the absence of telaprevir by different variant production rate constants and in the presence of telaprevir by additional antiviral blockage by telaprevir. Model parameters, including rate constants for viral production, clearance, and effective telaprevir concentration, were estimated from 1) plasma HCV RNA levels of subjects before, during, and after dosing, 2) post-dosing prevalence of plasma variants from subjects, and 3) sensitivity of variants to telaprevir in the HCV replicon. The model provided a good fit to plasma HCV RNA levels observed both during and after telaprevir dosing, as well as to variant prevalence observed after telaprevir dosing. After an initial sharp decline in HCV RNA levels during dosing with telaprevir, HCV RNA levels increased in some subjects. The model predicted this increase to be caused by pre-existing variants with sufficient fitness to expand once available replication space increased due to rapid clearance of wild-type (WT) virus. The average replicative fitness estimates in the absence of telaprevir ranged from 1% to 68% of WT fitness. Compared to the relative fitness method, the in vivo estimates from the viral dynamic model corresponded more closely to in vitro replicon data, as well as to qualitative behaviors observed in both on-dosing and long-term post-dosing clinical data. The modeling fitness estimates were robust in sensitivity analyses in which the restoration dynamics of replication space and assumptions of HCV mutation rates were varied.
- Adaptation of hepatitis C virus to mouse CD81 permits infection of mouse cells in the absence of human entry factors (2010)
- Hepatitis C virus (HCV) naturally infects only humans and chimpanzees. The determinants responsible for this narrow species tropism are not well defined. Virus cell entry involves human scavenger receptor class B type I (SR-BI), CD81, claudin-1 and occludin. Among these, at least CD81 and occludin are utilized in a highly species-specific fashion, thus contributing to the narrow host range of HCV. We adapted HCV to mouse CD81 and identified three envelope glycoprotein mutations which together enhance infection of cells with mouse or other rodent receptors approximately 100-fold. These mutations enhanced interaction with human CD81 and increased exposure of the binding site for CD81 on the surface of virus particles. These changes were accompanied by augmented susceptibility of adapted HCV to neutralization by E2-specific antibodies indicative of major conformational changes of virus-resident E1/E2-complexes. Neutralization with CD81, SR-BI- and claudin-1-specific antibodies and knock down of occludin expression by siRNAs indicate that the adapted virus remains dependent on these host factors but apparently utilizes CD81, SR-BI and occludin with increased efficiency. Importantly, adapted E1/E2 complexes mediate HCV cell entry into mouse cells in the absence of human entry factors. These results further our knowledge of HCV receptor interactions and indicate that three glycoprotein mutations are sufficient to overcome the species-specific restriction of HCV cell entry into mouse cells. Moreover, these findings should contribute to the development of an immunocompetent small animal model fully permissive to HCV.
- Comparison of ELF, FibroTest and FibroScan for the non-invasive assessment of liver fibrosis (2010)
- Background: FibroTest (FT) is the most frequently used serum fibrosis marker and consists of an algorithm of five fibrosis markers (alfa2-macroglobulin, apolipoproteinA1, haptoglobin, GGT, bilirubin). The Enhanced Liver Fibrosis (ELF) test consists of an algorithm of three fibrosis markers (hyaluronic acid, amino-terminal propeptide-of-type-III-collagen, tissue-inhibitor of matrix-metaloproteinase-1). While a systematic review has shown comparable results for both individual markers, there has been no direct comparison of both markers. Methods: In the present study, the ELF-test was analyzed retrospectively in patients with chronic liver disease, who received a liver biopsy, transient elastography (TE) and the FibroTest using histology as the reference method. Histology was classified according to METAVIR and the Ludwig's classification (F0-F4) for patients with chronic hepatitis C and B virus (HCV, HBV) infection and primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), respectively. Results: Seventy-four patients were analysed: 36 with HCV, 10 with HBV, and 28 with PBC. The accuracy (AUROC) for the diagnosis of significant fibrosis (F[greater than or equal to]2) for ELF and FibroTest was 0.78 (95%CI:0.67-0.89) and 0.69 (95%-CI:0.57-0.82), respectively (difference not statistically significant, n.s.). The AUROC for the diagnosis of liver cirrhosis was 0.92 (95%CI:0.83-1,00), and 0.91 (95%CI:0.83-0.99), respectively (n.s.). For 66 patients with reliable TE measurements the AUROC for the diagnosis of significant fibrosis (cirrhosis) for TE, ELF and FT were 0.80 (0.94), 0.76 (0.92), and 0.67 (0.91), respectively (n.s.). Conclusion: FibroTest and ELF can be performed with comparable diagnostic accuracy for the non-invasive staging of liver fibrosis. Serum tests are informative in a higher proportion of patients than transient elastography.


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- Entorhinal denervation induces homeostatic synaptic scaling of excitatory postsynapses of dentate granule cells in mouse organotypic slice cultures (2012)
- Denervation-induced changes in excitatory synaptic strength were studied following entorhinal deafferentation of hippocampal granule cells in mature (≥3 weeks old) mouse organotypic entorhino-hippocampal slice cultures. Whole-cell patch-clamp recordings revealed an increase in excitatory synaptic strength in response to denervation during the first week after denervation. By the end of the second week synaptic strength had returned to baseline. Because these adaptations occurred in response to the loss of excitatory afferents, they appeared to be in line with a homeostatic adjustment of excitatory synaptic strength. To test whether denervation-induced changes in synaptic strength exploit similar mechanisms as homeostatic synaptic scaling following pharmacological activity blockade, we treated denervated cultures at 2 days post lesion for 2 days with tetrodotoxin. In these cultures, the effects of denervation and activity blockade were not additive, suggesting that similar mechanisms are involved. Finally, we investigated whether entorhinal denervation, which removes afferents from the distal dendrites of granule cells while leaving the associational afferents to the proximal dendrites of granule cells intact, results in a global or a local up-scaling of granule cell synapses. By using computational modeling and local electrical stimulations in Strontium (Sr2+)-containing bath solution, we found evidence for a lamina-specific increase in excitatory synaptic strength in the denervated outer molecular layer at 3–4 days post lesion. Taken together, our data show that entorhinal denervation results in homeostatic functional changes of excitatory postsynapses of denervated dentate granule cells in vitro.
- Functional and structural properties of dentate granule cells with hilar basal dendrites in mouse entorhino-hippocampal slice cultures (2012)
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Music for life ???
The thread about vinyl records made me think of all those records I was listening at that tender age... and yes, most of these records are still very dear to my heart :)
I've must been listening religiously to this album a thousand time, I know every little details by heart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5W7RB_lscw
Do you think it's true?
What was your music for life? (as a listener, not as a drummer)
I could probably list a lot of album here which I loved... but I thought a little pic would speak for itself just as well...
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Hmm. Not sure, because there are some albums I have on vinyl that I wondered "what the hell was I thinking?" when I re-visited them years later. But the ones I did love, I re-bought on CD, and even some years later when I go back to those, I sometimes wonder "what the hell was I thinking?"
I think after I've internalized the lessons to be learned from a recording (and this would've been when I was in my pre-teens or so), I could shelve it and not have to re-visit it. What this has done for me is that there's rarely anything that sounds incredibly earth-shaking anymore. When we think of music as being made-up of the same 12 notes (for us Euro-centric music peoples), there's not a whole lot being said that's absolutely new. And when someone tells me it's something new before I hear it, a giant red flag goes up for me.
My old favorites are internalized, and like Larry, I find it difficult to actually buy new music because chances are, somebody else has already done it years ago.
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Henri. I think your musical sensibilities are forged in your teen years, for sure. Also, context is everything. Stuff that sounded amazing back in the day often stood out because it was fresh, & something different compared to the vernacular. One thing does run through all the old material that influenced me back then, & that's fondness. Even if I have a BO "what was I thinking" reaction, there's still fondness there, as often the music brings back associated memories.
I do take issue with the "nothing new under the sun" idea though. Yes, in one form or another, everything has been done before on a basic component level, but much newer music attracts me because it's reworked in a very different way, yet still with a nod to the masters of yesteryear. Some of it of course, is just downright garbage. I'm talking about the good stuff that's mostly off the hyper commercial radar.
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I think I still love listening - and playing - just about all of the music I grew up with, in the 7-20 age range. There's very little if anything that I listened to and later wondered why, however there's a quite a bit that I disliked or didn't really get at the time, and have grown to appreciate as I've rediscovered them over the years. Most notably, Led Zeppelin and the Stones!
That's not to say I was just listening to bubblegum and pop as a youth, I loved me some Zappa, King Crimson, Tull, Gentle Giant, etc. And I was aware of the Stones' and Led Zep's hits, but I just didn't appreciate what they were doing enough to be into them. The Stones' Satanic Majesties album was completely baffling to me when it was new, but later I came to love (most of) it. And I really liked (most of) the Houses of the Holy LP, but most of the other Led Zep stuff was inaccessible as far as I was concerned. Back then, I couldn't have cared less who Bonham was!
Suffice to say, my musical appreciation is far wider than it was as a kid, but I do have a soft spot for the oldies & classic rock I grew up with. Part of it was learning to play drums at that time, and the music being additionally ingrained in my brain and heart as a played to records and the radio. And part of it is being taken back to people and places and events from my carefree youth. Every time I hear Magical Mystery Tour, the 6/8 section near the end takes me right back to my bedroom on Rose Lane in Phoenix, practicing the drums and hitting the cowbell in the middle of that one fill. Good times!
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Several months ago I did a thread on your favorite year in music. My statements there kind of fit here...
In 1981 I was 14 and the following albums came out.... A lot of this music still drives me today.
Rush - Moving Pictures
Genesis - Abacab
Billy Squier - Don't Say No
Rolling Stones - Tattoo You
AC/DC - For Those About To Rock
.38 Special - Wild Eyed Southern Boys
The Police - Ghost in the Machine
Phil Collins - Face Value
Loverboy - Get Lucky
Triumph - Allied Forces
Styx - Paradise Theater
Journey - Escape
Foreigner - 4
Squeeze - East Side Story
Joan Jett - I Love Rock and Roll
April Wine - Nature of the Beast
Pretenders - Pretenders II
Men at Work - Business as Usual.
Stevie Nicks - Bella Donna
Go-Gos - Beauty and the Beast
J Geils Band - Freeze
There's a lot of other stuff from the 60 s and 70 s I love, too, but I probably didn't appreciate them until much later. This was the first music I probably really understood and fell in love with while it was happening.
I am deluded enough to think I can bring something to the table - Huey Lewis.
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There are bands I loved when I was 15 that I still do. Early Metallica, King Crimson, Slayer, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Cream. I really loved those bands and I still listen to them now. For me the most 'salient' years for my musical growth so far were 18-23. In those five years I discovered music that I absolutely adore and didn't think was possible - a lot of that has to do with doing my degree and studying some very odd music. I still find new and exciting things now but the rate at which I do so is less.
In those five years I discovered madrigals, Messiaen, Merzbow, Joy Division, New Order, Brian Eno, The Smiths, Xenakis and countless others that informed my musical listening more and more. Sometimes I would find three or four different artists a week that I liked (and listen to a lot more). Every week I discover something new even now and my tastes are constantly evolving. I used to like a lot of Prog but now my selection of Prog is more limited and edges towards the more aggressive and raw material - as well as some of the 'out there' stuff. I still like some early Genesis though, despite myself.
The only thing I regret is not being on top of a lot of modern trends. I find myself getting totally lost in music history at the expense of great modern acts. Not everything I listen to is 'old' and I generally berate those that complain about today's music - I have no issue with today's music - but it's rare that I'll actively seek out a 'new' band or artist. I tend to discover them by accident and without having a TV or listening to commercial radio, I'm less likely to come across some of the more mainstream material.
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Yes, we do tend to harbour a soft spot for the music of our teens. That makes my tastes inconsistent because I am not at all keen on heavy music these days, yet I enjoy some of the old heavy music of Purple, Zep, Sabs, Crimson, Zappa and ELP.
Like Bo, "what was I thinking?" is a common feeling too. I was in love with Slade at age 13 - spare me!
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My thought is that we only know what we know....er, what has been set forth for us through the channels, so to speak. I do have a desert island set of recordings, but I asked the question, "what if I was able to expose more of that kind of music that was not rammed down my throat through radio...before the mtv".... Because if the bands I was exposed to were good, surely there were others...
I came up with a lot of stuff....stuff I never heard of but of a parallel style to what would be on my desert island list
Hammers Of Misfortune
White Witch
Artful Dodger ( not the eclectic UK offering)
American Noise
Bangalore Choir
Duke Jupiter
Love Affair (later changed to L.A.)
Legs Diamond
Crack The Sky
Witchfinder General
So I have dismissed the idea that it is a specific band(s), but more that it is a level of technology, sound and style that grabs ahold and settles in....cause there are other bands doing similar stuff....with a few notable exceptions of course
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mmmh... maybe you got a point with Can the Can by Suzi Quatro :)
It still does happen these days, in all styles... suddenly it hits you and you're hooked...
Yes, our teens music is a time travelling machine, we're suddenly transported back to that wonderful place full of good memories and no worries, definitely good times :)
I was never into the Stones in my teens, I didn't like their sound, they were too dirty sounding for my tastes, I knew a few of their big singles of course... I discovered the Stones at a later stage and I was able to appreciate them then...
There's many bands I could have listen to in my teens, but didn't for whatever reasons and later discovered them, bought their albums and liked what they've done.
Yeah, I had my Rush moment too, an incredible band...
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Yes, most of their stuff was fluffy glam pop, but Noddy had a good & distinctive vocal, & occasionally, they penned a good song that still stands up today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0U_StmOgGX0
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I actually remember my 15th birthday. I got a grey Members Only jacket, a new Sony Walkman that played cassette tapes, and my uncle gave me a cassette tape of Genesis - Three Sides Live. Man, I wore that tape out and it is still my favorite Genesis album. Why I don't own a copy today? I can't say.
At that age I was listening to the usual stuff: Van Halen, Scorpions, Iron Maiden, Ratt, Motley Crue, Journey, Tom Petty, Cars, The Clash, Whitesnake, Great White, Def Leppard, KISS, and a lot of the stuff that Mary O listed. I didn't catch the Metallica/Slayer wave until a couple years later because by then I lived up in the mountains.
I still like and listen to some of the songs from back then. Especially stuff like the Clash, Van Halen & Tom Petty. Some of that stuff has real staying power, some doesn't. I still play a couple songs nobody has heard of on my guitar such as Face the Day by Great White and Nobody Knows by Billy Squier. It's a lovely song.
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I would partly agree with the statements. There are a couple bands from my teen years that I still enjoy. But lately I've been discovering bands from my youth that I paid no attention to and now really love. Namely Big Star. They flew under the radar yes, but what an awesome sound!
The "what was I thinking" band Iloved then and not now has gotta be Jethro Tull. Good musicians, but....eh. Bungle in the Jungle is good though.
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I am deluded enough to think I can bring something to the table - Huey Lewis.
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If I were told that I could only listen to 25 albums for the rest of my life these would be my 25. They are in no particular order John mayer would not be my number 1 but this will give you the Idea and maybe tell you a little about myself.
1. John Mayer - Continuum
2. Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds
3. Flaming Lips - At war with The Mystics
4. Phish Billy - Breathes
5. Dave Matthews - Band Busted Stuff
6. Miles Davis - Bitches Brew
7. Medeski - Martin & Wood Shack Man
8. Public- Enemy Fear of a Black Planet
9. R.E.M - Monster
10. Michael Jackson - Thriller
11. The Beatles - White Album
12. Pink Floyd - The Wall
13. The Beatles Abbey Road
14. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
15. Frank Zappa - Hot Rats
16. Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane over the Sea
17 Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited
18 Neil Young - Harvest
19. Herbie Hancock - New Standard
20. Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners
21. Bob Marley - Exodus
22. Regina Spektor - Begin to Hope
23. John Lennon - Imagine
24. Red Hot Chili Peppers- Stadium Arcadium
25. Nick Drake - Pink Moon
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I listened to alot of music when I was that age that I dont enjoy now.
I still enjoy most of it though.
Not sure what I would have though about what I listen to now...would need a time machine for that answer.
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I am deluded enough to think I can bring something to the table - Huey Lewis.
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I think your comment on-topic because it reinforces the notion that there are other acts out there that many would covet had they been exposed to them...Crack The Sky is one such example...
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