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Nick Harte A.K.A Shocking Pinks is due to release a new EP - Guilt Mirrors - before the end of the year. It's the first sign of new material from the artist since his self-tilted album was released on seminal New York label DFA back in 2007. UTR caught up with Harte to discuss a hiatus that basically revolved around how terrible it's been to live in Christchurch for the last few years...
You're just in Auckland rehearsing for your show on Friday. How does it feel to be rehearsing with the band after such a long break?
Yeah well I met Tim (McDonald) Im staying with him on Waiheke Island when I was 13 so weve known each other from 1993 and weve been playing music together since then. I met Vaughn Williams in 2006 or 07. Its 'the' line-up and there have been many line-ups before that that from six months ago I decided that if Im going to do a gig its going to be with Tim and Vaughn because its the most fun and we have a great musical connection, especially when we play live.
So, what youve been up to in the last few years?
Well, I can say one thing earthquakes. I was in Christchurch when the earthquake hit and I lived very unhealthily after that. I decided to stay in the place I was living in which was unfortunately in the centre of the city I ended up getting evacuated and the place I was in doesnt exist anymore, but it was a nice place to record. Anyway, I was recording my new album the one that will come out after Guilt Mirrors and I was there recording throughout all of the earthquakes the 7., the 6., and the 5., - so quite a few have earthquake noises in the background. I blacked out all the windows and stay up for like five days at a time and didn't sleep, which is very stupid and very unhealthy, but I was just so focused on recording as much as I could: it was my escapism from what was happening around me. I ended up with 386 tracks and Ive wound it down to well Ive got eight CDs with me at the moment and for the album Im going to have to ween it down again to a reasonable length. Even the idea of a standard 45 minute album so it can be released on vinyl scares me because I would like to release sort of 75 minutes of music at least. Some songs are 20 minutes long.
Yeah, I just heard the single Double Vision Version' and its a decent length at 8 minutes.Yeah and they're all a bit like that. Its the first album by the way that Ive done everything myself on - I recorded it using Pro Tools 2 and my four track and engineered everything myself.
And was that a purposeful thing or a result of your circumstances?
It was a result of the earthquakes: being a hermit and a recluse and blacking out the windows. I had no idea whether it was day or night well of course I did Id go to the shops and get food, but Id usually go at 4 in the morning. I remember once I went down at about that time and a 5. Earthquake happened and I was walking in the middle of the road and a crack formed in front of me. But by that point I was so used to it I thought ah, what the fuck and went onto the footpath and kept walking to the shop, and the shop was completely damaged, but I got a pie or whatever else and went home again.
So its obviously fair to so that the earthquakes had a massive emotional impact on you: is your new material an escape from that?
Yeah well for me music has always been a form of therapy. I mean Ive written more throwaway songs in my past older songs but I was just churning them out during this time, staying up for five days at a time, forgetting to eat. I was obviously just trying to hide from what was happening in a way. Thank God well I wont say thank God thank whoever got me out of that city, Im never going back to Christchurch. It's my home town and I love Christchurch but Im never going to go back there. To me its not Christchurch anymore: the old city is just a memory.
How did everything that you were going through affect the sound of the music you were producing?
Its all quite different because it was recorded over two years so it depended on what I was into at the time. I get far more inspiration for music from films or books than I do from other music. I mean I listen to a lot of music but if someone was to analyse my lyrics they would notice referencing from film. I used to make films I made a feature length film and six short films and a documentary (directed and edited it), and I made the first six or seven Shocking Pinks music videos. When I got signed to DFA they changed the video for Emily which I had made which was kind of ironic because they had said that they liked the visual aesthetic as well as the musical idea, as a reason for signing me to the label.
Anyway, sorry, the songs are all quite different. The five songs on the EP are all very different. Ill go through them briefly:
The first one is an old track called Not Gambling its all live except for a synth track.
The response that Ive gotten from people who have heard the full EP say that they find the last two tracks - 'Take Me Home and Glass Slippers - extremely intense. Those are the tracks that I recorded around the 6. Earthquake that did the most damage to the area I was living in. In 'Take Me Home' I sampled I wont say what it is a disco track from the seventies and its just a very small drum piece, that I slowed down and almost tried to turn into a hip hop track. I originally just played acoustic guitar and sung and then I layered like seventy guitar parts through it and then it was a case of deconstruction: taking out all the parts I didnt like. I studied digital music and classical composition at Canterbury University, so it was quite fun and a challenge to be my own engineer and be working with Pro Tools. Im proud of the way it turned out. A lot of people will probably think its an improvised piece of music but it probably took five weeks to completele.
So ultimately all the tracks on the EP are very different stylistically.
You mention that you take a lot of references from books and films, are there any references from these across the EP?
Yeah, I mean OK, for example Chinatown is one of my favourite films. Polanski I know for some people thats a dirty word was very particular about every shot and ultimately theres a mood about that film that I love. Films like Blade Runner Im not a science fiction film in any way because of the atmosphere and the narrative. Thats another thing: with the new EP even and especially in the album which gets far more complex they have acts like films have. In David Finchers adaptation of Girl With A Dragon Tattoo there are five acts so I will think in terms of that, like this is a five act song. I was listening to a song from the Drive soundtrack, you know with Ryan Gosling you probably know the song as well Nightcall by Kavinsky. I just got the soundtrack yesterday and its the best thing Ive heard in a long time.
So thats how I write songs these days anyway.
So you structure through different emotional temperaments almost?
Yeah definitely, I watch far more films than I listen to music. Im very nocturnal and I cant go to sleep unless Ive watched one of two films and I usually fall asleep while ones on white noise in the background. Flying Nun and I are going to be doing a bigger video with somebody else for the song that everybody finds the most intense Glass Slippers I would like to do a video like that myself.
And you're going to release the EP on Flying Nun here. Are you still working with DFA internationally?
Im still on the roster, yep. Im still friends with the guys there and still keep in touch with James (Murphy). This isnt saying anything too negative or anything but it got to the point where James was touring a lot and hes said this in interviews himself and while he was away there were a lot of acts added to the label, and of course financially that has an affect on the label. The album that I had that never came out I asked when can I expect realistically for it to be released and they said it would be the upcoming November and Id been waiting for a while and I just wanted it out so I just asked if they minded whether I looked elsewhere, but that was all mutual.
Now Im still with them in the capacity of send us your music and if theres an album there well release it tomorrow. James is still DJ-ing and producing but everybody knows that LCD Soundsystem has finished and that has a lot to do with, something I would like to talk about, is a really sad thing, is the death of a friend of mine: Jerry Fuchs, the drummer in Juan McLean !!! and LCD Soundsystem. We toured with him and he played with the Shocking Pinks in New York and that had a big effect on James. If you read the liners to his last album This is Happening he mentions something to the extent of Im not going to be doing music any more and goes on to talk about Jerry and his family: its almost like a realy nice obituary. He was such a lovely person and especially the way that he died as well was really nasty and sad.
So that made everyone re-evaluate what they were doing?
Yeah, certainly. Hes (James) been sounding more aggressive maybe thats not quite the right word to use and sad, and wanting to get the reigns back on the horse, so things will be getting better with DFA.
So not to babble on about it, the relationships good and Ill be releasing music with them in the future.
When is everything due out?
Radio single, then the EP in the next couple of months, then a re-release of my first album Dance the Dance Electric and then I have the task of finishing off my new full length album, which is going to be a challenge.
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THE race for the Taylor's Timber West Riding County Amateur League Premier Division championship is wide open after last weekend's results.
Second-placed Littletown moved to within two points of Golcar United when their striker Joe Jagger netted all three goals in his team's home victory over strugglers DRAM Community.
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Paul Pike and Kitson Gayle both scored twice to add to one each from Neil Robshaw and Joel Brice, while Jahro Parchment netted Campion's consolation.
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A single-headed goal from Lower Hopton's Aiden Schofield gave his side a success at Salts.
Steeton had Andy Holden, Lee Reilly, Andy Briggs, Joe Mason and Jonson Butterfield on target as they accounted for second-from-bottom Overthorpe 5-1.
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Thornton United and Holmfirth Town, who both fancy their chances, shared six goals, with Ryan Stubbs, Brendan Malby and Ross Carnall hitting the target for Thornton, with Ashley Thompson Adam Stephenson and Gavin Bell replying for Holmfirth.
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Salts Reserves look like ending their Division Two season as runners-up to TVR United.
Two goals for Wayne Walsh and one each for Nathan Hartley and Ryan Boguslawski gave Salts a 4-1 victory over Tyersal Reserves to leave them two points adrift, with both sides having one game to play.
Ventus Yeadon Celtic and Steeton Reserves both reached the finals of their respective district cups.
Celtic, with two goals each from Kyle Shah and Terry Hargreaves and one by Ashley Preston, beat Burley Trojans 5-3 in a Wharfedale & District FA Challenge Cup semi-final.
Meanwhile, a single goal from Will Knight gave Steeton Reserves a 1-0 win against Oxenhope Recreation Reserves in a Keighley & District FA Supplementary Cup semi-final.
The semi-final of the Premier Division Cup that was due to be played on Wednesday at AFC Emley has been postponed until the West Riding County FA reach a decision on the abandoned quarter-final between Newsome and Lower Hopton.


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Fritz Noether
|Fritz Noether
October 7, 1884
Erlangen, German Empire
|September 10, 1941
(aged 56)
Oryol, Russian SFSR
|Alma mater
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|Regine (died 1935)
|Gottfried, Hermann
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|Über rollende Bewegung einer Kugel auf Rotationsflächen (1909)
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|Helmut Heinrich
Fritz Alexander Ernst Noether (October 7, 1884 – September 10, 1941) was a German-born mathematician.
Fritz Noether's father Max Noether was a mathematician and professor in Erlangen. The notable mathematician Emmy Noether was his elder sister; his oldest son was chemist, Herman D. Noether and his second son was mathematician Gottfried Noether.
Fritz Noether was also an able mathematician. Not allowed to work in Nazi Germany for being a Jew, he moved to the Soviet Union, where he was appointed to a professorship at the University of Tomsk. In November 1937, during the Great Purge, he was arrested at his home in Tomsk by the NKVD and sentenced to 25-years imprisonment for being a "German spy". While in prison, he was accused of "anti-Soviet propaganda", sentenced to death, and shot.
After World War II, his eldest son, Dr. Herman D. Noether tried innumerable times to learn what had happened to his father. Finally, after appealing to Chairman Mikhail Gorbachev, under glasnost, the truth was learned. In a letter from the USSR Embassy, the Soviet Government reported that: "On 22 Dec 1988, the Plenum of the USSR Supreme Court passed a decree No. 308-88 which determined that Professor Fritz M. Noether had been convicted on groundless charges and voided his sentence, thus fully rehabilitating him." On October 23, 1938 Professor Noether had been found guilty of allegedly spying for Germany and committing acts of sabotage and was sentenced in Novosibirsk to 25 years of imprisonment. He served time in different prisons. On September 8, 1941 the Military Collegium of the USSR Supreme Court sentenced Professor F. Noether to death on the accusation of engaging in anti-Soviet agitation. He was shot in Orel on September 10, 1941. His burial place is unknown but there is a memorial plaque in the Gengenbach Cemetery, Germany at the site of his wife's grave.
Another son, Gottfried E. Noether, an American statistician and educator, wrote a brief biography of his father Fritz.
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- Noether, Gottfried E. (September 1985). "Fritz Noether (1884–194?)". Integral Equations and Operator Theory. 8 (5): 573–576. doi:10.1007/BF01201702.
- Parastaev, Andrei (March 1990). "Letter to the editor". Integral Equations and Operator Theory. 13 (2): 303–305. doi:10.1007/BF01193762.
- Segal, Sanford L. (2003). Mathematicians under the Nazis. Princeton University Press. p. 60.
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The court rejected challenges from Texas and other states as well as from industries to rules designed to clean up chromium, arsenic, acid gases, nickel, cadmium, mercury and other dangerous toxins.
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Meanwhile, some Texas businesses have pointed to that same shift to natural gas as proof that the industry can police itself when it comes to threats to the environment, including climate change.
In the majority were Chief Judge Merrick Garland and Judge Judith Rogers, both appointees of President Bill Clinton. Judge Brett Kavanaugh, an appointee of President George W. Bush, joined most of the decision, but he parted company with his colleagues on whether the EPA is obligated to consider industry costs in deciding whether regulation of hazardous air pollutants from power plants is appropriate.
"The problem here is that EPA did not even consider the costs," Kavanaugh said. "And the costs are huge, about $9.6 billion a year — that's billion with a B — by EPA's own calculation."
In response, the majority said the EPA properly decided that the decision whether to regulate mercury should be based on health risks, not compliance costs. The majority said the EPA had determined that benefits of the rule exceeded costs by a factor of at least 3-to-1. Some industry groups have said the EPA was overstating the benefits.
Tuesday's ruling is "a giant step forward on the road to cleaner, healthier air," said Fred Krupp, president of the Environmental Defense Fund, which was a party in the case.
The EPA called the decision "a victory for public health and the environment."
"These practical and cost-effective standards will save thousands of lives each year, prevent heart and asthma attacks, while slashing emissions of the neurotoxin mercury, which can impair children's ability to learn," the EPA said.
Laura Sheehan, senior vice president of communications for the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, said that partly because of regulations like the one in Tuesday's ruling, almost 300 coal-fueled generating units in 33 states have announced they will shut down, costing the electricity sector roughly $200 billion in compliance costs and destroying at least 544,000 jobs.
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I would say that getting comfortable with your partner is by far the best method. Anxiety and discomfort can lead to premature ejaculation and in some cases it can lead to losing an erection or being unable to orgasm.
Using sex toys is the second most effective method. Call it practicing for the big game. Sex toys can enhance sexual stamina by getting more accustomed to a high level of sensation. It also makes for a really fun personal time.
Premature ejaculation is one of the more common sexual dysfunctions a man can have. The good news is that it is a dilemma that can be overcome. Symptoms of the dysfunction are ejaculation before his partner is satisfied on a regular basis. It is a very subjective dysfunction, some define it to be ejaculating virtually immediately, and others define it to be under 5-10 minutes. The general rule-of-thumb definition is if you continuously ejaculate before you want, i.e. you wish you could last longer.
The most common time to experience the problem is during the first few sexual encounters. As a man conquers his anxieties, and gains more understanding of the functions of his body, the problem generally goes away. Though most men learn to control their orgasm, some develop long-term anxiety to sexual activities and show symptoms for months or years. The best way to beat the dysfunction is to have an understanding partner that you can relax with.
Conquering Premature Ejaculation
These techniques can be performed with a partner or alone. Though both will help, getting comfortable with you partner is essential to fixing the problem.
Start & Stop Technique
The primary principle of this technique is to stimulate the penis until near ejaculation, and then to stop stimulating to allow the level of excitement to drop. This exercise can be performed alone, or with a partner, and should be repeated 3 to 5 times per session. After 2-6 weeks of using this technique you should notice an improvement in your sexual stamina and will eventually not even have to use it to outlast your partner.
Squeeze Technique
Right before you feel you are about to ejaculate, approximately three or four strokes away, stop stimulating and squeeze the base of your penis by wrapping your thumb and index finger around it. Apply firm pressure, focusing on the urethra, the tube running along the underside of the penis. This lessens the tension and holds back the ejaculatory response. Be sure to apply pressure a few strokes before ejaculating, if you wait too long, it may be too late! You should be able to apply this technique anywhere along the shaft of the penis, as long as it squeezes the urethra.
Regular Masturbation
A great method for boosting sexual stamina and releasing sexual tension is regular masturbation. By masturbating more often, you can train yourself to become more used to the stimulation. As you get more and more used to it, it should start taking you progressively longer to climax.
Wearing Condoms
Many couples have claimed that wearing condoms significantly reduces the stimulation of intercourse for both partners, but especially the male. If you are not already using condoms to protect against STD's and pregnancy, try wearing them to increase your stamina.
Sex Toys
Following the same line of logic as in "Regular Masturbation" above, you can use sex toys to help you become more "immune" to the pleasure. Sex simulators are recommended over regular vibrators, but both should work. Check out the following links to learn more about sex toys and sex toy reviews.
Other Suggestions
For most couples, it takes about two to six weeks to greatly improve the situation. Once a substantial amount of gain has been made, and the above program is complete, continue to concentrate on controlling the orgasm. With time, the problem should fade away from existence.
You can develop a scale system and practice getting to particular levels, and then plateau. Create a numbering system similar to the one below, and make sure you communicate clearly.
Zero = a limp penis
Five = an erect penis with minimal sexual thoughts
Ten = ears being nibbled
Fifteen = reading sexy stories together
Twenty = breast stimulation
Forty = slow penal stimulation
Fifty = slow oral stimulation of your penis
Eighty = medium paced penal-vaginal intercourse
Ninety-nine = point of no return
One Hundred = orgasm
I would say that getting comfortable with your partner is by far the best method. Anxiety and discomfort can lead to premature ejaculation and in some cases it can lead to losing an erection or being unable to orgasm.
right i has had a few sexual partners and never really had this problem before. But with my recent girl friend i seem to come prematurly i have no idea why its just happening when im with her and it never happened before. i used to be able to last for ages now i last about 30 sec to a min. Tho i found away around it is when i come i consontrate on keeping it up i stop for about 30 sec then keep going i last alot longer the sec time. im not really sure if this is a good way of stopinging it but it works. i have tried a few other things that havent really worked like delay cream and tablets that are ment to help but they dont help at all.
Just lost my virginity a few days ago. I did pretty good. I'd say first time I came was about 2 min, second time about 5, give or take. First orgasm is the quickest.
most of the time i last 3-5mins idk if my anxiety makes me cum 2 fast...and when i go slowly i last 15-30mins...
but idk it doesnt work often......the best tip is to go down on her for at least 10mins ,,,
i'm 16 bout to be 17 and i only had sex with my girlfriend twice so far and most of the time i don't even last more than 2 minutes i don't know what to do about itand it has me wondering is this supposed to happen for people my age that haven't done it for the first time
So, I'm 17 years old, and I can only last about a minute, if I'm lucky. Is this normal for someone my age?
Yes It is Normal many Guys have this problem, I am 20 years old and i am still trying to figure a way to last longer. but my Girlfriend doesn't mind it because afterwards i give her seven orgasms after i get it back up.
depends on the girl i have notice when i am with a biggger girl i can cum quick but if she smaller in body frame i usely go longer
When me and my fiance first started having intercourse I hadn't had sex in a little over a year, and had a problem with PE big time. every time id come I would feel ashamed and "less than". A big part of this was because with every other sexual partner i had before I would last anywhere from 15 minutes to an hour without a problem.
As we had sex more and more my body just got used to the way hers felt during intercourse and that problem is a thing of the past. To any ladies out there don't give your guy a hard time (no pun intended) when he has problems in bed, work with him on them in a delicate way so as to not crush his confidence as a man. The the thing worse than coming to early, is getting ridiculed for it by the person your with.
I've tried alot of things to get over p e and nothing seams to work Ive been with my gf for 6 months and she says it's ok but I know it's not is there anything I can do cuz I've tried diffrent condoms the start & stop, thinkin about other things, OTC pills and everything eles plz help me
the first time me and my fiancee ever even got naked i came before she touched me. as the months went on though i came too soon but she reassured me it was ok and all that but we didnt stop doig it and while she was being reassuring she was like biting on my ears and scratching my bak hard, things i find really sexy... now 3 years alter i last as long as i need to but the solution isn't always instant. so if you dudes feel kinda awkward about this dont even worry, it gets better as you get older and as you learn more about yourself and the more your partner(s) learn about you.
hey people, the more u will keep ur mind less stress, the more u will perform better.. first thing i would recommend is, have a positive attitude, control ur senses.. be optimistic.. ejaculation occurs through senses of ur mind.. some tips i would recommend which have always worked with me are: (i) keep like a candy or something in ur mouth while having sex and keep sucking it (i am not sure if that's correct word for it) or keep it on ur tongue and keep tasting it.. this would keep ur attention diverted from premature ejaculation.. (ii) another thing u can do is, start thinking about something else after penetration (when u insert ur penis).. maybe something about ur work or something.. (iii) have a positive attitude that yes, u will last long.. (iv) before u think its gonna come, (or 3-4 strokes away).. take a deep breath and hold on it as long as u can.. and (iv) all the other ways mentioned above.. also, be easy with ur partner.. talk out every problem with him/her and she would understand and help u getting there.. trust me.. take it easy :)
i did the Start & Stop Technique. But after i ejaculated, i was able to retain a partial erection, which i wouldn't have been able to do before, and my Gland wasn't as sensitive as it would have been before.
is this a good sign or not? o.O
me and my bf recently started having sex and it takes me a long time 2 cum like half hour or more and it takes him about 10 minutes he cant control it and wen he tries and pushes him self he goes all soft on me... how can i change dat? and is it me?
No, its not you. You could try letting him go down on you before so you are almost there, then have sex. Just bring yourself close to orgasem before sex, so when you do have it, the timing is right.
So I'm 20. Me and my girlfriend have been having sex for like the past three months and I've consistently last at least 20 minutes each time. Then we stopped having sex for like a week because we went on a trip with our friends and now when we have sex, I don't even last 5 minutes. Can anybody help? Thanks.
My boyfriend and I have been at this for 3 months, and it's not getting any better. Our max time is maybe 4 minutes. I think these exercises could be really helpful, but I don't know how to bring them up. I don't want to hurt my boyfriend's feelings. We've been together nearly 2 years, and I'm starting to become a little frustrated. Any advice from the guys reading this?
trust me he probably feels the same way. just doesnt know how to bring it up either
the Best Thing He Can Probably do is Relax more, my buddy used 2 have this problem till he just went along with it. you know the motion in the ocean, May Help alot.
I have the same trouble, with not lasting long before ejaculating & have found on a few occassions to distract myself from the sexual stimulation to delay ejaculation. Though its only worked a few times (as not having had many sexual partners) this may work!!!
im 18 yrs old and ave had two sexual partners ive had sex more times than i can count butt STILL cant seem to last long like once its in i can go for few seconds and thats it
I have a little problem of erection whenever i try to last long, it does not remain fully erect and sometimes it limps to the point where i cannot even penetrate the vagina, and if i ejaculate quickly my partner does not get satisfied.
So please help me out in this situation.
im having a problem in having more than one session with my girlfriend ... i mean, after i come for the 1st time, i cant make it anymore ... this is causing me so much troubles with her ... is there any help!!
Chances are it is pre-cum. It's pivotal that you know that a girl can still get pregnant from pre-cum, so always put a condom on BEFORE penetration.
ok guys heres the deal, im 15 years old i just kinda started dating this one really beautiful girl. but for some reason every time im with her i start ejaculating a little in my pants without any type of sexual activity just like holding her hand or her laying on my lap and i dont know if its just because thats normal when u start having a girlfriend or if im over-thinking sexual activity while im with her which causes me to ejaculate so could someone help me to figure out the problem?
There is a part of sexual stimulation called "pre-cum", in which you release a minor ejaculatory experience. It should be clearer in appearance, is less in quantity and in sperm count. If you feel an ejaculation that feels different than a full ejaculation, this may be it. (In actual penatration this can cause more lubrication)


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Never mind "Horton Hears a Who!" Who sees a Horton?
This weekend, everybody in Meadville and the surrounding area, that's who. The Thurston Hot Air Balloon Classic will feature 26 colorful balloons, but just one gray, massive pachyderm. He's not named Horton, though children think otherwise. Balloon owner Tony Saxton dubbed him Pea-Nut.
Makes sense; Pea-Nut is only 110 feet tall. The special-shape balloon made a big splash at the 2013 Thurston Classic, and will return by popular demand.
"Oh, it was an overwhelming reaction," Saxton said. "The sponsors, the spectators and even the organizers of the event were excited to see it. It's something different, and we hope to bring the excitement back again this year."
He will, said Joyce Stevens, the event's assistant chairwoman.
"We have Pea-Nut coming back and she's pretty cool," Stevens said. "People did get to see her last year, but not as much as they could have if the weather would have been better."
Hot air balloon events are at the mercy of Mother Nature; too much wind, fog or threatening skies can delay events or cancel them altogether. Just two flights took place in 2013.
Assuming the weather is nice enough to sing the "Sesame Street" theme song, the 2014 Thurston will lift off today with the bluesy rock band the Riffriders, followed by the popular Night Glow. Eight balloons of different colors and patterns will light up while tethered to the ground at dusk.
Pea-Nut will be one of them. He's the reason just eight will participate instead of the usual 10. He's so huge -- his trunk extends 45 feet beyond the basket -- that only eight will fit side by side on Robertson Field.
Maury Sullivan, the event's balloon director, will also participate in the Night Glow with a brand-new acquisition -- a racer.
"It's a little more vertical, not quite as wide and more cylindrical in shape," Sullivan said. "There's a couple reasons people may go from a standard, typical envelope to a racer. It's like comparing driving a Lincoln Continental and a Maserati -- performance. The racer reacts much quicker, it can climb faster and descend quicker. They're just more aerodynamic."
The name of his racer may cause a few titters.
"My wife and I are big fans of 'Breaking Bad,'" Sullivan said. "So, in keeping with our enjoyment of that show, and the fact that this is a racer that goes up and down quickly, we're calling it Breaking Wind. Obviously, you can have a few different interpretations of that."
The Thurston is also a competition; pilots drop beanbags over targets. Crowds can watch that at Robertson Field, as well as liftoffs Friday through Sunday.
Stevens said people also watch the Thurston from their backyards, hosting picnics and gatherings.
"That's why it's hard to give an estimate of how many attend. People can be almost anywhere and enjoy them."
The pilots, in turn, love the tradition of Thurston and the hospitality they receive. Sullivan, who owns Pancho's Southwestern Grill near Canton, Ohio, has participated in each one.
"It's just a fun area with the rolling hills, a beautiful area," he said. "A group of us has been going for years and we enjoy the camaraderie."
David Seekell, of Jackson, Mich., has become another regular.
"The organizers are fantastic, and the community is unbelievable, it's so supportive," he said. "We pull into town and we feel like we're movie stars or heroes."


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Big Man: Real Life & Tall Tales (Hardcover)
Real Life & Tall Tales
Grand Central Publishing, 9780446546263, 384pp.
Publication Date: October 1, 2009
Here are just a few things you'll get from reading it: The truth behind the final hours of making "Born To Run" The real story of how the E-Street Band got its name What happened when Clarence and Ringo Starr were sitting in a hotel room and Clarence got the call that Bruce was breaking up the band How Bruce and Clarence met that dark, stormy night at the Student Prince The E-Street band's show at Sing-Sing prison where all of their equipment blows out right as they take the stage The secret that Robert De Niro told Clarence and Bruce they had to keep for 25 yearsBut that's merely a glimpse. This is not your average rock book. It is something creative, something unique, something new. It is the story of E-Street. It is the story of stories. It is the story of the Big Man.
About the Author
Don Reo is the writer/producer of many award-winning television series. He lives in Santa Barbara California with his wife Judith D. Allison.
Praise For Big Man: Real Life & Tall Tales…
"Legends have a way of growing every time they're told. This time, the tales of rock and roll history are brought to life by a legend himself, Clarence Clemons. Big Man relives Clemons's story in a unique personal narrative that's bound in both history and folklore. This is an essential read for any music lover."
--President Bill Clinton
"Big Man takes you on an outrageous journey with one of the most charismatic, gracious, kind and talented men of our time. This peek into the world of Clarence is full of fun and laughter, which is exactly what this guy is all about. He's a genuine soul worth his weight in gold. That's why he's been an inspiration to me for years and years, and his incredible music brings great joy to my heart. His role in the E Street Band helped place him and the band in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame...right where he belongs."
--Pat Riley, NBA Hall Of Fame coach
"Big Man is one of the greatest books about a big black man ever written. If you want to get really close to a big black man without getting punched in the face, this book's for you!"
--Chris Rock
"The feeling I get watching Clarence walk to center stage to play his sax must be similar to the feeling a Yankee fan had watching Babe Ruth walk to home plate: you're sure a big man is about to do something that's gonna make you cheer louder than you ever have before. This great book makes that feeling even stronger. Now excuse me while I drive my sleek machine over the Jersey state line."
--Artie Lange, New Jersey native, E-Street fanatic, and New York Times bestselling author of Too Fat To Fish
"Big Man is too funny, soulful, outrageous and wise to have been written by two people. I suspect Don Reo is an invented character. A mystical book, an oddly beautiful book, a wonderful book."
--Kinky Friedman


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Envisioned and prototyped iOS app for financial management. Explored novel interactions for one of India's leading travel website.
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Experimented on web usability, Tangible Interaction, Natural User Interface, mobile augmented reality and ubiquitous computing.
Proposed an avant-garde design for museum of modern art as an hybrid of art, interaction design and architecture at Bhubaneswar, India.
Hi, I am Sanat. I am an Interaction Designer, Illustrator and Usability Researcher from India with more than 5 years of freelancing experience with start-ups and industry leaders. I am currently pursuing Master of Science in Human Computer Interaction at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta. My hobbies are designing and playing badminton.


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Melissa Manchester to Make Cafe Carlyle Debut, 6/10-21
GRAMMY Award-winning singer-songwriter Melissa Manchester will make her Café Carlyle debut in a new show, You Gotta Love The Life, June 10 - June 21. Accompanying herself on piano, she will perform a selection of hits spanning her career, along with several songs from her upcoming album. She will be joined on stage by Stephan Oberhoff (keyboard, guitar) and Susan Holder (vocals, percussion).
Performances will take place Tuesday - Friday at 8:45pm; and Saturday at 8:45pm and 10:45pm. Reservations made by phone at 212.744.1600 are $70 ($120 for premium seating, $50 for bar seating) Tuesday - Thursday & Saturday late show; and $80 ($130 for premium seating, $60 for bar seating) on Friday and Saturday. Reservations made online at www.ticketweb.com are $65 ($115 for premium seating) Tuesday - Thursday & Saturday late show; and $75 ($125 for premium seating) on Friday and Saturday. Café Carlyle is located in The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel (35 East 76th Street, at Madison Avenue).
Manchester may be best known for her international hits "Through the Eyes of Love" and "Don't Cry Out Loud," but her legacy as a songwriter goes back much further. Her songs have been recorded by Barbra Streisand, Dusty Springfield, Alison Krauss, Roberta Flack, Johnny Mathis and more. She's performed on the stage alongside Kelsey Grammer in Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd and on the screen alongside Bette Midler in the film For The Boys. Manchester is currently recording her 20th album, also titled You Gotta Love The Life.
For more information, please visit www.melissamanchester.com.


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Discussion in 'Texans Talk' started by GlassHalfFull, Feb 23, 2009.
I heard this rumored at the chili cookoff yesterday. Now the Chronicle is reporting
Rose to Vikes per Chron:
On the radio this morning about Weaver, can't find any printable source.
Anyone else hear?
I doubt they will offer a 3rd round pick again this year. Sage took care of that himself.
I was thinking 4th. I would say his value went down this season.
I agree.
It'd be nice if it was a 3rd rounder or higher, but I'm not gonna hold my breath.
2nd source? - Link
I'll bet they take a 3rd this year...Pat White or Stephen McGee are the two names that come up as a replacement in the draft for a backup QB.
Haven't heard anything, but if this is true then that pretty much guarantees we are either signing a DE in FA or drafting one high (1st or 2nd round). Also gives us even more cap room to make a move in FA.
Holy Smokes!!
I can't find anything on Weaver.
Can we back that up somewhere? Not being a jackass, just want to read it!
I like to think of myself as an educated, rational fan. I've been against this deal because I think it's important to have a quality backup QB that the team believes in.
In the end, though, like any fan, I get goosebumps when I hear the potential for additional draft picks. So, I'm kinda on board with it now, even though I think it's questionable logic.
I guess if we can get a 3rd plus maybe a conditional mid-late round pick in 2010 (depending on his performance this season), we can make some good out of it. I'm all for getting McGee in the 5th round. What FA Qb do we go after to replace sage?
Honestly, I like Sage. I know he's a career backup, and he had a complete meltdown in the Indy game, but I'd hate to see him go. Shaub seems to get hurt a lot, and we don't have anyone here that already knows our system to step in (do we?) without a hickup. If we trade him, we'd better pickup someone fast, IMHO. I'm probably just over reacting, it could work out for the better. We bring in someone else who picks up the system fast, shines during his time given, and pushes Matt for the QB 1 spot. That would be a good scenario in my book.
We still need a veteran backup who will understand he'll be the #2. I also believe if we lose Sage, we'll go 4th to 5th round on our future backup...Pat White/Steven McGee?
Surely, surely if they are going to trade Sage then they have a backup plan... right?
I agree. We need a capable backup so I would only trade him for at least a 3rd round pick. White has looked great at the combine so far so I could see us taking him.
If we were to go after any FA QB to replace Sage I would want it to be Jeff Garcia, but from what I hear he still wants to be a starter.
I was for the trade last year (3rd rounder). Have Quinn Gray as your back up to lose those games Schaub missed. Now this season, I felt like Sage's value probably dropped too significantly to warrant a trade... that he'd probably have more value as our backup.
I love this time of year. Sage is great guy so I hope we can get something decent for him and he can be successful up in Minnesota!
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.
Glad Kubiak and Smith learned that Sage was not the answer as either a starter or back-up. I'll take a 4th for him, which I hope it is(or more).
That's all fine and dandy if we can get a 3rd rd pick or so..... but we've got no one as a backup behind Matt. Any ideas on a FA who would come here to back him up????? I certainly wouldn't put all my eggs in a basket on a draft choice for this year....
You could argue his value went down, but also Minnesota's need went up after they had to go with Gus Frerrote most of last season.
I'm thinking we get a 3rd in '09 and something between a 4th-7th in 2010 as a conditional pick based on how many starts he has.
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Assessment of coronary artery disease and calcified coronary plaque burden by computed tomography in patients with and without diabetes mellitus
Purpose: To compare the coronary atherosclerotic burden in patients with and without type-2 diabetes using CT Coronary Angiography (CTCA). Methods and Materials: 147 diabetic (mean age: 65 ± 10 years; male: 89) and 979 nondiabetic patients (mean age: 61 ± 13 years; male: 567) without a history of coronary artery disease (CAD) underwent CTCA. The per-patient number of diseased coronary segments was determined and each diseased segment was classified as showing obstructive lesion (luminal narrowing >50%) or not. Coronary calcium scoring (CCS) was assessed too. Results: Diabetics showed a higher number of diseased segments (4.1 ± 4.2 vs. 2.1 ± 3.0; p < 0.0001); a higher rate of CCS > 400 (p < 0.001), obstructive CAD (37% vs. 18% of patients; p < 0.0001), and fewer normal coronary arteries (20% vs. 42%; p < 0.0001), as compared to nondiabetics. The percentage of patients with obstructive CAD paralleled increasing CCS in both groups. Diabetics with CCS ≤ 10 had a higher prevalence of coronary plaque (39.6% vs. 24.5%, p = 0.003) and obstructive CAD (12.5% vs. 3.8%, p = 0.01). Among patients with CCS ≤ 10 all diabetics with obstructive CAD had a zero CCS and one patient was asymptomatic. Conclusions: Diabetes was associated with higher coronary plaque burden. The present study demonstrates that the absence of coronary calcification does not exclude obstructive CAD especially in diabetics.
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Maffei, E, Seitun, S, Nieman, K, Martini, C, Igoren Guaricci, A, Tedeschi, C, … Cademartiri, F. (2011). Assessment of coronary artery disease and calcified coronary plaque burden by computed tomography in patients with and without diabetes mellitus. European Radiology: journal of the European Congress of Radiology, 21(5), 944–953. doi:10.1007/s00330-010-1996-z
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NEW YORK (Sep. 21)
Dr. Nahum Goldmann, chairman of the Jewish Agency returned to the United States yesterday after several months in Europe where he met with French and Moroccan Jewish leaders to discuss the situation of Jews in Morocco in light of the current unrest there.
Earlier, Dr. Goldmann conferred with Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, of West Germany on improvements in the German indemnification legislation program and the progress of the Bonn-Israel reparations agreement. Dr. Goldmann attended the Zionist Actions Committee meeting in Jerusalem last month where he presented his plan for re-organization of the Zionist movement which is now under debate.


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Health insurer Aetna will pay up to $120 million to settle physician and consumer lawsuits charging that it underpaid for out-of-network services for years using a biased pricing database owned by another major insurer.
The American Medical Association and former New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, now governor of the state, sued multiple national and regional insurers during the past decade, charging them with using an intentionally inaccurate database from the former Ingenix software unit of UnitedHealth Group. The Ingenix unit is now part of UHG's OptumInsight division. The suits alleged the database underpaid by up to 28 percent. Cuomo eventually got agreements from at least seven insurers to fund development of an independent database to determine out of network rates and to shut down the Ingenix database.
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One of Mississippi's most noted golf courses, designed by one of the sport's greatest legends, is under new ownership and is expected to undergo a major restoration.
Veteran club pro Leigh Brannan is among the new owners who recently took control of Deerfield Golf Club, a Byron Nelson-designed 18-hole course in Jackson.
Brannan was the head professional at Deerfield for nearly three decades. He and his partners purchased the club after financially troubled Colonial Country Club of Jackson went bankrupt. Colonial had owned the Deerfield course along with the Colonial property in Jackson.
Deerfield will operate as a private club, with a membership limit of 400. The golf course is the centerpiece of a planned community of some 400 homes near Canton.
Brannan said he and his partners plan to make a number of improvements to the course, which has played host to nine Mississippi Open championships, four Mississippi Amateur men's championships, two women's State Amateur championships and 12 PGA Tour Qualifying tournaments.
"We are going to restore it to its prestigious position in Mississippi golf," said Brannan. "Actually, we're going to make it better than it has ever been."
Famed golf course architect Joe Finger built the course, which opened in 1979. Nelson, one of the greatest players in PGA Tour history, helped design it. While Finger built nearly 80 courses, Nelson designed only eight and was better known for his exploits as a player.
Brannan said the initiation fee will be waived for members who join the club before July 1.


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Peel Region taxpayers will foot massive legal bills for an ongoing soap opera over development in Caledon that's headed to the Ontario Municipal Board next summer.
The dispute includes a cast that ranges from Caledon's council to developers, a trade union and local business people and boils down to how much development should happen in the largely rural community and how fast.
For some, it's a classic case of NIMBYism.
Caledon council permitted significant development in some parts of the region but not others, and approved a development plan that restricted residential growth in Bolton, Caledon's urban core. At the same time, council permitted significant new retail and business development Bolton, which is part of Caledon.
Those businesses began shutting their doors, and some, including Boston Pizza, Shoeless Joe's, Canadian Tire and Home Depot had to restructure or ask for assistance from their respective corporate head offices.
With potentially billions of dollars worth of development at stake, the dispute led to defamation lawsuits and bitter allegations that local council ignored provincial planning rules permitting development to thwart one developer in favour of another.
One of the players, Solmar Development Corporation, launched the OMB appeal and has been fighting what they characterize as Caledon's flawed decision-making process and development plan.
A group of stakeholders backing Solmar – including as of Friday a local home-builders union and Caledon's Chamber of Commerce – have joined the dispute to argue in Solmar's favour.
Kelly Darnley of the Caledon Chamber of Commerce said residential development is desperately needed to support the struggling businesses in the area where Solmar wants to build.
"We believe that the voices of our small businesses have gone unheard," said Darnley outside court, adding that the business owners "are hoping the OMB decides to allow population into the area."
Local 183 of the Universal Workers Union – a union made up mostly of local builders – also officially threw its hat into the ring on Friday.
"Local 183 has strong ties to this community, (and) we've built the most homes in this community than any other" said John Evans, council for Local 183, adding that the union's labourers live in the community and would like to work close to home.
"As things stand, this community is going to stagnate...and this effects our membership," Evans said.
The OMB hearing will begin June 25 and is expected to last five weeks. Because Caledon is a part of Peel Region, residents from the entire region will pay the lion's share of Caledon's legal costs.
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Are both the legs painful? Since when? Any swelling or edema of the legs?
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From the description of the pain, it sounds possible that it could be the result of a blood clot blocking a vein in your leg. Especially since sitting makes it worse.
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Ag department issues consumer advisory for Blackstar Heavy Whipping Cream
The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is advising consumers to avoid consuming Blackstar Dairy brand heavy whipping cream with a sell-by date of june 17, 2012 after routine sampling by MDA staff found the product had not been properly pasteurized.
Blackstar, located in Solway, Minn., is contacting retail stores and voluntarily recalling the product. Customers who have the product at home should return it to the store from which they purchased it. Blackstar reports that about 400 pints of product were produced with that sell-by date, which is stamped on the front of the jug. The product is distributed statewide by Trudeau Distribution. No illnesses have been linked to this product.
Pasteurization is the process of heating milk for a set period of time to a set temperature to kill bacteria. By heating the milk, bacteria that can cause human illnesses are killed or inactivated. Pasteurization has been used for many decades to kill bacteria when milk is processed for bottling or the production of other dairy products.
MDA inspectors will be visiting with Minnesota retail and wholesale food businesses in the coming weeks to share information about the situation and to verify that at-risk product have been removed from the marketplace.


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Booty Hops, Bionic Rappers and New Music from Planet Soul
Brotha from the Lost Planet of Soul
Anthony Hamilton, Comin' From Where I'm From (Arista)
Something like Bill Withers singing "Harlem", Bobby "Blue" (who ain't never been bland) talking about "...No Love in the Heart of the City" and that cat from JA, Beres Hammond, singing "No Disturb Sign" and you get exactly where Anthony Hamilton comin' from. On the real, a Carolina cat, but he could have been from the Lost Planet of Soul. The lead single "Comin' from Where I From" is straight from the book of Crossroad Demons, where you know Eshu is workin' that thing, but you still got to take a bite. "Charlene" and "I'm a Mess" ("I'm shaking and I'm 'scured'") is just the thangs you sang about the loses on the come up. But it's that moment when Hamilton breaks out ol' Kenny Rogers ("Lucille"), that you realize that despite the praises, this cat ain't never gonna leave Tobacco Road.
Grown Folk Music
Kindred the Family Soul, Surrender to Love (Hidden Beach)
Did he really say "tired of… not getting no ass / Unless the baby's sleep / But even them seems like we tryin' to creep"? ("Far Away") Damn, must have been in my head and when you get pop or R&B that even remotely represents the daily, daily of the "not nearly rich, never gonna be famous, but still happy to put in the time" it needs to be recognized. Kindred, a husband and wife duo from South Jersey got the deal right, giving grown folks, in between day care pickups, out-of-town business trips, soccer camp, another McFood dinner and yes another night (or month) of not getting "some," music to "respirate" to (you know, "breathe in, breathe out"). Folks might be steppin' hard to that Chi-town Piper, but seems like South Jersey/Philly got their own little stepper-classic with "Far Away" and life don't get no sweeter than hearing Aja coo to Fatin, "we've come so far / Stars look up to you/my heart belongs / Right here next to you" as she does on the lovely "Stars".
It's That Feelin' Music, ya Know?
Freeway, Philadelphia Freedom (Def Jam)
Folks been wonderin' when that second-tier at Rocafella was gonna step up, and while folks waited for Beans and Bleek to finally step to the next level, it's Beans' boy Freeway that drops the serious head-nodder. Possessing a high-pitch wheeze in which he always sounds like he's on the verge of some serious distress (like asthma attack, for real), there's no doubt that Just Blaze and Kanye "MFin'" West gave Freeway the joints to get him in your head. Jay actually sounds interested on the trio track with Freeway and Beans ("What We Do") and Faith is as lovely as ever on "Don't Cross the Line". But it's Anthony Allen's (y'all remember Roc's Christion?) collabo on the ghetto anthem "Alright" that's the deal here. From Freeway's spoken intro ("this that feeling music, you know / We make that music you can FEEL… EARLY!") 'til Allen starts to church it at the end, "Alright" is yet another reminder that even thug-niggas need to get their spirit on from time to time.
Adventures of the Bionic Rapper
50 Cent, Get Rich or Die Tryin' (Interscope)
I ain't gonna lie, from the first time I heard "Wanksta" and then heard all the hype about Mr. Fiddy, I thought he was the hip-hop anti-Christ. Cats couldn't be MCs no more, now they either had to be droppin' joints from the grave or rappin' about the nine bullets that shoulda put them in a grave. Seemed like a marketing scheme to me, since you can't be any more authentic in hip-hop then to be dead. The video for "In Da Club" essentially admitted that the cat was constructed like the Bionic Rapper (what, y'all didn't watch The Six Million Dollar Man?). I laid low on the 50-phenomenon for awhile, even as my girl Lynne D. Johnson put some shit out there to turn a brotha's head. But it was "21 Questions"—the best hip-hop love song since LL's "I Need Love"—that got me in the mix and that video with Meagan Goode (bruhs could finally admit what they thought about her, since they couldn't when she first appeared in the film Eve's Bayou). By the time I heard "Many Men (Wish Death)" I was convinced that Fiddy might become the Robert Johnson of his generation.
Meshell, My Belle
Me'Shell NdegeOcello, Comfort Woman (Maverick)
Comfort Woman was written while sis was comin' to terms with a New York City that was still metaphorically and spiritually aflame in the aftermath of real terror attacks and the flossin' of real terrorist from podiums in the Nation's Capitol. In so many ways reminiscent of Bob's Kaya ("excuse while I light my spliff ") Comfort Woman is alternately thoughtful, funny, sexy, regretful, passionate, sad, angry, accusatory, and hopeful, or the very emotions that Me'Shell NdegeOcello has always brought to our palates—if we bothered to taste. Fact of the matter is that Me'Shell's music has always been a response to terror and that is perhaps why she'll never be a pop star.
"Make You Get Like Beyonce and Do the Booty-Hop"
Beyonce, Dangerously in Love (Sony)
The first minute and a half of "Crazy in Love" took my breath away and I guess that was the point, but damn if "Crazy" wasn't as close to perfect as pop got this year. Never got tired of that Chi-lites hook ("Are You My Woman"), but proving that it wasn't all about old-school soul, Ms. B's own little "oh, oh, oh, oh…" riff gave it generation-transcending appeal (six months later the five-year-old still shaking her ass to it). It was a no brainer that "Baby Boy" with the rent-a-dancehall artists of the moment was gonna keep Ms. B on the charts throughout the year, but so much of Dangerously in Love's appeal had little to do with "Destiny's Child: the Solo Years" and everything to do with baby-girl singing about getting grown and in love, like on songs like the remake of Funkadelic's "I'd Rather Be with You" ("Be With You"), "Me, Myself and I", and the orgasmicly brilliant "Speechless". "Hip-Hop Star", with Big Boi and Sleepy Brown ("Got to Give it Up"-era Marvin Gaye channeled) gave us a glimpse into the year that would be OutKast. Ms. B's remake of "The Closer I Get to You" with Luther rings a tad bit sentimental, but I'm a sentimentalist, so for me, Beyonce was no better than when singing to daddy Knowles on the hidden track "My Daddy".
"Whatever It Is, It's Got to Be Funky…"
Joss Stone, The Soul Sessions (S-Curve)
You hear the names Betty Wright and Latimore in the mix, and you got to wonder if the folks at Malaco were planning a reunion disc. And true indeed the spirit of Muscle Shoals was up in the house, but instead it was a 16-year-old white Brit named Joss Stone was bringing the funk. No doubt her age was more astounding than her whiteness (like the first time you heard a 16-year-old Johnny Gill bring the bass), but being real it was that whiteness that got her coverage in The New York Times and Entertainment Weekly. Ain't gonna be no Kenny G or Michael Bolton debates up in here, 'cause sis got a game (game recognize game) or Sister Betty wouldn't have been in the mix in the first place. Stone's version of Carla Thomas's "I've Fallen in Love with You" got a life waitin' for it at the Stepper Set and "The Chokin' Kind" will choke the tears out of you. But damn if JS's take on the Isley's "For the Love of You" isn't both one of the "most beautifullest" things you'll hear this year and one of the most inventive soul remakes this side of classic (circa 1984) Luther Vandross.
Brooklyn's Finest
Jay-Z, The Black Album (Roc-a-Fella/Def Jam)
We know why Jay was in the game—he was always in it for the "cash, hoes, and cars", but that never meant that he wasn't also doin' it for the "Love of the Mic". And ain't nobody ever rocked the Runway and the Boulevard the way Jay has ('cept maybe Snoop) and for as long. He was never as serious as Nas (his only legitimate living East Coast contender) or as lovable as Biggie, but his wit, inventiveness, brashness and sense of humor (which Nas has never had) counts for something. Nas may get into burning Jay in effigy, but he need to own up to the fact that Jay got him back on the grind, finally realizing the promise we all thought we heard on Illmatic. The Black Album may or not be Hova's Sly Stone move, but he's no doubt doin' it on his terms. Better than Reasonable Doubt and just a tad off of the brilliance of The Blueprint (his best, imho), The Black Album finds Jay perhaps assuaging his hurt feelings, making the case any way, as to why he's "Brooklyn's Finest". As hip-hop gets dirty in the South and searches the globe for the next distorted "third world" riff, being the "King of Brooklyn" might be everything.
Goapele, Even Closer (SkyBlaze)
Sexy, passionate and committed—words that could describe any number of R&B divas, particularly if their passions and commitments are limited to the promotion of themselves. But Goapele is not one of those divas. Sexy, for damn sure the Bay Area resident is, but her passions and commitments extend into the world of social activism, anti-war protest, and less-than-fashionable womanisms, making her R&B's version of a 21st First Century Angela Davis or rather Elaine Brown, first sister of the Black Panther Party, who when not trying to give her male colleagues a little gender consciousness, managed to record three albums in the early 1970s. Independently released on Goapele's own SkyBlaze Recordings, Even Closer was more than a pleasant surprise, it was an exhaled breath, amongst an array of "Milkshakes", Beyonce "booty hops", and Murder Inc. Princesses.
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Stevie Wonder Takes a Knee as Green Day and Others Also Speak Out at Global Citizen Festival
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Raleigh, N.C. — After months of pleading by Gov. Pat McCrory, a proposal to put major bond issues for road projects and state infrastructure upgrades on the November ballot is finally moving through the House.
The House Finance Committee approved the measure Tuesday, and it's expected on the floor Wednesday. It's future after that remains uncertain, as the Senate has been cool to the idea of issuing bonds for road projects.
Meanwhile, the Senate passed a bill that would allow people hurt in a terror attack to sue the terrorist and any supporters for damages. The bill also would allow some North Carolina National Guard members to carry concealed weapons at recruiting stations and armories. That provision comes in the wake of a fatal shooting last month at a Marine recruitment office in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Senate leaders also shifted House bills on Medicaid reform and business-recruitment incentives out of limbo to two committees, but neither committee has met in weeks as the chamber tries to wrap up its work for the session.


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TO commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Normandy D-Day landings the Painswick Centre is taking people back to war time Britain.
The centre in Bisley Street, Painswick is hosting a 1940s evening between 7pm and 12am on Friday, June 6 – the same date as D-Day.
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Impressive pics, darth! Very nice!
Many thanks Barbarian
I really hope we see Thor in the "Coming in 30 days" part of the newsletter today
I guess if he's not coming in April, it would be nice to have the product page updated. Then I can officially give up hope of seeing this before Memorial Day.
Looks like they made it into April after all!!! I'm going to have Thor on my shelf before I go see The Avengers!!!!!Your pre-order of the Thor PF - Sideshow Exclusive Version (3001131) will be arriving into our U.S. warehouse in approximately 13 days at which time we will charge your card for the item. Please verify that both your shipping address and payment information (above) are correct on your order by Monday, April 30, 2012.


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Discoveries in Europe and a Boom in the US: Is Global Shale Production Spoiling Russia's Gas Party?
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The International Energy Agency (IEA) stated that unconventional gas reserves in Europe, including tight gas, shale gas and Coal Bed Methane (CBM), are estimated to be around 3,500 trillion cubic feet (tcf). If these reserves were commercially exploited they would produce more than enough to sustain the continent's gas demand for the next 60 years.
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However, Russia provided around a third of the 16.5 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of natural gas imported by Europe last year alone, and so a move towards self-sustainability could prove highly damaging to this Eastern European nation's hydrocarbon export sector.
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Irving Kahn is a probably the oldest living value investor in the world. He is 104 and has been practicing value investing for 77 years. He served as a teaching assistant for Benjamin Graham. Ben Graham had the gift of influence people, for other people working with him also became good value investors. These people include: Warren Buffett and future value investors William J. Ruane, Walter J. Schloss and Charles Brandes
In 1978, he founded Kahn Brothers Group, Inc., the privately owned investment advisory and broker-dealer firm that he founded with his sons, Alan and Thomas, in 1978. The firm has approximately $348 million in equities under management according to the Form 13-F filed with the SEC on April 28, 2009. Kahn still performs an active role at the company at the age of 103.
Just to ensure you will read it, I include here an excerpt from a great article in www.smartmoney.com:
AFTER DROPPING OUT OF CITY College to work on Wall Street in 1928, Irving Kahn had a front-row seat to investors' successes and failures during the Depression, especially those of mentor and friend Benjamin Graham. Investing buffs know Graham as the legendary father of value investing, whose disciples include Warren Buffett. After taking a beating in the 1929 crash, Graham set out to find the least risky way to make money — conveying his findings in the landmark book Security Analysis and through investing courses. (Not to mention racking up millions over a multidecade investment career.) Kahn helped him on all fronts, crunching numbers and researching stock picks. In fact, when you talk to Kahn, it often seems as if he sees the Depression through Graham's eyes, peppering his recollections with self-effacing comments, such as, "I can tell you about myself by telling you what I did for Graham."
Like many investors (and many New Yorkers), Kahn is supremely skeptical — be it of a company's prospects or of inquiries from a curious reporter asking about the similarities between now and the 1930s. Kahn, who sounds more like a professor than a money manager, actually asks more questions than he answers, dodging most queries about himself. When prodded, the public school-educated son of Polish immigrants says the problem after the Depression was not so much the lack of money to invest but rather "knowing how to use it without losing it. There were too many bargains." A bargain isn't a sure thing, and Kahn learned from Graham to buy only investments he deemed "riskless." He also learned when to get out even if that meant leaving money on the table.
Kahn hasn't deviated from that philosophy, even now that he's chairman of his investment firm, Kahn Brothers Group. He still shows up five days a week to hunt for overlooked companies with good businesses and little debt that are trading for less than the value of their assets. Kahn's youngest son, Tom, 64, runs the firm, which has returned an average of 10.9 percent a year since 1994 through the end of 2008, better than the S&P 500's 6.8 percent average. After that kind of performance in his nearly eight decades as an investor, the elder Kahn can clearly afford the finer things in life. But he steadfastly prefers hamburgers at low-key neighborhood joints over the haute cuisine at the many pricey restaurants near his Upper East Side home. At 103, he has succumbed to taking a cab to the office but takes the bus home — using his senior citizen's discount. After so many years in the business, it's a wonder Kahn continues the grind. But his son Tom says, "Investing is his hobby. It keeps him alive." That's quite a tonic, but the Kahn genes also have something to do with it. The family — including Kahn's 107-year-old elder sister and their 99-year-old "baby" brother — has been the subject of several studies on aging.
Despite the constant comparisons with the Depression, Kahn says it's "absurd" to think the U.S. is headed for a repeat of the 1930s when people "felt so helpless." Back then, the Feds refused to aid banks and were powerless to adjust interest rates or insure accounts. In fact, Kahn points out, up through 1971, the Federal Reserve couldn't even lend money if it wasn't backed by gold. Today our government is creating billions of dollars — literally — to help get the economy back on track, we have programs to insure individuals don't lose their bank deposits, and there's a general sense that Washington will do what it takes to help both Wall Street and Main Street. That's not to downplay the troubles ahead, and Kahn is the first to suggest ultrasafe government bonds for part of a portfolio. But as an investor who has seen dozens of economic downturns, Kahn plainly says this is just part of the natural cycle of the market. "Investors have no reason to feel bearish," he says. "True value investors are glad the markets are down."
Top Holdings
No. 1: New York Community Bancorp Inc. (NYB), Weightings: 11.6% - 3,611,402 Shares
New York Community Bancorp Inc. is the holding company for New York Community Bank the fifth largest thrift in the nation. New York Community Bancorp Inc. has a market cap of $3.67 billion; its shares were traded at around $10.62 with a P/E ratio of 10.5 and P/S ratio of 2.2. The dividend yield of New York Community Bancorp Inc. stocks is 9.4%. New York Community Bancorp Inc. had an annual average earning growth of 20.5% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated New York Community Bancorp Inc. the business predictability rank of 2.5-star.
Kahn maintained 3,613,614 shares in 4Q06 and now he has 3,611,402, virtually unchanged.
No. 2: ScheringPlough Corp. (SGP), Weightings: 10.98% - 1,620,836 Shares
Schering-Plough Corporation and its subsidiaries are engaged in the discovery development manufacturing and marketing of pharmaceutical products worldwide. ScheringPlough Corp. has a market cap of $38.33 billion; its shares were traded at around $23.57 with a P/E ratio of 13.2 and P/S ratio of 2.1. The dividend yield of ScheringPlough Corp. stocks is 1.1%. SGP is being acquired by Merck.
Kahn has 2,048,295 shares of SGP back in 4Q06 and now he has 1,620,836 shares.
No. 3: BristolMyers Squibb Company (NYSE:BMY), Weightings: 9.38% - 1,488,322 Shares
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company is a global leader in the research and development of innovative lifesaving and life-enhancing treatments for heart disease; high blood pressure; stroke; diabetes; cancer; HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases; depression schizophrenia and other mental disorders; pain; and other conditions. BristolMyers Squibb Company has a market cap of $38.53 billion; its shares were traded at around $19.45 with a P/E ratio of 10.6 and P/S ratio of 1.9. The dividend yield of BristolMyers Squibb Company stocks is 6.4%.
Kahn bought into BMY in or before 2006 when he had 1.224 million shares. His ownership fluctuated only fractionally during the past two and half years. As of 1Q09, he owns 1.488 million shares.
No. 4: Pfizer Inc (NYSE:PFE), Weightings: 7.72% - 1,971,552 Shares
Pfizer Inc has a market cap of $95.35 billion; its shares were traded at around $14.13 with a P/E ratio of 6 and P/S ratio of 2. The dividend yield of Pfizer Inc stocks is 4.6%. Pfizer Inc had an annual average earning growth of 11% over the past 10 years. GuruFocus rated Pfizer Inc the business predictability rank of 2.5-star.
Kahn had 508,938 shares of Pfizer and now he has 1,971,552 shares. He has held this position steady since 2Q08.
No. 5: Merck & Co. Inc. (NYSE:MRK), Weightings: 6.69% - 869,232 Shares
Merck & Co. Inc. is a global research-driven pharmaceutical company dedicated to putting patients first. Merck & Co. Inc. has a market cap of $54.23 billion; its shares were traded at around $25.72 with a P/E ratio of 7.8 and P/S ratio of 2.3. The dividend yield of Merck & Co. Inc. stocks is 5.9%.
Khan's ownership of Merck mirrors that of BMY. He had 923,888 shares back in 4Q06 and 869,232 shares as of 1Q09. He actually bought about 200,000 shares of Merch in 1Q09.
No. 6: Wyeth (WYE), Weightings: 7.31% - 590,294 Shares
Wyeth is one of the world's largest research-driven pharmaceutical and health care products companies. Wyeth has a market cap of $58.54 billion; its shares were traded at around $43.9 with a P/E ratio of 12.6 and P/S ratio of 2.6. The dividend yield of Wyeth stocks is 2.7%. Wyeth had an annual average earning growth of 5.8% over the past 10 years. Wyeth is being acquired by Pfizer.
Kahn had 361,672 shares of WYE and now he has 590,294 shares.
Irving Kahn runs a very passive portfolio and yet very concentrated in big pharmaceuticals. Big pharms have been out of favor lately. Since the quarter beginning on April 1, 2009, his performance lags that of S&P 500.
But is that a bad thing for the rest of us? Aren't we supposed to look for value in the out-of-favor sectors? On the other hand, when you live more than one hundred years old, I guess you can overlook a few bumps along the road.


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Celebrity Smackdown II: Shirley Jones Consented to Red Carpet Images, Appeals Court Affirms
Posted by David Walker on Wednesday July 18, 2012 | Celebrity, Photojournalism
A federal appeals court has upheld a decision to dismiss a lawsuit against Corbis by actress Shirley Jones, who charged that the photo agency violated her rights of publicity by marketing images of her without permission. The appeals court also refused to vacate an award of attorney's fees to Corbis totaling $357,533. The decision was... More ›