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Resident Evil: Revelations is a gem. As a fan of Resident Evil 4, and someone who actually skipped on Resident Evil 5, this game completely surprised me.
I went in expecting bad production values and gameplay mechanics that didn't match the handheld. I wound up really enjoying the game, despite its limitations and mechanical issues.
The RE series is one that's built on plot twists and surprise characters, so I won't waste time spoiling any of those reveals. I will say that this story brings you aboard an infected, rusty ship and spreads you across several characters in a host of different environments as the tale wears on. If you're worried about the levels growing stale or repeating too much, don't be. The game mixes up the characters, tension, locations and pacing enough that it stays interesting.
What aren't all that interesting, however, are the enemies. Compared to other games in this series, Revelations is relatively devoid of enemy variety. Hulking white masses switch for gobs of slimy meat with teeth and deranged wolves every so often, but you'll typically be focusing on one or two types of enemies per level. That makes things a little less tense and a little more boring.
Mechanically, Revelations applies the stop-aim-shoot mechanics this series was built on. In most circumstances, it works. But, remember, the 3DS only has one circle pad on it without the add-on that works with this game (which I actually didn't get a chance to try). So, peering around corners or looking around the room is done by swiping on the touch screen.
Simply put: it doesn't work very well. You'll wind up stopping, turning, spinning and starting constantly if you want to look around bends before running forward. It's a frustrating system that tends to make itself known during the worst possible moments and can actually lead to a lot of death. You'll get used to it over time, but that comes at the expense of really exploring and leaning the area.
Further than that, inventory management is handled on the bottom screen as well. The UI never worked for me, though that may be a matter of strict personal opinion. Capcom crammed the inventory onto a screen with a mini-map. You can focus on individual sections with taps and bottom presses for management and customization, but the whole system feels too tight to work on the fly.
Both of those large complaints, however, are significantly outweighed by the graphical prowess employed here. Cutscenes are built from great, pre-rendered footage that amplifies each character present. They happen often and stand as strong interludes in the story. Environments and on-screen characters look nice in real time as well. Everything runs silky smooth in game and the atmosphere built off of that fact is fantastic.
What I love most about this game is the way it that it is split up; instead of one long run through the story, the game is presented in nice 20-30 minute chunks. They're labelled "Episodes" here, and they present an awesome way to give mobile gamers a nice bite-sized experience. You'll be able to immerse yourself in the world quickly and efficiently, and even your limited play sessions feel like quality.
Before getting to the score of this review, I will state openly that I did not have a chance to dive into the multiplayer portion of the game. Raid mode is, apparently, a lot like Horde mode in the Gears franchise. Players will battle waves of enemies cooperatively in order to advance. I did not try it.
I was otherwise busy with the robust campaign.
Resident Evil: Revelations is one of the best entries this franchise has seen in a while. It reverts back to more classic gameplay elements instead of the action-oriented style RE5 brought to the mix. This is a great addition to the Nintendo 3DS catalogue and, quite honestly, Capcom's created the best non-Nintendo game for this new handheld.
If you're a series fan and a Nintendo 3DS owner, don't skip out.
Full Disclosure: CraveOnline was sent a review copy of Resident Evil: Revelations a week before its release. We played through the main campaign completely over the course of a week.
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I have wamp 2.2 server and php 5.4.3
when I tried installing the stomp extension via PEAR I get
Warning: php_bin c:\wamp\bin\php\php5.4.3\php.exe
appears to have a suffix \php5.4.3\php.exe but config variable php_suffix does not match
ERROR: The DSP Stomp.dsp does not exist
So I've found the php_stomp.dll file and put it in the ext of the php5.4.3 I get the error
Stomp: Unable to initialize module
Module compiled with module API= 20090626
PHP compiled with module API= 20100525
These options need to match.
So I put it in another machine with an older version wamp 2.0 and php 5.3
It showed up under php extension menu so I checked it.
The php.ini was edited to add stomp extension.
But when I tried to use it I get the error class not found.
I use print_r(get_loaded_extensions()); stomp is not there.
I've already spent hours on this. Is there a working compiled php_stomp.dll I can use with
php 5.3 or 5.4.3 I am having a hard time with PEAR.

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ITV News has appointed Rageh Omaar as international affairs editor and will launch an international monthly current affairs programme on ITV.
'On Assignment' will be fronted by Omaar and produced by ITV News. The programme will consist of long-form reports on stories dominating the news agenda. The focus will be on international coverage but will include some stories from the UK, reported on by journalists working across ITV News.
The monthly strand will be broadcast as a 30 minute slot from March at 22:35.
Omaar was previously a special correspondent at ITV News. He will be based in London and work alongside Europe editor James Mates and diplomatic correspondent John Ray.


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Program Schedule for March 20 26
The March 11 Cleveland Wheelchair Cavaliers game vs Miami Valley Minutemen taped by HCTV at Hudson Middle School, is featured this week on HCTV.
Hudson Heritage Association presents Historic High School Renovation Project with BSHM Architects who are currently applying the principals of adaptive reuse to preserve features of the historic Cleveland Heights High School as the building is being renovated for 21st century learning.
Music from the Buckeye State presents the Kent State University Orchestra in a program of concertos (Sibelius, Beethoven, Tomasi, and Nielsen) featuring the both undergrad and graduate students. The Orchestra is under the direction of Music Director Katherine Kilburn. The show is produced by Brian Suntken.
The new edition of Forum 360 features Creative Retirement with author Ron Tetley and his book "Comparing Apples to Tacos: How to Know When Wall Street isn't Playing Fair with Your Lunch Money," exposing the problems of retirees with they fail to plan for their future, hosted by Bill Saus.
This week, KBTime interviews Akron-based photographer Eartha Goodwin who took some of the first photos of the Black Keys at the beginning of their career.
The City Club of Cleveland presents a panel discussion titled Advice and Dissent: Gorsuch and the Future of an Independent Supreme Court.
Good Day in Hudson presents a retrospective of Tom Vince segments: a look at the life of Hudson's notable polar explorer Lincoln Ellsworth and an explanation of some of Hudson's street names.
The Hudson Rotary Club hosted students from Hudson High School and Western Reserve Academy in the Annual 3-Way Speech Contest, a joint effort with the Clocktower Rotary Club.
The Really Bad Movie features "The Last Alarm" (1940). A retired fireman is brought back to help investigate a series of arson fires. Hosted from the Mansfield Fire Museum.
From the HCTV Archives: The Addiction Struggle discussion by The Ohio House in October 2015, the Green Plan of 1975 program commissioned by the Hudson Bicentennial Commission, Gardening with Nature with Valerie Strong and Book Chat featuring Jim Roetzel.
The HCTV channels can be viewed online: www.hudsoncommunitytv.viebit.com
Visit the HCTV Facebook page: www.facebook.com/hudsoncommunitytv.
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10 a.m. Green Plan
11 a.m. Forum 360
11:30 a.m. KB Time
Noon Rotary: 4-Way
1 p.m. Phase II
2 p.m. Career Panel
3:30 p.m. Buckeye Music
5 p.m. City Club
6 p.m. Rotary: 4-Way
7 p.m. HHA: Architects
8:30 p.m. KB Time
9 p.m. Good Day
10 p.m. Addiction
11:30 p.m. Recovery
Tuesday, March 21
7 a.m. Buckeye Music
8:30 a.m. HHA: Architects
10 a.m. Time to Cook
10:30 a.m. Forum 360
11 a.m. Green Plan
Noon City Club
1 p.m. Forum 360
1:30 p.m. Garden Nature
2 p.m. Wheelchair Cavs
3:30 p.m. KB Time
4 p.m. Good Day Hudson
5 p.m. HHA: Architects
6:30 p.m. Scenes
7 p.m. Buckeye Music
8:30 p.m. Wheelchair Cavs
10 p.m. Garden Nature
10:30 p.m. KB Time
11 p.m. Book Chat
11:30 p.m. Forum 360
Wednesday, March 22
7 a.m. City Club
8 a.m. Recovery
8:30 a.m. Time to Cook
9 a.m. Phase II
10 a.m. HHA: Architects
Noon Buckeye Music
1:30 p.m. KB Time
2 p.m. Polka Time
3 p.m. George Sleigh
4 p.m. Wheelchair Cavs
5:30 p.m. Addiction
7 p.m. KB Time
7:30 p.m. Forum 360
8 p.m. Green Plan
9 p.m. Good Day Hudson
10 p.m. Rotary: 4-Way
11 p.m. City Club
Thursday, March 23
7 a.m. Green Plan
8 a.m. Book Chat
8:30 a.m. Garden Nature
9 a.m. Wheelchair Cavs
10:30 a.m. KB Time
11 a.m. Phase II
Noon: Green Plan 1975
1 p.m. Career Panel
2:30 p.m. Buckeye Music
4 p.m. Good Day Hudson
5 p.m. Garden Nature
5:30 p.m. Scenes
6 p.m. Time to Cook
6:30 p.m. Wheelchair Cavs
8 p.m. HHA: Architects
10 p.m. Ultimate Game
10:30 p.m. Forum 360
11 p.m. George Sleigh
Friday, March 24
7 a.m. Jesse Ruben
8 a.m. George Sleigh
9 a.m. Polka Time
10 a.m. HHA: Architects
11:30 a.m. Ultimate Game
Noon Rotary: 4-Way
1 p.m. Forum 360
1:30 p.m. City Club
2:30 p.m. KB Time
3 p.m. Wheelchair Cavs
4:30 p.m. Addiction
6 p.m. Scenes
6:30 p.m. Ultimate Game
7 p.m. Garden Nature
7:30 p.m. Buckeye Music
9 p.m. Good Day Hudson
10 p.m. 1/2 Hour Show
10:30 p.m. Wheelchair Cavs
Saturday, March 25
7 a.m. City Club
8 a.m. Buckeye Music
9:30 a.m. Green Plan
10:30 a.m. Time to Cook
11 a.m. Phase II
Noon HHA: Architects
1:30 p.m. George Sleigh
2:30 p.m. Ultimate Game
3 p.m. Buckeye Music
4:30 p.m. Career Panel
6 p.m. Green Plan
7 p.m. KB Time
7:30 p.m. Wheelchair Cavs
9 p.m. Good Day Hudson
10 p.m. 1/2 Hour Show
10:30 p.m. Bad Movie
Sunday, March 26
7 a.m. Phase II
8 a.m. Scenes
8:30 a.m. Addiction
10 a.m. Garden Nature
10:30 a.m. Book Chat
11 a.m. Forum 360
11:30 a.m. FCC 11:59
Noon 1st Congregational
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2:30 p.m. Wheelchair Cavs
4 p.m. Buckeye Music
5:30 p.m. Forum 360
6 p.m. Rotary: 4-Way
7 p.m. Polka Time
8 p.m. Phase II
9 p.m. Good Day Hudson
10 p.m. Ultimate Game
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Applesauce Spice Cake with Lemon Frosting
This is a lovely easy cake to make. One which everyone seems to enjoy.
- 1/2 cup molasses
- 1 cup applesauce
- 1/2 teaspoon cloves
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 & 3/4 cup flour
- 2 tablespoons ginger
- 1/3 cup walnuts (optional), chopped
- 1/4 cup raisins (optional)
for the frosting:
- 1/2 cup vegan margarine, room temperature
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 2 lemons, juiced
Preheat the oven to 350 F / 177 C.
Combine the molasses and the applesauce in a large bowl.
Combine the remaining ingredients in a 2nd bowl, including the chopped walnuts, if using.
Grease an 8 inch square baking pan.
Mix the applesauce-molasses mixture into the dry ingredients and stir until evenly moistened.
Don't over mix as it will beat out the air.
Pour into the greased baking pan.
Bake in the oven for 35-45 minutes or until the cake springs back when touched.
to make the frosting:
Blend the margarine and powdered sugar together, I use a fork.
One tablespoon at a time, add the lemon juice until it is a smooth, yet thick frosting.
Allow the cake to completely cool before frosting.
3 responses to "Applesauce Spice Cake with Lemon Frosting"
Hey there!
I'm really happy about finding your website 🙂
It has a lot of awesome vegan recipes!
So..I wanted to make this spice cake, but I have a question..does it really work without any fat (oil, margarine..) in the dough? (Sorry, I'm rather inexperienced, but wanted to ask before doing something wrong)
Hi Julia,
Thank you for your comment and question. Yes, this is an amazing cake. It really tastes nice and yes, the recipe is correct. The applesauce is an amazing alternative for many ingredients. We have enjoyed this recipe often. I hope you do too.
should one use sweetened or unsweetened applesauce – will i need to add sugar/use golden syrup if i use unsweetened? thanks


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Adolf Otto Eichmann (March 19, 1906 – May 31, 1962) was a German Nazi and SS-Obersturmbannführer (equivalent to Lieutenant Colonel in Wehrmacht) and one of the major organizers of the Holocaust. Because of his organizational talents and ideological reliability, Eichmann was charged by Obergruppenführer (General) Reinhard Heydrich with the task of facilitating and managing the logistics of mass deportation of Jews to ghettos and extermination camps in German-occupied Eastern Europe.
After the war, he fled to Argentina using a fraudulently obtained laissez-passer issued by the International Red Cross and lived there under a false identity working for Mercedes-Benz until 1960. He was captured by Mossad operatives in Argentina and taken to Israel to face trial in an Israeli court on 15 criminal charges, including crimes against humanity and war crimes. He was found guilty and executed by hanging in 1962. He is the only person to have been executed in Israel on conviction by a civilian court.
Adolf Eichmann was born to a Lutheran family in Solingen, Germany. His parents were businessman and industrialist Adolf Karl Eichmann and Maria née Schefferling. After his mother died in 1914, his


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Assassin's Creed
Review by Jack_T_Ripped
"Great. If you like doing the same things over and over."
"Great. If you like doing the same things over and over."
Assassin's Creed Review
From JAck!
Plot/Concept: (What the game looked like on paper.) 10/10
Assassin's Creed is a game that sets you back in time via the use of advanced modern technology that allows you to relive "genetic memories" or memories that are only carried in your cells. When you use this technology, the modern character is put into a trance like state and you play as Altair, an assassin for an organization call the "Brotherhood." I personally like the idea, but it was implemented poorly which brings us to...
Game Play (How well the concept is actually implemented in the game.) 5/10
When not playing as you ancestor, the assassin Altair, you're really made to do nothing but get up, talk to two people, go to bed, get up, talk to two people, enter your memories. Once in your memories you will have to "investigate" nine people the brotherhood wants you to kill. This sounds great again, but the investigations are all pretty much the exact same thing. Pick-pocket, Interrogate (Which is nothing more than follow and beat the living day lights out of someone who isn't even armed with a rock.), use an informant, (Which is just collect the flag along a path within a time limit OR assassinate everyone targeted in a time limit.), or eavesdropping, which is pretty self explanatory.
That looks like a lot to keep you busy, but with a minimum of three investigations per target (excluding the first two or three that only need one), that leaves doing this over and over (24 times minimum) while doing other menial tasks, such as saving civilians and scaling towers a real pain in the... Saving civilians will either get friends to block a few guards if you run by while being chased, or unlock a few scholars, who you can hide between. Which brings me to the guards chase and hide system.
Guards... ugh. It's not that they aren't done correctly; it was the utter sensitivity of even walking by them too fast that is so frustrating. You can either run from them, which is hard as they seem just as agile as you, a trained assassin, or kill hoards of them for five minutes until they quit coming, then quickly hide anyways, as more will show, asking what happened. If you choose run, you have to break the line of sight (something done correctly) and then hide in a haystack or with scholars while you cool down. You can do this by running atop the buildings quickly and effectively. Not falling. Falling is bad.
Now for the map tasks. Oh yes, there's more work. In order to see all the civilians that need help, or easily find investigative missions, you must scale towers around the unlocked parts of the city, each city having three parts and quite a few towers. This takes time, and though isn't challenging, per se, it's extremely repetitive, and even the cool leaps of faith" (where you plummet from your perch, ALWAYS into a haystack) loose their 'wow' effect after the tenth time, which can happen before the first city.
Finally the main assassination target. After you do you investigation, you have to kill someone else. This usually is rather challenging. Sneaking up on them to do a stealth kill (more later) is always hard, some run, and they always alert the entire city of you. However, after all the work, the short words you have with them as they die does not ever make you feel satisfied. In fact after all this, it needs an update to not freeze or come up with a disc error
Combat (I give each genre of game a rating based on its supposed forte) 6/10
This is Assassin's Creed. You are a trained killer. So needless to say, you do this. A lot. Now the difference between assassination and murder is for you to decide, but you do a lot of both actually. When the guards chase you, you pretty much have to go full blown killer and take em out right in the open. However it happens so often it becomes easier to just button mash towards a guard until you land a hit, rather than take time and style, which is really how you should do it, but it really does not matter because chances are you will want to be doing an investigation they have already interrupted.
The weapons you get are nice and each has their own characteristics.
The sword is longer and heavier, making it great for one on one or two matches. You can hold down the sword's button to swing it harder, but it takes time in which you will either be hit, or the guards will stand there and die.
The short blade is for when fifteen guards are standing around you. It is quicker, has little (I did not see any) power attack offered for holding down the button, but is great for countering, which gives instant kills or a knock back. On the same button is throwing knifes. These are my favorite as they have the 'haha' effect when you're behind an archer who never saw it coming. These are limited though, and need stolen from specific town folk.
Fists. They uh... Well curl all your fingers. Now push your hand forward really fast. Yeah. The only thing to say about fist fighting is that it does not attract guards. Standing close to them however, will get you killed.
Finally, the hidden blade, the weapon shown so often in the trailers. When this is selected and you walk behind someone, you do a stealth kill. They drop after a few seconds, giving you time to escape. If you run towards and use it, you will jump on them, leaving them defenseless and dead. Using it in a brawl though, is highly not recommended.
Graphics (Was it pretty?:)) 7/10
The graphics were good. That's about it. Nothing that pushed my PS3's limits by any means, and I have probably seen better on PS2. However for the scope of the game to have a decent texture and skin tones, shadows, all those bells and whistles, it did nicely, bumping its score slightly. But it was not next gen.
Sound (~tweet tweet~) 7/10
It had sound, and some music, but nothing took my breath away as to how cool it sounded. I don't know whether to give it a 10 for doing everything right, or a 7 for being mediocre. I'll give it a 7. You don't get rewards for doing it right.
I rented it. I took it back a few days early after just being so bored I couldn't force myself to play it when I could even play Galaga and feel like something was done better than this game. (Which I did for an hour, hoping to regain interest.) No I didn't finish the game, just to be clear. If it couldn't sustain my interest to finish it, then I don't think its rating should be based on the ending. I do hope to re rent in a few weeks and see what happens, but really it's not worth buying unless you fall in love with the rental.
Overall Score:
Reviewer's Rating: 3.5 - Good
Originally Posted: 08/18/08
Game Release: Assassin's Creed (US, 11/13/07)
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This is a game I've already run a couple of times on both occasions for players who've never heard of "ms paint adventures" or "Homestuck". I can definitely assure you although timing issues put both games on the back burners, they had an immense amount of fun. And that's what I intend to do here. The game featured in the story, called "Sburb" is just universal enough to be fun to anyone because they essentially make the adventure themselves. If that's enough of a hook then keep on reading.
You begin this tale as a 13 year old human being, nothing too fancy, nothing spectacularly glaring about you to make the minds of those around you reel in logical pain. But something is rather special about you, and today is a very special day. You've been looking forward to beta-testing a new game that you can play with your friends. According to sources, it has features in line with classics such as "The Sims" and "Spore". It also includes elements of fantasy/sci-fi Role-Play. The day is bright and sunny. The wind is calm, and you're awaiting yet another chance to contact your ever so distant friends and simply have a good time.
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Jennifer Garner denies Ben Affleck's alleged affair with nanny caused their split
Actress insists husband's reported fling with Christine Ouzounian had 'nothing to do' with their divorce
JENNIFER Garner has denied her husband's alleged fling with their children's nanny Christine Ouzounian had anything to do with their divorce.
The Alias actress insisted she only heard about the supposed affair months after the couple had gone their separate ways.
The brunette beauty - who has Violet, 10, Seraphina, 7, and Samuel, 4, with the 43-year-old actor - called time on their relationship last June prompting speculation over what had caused the end of their 9-year marriage.
She told Vanity Fair: "Let me just tell you something. We had been separated for months before I ever heard about the nanny.
"She had nothing to do with our decision to divorce. She was not a part of the equation."
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The 43-year-old star added she was faced with the awkward task of informing her children why Christine had left.
She said: "Bad judgment? Yes. It's not great for your kids for [a nanny] to disappear from their lives. I have had to have conversations [with my children] about the meaning of scandal."
Jennifer was also brutally honest about the difficulties she faced when she felt her husband's attention turn elsewhere.
She said: "When his sun shines on you, you feel it. But when the sun is shining elsewhere, it's cold. He can cast quite a shadow."
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Despite their split, Jennifer still has nothing but kind words for Ben and maintains he is "the love of [her] life".
She said: "I didn't marry a movie star; I married him. And I would go back and remake that decision. I ran down the beach to him, and I would again.
"You can't have these three babies and so much of what we had. He's the love of my life. What am I going to say about that? He's the most brilliant person in any room, the most charismatic, the most generous."


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I know I had it coming,
I know I can't be free,
but those people keep moving,
and that's what tortures me.
—Johnny Cash, "Folsom Prison Blues"
In the acknowledgements in Joe Meno's third novel, Hairstyles of the Damned, Meno writes, "You Suck It: Judith Regan. Badly. And all you other bad publishing corporations. Be ready, the end is nigh." Regan Books, Judith Regan's infamously commercial imprint of Harper Collins, originally published How the Hula Girl Sings in hardcover in September of 2001. After a wait of four years, it's finally out in trade paper from indie Akashic Books, also the publisher of Hairstyles.
I emailed Meno to ask what was up with the delay and the acknowledgement. He told me that a paperback version Hula, which was well-received and decent selling as a hardcover, was planned at Regan Books, but the editor in charge of the project "was constantly being threatened and harassed by Judith Regan until she quit without notice", and the paperback release was dropped out of "spite". It's a sad story, because any book dedicated to Johnny Cash deserves to be read in the park on a sunny afternoon, and cloth bindings lack the festive portability appropriate for a delicious slice of literary pulp like Hula.
Fans of Hairstyles of the Damned should be warned that Hula is very different novel. While the former is a warm coming of age as a punk story, the latter is a sinister potboiler in reverse. It opens with the crime and pulls us along through the perpetrator's attempts to escape perdition. The pop cache of Hairstyles is replaced by an eerie quantity of dead birds and gory injuries. I have to admit that I approached this book with a pout. Once Meno delivered a yummy little story replete with memories of the 1980s punk scene, it's hard to look to the same author for a nourish redemption story, but it's worth the effort to abandon punk typecasting.
We follow Luce Lemay as he is released from a three-year prison stint for a robbery that resulted in vehicular manslaughter of an infant in her carriage. He is wracked with guilt, but steadfast that he'll be one of the few cons to turn himself around. However, his good intentions run into violence and death at every turn, and he doesn't exactly go out of his way to avoid trouble. He takes up with a spunky waitress with a sharp tongue and an aggressive ex-fiancé who is none too pleased by Luce's involvement with his lady. Enemies from his prison days circle menacingly around his attempts at a new life and a feud with a local child-abusing father contribute to the numerous eruptions of violence throughout the book.
For the brutal murder of a teenage girl, Luce's best friend Junior Breen has served 25 years. Junior got a head start out of prison and set up a life for the two of them in Luce's hometown of La Harpie, Illinois, including jobs at the gas station and rooms at the creepy St. Francis Hotel. La Harpie is luridly described as:
A place of a kind of quiet villainy and secret lust. A place where the dirty dreams of every 12-year-old-man-child were visible on the bus station's bathroom walls in hand-scrawled tattoos of ladies with oversized breasts and inappropriate female genitalia, inaccurately portrayed as a singularly dangerous triangle of doom.
Perhaps not the best locale for a miserably repentant murderer such as Junior.
Everyone has a sad story in Hula,, and that includes the innkeeper at the St. Francis hotel, a nutty old bag who came to believe that she is St. Francis of Assisi after her husband shot her lover and himself. She has taken to dressing small animals, particularly birds, in sweaters and burying them in cigar boxes or hanging them in her hotel. Dead animals weave a haunting motif around Luce's narrative: birds fly into the gas station window anticipating violence and Junior believes he is being haunted by the little corpses surrounding him at the hotel. I'm sure it doesn't help any that the hotel is covered in Catholic images. It has to be hard to forget that one craves impossible forgiveness when surrounded by saints and sacred hearts.
As Junior and Luce's redemptive journeys depart in course, the book becomes darker, deeper, and more unsettling. Luce aims to live a normal life with his waitress girlfriend while never forgetting his tattoos and dark past, yet Junior is shut down by shame and ceases to shoot for goodness, instead returning to a pattern of violence as punishment for men as awful to the core as he. The gap between the men is greater than the differential horrors of their crimes. Luce knows how the hula the girl sings, but Junior struggles to hear it.
How the Hula Girl Sings is great pulp, complete with prison stories, hookers, and sweaty violence. Though crime novels are not a usual part of my literary samplings I was thoroughly enthralled throughout. Joe Meno is a great writer, and can even keep me hooked when he isn't pandering to my musical sensibilities. I found a book prominently featuring dead birds almost as enthralling as a book about the Dead Kennedys, and that's a feat.
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Even with all of its emotional roller coasters, high school can still be referred to as one of the most important times in a person's life NMW. It's where you develop your first real crushes; face the biggest dilemmas of all time; and, perhaps most importantly, where you can make your lifelong friendships. Case in point, the characters on Awkward. During the MTV show's third season, Jenna will continue on her HS journey with a little help from her BFFs, Tamara and Ming. So, in honor of them, we're picking some of the ultimate television HS besties, of course starting with…
Awkward.'s Jenna, Tamara, Ming
You know you have the bestest BFFs when they've got your back. Literally. Remember when Jenna had her broken arm? Tamara and Ming were always on her back… scratching it, for the most part.
Pretty Little Liars' Hanna, Aria, Emily and Spencer
They face death every other day just to avenge one of their fallen friends.
If that's not friendship, what is?
Boy Meets World's Cory and Shawn
Best bromance of all time. Case closed.
Glee's Rachel and Kurt
The divas are now inseparable thanks to the bond they formed over New York City
(and Broadway) during their senior year at McKinley High.
Shake It Up!'s CeCe and Rocky
Best friends that dance together, stay together. Forever.
Lizzie McGuire's Lizzie & Gordo
The high school boy-girl best friends even take their bond to the next level
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In his first, audacious, short film, he used a single editing cut to link together two separate incidents. In his second short, he stitched together different stories into one tapestry. Anand Gandhi's cinema-as-patchwork preoccupation continues in his stunning debut feature Ship of Theseus. The movie is an expansion of ideas contained in Right Here, Right Now and Continuum as well as a self-reflexive meta narrative about the plastic nature of cinema. Ship of Theseus has been doing the rounds of various film festivals.
Gandhi's movie is inspired by the philosophical conundrum posed by the Greek philosopher Plutarch. The question of whether an object whose parts are replaced remains the same object is explored through three stories. A blind Egyptian photographer (Aida Elkashef) living in Mumbai ponders on the nature of beauty after she gets back her sight. The second and most accomplished story sees a Jain monk (Neeraj Kabi) forgoing treatment for a liver condition while also fighting a case against animal testing. Finally, a stockbroker (Sohum Shah) gets obsessed with delivering justice to a slum dweller whose kidney gets stolen during a surgical procedure. The stunning climax illuminates the connections between corporeal, ethical, aesthetic and spiritual matters that have been hinted at throughout the 2 hours, 22 minutes narrative.
Heavy-duty stuff, one would imagine, for a 32-year-old film-maker. Gandhi has actually been grappling with these concepts ever since he dropped out of a commerce course at the age of 15. The precocious director, who has written for television and the stage, attended classes in Jainism, Buddhism and Hinduism at the University of Mumbai and counts leftist activists and soul-searching philosophers as friends. He will continue to mine metaphysical matters in his upcoming projects, one of which revisits the mass suicide by members of the People's Temple cult in Jonestown, Guyana, in 1978. Another "super-super ambitious" film uses as its framing device a browser with 30 open windows, each of which leads to a different reality. Edited excerpts from an interview:
How did you give cinematic form to esoteric ideas about the body and the soul?
In Right Here, Right Now, I wanted to know if patterns of causality can be measured and observed. In Continuum, we were exploring the origin of multiple causalities. After Continuum, I realized that I didn't want to take this philosophy and build a monolith around it. My first draft in 2007 was extremely didactic. I had monologues that ran into three or four pages. That would have been a 7-hour film.
I stopped working for a year and a half after Continuum. My grandparents fell severely ill. I found myself in a depressing phase, living in hospitals, surrounded by death and disease. I had time to introspect on-the-ground realities of living with disease.
The story brings together four themes: the attachment to transcendence; the empathy towards failed attempts at unifying meaning; suicide as a philosophical problem; and the age-old pursuit of connectivity. I am constantly trying to find the unifying theory. What Richard Dawkins does as a biologist or Jared Diamond does as a historian, I would like to do as a film-maker.
I am certain about a few things. Of course, there is no God, religions were written by people. It's not even a question any more.
How did you arrive at a structure? One version started with the monk, didn't it?
We initially thought of a structure based on the eye, the liver and the kidney. Then, we followed the Satyam Shivam Sundaram approach: the monk being about the quest for truth, followed by Sohum's quest for ethics, and the blind woman's quest for aesthetics. We literally made three films, and everybody we showed the first version to advised us to make three films. The film can be clinical at times; it is not lenient in emotion. I felt that the way to give audiences an emotional experience was to link the stories together.
The film provides a fascinating peek into the sheltered world of Jain monks.
I was born into a Vaishnavite family but was adopted into a Jain family when I was 15. I had great academic access to the world—an ex-monk is a friend. A lot of monks told me that if you put a Jain monk in your film, they would get it banned.
The monk resembles MK Gandhi at times—that is presumably deliberate?
It was deliberate. The monk is a composite of all my heroes—Gandhi, (Jain philosopher) Shrimad Rajchandra, (activist) Abhay Mehta, (environmentalist) Satish Kumar and a part of me. Their ideas are incredibly flawed, but I have great empathy for all attempts to find a unifying theory, for all who have taken a shot at meaning even though they might fail.
The observational and fluid cinematography greatly helps to convey the idea of oneness.
Pankaj Kumar and I met because he had seen Right Here, Right Now. He showed me a short film he had made, called Solitary Sandpiper. Within 2 minutes I knew that I had found my soulmate and that I would shoot films with this guy for the rest of my life. He shot a bit of Continuum. Like that film, this one is also about fluidity, about the idea that everything is immediate, happening right here and around us and needs to be engaged with in an honest, real and transparent way.
'Ship of Theseus' isn't a Mumbai film but it evokes characters and worlds that are typical of the city, especially the stockbroker and his left-liberal grandmother who admonishes him for making money rather than trying to do social good.
I wanted Ship of Theseus to be a Bombay film; I wanted people who were a part of my Bombay. The woman who plays the grandmother is the grandmother of my friend Devdutt Trivedi, whose father, Parag Trivedi (founder of the cultural organization Sabrang), was a big influence on me. The guy who plays the monk's lawyer is Sunip Sen, one of the lawyers in a petition against the Enron power project.
When my business partner Mitesh Shah and I were younger and rebelling our way into what we wanted to do, we imagined a future in which all of us would be married, have kids, and expose them to the greatest art and literature and philosophy. Then they would come to us and say, "We want to become bankers." The stockbroker's story is about that nightmare.
Do you feel connected to other independent film-makers?
I am aware of what's going on, but it is not something with which I identify. I was missing a cinema that was relevant to me, was about my process of introspection, about questions my friends and I have. Cinema around the world does that, but I missed that in India. Everything that excited me once is something I can't sit through. A lot of American cinema, for instance—I have lost patience for that kind of stuff. I have aged, I guess. But there were a few films that were life-changing—Béla Tarr's The Turin Horse was life-changing to the point that I got the sound designer from that film to do the sound for Ship of Theseus. Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon was another film.
I have raised expectations for myself from art and cinema. I don't want to waste my time on something that isn't going to add to my enlightenment. If I am reading a book, it better be life-changing.
Ship of Theseus releases in theatres on 19 July 2013.


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on 9/18/2014 7:18:00 AM
Age: 36-43
Skin: Combination, Fair-Medium, Warm
Hair: Brunette, Curly, Fine
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Somehow I ended up with a brand new tube of this, I have no idea how - perhaps it was one of my numerous bourbon + online shopping adventures? It ended up in my swap drawer until I stumbled back across it recently as I was inventorying and purging the old yucky stuff. Tried it on...oh my! I go bananas over anything that's pink with a gold tint, how did I miss this???? Gives a nice sheer color to the lips and *might* be the most moisturizing lipstick I've ever encountered!! I like to wear it with a slightly darker plum liner. Hello, my lovely HG, where have you been all my life?
on 11/29/2012 7:00:00 PM
Age: 30-35
Skin: Oily, Olive, Warm
Hair: Blond, Wavy, Other
Eyes: Green
Gorgeous, flattering pink. I really love this color. It's so easy to apply, I don't need a mirror as it is slightly darker than my natural lip color, but not much. It has a slight frost to it, but almost unnoticeable. Creamy. Love the colorburst line.
on 8/16/2012 8:20:00 PM
Age: 44-55
Skin: Combination, Fair, Cool
Hair: Silver, Other, Other
Eyes: Hazel
I own quite a few Colorburst lipsticks, but this one seems to have a much sheerer formula. I barely see any color when it's freshly applied and what color there is wears off quickly. The only way I can make this shade work is to fill in my lips with liner, which I don't care to do on a daily basis. I picked up Petal on sale at CVS so it likely is being discontinued.
on 8/9/2012 1:42:00 AM
Age: 25-29
Skin: Sensitive, Fair-Medium, Warm
Hair: Black, Straight, Medium
Eyes: Brown
This is one of those understated and pretty lipsticks that looks good any time. It has a semi-sheer application with a pretty pinky nude (more pink than nude) pigment. I like this because it gives a fresh look. This would look pretty on both cool and warn skin tones.
on 8/9/2012 1:11:00 AM
Age: 19-24
Skin: Acne-prone, Fair-Medium, Warm
Hair: Black, Relaxed, Medium
Eyes: Black
A lovely everyday lipstick that isn't so opaque it looks overdone. The colour is exactly like it's name - petal. A dusky pale-midtone pink with a slight hint of peach. I add a tiny dab of Revlons "wine with everything" to deepen the colour to suit my complexion a bit more :)
on 6/22/2012 10:41:00 PM
Age: 25-29
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Hair: Blond, Straight, Fine
Eyes: Brown
I bought this lipstick today, it was half price so I thought I'd give it a go as I'm normally more of a lipgloss fan. What drew it to me was the natural pretty pink colour and I really like the packaging as well. I thought it would be perfect for every day use. I really love it! It's a lovely pink tone, it feels moisturising, and really suits my complexion. Great buy!
on 4/25/2012 9:44:00 AM
Age: 30-35
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Hair: Brown, Other, Other
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This is my favorite lipstick of all time. I think it's discontinued now. It's not on the Revlon site and I can't find it anywhere around town. Luckily I found it online, and I recently ordered 5 tubes.
This is a beautiful, everday lip color. It's a peachy shade with a hint of pink and some golden shimmer. It's not sparkly at all and gives a great sheen to the lips.
The formula is smooth but it's not incredibly moisturizing. It doesn't necessarily dry out my lips, but I find if I use it several days in a row, I get the urge to use a lip balm.
My favorite combination to use with this lipstick is to layer Urban Decay's Naked Lip Junkie over it. It looks gorgeous!
on 3/31/2012 3:16:00 PM
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I love this lipstick. I bought it on a clearance sale at Walgreens along with Rosy Nude. I ended up swapping that away as it didn't work with my coloring but kept this one. I use it quite often as it's easy and no thought really needed. It's a great everyday color, price was great and I love the packaging. The one thng they could improve in my opinion is the texture, it's a little dry.
on 3/24/2012 11:36:00 AM
Age: 30-35
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Hair: Black, Other, Other
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I love Revlon lipsticks and was very excited when I got this Petal shade from Colorburst line. I leaned towards nude shades in the past, so I tried this lovely peachy-pink color for a change. The color is very pretty BUT unfortunately it doesn't show up much on my pigmented lips and medium complexion. I would have to put concealer as base on my lips to make the color show up, and I'm not too fond of doing that coz I prefer to feel the lipstick on my lips, rather than the heavy feel of concealer + lipstick combo. Overall, this lipstick is not bad but the sheerness of Petal color just didn't work with my complexion & lips. I would repurchase in different shade.
on 3/16/2012 11:41:00 AM
Age: 19-24
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Hair: Brunette, Curly, Coarse
Eyes: Hazel
I'm so upset that no place around me carries this shade anymore! Such a disappointment, and the lack of availability (and the wear time on this) are the only things keeping me from giving this 5 stars! I saw it on clearance for about $3 and some change, (Psssh, I guess right before it was about to go 'bye bye) and figured why not? It looked like such a gorgeous, natural everyday shade for me and I could seriously kick myself for not getting at least 1 or 2 backups, because for pink MLBB lipsticks, Revlon's Petal and MAC's Creme Cup are my absolute must-haves, and I alternate between those two the most. This takes a few swipes to show up on me, but builds up nicely, so it's not THAT sheer or anything. It's just a very natural color, and may 'blend in' with features. It's a light, neutral pink with just a beautiful dash of golden shimmer. The golden shimmer isn't obvious, it just adds a nice touch of warmth and glowiness to the lips. The lipstick itself is creamy, but not too creamy to where I find that the tube wears down quickly. This actually wore quite well on me if I topped it off with a sticky gloss, but without that gloss, it wore for about an hour, maybe 2 hours if I was lucky. With some lipsticks, I don't mind reapplying if it's a wearable color that makes reapplication simple, but brighter or deeper shades are more high maintenance, and I'm not as lenient on ratings with those. But as far as this one goes, I like the look of it, as well as the feel of it on my lips. Performance is meh, but I love how this can go with almost anything. Oh, and the packaging is great too. :)
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I am thinking of having a nose job but i am unsure on which method would be best for me, i want my small bump removed, tip reduced, and nostrils reduced, if you email me i will gladly send pictures because i don't like putting them on public forums.
Best Method for my Rhinoplasty?
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Best Rhinoplasty Method
A possible option is to start with a procedure that is non-invasive. A Non surgical Rhinoplasty can possibly be your solution. This procedure consist of injecting dermafiller to the bridge and tip of your nose for a more defined look. Injecting filler to the bridge of your nose will reduce the wideness of the nostrils. A Non-Surgical Rhinoplasty using fillers will also smooth out any bumps/humps and will improve the look of your tip.
Rhinoplasty technique
The options are only open or closed techniques. In the majority of cases, I prefer using an open technique for the precision it offers when you visualize the key structures directly.
Best Method for Rhinoplasty
Regardless of what you need with rhinoplasty surgery pick the surgeon, not the technique. There are many ways to improve the features you don't like.
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We hear much about different "types" of rhinoplasty nasal surgery: should it be done "open" or "closed"? "Internal" or "external"? The most important issue is not the approach or style, but whether it is done as carefully and correctly as possible for that individual patient. This means for the patient to have a clear understanding of what they see and want, communicating this to a qualified and board-certified surgeon, following the pre-operative and post-operative instructions carefully and then accepting the fact that few results are "perfect". But typically an improvement in both form and function would be reasonable goals.
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I have a a large all black tattoo on my upper arm which I wish to have removed. I was told that exercise significantly aids the process of tattoo removal, is there any truth in this or is it an old wives tale? Also i have been quoted wildy different estimates for removal time, ranging from 10 treatments over a a year or so, to 20 treatments over a 2 year period. I understand its not an exact science but what would you imagine would be nearer the mark in your professional experience?
How Many Treatments Would You Imagine it Taking to Remove this Black Tattoo? (photo)
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PicoSure - Tattoo Removal
Thank you for your question and photograph. Tattoo removal treatments require several sessions depending on the size, location, color and how the tattoo responds to the procedures. As black is one of the easiest colors to be removed with lasers, Picosure laser is a good option to have this tattoo removed as it is safe and effective and there is a low risk of scarring. The number of sessions required to remove a tattoo can range from 6-10 sessions. This treatment works best on dark inks like black and dark blue which gives you an effective permanent result. I recommend you see an expert in order to determine the best treatment plan for you. All the best!
Number of Laser Tattoo Removal Treatments Needed For Black Arm Tattoo
In order to get a more accurate idea of how many treatments it will take to remove your tattoo, consult with a board certified dermatologist. .
The number of treatment sessions would depend on several factors eg The colors involved, anatomical location of the tattoo, your Fitzpatrick skin type (how well you tan), layering, amount of ink and the presence of scarring or tissue change
Black ink is the easiest to remove. And tattoos on the upper arm are also relatively easy. There is an abundant availability of blood and lymph vessels to help eliminate the pigment. This may explain the basis for saying exercise may improve the speed of tattoo removal given the increased circulation brought about by exercising.
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Thank you for the question picture.
Based on the nature of the tattoo ( professional with dense ink), I think you would be better off being prepared for the 15 treatments over the course of 2 years plan. Keep in mind, that even with the best treatment, is likely that some visible "remnant" that there was once a tattoo there will be present. Realistic expectations are important.
Best wishes.
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NY's Bradshaw: 'I don't see' Cowboys winning Super Bowl with Romo
First, the Giants knocked the Cowboys out of the playoff picture with a 31-14 thrashing during the NFL's final regular season weekend. Then, the Giants got hot and pulled in their second Super Bowl in five years, and took a shot at the Cowboys' moniker of "America's Team" during their championship parade.
And the hits just keep on coming.
During an interview with the NFL Network this week, Giants running back Ahmad Bradshaw took a shot at the Cowboys and their quarterback, saying he doesn't think the team will ever win a Super Bowl with Tony Romo at the helm.
"I don't see it happening," Bradshaw told the network. "I don't think they believe it. They're America's Team. If America doesn't believe it, they'll never win."
Bradshaw, who was a member of both of the Giants' Super Bowl XLII and XLVI-winning squads, knows a bit about playing with a quarterback who struggles for support. Bradshaw was a rookie with the Giants in 2007, back when Eli Manning was still trying to live up to his draft status and lead his team to a title. Just five years later, Manning is a two-time Super Bowl MVP who's developed a legion of faithful supporters in New York.
And in Bradshaw's mind, fan support is half the battle.
"It all comes in together," Bradshaw continued. "If the fans don't believe it, the team doesn't, and [the fans] kind of doubtful with Romo.


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PEORIA, Ill (Oct. 14)
A bomb which police described as home-made exploded early this morning in a stairwell at the Anshe Emet synagogue here, causing slight damage.
Rabbi Joseph Ginsberg, spiritual leader of the congregation, said there had been no warning or any other indication that the synagogue had been marked as a bombing target. He said relations of the congregation with the Peoria community were excellent, and he could think of no reason why the attack should have occurred.
A police spokesman said "all the facilities at our command, along with State and Federal investigators, will be made available to solve this bombing." It was learned that, 16 months ago, an unexploded bomb was found at the construction site of Peoria's new synagogue. Several minors were questioned then, and are now being rounded up again.
Robert D. Gibbons, special agent in charge of the Springfield, Ill., FBI office, arrived in Peoria to aid in the investigation of the synagogue bombing. He met with Rabbi Ginsburg and Jewish leaders.


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You might have noticed that many of my blog posts deal with
ancestors with surnames such as (E)Ames or Ellingwood/
Ellinwood/Ellenwood or Abbot(t) on my fathers side of the family
more than on my own surname of West. The reason is simple and
quite common among many genealogists: I have a brick wall.
The furthest back I can go in my direct West line is to John Cutter
West who is believed to have been born in Plymouth Ma. on 8 Oct
1802 but neither I or others before me doing the family genealogy
have been able to discover any record of his birth as of yet. This is
why I like to refer to him as the Elusive John C.
There are any number of reasons why this is the case. One is that
it was an error by the census taker; an incorrect date, birthplace,
or he misunderstood the information and the middle name was
not Cutter but something else. There was a Cottle family, for
example, that was involved with the Wests descended from the
line of Francis West of Duxbury, Ma. Another possibility is that he
was not born in the town Plymouth but in Plymouth County.
There are other ways that the information on the Elusive John C.
could be wrong and I'll explore them further in other posts.
John and his descendants for the most part don't seem to have
been all that big on writing so I've not found anything written by
them. There's not much else on them that I've been able to find
so far outside of something written about a man I believe to be
Jonathan Phelps West, my great great grandfather. But even as
frustrating as it might seem I was lucky enough to have material
to start with and even a picture. I think. That fellow up there at
the top right of the screen is supposedly the Elusive John C.
Of course the problem with having a name like West is that it's
such a common name and any browser search on "John West"
yields a lot of hits. I just checked it on Google and I got 859,000
on just the name without adding other words to the search. "John
Cutter West" yields 9...mostly posts from this blog or queries I
sent to forums. "John C. West" gets 15,500 references.
Still, I keep looking for the Elusive John C. I've found a few things
here and there, and meanwhile I also research the families of
women the West men married: Arvilla Ames, Louisa Richardson,
Clara Ellingwood, and Cora Barker. Maybe I'll stumble across a
lead on John C. while exploring those other leads but even if I
don't I'm enjoying the hunt. I'm finding out fascinating things
about relatives I didn't even know anything about before.
That's the joy of genealogy
A blog about genealogy and thoughts about the various roots and branches of my family tree as well as the times in which my ancestors lived.Included are the West, White,and McFarland families.WARNING:DO NOT TAKE ALL OF MY FAMILY RECORDS AS GOSPEL. ALWAYS CONFIRM YOUR OWN RESEARCH!
Saturday, July 14, 2007
1 comment:
- Janice said...
I'm usually pretty good at finding folks in New England, but I'll admit I came up with zero for John C. You might want to consider that his middle that began with C was his first name when he was born and he switched them for some reason for regular use. You may also want to check Massachusetts during that time to see if he completely changed his surname.... those are often the reasons why one hits a brick wall in Massachusetts.
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text: Cannonball takes its moniker from the Adderley of that nickname, and its album Hiphopulation features works by Cannonball's brother, Nat, John Coltrane and Stevie Wonder in among a plethora of originals. That's Cannonball, in a nutshell: two parts jazz, one part funk and one part anything else it can think of. Check their "Giant Steps," for example, with its conga-driven theme statement and climactic sequence in which saxophonist Joe Cohen soars and dances while accompanied solely by a didgeridoo. Not every experiment like this works, but once Cannonball forges a groove there's no dislodging it, and enough experiments succeed that those grooves go a long way. But MCs also dwell in Hiphopulation, and whenever anyone picks up the mike everything else except drums and bass falls away. Unfortunately, the MCs presently under consideration all subscribe to the (questionable) underground credo that complexity equals profundity; consequently, none of them have the flow to keep the momentum going in between band breakouts. Program your CD player to skip the rhymers and you'll have yourself a (somewhat) explosive listening experience, but those MCs make Hiphopulation something of a dud.


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Klauk wins Prince George's County Open on final holeMay 25, 2008
Joe Chemycz, PGA TOUR Staff
MITCHELLVILLE, Md. -- Jeff Klauk made the putt when he absolutely had to have it. The 30-year-old Floridian toyed with the lead for most of four rounds at the Melwood Prince George's County Open before rolling in a 12-foot birdie putt on the closing hole that was worth not only a second career title but in all likelihood, his first trip to the PGA TOUR.
Inside the Numbers Klauk's Final Stats Category Total Rank Eagles 0 N/A Birdies 21 2 Pars 43 T53 Bogeys 7 T56 Double Bogeys 1 T14 Other 0 N/A Driving Accuracy 71.4% T29 Driving Distance 272.1 yds. 31 Greens in Regulation 73.6% T10 Putts per Round 28.0 T4 Putts per GIR 1.642 1 Sand Saves 50.0% T27
"I've had that putt a thousand times in my life," said Klauk of the winning stroke that resulted in a one-shot victory, his first since the 2003 Preferred Health Systems Wichita Open. "Right to left, just outside the hole. I just visualized it going in. It was probably the best putt I hit all week."
Klauk, one of four co-leaders to begin the day at The Country Club at Woodmore, broke free from a packed leaderboard in Sunday's final round with a 3-under-par 69. He finished it off with a terrific up-and-down for birdie from just in front of the hazard line behind the 18th green.
The putt got him to 12-under 276 and in front of Jeff Brehaut, who was holding the clubhouse lead at minus-11, and David Mathis, who was playing in the final group right behind Klauk at 11 under par. When Mathis, needing a birdie to tie, hooked his second-shot at the par-5 hole into the water near the green, Klauk's victory was secure.
Brehaut (67) and Mathis (70) tied for second. Scott Gutschewski (69), Craig Bowden (69) and Australian Greg Chalmers (70) shared fourth place, two shots back. Ricky Barnes (71) and Gary Christian (71) tied for seventh, three behind the winner.
"I was nervous, don't get me wrong," said Klauk, who is in his seventh season on the Nationwide Tour. "I've been working with my coach, Cody Barden, on keeping my mind quiet. Everybody knows out here you've got to really trust yourself and believe. I've been doing that this year, more so than any swing change.
"It's just believing in yourself and I finally started doing that. Everyone's told me 'you hit the ball well enough, you should be on the PGA TOUR.' I just hadn't proved it to myself."
The St. Augustine, Fla., resident will finally get his chance. He collected $117,000 for the win to push his season total to $221,433, which should give him enough cushion to secure a spot among 'The 25.' The top 25 money-winners at the end of the year will earn their PGA TOUR cards for 2009.
"It's been a dream my whole life," said Klauk, whose father recently retired as superintendent at TPC Sawgrass after 23 years. "Growing up around the TOUR and around Sawgrass, it's certainly a dream. My first year out here I was close but I don't think I was ready then.
"I guess it was supposed to happen that way. I feel like I'm much more prepared having played out here for so long. This is a great Tour and a great place to play."
Mathis, winner of the BMW Charity Pro-Am a week ago, jumped in front of Klauk to No. 1 on the money list with $223,679. Both players passed Darron Stiles, who took the week off. Chalmers, a winner last month at the Henrico County Open, moved over the $200,000 mark and into the No. 4 slot.
Klauk, the outright leader after each of the first two days, broke from the pack Sunday afternoon with three birdies in his first seven holes, hitting wedges to 10-15 feet and canning the putts that got him to 12 under par.
"I made my fair share this week," said Klauk, who tied for fourth in putting this week.
When he chipped in for birdie at No. 13 to get to 13 under, his lead was two strokes. A wayward tee shot at No. 16 cost him a bogey and then a sailed wedge at No. 17 resulted in another bogey and the lead was gone. Brehaut was done and hoping for a playoff.
"I knew on 18 before I hit my tee shot that I needed to make birdie," said Klauk, who went for the green in two at the 564-yard hole. "Thank goodness there is that rough behind the green because I just crushed it. It just went forever. It was a straightforward chip."
Final-Round Notes: Sunday's scoring average was 71.818. The four-day average was 72.619. ... Jeff Brehaut's tie for second finish is his best since he lost a playoff at the 1997 Wichita Open, a span of 287 starts (60 Nationwide Tour and 227 PGA TOUR). Brehaut has been a member of the PGA TOUR for the past eight years and his career-best finish was a third-place in 2005 at The International. ... Ricky Barnes tied for seventh this week, his third consecutive top-10 effort. Barnes jumped five spots on the money list to No. 20. Prior to this year, Barnes had never had back-to-back top-10s. ... Players who were bogey-free on Sunday: Jeff Brehaut (67), Brendan Steele (68), Craig Bowden (69) ... Bubba Dickerson had two eagles, on the par-4 third hole and the par-5 eighth hole.


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Animo Watts Under Scrutiny by Parents and Teachers
Since 1999 when Steve Barr established Green Dot Schools, a non-profit organization, as an alternative to substandard and failing schools under the Los Angeles Unified School District umbrella it has been a hot topic educational conversation.
When Jefferson High School was under student strife and turmoil, Green Dot came in with its method of creating smaller individual schools within the walls of Jefferson and the turmoil and strife vanished, test scores improved and harmony was restored.
Again in 2004, when only 14 of more than 500 African American students graduated from storied Locke High School in Watts, Green Dot's formula for success intervened and divided the school population into eight separate schools. The drop out rate declined, test scores went up and Locke became a model school.
Earlier this week during and exclusive interview with Green Dot CEO Marco Petruzzi at Animo Watts Charter on south Avalon nestled between the Urban League Work Source building and Magic Johnson Park north of El Segundo, Petruzzi consistently highlighted the Locke story.
"There are many reasons for the failing of Locke, but those kids didn't have a chance because the teachers did not care enough," he said.
However, the primary reason that Petruzzi came to meet with the reporter at Animo Watts was because of alleged complaints that students, parents and teachers lodged against newly hired principal James R. Marin.
Animo Watts is just 4 and a half years old, but already is working on its third principal at a school with 554 students and a ethnic ratio of 78 percent Hispanics and 22 percent African Americans.
Only two of its 27 teachers are African American, not including the assistant principal Chrystie Edwards who is also Black.
Ironically, many of the complaints regarding the principal and school are from non-Hispanic or Black teachers who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation.
A notion that was quickly dismissed by Petruzzi, citing union bylaws and legal ramifications.
Among the charges sources alleged at Watts Animo are racism where African American students are treated different than their Hispanic classmates.
A parent contends that Marin lied to African American parents about establishing a parental group where they could participate activities that pertain to their child.
Additionally, it was alleged that Watts Animo does not adequately allow for excelling students to increase their grade point average beyond 4.0 because the school only has one API course.
Green Dot officials counter that offering more API courses than students meet, that criteria would diminish their GPA and hurt their collegiate opportunities if the school offered such courses and they refused to enroll in them.
Nine teachers have quit according to sources and have been replaced by full-time substitutes, some of whom are qualified to become full time teachers, but have yet to be hired on a permanent basis.
Others have been reprimanded. Green Dot officials say the teachers are disgruntled because Marin is demanding more of them to the benefit of the students.
However, according to one teacher: "Our grading system is why a lot of the teachers have quit. It is impossible for students to receive a failing grade because if they write their name and answer one question they get a D, but also impossible to earn an A."
Teachers complain that since Marin has arrived they no longer have control of their grading books.
The confidential letters from the teachers detailed a significant high level of stress since Marin has been principal at the school for just more than four months. Green Dot officials are not allowed to comment on personnel matters.
The teachers who quit are all members of the AMU Green Dot teachers union and not LAUTA, which have a contentious relationship with Green Dot.
Green Dot officials admit they are not perfect, but point to their record of improving schools. They say it will take some time to get there at Animo Watts.
One of the funding sources for Green Dot includes The Bill Gates Foundation and another is the W.M. Keck Foundation, which just forked over a $400,000 donation to the organization.
Such elaborate revenue streams allows for Green Dot to hire the best educational professionals, but this formula has not resonated at Animo Watts, according to sources.
"They have been receiving the funding under the assumption that they would keep the growing successful schools, but it appears their efforts are to force closure of Animo Watts to justify to the donors why they are increasing class sizes at other schools," said one source.
Would Green Dot sacrifice Animo Watts students for profit? Are their powerful donors aware of Animo Watts situation? Does anybody care?


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Prince, Thibodeaux united in evening ceremony
Katherine Alyse Prince and Ross Gregory Thibodeaux were united in the Sacrament of Holy Matrimony during an evening ceremony on Friday, February 7, 2014 at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in New Orleans. The ceremony was officiated by The Reverend Monsignor Russell J. Harrington.
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Positioning Your Project with Executive Sponsors
At the last HRL Lunch Break, we talked about the importance of building credibility with the c-suite. For this lunch break, we though it appropriate to dig a little deeper and discuss the other essential elements of positioning your project for success with executive sponsors.
1. Start With Yourself
- What do you know? Use your own knowledge and experiences or projects you may have worked on in the past to begin to understand your own starting point.
- What are you available resources? Reference company white papers, internal/external surveys, and research that's already been done to expand your own understanding.
- Who can you call? Reach out to your manager, a mentor, or an appropriate contact that can fill you in on details or who has been around much longer than you have an can give you insight on obstacles you might encounter.
Remember to investigate by asking for information, educate by involving your stakeholders, validate by looking for objective measurements to correlate by verifying that objective measurements match opinions and perceptions, and finally, document by recording all data to ultimately support your recommendation.
2. Market to the Stakeholders
The next step involves marketing the business initiative to your stakeholders. Marketing is about increasing visibility and getting the stakeholder's attention by explaining what's in it for them. Get the executives' attention by speaking on the value to the organization. Either way, discuss the ROI specific to the audience, know the data thoroughly and you will gradually gain support.
Positioning your project advantageously involves:
- Increasing the initiative's visibility and familiarity with stakeholders
- Discussing the pros and cons with subject matter experts
- Discussing the cost/benefit analysis with Finance and ask for their input
- Asking – is your immediate superior on board with the project's value?
- Considering all areas of stakeholders and support
3. "Organic Marketing" – Think "Grass Roots Marketing"
Organic marketing is the build up from the research you have done, your credibility, the relationships you have developed, the team you have built, and the support you have gained from your stakeholders.
What does Organic Marketing look like?
- Word of mouth, talking about the benefits
- Speaking at department and team meetings
- Hosting a focus group
- Posting flyers or sending email broadcasts
- Writing an article in the company magazine
Remember to include the "What's In It for Me" of the audience you are trying to reach.
4. The Executive Pitch – Hit it out of the park!
So you've done your research, talked to the stakeholders, explored all the options, understand the issues – and now you are ready to pitch your initiative to the executive team. Tips for presenting to the executive team:
- Be brief and succinct
- Be clear
- Know your data
- Expect objections and prepare for them
- Know the cost/benefit analysis
- Be prepared to negotiate!
5. Approval! – Now what?
Once your project has been approved, it's now back to the preparation phase and building your project team. Your team will be those that help to launch your initiative. So who should be on your team? Choose key resident experts who can help you to outline each element of the initiative.
Remember that IT Manager that you interviewed three times during your research phase? They already understand the challenges of launching this new software and the two of you have already discussed what could be done to work around them. Now you ask them the question: "When I get ready to market this program, can I use notes and comments from our conversations to highlight our solutions? It would be great to have you on board to be able to answer the technical questions and concerns that others might have."
By putting more names out there, you are visually building your bench strength. Even if you are the main project manager, you are building and gaining support from others in the organization.
Here are some suggestions of types of team members:
- Within and outside your department (IT, HR, Finance, Operations, C-Suite, Sales)
- Influencers or early adopters – people with the gift of gab but are also recognized as experts in the organization
- Senior-level support will help to improve your initiatives visibility and acceptance
- Nay-sayers – think about it – if you successfully convince someone who has question marks about your project, they could turn out to be one of your biggest supporters. They will have probably highlighted areas of concerns that you didn't think of that represent concerns for other in the organization. Don't forget that population!
Let's recap the Best Practices checklist:
- Personal Preparation and Assessment
- Informational Interviews and Workshops
- Identify the experts, influencers, senior leaders for your team
- Conduct word-of-mouth campaigns
- Keep the communication flowing to stakeholders through newsletters, articles, e-mails, etc. to keep them informed regarding progress and value
Now that your initiative is in full swing, continue to champion your project – remember you were the first one!
Please feel free to post your comments or questions here. We look forward to and welcome any and all discussions on this topic!
Our next HRL Lunch Break is Thursday, August 18th – same time – 1:15 – 1:45 and we will be talking about HR Economics and the impact the current economic outlook has on you and your organization.
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If you have any questions or would like the PowerPoint file, please send me a message. Thanks for reading!


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The intricate art of a Chanel jacket in the making
The bouclé jacket is one the most iconic staples in Chanels design repertoire. Ever since Coco designed the first of many in the 1950s, the Chanel jacket that every fashionista covets has become a trademark for good taste and great style.
To mark the forthcoming launch of a new coffee table book by Karl Lagerfeld titled The Little Black Jacket, Chanel have released a film to show the time, skill and craftsmanship that goes into every garment.
See Lagerfelds sketch come to life below thanks to Chanels super talented artisans who make creating the jacket look as effortless as wearing it.
An exhibition in Tokyo (opening 24 March) will fete the forthcoming book and will feature photographs of A-listers including Vanessa Paradis, Alice Dellal and Sarah Jessica Parker sporting designs in their personal style. Elizabeth Olsen revealed that she recently was shot by Kaiser Karl in an vintage oversized version that, much to her dismay, she didnt get to keep.
Take a look at the video below to see why the Chanel jacket is so sought after.
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Ana's Song guitar, bass, and drum tabs (by Silverchair)
Instruments: All | Guitar
Here is a list of guitar, bass, and drum tabs for Ana's Song by Silverchair
Ana's Song
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