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Vicki Payne is a nationally recognized designer, home improvement, gardening and decorating expert.
Each week, for over 15 years, thousands have tuned in to watch her popular national television show, For Your Home. The show is available on PBS, Create TV, and in national syndication.
This informative and entertaining program takes the mystery out of home projects. Vicki's step-by-step demonstrations are helpful to homeowners at all levels of experience and engrossing to viewers who are simply curious about improving their homes.
Vicki has a unique vision of how we live today with an eye towards tomorrow's lives. Her designs are ruled by simplicity and balance, and are crisp and approachable. The result is a living space that is classic yet timeless, blending both sophistication and livability.
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Activity Guide
Your guide for recreational activities, leisure opportunities, and programs available to children, teens, adults, seniors, and individuals with special needs.
Fall 2017 Activity Guide (PDF)
Summer 2017 Activity Guide (PDF)
Fall Registration is available!
Fall Classes, September 5-December 17 (15 Weeks)
To Register For Classes, Click Here!
To sign up for Fall classes or camps only, go to our Online Registration page or download a registration form [PDF] and mail to UCCRS, 34009 Alvarado-Niles Rd., Union City, CA 94587
For faster downloading, the guide is available by sections. Click on the following links. Hard copies of the guide are also available at Union City's community centers.
The following sections are for our Fall 2017 Activity Guide
New Registration System!
Union City Community & Recreation Services has moved to a new online registration program, Rec1. This new software focuses on enhancing the customer experience by providing a 21st century solution to registration and account management online without any additional fees or surcharges! Customers will be able to search for programs and classes by ages, interests and locations, and the new system will electronically notify participants of class changes or cancellations through email or text.
Customers can register for programs, classes and camps, pay account balances, reprint receipts and maintain their family accounts online. Later in 2017, customers will also be able to view facility availability, request park reservations, re-new memberships and access team information for adult sports leagues.
As we make the transition to our new Rec1 registration system, some customers may need to create a new account either online through the UnionCity.org website or at one of the community center offices. We encourage customers to go online, explore the new registration system, and verify if your account is already active. This can be done by searching with your current phone number, e-mail or full name. If you cannot locate your account, you will need to create a new one either online or through a community center office.
For more information on how to create or to look up your account in Rec1, please call or email any of the community center offices.

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Flint loses $4 million reverse discrimination lawsuit. Who pays?
Fri, 08 Jul 2011 18:48:12 GMT —
The already cash-strapped City of Flint now finds itself losing a multi-million dollar lawsuit.
An arbitration panel says race was a significant factor in the promotion of Flint Police officers in 2006.
Now, the city is out more than four-million dollars.
In 2006, Flint Mayor Don Williamson promoted several officers to an elite group called the Citizens Service Bureau.
It included four African American men and one white woman.
All three police unions raised a red flag saying Williamson did not follow procedures for the promotions.
"He didn't post these positions. He didn't test for these positions. He simply decreed," says attorney Glen Lenhoff, attorney for the majority of plaintiffs.
The 47 plaintiffs say the promotions were for political gain saying Williamson was feeling pressure from the African American community to install more African American commanding officers.
Williamson formed the bureau in 2006 and 2007 was an election year.
Both the city and the plaintiffs say the decision of one caused enormous damage to the city.
Who's going to pay for it?
City attorney Peter Bade says, "The administration's position is that this will not be put on the tax roll and that we'll figure out a way to pay for it."
Citizens say even if they don't have to pay an additional tax for this lawsuit, they still don't like it because they know it's still going to come from them.
"I don't think it's right. That's what I think about it. There's no way they got a choice but to pay it," says Flint resident Walter Gatewood.
"They spent the people's money," says David Peterson of Flint.
All this just nine months after the city lost a more than $8-million lawsuit over the abandoned Genesee Towers, which residents will have to pay an additional $150 a year to cover it.
NBC25 called former Flint Mayor Don Williamson and asked him about the lawsuit.
He says he has no comment on the matter.
Now comes the issue of collecting.
Flint doesn't have $4-million to pay.
Every day it goes unpaid, the interest gets higher.
The city could appeal, but that is costly, and there's no guarantee it would win.
Plaintiffs could have gone after Don Williamson personally, but since he was a city employee at the time, there's the issue of indemnity. That means the city would have to pay the bill anyway.
The plaintiffs in the case say they hope this ruling sets a precedent that reverse discrimination is unconstitutional.


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When you put these two together…
…only great things can happen.
Add in Hanneli Rupert and Tammy Tinker from Merchants on Long, Liam Mooney, Michael Chandler and an awesome little space on Long Street to this duo of Larry Steenkamp of Woodlands Eatery and the Field Office's Will Hobson and you've got magic…in the form of Merchants Café.
Merchants opened on Monday and while the opening of a new coffee spot, such as this, is exciting enough in itself they've got something even more exciting in their Merchant bag of tricks.
The café is open from 8am to 3pm and serves up a mean deluxe cuppa, breakfast and lunch. For breakfast there are two routes – if you're the health conscious type or are in need of a little something to fool yourself into better about last night's indulgence there is muesli, fruit and yoghurt. If you fit into neither of those categories then you can make up your own hot breakfast starting with your choice of either Brioche, rye, or sourdough and how you fancy your done eggs, and then branching out from there with extras like wild mushrooms, streaky bacon, pan fried tomatoes, artichokes and/or asparagus. For lunch it's a chef's table with a protein and three salads/starches for R60 or four salads/starches for R40. They've also got a selection of Devils Peak beers on tap and ciders from Eversons.
And now for the other exciting bit…wait for it…from 4pm to close Merchants Cafe becomes a 'Pop-Up' platform. Once a month, for a week, the space will be home to a pop-up restaurant ranging from old established favourites to the newly opened spots. They will also be having 'best of' pop-ups – think burger week with a different burger joint each day. On the days when there isn't a pop-up you can swing past for a couple of drinks at the bar and some tapas.
The first pop-up is Eight at Spier and is taking place this evening. Tickets are R270 and include a five-course meal and a bottle of wine per couple. For bookings you can pop them a mail at café@merchantsonlong.cocom or give Taz a call on 0835708368.
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Grant: Texas Rangers might opt to trade Jurickson Profar for David Price or Shelby Miller
Catch SportsDay On Air twice per week on Fox Sports Southwest, when Dallas Morning News experts discuss hot sports topics from the Cowboys, Mavericks, Stars, Rangers, high schools and colleges (check our TV listings for air times). Here is a few highlight from Thursday's episode featuring Evan Grant and Chuck Carlton:
In if there is another option besides moving Ian Kinsler to left field:
Grant: "The other alternative is to deal one of these guys. If you're looking at St. Louis as a possible trade partner for Jurickson Profar, you could make a deal there. You might get Shelby Miller. You also might be able to get David Price from Tampa Bay for Profar. There is no doubt Price is a better pitching prospect right now, not a prospect at all, a Cy Young candidate on an annual basis. But you don't want to be getting two years of control. That's an issue."
On if Ian Kinsler can generate enough power as a left fielder:
Grant: "This is a guy that's two years removed from a 30/30 type season. He's got legitimate big league power. I think a second year working with Dave Magadan as the hitting instructor… he saw in his first year his on base percentage go back up. He saw his power numbers go back down. I think this year he can make an adjustment so the on base percentage stays where it was and the power numbers come back up."


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The Orlando Magic are looking to hire an in-house Motion Graphics Designer.
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The Daily WTF: This Portrait Of Rick Santorum Is Made Entirely Of Gay Porn
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum has made no secret of his hatred for LGBT people. From comparing consensual gay relationships to bestiality, to saying a kid would be better off with a father in jail than being raised by two lesbian parents, one has to wonder what's broken inside of him that makes him so unable to accept the fact that not everyone is exactly the same. The gay community tends to respond to his attacks with a surprisingly good sense of humor, considering he poses a threat to their basic human rights, and the portrait above is no exception. If you look closely, you can see it's composed entirely of thumbnail images of dudes making sex on each other. Ironic! Now if only someone can figure out how to sculpt his bust out of hardened santorum, the tribute will be complete.
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Description The primary purpose of this shader demo is to display advanced shaders' performance in 3dsmax viewport and hope that those realtime techniques are put into use by more and more 3dsmax users.
Credit: Marcus Dublin who is the creator to Paragalis and the environment. Creature tutorial:www.cgarena.com/freestuff/tutorials/max/paragalis/ Website: www.marcusdublin.com email: email@example.com
Softshadow shader is improved based on shadow blur lookup functions by Laurens Corijnhttp://laurenscorijn.com
Cubemap within the scene modified based on this HDR from (www.hdri-locations.com )of Thomas Suurland.
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Has anyone booked the bottom fishing excursion in Cozumel through RCCL? My husband, two friends and I are planning a trip, but we were wondering if it was a large group excursion or if we will be the only ones on the boat?
Fishing usually has 4 to 5 people fishing on a boat...they do supply all the tackle, bait, snacks...it's also a lot cheaper to book the ship's excursion than do your own...Plus if something happens to the boat, and you get back late, the ship will wait for you....Happy fishing.....and have a great Cruise..
Bob E
Thanks, Bob! I was hoping it would be a small group, and you are right, it is cheaper than booking a charter.
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College Football Player Rescues Man By Lifting 3,500 Pound Car [VIDEO]
University of South Florida football player Danous Estenor sprung right into action when he saw that tow truck driver Pedro Arzola had become trapped under the Cadillac Seville he had been trying to load onto his truck.
Two men and Arzola's hysterically screaming wife hadn't been able to move the 3,500 pound car at all. But the six-foot-three-inch, 295-pound offensive lineman, who was on his way to get a bite to eat, took a crack at lifting it all by himself.
NFL Player Makes Ends Meet By Becoming Teacher During Lockout
David Bruton knows more than just football.
While the NFL lockout labors on, the Denver Broncos safety kept busy by taking a job as a substitute teacher in his hometown of Miamisburg, Ohio.
60-Year-Old Grandmother Runs Marathon in All 50 States
She may be 60, but Gloria Linares still likes to be on her feet.
Linares has finally completed her goal of running a marathon in all 50 states.


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Flight training provider CAE SimuFlite won't hold the grand opening ceremony commemorating the start of operations at its Northeast Training Center in Morristown, N.J., until this month, but pilots have already been strapping into the brand-new Falcon 7X simulator for initial training.
The interim level-C full flight simulator actually received FAA approval before European and U.S. officials handed over the real airplane's certification papers on April 27; CAE is currently seeking level-D certification. The simulator and a companion cockpit procedures trainer at the Morristown center now enter an around-the-clock rotation as flight crews arrive at the center for more than 30 hours of sim time and additional classroom and take-home coursework.
When pilots emerge from their training, they will be fully qualified to fly the world's most technologically sophisticated business jet and the first with fly-by-wire flight controls. Manufacturer Dassault selected CAE in 2004 as the exclusive provider of pilot, maintenance and cabin crew training for the Falcon 7X. As part of that contract, CAE developed two simulators and Simfinity procedures trainers, one for the Morristown training center and another for European customers installed at CAE's Burgess Hill center in the UK.
The 30 hours are split between the full-motion simulator and the procedures trainer, which resides in a small room down the hall from the main simulator bay. Replicating the full complement of systems and running the same software as the sim, the procedures trainer includes touch-screen displays that recreate digital renderings of all switches, knobs and levers.
Of course, the Falcon 7X airplane makes heavy use of flight displays and a trackball cursor control device for most functions, so there aren't many switches to replicate. The 7X features the same Honeywell EASy avionics that are certified in other new Falcons, and nearly every cockpit function can be completed by moving a cursor crosshair symbol among the four large flat-panel displays. In fact, many common functions must be performed using the cursor controller.
During a demonstration of the 7X simulator at the newly opened training center just a short drive from Morristown Municipal Airport, CAE Falcon instructor Jan Hruska demonstrated why the airplane and the trainer deserve billing as among the industry's most advanced. The visual system in the simulator uses digitized satellite imagery, meaning the view pilots see out the front is an accurate representation of the ground on the day the satellite passed over. In the cockpit, every component and avionics system feature has been replicated to perform exactly as it does in the airplane. And the handling characteristics are said to be spot on.
The most striking difference between flying the Falcon 7X and any other business jet in its category is the sidestick controller and fly-by-wire system. There is no trim thumb button on the stick; instead, the computers manage all control inputs automatically to maintain desired pitch and bank angles. The pilot's sidestick commands are converted to electronic signals, with the flight control computers determining how best to move the actuators at each control surface to provide the desired response. And what a response it is.
Lay the 7X over on its side and center the nose on the horizon and the airplane will stay glued there, even if you let go of the stick. In fact, anytime the pilot lets go of the sidestick the 7X's flight path vector remains constant. It takes a little getting used to, but if you apply the logic of what's happening with the fly-by-wire controls to the autopilot's algorithms, fly-by-wire starts to make sense.
Borrowed from civil HUD designs, a variety of flight path cues and trend vectors on the primary flight display provide the pilots with an array of information about the airplane's energy state. Taking lessons learned in the development of the Mirage 2000's fly-by-wire system, Dassault has largely succeeded in its goal of creating the easiest to fly and most comfortable Falcon ever, Hruska said.
Fly-by-wire flight controls allow aircraft makers to offer protections and better low-speed handling characteristics. In the 7X the computers will intervene to prevent the airplane from stalling or overspeeding.
Trying to stall the 7X in any configuration or at any speed is an exercise in futility. The computer nannies simply won't let a pilot exceed the wing's critical angle of attack. Likewise, pitching the nose over, stowing the speed brakes and shoving the throttles forward will get the speed tape moving, but it will also induce protests from the fly-by-wire controls as the airspeed nears Vmo. As if by magic, the nose automatically starts to rise as airspeed increases, even with the stick still pressed full forward.
The demo flight included a series of (very) short hops from JFK International Airport to La Guardia to shoot a series of ILS and Rnav approaches. The vector path cues on the flight displays make flying an approach by hand a cinch, at least in smooth air. Dialing in some turbulence made it tougher to stay on glideslope as the auto trim fought to maintain a constant descent. The trick is making smooth inputs to the sidestick at all times.
Each of the landings in the sim was harder than the passengers probably would have appreciated, but the realism of that solid "thunk" onto the pavement was impressive for a simulator cab sitting on hydraulic stilts. The last landing of the day, however, showed why even a multimillion-dollar simulator built by one of the top producers in the world still can't replicate the real world with absolute fidelity.
Descending in the murky, early- morning haze toward Kennedy's Runway 4R, the Falcon was on a perfectly stabilized approach with the flight path vector nestled inside the approach cue. Nearing decision altitude there was still no runway in sight, despite the fact that we had broken out of the clouds and visibility wasn't too bad at about three miles. The pilot had one hand on the throttle levers and was poised to shove them full forward; the outline of the rabbit light stanchions started to appear below the nose.
"Joe, does Kennedy have its lights on?" Hruska asked the sim operator. After a beat, the airport suddenly appeared from the mist, every runway and taxiway light blazing brightly directly ahead. Just another routine approach, with the EGPWS calling out "50, 40, 30, 20, 10…" Thunk!


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Marietta, OH - The Geneva College women′s volleyball team dropped four consecutive matches at the Hiram College Invitational last weekend. It appears as though a bit of rest may have paid off in a big way for the Golden Tornadoes. After having five days away from the court, Geneva got back to work on Friday evening against Washington & Lee in the first match of the Marietta College Pioneer Classic. The Golden Tornadoes upended Washington & Lee 3-1 by scores of 23-25, 25-18, 25-18, 25-23. The victory put an end to Geneva′s four match losing streak and even more impressively handed Washington & Lee its first loss of the season as it fell to 13-1 in 2011. The Golden Tornadoes improved to 8-6 with the victory.
Washington & Lee came into the tournament with a mark of 13-0 and had dropped only four games all year. On Friday night, the Golden Tornadoes dropped game one but quickly rallied to take the next three for the victory. Rachel Kuegler led the offense with 14 kills while Maggie Bowersox added 13 in the win. Ashley Davis picked up 12 kills including six throw downs on just seven swings in the decisive fourth game. It was a Bowersox kill that proved to be the final dagger for Washington & Lee.
Deanna Briody continued her strong play with 46 assists while Brianna Mixter led the defense with 29 digs. As a team, Geneva came up with 11 service aces with a team best three service winners from Emily Bestor.
Geneva will be right back in action at Marietta on Saturday with matches against John Carroll at 11 am and then with host Marietta at 1:15 pm. The Golden Tornadoes get back into conference play next Tuesday with a match at Thiel before returning home to face Saint Vincent next Thursday night at 7 pm.
Geneva College is a comprehensive Christian college of the arts, sciences and professional studies. Founded in the tradition of the Reformed Christian faith, Geneva prepares students to serve Christ in all areas of society: work, family and the church. Geneva College′s philosophy of education is based on the Foundational Concepts of Christian Higher Education. Geneva is a founding member of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU).


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Lincoln Township, Hendricks County, Indiana
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This cemetery is on the northeast corner of the intersection of 56th Street and SR 267 in Brownsburg. The westernmost part is actually St. Malachy East Cemetery. A gap is visible where the two cemeteries separate.
This cemetery is irregularly shaped. These corners start at the most northeastern point and move counterclockwise around the perimeter.
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This cemetery is mostly fenced and is mowed and maintained. The cemetery began in 1945, so there are no old stones and no noticeable condition issues.
In 1984, the remains of Jonathan and Hannah Ward were moved from the Ward Cemetery (northwest side of Brownsburg) to Brownsburg cemetery. The stone (but not the grave) for Revolutionary War soldier Thomas Harding was also moved to Brownsburg in 1992 from Lingeman Cemetery.
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Foreclosure relief in sight?
Posted January 24, 2012
Mortgage rates were flat again today, with Mortgage Market forces focusing on the adjournment tomorrow afternoon from the Fed's Meeting – and the minutes which arise from that meeting. Greek uncertainty –which had been helping with keeping mortgage rates low – seemingly has lessened its impact on the global markets for now – primarily due to the size of the debt in question as it relates to European/Global wealth, and the fact that this will not surprise the markets at all… remember that it's the market unknowns and uncertainties which tend to have a bigger influence on market movements versus the actual event in many cases…
Discussion out of Washington is pointing to a potential deal with the five largest US Mortgage Servicers as it relates to the foreclosure process. A $25 Billion fund is being seriously discussed as a way to help bring monies back to consumers who have been impacted by the foreclosure process – potentially helping to reduce principal in some cases – and in other cases, monies could be used to compensate homeowners who were put through an inaccurate foreclosure process.
I'll keep you posted once any solid details have actually been finalized.


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Karthus Build Guide
Nukin' Karthuswritten by SubtleWrath
Karthus Build
Table of Contents
|Masteries + Runes
|Play Style
|Summoner Spells
|Skilling Order
|Pros / Cons
Hey , lately ive seen some really poor karthus' in game and i wanted to just show everyone the kind of build i use, its probably not the best build you'll ever see but i think it covers some important points :)
this is my first guide so i hope you guys find it helpful
Death Defied Great passive for team fights, and the CD on death is nice too more about this a little later Lay Waste Karthus' bread and butter, a little difficult to hit well with for begginers, but with practice can be an amazingly OP skill. Wall of Pain Probably the best spell on Karthus, a skill that reduces MR,Armor and slows for 80%? yes please Defile Amazing Spell, an AOE DPS that is kinda like a mini infinate crowstorm, the passive is great early game too :) Requiem probably Karthus' least impressive spell :P. the skill in using requiem is simply knowing when to use it, more on that a little later
Masteries + Runes
i go for 10/0/20 on karthus, pretty much standard caster except with an additional point in offensive on the ignite cooldown
for runes i use-
3 x Greater Quintessence of Force
9 X Greater Mark of Insight
9 X Greater Seal of Replenishment
6 X Greater Glyph of Force
3 X Greater Glyph of Focus
However pretty much any Rune build is viable as long as you keep the 9 x magic pen runes
Play Style
Early game-
Before the game starts look at how many people have heal. If you don't you may regret it, try and keep tabs on who has used it, write it down if necessary.
Use LW to farm minions as much as possible, but don't overdo it you don't want to burn yourself out of manna before getting to around 6/7, harass your enemy in the lane using LW, to do this try to predict their movements, usually placing the spell slightly behind them will work as most will try to move back when they see your staff go up but it can vary, study your enemy.
Harass them but don't play too overly aggressive and try to get the kill when its not there, just keep aggravating, deny them XP and try to keep their health down, of course if they are asking to be killed do it but don't make a bad call and end up having to go back to base again within the first couple of levels-this is really bad for karthus-. If you've been harassing enough by level 6 your opponent should hopefully be down enough to use your ult right away, if not and your harassing has done no good or there just good at regen/heal look to other lanes and assess whether your ult may help any of your teammates.
-Note- A good Karthus is always looking at other lanes and at other enemies and their abilities, always assess who can block your ult, if they have used it, when they used it and the MR they have. Sorry but if you suck at quick mental maths, don't play karthus. Once your ult is up you need to very quickly be able to calculate how much pen you have and how much damage you will inflict with it, if you can't do this your gonna waste a lot of ults, this is even more important late game when people start getting MR items and veil etc.
Mid to late-
Stick in your lane to your about level 11, if you haven't already grab the blue buff, the manna regen and CDR will really help and if nobody else has bothered yet grab the red as well (ask before you do though, other teammates can benefit more from it that you)
From there on go either top or bottom depending on where you think you make the most difference and try and help the team move forward.
When a gank is iniated try and land your wall straight away preferably before they have seen you and rush in with defile and LW, if your teammates help you should quite easily be able to score a few kills or push them back and maybe get a tower. Usually if you're playing right or there just terrible they will surrender about this sorta time, if not its highly possible that they will start stacking MR to try and counter you, this is around the time you want to start building a void staff.
In team fights it's pretty much the same process as ganking try and hit as many as you can with the wall then use defile and lay waste to pick them off. Never go in before the tank, you will get ripped apart and most half intelligent teams know enough to move away from your corpse. If your using the Mejai's the team will start to focus on you first during team fights if this happens try to kite them as much as possible using LW and defile, let your team focus and bring them down or wait until you've brought them down enough then turn round and nuke em'
Karthus is really really bad at destroying stuff unless you have lich bane or something, try to avoid having to destroy towers by yourself.
Using Requiem-
Believe it or not does more than KS ;)
-Early on use it as a way of catching runners and tipping the balance of fights in favour of your allies
- Once you have accumulated some AP start using it before you gank or before team fights if it's that far ahead OR wait until your team has brought the enemy team down them all to respawn out into lanes and then use it. Force them to go back to heal and gain a couple more seconds hacking down towers and gaining XP :).
-Just because you can't see them doesn't mean you can't kill them. If you see an enemies hp then they disappear, quickly run through what they can do, items etc if you think your clear hit them with it, if not hold it back, if someone wanders off with a shield like lee sin, blitz etc, count to about 6-8 seconds then hit it, chances are the shield has dissipated and you catch them just are they are porting.
Why 6-8 you ask? It takes 8 secs to port and 3 secs for you to ult, however it's very rare that they will simply port right after they leave your vision and even rarer that they will pop a shield of some sort as soon as they do, usually they spend a couple of extra seconds just running.
When to die-
Preferably never. However sometimes in team fights you may be able to take out 3 or 4 people if you can just get enough time and manna to use requiem , this is the time you want to rush in and let them focus on you, once you're dead you pop on defile Immediately and cast requiem (only if you're going to get kills). The general rule of thumb is don't do it if you don't think you can get more than 2 people, its not worth the money they will gain from killing you and if your stacking Mejai's it can be annoying to lose some stacks then not manage to get the kill.
Note- don't start doing this till the mid to late stages of the game, early on it probably wont work
well first off i always start off With a Sapphire Crystal and one Health Potion and one Mana Potion
After laning for a while and possibly a few kills at about level 6-7 you should have enough for a Ruby Crystal and Boots of Speed
After that try to get the Catalyst the Protector and a Blasting Wand to get a
Rod of Ages asap, once you have this it shouldn't be long before you can cough up another 750 to get the Sorcerer's Shoes and a start to build up a Mejai's Soulstealer.
The beauty of the build is that after you have the ROA, the ss and Mejais should be relatively quick to build considering the relative price comparative to other similar items, and provided you get a decent amount of kills the Ap should keep up too.
If you don't feel confident you can nail the kills with the mejai or you think you may die a little too often for it to be of any major use to you try building another survivability item so you can stay out on the field a little longer and hopefully accumulate a little more XP.
By the time you next come back to the shop to buy you should be well into the midgame, at this point you need to consider how your opponents are reacting to you, if they are ignoring you start to build an Archangel's Staff, if they are starting to stack some MR build a Void Staff.
i tend to finish off my build with a Rabadon's Deathcap however few games are that simple.
here are a few items that i found very helpful on Karth in certain situations-
Rylai's Crystal Scepter
Amazing item for Karth, what? everyone has freaking boots of mobility? get one of these and bring them all down a notch, also synchs great with your wall and if you kiting someone. the health boost is pretty darn lovely as well ;)
Lich Bane
Awesome item on Karth, Basically turns you into a physical threat as well, ans lets you kick out just that little bit more dps. also makes karth take down structures a lot lot quicker
Abyssal Scepter
A good item if the enemy team really is piling on the MR, in that sort of situation consider switching out the mejai for this item, because of the situation you arnt going to get massive amounts of kills unless you get close and personal anyway. the good thing about this item is its an aura so your teammates will benifit too. you also get a nice boost to your own MR which is very nice :)
Ok and just to clear this up with all the mindless AP stackers out there incase i get lots of 'hey you can get more AP if you do this'. you dont actually do more damage if you just stack AP :/, infact you end up wasting a lot of that AP you spent lots of gold on-
100 MR example (50% resist)-
1400 AP karthus(5 AA +rabadons)-
Requiem damage- 1548
Against 100 MR
Base penetrations (if same masteries and runes are used)- 100-9(runes) =((91/100)*85) (mastery)
Overall drop from 50% to 46%
((1548/100)*54)= 835 damage
AP wastage- 459 (45%)
900 AP (My build)-
Requiem damage- 1184
Against 100 MR
Base And Item penetrations- 100-29(sorc shoes+runes) = ((71/100)*51) (mastery+ void staff)
Overall drop from 50% to 26%
((1184/100)*74) = 876 damage
AP wastage- 164 (25%)
Bare in mind that 100 MR is pretty generous, most games where karthus becomes a real threat it can get a lot higher rendering mindless Ap stacking completely pointless.
Im aware that even with this build it is possible to have more Ap without sacrificing the magic pen ,probably another 100 or so, however you would be giving up on the survivability and (if your good) the 15% CDR you gain from mejai's when fully maxed out, which in my opinion isn't worth the risk.
Don't underestimate your ability as a DPS mage, when fully maxed out you can do about 2000 dmg/sec (subject to reduction ofc) which means most squishys that don't stack MR go down in about a second when they 1v1 karth, HOWEVER your biggest vulnerability is stuns and suppressions ,if you can't attack for a couple of seconds, your dead, so take care when singling out an opponent and don't try and solo the enemy team very late game (40+ mins), it wont work.
Summoner Spells
Im pretty boring with my spell selection, i tend to pick Ignite and Heal
Ignite is a pretty obvious choice, it keeps healers at bay and early on its great if the person your laning agaisnt is trying to pop a health potion to try and stick it out a bit longer against you. i would recommend using it to any karthus player as your worst enemy is healing.
I use heal because i find that early on it can make the difference between getting a kill and not getting one or gaining a few extra levels before you have to go back to base, also its great late game where your in a 1v1 and it just tips the fight in your favour. i know its nooby but heal is a winner
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not a personal favourite as i tend to be able to manage my mana fairly well but good if you play very aggresively early on
Gets you back to farming quicker. simple as that. again i dont tend to use it but i can see why some people do
Skilling Order
I find that early leveling of defile really helps me early game, although leveling wall of pain up early can be just as useful, the only essentials of the skill order is LW AND Requiem.
Pros / Cons
- Insane Dps when used correctly
- Powerful global nuke
- Easily catch runners with ultimate
- massively damaging to enemy team morale
- WOP makes EVERYONE do more damage
- Excellent Ganker
- even with good survivability items your still very squishy
- slow
- both teams will hate you
To sum up karthus is an incredably powerful caster, but everyone will play him slightly differently if you feel there are parts of the build that dont work for you change the build to fit your style, hell if you wanna stack AA and run in and suicide do it, this is just my way of playing him.
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Having a dog is like having a child. Except when you have a child, you don't feel compelled to engage in illegal activity to get them on an airplane to save a hundred bucks. I have a little dog, Clover. She's eight pounds and looks like a golden bunny rabbit.
This last Christmas I was going to be in NY for nine days. The cost of flying her is $100 each way. The cost of a doggie babysitter is around the same. Kennels are dens of trauma, sheer concentration camps breeding bitterness, and were out of the question.
Out of a sense of desperation coupled with disregard for the laws of civilized society, I called the airlines and told them I would be traveling with a service dog. I was informed my dog would fly free. I covered my ass by finding a site online that will send you a service dog tag for your pup, as long as you paypal them $33 and email a photo of your dog. You have to sign some agreement saying that if you're lying you are aware that you're breaking the law, blah blah blah. I read more about this. Apparently posing my pup as a trained and certified service dog was punishable by a fine and jail time. This scared me, but I wanted to save the $100 each way.
My helpful boyfriend washed his hands of these endeavors. As a highstrung Canadian, he lived in constant fear of being arrested or deported at all times. "You're on your own with this," he said.
We departed from LAX early one morning. My boyfriend and I got into separate check-in lines, so that if I was arrested he would not be seen as an accessory. Yes, that sounded fair. My line didn't move as there was a moody version of Rupert Everett manning the check-in desk. My nerves at illegally posing as a handicapped person with a service dog abated as I saw that I was going to miss my flight. I was also hung over from a night of alcoholic indulgences, and my speech was slurred and my sense of entitlement greatened.
My boyfriend waved as he sailed through his line and went pass the security check point. I heard the woman ahead of me, who also was forced to miss her flight due to Rupert's deliberate slowness, call him an asshole. "I don't have to check you in at all" he called out in his high-pitched nasal voice.
Clover and I exchanged a worried look. The couple ahead of me missed their flight and were sent on standby to the next one. Clover and I were up.
"It's too late to check you in for the flight to NY" he nasaled.
"But that flight hasn't even started boarding. I'm not checking any baggage! I've got 45 minutes!" I cried.
"You're too late."
I turned on my internal bitch-switch to maximum. "I'm done with you," I bellowed. "Get your supervisor over here." His supervisor turned out to be this 14 year old kid who avoided eye contact and echoed in a monotone voice that I was indeed too late to fly to New York. "I want both your names!" I yelled. "I'm going to blog about this, I'm going to post this to Facebook, I'm Yelping about this and I am writing to both your supervisors! Letters! Give me your names!"
The supervisor whispered that his name was Matt Stein-something. I typed it into my phone. The crabby version of Rupert Everett chirped, "You don't need to know my name." But the fool forgot he was wearing a name tag. I leaned in across the counter. "Miguel Hernandez!" I yelled. I recorded the info in my phone.
"I see you're traveling with a service dog," the supervisor mumbled. I stiffened. I fingered Clover's bogus tags. I squeezed her file of shots and immunizations. The supervisor walked away.
Miguel slowly tapped some keys. "I can get you a seat on the next flight for another $50. Or you can fly standby."
"I'm not giving you another cent! This airline is a joke! And you are a clown!" My voice was so shrill it began to irritate even me.
Miguel handed me my stand-by boarding pass. "Your service dog just shat on my floor," he said without emotion.
I didn't think I had heard him right. Or perhaps I was just to afraid to look beside me. "What?!" I said.
"Your service dog just shat on my floor," he repeated.
I slowly looked down at my feet. Apparently during the excitement of my brough-ha-ha, Clover had been overwhelmed and also wanted to express her frustrations and disappointments with this airline.
"That was already there when I got here," I huffed, and off Clover and I marched to the security line.
We were shocked yet delighted to find that no one at security asked to see her "service dog" tags, no one asked for her paperwork and essentially no one said more than boo to us. Although while Clover and I were waiting in line for the bathroom, one woman asked if she could pet my dog. I said that I was terribly sorry, but that the dog was "working". She asked, "Working how?" I explained that Clover was assisting me with a medical condition. I committed to the lie like George Costanza.
We danced onto the standby flight and Clover slept on my coat all the way to the big Apple.


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We climbed through a broken window at noon. I wore rubber boots. My companion carried a machete. Hearing a splash ahead, I aimed a flashlight beam down the dark basement hall. We could see cobwebs and peeling paint and graffiti on the walls. But whatever had made the splash, man or beast, remained hidden.
Scared as children, we were in the long-closed derelict hotel, the Vinoy. Yes, that Vinoy — the luxury hotel that bedazzles on today's waterfront. Built it 1925, the Vinoy had been a winter refuge for America's rich and famous. But paying guests stopped coming and it closed in disrepair in 1973. Creeping through the basement in 1978, my companion and I felt as if we were exploring a haunted mansion — home to tormented souls, vermin and, according to rumor, at least one hungry alligator with an appetite for rodents and misplaced feet.
My machete-armed companion hadn't come to tangle with the gator. He hoped to kill mosquitoes in the flooded basement. Hatching in the rancid water, they had been flying through the broken windows and biting people downtown.
Tom Myers, who worked for Pinellas County Mosquito Control at the time, found the hatchery, a deep pool of turbid water covered by scum. He tossed a handful of poison capsules into the pool and said nervously, "Let's get out of here."
At last I felt the urge to ask about the machete.
"Walking around down here in the dark, I've bumped into homeless men standing in the doorways," he said. "Scared the hell out of me."
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Not long ago I visited the Vinoy again. My companion, a tiny elegant woman named Elaine Normile, wore stylish black slacks and a leopard-skin print blouse. She wore expensive sandals instead of the rubber boots favored by mosquito killers.
The official Vinoy historian, she was leading a tour of about 20 through the hotel. As bellhops hustled past, the concierge whispered to a well-coiffed client. If a ghost lurked in the vicinity, it had to be the spirit of curly-haired Aymer Vinoy Laughner.
"He built the Vinoy," our historian said, traipsing through the lobby. And then, as is her wont, she told a story:
Laughner built the Vinoy after an encounter with famous golfer Walter Hagen. They were standing in Laughner's yard on Beach Drive when Laughner laid his expensive pocket watch on the lawn and challenged Hagen to hit a ball off the face without cracking the glass.
Hagen hit one ball after the other into the trees. Somebody present — a businessman named Gene Elliott — suggested that the 14 acres of oaks, cabbage palms and orange trees might be the perfect place to build a world-class hotel. Laughner agreed and began writing checks.
In February 1925, construction began. On Dec. 31, the Vinoy opened with Jazz Age fanfare. Though records are sketchy — a lot of history was lost during the years the hotel was closed — Hemingway and Fitzgerald most likely laid heads upon soft pillows. Babe Ruth certainly did. So did the polar explorer Richard Byrd. Calvin Coolidge was the first president to stay at the hotel.
"How did you like your supper, sir?" asked the elevator operator one evening.
"It was a little too rich for my tastes," reported the meat-and-potatoes prez.
"You're welcome to eat with us in the employees cafeteria," the elevator man said.
"And he did,'' says Normile. "He took all his meals with the hotel employees.''
The Depression hit Florida hard, but the Vinoy did fine until World War II, when even the rich felt guilty about expensive vacations. In 1942, Laughner leased his hotel to the military. Soldiers trained on city streets and sometimes slept on Spa Beach. Mostly they wrecked the hotel. When the war ended, Laughner sold it to Charles Alberding for $700,000, taking a $2.8 million loss on his investment. The Vinoy didn't recover from the war; even $7 rooms failed to entice customers. Finally it closed. One wing fell victim to the wrecker's ball. Expensive furnishings were lost, stolen or vandalized.
For a decade, big plans to reopen the hotel surfaced and then sank. In 1989, St. Petersburg residents voted to allow the leasing of underwater land in the adjacent basin for boat slips. A hotel chain liked the idea of having a marina and struck a deal. Construction and repairs began on the old hotel in 1990.
Developers installed 34,000 yards of carpet, 10,000 yards of upholstery and 17,000 yards of draperies. Its 350 rooms got 8,700 new washcloths, 6,000 towels and 6,000 pillowcases. The dining room received 66,000 pieces of silver, china and glassware. In 1992, the Stouffer Vinoy Resort reopened after a $90 million renovation.
Normile, who is 65, began leading tours in 1998. They are offered most days, cost $27 to $35, and include a meal and the possibility of spotting a celebrity. Politicians and authors stay at the Vinoy. Major League Baseball teams stay at the Vinoy. Garrison Keillor, on vacation from Lake Wobegon, was a recent visitor.
In 2005, a long-haired guest approached the concierge, Joanne Cherepon, and told her he was looking for a golf game. The guest's name was Vincent Furnier but the concierge knew him by his show business alias.
"My husband is going to play this afternoon, Mr. Furnier," the concierge said. "Do you want to play golf with him?"
The concierge called her husband, Gary.
"Do you want to play golf with Alice Cooper?" she asked.
"He did,'' Normile says. "On the way back from the golf course they stopped at McDonald's for hamburgers.''
• • •
On New Year's Eve, the hotel celebrates its 85th anniversary.
It now goes by a mouthful of a name, the Renaissance Vinoy Resort & Golf Club. But Aymer Vinoy Laughner would recognize his old place and most likely be delighted with a new-fangled invention: air-conditioning.
Nobody has to sweat anymore. Nobody needs to fret about tripping over an alligator in the basement or encountering a cockroach in the honeymoon suite. During the summer, it is possible to be bitten by a mosquito on the Vinoy veranda, but they no longer hatch from fetid pools in the Vinoy basement.
Unpleasant surprises? None, unless your checking account is overdrawn. A prime room during the winter tourist season goes for $369 per night.
Jeff Klinkenberg can be reached at email@example.com or (727) 893-8727.


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Auditions will be held by appointment on Aug. 26.
"Open rehearsals give newcomers an opportunity to try us out before making a commitment," said Roger Duffer, the chorale's artistic director.
At the open rehearsals, guests sing along with current chorale members learning music for the fall concert to get a feel for the level of expected musicianship as well as the rehearsal routine.
Rehearsals are 7 to 10 p.m. Mondays in Weeks Fellowship Hall at Redlands First United Methodist Church, 1 E. Olive Ave., Redlands.
Auditions include sight-reading, tonal memory and performing a musical piece selected by the singer. More details are available at www.inlandmasterchorale.org or by contacting Debora Biddick, membership vice president, at 909-794-7627.
Inland Master Chorale is celebrating its 35th season under the direction of Roger W. Duffer and associate director Melva Morrison. The chorale has more than 60 members from throughout the Inland Empire. Performances are at Redlands First United Methodist Church, at 8 p.m. Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays.
This season's concerts are "A Lighter Side of Masses," Oct. 18 and 19; Handel's "Messiah," Dec. 13 and 14; "Absolutely a Cappella," March 7 and 8; and "Aspects of Nature," May 16 and 17.
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Posted in: Christianity,Drumming,General,Lyrics,Practices by David Dault on December 28, 2012
Some recent posts have gotten my mind thinking. In particular, the posts by Tom Beaudoin and Maeve Heaney have raised the question of interpretations that are not lyric-oriented, but are instead interested in thinking about the meaning of the music. We get so used to thinking that the only aspect of a song that matters is the worded expressiveness, and we pass over the "material substrate" of the music itself.
For me, this raises a really interesting set of possibilities. I think of Peter Gabriel, during his musique concrete phase in the early 80s (n.b. Melting Face and Security?), telling interviewers that he was trying to process primal screams through filters so that they became part of the texture of the songs–the sonic landscape. I think of Ween, Geza X, my beloved Brainiac, and the almost unlistenable moments of NEU!–each is pushing beyond the "meaning-content" of the lyrics to the point of using the voice as an instrument in itself.
Which makes me think about the points where voice and instrument are literally melded–autotune, vocoder, and talking guitar. Let me take this backwards in three steps: the contemporary example, of course, is T-Pain. But isn't he just using new technology to build on the ground laid by Roger and Zapp? And Roger was riffing with synthesizers, using technologies popularized by Peter Frampton and his guitar. But in these examples, the "instrumentalized voice" is still capable of being examined for meaningful lyric content.
So what of the artists that used voices but refused to offer intelligible lyrics as content? Dave Thomas of Pere Ubu once wrote that (more…)
Penitential Hymns: Kanye West at the Grammy Awards
Posted in: General by Christian Scharen on February 4, 2012
I love Kanye West. There. I've said it. You should know that up front as I begin this post anticipating the 2012 Grammy Awards next week. Kanye West is something of a Grammy award magnet, collecting 14 awards in a career that only began in earnest a decade ago. West's seven Grammy nominations are the most received for any artist this year. Despite this success, West is a polarizing figure, not least because of his own controversial behavior. During a live telecast after Hurricane Katrina, he famously went off-script to say: "George Bush doesn't care about black people". His public outbursts at awards shows have also hurt him, including most troubling when a drunken West upstaged Taylor Swift at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards. Swift had just won her first award, and in the midst of her acceptance speech, West charged on stage, took the mic, and said, "Yo, Taylor, I'm really happy for you, I'ma let you finish, but Beyonce had one of the best videos of all time." West was removed and reaction was loud and negative. Many apologies followed, including a personal letter and a phone call to Swift, but the damage was done. West retreated from the public eye for nearly a year. I'll come back to this and connect it to his Grammy-nominated song, "All of the Lights," below but first a brief gesture to the reasons I have for loving West despite his obvious flaws. (I use West as a case study in my new book Broken Hallelujahs, if you'd like to see more of how I engage with his work.)
As a musician and artist, he has great vision and depth. He is—critics regularly admit—an amazing talent. And I would add to that, his vision and depth regularly include moral and spiritual depth. An example: West made the most moving and powerful pop song rooted in Christian faith in the last decade–"Jesus Walks," from 2004's The College Dropout. The videos West made for "Jesus Walks" increase my admiration for what he is capable of musically, artistically and spiritually. Of the three, I think the version directed by Chris Milk is most complex and compelling, offering a video parable of baptismal dying and rebirth. (Warning: this video is hosted on West's VEVO channel on YouTube and opens with a 30-second advertisement which when I checked was a very violent promo for a new Denzel Washington film)
This year, West gained Grammy nominations both for his fifth studio album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, as well as a single from that album, "All of the Lights," and for a duo album with fellow Roc-a-Fella recording star Jay-Z titled, Watch the Throne, as well as a single from that album, "Otis." While this is too much here to discuss in a short blog post, "All of the Lights" provides another example, alongside "Jesus Walks," to show what is so compelling about West. While I think highly of this song, that doesn't mean I think highly of all the songs on the album, some of which are much more troubling, but that has been true on all his albums.
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Posted in: General,News Items by Tom Beaudoin on July 18, 2011
Here is an interesting article about a Fordham professor, Edgar Tyson, in the Graduate School of Social Service, who works on the therapeutic use of hip-hop with youth. As I read it, I thought that the parallels with how theology can engage hip-hop are obvious, starting from theology's traditional commitment to care of souls, which places it so often next to social work, therapy, education, medicine, and other such disciplines and professions focused on the well-being of the person and the world. As the theological discipline of pastoral care and counseling has so often shown in its engagements with psychology, whoever is interested in the good life is a potential friend to theology. In that vein, Prof. Tyson's work and the forthcoming book mentioned in the article, Therapeutic Uses of Rap and Hip-Hop (Routledge, 2011), may well be of interest to theologians.
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Blasphemy, Doubt, & Theology from Pastor Troy
Posted in: Atheism,Christianity,General by Daniel White Hodge on May 28, 2011
Pastor Troy is no stranger to controversy, yet, his song Vice Versa would make the faint at heart religious person faint; moreover, Pastor Troy's relentless questioning of who God is would get him spiritually lynched for even asking such questions. Yet, within all the seemingly blasphemous appearing lyrics, there is something deeper at work; a fundamental attempt to make God more accessible to humanity. For Pastor Troy, it is essential to question religion and the God it presents. You see, for many living in oppressed systems, it becomes extremely difficult to "believe" in anything when everything has failed you. Race also becomes a factor; if you see the face of oppression as being "White" and male, it stand to reason why someone like Pastor Troy would question, and at times even detest, a globally symbolic White image of God. Thus, Pastor Troy takes us on a journey which few are able to brave and engage with. A journey that asks the apparently obvious, yet enormously awkward question of: are we—meaning religious people—on the "right side" of Heaven & hell, what if God was flipped and the Devil simply got a bad rap?
The television show Supernatural toys with this question as well. Instead of painting a God who is all loving and all open, they show you one who is almost as bureaucratic as the politician and a devil who is sympathetic and one who only spoke up and questioned God; look what happened to him, the same can happen to you. So Pastor Troy is in good company when it comes to asking some of these socio-theological questions and challenging the religious structure that has labeled things moral and immoral—as the legendary comic Richard Pryor reminds us, "They've [meaning the system] been wrong about everything else, why would they be right now?". Is it something to agree with? That I cannot say, but I do know that it is something to contend with and the questioning is part of the spiritual journey I believe we are all on. Pastor Troy just takes it a step further and challenges the listener to not always believe everything that is placed in front of them from a hegemonic system and social structure who has continually lied (A post soul mantra indeed).
Check out the lyrics here. And check out the song below…
Power and production
Posted in: General,News Items,Race,Theological Production by Rachel Bundang on April 15, 2011
Been thinking about canon + appropriation again. On canon, there's the recent news of De La Soul's 3 Feet High and Rising being added to the National Recording Registry at the Library of Congress. It's only the second hip hop LP and the fourth hip hop recording to make it onto the list. Criteria for the NRR include cultural significance and general excellence, plus the piece must be at least 10 years old. So in pop culture, that's at least one test of staying power.
The other bit is about appropriation as imperialism and theft, as evidenced by these ongoing tiffs between Diplo and the artists he samples. There are the questions of who gets credit vs. who really benefits.
I wonder about that tension between hewing to tradition vs. pushing forward to the new. At the risk of being simplistic, it's as if theology is all "slow twitch" and pop culture "fast twitch." Does theology tend toward the former + pop culture to the latter? Does theology lack enough of the right "twitch fibers" to keep up with quickly evolving postmodernities? And likewise with pop culture: might it also tend toward historical/cultural amnesia, except for what it can sample– and steal?
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Seeing out loud
Posted in: General,Race,Theological Production by Rachel Bundang on April 6, 2011
[Photo: TELLUSTools. 2001. Double-LP. Composition: 12 1/4 x 24 5/8″ (31.1 x 62.5 cm). The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York. Gift of Harvestworks. Cover Art by Christian Marclay. Produced by Carol Parkinson, Harvestworks. Image courtesy Kanji Ishii.]
I spent last Saturday afternoon at MoMA, checking out the new exhibit Looking at Music 3.0, which explores the connections between music and contemporary art.Previous portions of the exhibit were shown in 2008 and 2009 respectively. This third segment focuses on New York in the 1980s and 1990s and encompasses everything from street art to hip-hop and graffiti, underground mixtapes to Riot Grrrl zines, Eric B & Rakim to Fischerspooner, Sonic Youth to Wu-Tang, and of course the birth of MTV.
Much of the hip-hop history would not be new to an engaged listener, but the cross-genre collaborations and the juxtapositions between the sonic and the material dimensions of the culture were certainly thought-provoking when regarded with a more anthropological and religious eye. What we hear connects with what we see and touch, and even what we smell and taste. It reminded me of a friend's story of her recent experience going to Lil Wayne's concert at the Nassau Coliseum in that the security check and a certain herbal odor that lingered on her clothes were, for her, among the markers of the pilgrimage just as much as any ticket stub or cell phone photo.
One of the threads that I see persisting in the production of music is the DIY aesthetic (as with the audiocassette or the zine, treated like relics or fetish objects in their own right), combined with interactivity via computer culture and accentuated by the subsequent fragmentation of the music landscape and the move from studio to home recordings. This has its parallel too in music videos' move from performance art (Diamanda Galas is certainly an eyeful) to MTV to YouTube.
A second thread is the ongoing conversation about appropriation, sampling, and remixing. Whether in theological thought (such as Sharon Welch's use of African-American women's literature in her ethics) or the many uses of a hook (such as the classic example of Kraftwerk's "Trans-Europe Express" forming part of the DNA inAfrika Bambataa's "Planet Rock"), when is the use of another's work legitimate borrowing to pay homage or to create something new vs. being outright theft? (Bonus: to carry this to the present, check out jazz pianist and 2010 MacArthur genius Jason Moran's deft + muscular cover of "Planet Rock".)
A third is about canon. I found myself wondering about who conceived of the exhibit. Barbara London has been a longtime curator of media and performance art at MoMA, so these works felt privileged in this exhibition. Very few would argue with the inclusion of A Tribe Called Quest or Laurie Anderson in the lineup. But if the aural had been given preference, what different music might have been chosen, and what different artworks might have instead been highlighted as classic, transitional, even pivotal or transformational?


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Few events have captivated students of American history like the Civil War. Its most striking personalities seem somehow outsized, magnified beyond the ability of books or even legend to contain them. And few among those personalities have ever held our attention like General Robert Edward Lee.
With his Army of Northern Virginia, Lee came to embody the cause of the Confederacy itself, inspiring a commitment from troops and civilians that eventually overshadowed even those given to its political leaders and institutions.
This riveting series of 24 lectures from one of the nation's most respected Civil War historians explains how this came to pass, and how - in a war that produced no other successful Confederate armies - this amazing leader was able to create and inspire an army whose achievements resonated not only across the Confederacy but also throughout the North and in foreign capitals like London and Paris.
You'll learn what Lee was actually like, and gain insights into his ideas about strategy and tactics. You'll grasp how battlefield events influenced public opinion on the home fronts of both the Union and the Confederacy. And, most of all, you'll grasp how crucial Lee's choices in forming his high command were to the war's events and outcome.
These lectures have been designed to appeal to everyone who wants to understand more about the Civil War and why it unfolded as it did, whether your interest is in the strategy and tactics underlying its major battles or in the broader context within which those battles took place.
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"Excellent Review of Lee's High Command"
Professor Gary Gallagher (a very highly decorated, nationally renown history professor at the University of Virginia) delivers a fast-paced review of Robert E Lee, Confederate principal generals, fast rising young generals and context miliary leadership in the Confederacy. Each bio is carefully presented with both strengths, flaws and outstanding performances coupled with failures. Dr. Gallagher turns these historical figures into real people. His perspective is particularly insightful in that he points out that virtually all Civil War Generals were essentially untrained and unready for their responsibilities. Many succeeded at a lower level and then failed with promotion to wider commands. Few truly met the measure of what was needed. The overwhelming number of deaths and wounding of Southern key generals made rapid replacement with overwhelmed promoted subordinates a recurring issue.
This lecture series gives you context on the literature of the Civil War, wonderful biographies and a blazing pathway through the campaigns. Professor Gallagher has a pleasant, interesting and engaging voice. He delivers his lectures with a fast pace, understandable and with interesting vocal emphasis. He does not get lost in jargon. I found this series of lectures immensely entertaining as well as informative. Each general is either a lecture or two or three (Lee). Some generals were so interesting I found myself listening to their lecture over and over. I highly recommend this lecture series for someone interested in the Civil War, regardless of prior background and study. This series brings these Confederate generals to life.
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"Best Lecture"
Clear, spirited, non-biased, expert mastery of the subject.
I never heard a lecture that was of such high quality before, which is sad because I spent 4 years in college. I guess that's the biggest difference between Ivy League universities and the others, the quality of lectures you get.
Professor Gallagher is a master in his field and it is just as simple as that. His lectures are in-depth, clear and crisp, provides much desired non-biased cultural and situational perspective, and you will gain understanding.
"Excellent Course"
I have enjoyed several offerings of the Great Courses Lectures on Historical events and this was one of the more interesting ones.
Professor Gallagher has done an excellent job in detailing all of these interesting leaders within Lee's high command. I especially like the balance he utilizes in showing both the strengths and weaknesses of the individuals. With very few exceptions the assessments are even handed, although there are one or two officers that his take seems to be more of a personal like or dislike than one of looking simply at the facts. A few things in the book really stuck out – first was the incredible attrition rate of the officers in the Army of Northern Virginia due to deaths/wounding in battle. There were rarely back to back battles in which the same command structure was actually in place, other than Lee himself. There was a constant need to reshuffle leadership following the engagements. Another interesting analogy made by Professor Gallagher was his comparison of Lee's role with that of Dwight Eisenhower, who also had to deal with strong, aggressive and competitive personalities of subordinates such as Patton and Montgomery, with Lee that role was even a greater necessity as a large number of his Senior Leaders seemed to stay in perpetual conflict with each other. On numerous occasions there were officers arresting other officers for what seemed to be more out of a competition than any real military error. Lastly, it was really amazing to see how successful many of the officers were at one level, then as they gained rank they become ineffectual or only marginally successful – the Peter Principle.
If you are interested in the make-up of the officers in the book then you will really find the book interesting. I will say though, if you are more interested in details of their actions taken in famous battles; this book may not be what you would be looking for. The Battles are only described in the most general of terms.
"Outstanding Professor"
Dr. Gallagher is an outstanding presenter! If more students has a history teacher like him, more people would love history and not dread it. His enthusiasm is electrifying, and he is clearly not reading a script. I am going to search out his other books here, and in print.
He knew so much about the topic, had wonderful insights, and provided the little details so missing, yet humanizing, in many history tomes.
He did not "perform". He presented his information and was fantastic. I was really sorry when it was over.
I have no idea.
Worthwhile and educational. And entertaining.
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"Excellent audiobook in all aspects"
This lecture series is one of the best I've listened to. Professor Gallagher truly knows history and he presents the material in a very easy to understand way while also proving a ton of insight about each particular general and their strengths and weaknesses.
I would highly recommend this series to anyone with an interest in the Civil War.
I wish there was a companion audiobook about the Union army's high command as well, preferably from the same professor.
"Great lecture series"
This is only the third audiobook Ive given 5 / 5 / 5 stars to
A tremendous lecture series presented by Prof. Gallagher. The professor does such a great job presenting this course to us that no maps are necessary as you need for so many other military works. Each general is presented with both his strengths and faults not only individually but how each general inter reacted with each other and how this affected the total picture
On a personal note Id have liked to hear about Nathen Bedford Forrest
Buy this series
Avid Listener of books at 1-1/2 times the normal speed. Trying to make up for all those boring high school teachers that could not reach me.
"Worth every minute"
Gary Gallagher brings the civil war to life. This lecture will bring the civil ear generals to life. Not to be missed if you want to understand the southern generals.
"Great lectures of General Lee and his command"
Very informative, loved it. by far my favorite of the great courses. I've been a Civil War buff for 20 plus years and absolutely love these lectures. Hope they make one of General Grant.
"Can't be Gary!"
Just simply and easily the best civil war historian there is today. And a fantastic speaker. Very well worth it!
"Robert E. Lee and His High Command"
Gary Gallagher is in top form with this series of lecture - and don't let the word 'lecture' put you off, it's really a series of conversations. I don't know how he always manages to find and share new information on such a well trod subject, but he does. He takes a professional and unbiased view of the Confederate generals directly under Lee's command and, using first person accounts, leads us through the strengths and weaknesses of each man. Gallagher's work is always addictive to a civil war junkie, and this book is no exception.
"A promise fulfilled"
It was middle of the road for me. The high marks came from the fact that, should you like Confederate/Civil War history (turns out I don't), this is one of the best overviews of Robert E. Lee and His High Command and indeed the war effort I've yet come across. If you really want an intermediate level lecture series on the Civil War, get it on.
Touching on the lost cause (or any of the bits regarding the greater ramifications)
Jubal Early
But seriously, he's a great lecturer.
Robert E. Lee and His High Command: The tale of Robert E. Lee and His High Command
"Seen from abroad."
Profound, dispassionate, engaging.
The course is didactic without being pedantic.
His clear and obvious enthusiasm for his subject.
No, because one needs time to consider and digest each lecture.
The Civil War continues to divide the United States and Prof. Gallagher is American, therefore attuned and involved in the continuing debate. To foreigners the debate is much more clear cut, the Civil War was the true American Revolution.
Lee is seen abroad as a great captain, no doubt about that, but one with feet of clay and Gallagher sees him in the soft focus that is commonplace in the US. However, he is generous to Longstreet which is nice to hear.
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Rangers pitcher Cory Burns impressing in camp, but early returns may not tell the whole story
After Yu Darvish's two perfect innings Tuesday, there was little that went right for Texas Rangers pitchers, but Cory Burns was the exception. The 25-year-old changeup artist pitched a scoreless sixth inning chock full of off-speed stuff. After getting a strikeout on a changeup, he allowed a single on a changeup and then got a double-play grounder on yet another change. He throws changeups about 50 percent of the time.
Burns, who was acquired from San Diego in December, has allowed two hits and a walk in two scoreless innings this spring. He allowed hitters a .321 batting average in 17 relief outings with the Padres last year.
The problem in evaluating him during the spring may be his strong reliance on the changeup. The changeup is a pitch designed to throw off a hitter's timing. The problem is that early in spring training, most hitters' timing is already off, so it's unclear if the pitcher is throwing the batter off kilter or if the batter is doing it all by himself.
"It feels pretty good right now," Burns said. "But I left a couple up. When hitters get in their rhythm, they might not miss those pitches. Right now, I just look at it as a competition, and I'm just trying to compete every time I go out there."
Briefly: C A.J. Pierzynski played down facing his former Chicago White Sox teammates. Pierzynski said it would feel more strange when the teams meet in the regular season at U.S. Cellular Field, but Tuesday was "just another game. I've said all I need to say about the White Sox. I've talked to people I need to over there." … DH Lance Berkman is expected to make his Rangers debut Thursday when the club hosts Cleveland.


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A hundred at Lord's, the ultimate prize for a batsman – Dilshan
Submitted by Marcian on June 6, 2011 - 20:12
"I am really pleased that I scored my career best at Lord's. Every batsman wants to do well at the Home of Cricket and I am really thrilled that my name will now end up on that Lord's Honours Board. I am disappointed at missing out on a double hundred. But to get 193 against this attack that had


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Republican Strategist Chris Russell and Democratic Strategist Adam Silverstein discuss the week in politics with NJTV News Managing Editor Mike Schneider.
Topics include the investigation into the George Washington Bridge lane closures, the process of Sandy relief and the hiring of ICF International, Gov. Christie's planned rally for the arbitration cap and minimum wage.


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PDC fallout
I've finally got caught up on everything that happened at PDC (as well getting my system back online at home). I'm starting a series of SharePoint V3 Deep Dives next week focusing on various new features so stay tuned for that. The week will be cut short as I'm off to Redmond on Wednesday for the MVP Summit and I think all of it will be NDA so no blogging (but I'll post pics on my Flickr site of other MVPs getting drunk which should be good for blackmail sometime in the future).
Stramit (among others) has a great blog posting with links to all the non-NDA PowerPoint presentations on Office 12 and SharePoint V3. Check it out. There's also a whack of other slide decks here as well for the rest of the conference covering Vista, Windows Workflow, and other next year goodness.
Finally I just got an email today about Amazon and Microsoft hosting a Developer Challenge. It's dated September 12 and was supposed to be done at the launch of PDC but for whatever reason it dropped in my inbox this morning (you probably already know about so ignore this passage if that's the case). First place is $5,000 of Amazon bucks and there are some pretty good runner up prizes (like an X-Box 360 which is always good). Basically build an interesting application using the Amazon Web Services. The contest runs through until December 31 so there's plenty of time to check out the details here and get building!


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It's not often the Los Angeles City Council puts money in your pocket, but if Councilman Jose Huizar gets his way your home won't just be your castle it could be your casino.
Sadly, Los Angeles has lost its once cherished title of mural capital, so Huizar has concocted the brilliant idea of undoing a 2003 ban and allowing spray painted murals not just in alleyways and commercial businesses but on the walls of single-family homes as well.
Of course, not that long ago Los Angeles was also the capital of the American dream with a world class public school system and a middle class way of life the envy of the globe, but today's city leaders have new priorities.
Imagine your neighbor, the guy with the plumber's crack who blasts music 24/7 and tunes up his car at 11:30 on a Tuesday night, that guy, having the artistic license to cover the walls of his house — including the wall facing your house — with his artistic vision.
At first glance this might seem like a terrible idea, but it's really a golden opportunity to turn your castle into a cash cow.
Who says L.A. isn't business friendly?
How much do you think Coke or Pepsi would fork over to wrap your home in advertising? The Golden Arches will brighten every block, and if McDonald's won't pony up there's always Burger King, Wendy's and In-N-Out.
But that's advertising not art, right?
Tell that to Andy Warhol and the Campbell's Soup people. Art is in the eye of the artist.
So occasionally someone might chose to decorate their casa with nipples and penises. Get over it, Philistines. Folks line up at museums the world over to see nipples and penises. They have nipples and penises at the Vatican for Pete's sake. If nipples and penises are good enough for the Sistine Chapel, they're good enough for Sherman Oaks.
Councilman Huizar's spokesman, Rick Coca, told the Daily News the idea is to take the "handcuffs" off artists by undoing 2003's mural ban passed in an effort to cut down on graffiti vandalism and rein in gang affiliated tagging crews.
Apparently quality of life has so improved in L.A. that City Hall thinks it's time to once again get those cans-a-shaking and let the spray paint fly!
For art or profit this can only lead to a prettier, more harmonious, Los Angeles. Right?
Giant political murals extolling the Chicano and black-pride movement will comfortably commingle with swastikas and other neo-Nazi symbols. Chris Brown's recent "monster" graffiti spray-painted on the front wall of his multimillion-dollar Hollywood Hills home will blend seamlessly with the enormous fresco for "Hair Trigger Harry's House of Guns" I plan on painting on the side of my dump.
Councilman Huizar is considering a two-track bill, one that would ban single-family home murals but allow neighborhoods to opt in if they so choose. The other would legalize murals anywhere in the city but allow neighborhoods to opt out.
How Huizar defines "neighborhood" is unclear, and a call to his office was not returned.
Meanwhile Gil Cedillo leans towards Option A, according to the councilman's spokesman, Fredy Ceja, who claims the residents of Cedillo's district are "too busy" to opt-in.
Of course, many of you have also been busy trying to hang on to your home through a recession and catastrophic housing market collapse that's left you so upside down in your mortgage you might as well pick up your mail in Beijing.
But Councilman Huizar — accused of sexual harassment by a former employee — isn't concerned about pedestrian issues like quality of life and home values. He's decided to become a champion of artistic expression.
He's already a champion of ethnic pandering.
Doug McIntyre's column appears Sunday & Wednesday. He can be reached at: email@example.com.


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A collection of vintage NBA and ABA basketball memorabilia was on the block in the annual auction at the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Mass. The 1972-73 NBA MVP award won by the Boston Celtics' Dave Cowens was the top seller at $156,000 including Grey Flannel Auctions' buyers premium. The auction generated $1.8 million with over 4,000 bids placed on 170 … [Read more...]
National Notes: Monday
We'll be providing some news and notes leading up to the 32nd National Sports Collectors Convention from now until the doors open. Here's the show schedule: The event gets underway Wednesday, Aug. 3, with a VIP reception and a "Sneak Peek" event from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. The convention continues Thursday, Aug. 4 through Saturday, Aug. 6 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday, … [Read more...]
Texas Store a Sports Card Shop Success Story
You might remember the name Scott Pierce. Four years ago, he and his customers at SMP Sports Cards in Grapevine, Tex., won an NBA-sponsored contest that turned basketball card wrappers into a hobby shop makeover. The publicity and the work helped the little shop turn the corner, but it was already a success before that. Pierce, who worked in the construction business, … [Read more...]
John Wooden Family Signs Licensing Deal
IMG Licensing has signed the Family of legendary basketball coach John Wooden for licensing and endorsements. Following what the company called "an extremely competitive process", IMG Licensing was selected by the Wooden Family to manage endorsement, licensing and media opportunities. IMG represents the "right of publicity" of John Wooden including his name, voice, … [Read more...]
Panini Sues Company Over Bryant Memorabilia
Panini America says it's defending the expensive commitment it made to Kobe Bryant and basketball collectors while filing suit against a memorabilia company in U.S. District Court. In court papers filed this week, Panini claims a Los Angeles company called Art of The Game is violating its deal to be the exclusive distributor of signed Kobe Bryant items by selling … [Read more...]
John Wooden Jacket Bidding Rockets Upward
Bidding for the coach's jacket worn by John Wooden during his stellar career at UCLA has surpassed $94,000 with two days left in the bidding being conducted by Grey Flannel Auctions. "What makes this jacket so special is that it's a trademark item of clothing," said company president Richard E. Russek. "We have photos spanning decades of Mr. Wooden's career in which he is … [Read more...]
Wooden's Jacket, Vintage NBA Jerseys, Super Bowl Ring Highlight Auction
The iconic jacket worn for decades by UCLA basketball coach John Wooden, Julius "Dr. J" Erving's 1972-73 game-used Virginia Squires ABA road jersey, and the largest selection of players' Championship rings ever seen in one auction lead the lineup in Grey Flannel's 2011 Summer Games event. The May 11 auction contains 925 lots of game-worn apparel, equipment, jewelry and … [Read more...]
Oldest Pair of NBA Game-Worn Shoes Up for Bid
They're about as low tech as old sneakers get. Canvas and rubber. That's pretty much it. To basketball fans and collectors, though, they're something more. A pair of former Boston Celtic Gene Conley's decades old Converse shoes are up on eBay. The seller claims they are the oldest known pair of NBA game worn shoes. Conley's claim to fame is unique. He won a World … [Read more...]
Original Pauley Pavilion Jump Circle Offered
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar tipped off his college career there. Bill Walton, too. It was the ground zero of greatness for one of sports' greatest dynasties. Now, the original UCLA Pauley Pavilion Center Court Section, or jump circle, is being offered to the highest bidder. SCP Auctions will offer the court as a special item in its upcoming auction that also features the Red … [Read more...]
Red Auerbach Auction Includes NBA Championship Rings, Cousy Jersey, More
Fans of the Celtics--and sports history--are no doubt licking their chops over news that a vast array of items from the legendary coach's career are about to go up for bid. SCP Auctions will offer the Red Auerbach Collection in three parts, beginning with the company's next catalog event that gets underway in April. Among the memorabilia to be offered are significant … [Read more...]


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CORNELIA - A retired Cornelia banker and former Habersham County school board member - George Dean Telford - will be buried Saturday.
Telford, a former vice president at Community Bank & Trust, died Wednesday at the age of 92.
He was the oldest living member of the CB&T Board of Directors and also served on the Board of Directors for Community Bank Shares and Financial Supermarket. Telford was a 50-year member of the Georgia Banking Association and was also a longtime member of the Cornelia Kiwanis Club and past Financial Director of Cornelia United Methodist Church.
The funeral will be at 2:00 Saturday at Cornelia United Methodist Church. Interment will follow in Yonah Memorial Gardens.
(A complete obituary can be found on the AccessNorthGa.com Obituaries Page.)


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