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by Pete Mazzaccaro
"I don't give a damn about election day" – New Jersey Governor Chris Christie when asked about voting next week during an interview after Hurricane Sandy destroyed most of his state's coastline.
As I drove around Chestnut Hill early Tuesday to survey the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy – a freak storm that took an uncharacteristic westward swing and damaged the entire northeast quarter of the country – I couldn't help but feel we made out pretty well.
Perhaps if your power is still out when you read this, you won't agree, but when the power comes back on and you start seeing pictures of the Jersey Shore, you'll quickly make the same assessment. It won't take us long to clean up the trees and restore power here. Some shore towns will to have to rebuild from scratch. Whole boardwalks, erected generations ago, were swept into the Atlantic Ocean.
Still, this morning, a representative from PECO said approximately half of the region's 1.6 million power customers lost service. Half of that number had service restored in less than 24 hours, but another 450,000 still have no power. The PECO representative thought it might take a week to restore power to those customers.
Halloween was immediately cast in doubt. How would kids trick or treat in neighborhoods with no power? Would the holiday be postponed? Some communities did issue postponement announcements. But how would such announcements reach people?
More pressing is the future state of next Tuesday's election. A lot, obviously is at stake next Tuesday. Locally, there are elections not only for President but also for the Senate, the House and State Attorney General.
There doesn't appear to be any chance that the power outages will delay the election. Even in New Jersey, where communities will remain devastated for the foreseeable future, I have not heard or read of specific plans to postpone the election. I'm sure local officials will find ways to set up voting booths with temporary power to ensure that voting can happen.
The most interesting change wrought by Sandy is the sea change in last-minute politicking. Watching the television news, it's clear that there has been no letup whatsoever in political ads, but the candidates are not out on the campaign trail at a time when the pitch usually reaches its feverish climax. As I write this Wednesday morning, President Obama is scheduled to tour the New Jersey shoreline with New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a Republican official who has done nothing but praise the Democratic president for the federal response to the disaster.
It's a refreshing change. Honestly, I did not have faith that our politicians would resist any chance to cast current events in a simplistic political way. In fact, I was surprised to hear Christie tell a reporter that he was impressed with the federal response and credit the Obama Administration for taking a lead in providing support and promising funds for rebuilding.
It will be interesting to see if either side gets back to the campaign trail while the destruction of Sandy is fresh in the minds of Americans. Clearly, petty political arguments are not going to be on the minds of millions on the East Coast who will be busy cleaning up long past election day. For once, we may get a break and see what it's like to vote in an environment not choked by hyperbole and angst.


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Technology has always been a priority for country music sensation Taylor Swift to serve her multimillion-strong fan base. That's why her record label, Big Machine Label Group, worked with Adobe technology partner, HYFN, to create the Taylor Swift Adobe AIR application. This app offers an "always-on" presence on the desktop keeping fans updated on tour dates, tweets, blog, the latest news, videos, photos and songs.
Big Machine Label Group is able to directly communicate and provide updates to Swift's loyal fan base through the app. Using simple, grassroots promotion efforts, Big Machine Label Group has developed a hit, with more than 884,000 downloads since it was available in January. From a development standpoint, the label built the app in only 10 days, and updates are constantly refreshed in a matter of hours, saving them from issues that stem from working with individual app stores such as licensing, payments and formatting.
Because the app has been a success, the label hopes to add additional features including push desktop notifications, a monetization function, more videos and the ability to chat directly within the application.
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Since becoming a household name as a finalist during season two of NBC's popular hit show "The Voice," Chris Mann has enjoyed a remarkable rise to fame. He's performed for the President and …
Since becoming a household name as a finalist during season two of NBC's popular hit show "The Voice," Chris Mann has enjoyed a remarkable rise to fame. He's performed for the President and First Lady as part of TNT's "Christmas in Washington" special, appeared on "The Today Show" and the "Tonight Show with Jay Leno," and now, he's coming to Rhode Island to the completely renovated historic Park Theatre on Friday, May 17.
A classically-trained singer and songwriter who has successfully introduced a new generation to the classical-pop genre, Chris Mann got his big break on "The Voice" when he finished first on Team Christina Aguilera and represented her in the final round. Following "The Voice," Mann signed with Faircraft/Republic, a record label formed by renowned music producer and executive Ron Fair – who has also worked with stars such as Aguilera and Mary J. Blige, among others.
In October 2012, Mann released his full-length debut album, Roads, which shot straight to No. 1 on Billboard's Heatseekers Chart and reached the Top 5 on Billboard's Classical Chart. Upon its release, Mann was invited to perform during a number of high-profile television appearances including an opportunity to sing for President Barack Obama. He also released a holiday EP, Home for Christmas, which was sold exclusively at Walmart and reached No. 1 on the chain's best-selling album list.
As his star continues to shine, Chris Mann kicked-off 2013 with performances on "Conan" and the Ellen Degeneres Show while recording his very own PBS Special with award-winning producer Ken Ehrlich. Titled "Chris Mann in Concert: A Mann for all Seasons," the show aired nationwide in March 2013 and featured guest appearances by multi-platinum artist Martina McBride and Mindi Abair. A re-creation of the Elvis Presley '69 Comeback Special, the show features Mann performing in a boxing ring on a Sony sound stage.
Chris Mann will take the stage at 8 p.m. on Friday, May 17. Tickets are priced at $25 and $35 and are available by calling the Park Theatre's Box Office at 467-7275 or online at www.ParkTheatreRI.com. The Park Theatre is located at 848 Park Avenue, Cranston. Free parking is available for all shows.
Built in 1924, the Park Theatre served as a cultural landmark for nearly eight decades until its closing in 2002. Following seven years and nearly $10 million in renovations, the Park Theatre has been reborn as Rhode Island's newest theatre and performing arts center. As a fully-equipped, state of the art multi-purpose facility, the Park Theatre features concerts, comedy, theatrical performances, opera, dance recitals, children's and family shows, and more. Through its extensive renovations, the Park Theatre boasts a larger, deeper stage and 1,000 plush seats that feature significantly more legroom between rows than most theatres. The facility also includes the Stage Door Restaurant and Lounge, a pre-show destination that offers a unique environment for guests to indulge in dinners, appetizer offerings and cocktails before a performance. Free parking is available for all events. For more information visit www.ParkTheatreRI.com.


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Who: Lorenzo Zanichelli
Where: Reggio Emilia, Italy
What: '69 Dodge Charger
Thank the appeal of The Dukes of Hazzard for Lorenzo's dream of owning a Charger, especially one with a four-speed.
After an online search, he found this 383/four-speed example in Pennsylvania in 2009, and shipped it home to Italy. A one-time General Lee clone, the seller had repainted it in its build-sheet color scheme when he discovered it was a numbers-matching car.
Lorenzo added a rare set of Vector wheels, plus he's replaced the Holley 750 atop the 383 with a Demon, and replaced the headers that were on with stock exhaust manifolds. The alternator and engine-bay wiring harness needed replacing, and a complete chassis renovation—with new torsion bars, rear leaf springs, shocks and polyurethane bushings, plus a new power steering pump and steering gear—is in the works.
He adds that the greatest thing of it all, even more than the car itself, is that he's made a lot of friends and got to know a lot of people that he'd only thought existed in the movies!
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What: '72 Plymouth Road Runner GTX
This is the third B5 Blue '72 Road Runner that James has owned, and this one's a real prize—an original 440-powered Road Runner GTX.
The original owner turned it into an ISCA show car almost from day one, which accounts for its low mileage and total lack of rust. James restored it back to stock, replacing ISCA bling with a lot of Mopar originality, all while keeping the original Holley on top of the 440 Magnum, the 18-spline "Hemi" four-speed gearbox and the 354-geared Dana 60 in back. The tti headers-and-exhaust system is one of the few items on it that keeps it from being 100-percent original.
How low is the mileage on it? On the way home from taking this picture, the odometer turned 25,000 miles!
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Player of the WeekJordan Taylor
With 13:21 left in Saturday's big game, Wisconsin was down 15 points at home to top team in the country. The Badgers had scored 32 points in close to 27 minutes, and defensively had no answer for Jared Sullinger. Jordan Taylor then led a run left no doubt about the caliber of player he has become and the potential of the 2011 Wisconsin team. Over the next ten minutes, the Badgers outscored Ohio State 32-12. During that time, Taylor had 18 points on 6-6 shooting with 3 assists that led to another 8 points. His only missed shot during that time was a free throw, and in true Jordan Taylor form was turnover free over the span. Ever since Big Ten play started, Taylor has played at an All-American level. In conference play, he is now averaging 20.8 PPG (2nd in the league), 4.9 APG (5th in the league), and 4.5 RPG with incredible efficiency statistics. He is shooting 46 percent from the floor, 43 percent from 3, and 84 percent from the line to give him a true field goal percentage of 62.5 percent and an efficiency field goal percentage of 55.2 percent. Taylor led the Big Ten in assist-to-turnover ratio last season with a 2.8:1 mark, and this year is at an unbelievable 4.2:1 ratio.
While the loss takes perfection off the table for Ohio State, it does not alter their position as the top team in the Big Ten and clear #1 seed in the NCAA tournament. They are also still the favorites to win it, because they still have the most dominant big man in the country with shooters all around him. They simply got out-starred on Saturday when Taylor went on that run. The win for Wisconsin, however, highlights the point made in last week's blog about his development being the catalyst behind this Badger team being capable of going deep in March. Taylor's extremely productive and efficient scoring and playmaking has Wisconsin at the top of several impressive categories. The team is currently ranked as the most efficient offensive team in the country with Ken Pomeroy recording that on average they score 123.2 points per 100 possessions. Connected to that statistic is that there is also no team that is turning the ball over on fewer possessions than Wisconsin's 13.6 percent. It cannot be understated how valuable a point guard is who can be so involved in the offense and simply not make mistakes. In many ways, the only thing separating the play of Jordan Taylor and Jimmer Fredette is the pace at which their teams play. The pace of play does matter to perception, because Fredette is now a national sensation (and frankly deservedly so) but Taylor did not even get named as a finalist for the Cousy Award. If nothing else, the win over Ohio State was a nationally televised announcement of how great he and Wisconsin can be.
Michigan trying to make a late run
While it appeared that a six game losing streak in January would effectively end the Michigan season, the Wolverines have put together a string where they have won five of six to now put them at 16-10 and 6-7 in league play. It gives them a ray of hope for an NCAA and at least a likely place in the NIT. Darius Morris and Tim Hardaway Jr. have fueled the latest run with stellar play. Morris has averaged 13.2 PPG, 5.8 RPG, and 6.3 APG over the last six games. Hardaway has put in 16.7 PPG on 47.9 percent shooting and 18-38 from three. This past week, Michigan took care of two home games in mostly dominating but also frustrating fashion. In both games, they jumped out to big, comfortable leads and allowed the opponent back late. In the Northwestern game, they held a 67-52 lead with five minutes to go. The combination of bad defensive play and turnovers allowed the Wildcats to go on a 14-0 run to cut the lead to one in less than three minutes. The Wolverines were able to right the ship and held on to win 75-66. Indiana posted a late run after the Wolverines put together a 66-44 lead with 5:26 to go, but even with the miserable foul shooting of the team (Tim Hardaway Jr. remarkably was 9-11 from the field, 4-6 from three, but 4-9 from the line) never allowed Indiana to have the ball with a chance to tie. In as much as the late collapses would signal the vulnerability of the team, they have showed signs of life at a time when many Big Ten teams are falling off.
The continued decline of the Big Ten middle
Michigan is the only Big Ten team from the middle of the pack that is clearly headed in the right direction. Illinois, Michigan State, Minnesota, Penn State, and Northwestern have stumbled of late. Illinois had a 1-1 week with a costly home loss to Purdue, and have lost six of their last nine games. Michigan State had their best overall performance in over a month against Penn State, but has a road game at Ohio State on Tuesday and a bubble battle with Illinois on Saturday. Minnesota broke its four game losing streak with a road win at Iowa, but that came when Rodney Williams showed up and had a big game logging 13 points, 5 assists, and 7 rebounds. The Gophers are now 6-0 this season when Williams scores in double figures. With no true point guard left in their mix, they need all the creators they can find to aid their big men. The team certainly cannot have one of their most talented players struggle the way he did over the previous four games. The hot and cold Nittany Lions sealed their fate during their recent three game slide, and have work to do in order to finish the regular season with a winning record. Northwestern has all but assured itself of being an NIT team with a 0-2 week against the Wolverines and Penn State. They are now 4-9 in league play.
Draymond Green became only the third Michigan State player to record a triple-double, joining Magic Johnson and Charlie Bell. Green had 15 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists against Penn State on Thursday night.
Illinois Head Coach Bruce Weber benched seniors Demetri McCamey and Mike Tisdale for the start of their Thursday night game with Minnesota. McCamey had been 20-69 from the field in the month prior to the game and the Illini. He responded well with 17 points on 6-11 shooting and added 4 assists, 4 rebounds, and 3 steals to get Illinois a big road win. The good play did not carry over to Sunday when he once again struggled with his shot making only one of his ten shot attempts.
Trevor Mbakwe extended his run of soli play with two good games this week. He had 17 points, 16 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks, and a steal in a loss to Illinois. He followed it up with a dominant second half of basketball scoring 22 of his game high 24 after half time. The conference's leading rebounder also added 5 rebounds, 2 assists, and a steal in the game.


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Morel was promoted Tuesday to Triple-A Charlotte, a source told the Tribune. Morel, a third-round pick in the 2008 draft, batted .324 with 12 doubles and 30 RBIs for Double-A Birmingham.
Second baseman C.J. Retherford was demoted to the Barons after batting .201 in 44 games with Charlotte.
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White Sox promote 3B Brent Morel to AAA-Charlotte
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Only a few days after pressuring Sony's e-reader application to sell e-books through Apple's own purchasing system, Apple is now being accused of strong-arming publishers to sell through its iTunes Store or be barred from Apple's club.
Yudu, a British company that creates digital editions for periodicals, shared the recent letter it received from Apple which told publishers with an iOS app to sell copies or subscriptions through iTunes or be rejected starting March 31, the Wall Street Journal reported. Basically any app from a publisher that would allow a point-of-sale purchase -- book, magazine or newspaper -- has to use iTunes. Those companies, like the WSJ, that have an app that takes users to its corporate website to purchase subscriptions or copies would not be affected.
So far, News Corp.'s The Daily, which was unveiled yesterday, is the only publication using the iTunes system.
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Apple's Eddy Cue, vice president of Internet services, thought companies would jump on the bandwagon."We think subscriptions are only going to help [publishers] get more customers," he said. Cue also said that Apple would allow sales on as third-party app outside of its iTunes store, but only if iTunes was an option.
A spokeswoman for Apple declined to comment on this issue to NBCBayArea.com.
Although Apple hasn't publicly released its share from the iTunes store sales, reports say it's 30 percent -- a tidy sum for just allowing someone to place an app on your product. Apple's App Store made $1.1 billion in 2010.
Apple's recent tightening control over its third-party apps shouldn't be surprising. If an app solely exists to sell a service or product, the marketplace will eventually ask for part of the profits. And if it happens to hurt its competition, such as e-readers and other online stores, even better.


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The CUE regional seminary support program brings together over 2,000 United Church of Christ churches in mid-America in support of our three UCC seminaries of the region.
Our faith is a living tradition that calls for continual discovery and re-discovery and demands that we equip leaders to interpret the tradition for our own time and place. Never has this call been more important than in these days of change and complexity. Chicago, United, and Eden Seminaries are dedicated to the work of strengthening churches by educating leaders who will serve congregations and communities around the world with compassion and justice.


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By: Kayla Hires
Friday, November 20, a special voter registration will be held at Altha School. Mrs. Margie Laramore, Supervisor of Elections, will be in the Media Center from 1:00 to 4:00 P.M. The registration will be open to anybody that is a resident of the county and is eligible to vote. In order to register, you must be 18 years old or older, be a citizen of the United States and Florida, and not have been convicted of a felony without your civil rights being restored. When registering, you must provide a current and valid Florida drivers' license or Florida identification number. If you have neither of these, you must provide the last four digits of your social security number. During the process you will also choose a party to be affiliated with or choose not to be affiliated with party.
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Pope gets McCrory endorsement for NC GOP chairman
A candidate seeking to become the next North Carolina Republican Party chairman has quickly announced support from the party's top elected official.
Gov. Pat McCrory endorsed former Wake County Republican Party chairman Claude Pope on Thursday, the day after Pope announced he'd run for state chairman in June. Robin Hayes isn't seeking another term.
McCrory was quoted by Pope's campaign as saying Pope's business and political background makes him well qualified for the post. The new governor says Pope would build the financial and organizational strength to help the party keep winning.
Governors historically often have held great sway over who becomes a party chairman in North Carolina.
Pope has close ties to McCrory. His campaign team includes McCrory's nephew and the governor's 2012 campaign manager.


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Today I would like to share a review of the Bind It All Tool Kit made by a company called Zutter. This kit is made to accompany their Bind It All machine but is a very useful starter kit for all kinds of papercrafter.
Features of the Kit
- A sturdy cover with a zip round closure keeps all the contents secure and clean
- Elasticated bands hold all the tools securely, but also make them easy to access
- A pen
- A 15cm ruler
- A needle/piercing tool which has a srew off end that allows you to store needles within the tool itself.
- A bone folder
- A Craft Knife
- Spare blades for the craft knife
- A retractable tape measure
On the second panel, over the page as it were are the following tools;
- A pair of scissors, small but very sharp.
- A pair of round nose pliers
- A pair of wire cutters
Here are detail pictures of the needle holder. Unscrew the end and you can store needles inside the piercing tool.
So who is this kit for?
This kit contains all the basic tools to get you started and would be very useful to the following groups;
Paper crafters
Scrapbookers and card makers; this is great for taking to clubs and classes.
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The wonderful people over at the Paper Studio have made a video that shows you all the contents of this tool kit and how it would be useful to bookbinders.
Here is a link to the manufacturers website;
Well I think that covers it. If you have any questions or comments do leave me a message in the box below and I will get back to you.
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In the first fundraisers he's attended since winning re-election, President Obama discussed climate change with California donors while opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline protested outside of one of the events.
"Despite a very aggressive agenda on the other side to block action, we've been able to double fuel efficiency standards on cars. We've been able to take mercury out of our air. We have been able to reduce carbon emissions in this country and have made not only this a healthier place to live, but have also begun to address in a serious way one of the biggest challenges of our time, and that is the challenge of climate change," the president said at the first of two San Francisco fundraisers Wednesday night.
"We've got more work to do in terms of dealing with climate change and making sure that we've got an economy that is energy-efficient, that is productive, that is cutting-edge, and thinks about not just the energy sources of the past, but also the energy promise of the future," he added.
While the president discussed climate change at both fundraisers, he did not specifically cite the Keystone XL pipeline, which drew opposition from protesters Wednesday evening as the administration is set to determine the project's fate in the coming months.
One hundred people paid between $5,000 and $34,200 a head to attend the first fundraiser, a cocktail reception at the home of hedge fund billionaire and environmentalist Tom Steyer, an ardent opponent of the Keystone pipeline, and his wife Kat Taylor.
Environmental protesters gathered outside the second fundraiser at the home of Ann and Gordon Getty, where 75 attendees paid $32,400 per person to attend a dinner with the president. Protesters were spotted outside the event waving anti-Keystone XL pipeline signs and chanting phrases such as "What do we want from our president? No pipeline for the one percent!" and "When I say pipeline, you say kill! Pipeline! Kill," according to pool reports.
The two fundraisers benefited the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and were the first of eight events the president has committed to attending on behalf of the DCCC in 2013. Obama will attend two fundraisers today for the Democratic National Committee in Atherton, Calif.
The president heaped praise on House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif, who the president declared "is going to be once again the Speaker of the House." He stressed that in order to find solutions to issues like climate change, donors must extend their support to Democratic leaders like Pelosi.
"I also want to make sure that you are paying attention to what can we do to support the prospect of Nancy Pelosi being Speaker once again," he said. "If we do that, then I'm confident that not only can we deliver on this profound issue of climate change, not only can we make sure that clean energy is the norm here in America, but I also think that we can give America that sense of confidence and forward movement that's always been our hallmark that characterizes who we are."
While he praised the work of Democratic leaders in Congress, the president expressed his desire to work with Republicans on issues like gun control, immigration, and the budget.
"My intention here is to try to get as much done with the Republican Party over the next two years as I can, because we can't have perpetual campaigns," the president said.
But as he braces for a legislative fight with Republicans, Obama reflected upon how his first four years as president prepared him for the tasks at hand in his second term.
"I've got some nicks and bruises to prove that I've been to this rodeo before," he said at the second fundraiser of the night.


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In my latest for The Root I write about the ascension of Donald Trump and how, on this ides of March, it heralds a realigning of the Republican Party, or, perhaps, even the destruction of the party as we know it. Either way, if Trump doesn't get to remake the GOP in his image he will happily burn the whole thing down to the cheers of his supporters who want nothing more than to break the GOP. Continue reading
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Aldis Hodge Is As Nice Looking As He Is Smart
When I interviewed Aldis Hodge at the White House last week I'm-a gonna be honest, I knew not nare nothing about him and even less about Underground, a new WGN series about slavery and the Underground Railroad that stars him and one of my favorite actresses, Jurnee Smollett-Bell. But I was willing to learn. Especially when the teacher was handsome as all get out!
Check out our brief convo on Soundcloud after the jump. Continue reading
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I made a video about the Black History Month reception at the White House. If you missed President Obama's speech (and don't mind my short-armed shaky cam), the speech in its almost entirety is here! Check it out.
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It's all well and good to laugh at Kanye West if he were actually in on the joke, but he's not. In my latest for The Root I write about the apparent breakdown he's in the middle of and why it's gotten harder and harder to laugh off his rants. Continue reading
John Lewis was asked about Bernie Sanders Civil Rights bona fides Thursday and the Selma legend channeled his inner Mariah Carey and was very much "I don't know her." Well, actually he said, "I never saw him. I never met him," and thus the questioning of Bernie Sanders Civil Rights work as a college student began. I wrote a piece about it for The Root breaking down how many Lewis' incredulousness has something to do with the throngs of white people over the age of 60 who swear they marched with MLK.
Or maybe he was just being shady. Could be a little of both! Continue reading
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So, did you notice that Beyonce put out a new video and performed at the Super Bowl? DID YOU NOTICE!!?? I noticed because I did two radio hits and CNN International to talk about it. The radio hits when pretty close to perfect as interviews for me can go. CNN International was a nightmare of word salad because I couldn't hear the anchor's questions. But hey, my makeup looked nice! Continue reading


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400,000 Year Old Cranium Found in Portugal
Posted: Tue Mar 14, 2017 10:42 pm
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The cranium represents the westernmost human fossil ever found in Europe during the middle Pleistocene epoch and one of the earliest on this continent to be associated with the Acheulean stone tool industry. In contrast to other fossils from this same time period, many of which are poorly dated or lack a clear archaeological context, the cranium discovered in the cave of Aroeira in Portugal is well-dated to 400,000 years ago and appeared in association with abundant faunal remains and stone tools, including numerous bifaces (handaxes).
"This is an interesting new fossil discovery from the Iberian Peninsula, a crucial region for understanding the origin and evolution of the Neandertals," said Quam, an associate professor of anthropology at Binghamton University, State University of New York. "The Aroeira cranium is the oldest human fossil ever found in Portugal and shares some features with other fossils from this same time period in Spain, France and Italy. The Aroeria cranium increases the anatomical diversity in the human fossil record from this time period, suggesting different populations showed somewhat different combinations of features."


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chang50 wrote:john9blue wrote:not assigning as much blame to people in more primitive societies = moral relativism?
not at all.
It is possible to describe behaviour without assigning blame.So you could say TJ was a rapist in a time when it was so commonplace that it was considered acceptable,or at least not as reprehensible as today.Player has argued that the vast majority of women were victims of coercive sex back then and I have no reason to contest this.
Yup- Player argues that the frankly horrific condition of slavery were equivalent to those of any free woman.


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So why doesn't Microsoft just come out and say Zune - its iPod wannable MP3 player - is dead?
Actually, earlier this week it did. It put up a note on the Zune support site re-iterating past comments that its focus is now on Windows Phone 7 - which contains a Zune section for media playback. It also said it will no longer be making Zune players, but that anyone who buys one will be supported through the lifetime of its warranty.
And then it yanked that message.
Yesterday, it said the note had been posted in error. In a Tweet from @ZuneSupport, MS said: "No official info has been released stating hardware is being discontinued."
Maybe, but since the original claim that Zune has been killed off appeared on the official website, that kind of puts the seal on it, in our view.
Zune was launched in the US in 2006, and though MS promised to bring the player out over here, it never did. The player went through several incarnations, finally arriving at the Zune HD, in 2009, which is the version available, two years on, today - if you can find it anywhere.
Back in March 2011, moles said MS had quietly called time on the device - a reasonable move given declining media player sales, even iPods, alongside rising smartphone shipments and MS' desire to drive demand for its WinPho mobile OS.
So come on, Microsoft. It's time to draw a line under Zune. ®
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When Maryland National Guard Capt. Cara Kupcho first enlisted in the military 18 years ago, she wanted to drive a Bradley Fighting Vehicle, a 30-ton, armor-busting tank.
"I like things that go boom," she explained Thursday. "I like tanks."
But as a woman, Kupcho was barred from joining any of the armored units that used the vehicles. She became a mechanic instead, able to maintain tanks, but prohibited from driving them into battle.
Outgoing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced plans Thursday to end the long-standing prohibition on servicewomen in direct combat roles, opening hundreds of thousands of jobs formerly limited to men.
"In our democracy, I believe it is the responsibility of every citizen to protect the nation," Panetta said. "And every citizen who can meet the qualifications of service should have that opportunity."
The decision to end the so-called combat exclusion policy followed the unanimous recommendation of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Panetta directed the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines to submit plans to implement the change by May 15.
The services have until January 2016 to declare exceptions for roles that they believe should remain off-limits to women — but it was unclear whether they would.
Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs, suggested that women would be allowed to compete for spots not only in armored, artillery and infantry units, but in such elite Special Operations organizations as the Army's Delta Force and the Navy's SEALs.
"I think we all believe that there will be women who can meet those standards," he said.
The decision comes after more than a decade of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, where female service members have increasingly been exposed to the fighting.
While women have been officially barred from units that engage in direct combat with the enemy, commanders have routinely tapped women to work alongside the men who staff those units.
Of the more than 280,000 women who have served in Afghanistan or Iraq since Sept. 11, 2001, more than 150 have been killed and nearly 1,000 wounded.
Army Staff Sgt. Jennifer Hunt, a Gaithersburg reservist, earned a Purple Heart in 2007 when her Humvee rolled over a roadside bomb in Baghdad.
Hunt, who also joined male soldiers on village raids in Afghanistan to search any females they found, is one of four U.S. servicewomen who sued Panetta last year to end the exclusion policy.
It was unclear whether that lawsuit or a similar one filed by two other servicewomen last year played a role in Panetta's decision.
The Pentagon had begun in recent years to expand opportunities for women.
Last year, the Army opened about 14,500 jobs previously off-limits to women, including intelligence and personnel officers and artillery and tank mechanics, and began recruiting female pilots and crew chiefs this month to fly Special Operations helicopters.
The Marine Corps allowed women to attend its grueling Infantry Officer Course and began assigning women to train in certain combat-related jobs with infantry, artillery, tank and other units for testing purposes.
But those were small steps compared with the announcement Thursday, which could open about 238,000 jobs, most of them in the Army and Marines, the "tip of the spear" of the U.S. military.
"It's a great opportunity for women," Maryland National Guard Sgt. Myoung Fisher said. "I'm glad to be working in an organization where there are no limits to what I can do."
Women make up 15 percent of the 1.4 million active-duty service members. Annette Deener, a retired brigadier general in the Maryland National Guard, said women have earned the opportunity to compete for combat jobs.
"Since 9/11, women have really proved themselves on the battlefield," said Deener, now chief of staff of the Maryland Military Department. "I think that influenced the decision."
Fifteen female members of the Maryland Guard have earned the Combat Action Badge in Iraq or Afghanistan. The badge is awarded to noninfantry soldiers who have actively engaged or been engaged by the enemy.
About 20 percent of the jobs in the 6,400-member Maryland National Guard are restricted to men, including infantry, cavalry and Special Forces specialties.
Deener, who joined the now-defunct Women's Army Corps in 1975, called the decision to open these jobs to females "great — as long as women can meet the same standards as men."
Panetta said the services would set clear, "gender-neutral" standards for all military occupations. It would be up to Congress to decide whether to require women to register for the Selective Service on turning 18.
While Panetta and Dempsey announced the decision, President Barack Obama issued a statement of support.
"Our armed forces have taken another historic step toward harnessing the talents and skills of all our citizens," he said. "Today, every American can be proud that our military will grow even stronger with our mothers, wives, sisters and daughters playing a greater role in protecting this country we love."
Obama has nominated former Sen. Chuck Hagel, a Republican, to succeed Panetta as defense secretary.
The decision to lift the combat exclusion for women was not welcomed in all corners.
"The people making this decision are doing so as part of another social experiment, and they have never lived nor fought with an infantry or special forces unit," said retired Lt. Gen. Jerry Boykin, a former commander of Delta Force.
Such units, he said, must endure sustained operations for extended periods in primal living conditions with "no privacy for personal hygiene or normal functions." The decision to integrate the genders in such units, he said, "places additional and unnecessary burdens on leaders at all levels."
First Lt. Gregg Zavadsky of the Maryland National Guard said he trusted that commanders had thought through the decision and concluded that it was in the best interest of the military.
"It's going to be a change," he said. "But soldiers are trained to adapt to any situation. I don't think it's going to be an issue.
"I know a lot of women who are capable of serving in these combat arms positions."
Kupcho, stymied in her ambition to drive tanks in combat, said she is satisfied with her career as a public affairs officer for the Maryland Guard, a role that took her to Afghanistan in 2011 and 2012.
While she no longer harbors dreams of joining an armored unit, she applauded the decision that would make it possible.
"It's a great opportunity for women who want to pursue these jobs," she said. "It's going to level the playing field."


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The SCRW's striking design is brilliant. No matter how tall you are or what table you're sitting at the chair adjusts with just a turn to exactly the right height.
Designed by Manuel Welsky, the chair's seat is a big piece of cork with threads that screw into an aluminum frame. When your tall friend comes over for dinner, just turn the seat till it's at the right height. Those of you who play drums—or are familiar with drums, anyway—might recognise similarities to the screw-seat design of a drum throne.
At £420, the SCRW is pricey, but that's OK because it really shouldn't be the only piece of beautiful adjustable furniture out there. Someday, hopefully, all chairs will be this brilliant. [Welsky via FastCo Design]


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The Eee keyboard, as cool as it is, sure is taking its time, you know, coming out. One especially anxious Russian modder got bored of waiting around, so he just broke down an Eee PC 900 and made his own.
It's a meticulous, charming mod, complete with woodwork, which is why we can forgive some of the larger omissions, like its lack of a touch display—the most outwardly distinctive feature of the original—and its lone, primitive VGA video output. What is does have is a 900MHz Intel Mobile Celeron processor, a 20GB SSD, 1GB of RAM and Wi-Fi.
It doesn't look like he kept the battery, which would have been a nice touch, but hey! PC in a keyboard! [Eee-pc.ru via Liliputing]


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Stampede's Road Winning Streak Ends In Fargo
FARGO, ND -- The Sioux Falls Stampede watched a 4-1 lead in the second period slip away as the Fargo Force scored six unanswered goals en route to a 7-4 victory over the Herd Friday night in Fargo.
Trailing 4-1 with six minutes remaining in the period, the Force score three times to tie the game and then added three more goals in the third to earn the victory that pulls the Force within five points of the Stampede for first place in the West with three games remaining.
The Stampede (42-17-2) saw their eight-game road winning streak come to an end and dropped their third straight game, their longest losing streak of the season. Zeb Knutson scored twice while Charlie Lindgren stopped 31 of 38 shots while David Jacobson stopped all five shots he saw in relief. The loss allowed Dubuque to secure the Anderson Cup and means the Herd have to wait another day to clinch the Western Conference regular season title.
The Stampede found themselves down early in the games in their losses last Friday and Saturday so they made sure that wouldn't be the case in Fargo, scoring 9:48 when Knutson tallied his 22nd goal of the season. Dennis Kravchenko made the play happen by weaving his way through the Fargo defense and sliding the puck right in the crease to Knudson who tapped the puck into the back of the net. Sioux Falls took their first lead of the night with just 47 seconds remaining when Matt Van Voorhis scored on the powerplay. Van Voorhis picked up a rebound inside the left circle and he blasted the puck into the upper left hand corner of the net to give Sioux Falls a 2-1 edge at the end of one period. Sioux Falls outshot the Force 14-12 in the period.
Sioux Falls kept up the momentum early in the second period when Knudson and Tony Calderone scored in the first 1:20 of the period to increase the Herd's lead to 4-1. It looked as though the Stampede would be in control for the remainder of the game, but Chris Dienes goal at 14:35 sparked the Force. Lindgren stopped the initial shot, but Dienes slapped in the open rebound inside the right circle. Dave Gust scored just under two minutes later only to be followed by a goal from Dominic Toninato just 27 seconds later. Neal Goff wristed a shot from the left circle that was stopped by Lindgren, but the rebound bounced off his shoulder and into the crease where Toninato tipped it in to tie the game 4-4. Fargo outshot the Herd 15-6 in the period.
Things didn't get any better for the Herd in the third period as the Force took their first lead of the night just 2:19 into the period when Toninato got left open along in front of the net and one timed a pass from Alex Iaffallo to give the Force a 5-4 edge. Sioux Falls began to get frustrated and Fargo took advantage. Five minutes later Iafallo set up another goal, this time shorthanded, as he fed Brendan Harms who skated through the slot and backhanded the puck past Lindgren. Austin Ortega sealed the game for good for the Force when he scored on the powerplay at 12:47.
Fargo outshot the Stampede 42-35 on the night and went 1-for-7 on the powerplay while the Herd were 1-for-5.
Sioux Falls will once again have a chance to clinch first place in the West on Saturday when they host Dubuque at 7:05 PM.
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Scottsville needs the hogs
[Re: "Detoured: Bikers to skip Scottsville after narrow vote," August 22] (http://www.readthehook.com/92406/news-update-detoured-bikers-skip-scotts...):
All the uproar about 300 motorcycles coming to Scottsville is a great thing. These are family men and women who have children, which is the reason for the motorcycles.
The people who are against the ride either hate children, have no children, and want to do nothing to fight the brain tumors and other diseases that children come across. A small town like Scottsville should welcome everyone whether they are in cars, bicycles or pick-up trucks, and, yes, motorcycles. Anything to help these unfortunate children and their families survive the illness.
Scottsville has been my home all my life. I would not want people like Dena Radley speaking for me. Excuse me, but this is for children who need our money and support.
Children are our tomorrow. We have to help them fight their battles. There is no way that 300 bikers can hurt this town when floods haven't.
People who have children should stand up to these people because you don't know when you can hear a devastating word or illness with your child or other family member. Maybe just some of the money raised would help take care of that someone special.
I am a mother, grandmother, and am fighting breast cancer now! Don't let the children lose because a few people forget it's not 1970 that we are in a new decade. I am not the only store owner that feels this.
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Lena Dunham's Playboy Interview — Five Things Men Can Learn
However you feel about HBO's 'Girls,' there's no denying that women love it. When women love something as much as they love Lena Dunham's show, it usually means we should be listening closely to what's being said.
Below are just a few of the many pearls of wisdom to be found in Lena's Playboy interview; take note, fellas. She's smart, funny, and she's giving away some important information.
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"I want you to know, the first time I f*** you I might scare you a little, because I'm a man and I know how to do things," is a great line, but only if you say it with a straight face
"Someone once said something like that to me—with the immediate caveat 'I, uh, learned that from my friend who works at Vice magazine.' That made the line a lot less sexy. American men always have to go for the laugh or the excuse. A Frenchman would say that with a straight face."
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A metal pipe is not a great place to have sex
In Dunham's film, 'Tiny Furniture,' her character has sex inside of a drainpipe. She had this to say about filming that scene:
"The funny thing is it was such a cheap movie and the pipe was the most expensive part of our entire operation. We needed a place to put the pipe where we could light it properly. We had the pipe built in an iron yard. I had a big sewer pipe in mind, but they built one from a piece of scrap metal that wobbled around. When I noticed that I thought, We're done for. Everything is ruined because of this stupid wobbling pipe. Cut to: People wound up being amused that the pipe had a certain amount of give and jiggle."
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10 dates is the magic number for the end of casual sex
"Millennial men and women could stand to know that not everyone wants just casual affairs, even though there's a lot of pressure to have sex and not care—and when you're a woman it's supposed to be a triumph when you can do that. I try to never push that methodology on Girls. I believe people want to be connected in an intense human way, but it's getting lost in the shuffle. So there's no rule, but most of my girlfriends start to get squirrelly about it and wonder what's going on 10 dates in."
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Women fantasize about watching too
"I don't want them to date in real life, but I wouldn't mind putting David Strathairn and Rooney Mara in a room together and seeing what happens when they have sex in a movie context." We have no idea who that dude is, but we're down with anything involving Rooney:
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She's onto you
" I think you can identify the porny guys early on, based on their behavior: They try to force you into unnatural cinematic sexual positions, or they just seem to have learned a lot of their moves from people who do sex acts for a living. A quick check of their browser history will reveal all you need to know."


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Salesforce.com CEO a Bit Smugger Than Usual Today
Software is dead."
Salesforce.com has seen a fair bit of its value evaporate amid the economy's downward spiral. But the same cannot be said of its business, which is apparently doing quite well. Posting fourth-quarter earnings today, Salesforce.com (CRM) reported record revenue of nearly $290 million with annual sales exceeding $1 billion. Pretty damn good for a cloud computing company weathering a recession. Far better than the Street had expected. Consensus estimates had Salesforce.com earning seven cents a share. Instead, it earned 11 cents a share. "Salesforce.com is proud to be the first billion dollar cloud computing company," said salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff. "At a time when capital is precious, big-ticket software purchases just don't make sense."
Seems Benioff's infamous "software is dead" pronouncement is slowly coming to pass.


text: Fernanda Gomes considers the exhibition space an extension of her own studio—she always makes her work on-site, and only after spending sufficient amounts of time within it. Gomes, who is known for her small and large-scale installations that combine painting and sculpture practices, thinks of her own work a series of suggestions for movement through space and time. "My intention is not to tie physical, architectonic space to a physical situation," Gomes says, "but to a state of mental and emotional concentration." Her works, which are largely untitled, are made from fragile and elemental materials like wood scraps, chalk, brick, plaster, cardboard, thread, gold, and water. She will sometimes apply a coat of white paint to her structures, but more frequently lets show their natural colors.


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As V-day is fast approaching I thought I'd do a red lips look using my favourite red shade. Bang has been my go-to red for a while because of it's punchy orange undertone which compliments my warmer skin tone. I've lined by lips with the Urban Decay 24/7 Glide on Lip Pencil in Bang to give them a nice strong shape before adding a slick of the Urban Decay Revolution Lipstick in Bang. I adore that these two Urban Decay products are two are a complimenting lip pencil and lipstick duo which is perfect.
With red lipstick - there isn't one shade to suit everyone. It really is worth that little bit of effort to try different shades to find your perfect red. Red lips are bold, sexy and super glamorous. A punchy red can make you feel more confident and dare I say it… sexy… So do it - Go forth and try red lipstick. If this peachy pink girl can be converted then so can you!
While red isn't the most kissing appropriate colour - Red is THE Valentines day colour. Plus having a good red in your collection is a must - a great all year rounder too.


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Any one who deviates from the Democratic or Republican base isn't welcome anymore. It used to be that moderates could drive safely, while the extreme ideologues passed them in the breakdown lanes. Lately moderates have been pushed closer and closer to the center line. It feels like there wont be any room left on the major party highway soon.
We all know the Republican party has been pushing out those they deem "RINOs" for some time now. There was the "with us or against us" mentality of the Bush years, which has carried on in GOP rhetoric. Rush Limbaugh and a few other extreme conservative pundits have carried the torch. Republican senators have apologized to Limbaugh for challenging him. Dick Cheney and Colin Powell have had a publicized debate on the direction of the GOP, who belongs and who doesn't.
And of course there is the internet chatter. Commenters on conservative blogs are quick to judge others who don't quite fit the mold. Hell, they will turn on their own in a second like sharks at a feeding frenzy. There is strict code of what a Republican should be and if you deviate even an iota you're fish food.
Tim from Balloon Juice has broken down this phenomenon for us in a handy to read post. Republicans must live up to what Tim calls "The List"
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D.F. must simultaneously oppose abortion (always), support torture, wiretapping and aggressive war, question evolution and doubt global warming, fear muslims, hate taxes and really hate government healthcare. If D.F. fails a single point on the list then he's clearly a bogus conservative, anathema and unwelcome to taint the pristine boards with his heterodoxy. The question of the day (e.g., did Sarah Palin harm the ticket) usually makes a guest appearance on The List, conveniently anathematizing anyone who disagrees with the putative topic of the thread.
I read a few Conservative blogs and check some to cite a story from time to time. Tim really isn't far off. Commenters really do bash dissenters. That kind of behavior is not exclusive to Conservative blogs. Pick a topic people are passionate about. Search forums or blog comments on that topic and you will find the same kind of behavior. That doesn't make it any less unsavory, especially for Republicans who have opinions on abortion, gay marriage, guns, etc., in conflict with the far right.
Unfortunately for old school Republicans much of the list doesn't always mesh with core Republican values. All the baggage brought by the religious right when the Republicans whored themselves to the rr to pad the ballot box are not the same values men like Goldwater, Buckley, or Reagan cherished. Now the GOP is paying the piper, but unfortunately so are moderate Republicans.
Democrats will often try to claim the high ground on this issue. That they are all inclusive and friendly. Well that's not quite so. Far left liberals can push those they don't agree with away just as quickly and easily.
Robin at American Thinker wrote a few days ago about her experience as a Democrat who chose to vote for McCain. She might as well have been a leper the way her liberal friends, husband, and therapist were treating her. While debate and disagreement is healthy, people downright loathed her for her choice, and it is her choice to vote for whoever she wants, to vote for McCain. If McCain had campaigned as the McCain we once knew I may have voted for him too.
In the hey-day of Obama excitement, you really were a brave soul to admit to voting for McCain or once he was elected disagree with him. A youtube video posted by bloggerinterrupted even questioned a black man who said he would vote for McCain, practically saying he HAD to vote Obama just because he was black. Yes shame people over to your point of view.
Of course just because you're a Democrat that doesn't make you exempt from the "with us or against us" behavior. Moderate Dems have been pushed around by the party base. Back in February Blue Dogs senators complained that Nancy Pelosi treated them like "mushrooms" and got perturbed when they wanted to do outlandish things like read the legislation they were voting on. I wrote on my distaste for Harry Reid's remarks on bipartisan efforts in regards to Mr. Obama's economic stimulus bill. His posturing at the time was just what I never liked about the Bush administration. Now that the Dems were in power they were doing it too.
So where does this leave moderates? Quite possibly taking an exit to a new road. One where moderates can express their views and not be immediately attacked as a "traitor". One where they can vote for a candidate that espouses all of their core values, not just some candidate all over the political map. Third party country, here we come!
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Mormanity found this to be an example of "our shameless society," where wrong is right and right is wrong. And I was sort of right there with him, except for one thing: he called what they were doing a "sin."
And that got me thinking. Why exactly would that be a sin? So I asked in the comments. Partly, of course, I was just playing "mess with the conservatives," but I really did want to know. I didn't find the answers very satisfactory.
"Because it's breaking the law." Well, man's law and God's law aren't the same thing, obviously. In fact, sometimes the law itself is sinful. "Because they're lying." That's probably true in many cases, but in this case the point of the post was that they were openly selling fakes. They weren't trying to pass them off as authentic. "Because they're stealing." That's a little more complicated, but as far as I can tell, "stealing" in the scriptures means taking something away from someone so they don't have it anymore. Since neither the bags nor the labels were stolen in that sense, I'm very unsure that the sin of theft applies.
At about that point, Mormanity himself joined in. He wanted to talk about intellectual property rights. After a little give and take, he came up with this example:
I... start a business selling "Mormanity" hot dogs and they become very popular, thanks to all the work I put into building the brand, including tons of advertising, expensive art work for my packaging, buying celebrity endorsements.... People get in line to buy Mormanity Dogs.(Then I start making cheap, crappy knockoffs using his brand name.)
...You are stealing my intellectual assets: the brand name I have developed at great expense, the trademark I have paid for and registered to show that I don't want people using my stuff without my permission, the unique style of packaging that took a lot of work and expense to develop.
That got me thinking about hot dogs. A hot dog has an intrinsic value of, say, 35 cents. Add the convenience of eating out (I'm thinking hot dog stands here, not packages you buy in a store, but the basic idea's the same either way), and let's say an ordinary is-that-really-safe-to-eat 7-11 dog is worth about $1. Make it a very tasty dog, and we'll say it's worth as much as $3. Make it an ultra-tasty, organic, kosher Mormanity dog, and we'll say it's even worth $4. But with all his advertising and branding, Mormanity can sell his dogs for $8. And he sells loads of hot dogs and makes $10 million. That makes him a big success, a pillar of his community. OK, now just hold that thought for a second; we'll come back to it.
Because one of the examples of dishonesty Mormanity used in the discussion was an art forger. And that also got me thinking. Suppose I'm an art forger. I've invested years of study in perfecting my craft. I have to be an excellent painter; I have to know art history; I have to know the market; I even have to know some chemistry so I can properly "age" my painting. Finally I'm ready for my big score: I forge a Van Gogh and sell it for $10 million. That makes me a criminal.
But what, exactly, makes me any different from Mormanity and his hot dogs? I fooled one person into paying $10 million for a painting that's really only worth maybe $1,000. But all Mormanity really did was fool 2.5 million people into each paying $8 for a hot dog that's only worth $4. All either of us did was convince people to buy something for more than it's worth. Why does that make him an honest capitalist success story and me a criminal? Why aren't we the same thing, either both honest successes or both criminals? Can anyone explain this to me?


text: Post-hardcore act Misery Signals blend math rock tropes like tricky time signature shifts and twiddly guitar parts with the strained aggression and sore throat vocals of screamo, creating a sound with more emotional heft than the former yet that is also less monochromatic than the latter. Misery Signals formed in Madison, WI, in 2003, featuring members of a number of regional hardcore and emo bands. Singer Jesse Zaraska had the highest profile, having worked with 7 Angels, 7 Plagues and the Canadian hardcore act Compromise, which had broken up in 2002 following the death of two of its members in a car accident. Guitarist Jeff Aust had been in Hamartia, while guitarist Ryan Morgan, bassist Kyle Johnson, and drummer Branden Morgan (Ryan's brother) filled out the lineup. Following the band's self-titled six track EP, released in 2003, Aust was replaced by new guitarist Stuart Ross. The revised lineup signed with the New Jersey indie Ferret Records and released Of Malice and the Magnum Heart in June 2004. After a lengthy tour in support of their debut full-length, Zaraska chose to leave the band to return to his hometown of Edmonton, Alberta, and join the acoustic post-rock band Sleeping Girl with other former Compromise members. In the post-millennial equivalent of those bands who used MTV to advertise for new members back in the '80s, the remaining members of Misery Signals posted an instrumental song on their MySpace page, inviting fans to send in their lyrics and vocals. New singer Karl Schubach won the challenge and joined the band. Misery Signals' second album, Mirrors, was released in August 2006. ~ Stewart Mason


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Southwest Colorados Small Business Development Center continues to lead the way in creating economic growth, according to an annual report from the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade.
We are typically right at the top of the Colorado SBDC network, which includes 15 centers from across the state, said Joe Keck, director of the SBDC of Southwest Colorado at Fort Lewis College.
The Colorado SBDC annual report for 2011 indicates the district thats home to Kecks local arm of the statewide organization helped foster more than $46 million in capital for business creation last year. Thats compared to about $34 million in combined capital creation among the three Denver-area districts. And the branch run by Keck at Fort Lewis College generated almost half of the capital creation in the southwestern district.
One reason for the success: We are about the most partnered organization you will ever come across, Keck said.
The local SBDC covers five Southwest Colorado counties and partners with the Fort Lewis College, Region 9 Economic Development District of Southwest Colorado, the Alliance, several area businesses and more than 35 local business advisers. The organization is part of a SBDC district that covers most of Southwest Colorado, from Grand Junction to the New Mexico line.
The center strives to connect businesses and with critical training, lending and programs to ensure success and job creation, Keck said.
It offers services that would otherwise be hard to provide, and the duties keep two local SBDC full-time employees busy.
In addition to the partnering agencies, Keck applauded the work of the 35 local business advisers who give generously of their time. He noted the vast variety of backgrounds and areas of expertise among the business advisers is helpful.
The local SBDC counseled more than 400 clients last year and donated more than 450 hours, he said. If paid for the work it did, Keck said the advisers donations would have had a value of nearly $50,0000.
(They all) work pretty diligently to make a difference to small businesses in the region, he said.
Local business owners acknowledge the value of what they have received at the center. The low-cost training programs, professional advice and business-plan advice helped make a difference for numerous start-ups and existing businesses over the past few years.
Its amazing. I just cannot say enough good things about those guys, said Sandy Kobrock, co-owner of Pass Creek Yurt and Wolf Creek Avalanche School, said last year. If it wasnt for them, I probably would have given up. Theyve been great in guiding me and helping me grow my business.
Her business tripled when she started working with the SBDC, Kobrock said.
Others, including Heather Hinsley, owner of Cake Cafe, have offered similar accolades.
The centers successes, Keck said, dont mean the local small-business center is done striving for more and refining its existing efforts.
Keck said this year the organization is focused on growing its business-adviser network still more. The center wants to ensure theres an adviser available to businesses in each of the counties they cover, saving their clients gas and time that could be focused on growing their companies and creating jobs.
Advisers are in especially short supply in the Dolores and San Juan County areas, Keck said.
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One of the wonderful things about becoming a Paul Naschy fan in this day and age is that, once you've realized the bottomless store of cinematic joy Jacinto has on tap, there's just SO much more out there for you to leap into head-first. Naschy was almost as prolific as he was manly, with damn near 100 acting credits and 39 for screenwriting on imdb alone. In the early days of my evangelism this would have been frustrating, since most of those movies are still either out-of-print or were never issued stateside. But now, thanks to the wonders of Technology, there are channels through which the devoted fan can pour his creamy love over even the most obscure entries in the Molina Oeuvre. And that, brothers and sisters, is a Very Good Thing.
Naschy's 1983 effort The Beast and the Magic Sword (La Bestia y la espada mágica) is one of those that saw release in the US, had a short VHS run, and then disappeared into the Iberian Hinterlands and the libraries of collectors. And it's a shame, too; in scope, acting, production values, and sheer horror/fantasy joy, it's one of the most impressive and entertaining Naschy flicks I've ever clapped my eyeballs on. And as all my readers should know by now, that's not a piece of praise I throw around lightly.
A simple three-word phrase should help explain: WEREWOLF VERSUS NINJAS. Let's dive in, shall we?
Note: Please don't let the sub-par quality of the screengrabs scare you. This movie is totally worth it.
Human Beasts (recently released by Deimos DVD in an excellent special edition). Never one to let a creative opportunity pass by unexploited, Naschy crafted a script for his tenth entry in the Waldemar Daninsky saga--one which would send his cursed nobleman seeking a cure for his malediction in the wilds of Feudal Japan!
At an hour and fifty minutes, The Beast and the Magic Sword is one of the longer films Naschy produced, and it's wonderful to see him explore the space. We open in war-torn pre-medieval Europe, where the Emperor Otton is having trouble keeping his enemies in check--particularly those pesky Hungarians, who legend has it drink the blood of their vanquished foes and steal their souls. Otton's men have captured the Voivode of the Hungarian army, a massive barbarian named Bulcho who looks almost exactly like Sekkar Khan from Night of the Howling Beast, only without the eczema.
However, even chained in Otton's dungeons Bulcho is dangerous--his mistress Amese is a powerful witch and is still at large, and Otton is hesitant to execute the Voivode for fear of incurring her eternal curse. Bulcho must die fighting--and none of the Emperor's men are brave enough to risk both Bulcho's blade and Amese's magical wrath. To solve this problem, Otton calls in loyal Polish warlord Irenius Daninsky (Naschy, of course, looking AWESOME with his full beard, long hair, and golden circlet) to administer the Trial by Battle. If he wins, Irenius will receive the hand of Otton's daughter Uswika in marrige. Unlike her namesake in Dr. Jekyll meets the Werewolf, this Uswika is a cutie too--therefore, Daninsky agrees.
Irineus kicks barbarian ASS in the fight (which is excellently choreographed and set-dressed...a real treat), hewing off his foe's head and tossing it at Otton's feet. He claims his bride, and after a few doses of Mighty Molina Manbatter Uswika finds herself pregnant with the Spawn of Awesome. None of this sits well with Amese, of course, who does the expected thing and calls down Satan's wrath on the Daninsky clan (in an *excellent* spell casting scene that pays homage to/steals from The Exorcist). Then, Amese appears before the hugely pregnant Uswika and pronounces her curse: "All the seventh-born sons will be transformed into beasts! The Daninskys will be a race of murderers! Hated and persecuted FOREVER!" Finally, to drive the point home, the witch takes a magic wolf skull and drives it fang-first into Uswika's pregnant belly, infecting her unborn child with lycanthropy before getting shot full of arrows by the royal guards! I don't care where you're from, that's BADASS.
We now fast-forward to Sixteenth-Century Toledo, where nobleman Waldemar Daninsky has drawn the seventh genetic short straw and is desperately seeking a cure for his werewolfism. He and his lady Kinga seek out scholar, alchemist, and persecuted Jew Salom, who along with his blind daughter Ester promises to cure Daninsky if he can. (The two are both members of an international secret fraternity whose members all wear the group's symbol on a necklace--one strikingly similar to the one Col. Sanders wore in Night of the Werewolf.)
But before Salom can complete his research, the local Catholics decide he's a warlock and slave of Satan and must be burned at the stake. (The unearthly howls they hear coming from his workshop on full-moon nights don't help.) Though Naschy fights off several of the anti-semitic authorities in another excellent fight scene (he kills them all in his nightshirt, because THAT'S how awesome he is), Salom is mortally wounded in the scuffle. With his dying breath, the learned Jew tells Waldemar to go to Japan and seek out wise man and fraternity brother Kian, who may be the only person who can free him from his family curse. Homeless and marked for death, Ester joins them on their quest.
villiagers have been found horribly murdered, as if torn apart by some wild beast. While the other warriors boast about how their katanas will make short work of the killer, even-tempered and meticulous Kian (an extremely charismatic Shigeru Amachi) wonders whether mere force of arms will be enough. When Kian's uncle stakes his life on his men's ability to bring in the beast, Kian starts investigating in earnest.
I should say here that despite the apalling video quality of the copy of this film I managed to secure, the top-drawer production values shine through at every turn. The sets in Europe and Japan are marvelous, and the costuming is great in every culture and time-period. Also, Julio Burgos' cinematography under Naschy's direction is very nice, with lots of cool compositions and moody lighting to make our monster feel at home in the Far East.
For instance, on the next night of the full moon we find ourselves in the werewolf's point of view, stalking through the eerily shadowed streets between traditional Japanese buildings for an almost Gothic feel. At the end of an alley we happen upon a brothel, where the silhouettes of jovial men and women move starkly outlined on the rice-paper windows, ignorant of the Hairy Death that stalks them in the dark.
the werewolf bursts through the flimsy portals in a blur of snarling, furry horror and proceeds to go on one of the most horrific KILL-CRAZY RAMPAGES in the Naschy canon! As the geishas rush around in a booberiffic panic, Naschy rips throats as well as kimonos, tearing huge swaths of human jerky off ho and john alike! Interrupted samurai sex leads to a useless sword-swipe and more naked carnage, and in a matter of moments the House of the Rising Sun is in a shambles, bodies heaped on each other like so much firewood! The frenetic camera work and editing here just makes it that much more exciting.
As the werewolf leaves the scene of destruction, he finds himself face-to-face with Kian, who has been following his tell-tale tracks. The stand-off between the two here is really a great piece of work, as Kian looks fearlessly into the eyes of the beast, which snarls back at him but does not attack, as if sensing the courage and determination of his adversary. Finally the werewolf bounds away, leaving Kian to clean up the bloody brothel-mess.
It doesn't take Kian long to find Waldemar, Kinga, and Ester in the cabin where they're hiding, and the guilt stricken Waldemar quickly shows Kian his medallion and secures his promise to help find the cure. Meanwhile Kinga has heard tell of a witch who lives in the mountains who might be able to help should Kian's alchemy fail. Meanwhile the aforementioned one-eyed samurai has sent ninja spies to keep tabs on Kian's investigation--in case you thought it couldn't get any awesomer.
Kian's younger sister makes doe-eyes at the beefy nobleman while massaging his huge, scarred pecs. (Zang.) At this point THE NINJAS ATTACK! Not only ninjas, but FEMALE, TOPLESS NINJAS! Kian again shows his fighting prowess, towel-whipping one ninjette and stabbing another. Waldemar uncharacteristically hangs back and lets Kian do the fighting--I guess he's protecting the dude's nude little sister. Which is nice of him, really.
At this point the movie has really become more Kian's story than Waldemar's, but this is not at all a bad thing. Shigeru Amachi is really wonderful as the rational-minded scholar and samurai, projecting a calmness and authority that is just perfect for the role. His acting is spectacular throughout, whether he's tracking the moon-beast or having a post-bathtime katana duel with his one-eyed rival--another great fight scene, and one that cements Amachi as a charismatic badass worthy of the appellation "The Naschy of Japan."
FAIL, leading to more deaths and Daninksy-depression. Desperate, Kinga seeks out the witch she'd heard of before, who it turns out is a 200 year-old ghost bent on revenge against the samurai who banished her, and who wants to use Naschy as a WMD (werewolf of mass destruction) to make them pay. To make sure she'll get her money's worth, however, the witch locks Waldemar in her dungeon (using a magic silver katana for persuasion), and when he transforms has him fight her champion Serkan--who just so happens to be A FUCKING BENGAL TIGER! It's a werewolf/tiger fight! ZANG! (It was at this point that the needle on my awesome-meter snapped off and imbedded itself in the wall mere inches away from my face, but I was grinning too broadly to care.)
I could gush on and on and on about this movie, but then we'd be here all night--so instead I'll enumerate a few of the remaining awesomenesses in bullet-point form:
The Beast and the Magic Sword is truly something special in the Naschy filmography. The mixing of time periods, the mash-up of Japanese and European myth, the competing tragedies of Waldemar's curse and Kian's honorable sacrifice, all just come together gloriously. The acting and the script are both superb (though the subtitles were a little iffy on my copy, the quality still shone through), and Naschy's willingness to stand aside in service of the story pays dividends thanks to Amachi's Naschy-an screen presence and charisma. It totally works as a supernatural fantasy/drama--not much to laugh at here, but plenty to make you stand up and cheer.
I can only hope and pray that the fine folks at BCI/Eclipse/Deimos DVD who put out those fabulous editions of several of Naschy's other great flicks last year will do the same for The Beast and the Magic Sword, because God knows it deserves it. The movie was so fantastic even in the sub-sub-par video-quality version that I watched, I can only imagine the intensity of the geekgasm that a pristine, cleaned-up print would cause. As it is, The Beast and the Magic Sword has climbed the ranks into perhaps my top 3 favorite Naschy films, and needs to be seen by his legions of new fans.
OFF THE THUMB SCALE. If you get a chance to see this one, grab it like the last potsticker. And thank me later.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
The Beast and the Magic Sword (1983): or, Samurai Werewolf
Posted by The Vicar of VHS at 12:24 PM
Labels: '80s, 3+ Thumbs, Devil Worship, Monsters Amok, Paul Naschy, Waldemar Daninsky, Werewolf, Witchcraft
5 comments:
- The Flying Maciste Brothers said...
We share your joy for this epic, but don't hold your breath for a BCI/Eclipse disc -- the company is, sadly, no more... Awesome post!
- February 26, 2009 at 10:19 PM
- Tenebrous Kate said...
This sounds absolutely astonishing, Vicar! I adore Naschy's approach to fantasy-horror, and this one sounds like it's totally beyond the pale in terms of sheer bang for the genre buck. Must-see stuff for certain. It's a bummer about BCI/Eclipse, but hopefully someone somewhere will hear our pleas for cleaned-up Waldemar goodness.
- February 27, 2009 at 7:54 AM
- The Vicar of VHS said...
@Macist Bros.: Damn and blast! That is indeed sad news. One thing's for sure: the company did not go out of business for lack of MY money! :( I bought at *least* two copies of Horror Rises from the Tomb...
@Empress: Knowing how our tastes converge when it comes to all things Naschy, I'm confident predicting you will *love* this one. Truly a great one, and deserving of SE treatment.
- February 27, 2009 at 8:09 AM
- Eric Wincentsen said...
Speaking of Naschy, did you see him briefly pop up on Ghost Hunters a couple weeks ago? They were investigating the castle where he filmed Mark of the Werewolf. They had a brief interview with him talking about screams he heard while filming.
- February 27, 2009 at 10:13 PM
- The Vicar of VHS said...
@Ezreal--HOLY SHIT--really? I did *not* see that, but I have to track it down now! Wow, that's insane! I can only hope this is the first part of Naschy's plan to take over the US as well as Spain...
Not that I'm Naschy-obsessed or anything.
- February 27, 2009 at 10:58 PM


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This is the final post in a series about a survey I did to see how conference attendees organize the information and materials they bring home with them. Please be sure to read the previous posts in the series:
- Post 1 (Survey Results Overview)
- Post 2 (Questions 1 & 2/Attendance & Note-taking)
- Post 3 (Questions 3 & 4/Vendors & Swag)
- Post 4 (Question 5/How Do You Organize Materials?)
- Post 5 (Questions 6 & 7/Purchasing Syllabi & Recordings)
- Post 6 (Question 8/Attendee Suggestions, Part 1)
- Post 7 (Question 9/Attendee Suggestions, Part 2)
In this post, I will summarize the issues and ideas that jumped out at me–items for conference organizers and attendees alike to consider for future events.
Beyond the issues presented in the questions, some respondents raised points that hadn't occurred to me, including ways to share conference information with colleagues after the fact. Respondents mentioned this as a way to make their conference attendance a worthwhile investment for their organization. Independent information professionals said that recapping what they learned was a great marketing tool to share with clients.
Challenges not specifically mentioned in my survey but brought up by the respondents touched on needing ways to follow up with the people they meet at conferences. This included both other conference attendees and speakers/presenters.
As I read through the responses, some ideas jumped out at me:
- I would love to see a conference- or topic-specific filing system that could be organized along the way and dropped into a file drawer once I get home.
- On the other hand, it's fine to organize by conference, but if you attend several a year, how do you keep track of what binder/folder to go back to. Did you hear that tidbit in 2008, 2009, or 2010? One of the conference attendees addressed this in her comments: "I currently keep most information organized by conference. I should probably refile information gathered at conferences into subject folders at home."
- It would be great if there were an all-in-one online system for conference organizers to post handouts, presentations, blog posts, Tweets and other social-media feeds in one spot for handy access before (possibly), during and after a conference.
- After hearing many respondents request this, online versions of syllabi and other handouts need to be editable and designed with space in mind for note-taking.
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Google faced two very different legal issues in Europe on Wednesday: A group of executives were found guilty of privacy invasion in Italy, and the search engine itself faces an anti-trust complaint.
A number of online services that compete with Google in Europe have asked European Union regulators to look into their anti-trust complaints against the Mountain View-based search giant.
At issue is Google's privileging of its own products in search results. For instance, when Google started promoting its Google Maps product at the top of search listing for maps, the Internet traffic analysts at Comscore noted a sharp decline in traffic to sites like MultiMap in the United Kingdom, where Google search enjoys a 90 percent market share.
Google has countered that the complaints are essentially coming from businesses doing Microsoft's bidding. Ironic, since of course Microsoft weathered numerous anti-trust investigations and penalties from American and European regulators in the 1990s.
European regulators in Brussels say no formal investigation has begun.
In Italy, Google may have the stronger case. A number of executives were recently found guilty of privacy invasion stemming from a 2006 video posted to the now-moribund Google Video service.
A disabled Italian student was taunted by peers in a cell phone video which was uploaded to the Google site. At the time, Google cooperated with authorities in taking down the video and helping to identify the perpetrators.
However, this month the executives were put on trial for privacy violations stemming from the incident. Google argued that it complied with safe harbor provisions in European law protecting online service providers from liability stemming from the actions of their users.
But an Italian judge found them guilty anyway. Google intends to appeal.
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We serve dry rub pork spare ribs, smoked boudin, and alligator sausage. All our meats are smoked with nothing but hickory wood straight out of the hills of Kentucky - my home town Paducah. We at Hillbilly's invite you out to taste barbecue Kentucky style; we believe you'll enjoy it.