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Venture capitalist Tim Draper's proposed ballot initiative to divide California into six states was green-lighted by California's secretary of state two weeks ago.
But veteran economic forecaster Bill Watkins, who specializes in California, sees the six-state idea as economically unviable, while maintaining reservations about the viability of the existing California.
"I'm not spending a lot of time worrying about [the six-Californias initiative] because I don't expect it to happen," says Watkins, executive director of the Center for Economic Research and Forecasting (CERF) based at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, Calif.
In an interview with ThinkAdvisor, Watkins hearkens back to a proposal his institution was tasked with analyzing years ago to divide Santa Barbara County between its coastal and inland areas.
"There you have something like the entire state: The coastal area is very wealthy and in the presidential election you never see a Republican bumper sticker. The inland portion, based around the Santa Maria area, is largely working class and immigrant and there you never see a Democratic bumper sticker," Watkins remarks.
"They just weren't going to have the tax base," he says his team found at the time, and that as well describes the situation of some of the proposed Californias.
"California's wealth is concentrated on the coast," he says, adding that the huge economic disparity among its different regions is evidenced by the not well-known fact that inland city San Bernardino has the highest poverty rate in U.S. outside of Detroit. Central California's Fresno is close behind.
What has changed in the decade since dividing Santa Barbara was hotly debated has been the discovery of vast oil reserves in some inland areas.
"Some counties would want to be separated just for the development of oil," Watkins says. "Places like Kern County could end up much better off if they're using policies."
But while Watkins, who generally eschews political analysis, thinks the Draper initiative will likely carry Kern County, he expects the more populous coast to vote against the initiative — at least in part to prevent exploitation of these energy resources.
The CERF economist sees three, not six, Californias, consisting of a Northern coastal area extending from Napa down to Ventura counties; a Southern coastal region consisting of Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties; and the largely rural rest of California.
The coastal regions, the San Francisco Bay Area particularly, are "generally very environmentally concscious," and its Silicon Valley tech heartland "seems to prosper no matter what the state does," Watkins says.
These economic haves have a huge population advantage over rural California's have-nots, and are not eager to alter current arrangements.
What's more, Watkins notes that "California is run by San Francisco," meaning that every statewide office today is filled with someone from the Bay Area, making it unthinkable that a secession proposal, even if it were to pass, would advance any farther. (Watkins notes further hurdles: secession would require both state and federal approval.)
But while secession would appear to be both politically and economically unviable, the veteran economic analyst is negative about the viability of California's current setup.
"On average the California economy is better than it was a year ago or two years ago. The state has at least temporarily solved its budget issues, though there are still serious challenges for California, especially regarding pensions. Lots of cities are still struggling financially — I wouldn't be surprised to see more bankruptcies," he says.
But the current stability masks growing cleavages between the state's wealthy coast and an increasingly desperate inland area.
The CERF economist says the state does not have enough of three key elements essential to a vibrant economy: growth; household formation and births.
"Young people have difficulty finding jobs." Often indebted, he says, "they do not see an economic future that looks optimistic and are very reluctant to form households and have children."
The result is a younger population that is moving out of state and a remaining population divided between a wealthy older population and a poorer population that can't easily move.
Buoying the wealthy California is the desirability of life in the Golden State and a deep supply of wealthy people worldwide eager to buy into it.
"There are more billionaires than ever before. The world is getting weathier, and we're not building any more Southern Californias or Pismo beaches," he remarks.
The forecaster, long bullish on coastal California real estate, foresees continued gains in the top end of the sector.
"That's because we look at coastal California as a world market relatively [detached from] local activity," he says, joking that even less glamorous suburbs like the San Fernando Valley are "still better than North Dakota," and thus attractive to wealthy retirees from all over the globe.
Watkins notes whole industries springing up around the needs of these wealthy coastal residents, such as "people who clean up dog droppings in your backyard." (He adds: "I saw a truck the other day that brings the gym to your house — some guy comes out and forces you to do push-ups.")
But beyond the wealthy and those who cater to them, "we continue to worry about DURT," an acronym he uses to describe the "delays, uncertainty, regulation and taxes" he says are driving the middle class and their kids out of state.
"California has written itself into a slow-growth future," he says.


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GE Ventures Officially Opens for Business in Silicon Valley (Video)
Like a lot of big corporations have of late, such as Comcast and Ford, GE is now making its Silicon Valley presence official, with a new office and formal name for its longtime investment efforts.
That would be GE Ventures on Sand Hill Road, which will bring together a number of its investment execs and focus them on areas that are important to the huge manufacturing company. That includes scaling and commercializing software, hardware and healthcare tech, as well as an interest in the industrial Internet.
As in how to link jet engines GE makes to the Internet. (Really.)
While focused for a long time on later rounds, GE Ventures will now also invest in accelerators and do seed and earlier investments.
GE Ventures — which has a financial commitment of $150 million annually from GE — is part of the company's larger tech presence in the Silicon Valley area, which also includes its new software and analytics center in nearby San Ramon, which has hired hundreds of engineers since late 2011.
GE is throwing a party tonight at its new offices, and has posted a blog on GEV by Beth Comstock — who oversees the GEV effort, as well as its growth and innovation initiatives.
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In the wake of the tragic 2007 shootings at Virginia Tech, where 32 students were killed, universities around the country set up committees to assess whether a student represented a threat to the campus community.
One of those schools was the University of Colorado, Denver, which established a Behavioral Evaluation and Threat Assessment (BETA) group in 2010.
On Thursday, the BETA group found itself under the microscope after news reports saying that one its members, a psychiatrist and university professor, had phoned some of the group to discuss one of her patients, a graduate student named James Holmes.
Mr. Holmes, who subsequently withdrew from the medical school's PhD program in neuroscience, is the alleged gunman in the Aurora movie theater shooting, in which 12 people were killed and 58 wounded on July 20.
Did the BETA group have a responsibility to alert the police that there was a potentially dangerous student?
Lawyers say the answer is maybe, maybe not.
On one side of the argument are those who say the main responsibility of the university is to protect its students, faculty, and administrators. Since Holmes dropped out of the university before the BETA group could meet, the argument goes, they had very little responsibility for him.
"The university has a legal duty to protect its students, not the world at large," says Barry Pollack, a defense lawyer and partner in the Washington law firm of Miller & Chevalier. "If they get information about someone who is not a student, it is not in their purview to do anything about it."
On the other side are those who say that if Holmes made threats while he was still a student, the BETA group had a responsibility to act. A reasonable person would have called the police, they argue.
"If a student says they are going to kill someone on Monday but drops out of school on Tuesday, there is a duty to take reasonable steps," says Kenneth Simons, a professor of law at Boston University School of Law.
The key issue, says Professor Simons, is what Holmes may have actually said in his session with the school psychiatrist, identified by Holmes' defense team as Dr. Lynne Fenton, director of the school's Mental Health Service. Did he specifically say he was going to a theater or mall to kill people?
At this point no one knows what took place between Holmes and Dr. Fenton. In addition, the judge in the case has invoked a gag order, forbidding the police and other people involved with the case saying anything about it. More information is likely to come out at Holmes' trial and perhaps during the discovery process if there are civil lawsuits.
However, in the state of Colorado, doctors are required to notify the police if there is a specific threat to an individual.
"If he [Holmes] said, 'I am going to go to Aurora and go to a movie theater and kill people,' there are steps such as going to the police or taking steps to commit him," says Simons.
The issue of whether a school therapist should divulge information about a patient is being raised at a time of increased pressures on college students. They are taking on large debt loads and are unsure of whether they will have a job when they leave school. For whatever reason, some of them snap.
"We've had an increase in the number of students with psychological challenges," says Brian Rosenberg, the president of Macalester College in St. Paul, Minn. "It's just a sign of our times."
Mr. Rosenberg says that at Macalester there is a risk group that meets every other week. "They report on whether there is a student on campus who seems at risk to himself or others or is in some sort of crisis situation," he says. "If it seems to merit it, there is some intervention or reaching out from the group."
He says it is very tricky for the school to force students to seek help. "Our first step is to set up counseling and bring them to a hospital," he says. "If things get worse and they are not responding, we report it to the authorities."
Would Macalester act if the individual dropped out of school?
"If the student completely leaves, we no longer follow that student," he replies. "If they take a leave of absence with the potential to return, when they get back we would try to find out what they did to address their problem."
One of the challenges, says Rosenberg, is that schools face lawsuits from every direction. If they don't act to protect the student body they can be sued. If they act too precipitously, they can be sued for violating an individual's right to privacy.
"For institutions, it's a challenging legal line to walk," he says.
Legal experts say it's likely that the families of the victims of the Aurora shooting will sue the university. "They can sue the state for negligence for failing to prevent a criminal activity from occurring," says Simons.
On Thursday, John Banzhaf, a professor of law at George Washington University School of Law, wrote that the victims and families, "many facing enormous medical costs, are likely to sue any entity which was involved, and which might have enough resources and/or insurance to pay for damages. Juries are likely to be sympathetic to the plaintiffs, especially in the light of the many damaging facts which have already come out, and any yet to be discovered."
However, Mr. Pollack, the defense lawyer, thinks any lawsuit against the school will be very difficult to win. "Do they have a responsibility for every student after they have left the campus?" he asks.
He anticipates the university will try to settle with the families as quickly as possible. That's what ultimately happened at Virginia Tech. "There was the option of getting compensation rather than suing," he says. "The vast majority of the families opted to go for compensation versus lawsuits."


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Will And Elizabeth (2:08)
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|| 2018-06-24 19:44:30
Hi , why in the end credits of the movie , hans was not mentioned as composer and we had only klaus badelt credit ?
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2018-06-25 00:15:13
Politics. Zimmer was supposed to be doing Last Samurai, So he recommended Badelt when Bruckheimer asked him to do it. But in the end he ended up writing the main theme and the bulk of the score and KB has not worked with HZ since.
2018-06-25 11:31:50
So , after POTC 1 hans zimmer and klaus badelt break up because of the credit issue ?
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Does anyone know the name of the drum sample of electric drumkit that Hans & Co used a lot during the 90s, and it's in the beginning of Barbossa Is Hungry (around 8-9 seconds into the track).
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|| 2014-06-12 17:32:50
Hybrid, I was wondering if you know why Klaus and Hans are no longer friends... I guess they had a row of some sort, but what was it about? him taking over POTC?
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Hybrid Soldier
2014-06-12 18:40:48
Nope I think it was a 2005/06 issue, so long after POTC...
2014-06-12 18:52:51
But what happen hybrid? which was the problema?
Hybrid Soldier
2014-06-12 18:55:09
Don't know, but it wasn't just "HZ/KB", more like "KB/RCP"... lol
2014-06-12 20:55:41
Oh I see.
It's unfortunate as Klaus was a great RCP guy!
Hybrid Soldier
2014-06-12 21:08:33
His career after went terribly wrong (this is what happen when your first market is French cinema), but I still have hope... lol
2014-06-12 21:15:39
Yes, let's hope he'll get to score some good movies in the future!
2014-06-13 08:29:00
But now he's really one of the best and most-wanted composers in France, while in Hollywood he was just one among a lot of good composers...
2014-06-13 19:30:17
@Ds, No offence, but it seems like you're saying it's better to be king of jackals than being a lion of a big pride.
(Not insulting the french, BTW!)
Hybrid Soldier
2014-06-13 19:31:19
I'm French... Trust me, it sucks... Big time...
2014-06-13 23:18:42
Arte sometimes shows really good french films. Aside from that I don't know anything the french film industry produces, except for Asterix and Obelix maybe. However, if it sucks as hard as the German film industry I'm on your side.
2014-06-14 00:48:46
Wow...Hybrid. As a fellow Frenchman, you're a bit harsh don't you think??Movies like l'immortel, pour elle or a bout portant are far from sucking "big time" lol! okay, his career took a big shot after he left RCP, but the french movies are far from being the worst he has done!!
PS:I'll give you that, Asterix was a BIG mistake lol
Hybrid Soldier
2014-06-14 00:53:03
Sorry Dudu I go to cinema around a hundred times a year, and I only see like 5 French films... lol
2014-06-14 11:24:07
Hahaha Hybrid, and I'm sure these 5 aren't even good :p
Hybrid Soldier
2014-06-14 13:00:56
We do good comedies in France... We really do, very funny... The problem is we ONLY do that... -_-
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Is there actually any sheet music (e.g. a piano roll) available for "Swords Crossed"?
Haven't found it so far...
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Replies: 0 || 2014-03-15 20:51:51
Lol, the part around the middle in "Swords Crossed" sounds almost exactly as "Tribal Wars" from Black Hawk Down. Now I know who wrote it. :P
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|| 2013-08-02 04:53:21
Well listening to that, one thought comes in my mind: Zimmer's rescue mission failed, because thats sucks...
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2013-08-03 22:04:49
Listening to what, exactly?
2013-09-12 20:07:39
So basically this score is Zimmer with arrangements by Badelt
2013-09-12 21:00:36
Basically, yeah. In order of importance, it seems to be:
--Hans Zimmer (who wrote most of the music properly speaking, even though others were responsible for most of its arrangements within the film)
--Klaus Badelt (who arranged the music Hans wrote and was credited as the composer due to Hans' promise to do The Last Samurai.
--Geoff Zanelli (who did a considerable number of arrangements, including the well known "He's a Pirate", based off Hans' demo theme)
--Ramin Djawadi (who also did a considerable amount of arrangements)
--All the other guys, like Nick Glennie-Smith and James Dooley, who had a few cues
2013-09-12 21:05:49
Although I'm sure that Hybrid, knower of all things Pirates, can amend my list if necessary.
2013-09-12 21:32:08
hey you posted too many times.....XD
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|| 2013-07-31 00:48:56
I Just Know that Zimmer Wrote He's A Pirate and Swords Crossed. maybe some on track 1 but not any of the other ones.
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2013-07-31 01:50:33
He might not have actively been involved with each track, but almost the entire Curse of the Black Pearl score is based off his themes he wrote (such as the "Day One, 4:56 AM" demo and his Jack Sparrow theme). Hence, his name is attached to everything, because every track here has Zimmer's music in some way. :)
Hybrid Soldier
2013-07-31 10:21:28
No, HZ worked on many cues...
It's not exactly a "classic HZ process" here, like every of his "rescue missions"... (and by rescue I don't mean replacing Silvestri, I mean rescueing Klaus........)
For instance the famous Moonlight Serenade scene (the big Black Hawk Down rip :D) is directly a HZ cue with arrangements by Geoff.
2013-07-31 16:09:25
Did Hans come up with the "Jack Sparrow" theme from this score?
Hybrid Soldier
2013-07-31 17:14:21
Yep, and he doesn't even consider it a "theme", more like a "riff".
He wrote a proper theme for POTC 2... :)
Jimmy Smits
2013-07-31 22:01:55
I always found it interesting that Klaus Badelt got 'top credits' for this score, and NOT Hans. Do you know why?
Hybrid Soldier
2013-07-31 22:08:02
2 reasons :
- He was on The Last Samurai, so not supposed to do anything else.
- When he saves the ass of an RCP colleague, he doesn't get credit (The Rock being an exception).
2013-07-31 23:34:35
I wonder if a special edition of the film will be released one day, a special edition in which Hans gets composer credit.
Hybrid Soldier
2013-07-31 23:35:59
No way... :P
But actually who cares what's written on a cover or an End Credits ?
As long as you know the truth... ;)
2013-07-31 23:42:42
Indeed. I've always credited Curse of the Black Pearl to "Hans Zimmer and Klaus Badelt" on iTunes anyway. I also credited Inception and Sherlock Holmes to "Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe"... :P
2013-08-01 02:20:26
Virtually everyone knows this score is really Zimmer material, despite the official crediting otherwise. :P
2013-08-02 00:00:38
Agreed mike Zimmer did write all of the themes Badelt put them together
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|| 2013-02-01 21:20:04
I just re-watch this movie and i thought: what if the studio hadn't rejected Alan Silvestri's score?? We were really lucky on this :p
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2013-02-01 21:32:31
lol, Good point. Did Alan Silvestri actually write any music or was he chosen then left/was fired before doing anything?
Hybrid Soldier
2013-02-01 22:52:11
Apparently Silvestri recorded a cue for the Moonlight Serenade sequence. Rest was all mock-ups and anyway, whatever he did write, good or bad, there was no doubt Bruckheimer would find any lousy excuse just to get Hans on board.
Edmund Meinerts
2013-02-02 14:48:05
If The Mummy Returns and Van Helsing from around the same time are anything to go by, Silvestri's score would have been fantastic! Very different, of course, but probably really entertaining.
Trent Easton Navarro
2013-02-02 16:41:57
As enjoyable as Badelt?Zimmer's score is, I think Silvestri would have written a great score for this one. Like Edmund said, The Mummy Returns and Van Helsing were pretty awesome, as were his previous scores for Verbinski.
2013-02-03 18:53:34
Of course Silvestri's not a bad composer, but i'm pretty sure he would never have reached the level of epicness of the 2d and 3rd movies scores!
2013-02-04 01:42:52
Not that this is related to Silvestri, but Dead Man's Chest didn't really feel "epic" to me. There were new themes for Davy Jones and the Kraken, and some new motifs for Jack Sparrow, but overall the score felt like a continuation of the score for the first movie.
But yeah...At World's End was really epic. :P
2013-02-04 01:51:26
Of course, you're entitled to your opinion. You didn't ask what mine was, I just gave it. Sorry about that.
2013-02-05 15:46:52
Is the trailer music composed by HZ or Alan Silvestri? According to the trailer credits: "Music by Alan Silvestri", but the theme in the end is used by HZ for his Pirate's scores.
Hybrid Soldier
2013-02-05 16:38:54
The trailer music is a Drop Zone cue by HZ. And Silvestri's credited cause the trailer is from before he was fired !
2013-02-05 17:06:43
2013-02-07 10:32:39
Am I the only one that finds it ironic the trailer cue is by zimmer and before silvestri got fired? :P
2013-02-07 13:16:21
Maybe after the trailer they realized that Zimmer's music is more suitable for the Pirates' universe. Better late than never!:-)
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|| 2013-02-01 21:58:17
Ignoring the question of whether there SHOULD be a Pirates 5, does anyone think there will be one? If so, is it likely that Hans will score it?
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2013-02-01 22:16:30
I think it's almost certain that Hans will score fifth Pirates. And no, there should not be any more Pirates ;)
2013-02-02 02:20:59
There's definitely gonna be another one, although there really shouldn't. And honestly, I don't even want Hans to do another one. I think he said everything he wanted to say with the trilogy, especially in At World's End, which was a great confluence of all the themes ideas from all the movies. The fourth movie was redundant in every possible way and so was the score.
2013-02-02 03:17:34
I don't think there should be a Pirates 5, either, and that is partially because I doubt Hans would want to do it. I know Hybrid said all the temp music in On Stranger Tides was the director's fault, and I'm sure that's true, but it's a safe bet, I think, that Hans is ready to be done with these movies. In fact, he even said in an interview for POTC4 how you can only do so much with a given set of themes, and that he thought they were done after the third movie, and that he didn't even think there would be a second and third film--as in, he never really planned on doing any sequels.
However, that's not to say that I'd mind a score to Pirates 5 if Hans is able to come up with a good amount of new material, rather than being forced to temp the majority of the thing.
2013-02-02 03:30:00
I don`t think so.
2013-02-02 03:33:21
Racket, which part were you replying to, the question of whether there will be another movie, or the question of whether Hans will compose it?
2013-02-02 12:58:08
There will be a new one, Disney announced it 2 weeks ago. It's planned for 2015 if i'm right. I want Geoff Zanelli or Lorne Balfe to score it, not Zimmer anymore. I like him a lot but we need some fresh air and a composer who really WANTS to do that!
Trent Easton Navarro
2013-02-02 16:37:58
"I want Geoff Zanelli or Lorne Balfe to score it, not Zimmer anymore. I like him a lot but we need some fresh air and a composer who really WANTS to do that!"
As if Zimmer really would write all of the score himself :P He'll probably get the main credit, but his minions will do all the work ;)
2013-02-04 01:54:52
I want Zimmer to score it if he makes new stuff. If not Zimmer, I think Geoff Zanelli, Lorne Balfe, and whoever else has worked on these movies should collaborate using Hans' themes.
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|| 2011-09-22 01:23:10
This is the most random of questions, but is the "Black Pearl" theme (Swords Crossed, To The Pirates' Cave, ect) by HZ or Klaus Badelt?
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2011-09-22 03:49:51
I'm not sure anyone knows that--but I could be wrong. This whole score sounds uniformly the same (redundancy, anyone?). I mean, yeah, I can recognize the different themes, but I couldn't say which themes according to their styles were written by which composers.
I do know that Geoff Zanelli likes to write tribal-type music like all the cannibal stuff for Dead Man's Chest, or the Morlock Attack from Klaus Badelt's "The Time Machine". Knowing this, I suppose I could pick out the pieces written by him for this score--now that I see what they are...alas, this is no help to you, cheesy.
Hybrid Soldier
2011-09-22 13:34:41
Questions for me, Pirates specialist summoned !
You must know that most of the POTC themes come from... other films !
Anyway, HZ wrote most of the themes (all the Jack Sparrow themes, the main theme etc...)
I know for sure that Klaus wrote the "Underwater March" theme (which is basically from The Road To El Dorado) and the "dark" theme of the film (heard in Fog Bound, with the pan flute "tut, tut, tiiii tut" (lol).
Blake Neely wrote the theme in the "Liz on the Pearl / Parlay" sequence. It's not on OST but was on POTC 2's (and 3's) OST.
Jim Dooley wrote (with no credit... don't ask lol) the "Tortuga" theme which came back regularly in POTC 2 (he actually ripped it from a short film he had scored a couple of years earlier, Embryo).
2011-09-22 14:43:19
About the Parlay track, where did you get the name for it? (Elizabeth was never referred to as Liz in the movie.) On most if not all of the bootleg scores, it is named "Parlay" and I'm fairly certain that it originated from one of the DVD menus.
For the longest time, I thought it was a theme written for Tia Dalma, as that is the track it appears in on the PotC2 OST. But then I started looking at the first one's score, and found that theme there as well.
I'm pretty sure it is not on PotC3's OST. If anywhere, it would be in "Davy Jones, the Man" found on the 2CD bootleg that recently surfaced. Perhaps, you could tell me where I might have overlooked it--or if I am even discussing the same thing you are, Hybrid.
Hybrid Soldier
2011-09-25 12:45:07
Listen closely people...
The very beginning (kinda military drum) of Medallion Calls is from Black Hawk Down.
The "Bill Turner" theme (sort of), in the same track, when Sparrow is watching the hanged skeletons, is a segment from Pearl Harbor's Air Battle.
The film's main theme (He's A Pirates) shares many notes with The Rock's main theme.
The "Underwater March" theme is from Road To El Dorado.
The segment at 0:37 of "The Black Pearl" is basically an arrangement of the guitar section in "The Battle" from Gladiator, and the rest of the cue have strong similarities with The Battle as well.
HZ's dark theme starting Swords Crossed is from Crimson Tide (Mutiny, the very slow background theme). And in the same track, the Moonlight Serenade section with Liz "touring" on the skeleton Pearl is just from Black Hawk Down (Tribal War).
The theme in Skulls & Crossbones is from Drop Zone (Too Many Notes...), and the basic rythm starting "To The Pirates' Cave" is from Drop Zone as well (listen the beginning of Miami Jump).
The segment starting at 1:08 of Bootstrap's Boostraps is from Broken Arrow, reprised in El Dorado (the Pirates one is really identical to the El Dorado variation).
And about unreleased parts, the short "Tortuga" segment by Dooley is as I said from a 2001 short film he scored, Embryo (check samples on Jim's website).
The beginning of the Pirates Attack at the end of the film, kinda suspence sequence, is just identical to a Peacemaker cue (Nuclear Foult...).
And I'm probably missing some...
Savvy ? :P
2011-09-25 14:37:21
Hybrid, thanks for all the informative information!!!
2011-09-25 19:17:51
Suddenly my appreciation of this score is somewhat diminished!
Hybrid Soldier
2011-09-25 20:28:16
Don't get me wrong, POTC is one of my favorite score of all time, I know almost every bit by heart. ;)
But this score was such a mess, done in 3 weeks (from the very first second of score to final mixing). No real options left... The result is surprisingly great ! xD
2011-11-29 15:24:03
@ Hybrid
who are you, that you know so many things about Hans Zimmer and all the composers?
that's amazing!! :)
2012-10-14 03:28:32
Actually, the LEGO Pirates game has credits for several of the Curse of the Black Pearl tracks in the credits, and Zimmer worked on all but tracks 1, 3, 8, 9, and 10 according to it. :)
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|| 2011-11-28 13:45:35
i don't understand why on the cover stands: Original Music Composed and Conducted by Klaus Badelt
Why isn't Hans Zimmer there mentioned?
i really don't understand, so please tell me!
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2011-11-28 14:36:46
This looks like a job for Hybrid Soldier! I could try to come up with an answer but it would largely be BS, or my own opinion as to why that happened. I'll bet Hybrid could help you out.
2011-11-29 10:07:55
Zimmer worked unofficially, had contract with Zwick and Last Samurai
2011-11-29 15:20:57
Tank you guys...
you helped me a lot !!! :)
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|| 2011-09-19 21:19:23
Here it is!
Disc 1
01. Fog Bound
02. Jack Sparrow
03. The Medallion Calls
04. Sparrow Escapes
05. Donkey
06. Swords Crossed
07. Nice Juicy Bone
08. The Pearl Arrives
09. The Gold Calls Us
10. No Luck At All
11. Skulls
12. Parlay
13. Jack's Plan
14. Commandeering The Ship
15. Tortuga
16. The Dark Ship
17. Barbossa Is Hungry
18. Moonlight Serenade
19. Ghost Stories
20. To The Pirates' Cave
21. Sea Turtles
22. Blood Ritual
23. Will & Elizabeth
24. Broadside
25. She Goes Free
Disc 2
01. Walk The Plank
02. Jack & Elizabeth
03. Bootstrap's Bootstraps
04. Jack's Proposition
05. Underwater March
06. Something Incredibly Stupid
07. Epic Battle (Part 1)
08. Epic Battle (Part 2)
09. One Last Shot
10. Ambush At The Gallows
11. He's A Pirate
12. Drink Up Me Hearties
13. Credits Suite
14. Pirates, Day One, 4:56AM (Demo) Hans Zimmer
15. Donkey (Alternate)
16. He's A Pirate (Alternate)
17. Pirates, Day One, 4:56AM (Album Version) Hans Zimmer
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2011-10-02 06:01:03
Yeah it's true
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|| 2011-05-01 02:37:40
There is an expanded version out, seems legit, no SFX or dialog and good sound quality.
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2011-05-23 19:42:22
2011-09-11 04:03:26
Is there a tracklist you can provide?
Mr. Fate
2011-09-11 04:15:35
No track list necessary. All you have to do is search "Curse of the Black Pearl Expanded Score" and you'll get literally like ten different variations of the score which all have been expanded by adding in music that plays on the DVD menus...Granted, you'll have to search around if you want them all, but they all contain more or less the same amount of music.
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|| 2011-05-07 15:23:38
There is now a Lego game out for the Pirates Movies. The previous star wars lego games had some unreleased score tracks from the movies...so there can be hope that it is the same for lego pirates. Someone with a console should check that out :)
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2011-05-23 17:58:13
Sadly, there's no new music.
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Anyone know if the cue where Elizabeth is captured and the raid on her town is available? I don't think it is on the "expanded" or soundtrack...
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Replies: 0 || 2011-03-13 00:00:00
Does anyone know if there are any commercially unreleased tracks on composers' websites or promos that I can listen to from this? The commercial CD just is not enough :(
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@ Hybrid soldier
this is similar to The Rock, which in my understand is Nick glennie smiths score, with help from zimmer and harry, but poor nick didnt get the recognition he deserves.
While we are at this topic, could you please tell us what happened that led to the kicking out of badelt from rcp, there are allot of speculations, has it something to do with that badelt didnt credit other composers such as zimmer and others for their involvement in the pirates score. Please i have been wondering about that for ages. please an answer would be great,
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Hybrid Soldier
Replies: 0 || 2011-01-03 00:00:00
Well The Rock is complicated in its own way as almost all the themes Nick had originally written got rejected and replaced by HZ's ! And then it was a mess with the help of many guys on the score (HGW, Don Harper, Steven Stern, Russ Landau...) !
As for the end of KB at (ex) MV... There's not much I know... It didn't end very well between KB and some of the other MV members... Let's say it was good for everybody that he left... Especially for KB, who ended up doing very well these days... ;)
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Yeah, I'm not saying KB didn't anything in there, and as I said, it clearly has a lot of him... But he acted more like a supervising composer with HZ...
He went from studio to studio to explain what was needed to Ramin Djawadi, Geoff Zanelli etc... Helped them choosing a direction, correcting what was wrong... And of course, he did several cues on his own, like the Fog Bound opening... Zimmer helped in the same way, for instance he reworked himself Jim Dooley's Commandeering The Interceptor (second part of OST's Blood Ritual).
But there was such a short amount of time, only 2 weeks to write, that it was nearly impossible for the guys in charge (meaning HZ & KB) to do a lot themselves and make sure everybody was doing good... A bit more than 100 min to write is a lot... And I'm not talking about the last minutes reworks, with stuff edited, overdub production and all... Such a mess !!!
So, to be fair, the cover would have needed Music by Hans Zimmer & Klaus Badelt... ;)
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Replies: 0 || 2011-01-02 00:00:00
I'm really wondering if Badelt was so "off" with this project.
I think POTC is definitely a teamwork project. This is why it sometimes sounds as if each cue was from a different guy.
Zimmer had an involvement in the early stages of the writing process (themes and some arrangements), and you have Badelt trying to make nearly 2 hours of music sound as a whole, running from studio to studio, arranging some bits by himself.
Of course it sounds "zimmerish" because it's MV / RCP style of samples and arrangements, but it also has some typical "Badelt" manierisms. Honestly, the real credits in the cover should be :
Main themes : Hans Zimmer
Score supervisor : Klaus Badelt
Arrangements : The MV/RCP team
Oh and, Happy New Year ! ;)
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Hybrid Soldier
Replies: 0 || 2011-01-01 00:00:00
Well it's just he had a contract to score The Last Samurai, and promised Ed Zwick & Tom Cruise he would completely focuse on their score, not moonlighting on another score... So he did Pirates "secretly"...
Of course, the joke didn't last long, and when POTC came out, Cruise came to HZ to say "Good work on POTC ;)" ! Busted !!! :)
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Alright, I'm not one for stirring up controversy, but I just thought I'd ask while I was thinking about it. This is a question for you Hybrid: How much of this score is Hans Zimmer? And why is Hans Zimmer listed as the official "composer" above and Klaus Badelt as "additional music" when Badelt gets the official title in the film and on the soundtrack? Is this score really Zimmer's or did Klaus Badelt have more influence on the other two films than is listed? Thanks so much for the help and I look forward to hearing what you have to say.
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Replies: 0 || 2011-01-01 00:00:00
Brad, Hans wrote almost all the main themes... He's A Pirate, Medallion Calls, The Black Pearl, One Last Shot...
I can only think of the dark theme for the Black Pearl being Klaus...
HZ did all the tunes there, chose what should be used as samples an general orchestrations... So it's basically his score...
All the additional music guys helped a lot arranging it, and let's KB was more in charge than them... His influence remains important in this score... But ironically, scores he didn't get a lot of credit for, like Mission Impossible 2 or Gladiator, were actually more his than POTC... :P
HZ didn't get credit for legal reason (The Last Samurai) so didn't put his name on it, but it's his score anyway...
And for the sequels, KB just didn't work on them at all, but got some official credits on several stuff reused from the first film...
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Hybrid, thanks for the information. But if you don't mind my asking, what were the legal reasons for keeping Zimmer's name off the score? I always was wondering about these soundtracks. So basically all of the Pirates scores are Zimmer's? I would be interested to know what kind of influence Badelt really had on the Gladiator score. Maybe you could put that in your next post in that epic Tracklist thread in the forums, Hybrid. Well, nonetheless, thanks for the info and I'll be interested to hear your further responses. Thanks.
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@Hybrid Soldier
Interesting. Well thanks for the info. I always find it interesting to learn all i can about the soundtracks I own.
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Madison Square Garden Entertainment (MSGE) and Tnemec, the manufacturer of the world's most advanced line of protective coatings, announced today that the exterior color of the "Fabulous" Forum has officially been renamed "Forum Red," and will be available globally.
In 1967, Jack Kent Cooke originally constructed the Forum as a new home for the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers and the NHL's Los Angeles Kings. The new building, which was designed by renowned Los Angeles architect Charles Luckman, was painted "California sunset red." Two decades later, this striking color was changed to a more staid blue. Now, with The Madison Square Garden Company's (MSG) reinvention of this iconic building, the exterior color of the Forum has returned to its original vibrant red in an effort to replicate Luckman's original design. To commemorate the completion of the exterior of the building, today, Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts and local children applied the final brushstrokes of "Forum Red" to the iconic venue.
"We are thrilled to be bringing this iconic Southern California landmark back to its original glory," said Melissa Ormond, president, MSG Entertainment. "Thanks to its unsurpassed acoustics and warm intimate arena experience, the Forum has earned a special place in music history that will now be commemorated through Tnemec's 'Forum Red,' which will be offered around the globe."
"Tnemec is proud to be involved with the renovation of the Forum," said Tony Hobbs, southern California territory manager, Tnemec. "With the combined goals of historical tribute and long-term coating performance, the newly named 'Forum Red' will ensure unprecedented color and gloss for this extraordinary venue for years to come."
The "return to red" is a nod to the days when the Forum not only served as home to the LA Lakers and Kings, but also hosted the greatest musicians of the day, including the Rolling Stones, The Jackson 5, Led Zeppelin, Elvis Presley, Elton John, Bob Dylan, The Who, Jimi Hendrix, Eagles, and many more.
The Forum is currently undergoing a reinvention that will create a thriving venue for both artists and music fans. The Forum will open in January as the largest indoor performance venue in the country designed with a focus on music and entertainment. Architecturally, the interior of the bowl will be completely modernized and feature flexible seating, ranging from 17,500 seats to 8,000 seats, enabling the venue to attract a wide variety of events. In addition to completely refurbished concourses, fans will enjoy approximately 8,000 square feet of new event level hospitality offerings, including food and beverage, merchandise and bathrooms. A tinted glass wall will separate this concession area from the arena floor; ensuring fans do not miss a moment of the performance. Additionally, the Forum will deliver a one-of-a-kind experience for artists thanks to its superior acoustics, intimate ambiance and state-of-the-art facilities. The new Forum was designed with artists in mind and will include seven, star-caliber dressing rooms that feature upgraded amenities, providing an unparalleled experience for all entertainers and performers.
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MySpace turned it up to 11 today by launching MySpace Music, a joint venture we first heard about back in April between the social networking giant and the big four music labels. As a dedicated new section of the main MySpace site, MySpace Music offers a five-million-strong catalog of songs for free web streaming or for purchase as MP3s from Amazon. The record labels are placing big bets on this move, so we spoke with Steve Pearman, MySpace's SVP of Product Strategy, about what this means for the music industry and the MySpace community.
Since MySpace was founded in part on helping musicians get their songs in front of an audience, MySpace Music feels like a natural evolution for the site. Independent artists have long been able to upload their music; users could add the streaming tunes to their profiles or, more recently, download them. But today, MySpace joins others like Rhapsody and imeem in the web streaming movement by adding a healthy catalog of major artists from all four of the big labels, as well as independent distributor The Orchard. Unfortunately, however, MySpace Music is currently available only to US users.
All songs are completely free to stream in their entirety, and a new Flash music player embedded across various areas of the site allows for browsing the entire catalog or tracks from a particular artist. Songs can be added to a top 10 list (for display on one's profile) or to an unlimited number of custom playlists (which can only hold 100 songs each). For you closet pop music fans, playlists can be kept public or private so you don't have to let others find out about your Pussycat Dolls obsession.
"You're effectively building a music collection here, but they're all up in the cloud," Pearman told Ars. "Previous models have been about scarcity and building walls around content. Subscription services were cool but didn't work on the one device that everybody had. We figured that there was a model around building a business and opening content up."
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MySpace will, of course, rely heavily on advertisements displayed while rocking out to music, but it has also partnered with Amazon to incorporate an MP3 store for purchasing tracks. Each song can be purchased as a DRM-free MP3 download, and Amazon's optional PC and Mac-compatible downloader allows songs to be effortlessly shuffled into iTunes and Windows Media Player. Users don't need to use this downloader, however.
With the launch of these new features, MySpace did its best to boost the odds for the labels by integrating the music experience across its entire site. When visiting an artist's or friend's page, any single embedded in his or her profile can be added to your own playlists with a couple clicks. A "Featured Playlists" section will highlight not just what's on top artists' iPods, but playlists from MySpace users who "make kickass playlists."
During the purchase and download process from Amazon, artist merchandise like t-shirts and coffee mugs are recommended, fulfilling MySpace chief executive Chris DeWolfe's statement of "monetizing [the artists] in five or six different ways."
When we asked Pearman about the exact nature of MySpace Music's joint partnership with the labels, he wouldn't comment. He would say, though, that MySpace music has been spun out to be "its own entity with its own staff. Its own company, really." This gives it "the liberty to try new things. The labels are on board to try and figure out what the future looks like."
When it comes to independent artists, however, things aren't as positive just yet. Ars has heard from indie distributors like Merlin and A2IM who are upset that they aren't being offered the same equity stake in MySpace Music that the major labels got.
"It is incredibly disappointing that MySpace will launch their new service without having finalized a deal with the world's most important independent labels and artists. It certainly makes Chris DeWolfe's public statements, that the 'indie bands are really the heart of MySpace,' ring extremely hollow," said independent label licensing collective Merlin CEO Charles Caldas. "What is absolutely clear, however, is that any independent deal struck without an equity component (as was done with the majors), will see independent labels face a situation whereby their major competitors will profit from the use of their repertoire without an appropriate upside opportunity being extended to them by MySpace Music and its major label equity partners"
It's no secret that, while digital music sales have been steadily rising, CD sales have slumped. But amidst a growing number of digital outlets with varying business models, MySpace already has a massive US user base of around 80 million users, all who now have unfettered access to a large catalog and the six degrees of product marketing that comes with it.


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Islands are dotted along Queensland's 7,000km coastline and are scattered up to and along the Great Barrier Reef. From the world's largest sand islands in the south east to the unspoiled paradise of the Torres Strait, you'll find an island to fit your next family escape, couple retreat or solo adventure.
Whether you're after soft silica sand or isolated coral cays with easy access to the reef, our islands have footprint-ready beaches that'll entice you to throw down a towel, prep your beach umbrella or set up camp and relax.
Venture beyond the beach on most islands and you'll find freshwater creeks, hiking trails and lush rainforests to explore. Intrepid travellers or budding photographers hungry for their next shoot location will find look outs and peaks to capture sunrises, sunsets and ocean views any time in between.
And when you're exhausted, retreat to your luxury resort or budget accommodation. Either way, you'll make island memories that'll last a lifetime.
Take your pick of the 900 islands off Queensland's coast, starting in the Whitsundays. Visit one of its 74 tropical islands, and be sure to stick your feet in the sand of the famous Whitehaven Beach. From Townsville, you'll be within reach of koalas along historical hikes on Magnetic Island, pick your own private beach on Orpheus Island (after you arrive by helicopter) and make your way around the Thorsborne Trail on Jurassic-esque Hinchinbrook Island.
Tropical North Queensland is where you'll find Fitzroy Island, a balmy paradise with its own fringe coral reef system and the best beach in Australia, Nudey Beach. From Cairns you'll also be able to heli, fly or ferry into family-friendly Green Island, and luxe couple hot spots Lizard Island and Bedarra Island.
Towards the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef, you'll find the snorkel and dive trifecta, aka Lady Elliot, Heron and Lady Musgrave Islands. Walk off the beach at these eco-islands and be surrounded by gentle manta rays, friendly turtles and the rest of the Great Eight. So, grab your fins and mask, and snorkel straight into lagoons and bays teeming with new underwater friends.
Kitted-out with your fins and mask, snorkel next to Nemo and the whole cast within metres of the beach on Heron Island, Lady Elliot and Green Island. Lady Musgrave's 1,200-hectare lagoon is also teeming with turtles, manta rays, white and black-tipped sharks to grab a snorkelling selfie with as well. Follow the snorkel trails around Nelly Bay on Magnetic Island or snorkel the Tangalooma wrecks surrounded by turquoise waters and wildlife of the underwater kind.
Lower your tyre pressure and get your 4WD sandy on one of the largest sand islands in the world. While Fraser Island is the ultimate beach driving island in Queensland, North Stradbroke Island, Moreton Island and Bribie Island are also popular spots to test your 4WD skills. If you'd rather play passenger, you can book tours with experienced guides that will do all the hard work for you.
Take a leisure or adventure cruise along the Great Barrier Reef and admire our islands from a distance, or get up close and personal with a day tour. Cruise past the tip of Cape York and into the Torres Strait, a cluster of over 133 islands where summer lasts 9 months of the year. While you're there, learn about the Torres Strait culture, visit art galleries and museums or reel in a trophy-worthy fish.
Turn your island day trip into an overnight escape (or stay even longer to get the full island treatment). Take in an island sunset or a sunrise from your swaying hammock on the beach… Ahhh.
Romantic getaways, honeymoons and extravagant Valentine's Day escapes are simple on a Queensland island.
Adventurous couples may opt for hiking, camping and kayaking on Hinchinbrook Island, driving around in a topless car on Magnetic Island or 4WDing on Fraser Island, North Stradbroke Island and Moreton Island.
Culture vulture couples will enjoy a round trip to the Torres Strait, where they can engulf themselves in the Indigenous Torres Strait culture and history.
Island escapes offer the perfect family break from your hectic life. They're a chance for your family to reconnect, have fun and make memories together.
Families with babies, toddlers and tots should head for Hamilton Island in the Whitsundays. When you're on the island, Guest Services can take care of all your needs from organising spots at the day care centre, to providing prams and baby seats for your mini golf cart (available for hire on the island).
Adventurous families will love Green Island, 35 minutes by ferry from Cairns. The resort is family-friendly and there's a lot for kids to learn and do on the island. From snorkelling to glass-bottom boat tours, your kids will be entertained, and you will be relaxed.
Outdoorsy families, pack the 4WD and head straight for Fraser Island on the Fraser Coast. With freshwater creeks, abundant wildlife and a whopping 45 national park camping grounds to choose from, your family will be setting up camp and roasting marshmallows in no time.
Treat the kids (and yourselves) to either Heron Island or Lady Elliot Island, the ultimate family-friendly resorts. Both are natural playgrounds with over 1,200 species of marine life and have a Junior Reef Rangers program where kids from five to 12 can learn about the reef and conservation. Kingfisher Bay Resort on Fraser Island also offers a wildlife warriors program. Here your kids will learn all about mangroves, tidal zones and even go stargazing.
If your kids want to hand feed wild dolphins or slide down huge sand dunes, Tangalooma Island Resort on Moreton Island is your next family holiday destination. Your kids will love swimming, kayaking and snorkelling around the Tangalooma wrecks, too.


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Okay, I have wanted to do this for some time and now I am actually going to get round to it. I'd like to create a program or a routine that "drills" me on certain things that I would like to get better at and repeat them to the point that I instantly know my drills off by heart and can build up my knowledge base in this particular point with 100% accuracy(or work towards this).
I'd like to call each drill test... a module if you will... and i'd like to be able to add, remove, run concurrent drills with certain results captured at the end of each session.
How would you guys go about this? Pls bare in my I have zero Java programming experience and I am not in a position to pay anyone to build this, its more a labor of love. I feel like creating some form of .csv IO that links directly into an access database or excel spreadsheet to capture my results... pls advise if there is a better way to do this?
I feel like that hardest part will be actually building the modules as i have soo many that i'd like to create with limited skills however like i say its going to be a labor of the love making so i will enjoy it


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Tuesday, 1 January 2013
Sign Of My Times
This WAS going to be my last post for this blog. New Year's hardly ever felt "happy" in that I wasn't satisfied with the year that had gone by, and the year that was to come didn't feel like it was going to get any better.
Around this time I felt stung by the favoritism and insincerity of certain people around me. In many ways I've been doing the same thing for six years and not a lot to show for that. I thought it was a good time to kind of disappear quietly. An untitled post and a picture.
I saw this in Shibuya while I was drinking with some friends. It struck a chord with me, and it gave me the release to say goodbye.
So why the change?
The purpose of this blog was to document my time in Japan. Even now I look back and remember the things I did, the junk I bought and where I went. It's been nice that some people have enjoyed my ride and I've liked the feedback from people that have stumbled onto my blog.
A friend mentioned that no one cares if I ate ramen in a restaurant and I kind of agree with that sentiment. My most popular post is my How to use a UFJ ATM write up by far. So maybe less repetition, and maybe a few posts that you guys might be interested in along the way.
In my absence I've been helping lost tourists with directions which made me feel all good inside, so if any of you have a question or just want to say hi, leave a comment or find me on twitter. Give me another reason to keep this going.
I can't promise to be more prolific in postings, but I'm still here, ok?
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Zones, Day 1
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I didn't swim yesterday; felt too poorly. I felt somewhat better today, but was still tired with low energy. I think I needed a couple more days for a return to full health. Given that, I'm extremely happy with my times today. But, ouch, they felt rough.
50 free, 28.6
I had a great start (12 SDKs) and felt good for about 35-40 meters and then struggled to the wall with a long glide at the finish. I was expecting a 29, so was very happy to see 28.6. This is .6 faster than last year and only .4 off the WR. Probably due to doing more freestyle with healthier shoulders. But, yikes, I felt done after this.
50 back, 32.41, WR
I had about 50-55 minutes rest after 50 back, but with the way I feel this was not enough. I had another good start, but only felt strong for 25 meters. I had a half body length over Fall at that point, but she cruised by me. I just felt dead. I was pleased to dip under my WR by a few hundredths. But honestly, I feel like I should be a good half second faster. I can't seem to get back to my tech suit PR. I've had life issues before a focus meet 3 long course seasons in a row. Is this a message that I should stick to short course?
I felt sickish in the warm down pool. Mollie said I was very flushed.
Mixed 200 medley relay, 2nd
I swam the backstroke leg. I was exhausted so decided to slow down my turnover and build it. Went 33.1. John, Cheryl and Alex were all very speedy, but we got nipped by VMST -- probably because Chris Stevenson crushed me on the backstroke leg!
I thought I had purchased a ticket for the social, but apparently I had not. This was fine as I went out for fabulous barbecue with my team, which is now full of fast boys who like to compete. We went to Buzz & Ned's and it lived up to its rave reviews.
I'm now back in my room cursing myself for once again forgetting my compression garments. My upper body takes more of a beating in long course.
I'm going to scratch the 50 breast tomorrow. I have the same 50-55 minutes rest before 50 fly. But I want to save whatever energy I have for fly without the evilstroke evilly interfering. 50 fly was my focus event for this meet after all, so I'm going to focus on it. The 100 breast is only 15 minutes after 50 fly. Who thinks I'll make it to the starting blocks?
Considering all I have going on with the move and the girls, I feel lucky to have even gotten in a long course meet. Our summer league team won its first A meet today and Lil Fort had PRs in 50 breast and 50 fly. She dropped three seconds in breast, and I'm wondering if she's becoming a bit of an evilstroker ...


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Love Is Spoken Here
1. (Girls) I see my mother kneeling with our family each day.
I hear the words she whispers as she bows her head to pray.
Her plea to the Father quiets all my fears,
And I am thankful love is spoken here.
2. (Boys) Mine is a home where ev'ry hour is blessed by the strength of priesthood pow'r,
With father and mother leading the way,
Teaching me how to trust and obey;
And the things they teach are crystal clear,
For love is spoken here.
[3rd ending] I can often feel the Savior near
When love is spoken here.
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Music: Janice Kapp Perry
Artist: Perry
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Composition Date: 1981-03-01
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SURF: mophie Catches Waves as Rip Curl Pro Sponsor
March 26, 2013
mophie Catches Waves as Rip Curl Pro Sponsor
Santa Ana, Calif. — mophie™, developer of accessories that allow consumers do more with their portable devices, today announced it has signed on as a sponsor at the upcoming Rip Curl Pro Bells Beach, the longest running surf contest in the world, being held at Torquay, Australia, which runs from March 27 to April 7. mophie's sponsorship further demonstrates its commitment to the art and sport of surfing, providing riders with the ability to capture every tube ride, cutback and bottom turn of the competition with its OutRide solution, a wide-angle, waterproof mounting system for the iPhone that eliminates the need for a dedicated action sports camera.
"The Rip Curl is an iconic platform for us to gain global exposure for the OutRide iPhone mounting system and add international footage to the community sharing video using the OUTRIDE app," said Ross Howe, vice president of marketing, mophie. "Our company has grown up in the surf community of southern California and it's fitting that we have a presence at this legendary event."
While contestants at the competition vie for the chance to "ring the bell," mophie OutRide cameras will be used to capture exclusive shots from the skis in the water, giving online Rip Curl Pro viewers an OutRide perspective of the action taking place. Contest attendees will be able to visit mophie charging stations on Bells Beach to enjoy the benefits of keeping their devices powered up for every photo, tweet, text and video from the event. In addition to generating widespread exposure for mophie to the surf community, the sponsorship agreement will help leverage new retail relationships, expanding distribution across Australia with Rip Curl retail chains.
To learn more about mophie or see its full offering of portable power solutions, please visit www.mophie.com. For information on the Rip Curl Pro, visit http://live.ripcurl.com/bells-beach-home-2013.html#popup-1.
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"You've reached what was previously known as Madiba Miami," says the recorded voice on the telephone. "We are now open for private parties and catering only."
And so we bid farewell to this hip import from Brooklyn, which had seemingly settled in comfortably on the west side of South Beach. The fun and funky eatery, named after a term of endearment for Nelson Mandela, was based on the traditional South African Shebeen, an informal social hall of sorts. The initial New Times review of the restaurant was lukewarm, but word of mouth was positive over the years, and the downstairs club had become a Beach bastion for reggae music on the weekends. Seems possible that nearby Sardinia, packing in the crowds on a nightly basis, stole Madiba's thunder, but that is merely speculation -- the owners as of this writing have not returned New Times' phone call. -Lee Klein
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Congress Acts to Improve Visa Process, Petition Tips, IRS to Step Up Tax Enforcement (11/08/2007)
Congress Acts to Improve Visa Process
Advocacy by the nonprofit performing arts sector, including recent targeted advocacy efforts by orchestras, is producing results on the Hill.
Yesterday, legislation to improve the visa process for artists was approved by the House Judiciary commitee. The "Arts Require Timely Service (ARTS) Act", sponsored by Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) and 10 other bipartisan congressional leaders, would make the artist visa process more reliable, efficient, and affordable for nonprofit arts-related petitioners.
In yesterday's House committee action, amendments that would have drastically limited the effectiveness of the ARTS Act were defeated and the Act was approved for consideration by the full U.S. House of Representatives.
An identical provision, S. 2178, has been introduced by Sens. John Kerry (D-MA) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT). As Congress finishes its work for 2007, the League and our colleagues in the Performing Arts Visa Task Force will continue to advance these improvements to the visa process. We will keep you posted regarding specific, strategic advocacy opportunities!
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Inside Tips for Your Next Petition
In late September, the League met with top officials at the processing unit in California - one of two locations that processes all arts-related visa petitions -to describe the visa obstacles encountered by orchestras and gain insights into the petition process.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officials were welcoming, listened to the concerns of arts petitioners, and provided helpful information about the current visa process. The California processing center alone receives nearly 60,000 petitions each month for a wide array of visa classifcations for workers and visitors traveling to the United States. Simply getting an artist's petition through the mailroom can be a significant challenge.
We've updated the ArtistsfromAbroad.org web site to reflect new tips that can help your visa petition makes its way more quickly and reliably.
Avoid Delays and Expense - Follow these Tips!
IRS to Step Up Tax Enforcement
Foreign artists are subject to specific tax withholding rules. The IRS has recently announced plans to beef up enforcement of these withholding requirements. According to an IRS official, "The bottom line is the IRS is concerned that foreign athletes and entertainers pay their fair share of withholding tax and do the proper reporting for earnings in the United States."
To be sure your orchestra is familiar with the tax requirements for foreign guest artists, please consult the tax section of the Artists from Abroad web site.
As the IRS considers creating new guidance and outreach regarding foreign artist withholding, the League and our national partners are conveying the unique concerns of the nonprofit performing arts community.
Learn about Tax Rules for Foreign Artists
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Ohio Senate race most expensive this year
Brown, Mandel fight for seat
Nowhere is as much money being spent on a Senate race this year as in Ohio, where liberal Democrat Sherrod Brown is seeking a second term, his fate to some degree dependent on how well President Barack Obama does in the state's tossup presidential contest.
Outside interest groups are flooding the state with money. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, business and conservative groups are pouring money into the state in support of Republican challenger Josh Mandel; and labor, environmental and other liberal groups are spending on behalf of Brown.
Crossroads GPS, an independent group associated with Republican strategist Karl Rove, the Chamber and other Mandel backers have spent a combined $15 million against Brown, and plan to spend $6.7 million more before November.
Their goal is to return the Senate to GOP control after six years of being run by Democrats. They need a net pickup of four seats - three if Republican Mitt Romney wins the White House - and one of their juicier targets is Brown, who voted 100 percent with the AFL-CIO in 2010 but only 9 percent with the Chamber of Commerce.
Environmental, labor and political committees lining up against Mandel, the Republican state treasurer, have spent a combined $3.1 million. Even after outraising Mandel's campaign committee by $5 million, Brown has been significantly overspent.
Brandon Twyman, 22, a movie theater worker in Columbus, views all the ads as a waste of good TV time.
"People want to get their point across, I understand that, but at the same time you're wasting millions of dollars where millions of dollars could go somewhere else," he said. "To me, I don't think it's necessary."
Brown's surprise victory six years ago in this closely divided swing state made him the first Democrat the state had sent to the Senate since former astronaut John Glenn's retirement in 1999. A well-known Ohio figure, he's maintained a single-digit lead over Mandel in polls, but he's also struggling to break 50 percent and could be vulnerable if Obama falters badly in November.
His critics try to tie Brown with presidential priorities least popular in the closely divided state - including the health care overhaul and energy policies they paint as anti-coal. One of the most recent TV spots funded by Crossroads GPS asks: "Who's the biggest supporter of the Obama agenda in Ohio? It's Sherrod Brown."
Before Obama bounced back in the polls, Mandel called Brown a rubber stamp for the president's policies.
Brown defends his vote for Obama's health care overhaul and his support for the auto industry bailout. In a recent ad, he kicked the tire of an auto made of Ohio parts and noted that the bailout had saved more than 800,000 Ohio jobs. It turned out the tire he kicked wasn't made in the state.
Mandel, from the Democrat-heavy Cleveland area that tends to produce more moderate Republicans, has walked a fine line on the bailout - saying it had its effective elements but wasn't the savior of the industry.
A Marine veteran who served two tours in Iraq, Mandel unseated the Democratic state treasurer in 2010 in his first statewide election. Republicans quickly recruited him to challenge Brown, figuring the youthful fiscal conservative could tap into the rising anger directed at longtime politicians in Washington.
"I'm 34. I look like I'm 19," Mandel likes to say while campaigning.
He appeals to voters to put a fresh face in Congress and paints Brown, 59, as a "career politician" who's been in office too long.
"Sherrod Brown has been a politician since Richard Nixon was president," Mandel said in an interview. "If Sherrod Brown was the answer to our problems, they would have been solved long ago."
Brown, who began his political career in 1974 as the youngest state representative in Ohio history, counters that Mandel is a job-hopper - moving rapidly from city council, to state legislator, state treasurer and now Senate candidate.
"Let's put it this way: I've served in four offices in my many years in government. He is running for his fourth office in less than 10 years," Brown said. "It's just one job after another, after another, on his way to being something, and I take this job more seriously than that."
Even before the outside spending, the two Senate campaigns have raised a record-setting $25 million - $15 million for Brown and $10 million for Mandel. That's more than the entire amount spent in each of the state's last two Senate races.
Ohio Democratic Party Chairman Chris Redfern credits Crossroads and other conservative groups with propping up Mandel.
"The only reason Josh Mandel's campaign is alive today is because Karl Rove continues to give it CPR," Redfern said.
Mandel called that "hogwash." He notes that ads against him also are being funded by outsiders, including the Service Employees International Union and the League of Conservation Voters. Majority PAC, an independent group supporting Democrats, has spent about $1.1 million.
Mandel is working against a tide of criticism - for breaking a promise to serve his four years as treasurer, giving jobs and raises to political operatives, and failing to attend meetings of an influential board he chairs for more than a year.
His office released a report this month saying his cost-cutting and streamlining initiatives led to a $1.6 million surplus during the most recent fiscal year.


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Training in contamination control is essential if GMP standards are to be adhered to. Ecolab offers products that provide effective training to new cleanroom staff across various aspects of contamination control, and can be used to test operator techniques on a regular basis so that high operational standards are maintained.
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The Matthews Public Works Department provides street lighting on residential streets and thoroughfares through contracts with Duke Power and Union Power, depending on location. The Town budgets approximately $300,000 each year simply for street lighting energy bills.
When street lights are out, citizens who use Duke Energy, can contact Duke Energy to report the street light outage at
Duke Street light outage or contact Duke energy at 1-800-769-3766.
If you use Union Power, you may report the street light outage at Union Power street light outage
or contact Union Power at 704-289-3145.
The normal policy of both companies is to repair burned out lights within 5 business days, unless there are specific wiring problems. If underground wiring is an issue then the policy is up to 10 business days.
Citizens and subdivisions requesting new or additional lights may follow the Town Street Lighting Policy to make these requests.
For Utilities that are planning any construction in a right of way, please visit our Other utilities section.
Whereas the northeast is known as the Snowbelt, the mid-Atlantic area is commonly referred to as the ice belt. This is an apt name as much of our winter precipitation takes the form as sleet, freezing rain, or rain that turns to ice once temperatures drop. This can be problematic as ice tends to cause more power outages and is definitely harder to drive on than snow.
The Town of Matthews is well-equipped to handle our winter events. We have two dump trucks and a pickup truck, each with a plow and salt spreader, as well as three more pickup trucks with plows to help keep our roads clean. We also have a pickup truck equipped to spray brine, a saltwater that helps to keep snow and ice from sticking to the roads, which make them easier to clear.
In preparation for a typical winter storm, we will check our trucks, generators and small equipment, such as chainsaws, to make sure that they are fueled and functioning properly. The day before, unless the forecast calls for rain first, we spray brine on bridges, overpasses, major roads, and areas in Town that have steep hills or sharp curves. You can see the areas that are typically sprayed with brine on our 2017 Brine Routes Map.
Once a storm has started, we have two teams of people who work on 12-hour shifts to plow the roads. Similar to the brine, we target major roads and dangerous areas first. These are the primary routes shown on our 2017 Snow Plow Routes Map. Once the storm has subsided enough that we can keep the primary routes clear, we work to clear the secondary routes.


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Florida ruling voids federal health reform
NEA: 'If states reject health care reform, our children lose'
WASHINGTON - January 31, 2011 -
U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson in Pensacola, Fla., handed down a ruling today on the multistate lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The health care reform law provides crucial protections from the insurance industry's worst abuses, including the denial of coverage for children with pre-existing conditions, and it expands health care coverage to millions of uninsured working families and their children. Judge Vinson agreed with Florida and the other states that joined the lawsuit about the unconstitutionality of the ACA's "individual mandate," which requires virtually all Americans to purchase health insurance. Arguing that the individual mandate could not be removed from the law without undermining the rest of health care reform, the judge voided the entire ACA. The ruling has been stayed pending appeal, so the law's important health care protections remain in effect.
The following statement can be attributed to National Education Association President Dennis Van Roekel:
"Our children will be the big losers if these states ultimately are successful in their challenge to the Affordable Care Act. The ACA puts health care within the reach of millions of Americans living just above the poverty level, many of whom are students in our classrooms. NEA's goal of a great public school for every student is only achievable if students come to school healthy and ready to learn.
"These states are spending taxpayers' dollars on a lawsuit in an attempt to deny health care coverage to uninsured working families while they are cutting health care services to our most vulnerable citizens. At the same time, non-partisan Congressional budget analysts estimate that doing away with health care reform will cost the federal government $250 billion over the next 10 years—another sign of the shortsightedness of the lawsuit."
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News | June 25, 2014
NASA Sets New Dates for Saucer-Shaped Test Vehicle Flight
NASA's Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator (LDSD) project plans to fly its rocket-powered, saucer-shaped landing technology test vehicle into near-space from the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF) on Kauai, Hawaii, later this week.
NASA has identified five potential launch dates for the high-altitude balloon carrying the LDSD experiment: June 28, 29, 30, July 1 and 3. The launch window for Saturday, June 28 extends from 8:15 to 9:30 a.m. Hawaii Standard Time (11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. PDT / 2:15 to 3:30 p.m. EDT).
The test will be carried live via Ustream and simulcast on NASA Television.
The vehicle originally was scheduled for its first test flight earlier in June, but unacceptable weather conditions prevented the launch.
Decisions to attempt launch of the LDSD test will be made the day before each launch opportunity date. NASA will issue launch advisories via the mission website, media advisories and on Twitter at:
https://twitter.com/NASA_Technology and https://twitter.com/NASA
NASA will stream live video of the test via Ustream at: http://www.ustream.tv/nasajpl2
The video may be intermittent based on test activities. Consult the LDSD website for real-time updates of the test.
For NASA TV streaming video, schedules and downlink information, visit: http://www.nasa.gov/nasatv
After the balloon reaches an altitude of 120,000 feet, the rocket-powered test vehicle will be dropped. Seconds later, its motor will fire, carrying it to 180,000 feet and as fast as about Mach 3.8. LDSD carries several onboard cameras.
More information about the LDSD space technology demonstration mission is online at: http://go.usa.gov/kzZQ
NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate funds the LDSD mission, a cooperative effort led by JPL. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, manages LDSD within the Technology Demonstration Mission Program Office. NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Wallops Island, Virginia, is coordinating support with the Pacific Missile Range Facility and providing the balloon systems for the LDSD test.
For more information about the Space Technology Mission Directorate, visit:
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Headquarters, Washington
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Skip to 0 minutes and 5 seconds CHRIS: Searching for information on your chosen topic is a twofold process. Not only does that searching allow you to see what sources and evidence already exist that relate to your area of study, but the accuracy needed for a good search helps you narrow down your title. Take this title, for example. The problem with it is it's just too broad and vague to make a good academic research project. Good academic writing is mostly about knowing a lot about a little, not vice versa. You want to try to keep the theme of your research narrow, focused, and ideally something that's measurable. Take this first key term for example, cybercrime.
Skip to 0 minutes and 44 seconds At the moment, if this were your title, you'd be committing yourself to write about any kind of cybercrime, so that means your topic relates to any crime committed using online technology. That's just a massive task. And that is not likely to be one you're going to be able to complete to a satisfactory standard within the typical time scale or word count of a research project. Having said that, it's not a bad starting point for a project. You've identified that you want to study online crime. So the next point is to begin exploding out this term to start thinking about as many different kinds of cybercrime as you can come up with.
Skip to 1 minute and 20 seconds So it might be that you want to study hacking or identity theft or spreading of viruses. Any of these are areas that you could pursue your research on. Next, let's take a look at these two terms, "businesses" in the "globalised economy". Again, this is far too broad. At the moment, this project is committing itself to look at the impact of cybercrime on any business anywhere in the world. And that's just going to be impossible. So again, you need to start exploding out these terms. What kind of businesses are you interested in? And in particular, you want to focus on ones that are particularly vulnerable to cybercrime.
Skip to 1 minute and 55 seconds So that might be that you're going to look at banks or social networks like Facebook, or maybe particular businesses and corporations like Amazon or eBay or Google. Now it might even be that during the course of this early research, you find that the impact of cybercrime on governments is actually more interesting to you. Now that's not a problem if you want to change the title and the direction of your research at this stage. The only thing you need to remember is that you make a note of it in your research log, and you explain the thinking behind that change.
Skip to 2 minutes and 28 seconds In terms of the location of the research, just try to narrow it down to something that's manageable within the time scale and word count. That might be a specific country or an organisation. Just keep in mind access to resources and language. Make sure you're actually going to be able to read the material you're going to get hold of. The final term to consider here is impact. Again, this really needs to be something that is measurable. So what kind of impact are we talking about here?
Skip to 2 minutes and 57 seconds It might be that you want to look at the financial impact or the impact of the loss of specific data or the wider impact on consumer confidence of a company being hit by a hacking attack or identity theft. So ultimately, once you've exploded out all of these terms, what you'll have is a much more specific title. To give an example, it could be that what you end up here with is something like, "What was the financial impact of the hacking of Google's email service in China?" And you can see that's a much more manageable project than what was originally set out here.
Skip to 3 minutes and 37 seconds Ultimately, exploding out your terms is a really useful way of narrowing down your title and coming up with those specific terms that will allow you to search for evidence much more accurately. It also enables you to experiment with different combinations of terms and wording so you can come up with a title that you're really happy with.
Exercise: 'exploding' out terms for searching
'Exploding' out terms is an extremely useful way of both narrowing down your title, and coming up with specific terms to use when searching for sources.
It also enables you to experiment with different combinations of your terms until you find a title that you're happy with.
In this animation with voiceover Chris illustrates, with a practical example, how you can 'explode' out your search terms.
After having watched the animation, practice 'exploding' out the terms of your own title. We have found that it can be helpful to find someone else to do this exercise with.
You may find it useful to:
use 'sticky notes'
create a mindmap (on paper or online)
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