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Pretty Little Liars star Troian Bellisario is defending editors' use of photoshop in a new GQ magazine bikini shoot following criticism the snaps have been drastically retouched.
The actress and her co-stars Ashley Benson, Lucy Hale and Shay Mitchell are all featured poolside in swimwear in the upcoming June (14) issue of the publication, and a handful of the shots have been released online.
The photos immediately upset some fans, who have criticised GQ editors for digitally manipulating the shots so much that the castmates are almost unrecognisable.
But 28-year-old Bellisario took to her Instagram.com account on Wednesday (21May14) to not only acknowledge the use of photoshop, but defend it as well.
She wrote, "So by now you have seen many a shot from #GQ and many people have said that we were photoshopped… OF COURSE WE WERE! that's a very specific type of photo shoot. And looking very blown out and perfected was obviously what they were looking for. Great. Cool. As long as we acknowledge how it was achieved so we know it's not real."
Bellisario also posted behind-the-scenes pictures from the shoot, eager to show what her body looks like without the digital enhancement.
She continued, "Here's some behind the scenes of my body the way it is and was on the day. I'm not mad at how these pictures turned out, the girls and I had an absolute blast.
"But it's the same everywhere. It's the same way on the posters of our show and even in women's magazines. This industry seems to invest more in perfection than in flaw... I'm proud of my body and the way it looks... but my hips and thighs are a part of me (even though they magically weren't in some shots!) I get those things from my momma. And I'm happy To shake what my momma gave me."
Ironically, Benson took issue with excessive retouching on an ad for Pretty Little Liars earlier this year (14), noting the "faces in this were from 4 years ago... and we all look ridiculous. Way too much photo shop. We all have flaws. No one looks like this. It's not attractive."


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Sub Pop's recent signing of Seattle's ascendant hip-hop collaborative Shabazz Palaces highlights an exciting, new example of the city's legendary and ever-evolving music community. After self-releasing 2 EPs, Of Light and Shabazz Palaces, in 2009, the group quickly gained local acclaim, especially (and most noticeably to us) here within the Sub Pop offices. The Stranger, on Shabazz Palaces:
Shabazz's almost subliminal messages are universal: 'Find out who you are and see it/Find out what you are and free it/Find out who you love and need it/Find out what you can and be it.' It's a timely sentiment for Seattle hip-hop, which, after years of self-negating/hating or looking too much to the Bay Area and Brooklyn for direction, is enjoying a creative surge and homegrown industry that is—no bullshit—changing the landscape of Seattle music.
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"I think we both have a lot of love, appreciation, respect and energy for music and for each other. Recognizing the fact that business is necessary for maximizing exposure to it, I think we mutually feel that doing business is less a 'job' and more an opportunity to exercise those feelings in dope ass ways. Shabazz, we bring a distinct hip-hop mentality from left to Sub Pop, which has established itself wide and deep in r&r from that same field. So, it's going to be cool to see what gets born from rolling together. And, of course, Seattle is the immeasurable muse, the backdrop, backbone, the foundation to how we all get down. So SP feels a lot of pride around this partnering-up as well. The people, the office, the deal, it all feels super plush. So stay tuned, it's 'bouts to be on."—the palaceer, Shabazz Palaces
"It's in the initials. We SPs need to stick together—and we do. Seattle is our home and that means a lot to both parties. And we're not stopping at both parties, our professional collaboration will undoubtedly inspire many more parties, with some choice SP music as the soundtrack. To put it more prosaically—but no less sincerely—we at SP are honored, humbled and psyched to have been given the responsibility of further introducing the world to the music of SP."—Jonathan Poneman, Sb Pop Records.
Shabazz Palaces are the first music recipients of The Stranger's Genius Awards. The Genius Awards are given to outstanding visionaries in Literature, Film, Art, Theater, and for the first time ever, Music in the Seattle area. Shabazz Palaces will performing and accept their award at the Genius Awards Party, on September 17th at Seattle's Moore Theatre.
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Mercedes DeMasi
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WCSU Degree: Bachelor of Arts, Anthropology/Sociology with honors, cum laude
Internships: Participated in an archaeological excavation of an ancient sanctuary in Cyprus as part of the Athienou Archaeological Project. After the dig, wrote a paper, "Textile Production at Athienou-Malloura: The Case for Processing Flax in the Venetian Period," which will be published in the book "Crossroads and Boundaries: The Archaeology of Past and Present in the Malloura Valley, Cyprus."
Activities: WCSU Student Trustee, Connecticut State University System Board of Trustees; member of Student Life and Academics Affairs committees (2010-11); justice, WCSU Student Government Association (2011); senior editor, WCSU Social Sciences Journal 9; president of Social Sciences Journal Club (2010-11); senator, WCSU Student Government Association; member of Environmental, EPIC (External Political Issues Committee), Archives, and Rules Committees (2010); president, WCSU Anthropology Club (2010); assistant editor, WCSU Journal 8; vice president, Social Sciences Journal Club (2009-10); student representative, Strategic Planning Implementation Team for Student Engagement (2009-11); student representative, Hancock Student Leadership Steering Committee (2009-10); Distinguished Hancock Student Leader, Hancock Student Leadership Program (2008-09); organizer, "Really Really Free Market," a free event promoting community development and recycling on the WCSU campus (2010); guest host, "R.A.P.! Radio (Raising Awareness to Prevent Dating Violence and Sexual Assault)," WLAD, 2010); panelist, Women's History Month panel, "Women and Popular Culture," (2010)
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Truman A. Warner Anthropology Recognition Award, 2011;
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Dean's List, Macricostas School of Arts and Sciences, Spring 2005, Spring 2007, Spring 2009, Fall 2010;
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Alumni Association Scholarship, 2007, 2009, 2010;
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Forget every stereotype you've ever heard about high school dropouts because Mercedes DeMasi doesn't fit any of them. "I began taking classes at WCSU because I dropped out of high school and wanted to continue my education," she says. "Originally, I had planned to transfer the credits to another institution, but I was so impressed with how WCSU managed to feel like a small, private university that I decided to matriculate because I knew I could get a great education at an affordable cost and stay close to home."
DeMasi says she's always been interested in culture and society, "but after I took a class with Dr. Laurie Weinstein, my mind was made up: I was meant to be an anthropologist. Dr. Weinstein teaches from a holistic viewpoint that encourages and challenges students to examine their world view, and as a result of her class I began to question things that I had previously assumed to be fixed and constant, such as time and space. Anthropology helped develop my writing and critical thinking skills, as well as giving me an excuse to do international research."
Like many Western students, DeMasi says she was fortunate to have had several mentors at WCSU. "They led by example in providing me with the guidance and support I needed to become the person I am today," she says, acknowledging Vice President for Student Affairs Dr. Walter Bernstein, Professor of Social Sciences Dr. Averell Manes and Professor of Anthropology/Sociology Dr. Laurie Weinstein. "Dr. Bernstein helped me recognize my potential for leadership when I didn't see it in myself; Dr. Manes taught me about conflict management, peace and leadership; and Dr. Weinstein nurtured the anthropologist and teacher in me."
Asked what she will remember most about her WCSU experience, DeMasi says, "Winning the election to serve as WCSU's Student Trustee on the CSUS Board of Trustees. It's a real honor to know that the students of WCSU elected me because they believed in me to represent the students in CSUS. I'm very proud of my work on the Board of Trustees and the privilege that I was able to serve my school and my state in public service."
After graduation, DeMasi plans to rack up some frequent flier miles. "I'm going to travel after I graduate because many of my most valuable educational experiences at WCSU occurred as a result of my travels abroad," she says. "I see myself working in education or international development, as WCSU has helped me realize my interest and potential in these areas by providing me with the opportunity to travel to places such as Ghana, Jamaica and Brazil to volunteer with development projects. I also plan to continue to serve my community through public service however I can."
DeMasi's advice to new students entering WCSU is: "Get involved on campus through extracurricular activities, because they're a great way to build important life skills that you won't learn in class. Extracurricular activities are a great way to meet other students, as well as faculty members and the administration, who can help provide you with guidance and support throughout your college years."


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Carlos Miller Arrested (Again) For Perfectly Legal Photography
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Armed with ignorance, along with guns, tasers, nightsticks and the safety of numbers, these enforcers continue to violate the rights of citizens, often destroying evidence of their misguided actions in the process.
Carlos Miller is one of those fighting back against these attempts to curb rights solely through intimidation. Petapixel reports on Miller's latest run-in with the law, or rather the Miami Metrorail security force, 50 State.
Photographer, blogger, and photographers rights' activist Carlos Miller has made headlines quite a few times over the past few years with his legal rumbles with authorities over photography in public places. Miller, who often instigates the disputes for the purpose of bringing photographers' rights into the spotlight, recently had another big confrontation with authorities in Miami (it's not the first time it has happened).As is usually the case when the enforcement agency is operating on little more than a combination of gut instinct and vague directives, the security guards spent a bit of time shuffling through their deck of possible charges in hopes of making one stick.
According to Miller, his friend was photographing Dade County Courthouse from the rail platform and he was photographing his friend... Miller says that they were spotted by a security guard and warned over a loudspeaker to stop shooting photographs. When they didn't put their cameras away, security guards arrived to confront them.
First, they told Miller that it was illegal to photograph the rail portion of the train, something that is completely false. According to Eric Muntan, Chief of Safety and Security of the metro, noncommercial photography is "perfectly fine." (Which didn't stop Miller from receiving a completely unenforceable "lifetime ban" from the Metrorail.)
When challenged on this claim, the responding guard switched over to accusing Miller of being drunk because he smelled alcohol on his breath. Again, there's nothing illegal in Miami about being drunk in public (Miller states he had three drinks in two hours while watching a football game) -- one has to be considered a "threat to public safety" before it's considered a crime.
At that point, they decided trespassing might be the way to go, considering they'd asked Miller to leave and he hadn't. When nothing else worked, the guards wrestled him to the ground, seized his camera, seized the camera his friend was holding (temporarily), before cuffing them both and turning them over to the Miami PD. Miller notes that the guards "surprisingly" returned both phones before releasing them to Miami-Dade law enforcement.
At that point, the police began arguing about what to charge the pair with (while making it a point to mention that they hadn't deleted the footage captured earlier -- Miller is rather well known in the Miami law enforcement community), finally deciding on "producing loud or excessive noise" and released Miller and his friend, but not before handing out a $100 citation.
So, the end result is nothing illegal occurred and yet, two people were cuffed and delivered to the police department and handed a $100 fine for "loud noise," most of which was actually created by the three security guards. While no one expects a third-party security team to be familiar with all the legal aspects of their coverage area, one would at the very least expect them to know what comprises legal photography, especially considering the safety chief's directive. This sort of thing applies directly to 50 State's security responsibilities. The fact that this whole situation began with a loudspeaker announcement directing the pair to "stop taking pictures" gives it another layer of unseemly Big Brother-ish state-ordained paranoia. There was no legal basis for the stop and no evidence of any wrongdoing, but those "securing" the Metrorail went ahead and shut them down anyway, because that's the attitude fostered all the way up the line to the DHS.


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AT&T has added a new monthly administrative fee of 61 cents to the bills of all of its contract wireless lines as of May 1, a move that could bring in more than a half-billion dollars in annual revenue to the telecom giant. George Stahl reports. Photo: AP.
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By Ross Gelbspan • Thursday, May 17, 2007 - 21:03
Despite ExxonMobil's denials, a report released today by Greenpeace's ExxonSecrets.org project, reveals that the largest oil company in the world continues to spend millions on a stealth public relations campaign aimed at discrediting global warming science.
According to the report, Exxon provided $2.1 million in 2006 to 41 "think" tanks and associations that actively sow doubt about the realities of climate change. Since 1998, ExxonMobil has spent a staggering $23 million on this climate disinformation.
ExxonSecret's report titled: ExxonMobil's Continued Funding of Global Warming Denial Industry (attached), will easily withstand criticism by those who want to dismiss this as a conspiracy theory. Check out the 1998 communications plan (in the attached report, Denial and Deception) outlining the beginnings of the entire undertaking by Exxon-funded organizations.
While the ExxonMobil climate change confusion campaign continues, the company has recently come under heavy-fire from members of the scientific community and US legislators. In September, 2006, the prestigious London Royal Society sent a letter (pdf) to ExxonMobil urging them to discontinue such activities. The letter states:
At our meeting in July, I also told you of my concerns about the support ExxonMobil has been giving to organisations that have been misinforming the public about the science of climate change. You indicated that ExxonMobil would not be providing any further funding to these organisations."
In January of this year the Union of Concerned Scientists issued a report titled, Smoke, Mirrors and Hot Air: How ExxonMobil uses Big Tobacco tactics to manufacture uncertainty on climate science.(pdf version here)
In October, 2006 U.S. Senators Rockefeller and Snowe sent a letter to Exxon CEO Rex Tillerson stating:
We are convinced that ExxonMobil's longstanding support of a small cadre of global climate change skeptics, and those skeptics' access to and influence on government policymakers, have made it increasingly difficult for the United States to demonstrate the moral clarity it needs across all facets of its diplomacy."
Since then, Exxon has tried to soften its hard-line stance on global warming. The Wall Street Journal reported in January, 2007 that:
… Exxon decided in late 2005 not to fund for 2006 Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) and 'five or six' other groups active in the global warming debate."
The ExxonSecret report shows those groups are presumably the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the Environmental Literacy Council, Free Enterprise Education Institute the Center for a New Europe USA and the Center for Defense of Free Enterprise.
At the DAVOS Conference this year Forbes Magazine said of CEO Rex Tillerson that:
On carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and their impact on global warming he [Rex Tillerson] said: 'It is clear that something is going on. It is not useful to debate the issue any longer."
The report out today proves what DSBlog and many others have long suspected: Exxon is happy to spin this issue, but not act in good faith. The company says that it believes humans are causing climate change, but still doesn't want you to believe it.Exxon says that it believes humans are causing climate change, but the company still doesn't want you to believe it.
ExxonMobil is the richest company in the history of companies, yet it can't seem to find the money to diversify its operations away from full fossil-fuel dependency. It's no wonder they don't want people to embrace sensible (and affordable) climate change policy.
While still a difficult issue, scientists are telling us that it can be beat with existing technology and minimal investment.
The first step is a well-informed - and honest - public debate about what we need to do to significantly reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.
On the honest part, especially, Exxon is not helping.
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MANILA, Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Fighting between the Moro National Liberation Front and Islamic Abu Sayyaf guerillas killed 37 people Monday, officials in the Philippines said.
Habib Mujahab Hashim, chief of the front's Islamic Command Council, said 20 of the victims in the fighting in Sulu province were Moro fighters and the rest were affiliated with Abu Sayyaf, China's state-run news agency Xinhua reported.
The fighting began Saturday after Abu Sayyaf released two Filipino television crew members but kept another hostage. The three had been missing since mid-June.
The Moro National Liberation Front, which signed a peace agreement with the Philippine government in 1992, has been assisting in the release of hostages held by Abu Sayyaf. Besides the journalists, Xinhua said, Abu Sayyaf gunmen were holding at least five foreign hostages.


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CareCore National, a health benefits management company with headquarters in Bluffton and offices in Colorado and New York, is looking for local employees.
With more than 45,000 calls a day covering 7,000 patient cases, the company wants to add more doctors and nurses to its call center teams to help patients get the treatment they need.
"This is evidence-based medicine, where if you need a test, we make sure you get the right test," said Kathleen Speer, senior vice president of human relations.
"We get 45,000 calls a day and handle more than 7,000 cases daily. We have more than 32 health plans as our clients. Their customers equal about 40 million people," Speer said. "Our job is to help the patients by reviewing medical requests for diagnostic tests such as oncology and imagery procedures, such as CAT scans."
The openings may be just the ticket for those who are no longer practicing medicine but still maintain active licenses in their states and enjoy helping people, Speer said. She said the company is particularly looking for the kind of experience that Sun City residents possess.
"We know they're out there and they're the perfect candidate. We'd love to have their life experience join our team," said Speer. "This is an opportunity to come and be involved with the health care world. We feel we're making a difference."
CareCore's presence in Bluffton and interest in adding to its employee base is significant, said Anthony Barrett, Bluffton town manager.
"That's wonderful for two reasons. First they're here to help local folks find employment. And second, it shows that both their business and the economy is picking up, so that's two benefits right there," Barrett said. "They are good corporate neighbors. They've done what they said they would do and that is to continue to help the community as best they can."
The South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce lists nearly 200,000 unemployed state residents, said Adrienne Fairwell, public information director.
"We want South Carolinians to hire, period, no matter the age range," said Fairwell. "We want to get more qualified applicants in the applicant pool, no matter what companies are seeking."
The job is primarily computer-based and perks for doctors and nurses include the choice of working in the CareCore building or working from home after training.
There are also many positions for non-clinical staff in the call center, serving as "first responders," Speer said. "They take the initial phone calls and build the cases from which the nurses and doctors work with the patients. And if anyone has IT training with Microsoft certification, we can always use more help desk staff."
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Wow, a New Year and a New Decade!!! What an exciting time. It's hard to believe that I am near the end of the first work week of the new year. This week I spent time going back through my calendar. I used this time to help me reflect and think about 2009. There were aspects of 2009 that brought joy, sorrow, frustration, happiness, etc.
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Wondering if that hi-tech power toothbrush on display at your dentist's office is really better than the regular ones? What about a power toothbrush that uses AA batteries? What's the difference between them all?
In addition to things like your brushing technique, how often you brush and the length of time you spend doing it, experts believe that the type of toothbrush you use will directly affect how well you remove plaque.1 In order to decide which type of power toothbrush is right for you, it's helpful to understand exactly what kinds are available to you and how they differ from one another.
The three types of power toothbrushes on the market are rechargeable electric (including sonic), regular manual and battery power.
According to a 2005 independent study, "Brushes that worked with a rotation oscillation action removed more plaque and reduced gingivitis more effectively than manual brushes in the short and long-term... No other powered brush designs were consistently superior..."2 Oral-B pioneered this oscillating-rotating power technology in 1991 and has incorporated it into its premium power toothbrush range ever since. Recently it has also incorporated this technology into lower cost options, like Oral-B Vitality.
Rechargeable Electric Toothbrush: Generally rich in technology and features, electric toothbrushes provide the many oral health benefits. Some can even enable you to improve your brushing habits. Hi-tech features include:
Most electric toothbrushes also come with features for added convenience, like a brush head or toothbrush holder, bathroom-counter storage units and travel toothbrush chargers.
Regular Manual Toothbrush: While ordinary toothbrushes don't nearly provide the benefits and features of rechargeable electric toothbrushes, the technology featured in their brush heads, bristles and handle designs can be quite advanced, for example:
Battery Power Toothbrush: While similar in features to regular manual toothbrushes, these kinds of toothbrushes also vibrate to provide additional cleaning action. In addition to those of manual toothbrushes, features include:
Proper brushing technique varies when using different kinds of toothbrushes. Both regular manual toothbrushes and battery power toothbrushes require you to provide all or most of the brushing action, moving the brush back and forth along all sides of your teeth and gums. In contrast, rechargeable electric toothbrushes provide the cleaning action while you need only guide it along all surfaces. Once they get the hang of it, many people find this method of brushing easier.
Rechargeable electric toothbrushes tend to have a higher price value than battery power and regular manual toothbrushes, but you can find some for as low as $22 MSRP, like Oral-B® Vitality. Keep in mind that they offer more health benefits and features. Regular manual toothbrushes cost the least, and they are often sold in multi-packs as well as individually. Battery power toothbrushes are usually only a few dollars more than ordinary manual toothbrushes.
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (November 3, 2011) – Needing a win to get one step closer to clinching a spot in this month's conference tournament, the ETSU volleyball team travels to USC Upstate for its final road contest of the season on Saturday.
The Bucs will take on the Spartans at 3 p.m. inside the Hodge Center. ETSU enters the match with a 12-14 overall record and a 5-5 mark in A-Sun play, while USC Upstate sits at 7-18 and 2-8 in the A-Sun.
ETSU is coming off perhaps its biggest victory of the season on Friday as the Bucs knocked off Kennesaw State in a five-set thriller on the road. In the victory, ETSU got doubles-doubles from Megan Devine (Kingsport, Tenn.) and Kayla Williams (El Paso, Texas), while three other players had 10 or more kills. Devine had a match-high 20 kills and added 14 digs, while Williams dished out 50 assists and tallied 14 digs.
Devine continues to lead the team in kills at 4.14 per set, while ranking second in the Atlantic Sun. In addition, Devine is on pace to break the ETSU single season record for most kills per set. The current record is 4.08, set by Jennifer Sartor in 2006.
Senior Jamie Stancliff (Advance, N.C.) remains the league leader in blocks at 1.12 per set. As a team, ETSU continues to lead the league in blocks at 2.10 per set.
Meanwhile, USC Upstate enters the weekend having lost its last five matches. The Spartans most recently fell to Kennesaw State, 3-1, on Saturday.
The Bucs and Spartans are squaring off for the second time this season as the two teams met back on September 20. ETSU won that contest 3-0 behind a match-high 13 kills from Devine. The Bucs out-hit the Spartans .240 to .180, while also gaining a 47-32 kill advantage.
ETSU is now 7-4 all-time against USC Upstate as the Bucs have won four out of the last five contests, including the last two meetings.
Morgan Thomas leads the USC Upstate attack by tallying 3.15 kills per set to rank eighth in the A-Sun. Mindy Quimby also ranks in the top-20 of the league with 2.24 kills per set. Morgan Page leads the Spartans defensively with 4.45 digs per set, which ranks second in the league.
A win against USC Upstate would go a long way for ETSU's chances of clinching a spot in the upcoming Atlantic Sun Championship. Currently, ETSU sits in fifth place in the league standings. The Bucs would earn a spot to the tournament this weekend if they defeat the Spartans and Jacksonville defeats North Florida. If any other scenario occurs, the Bucs would have to attempt to earn a spot next weekend.
For those unable to attend Saturday's match, live stats and live video will be available courtesy of UpstateSpartans.com. You can also find the links on the schedule page of ETSUBucs.com.
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Yale's women's swimming and diving team will kick off the New Year with two home meets this week. The Bulldogs host Cornell on Wednesday and face off against Dartmouth and Penn on Saturday. As they enter the heart of their Ivy League schedule following an extended break from competition, the Bulldogs are excited to improve on the already impressive speed they have shown in earlier meets.
Yale's swimmers and divers have shown considerable promise in this young season. The Bulldogs kicked off the season with solid victories in a meet against Southern Connecticut and a tri-meet against Bridgeport and Sacred Heart. Sandwiched between those two wins was a tough loss to Columbia, last season's third-place Ivy finisher. Yale's most impressive display to date, however, was its performance in Princeton's Big Al Open. The Bulldogs hung around all weekend, staying close to the host Tigers, last season's Ivy League champions, until the very end before finishing in second with 961 points to Princeton's 1113.
The story of this season has been spectacular contributions from underclassmen. Sophomore Eva Fabian has been excellent this year, dominating the distance freestyle events as she did last season. This year's freshman class has made an immediate splash, as rookies such as Michelle Chintanaphol, Sydney Hirschi, Isla Hutchinson-Maddox and Kina Zhou, among others, have all made tremendous contributions to Yale's early season successes. Moving into the second half of the season, the Bulldogs appear set to continue building speed towards the Ivy League Championship at the end of the season.
The first step toward that goal in 2014 will be the dual-meet against the Big Red on Wednesday. When Yale faced Cornell last season, the Bulldogs prevailed by a score of 168-127. Fabian was spectacular in that meet, winning the 1000-yard freestyle, the 500-yard freestyle and the 200-yard butterfly. Her times in the 1000- and 500- were pool records. Fellow sophomore Kasey Mann won the 100-yard butterfly in the meet, which was dominated by the Bulldogs. Yale hopes to continue its recent dual-meet success against Cornell on Wednesday. The meet is scheduled to begin at 11:00 a.m. in the Kiphuth Exhibition Pool in Payne Whitney Gymnasium.
Three days after facing the Big Red, Yale will play host to the Dartmouth Big Green and the Penn Quakers on Saturday. In last year's Dartmouth/Penn/Yale tri-meet, the Bulldogs defeated the Big Green 171-128 and beat the Quakers 176-121. The meet, held in Philadelphia last year, saw Yale go 1-2-3 in three individual events, allowing the Bulldogs to cruise to two Ivy victories. Junior Jacqui Levere won the 200-yard breaststroke, while Fabian won both the 1000- and 500-yard freestyle events. The Bulldogs plan to repeat last season's result on Saturday. Competition begins at 10:00 a.m. in the Kiphuth Pool.
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June 2012
Region 2 Delegates Meeting
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Director Dan Morris called the meeting to order at 7:30 PM. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited and a moment of silence for the sick and departed was observed.
Minutes: A motion was made by Jim Putman seconded John George to accept the minutes as posted on the PNW4WDA. Motion passed.
Treasurer's Report: Dianna Stafford made a motion that the Treasurer's report, Rob Stafford seconded
We Did It/Club Power: No report
Naches: Still lots of snow. You can get to the upper parts of Pyramid Pass
Evans Creek: Work Party is this weekend June 23, 24th. One Project will be the washout at TommyCrick Please get ahold of Derrick to Host the Campground at Evan's Creek. Work will be done on the Campground and level out the campsites
Elbe: Work party July 28th, 29th. Equipment should be available to work on the trails.
Tahuya: Not much is new for Tahuya. The Fun Run last week, thanks for your attendance.
Land Matters: Packets were available for distribution to their clubs. Please fill them out and get them to Jim Putman. Trail Appreciation Work Pary for the Kaner Trail. The Work Party is July 28th to work on Lower Kaner. Aardvark hill will be worked on and the approach to one of the bridges.
WOHVA- No Report
Walker Valley – Part of the Mainline is closed due to washout.
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ORV Watch: No Report
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Membership: no report
PR: Bruce Titus, Wheeling in the City June 23rd, 24th- please come out and support
Future 4-Wheelers: No report
Competition: July 7th 8th 4 at a Time Barrel Race, Ethel.
Old Business: Operation Shore Patrol. Tsunami debris will be washing up shortly on Washington Beaches. Long Beach area is looking to adopt the 4x4 community during Beach Clean UP. You can also go to Oceanshorpatrol.com to get the most updated information.
New Business: Please pick up a Yellow 4WheelParts plastic bag and fill it with aluminum cans. These are cans for a Kids Drive to purchase Playground equipment.
Send in your Rosters to 4WheelParts to get your special discounts. If your club signs up between now and the next meeting a raffle ticket will be submitted in your clubs name for a New Smitty Built Winch. August 18th, Tacoma, Portland, Lynwood the 4Wheel Parts Stores will be opening their doors for you to put your rigs on their racks.
PNW4WDA Board Meeting: In May there was a teleconference. Barrels in Longview Event we made a profit. Our Online membership program is now functional. Please go into your rosters and get them loaded into the program. The County Fair at Longview regarding our Barrel event: We got great kudo's from the Organizer. They would like us to talk about the possibility of another event to be done in the future. The Board will look at the contract and make a decision if we move forward. By law changes: Clarifies instructions for running for Treasurer (open position). Any officer that is covered by the Directors and Officer's Insurance, you must complete a questionnaire
Blue Ribbon Coalition: Willy Crawley made a donation to the Blue Ribbon Coalition. Mike Mayfarth seconded it to donate $200.
Trail Jamboree Door Prizes: Jim Putman made a motion that PNW4WDA donate $200 dollars for Adult Prizes and $200 for Kid prizes. Seconded by John George.
Future Meetings and Announcements:
Bruce Titus Wheeling in the City, June 23rd, 24th From 10-6
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Next is July 19th at 4WheelParts
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Monday, January 9, 2012
Harvest Monday - Checking the cellar
7 comments:
- CallieK said...
Oh my, I am green with envy, both of your storage space and it's contents!
- January 9, 2012 at 1:02 PM
- Norma Chang said...
That's quite a collection on the shelves. What does a hard rind watermelon look and taste like? Do you cook it or eat as is?
- January 9, 2012 at 4:26 PM
- kitsapFG said...
Great storage and good selection of items in it! We similarly cold storage many items and also overwinter our root crops directly in the ground (milder area weather wise so it is possible).
- January 9, 2012 at 7:01 PM
- Vile said...
Impressive! I am intrigued by the Citron Melon.
- January 9, 2012 at 7:33 PM
- Mark Willis said...
Yes, I'm a veggie gardener, but I'm also a wine-lover, so I'd use the cellar for a bit of both!
- January 10, 2012 at 10:33 AM
- Daphne said...
Nice storage cellar. I keep thinking that I need one of those sometime. We have a huge basement. I know just the corner I'd use if I did it. It has a small window in it. I like the window because I can make the space colder if I want in the fall. Open the window at night and let the cold air in. Then close it during the day. I still haven't done it because I like the window. Right now during the day I don't have to turn the lights on to go into the basement.
- January 11, 2012 at 5:29 AM
- Lynns Urban Garden Diary said...
I love your storage cellar!
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Miscellaneous ~ Tomorrow´s release# Posted on December 24th, 2008 10:10 AM by Gideon ZhiPlease do not panic if nothing shows up at midnight tonight. I´ve done midnight releases in years past, but this year I´m going to be visiting family today and tomorrow, and will be staying overnight in a place with no internet access. As such, tomorrow´s release will be arriving later in the day, rather than in the morning.
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Miscellaneous ~ It is going to be a good Christmas.# Posted on November 15th, 2008 06:01 AM by Gideon ZhiThe likes of which we´ve not seen in several years! More than I can count on one hand! Just don´t, you know, complain. And I know some of you are GOING to. We went with canon wherever possible.
Yes, I´m being deliberately cryptic. But you´ll like this.
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Progress ~ Last but not least, Madara 2. Madara 2
# Posted on November 15th, 2008 05:57 AM by Gideon ZhiTom finished this one a while ago, but I never mentioned it, because I do so love posting screenshots of this stuff. But alas, again! Nothing to show for it yet, I´m afraid.
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Progress ~ Lady Leaps Ahead Ladystalker - The Apocalypse Engine
# Posted on November 15th, 2008 05:55 AM by Gideon ZhiThis one too! Ladystalker has also been fully translated, also thanks to satsu! Unfortunately again, nothing to show for it yet :/
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Progress ~ Hourai High marches onward Adventures of Hourai High
# Posted on November 15th, 2008 05:53 AM by Gideon Zhisatsu finished translating Hourai High´s script about a month ago, maybe a little longer. Again, nothing to show off, I´m afraid :/ Also, mind not the busted previous news post (and its missing comment link); it´ll get fixed soon.
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Progress ~ Slime DQ Squidges Along Slime Morimori Dragon Quest
# Posted on November 15th, 2008 05:14 AM by Gideon ZhiJust dropping a quick word about the first - of several - games whose text translations have reached the "complete" marker in the last few months. Slime DQ is the most recent, thanks to Tom/DDS, who is now working on something else for us which I´m sure you´re all rabid for! No screens, unfortunately; I haven´t hacked the text into the game yet, so I don´t really have anything to show off.
Announcement ~ LUNAR announced - feedback wanted LUNAR Walking School
# Posted on August 3rd, 2008 10:42 PM by Gideon ZhiSo here it is, ready to be playtested... or is it? The script is still slightly wooden, in a translated-from-Japanese sort of way. It´s hard to pinpoint what´s wrong with it, and maybe it´s only something that a trained eye can see, but it´s certainly not on par with recent stuff like LaL 2.0. Passable, maybe? I´m not sure.
So, I´m asking for opinions. Would you all rather see another edit pass, or should I just toss it into betatesting? It´s certainly otherwise ready.
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Miscellaneous ~ Looking for investors.# Posted on July 4th, 2008 05:36 AM by Gideon ZhiDo you love what we do here? Do you enjoy older games from days gone by, or perhaps feel that the current generation of games is lacking something? Have you ever wanted to support Aeon Genesis, but haven´t known how?
Well, here´s the thing. I´m looking for investors to help fund what I´ll call a "splinter" operation. This isn´t going to be AGTP, although it will follow similar lines. It won´t replace AGTP either - at least, I hope it won´t - so your favorite WIP projects aren´t going anywhere. (In the event that I AM forced to close AGTP, all current project files will be made public for acquisition by other groups.)
While I can´t divulge much just yet, I have put together a viable business plan; the only problem is, this is going to be stupidly expensive for one person to fund. Now, don´t get me wrong - I´m not asking for free money. I´m looking to drum up some capital that I can then take to a venture capitalist to say, "Look what I was able to raise on my own!" I will *not* take any money until venture capital comes through, and even then you will be paid back with commensurate interest within a few years. This is not without risks, of course, but if I wasn´t confident in my plan I wouldn´t be throwing this out here.
If you´re interested and can help fund this, even a little, please send an email to this address. Let´s do something awesome and show the industry who´s boss.
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Progress ~ Now in Alpha, too. Super Robot Wars Alpha
# Posted on July 2nd, 2008 11:01 PM by Gideon ZhiYep! Took maybe three hours. Note the poorly-edited dialogue. This obviously needs an editor - if you think you´re up to it, have tons and tons of free time, are an accomplished writer, and are a fan of Super Robot Wars, send an email!
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# Posted on July 2nd, 2008 04:26 AM by Gideon ZhiAlpha Gaiden´s font is now variable width/proportional. Huzzah! It´s 4:30 AM and I´m totally about to pass out. I´ve been working on this thing for like nine hours straight.
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Betty Crocker Gluten-Free Mix Contest Results and Dairy-free Chocolate Cherry cake and Chocolate Frosting Recipe
Last week I hosted a contest to the reader with the most enticing easy box cake recipe that could be used with the new gluten-free Betty Crocker mixes. You responded with a wealth of yummy sounding recipes, many of which made my mouth water. Unexpectedly last week we also found that my new daughter may have a sensitivity to dairy, and since I wanted to make samples of the top few recipes (and actually get to eat them) we ended up leaning towards recipes that could be adapted to be dairy/casein-free. From the very beginning, the DH was sure which recipe he most wanted me to make… Robin's chocolate cherry cake. I was personally bewitched by the eggless apple cake (which I did end up making as well), Wendy's Peanut Butter Fudge Bars and Katrina's Poppy Seed Cake. However, the last two were rather dairy-dependent, and I had promised to let the DH choose our contest winner. After I tasted the cherry chocolate cake I knew we had a winner- and I was sure when the DH gobbled down multiple pieces that night and requested it for his birthday cake. The dairy-free chocolate frosting I made was also a big hit. While I'm usually a "from scratch" kind of girl, sometimes it is nice to have an easy option taking advantage of some of the great new gluten-free mixes. Thank you to Robin and all the participants that shared their delicious recipes! If you get a chance to try any of the other entries, do let me know how they turn out in the comments.
Vegan Dairy-free gluten-free Chocolate almond frosting recipe
8 oz. powdered sugar (half of 1 lb box) plus 1/6 cup
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup earth balance margarine stick, melted
1 tsp. vanilla
1/2 tsp. almond flavoring
1/8 cup rice milk (+more as needed for desired texture)
Sift sugar and cocoa together into a medium bowl. Add melted margarine and flavorings and stir together. Add rice milk as needed to get it to spread nicely. Enjoy!
We served this on a chocolate cherry Gluten-free Betty Crocker cake. The DH loved it and didn't miss the dairy at all.
Robin's Gluten-free Betty Crocker Chocolate cherry cake recipe
1 box Gluten-free Betty Crocker's devils food cake mix
1 (21-ounce) can cherry pie filling
1 teaspoon almond extract
1 tsp. vanilla flavoring
2 eggs
Gluten-free chocolate frosting (homemade or store bought)
Spray square cake pan with nonstick baking spray or margarine and sprinkle with gluten-free flour and set aside. In large bowl, combine gluten-free cake mix, cherry pie filling, almond extract, and eggs. Beat until well mixed, then beat 1 minute at medium speed. Pour into prepared pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 25-30 minutes or until cake is set. Cool and frost with favorite chocolate frosting mix.
I'd like to experiment with fresh or frozen cherries in a thickened sweet sauce in the future…
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The SXBlue III-L GNSS is compact and rugged for field use, requiring no backpack or external batteries. Measuring 14 cm (5.57 in.) x 8 cm (3.15 in.) x 5.6 cm (2.22 in.) and weighing slightly over a pound, including battery, it is the smallest and lightest GNSS L1/L2 OmniStar receiver available today, the company claims.
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CAMBRIDGE, UK, 24 May 2006—ARM Holdings plc [(LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMHY)] announces that Sir Robin Saxby, currently Chairman of the Company, will retire from the Board on 1st October 2006 when he takes up the role of President of the Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET). During his year as President of the IET, Sir Robin will remain associated with ARM as Chairman Emeritus.
As part of a planned transition process, Sir Robin will be succeeded as Chairman by Doug Dunn. Mr Dunn, aged 61, joined the ARM Board in December 1998 as an independent non-executive director. He was previously President and Chief Executive Officer of ASM Lithography Holding N.V. until his retirement in December 2004. He is a non-executive director of ST Microelectronics N.V., Soitec S.A. and LG. Philips LCD Co. Ltd.
Commenting on the announcement, Warren East, Chief Executive, said:
"In Robin's fifteen years at ARM, as a founder, Chief Executive and as Chairman, we have earned a reputation as one of the world's most respected technology companies and become a global leader in semiconductor intellectual property. On behalf of the Board, I would like to thank him for all he has done for our Company. Doug is very well-qualified to succeed Robin as Chairman. He is familiar with the Company, its products and the industry and has been an active member of the Board for a number of years"
Sir Robin Saxby, added:
"Throughout my life I have been passionate about the importance of creating value for stakeholders from technology and I am looking forward to continuing my relationship with ARM as Chairman Emeritus during my year as President of the IET. ARM and the IET has maintained close links over the years, and I am delighted to be able to continue to act as an ambassador for ARM globally and hope to encourage young people to take up a role in engineering, science and technology, as well as broadening my own knowledge of other engineering disciplines"
Doug Dunn added:
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DeLAND Fla. (May 22, 2013) – The ETSU baseball team advanced in the winners bracket of the Atlantic Sun Baseball Championship with its thrilling 4-3 11-inning victory over host Stetson on Wednesday, and the Blue and Gold will now take on top-seeded Mercer Thursday night at 8:15 p.m., at Melching Field.
The fourth-seeded Bucs extended their winning streak to four straight following their dramatic opening round victory and improved to 33-22 on the season.
Mercer advanced in the bracket after rallying for a 12-6 victory over No. 8 seed USC Upstate Wednesday evening. The Bears – who are currently ranked 23rd nationally – enter Thursday's game, 43-14.
The Bears took two of three over ETSU two weeks ago in Macon, Ga., while Mercer has won 19 of the 27 games over the Bucs since joining the conference. ETSU and Mercer have faced off three times in the conference tournament, but the Bucs have dropped all three games.
The winner of Thursday night's game will advance to Saturday and await the team who advances out of the consolation bracket. Saturday's game time is set for 10 a.m. Meanwhile, the losing team from Thursday's game will take on the winner of USC Upstate/Stetson on Friday at 1:15 p.m. The Spartans and Hatters play Thursday at 1:15 p.m.
Thursday's game will be broadcast live on ASun.TV for free, while "Voice of the Bucs" Jay Sandos will carry the play-by-play call on WXSM-AM 640. Live stats will also be available via Stat Broadcast via AtlanticSun.org.
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Looking for info On Roberts Glynogg wales
Great grandfather William Roberts born approx 1869/70 Clynogg Caernavonshire,Civil parish of Llandwrog.Father was Robert Roberts(1842) and Jane Roberts (nee Thomas)(1843).
I think William had 3 brothers and 2 sisters. He emigrated to New Zealand approx 1891.
He married Mary Jane (Neshausen) in 1899.They lived in the Gisbourne/East cape area.He died in 1969.
The other area of family I want to hunt out is from my Grandmother. She was born Doris Hilda Watts In approx 1900 in London. Her mother was Alice Mary Watts (nee Cole) and her father bwas John Watts a carpenter of Streatham London. He apparently helped in the rebuilding of the steps in The Tower of London. They all emigrtaed to New Zealand about 1912.


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Creighton awaits the challenge of Cincinatti
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — All that was missing from Doug McDermott's highlight film was the swish.
Cincinnati coach Mick Cronin had the sound on as he rolled the video on Creighton's All-American guard. His form, flawless. His shot, eerily quiet.
That silent film made the Bearcats uneasy.
Before Cronin could point out how the ball seemed to hit nothing but air, guard Cashmere Wright piped up: "He doesn't even hit the net."
"That's when you hit pause and say, `You see what we're dealing with?'" Cronin said.
The 10th-seeded Bearcats (22-11) are about to find all about the dynamic challenge McDermott presents on Friday here. Few teams this season have found a way to deal with McDermott, who earned first-team All-America honors last season with a dead-on shot that seems to float through the rim. McDermott has busted out of the mostly unknown mid-major sharp shooters to lead the Bluejays (27-7) into the national rankings and a No. 7 seed in the NCAA tournament.
Creighton's opponents have tried to design defenses to curb his production but haven't had much success. He won Missouri Valley Conference player of the years honors for the second straight season and became Creighton's career leading scorer. He scored 41 points on 15 of 18 shooting against fellow tournament team Wichita State and is averaging 23.1 points.
McDermott is creative when it comes to working for position in the post, and he's always among the first players down the court in transition. He became the first Creighton player since 1990 to score 30 in consecutive games — then repeated that feat two more times.
"He's a real problem," Cronin said. "He can beat you by himself. Our guys see a lot of great players, but we have not seen a scorer of his magnitude."
This could be the last time college fans can watch McDermott in the tournament. NBA scouts have McDermott on the radar as a projected late first-round pick if he declares for the draft following the end of his junior season.
McDermott, a 6-8 forward, heard Creighton fans in the sellout crowd of 18,613 chant "One more year! One more year!" as the Bluejays wrapped up their MVC championship. After averaging nearly 23 points and eight rebounds last season while leading Creighton to the third round of the NCAA tournament, McDermott wants to take the Bluejays at least into the second weekend, making the kind of tournament run similar to fellow mid-majors as VCU and George Mason. He can bulk up his NBA credentials with big games on the biggest stage — even as he insists the draft is a worry for another day.
McDermott was lightly recruited out of high school and followed his dad, coach Greg McDermott, from Iowa to Omaha, Neb. There's no doubt son makes father a better coach. But Greg McDermott said he'll collect all the data Doug needed to make a decision just as he would for any other prospect.
"This is Doug's decision," Greg McDermott said. "He has to do what's best for him at this point in his life, and Doug has said it before, it's always been a dream of his to go to the NBA, like I think most basketball players. But at the same time, he's living the dream playing basketball for Creighton University."
Should McDermott bolt early, he won't follow Creighton to the Big East. The Bluejays-Bearcats matchup is more than a second-round game. It's a preview of Big East past vs. future.
Creighton, Butler and Xavier are set to shed the mid-major label and join Big East holdovers Providence, Georgetown, St. John's, Villanova, Marquette, Seton Hall and DePaul next season. Cincinnati is staying behind in the football-based, soon-to-be-former Big East.
For the Bluejays, that means saying goodbye to Drake and Bradley and hello to the Hoyas and Wildcats. They'll swap the MVC for a postseason tournament at Madison Square Garden.
"I mean, you can't say no to that when that offer comes because not a lot of schools could say they could join the Big East Conference," Doug McDermott said. "It's awesome for our school, awesome for our athletics. I know all of our fans are excited, as we are, as well. Having Georgetown, Marquette, teams like that come to town, you can't pass up."
Cronin has no desire to get all misty-eyed reminiscing about Cincinnati's brief run in the Big East. Not only is he trying to stop McDermott from scoring, he needs to find a way to get the Bearcats some points of their own.
The Bearcats, who don't have a new conference yet, play defense and rebound well enough to stay in games, but their only consistent scorer is Sean Kilpatrick, who averaged 16.9 points and can make shots from anywhere. Teams tend to shade defenses his way, making it tough on him.
He has little help from a front line that struggles handling the ball. There's nobody who can catch a pass inside, turn and score or get fouled. So that leaves it to Kilpatrick, Wright and JaQuon Parker. When Wright, who battled injuries this season, isn't shooting well, they struggle to score 50.
"We all needed to pick it up," Parker said. "(Coach Cronin) has just been telling everybody whenever you're open, shoot it. If you've got a drive, take it. So whenever you've got something going, just be confident in what you're going to do and just do it."


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Distort Jersey City: Pink Reason & Nuclear Santa Claust Live
If the Free Music Archive has started sounding a little more hardcore to you lately, shake your quiet down fists at WFMU's Distort Jersey City. Here are a couple acts they've recently recorded live.
According to their Facebook, Pink Reason's interests are tragedy, suffering and excess. Hailing from eternal swing state Ohio, the Columbus quartet recently celebrated its tenth anniversary. They've toured Europe, Australia and New Zeleand, releasing a slew of albums, singles and E.P.s in between on the Siltbreeze label and Savage Quality Recordings. Singer Kevin Failure's impassioned growl underpinned by Matt Horsehit's rhythm guitar make for lofi that's as excessive as it gets.
Nuclear Santa Claust, as the name suggests, are both toxic and explosive. With Jim Orgin and Zach G's shared vocals and three chord strums and Brenden Beecy's crusading drums, the trio wears its Ramones inspiration on its leather jacket sleeves. But the NSC sound is more frenzied and ramshackle than its predecessors. 'Bikini Island', off their self-titled 2011 EP is the Rockaway Beach for a polluted generation.


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Pain & Gain: Special Collector's Edition (US - BD RA)
Gabe returns to the wacky, violent, and abhorrent world of Michael Bay...
The year is 1994. Daniel Lugo (Mark Wahlberg) is an ambitious bodybuilder and personal trainer. After attending a motivational seminar, Lugo decides he deserves a bigger part of the American Dream and constructs a plan to extort millions of dollars from one of his clients, a blowhard with possible criminal connections named Victor Kershaw (Tony Shalhoub). Unable to kidnap and hold Kershaw on his own, Lugo recruits fellow trainer Adrian Doorbal (Anthony Mackie) and a cocaine-addicted, born-again ex-con named Paul Doyle (Dwayne Johnson).
Michael Bay might be the most influential filmmaker to have never made a good movie. In fact, his best movie, The Rock, is also his least distinctive and the more he defined himself as a significant stylist, the further he crept into a position as one of the leading contributors to the downfall of American culture. Bay's defenders continue to assure me that his special brand of impeccably processed trash is better served by the more permissive boundaries of the R-rating and, though I agree that his grotesque sensibilities don't work as well with 'family-friendly' limitations, I've never been able to stomach his comedies. Despite recommendations from sources as reputable as Edgar Wright, it took me three sittings to make it through Bad Boys II. But I can't deny that Bay is an accomplished, cough, 'visual artist' and that, given the right subject matter, he could probably achieve something authentically great.
Before agreeing to make yet another Transformers movie, Bay decided to make a smaller, more personal picture to remind us that he's capable of more than only jumbled, bloated, and misogynistic giant robot movies (note: Bay had already tried and failed to produce a typical prestige picture when he made Pearl Harbor). Like a textbook sociopath doing his best impression of a normal, human movie director, Bay followed the essential 'passion project' formula to the best of his abilities – he chose a character-driven true story. However, because he's Michael Bay, he chose the true story of image-obsessed, Miami-based body-builders that kidnapped and murdered people for money. That story, Pain & Gain, is so perfectly suited for Bay that it wouldn't be surprising to learn he'd somehow personally participated in the original events that screenwriters Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely based the film upon (for the record: he did not). Pain & Gain is characterized by shallow characters and misanthropic, violent behavior. It's immoral, antisocial, and, at times, irresponsibly cruel. In other words – it is exactly what we should expect from an unbridled, R-rated, Michael Bay passion project. Hell, it even takes place around the time he was rising to prominence as one of Hollywood's go-to manufacturers of blockbuster entertainment (he was possibly even filming Bad Boys in Miami while the events of Pain & Gain were occurring).
Bay shows considerable intuition by not playing Pain & Gain as a straight crime flick, but a semi-spoof of the genre. The film is at its best when it is viciously satirizing the insanity of the situation and making fun of the characters through the prism of their own delusional perspectives. Bay doesn't change his usual aesthetic and his absurd visual world is a perfect representation of Lugo's version of the American Capitalist's dream and these neon-baked images turn perfectly nightmarish as that dream is tarnished by violence. The director's awkward and juvenile (not to mention homophobic and misogynistic) sense of humor is still dubious, but it isn't out-of-place with the subject matter and Markus & McFeely (who, by the way, are also known for their family-friendly Narnia, Captain America, and Thor sequel scripts) include plenty of clever gags to neutralize the director's more problematic tastes – though, I suppose, the funniest stuff is still indicative of the real story (I've heard actual quotes from the criminal interviews were used). Like every movie Bay has ever made, Pain & Gain is overlong (it runs out of steam almost exactly halfway through), but it certainly flows quickly; at times so quickly that it's difficult to follow. But the over-use of flashbacks and shifts in narration source actually fits the story's messy aesthetic and the quick deviations into the characters' personal lives are surprisingly efficient storytelling devices (Doorbal's penis issues tell us almost everything we need to know about him and his motivations).
Mark Wahlberg has proven himself as a 'director's actor.' He can be great, but it seems to depend entirely upon who he's working with and if that person is capable of harnessing his talents. It's no mistake that his best performances have been in Paul Thomas Anderson, Martin Scorsese, and David O. Russell movies. Bay doesn't pull a Departed or Fighter-level performance out of the guy, but certainly knows how to play to Wahlberg's strengths as a pop culture icon. The same goes for Dwayne Johnson, though 'The Rock's' performance is so strong it honestly might deserve a little Oscar recognition. I'm serious – he's amazing. It helps that Paul Doyle is the sweet-natured foil to Luco's relentless self-centeredness, but simple likeability wouldn't have been enough put a role in a Michael Bay film over into an Oscar-calibre category. Anthony Mackie's performance is a bit limited by his use in a supportive capacity, but he still manages to steal a couple of scenes with a well-placed line of quirky dialogue. The rest of the cast, including Tony Shalhoub, Rebel Wilson, and Ed Harris, is pretty great as well, though, if there's one thing Michael Bay can do as well as blow stuff up, it's putting together a good ensemble.
According to specs, Pain & Gain was shot using a series of styles and formats, including Red Epic, Canon, and Phantom digital HD formats and traditional 35mm. This 2.40:1, 1080p transfer makes good use of the occasionally chaotic multimedia approach, reveling in hyper-vibrant hues and super-saturated white levels. There's nothing natural about this transfer. Bay and cinematographer Ben Seresin's palette is a delightfully unreal representation of mid-'90s Miami, Florida. The sky is a constant, perfect baby blue, the sun is a perfect orange, the vegetation is a perfect green, the skin tones are perfect bronze, and the cars are perfectly cherry red. All of these perfect colours are perfectly vivid. Details are similarly unreal. Some of the finer background textures are blown-out by the whites and crushed by the blacks, but the huge boost in contrast ends up amplifying just as many of the finer foreground textures. Though eerily consistent, the colour patterns are also pretty complex throughout the film and sit beside each other without many bleeding effects or edge haloes. The use of multiple formats shows in the disparity of noise/grain levels and these variances tend to define the tonal imagery of the entire film. Much of the film takes place under the almost acidic whites of the Miami sun, which creates clean, crisp images or under the bluish glow of fluorescent lights, which creates smoother and more complex hue gradations. When Bay aims for a grittier look during some of the darker scenes, the gradations become more jagged and there are noticeable uptakes in digital noise levels. This includes some cross-colouration effects, but there are no notable issues with macroblocking or other compression artefacts.
Paramount has set Pain & Gain up with a Dolby TrueHD 7.1 soundtrack that doesn't disappoint on the big and freakin' loud front. Even when he's not dealing with robot cars, Michael Bay is a fan of busy, hyperactive soundtracks. There's a very stylized little car crash that leads to a minor explosion and some punchy shootouts as plans go south for our heroes, but the film is generally not action-oriented, so the stereo and surround enhancements are mostly intensified versions of ambient effects. The dialogue track is divided between the basic, centered bits and the stereo-enhanced narration, all of which is clear and discernable amongst the punched-up environmental sounds. Composer Steve Jablonsky's score is deliciously '90s, pulling inspiration from the dopey action movies of the era for a thoroughly silly aural experience. Just in case Jablonsky's score wasn't enough to establish period, Bay throws in some of the era's more recognizable pop tunes for good measure. The music is given an effective, directionally-enhanced multi-channel representation and is regularly the most aggressive aural element.
Paramount's first release of Pain & Gain came loaded with…absolutely no extras. Given its 'true story' basis and the fact that it was apparently a passion project for Bay, the lack of supplemental material was particularly distressing. This new collector's edition sort of sets things right, though it seems like even more could be culled from the project.
The extras we get are housed under the header of The A Game: Michael Bay's Pain & Gain and include:
- Still A True Story: Ripped From The Headlines (11:30, HD) – A look at Pete Collins' research, thesis essay, and screenplay adaptation of the real story.
- Back to Basics: Michael Bay's Vision (8:30) – A unfortunately congratulatory look at Bay's return to a much smaller scale of filmmaking, including fly-on-the-wall, on-set footage.
- American Dreamer: Daniel Lugo (5:30, HD) – On Wahlberg's acting process and the real life character he played.
- Passion Player: Paul Doyle (5:30, HD) – On Johnson's acting process and the real life character he played.
- Dirty Work: Adrian Doorbal (3:50, HD) – On Mackie's acting process and the real life character he played.
- Victimless Crime: Victor Kershaw (5:40, HD) – On Shalhoub's acting process and the real life character he played.
- Diamonds in the Rough: Locations (8:50, HD) – Concerning Miami culture and the places the production shot around the city.
- The Real Deal: Law Enforcement (8:40, HD) - A final look at the film's stunts and the use of real Miami DADE police department members as advisors and actors.
For whatever it's worth, Pain & Gain is Michael Bay's best movie. I'd even go so far as to say that it's his Goodfellas with every intended implication. Even the director's crummy sense of humour fits the morally abhorrent material to the point that I can't imagine any other filmmaker bringing this true story to the big screen. This Blu-ray features a very strong 1080p transfer, a super high bit-rate Dolby TrueHD soundtrack, and, finally, some extras. They aren't the best and most intensive extras (the featurettes run a total of 57:10), but they're certainly better than nothing for those that hadn't already purchased the bare-bones release.
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking the individual images, but due to .jpg compression, they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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I liked this much more than I thought it would, and yes, it does run out of steam around the halfway point. It's rough to consider that this might be Bay's finest film. Good review, Gabe!
matt86 Member Join Date: March 2008 Location: United States Posts: 868
I liked it too and I also wish more features could've been rounded up. I saw a YouTube video and the red case is pretty spiffy. Unless its super cheap, though, I can't see myself rebuying it.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 3rd December 2013
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.40:1
Anamorphic: No
Colour: No
Audio: Dolby TrueHD 7.1 English, Dolby Digital 2.0 English DVS, Dolby Digital 5.1 Spanish, French, and Portuguese
Subtitles: English SDH, French, Spanish, Portuguese
Extras: Still A True Story: Ripped From The Headlines, Back to Basics: Michael Bay's Vision, American Dreamer: Daniel Lugo, Passion Player: Paul Doyle, Dirty Work: Adrian Doorbal, Victimless Crime: Victor Kershaw, Diamonds in the Rough: Locations, The Real Deal: Law Enforcement
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Michael Bay
Cast: Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson, Anthony Mackie, Tony Shalhoub, Ed Harris
Genre: Action, Comedy and Crime
Length: 129 minutes
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