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Ralph Fiennes' film resume suggests that he might be an Anglophile – after all, he's been involved in a high profile array of works derived from British-born cultural powerhouses including William Shakespeare, Sir Ian Fleming and J.K. Rowling – but he insists it had nothing to do with directing himself as author Charles Dickens in "The Invisible Woman."
"I had minimal knowledge of Dickens," says Fiennes. "This came out of left field to me. The last thing I thought I'd be doing I think would be Victorian drama about Dickens, but it was the story of Nelly Ternan and survival and Dickens that got under my skin."
The film, based on Claire Tomalin's book "The Invisible Woman: The Story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens," chronicles the clandestine romance between England's revered Victorian era novelist – then at the height of his career, responsible for crafting masterworks including A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist, Great Expectations and A Christmas Carol – and the teenage actress Ellen "Nelly" Ternan.
It was a complicated affair that took place during Dickens' unhappy marriage – Dickens assiduously pursued Ternan against rigid Victorian convention. The story, says Fiennes, "really got under my skin, I really felt there's a film here. And it was to do with what was it like for that girl to go through this being pursued by Dickens, and then later on, how did she come to terms with it? How did she live with it?"
Fiennes initially toyed with the notion of not naming the author in the film, referring to him only as "The Famous Writer." "I didn't want the whole Dickens element to over dominate," he says. "I just thought it's the story of this woman who's pursued by this man, commits to him, loses him. Years later we find her wrestling with what that was. A lot of it is to do with in life with how we come to terms with the past."
Casting Felicity Jones as Ternan, Fiennes tells much of the story through her character's eyes.
"I think Nelly is quite tough – she risked a lot putting herself not out there, but as it were 'behind the door,'" he says. "Her mother aspired to respectability, and yet also acquiesced in brokering in this arrangement. There were understandings, unspoken things, that went on. It's a very complicated terrain. In Claire's book she talks about how relationships, love affairs, mistresses – people were coming to arrangements. Women were unhappy in marriages. Women wanted to be with men who were married. Nowadays that stuff's much easier. The same impulses, same desires were at play, but the Victorians had to negotiate it very differently."
Fiennes also found himself intrigued by both the similarities and differences faced by celebrity figures then and now. "Dickens at the height of his fame – it feels like it was like today," he says. "He'd sell tickets like a pop star for his public readings. It was huge, and when he came to the States the second time, people were lining the docks when his ship came in. The overt side of fame and applause that was very much the case with him was quite rare for his age. Even now, the scandal in terms of fame and salacious gossip and curiosity – the British Victorian world didn't like the collective embarrassment of a famous person being humiliated. Scandal could happen, as it did later on with Oscar Wilde, but I don't think it was a happy occasion.
"Here, now, there is license for a kind of violent curiosity, an overt public inquisitiveness, where the press can speculate and write the most terrible half-truths about people's lives. That didn't exist then."
The actor also enjoyed a welcome reunion with Kristin Scott Thomas, with whom he co-starred in "The English Patient," 1996's Academy Award winner for Best Picture. Scott Thomas had seen his first directorial effort. "She saw 'Coriolanus' and was complimentary to the point that she said, 'I want to be in your next film.' I was very happy, and I had this script. – I wanted the part to be appealing." Directing her in her role as Ternan's mother, he did have to navigate a fresh relationship with his old friend. "It was definitely new. I mean, time has gone by – It's nearly 20 years ago we did that," he says. "We have a friendship that underpinned it all. It's funny to be directing your friends. Sometimes it's helpful to have a distance. When someone's not your friend, it helps you say stuff. If they're your friend, I think you can be hypersensitive to how she might receive a note of direction or something. But," he chuckles, "We got through it."
It was exactly 20 years ago that Fiennes made his first big mark in film, playing the cruel Nazi Amon Goeth in Steven Spielberg's landmark "Schindler's List." "It was a hugely important for everyone involved emotionally," he remembers. "It marked us all in some way. Steven, he was kind of in a way possessed, I think, and to be around that level of sort of determination is very stimulating."
He's equally energized about his upcoming roles in front of the camera for other filmmakers, including Wes Anderson's "The Grand Budapest Hotel." "That was the dream role," enthuses Fiennes. "I play a concierge of a hotel, which is grand, over the top and baroque, and the dominant figure is the concierge, who's the manager in all but name who runs it. He gets into a scrape with his newly hired lobby boy and together they form a bond of friendship as they survive the bad guys who are chasing them. He's a slightly dizzy, fastidious elaborate character who's reveals unexpected sides of honor and courage."
And he's "impatient" to resume his role as 007's new boss M in the next James Bond film. "I think popular entertainment is part of what makes the business survive. Populist films have proven themselves over the years, they've become part of our film culture and the 007 franchise is one of them," he says. "I loved the James Bond films when I was a kid. The combination of John Logan – who I'd worked with very closely on 'Coriolanus' – with Sam Mendes – who I worked with in the theater many years ago and whose films I really admire – and the new take on it and to come in as a new M – that whole proposal was attractive to me. I don't know how long I'll be part of it, but I'm looking forward to being M, and I think Daniel Craig's a fantastic Bond for our time."


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Commission invites stakeholders to submit their views on the future of transnational company agreements
The European Commission published a staff working document on transnational company agreements and is inviting stakeholders to contribute to the discussion on the future of these agreements.
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The staff working document shares the results of the work carried out by an expert group in six meetings between 2008 and 2011 under the auspices of the Commission. This group, made up of experts from Member States and the EU social partners, as well as academics and researchers, representatives of European institutions and company actors and the ILO, monitored developments and exchanged good practice on transnational company agreements (TCAs).
With its new staff working document "Transnational company agreements: realising the potential of social dialogue", the Commission takes stock of expert group's work and outlines options for further steps. The Commission now invites all interested parties to share their views on the challenges and opportunities faced by TCAs and on the specific options put forward. Reactions are expected by e-mail to email@example.com or by post, before the end of the year.
Transnational Company Agreements (TCAs) are an evolving feature of social dialogue in multinational companies. They provide for voluntary solutions agreed between the company and workers' organisations/representatives to issues such as anticipation of change and restructuring, training, mobility, health and safety at work, or equality.
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An MP is urging parents suspected of child abuse to flee the country rather than face justice in the Family Courts "because you can't rely on the evidence being fair".
John Hemming MP, chairman of the Justice for Families campaign group, said he has been contacted by hundreds of parents who claim they have been unfairly targeted by social services.
He tells tonight's Panorama that he believes parents cannot expect a fair hearing when the Family Courts decide whether their children should be taken into care.
"All the cards are held by the local authority. It has large resources to fight the cases, it does all the assessments," the Liberal Democrat MP for Birmingham Yardley said.
"My advice to people if they can afford it is just to go abroad. You can't get a fair trial here, because you can't rely on the evidence being fair. It's best simply to go if you can, at the right time, lawfully."
Cathy Ashley, chief executive of the Charity Family Rights Group, slammed Hemming's comments.
"This is crass, ignorant and potentially dangerous advice," she said.
"It could seriously backfire on any parent who follows it. It could put a child at risk in serious danger.
"There is plenty of evidence that the most important factor in safeguarding a child who is deemed at risk, is an open working relationship between the family and social workers.
"Lack of co-operation is likely to result in the local authority seeking to apply for a care order. Parents need to understand their rights, have access to specialist expert advice and the ability to constructively challenge social workers. John Hemmings's encouragement of them to flee is the antithesis of helpful advice to parents in such circumstances."
The BBC1 programme says that last year local authorities made a record 10,000 applications to take children away from their parents and into care, leading to claims that social workers may be overreacting in the wake of cases such as that of Baby P.
But the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass), which looks after the interests of children in family proceedings, said more youngsters are being protected.
"We can't play poker with children's safety, we've got to have a system that plays it safe to begin with," chief executive Anthony Douglas said.
"I do think we have a responsibility to make our family courts better, to make them more transparent, to build public confidence in them. To advocate leaving altogether doesn't solve the problem for the vast majority of children and parents who need our courts to be as good as they possibly can be."
In Panorama I Want My Baby Back, reporter John Sweeney investigates four cases where parents say their babies have been unfairly taken away by the Family Courts.
They all took their children to hospital for treatment and were suspected of abuse when doctors spotted tiny fractures on their x-rays.
Unexplained fractures of this type have been taken as evidence of abuse, but that medical certainty is now being challenged with some experts believing that the fractures could be caused by bone abnormalities resulting from a shortage of vitamin D.
One mother who had her young son Harrison taken away when she took him to hospital was Amy Howell. X-rays showed multiple fractures, which were believed to be evidence of abuse, but were later found to be caused by a genetic bone disorder.
Speaking of her ordeal, Howell told the programme: "It's something that stays with you and niggles away at you even when it's finished.
"It will be over when they stop doing this to other people, when I can say that now people have learnt this is happening and they're not going to carry on accusing innocent parents."


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* Color Matching Easter Egg Game
C's preschool class is studying Eggs and Birds this week so we made this
cute little seasonal manipulative for her classroom.
I think saw this idea somewhere on Pinterest or blog land but now I can't find the link--ack!
If you come across it let me know so I can give credit where it's due.
*Note: I was contacted by Chelle who writes Having Fun At Chelle's House blog,
here's a link to HER colored eggs and yolks post! Thanks Chelle!!
We picked up some plastic easter eggs at the store and had the craft felt in our art studio stash.
"C" helped me make felt eggs by gluing the colored yolks to white blob shapes
(we used Aleene's Tacky Glue),
the whole thing took about 10 minutes to cut out, glue and put together.
The longest part was waiting for the glue to dry before we stuffed the felt eggs into the shells!
We decided to go with glue instead of hand sewing the eggs-
that way "C"was able to help make them.
When we've made felt eggs in the past (see my old post here) I sewed them.
The paper egg carton was in our garage "recycling" art supplies.
I added a quick cut paper and magic marker cover to spruce it up a bit
before we delivered it to her classroom.
Eggs ready to sort, match, count and play!
Their teacher said the kids decided they should go into the play kitchen
and got to work coming up with all sorts of games with them.
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Whether you're a furry, a Trekkie, or just into comic books, there's a festival to fulfill your fandom needs no matter what time of year it is.
America's "nerd culture" is on the rise. Comic conventions, which used to be small events that catered to only the most hardcore fans, are now selling out tickets within hours. But if you couldn't get a coveted ticket to this...


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The rumored HTC 6435 has just made another appearance on Verizon's device management system, indicating that the handset could make its way to store shelves within the next 2-6 weeks. According to the handset's GLBenchmark scores which were discovered in early August, the HTC 6435 features a Qualcomm's MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus paired with an Adreno 225 GPU used to power a 1794 x 1080 pixel display.
The actual size of this device is still unknown, but many are speculating that it is the 5-inch phablet device which was originally mentioned in a DigiTimes report last month. There is also the possibility that the Verizon-bound HTC 6435 will match up with the mysterious images of a black and red HTC phone which showed up a few days ago. DigiTimes reported that the HTC phablet would make its way into thew hands on consumers sometime between September and October – matching up nicely with the HTC press event scheduled for September 19th.
If you were interested in picking up a phablet, would you wait for the HTC 6435 or go for the LG Intuition?


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Hearing loss among older adults appears to be associated with faster cognitive decline than people without hearing loss, researchers found.
The study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine on Monday suggests that, on average, individuals with hearing loss would require 7.7 years to decline by the five points on a commonly accepted cognitive impairment scale, compared with 10.9 years for people with normal hearing.
The prevalence of dementia worldwide is expected to double in 20 years, so the efforts to understand what leads to cognitive decline are important, said the authors led by Dr. Frank Lin of the Johns Hopkins Center on Aging and Health.
The authors studied 1,984 older adults, with an average age about 77. A total of 1,162 individuals with baseline hearing loss had annual rates of decline in test scores that measured global and executive function that were 41% and 32% greater, respectively, than those among individuals with normal hearing.


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Although Superstorm Sandy slammed the Northeast coastline with the force of a hurricane last October, no hurricane warning was issued.
That won't happen again, the National Hurricane Center said Thursday.
As of June 1, the center is officially expanding the definitions of watches and warnings, allowing them to be issued even if a system loses tropical characteristics, as did Sandy before it hit.
After strengthening into a hurricane in the Atlantic, Sandy was predicted to merge with a winter system and unravel into a post-tropical storm before striking land.
At the time, the hurricane center declined to issue a hurricane warning, saying it would have confused residents in light of a plethora of local warnings already in place.
The center also said protocol dictated that it couldn't post a hurricane warning for a system that wasn't expected to hit as a hurricane.
Sandy ended up killing at least 87 people, damaging or destroying 650,000 homes and causing at least $50 billion in damage in the United States. It also left 8.5 million customers without power, some for months.
In the aftermath, some television meteorologists criticized the hurricane center, saying a hurricane watch and warning should have been issued no matter what to ensure residents took the storm seriously.
In the future, hurricane center forecasters will have more flexibility to communicate storm threats, said Louis Uccellini, director of the National Weather Service.
"Sandy's forecast was remarkably accurate and under a similar situation in the future, forecasters will be able to choose the best option to underscore the urgency involved," he said.
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Passing Fancy, Gone Romancin', Lightly Prancing, Radiant Jewels, Soft Dazzle
MAC Tartan Tale: Dazzleglass Cremes
MAC Tartan Tale Dazzleglass Cremes ($18.00 for 0.09 oz.) feature five new and limited edition shades ranging from sheer neutrals to more opaque red. Dazzleglasses Cremes have a thicker consistency but aren't as sticky as lipglass. I do find that they have a slightly gritty texture, which becomes more noticeable as the gloss disappears and the glittery bits are left behind. They smell like vanilla.
The shades include: Passing Fancy (bright orange coral with soft pearl), Gone Romancin' (mid-tone lavender with multi-dimensional pearl), Lightly Prancing (light peach with gold pearl), Radiant Jewels (dark sparkly magenta), and Soft Dazzle (mid-tone peach pink with gold pearl).
Their biggest downfall is how little product you get in each tube: a measly 0.09 oz. To put that into perspective, a normal MAC Lipglass is $14.50 and contains 0.17 oz. I like Dazzleglasses for their high shine, glossy look and very dazzling shimmer, but the pitiful amount drives me batty.
- Passing Fancy is a soft, sheer coral-nude with white shimmer. This is the least shimmer-filled of the five. I don't know how this translates to "bright orange coral," though. It may look it in the tube, but on the lips, not the case. Smile would be the closest permanent dupe, though it has a bit more shimmer.
- Gone Romancin' is a semi-opaque lilac pink with lots of light lilac and white shimmer. This one is full of shimmer! It reminds me of Negligee lipglass or a more lilac Cultured. It's a bit pinker than Via Veneto.
- Lightly Prancing is a semi-sheer, milky peach nude with soft gold shimmer. It is reminiscent of Sublime Shine, though less gold shimmer. The closest permanent dupe would be Bare Necessity.
- Radiant Jewels is a semi-opaque, deep fuchsia raspberry with fuchsia shimmer. It looks very much like Creme Allure — maybe just a touch darker, but they look very, very close to me. Love Alert would be the closest permanent dupe.
- Soft Dazzle is a semi-sheer, milky pink-nude with gold shimmer. Yes, it looks incredibly similar to Lightly Prancing–it's just a little pink. Moth to Flame would be the closest permanent dupe –it doesn't have as much gold sparkle.
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Lockheed Martin Corp. will outfit a medical research laboratory for the Army under a six-year, $66 million contract.
The award from the Army Engineering and Support Center in Huntsville, Ala., calls on the contractor to stand up the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases Replacement Laboratory at Fort Detrick, Md., according to a Jan. 31 Lockheed announcement.
Lockheed Martin's Global Training and Logistics business will help transition essential personnel and equipment to the new facility, which includes nearly one million-square-feet of new space comprised of multiple labs, administrative and headquarters offices.
"Standing up a research environment is a complex undertaking requiring expertise in medical outfitting and transition," June Shrewsbury, vice president of technical services at Lockheed Martin's Global Training and Logistics business, said in the announcement.
In addition to the new laboratory at Fort Detrick, Lockheed Martin's expertise in health-care outfitting and transition services includes the Defense Department's new Medical Education & Training Campus at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas, the world's largest enlisted military medical training campus.
In a separate initiative, Lockheed Martin will complete the outfitting and transition activities for the new San Antonio Military Medical Center in the spring of 2012.
Lockheed Martin, of Bethesda, Md., ranks No. 1 on Washington Technology's 2011 Top 100 list of the largest federal government contractors.
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Left 4 Dead is a new release from Valve that leaves you as part of a group of survivors in a world where an infection has rapidly turned the populace into a zombie horde. You goal is to make it to a rescue point, all the while fighting what seems like overwhelming odds. Along the way there are safe houses where you can replenish your weapons and health. The movie 'I Am Legend' comes to mind to set the stage for this game. But unlike the movie, there are four characters and not just a lone gun and his faithful companion. The horde is not at all like the typical slow walking, foot shuffling zombie. These zombies are quick and work with the pack mentality. Your job: survival!
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- Anisotropic Filtering: x16
- Game Settings: Maximum
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Battery charger; bale chopper
I have a Century battery charger that needs a new switch. I had a flyer with it, but it doesn't give any address or phone number. This company also makes electric welders.
I also have a small bale chopper Tomahawk 100 made by Parmiter North America. Could you tell me where I can find parts?
Armin Robert
Red Bud, IL
Century Manufacturing Company was bought in October 2001 by a company called Clore Automotive. You can contact Clore Automotive at 9231 Penn Ave. S., Bloomington, MN 55431, 800/328-2921, www.cloreautomotive.com.
Parmiter is headquartered in the United Kingdom. Its distributor for North America is Lyman Company, 1333 136th St. SE, Mill Creek, WA 98012, 425/745-3783.
Table saw
I am looking for repair parts for an Ohio Forge table saw. It was manufactured in 1985. Help would be appreciated.
Gary Dillon
via e-mail
Apparently Ohio Forge went out of business in 1990. Test-Rite Products has a few of the saw parts left. Contact Test-Rite Products' Customer Service Department at 800/551-0229.
Combine reel
I recently purchased a JD 216 platform, and the reel has had the wood batts and metal teeth replaced with plastic fingers. The fingers have the name Gentle Fingers stamped on the side. Could you tell me where to find replacements? All of my local suppliers have not been able to help.
Ron Roberts
Dunlap, IA
Contact Combine World, Box 357, Allan, Saskatchewan S0K 0C0, Canada, 800/667-4515, www.combineworld.com.
Eversman scraper
I have a dirt mover scraper made by Eversman Manufacturing of Denver, CO. It is a model 650. I need a place to buy a new cutting edge.
Cyril Miller
Le Center, MN
Contact Arts-Way Mfg., Hwy. 9, Armstrong, IA 50514, 712/864-3131.
Vicon mower
I own a Vicon 216 disc mower. I've been told the company is out of business. Where can I find parts for this machine?
Dennis Novacek
East Grand Forks, MN
You may find some Vicon parts at Tarver Sales Corp., 84636 Hwy. 25, Folsom, LA 70437, 985/796-5632.
Hopper paddles
I'm trying to locate Kewanee elevator hopper paddles and was told that the company has been sold and parts are not being made anymore.
Mitch Grahlman
Sumner, IA
Bush Hog bought the company and still has parts. Go to your Bush Hog dealer or contact the company at 7303 Vine St. Ct., Davenport, IA 52806, 800/304-6234.
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These views were expressed in a public survey released by the Wildlife Conservation Society at a national conference on restoring bison populations in North America held last week in Rapid City, South Dakota.
The survey is part of an effort spearheaded by the American Bison Society, which is a program of the Wildlife Conservation Society, based at New York's Bronx Zoo.
The American Bison Society aims to achieve ecological restoration in the next 100 years by encouraging government agencies, conservation groups, ranchers, and others to do all they can to restore the bison's ecological role as an important species.
The national survey asked 2,000 Americans more than 50 questions about bison to gage public awareness about this iconic species, as conservationists grapple with how to best restore populations to the American West and elsewhere.
The survey showed that fewer than 10 percent understood how many bison remain in the United States.
American bison (Photo © Julie Larsen Maher courtesy Wildlife Conservation Society)
More than 74 percent of those surveyed believe that bison are an extremely important living symbol of the American West, and more than half view the bison as emblematic as a symbol of America as whole.
Before European settlers arrived in North America, at least 30 million bison are estimated to have roamed the Great Plains and grasslands from Alaska to Mexico. Bison dominated the prairies for nearly 10,000 years, shaping the land with their grazing patterns and migrations.
They were wiped out by commercial hunting and habitat loss that resulted from the settlers' westward expansion.
While an estimated 500,000 bison remain in the United States, most of those animals live on private ranches, with only about 9,000 plains bison considered free-ranging in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. An additional 7,000 free-ranging wood bison live in Canada.
Today, the genetically purest descendants of those wild bison are the targets of a government campaign that has slaughtered over 5,000 wild bison since 1985. Domestic cattle have encroached into the bison's native range, which raises the specter of disease transmission from bison to cattle. Despite the fact that there has not been one case of Brucella abortus transmission from wild bison to cattle, bison are not tolerated outside Yellowstone National Park by Montana's livestock industry and the state and federal agencies that back them.
The National Park Service, U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, the U.S. Forest Service, and the Montana Department of Livestock permit and participate in the killing of American bison within and migrating from Yellowstone National Park.
Yet the Yellowstone population, unlike most other bison populations held in the public trust, are genetically pure Bison bison, unmixed with cattle breeds.
"The results of this survey clearly show that the American public wants more to be done to restore the bison," said Dr. Kent Redford of the Wildlife Conservation Society. "We know it will take decades of strategic planning and a wide group of stakeholders will need to take appropriate action."
Wildlife Conservation Society is calling on the federal government to better coordinate management of bison across federal agencies, take down barriers to the production and sale of ecologically raised bison meat, and work with Canada and Mexico on bison management.
Progress is already being made, Redford said. For example, last month, Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne announced an initiative that will work with state, tribal and agricultural interests to strengthen bison conservation efforts to help bison recover and thrive.
Forty percent of survey respondents said that they have tried eating bison and 83 percent of those said it tastes as good or better than beef.
Redford said, "The survey also showed that one road to bison conservation may be a pragmatic, market-based approach, namely to grow sustainable markets for wild, free-ranging bison meat."
The three-day conference entitled "Building blocks for bison ecological restoration," was co-sponsored by the Wildlife Conservation Society, American Prairie Foundation, Linden Trust for Conservation, The Nature Conservancy, Safari Club International, and World Wildlife Fund.
The conference was attended by more than 100 participants and covered all aspects of bison ecological restoration. It was attended by representatives from U.S. federal, state and Canadian agencies, private ranchers, and indigenous groups.
Ecological restoration will likely take a century, says the Wildlife Conservation Society, and will only be realized through collaboration with a broad range of public, private and indigenous partners.
Ecological restoration of North American bison would occur when large herds of plains and wood bison can move freely across extensive landscapes within all major habitats of their historic ranges, said Redford. It would include bison interacting with the fullest possible set of other native species, as well as inspiring, sustaining and connecting human cultures.
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Yes, that time works for me.Tell me where to meet. There are several courts in RWS.
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Shorebird Courts will work. I can do an hour of hitting until 1 PM. will this work for you?
thank you
Yes, those are the courts off of Marine Parkway, right?
Hi Randall,
Yes, those are the courts.
Will you be able to make it and just do 1 hour? I apologize, kid pickup.
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Hi randy,
lets just try next time...
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DiS hivemind assemble - who should we bring to London next?
Been chatting to Songkick since the success of that Desaparecidos show, and been thinking about whether we could do the same thing again.
Who would you want to see that has never or rarely plays London?
Maher Shalal Hash Bazstyrofoamboots, Spicer, and wilbur this'd this
though probably one that is more likely to get votes is Tortoise playing a non-festival set around the Summer ATP
- JaguarPirate, orangejuice, Dans, niallKP, Fallout_at_the_Boy, tobythecat, ma0sm, LdnMetropolitanElite, chickenbones, deadonthestairs, jackpot, furio, and Jurgen_Chipz this'd this
Seriously though
This band have released some of the most creative, under-rated music over the course of "Is Terrified", "Emergency & I" and "Change" drawing influences from such hugely diverse sources that there's not been anyone like them before or since (I suppose Brainiac is the closest you could get, but Tim Taylor's dead). Joe Easley and Eric Axelson are a powerhouse of a rhythm section who combined with the batshit ideas of Travis Morrison create music far greater than the sum of its parts.
They've never played the UK, and realistically, never will. Even on their original break-up tour, back when they were babes of Pitchfork, they only got as far as Japan outside of the US. There are plenty of good bands on this list already, but on the whole they are bands who have played the UK before or would likely play the UK at some point regardless. Joe works for NASA, Travis writes for The Huffington Post, they've got full-time jobs and who knows how long this reunion can keep going. This surely is the spirit of what these Songkick shows are about.
I flew to New York to see a couple of their shows on the last reunion tour because I genuinely believed there was zero chance that they would ever play the UK so it was that or nothing. It cost a fucking fortune to get there, I had to stay in a hostel in Harlem to cut costs, but was worth every penny. I even got to interview the band: http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/interviews/the-dismemberment-plan-its-feeling-more-and-more-normal-again/. Both shows were absolutely mindblowing, they're a phenomenal live band. I couldn't tire of seeing them live.
They've got a sizeable following here in the UK, and considering the fact that they've never played here before and would likely never play again, I can't imagine there being any problem whatsoever with them selling out a 1000+ capacity venue.
Go on. Do it.orangejuice this'd this
they played the UK in 2000
saw them then
I had no idea!
pretty sure they played in 2003 too
Saw them in the Exeter Cavern aged 15, having no idea who they were. Thought they were boring because you couldn't mosh to them like you could to Capdown or RATM. Oh how I wish I could go back in time and give my younger self a slap and a copy of Emergency & I (or Change actually, which I think I prefer - oooh controversial...)
let's do it
(I will stop confusing them with Dillinger Escape Plan at some point!)ma0sm, orangejuice, and Dans this'd this
- Poprivet, wilbur, deadonthestairs, and myyada this'd this
- badmanreturns and kilgore-trout this'd this
- JohnM and deadonthestairs this'd this
Colin Stetson!
I think he's played once, years ago, in a support slot. Seems to play elsewhere in Europe lot, think he did a few dates in Ireland, but never stops here for some reason.stanstubbs this'd this
I would like to see this too
though it's not really likely to be as popular as something like Desaparecidos
Mark Mcguire
(Please)calumlynn this'd this
- Antpocalypsenow this'd this
- orangejuice this'd this
- _TheBeautifulOnes_ and Danny_Apple this'd this
Daniel Lopatin live is a man standing behind a laptop
Not the best use of this resource.
- ThisTemporaryLife this'd this
I'll do it for a can of pop and a pack of digestives lol! Cheap date me lol!
- badmanreturns this'd this
- Puds and Gashwrecker this'd this
What happened to the boredoms votes from the last one?
I got an email saying that they'd reached the number of votes needed to ask them, then heard no more. Bring Boredoms over!
Man or astroman
- sweetverbs this'd this
Rainer Maria
They'd reform for a sell out UK show, guaranteed.niallKP this'd this
But would they sell out a show?
There were about 30 people at the Brighton show on their last UK tour. It was still incredible though.
Someone told me they announced UK dates
and played them within the space of two weeks. Not surprised it underperformed ticket wise, especially as that album got no promotional support at all. They'd be a worthy act to bring over, but people who loved them would have to pledge big to make it happen.
Turns out they still play together
Fugazi, obviously.
They might actually go for a songkick kind of thing.stanstubbs, pentargo, joeymahone, and kilgore-trout this'd this
please.deadonthestairs, _TheBeautifulOnes_, and M-I-E this'd this
The Wrens
The Wrens
The Wrens
The Wrens
The Wrens
The Wrens
The Wrens
or failing that...
The WrensAntpocalypsenow, sadpunk, seedler, deadonthestairs, Teepee_uk, WhiteLightWhiteCity, and asita this'd this
They're genuinely finishing the album soon!
I reckon they'll be here next year.
american analog set
Or labradford
Surely The Halo Benders
are one of the great bands that have never played the UK.
So yeah, them.thegoodmrbrodie and aboynamedgoo this'd this
The Smiths
What are they up to these days?
- heartworms and aboynamedgoo this'd this
No idea about what's going on with this lot now, I assume they are pretty damn old and have probably gone beyond the pale in terms of their current or recent output, but their first three albums remain solid gold brilliance.
Could easily sell out The Forum and I'm sure they could be persuaded to come over if the lion's share of the money from that gig was given straight to them.
Might just be Art Alexakis and a load of identikit sessioners, but politely restrict them to stuff from the first three albums and it would still be great I'm sure. Their gig at The Astoria about 12 years ago (their last in the UK??) remains one of the best shows I have ever been to.
theyre playing the islington academy in aprilma0sm this'd this
HAHA no way!
Do they sound like Taylor Swift now?
I'll try and get in touch with him and see what he can do
I'll be on the lookout for a guy in an Everclear shirt the next time I'm in town. I'll pass along the message.
Archers Of Loaf
would be another good one. I realise they came over last year for I'll Be Your Mirror, and did ATP NBC and played their own show at Cargo the previous December, but I'd love to see them again. Cargo sold out well in advance, reckon they could easily fill The Garage.deadonthestairs and moker this'd this
Archers Of Loaf
With support from Chavez please
The best Broken Social Scene line-up
Kevin Drew, Brendan Canning, Feist, Amy Milian, Emily Haines, Jason Collet, Evan Cranley, Justin Peroff.
Support from Land of Talk.niallKP this'd this
- ohgood and stanstubbs this'd this
though he said on twitter the other day (1st Feb)
that the reason for not doing much in Europe recently is not numbers/selling tickets but finding a team to organise the whole tour properly etc
- thegoodmrbrodie, aboynamedgoo, Moitessier, and kilgore-trout this'd this
- shadyadie this'd this
- joeymahone and sadballadman this'd this
did eurovision!
Black Moth Super Rainbow
Never played outside the States I believe. I would pay £££ to see them.
They cancelled last year because of a broken arm.
No Age & Abe Vigoda
But in Manchester, not London.
Cheers.andyvine this'd this
Giant Drag please!
I'm sure Annie and whoever is in her band now would jump at the chance....deadonthestairs, CousinCalledKevin, and Blackjack_Bauer this'd this
Deltron 3030
Just about to drop the second album, so not unfeasible.
Would need to be with full orchestra of course.
I agree with the chap up there
lets get Tortoise to 50 votes and see them play a non festival london show. They are coming over anyway.
Peppermint Apes surely?
Just had a nose on their facebook
I think the frontman sacked all the band, or they left after reading the Papes thread on DiS.....
Get cLOUDDEAD to do a show
They got back together for a track on the Themselves mixtape, and they're so loose with collaborations I doubt there's any real obstacles to them doing itpichaelmarker this'd this
According to Songkick they've only played 5 concerts ever though
have got one UK date currently lined up. In Malmesbury, of all places...
there's other music that's not reformed 90s college rock bands
- ThisTemporaryLife this'd this
Hymie's Basment
I would travel anywhere to see that.
I'm not really convinced of this thing
it's a really neat idea in theory but so many of the suggestions in this thread are bands that could come here if they wanted to / could be bothered. i mean, it's neat that Desa came here but they didn't exactly struggle to sell tickets and I'm presuming it would've happened at some point given they're back together and making new material, so all the congratulatory back slapping seems a little much. I mean, I love the Dismemberment Plan so so much, but it's fairly obvious they've not toured Europe because they're not a full time concern / not really interested in overseas touring.
To not be totally negative though, there are some good shouts here, eg Black Moth Super Rainbow. That's the kind of things it should be looking at, niche bands that maybe can't take the risk of booking a speculative tour.


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Public official charged with assault in altercation with wife
Robert George, 73, of 11 Stephanie Lane, Darien, was arrested March 27, on charges of third-degree assault of an elderly person, disorderly conduct and second-degree threatening.
George is an orthopedic surgeon in Darien and is a former member of the Emergency Medical Services Review Committee. George is also a District III member of the Representative Town Meeting. The EMS review committee ceased to exist after it was not reappointed on Dec. 2, 2013.
On March 18, George's wife reported that she was involved in a verbal altercation with her husband that lead to an assault March 10. She said she told George that he needed to see a substance abuse counselor, the report stated, and that she attempted to contact a counselor, during which time George struck her with an open hand on the back.
When she fell to the ground, she told police, George started to kick her an estimated five times, according to the report.
She suffered a fractured jaw and two of her front teeth were loosened, police said. She took photos of her injuries, which were used in the investigation, police said.
At the time she made the report, George had checked himself into Silver Hill Hospital in New Canaan.
After she filed the report, police applied for an arrest warrant, which was filed with Stamford Superior Court the next day.
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Comedian Billy Connolly has said he is 'proud' he called an Irish photographer a 'f**king c**t' on stage in Kerry.
The Scottish star has been slammed after his foul mouthed tirade against Valerie O'Sullivan in Killarney on Thursday night.
Local politician Michael Healy Rae has claimed that Connolly should be banned from performing in Ireland until he apologises.
Connolly lashed out when O'Sullivan, official photographer at the Gleneagles venue, photographer him during the show.
He stopped his performance and asked: "Are you taking photographs of me. Yeah you, you're still taking photographs of me."
Initially the audience laughed, thinking it was part of the show, before Connolly turned on the photographer.
He continued: "I'm serious, stop it," before adding: "Will someone come here and see to this f**king c**t."
The Sunday Independent reports that Connolly is 'proud' of his outburst.
He said: "I was kind of rude to her, I didn't know it was a woman, I could only see her in the shadows halfway up the hall.
"I told her to go away and then I told her to go away in a Glaswegian way.
"I don't regret it. Certainly not, I am very proud of it."
Award-winning photographer O'Sullivan has been contacted by Mr Connolly's management.
The paper reports that she told them that she observed the protocols involved in taking photographs, as she did at every concert.
She also told them that when she asked for permission to leave the mixing desk and move to the centre of the hall one of Billy Connolly's aides told her 'that's OK – go ahead'.
O'Sullivan has declined to comment publicly on the incident.
Local deputy Michael Healy Rae said: "I think he should not get up on a stage and do a show again until such time as he apologises."


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NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. – At the UMass-Dartmouth Invitational this Saturday, the MIT men's cross country team returned victorious after coming first in a 39-team field with 63 points. Senior Logan Trimble (Clearwater, Fla.) finished highest of the Engineers when he crossed the tape in third place in the varsity 8k with a time of 24:44.50. Junior Justin Bullock (Detroit, Mich.) won the sub-varsity competition in 25:50.91.
In the varsity race, sophomore Benji Xie (El Dorado Hills, Calif.) and senior Ben Mattocks (Sharon, Mass.) also finished in the top 15. In the sub-varsity competition, sophomore Ricardo Paez (Ontario, Calif.), junior Eric Safai (Los Altos, Calif.) and classmate Jay McKenna (Hilliard, Ohio) finished the race with just 20 seconds between them.
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Hey, I used to play twice a week every week. I moved here three months ago and have not played yet. I need to get back on it ! I'm guessing I'm 3.0ish. I love to play a full match whenever possible. Any where near the city is fine by me. I don't know the courts yet. Help ! I am usually done with work by 3.
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I am available most evenings next week if you want to play. I am in Hawaii Kai but anywhere in town is also ok with me. Mahalo, Joe
Tuesday or Wednesday work for me. let me know which is better for you. What time can you play ? I can come to you the first time we play as well. Let me know and I'll be there.
Wednesday or Thursday will work great for me. Any time is good. I am more than willing to come out to you as well. Let me know. Mahalo, Kevin
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Obituary published Jan. 29, 2013 in The Mexico Ledger
Laura Mary Littrell, 94 of Thompson, Mo. passed away Monday, Jan. 28, 2013 at her family farm home where she had resided for 68 years surrounded by loving family members.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Arnold Funeral Home with Rev. Robert H. Marty officiating. Visitation is from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday evening at the funeral home. Burial will be in East Lawn Memorial Park. Serving as pallbearers are: David Sudbrock, Chad Isgrig, David Kleinsorge, Phil Turner, Bryan Cornett, and Kyle Turner.
Laura was born Oct. 21, 1918 at her family farm home in Monroe County, the daughter of James Sydney Halley and Mabel Barton (Ewing) Halley. On Dec. 28, 1938 in Hannibal, she married Harold W. Littrell who preceded her in death on Jan. 2, 1993.
During the summers of 1936-37, Laura attended Kirksville Missouri Teacher's College and received a teaching certificate. She taught school at Gatewood Rural School north of Mexico for two terms until marriage. Harold and Laura enjoyed traveling and traveled with friends to places like California, Hawaii and the Carribean.
Mrs. Littrell was a longtime member of Midway Christian Church. She belonged to the Skinner Skippers Club as well as a friendly Canasta card club for over 40 years. On the farm, she enjoyed fixing a noon meal, often with garden produce she had raised and canned for everyone working on the farm and anybody else who happened to stop by that day. Along with being a great cook, she helped out on the family farm by driving a tractor and grain trucks, helping with the livestock, and was considered the backbone of Littrell Farms. Other hobbies included embroidering pillowcases, dish towels, pictures and crocheting blankets, dish scrubbers, and potholders. She especially enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren playing board games, cards, fishing, and also feeding the fish in the farm's lake. In later years, she could often be seen on her golf cart checking up on the farm business, picking up the mail, visiting the lake, or just loving being out in the great outdoors.
Survivors include two sons, Gary Littrell and wife, Mary of Thompson and Terry Littrell and Kyle Cone of Mexico; seven grandchildren, Eric Littrell and wife, Sara of Centralia, Nicholas Littrell of Singapore, Lindsey Littrell of Paris, MO, Jennifer Littrell of Washington D.C., Clayton Littrell of Garden City, KS, Loren Littrell of Columbia and Alisha Yahl and husband, Michael of Foristell; and eight great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband and two brothers, Ray Sydney Halley and James Ewing Halley.
Memorial donations may be made to Midway Christian Church or Audrain County Health Department Home, Health and Hospice. Both may be sent in care of Arnold Funeral Home, 425 S. Jefferson, Mexico, MO 65265.
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What better way to spend Presidents' Day weekend than engaging in hands-on science activities, interactive exhibits, and mind-bending games? The museum is open February 15-17 for Presidents' Weekend with activities that are fun for the family.
Participate in hands-on science activities to see how small changes can have a significant impact:
- How many items can you remember in a short period of time? Test your memory and get tips to improve your ability to recall various objects.
- Have you made the switch to LED light bulbs? Compare the energy efficiency of traditional, LED, and other types of light bulbs.
- What is the relationship between architecture and earthquakes? Learn why some buildings are more prone than others to sustaining damage during disasters.
Explore our changing climate in the Earth Lab. See how scientists investigate climate change and delve into its causes and effects. Then "play policymaker" to consider the energy-sector tradeoffs required to meet CO2 emissions goals.
Explore the science of learning and memory and see how the brain changes over time in the Life Lab. Get behind the wheel of a driving simulator to experience first-hand the effects of distracted driving. Assess your tolerance for risk in scenarios where you must weigh known outcomes against the unknown.
Test your logic skills and ability to think outside the box with a variety of interactive games and puzzles.
This holiday weekend, the only missing piece of the puzzle at the museum is you!


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Ellas_Daddy wrote:The collar will hold up fine. I don't make crap-quality stuff.
Ellas_Daddy wrote:Collars like these have been made for years. I'm curious to as why you are singling us out for questioning.
Of course, the tongue holes elongate with time. I could slap steel grommets in them and they would still elongate. The grommet would probably fall out first.
Don't act all innocent when you are clearly calling us out on a non-issue. If you don't want a decorated leather collar, get a quadruple ply nylon, then.
Ellas_Daddy wrote:If you don't want a decorated leather collar, get a quadruple ply nylon, then.
Ellas_Daddy wrote:I'm done with this BS. I'm not having a heart attack. I have much more important matters to deal with than this forum drama. You know exactly what you are doing. You've done it in the past and continue to do so. I'm done.
chewbecca wrote:I tried to answer politely.
chewbecca wrote:This thread has gone down hill, and that was NEVER my intent
chewbecca wrote:We didn't punch holes all over that collar.
The bordering is done with prong spots, which are set with small slits cut into the leather, not holes.
Not rivets.
chewbecca wrote:The tongue is usually bent to minimize elongation. The tongue hole gets elongated from being passed through the hole day in and day out. And this is going to happen on ANY leather collar
mnp13 wrote:That's a LOT of holes in that leather, I would worry about the overall strength of it under working load. What sort of stress tests are you putting it through before and after?
I think it's pretty, but my dogs are very hard on collars.
cheekymunkee wrote:I think it is beautiful & if I had any cash I would get on for Justice & one in black for Munkee. We love "bling"
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Plus that if I buy any more collars for a bit...Missy and I may be looking for a flat together.....You guys know of any place that would take .... a pack like ours.
airwalk wrote:Cool...watch for the moving trucks out front! Missy, Diana, Kinzly, Scooter, Magic and little Mr. No Hips could be showing up any day now.
DeeNtheChillas wrote:One of these days ill have a dog big enough for such a collar!
airwalk wrote:I am soooo sorry Sammy, I would never forget the little dog! Wow Christine we are going to have a full house.
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Talk:Wayne's World (film)
big mess[edit]
anyone who wants to take a crack at all this stuff feel free. I loped it over from a weird entry called WANYES WORLD and forwarded that page here (i think, i'm still new to this whole thing). I only found that page playing with random. A lot of the quotes are obviously doubles and the selection from the second source (with all the < BR /> 's in it) is probably a bit larger than necessary, especially considering the quantity of quotes that are just flat out bunches of dialog. I may get around to doing this myself eventually either way. jeremy
First time in Milwaukee[edit]
When Wayne and Garth first get to Mi-lee-wah-que (thank you Alice), what's the quote when they're skipping down the side walk like in that one show that I don't know the name of, then they proceed to do part of the show's intro. Finally, one of them goes "Wait, what are we doing? We have backstage passes to Alice Cooper!"
Anyone? Anyone at all?
It's from Lavern and Shirley. (sp?)


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Sunday, September 23, 2012
Nick Vujicic in Belgrade
Great Presentation by Australian Motivational Speaker, Nick Vujicic. If you don't like listening to speeches in Serbian (although there were a couple of good ones by Vlade and Ana Divac) skip to about the 28 minute mark where Nick begins. Nick tries a couple of lines in Serbian (Nick's grandparents came from Serbia) but the rest is in English.
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I have a PC I use regularly and at the time I had a HD 5450 in it. Lower power, no noise, etc... Problem was I couldn't play anything much more stressing than Solitaire without it having a conniption. Dug through one of my "box of parts" and found an old 8800 GTS. Decided to throw it in the box so I could play a game here and there on the machine. I reran the Windows Experience Index and realized it's retarded.
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So according to Windows the HD 5450 is only slight worse at "gaming graphics performance" than the 8800 GTS? I had to buy the 8800 GTS to play Bioshock (7600 GT wasn't cutting the mustard), I don't see the HD 5450 playing BIoshock at 640x480.
Windows Experience Index Is Idiotic
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Windows, Linux, Solaris, Red Hat, etc.....32 bit or 64 bit.
If its an OS, its here.
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Nicole Morales Hermosa
"By Small and Simple Things"
Age 17, Philippines
Textured acrylic paint on canvas
"This painting is about a Laurel who lets her light shine as she shares the gospel with a friend," 17-year-old Nicole Hermosa of the Philippines says of her entry in the International Art Competition for Youth. "The torch symbolizes the light we have as Latter-day Saint youth. Our Young Women logo is also a torch, which symbolizes the light our Savior gives. So I painted a torch as the light we share with others. By our small acts of service and by sharing the gospel, we can light up other people's lives."
Watch President Monson challenge young men and invite young women to prepare to serve missions.
"This painting is about a Laurel who lets her light shine as she shares the gospel with a friend. By our small acts of service and by sharing the gospel, we can light up other people's lives."
Nicole was inspired by a scripture in the Book of Mormon that says, "By small and simple things are great things brought to pass" (Alma 37: 6). She says that by simply giving service to other people, by sharing and helping them to know and learn about the gospel, we can help them see the light in us. And when others receive and accept the light we share, they too can share that light.
"In my first year of college, I had this wonderful opportunity to share the gospel with two of my classmates and close friends," Nicole says. "We three had lots of fun times bonding together. One day when we were talking they asked me about the Church. They had noticed I always enjoyed actively participating in Church activities. So, I told them the story of the First Vision, and I testified that the Church is the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. I also testified about the Book of Mormon, how it supports the Bible and contains the fulness of the gospel, and testifies of the Savior. At the end of our discussion, I asked them if they would like to go to church with me."
Read about some ways you can share the gospel now.
Although her friends did not accept Nicole's invitation to come to church, the three young women are still good friends. And Nicole says she felt a warmth and happiness in just being able to share her testimony of the gospel with her friends. Nicole plans to give both of her friends a copy of the Book of Mormon as a special gift. She also continues to pray that the small and simple discussion with her friends will be of great worth to them someday.
Find answers to common questions about preparing for a serving a full-time mission.
In the future, Nicole hopes to continue sharing her testimony and her talents by becoming an art teacher. "I would love to share my talents and experiences with future artists," she says. "Artistry has been a great influence in my life, and will continue to be a part of my life. I know that these abilities are a gift from God and must be nourished, cultivated, and shared. I know that we have been given particular talents to help build our Lord's kingdom."
Find out what Brother David A. Beck, Young Men General President, teaches about what young men can do to prepare for a mission.