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University of Agricultural Sciences Dharwad (UASD) Recruitment 2015 . University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad invites application for the post of 10 Subject Matter Specialist Vacancy. The employment details about the posts, age limit, educational qualification, experience and other conditions are given below as link. The candidates are requested to go through the details and ensure that they fulfill the minimum prescribed criteria before applying.Walk-in-interview 24 August 2015.
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With Adam Wainwright's season-ending injury and trip to the operating table the Cardinals are in real trouble. My first thought upon hearing the news? They have to trade Pujols. My second thought? They'll have to wait until at least June 1 to trade Pujols because they'll have to at least pretend to be trying to win in his last season as a Cardinal, because otherwise the fans would leave in droves.
But then I had an idea for a longer-term plan. This started with the idea that TJ surgery is a well-known commodity. See Joe Nathan, Edinson Volquez just to name a few. It's a pretty good bet Wainwright will be in camp this time next year getting ready for the season and a pretty good bet he'll preform at a pretty high level in 2012. So they could do this:
1. Trade Wainwright. He's owed $6.5 mil for this year and the Cards hold '12 and '13 options for $9 mil and $12 mil, respectively. Those would have vested had Wainwright made it through the season, but he didn't and they won't. So the Cards, could just let him go or trade him. The team trading for him would have to assume he'll be back and be worth the options. (No reason to trade for him except to pick-up the options.) If he performs in '12 and '13 the way he did in '09 and '10, he's worth far more than the options. (Can you trade a player that's on the disabled list?)
2. Trade Carpenter. He's owed $15 mil for this year with a club option for $15 mil for next year ($1 mil buyout). (More on this in a moment.)
3. Trade Holliday if they can. He's owed $17 mil per year through at least '16. He'd be hard to move, and wouldn't bring much back, but salary relief here would be the end game.
4. Wait for it . . . trade Pujols.
Can you image the haul the Cardinals could get for these four (really three) talents? They could rebuild very quickly and in three years be the kings of the division.
But here's what I would do:
1. Try and renegotiate with Wainwright. I think the club options on Wainwright are team-friendly, assuming he's healthy. But the club has some negotiating power right now and they should use it. I would propose moving everything up a year, $6.5 mil for this year, repeat that next year and then do $9 mil for '13 and $12 mil. for '14. This tacks a year on, defers some money, but overall gives Wainwright more money ($34 mil instead of $27.5). The Cards would have him through 2014 and presumably get three good years from him for just over $11 mil per. Sounds like a good deal to me.
2. Keep Holliday. He's signed through 2016.
3. Trade Carpenter right now. Can you imagine what the Yankees would give up for Carpenter right now? I'd start with asking for Phil Hughes and something else, maybe Joba. But if the Yankees balk, I'd ask for one of their top two pitching prospects (Banuelos or Betances), Ivan Nova, and Joba. Nova and Joba fill the Wainwright and Carpenter spots this year and the prospect competes with Shelby Miller for a spot in the '12 rotation that would include Wainwright, Garcia, Joba,and Nova. (They'd have to get rid of Lohse, which might be hard.) I could see an argument for waiting until the trade deadline to get more value of Carpenter, but I'd think he has more value to the Yankees right now. (Just ask the nearest Yankee fan.)
4. Announce the team will still play hard, but is rebuilding for a '12 and beyond dynasty. There are two obstacles to this plan so they will also have to ...
5. Sign Albert now! Tell the agent they'll pay what it takes and get it done. I think this is the only way the fans will accept the punting of what would otherwise be Albert's last year in St.L. (As an aside, I think the Cards can still sign Pujols after this season no matter what happens by matching Albert's highest other offer.)
The other obstacle? TLR. He won't have any interest in managing a rebuilding team even if for just one year. Worst case scenario, he's on a one-year deal and will have to manage out the season anyway. Best case scenario (and I admit I'm biased here) he quits. Everybody wins.
So in '12, they have Albert in the fold (and happy), still have Holliday, have Wainwright back, and a bunch of great young arms to fill out the rotation and add bullpen depth. That's the makings of a great staff in '12.
As a Reds fan I hope the Cards ignore all of my advice, keep Carpenter, lose Wainwright and Pujols, and have only Holliday to show for there big payroll after 2012.
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Wherein I propose a plan for the Cardinals
Posted by Dave Zahniser at 11:33 AM
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A distraught widow has launched legal action claiming her husband was left to starve in hospital.
Dad-of-five Eric Ward, 69, died after he fell from 11 stone to six in just eight weeks and wife Mary – a former nursing assistant – insists it was negligence.
Tonight she sobbed: "I'm not interested in the money – I just want justice for Eric.
"As he was dying I told him I would take this all the way to the very end even if I end up losing our house. It has wrenched my heart out."
Her case for £250,000, which will be heard at the High Court this year, claims blunders at the University Hospital Wales in Cardiff caused Eric's death.
Mary, 74, married Eric in 1960. She said: "My lovely husband has gone. I miss him so much. Because I was a nursing assistant I know how the system worked so they can't fool me.
"He was 11 stone when he went in and six stone when he came out – he was a skeleton."
Builder Eric – a grandfather of 37 – was admitted to hospital by ambulance after suffering abdominal pains in February 2010.
He was diagnosed with acute pancreatis but despite intensive treatment he died at home in June, two weeks after being released.
Mary had asked for him to be let out as there was "no hope".
Claiming negligence against Cardiff and Vale University Local Health Board, court papers say: "He was effectively starving to death and must have been in considerable pain."
They say staff failed to act properly over a digestive issue and "at best" he got half his required 1964 calories.
The papers add: "Adequate feeding was not instituted at a sufficiently early stage and he was allowed to become malnourished. This would have been avoided with proper care."
It comes after the Mirror revealed Joan James, 85, was found dead in her hospital bed by her family, with nurses at Birmingham's Heartlands Hospital unaware she had passed away.
A spokesperson for Cardiff and Vale University Health Board it would be lodging a defence shortly and extended "sympathies to Mr Ward's family".


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How can i cope with his behaviour and still stand up for my daughter knowing that his friends will always come before me and her?
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An insightful look at the sometimes uneasy collaboration, between the agitator and the emancipator, to end slavery and win the Civil War.
Had Lincoln died in 1857, the undistinguished, one-term ex-congressman and prairie lawyer would have been barely a footnote to history. Not so Frederick Douglass. By then, Douglass's escape from slavery, his autobiography and his extensive lecturing had made him an international figure, perhaps the era's foremost abolitionist. Amidst threats of Southern secession, Douglass declined to support Lincoln's 1860 presidential bid, calling him "an excellent slave hound." Douglass presciently assessed the contours of the coming Civil War (during which he met Lincoln three times) and saw how the "inexorable logic of events" would propel most of his activist agenda. Though slow to emancipate, reluctant to employ black troops and unwilling to make any firm commitment to giving the black man voting rights, Lincoln followed through on all, sometimes with Douglass's advice and help. By 1864, Lincoln regarded Douglass as perhaps "the most meritorious man in the United States." Understanding if not approving of Lincoln's political high-wire act and recognizing that neither emancipation nor military victory was ever preordained, Douglass came to view the president as "swift, zealous, radical, and determined." The Kendricks (Sarah's Long Walk: The Free Blacks of Boston and How Their Struggle for Equality Changed America, 2004) beautifully assess the political and moral, and often conflicting, agendas of each man, but they excel, particularly in their treatment of Douglass, at personalizing one of the history's most unlikely and effective political alliances. Along with James Oakes's estimable The Radical and the Republican: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the Triumph of Antislavery Politics (2007), the Kendricks testify to the increasing interest in and historical imperative for linking in the popular imagination these two intensely private, entirely self-made men.
A wise and sensitive appreciation of the intersecting careers of two giants of American history.


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During London Fashion Week February 2017, The British Council, British Fashion Council (BFC) and Mercedes-Benz collectively presented work by emerging fashion designers from 26 countries for the International Fashion Showcase (IFS) 2017 when it returned to Somerset House for a second year in February. The exhibition was the sixth edition of the annual showcase and formed a key part of London Fashion Week Festival, giving the public the opportunity to celebrate fashion and its universal relevance. This was the first time the IFS was supported and presented by Mercedes-Benz, which has established itself globally as a key player and partner at key international fashion shows and events in the past 22 years.
The theme of the exhibition was Local/Global. Countries were invited to explore the influence of place on fashion and to examine how emerging designers can transform their local culture into a global language. Fashion is shaped by its surroundings: the rhythms of nature, climate, cultural memory, social change and historical shifts are reflected in silhouettes, techniques and materials. The peculiarities of place give rise to different ways of designing, making and wearing fashion. By considering fashion within their own landscape the countries taking part in IFS highlighted the similarities and differences of our complex and connected world.
To reflect how fashion is influenced by its surroundings, the West Wing Galleries at Somerset House were transformed by Studio Toogood using panels of stretched agricultural tarpaulin, neat stacks of bricks and fabric panels dyed with London clay. Here an emerging generation of international designers and curators invited visitors to share their country's vision of Local/Global.
The exhibition was arranged over 14 rooms, 13 of which represented a country. There was one group installation, Next in Line, curated by Shonagh Marshall, which featured designers from nine further nations. A key highlight and new to IFS 2017, in a dedicated area, Mercedes-Benz showcased five emerging designers from Canada, China, Germany, Portugal and Ukraine who the brand supports through its International Designer Exchange Programme (IDEP). The countries showcases: Austria, Chile, Czech Republic, Egypt, Guatemala, India, Korea, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Taiwan and Ukraine.
The Next in Line participants: Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Panama, Peru, South Africa, Switzerland, Uruguay and Zimbabwe.
Find out more about the participating countries on the British Council website.
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Ask the Doctor
Q. I've had a pacemaker for several years. Does it make sense to replace it with a newer model that is safe during an MRI scan?
A. Your concern is valid, given some estimates that many people who currently have an implanted cardiac electronic device will need magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) during their lifetime. Sometimes, computed tomography (CT) scans can be used instead. But MRI is the gold standard for diagnosing certain diseases of the brain and spinal cord.
Implanted cardiac devices (which include both pacemakers and defibrillators) can be damaged by an MRI scan. The powerful magnets can trigger changes in a pacemaker's settings, and this may pose a risk for certain patients, such as those who are completely dependent on their pacemaker.
As you note, several MRI-safe pacemakers have been approved by the FDA in recent years. However, it doesn't make sense to switch your old pacemaker with an MRI-safe model, as the procedure to replace the generator carries some risks. Still, if you end up needing MRI, there are special protocols that doctors can use to minimize the risks. They include setting the pacemaker to a safe mode before the scan, monitoring you closely during the procedure, and reprogramming the pacemaker afterward. You and your physician would need to carefully weigh the risks and benefits of all your options.


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You should always have a lookout.
Thats what this Butcher Bird was up to while the scene was unfolding below.
Its mate was sitting with a young bird, on the dogs lead, feeding from the dog bowl.
What is amazing is that the dog was blissfully unaware of the happenings not more that three metres from it.
They even stripped the bone that was left from the Christmas roast.
Butcher Birds are very inquisitive and friendly, one of the adult pair being a bird that was first introduced to us when it was a chick itself.
We have now had four generations of birds introduce their young to us as a good spot for a quick feed.


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Most confusing anime
Sometimes an anime series just doesn't makes sense, whether it is the whole series or just the ending, like Neon Genesis Evangelion. What is the most confusing anime that you have watched?
Elfen Lied. I didn't know what the hell was going on, until someone else explained it to me.
Needless to say, i felt like a douche afterward.
I do it for the LoL'z.
nice i need to watch that one, I have only seen clips and yeah even those are confusing
need a say Evangeleon?
Paranoia Agent was confusing as hell too
My face when I have no face.
Musashi GUN-dou.
Everyone may know who they are, but not everyone knows who they really are.
Chaos;Head. Everything is explained by the end. But the hell if you know what is going on while watching it. XD haha
Yawn. o_o
Baccano. the first few episodes. lol
Will you still love me when I'm no longer young and beautiful?
Miracle Train lol. I can understand Serial Experiments Lain and FLCL but i have no idea what the hell is going on in Miracle Train
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need a say Evangeleon?
Paranoia Agent was confusing as hell too
it's about killing off gods defense one after another using mecha made by man "also ever angel in the anime is in the bible" In order to kill God etc, also the at the end was shinji coming to terms with himself finally accepting who "he was" and the damages of the actions he committed, He came to self realization in his mind "which is where it takes place in the tv series" and after he is finally able to come to terms with himself that's why it shows all of the people that do love and care about him clapping around him "saying congrats your not a wimp anymore".
Living life one day at a time
well at first i was kind of confused with baccano because they were just jumping all over the place in time
hhmmm for me yeah it was umineko at the time because the witches and magic are not suppose to be real.. so you are really trying to figure out among one the relatives or staff who is the killer? If you want to know click the spoiler below i was shocked and pissed off at the same time
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It was battler's parents, they set it up to kill everyone in order to get the money and make sure everyone else was completely wiped out, battler himself was in on it a bit "which refers to his sin" but the biggest kick in the nuts was the fact everything taken place expect for his parents doing the killing and battler being "shot" is in his head, all of it was made up in his head why he was in a coma not wanting to come terms for what his family or he had done. He finally comes the realization at he end of the last chapter or arc on the vn and dies peacefully so he wont' suffer anymore "now there is an alternative end with Angie's world but i have yet to accesses or see it"
Living life one day at a time
FLCL was confusing, but what's really scary is that I actually started to understand it after watching it a few times. Also, .hack//SIGN is confusing when you only watch every third episode (which is what happened when I watched it the first time, and I got horribly confused).
serial experiments lain xd
bobobo-bo bo-bobo
Le Chevalier D'Eon
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A few years back, in a another life I was an east coast guy making a living buying and selling people's old stuff. My wife and I would drive up and down the eastern seaboard, combing yard sales, flea markets, auctions and antique shows for that which was old odd or unusual. One of the things that would always intrigue me was finding objects that had been customized or repaired in interesting ways. A chair being tensioned with twisted wire or a crystal bowl being held together with metal staples. I like the functionality, and when neatly exicuted, it can be aesthetic as well.
The bicycle is no stranger to such personalization or creative jerry-rigging. In fact this is where bikes dorks truly shine. Take for example this website devoted to fixing up old bikes. The single-speed gallery has been a source of inspiration for my current ride. There are however folks who push this basic fixing and customizing to another level. They are not simply putting a Brooks saddle and and fenders on an old ten-speed, or building the obligatory mohawkish tall-bike. Instead they are wrapping some part of themselves and their vision of the world into their build.
On a recent trip to New Mexico, I had the good fortune of attending the monthly EAA Chapter 530 pancake breakfast at the Las Cruces International Airport. Though there is nothing "international" about this airport except it's proximity to the Mexican border, the breakfast the EAA puts on is first-rate. Nice hint of green chiles in the eggs. My father is not an aviator but has been attending this breakfast for a number of years. There are plenty of mechanically inclined guys to share stories about mechanical and engineering feats.
I am my father's son and was delighted to see these bikes parked outside of the hanger where the breakfast is held. At first all I could think was "I've got to send pictures of these to the Bike Snob. He will love these." I never did get around to that and came across these images as I was organizing my photos.
What we have here are his and hers radio equipped touring bikes. Without the radios, these would surely be considered individualistically curated examples. A hand built Land Shark with Rock Shocks and a freaky cockpit configuration that would make a fighter pilot envious. A Light Speed with titanium frame and and Spynergy rear wheel and crankset I have never seen. Interesting bikes… But radios? Yup.
The couple who own these bike appeared to be retirement age and were only too happy tell about the ham radio system they have. apparently they had bigger radios in the past, thus the oversized boxes mounted on the areobars. they also admitted a bit sheepishly that one can now buy a pair of walky talkies that would do the same thing.
I watched them mount their bikes put on the helmets that have earphones and microphone built in, plug it all in and radio check as they took off.
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|Easter Egg Labyrinth Vajdahunyad Castle Budapest, Hungary
|Giant Easter Egg near La Scala Opera House
|Mosaic work of the Virgin Mary by Ukrainian artist
Oksana Mas, on a wall of the St. Sophia Cathedral in Kiev
The panel was made with 15,000 traditionally painted Ukrainian eggs.
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|Easter Egg Museum in Kolomyya, Ukraine
|Decorating Easter Eggs in Old Town Prague
A fun book by Jan Brett...Which bunny can make the most beautiful egg for the Easter Rabbit?
If a little bunny named "Hoppi" can make the best Easter egg, he will get to help the Easter Rabbit deliver the eggs on Easter morning. But it is not so easy.
Discouraged, he goes into the woods to think when a blue robin's egg tumbles out of its nest. What happens in the end may surprise you!
Listen and watch as Jan Brett talks about the making of her book, The Easter Egg...


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Street decoration in Cocoa Village - I love this idea how they tell people what time of the year it is :)
Only the knife knows what goes on in the heart of a pumpkin.
Simone Schwarz-Bart
Simone Schwarz-Bart
Natural goodies from the Farmer's Market in the village
Everybody know, it's fall.... it's pumpkin time!
Pie, pie, pie....I love pie!
Hi my friends,
We took a ride to Cocoa Village the last day and it was worth it. There was a Farmer's Market and a lot of pretty scenes. The village itself is a "bijoux" - a gem! I'll show you some pictures about later.
Thank you ALL for your wonderful comments to my post(s).
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The replacement reminded me of Wicked Lovely -- fairies living among us. But in The Replacement, these are ugly fairies, if fairies at all.
In truth, Mackie Doyle is a changeling, a baby left in a crib of a family to replace the human baby taken from such family. Since her sister Emma found him that night taking the place of the real Mackie on the crib, Emma and the Mackie become close.
Yes, Emma knows her brother is a replacement and she loves him nonetheless. Mackie is good looking but a woozy; he faints to the sight of blood, iron makes him sick, regular noise gives him headaches… and a lot of other normal things in town are deadly for him.
Mackie knows that he is not normal. What the heck, he knows he is unnatural and that is why that he does everything in his power to pass for a normal kid and not draw attention to himself and his odd health. Even if that means going completely mute in front of Tate, the girl he likes.
Mackie has friends who suspect that he is not quite normal either, but they don't care. In fact, the whole town suspects that not only Mackie but some other habitants are unnatural but they choose to close on eye to the oddities and pretend that everything is normal.
Then, one day another child goes missing and, as expected, the town's people go on pretending that nothing vile was at play. They mourn the lost child and that is that. It is only that this time the missing child is Tate's little sister. So this time, Mackie has to do something…. Even if he prefers to stand aside and let life run its course.
I really like the way Yovanoff creates an eerie atmosphere within the town. I even love more the fact that these creatures mingle among regular humans but are not beautiful as fairies stories tend to be. And I also like that Mackie is pretty much allergic to everything but air and how his family deals to protect him from, say, a spoon.
The book felt hypnotic and I found myself totally lost in Mackie's life. I like the originality of The Replacement and I'm even happier that is not a series. Also, the description of the underworld reminded of that movie Pan's Labyrinth.
What I didn't like: Well, the relationship between Mackie and Tate seemed off. I just wasn't feeling it. In fact, I don't think it was a relationship at all but an attraction. I also didn't like how Tate bit that ugly super powerful creature called The Cutter (is it the cutter? I don't have the book anymore). Anyway, every body is afraid of him but Tate, and she beats his ass like 2 + 2 = 4. And does he do anything about it? No. That whole fighting scene at the end of the book wasn't credible at all but, what the heck, changelings ain't real either, or are they?
Different views here and here.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff
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Return, William H. Winston, Madison County, to the secretary of the Mississippi Territory, accounting for alien enemies Robert Nelson (Nilson?), Samuel McAllister, William Simpson, John Eckford, and Thomas Johnston
The series contains documents relating to the monitoring of British subjects in the Mississippi Territory during the period when the U.S. was engaged in the War of 1812. A circular dated July 11, 1812, and signed by U.S. Secretary of State James Monroe declared that "all subjects of His Britannic Majesty, residing within the United States, have become alien enemies..." (See document # 5). As such, British subjects were compelled by law to report to their respective territorial secretaries, who in turn reported to the U.S. Department of State. The following information was required in the reporting process: age, length of time in the U.S., family description, place of residence, occupation, and whether or not application for naturalization had been made.
The documents include copies of the pertinent acts and instructions transmitted to and throughout the territories, individual reports of British subjects (many of which include place of birth - Great Britain, Ireland, and Scotland), and returns of county officials reporting in summary to the territorial secretary. Also included are a number of related documents such as accompanying cover letters and communications with the U.S. Secretary of State.


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Utilización de variedades mejoradas de arroz por el pequeño agricultor: factores que afectan la toma de decisiones
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#1 - Purikura
Purikura is an addictive and fun way to spend 400 yen (approx $4.40). Mermaid Beauty, VIP&Gossip, Lady By Tokyo and more - try the different machines for varying effects and functions. We loved the 45° one that tilts down for that 'super kawaii' look. Every machine will make your eyes appear abnormally large, your skin super fresh and your jaw super sharp. They can be found easily in Japan, especially in the gaming arcades and sometimes there is a whole floor dedicated to them (like at HEP building near Umeda Station, Osaka).


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"The enemy of my enemy is my friend."Savage and Maul, now reunited, pursue Obi-Wan Kenobi in search of revenge, and the Jedi Knight finds himself forced to unite with a surprising ally to defend against the deadly siblings.
I could spend a lot of time dissecting this episode, but realistically just go watch it. This was so much better then last week's episode.
To briefly recap:
Savage takes Maul back to Mother Talzin on Dathomir, who uses her magic to coax the crazy Maul out of the cargo bay to the Nightsister alter and works her magicks on Maul. Talzin's work done she disappears and Maul and Savage stop at Raydonia to slaughter a bunch of innocent victims. Personally I would have just placed a call to the Jedi Temple, but wholesale slaughter probably gets you past the operator quicker.
Obi-Wan decides to go face Maul alone, but conveniently Ventress decides to take a bounty on Savage Opress and ends up arriving just in time to save Obi-Wan's butt. Obi-Wan of course wasn't expecting to face both Maul and Opress and gets his butt all kinds of kicked.
A tag team match breaks out aboard the Zabrak's ship and Obi-Wan and Ventress cut and run, launching in the escape pod for parts unknown. Maul and Opress are left aboard the freighter and use the auxiliary bridge to pilot the ship to their own unknown destination.
I found it interesting that Talzin worked her magicks on Maul, but as soon as he regain consciousness she dissolved into green mist and high tailed it out of town. Was she afraid of the power of a Sith Lord and potentially unpredictable character like Maul, or did she simply have nothing left to contribute at this point. I really wonder about her motivations at this point.
It is cool to see Ventress hanging out with the Bounty Hunters at the Cantina, I dig her purple bounty hunter costume. It reminded me of some bounty hunter in the wild west walking up to the bulletin board and tearing off a wanted poster before going after their targets.
I thought the initial battle between Obi-Wan and Maul and Opress was well done. The animation conveyed the strength advantage that Opress had over Obi-Wan and just how formidable of an adversary he would be. Poor Obi-Wan got knocked out pretty quick, but of course Maul commits the classic villain mistake of toying with his prey and well eventually Obi-Wan manages to escape.
The four way battle aboard the freighter was interesting, I love the banter between Obi-Wan and Asajj and as much as I am sure Obi-Wan would deny it, I think there is some real chemistry between the characters. The battle between Maul and Obi-Wan felt a lot like the Vader-Luke duel aboard the second Death Star, as Obi-Wan slipped briefly into anger and went on the offensive, just like Luke did.
It was interesting to see Obi-Wan come to the realization that he and Asajj were over matched and decide to flee. Of course I am not sure how Obi-Wan knew that the ship's cockpit also was an escape pod, but lets just chalk that up to the Jedi being well read on ship designs.
Where does this epsiode leave these four characters. Obi-Wan and Asajj are together, but Obi-Wan is in a curious position. Logically because of her actions as a Separatist and his role as a Jedi, Obi-Wan should be duty bound to return Asajj to Coruscant and to a Republic prison. On the other hand she just saved his life, so does he do the right thing and drop her off somewhere? It is not like she could completely change and become a Jedi at this point, there is no way the Order would accept her. But perhaps Obi-Wan's long term goal is to redeem Asajj.
It is curious that Savage and Maul don't go after the fleeing escape pod. With the final line of the episode Maul says that he is counting on the Jedi to come hunting for them. What is Maul's first move after this? Does he seek out his former Master? Does he find a place to lay low, access the galactic situation and begin training Savage?
Maul is really a wild card in the series now but it does have me wondering if they are setting up Ahsoka's fate. I wonder much like Obi-Wan sacrificing himself to Vader in Episode IV, if Ahsoka will end up sacrificing herself fighting Maul to save Anakin.
I also wonder if Maul has been significantly weakened in the Force given he has lost half of his body. We seem him in his first attempt to use the Force to summon his lightsaber, struggle a bit. Is this simply being rusty after spending ten years insane with the only likely Force use being instinctual? Or much like Vader, is Maul destined to be a pale imitation of the Sith Lord he should have been? It is interesting that we saw very little Force use overall from Maul, especially no Force Lightning.
Rating: Revenge gets a 10. Tremendous episode, great sound design and visually stunning.
Next time on Star Wars: The Clone Wars: Season Five
No preview trailer for Season Five yet. Last year we got a Season Four teaser trailer at WonderCon, but today (Sunday 3/18) is the final day of WonderCon 2012 and with no Star Wars: The Clone Wars programming scheduled for today it seems likely they are saving the trailer for a later convention, perhaps CVI or San Diego Comic-Con.
We do have some very interesting possibilities with the new element of Darth Maul and Savage Opress introduced into the mix. I for one am very curious to see how Palpatine reacts to the return of Maul.
As always stay tuned to Lightsaber Rattling and I will provide you with the latest TCW news, commentary and speculation as we learn more about the future of the show.


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Given how difficult it can be to communicate within our own species, it's not surprising that we are just learning of the amazing conversations that are happening between other species. For example, local species of bats in Borneo and Nepenthes hemsleyana, a large, carnivorous pitcher plant, have developed a unique, symbiotic relationship based on communication. According to a recent study published in the journal Current Biology, ultrasonic signals emitted by the bats are reflected by the pitcher plants, which allows the bats to locate a relaxing spot to rest. In return, the pitcher plants receive a nutritional feast from the bat's guano (poop).
Pitcher plants serve as an ideal receptor for ultrasonic mammalian messages because of their unique form. "With these structures, the plants are able to acoustically stand out from their environments so that bats can easily find them," says Michael Schöner, researcher at Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University of Greifswald and co-author of the report. "Moreover, the bats are clearly able to distinguish their plant partner from other plants that are similar in shape." Curious why the bats seem so adept at locating the pitcher plants, the researchers used an artificial biomimetic bat head, which emitted ultrasonic signals, to test the plant's ability to bounce back the waves. As the experiments reveal, the acoustically-shaped plant is a perfect receptor for bat signals.
Researchers have long wondered why Nepenthes hemsleyana has not as vigorously consumed insects as other pitcher plants. This study offers the answer: it receives its nutrients from the rich waste product of bats. Like other plants, carnivorous plants create their own energy through photosynthesis. However, meat-eating veggies lack an interest in acquiring nutrients from the soil. Instead, they absorb what they need to grow from animal sources.
Related: New study finds that pollution turns carnivorous plants into vegetarians
Although lacking a central nervous system, plants have managed to problem solve their way out of many evolutionary challenges. "Carnivorous plants in general have already solved the problem of nutrient deficiency in a very unusual way by reversing the 'normal system' of animals feeding on plants," says Schöner. "It is even more astonishing that in the case of N. Hemsleyana the system is taking a new turn. While N. Hemsleyana reduced many insect-attracting traits, it obviously exhibits some traits that are highly attractive for a species that provides the plants with nutrients without being digested by the plant itself." Poison Ivy would be proud.
Via Discovery
Lead image via Shutterstock, images via Anton Croos and Vincent Bazile/Wikimedia Commons


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for the past week, I've had quite the R&R post-undergrad lifestyle consisting of 12+ hours of sleep (in hopes of catching up on the n amount of hours lost over the past 4 years), daily caffino runs, and endless amounts of television. aside from the endless hours of job hunting and resume/cover letter editing, I also fill my days with catching up on the latest style blogs and websites. one in particular, Vogue UK, caught my attention with their article on ethical and sustainable fashion labels. after seeing this gorgeous brass necklace, I was intrigued. made is a jewelry line
produced by independent artisans and small communities in Africa. products are all recycled and reused materials. designers of the line include Peaches Geldorf, Vicki Sarge (of Erickson Beamon), Alexa Chung, and stylist Brian Crumley among many others.
made follows fair trade principles that are so rarely seen in fashion - though I'm not positive about this, even my TOMS shoes are made in China, which is an eyebrow raiser because it's such a good cause yet why are the shoes made in China? by sourcing products in East Africa, made hopes to alleviate poverty "through trade, not aid." the jewelry line is a direct effort from Made Africa which focuses on children and education. the line is surprisingly affordable and the designs are impeccable, unique and best of all, supports a great cause!
all are made from either recycled brass, aluminium, bone or handmade raw silk (like the bracelet)
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Night is Short, Walk on Girl
Dir. Masaaki Yuasa, Japan, 2017, 93 min - Japanese with English subtitles
Admission is $10 or Festival Pass
Individual tickets will be available at the door (advance tickets are off sale, passes get you into this screening)
Night is Short, Walk on Girl, directed by Masaaki Yuasa, takes place over the course of one strange night as a nameless young woman, known only as "the girl with black hair," walks the streets of Kyoto and experiences a series of surreal encounters and odd characters, drinking middle-aged salarymen under the table, exploring an all-night used bookstore with a bird goblin, helping a guerilla theater company express their feelings… all the while unaware of the romantic longings of a fellow student who has been creating increasingly fantastic and contrived reasons to run into her, in an effort to win her heart. The perfect "I guess it's romantic?" comedy for the modern age, Night is Short is a celebration of the unconventional, confusing routes that love and life can take.
Award-winning (Ottawa Animation Festival, 41st Japan Academy Prize Awards) Masaaki Yuasa's Night is Short, Walk on Girl is a comedy anime feature set in Kyoto, Japan.
A local short film screens before the feature: Some, by Ryan Rumbolt, animated by Juan Pontaroli & Arm Sattavorn, 2018, 2:33m
Tickets Available With A Festival Pass, Or At The Door A Half Hour Before The Screening (Rush Tickets)


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Friday, September 14, 2012
Our Daily Bread Design and Joan's Garden Challenge
Our Daily Bread Design and Joan's Garden. I used two sets from Our Daily Bread Design. The back image is from Bird and Butterflies labels. The saying on the front is from You will find refuge. The die cut around the image and fence is from Our Daily Bread Design also. The paper on the side is from K&Co. I added lots of bling for this step card, the pretty bird cage is new and I can't find the paper on it. The flourish and butterflies are from Cheery Lynn. The ferns are a Martha Stewart punch. The extra birds are cut from the paper.
12 comments:
- Kathy said...
Wow, Karen, this is stunning! Love all the little details and the birdcage is perfect! Blessings! Kathy
- September 14, 2012 at 7:11 PM
- Gloria Carme said...
Karen, what a beautiful card. I just love the colors and the design.
- September 14, 2012 at 7:47 PM
- Amanda said...
absolutley gorgeous xx
- September 15, 2012 at 4:17 AM
- REV. SAMARA said...
wow oh wow oh wow! this is incredibly impressive! Karen, I'd LOVE to see your cards on your page in LARGE! so that I can take in every single detail! you do so many and it is like being in a candy store!!!!! this is absolutely amazing in every way
- September 15, 2012 at 10:03 AM
- Denise Marzec said...
Very pretty! Love the colors!
- September 15, 2012 at 5:36 PM
- April said...
This is so lovely! I love the little garden scene. Great job!
- September 16, 2012 at 12:55 PM
- Rosemary said...
wow... what a gorgeous card, karen!! thanks so much for playing along with the shining the light challenge!
- September 16, 2012 at 5:43 PM
- Chris Olsen, Glowbug said...
Oh how beautiful Karen!! Love your step designs and your details. Thanks for joining the ODBD Shining the Light challenge this week.
- September 16, 2012 at 8:55 PM
- Memaw said...
This is a absolute awesome card.
I love hummingbirds and this is WONDERFUL!
- September 17, 2012 at 6:43 AM
- kathi17 said...
Wow, Karen, this card is amazing! I love the colors and all the details you put on it. It's just like a beautiful garden!
- September 18, 2012 at 7:11 AM
- Saints Rule! said...
This is beautiful Karen! I love the rich colors and beautiful design! So much love and detail in it! {hugs}
- September 18, 2012 at 7:22 AM
- Selma said...
Wow Karen - this is so gorgeous. Thanks for joining us in our challenge this week at Joan's Gardens.
- September 20, 2012 at 7:23 AM


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I went there for the first time last night with my friend. The place was packed and we had to wait at the bar for a table. While sipping sangria, we started chatting with the "bartender" about all things cuban--bread, coffee, food, life. It turns out he was the owner, Daniel, and probably one of the nicest and most laid back guys you'll meet. He made everyone feel at home at the small bar, and remembered names and faces of patrons who had only been there once before....
Dinner was pure delight. We greedily devoured the El Cubano cuban sandwich with layers of pork and ham, melted swiss cheese, and a hint of mustard and pickles. Everyone was eating the chops de cordero and they did not disappoint. They were wonderfully tender. The puerco viejo empanadas rounded out our meal.
The flan did not impress us, but the tazita (cuban espresso shot) is not to be missed. It was by far the best espresso I have ever had. Very smooth, no bitterness. You can only buy the beans there--and I am already making plans to return just to pick up more!
The restaurant is very intimate and has a very warm atmosphere. They had a large party last night, but were still able to accomodate lots of walk-ins. There was also a band playing cuban jazz and entertained us all night. I loved it because I could still carry on a conversation over the music, or just eat, drink, and sit and listen to them play.
It's a gem in the east bay.


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Author Notes: I had some smoked porter made by the Alaskan Brewing Company, and suspected it would be great for braising short ribs. I thought apples, leeks, and fennel would compliment the beer's flavor so used them in place of a traditional mirepoix. The beer with the apples made me think of rye bread for some odd reason, so I added caraway seed to the mix. The resulting sauce is rich and slightly tangy. It's got a whisper of bitterness from the beer and caraway, which I think adds nice flavor depth. A small amount of brown sugar added at the end of cooking will temper the bitterness if desired. My absolute favorite thing to serve this with is mashed parsnips. The sweetness from the parsnips is a perfect foil for the succulent beef and robust sauce. - hardlikearmour —hardlikearmour
Food52 Review: Beer + beef... what a great combination. Throw in some apples, leeks and fennel and it is 10 times better. With a delicious, rich sauce, this meal screams out for a cozy fire and a lovely bottle of red wine. - Victoria —The Editors
Serves: 4
tablespoons grape seed oil
pounds English-style short ribs, trimmed of excess fat and fascia
kosher salt
freshly ground black pepper
Braeburn (or other sweet/tart) apples
medium leeks, white and light green parts only
large fennel bulb (or substitute 2 celery stalks and 2 tsp fennel seed)
medium cloves garlic
1 & 1/2
tablespoons caraway seeds
tablespoons flour
quart low sodium chicken broth
ounces bottle Alaskan Brewing Company smoked porter (or other porter)
shots espresso or 1 cup strong coffee
tablespoons Dijon mustard
6 to 8
springs fresh thyme
large bay leaves
tablespoons butter
shallots, thinly sliced
brown sugar
- Core apples and cut into 1/2-inch dice. Cut leeks in half lengthwise, then cut into 1/4-inch half moons. (Make sure to clean your leeks well, dirt likes to hide between the layers!) Core and roughly dice fennel bulb.
- Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position and heat oven to 300 degrees. Pat beef dry with paper towels and season with salt and pepper. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in large heavy-bottomed Dutch oven over medium-high heat until smoking. Add half of beef and cook on each side until well browned. Do not move the pieces until nice crust has formed, which should take about 4 to 5 minutes per side. Transfer beef to medium bowl. Repeat with remaining tablespoon oil and ribs.
- Pour out all but 2 Tablespoons oil. Reduce heat to medium, add apples, leeks, and fennel (or celery), and cook, stirring occasionally, until softened and just starting to brown (about 10 – 15 minutes.) While they are cooking mince the garlic. Add garlic and caraway seed (and fennel seed if using) cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add flour and stir to combine for about 1 minute. Add broth, beer, espresso, mustard, thyme, and bay leaves, then stir, scraping bottom of pan to loosen any stuck bits. Add ribs and any accumulated juices to pot, nestling the ribs in, so they are submerged. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Cover and transfer pot to oven and cook until tender, turning ribs once at about 90 minutes. Ribs will take at least 2 & ½ to 3 hours to cook. Transfer pot to wire rack and allow to cool partially covered for about 1 hour.
- Transfer ribs to a large plate, scraping off excess apple and veggie bits clinging to the ribs. Strain liquid into medium bowl, pressing the solids to extract as much liquid as possible; discard solids. Transfer liquid into a fat separator, allow to sit for 5 or so minutes, then pour liquid into clean bowl. Discard the fat. You may need to do this in batches. Clean your dutch oven.
- Melt 2 tablespoons butter in dutch oven over medium-low heat. Once it has stopped sputtering, add the sliced shallots and a pinch of brown sugar. Cook, stirring occasionally until the shallots are lightly caramelized.
- Add the braising liquid to the dutch oven, and cook over medium-high heat until reduced by about 1/3 to ½ depending on personal preference. Taste the liquid, and add salt and pepper to taste. Add brown sugar to taste (1 to 2 tablespoons) to temper bitterness from the beer and caraway. Reduce heat to medium, and add the ribs back to the pan. Simmer until the ribs are heated through, stirring and flipping ribs occasionally, about 8 to 10 minutes. Serve with something that can soak up the sauce.
- This recipe is a Community Pick!
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Recipe with Beer
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Short Ribs
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J-Bear Rediscovers an Old Fave with the Capri Sun Big Pouch
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Greenfield writes about the thousands who risked their lives to make a better life for themselves and their families. They boarded trains or drove beaten-up old cars or walked, leaving the only homes they knew, and took the long journey northward, their bags filled with their belongings, their hearts filled with their hopes and dreams.
Here's how Greenfield describes a man preparing to leave home:
Saying goodbye to the landThe words are simple but the emotions that they convey to the reader are profound, inviting the reader into the emotional landscape of this man's life.
puts a pain on my heart.
I stand here looking at the green
growing all around me,
and I am sad.
But I keep hearing about this
better life waiting for me,
hundreds of miles away,
and I know I've got to go.
Hope my old car can make it
that far.
What's striking is how this man's hopes, dreams, and fears carry the echoes of the hopes, dreams, and fears that my grandparents held as they left Poland and Russia for America, and that someone's mother might have held as she left Ireland or France or any other country for America ... or which someone's father might feel leaving a country today torn by war (or persecution or discrimination) for a haven free from strife and heartache.
Greenfield describes a woman about to depart:
I can't wait to get away.In this description, Greenfield offers the reader another perspective, one with determination, fierce pride, and a stubborn will to leave behind the South and the suffering of the past, while using the language of every day, so striking in its ordinariness, to create an elegant poem of heartbreak and loss, hope and love.
I never want to see this town
again. Goodbye, town. Goodbye,
work all day for almost no pay,
enemy cotton fields, trying
to break my back, my spirit.
Goodbye, crazy signs, telling me
where I can go, what I can do.
I hear that train whistling
my name. Don't worry, train,
I'm ready. When you pull
into the station, my bags and I
will be there.
Greenfield captures the rhythms of these journeys, the acts of bidding farewell to the familiar, the long train ride north, the doubts and questions that arise in the night as the train keeps moving (Will I make a good life/for my family,/ for myself?/ The wheels are singing,/ "Yes, you will,/ you will, you will!"), and the excitement of the arrival Up North.
It all adds up to a book of poems (with illustrations by Jan Spivey Gilchrist as profound as the poems they illustrate) that children and adults will treasure not only for the history it shares but for the soul music that Greenfield draws out of the words on every page.
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Council takes lead on controversial scheme
Donegal County Council has become the first local authority to ask its executive not to take part in the controversial Gateway Scheme.
Fourteen county councillors backed the emergency motion tabled by Sinn Féin councillor Mick Quinn on Monday, calling on the council not to cooperate with the scheme which plans to give unemployed people work placements with local authorities.
People who have been unemployed and signing on for at least two years can be selected for the scheme. Refusal to take part can result in the termination or reduction of social welfare payment.
Those selected would be required to work 19.5 hours a week for 22 months, while receiving an extra €20 per week on top of their social welfare payment. Eighty of the 3,000 places will be in Donegal.
Donegal County Manager Seamus Neely said the motion would put the council "in a position of conflict" with the Department of Social Protection. Cllr. Quinn made an appeal to the county manager not to take part in the scheme, which he described as an abuse of the unemployed.


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Girl Freaks Out On Slingshot Ride
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Published: April 6, 2017
Some rides at amusement parks are more intense than others! Just ask this girl who found out the intensity of the slingshot ride first hand! You won't be able to stop laughing at this girl's hilarious reaction on the epic slingshot ride! Talk about an adrenaline rush!


text: Celebrating Earth Day at ATBPosted on: April 16, 2012Author: Jennifer Sharpe Making environmentally-friendly decisions is an ongoing goal at ATB, but this week, we are stepping up our green initiatives to coincide with Earth Day on Sunday, April 22. Here's a quick look at what's happening in branches and at our corporate offices: Incorporating Bullfrog Power Bullfrog Power is Canada's 100% green energy provider. It works like this: after signing up with Bullfrog and committing to a certain amount of energy (or cost) to their program, their generators will inject the equivalent amount of 100% green electricity (like wind power) or green natural gas into your provincial energy system, effectively offsetting your conventional energy usage. At ATB, we've converted all our ABMs (Automatic Banking Machines) to Bullfrog Power, and during Earth Week, our corporate head office in downtown Edmonton will run off this same green energy. Using less paper Did you know? It takes 788 trees and a swimming pool's worth of water to produce 43.5 tons of 30% recycled paper. The Environmental Paper Network's paper calculator can help you figure out the environmental impact of your home or business paper use. At ATB, we use 43 million sheets of copier paper per year—that's 43.5 tons of paper, enough to cover 475 football fields. It's a lot, and we want to use less. To make that happen, we've created a staff contest called The Great Paper Chase to encourage our fellow ATBers to cut their paper consumption. We'll also continue to use only environmentally friendly paper (FSC Certified and SFI Certified), promote the use of recycled paper (30–100% recycled), and to recycle all our used paper through our secure shredding service. Travelling green On Wednesday, April 18, ATB head office associates are encouraged to carpool, take transit, bike, or walk to work. Other green initiatives are happening in branches and offices across the province. Reporting our results ATB is committed to providing yearly reports on our environmental efforts, including reducing our carbon footprint. Last year's report is available on our Corporate Social Responsibility page. Earth Day is a great day to think and act green, but it's your decisions throughout the year that make a real difference to Alberta's environmental health. If you have any green tips for home or business, feel free to share them with us on our Facebook page.


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"ripping apart the scottish music scene" !!!!!!11!
you thought glasvegas were hard?
maahn, this band make glasvegas look like etonians.
YES, meet... the gangland-backed, singer's served time for a drug shooting, oasis casts off.. URBNRI.
they're at 34 in the charts this week, and no. 1 in scotland.
I hadn't heard of them until about two days ago.
xfm says they're like the "best bits of the last thirty years from oasis to the happy mondays to the sex pistols".
they NEED to be listened to to be believed: www.myspace.com/urbnri
they really are awful.
you really know
how to make people NOT want to click on a link...
Oh dear Lord
Is this old Jockrock threads creeping up on DiS now? Yuck.
yes haha..
i started the jockrock thread too..
i just hoped my thread-success would transfer to the DiS board too until you came along and ruined it all..
Don't you mean
They "Ned" to be listened to!
Bwah hah ha ha ha !
me, glasvegas, that joke or urbnri?
i like to think we all are on some level.
I think the people
buying this turgid, backwards music are even more of a disgrace to "our people".
Who would have thought
the new Lennon/Mcartney (sic) would look like binmen??
They look like drug-dealers.
Never mind bin-men. They look like the sort of people who hate any notion of work.
They're calling their debut 'Young Team'
Errrrrrrr, TWATS!
i think it's safe to assume
they're not mogwai fans.
prove me wrong.
'Young Team'
is a scottish thing, not exclusively a Mogwai thing....
Done once, done
only. Especially when Mogwai are probably far removed from the Young Team shebang.
I was in a young Team once...
LOLTIMES FOR ALL!!!patheticrebellion this'd this
that is actually, genius!
i figured it was some play on 'urban' and was trying to work out the 'ri' bit..
surely it's all some massive joke - no band can actually be this shite 4 real?
i have been trying to figure that out for a while
i feel quite stupid now
I saw this in the chart
but assumed it was some sort of Koopa-esque stupid cheap mobile download publicity stunt. It probably was, but the fact the rest of Britain has had to be introduced to them a few days later speaks volumes.
This is the worst thing I've ever heard.
This makes that other band I just listened to (McLusky) sound like The Beatles.
If I took this lot seriously, I'd get really pissed off at the idea of moronic fucks like these making shit music and getting recognised for it.
apart from McLusky are
well better than the beatles
^likes Kasabian.
So, the frontman went down for a drugs related shooting
a while back?
No need to worry about a North American tour then!
no need to worry about any tours
surely he'll get a cap popped into his ass some time soon?
There's a Scottish chart?
Yeah, there's a Dorset chart too....
PJ Harvey and The Wurzels take it in turns to be number one.
Fucking amazing. The Irn Bru-backwards name makes me love them already, and I've not even heard the songs. Which I just KNOW will be solid gold.
To credit whoever produced this, they've done a good enough job of hitting the JAMC button that it actually takes a few seconds to realise just how much they suck.
Also, "Tait invited his Irish cousins - respected musicians on the Irish music scene" - respected by whom? And when did the Daily Record become a satirical comic? "TOPS FOR ORIGINALITY!"
i just remember reading a newspaper thing about some greenpeace protest that irish rock star jim corr was attending :)
I think I'm becoming an URNBRI fan
and I'm going to get shot down for this, but the way he drawls "craaaash"/"staaaash" on Misspent Youth (0:50ish) reminds me of Thurston Moore. I can't help thinking it's not a conscious homage.
"It's pronounced chkchkchkchkchkfuckoff, y'radge cunt"
It's pronounced 'Urban Rye'
according to some godawful website I wa son just now.
like we'll be saying that name
in public anyway
That's only part of the quote
"This mound of shite is on the same level as the joke about Manchester United having a large number of different coloured football tops for originality"
me oh my.
i love his american accent.
you mean
"keeeerrr-luuuum-beee-yan flooo"
no, it really, really isn't. really. please burn your ears now thx.
I love...
...how he vomits out "fuck" as "fuuuurrrrccckkk" on that first one.
Worst promo photos ever!
'Yes, Fly Fishing by J.R.Hartley...oh, you do?'
He's taking no chances....
that smack isn't going to order itself!
There's a member missing.
if you go by the phone box window there should be a pair of tits in there!
This definitely needs to be heard by the day shift.
This is the funniest thread I've read all morning
now to listen to the 'tunes'
I mentioned this lot in another thread
I was unlucky enough to be sent a promo of their single. By Christ, it is truly shit. The singer's Liam Gallagher impression is mildly amusing though.
the question is
will all this be enough to drag the neds away from their happy hardcore?
he must be doing something right as a manager
if they've got this much publicity while being so shite
"He is full of shit, loads of wonderful ideas for the band to make history."
well, he'll go far in the business then as with their minor hit single he's achieved more than 99% of people in A&R and marketing at any major record label.
(I agree that the band are shit and have a very dodgy background. Just sayin')
point is, how much has it cost them???
they tried to get in the charts last year as well.... by buying thousands of copies of their own single using credit cards.... however, they were caught, and booted out of the charts for this
what a bunch of utter R-tards
Quite abit and what have they gained?
Are chart positions really that relevant any more? The thing is they probably did the same thing again this time round and that money could have been spent better elsewhere, spent it on touring, a good PR, etc. I don't recall seeing any press for them or hearing anyone talk about them. I tmany be nice saying you have had a top 40 single but chances are we're also going to soon forget about them also.
In the above picture,
the one on the left looks like Vinnie Jones...
this is the best thread ever
i can't believe i missed it the first time around.Royter-Hatfood this'd this
The thing is I want to sit here and take the piss out of this
but the bottom line is they're in the charts and my band isn't. Not that that's the be-all and end-all of things but clearly however laughable their promotion strategy it is, it does appear to be working...
I refuse to accept that there's "no justice"
It's fine if people not in bands do it but to me being in a band and complaining that the world isn't fair is just presenting yourself with an excuse for your failures (even if those failures are more in terms of your inability to promote or secure opportunities for your band rather than in terms of musical ability).
Ultimately bands like WATP and Dananakyroid just need to keep plugging away and they'll get the breaks they deserve to get. I mean they're both bands I hear plenty about so I don't doubt they can and will do that (frankly I'd put my house if I owned on on someone putting Danananakyroid's EP out sooner or later, and sooner rather than later).
But I very much believe that you have to take responsibilty for everything that goes well or badly and to blame other people or to blame fate or bad luck or "not getting the breaks" is just to excuse yourself from looking at what you can do better next time.
have had labels falling over them to put out Sissy Hits, but they're being super clever and have got far more press out of it not coming out than they would've if it had come out. it's all been played very cleverly and fair play to them really!
WATP's album is coming out via This Is Fake DIY, no?
waTP are ok at music was released by This is Fake DIY last year, hardly got any attention which is really sad considering it's a pretty ace album and they're a pretty ace band.
who gave these
pillocks a record deal?
the neds are taking over... it has finally happened.
is 'tait', 'cunt' backwards?
this is AWESOME.
"look in myyyyy ahhheeezzzz"
Barry Nicholson NME
I blame Barry from NME for this. Every feature he ever does on a Glasgow band seems to mention how hard Glasgow is or how dangerous it is. He obviously never took a walk up the Great Western Road or Byres Road, Shawlands etc.
His lazy journalism perpetuates the notion that all Weegies are hard as nails.
Even if he writes about Belle and Sebastian he has to mention Stuart Murdoch's time spent in the boxing ring.
I've been to Glasgow a few times
and, even as an Englishman, I've never found it in any way intimidating. Everywhere I've been people seem friendly and it seems a lovely place.
They are being super cleaver??
So why did there label shelve an album out that they made??
Clearly you would sign something and get it out regardless of playing
"Indie" Mind games???
It has been 3 or 4 years of being told about
This band! yet they have failed to prove anything but slaps on the back from
The scene that spawned them
are you replying to me?
please endeaver to find out how the boards work.
anyway, if you were: sissy hits has now become "the album that THEY don't want you to hear", as well as being a potential "lost record" that could gain legendary status. it's really a genius PR move, to marks to them :)
So, um
It's a new phrase on the streets, man.
all they need now
is A SUPER CLEAVER!!!!1
Glasgow can be hard and dangerous
if you know where to go and when to look. London Road, Old firm matchdays is a good time.
Other times, like the areas wher emost of the bands come from these days, are born out of the Uni times, so the West End and City Centre, which apart from a few horus a week, are pretty safe bits.
I am from Glasgow and I ain't hard... :)
it's hilarious how he went to jail in Greenock. Anyone who's actually been there knows its a small town next to the clyde estuary.
I love the production
The producer realises they are epicly shite, and so has just washed all the instruments in reverb and fx so you can't hear. It's the old MBV/JAMC trick.
I was actually wondering how long it would be before a band used "ned" as their "thing".
Fratellis et al have "chav"
Other bands use "themes" like "gangster", "depressed", spartan, whatever...
I was actually thinking "hm, I could probably do quite well if I made a band whose "thing" was being neds".
An album they don't want you to hear?
Ha Ha
Or is it more like…
An album the company could not afford to put out???
That's utter toss!! They can have all the press all the back
Slap from mates in Glasgae! But they will never crawl out
Of Suchiehall street unless they have a product or something
To back the Hype. Not letting people hear the music is utter ridiculous
And will get them nothing but a 4 star review in the Daily Record and a cheesy
Pic with Billy Sloan
They should do it themselves and put out the album and get on with it!! They could have been were the Foals are now but they pissed up the wall like most Glasgae bands and believed there Own hype.
Look even Make Model have a deal and they want you to hear the songs and likewise
Other Glasgae bands…
Great PR marketing??? So are they going to stop people watching them live
you're a joke account, right? FASTER KNIGHTBOAT, WE GOTTA CATCH THOSE STARFISH POACHERS!
He's got a good point though,
It may be good PR keeping it back in the short term but if it drags on too much people will forget / loose interest.
I feel like i should clear this up
but one raving lunatic and a guy who means well, but doesn't know the story is far more entertaining than the truth :)
billy sloan
with your spelling, grammar, and punctuation I THINK THAT YOU MIGHT BE THE NEXT ALAN MCGEE YOU ARE GOING TO BE HUGE YOU ARE GOING TO BLOW ALL THE OTHER BOARD POSTERS OUT OF THE WATER AND EVERYONE ELSE IS RUNNIN SCARED COS THEY KNOW YOUR GOIN TO TELL THE TRUTH YOUR THE BESTEST BOARD POSTER IVE SEEN FROM THIS COUNTRY IN THE LAST 30 YEARS FACT
i hope knightboat feels stupid
now that dananananana are pretty big news
i'll check em out, they sound like "my thing".
been done
did you not go the the nedcore all-dayer last week?
One of them
Is called "Wee Kev", which makes me wonder if he's Scotland's equivalent of "Little Kev" from the Kersal Massive.
Dear God, I hope so.
They should start every performance with the phrase "Kick It, Kev"
"Edinburgh ain't got shit on us! Fuck! Peace!"
"Er, yeah man!"
reading this post
i can see rampant misuse of the replying system:
what would myfirstmine say if we didn't find out his true identity, eh?
True the replying thing is used to horrendeous affect...
but I have mastered it.
Ha Ha Gambas
Nae bother mate gonna buy this.
Then after that I am going to get a job @ the daily record doing the music review. After my fast connections with Sloan I will give EVERY band In GLASGAE
4 stars regardless of how SHITE/OVERATED/HYPED/SCENSTER they are!! Gotta stick together like for Mother Glasgae and all that shite.
Got no plans
to drive a van
This is amazing. The song sounds like a beefed up Lemmings
I've just listened to this...
...anyone know how I can drop the "scot" from my profile name???
Are they REALLY no.1 in Scotland??
I honestly don't know what to say.
Excellent JAG there
If their music does its own talking
Why do you have to jag them!
This thread is great.
Really good quality DiS.
yay this lot again
there was a thread a while back of a video documenty on them it was fucking sweet...
DiS needs a Facebook-esque "like" option
It's the thread that refuses to die!
If it hadn't been for that eighteen month old Noel Fielding thread returning the other day it would've been a properly enviable gestation of such misplaced anger.
They're horrific, awful recording. It sounds like the kind of music purely invented to play Guitar Hero to.
They make me ashamed to be Scottish
fuckin' bawbags. What's the deal with the guy holding the gun. They have Buckfast as a friend on my space.
I'm guessing their Top 8 also features:
www.Glasgow.Gov.UK/CouncilHousing, JobcentrePlus, JJB Sports, Greggs and Clearasil
I read this article about the film Neds earlier this week
and thought, hmmm, that's a weird thing to call your band. Wonder what it means. Two days later, a lightbulb flicked on in my head. Yes, it's our old friends, and they've been quoted in the Guardian! Surely mainstream accolades and stratospheric success can't be far behind...
The guitar...
on the chorus to 'Summer Song' is EXACTLY the same as 'More Thank A Feeling' by Boston.
And is therefore FUCKIN A
they make me wish Young Offenders Institute were still active:
No-one has ever come close to beating 'Stitched Up by the Acid Man'
Urbnri ist eine schottische Indie-Rockband aus Glasgow.
I just read this whole thread
without looking at the dates. I got excited, but they're old news? Pah, they're dead to me.
Oh God
Another band who sound like a Butlins approximation of the Happy Mondays.


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Jeffrey Deskovic was 17 when a jury found him guilty of murder in the Nov. 15, 1989, death of Angela Correa. The jury knew then that DNA evidence did not match Deskovic, but jury members convicted him based on testimony from a Peekskill detective that Deskovic had confessed to the crime.
Deskovic, now 33, could be released as early as this morning from the Westchester County Courthouse. A hearing is scheduled at which his lawyers from The Innocence Project will ask acting state Supreme Court Justice Richard Molea to overturn the verdict.
Prosecutors will join in the application, said Lucian Chalfen, a spokesman for Westchester District Attorney Janet DiFiore. The DNA match was confirmed at the end of last week, and the inmate, whom authorities would not identify and who is serving a life term for murder, has confessed to killing Correa, they said.
The 15-year-old girl's partially clad body was discovered in the woods behind Hillcrest Elementary School two days after her parents reported her missing. She was last seen leaving her home on Main Street to take outdoor pictures for a photography class in school.
When Deskovic was arrested two months later, police said he had an obsession with Correa and provided details that only the killer would have known. Detective Thomas McIntyre later testified that Deskovic told him he had lost his temper and hit Correa in the back of the head with a Gatorade bottle, and that he had put his hand over her mouth and "may have left it there too long."
But Deskovic's lawyer maintained that the confession was coerced and that he gave it after hours of police interrogation that violated his constitutional rights because he wasn't given an opportunity to get a lawyer. But the jury heard the confession and relied on it to convict Deskovic.
The sudden turnabout came as a shock last night to Correa's stepfather, Pedro Rivera. He said he always suspected Peekskill police had done a shoddy job of investigating the killing but was convinced of Deskovic's guilt because the police said he had confessed.
"Why didn't anyone tell me? The least they could do is contact me," he said. "It's so weird. It's a shock after all these years. ... I feel bad for anybody who's in prison but didn't do it. That kid's been there for almost 20 years."
Deskovic's lawyers, Barry Scheck and Nina Morrison, and family could not be reached for comment last night, nor could Peekskill Police Chief Eugene Tumolo, who was a lieutenant at the time of the killing.
Deskovic was represented at the trial by Peter Insero, then of the Westchester Legal Aid Society.
He could not be reached for comment, but Stephen Pittari, head of the society, said the case proved how all confessions should be videotaped, and police and prosecutors must respect the right to counsel.
"It's terrible what happened to him," Pittari said. "It's bad enough to do hard time, but when you're an innocent person and a 17-year-old at that? You've lost your entire youth and young adulthood."
When it came to sentencing, state Supreme Court Justice Nicholas Collabella told Deskovic "maybe you are innocent" but that he had agreed with the verdict.
He gave the teenager the minimum term for second-degree murder, 15 years to life in prison.
Deskovic had exhausted his appeals and was turned down for release when he went before the Parole Board for the first time last year.
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follow up to this. I feel like when I grab something, I'm reaching through my glasses to grab the perceived object. When they're off, everything is blurry, but I'm grabbing the real object it as-is. With my natural eyes, without any distortion.
I don't know why I get emotional (quietly) about my glasses and my eyes. Maybe because since I'm nearsighted, each year my prescription must be updated, and I can literally see (taking the glasses off) the world become blurrier within that week. Maybe it's normal that your eyes so quickly rely on your glasses….less energy expended, right? Or just that it's necessary….that your muscles weaken in order to adapt to the lens….I don't really know…and somehow it's an endless cycle of these muscles becoming weaker because they get used to the glasses, your vision becomes blurrier as a result, end up getting stronger glasses to correct the result, they become even weaker…..
Because my vision may have been degrading because my school never noticed until I turned 9, and my mother didn't notice until I turned 10, but it was never this fast. It was never this fast. Every year?…
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Initially when I came across this patent found here, I liked the simplicity of the pattern pieces with the multiple rows of stitching and bone channels used in the bust area. I was most intrigued however by the unique shaped bone pocket (seen in figure 9) that would be applied to the exterior of the garment.
- In the drawings, Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 represent the several patterns of which the base of each half of the corset is composed. Fig. 8 represents one-half of the corset expanded, but without perspective shading, the dotted lines indicating the seams. Fig. 9 represents the hip-piece cl enlarged, and also a portion of the piece (1 broken away, showing the bones and the under seam.
- Each half of the body of the corset is composed, first, of seven patterns, as shown in the drawings, numbered 1 2 3 4 5 6 7. In cutting these patterns, Nos. 1 and 7 may be doubled by folding the material on their outer straight edges. Nos. 2, 3, and 6 consist of two pieces each, cut to the same pattern, while No. 208,049, dated September 17, 1878 application filed June 26, 1878.
- N 0s. 4 and 5 may be single or double, as de sired. The pattern Fig. lhas the usual hooks, and the pattern Fig. 7 has the usual eyelets.
- When the pockets are formed in the several patterns 1 2 3 6 7 all the several patterns are sewedtogether. The best way of sewing them together is as follows: The edge of Fig. 2 (shown inthe drawingnearest to Fig.1) is sewed to Fig. 1 on the edge nearest to it. These pieces Figs. 1 and 2 are laid together sothatthe sides of said pieces which are on the inside of the corset when the corset is finished will face each other, and the edges of the parts are thus on the outside of the corset when the parts are expanded, and the inside of the corsetis smooth, the seams being what are called hidden seams. All the patterns are thus sewed together, the edge of the piece of each higher number (shown in the drawing nearest the lower number) being sewed to the edge of the lower number nearest to it. When all the The pockets formed in the 5 seven patterns Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 have been thus sewed together, the shape of the whole forms one-half of a corset so shaped as to make the form desired.
- The hip-piece d, Fig. 9, is a narrow strip, with its sides parallel about one-half its greatest length, with a gore-shaped or flaring lower part, having pockets for bones of decreasing length, as shown in Figs. 8 and 9. This piece at is sewed over the outer side of the corset, so that the seam connecting patterns Figs. 4 and 5 comes under it at or about the heavy dotted line shown in Figs. 8 and 9 by the letters 0 o. This piece, while giving shape to that portion of the corset, also serves as a protection or shield for the hips, upon which the outer garments may lie.
American corset found at the Metropolitan Musuem (USA) is dated at around 1878. The upper edge is cut flat across the bust and the front lower finishes over the hips slanting to a deep V shape. The corset similarly to the patent appears to feature multiple boning by rows of parallel stitching creating the channels. Bust gores give this corset extra shape.The decorative stitches (flossing) at the lower edge prevent the boning from forcing its way out of the channels. The corset is finished with a deep lace along the upper edge.
American corset dated 1870-1885 found at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston USA (Accession number 201:616). Constructed from light blue silk the corset features a straight busk front with double gusset at the breast. Heavily boned all the way around the corset has multiple rows of stitching sandwiching whalebone between the layers of fabric. The gussets also appear to be corded providing additional shaping and support to the bust area. Decorative flossing is used in white contrast thread to hold the bones at both upper and lower edges.
Pattern Draft:
My first pattern draft based on my measurements. I enlarged the pattern pieces of the patent as a rough base for the piece shapes amending each piece accordingly. I renamed this pieces as follows from left to right CENTRE FRONT, FRONT, SIDE FRONT, SIDE, SIDE BACK, BACK, CENTRE BACK
I realised when I made up a toile of the pattern I needed to increase the body length of the entire corset pattern from the over bust to waist by 2cm. I extended the pattern from the waist and reshaped the pieces.
Prior to commencing construction there were a few preparation stages (not photographed) beginning with the fabric cutting. I chose a dove grey spot broche coutil. I liked the sturdiness of the fabric which would be suitable for the single layed panels.
- Cut a double layer of coutil for the CENTRE FRONT/ FRONT/ SIDE FRONT/CENTRE BACK (2 pairs)
- Cut a single layer of coutil for the SIDE/ SIDE BACK/ BACK (1 pair)
- CUT a single layer of coutil for the additional bone pocket (1 pair)
- I prepared all the bone casings. I cut strips of the coutil of approx 36mm wide (following the selvedge) I Used a tape maker to make 18mm bone casings. 5mm spiral steel boning would be used in the double channels
Inserting the busk: I decided to add a modesty panel behind the busk to stop any flesh showing through the gap of the fastenings. This was created by using a panel of folded coutil and inserting it into the studded side busk seam.
The seams were then joined wrong sides together of the CENTRE FRONT and FRONT panels (double layer together) The seam was covered externally by the bone channels. These were positioned centrally over the seam. I edge stitched on either side before using the edge of the foot as a guide to stitch down the centre of the casing to create a double channel.
I then machine stitched rows of channels approx 8mm wide as indicated on the pattern pieces.
The panels were joined in the following order. All the seams joined wrong sides together so seams appear on the garment outer
- FRONT/SIDE FRONT (double layer of coutil). More rows of stitching creating bones channels following the pattern.
Creating the bone pocket: The bone pocket (figure 9 in the patent) was an additional panel that would be placed over the top of the seam between the SIDE and SIDE back panels. This would strengthen the corset whilst maintaining lightness- using just the single layer of fabric for the SIDE/SIDE BACK/BACK pieces. I developed the pattern by drawing the shape on my initial toile, cutting and retracing to get the shape.
The seams were pressed under on either side before the panel was top stitched into place. Rows of stitching creating channels were made following the front of the pocket.
Boning: Spiral steel bones were cut to length and tipped before being inserted into all the channels. Flat steel bones were used either side of the eyelet channel to provide stability.
Binding: I chose a silver raw silk slub fabric binding for the upper and lower edges. The binding was made cutting the fabric on the bias grain and pressed using a 18mm tape maker.
Eyelets: Finally the corset was eyeletted using silver metal eyelets to match the busk. 12 pairs of eyelets were used in keeping with the patent illustration.


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Throwing together a marinade can be as simple as looking through your refrigerator and pantry and throwing things together which is exactly what I did here. Sometimes they get rave reviews from the family and other times I just toss the paper that I wrote down the ingredients and measurements on and we forget about it. This one was a little different from most other marinades that I make because I don't think I have ever made one with balsamic vinegar. I am glad I gave it a try because it added a different flavor to set it apart from the others and we all loved it!
- 1 Tablespoon Olive Oil
- 4 Tablespoons Italian Dressing
- 1 teaspoon Balsamic Vinegar
- 2 teaspoons Dijon Mustard
- 2 Tablespoons A1 Sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon Cracked Black Pepper
- 4 Sirloin Steaks (about 6 oz each)
serves 4
Combine all ingredients, except steaks, in a small bowl. Whisk ingredients. Pour mixture over steaks and let marinade for about 30 minutes. Grill steaks to desired temperature.
You can serve steak whole or slice across the grain and serve over rice. I served with Paprika and Parsley Roasted Potatoes and Steamed Asparagus.