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Provo • Before San Diego State led the conference-wide disdain when BYU announced it was leaving the Mountain West Conference, before replay-gate, before an athletic department official's efforts to sabotage the Cougars' hoped-for move to the Big 12, before 52-52 happened and before Marshall Faulk and Ty Detmer became household names in college football, there was Nov. 24, 1979.
"That's kinda where it all started," legendary BYU football coach LaVell Edwards said last summer.
The "it" that Edwards refers to is the animosity that has existed between BYU and San Diego State mostly coming from the Aztecs for nearly 35 years. Buried the last few years after BYU became an independent in football and put most of its other sports in the West Coast Conference, the smoldering contempt is back to a certain degree this month as the Cougars and Aztecs prepare to meet Thursday in the Poinsettia Bowl (6 p.m. MST, ESPN) at the site of many of their memorable past skirmishes San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium.
In 1979, the Cougars were 10-0 and starting to gain a national following for Edwards' wide-open passing attack. The Aztecs were 8-2 in their second year in the Western Athletic Conference and looking for a win that would give them the league title and a bid to the hometown Holiday Bowl. A crowd of 46,121 packed what was then called San Diego Stadium (later to be named Jack Murphy Stadium), and ABC televised nationally the afternoon matchup.
For SDSU, the excitement was over quickly, but the public humiliation still burns.
Marc Wilson's first three passes went for touchdowns, and the Cougars racked up 613 yards in a 63-14 beatdown that embarrassed the Aztecs to the core.
For the budding rivalry BYU led the series just 3-2 before 1979 it was game on, even if the Cougars would go on to win the next six games from 1980 to 1985 by a combined score of 229-41, fueling the Californians' hatred even more.
"There have been some great games between the two teams," said BYU senior linebacker Brandon Ogletree, sort of the team's resident BYU football historian. "Hopefully this one will be one of those classic San Diego State-BYU games."
The series actually is not that close. BYU leads 27-7-1 and is 9-1 in the last 10 meetings, including five straight wins, which might be the reason why four Cougars Ogletree, linebacker Kyle Van Noy, quarterback Riley Nelson and tackle Romney Fuga said last week that they don't necessarily consider San Diego State a rival.
"We know that they want to beat us really, really bad," Fuga said. "Maybe because we have had close games with them and somehow came out on top. I don't know why teams like them hate us."
Here's a hint: Ty's tie.
After giving up 62 points to BYU and Heisman Trophy winner Ty Detmer in a typical demolition at the hands of the Cougars in 1990, the Aztecs jumped out to a 45-17 lead in the third quarter in 1991 and were just a stop or two away from a Holiday Bowl berth. They instead watched Detmer lead a record comeback. The Cougars pulled within a point in the final seconds, and Edwards opted to kick the PAT for the tie the overtime rule was introduced in 1996 because that was all BYU needed to earn the WAC title and bowl berth.
BYU has won a lot of the matchups by lopsided margins, but the Aztecs turned the tables in 2005, walloping Bronco Mendenhall's first BYU team 31-10 to drop his record to 1-3. He has gone 72-26 since then, including 5-0 against SDSU.
When the Big 12 was considering expansion, the Tulsa World uncovered an email from Jenny Bramer, SDSU associate athletic director, telling Oklahoma athletic director Joe Castiglione that there were "disadvantages" of being in a conference with BYU.
Ironically, Mendenhall's chief mentor in coaching, Rocky Long, is the Aztecs' second-year coach.
Long, an assistant at SDSU when BYU announced it was leaving the MWC, rankled BYU fans when he said good riddance and brought up the decades-old complaint that having older players due to two-year LDS Church missions gives the Cougars a competitive advantage. But he's downplayed the rivalry this month.
"I guess I haven't been here long enough to know if the Aztecs versus BYU is a big rivalry or not," Long said. "I think there are a lot of people that were in the old [WAC] and [MWC] that thought BYU was the rivalry."
Long reminded reporters that he was born in Provo, his father ran track and played football for the Cougars and both his parents graduated from BYU.
"What makes you think I could hate them?" he said.
The acrimony surfaced again in 2010 when the Cougars' 24-21 win in Provo was aided by a controversial decision in the replay booth that allowed them to keep the football in the third quarter when it appeared JJ DiLuigi had fumbled it away. BYU employee Chad Bunn was in the replay booth, a common practice in the MWC, but it was head replay official Mike Angelis of Reno, Nev., who made the call to not overturn the ruling on the field.
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Poinsettia Bowl
P BYU vs. San Diego State
Where • At Qualcomm Stadium, San Diego
When • Thursday, 6 p.m.
TV • ESPN Memorable BYU-San Diego State Football Games
Year Result Comment
1979 BYU 63, SDSU 14 Cougars' first three passes go for touchdowns as 8-2 Aztecs embarrassed on national TV
1986 SDSU 10, BYU 3 Aztecs' first league win over BYU gives them WAC title, ends Cougars' 10-year run
1991 BYU 52, SDSU 52 "Tie" Detmer leads BYU back from 45-17 deficit as Cougars earn Holiday Bowl berth
1992 SDSU 45, BYU 38 Marshal Faulk runs for 299 yards and three TDs and Aztecs survive late rally in Provo
1993 BYU 45, SDSU 44 Faulk runs for 252 yards, but John Walsh throws for 417 yards, and late two-point try fails
2010 BYU 24, SDSU 21 Bitter rivals' final MWC game is marred by replay booth blunder, accusations of impropriety


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Murray Bail is best known for Eucalyptus, which won the Miles Franklin Award, Australia's premier award for fiction and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize in 1999, but he has a long and distinguished career in both fiction and non-fiction. The Voyage is his fifth novel.
Frank Delage is a small-time Sydney manufacturer, who has invented a new striking mechanism for the piano which produces palpably better sound quality. He has travelled to Vienna to try to sell the concept in the very heart of the music world - coals to Newcastle springs to mind - and now he is on his way back to Australia. He is reflecting on his trip, which he can't regard as anything but a qualified failure. He could just about allow himself to be pleased about having sold one piano, had he not learned what the buyer had in mind for the hapless instrument. With the benefit of hindsight, trying to take on the Viennese music establishment was probably a mistake.
On the other hand, he is returning with Elisabeth, the daughter of a member of Viennese high society, Amalia von Schalla, who took Delage under her wing after they met by chance. And it seems he has learned a great deal about himself along the way.
Bail's first novel, Homesickness (1980), had to do with the distance, both physical and cultural, between Australia and Europe, and The Voyage takes up this preoccupation once again. Delage is something of a novelty for the Viennese, who find both him and his piano baffling and, you suspect, faintly amusing.
Meanwhile, he is struggling to find points of reference in Vienna: the most straightforward person he meets is a music critic who tells him bluntly that the sound his piano produces is too pure: it will brutally expose the foibles of musicians, and will therefore never find favour.
Australia is connected historically with England in very many ways, but separation has estranged them; the long, slow homeward voyage by container ship is a graphic demonstration of the distance, just as the woman he is bringing home is a parallel enigma for Delage to the whole, mystifying experience. It's hard to tell how things are going to work out for him with either.
Bail is an idiosyncratic and experimental writer. The Voyage is not an easy read, as it blurs timeframes not only from one sentence to the next but even within sentences; one of the long strings of clauses divided by commas that pass for sentences may begin by discussing events in Vienna and finish with happenings on the container ship.
If Bail intended to disorientate the reader in space and time, he has succeeded brilliantly. It's tricky to get a handle on Frank Delage's character - just as tricky, you sense, as Delage himself finds it to get a handle on Elisabeth's, or on her mother's. After all, both women do behave very strangely indeed.
The Voyage is a wry, thoughtful piece of work, highly original and a little alienating. It won't have the broad appeal of Eucalyptus, but it will deepen the respect of Bail's admirers.
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I'm surprised how muchthe death of uncle gon gets to me
Yeah, I also found it touching. But I think it's partly because we know that he was the only one, aside from Granny Hon'iden, that truly had faith in Matahachi becoming a better man. For him to die while Matahachi runs away... it's like Inoue's telling us he's really, really hopeless.
I hope this is in the right section.
I progressed a bit farther in the series, I'm on vol. 12 at the moment. I'm surprised how muchthe death of uncle gon gets to me
Yeah I felt really bad for uncle Gon as well, he was a nice man and he died trying to protect that idiot Matahachi.
On one hand, yeah, that's probably one of Matahachi's lowest points. But at the same time, the incident really humanizes him. As much as you want to hate him for being a coward, I think that Gon's death helped Matahachi realize that if he just keeps running away in various ways, he'll end up losing everything that really matters. Of course, being Matahachi, I don't think it properly sinks in for some time...
I finished volume 3 last night (I started Wedsday) and I plan to read 4-6 today. It seems like a fun series so far. I can't wait to read more!
Have picked up and read the 5 Viz Big Editions that are out. AWESOME series. Its so easy to put it up so much higher then so many other series i've read just for the sheer philosophy and character development.
I tihnk im going to die waiting for the other big editions, ill probably jsut cave and read it online even though i don't want to.
So after reading up to volume 15 i gotta say i think my favorite character is Matahachi. How is he recieved by people generaly? and who are some other peoples favs? (if this should be in another thread just relate it to characters in the first 5 volumes that i've read)
I'd have gotten 14 and 15 together though.
P.S. Doh, I can't seem to find the post where I broke down in what pairs or groups I would order the volumes in for the best reading experience while still spacing out the purchases.
That's true, 13, 14, and 15 would be packed together at this rate, and even more awkward for those in the know, 19, 20, and 21. I totally share that sentiment, it was great as originally presented, though there is that one mitigating factor, the Kohei min-arc. If you can disregard that, and really, it's not easy considering some it's own haunting allusions, I think you can get past the Kojiro arc starting in the same book. Still, there's no arguing the way to go is the volumes. My biggest complaint with Vagabig is similar, but simpler... it's just too big. The size of the regular volumes is most comfortable for reading.
I'm waiting for at least 5 vol. behind me to give my first impressions. For the moment, I'm just curious on how the relation between Takezo and Matahachi will evolve in the future and can wait to see them aging/evolve/growing, reach their dreams and maybe... becoming rivals.By the way, great emoticons !


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The top-seeded Chicago Blackhawks have staved off elimination once in the Western Conference semifinals and they'll try to repeat the process again on Monday when they visit the Detroit Red Wings for Game 6 at Joe Louis Arena.
On Saturday, the Blackhawks won their first tilt since Game 1 of this best-of- seven series to cut the deficit to 3-2 and set up Monday's battle in Detroit. If Chicago is able to win tonight then the two teams will meet Wednesday for a decisive Game 7 in the Windy City.
The Blackhawks, however, are just 2-4 on the road in these playoffs after losing Games 3 and 4 of this set in the Motor City. Chicago, this year's Presidents' Trophy winners, did have the league's best road record during the regular season, going 18-4-2 as the guest in 2013.
Detroit, meanwhile, is 4-1 at Joe Louis Arena in the postseason after posting a 13-7-4 mark on home ice during the regular season.
Chicago beat the Red Wings 4-1 in Saturday's Game 5, as Andrew Shaw led the way on offense with a pair of goals. Corey Crawford turned away 25 shots for the Blackhawks, who also won Game 1 of this series by a 4-1 margin.
The victory ended Chicago's worst losing streak of the season. The Blackhawks never lost three straight -- in regulation or otherwise -- at any point this season before dropping Games 2, 3 and 4 to the Red Wings.
Bryan Bickell and Jonathan Toews also scored while Duncan Keith added two assists for the Blackhawks, who went 2-for-3 on the power play to keep the series going.
"We had nothing to lose tonight because there was no tomorrow," said Bickell. "Going into the game we had a plan and really stuck to it, so we'll see where it goes from here."
Daniel Cleary had the lone goal in the loss while Jimmy Howard gave up all four goals on 45 shots for the Red Wings.
"We just weren't good enough tonight at all," said Detroit head coach Mike Babcock. "As far as our plan and the way we have to be successful, they had way too much space to skate around and that's not the way we want to play them."
Toews, Chicago's captain, recorded his first goal of the postseason to give the Blackhawks a 3-1 lead late in the second period. The 25-year-old forward won the Conn Smythe Trophy when the Blackhawks ended a lengthy championship drought in 2010.
"It is a relief and a confidence builder to know that what you're doing out there will lead to something," said Toews. "I feel like that if I keep shooting the puck it will go in or force the goaltender to do something so it's a good feeling to have."
Detroit went 0-for-4 on the power play in Game 5. Chicago has killed off 35 of the 36 shorthanded situations it has faced in the playoffs
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Americans were voting for their next president, as the markets staged an impressive rally.
First the scoreboard:
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And now the top stories:
- There was no major economic or earnings news to report today. But markets were up all day.
- Stocks rocketed higher just before noon on no obvious news. There was some chatter, however, that Mitt Romney took a huge lead in the crucial swing state of Ohio. The Wall Street Journal eventually reported that Cincinnati.com accidentally published a post with "dummy data" that put Romney ahead of Obama by 92,000 votes. Cincinnati.com pulled down the post and apologized for the error.
- While everyone waits for the polls to be closed and the votes to be counted, some traders may be looking at the historical patterns for some guidance. S&P's Sam Stovall's data showed that positive stock market returns between July 31 and October 31 ended wih the incumbent or incumbent party candidate being elected 88 percent of the time.
- Earlier this year, Robert Prechter conducted a study that showed +20 percent rallies during the three years leading up to an election ends with a landslide victory for the incumbent. Nine 'Cliffs' That Have Everyone Freaked Out >
- Regardless of who wins, Wall Street traders hope that the winner wins decisively. "Pray that it's not close," writes UBS's Art Cashin. "We have written several times of our concern that a close race could further divide an already polarized populace."
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I don't know about you, but I'm still reeling after last night's episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills in which Brandi Glanville dropped that huge bombshell about Adrienne Maloof and Paul Nassif. Just when I was getting ready to complain about how dull the season was, Bravo threw in that curve ball, and bam! they showed us why RHOBH is pretty much THE city to watch.
Of course the big question still remains: Just what did Brandi say about Adrienne? After lots of research, pondering, and analyzing, I'm pretty well convinced as to what it is.
I think it has to be the fact that Brandi made claims that Adrienne used a surrogate to birth her children rather than deliver them naturally. A source told Wetpaint, "Brandi takes issue with the fact that Adrienne insists she had her three boys naturally, while Brandi insists Paul and Adrienne used a surrogate."
Also, remember that weird conversation at dinner in Ojai when they all started talking about their birth experiences? I'm thinking maybe that was a little bit of foreshadowing.
More from The Stir: Brandi Glanville Drops a Major Bombshell About Adrienne Maloof
IF that's it, it's probably true, because if it wasn't, then why else would Adrienne and Paul freak out like they did? If she birthed her own children, then she'd just laugh off Brandi's "lies," show somebody her stretch marks, or the kids' birth certificates, and move on instead of accusing her of defamation of character. And she is 51 with young children (a 9-year-old and 6-year-old twins), so it wouldn't be unthinkable at all that she'd need to use a surrogate to have children.
But if it is true, why would it be such a big deal? Camille Grammer openly talks about using a surrogate; there's no shame in it. Of course, if Adrienne wanted to keep it a secret, I suppose that's her business, and Brandi was wrong to just blurt it out to everyone like that. But it doesn't seem like something to sue someone over, does it? Especially if it's not true.
Brandi has said she regrets saying it, and Paul and Brandi are all chummy now, so it clearly wasn't something too scathing about him. Really the surrogacy issue is the only thing that makes sense at this point. Though I'm actually hoping there's another big secret, surprise bombshell that we have no clue about ... yet. Whatever it was, it likely has to be true because lies simply don't make someone that angry.
In any case, I can't wait to see what goes down next week and if we'll ever learn what was said. The reunion cannot come soon enough!
What do you think Brandi said about Adrienne?
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Point Park University alumni Jonathan DeCarlo, Cristin Goss and Michael DiGuglielmo co-founded Loose Cannon Creative, a Pittsburgh-based multimedia company specializing in videography, photography and graphic design services. Below, the alumni discuss how their educational experience at Point Park prepared them to collaborate on this business endeavor.
We started working together in 2011 and decided that while we all had other full-time jobs, we knew that our creative specialties were our passion and we needed to do something about it. — Cristin Goss, M.A. in journalism and mass communication, 2012
As creative services director, my main duties include video editing, graphic design and copywriting. In addition to business development duties, Cristin manages our social media, does graphic design and photography work. Jon, as the director of photography, is responsible for the look of our projects. — Michael DiGuglielmo, M.A. in journalism and mass communication, 2012
In the cinema production major, the philosophy was that much of the time, you had a limited budget and crew. We were taught every skill we needed from pre-production to post-production, as well as to work with what we had and improvise. Those two ideas have been a driving force in the way I approach the work and the philosophy of Loose Cannon. — Jonathan DeCarlo, B.A. in cinema production, 2009
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One week from now we'll be a day away from the big event. July 11th is where we all expect Nokia to announce and detail their upcoming Lumia 'EOS' smartphone. The device will be an exclusive to AT&T here in the United States with its 41 megapixel camera sensor. Famed leaker @evleaks has shown off a render of the device with AT&T branding.
Up above you're looking at the Nokia Lumia 1020 destined for AT&T. The image comes from an internet leaker that has had accurate leaks one after the other. From the front it doesn' t look too different from your typical Lumia 920.
What do we know about the Lumia 1020? Quite a bit at this point. It's basically going to be a Lumia 920, but with a big difference. On the back of the device where normally find an 8.7 megapixel camera you'll instead find a 41 megapixel beast. This sensor is expected take two images simultaneously. One large 38 megapixel version for editing, zooming, and archives. The other will be a 5 megapixel version that let's you share to social networks easily without suffering from huge data charges when you're far from a Wi-Fi network.
We are a bit curious about the Nokia Pro Cam tile. Speculation has this being a camera alternative that gives you complete control over the 41MP camera. Much like we have with the Pro Shot Windows Phone app.
Anybody else looking forward to picking up this bad boy from AT&T and Nokia? Or are you more of a Lumia 925 and T-Mobile guy/gal? Sound off below.
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Zhongshan District (中山区; Zhōngshānqū), at the eastern edge of the city, encompasses both the main business and commercial centre of Dalian and many of the most scenic parts of the southern coastline. As a result visitors to the city tend to spend most of their time here, a fact reflected in the wide range of hotels and restaurants found in the district. The downside of this popularity is that hotels, restaurants and shops tend to be more expensive than in other parts of the city. That being said for those who can afford it, or take advantage of the few lower budget options available, Zhongshan District makes for an excellent base for exploring Dalian.
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Central Zhongshan District is very well served when it comes to transportation connections, with both the central train station and passenger ferry terminal lying within its borders. For those arriving by plane, the airport express shuttle and public buses #701 and #702 all stop at the central train station. The main light-rail train station is located in the district, just north of the train station. Both trams #201 and #202 have several stops in the district.
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Most of the attractions in central Zhongshan District lie within comfortable walking distance of each other. Alternatively, tram 203 takes in much of the central area, and traveling past pretty parks and colonial houses in a 1930s tram car is one of Dalian's more unique experiences. Further afield the Tiger Beach area can be reached via bus 2, departing next to Zhongshan Hotel in Qingniwaqiao, or bus 30, which departs from Zhongshan Square. To get to Donghai Beach take bus 59 from Sanba Square.
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Food courts and sidewalk vendors offer the cheapest fare (and the resulting quality shows, often times re-using ingredients or using artificial ingredients). When walking around shopping malls, most of the food courts are underground levels. Foreign fast food chains can be found but the city lacks the variety found in larger cities.
Over the bridge noodles (过桥米线; guòqiáo mǐxiàn) is a dish native to Yunnan province in where raw ingredients (typically a variety of meats, vegetables and quail eggs) are dropped along with rice noodles into a large bowl of boiling hot chicken stock at the table. A thin layer of oil on the top of the soup allows the ingredients to cook inside the soup (the name derives from a legend that a scholar's wife found that any food she took to her husband on the other side of a large bridge went cold before she reached him, so she invented a way of keeping it hot). A dish from the southwest may seem a strange thing to seek out in the Northeast, but guòqiáo mǐxiàn are incredibly popular, with restaurants all over town serving it. Probably the best is located on a side road off the eastern edge of Labour Park, near the Peking Opera House (head east along the road parallel to and south of the street the opera house is on until you find a small restaurant with a couple of seats out the front with a board running along the wall which acts as the restaurant's loyalty scheme, 6th bowl is free). The combination of ingredients are listed on the wall. Busy from 1PM-2PM on weekdays during the school year. ¥6-10.
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Exclusive interview: Oscar's Hotel creator PJ Ligouri, AKA YouTube's KickThePj
All eyes are on Jim Henson's creations at the moment. A couple of months ago, Hollywood's greatest power couple, Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog, called it quits on… read more
Exclusive interview: Oscar's Hotel creator PJ Ligouri, AKA YouTube's KickThePj
All eyes are on Jim Henson's creations at the moment. A couple of months ago, Hollywood's greatest power couple, Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog, called it quits on their relationship. Not long after, following a nearly two-decade absence from primetime, a brand new series of The Muppets launched on ABC to a record viewership.
Meanwhile, across the pond, a young YouTuber from Peterborough has been making waves with a creation of his own, starring creatures from Jim Henson's fantastical universe.
The talent in question is 24-year-old PJ Ligouri. Perhaps best known by his YouTube username KickThePj, this young video creator's channel has had over 42 million views in its eight years of existence.
Back in January of this year, Ligouri won the backing of New Form Digital – the digital studio formed by Discovery, Brian Grazer and Ron Howard – to launch his own original series, Oscar's Hotel for Fantastical Creatures, on Vimeo.
With Hollywood heavyweights Patrick Stewart and Alfred Molina making appearances, alongside famous YouTubers, and creatures made by the Jim Henson Company, the series follows the young proprietor of a magical boarding house as he struggles to maintain order amidst mayhem of mythical creatures who take residence within.
We chatted to PJ about his inspirations, on-set experiences, and advice for aspiring YouTubers. Keep reading…
What was PJ's journey from posting videos on YouTube to creating his own series with The Jim Henson Company? He explained to TVDaily:
"Since I was young, I knew that I always wanted to tell stories, and posting videos on YouTube has been a great platform to accommodate that for the past 8 years. I've been persistently creating so many new films, and building an audience, and naturally, every project I undergo gets bigger and bigger.
"When New Form Digital asked if I wanted to be part of their incubator project to create a short film, I couldn't say no. So we made Oscar's Hotel the short film, and then after it was released, it didn't take long for it to be picked up to go to series on Vimeo on Demand. The jump from making Oscar's Hotel the short film to Oscar's Hotel the series was a huge leap, but I knew it would be an amazing opportunity, so I went with it – pretty unsure of what to expect – and before I knew it, I was in full swing, creating my first long form series, Oscar's Hotel for Fantastical Creatures".
The project is clearly a long way from PJ's bedroom. But this wasn't his first time working in a studio.
"I've used a stage before to make sets for other projects of mine, but it was definitely a much larger production than I've ever directed before", he explained.
And a larger production means a larger crew, with a greater capacity for playing on-set pranks.
"One of the days in the studio, a handful of the crew chained a guy's bike to the 20ft lighting grid… for some reason. I'm pretty sure that poor guy got an Uber home that day", Ligouri recalled.
Being huge fans of the Jim Henson Co. ourselves, we had to ask; did PJ manage to keep any of the props or costumes as souvenirs?
"Absolutely! We've kept a lot of the props and costumes actually. The hotel exterior is currently sitting in our executive producer [Kathleen Grace]'s office", he explained with joy.
Believe it or not, those two giant fish pictured above are actually Hollywood veterans Alfred Molina and Patrick Stewart. What was it like for PJ to have such huge names starring in something he created?
"It was such an amazing experience to work with actors whose work I admire so much. It was so much fun to direct both Alfred and Patrick, as well as Elliott Gould for that matter", he said.
Oscar's Hotel also features appearances from fellow YouTube stars such as PewDiePie, Grace Helbig, Mamrie Hart and Hannah Hart. What advice does PJ have to offer to aspiring video creators trying to get noticed on YouTube?
"Keep making content that you love making, put yourself into it and have fun; that's the recipe for making a presence online. The rest is kind of up to luck, but if you're doing the former, then you don't need to worry too much about getting noticed, because having fun with making content is what it should all be about", were his words of wisdom.
Fans of his videos will know that PJ has a unique flair for storytelling. What were some of his favourite stories, films or TV shows growing up?
"Growing up, I was a huge fan of films like Labyrinth, The NeverEnding Story, Ghostbusters, and all those kinds of films. Now that I'm a bit older, I still love those films, but now my tastes thirst for things like The Mighty Boosh and Adventure Time. I've always loved fantastical stories with a slightly unhinged vibe to them", he said.
And the next show he's looking forward to comes as no surprise: "I'm anticipating the next season of American Horror Story: Hotel! It's such a fun series, but I also just love hotel-themed shows", explained the Oscar's Hotel creator.
PJ left us with what we can look forward from him next.
"I'm currently developing more stories and ideas, in worlds that exist outside of Oscar's Hotel, and so I'm figuring out what the best platforms to tell those stories are", he said.
We can't wait to see what this young creative mind comes up with in what's sure to be a long and successful career.
In the meantime, check out the full series of Oscar's Hotel for Fantastical Creatures, only on Vimeo.
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98 Degrees reuniting for new album and tour
98 Degrees are reuniting to release a Christmas album and tour.
Nick Lachey and his bandmates will mark their 20th anniversary with the release of a second Christmas album, Let It Snow - the group's first since 2.0 in 2013.
"We wanted to do a project, in part, because it's the 20th anniversary," Lachey tells People magazine. "We thought, 'What a great chance to come back 20 years later and do something else'."
The band members still consider 1999's This Christmas their favorite musical project and they wanted to recreate that nostalgia when they started recording the new album.
"We thought, 'Why not do a second version of that?' and try to create the same type of timeless classic sound that we thought we accomplished in the first one," Nick adds. "It just made the most sense. We loved the first record and we're loving the second record, too."
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"We have two a cappella songs on this record... A cappella has been something that we've always done and prided ourselves on, so there's that element," Lachey's bandmate brother Drew adds. "Then we just literally went down our favourite Christmas songs and figured out which would work well and compliment each other. We didn't just want song after song, we wanted a journey."
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In 1947, two parcels of land on the eastern boundaries of Memphis were purchased for $400,000 to be used as a new city park.
This pink lily pad flower is one of the thousands of blooms found in the Memphis Botanic Garden's 28 specialty gardens spread over 96 acres in the heart of the city.
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At the suggestion of political boss E.H. Crump, an avid bird enthusiast, the park was nearly named Bluebird, yet would come to be known as Audubon Park, home to a shooting range and golf course among other amenities.
There was no area set aside for formal gardens at the time. In 1953, however, 2,500 rhizomes donated by the family of Morgan Ketchum were planted on the east end of the park, known afterward as the Ketchum Memorial Iris Garden. The idea self-pollinated, and garden clubs and societies such as the Memphis Men's Garden Club and the Memphis Wildflower Society soon had their way with plantings. The city moved its rose collection from Overton Park to what was rapidly becoming heralded as the Gardens of Audubon Park.
Sixty years later and that rich patch of dirt has blossomed into the Memphis Botanic Garden with 28 specialty gardens spread over 96 acres in the heart of the city.
The 1960s saw growth as the Goldsmith family honored department store founder Jacob Goldsmith with a donation to create the Goldsmith Civic Garden Center as a gathering place. Three years later the Memphis City Council formally designated it the Memphis Botanic Garden, and in 1969, the foundation was formed that would manage the city-owned property.
In 1996, local philanthropists Helen and J.B. Hardin made a significant donation and Hardin Hall was built, creating space for receptions, conferences and a grand main entrance.
"That event certainly helped the Garden in terms of being able to generate income and sustain the operation," executive director Jim Duncan said.
Having said that, Duncan noted that hard times were ahead for the attraction.
"I was approached in 2004 about providing a business touch to the Garden," he said. "Our membership had declined to about 809 families at that time, we were about $600,000 in debt, we only had a staff of about 19 people and did not have enough gardeners, candidly, to create an attraction that people wanted to see. … It was a challenging situation."
That plot of land for flowers, shrubs and trees, which had begun almost as an afterthought and practically by accident in 1953, had been set on a new path. There was a sense of urgency by Duncan and his staff to become better stewards of this city treasure. A renewed focus on the earned income component, the revenue-generating events that could be counted on year in and year out, would help them see their goal.
"It was difficult with the Garden's status being what it was then to ask people for money simply because, as we said, we hadn't earned the right at that time to ask for donations," he said.
They hired additional salespeople to boost rentals, revamped the model for the premier fundraiser, Live at the Garden, and "just focused on doing the things necessary to … increase revenue and decrease expenses."
Over the next few years Memphis Botanic Garden paid off its debts, became a Level IV Arboretum (the highest classification achievable), was recognized as one of 15 certified Hosta Trails in the country, and increased staff to the point that there are more horticulturists than there was total staff nine years ago. A horticulture center was built, as were specialty gardens such as those for photography and herbs, and in 2009, a $5.73 million, 2.25-acre children's garden was created. Duncan said My Big Backyard "pretty much changed the face of us" and is one reason that membership has grown to more than 3,500 families.
Live at the Garden continues to dominate fundraising, setting attendance records year after year.
"We realize that every decision we make has a financial implication and we run this place like a business, and it works well," Duncan said.
Much of that business-minded philosophy includes looking to the future and a capital campaign is underway to build a permanent stage for Live at the Garden. Another goal is to attract young professionals. Last year The Roots, a membership level just for that demographic, was created.
"We're really trying to connect younger people back with the Garden … in both horticulture and social outlets," said Ashley Mayer, manager of special events and sponsorship.
Benefits include free entry to events such as Food Truck Garden Parties, Cocktails in the Garden, and the upcoming Diamonds & Denim party to celebrate the 60th anniversary – the diamond anniversary – of Memphis Botanic Garden. The event will be held on Friday, Sept. 13, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $60, and are free for Roots members.
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
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25 comments:
- Kathleen said...
Karen, Love all those fabrics. Looks like you have a lot to do.
- October 13, 2011 at 10:39 PM
- Lee Prairie Designs said...
Love all of your fabrics too! Great combinations.
Hugs, Carolyn
- October 13, 2011 at 10:44 PM
- sunny said...
Looks like that should keep you busy for awhile! Have fun.
- October 13, 2011 at 11:44 PM
- marina said...
love those fabrics. A very productive road trip!
- October 13, 2011 at 11:53 PM
- Gail said...
I think I own some of that reproduction fabric! Good choices all, enjoy!
- October 13, 2011 at 11:58 PM
- Vivian said...
I see some familiar cottons among your purchases. A few have relatives here in my house. You had a fabulous buying session!
- October 14, 2011 at 12:05 AM
- Mrs Quilty said...
My oh My, but you did have a good time shopping! Good for you! Very nice choices and so many on sale~ You did great! Have fun!
- October 14, 2011 at 1:00 AM
- Marg H said...
Lovely fabric - isn't it a nice feeling to sort it all out, wash it, iron it and fold it up! Just love it!
- October 14, 2011 at 4:08 AM
- Litamora's Quilt & Design said...
Lovely fabrics! I bet you'll turn them into something nice in a while :o)
Happy sewing,
- October 14, 2011 at 4:48 AM
- Paula said...
Oh my... what a lovely fabrics, every single one. I know it feels good washing, ironing and stashing all these beautiful fabrics. It won't be long before they come in good use.
- October 14, 2011 at 7:54 AM
- Carin said...
Go girl ... you never can't have to many fabric stash :-)
- October 14, 2011 at 8:41 AM
- Sue said...
Love those fabrics! So where did you take your road trip to?
- October 14, 2011 at 9:20 AM
- Terry said...
Nice stash building! I'm on a fabric diet so I'll have to live vicariously through your fabric shopping! LOL
- October 14, 2011 at 9:33 AM
- krisgray said...
Lovely additions! Glad to see that I'm not the only that buys all sorts of fabric (Civil War, 30s, brights, dulls - LOL).
- October 14, 2011 at 9:51 AM
- Jane in Wales said...
I love reproduction fabrics too. This will keep you going for a little while...
- October 14, 2011 at 11:44 AM
- Funoldhag said...
Great bunch of fabrics, Karen. Always fun buying new - especially if it is on sale. Have a great weekend!
- October 14, 2011 at 12:15 PM
- Cisca said...
Wow, I hope you have room enough!!! I love all, but most of all the reproductions and the aged muslin. The latter I never have seen in Holland.
Happy quilting, Cisca
- October 14, 2011 at 2:10 PM
- Sheila said...
I would say you had a very successful shopping day , gorgeous fabrics !
- October 14, 2011 at 3:54 PM
- Merilyn said...
Great fabric purchases!! My washing machine & dryer get a workout when a new bunch of fabric arrives! Can't figure it, but I just the love ironing part and folding part too! weird!!!
- October 14, 2011 at 4:16 PM
- Melanie said...
Beautiful pieces...Don't you find that when you start cutting into them and working with the colors the fabric multiplies. You make so much with these yardages.
- October 15, 2011 at 7:49 AM
- Cybele's patch said...
Great buys and lovely fabric. You earned it because you were so very good the first half of this year!
- October 15, 2011 at 10:53 AM
- Anne-Mette said...
You lucky one! So many great new fabrics for your "little" stash ;-)I hope, you will have plenty of fun playing with them.
- October 15, 2011 at 12:23 PM
- MulticoloredPieces said...
Marvelous fabrics--I'm almost jealous, but I think my brain would be overloaded with so many choices! Loved your October Moon quilt--absolutely adorable!
best, nadia
- October 17, 2011 at 10:05 AM
- Quilting Chemist (Danette) said...
Love your fabric! Great additions for your stash. It's always fun to shop for fabric.
- October 25, 2011 at 10:18 PM
- pinewood said...
Love your reproduction fabrics. I have some of these in my stash also.
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First, a huge thank you from me and a super-special "woof!" from Lucy to all of you thoughtful folks who left messages and sent emails wishing her well. These have been incredibly difficult days for Desi and me and reading through your words, your tips and your advise helped more than I can ever say.I don't have good news to share, but it's not bad news either. Lucy met with a specialist Thursday who confirmed that there's a pretty nasty tumor in her rear right leg. We've scheduled the amputation for this coming Thursday.It was a hard decision to make but three vets have so far assured us that Lucy will be 100 percent pain-free after the leg is gone. We can see that it would help: the pain is growing almost by the day, despite the painkilling drugs she's been on.The surgeon we consulted with showed us pictures of a dog with an amputated leg about the same size and weight as Lucy, and looking at those really helped us make up our mind. "People usually say after the surgery that you've given us our puppy back," she said, pointing out that for dogs, unlike us humans, there is no stigma associated with losing a leg because they don't think about how they will appear to others.
I've also been looking up dogs with amputated limbs on the internet and they all look happy and healthy. Last year, on our road trip, we met a three-legged dog, Miracle, on the beach in Charleston and she looked completely blissful as she took a soak with her family.
After the amputation will come the chemotherapy. While waiting at the vet's office we met another dog parent with an adorable 14-year-old cocker spaniel who, his father said, has been on chemo for the last two years. He also hasn't had any remarkable side-effects.
I feel encouraged already.
I wanted to address here quickly one discordant message I received last week among the dozens of supportive ones. The writer– who did not disclose his/her name– asked me to spend a couple of happy days with Lucy and then euthanize her. There was something wrong, this person wrote, with fetishizing about a dog as if it were a human child.
My immediate instinct and action was to send the message down the deleted drain, where it deserved to go, but on second thoughts I thought I would respond to this person right here. What was truly shocking to me is that he/she said they had had pets of their own. But then I reminded myself that pet parents do exist who think exactly like this: Freddie, our beloved 17-year-old rescue, was dumped in the shelter by the family he had lived with for 12 years because he was diagnosed with a moderately serious heart ailment.
It's true that animals are not the same as human kids– they are perhaps better because humans are incapable of unconditional love and loyalty of the kind animals give you. Lucy, in her almost eight years with us, has give us her whole heart and all her devotion. She is no less to us than a human child would be. Even now, despite the pain, I can see the fire to live in her eyes. When Desi picks up the leash to walk Opie or Freddie, she hobbles to the door, eager to go too, although she's restricted from most exercise. We know she'd love to walk again with us, as she used to just two weeks ago, and we are not about to turn our backs on her, especially when the vets assure us that she can be happy for many more months to come. When the time comes to let go of her, she — and we– will know it, and we'll take that step. But not before we've given her a fighting chance.
Blogging has not been on my mind much, as I am sure you'll understand. But since both cooking and chatting with you does make me feel better, I have decided I am going to keep at it as much as possible.
Today's post is an easy one for me because the recipe comes from another blog. I made this theeyal early last week. A sumptuous but everyday dish from the beautiful state of Kerala in south India, theeyal is a dish I'd eaten as a child at my Malayali friends' homes, and was reawakened to again recently when a reader, Sujala, asked for a recipe. Since my childhood friend Sangita, who writes the blog Foodskaypes, is a Malayali who has learned some wonderful and traditional recipes from her mom, I sent her to Sangita who immediately obliged.
The star of this theeyal is bitter gourd, or karela or pavakkai or kaipakya. This healthful veggie is immensely popular in the Indian kitchen both for its flavor as well as its body-healing properties. Its deep bitterness makes it appear formidable to new cooks and those not used to it, but a kiss of just-right ingredients can turn this warty, deep-green toad into a prince.
And that's exactly what happens in a theeyal. The mellowness of the coconut, the tongue-tickling sweet-sourness of the tamarind, the bitterness of the gourd, and the pungent heat of the spices all come together in some sort of kitchen alchemy to make a dish that will make you want to pick up your plate and lick it off!
All you need to go with the theeyal, as Sangita says, is some boiled rice and some poppadums.
Visit Sangita's blog for the recipe which I pretty much stuck to, except that I changed the order the ingredients slightly. I added the turmeric and chilli powder to the bitter gourd so they would get lightly toasted in the oil, before adding the water.
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KABUL — The acting head of women's affairs in Laghman province in eastern Afghanistan was shot to death in broad daylight Monday as she was traveling to work.
It was the second time in less than six months that the person holding that post has been assassinated. In the latest attack, two assailants on a motorcycle gunned down Najia Sediqi, the acting head, as she was getting into a rickshaw in Mehtar Lam, the provincial capital, according to Ahmad Gul Baidar, the head of administrative affairs for the women's department.
In July, Sediqi's predecessor, Hanifa Safi, was killed when an improvised bomb exploded under her car — an attack attributed to the Taliban but never fully investigated. Before that attack, Safi had been threatened because she had protected a young girl who married someone she loved rather than an older man to whom she had been promised.
Provincial women's affairs departments are the local divisions of the Afghan Ministry of Women's Affairs in Kabul. Those who head the local departments are very visible in their communities. Many families, especially in the traditional Pashtun heartland in the south and east of the country, are distrustful of empowering women, and the department heads face community censure, threats and, as in the case of Sediqi and Safi, even assassination.
Zufenon Safi, who represents Laghman in Parliament, believes that both killings were carried out by the Taliban, who have gathered strength in the province. Elders and other local people say security has deteriorated in the area, whose control was turned over to the Afghan government by coalition forces last summer.
"Targeting important government officials is part of the Taliban strategy to undermine the government's and the foreign forces' efforts in the country," Safi said, referring to the international coalition.
She said the Taliban singles out women in government posts because they know that killing them will garner more publicity.
"There is only one reason behind killing women: to prevent women from working in the government," Safi added. "We should expect more similar assassinations in the upcoming weeks and months because they have threatened every female civil servant, including members of the provincial council and teachers."
Another official was killed Monday. The official, Hajji Musa Rasoli, the provincial police chief in Nimroz in southwestern Afghanistan, was driving back to his office from a visit with his family in Herat province when his vehicle hit a roadside bomb.
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The Nook HD is a cheap 7in tablet with a brilliant HD screen. Here's our video review of Barnes & Noble's rival to the Kindle Fire HD and Nexus 7.
The Nook HD is the first tablet on sale in the UK from Barnes & Noble, the US book store. See also: full Nook HD review
It has a 7in screen and weighs about the same as an iPad mini. It's comfortable to hold in one hand, and is primarily designed to be used upright.
It comes in white or grey and there are two capacities: 8 or 16GB. Plus, there's a micro SD slot so you can add up to 64GB more.
The Nook HD's biggest rival is the Kindle Fire HD, and it one-ups Amazon's tablet by including a mains charger in the box, and having no annoying adverts on the lock screen.
The Nook HD is a lot lighter than the Kindle but it's the screen that's the real winner. It's high resolution gives it a pixel density that almost matches the Retina iPad, so everything looks pin sharp. Colours and contrast are excellent, as are viewing angles.
The Android operating system is heavily customised and tightly locked down. This means you can buy apps, books, magazines and more from the built-in Shop. You can copy your own videos, photos and music to the device, though.
The main problem at the moment is that the Nook store has a relatively limited selection. Some popular apps are available, but not all. The video store launches in December and will allow films and TV shows to be downloaded. All the apps are curated, so you won't find smartphone versions as you often do with vanilla Android tablets.
One of the best features is user profiles. It means you can share the tablet with others, but have your own email, bookmarks, and wallpaper. If sharing with your kids, you can disable the web browser and restrict which apps they can use. It's a feature we wish Apple would introduce on the iPad.
The Nook HD is very easy to use and we like the physical Home button, which the Kindle Fire HD lacks. The content we've seen from the Nook store is very high quality, too.
It isn't the fastest 7in tablet around, but we found the interface as slick as the iPad's and it could easily handle casual games. Battery life is decent, but not exceptional. It's a bit of a shame there's no camera for Skype.
See also Group test: what's the best cheap tablet PC?
We can hardly find fault with the hardware, but UK-specific content is sorely lacking at the moment. Much is promised, but you're taking a risk if you jump in and buy one right now. If you don't want to be locked in to the Nook store, you might be better off with a Nexus 7.
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